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JANUARY 2-31
VOL. 35—NO. 10
TWELVE PAGES
Health InsiiranceProbe
Pushed By Clifton Blue
Legislalor Presides
At Raleigh Session
Of Public Committee
Presiding at a meeting in Ral
eigh Tuesday, Rep. H. Clifton Blue
of Aberdeen, Moore County rep
resentative in the North Carolina
General Assembly, carried for
ward his long- continued effort to
investigate and control policy can
cellation practices of some health
and accident companies doing bus
iness in the State.
Blue and two other state legis-
SOUTHERN PINES. NORTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY. JANUARY 29. 1954
TWELVE PAGES
PRICE—TEN CENTS
DR. BECK
State Alumni To
Hear Authority
On Atomic Uses
. .Dr. Clifford Keith Beck, head
of the physics department at N.
C. State College, Raleigh, will be
the featured speaker Friday eve
ning, February 5, when State Col
lege alumni from throughout
Mcore County gather for a dinner
meeting at the Hollywood Hotel
here. The event is set for 7
o’clock.
John Ponzer, president of the
Moore County State College
Alumni Association, said that Dr.
Beck will discuss in layman’s lan
guage nuclear problems and the
application of atomic energy to in
dustry and commercial activities
in the future.
Tom Hayes of Southern Pines
is program and arrangements
chairman. Ticket sales are being
handled by Bill Austin and BiU
Davis in Aberdeen, Cliff Story
and Robert Lamb in Southern
Pines, Willard Hill and Fleet Al
len in Carthage and Earl Auman
in West End.
Other officers of the Moore
County Alumni are Bill Austin
of Aberdeen, vice - president; and
Graves Vann of Southern Pines,
secretary-treasurer.
Dr. Beck, a 1933 Catawba Col
lege graduate who received fur-
their degrees at Vanderbilt Uni
versity and the University of
North Carolina, has held highly
responsible positions with the na
tional atomic energy program at
Oak Ridge, Tenn., Hanford, Wash.,
and elsewhere and is a consultant
for the Air Force and a number of
manufacturing companies. As
head of the physics department
at State, he is in charge of work
with the atomic reactor now in
use there.
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Gators, Sen. Hamilton Hobgood of
Franklin County and Rep. Arthur
I Goodman of Charlotte, along with
former State Insurance Commis
sioner Waldo Cheek of Charlotte,
are members of the public com
mittee. The group was appointed
last June, while Cheek was still
commissioner, after public repre
sentatives were not included on
an insurance industry committee
I named by Cheek to investigate
policy cancellations.
At Raleigh Tuesday, the public
I committee voted neither to accept
I nor reject recommendations
i brought in last November by the
' industry committee. The public
' group also made suggestions of its
' own.
Notable among these sugges
tions was a recommendation that
health and accident insurance pol-
I icies put in big print and plain
language a statement that the
company can cancel the policy
and that policy holders sign this
statement to show they have read
it.
Blue, editor and publisher of;
the Sandhill Citizen, Aberdeen |
newspaper, who often works in
his printing shop, specified in his
suggestion that the statement be
on a separate sheet of paper and
be in at least 14-point type. This
is the size of type used in the sub
head or lower headline at the top
of this story.
An industry committee recom
mendation provided that after a
policy had been in effect for more
than three years a company could
not drop it of its own accord un
less benefits had been paid equal
to the premiums collected.
Members of the public commit
tee pointed out that if a company
dropped a customer even under
these circumstances it would come
at a time when the person’s health
was so impaired he could riot ob-
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Area Tourist Industry
To Study Problems At
Workshop Here Feb. o
Travel Bureau,
CARDY HORSES—Two of the finest thor
oughbred horses ever to set foot in the Sandhills
arrived last week at Vernon Valley Farm here—
Nemrod II, at the left, with Vernon G. Cardy,
and Kerkeb, with Mrs. Edith Ferguson. Cardy,
at right. Mickey Walsh of Southern Pines,
trainer of Cardy horses, stands between the new
arrivals. The Cardys bought the horses from
the Aga Khan’s stables last Fall and will use
them in a breeding program. Their presence in
the Sandhills is another boost to the rising in
terest in racing horses in this area.
(Photo by Emerson Humplurey)
6,562 Persons
Get X-Rays In
County Program
Through last Saturday a total
I of 6,562 chest X-rays had been
' made in Moore County in the cur
rent program. Miss Mary Swett,
who is with the mobile unit here,
discloses. At the up-town location
in Southern Pines, 1,450 persons
were x-rayed, and in West South
ern Pines, 679, making a total of
2,129 against the 1949 total of 1,-
162. On the two days the unit was
at Lakeview, 184 were x-rayed
Miss Swett was enthusiastic in
her praise of the women who
served as hostesses. At Lakeview,
home demonstration club women
were on the job, and in Southern
Pines, members of Drove 42, BPO
Does reported for duty faithfully,
despite the snow and ice that pre
vailed last weekend.
The survey will continue
through February 11. Stops have
been scheduled liy the mobile
units for Berkley School, Aber
deen, today (Friday) and Satur
day; at Cameron Presbyterian
Church Tuesday through Friday
of next week; at Pinehurst Com
munity Church Thursday, Friday
and Saturday next week; and at
Moffitt’s Grocery in Robbins Fri
day and Saturday next week.
At Coordinated Meeting
Jack Younts To
Attend Safety
Meet At Capital
Jack S. Yotmts of Southern
Pines, president and general man
ager of Radio Station WEEB, has
been invited to attend the White
House Conference on Highway
Safety, to be held in Washington,
D. C., February 17, 18 and 19.
Younts, who is a director
of the No'rth Carolina As
sociation of Broadcasters, Inc., re
ceived the formal invitation last
week on gold-embossed White
House stationery. He had pre
viously received a letter from
Gov. William B. Umstead, nam
ing him a member of the North
Carolina delegation to the con
ference. Edward Scheidt, state
commissioner of motor vehicles,
will head the Tar Heel group.
In his letter, the Governor said,
“The matter of highway safety is
of tremendous importance to o^ur
State and, as you know, I am
deeply interested in doing all that
we can about it. I am delighted
that the President has called this
conference, and you will be ren
dering a splendid public service
if you can arrange to attend.”
Younts has lived in Southern
Pines since 1947. Several years
Thoroughbreds Arrive In Sandhills,
Will Train At Vernon Valley Farm
Kerkeb, I^lemrod II
Reach Winter Home
After Long Journeys
Two much - traveled
Khan and Nemrod H, four-year-
old colt sold to the Cardys by
Prince Aly Khan.
At Vernon Valley Farm, they
X'?, G^oVge PottleThoknnd conven-
cirdy launch th^ir venture to
MOTHERS' MARCH
The “Mothers’ March On
Polio,” a nation-wide feature
of the March of Dimes, will
be conducted in Southern
Pines Saturday by members
of the Auxiliary of John Boyd
Post, Veterans of Foreign
Wars.
Paul Butler, local drive
chairman and county chapter
head, said that Auxiliary
members will receive contrib
utions to the March of Dimes
on the streets in the business
section all day Saturday.
Chairmen Named
For Committees
By C. Of C. Head
Appointments of chairmen from
the board of directors to head
operating committees of the
Southern Pines Chamber of Com
merce were completed this week
by Mrs. Valerie Nicholson, presi
dent.
They are: Robert F. Arey, li
cense bureau; June Blue, house;
Virgil P. Clark, streets and high
ways; Frank E. Cosgrove, resorts
and golf; Mrs. Jean Edson, Christ
mas lights; W. Ward Hill, mem
bership; W. B. Holliday, special
events; George H Leonard, Bet
ter Business Bqreau; Miss Kath
erine MacDonald, retail division;
Mrs. Valerie Nicholson, publicity
and promotion; J. B. Perkinsori,
banquet; Hoke Pollock, constitu
tion and bylaws, legal adviser;
thoroughbredswhotothelasttwo race horses with the two Euro-''^- . “dustrial.
months have journeyed from Eu- ' pean-born thoroughbreds. Walsh
rope to New York to Canada and has had outstanding success with
from Canada to the Sandhills Cardy horses in steeplechasing,
were being introduced this week notably with Sun Shower, Mrs.
to their winter home—^the Ver- Cardy’s geldtog who won $34,000
non Valley Farm of Mr. and Mrs.' in purses during the past season.
Vernon G. Cardy. | Walsh was the leading steeple-
They are Kerkeb, three-year-1 trainer of 1953, saddling the
old filly purchased from the Aga winners of 25 races to earn $102,-
930 for the Cardys and other pa
trons.
Kerkeb has been called the
leading three-year-old filly of Eu
rope, a daughter, of the Epson
Derby winner Straight Deal,
out of' Brenda Mar. In seven
English stakes last year, she had
three wins, three seconds and a
third.
Nemrod II is by NasruUah,
which was sold to an American
142 Pints Blood
Collected; Group
Of DonorsHonored
ago he served on Gov. Kerr ^
Scott’s State Highway Safety !fying donation of eight pints of
Committee as a member of the i blood in co^ctions during the
public relations sub-committee ] past few years, to several resi-
During a visit of a Red Cross
bloodmobile to Southern Pines
Wednesday, 142 pints were col-1 ... , *0,70 nnn x *
leoted. John Euohholz, permanent
blood chairman for the Moore
County chapter, reported.
A feature of the collection was
awarding of “gallon pins,” signi-
The directors, holding their reg
ular meeting next Tuesday at 8
p. m. at the Southland Hotel, will
select .projects for the year, with
each being assigned to its proper
committee for accomplishment
The list of projects, forming the
Chamber’s program of work for
the year, will be announced to ad
vance of the membership cam
paign, dates for which will also
be set Tuesday night.
Plans Made For
Annual Tourney
Theresina, a half-sister of Alibhai
which the Aga Khan bred and
sold to a group in Kentucky for
$500,000.
Purchase prices of the Cardy
horses have not been revealed but
are believed to run into six fig-
composed of radio and newspaper 1 dents of this area These persons j
representatives. I also received orchids presented by I. Tentative plans call for breed-
As general manager of Radio i Mr. and Mrs Karl A. Bridges of Irish
Station WEEB, Younts has stress-1 Gerolina Orchid Growers, Inc., thOTOughbred^with^Kejkeb taken
ed highway safety information on Midland Road. Eighteen other
and efforts to reduce traffic acci- donors, giving their first pint of
to Canada to drop the foal.
Meanwhile both the new Cardy
dents, especially at times of blood, likewise received orchids, horses will be prepared for U. S.
The gallon donors are: Mr^ and racing engagements. Both are eli-
special hazard such as holiday
week-ends.
Internal Revenue
Help Available
E. Earl Hubbard of Southern
Pines, Internal Revenue Depart
ment representative with office
in the basement of the post office,
has announced that he will be
at his office from 8:30 a m. to
5:15 p. m. to render free serv
ice in connection with Federal in
come tax retimns, Monday
through Friday, with exceptions
as follows:
Will be at Robbins Mill, Aber
deen, February 8 and 9, 9 a. m. to
5 p. m.
Will be at the courtroom to
Carthage, February 26, same
hours.
Will be at courtroom to
Raeford, February 11, 12 and 17.
Office in Southern Pines will be
open a half dair Saturdays, Feb
ruary 27 and March 6, and a full i
day Saturday, March 13. I
Scouters Plan Program For Year
Moore County’s Boy Scout pro
gram for 1954 was planned by
over 60 adults who attended a
District Scouters Coordinated
Meeting Thursday night Of last
week at Brownson Memorial
Presbyterian Church.
First of its kind tO' be held in
this county, combining 11 plan
ning sessions of various groups
into one meeting, the gathering
was initiated by Brig. Gen. Pear
son Menoher of Knollwood, re
cently installed Boy Scout chair
man for the Moore District.
Operating committees planned
their programs for the coming
year. Training sessions for Scout
masters, Cubmasters, Explorer
Advisers and Cub Scout Den
Mothers were conducted by Dr.
J. D. Ives and J. Douglas David,
of Pinebluff, and Fred Chappell
of Southern Pines.
Chairman of the operating com-
Mrs. W. Ed Cox, Jr., Mrs. H. J.
Menzel, Harold McAllister, Clyde
Council and Marshall G McRae,
all of Southern Pines; and Mrs.
Marion Henderson and Mrs. Ethel
Smith, both of Pinebluff.
Physicians assisting during the
mittees are: advancement. Law- day included Drs. M. T. Pishko,
rence Johnson; camping. Bill Mc-
Laurin; activities, Clarence
Thomas; health and safety, Ed
Swearingen; finance, W. Lament
Brown; organization and exten
sion, A. L. Folley; and training,
Paul Butler.
General Menoher and the dis
trict vice-chairmen, John Ponzer
and the Rev.- Cheves K. Ligon,
both of Southern Pines, coordina
ted the operating committees.
Tom Burgess, Occoneechee
Council staff director who attend
ed the meeting, praised General
Menoher for. starting the coor
dinated plan of district operation
and said that similar plans in the
other 10 counties of the council
would follow the pattern set by
the Moore District.
gible for the $100,000 Holljrwood
Gold Cup.
Preliminary plans for the an
nual county high school basket
ball tournament were cinnounced
this week by the athletic commit
tee of the Moore County Educo
Club, after a meeting of the com
mittee Monday night at West End.
C. Of C. Join
In Sponsoring
All persons connected with
businesses serving tourists, or in
terested for any other reasons to
•promotion of the tourist industry
in this area are invited to a Tour
ist Industry Workshop, to be held
at Weaver Auditorium, Southern
Pines, at 2 p. m. Friday, February
5.
The workshop is being sponsor
ed by the State Travel Bureau of
the N. C. Department of Con
servation and Development, as
one of a series designed to pro
mote the state’s second biggest in
dustry. The February meeting,
which is being held with cooper
ation of the Southern Pines
Chamber of Commerce, will be
the only one for the Sandhills
area.
Fred A. Whitaker, manager of
the State Travel Bureau, will con
duct the workshop, presenting the
panel of speakers, and conducting
a question-and-answer forum in
conclusion for the threshing out
of local and regional problems.
On Program
Local persons appearing on the
program will be George Pottle, of
the Southern Pines 'Chamber of
Commerce; the Rev C, V. Coveil,
Episcopal pastor, who will ask
an invocation, and Mayor L. T.
Clark, who will extend a greet
ing in behalf of the Town of
Southern Pines.
The panel speakers will, to a
series of 15-minute talks, give
what will amount to an intensive
course, by experts to their fields,
on various phases of dealing with
the traveling public, extending lo
cal hospitality emd putting the
community’s best foot forward to
a way to please the tourists and
induce them to return.
The panel speakers wiU be:
T. E. Pickard, vice-president of
the Carolina Motor Club, Char
lotte.
Marley M. Melvin, executive
secretary, N. C. Association of
Quality Restaurants.
Gilmer Sparger, executive sec
retary of the Petroleum Indus
tries Committee.
Walter Stanbury, Goldsboro,
vice-president of the Southern
Hotel Association and director of
the N. C. Hotel Association.
R. Getty Browning, principal
locating engineer with the State
Highway Commission.
Owners and managers of tour
ist-related businesses are asked
not only to attend the workshop,
but to allow as many of their em-
The tournament will be played
February 19-27 at the Carthage j ployees as possible time off to be
School gym. Three games will' present. Benefits are anticipated
take place each night on February' for all such businesses as hotels.
19, 20, 22, 23, 24 and 25. Finals
will be played Saturday night,
February 27.
Seedings and pairings for tour
nament games will be drawn up
at a meeting of the committee set
for Tuesday night, February 16.
At this week’s meeting, the
committee chose the high school
gym at Robbins, now under con
struction, as 1955 tourney site.
To Speak Twice Here
LeTourneau Will Visit County
J. S. Hiatt, J. C. Grier, Jr., and
C R. Monroe.
Mrs. D. W. Winkelmem and Mrs.
Ira T. Wyche were chairman and; , 1 j
vice-chairman of personnel. Other weekends flying
A man who has riseri from ob
scurity and comparative poverty
to become one of the nation’s
leading industrialists, and who
I around the nation preaching the
I Gospel, is coming to Moore Coun
chairmen were: Mrs. A. V. Ar
nold, canteen; A. A. Hewlett, tTf^’a^s^rtor oflSTes^Satl
equipment; and .D A. (June) Blue, if 07
recruitment. 1
BASKETBALL TONIGHT
urday and Sunday, March 27 and
28.
He is Robert Gilmour LeTour
neau who as a young man had a
spiritual experience, as a result
Boys and girls of West End jof which he dedicated his life to
High School will face the South- be “God’s business man.” In 1935
ern Pines basketball teams to con- he and Mrs. LeTourneau set aside
tests to be played tonight (Fri- 98 per cent of their personal
day) at the gym here. The girls’ wealth to establish the LeTour-i
game is scheduled for 7:30 p. m.' neau Foundation to “teach, pro-
Home. games are also slated for mulgate and disseminate the Gos-
Tuesday night of next week when pel of Jesus Christ throughout
The next Scouters’ dinner will' Sanford teams will be the op- the world.”
be held February 18 at the Com- j jwnents here in non-conference 1 The LeTourneau party will ar-
mimity Church, Pinehurst. 1 contests. I (Continued on Page 5)
MR. LeTOURNEAU
motels, tourist homes, restaurants,
service stations, gift shops and
others catering to the thousands
of visitors from other states who
annually pass through this sec
tion.
Fund Appeal In
Nurse Training
Scholarship Set
The Sandhills Veterans Associa
tion will launch its annual cam
paign Monday for funds to send a
1954 Moore County high school
graduate to nursing school.
Appeal letters to residents
throughout the county will con
tinue the unique project that has
made it possible for Moore Coun
ty girls to obtain free nurse’s
training—on condition they return
after graduation to practice their
profession in this county.
Three girls whose training has
been financed by the Association’s
scholarships are now working to
the county and three are to train
ing.
Local chairmen for the 1954
campaign are: Southern Pines,
Barney Avery; Aberdeen, Tom
Shockley; Pinehurst, Tom Hower
ton; Carthage, Dr. Bruce Warlick;
Robbins, West End, Jackson
Springs and Eagle Springs, Bert
Premo; Vass, Lakeview and Cam
eron, Max Forrest.