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Sentiment
For PTAto
Be Queried
Move Is Result Of
Action Taken By
Group Of Parents
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At a special meeting of the lo
cal school board, Tuesday night,
it was voted to address a ques
tionnaire to the parents of all
school children, asking them if
they favored formation of a Pa
rent-Teacher Association in
Southern Pines schools.
The move came as a result of
action taken by a local parents’
group, meeting at the office of Dr.
R. M. McMillan the previous
week, at which school matters
were discussed, with special em
phasis on the benefits to be de
rived through parent-teacher co
operation.
A further point considered at
that time for possible study was
the question of a consolidated sen
ior high school for the three “tri
angle towns” of Aberdeen, Pine-
hurst and Southern Pines.
Following a meeting between
Dr. McMillan, chairman of the
parents’ group, and School Sup
erintendent A. C. Dawson, Mr.
Dawson presented to the school
board the ideas of this group, with
the resulting decision by the
board to seek “the opinion of all
the people,” and, if it proved fa
vorable, proceed with the forma
tion of a P.T.A.
Mr. Dawson described as “fa
vorable” the attitude of the local
board toward the idea put forward
by the parents’ group. He stress
ed, however, that, though there
had been considerable casual dis
cussion of the subject, this was
the first time, since he assumed
his present position, that a direct
approach from an organized group
had been made to the school
board.
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Pre-Revolutionary Home
In Moore County To Be
Taken As Historic Shrine
Glenn Hancock
in
HIGHWAY BUILDING—Here is an architect’s drawing of the
Eighth Division Highway building to be constructed at Aberdeen
north of the Dairy Queen on No. 1 highway. Excavating work
for the structure began this week and construction is slated to
begin April 1, according to Forrest Lockey of Aberdeen, Eighth
Division Highway Commissioner. The brick veneer building will
'^>135 square feet of floor space, 4,215 on the ground floor
and 2,850 in a basement ‘to be reached by an. outside entrance.
The building will be 111 feet long, with a width of 37 feet on the
south end and 42 feet on the north end where there will be an
offset. Completion is expected by July 1, with a force of trained
prisoners doing most of the work. Bibenstein, Bowles and
Meachum of Charlotte are the architects.
Three Democrats
Recommended For
Elections Board
The Moore County Democratic
Executive committee this week
submitted to the State committee
the names of three men recom
mended for membership on the
Moore Board of Elections.
These were S. Ci Riddle, of Car
thage, and J. Hubert McCaskill,
Pinehurst, who are currently serv
ing on the board, and Roy Mc-
Swain of Robbins.
The names were submitted
Tuesday, said W. A. Leland Mc-
Keithen of Pinehurst, chairman,
also announcing his imminent
resignation from this post. Judge
McKeithen, newly sworn in to the
superior court bench, said he will
not resign formally until the an
nual meeting of the committee.
Bar Association
Honors New Judge
AtKiwanisMeet
Leland McKeithen
Praised By Lawyers,
Responds To Tributes
Members of the Moore County
Bar association paid honor to one
of their number, Judge W. A. Le
land McKeithen, in a special pro
gram at the Sandhills Kiwanis
Club luncheon meeting Wednes
day.
Judge McKeithen, who was
sworn in at Raleigh last Thursday
as a special judge of North Caro
lina superior court, is a longtime
member and past president of the
Kiwanis Club. J. Talbot Johnson,
president of the county bar as
sociation, served as chairman.
All the lawyers in the county
except two or three who were un
avoidably absent, also C. C. Ken
nedy, clerk of court, were seated
■at the long speakers’ table with
Chairman Johnson and Club Pres
ident N. L. Hodgkins.
Five of these were called on for
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Editor To Speak
At Civic Club
Walter R. Freeman, editor of
the Mentor Books section of the
New America Library Publishing
Co. of New York City, will speak
at the Civic Club Monday after
noon on “Trends In Literature.”
The program will begin at 3:30 p.
m.
Mr. Freeman, a graduate of
State, Federal Tax Help Offered ^omen Voters
FeSSiHear Reports
On Town Study
A representative of the State
Department of Revenue will be at
the Federal Internal Revenue of
fice in the basement of the South
ern Pines post office Wednesday
of next week, February 24, to help
taxpayers prepare State income
and intangible tax returns. A
representative will also be at the
Carolina Pharmacy in Pinehurst
Tuesday, March 2. Hours at both
places will be 9 a.m, to 3 p.m.
E. Earl Hubbard, Internal Rev
enue Service representative is at
the post office location daily, 8:30 '
a.m. to 5:15 p.m., except Saturday,
offering free assistance to
income taxpayers. On Friday of
next week, February 26, he will
bb in the courtroom at Carthage
9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
He asks that persons needing
assistance come early and have
their tax information readily
available and says he is making
every effort to avoid unreasonable
waiting periods. On Saturday of
next week, February 27, the local
Office will be open a half day.
Many Horses Entered
Hunter Trials Set Saturday
The Hunter Trials of the Moore j attracting the largest ?reld in local
County Hounds, one of the most history. Mrs. W. O. (Ginny) Moss,
informal and enjoyable of the Moore County Hounds secretary^ I major project of the League
Officials, Budget,
School Facilities
Among Items Noted
First reports on a “Know Your
Town”'survey undertaken by the
newly organized local unit of the
League of Women Voters were
made Thursday night of last week
when the League met at the Civic
Club.
Covering town officials, budget,
tax rate, protection services, edu
cational facilities and other mat
ters, the reports launched the
Gives House,
Land To State
Assurance that the “House
the Horseshoe,” a pre-RevOlution-
ary dwelling near Deep River in
Moore County, would be taken
over by the State as a historical
shrine was given last week by J.
A. Stenhouse, chairman of the
State Historic Sites Commission.
Made possible through tl;ie gen
erosity of Glenn Hancock, lumber
man of Bonlee in Chatham Coun
ty, who said he would present the
house and 10 surround.ing acres to
the State for such a purpose, the
plan marks attainment of a goal
long sought by the Moore County
Historical Association, the Alfred
Moore Chapter, Daughters of the
“horse events” bf the
season, will be held Saturday
starting at 2 p.m. at “Scotts Cor
ners” on Youngs Road, near
Southerly Pines.
In the Hunter Trials the horses
who have taken part in the hunt
during the past few! months will
be put through their paces, show-
Sandhills said that at least 85 horses wiU
take part, possibly more.
Classes, each with its trophy,
will be as follows: First Season
Hunters, Thoroughbred Hunters,
Non-Thoroughbred Hunters, Open
Hunters and Hunt Teams
Three.
For the championship, first and
ing to a large audience just what ^ second place winners in each of
goes on in the hunting field, and j the first four events (judged on a
hqw well they meet the tests of
the field.
The Hunter Trials this year are
New York University and a Wlorld
War veteran, is interested in urg-
which is due to be held in April. I ing children and young people to
He has no official duties to per- read good books. With his wife.
form before that time.
Two names of the three submit
ted for the board of elections will
be selected by the State Demo
cratic Executive committee, which
will then add as third member one
to be recommended by the Moore
County Republican committee.
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SCOUTS PARADE
Sparked by the bands of
Southern Pines and West
Southern Pines High Schools,
Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts of
Moore County paraded from
the school through the busi
ness section Saturday after
noon in observance of Boy
Scout Week.
Adding color and interest
to the parade ■were an Amer
ican Legion color guard, the
locomotive of the Moore
County 40 and 8, Southern
Pines fire department equip
ment, new cars in which adult
Scout officials rode, vehicles
of the National Guard, a Red
Cross mobile water rescue
unit and other vehicles apd
equipment.
Troops from throughout
Moore County took part.
the former Virginia Douglas, and
their three-year-old son, Geoffrey,
Mr. Freeman is expected to arrive
in Southern Pines Saturday.
While in Southern Pines, they will
be guests of Mrs. Freeman’s pa
rents, Mr. and Mrs. James Doug
las, 355 East Ohio Avenue.
Sgt. Adams Loses
Life In Accident
'Sgt. Woodrow W. Adams of the
82nd Airborne Division was killed
when a car in which he was rid
ing with Master Sgt. Edward M.
Pierce and two other soldiers
overturned Saturday afternoon on
the Manchester road in the Fort
Bragg reservation.
Sergeant Adams, his wife and
their infant child had been living
in Southern Pines. Pierce, also
with the 82nd, reportedly was
driving and was taken to Fort
Bragg hospital with serious inju
ries. The other occupants of the
car escaped with minor injuries.
Adams’s parents live near Mad
ison, Tenn.
point basis) will go put with a
field master for the most rigorous
tests of hunting ability. A cham
pion and reserve champion will
be named.
The fifth event will present
here. Mrs. C. A. Smtih, who pre
sided, called for reports after she
had congratulated the bulletin
committee on the first bulletin it
has prepared and issued.
Mrs. Curtis Townshend and
Q* Mrs. Russell Simons submitted a
report on “Tools of Government.”
They gave data on salaries and re
sponsibilities of town officials and
information on the town budget,
talking of the administration’s
plans to reduce the tax rate ffom
$2.20 to $1.80, chiefly by making
water and sewage service self-
supporting.
In the discussion it was brought
teams of three hunters from some out that there is no city assessor
of the natidn’s top stables, with but that the town uses county as-
ridps in full regalia of the hunt,' sessments as a basis for taxation,
riding side by side to be judged The wisdom of this was question-
Horse Show Will Not Be Held
BANK TO CLOSE
The Citizens Bank and Trust
Co. will be closed Monday, Feb
ruary 22, in observance of the
Washington’s Birthday holiday.
Out of respect to the memory
of three of its members who have
died during the past year, the
board of directors of the Mid-
South Horse Show Association,
Inc. at an informal meeting held
on Tuthday voted to dispense with
the annual event in 1954. Instead,
the group will give its support to
a series of weekly horse events to
be held throughout the season.
At the session held at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd P. Tate,
the directors present accepted
with deep regret the resignation
of Vernon G. Cardy as president
of the association, and asked Mr.
Tate, vice president, to serve un
til the next annual meeting of the
association. This he agreed to do.
The question of abandoning for
this year the annual event which
has been held on the Starland
estate of Mr. and Mrs. Tate for the
past few years, from which the
Moore County Hospital and St.
Joseph-of-the-Pines Hospital ben-
continuing it at least temporarily,
were advanced: 1. The death of
three of the most active members
of the board within recent
months, C. Louis Meyer, former
president; Fred C. McBride, and
Col. George P. Hawes, each of
whom had devoted much time and
energy toward the success of each
year’s event. 2. The interest on the
part of both exhibitors and the
public in the many training shows
which have been held sporadically
in Pinehurst and Southern Pines
on weekends. 3. The lack of time
and personnel to fully and ade
quately prepare for the 1954 two-
day show which had tentatively
been scheduled for the last of
March.
Attending the meeting on Tues
day were the following:
on precision of movement as well
as ability and pace.
The famed Moore County
Hounds will parade as a pack with
their master and joint master, W.
O. Moss and W. J. Brewster.
Some of the out-of-state owners
who will have entries in the Trials
wiU be Mrs. Jeanne Cochran of
Westport, Conn., with eight hunt
ers; Mrs. Lee Graham, Culpepper,
Va., three; Robert Fairburn,
Mendham, N. J.; Mr. and Mrs. El
liott Nichols and Miss Charlotte
Nichols, Detroit, Mich.; Mrs.
Franklin King, Brookline, Mass.;
Miss Eleonora Sears, also of
Brookline, whose entries will be
ridden by Gabor Falteni.
Entries are expected from Fox-
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Thieves Break In
At Pine'Needles
Finger prints obtained by an
SBI agent at the Pine Needles
clubhouse may help solve a break-
in that took place there some time
Tuesday night. Deputy Sheriff A.
F. Dees of Aberdeen, who is in
vestigating, said Thursday.
Missing from the golf shop at
the clubhouse are shirts, shoes, six
dozen golf balls and possibly one
or two pairs of slacks. The depu
ty said he had not yet been given
an exact listing of missing mer
chandise nor its value.
The thief or thieves apparently
got into the clubhouse through an
unlocked door and then broke
through a door to the golf shop.
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd P. Tate, Mr.
and Mrs. Jack Goodwin, Mr. and! Employees who reside imthe ba^
Mrs. Dennis Crotty, Mrs. Audrey ment of the building are reported
Kennedy, Dr. J. I. Neal, J. T. to have said they heard no dis-
Overton, A. Corbett Alexander, turbance.
efited brought forth considerable I Mickey Walsh, Dooley Adams and Investigation is continuing by
discussion. Three reasons for dis-' James Tufts. ' the sheriff’s department.
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Moore GOP Sets
Dinner Feb. 22
Moore County Republicans will
hold their Lincoln Day dinner
Monday, February 22, at 8 p.m. in
the American Legion hut out of
Carthage on the Southern Pines
road.
K. W. Hennings, chairman of
the dinner committee, said that
several speakers will be on hand
and that a large crowd is expect
ed.
John A. Leland ^
Has Lead Story
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In SatEvePost
Many readers of this week’s Sat
urday Evening Post (February 20
issue) will recognize a familiar
name among the authors.
The first story in the magazine,
entitled “The Sharpshooter,” is by
John A. Leland, husband of the
former Emily Richardson, daugh
ter of S. L. Richardson. Mrs. E.
T. McKeithen, of Aberdeen, is Mr.
Leland’s sister.
This is the first story of Mr. Le
land’s to be published, starting a
career which seems due to con
tinue in this field. Two others
have already been sold: another
to The Post and the other to Col
lier’s.
“The Sharpshooter” is a boy’s
story; about two boys who lived
in the South at the time of the
Revolution and got mixed up in
the fighting. Its sympathetic un
derstanding of the main charac
ters, fine command of dialogue,
and distinctive style has already
brought comment from, among
others, TV star Arthur Godfrey,
who called it: a fine story, “the
kind I love to read.”
Mr. Leland lives in Charleston,
but spent several years of his ear
ly manhood in Aberdeen with his
sister and brother-in-law. A suf
ferer from rheumatoid arthritis
during most of his life, he has
spent the last 17 years flat on his
back and has carried on his work,
writing with a pencil, from this
position, until lately when, with
failing eyesight, he has turned to
dictation. Mrs. Leland, who also
teaches school, transcribes for
him. While turning out short
stories, this writer also works on
the novel which has been under
way for several years.
American Revolution, and other
interested persons.
All details of the project remain
to be worked out when the His
toric Sites Commission meets at
Raleigh in March. Meanwhile the
Moore Historical Association and
the DAR Chapter, joined by the
North Carolina Society for the
Preservation of Antiquities and
mterested individuals are launch
ing a state-wide campaign to raise
$5,000 for immediate and prelimi
nary restoration work and other
expenses in connection with the
property.
Mr. Stenhouse’s assurance was
given Friday at the Deep River
township site where he and Mrs.
Stenhouse, coming from their
home, in Charlotte, met with Mrs.
Erndst L. Ives, president of the
Moore County Historical Associa
tion, Mrs. Katherine N. McColl,
vice-president, and the owner’
Mr. Hancock. ’
It was then that Mr. Hancock
made his gift of the property to
the State, although this could not
be formally accepted until the
Historic Sites Commission meets.
Built in the 1760’s, the house
has gained increasing fame
through the years as the site in
1781 of a skirmish between its
owner Phillip Alston, in the house
with a group of Continental re
cruits, and the Tory Colonel Da
vid Fanning who launched an at
tack on the residence. Bullet
holes in the house are still visible.
■ When Fanning threatened to set
the house on fire, Mrs. Elizabeth
Alston, wife of Colonel Alston,
emerged apd arranged a truce.
The house today, occupied by
the Landreth family as tenants of
Mr. Hancock, has deteriorated but
is one of the few pre-Revolution-
ary homes in this area and is un
changed in many respects after
nearly 200 years. Mr. Stenhouse
called it one of the mbst important
historic sites in the state.
At one time Gov. Benjamin
Williams occupied the home. The
late John Willcox, clerk of court
in Moore County, owned and oc
cupied the home for 20 years or
more before his death several
years ago. It was later sold to Mr.
Hancock.
BLOOD TYPES CHECKED
Members of the Pinehurst Lions
Club had their blood types check
ed at Moore County Hospital Wed
nesday by the hospital bloodbank
staff so that donors from among
club members will be readily
available in emergencies.
Basketball Tourney To Start
The curtain came down on the
1953-54 Moore County basketball
season with Wednesday night’s
games although Wednesday’s con
tests had no bearing on the pair
ings and seedings of the tourna
ment which begins Friday at Car
thage.
In their last games of the regu
lar season Southern Pines boys
and girls defeated the Pinehurst
teams at the local gym Wednes
day night, the boys winning 62-49
and the girls 60-50.
'I'he athletic committee and
coaches met Tuesday night at
Carthage and pairings and seed
ings were made for the tourna
ment which promises to be a hot
ly contested event in both girls
and boys competition.
Aberdeen’s Devilettes, with a
12-1 record are seeded first in
girls’ play, followed closely by
Robbins 13-4, Highfalls 14-5 and
Carthage 12-5.
A 12-1 county record enabled
Aberdeen’s Red Devils to be seed-
i ed number one in boys’ competi
tion with Southern Pines 10-3, sec
ond; Robbins 12-5 and Carthage
12-5 were seeded third and fourth.
Schedule for the tournament is
as follows:
Friday, February 19
6:30—Pinehurst-West End boys.
7:30—Cameron-Westmoore girls
8:30—Vass Lakeview-^Farm Life
boys.
Saturday, February 20
6:30—West End-Farm Life girls.
7:30—Pinehursl-Southern Pines
girls.
8:30—Westmoore-Highfalls
boys.
Monday, February 22
6:30—Carthage-Cameron boys.
7:30—Carthage-Vass-Lakeview
girls.
8:30—Aberdeen vs. Pinehurst-
West End boys winner.
Tuesday, February 23
6:30—Aberdeen vs, Pinehurst-
Southern Pines girls winner.
7:30—^Robbins., vs... West End-
Farm Life girls winner.
8:30—Robbins vs. Westmoore -
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Sandy McLeod Is
Master Of Newly
Organized Grange
Sandy McLeod of Aberdeen was
elected master of the newly or
ganized Pomona Grange when
about 60 members Of the Eureka
Narrow Ridge and Cameron
Granges gathered at Farm Life
School Friday night.
The Pomona Grange is a group
drawing membership from the
three Granges of the county. Nor-
mally, a Pomona Grange meets
four times a year.
Other officers elected are: J. C.
Stanley, Cameron, overseer; Mrs.
Beulah Womble, Cameron, lectur
er; Alfred Perry, steward; Ralph
Thompson, assistant steward; M.
O. Ball, Jackson Springs, chap
lain; Mrs. W. E. Brown, Jackson
Springs, treasurer; Mrs. Louise
Blue, Carthage', secretary; Marvin
Hartsell, Jackson Springs, gate
keeper; Mrs. J. B. McLeod, Cam
eron, Ceres. Miss Mary Wallace,
Jackson Springs, Pomona for
fruit; Mrs. Lee Smith, Jackson.
Springs, Pomona for flowers;
Juanita Thompson, assistant lady
steward.
Executive committee members
named are: H. C. RusseU, Jackson
Springs, three-year term; J. B.
McLeod, Cameron, two-year ternj;
and D. J. Blue, Carthage, one-year
term.
Pomona members and all other
members of the Narrow Ridge,
Cameron and Eureka Granges are
invited to meet at the Narrow
Ridge community house in the
Roseland area Thursday night,
March 11, when further plans for
Pomona Grange organization and
activities will be made.
PHOTOS OMITTED
All of ’The Pilot’s front-page
photos for today’s paper, including
a view of the Boy Scout parade
Saturday and a picture of the his
toric “House In The Horseshoe,”
failed to arrive from: the engrav
ers before press time Thursday,
accounting for their omission.