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Sectional
Tourney
Set Here
Basketball Event
To Get Underway
Tuesday Next Week
The North Carolina State High
School Athletic Association sec
tional basketball tournament—
which will boost some Moore
County boys’ team one step up
the ladder that leads to the State
Class A championship—will be
played at the Southern Pines
school gymnasium March 2, 3, 5
and 6, Tuesday, Wednesday, Fri
day and Saturday of next week.
Two games will be played each
night, at 7:30 and 8:30, except for
the finals Saturday night.
All boys’ teams in the county
are expected to take part, with the
winner of this week’s Moore
County Tournament at Carthage
getting the top seeded position.
Because of its numerous teams,
Moore County is rated a section
in itself in planning the official
Class A tournament schedule,,
therefore causing a repetition of
play among the same teams that
are taking part in the eounty
tourney this week.
Winner of the Sectional event
will advance to play in the Dis
trict tournament at Red Springs
the following week. The district
winner will take part in the State
Class A finals which had been
previously scheduled for the
Aberdeen gym March 18, 19 and
20.
Sites for the Sectional and Dis
trict tourneys were set Saturday
in a meeting of representatives of
schools from throughout the Dis
trict at Pinehurst Saturday. L. J.
(Hap) Perry of Chapel Hill, ex
ecutive secretary of the North
Carolina High School Athletic As
sociation, attended the meeting.
Irie Leonard, coach and princi
pal at the high school here, was
appointed chairman of the Sec
tional tournament.
'There will be eight district tour
naments in the state, winner of
each to play in the Aberdeen fin
als. Moore County is in District 4
of the Eastern Conference. Four
Sectional tourneys will be played
within this District next week, the
winners to meet at Red Springs.
Church Sponsoring
Local Explorer
Scouting Program
The Church of Wide Fellowship
this week set up a plan to, give lo
cal youths 14-17 years of age the
program of Exploring which is a
division of the Boy Scouts of
America.
The organization chairman. Dr.
D. W. Whitehead, said that an
overwhelming response had come
from a survey of those who want
ed to help in the Church of Wide
Fellowship with the program.
The proposed organization in
cludes institutional representative,
Harry Pethick; chairman of the
post committee. Dr. D. W. White-
bead; indoor counselor, Walter
Laeke; community service coun
selor, Stanley Austin; social coun
selor, Thomas Shockley; transpor
tation, Gene Blackwelder; and vo
cational counselor, Harry Fullen-
wider.
The trio pictured above is
the winning hunt team of the
Moore County Hounds hunter
trials, winners of the trophy
presented by Mr. and Mrs. W.
O. Moss. The entry of the joint
master, William J. Brewster,
the team includes, from left:
Curt Dutton on Harry’s Last,
Earl Hoy on Valley G., and
Jack Goodwin on North
Slope. In the adjoining photo
Joan Walsh is shown taking a
fence on the champion hunter
of the trials, the brilliant
thoroughbred Friar’s Maid,
star of the Vernon G. Cardy
string. It . is said that Friar’s
Maid is due to be trained by
Mickey Walsh of Stoneybrook
Stables for the spring racing
season, with the Maryland
Cup as final goal.
(Photos by Emerson Humphrey)
Friar’s Maid Wins
Championship In
54 Hunter Trials
Friar’s Maid, "long-striding
chestnut thoroughbred of the
Verne n G. Cardy string, gal
loped away with the honors of
the Moore County Hunter Trials
Saturday.
Ably piloted by her trainer,
Mickey Walsh, this good chestnut
mare won the trials championship,
with the reserve going to Dwight
Winkelman’s Lakelawn Farm’s
Little Trip, with Cappy Winkel-
man in the saddle. '
The championship “foUow-the-
leader” ride was the climax of an
afternoon that stood out in the an
nals of this event as one of the
best. While the number of entries
in the trials was below that of
previous years, the quality of en
tries, both as to conformation and
performance, was well above the
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Republicans
Will Convene
The 1954 Moore County Repub
lican Convention will be held at
the courthouse in Carthage Sat
urday night—the first such meet
ing held in more than 20 ygars
with the background of a Repub
lican administration in Washing
ton.
Purpose of the gathering is to
elect party officials for the next,
two years and name delegates to'
the State and Congressional Dis
trict conventions. Other important
party business will be transacted,
it was stated in an announcement
by W. Clement Barrett, county
chairman, and Coy S. Lewis, Jr.,
secretary.
The convention has been called
for 8 p. m.
“Democrats, friends, indepen
dents and those desiring to affili
ate with the Republican party”
were urged to attend the Saturday
gathering, in addition to regular
party members.
Outside Property
Owners Petition
For Annexation
A meeting of the town council
has been set for March 22 at 8
p. m. in the town hall to consider
annexing four lots, on which three
homes are located, in the Pine
Needles area at the intersection of
Midland Road and the road to
Carthage.
The proposed annexation was
petitioned by owners of the prop
erty, John C. Parrish wha owns
two homes, and Lloyd M. Stemple,
who owns one.
The council met last Friday
afternoon to give preliminary con
sideration to the petitions and de
cided to advertise the proposal as
required by law.
The petition asked that the
town take the property into the
city limits.
Dr. Timmons, New Pastor For Church
Of Wide FeUowship, To Arrive Today
The Rev. Wofford Colquitt Tim
mons, D. D., of New York City
and North Tarrytown, N. Y., for
the past nine years national di
rector of the Commission on
Evangelism and Devotional Life
for the Congregational Christian
Churches in the U. S. A., will take
over the pastorate of the Church
of Wide Fellowship, Congrega
tional, beginning March 1.
Dr. and Mrs. Timmons are ex
pected to arrive in Southern Pines
today (Friday). They will live in
the parsonage purchased by the
church at the corner of Connecti
cut Avenue and Ridge Street. Dr.
Timmons is scheduled to preach
his first sermon Sunday, March 7.
The Church of Wide Fellowship
has been without a regular pastor
since the death of Dr. Robert Lee
House over a year ago. The Rev.
Oswald W. S. McCall, D. D., has
been serving as interim pastor
since November 1.
Citation Conferred
The Board of Home Missions of
DR. TIMMONS
the Congregational Christian
Churches, under which Dr. Tim-
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Duke Glee Club
Concert Will Be
Given Thursday
Duke University’s “musical am
bassadors of good will,” 40 sing
ers making up its famed touring
Men’s Glee Club, their accom
panist, and Director J. Foster
Barnes, will appear here Thurs
day evening of next week, March
4, in Weaver Auditorium at 8:30.
The appearance, an annual event,
is sponsored by the Civic Club.
The program will present a
newly formed group within the
glee club, the Double Octet, in
several musical comedy numbers.
Described by critics as “an ex
ample of the best that has come
out of the university choral move
ment,” the college singers are all
members of Duke’s Chapel Choir
of 200 mixed voices. The touring
troupe is chosen from the 150
male choir members who make up
the glee club at its home concerts.
Beginning with a Lincoln Day
performance in Washington, D. C.,
the 1954 tour includes cities
throughout North Carolina and in
Vi^rginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and
New York. As usual, two of the
concerts will be network televi
sion and radio programs from
New York City.
“Something for everyone” is
Barnes’ description of his pro
grams. This year’s offerings range
from classical lyrics, religious
songs, and operatic favorites to
folksongs, spirituals, and hit songs
from recent Broadway successes.
Members of the Men’s Glee
Club from this area who will ap
pear at the local concert are:
John A. Beasley of Southern Pines
and Ledyard D. Gardner, Jr., of
Pinehurst.
Ernest M. Aiken
Takes Own Life
At Oxford Farm
Former Resident Of
Sandhills Found Shot
In Car Wednesday
Ernest M. Aiken, former resi
dent of this section and owner of |
considerable property hereabouts,
was found dead late Wednesday
afternoon in his car, parked in the
yard of his old home near Oxford.
Death was the result of a self-
inflicted found from a .38 calibre
revolver found'beside him, accord
ing to the verdict of Coroner
Grover Saunders, of Granville
County.
In the pocket of the deceased’s
coat were found two notes, whose
contents have been withheld.
Saunders stated that no inquest
would be held.
Mr. Aiken, who had been
through here two weeks ago, had
planned, at that time, to go to
Florida for a rest. Those who saw
him at that time stated that he
was in poor health and deeply de
pressed. Instead of going south,
however, he returned to the house
where he was born. It was said
that he had some idea of convert
ing this into a home for orphaned
children in line with previous
plans expressed by him at other
times.
During the past few days he
had occupied himself intensively
with the creation of a garden at
Old Salem Church, nearby, to be
given in memory of a daughter
who is buried there. Mr. Aiken
had moved trees to the site from
his farm near Pinebluff, and it is
thought this occupation intensi
fied a state of depression which
had been chronic with him. Twice
during the past few days he had
attempted to end his life, accord
ing to report, but those near him
MR. HUNTLEY
W. T. Huntley,
Tax Collector,
Dies Suddenly
Well-Known Moore
Man Stricken Sunday
At Pinebluff Home
Graveside services were held at
Old Bethesda Cemetery near
Aberdeen Tuesday afternoon for
William Thomas Huntley, 73, who
had been Moore County tax col
lector fer 22 years and was one
of the Sandhills’ best-known and
best-liked residents.
, Mr. Huntley died Sunday morn
ing at the home of his daughter
and son in-law, .JVlr. and Mrs. Dan
Allred, Pinebluff. Apparently in
...J, vv, lijuoc jicai nuu good health the previous evening,
had taken' pains that no bullets when he had been a supper guest
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BACK FROM GERMANY
Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Alexander
are visiting the latter’s parents,
Mr. and Mrs. A. V. Autrey, in
Vass. Mr. Alexander has recently
returned from Army service in
Germany. His wife had been em
ployed in Durham for the past few
I months.
for the pistol he kept near him
were available. However, he
made a trip to Oxford early Wed
nesday afternoon and it is thought
at that time he bought the ammu
nition, five bullets of which were
still in the pistol found beside
him.
A few minutes before the fatal
act, Mr. Aiken had been in con
versation with John Blue, of
North Bennett Street, road con
tractor, who was engaged with
heavy machinery in construction
work not far away. He walked
back to his car, got in and shut
the door. Mr. Blue noticed him
sitting in the car and around 5:30,
walked over to ask him a question
and discovered that Mr. Aiken
was dead. The noise of the ma
chinery apparently muffled sound
of the shot and the body had not
moved from an upright position,
indicating, it is thought, that death
must have been instantaneous.
Surviving the deceased are his
wife, the former Herminia
Haynes, one son Benjamin M. Ai
ken, a senior at Princeton Univer
sity, and three daughters, Ursula,
(Mrs. Ward Mason) of Cambridge,
Mass., and Marjorie and Nora,
who live with their mother in
Washington, D. C. Mr. and Mrs.
Aiken had been separated for sev-
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High School Students
To See Driving Films
— ^
Safety Project
Sponsored By
Kiwanis Club
In a driver education project
sponsored by the Sandhill Kiwa
nis Club, six instructional films
about correct driving techniques
under various road conditions will
be shown to students at aU 11 of
the high schools in Moore County,
starting Monday at Cameron.
Judge W. A. Leland McKeithen
of Pinehurst is chairman of the
Kiwanis committee in charge. O.
D. Griffin, field representative of
the Highway Safety Division,
State Department of Motor Vehi
cles, will be at most schools to
give a safety talk alter the show
ing of the films.
There will be two sessions at
each school, one week apart, with
three of the films to be shown at
one session and three at the other.
The first group illustrates driving
on the highway and in the city
and parking a car. The second
group covers driving under ad
verse conditions and at night and
care of a car. All films are ob
tained through cooperation of the
Ford Motor Co.
Here is the schedule for show
ings: Cameron, March 1 and 8;
Vass-Lakeview, March 2 and 9;
Southern Pines, March 3 and 10;
Aberdeen, March 4 and 11; Pine
hurst, March 5 and 12; West End,
March 8 and 15; Carthage, March
9 and 16; Farm Life, March 10 and
17; Highfalls, March 11 and 18;
Robbins, March 12 and 19; West-
moore, March 15 and 22.
The Kiwanis Club, which draws
its members from throughout
Moore County, has a continuing
interest in traffic safety. A few
years ago it proposed driver in
struction courses lor all high
schools in the county, but the plan
was not adopted.
of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Pleasknts in
Aberdeen, Mr. Huntley became ill
Sunday morning but rallied after
treatment by a physician who was
summoned about 7:30 a. m. Later,
before the physician had left the
home, he was suddenly stricken
and died about 9:30 a. m. of cor
onary thrombosis.
His death followed by less than
two months the passing of his
wife, Mrs. Della Deaton Huntley,
last December 26, after a long ill-
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TO FILL POST
The board of coimiy cotn-
miSsioners will consider ap
pointment of a successor to
W. T. Huntley, Moore County
tax collector who died Sun
day, when they meet in reg
ular session at the courthouse
in Carthage Monday.
Those mentioned as inter
ested in the appointment in
clude: J. Douglas David of
Pinebluff; J. D. SitteiSion of
Southern Pines, Cluirlie
Cheek cif the Highfalls com
munity, June Brewer of Rob
bins and De Witt Pu];vis of
Ritters township. Others are
thought to have applied or to
be considering making appli-
catioxL
Brig. Gen. R. B. HiU WiU Head 1954
Red Cross Campaign In Moore County
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Brig. Gen. Robert B. HiU, re
tired, of Southern Pines, will head
the 1954 fund drive of the Ameri
can Red Cross in Moore County, it
was announced this week.
A quota of $17,995—about $5,000
less than last year’s because of the
end of hostilities ii^ Korea—has
been set for the campaign, accord
ing to Mrs. Audrey K. Kennedy,
executive secretary of the Moore
County Chapter.
The drive will start in Moore
County March 9, while opening
nationally March 1 with a goal of
$86 million. Advance gift appeals
in this county have already been
mailed.
Community chairmen and quo
tas will be announced soon. Chair
men from the upper part of the
county will naeet tonight (Friday)
at the Carthage Hotel for a dinner
at 7 o’clock to complete campaign
plans under direction of Ralph
Steed of Robbins. Other meetings
of chairmen will be scheduled, re
placing the usual “kick-off din
ner.”
Sunday wiU be marked as Red
GENERAL HILL
Cross Sunday over the nation, fea
turing a radio and TV address by
President Eisenhower.
Students Express
Interest In Nurse
Scholarship Plan
Mere interest on the part of
high school girls and less interest
on the part of the people of Moore
county were reported this week
by Watson Scott, chairman of the
eighth annual nurse scholarship
campaign of the Sandhills Vet
erans Association.
While contributions to the
scholarship fund are coming in
more slowly than in former years,
prospects are that 15 or more
seniors in Moore County high
schools will apply for a scholar
ship, Soett said. The campaign
opened three weeks ago.
District chairmen in the unique
SVA organization of about two
dozen World War 2 veterans have
visited all schools of the county
and have reported much interest
in the scholarships among high
school seniors.
“In view of this interest,” §cott
said, “we are urging that all those
to whom appeal letters were sent
and who have not yet replied send
in their contributions at once.
With as many as 15 girls seeking
a scholarship, it is hoped that the
SVA can give more than one
scholarship this year, as we did
in 1950. But this will depend en
tirely on the response we get from
the persons to whom we have sent
letters.”
Beginning in 1947, the SVA has
awarded one scholarship for
nurse’s training each year to a
Moore County high school senior,
with the exception of 1950 when
two scholarships were given. Girls .
applying must be 18 by Septem
ber of this year and must have
satisfactory grades in high school
on nursing school entrance sub
jects. They must be seniors in a
high school in this county, be sin
gle? and, if awarded a scholarship,
must return to Moore County to
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AUTO INSPECTION
Highway patrolmen will be at
the Southern Pines police station
to inspect out-of-state vehicles,
prior to registration in North Car
olina, each Wednesday from 1 to
2 p.m. and each Saturday from 9
to 10 a.m., it was announced this
week. Persons with cars to be
inspected are asked to see the pa
trolmen at those hours.