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SCOUT WEEK -
FEBRUARY 7-13
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NATIONAL BOY
SCOUT WEEK -
FEBRUARY 7-13
VOL. 35—NO. 11
EIGHTEEN PAGES
SOUTHERN PINES, NORTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY* FEBRUARY 5. 1954
EIGHTEEN PAGES
PRICE—TEN CENTS
Parade To Mark
Observance Of
Boy Scout Week
Troops To Compete
In Window Display;
Cubs Plan Banqiiet
Topping the many events plan
ned in celebration of National Boy
Scout Week, February 7-13, by
Moore County Scout, Cub Scout
and Explorer Scout units will be
the first Scout Week parade to be
staged in the county, with all
troops in the Moore District sla
ted to take part.
Plans for the parade, to be held j
in Southern Pines at 3 p.’ m. Sat
urday, February 13, were an
nounced today by Dr. J. C. Grier,
Jr. of Pinehurst, district commis
sioner whose staff, along with the
District activities committee
headed by Clarence Thomas of
Pinehurst, will have charge of the
event.
Following the parade, a “cook-
out” for all troops of the county
will be held at the Aberdeen Lake
Scout hut.
RusseU Simons, Scoutmaster of
Troop 224, Southern Pines, will
serve as parade marshal. Tenta
tive plans call for formation of
the parade units near the school
cm Massachusetts Avenue, after
Scouts have gathered on the play
ground in back of the high school.
In addition to all Scout units of
the county, the following organ
izations have been asked to take
part in the parade: a band and
marching unit from Fort Bragg,
Red Cross, USAF Air-Ground
School, Southern Pines fire de
partment, county foresters, Caro
lina Power and Light Co., Amer
ican Legion, Veterans Of Foreign
Wars, automobile dealers of the
county, trotting horses from Pine
hurst and high school bands from
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BLOOD DONORS HONORED—Pictured here
wearing “gallon pins” and gift orchids are seven
of the eight Sandhills residents who were hon
ored last week for having each given a total of
eight pints of blood in a series of collections
sponsored by the Moore County Red Cross
Chapter. Front row, left to right: Mrs. Bud Hen
derson and Mrs. James Smith, both of PineblUff,
and Mrs. Harry Menzel and Mrs. William Ed
Cox, Jr., both of Southern Pines. Back row,
same order: Clyde Council, Harold A. McAllister
and Marshall G. McRae, all of Southern Pines.
Unable to be present when the photo was made
was William Ed Cox, Jr., of Southern Pines.
Orchids were presented to the gallon donors and
also to 18 first<time donors by Carolina Orchid
Growers, Inc. (Photo by Emerson Humphrey)
Hunter Trials Set For February 20,
Attracting Interest Throughout Area
Plans are being made for the‘^“
Washington’s Birthday weekend,
annually set aside by the hunting
Southern Pines, Aberdeen, Car-,
thage, Robbins and Pinehurst.
Cub Scout, Boy Scout and Ex
plorer Scout units expected to
take part will come from South
ern Pines, Pinehurst, Aberdeen,
Pinebluff, West End, Carthage,
Robbins, Vass and Cameron.
Scouts in all these communities
expect to attend church services
in a body February 7 in observ
ance of Scout Sunday.
Nationally, the week will mark
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folks for special events relating to
the horse life of the Sandhills.
On February 20 will take place
the annual Hunter Trials, while
that evening the Hunt Ball, spon
sored by the joint masters, staff
and followers of the Moore Coun
ty Hounds, will be held at the
Pilot Given
Press Award
An award for third place in lo
cal news coverage, among 26
weekly newspapers competing in
North Carolina Press Association
1953 contests, was made to The
Pilot during the Association’s 29th
I Annual Newspaper Institute held
' at Chapel Hill and Durham last
Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
Attending the Institute from
The Pilot staff were Mrs. James
Boyd, editor, and Cad Benedict,
news editor. Others from the
Sandhills attending all or part of
the sessions were Mrs. Valerie
Nicholson, who was news editor of
The Pilot for the first six months
of 1953 and so shared in credit for
the award, which was based on
several samples of the paper chos
en by date throughout the year;
H. Clifton Blue, editor and pub
lisher of The Sandhill Citizen at
Aberdeen; and William Ed Cox,
Jr., of Southern Pines advertis
ing solicitor for The Sandhill Cit
izen.
Competing weekly papers were
judged for first, second and third
place awards in news coverage,
editorial page, features and pho
tography. Only other weekly win-
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Cardy Named Head
Hunt Racing Asso.;
Race Set March 20
Pine Needles Clubhouse.
The Hunter Trials take place
out on the old Scott farm at the
far end of Young’s Road. Here,
William T. Polk
To Address Group
Here On Tuesday
William T. Polk, associate edi
tor of The Greensboro Daily
, , , , News, will address a meeting of
qver the course of natural fences the Moore County Historical As-
in a rolling country of fields and sociation Tuesday of next week,
woodland, the hunters of the sec- j jn the Southern Pines Library at
tion, augmented by the usual vis-1 g.30 p. ni.
itors, will vie against each other ’ ^ University of North Carolina
in classes for thoroughbreds, of | gjjjj Harvard Law School gradu-
all weights, and hunt teams. With | gte who left the practice of law at
judges invited from the eminent 1 warrenton in 1942 to take the
in the hunting world, it is expect-1 position he now has with the
ed that the event will attract the; Greensboro newspaper, Mr. Polk
best in horseflesh and the top jg author of the recently- pub
lished and highly acclaimed book.
The nation’s spring calendar of
hunt racing and steeplechasing
wiU open March 20 at Stoney-
brook Race Course here, with a
one-day race meeting sanctioned-
by the Hunts Committee of the
National Steeplechase and Hunt
Association.
owners in the vicinity.
Since last year, many ranking
race horses have been added to
the local strings, notably those of
the Starland Stables, belonging to
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Tate Jr. and
the famous Agha Khan filly and
I others of Mr. and Mrs. Ver
non G. Cardy, enthusiasts are
hoping that there may be a parade
of some of these newcomers.
Tax Listing To
Run Thru Month
At their regular meeting in Car
thage Monday, the county com
missioners authorized extension
of tax listing throughout the
month of February.
Individual list takers in the nine
townships of the county are mak
ing their own schedules of where
they will be available during the
month.
Mrs. D. J. Blue of Carthage,
Route 3, McNeill township list
taker, and Mrs. Adelaide SchneU
of Pinebluff, who has the books
in Sandhill township, announce
their February schedules else
where in today’s Pilot.
_. ... . Mrs. Ozelle Moss, first whip to
Southern Pines was officially re- jjgj. husband who is joint master,
turned to prominence as an ama- .^j^h W. J. Brewster of Pinehurst,
teur racing center with the highly gf ^he local pack, is secretary of
successful 1953 race meeting at .jhg Hunter Trials. Working with
Stoneybrooki held under sanction her is a committee, also in charge
of the national organization for gf arrangements for the Hunt
the first time in 10 years. The ^hich includes Mrs. John
Sandhills is winter training head-: Ogg^^in, Sgt. Art Newman, Mrs.
quarters for many of the country’s : jgj^^ Michael
top steeplechasers and is the home \yaish
AH ""tries must be horses
Wal"^’ a^ the leading Ser f2 that have hunted regularly with j writers.
afSist fi^ years F D (Do^^^^^^ the Moore County Hounds. Out-'
me past live years, . u. (uooiey) entries that have hunted reg-
ularly with a recognized pack are
welcome but are subject to ap-
and the
“Southern Accent—.From. Uncle
Civil Term High
Court To Open At
Carthage Monday
Pre-Trial Hearings
To Be Held; Judge
Armstrong On Bench
Cases are calendared for Mom
day, Tuesday and Wednesday of
next week in a term of Moore
County Superior Court for trial of
civil actions. Judge Frank M.
Armstrong of Tro^, who presided
at Carthage recently for a crimi
nal term, will be on the bench.
An innovation in court proce-
j dure in this county will be insti
tuted when all cases to be heard
during the week, except two un
contested divorce cases, one will
j case and four cases on the motion'
docket, come up on a pre-trial cal
endar Monday, in accordance with
Judge Armstrong’s request.
I Lawyers are asked to file trial
briefs,. without which. Judge
Armstrong notes in a personal no
tice printed with the calendar, a
continuance of the case may re
sult.
No case will be tried. Judge
Armstrong points out, unless a
pre-trial order has been entered.
Chief purpose of the pre-trial sys
tem is to speed court procedure.
Entered on the pre-trial calen
dar are these cases: last will and
testament of F. G. Thomas, de
ceased; Virginia Maness Brady vs.
Nehi Beverage Co.; Lester Brady
vs. Nehi Beverage Co.; Donald
Bums vs H. L. Wolfe; J. W. H.
Moore vs H. B. Jason Moore;
Charles Moore, Jr., vs. H. B. Ja
son Moore; B. S. Futress, al vs C.
R. Meadows al; J. A. Blue, al vs
H. B. Meisleman, al; W. R. Clegg,
Jr., al vs Kilgo Motor Freight,
Inc., and American Machine Co.,
vs David G. Coffee.
The first six of these cases are
then calendared for trial Tues
day and the last four for trial
Wednesday.
’The Monday motion docket
cases* not on the pre-trial calen
dar, are: Mrs. Georgia Hackney
vs Bradford Ritter; H. W. Dorn vs
Elliotte Dorn; W. H. Spivey, al vs
Roger W. Purvis, al; and Willie
Allsbrook vs U. T. Hight.
The two uncontested divorce
cases, set for Tuesday, are: Helen
S. Morgan vs Samuel Corbitt
Morgan and Dorothy Moore Pat-
Cqntroversial M ensures
To Come Before Council
Water Rates,
Games Moved
To Thursday
The Blue Knights and girls
of Southern Pines high school
will be seeking to avenge a
pair of basketball defeats ear
lier this year at the hands of
Aberdeen high school's teams,
when Southern Pines plays
host to the Red Devils and
Devilettes at the gymnasium
here Thursday night of next
week.
The Aberdeen games, al
ways exciting, are traditional
highlights of the basketball
season for both schools.
Next week's games, to start
with the girls' contest at 7:30.
were moved up from Friday
night to Thursday night, so as
not to conflict with ihe Nel
son and Neal piano duo con
cert, sponsored by the Sand
hills Music Association, at
Weaver Auditorium Friday
night. The games had been
originally scheduled for Fri
day.
Both the boys' and girls'
teams at Aberdeen lead the
Moore County High School
League, with Southern Pines
boys not far behind in third
place in the boys' division.
Between the halves of the
girls’ game. Boy Shout Troop
68 of Aberdeen and Troop 224
of Southern Pines will stage
a basketball game in observ
ance of Boy Scout Week. Be
tween the halves of the boys'
game high school majorelles
will pul on a show.
Remus to Oak Ridge,” published terson vs A. B. Pattterson. An-
by William Morrow and Com
pany.
In addition to his regular news
paper work, he has written book
reviews, poems, articles and
stories. Gerald W. Johnson, North
Carolina editor and author now
living at Baltimore, wrote of
“Southern Accent,” “Poetic, sar
donic, eruldite and wise, this an
alysis of the South is above all
healthy.”
Born in Warrenton in 1896, Mr.
Polk served in Wlprld War 1 after
attending the University at Chap
el Hill and later continued his
studies in law at Harvard in Cam
bridge, Mass., where he shared a
room with the late Thomas Wolfe,
one of the state’s best known
other case not on the pre-trial cal
endar is: In the Matter of the Last
Will and Testament of Annie
Campbell, deceased.
Vernon G. Cardy, noted Can
adian sportsman who makes bis' p
winter home at Southern Pines, Committee,
was elected chairman of the Ston-'
eybrook Hunt Racing Association
at a meeting here last week.
Charles W. Stitzer of Southern
Pines, well known amateur
sportsman who won the North
Carolina Hunt Cup on Tryon’s
Block House course and the Pink
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Women Voters To
Meet February 11
The League of Women Voters
will discuss their current survey
of the town government at an
open meeting at the Civic Club
Thursday, February 11, at 8 p.m.
The discussion will be led by the
survey chairman, Mrs. George
Bellamy.
Mrs. Harold Walte];s of Chapel
HiU will outline the state program
of the League for 1954 and lead a
discussion. The annual budget
wiU be presented to members.
The public is welcome at this
meeting which officers of the
League called important for mem
bers and prospective members.
The classes will be:'first season
hunters, thoroughbred hunters,
non-thoroughbred hunters,
hunters and hunt teams.
TURKEY SUPPER
Members of the Woman’s Socie
ty of Christian Service of the
Pinebluff Methodist Church will
sponsor a turkey supper on Wed
nesday, February 10, in the church
open j basement. Supper will be served
from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Check Starting
On Refuse Law
A gradual program of enforce
ment of the town’s refuse ordi
nance was predicted this week by
Town Manager Tom E. Cunning
ham- who said he is extremely en
couraged by the vast majority of
residents who are attempting to
comply with the new law.
Enforcement was slated to be
gin February 1, after residents
were given the month of January
to comply with requirements set
ting size and type of container and
other provisions.
First step in enforcement will
probably be instructions to col
lection crews to pick up non-
metal containers. Where viola
tions persist, letters will be sent
soliciting cooperation, Cunning
ham said.
Topics Given For
Tourist Industry
Gathering Today
Topics for the tourist industry
workship to be held at Weaver
Auditorium today (Friday) at 2 p.
m. were announced this week by
Ben E. Douglas, director of the
N. C. Department of Conservation
and Development.
Douglas will be present to sum
marize the presentations of five
panel speakers. Chairman will be
Fred A. Whitaker, manager of the
State Tourist Bureau, who is or
ganizing the series of workshops,
of which this is the second and
will be the only one for this area.
The Southern Pines Chamber of
Commerce is cooperating as local
sponsor.
All persons in the hotel, restau
rant or service station business,
or any Other related to the state’s
multi-million-dollar tourist in
dustry, are asked to attend the
meeting. Opportunity will be giv
en them to ask questions.
Specialists appearing on the
panel, and their topics, will be:
Vice-President T. E. Pickard of
the Carolina Motor Club, “What
the Tourist Wants From You”;
Chief Locating Engineer R. Getty
Browning of the State Highway
Commission, “Super-Highways Do
Not Stop Tourists”; Walter Stans-
bury, vice-president of the South
ern Hotel Association, “Hospital
ity is Bread Upon the Waters”;
Marley M. Melvin, executive vice-
president of the N. C. Association
of Quality Restaurants, “Good
Eating is More Than Food Prepar-
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SVA Opens Nurse Scholarship Drive; Three Girls Now Training
Opening its eighth annual nurse
scholarship campaign, the Sand
hill Veterans Association this
week sent letters throughout the
dpunty asking for funds that will
provide a complete three-year
training course for a qualified
Moore County girl.
Composed of about two dozen
World Wpx 2 veterans, the SVA is
a strictly local non-profit corpo
ration whis main project is the
nurse scholarship. A panel of
doctors, nurses, educators and
hospital authorities chooses the
scholarship winner from among
applying graduates of Moore
County high schools each year.
Beginning in 1947, one scholar
ship has been awarded each year,
with the exception of 1950 when
contributions permitted two. Win
ners are chosen on the basis of
aptitude, previous record, spirit of
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VELMA RICHARDSON
DOROTHY McNEILL
MARY STEWART
Fire Service
Up For Action
Two controversial proposals ■—
Uniform water rates and a charge
based on property valuations for
fire department service outside
the town limits—are slated for
consideration at the regular meet
ing of the town council Tuesday
night, February 9. Council meet
ings start at 8 p.m.
Other items to be discussed in
clude whether the council should
set a second meeting date each
month, in order to expedite press
ing business, and a petition by
resid.ents of Knollwood Apart
ments for three-times-per-week
refuse collection, as compared to
the present two collections per
week.
Representatives of the- Knoll
wood Sanitary District of which
Maj. Gen. Julian F. Barnes is
chairman and which has employ
ed Attorney Leland McKeithen of
Pinehurst, are expected to be. on
hand to restate their opposition to
a proposed 50 per cent increase in
rates for water sold to Knollwood
residents by the town.
At the January meeting, Knoll
wood representatives cited a 1928
agreement or deed of easement
that calls for the same water rate
in the Knollwood area, which is
outside the town limits, as that
prevailing in town. This conces
sion was granted to Knollwood in
return for an easement permitting
the town to lay water mains
across Knollwood property. Knoll
wood, which was then a develop
ment corporation, also donated a
site for the town’s sewage dispos
al plant.
Other out-of-town areas, with
certain exceptions which also
would be brought into uniformity
under the proposed law, now pay
50 per cent more than the in-town
rate for town water.
Knollwood residents call the
proposal unfair, especially in view
of the recently instituted sewer
service charge which imposed a
.charge equal to 100 per cent of
water bills on out-of-town users
of the Southern Pines sewer sys
tem. The sewer charge was in
stituted over protests by Klnoll-
wood residents who pointed out
that they installed and now own
their sewer lines.
Fire Service Charge
Tuesday night will see the first
extended public debate on the
proposed fire service charge
which would permit service by
the Southern Pines fire depart
ment only to those out-of-town
residents, within two miles of the
city limits, who pay to the town
a service charge of 25 cents per
$100 of property valuation annu
ally.
'This proposal is based on the
proposition that fire service is a
constant .and continuing benefit,
through reduction of insurance
rates and otherwise, regardless of
whether the fire department is
called. ,
KnoUwood residents indicated
at the January meeting that they
might resort to court action,
should the water charge be im
posed. Attorney McKeithen ex
pressed. the opinion that the 1928
deed of easement remains a valid
contract.
Zoning Board
Prepared Law
In The Pilot’s editorial page fea
ture about the town’s new zoning
ordinance last week, it was incor
rectly stated that the ordinance
was prepared by a sub-committee
of the Community Advisory Com
mittee.
The ordinance was drawn up by
the town zoning board of which
Donald G. Case is chairman. The
Advisory Committee has no au
thority to prepare legislation,
whereas the Zoning Board is le
gally empowered to do so, subject
to approval by the council.
The Advisory Committee’s zon
ing sub-committee, which Mr.
Case also heads, is investigating
problems of zoning outside the
town limits.
The confusion arose because Mr.
Case is chairman of both the zon
ing sub-committee and the town
zoning board.