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VOL. 34—NO. 24
TWENTY-SIX PAGES
Gilmore Announces Star-Studded List
Of Concert Attractions For 1953-54
,5
N. C. Symphony
Performance Rated
"Belter Than Ever"
Announcement of three star-
studded attractions already en-
SaScd for the 1953-54 concert
series was made by Voit Gilmore,
drive chairman for the Sandhills
Music association, at the perform
ance of the N. C. Symphony or
chestra given here Monday night.
Slated to appear at Weaver
auditorium in December is the
Don Cossack Chorus and Dancers,
famous and colorful White Russiari
troupe j in January, j the two-
piano team of Nelson and Neal;
and in March, the Little Vienna
orchestra on its first American
tour, in a program of Strauss
waltzes and other Viennese music,
featuring the lyric soprano Rose
SweigeC
In addition there will be the
annual performance of the N. C.
Symphony, the Young Musicians
concert and perhaps one or two
others if finances permit.
Biggest Budget
Next year’s budget of $5,500 is
the largest in the association’s
history, said Chairman Gilmore,
presenting the preview in a bid
for the early purchase of season
tickets. Some 150 persons availed
themselves of the opportunity to
reserve the seats of their choice,
buying their tickets for the new
series at intermission and after
the concert.
(Continued on Page 8)
grounded
^ Piedmont Airlines suspends
Its service to the SandhUls
S3 of today (May 1) for the
six-month summer recess.
Knollwod airport, the South
ern Pines-Pinehurst stop, will
be replaced on the schedule
November 1.
This means that not only
passenger service but airmail,
air parcel post and air freight
will be 'suspended tfor this
area.
^Letters and parcels may
still be marked for air serv
ice, said Garland Pierce, post
master. They wUl go to Ra
leigh by the earliest train and
be flown from, there.
"southern pines, north CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MAY 1. 1953
TWENTY-SIX PAGES
Primary Draws Record Vote, 927.
10 On Ticket For Tuesday Election
Voting At Fire Station 6:30 - 6:30;
City Council Will Take Oath Next Day
Voting in the municipal election
will take place Tuesday at the fire
station from 6;30 a. m. to,6:30 p.
/I
Air Force Band
Will Give Public
Concert At Inn
The 527th Air Force band from
Pope AFB, Fort Bragg, will pre
sent a free public concert Tuesday
at 3:45 p. m. on the front campus
of Highland Pines Inn, home of
the USAF Air-Ground Opera
tions school.
The band of about 40 pieces is
rated as one of the best in the
country, including many mem
bers who in private life are out
standing professionals in the mu
sic world. Directed by Warrant
Officer Sanger, the band will pre
sent a one-hour program of co^n-
siderable variety and popular ap
peal
The event is part of the Air
Force’ observance of National Mu
sic Week, May 3-10. Some 5,000
communities throughout the
country are cooperating in em
phasis on musical activity at this
time, and wherever possible the
armed services are contributing
to the community programs.
The concert is being presented
through cooperation of the Ninth
Air Force and the Air-Ground
school. Brig. Gen. W. M. Gross,
USAFAGOS commandant, ex
tends a cordial invitation to all
members of the community to'
come and enjoy the music.
USAFAGOS Gets
New Fire Truck
For Inn Protection
The USAF Air-Ground Opera
tions school at Highland Pines I
Inn was the recipient this week
of a fine new International fire
truck, latest model, assigned bv husky six-foot
of the school. succeeding Bernice M. Cameron
It will also be available in sup- ''’ho was killed while in perform
plementary service for fire fight- Carthage March
ing in and around the community, I
through a cooperative program assumed his new
being worked out by the school Fayetteville, where he has serv-
and Southern Pines volunteer fire ed as a patrolman with the police
department. department for the last six years.
Brig. Gen. W. M. Gross, USAF- He is a native of Randolph
AGOS commandant, will also be county, where he was born near
Fire Chief, and a volunteer de- Asheboro 29 years ago, and at-
partment will be set up among tended school at Seagrove. He
officers and enlisted men of the an MP during World War 2,
school staff.
FELLOW for a big job . . . Cgrthage’s new Police Chief
surveys the situation from a central point in town, the Moore
County courthouse. (Pilot btaff Photo)
J. M. Joy ce Is New Carthage Chief
Succeeding Late Bernice M. Cameron
Former MP Comes
To County Seat
From Fayetteville
Meddling, States
[West Side leader
The Pilot received a letter this
General Gross, with the school | ivT ^ •
secretary. Col. John C. Egan, con- XMO C..OmmUniStS
ferred Thursday morning with
Southern Pines Fire Chief Harold
B. Fowler in regard to coopera
tion of the two departments. The
mutual-aid program, to be an
nounced next week, should make
Southern Pines one of the coun
try’s most fire-safe communities
^specially when Southern | week which it is front-paging in
$17,000 LaFrance view of its immediate importance
truck, now on order, arrives. and in the belief that it will be
Highland Pines Inn, tallest, as of interest to all Southern Pines
weU as largest, building within citizens.
the city limits, is entirely frame- It is written by a well-known
constructed and consequently has and long - respected leader of
been regarded as something of a West Southern Pines:
fire hazard. In its two years of oc-
cuiJancy the Air Force has done PHol-
much to lessen the dangers. Fire | H has come to our attention f
walls and fire doors have been in- j that rumors are being spread that Ih M^OOrC AcCldiPTlf'
stalled, the main staircase enclos- ccmmunist or other subversive
ed, fire escapes constructed and influences have stirred up the
serving with the Army at Fort
Lee, Virginia, and Fort Jackson
South Carolina. Discharged in
April 1944, he served for a time
with the Asheboro police force,
then went to the Fayetteville
force in 1947.
He is married and has two chil
dren, a four-year-old boy, Joel
Hampton, and a two year-old girl
Elizabeth Ann. ’
His wife is the former Helen
Johnson of Hope Mills, a graduate
of the Thompson Memorial hos
pital at Lumberton and currently
supe^isor of nurses at Highsmith
hospital, Fayetteville. She plans
to come to Carthage with her hus
band and perhaps later enter
nursing in Moore county.
Chief Joyce’s appointment by
the Town marks a separation of
two jobs which were both held by
Chief Cameron, that of Carthage
chief and Moore county jailer. The
duties of jailer are how being
carried on by Mrs. Cameron,
widow of the slain chief, with
Arthur Yow continuing as assist
ant jailer on night duty.
Simultaneously with the an
nouncement of Chief Joyce’s ap
pointment, the town commission
ers announced the resignation of
Hugh Strider, who had served as
night officer under Chief Cam
eron. No successor has been found
for him as yet.
Five members of the new city
council are to be chosen from the
slate of 10. Meuking more than
five will disqualify the ballot.
Under the council-manager plan
which will be in process of adop
tion, there is no vote for may
or.
Mrs. Grace Kaylor, registrar,
will be in charge of the voting,
with Mrs. Trudy Stephenson and
Burton W. Brown as judges.
There is no additional registration
period for this, the third munici
pal election Southern Pines has
had in three weeks.
The five candidates receiving
the highest number of votes wiU
be sworn in as the new council
at the city hall at 10 a. m. Wednes
day, at which time the old ad
ministration ends and the new be
gins.
First Steps
Their first step will be the elec
tion of a mayor from among their
number. Traditionally in this
form of government he is the
high man on the ballot, though
this is not obligatory. A mayor
pro tern is also to be elected, to
serve as chairman of the board
when the mayor cannot do so.
According to the General Stat
ute, the council may elect one
of their number as treasurer. From
the use of the word “may” (“shall”
is used in sections dealing with
other duties) this appears to be
permissive rather than obligatory,
and need not change the old'
legislative ordinance which makes
the treasurer an appointive of
fice.
Four Incumbents
Still Candidates;
Clark Leads Ballot
Young Musicians
Will Air Talents
4t “Bonus” Concert
J. Blue Mclver
Seriously Hurt
other measures takeS for maxi- Colored citizens of West Southern
mum safety. Under the direction | Pines to work for a Colored mem-
of Lieutenant Hafner, fire mar- ber on the City Council, and that
shal, strict regulations have been strange meetings have been held
made and are enforced. The as- that end.
signment of the fire truck is an- There are many people who
other measure of the Air Force | know better, but for fear that
for complete protection.
* Many Conventions At Resort Hotels;
Hollywood, Mid Pines Closing Soon
The resort season has whirled
into the era of conventions, with
imminent closings, in the Sand
hills hotel world.
The Hollywood will have as
guests Simday, Monday and Tues
day 65 to 75 members of the N.
C. Branch of the, International
Order of Kings Daughters and
^ons. The hotel will close for the
summer immediately following
their departure Tuesday morning.
John and George Pottle, brother-
proprietors, will leave for their
summer commitments soon after.
At the Mid Pines club, meet
ings will be going on through
May 22. Today (Friday) through
Sunday, some 75 members of the
371st Infantry of World War 2
are holding their annual reunion
there. Monday through Wednes
day will be given over to the N.
C. Shell Oil Distributors. The
spring meeting and tournament of
the Homer Cummings golf party
will take place next Friday
through Sunday.
The N. C. Association of Insur
ance Women will bring about 100
guests to the Mid Pines May 15-
17 - --
will be the closing event
The Cosgroves, Mid Pines pro
prietors, will spend the coming, . „ . .
season at their summer hotel at town officials. All of
seme may be led to accept polit
ical rumors instead of true facts
we beg to submit the following
statement:
Many years ago the section
known as West Southern Pines
was duly incorporated by the Col
ored citizens, with their own
Mayor, Commissioners and other'
J. Blue Mclver, Sanford attor-
The Sandhills Music association
is again sponsoring an “opportun
ity night” for budding young tal
ent, in the annual Young Musi
cians concert to be held at the
Pinehurst Country club Saturday
evening. May 9.
Music teachers of the county,
now banded together in an organ
ization, the Music Educators club,
have each selected his or her most
promising pupil to appear in the
two-hour recital. In addition, five
young people of the county now
attending college will return
home in order to appear.
The Young Musicians concerts
are offered to the public by the
Sandhills Music association each
year as a “bonus attraction,”
without charge,
Mrs. N. L. Hodgkins is chairman
of the event, as she has been of
its two predecessors. According to
her announcement this week, the
following will appear on the pro
gram, listed with their teachers:
Southern Pines —John McMil
lan, piano (Mrs. Thomas Hower
ton); Carolyn Hoskins, voice (Mrs.
L. D. McDonald).
Pinehurst—Decatur Richardson,
(Continued on page 8)
The city clerk acts as clerk ex
officio of the council, as before.
Biggest job facing the council
will be the choice of a city man
ager—the man who will have
the responsibility of running the
town as a successful business.
Burns Discussed
Whether or not Howard F.
Burns, town clerk and treasurer
for 26 years, will get, or seek, this
job is a moot question around
town. His responsibilities and au
thority have been added to
through the years until he has be
come almost, if not quite, a city
manager. He is a member of the
N. C. City Managers association,
the only man of his position ac
corded this honor.
It is this, as much as anything
else, which made of Southern
Pines’ old form of government
hybrid affair—a cross between
the mayor-commission and the
council-manager form, neither one
nor the other and fitting no stat
utory pattern.
In regard to Mr. Burns, who in
many years in office has become
something of a ^controversial fig
ure, some cite the decisive April
15 vote for the change in govern
ment as a mandate from the elec
torate for a “clean sweep.”
Should Be Applicant
However, the general opinion,
as far as The Pilot can determine.
Southern Pines voters will go
to the polls Tuesday for their
third municipal election in three
vveeks. This will climax the se
ries, as they choose five men from
a panel of 10 to form their first
council under the new council-
manager governmental form.
The 10 were selected from a
slate of 15 candidates last Tues
day, when a record 927 voters
marched to the polls in the town’s
first primary.
Lloyd T. Clark led the ballot
with 507 votes, the highest ever
recorded for an individual in the
history of the town. The previous
high was 505 for L. V. O’Callag
han in 1951.
W. E. Blue was second with 467,
just four more than he polled two
years ago.
Others on Ballot
Others who will appear on
Tuesday’s baUot and their primary
vote:
Voit Gilmore, 402; Joe O’Cal
laghan, 356; C. S. Patch, Jr., 349;
J. R. Funderburk, 337; H. L
Brown, 335; J. T. Overton, 292-
Harold B. Fowler, 285; Joe Garzik,
252.
and May 18 priests of the
Catholic diocese of Raleigh will j of which Mr. Pottle b prA
arrive for a five-day retreat. This ler.
Green Harbor, Mass.
Mr. and Mrs. John Pottle, of
the Hollywood, will leave May
10 for Eseeola Lodge, Linville, of
which Mr. Pottle has been sum
mer manager for the past three
years. Going with them from the
Hollywood staff will be Mr. and
Mrs. J. A. Hyatt, whose home is
at Linville. Six local young peo
ple will join them at the moun
tain resort to take jobs during
their vacation from college or
school. These are Alec McLod and
Joe Horner, who will be room
service boys; Barbara Guin and
Betty Jane Worsham, who will
work in the dining room, and
Betty Baucom and Louise Milli-
ken, at the front desk.
Among improvements at Esee
ola Lodge since last summer is a
beautiful ‘new clubhouse and golf
shop, built of native stone, replac
ing a building which was burned
last fall.
Mr. and Mrs. George Pottle will
also be leaving soon for the Hotel
Shoreham at Spring Lake, N. J.,
own-
this happened when St. Peters
burg was the capital of Russia,
and before we ever heard of Sta
lin or communism.
The town of West Southern
Pines operated until an act of the
North Carolina legislature merg
ed it with the town of Southern
Pines. The merging act provided
that “the citizens of West South
ern Pines should have all the
rights and privileges, and be sub
ject to all the liabilities of, citi
zens and residents of the town
of Southern Pines.”
We did net need and did not
have communists then and we do
not need and do not have com
munists now, in our effort to se
cure representation on our Town
Council. We are loyal American
citizens, with the same desires for
civic progress and betterment
as possessed by other citizens.
We therefore ask all who be
lieve in fair play and simple jus
tice to help us get a Colored
member on the City Council.
Respectfully,
T. R. GOINS, President,
West Southern Pines Civic Club
ney, brother of Mrs. J. M. Pleas
ants of 160 North Ridge, was seri
ously injured in an automobile ac
cident near Carthage about noon
Monday.
He is a patient in Moore Coun
ty hospital with chest and head
injuries and a compound fracture
of one leg above the knee.
Odell Cagle, also of Sanford
driver of the car in which Mr,
Mclver was riding, was less seri
ously hurt and remained at the
hospital only a few hours. Mr.
Cagle’s car was extensively dam
aged.
The accident occurred near
Flinchum’s store about five miles
west of Carthage. The investiga
ting patrolman said that a large
truck heading east, approaching
the Cagle car, braked down in a
heavy line of traffic and went out
of control, swerving across - the
center line and hitting Cagle’s
car in the left front.
The truck, owned by Berry
Wood Gardens, Kernersville, had
been converted to a tank for the
transportation of goldfish. Thous
ands of the fish were being car
ried inside in an arrangement of
trays, with water running over
them. The driver J. H. Evans of
Kernersville, said the fluid load
seemed to shift as he applied
brakes, causing an overbalance to
one side and consequent loss of
control.
The patrolman cited Evans to
Moore recorders court, charged
with careless and reckless driving
causing an accident, property
damage and personal injury.
Mr. Mclver is a former clerk
of Lee County court. His brother-
in-law, Jim Pleasants of Southern
Pines, is a Moore County commis
sioner. '
Hobby Show Will
Be Monday Event
At School Gym
Have you a good hobby to ride?
And are you interested in other
people’s? If so, the Hobby Show
at the school gymnasium Monday
afternoon is right up your alley.
Hobby displays will be made by
both adults and children in the
show, which will be open to the
public from 1 o’clock until 9:30
in the evening.
No admission wil Ibe charged,
though a free wil offering will be
taken for the purchase of new
shrubbery for the elementary
school grounds.
The show is being sponsored by
the Student Councils of both the
high and elementary schools, and
many of the school pupils will
present displays and collections.
Some adults offering exhibits
will be Mrs. John Cline, with her
famous and extensive doll col
lection; Mrs. Jack Carter, art;
Mrs. Don Madigan, arts and
crafts,' including original textile
designs; Maj. J. F. McCarthy,
precious stones; Mrs. Dorothy
Atherton, pictures; Mrs. Don
Moore, ceramics.
The sponsors extend an invita
tion to all hobbyists and collect
ors to present a display. They
may secure information through
a call to the elementary school—
2-2181. Owners may bring their
entries to the gymnasium Sunday
evening or Monday morning, and
arrange them for display. They
may take them home after the
shew..
is that, if the new council takes
applications for the manager job,
Mr. Bums’.application should be
^ong the number and should be
judged on its merits, on the basis
of experience, ability and train
ing.
Whoever the city manager turns
out to be, according to the statu
tory form of government the town
has adopted, his will be the duty
of hiring or firing other town of
ficials and employees, including
those which have previously been
appointive.
In the meantime, according to
the General Statutes as well as
the Southern Pines town code
“those in. office shall continue to
serve until their successors are
duly elected and qualified.”
Eliminated in the primary were;
W. T. Huntley, Jr., 180; Russell J.
Lorenson, 163; H. A. Lewis, 139-
L. M. Daniels, 137, and Johnnie
A. Hall, 133.
Clark, Blue, Brown and Patch
are incumbent members of the
town board. All now have their
chance at reelection.
Lewis and Daniels have served
terms on the board in the past.
Both were eliminated.
Negro Participation
Funderburk is the only Negro
ever to run for office here. He
was a nominee in 1951 and made
a good run, polling 216 votes, but
was defeated.
Negroes evidenced a great gain
in interest in the current election-
A total of 342 new names was add
ed to the books in the two regis
tration periods, preceding the
April 15 special election and the
primary. A large proportion of
these were from the West Side.
By a curious coincidence, the
number of names added in each
registration period was 171. The
final total was 1,388 voters regis
tered, a record high.
Reafiirmalion
Lloyd Clark led the forces for
adoption ^ of the council-manager
plan, which reached resounding
™ special election vote
of 489 to 228. His strong lead on
the primary ticket is taken as re
affirmation of confidence in the
new form of government by the
majority of voters.
The heavy second-place vote
accorded W. E. Blue, however, in-
. dicated the margin to be consider-
(Continued on Page 8)
Mary Stewart, Robbins Senior, Wins
SVA Scbolarsbip For Nurse Training
Miss Mary Cameron Stewart, a-* — “
member of this year’s graduating
class at Elise High school, Rob
bins, was announced this week
as the winner of the Sandhills
Veterans Association nurse train
ing scholarship for 1953.
The ..announcement was made
by Voit Gilmore, chairman of the
independent group of Moore
ty veterans which has sponsored
County veterans which has spon
sored the annual award since
1947.
He also announced an alternate,
to receive the scholarship for
three years of nurse training in
case Miss Stewart is unable to
take advantage of it. The alter
nate is Miss Phyllis L. Harris, a
senior at West End High school.
Mis Stewart is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Stewart of
Robbins, while Miss Harris is the
daughter of Willie G. Harris of
Carthage Rt. 1. Both girls were
rated as outstanding in the schol
arship requirements of service,
ability, aptitude and deserving
character.
The winner, who is editor of
her high school annual, member
of the Beta club. Monogram club
and glee club, will receive her
award as a commencement honor.
In the meantime she will choose
her nurse training school—which
may be any accredited one in
North Carolina—apd make appli
cation for admision with the Sep
tember class. In return for pay
ment of all expenses incident to
the course she makes only one re
turn to her sponsors—a promise
to come back to Moore county to
(Continued on Page 8)