^ 2 Murder Cases
Head Superior
Court Calendar
Mrs. Banigan Called
To Report Action
On Refund Of Money
One murder case to go before
the grand jury and another on the
regular trial docket head the list
of cases to be heard in Moore
County Superior court next week.
The term opens Monday with
Judge J. C. Rudisill of Newton
scheduled to preside.
Two manslaughter cases, one to
go before the grand jury and one
on the regular docket, are calen
dared, along with assault and
liquor charges and a large num-.
her of drunken driving cases ap
pealed from recorders court.
Fifty-three persons have been
called for jury service during the
week’s term.
Defendants and alleged victims
in both the murder cases are Ne
groes.
■ Gloria Lee Wrencher is charged
' with killing her husband, Her
bert, 28, and wounding Frances
McLaughlin, about 30, at the Mc
Laughlin woman’s house near
Carthage when she surprised the
pair in bed together early on the
morning cf June 12. Her weapon,
said officers, was a .22 calibre au
tomatic rifle the defendant is said
to have snatched up and fired
when she found the gun in the
McLaughlin house.
William McGregor is charged
with the murder of Shelton Blue,
also a Negro, in July 1952. Allow
ed bond, McGregor was not
brought to trial during the two
1952 terms of court following his
arrest and on December 28, James
Blue, brother of Shelton Blue,
shot and wounded McGregor so
severely that McGregor was not
able to stand trial at this year’s
court terms. He was still a patient
at Lee Coimty hospital in May.
All involved in this case are from
the Cameron area.
Slated to go before the grand
jury Monday are the following de
fendants and the charges on
which they were arrested:
Tommy Taylor, alias Willie Fran
cis Taylor, assault with a deadly
weapon with intent to kill and
other charges; Joe Robert Dowdy,
larceny of auto and manslaugh
ter; Junior Newby, careless and
■reckless driving and larceny;
William Walker and Harry Peter
son, larceny of auto.
Also: James Junior Allred,
speeding and careless and reck
less driving resulting in an acci
dent; Woodrow Flowers, larceny
of auto; Douglas Key, breaking
and entering and larceny; Gloria
Lee Wrencher, murder and as
sault with a deadly weapon;
George Collins, Ed VanHoy and
David VanHcy, breaking and en
tering and larceny; and Jim Key,
assault with a deadly weapon.
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PRICE—TEN CENTS
Guard Leaving For Camp
Captain William J. Wilson,
commanding officer of the Mdore
County National Guard—Battery
D, 130th AAA Bn (AW-SP)—an
nounced today that three officers
and 55 enlisted men of the unit
will leave Sunday for Camp Stew
art, Ga., Third Army anti-aircraft
training center, for the battery’s
annual field training.
Departure of the truck convoy
has been set for 5:30 a. m. Sun
day. The unit plans to bivouac
Sunday night at the South Caro
lina National Guard’s airport,
Ridgeland, S. C., arriving at
Camp Stewart Monday morning.
First week training will consist
of firing the unit’s 40 mm anti
aircraft guns and quad .50 caliber
ack-ack mounts at both tow tar
gets and radio-controlled planes.
Captain Wilson said. Second week
is to be spent on an aggressor
problem.
The unit plans to return to its
Southern Pines headquarters
Sunday morning, August 30.
Topflis^ht Talent To
Enter Tennis Event
Play To Start
Wednesday At
Local Courts
CITY MANAGER Thomas E. Cunningham, his wife, the for
mer Marion Goodrich of Sanford and their children. Tommy, Jr.
two years old and Tamara Jean, age eight months, are shown
outside their Knollwood Apartments home. Mr. Cunningham,
who last week began his work as Southern Pines’ first city man
ager, appears to amuse Mrs. Cunningham as he exercises his
charms in quieting a fretful baby daughter for the photo. Some
body told Tommy a monkey might jump out of the camera when
the picture was taken and he looks as if he believed it.
. (Pilot Staff Photo)
Community Advisory Committee
Plans Work At First Meeting
Mrs. Graves Named
Secrelary; Ruggles
Presides At Meeting'
Meeting fcr an organization
session at tov/n hall Tuesday
night, the new Southern Pines
Community ^ Advisory committee
heard Mayor L. T. Clark say that
its work “can be one of the great
est things Southern Pines has
ever done.”
With John Ruggles, chairman,
presiding, the committee elected
Mrs. Gladys Graves its secretary
and set the first Tuesday night of
each month as a regular meeting
time at town hall.
Mr. Ruggles called the commit
tee “a step toward unification of
the entire community” and asked
members present for their ideas
about how the committee should
undertake its work and any prob
lems they might have in mind.
DFC, Air Medal
With 4 Clusters
■I
Awarded Clarke
First Lieutenant Wyndham
Clarke, 23-year-old USAF Sabre-
jet pilot who completed 100 com
bat missions with the 8th Fighter
Bomber Wing in Korea has been
awarded the Distinguished Flying
Cross and the Air Medal with four
oak leaf clusters, it was learned
’ here this week.
Lieutenant Clarke is expected
home from Korea, to visit his
mother, Mrs. Louise W. Bowman,
later this month, during a leave
prior to an expected assignment
to Europe. His mother said this
week she did not know exactly
when he would arrive.
In a telephone call to his moth
er early in July, Lieutenant
, Clarke said that he had completed
his tour , of 100 missions and ex
pected to be home in about five
weeks.
The nature and number of
Lieutenant Clarke’s decorations
were not known until information
was received here in an Air Force
announcement this week. The an-
nounecment said he had received
the awards for his aerial missions
cutting bridges, rail lines, dams
I and roads throughout North Ko
rea and his bombing and strafing
sorties on troops, tanks, and gun
I positions of enemy front lines.
Little Leaguers
Sweep Playoffs
To Become Champs
Southern Pines Little League
Lions capped their impressive
first season of play with the tour
nament championship Wednesday
afternoon here when they defeat
ed Robbins Little Leaguers, 3-1.
This was the second straight
victory over Robbins and gave the
championship to the local boys.
On Monday at Robbins, Southern
Pines set back the host team, 11-0.
Robbins had won a two-out-of-
three series with Carthage in
games played last week, while
Southern Pines advanced by win
ning a similar series with Pine-
hurst. The final Pinehurst game
was played last Thursday, the lo
cals winning 11-9.
At Robbins Monday, the Lions
were awarded the regular season
pennant and are due to receive a
trophy for the tournament cham
pionship. i
The Robbins manager filed a
protest on the final series game
because of a disagreement with
an umpire’s decision.
The top five season batting and
fielding averages for the South
ern Pines boys foUow:
Baiting Averages
John Van Benschoten 694
Richard Mclnnis 500
Robert Woodruff .436
Ted Ward 432
Ikey Woodell 422
Fielding Averages
Bobby Watkins 964
John Van Benschoten 911
Ikey Woodell 896
Ted Ward 875
Jimmy Caldwell 808
Under the resolution by which
the committee was set up by the
town council, the group—which
includes eight residents from
within the town limits and seven
persons from outlying areas—is to
study and investigate and make
recommendations' to the town
council for action on such com
munity problems as may be re
ferred to it.
T. E. Cunningham, city mana
ger, told the committee and coun
cil that advisory committees play
an important part in the council-
manager form of government
which “needs citizen participation
in making decisions.”
Members of the committee pres
ent included Chairman Ruggles,
Mrs. Gladys Graves, Maj. Gen.
Julian F. Barnes, Dean S. Dor
man, Herbert Cameron, Garland
McPherson, William C. Darden
and J. T. Saunders who is the
West Southern Pines representa-
Building To Be
Sold August 21
The town-owned police station
and former ABC store building on
New Hampshire avenue will go
on sale to the highest bidder Fri
day, August 21, at 12 noon at the
door of the town office on Broad
street.
The police station is to move to
the town hall on Broad street as
soon as permission to move its
radio equipment is received from
the Federal Communications
Commission.
Over $1,000 In
Sight For Golf
Tourney Projecl
Fathers To Be
Drafted Unless
Status Proved
tive.
Final Action On
Zoning Changes
Set For Tuesday
Final action by the town coun
cil about proposed zoning changes
on Bennett street and New York
avenue was deferred Tuesday
night, because a quorum of the
council was not present, due to
vacation schedules.
No one appeared to oppose the
changes, but any one opposed
will have another chance to ap
pear at the next meeting of the
council which is set for Tuesday
night, August 18, at 8 o’clock. The
proposals include rezoning from
residential to business category
both sides of Bennett street, be
tween Pennsylvania and New
York avenues and also on New
York avenue’s south side between
Broad and Bennett streets.
Public hearing cn the propo
sals was advertised for Tuesday
night but, because a quorum of
the council was not present, the
hearing and council’s final action
on the matter, go over to next
Tuesday.
At its July meeting, council had
set its regular August meeting for
August 18, rather than August 11,
because of upcoming vacations of
members. The meeting set for
Tuesday night will be the first of
the full council with the new city
manager, T. E. Cunmngham, and
is expected to be a busy session.
The public is invited to attend
all council meetings.
Mrs. Harry Davis, clerk of the
Moore County Selective Service
board, said this week that any
evidence of fatherhood or expect
ed fatherhood must be presented
to the board’s office in Carthage
by August 25, if young men are
to claim draft deferment for de
pendency reasons.
After that date, men will not
be deferred for fatherhood alone,
Mrs. Davis explained, according
to a new national Selective Serv
ice policy.
National draft officials say the
rule was adopted because young
men who were deferred as stu
dents were marrying and becom
ing fathers in large numbers, thus
altogether escaping military serv
ice under the draft..
Fatherhood can be proved be
fore Augst 25 by presentation of
a child’s birth certificate or a
physician’s certificate of wife’s
pregnancy.
No men are being called from
Moore county for pre-induction
examination in August, Mrs. Da
vis said. The August induction
call is for one man on August 27.
He will be Sherrill B. Rush, of
Biscoe, Route 1. Three nfen who
have transferred their induction
from boards elsewhere will go
with Rush that day, she stated.
They are Dan A. Ellis, Troy K.
Kinlaw and Isaiah Reives.
The board has received an in
duction call for five men on Sep
tember 23.
IN HOSPITAL
Miss Ethel Davis, secretary to
Herbert F. Seawell, Jr., of Carth
age, entered Moore County hos
pital last week for examination
and treatment.
Directors of the Chamber of
Commerce, meeting for a pi ogress
report Wednesday night, lound
that general reaction of local
businessmen to their one-week
gclf-tournament survey had been
“excellent.”
Merchants contacted during the
survey had promised a total of
$939 minimum towgrd the purse
and other expenses of the tourna
ment, said Joe Montesanti, Jr.,
general chairman.
Several directors reported that
some merchants told them they
would give “more if needed” and
the maximum figure, cn this ba
sis, was well over $1,000.
No large sums were reported,
the figures running from $5 to $50
per firm, with practically 100 per
cent participation, they said.
The survey will continue one
week longer, in an effort to se
cure a total of $2,000 in sight be
fore definite decision is made to
proceed with plans for the No
vember event.
No money is being asked, only
a promise of contribution in Octo
ber or the first of November, if.
the Chamber decides local sup
port will justify the holding of
the event. During the coming
week the directors will visit addi
tional businesses, including tour
ist homes and motels, and try to
see a number who were out of
town when they made their first
round of visits.
Present plans are for the hold
ing of the tournament at the
Southern Pines Country club,
during the second week in No
vember, a period in which the
ranking pros are heading south
for the opening of the Florida
circuit. Information from Dugan
Aycock, of Lexington, Carolinas
PGA president, was that $2,500
(minimum) would be an attrac
tive purse during the between-
season lull, and would bring a
good entry list of major pros. An
unlimited number of amateurs
would also be expected to play
in the tournament.
Expenses of the event would
run up the minimum cost to
around $3,000, and the directors
want to be assured that this will
be forthcoming before they con
tinue with their November plans.
Chairman Montesanti said..
The directors plan to meet for
a final accounting on the survey,
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LILLIAN BULLOCK holds her
two newest tennis- trophies, won
in both singles and doubles at the
ECTA Junior tournament at Dur
ham last weekend.
(V. Nicholson Photo)
Lillian Bullock
Wins Trophies In
Tennis At Durham
MAGAZINES WANTED
Persons having magazines to be
disposed of are asked to bring
them to the Southern Pines libra
ry for distribution over the coun
ty by the Moore County bookmo
bile. Mrs. Dorothy H. Avery is li
brarian for the county library
which is operated in conjunction
Iwith the Southern Pines library.
M-Sgt. Woodall
Listed Wounded
Master Sergeant Robert G.
Woodall, -whose next of kin was
given as Mrs. Bertha O. WoodaU
of Southern Pines, was listed as
wounded in Korea on the Defense
Department official report appear
ing in the daily press Sunday.
All details were lacking and
The Pilot has been unable to con
tact Mrs. Woodall.
WINNERS in the talent contest at last Friday’s production of
“On Stage America” in Weaver auditorium, for benefit of the
Church of Wide FeUowship building fund are, left to right, Ar
den Fobes, third place $5 cash award who sang and tap danced
to “Fun and Fancy Free”; the Harris trio, Nancy, Jean and Phyl
lis, who sang “You, You, You,” winning second place $10 cash
award; and Jim Hatch who took first place and a $25 bond with
his trumpet solo, “I’m In The Mood For Love.” See story else
where in today’s Pilot for more about “On Stage America.”
(V. W. Hardee Photo)
Lillian Bullock of Southern
Pines made a clean sweep of the
Eastern Carolina Tennis Associa
tion junior tournament last week
end at Durham. She brought
home trophies in both junior girls’
events, singles and doubles.
Seeded No. 1, “Little Lil” lived
up to advance billing with never
a let-down. After a first-round
bye she knocked over Raleigh’s
Caroline Cbrkey in semifinals, and
Joanna Holloway of Durham, 6-4,
6-0, in finals played Sunday
afternoon.
Teamed with Caroline Corkey,
she won doubles honors Saturday
ever Muriel Hendrix and Betsy
Woodhall.
The five-foot, 97-pound ninth-
grader, strictly a product of the
local courts, is only 14 years old.
In every case she was meeting
girls older than herself, and her
opponent in the finals was 17
years old. Junior girls’ eyents, are
fcr girls 15 to 18, though young
er ones may enter. There were no
events for girls under 15 at the
Durham tournament.
Kenneth Tew, 1952 state boys’
singles champion, was the other
Southern Pines representative at
the tournament, seeded No. 3.
Passing the 15-year mark this
year, Ken moved up from the
boys to junior boys’ bracket.
Competition was numerous and
keen in this division, and he bow
ed in quarterfinals to Bobby'
Green of Goldsboro, who moved
on then to defeat Ed Caviness,
also of Goldsboro, in the cham
pionship round. ,
In junior boys’ doubles, Ken-
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The Fifth Annual Sandhill Ten
nis tournament will present a
large number of players, includ
ing some of the section’s topflight
talent, on the municipal courts
next week.
Play will start at 10 a.m. Wed
nesday and continue day and
night until the finals, major events
<4 which will probably be held
Saturday and Sunday nights un
der lights.
The tournament, sponsored by
the Sandhill Tennis association,
will be held this year for the first
time under the official sanction of
the Southern Lawn Tennis asso
ciation. This means that the re
sults will be considered in official
rankings accorded southern play
ers during the coming year.
Harry Lee Brown, Jr., president
of the Sandhill Tennis association,
is tournament chairman. He is at
summer school at Columbia imi-
versity. New York, though plan
ning to return in time for the
tournament, and his position here
is being filled by three vice-presi
dents, H. L. Brown, W. F. Bow
man and Stanley Austin, as tour
nament committee.
Local Hospitality
The Southland hotel. Colonial
Inn and Southern Pines Cottages
are cooperating by offering special
low-cost accommodations to the
visiting players, and Jacks Grill;
Holliday’s Coffee Shop and Ham
el’s restaurant are giving a dis
count on meals as part of the local
hospitality.
Entries so far indicate that the
tournament will be the best of
the series in the quality of players
attracted. In its five-year history
it has taken its place as a major
sports event in the summer calen
dar of this and neighboring states.
Deadline for entries is Monday,
and seedings and pairings for
first-round play will be announced
Tuesday.
Defenders
Both defending champions will
be on hand to meet contenders for
their crowns. •
Frank Spears of Greenville, S.
C., who won the men’s singles in
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Manager Works On
Budget; Pleased
With Personnel
Getting established as city
manager this week, T. E. Cun
ningham has edneentrated On
preparation of a 1953-’54 town
budget which he said he hopes to
be able to present to the council
at its next meeting Tuesday night,
August 18.
Mr. Cunningham said he has
been going over operations with
department heads. He added that
he is thoroughly satisfied with
all town personnel, saying that
Southern Pines has “an unusual
ly high caliber of employees.”
Under the council-manager
form of government, the city man
ager has power to employ Or dis
charge department heads and
town employees.
The manager will meet with the
full council the first time Tues
day night of next week at 8
o’clock.
Carlos Frye And
Mrs. Menoher Are
Golf Champioins
Defeating his fellow townsman,
Harry Davis, 2 and 1, Carlos
Frye of Carthage became the new
Moore County golf champion last
week, while in the women’s di
vision of the annual Moore Coun
ty Championship tournament Mrs.
Pearson Menoher of Knollwood
defeated Mrs. Roger M. 'Wicks of
Southern Pines, 6 and 4, to gain
the women’s championship for
the second successive year.
Mrs. Menoher reached the final
round when Mrs. Emily Forrest
defaulted. Mrs. Wicks registered
a 2 and 1 victory over Mrs. Mich
ael Pishko to reach the finals.
Jim Besley, defending cham
pion in the men’s division, was
defeated by Champion Davis 1-
up in the second round.
In the men’s division, Frye
stepped into the finals in the
championship flight by defeating
Harold Collins, 3 and A. Davis
beat Jack Carter, 2-up in the third
round.
Winner of the second flight
finals was Robert Smith who set
back Boyd Starnes, 5 and 4. In
the third round Smith had beaten
Tom Shockley, 1-up and Starnes
had defeated Bill Woodward, 2
and 1.
In the third flight, after defeat
ing Harry Pethick 1-up in the
third round, Gordon Clark beat
Dan Mangum, 5 and 4, in the
finals. Mangum beat W. M. Puck
ett, 2-up to reach the finals.
Fourth flight finals winner was
Dave Ginsburg who won by de
fault of Louis Honeycutt, Gins
burg defeated T. T. Hayes, 3 and
2, in the third round. Honeycutt
beat M. Creem, 2-up, to reach
the finals. .
Prizes were presented to the
winners and runners-up.