A GIVE TO YOUR RED CROSS GOAL $22,540 ^qrcand ^Ot^TO^ ^ i. ^^mI«5p< HOLLAND said he. hoped that ‘government j as his headquarters, the local en- by the people, of the people and for the people shall never perish from the earth.’ “The same plan has been adopt ed by more than 5Q North Caro lina cities and towns, ranging from large to small. A great per centage of them have done so oy the same procedure now being used in Southern Pines, and it is working successfully in all of them.” He cited the case of Whiteville, almost exactly the size of South ern Pines, which adopted the plan by an election as outlined above six years ago, and of Greenville, which did the same within the past few weeks and will put it into effect at the municipal elec tion of May 5. cry EASTER CLOSINGS Local stores, except for grocery stores, will stay open next Wednesday afternoon for the accommodation of Easter shoppers, it was ascertained by a check made by the Chamber of Commerce better’ business bureau. The grocery stores, how ever, plan to close as usual Wednesday of this week, re maining open the Wednesday after Easter. All plan to close Easter Monday for the full day's hol iday. SPHS Ball Team Starts Season With Two Wins By JIMMY HATCH Baseball — yes, that’s the that rings throughout the Sand hills now, and the crack of the bat is heard on the local field. Southern Pines’ first game was played on the home field last Fri day. A cheering crowd, one of the largest to turn out for a base ball game in years, saw the lads from Southern Pines High take West End in a thrilling 2-0 win. This may well start the Blue & White on the path toward a cham pionship. Coaches Irie Lfeonard and W. A. Leonard seemed well pleased with the success of the first game, but were even more pleased as the Southern Pines team journeyed to Vass-Lakeview Wednesday and there took away the honors with a 15-0 score. Comments from the many local fans that have cheered our boys in other sports agree that the baseball future looks very prom ising this year. A lot of new talent has come out. Steve Choate, senior, made a run in the game with West End. Donald Van Benschoten, a junior, is putting the Yogi Berra touch behind the plate with some high ly bolished coaching. With these and all the letter- men that the team boasts, the coming season should prove to be a good one for the' Southern Pines High school baseball team, so with your cheers and mine, we say “Good work!” to the high sbhool baseball players. ®ineer will work with a geologist, expected here shortly, and wiU be on the road, it is thought, a great part of the time. While thy rep resents a new move for the South ern Railroad, to Mr. Butler it will be a continuation of a career which has had rapid development of recent years. Always a student of the wdter supply angle of en gineering, Mr. Butler has been as sociated with the DuPont com pany at both Kinston and Cam den, S. C., in working out their water supply problems. He makes frequent trips to both these plants besides, carrying on for the com pany a certain amount of research at his own establishment in Gulf. A Natural Engineer Mr. Butler holds a degree in engineering from • State college, and is a member of the select As sociation of Mining and Metallur gical Engineers. But no college course or academic training lies behind his accomplishment. Un usual, even for the United States in these days of specialization, is thp fact that this noted engineer now about to take on a position of highest resoonsibility with one of (Continued on page 8) Chamber Sets Up Special Fund For Christmas Lighting Directors of the Southern Pines Chamber of Commerce, meeting Tuesday night, amended their constitution to make their new year start in January and thus as sumed responsibility for the Christmas lights. They implemented their action by instructing Ed Smail, treasur er, to take $100 from the treasury and start the Christmas lighting fund. It is anticipated that, with regular additions, the full amount of $300 will be in hand by De cember 1. The Chamber of Commerce year has previously started in October, when elections have customarily been held. Due to delays in hold ing the last election meeting, however, the present board did not go into office until January. Besides permitting them to un dertake the lighting project, for which W. B. Holliday is chairman, the treasurer told the group that the change would simplify book keeping and various other proce dures of the Chamber. Dr. Holland Will Give Last Sermon Before Departure Dr. William C. Holland, pastor of the First Baptist church, will deliver his final sermon at the nr orning service Sunday in the church which he has served lor aln-.ost four years. He and his family will move Wednesday to their new home at Bessemer, Ala., where he will be come pastor of the South High land Baptist church, with a con gregation of 968 members. Dr. Holland, a native of Colora do, came to the local church in June 1949 from Stetson university, DeLand, Fla., where he was a professor in the school of religion. During his pastorate here the church has made a net gain of about 75 members, increasing from 345 to 428. The Sunday school has gained in ever greater proportion. jor achievement of his pastorate has been the building of the h^mdsome educational annex, now almost complete and repre senting an investment by the con gregation of some $70,000. A pay- as-you-go program was followed during most of the construction, and a debt of only $10,000 is out standing. Started in the spring of 1950, the building was put into use bit by bit, as each part was finished, going into full use in the fall of 1951. The church office and Sun day school rooms were modernly equipped and at the same time the basement of the main church building was remodeled as a re ception room and dining room. Dr. Holland assisted three years ago in forming the South Sandy Creek Baptist association of Moore County churches, carved from the old Sandy Creek associ ation and served as its moderator during its first two years. He also helped organize the Moore County Ministerial assoc iation in 1950, was its secretary two years and this year was vice president. He has been active in the Sand hills Kiwanis club, where he serv ed in 1951 as chairman of the pub licity committee, and this year was to have been program chair man during \he third quarter. He is a member also of the Southern Pines Lions club and has served as director and program commit- c. airman. Dr. and Mrs, Holland have two children, Billy, Jr., aged five,land Jimmy, aged 18 months. ^ Fine Horses And Riders Will Be Seen At Starland Sixty-three horses, among them some of the finest in the country, will vie for trophies and ribbons m 25 classes in the annual Mid- South horse show at Starland Farms on Midland Road this weekend. The picturesque ring and out- I side course on the estate of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd P. Tate, midway between Southern Pines and x-’inehurst, are in tip-top condi tion for the showing of hunters, jumper and hacks and the judg ing of horsemanship classes on the two days of the annual event which benefits the county’s two hospitals and other charities. The Sandhills Kiwanis club is spon soring the, exhibition, staged by the Mid-South Horse Show As sociation, Inc. The affair gets under way at 9:30 a. m. tomorrow, Saturday, with children’s hunters the first class to be judged. This will be followed by classes for light weight working hunters, for three-year-olds, a lightweight conformation class, lightweight green hunters, children under 12, middle and heavyweight hunters, and bridle path hacks. The Saturday afternoon pro gram starts at 2 o’clock, with these classes in order: Open jump ing, middle and heavy-weight conformation hunters, middle and heavy green hunters, Corinthian hunters, hunters under saddle, open conformation hunters, horse manship class for children under 16, and the knockdown and out class. Open working hunters will start off the Sunday afternoon program at 2 o’clock, to be followed by classes for handy jumpers, pairs of hacks, green open hunters, the working hunter stake, green hunt er stake, conformation hunter stake, jumper stake and hunt teams. Hunter classes will be shown over the new outside course on the Tate estate, a formidable test for the numerous entries from stable which have been winter ing in the Sandhills and many from other points. Among those judged will be horses which won notable victories in the National Show at Madison Square Garden, Newr York, and in many other leading horse shows both in this country and Canada. Seen in the Hunt Teams event will be the colors of the Vernon G. Cardy stables which have won this class in the National for the past three (Continued on Page 8) Town Gateways Are Beautified By Garden Club NEW DATES Date of the forthcoming visit of the N. C. Symphony orchestra has had lo be changed again, according to information from the Sand hills Music association. The orchestra this time will make two visits here. The children's concert will be given on the afternoon of Tuesday, April 21, the date originally set. The musicians will then return to present their evening concert for the general public Monday, April 27. The change came in loo late to be made on The Pilot's calendar cf co—i^'T ev^^ts, which had already been printed on Page 11. Planting at both the northern and southern entrances to South ern Pines has now been complet ed, reports Mrs. James S. Milli- ken, president of the Southern Pines Garden club. The gift of the club, the plant ing has been set out by the Holly- tree Nursery of Ernest Morell, un der Mr. Morell’s personal super vision. Mr. Morell is consultant planting supervisor for the- town. Visitors entering town from either entrance are now greeted by the attractive new signs, seen against a background of flower ing shrubs, dogwoods and juudas trees. Furthermore, a move to add to these attractions seems to have started, inspired by the Garden club display. Robert M. Pearse, of Pearse Motor company, is plan ning to move cars to tne back of his lot, improving the street front with a fence, flowering shrubs and rambler roses. “We think this is quite won derful,” said Mrs. Milliken, re porting for the club. ‘Tt may mark a move by all firms front ing on this important entrance to town along lower Broad street, to carry out the same sort of deco rative scheme.” Looks like a Model Mile in the making, right there!