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LIGHTS GO UP—With Memorial Field goal
posts and two of th® lofty field lighting poles in
the background, four of the men who have
sparkplugged the successful community drive
for the lighting facilities pause a moment to re
ceive photographic recognition. Left to right:
C. N. Page, “general” of the army of workers
who solicited contributions; Coach Me (Bunk)
Leonard of the High School footbaU team, who
was active in the lights campaign; Carl E. Holt,
chairman of pledges in the drive; and W. B.
(Chick) Holliday, general chairipan for the
Chamber of Commerce lighting project.
(Photo by V. Nicholson)
Blue Knights Show Strength, Point
To Homecoming Game Under Lights
Bladenboro To
Be Opponents
Friday, Oct. 8
From all , indications, gathered
from advance sale of tickets.
Southern Pines Homecoming
game here Friday night, October
8, with Bladenboro High promises
a record turn-out for six-man
football.
For one thing, the local Rotary
Club is going all out on sponsor
ing the sale of tickets for this
game. Rotarians are visiting
every block in Southern Pines
and pushing every door hell urg
ing citizens to “back the Blue
Knights' Friday night.”-
For another, local merchants,
who annually enter into the spirit
of Homecoming with eyecatching
window displays with school col
ors and football the dominant
motif, are now planning even
more colorful decorations.
But the big reason for the ac
celerated interest in the game is
mounting evidence that the Blue
Knights look to be the best bal
anced club Southern Pines has
ever fielded. And that includes
the famous 1947 team that went
through an undefeated season and
then on to defeat Lythonia High
of suburban Atlanta, undefeated
in Georgia until that time.
Many followers of the Blue
Knights, a little disappointed
after the season’s opener with
Maxtoii which ended in a score
less tie, are wondering if the lo
cals have what it really takes to
make a great team. They do.
And their coaches think so too.
Immediately after the punchless
game with Maxton the coaching
staff put the Blue Knights back
onto fundamentals—every after
noon of practice, blocking and
tackling.
The following weekend against
West End the locals began to roll,
and against Rowland last Friday,
behind devastating blocking, the
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PEP RALLY
Plans are being made for
a pep rally Thursday night,
October 7, before the high
school's Homecoming football
game with Bladenboro High
under lights at Memorial
Field Friday night, October 8.
Student leaders said this
week that there will be a
gathering of students and all
interested persons behind the
gymnasium at 7:30 p.m., fol
lowed by a parade through
the business section. The high
school band will be on hand
to furnish music and liven up
the event. Cheer leaders are:
Sally Michelson, June Bris
tow, Dorothy Newton, Kay
Davis and Patti Woodell.
GAME TICKETS
Tickets for the high school
homeccming game, Friday
night, October 8, at 8 p. m.
are on sale by all members of
the Southern Pines Rotary
Club.
Each ticket bought will be,
in effect, a contribution to the
swelling fund that will pay
for the new lights at Mem
orial Field—lights that will
be used in a game for the
first time Friday night of
next week.
The Rotary Club has given
$1,500 to the fund and is get
ting back a portion of its gift
through the ticket sales. The
Rotary gift amounted to $60
per club member.
The homecoming event—a
six-man football contest with
Bladenboro High—will in
clude a ceremony dedicating
the new lights, before the
kickoff, with National Guard
Warrant Officer Lennox For
syth in charge.
A television set will be
given away at halftime to the
holder of a lucky ticket num
ber.
Brown Named To
League Committee
W. Lamont Brown, attorney for
the Town of Southern Pines, has
been appointed to the legislative
• committee of the North Carolina
League of Municipalities, it was
announced this week. Mr. Brown
attended a meeting of the com
mittee in Raleigh on Wednesday.
He was accompanied by City Man
ager Tom E. Cunningham who
conferred with League officials.
Mr. Brown’s appointment is con
sidered by town officials as an
honor for the town, as most mem
bers of the committee are attor
neys for the larger cities of the
State.
Electricians
Work All Day
On Own Time
“They really got us out of a
jam. Money wouldn’t buy what
they did for us.”
That’s what W. B. (Chick) Hol
liday, chairman of the Chamber
of Commerce athletic field light
ing project, said this week about
six employees of the Carolina
Power and Light Co. who volun
tarily worked about 10 hours on
their day off last Saturday to in
stall four transformers, with nec
essary wiring, at Memorial Field.
Supervising the work, also on
a voluntary basis, was Walter F.
Harper, CP&L division engineer.
Men who worked Saturday were
K. C. Weatherspoon, E. B. Mc
Donald, Ccy Bowers, Ted Kling-
enschmidt, Billy Marks of Aber
deen and Ray Schilling.
Nearly completing their work
Saturday, the volunteers went
back to Memorial Field after
their work day Wednesday to fin
ish the job. Jack McNeill, another
CP&L employee, joined them for
this work.
Bystanders also assisted with
the work Saturday.
As the project stands now, all
work is completed except for in
stallation of switches, Mr. Holli
day said, and that is slated for
Saturday when it is hoped the
lights can be tested.
An effort will also be made
Saturday to salvage some of the
lights that were broken when one
of the big poles fell as it was be
ing raised by men and equipment
cf the Cameo Construction Co.
While the loss was covered by
insurance and new lights are on
order,' it is thought they will not
be here in time for the homecom
ing football game October 8 when
the lights will first be used. Cam-
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Boy Scout Fund
Drive Starting
Tuesday Morning
Breakfast Meetings
To Open 'Dawn To
Dusk' Collection
The annual one-day Boy Scout
fund drive for Occoneechee Coun
cil will be held Tuesday in the
Moore District, with “early bird
breakfasts” at 7 a. m. in several
communities, according to Brig.
Gen. Pearson M-enoher, general
campaign chairman. The Southern
Pines breakfast will be at 8 a.m.
A radio broadcast from Ra
leigh will be heard at 8:15 a. m.,
featuring Chancellor Rob,ert B.
House of the Unievrsity of North
Carolina. It will be carried over a
special network of station^, in
cluding WEEB, Southern Pines.
The “dawn to dusk” campaign
will be conducted by over 600
workers, who- will canvass pros
pects with the assistance of “cap
tains” and “majors” already ap-
.pointed.
In Southern Pines a breakfast
meeting will be at the Southland
Hotel, with Chairman Tom
Darst presiding. Other breakfast-
will be held at the Pinehurst
School Cafeteria, with Chairman I
Albert Tufts presiding, the Mid!
South Restaurant in Aberdeen
where J. C. Robbins is chairman;
and the S & M Cafe at Robbins,
Henry Williams, chairman.
The Pinebluff event will be a
supper the preceding night. E. H.
Mills, chairman, will be assisted
by members of the volunteer fire
department. The Highfalls kick
off will be Monday evening with
T. K. Holmes, chairman.
At Vass, where Aubrey Keith
is chairman, a Monday supper
will be held at the Dixie Inn.
The breakfast in Carthage at
the American Legion Hut will be
cooked by Boy Scouts. Dr. R. G.
Felton is chairman.
Results of the advance gifts
drive are to be announced at
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Raleigh Man Killed In
Wreck Near Aberdeen
Speeding Auto
Overturns; One
Man In Hospital
Golf Carousel
Features Play
On 3 Courses
‘Camporee’ Set
For Boy Seouts
Near Lakeview
GIRL PIPER — Dressed in
Highland regalia, including
many medals she has won for
playing the bagpipes and dan
cing, Miss Vivian Morrison was
to appear Thursday night on
the Ladies Night program of the
Men of the Church of Brown-
son Memorial Church. She al
so played the pipes at Sunday’s
homecoming at Old • Bethesda
Church near Aberdeen. (See
story on another page).
300 At First PTA Meeting
The Southern Pines Parent-1 picture or printed page may be
Teacher Association, organized' projected on a screen just like
last spring, started the school i slide.
year with an enthusiastic meet
ing of more than 300 persons last
Thursday night, and a quota of
$1,000 to be raised this year for
the purchase of modern electron
ic instruction aids.
Dr. R. M. McMillan, president,
in the course of the program pre
sented J. D. Hobbs, chairman of
the finance committee, who won
a unanimous vote of approval for
the budget as recommended by
his committee after consultation
with the school authorities. The
aids for which the money is to be
raised are a projector, projector
table and daylight screen, a .tape
recorder and a bioscope. The bio
scope is a device by which a
The first money-raising event,
as announced by Mr. Hobbs, will
be an old-fashioned “box supper”
with a variety show, to be held
at the school Tuesday night,
October 19.
Also to help with the fund
raising, he said, the committee
has undertaken the solicitation of
subscriptions to magazines
through a plan of the Curtis Pub
lishing Co., by which the sub-
^ scription may b'e given in through
any schoolchild.
While the magazine subscrip
tion project will be a continuing
one throughout the school year,
other events will be held from
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Some 400 Boy Scouts of the
Moore and Lee districts are ex
pected to attend a camporee to
be held Friday, Saturday and
Sunday at Causey-Forrest Lake
near takeview. This will be the
first time the two districts have
joined hands for such an event.
In charge will be the two district
chairmen of camping and activi
ty, Bill McLaurin of Robbins, for
Moore, and Vance Hubbard of
Sanford, for Lee.
The -boys will gather at the
lake and be assigned to their
campsites from 3 to 6 p. m. Fri
day, the n will set up camp, cook
their supper and hold a campfire
meeting.
Saturday, there will be inspec
tions, demonstrations and scout-
craft events, on which each pa
trol will be checked for a possible
1,000 points. These will include
use of the compass, respects to
the flag, use of knife and axe,
knot tying, map making, fire
building, tent pitching and start
ing a fire without matches.
Points will be given On gen
eral camping activities, sanita
tion, etc., also on the attendance
of the families of the Scouts at
the picnic supper Saturday night.
This feature of the program will
start at 5 o’clock and continue
through a campfire and court of
honor until 9 o’clock. The boys
will stage stunts, sing songs and
present Indian dances and other
entertainment .for their guests.
Religious worship will be held
Sunday morning. After noon din
ner is cooked and cleared away,
the Scouts will break camp and
clear their campsites preparatory
to departure at 4 p. m.
The Moore County commission
er staff, headed by Dr. J. C. Grier,
Jr., will be in charge of the scout-
craft competition. Various phases
of the camporee administration
will be headed by Bill McLaurin,
A1 Folley and Lawrence Johnson,
assisted by committee members
chosen from the district commit
tee and by Jim Wilson of South
ern Pines, executive for the
Moore and Lee districts. I
Men Of Church
Have Program Of
Unusual Interest
With Dr. Warner L. Hall, pas
tor of the Covenant Presbyterian
Church, Charlotte, scheduled to
deliver the main address, the Men
of the Church of Brownson Mem
orial Presbyterian Church had
planned a varied program for the
Ladies Night meeting of the or
ganization Thursday night at the
church’s fellowship hall. Events
of the program were to take place
after The Pilot’s press time
Thursday.
Lending color and interest to
the program was the expected ap
pearance of Miss Vivian Morrison,
of Nova Scotia, Flora Macdonald
College student who was to pre
sent a bagpipe solo and sword
dance. Mrs. P. P. McCain, dean
of the college, was expected as a
guest.
Other events planned included
a welcome by A. L. Burney, pres-
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Preliminary plans for the
“Southern Pines Golf Carousel,”
unique tournament to be played
on three Southern Pines courses
November 4, 5, 6 and 7, were an
nounced this week by Chester I.
Williams, tournament director.
A tournament committee for
the Chamber of Commerce-spon-
spred event met last week to start
the ball rolling for what promises
to be a popular and different gqlf»
ing event, open to both, .Utni uitai''
women amateur playerA
With John Pottle as tchairman,
the committee memberg are: Her
man Grover, Jack Youftts, Frank
H. Cosgrove, Tom E. | Shockley,
Mrs. Leo Walper, Miss Jean Cos
grove and Mr. Williams, th« di
rector. : '
Here is how plans fo)r the event
shaped up in a meeting of
committee last week:
Amateurs Only
The tournament will be for
men, women and senior amateurs
—held to the amateur classifica
tion because of possible difficul
ties in raising a sufficiently at
tractive purse to attract the pro
fessionals.
It wiU be a four-ball event, bet
ter ball of pair, and an entry will
consist of a team of two who may
be men, women or man and wom
an.
Single entrants wiU be accepted
and can indicate they wish a part
ner who will then be found for
them by the tournament commit
tee from among other players in
similar circumstances.
All three local courses will be
utilized—Southern Pines Country
Club, Mid Pines Club and Pine
Needles Country Club. This fea
ture alone, offering'an opportun
ity to play this trio of famous
courses, is expected to be a draw
ing card, especially to out-of-town
players.
Entrants will qualify Thursday,
November 4, on the course of
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Board Sees Cost
Problems At Home
Cost problems may delay the
conversion of the Moore County
Home to a licensed boarding
home. Chairman Gordon Cameron
of the county commissioners said
Monday after a special meeting of
the board at Carthage to discuss
the county home problem.
New regulations issued for
boarding homes indicate that so
many alterations and improve
ments will have to be made at the
county home that the commission
ers will have a hard time finding
money in the budget to complete
them, the chairman said.
The commissioners will again
tackle the county home problem
at their regular meeting to be
held all day Monday in the court
house at Carthage.
One man was killed and an
other seriously injured when the
speeding automobile in which
they were riding overturned on
a curve two miles east of Aber
deen on Highway 211 about 10:45
p. m. Wednesday.
Highway Patrolman C. G.
Wimberly of Aberdeen, who in
vestigated, said the dead man,
who was believed to be the driv-
a -, was Fred W. Sherron, 33, of
aleigh. His companion, also from
Raleigh, who was taken to Moore
County Hospital with serious in
juries, was Burwin Leonard, 34.
''Both are married men with fam
ilies, the patrolman said he had
learned. Occupants of a car pass-
iid by the 1953 Oldsmobile that
Overturned told the patrolman
that the Raleigh car was travel
ling at high speed just prior to the
♦ccident.
Apparently unable to make a
sharp curve in the highway, the
car went out of control and over
turned, rolling over for 170 feet,
according to the patrolman’s re
port. Sherron, whose skull- and
chest were crushed and who suf
fered compound fractures of arms
and legs, appears to have been
thrown from the vehicle which
then rolled over him, the patrol
man said. Leonard, the injured
man, also thrown out, was found
with the car resting on him. It
was lifted off his body by passing
motorists who stopped to render
assistance.
Leonard suffered head injuries
which were termed serious, but
was reported in better condition
at the hospital early Thursday
afternoon when hope was held
out lor his recovery.
Members of Sherron’s family
were here to claim his body to
day.
Patrolman Wimberly said that
a whiskey bottle with some liquor
in it was found at the scene of
the accident. He listed cause of
the accident as excessive speed.
. Sherron’s death brought Moore
County’s 1954 traffic fatality toll
to six. Three deaths have occur
red in towns—two in Southern
Pines and one in Aberdeen—and
three in rural areas, including
Wednesday’s fatality.
Industrialist
Cites Need Of
Industry Here
Younts Given Award For WEEB By
Famed Author Just Prior To Death
Jack Younts, president and
general manager of Radio Station
WEEB, Southern Pines, was prob
ably the last person to talk with
James Street, famed author who
collapsed at a. meeting of the
North Carolina Associated Press
Broadcasters in Chapel Hill Tues
day night and died shortly there
after in Memorial Hospital.
Mr. Younts, with his wife and
' Charlie Clapp, news director of
WEEB, were at the dinner to re
ceive the Broadcasters’ top award
—a cup and scroll for excellence
in news broadcasting and cooper
ation with^the Associated Press in
news gathering.
Mr. Street had just made the
presentation—the last of a series
of several lesser awards—when
he collapsed.
Mr. Younts said thkt a photog
rapher who had made a picture
of Mr. Street and himself had re
quested that- the photo be retaken
out of the room, as he suspected
that he had made a double ex
posure.
The local man had just stepped
from the room and was awaiting
Mr. Street outside when word
came that he had collapsed. No
one knew at that time it was a
fatal attack.
Just before Mr. Younts left the
room, Mr. Street had told him
that he (Mr. Street) would rather
have won the special award for
excellence in news coverage than
any other. He reminded Mr.
Younts that he was a former As
sociated Press reporter. Those
may well have been the last
words he spoke.
Ironically, the photo, which
would have been the last picture
made of Mr. Street, did turn out
to be a double exposure, affording
no pictorial record of the drama
tic situation in which Mr. Younts
found himself involved.
The award won by WEEB is
made to a broadcaster chosen by
vote of Associated Press Bureau
staff members.
The Sandhills community is
missing a tremendous opportun
ity to grow in wealth, by not mak
ing a concerted effort to locate
new industries here, Harry K.
Smyth of Southern Pines, vice-
president of Saco-Lowell Shops
and general manager of the San
ford division of the large textile
machine manufacturing firm, told
the Sandhills Kiwanis Club Wed
nesday.
Outlining the value of manufac
turing plants to a community, Mr.
Smyth cited what Asheville,
famed as a resort area, has ac
complished.
“Asheville has done a splendid
job in acquiring industry, and it
has helped, not hurt, the city. It
has made it possible for the city
to do more for its people,” the
speaker said.
There are today 125 manufac
turing plants in Asheville, em
ploying 13,674 persons with a total
payroU of $28^4 million. “Imagine
what something like that would
do to this area,” he said. “We
need something here to produce
wealth.”
Every 100 new factory workers
brought into a community means
$590,000 more personal income
per year, and $360,000 more retail
sales for its stores per year, a re
cent survey of 10 selected coun
ties throughout the United States
showed, Mr .Smyth said. One of
these counties was Moore’s neigh
bor, Lee. In 1940 Lee county had
1,069 manufacturing employes. In
1950 it had 2,608.
“Our own company payroll runs
» recognizing the. yjw±i. paj'iun xuns
radio station that has done most I over $40,000 a week. That means
for the Associated Press during!$2,000,000 in the community, from
the preceding year. ! fContinued on Paen