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EASTER SEALS
VOL, 34—NO. 20
SIXTEEN PAGES
SOUTHERN PINES. NORTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY, APRIL 3. 1953
SIXTEEN PAGES
PRICE—TEN CENTS
Hardins Tour Is Cham >iou of Mid-South Show
Mrs. O. G. Bitler, of Camden, S. C., owner, lional team which took top honors at the Na-
and Arthur McCashin, trainer and rider, with tisnal Horse show in 1951. He has frequently
the grand champion of the Mid-South show— visited in the Sandhills and has ridden with the
Hardins Tour. Moore County Hounds. (Photo by Hpmphreyl
McCashin was the leader of the U. S. Interna- (See story on page 12)
Good Friday And
Easter Services
In Local Churches
Song and sermon, prayer and
paean, will re-tell the story cf
the crucifixion and the Resur
rection in local churches -this
Easter weekend.
Good Friday Devotions
Protestant denominations will
unite in a community Good Fri-
ul Array Of Homes, Gardens
Open To Visitors On Wednesday Tour
Dr. Peck Made
Administrative
Chief At McCain
Dr. William M. Peck has been
made associate superintendent in
day service today from 12 noon,to charge of the N. C. Sanatorium at
3 p. m. at Emmanuel Episcopal j McCain, where he has been a
church. I member of the staff for the past
Pastors and lay readers will:five years. He succeeds Dr.
lead the meditations on the Seven Joseph S. Hiatt, who recently re-
Last Words, interspersed with | signed to enter private practice at
organ music, hymns and prayers.'
Those who cannot stay fcr the full
thre-'-hour devotion are asked to
come for a while, entering and
depa’ ti’^" in the intervals between
meditations.
At St. Anthony's
.-outhern Pines. Dr. Hiatt is con
tinuing his connection with Mc
Lain in a consultant capacity.
Dr. H. S. Willis will continue as
general superintendent, but will
move to Chapel Hill from McCain
some time during the coming
At St Anthony’s Catholic church, year. The headquarters of the N.
Good Friday devotion will be
held at 4 p m. today, followed
by ccnfessions. On Holy Saturday,
mass . ill be at 8:30 a. m., prece
ded by the Paschal ceremonies at
7 o’clock. Confessions will be
' heard Saturday from 5 to 6, 7:30
to 8:30 p. m.
Easter masses at St. Anthony’s i
will be at 7, 8, 9 and (High mass)
10:30 a. m.
Congregational Church
C. Sanatorium system will be es
tablished at Chapel Hill when the
100-bed wing is opened at the new
N. C Medical Center, increasing
the number of institutions in the
system from three to four.
Official announcement of the
changes will be made following a
meeting of the board of directors
at McCain tcday (Friday).
Dr. Peck has been with the N.
anatorium since 1948, holding
At the Church of Wide Fellow- tfjg title of ^director of extension.
ship (Congregational), the Rev.
V oeing discontin-
Carl Key of Durham will fill the ued, as within recent years th
pulpit for the 11 a. m. service. nsion services, rendered in
There wiU be Easter music by the,conjunction with county nealt..
departments, have been largely
handed over to the State Depart
ment of Health at Raleigh, with
supplementary diagnostic work
three vested choirs, directed by
Mrs. L. D. McDonald.
Presbyterian Church
At Brownson Memorial^Presby
terian church, the Easter season i being done at McCain,
opened with a musical service at Native of Iowa
7:45 p. m. Thursday by the Flora . ipj^g administrator was
McDonald college choir. Sunday , born at Northboro, Iowa, and won
at 11 a. rn. the Rev. C. K. Ligon, bis A. B, and M. D. degrees at the
pastor, will have as sermon theme I University of Iowa, graduating
“At Early Dawn.’’ This is the | from its school of .medicine in
church’s traditional time for bap- 11938. He interned at Letterman
tisms and reception of new mem- General hospital at San Francis-
bers. Several baptisms are sched- gg^ fben became resident at the
uled. A group of adults will bd William H. Maybury Sanatorium
received into the church, also a gf Northville, Mich. There he con-
class of communicants composed tinned postgraduate work in chest
of about 15 children of the junior specialization,
and pioneer departments of the He first came to the N. C. San-
Sunday school. atorium at McCain in 1940 as clin-
Emmanuel Episcopal I ic physician in the extension serv-
At Emmanuel Episcopal church, I ice, under the superintendency of
the Rev. C. V. Covell, rector, will the late Dr. Paul P. McCain. He
was recalled to the Maybury San
atorium in 1942, remaining for
five years, first as senior physi
cian, then assistant superinten
dent. He then returned to Mc
Cain as a member of the perma-
Luncheon, Tea
Will Be Served
At Shaw House
With this town bursting into
bloom,, a miracle of fair dogwoods
and gay azaleas, under the green
canopy of the pines, the eight
homes and the ir gardens, chosen
for exhibit in the Garden Tour
Wednesday, are being readier to
the last elaf and budding blossom
for the expected influx of visitors.
More than 400 people from all
over the state visited this section
last year to go on the tour, many
of them repeaters from previous
years. With the yearly number
steadily increasing, members of
the local Garden Club are getting
primed for a big day
Mrs. B. F. Kraffert, Jr., heads
the Garden Tour committee of
Mrs. W. D. Campbell and Mrs. A.
H Grant, with Mrs John Ostrom
and Mrs. C. V. Covell handling
publicity.
Headquarters for the tour will
be, as usual, the Shaw House, the
property of the Moore County
Historical asscciation. Restored
and furnished by the society, the
(Continued on page 5)
Air For^e Leaders
Will Hold Fighter
Symposium At Inn
Will Recommend
New Tactics For
Changing Conditions
A “fighter symposium,” for
high-level discussion of fighter
and fighter-bomber training,
equipment and tactics, will be
held Tuesday through Friday at
the Highland Pines Inn.
Attending will be some 75 lead
ing officers of the U. S. Air Force,
with the Ninth Air Force as host.
The USAF Air-Ground Operations
school located at the Inn has no
connection with the symposium
other than loaning its facilities.
Brig. Gen. W. M. Gross, com
mandant of the school, is one of
the officers invited to take part
in the symposium.
Opening the discussions will be
Maj. Gen. E. J. Timberlake, com
manding, Tactical Air Command,
Ninth Air Force.
Brig. Gen. James Ferguson,
deputy commanding general of
the Ninth, will preside over the
symposium.
The group will include repre
sentatives from Headquarters,
USAF; Tactical Air Command,
Strategic Air Command and the
Air Defense Command.
A partial list includes the fol
lowing names: Gen. Nathan S.
Twining, Brig. Gen. James O.
Guthrie, Brig. Gen. James O. Hop-
wood, Brig. Gen. T. C. Rogers,
Col. Francis S. Gabreski, Col. Al
bert W. Schinz, Col. David C.
Schilling, Col. G. L. Pritchard,
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conduct the 8 a. m.- communion
service, also the 11 a. m. worship
service with communion and
music by the full choir.
At First Baptist
Dr. R. T. Daniels, professor of
missions at the Southern Baptist | nent staff.
Home at McCain
He and his wife, the former
Miss Barbara Pfeiffer of Iowa,
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Theological seminary at Wake
Forest, will conduct both the
morning and evening services at
the First Baptist church, which is
now without a pastor.
The Baptists bade godbye last from the congregation.
Sunday to Dr. W. C. Holland, 'The Rev. James Oppert, of Do-
their pastor for almost four years, than, Ala., will visit the church
with the presentation of a silver for the morning and evening serv-
service to the family as a gift ices April 12.
Homewood Garden
Will Be Opened
To Sunday Guests
A major event of Easter Sun
day afternoon will be the show
ing of the beautiful Homewocd
Gardens on Crest road. Knoll-
wood, from 2 to 5:30 p. m.
Through the generosity of the
owners, Mr. and Mrs. Dennison
Bullens, the gardens will be open
'd for a small admission fee for
the benefit of the Moore County
Hospital auxiliary.
Hostesses from the auxiliary on
hand for this annual event will
iv/^rs. Mulford Horr, Mrs Har
old Peck, Mrs. Joseph Hiatt, Mrs.
h. M. McMillan, Mrs. Hugh Car
ter, Mrs. James Tufts, Mrs. Mc
Gee Kastuer, Mrs. James L. Der
by, Mrs. Alec Roberts, Miss Lau
ra Kelsey and Miss Adele Kirk^
bride. i
The gardens, formerly known
as the Beckwitb Gardens, were
designed and planted about 20
years ago. They have increased in
beauty each year.
Garden after garden, one open
ing from the other in a chain of
beauty, has been planted in daffo
dils, tulips, pansies and other
spring flowers, against back
grounds of different colored aza
leas. New and picturesque vistas
have recently been added.
The gardens surround the Bul
lens’ home, which is patterned
after historic Westover, famous
Virginia plantation home on the
James river.
Vass Citizens
Nominate, Vote
To Enlarge Board
Information Thursday
inorn’ng from Rep. H. Clif
ton Blue at Raleigh is that he
planned to introduce on that
day a bill to increase the
numiber' of Vass town com
missioners from three to five.
This was being done on re
quest of the present board,
following action taken by the
citizens in caucus Monday
night.
Rep. Blue said the bill
should be ratified in time to
take care of the Vass election
May 5.
Citizens of Vass, at a town cau
cus held Monday night, voted
unanimously in favor of increas
ing the number of town commis
sioners from three to five, and
nominated a slate of officers to be
voted on at the May 5 election.
C. L. Tyson conducted the
meeting, at the request of Mayor
D. F. Cameron, who conuld not
be present, and Mrs. Irene F. Mul-
linix served as secretary.
The vote to increase the num
ber of commissioners came after
a minimum of discussion, and the
secretary was asked to notify
Rep. H. Clifton Blue of the ac
tion so that it may be validated
by special act.
The following were nominated:
for mayor, A. G. Edwards, Jr., and
M. M. Chappell; for commission
er, D. F. Cameron, R. B. Gunn,
Edgar Mashburn, Jack Morgan,
Harold Williams, D. H. McGill,
Duncan Boggs, Mrs. Bessie C.
Smith, W. C. Hoyle and Leon
Keith.
AT RALEIGH
A large delegation of some
40 people from the Farm Life
and the Hightails school dis
tricts appeared bofore the
House Education committee
in Raleigh Wednesday in be
half of the bill "regulating the
consolidation of public
schools in North Carolina."
H. Lee Thomas, Superinten
dent of Moore County schools,
and Paul Greene, chairman of
the Farm Life school board,
spoke before the committee in
behalf of the bill, along with
spokesmen from other school
districts in various Sections of
the state.
If the bill passes, it will
permit the reopening of the
Farm Life High school, wd
will prevent the closing of the
Highfalls High school, which
this year has an average high
school attendance of less than
60.
EASTER HOLIDAY
Easter Monday will be ob
served as a general holiday
throughout the business dis
trict. The bank, stores, busi
ness offices and all except es-
^sential services will be closed.
There are two notable ex
ceptions. The post office will
not observe any holiday. Nor
will the schools, where the
annual spring holiday ended
this week.
City and county offices and
the library will be closed. The
county commissioners, due to
meet Monday, will meet
Tuesday instead. Recorders
court will also be moved to
Tuesday.
Sanford Youth
Killed In Wreck
On US Highway 1
Moore county’s fourth highway
fatality of the year, the first in
cibout two months, occurred Wed
nesday at 11:25 a. m. on US 1 a
mile ncrth of .Vass, when a dairy
.ruck went out of control, struck
a tree and overturned.
The driver, Claude Thaxton
Tilley, 25, of Sanford was in
stantly killed.
Coroner Ralph G. Steed said
death was caused by a fractured
skull, rendered a verdict of ac-
ia..nt.il death.
■ The truck, owned by Fairvievo
Dairies of Sanford, was proceed-
-ng south when the accident oc
curred. An eye-witness told the
investigating patrolman that it
p eared not to be going more
than 40 miles an hour when it
suddenly veered off the road at
ngle.
A tire rod was found to be
broken but there was no way ol
eterrr ining immediately wheth
er it had brcken befor.9 the acci
dent or in the crash Patrolman
Cummings of Lee county is the in
vestigating officer.
Funeral services were held at
3 “ford Thursday afternoon. The
young man was married and the
father of twin sons. Also surviv
ing are his mother, living in Clay
ton; three brothers and one sis-
t-'r.
Whiteville Editor, City
Manager Will Address
Public Meeting Here
T Informational
Discussion Set
Wednesday Night
INSTALLED
Miss Wiley And
Mrs. Edson Buy
A ^•cade Building
The Arcade building at 162-166
North West Broad street was pur
chased this week by Miss Kath
erine Wiley and Mrs. Jean C. Ed
son, both of whom operate appar
el shops in the building.
Miss Wiley is manager of Tots
Toggery and Mrs. Hayes Shop,
which she owns in partnership
with Mrs. Erma Fisher Pottle.
Mrs. Edson is owner and manager
of “franjeans.”
The young women, friends as
well as competitors, bought the
building from A. A. James an^^
Dr. A. A. Jones, Jr., of Sanford.
Besides the business establish
ments on the first floor, it con
tains seven apartments on the sec
ond. ''
The building derives its name
from a distinguishing feature, a
wide arcade walkway which tra
verses it through the center, from
front to back.
It was built by Mrs. P. H. Beck
about 1917, and sold in 1929 to
Frank Welch. In 1943, through a
transaction by which O. T. Sloan,
of Sanford, became its owner for
one day, it became the property
of the James father and son.
During its early years it was oc
cupied by various businesses.
Franjeans, women's and misses’
apparel shop, was started in its
present location in December 1938
by Mrs. Edson and Mrs. Frances
Folley Butler. Mrs. Edson bought
out her partner in 1940.
Soon after the opening of
“franjeans,” Miss Wiley and Mrs.
Pottle, then Miss Fisher, moved
their Tots Toggery to the neigh
boring location from the Belve
dere hotel building on West Penn
sylvania avenue. The children’s
clothing shop had been started
there in 1934 by Mrs. George C.
Moore, who sold it to Misses Wil
ey and Fisher the following year.
In 1946, the Tots Toggery own
er-partnership purchased Mrs.
Hayes Shop, women’s apparel
store located two doors away,
from the estate of Mrs. D. C.
Welch. The two shops were run
separately until July 1950, when,
through a renting of additional
space in the Arcade building, and
a remodeling program, room was
made for Mrs. Hayes Shop in with
Tots Toggery.
B. C. DOYLE
Doyle Installed
As Elks’ Ruler
At Country Club
B. C. (Bus) Doyle was installed
Thursday night as the eighth Ex
alted Ruler of Southern Pines
Elks Lodge No. 1692.
Presiding over the installation,
held at the Southern Pines Coun
try club, Was Past Exalted Ruler
M. G. McRae.
The new exalted ruler is a na
tive North Carolinian, born in
Greensboro, who spent his young
er years in Raleigh, then moved
to Southern Pines in 1932. He be
came a member of the local lodge
in 1947, the year after it was
chartered, and rose to his present
position through service in vari
ous offices. Mr. Doyle, married
.0 the former Miss Gladys Whip
ple, is employed by the Tog Shop.
'Besides being an Elk, he is a
: Jason.
Installed with him were the fol-
'.owing officers, to serve during
953-54:
Elective—Bryan Poe, leading
might; Lawrence Ryder, loyal
might; Eugene McKenzie, lectur-
ng knight; D. L. Madigan, secre-
,ary; Dominic DiFatta, treasurer;
Walter Alpert, tiler; Harry Ful-
.enwider, trustee.
Appointive—Robert E. Strouse,
esquire; John Buchholz, chaplain;
Walter Harper, inner guard.
Fire Destroys
Hearu Home Near '
City Water Plaut
The home of Henry Hearn, an
employee of the city water de
partment, was completely de
stroyed by fire of undetermined
origin late last Thursday evening.
The one-story frame house was
located about three miles out of
town on the Stimson place, near
the edge of the Kenwood develop
ment behind the water plant.
The Heafn family, brought
home by a friend in his car after
an evening out, found their home
ablaze from beneath. The friend
let them out, then quickly drove
to a telephone to caU the Southern
Pines fire station.
The volunteer firemen, arriving
with the booster truck only 11
minutes after the call, found the
roof already falling in. Carrying
only 100 gallons of water, and
with the pump too close to the
house to be used* they were help
less to check the consuming
flames. A tank of bottled gas be
side the house had caught fire,
and was emitting additional flame,
which roared like an acetylene
torch.
A shotgun, guitar and mattress
were the only belongings the fam
ily was able to save.
Though the house was an old
one, it was outfitted with modem
furnishings, appliances and
plumbing, all of which were lost.
With registration ending today
(Friday) for the April 15 munici
pal vote on the council-manager
plan, proponents of the plan an
nounced a public meeting next
week for informational purposes.
These both for and against, and
those who “don’t know” are in
vited to the meeting at 8 p. m.
I Wednesday at Weaver auditori-
! um.
Speakers will be Willard G.
! Cole, editor of the Whiteville
News-Reporter, and C. D. Pick-
j rell, city manager of Whiteville:
j More speakers, from other coun
cil-manager towns, may also be
on the program.
These will be asked to explain
exactly what council-manager
government is, how it works, how
and why they secured it in their
towns and what the results have
been. Disadvantages as well as ad
vantages are expected to be re
vealed.
There will be no questions from
the floor. Written questions are to
be placed in a question box in the
lobby, and will be answered as
iong as time permits. Those wish
ing to present questions are asked
to bring paper and pencil.
Mr. Cole won fame throughout
the State last year for his h.eroic
and effective crusade against the
Ku Klux Klan. He is rated among
the state’s best newspaper editors
and is expected to present a fully
objective viewpoint on the coun
cil-manager form of government.
Whiteville compares well with
Southern Pines as it is approxi
mately the same size (population
within 100), has approximately
the same size budget (within $1,-
200) and the same property val
uation (within $25,000)
Registration For
Vote Ends Today
Today (Friday) is the last day,
5 p. m. the final hour, for regis
tration preliminary to the town
election of April 15 on adoption
of the council-manager form of
government.
Through a misunderstanding
letters sent out to the citizens this
week in behalf cf the plan indica
ted that registration would con
tinue through Saturday.
Mrs. Frank Kaylor, registrar,
has the town books open at the
firehouse, where Thursday morn
ing she estimated that some 60
new names had been placed on
the books since Friday.
This is not a new registration.
Only those not already on the
books need register. However,
those in doubt should check with
Mrs. Kaylor.
Proponents of the plan, showing
activity this week, sent out two
printed letters—one to the citi
zens in general, the second, with
a pamphlet, to registered voters
of the municipality. If you do not
receive this second letter, with
pamphlet, you are likely not on
the books.
Fiddlers, Bands i
In Monday Contest
The annual Moore Count yFid-
dlers Convention will be held on
its traditional date of Easter Mon
day evening, starting at 8 o’clock
in the Southern Pines school cafe
teria.
This contest, drawing together
an array of country fiddlers,
square dance bands, guitarists and
other musical specialists, square
dancers and callers from far and
near, is held under auspices of the
Sandhills post, American Legion,
for the benefit of the post’s chari
ty fund. A portion will go this
year to the underprivileged chil
dren’s fund drive now in progress.
The fiddler’s prize last year was
won by Fred Rosser, and the
dance band prize by the Caddell
Brothers band of Carthage. Both
of these will be cn hand this year
to try and hold their own against
numerous challengers, who will
include winnem of recent conven
tions in Highfalls and Montgom
ery county.