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Storm Hits Hard
In This Section,
Damage Extensive
Power, Telephone
Service Suffers;
Buildings Flooded
violent electrical storm
SINGLES WINNERS AND RUNNERS-UP
in the Moore County Tennis Championships wiU
receive their trophies on the municipal courts
Saturday night, by which time it is expected all
Two Persons Killed, Baby Injured As
Driver Loses Control of Speeding Car
Services Held For ^ '
the final events will be included. New Moore
County singles champions are, above, at left.
Hay Schilling and Lillian Bullock, and runners-
up, at right. Marion de Costa and Harry Lee
Brown, Jr. ^ (Photo by V. Nicholson)
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Mrs. Valen; Hurl
Child Recovering
Two persons, one of them a
young Southern Pines wife and
mother, were kUled and an 11-
months ' old child was injured
Monday in the year’s worst traffic
• accident in Moore County.
Instantly killed when a speed
ing automobile turned over and
rolled or skidded 600 feet from
the point where the driver lost
control on Highway 15 south of
VASS IN LEAD
Motorists Of
Area Join In
Safety Effort
Vass, with 121 cooperating mo
torists, leads Moore County towns
in the Operation Impact traffic
^ safety program, it was learned
this week from Capt. James J.
McDonald at the USAF Air
. Ground Operations School, spon
soring agency.
Cooperating vehicle owners sign
a safe driving-no speeding pledge
and receive a star sticker for their
windshields. No person cooperat
ing has been involved in an acci
dent as a result of speeding since
the program began a few weeks
jvt ago, to run through July 10.
Cooperators in other communi
ties of Moore County number: Ab
erdeen, 114; Pinehurst, 72; Car
thage, 60; and Southern Pines, 58.
The Air Ground school has 100 per
cent participation of some 150 per
sons, including civilian employes.
Civilian organizations are co
sponsoring the program with
USAFAGOS in communities of
the county. A similar program
was conducted in Southern Pines
with much success last summer.
Aberdeen were: Mrs. Michael
Valen, 33, of Murray Hill Road,
south of Southern Pines, and
William Pearl Parks, 48, of Arch
dale, driver of the 1953 green
Hudson sedan.
Michelle Lynn Valen, 11-
months-old daughter of Mrs.
Valen, was thrown clear of the
wrecked vehicle—as were all the
passengers—and is recovering sat
isfactorily at Moore County Hos
pital. The child suffered a cracked
collar bone and extensive and
severe bruises of the body but was
making good progress toward re
covery this week.
Mrs. Valen was the former Eve
lyn (Tillie) Frye who formerly
lived at Pinehurst with her grand
mother, the late Mrs. W^ P. Frye
and also with an aunt, Mrs. D A
Short of Broad St., Southern
Pines. Mr. Valen, a native of New
Jersey, is a printer and compositor
at The Pilot. The Valens lived on
Broad St. in. Southern Pines but
moved to the Murray Hill Road
home within the past year.
Funeral services for Mrs. Valen
were held Wednesday afternoon
at the Clark Funeral dlome, con
ducted by the Rev. C. K. Ligon,
pastor of Brownsc-n Memorial
ffe^yterian Church. Burial was
in Mount Hope Cemetery.
The accident occurred Monday
afternoon about 4:30 o’clock, ac-
ecrding to the report of Patrolman
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Schilling, Bullock
Victors In Moore
Tennis Tourney
Ray Schilling and Lillian-
Little Lil”—Bullock won their
respective singles finals this week
to become the new Moore County
tennis champions. Their trophies,
and others in the current county
tournament, will be awarded on
the municipal courts Saturday
night.
Only the mixed doubles event
remains now to be played off.
Semifinals are slated to be held
under the lights tonight (Friday)
and finals Saturday,
Schilling, seeded No. 2 among
the men players, wrested a hard-
won victory Sunday night from
topseeded Harry Lee Brown, Jr
The score—6-4, 5-7,6-4. The even,
fast-paced contest between two
highly skilled players, almost per
fectly matched, held a large gal-
rey spellbound for almost three
hours.
For Schilling, it was his first
tournament victory. Brown has
twice held the county title. In
semifinals Schilling defeated Nor
ris Hodgkins 6-0, 6-0, while Brown
ousted third-seeded Kenneth Tew
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Public Invited
To Elks Program
Southern Pines Elks Lodge
inviting the public to attend its
annual Flag Day program at the
Southern Pines Country Club
Monday, June 14, at 8 p.m.
_ Bryan Poe, exalted ruler of the
lodge, said that the BPO Does will
put on their impressive Flag Day
ceremony during the program. At
the conclusion of the program, re
freshments will be served.
The Flag Day event is one of
three annual Elks programs that
Me open to the public, the others
being Mother’s Day and Elks Me
morial service for deceased mem
bers of the lodge.
Dr. Reagan Will
Preach Here Sunday
Dr. John Reagan will be guest
preacher Sunday at Brownsoh
Memorial Presbyterian Church.
He has recntly returned from the
University of Edinburgh in Scot
land. Dr. Reagan’s wife is the
former Jane Todd McCain, daugh-
ter of Mrs. P. P. McCain of South
ern Pines and Red Springs and
the late Dr. McCain.
Council Will
Meet Tuesday
Regular meeting of the town
council will be held at town hall
Tuesday of next week at 8 p.m.
A meeting of the council sched
uled for Tuesday night of this
week was not held because of the
unavoidable absence of several
council members.
On the memorandum docket for
next week’s meeting are' appoint
ment of two alternate members to
the board j)f zoning adjustment,
consideration of an amendment to
the fish ordinance to eliminate
prohibition of fishing on Sunday
at the town water works lake and
routine business.
more about county HOMES
Contrast In County Homes
Points Up Need For Change
ANNEXATION HEARING
Public hearing will be held
T^iesday, June 29, at 8 p. m., in the
town hall on proposed annexation
to the town of the Southern Pines
Country Club and the property of
three or four other adjoining
property owners, on petition of
the owners involved. The propos-
anitexation does not include
the Golfcrest subdivision.
By KATHARINE BOYD
Believing that a good way to
study a question is to find out
what other people do about it, this
reporter made a tour, last week,
of several of the adjacent counties,'
visiting three types of county
homes.
We were fortunate in having as
company, consultant, data-checker
and chauffeur—not to mention
car-supplier—Mrs. W. P. Davis,
who has become interested in the'
County Home situation through
the studies of the League of Wom
en Voters, of which she is a mem
ber.
In Lee County, we went to the
Lee County Home, a home run on
the same basis as is the Moore
County Home. Prom there we
drove o ntowards Lillington and
inspected the Cornelius Harnett
Boarding Home in Harnett Coun
ty. We then stopped in Fayette
ville, on our way home, to see the
Coker Boarding Home for Ne
groes. The last two are privately
run establishments.
Moore County cases have been
boarded in each of these homes, at
one time or another; one is now in
the Lee County Home.
All three of these places present
striking differences from the
Moore County Home. The first,
in Lee County, is run by Mrs.'
Rufus McNeil. The building is a
good deal like our Home outside
of Carthage: brick, with two sin
gle-story wings, separated by a
square two-story middle part, but
there the likeness ends. To open
the door is to be greeted by a live
ly bustle of warmth and friendli
ness.
A Homey Place
House-cleaning was in progress
when we arrived, and Mrs. Mc-
NeU apologized for the disorder.
It didn’t seem too bad, actually.
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A viuieni electrical storm ac
companied by torrential rain
Wednesday night damaged pub
lic utilities, roads, yards, dwellings
and business places, causing more
widespread difficulties of various
sorts than have been the result of
any one storm in this area for
years.
In Southern Pines, electrical
service was interrupted for about
40 minutes, while there were in
terruptions also in other sections
of the county as a result of light
ning damage, running as long as
four hours or more in one section
of Pinebluff.
Facilities of telephone compan
ies in this area were damaged, a
number of the lines of the United
Telephone Co. of the CaroHnas,
Inc., which serves Southern Pines,
remaining out of operation into
Thursday. Electrical damage was
reported from lightning in several
homes in this area.
Flash floods from the rain caus
ed much inconvenience and dam
age around homes and yards and
in downtown Southern Pines.
Clogged storm sewers were un
able to carry off the water. At the
A & P store on Pensylvania Ave.
the entire large floor area was
flooded. Water soaking into card
board display bins caused them
to collapse. Manager L. D. McDon
ald estimated damage to stock at
about $75. A number of basements
in the business section were flood
ed, as was the press room of The
Pilot.
Town Crews Busy
“Hold On, folks! We’ll get to
you as fast as we can!”
That was the answer going out
in reply to the many calk coming
into the town office for help from
residents suffering from the ef-
fectff of the flash flood.
More than 30 calls had come in
by noon, with more expected, and
Manager Tom E. Cunningham
said that he and Street Superin
tendent Roland Norton had count
ed as many as 50 washouts around
town. Norton said it was the worst
flood in his 15 years of duty on
the town force.
The rainstorm flooded yards
and cellars and the wash of sand
and debris blocked storm sewers
causing the water to back up and
undermine culverts and walk.
Gullies in West Southern Pines
and the Knollwood section are
three or more feet deep. Near the
Knollwood Apartments 30 feet of
pipe had been exposed and a part
of a brick retaining wall has
crumbled.
“We realize the situation is ac
tually dangerous in a few cases,”
Cunningham said 'Thursday morn
ing, “and we’re doing our best to
get at it.”
PRICE—TEN CENTS
Slimmer. Recreation Program To
Start Monday With Varied Events
Country Club
Offers Free Golf
Facilities
The most ambitious and varied
summer recreation program ever
undertaken in Southern Pines will
get started Monday, featuring full
weekly programs for both white
and Negro youngsters.
At a meeting of the recreation
commission Monday, Irie Leonard,
Southern Pines High School prin^
cipal, was appointed director of
the program. The commission al
so named W. A. Leonard to take
charge at the swimming lake and
also run a concession stand tor re
freshments there.
As announced by Irie Leonard,
the program features various new
events, including free golf in
struction and privileges at the
Southern Pines Country Club, of
fered by courtesy of the club, for
boys and girls 14-18; basketbaU
and volleyball at the high school
gymnasium; PONY league base
ball; and open house for dancing,
sponsored by the Fellowship Fo
rum of the Church of Wide Fel
lowship.
The complete weekly program
appears on this page. Readers are
urged to clip it for reference
throughout the summer.
Golfing Privileges
The Southern Pines Country
Club offered its facilities to the
recreation program. AU groups
applying to use the facilities wiU
be coordinated by Director Leon
ard.
Free golf instruction and play
are offered for Tuesday and Fri
day mornings. Boys or girls who
are permitted to play those days
can also play, Monday, Wednes
day and Saturday mornings on
payment of a small fee.
Negro Program
The Negro program will begin
Mohday at 10 o’clock on the West
Southern Pines School campus.
Mrs. E. Stubbs, Miss C. E. Steele,
and J. C. Hasty will conduct the
various activities.
The program will be as follows:
10 a.m., music, softball, and cro
quet; 12 noon, ping pong and]
checkers; 2 p.m., basketbaU and
horseshoe pitching; 3 p.m., tennis
and baseball.
Each day from 1 until 4 p.m.,
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TO GERMANY
MR. PIERCE
Garland Pierce
Named President
Of Postmasters
Garland A. Pierce, Southern
Pines postmaster was elected pres
ident of the North Carolina Chap
ter, National Association of Post
masters, during the annual con
vention of the organization at
Fontana Village in Western North
Carolina Sunday through Wednes
day cf this week. He will hold the
office for the next year.
Mr. Pierce had been a national
director with the North Carolina
chapter. He has been postmaster
here for the past six years. In his
new office of president, he will
lead the North Carolina delegation
to the National Convention of
postmasters at Philadelphia in
October.
Other postmasters from this
area attending the convention at
Fontana ViUage were Mks Edna
Maurer of Aberdeen, Mrs. Henry
Addor of Addor, Ernest Satter-
white of McCain, Curtis Cox of
Raeford and Mrs. Annie Lou Scott
of Sanford.
The convention nominated Tracy
Moore of Greensboro for national
vice-president, heard a number of
officials of the Post Office Depart
ment from Washington, D. C., and
Atlanta, Ga., and discussed postal
problems.
Gen. Gross To
Leave; Jenkins
Assigned Here
Brig. Gen. William M.
Gross,, commandant to the
USAF Air Ground School at
the Highland Pines Inn, wiU
leave his post here July 17
to become deputy commander
of the 12th Air Force at Ram-
stein, Germany, it was reveal-
this week.
Arriving in Southern Pines
July 12 to assume command
of USAFAGOS wiU be Brig.
Gen. Daniel W. Jenkins who
now holds the post to which
General Gross has been as
signed in Germany.
Preliminary announcement
of the change in command
here was made by the Air
Ground School thk week.
Further detaik on General
Jenkins and the service of
General Gross will appear
later.
C. of C. Plans To
Make Industrial
Survey of Area
THE REV. E. E. WHITLEY, pas
tor of the newly organized Meth
odist congregation in Southern
Pines, is former pastor of the Mt.
Hermon Church, Burlington. Now
living witl; his family at 435 N.
Ashe St., the home acquired for
a parsonage, the Rev. Mr. Whitley
will work with members Of the
congregation in planning for a
church and educational building
to be built at the comer of May
St. and Maine Ave.
TWO DAYS OF, COURT
Two days of recorders court
have been scheduled at Carthage
next week by Judge J. Vance
Rowe and Solicitor W. Lament
Brown, because of the many cases
awaiting attention on the docket.
Court will be held Monday, the
regular day, and also Tuesday.
Southern Pines Summer Recreation Program
June 14 - August 20 (10 weeks)
Irie Leonard, Director
REGULAR WEEKLY PROGRAM
Monday
10:00-12:00—Baseball and football at Memorial Field (Boys 12-17).
10:30-12:00—Story hour and play hour at the elementary school li
brary and playground, (small boys and girls only).
2:00- 5:00—Tennis, badminton, horseshoes, checkers, croquet, table
tennis at the town park and Fox Hole.
5:15- 6:30—Little League baseball at Memorial field (Boys 8-12).
6:30- 8:00—Basketball and voUeybaU at the high school gymnasium
(High school boys and girls only).
Tuesday
10:00-11:00—Free golf instruction and privileges at the Sou. Pines
Country Club (boys and girk 14-18 years of age).
11:00-12:00—Tennis, badminton, hbrseshoes, checkers, croquet, table
tennis at the town park and Fox Hole.
2:30- 4:30—Swimming party at Sou. Pines and Aberdeen lakes.
5:15- 6:30—Pony League baseball at Memorial field (boys 12-15).
Wednesday
m Home Ec. Cottage.
10:00-12:00—Tennis, badminton, horseshoes, checkers, croquet, table
tennis at the town park and Fox Hole.
2:30- 5:00—Baseball for adults and high school students at Memorial
field.
5:15- 6:30—Little League baseball at Memorial field (Boys 8-12).
6:30- 8:00—Basketball and volleyball at the high school gymnasium,
(high school boys and girls only).
Thursday
10:00-12:00—Sewing class for girls 12-17 years of age at the Home
Ec. Cottage.
10:00-12:00—Tennis, badminton, horseshoes, checkers, croquet, table
tennis at the town park and Fox Hole.
2:30- 4:30—Swimming party at Sou. Pines and Aberdeen lakes.
5:15- 6:30—Pony League baseball at Memorial field (boys 12-15).
Friday
10:00-11:00—Free golf instruction and privileges at the Sou. Pines
Country Club (boys and girls 14-18 years of age).
10:00-12:00—Supervised play hour for small boys and girls at the
elementary school playground,
2:00- 5:00—Tennis, badminton, horseshoes, checkers, croquet, table
tennis at the town park and Fox Hole.
8:30-10:30—Open House for dancing, etc., in the Recreation room of
the Church of Wide Fellowship for high school and col
lege students only. (Under sponsorship of the Church
Forum).
A qualified life guard wiU be on duty every day at the Southern
Pines lake from 1 p.m. until 6 p.m. Swimming at other times will be
done at your own risk.
Swmming lessons will be given in conjunction with the local Red
Cross Chapter.
The Chamber of Commerce will
conduct an industrial survey of
Southern Pines and vicinity, to co
ordinate all information which
rnight be required for the estab
lishment of new industry or busi
ness in the area, and have it im
mediately available in the Cham
ber files.
J. Graves Vann, industrial
chairman, outlined the project at
the directors’ meeting held at the
Southland Hotel Tuesday night,
assigning different phases of the
survey to various members of the
board and others who, while not
on the board, are members of the
Chamber.
He explained that the term in
dustry covers aU economic enter
prises now being carried on or
which might locate here, such as
the golf and horse businesses, ho
tels and tourists, as well as manu
facturing. The policy of the
Chamber is to attract and secure
“suitable industry” for the area,
with careful screening.
Factors involved in the survey
he based on the list..of industry
requirements as presented in the
industrial workshop held here for
several counties last fall by the
N. C. Department of Conserva
tion and Development, with co
operation of the local Chamber.
Mr. Vann, who is superintend
ent of the J. Bishop & Co. Plati
num Works, explained that such
a survey, done in thorough-going
fashion, could be a very complex
and taxing affair if undertaken
by one or a few persons. With a
number working on it, however,
the major phases could be ade-
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Speech Clinic For
hildren To Run
June 21 - July 19
The Speech Improvement
School sponsored annuaUy for
some years by the Moore County
chapter of the North Carolina
League for Crippled Children will
open Juhe 21 to run through July
30 at the West End school build
ing, it was announced this week.
Mrs. Shields Cameron of South
ern Pines and Mks Blanche Mon
roe of West End will again be the
teachers for the clinic which is
supported by Easter Seals contri
butions.
All Moore County children who
need help in learning to speak
clearly and understandably may
attend the clinic.
Saturday, June 19, will be reg
istration day at the Health Center
in Carthage where children will
be given hearing tests and physi
cal examinations.
Parents of children who need
transportation to the clinic are
asked to notify Mrs. Cameron or
Miss Monroe who will attempt to
work out ways for them to reach
the clinics.