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SOUTHERN PINES. NORTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY, MARCH 19. 1954
Groups Planning
Hospitality For
Maneuver Troops
NATION’S TOP-NOTCHERS will take part in
Stoneybrook meeting Saturday. From left, L.
R. Troiano, Port Washington, L.I., N.Y., leading
owner on U. S. hunt racing tracks; King Com
mander, owned by Troiano, top horse over hur
dles and third in all steeplechase races, with
winnings of $28,960; Michael G. Walsh, leading
trainer in races won and money won, and F. D.
“Dooley” Adams, leading steeplechase rider for
fourth consecutive year. The listings are from
“Steeplechasing in America, 1953,” official ref
erence book of the sport, recently released.
(Photo by Emerson Humphrey)
2 p. m. Saturday, Rain or Shinel
Best Steeplechase Yet Predicted
Many Top Horses
Entered On Card
Of 7 Races Here
Post time is 2 p.m., rain
shine, for the seventh annual
Stoneybrook Race Meeting, which
will open the U.S. racing season
Saturday on the Stoneybrook
track at Southern Pines.
The entry list promises the big
gest and best meeting in the
State’s steeplechasing history. Ten
or a /dozen nominees will run in
practically every one of the four
sanctioned races on the seven-
race card, s^id Charles W.
Stitzer, executive secretary of the
Stoneybrook Hunt Racing Asso
ciation.
Racing interests of eight states
are represented on the list, includ
ing such top-winning stables as
Mrs. Marion DuPont Scott’s Mont
pelier Stables of Montpelier Sta
tion, Va.; Guilford Dudley, Jr.,
and Calvin Houghland, Nashville,
Tenn.; Harry S. Nichols, Detroit,
Mich.; P. T. Cheff, Holland, Mich.;
Mrs. S. T. Patterson, Pittsburgh,
Pa., and Mrs. M. G. Walsh and
Mrs. C. E. Adams of Southern
Pines. All of these, and others on
the list, had winners on the north
ern tracks last year.
Feature Race
The feature race will be headed
by Rustling Oaks, owned and
trained by William G. Jones of
Charlottesville, Va., contesting in
a field of 12 for the Sandhills Cup
and a $500 purse. The nine-year-
old veteran, runner-up for the
Sandhills Cup last year, went on
to win the coveted Carolina Cup
at Camden, S. C.
Other “Cup” hopefuls are: Bur-
ford Danner’s Bit-Whip Comet,
Zionsville, Ind.; Lowry Watkins’
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GIFT OF GOLD
WILL NOT RUN
“Gift of Gold,” previously an
nounced as a Sandhills Cup con
tender in the Stoneybrook Steep
lechase, will not be running at
Stoneybrook Saturday.
The famous horse, owned by
Mrs. S. T. Patterson, is recovering
at Stoneybrook from a leg injury
suffered some time ago. Top tim
ber horse of the nation in 1951, he
was thought to be ready for a
comeback but Michael Walsh, his
trainer, says no.
“We don’t want him to lose that
chance of winning the Carolina
Cup at Camden for the third
time,” said Walsh. Gift of Gold
won the Carolina Cup in 1951 and
1952, and is the onl yhorse in his
tory to win it twice. He is ex
pected to race again at Camden in
April.
HORSE SHOW
Next in this season's series
of schooling horse shows will
be held in the ring at Mr. and
Mrs. Dwight Winkelman's
Lakelawn Farms, Southern
Pines, Sunday at 2 p. mi The
public is invited. This show
was erroneously announced
for Icat Sunday in last week's
Pilct.
Another in the series of
equestrian events was an
nounced this week for Sun
day, March 28, when jumping
and harness and flat races
will be staged at the Pine-
hurst race track as a Red
Cross benefit. Further imfor-
mation will appear in next
week’s Pilot.
Backing Asked
For Air Group
At Camp Mackall
Organizations and individuals
are requested by the Southern
Pines Chamber of Commerce to
write the Hon. Harold E. Talbott,
Secretary of the Air Force, Wash
ington, D. C., in support of a
movement to have an Air Group
located on nearby Camp Mackall.
Eighth District Rep. C. B. Deane
is assisting in the project, said
Valerie Nicholson, Chamber pres
ident, and has indicated that let
ters showing community support
may help.
The letter from Mr. Deane, an
swering one from the Chamber,
was read at the directors’ meeting
Tuesday night, and. all declared
themselves in favor of seeking full
community support. The Chamber
will provide any information that
is wanted by the Air Force, and
the directors will write letters
and endeavor to secure the sup
port of other organizations to
which they belong.
According to information re
ceived by the Chamber, the Air
Group was to have located at
Myrtle Beach, S. C., but the com
munity did not want them, pos
sibly because they would have to
use the town’s airport. Camp
Mackall has its own airport, also
numerous other facilities not now
being used.
Easter Seal Sale
Starts This Week;
Chairmen Named
The annual sale of Easter seals
by the Moore County Society for
Crippled Children was to begin
Thursday of this week to last un
til Easter, April 18.
Campaign chairman for the
county this year is Miss Blanche
Monroe of West End, who was
elected at a meeting of the Soci
ety earlier this year.
At the same time Mrs. D. D.
Shields Cameron of Southern
Pines was elected secretary of the
board and Mrs. W. B. Cole of Car
thage, treasurer.
Local chairmen throughout the
county are mailing sheets of the
seals, asking contributions that
will aid children crippled by ac
cidents, disease or any cause oth
er than infantile paralysis.
The Moore County Society is a
unit of the State and National or
ganization devoted to helping
crippled children in all possible
ways. In this county, the program
includes medical examinations
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Lawrence Johnson
Is President of
Music Association
The members of the Sandhills
Music Association met Tuesday
night and elected Lawrence John
son of Aberdeen president for the
coming year.
Serving with Mr. Johnson will
be Dr. R. B. Warlick, re-elected as
treasurer, and Mrs. W. F. Hollis
ter, secretary. Thomas R. Hower
ton was elected drive chairman.
The slate was presented by a
nominating committee of Mrs.
Paul T. Barnum, Mrs. Ralph
Chandler, Jr., and Voit Gilmore,
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Program Starts This
Week, Coordinated
By Local Commission
With the Southern Pines Recre
ation Commission as coordinating
agency, churches, clubs and other
organizations are preparing to
provide recreational facilities for
men of the armed forces taking
part in the Flash Burn maneuvers.
This area is expected to be visited
by some 35,000 of the 60,000 men
involved.
The progi^am goes into effect
this weekend, to last through May
10.
Letters asking cooperation have
been sent to churches and civic
clubs and, reports A. C. Dawson,
Jr., chairman of the commission,
very good responses have been re
ceived.
Basic need of the program is for
recreational rooms to be open Fri
day nights, Saturday afternoons
and nights and Sunday afternoons.
Clubs and organizations that do
not have rooms to open to the
troops may be able to supply host
esses or to stage special events
such as dances, bingo parties or
suppers.
Plans for operation of the pro
gram in West Southern Pines are
also under way, with J. W. Moore
and Mrs. A. B. Barksdale in
charge. The school recreation
room will be open and various
churches plan to serve refresh
ments on week-ends during the
maneuvers. A basketball game is
slated for tonight (Friday).
Responses received by this week
were listed as follows by the com
mission:
A committee of the Church of
Wide Fellowship with Tom Shock-
ley as chairman will meet today
to plan the church’s part in the
program. Church facilities will be
open for recreation at the suggest
ed times during each week-end.
The board of deacons of the
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ADLAI E. STEVENSON and his 18-year-old son, John Fell,
both of whom are to arrive in the Sandhills for a 10-day visit
Tuesday, team up for trap shooting practice. This informal photo
of the 1952 presidential candidate and his son was made by Ed
Wergeles of Newsweek Magazine.
Brown Succeeds McKeithen As Head
Of Democratic Executive Committee
NO ACTION
The board of county commis
sioners, meeting at Carthage Mon
day as board of equalization and
review for tax valuations,' stuck
to the purpose of the meeting and
did not, as was thought possible,
name a successor to the late W. T.
Huntley as tax collectot. It is
understood that the board plans
to call in and interview all appli
cants for the job.
Five Projects In
‘Finer Carolina’
Contest Revealed
Southern Pines is now officially
a “Finer Carolina” contest entry,
according to a decision reached by
the committee at a meeting held
Friday night.
With five projects listed, and
chairmen assigned to each, it is
already moving forward in the
competition for cash prizes spon
sored annually by the Carolina
Power and Light Co., for the com
munities it serves in North and
South Carolina.
The town was tentatively en
tered in advance of the deadline
February 1, but the chairmen
were asked to study their projects
carefully for a definite answer lat
er as to whether they wanted to
go ahead.
Voit Gilmore, general chairman,
conducting the meeting last week
at the Hollywood Hotel, told the
group, “We want your frank an
swers as to whether community
cooperation can be secured, and
real achievement made. W-e’d
rather withdraw from the under
taking ^low than to start off, and
make a flop.”
All the chairmen declared their
wish to go ahead, envisioned no
“flop” and in fact, some had al
ready started working. The af
firmative decision was a unani-
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Baseball Season
Tiekets On Sale
Season tickets for Southern
Pines High School baseball games
went on sale Wednesday, follow
ing a meeting of adult boosters
and fans of the team at the home
of Lt. Col. Ken Howett in Manly
Monday night.
With C. N. Page as chairman of
sales, the tickets are available at
Barnum Realty Co., the Style
Mart Store, Humphrey’s Studio,
Hardware and Electric Co., The
Tog Shop, Powell’s Service Sta
tion, Pinedene, Inc., and Garvin’s
store at Manly.
Adult season tickets sell for $1,
a great saving over the cost of in
dividual game tickets.
PRICE—TEN CENTS
Stevenson Will Arrive Tnesday,
To Meet Pnblic At Friday Event
‘Open House’
Is Planned
At Carthage
Adlai E. Stevenson, leader of
the Democratic party and its can
didate for President of the United
States in 1952, is expected to ar
rive in the Sandhills Tuesday. He
plans to remain until he goes to
Charlotte for a major political ad
dress April 2,
Here for rest and relaxation at
the Paint Hill Farm home of his
sister, Mrs. Ernest L. Ives, and
Mr. Ives, Mr. Stevenson will by
his own wish attend a welcome
and “open house” gathering at
the high school gymnasium in
Carthage Friday of next week,
March 26. The event is set for 7
p. m.
WRh residents of Moore and
adjoining counties invited to at
tend, this event will be the public
highlight of the Stevenson visit.
Plans for the occasion—which
calls for informal greeting but
not a formal speech by Stevenson
—were rounded out Wednesday
night at Carthage during a meet
ing of the committee in charge. '
Its members are State Rep. H.
Clifton Blue of Aberdeen, Mrs.
Ruth Swisher of Southern Pines,
Mrs. Gilliam Brown of Carthage,
Roy McSwain of Robbins, Rob
ert Hyman of Deep River town
ship and Judge W. A. Leland Mc
Keithen of Pinehurst as honorary
member.
The Stevenson party is expected
to include his son, John Fell, a
friend of his son. Bill North of
Lake Forest, Ill., who is a class
mate of John Fell at Milton Acad
emy, Milton, Mass., and Mr.
Stevenson’s associate, William
McCormick Blair. The party is ex
pected to arrive at Raleigh or
Charlotte by air, to be met by
Mr. and Mrs. Ives and others and
drive to the Sandhills.
Paint Hill Farm is off the Beth-
esda Road between Southern
Pines and Aberdeen. The hill-top
home,, where Mr. Stevenson has
frequently visited, but not since
he was a Presidential candidate,
affords a secluded retreat for the
rest and relaxation he is said to
be seeking on this visit.
The Carthage gymnasium seats
over 1,000 persons and is expected
to be jammed for the Steyenson
open house event. Stev^Son’s
popularity in this state—the homL
of his ancestors—is so great that^'
some observers have predicted an
attendance of many times the
capacity of the Carthage building,
with interested spectators coming
from a wide area.
A member of the planning com
mittee admitted the group has no
idea what the attendance will be.
Specifically, an invitation has
been issued only to the people of
Moore and adjoining counties.
Masonic Banquet
Slated Saturday
The 58th anniversary banquet
and ladies night of Southern Pines
Lodge 484, AF & AM, to toe held
at the Pinehurst Country Club
Saturday night, will feature an
address by the Rev. J. S. Hiatt,
Sr., D.D., of Elkin, father of Dr!
J. S. Hiatt, Jr., of Southern Pines.
A Methodist pastor and member
of Statesville Lodge 27, Dr. Hiatt,
Sr., is a widely known and favor
ite speaker in Masonic circles The
banquet starts at 7:30 p.m. Sale
of tickets closed Monday.
PTA PROGRESS
A committee formed this
week is planning an early
April meeting when organiza
tion of a local Parent-Teacher
Association will be undertak
en.
^ Date of the meeting, pos
sibly April 1, will depend on
when State PTA officials can
attend.
Dr. R. M. McMillan is chair
man of the committee which
was formed during a meeting
at the school Tuesday. Mem
bers of the committee
present Tuesday are Mrs. Joe
Marley, Mrs. Claude Reams.
Mrs. William Davis and A. C.
Dawson, Jr., school superin
tendent. Other members are
W. Lamont Brown. Mrs. Paul
Butler, Mrs. George Thomp
son and the Rev. C. K. Ligon.
Group Pays Tribute
To Late T. L. Blue
At Carthage Session
Lamont Brown, Southern Pines
attorney and county solicitor for
recorders court, was elected chair
man of the Moore County Demo
cratic Committee at a meeting of
precinct chairmen held in the
Carthage courthouse, Saturday
morning. ,
At the same meeting, and as
his first act on assuming office,
the new chajrman set in motion
plans for a Moore County wel
come to Adlai E. Stevenson, for
mer Democratic presidential can
didate, due in Southern Pines
Horne Unable To
Serve As Member
Education Board
A meeting of the Moore County
Democratic Executive Committee
has been called by its new chair
man, W. Lamont Brown of South
ern Pines, to be held at the court
house in Carthage Friday of next
week, just prior to the open house
welcome for Adlai E. Stevenson,
for the purpose of appointing a
member of the county board of
education, filling the vacancy
caused by the death of Thad L.
Blue of the Eureka community.
At a meeting of the executive
committee last Saturday in Car
thage W. E. Horne of the Eureka
community was named to fill the
vacancy on the board, but it was
later found that Mr. Horne’s resi
dence is in Carthage township,
whereas the new District 4 board
member must be from McNeill or
Greenwood township.
Strongly recommended to the
committee is J. Herman Matthews,
also of the Eureka community
and, like Mr. Horne, a member of
the Farm Life District school
board. Mr. Horne this week gave
his endorsement to the appoint
ment of Mr. Matthews.
March 23.
Saturday’s meeting opened with
the former chairman. Judge W. A.
Leland McKeithen of Pinehurst,
in the chair. Precincts and their
representatives were: from Aber
deen: H. Clifton Blue; Bensalem,
W. McC. Blue; West Carthage, E.
J. Burns, East Carthage, Mrs. Gil
liam Brown; Deep River, Robert
Hyman; Eureka, Mrs. Joe Blue (for
W. E. Herne); Pinehurst, J. Frank
McCaskill; Southern Pines, Mrs.
Ruth Swisher; Pinebluff, Mrs. W.
K. Carpenter, (represented by Mr.
Blue); Ritter, Bardon Ritter;
Spencerville, D. A. Dunlap; Rob
bins, Roy McSwain; Vass, Monroe
Chappell; West End, Edgar John
son; Spies, Jason Feeman, repre
sented by proxy. Highfalls was
the only precinct not represented.
Mr. Brown’s election was unan
imous, as proposed by Mr. Mc
Caskill, seconded by Mrs. Swisher,
following an eloquent speech by
Mr. Burns suggesting that the of
fice might well go to “one of this
group, a man, who has been loyal
and worked hard for the party.”
McKeithen Praised
Expression of appreciation to
the retiring chairman had pro
ceeded Mr. Brown’s election.
Speaking for the gathering. Edi
tor and Moore Representative
Blue spoke with feeling of Judge
McKeithen’s service to the party
and liis county, during his term
in office.
‘He has carried the flag of
Democracy high during the polit
ical campaigns,” Mr. Blue said.
“He has been loyal and hard
working.” Mr. Blue said that only
because Judge McKeithen had re
ceived appointment to a higher
office were Moore County Demo
crats, he felt, resigned to parting
with him as chairman of their
county committee. “We rejoice,”
he said, “that the Governor of
North Carolina has recognized in
our chairman a man of outstand
ing ability.”
A rising vote of thanks was
tendered the retiring official.
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GARDEN TOUR
The Spring Garden Tour of the
Southern Pines Garden Club will
be held Wednesday, April 7, it
was announced this week, with
the Shaw House as headquarters
and seven beautiful gardens and
homes on the route of the tour.
The tour has drawn increasing
crowds annually since it was first
held in 19$0. Last year about 500
persons attended.
SPRING VALUE DAYS
The Spring Value Days, spon
sored by the retail division of the
Southern Pines Chamber of Com
merce, will be held Thursday,
Friday and Saturday, May 6, 7
and 8, it was reported this week
by ^ Miss Katharine MacDonald,
chairman. The dates were con
firmed by the Chamber directors
on recommendation by Miss Mac
Donald after she had taken a spot
check of local merchants.