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« Page EIGHTEEN Scout Fund Rises To $5,350, Rejiort At Raleigh Shows Pinebluff Honored For Percentage of Residents Donating Total receipts ot $5,350.30 were reported from the Moore county Boy Scout fund drive, at an Occo- neechee Council dinner meeting in Raleigh Tuesday night. At tending from Moore county were Brig. Gen. Pearson Menoher, chairman; Jim Wilson of Southern Pines, Scout executive for Moore district; E. H. Mills, Pinebluff chairman; and Llcyd Clark, South ern Pines chairman. General Menoher has released the following figures for the county: Pinehurst $800; Carthage $300* and Robbins $105, excluding “advanced - gift” contributions; Southern Pines $1609 in advanc ed gifts and $918.80 m general; Aberdeen, advanced gifts and $164 general; Robbins MiUs, $205 from Aberdeen division but no report from Robbins division, Pinebluff, $100 advanced gifts and $100 general; Vass, $100 general and $67.50 Negro donations. West End’s contribution is to form part of their Community Chest drive and on a percentage basis it is es timated to be about $381. Cameron reported $28.25 and Lakeview $36.75. ^ , E H Mills was accorded recog- nition'for obtaining the highest percentage of contributors. In Pinebluff 76 out of 570 population well exceeded the standard 10% expectancy. Clarence Thomas of Pinehurst (not present) and Lloyd Clark were also given special to kens of recognition. General Menoher stated that “We would like to reach our pro portionate part of pense budget for the Council dur ing 1954. Moore county, with its own Scout executive, would like to retain the fuU-tinie ^services these funds help provide. re vealed that the 12-county Occo- neechee Council figure was $92,- 877.79 received to date — about $13,000 under the budgeted amount needed for 1954. THE PILOT—Southern Pines. North Carolina Morrison Training School Plans To Dedicate New Bnildin^s Today New buildings at Moi^riso-n Training School near Hoffman will be dedicated Friday at 2 p. m. in ceremonies to take place in the auditorium. The dedication recognizes com pletion of a building program val ued at more than $640,000 at the State institution, part cf which was done by boys at the school. Most of the buildings were com pleted about a year ago and have been in use since that time, but have not been formally dedicated, according to informatic-n received from P. R. Brown, superintendent, who has been a the school since 1944 and who formerly had been principal of "West Southern Pines High School for 10 years. Governor Invited Governor William B. Umstead has been invited to the dedication ceremonies. Expected to attend are: D. S. Coltrane, assistant bud get officer; Samuel E. Leonard, commissioner of correction, and representatives from State depart ments directly connected with the institution, such as the health de partment, the auditor’s office, the treasurer’s office and the divi- Girl Scouts of West Southern Pines Win Contest, Decorate Store Window A ti caoM-i v,-*• sion of purchase and contract. A number of residents of Rock- ~ ingham, Hamlet, Southern Pines (m that manner, _ ;■« +Vi^i ovoa TTtvp mGmbe Exhibition Features Handicraft, In Girl Scout Week Project The Girl Scout show window at Patch’s Department Store, now on view as a feature of this week s National Girl Scout Week cele bration, was decorated by Troop 59 of West Southern Pines. The troop 59 girls won a town wide competition in which plans for a Girl Scout Week window were submitted by several troops. Ann McDonald submitted the idea for Troop 59 and the entire troop worked out the final plan and did the decorating them selves. The exhibit shows types of handicraft which the girls have done. The whole plan in detail was worked out on the black board in the classroom of the troop leader, Mrs. R. P. Watkins, One of the Brownies from Troop 60, Marcella Hines, made another apron. One of the most interesting exhibits, the Halloween costume, was m.Bde by Julia Evans. It is made of newspapers. Mrs. Watkins has two new as sistants, Mrs. France and Miss Veola McLean. Mrs. N. T. Wilson, a member of the troop committee and director of scouting in West Southern Pines, has been working with this troop also. Troop 59 is planning to give a fashion show for the benefit of the Girl Scout drive. This will probably be given in the school auditorium and will be open to the public, with admission. Troop 59 plans to ask the co-operation cf the other ’(Mest Southern Pines troops to help put on this fashion show. • Other members of Troop 59 .are: troop leader, Mrs. K. P. w atKins, i Pearlene Allman, Barbara Bald- and was presented to the judges win, Martha Lee Butler, Lilhe . Tvipp r.aldwell. Alice Chavis, Pearl and other communities in the sxeo- near the school have been invited to attend and several are expected to bring greetings for the occa sion. Total Value $646,889.49 New buildings and improve ments completed in recent years who has been at the school since and their cost were listed as fol lows by Superintendent Brown: Administration ahd classroom building, $246,770.10; two dormi tories, $158,504; gymnasium, $91,- 857 98; swimming lake, $4,764.71 two staff houses, $14,978; cannery building, $4,727.50; poultry laying house, $1,632.98; general vocation al building, $86,736.07; electricM distribution system, $12,798.62; miscellaneous repairs and altera tions, $24,119.53. Total, $646,- 389-49. , , _ Boys at the school built the Five members of the troop placed their handicraft on exhibi tion. Patricia Dowd knitted sweaters and house slippers and Ellen Mcore kmtted a pocket book. Two girls made the baskets, Patricia Dowd one of pine needles and Ann McDonald one of strip ped honey suckle vines. Ann Mc- oDnald made a plastic bracelet and Carolyn Chavis an apron. Billie Callicutt, Westmoore Girl, New Beauty Queen Billie Callicutt, student at West moore school, was crowned “Miss Moore County High School” at the Moore County Fair in Carthage last Wednesday night, succeeding Miss Becky Wallace of Carthage, the 1952 winner who placed the crown on the new queen chosen from a group of 20 girls represent ing schools of the county. Placing second was Jane Carter of Carthage. Prizes of $25 to the girl winner and $50 to her school go with the first place title. The beauty contest was the highlight Wednesday at the fair sponsored by Carthage Jaycees. A cattle show was to be held Thurs day and an automobile wiU be given away Saturday night by the Carthage American Legion post. The fair continues through Satur day. , T- Shirley Garner and Barbara Goodwin were the Southern Pines High school representatives in the contest. Other entries and their schools were: Pearl ERen Jones, Farm Life’ Jackie Holden and Harriet Schnell of Pinebluff, Aberdeen; Marie Kennedy and Annie Maw Morgan, Pinehurst; Elise McWil liams and Vivien Ruth Matthews, Vass-Lakeview; Barbara Brown, Carthage; Margaret Monroe and Mabel Ann Steele, West End; Shelby Jean Cole, Cameron; Viola McNeill amd Helen Garner, High- falls; Donarose Garner, West moore; and Jackie Barnes, Elise High school, Robbins. Judges were non-residents of the county. laying house. Brown said. Now enrolled at the school are W III, J-ViCli blJO 1 Mae Caldwell, Alice Chavis, Pearl Gilchrist, Lenora Jackson, Sarah Mason, Verlena McLeod, Cynthia Sutton, Delores Temple, Helen Terry, Clarie Wells. The two uniforms in the win dow were loaned for the exhibit, the Brownie uniform by Mary Elizabeth Chappell of Troop 50 and the Scout uniform and badge sash by Eileen Thwing of Troop 51. big ones—Mike Spinello, left, and Jimmy Chiricos, resi dents of Southern Pines and proprietors of the Hill Top Driye-In on No. 1 highway, south, proudly display three king mackerel caught on a recent fishing trip off Shallotte. Mike and Jimmy each caught one and the third was caught by Jimmy s brother Tommy Chiricos, also of Southern Pines, who worte at HiU Top Drive-In The fish weigh 18, 19 and 20 pounds and are about 44 inches long. Each fish provided 2^2 steaks reported to be very good eating. With The Armed Forces Sgt. Wilmer A. Carter, son of Mrs. Ethyl Carter of 560 N. May Street, recently re-enlisted for six years in the 11th Airborne Division at Fort Campbell, Ky. He 'is supply sergeant for Battery CV of the 544th Field Artillery Bat talion, a unit of the 11th. , , ... ,, During eight years in military Boys at the school built tne Sergeant Carter has serv- cannery building and the poultry years in the Air Force, three years in the Navy and three years in the Army. He became a qualified para Superintendent Now enrolled at the scnooi are jjg became a quaiiiiea para about 220 Negro boys whom the chutist while attending the Air- superintendent likes to describe borne School at Fort Banning, Ga. as “neglected” rather than “de- jjg jater assigned to the 82nd linquent.” Their ages run from U ij-borne Division at Fort Bragg 10 through 18. and was graduated from the Addition of the new units will Jumpmaster school while station- enable the school to take care of Ud there. about 250 boys, with much more Sergeant Carter has been adeouate facilities provided for awarded ribbons for the Arnen ,, can Theatre, World War II Vic- From 80 Counties tory Medal, China Service and Bovs from about 80 of North Japanese Occupation. Carolina’s 100 counties are now He attended Southern Pines at the school. The institution has High School before entering serv- f of 42 persons ice in 1945. His wife is the former .s . .o.a.o< ^ » Sy ‘ uS e'ulHvSS.. A daughto, Rhond. dairy herd has been built up dur- , Claude G. Barker ing the past few years 25 is serving in Korea with the cows of low ° ^ ^iik 6th Transportation Helicopter 20 purebred or Company, which was recently animals. The drought this the Meritorious Unit mer has hit the dairy herd He is the son of Superintendent Brown said, jmd ^o ^ Carthage and is a 1 Service Ribbons. the school is not yet able to pro- —— duce all the feed necessary for' - ' ^ ^ the animals, although it has un derway an extensive pasture pro motor sergeant with the unit. He arrived in Korea in January from: an assignment at Fort Bragg. The commendation, the first to be awarded to an Army aviation unit in Korea, cited the company for exceptionally meritorious conduct in support of Eighth Army’s combat operations from January 5 to July 27, 1953. It sta ted that “mO'tivated by a strong sense of loyalty and aggressive ness,” men of the unit flew 4,000 air hours in cargo helicopters to haul more than five million pounds of supplies and 5,000 per sonnel. During the period the hel icopters also assisted in the evac uation of at least 1,400 sick and wounded troops. Lt. Col. Buster Ck»melt, whose wife, Mrs. Velma Cornett, and mother, Mrs. Iva Cornett, live in Southern Pines, recently arrived on Okinawa for duty with the Ryukyus Command headquarters. A strong U. S. outpost in the Far East, Okinawa is located off the coast of China between Formosa and the southern tip of Japan. Colonel Cornett, who was pre viously stationed with the Korean Communications Zone, is finance officer in the command’s comp troller section. He is a veteran of 22 years’ Army duty. His decora tions include the Commendation Ribbon and the UN and Korean }. Barker of Uartnage ana is a loeivioc West Southern Pines School News lYiin frnm til Hayes Book Shop books Office Supplies School Supplies Leather Goods Party Goods Newspapers Stationery Magazines Records Radios Models Gifts Games Toys milk n.*, wiU b. held .'h^preSt” Southern Pine, the prese School auditorium on Monday, The school for many years has ^ 2 at 7:30 p. m. All pa- had good friends in the communi- ^ urged to be present be ties of this area. Super^tendent rente are urg^^^^ Brown says he appreciates the m- terest shown in the schoo \ Southern Pines will go to the cooperation of law Friday, November 6, to take ment officers in this Peabody’s undefeated football prehending and returning hoys | Knowing that he will be who run away. facing ,a powerful aggregation. While progress is slow in rehao- McKinley Armstrong is ilitation of some boys, others, said on a new attack which the superintendent, “show ten- L ^ believes will hand Troy her dencies toward becoming useful I defeat. citizens.” He feels that most ot Defeated the boys at the school have l^en ^ Southern Pines came from neglected in some way m their Wednesday to defeat homes or communities, and he Heights of Pinehurst, calls them “neglected rather than ji^st conference “delinquent.” The school s efforts I g^^ts. The game are bent on helping the boys tma | played at Pinehurst. a place for themselves in normal pinehurst was also seek- community life. ing her first conference victory. Fire Destroyed Building i easily see why both It is recalled that the McLean were making such efforts building which housed school ^d administrative offices, de- pinehurst took the ball from stroyed by fire in 1950, which h^ kickoff and ran the ball back been a further handicap on the Uggp;^y j^to W. Southern Pines institution’s operations during the before Southern Pme: nast few years. The new class-' - - - room and administration bidding, costing $246,770 and the largest HIGH SCHOOL NEWS to be given in about six weeks, is “The Case of the Missing Heirs” and should prove to be very good entertainment. As the title might show, the play is to be a mystery- comedy in three acts. High school students have the starring roles. Cheerleaders The local high school is lucky to have five of the prettiest girls in the state doing the “cheering” for the, various athletic events throughout the year. The pert little misses ho do the “yells” are: Patti Woodell (chief), Mary Mat thews, Dorothy Newton, Georgia Williams and June Bristow. These girls need a great deal of praise for the good work that they have done during the football season. J. V. Football Last Thursday the Junior Var sity football team journeyed to Red Springs to win their second game. The rising players of to morrow have won two out of three games played. Kenneth Creech, Jerry Daeke and Donald Walters scored for the local boys to put them ahead of the, Red Springs team, 30-14. BY JIM HATCH As the school season gets under way, different events begin to take place throughout the high schools in Moore county. This column is written to give the ac tivities of Southern Pines High school in the past, present and fu ture. Band The local high school band has been invited to several Christmas parades to be held the last of No vember and the first of Decem ber. Director L. H. Ledden an nounced Wednesday that the band would play for the HaUoween Carnival to be held Saturday night. The band has chosen cos tumes to wear to keep in style with the occasion. Dreunalics Club Mrs. James Larking, dramatics club supervisor, has announced the play to be sponsored and giv en by this organization. The play. FRIDAY. OCTOBER 80. 19S3 H. D. Mclnpis, 50, Succumbs; Funeral Conducted Sunday Lakeview Native Dies Early Friday In Moore Hospital Funeral services for Herl^rt Duncan Mclnnis, 50, of Lakeview were held Sunday afternoon at the Lakeview Presbyterian church, conducted by the pastor, the Rev. G. M. Currie, assisted by the Rev. L. B. McKeithen, Jr., of Fayetteville. Burial followed in the Lakeview cemetery. Pall bearers were Lewis Bellet, Junior Garner, Buster Blue, Clyde Caus ey, Bud Crockett and Pete Mc Rae. Mr. Mclnnis died just past mid night Friday mornmg at Moore County hospital. He had been in declinmg health for several years but was taken to the hospital when his condition became criti cal the day before his death. He was a native of the Lake- ivew community, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Duncan Mclnnis, and had lived there all his life. Surviving are his wife, the for mer Kate Hunter; one brother, Howard, of Lakeview, and four sisters, Mrs. Ethel Everett and Mrs. Donald A. Jones of South ern Pines, Mrs. D. W. Layne of White Hill and Mrs. H. A. Mat thews of Lakeview. ,v single structure among those to be dedicated, was authorized by the Correction Board and recom mended to the Budget Bureau af ter this fire. Acquisition of farm machinery, landscaping and renovation of older buildings are other im provements that have been made during the past 10 years. In a report made to the North Carolina Board of Correction this year. Superintendent Brown pointed out improvements in the 1 citizen.” territory, before Southern Pmes held Pinehurst for four straight downs to take possession of the ball on their O'wn 20-yard hne. W. Southern Pines tried in vain school plant and added; . . But the actual values can not be estimated in dollars and cents, for they are the priceless benefits Negro boys have received from qualified and interested m- structors, better faculties, more wholesome food and a beautiful environment in which to develop the qualities that make a good to advance the ball from the 20 but the strong and stubborn for ward wall of Pinehurst refused to yield any real estate to the visit ors. The Tigers of Pinehurst unveil ed an attack and marched the ball from their 14 yard line to South ern Pines’ 25. From there Pine hurst took to the air and their shifty quartjerback shot the ball to their left end on the 15, who galloped into the end zone to put Pinehurst in front 6-0. W. Southern Pines made a sus tained counter-attack which car ried them to the mid-field stripe. From that point, Capt. T. W. Nel son bulldozed his way through the line, ran over his defenders in the secondary and, with the help of some magnificent down fmid blocking, scored standing up to tie up the ball game 6-6. That is the way things remain ed until “Duck” Hancock snagged a beautiful pass all the way for the most spectacular play of the game to put the game on ice for W. Southern Pines. The final score, 12-6. HONOR ROLL (First Sdx Weeks) Fourth Grade—Om Richard Vestal, Henry Lee White, Ann Elizabeth Wright, Starr Gail Blue Maxine Evelyn Ferguson. Fourth and Fifth combination James Gillis and Louis March fourth; Carol Stevens and Maxme Ross, fifth. . . Tx .1 Ninth Grade—Patricia Dowd and Susan D. McNeil. Eleventh Grade—G. Spurgeon Cameron, Maxine Lytch, Neutrice Quick, Helen Terry. Twelfth Grade—PameU Vestal and Martha WaddeU. Meetings At Five baptist Churches n Area Planned Meetings will be held Monday through Friday evenings of next week at five Baptist churches in this area, in preparation for the “MiUion More in ’54” crusade. Sunday school officers and teach ers and all other interested per sons are invited t® attend. Each meeting is set for 7:30 p. m. Following is the announced schedule: Monday, at First Bap tist church, Aberdeen, with the Rev. Zeb A. Caudle, pastor, in charge; Tuesday, at Ives Memorial Baptist church, Pinebluff, with the Rev. Ray GosneU, pastor, in charge; Wednesday, at Taylor Memorial Baptist church near Roseland with the Rev. J. C. McQueen, pastor, in charge; Thursday, at Ashley Heights Bap tist church, with the Rev. Ray GosneU, pastor, in charge; and Friday, at the First Baptist church at Southern Pines, with the Rev. “ ■ Coon, pastor, RAY Is Coming Back Monday • McAllister & hobbs, inc. -""iiiiiiil ’MOUNTAIN RIDGE STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKEY $2X0 11 4 YEARS OLD 8S PROOF COOOERRAM $ WORTS ITB. PE0IUA.ni. RMIO... BOORBOn ^ ANNOUNCING f The Addition To Our Staff Of Douglas David and Joe Mason As Salesmen MR DAVID FORMERLY WITH THE PINEHURST GARAGE, INC., HAS been in the automotive business 15 YEARS, —and— For Your New Chevrolet and For Quality Used Cars and Trucks See the Selection Today at Aubrey Johnson Chevrolet, Inc. Phone 9591 SALES SERVICE ABERDEEN. N. C IT'S IN THE BOOK! If I have an aulomobile ac cident. must I report a to the Department of Motor Ve hicles? In most cases, yes. The Motor Vehicle Manual states you must make a written report to DJiW if you are involved in an accident resulting in death, injury or prop erty damage in the amount of $100 or more. This report must be filled within 24 hours after the collision. This isn’t to be confused with another regulation which re quires you to notify immediately the State Highway Patrol or local police in the event of a wreck. As of June, this year, there were 4,888,460 United States farms with electric service, leaving 493,- 675 without this service.
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