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W, Pennsylvania
Avenue Project
Making Progress
Training School To
SenCd Boys To Help
With Clean-Up Job
Project No. 1 of the 1954 “FinerI
Carolina” program, the improve
ment and beautificaticn of West
Pennsylvania Ave., took a big!
step ahead this week.
The month of October is being
dedicated to a joint effort of or
ganizations and citizens on both
sides cf town, to make this im
portant town entranceway one in
which the whole cor.munity can
take pride, said Thomas J. Hayes,
local architect, who is chairman
of the project.
Through the interest of Profes
sor Brown, head of the Morrison
Training school at Hoffman, and
former principal of West South
ern Pines school, 50 boys from
Morrison will spend their Satur
days during the month working
on the project, with two super
visors. They will paint, make re
pairs and help clean up yards
and homes.
The Town of Southern Pines
has cleaned and seeded “the
Point,” a former weed-covered
barren at West Pennsylvania and
Glover street, and the town crew
will continue with weedcutting
all along the parkways.
Planting of "The Point"
The Civic Club Garden Group
has taken as its project the plant
ing and beautification of “the
Point” to make of it an attractive
community park. With Mrs.
James H. Ratliff, Jr,, president,
in charge, shrubbery cuttings will
also be distributed for planting
on yards and on psirkways along
the street.
The Southern Pines Warehous
es, Inc., is offering paint and re
pair materials at reduced cost, to
West Pennsylvania Avenue resi
dents during October.
Boy Scouts of West Southern
Pines are disseminating informa
tion about the project, and will
help the Morrison boys in their
work, under direction of Messrs.
Hasty, Faison, Graham, and Car
penter. They plan to devote many
hours during the month to this
community service.
That it will be a real service,
to which full cooperation of resi
dents of the avenue will be given,
was the spirit of a meeting held
Monday night at West Southeri!
Pines school, with Chairman
Hayes in charge.
Cooperative Spirit
He had previously met with T.
T. Morse and J. T. Saunders, West
Southern Pines members of his
committee, to formulate general
plans for the improvement pro
ject. These were both present
Monday night, along with 20 or
more other residents, most of
them living on West Pennsylva-
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Council Approves Price Increase
On Lots In Mount Hope Cemetery
.Sandhills Music I nniisH niiuMiwr! Question
Asso. Launching
Member Campaign
MOORE FOLKS PRESENT—Seated in the
exhibit hall of the Lee County Fair grounds at a
barbecue supper that followed Tuesday’s 8th
District Democratic rally in Sanford, this group
includes several of the large Moore County del
egation who attended the rally. From front to
back at left of photo can be seen Mrs. Ruth
Swisher, VoR Gilmore, Mrs. Valerie Nicholson,
an unidentified Lee County Democratic lady
and Mrs. C. B. Deane of Rockingham, wife of
the 8th District Congressman. At the right, from
front to back, are Mrs. Bessie Griffin, Moore
register of deeds and her husband, G. E. Griffin
of Lajceview; Mrs. Monroe Chappell and Mr.
Chappell, of Vass, and other unidentified Demo
crats. The empty chair in the foreground was
vacated by Mayor Lloyd Clark of Southern
Pines who left the^able to speak to a friend
shortly before the picture was made.
Opening its season ticket sale
for the 1954-’55 concert season, the
Sandhills Music Association an
nounced this week that student
season tickets will be available
lor the first time this year to any
student attending concerts, accom
panied by an adult. The annual
membership campaign of the As
sociation begins today (Friday).
Subscription letters are being
sent out to previous subscribers
and to many newt members. Ob
tainable at Barnum Realty Co.,
124 N. W. Broad St., season tick
ets (memberships) are priced at
$6, $9 and $12, according to the
desirability of seat locations.
First program of the new season
will be presented Friday evening,
November 12, with the appear
ance of Iva Kitchell, dance satir
ist.
Other attractions will be: Janu
ary 7, Columbus Boys’ Choir;
February 18, the Little Symphony
of the North Carolina Symphony
Orchestra, under the direction of
Dr. Benjamin Swalin; March 18,
Jacob Lateiner, concert pianist;
and April 22, Shirley Emmons and
Wliliam McGrath, soprano and
tenor.
All performances will be at
Weaver auditorium.
In addition, the Association
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Democrats Of
Eighth District
Flock To Rally
Democratic spirits rode high
Tuesday afternoon at the con
gressional district rally of the
“Fighting Eighth,” when some 300
of the faithful from all 12 counties
of the district gathered at the Lee
County courthouse, Sanford.
It was the fifth in the current
campaign series, featuring a car
avan of state leaders and party
candidates, and the first at which
all counties of the district were
represented 100 per cent.
Moore Delegation
Membership of the Moore Coun
ty delegation, second in size only
to that of the host county of Lee,
included: county candidates. So
licitor W. Lamont Brown, who as
chairman of the Democratic exec
utive committee presented the
delegation. Rep. H. Clifton Blue,
Sheriff C. J. McDonald, Clerk of
Court C. C. Kennedy, Register of
Deeds Mrs. Bessie Griffin; Depu
ty Sheriff A. F. Dees, Tax Collec
tor Douglas David, Inspector H.
H. Grimm; John A. Lang., Jr., of
Carthage, administrative assistant
The North Carolina Opticians ^
Association will hold its fall meet- ,rp .^•
ing at the Hollywood Hotel here ™ Commit-
this weekend. I Gilmore, W. P. Saun-
Registration of the opticians, I
with members of their families, S P'l
and other guests, will begin to-I Nicholson,
day (Friday) at 2 p.m. and con- Southern Pines; T. Roy
tinue through Saturday morning. Bess McCaskill,
A dinner dance will be held
Saturday evening. At the Sun-
day dinner the nrinninal aneatoT- Monroe
BLUE TO SPEAK
ON AMENDMENTS
Rep. H. Clifton Blue of Aber
deen will address an open meet
ing of the League of Women Vot
ers at the Southern Pines Civic
Club at 8 p.m., Thursday, Octo
ber 21.
Mr. Blue will discuss the
amendments to the Constitution
to be voted on this fall. He was
a member of the committee which
drafted the proposed amend
ments.
The public is invited to attend.
BRIDGE WORK STARTED
Much material for the new rail
road bridge to be built in Vass has
arrived and preliminary work on
the project got under way this
week.
Hodges, Deane To
Attend Meeting
Lt. Gov. Luther Hodges and
Rep. C. B. Deane of Rockingham
will be featured speakers at a
Moore County Democratic rally to
be held at the courthouse in Car
thage, preceded by a dinner at the
Carthage Hotel, Tuesday evening,
October 26. Young Democrats
and senior party members are co
operating in sponsoring the event.
The dinner will be at 6:30 and the
speaking at 8. All party members
planning to attend are urged to
invite a young person, in line
with the YDC’s drive to encour
age young people to active party
I participation.
Registration To
Continue Next
Two Saturdays
Registration for the November
2 general election will continue
at Moore County’s 17 polling
places on Saturday, October 16
and 23. i
Registrars will be at the pre
cinct polling places on these days
from 9 a.m. until sunset. October
30 will be challenge day.
Persons must be a resident of
their precinct for four months
and a resident of North Carolina
for one year prior to November
2 to be eligible to register.
Yoimg men and women who
will become 21 years of age be
fore November 2 may register
and vote.
Qualified voters who will be
absent from the county in which
they are registered on election
day, or who by reason' of sickness
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BRUSH BURNING
PERMITS VOIDED
County Forest Ranger Tra
vis Wicker said Wednesday
that he had received notice
from State Forester Fred
Claridge that all brush burn
ing permits in the state are
cancelled, as of Wednesday,
because of excessively dry
woodland conditions. No per
mits will be issued until fur
ther notice. Wicker said.
The permits referred to
are those all persons must
obtain before setting a fire
over 500 feet from a dwelling,
from October 1 through May
30.
Cruci^ll Test of
Local Players To
Be Made Tonight
Foolball Game At
Aberdeen Is Rated
Tops In Interest
The Blue Knights of Southern
Pines High School, undefeated
and tied once this year in Class
A six-man football, go into the
crucial game of their season to
night (Friday) at Aberdeen’s new
ly-lighted field, with the Moore
County championship and a
chance for state playoffs hanging
in the balance.
The undefeated and untied ram
paging Red Devils of the neigh
boring town will clinch the coun
ty title if they win tonight’s game.
If the Blue Knights win, it will
mean the local boys have a good
chance for the championship and
subsequent playoffs.
•Yjy.,, - iAXUVAiiCT iXUm Will
With an older, more experienc- in cemetery care.
In Knollwood
Is Discussed
An increase in the price of lots
at the town-owned Mount Hope
Cemetery, in order to make the
cemetery more nearly self-sus
taining, was voted by the council
Tuesday night—with the express
ed recognition that the action
does not end the town’s cemetery
problems.
Effective with the adoption of
the ordinance, which amends an
existing section of the town code,
the price of single grave lots (Sec
tions D and E), formerly spiling
for $25, becomes $50. AU lots in
Section A of the cemetery, for
merly $150 and $200, are now
$250; Section C lots, formerly
$100, are now $200; and Section
F lots, which sold for $250 and
$300, are now $350.
For persons who are not resi
dents or real property taxpayers
at the time of buying lots, a
charge of 50 per cent of the listed
purchase price will be added.
This provision remains unchang
ed from the former practice.
In a related action, the council
voted to cease depositing a por
tion of the price of each lot in a
perpetual care fund, setting a pol
icy of caring for the cemetery
out of current income from sale
of lots and from tax funds as nec
essary, but with a view to making
the cemetery as nearly self-sup
porting as possible.
“There’s no use putting that,
money away where it can’t be
used, now or ever,” said City Man
ager Tom E. Cunningham. He re
ported that there is now about
$4,000 in the perpetual care fund
which will remain there and the
income from which will be used
Slue Knights Win 48-0 Under New Lights
State Opticians
Group To Meet,
Brown To Speak
day dinner the principal speaker
will be W. Lamont Brown, Moore
County solicitor and Southern
Pines town attorney. Johnnie A.
Hall of Southern Pines is general
chairman for the convention.
A golf tournament for the men
at the Southern Pines Country
Club, with sightseeing tours for
the ladies, will be major events of
the weekend. The tournament,
starting Saturday, will end Sun
day with the presentation of tro
phies, one given by the associa
tion, the other by the Southern
Pines Chamber of Commerce.
A business session will also be
held Sunday, with election of of
ficers. Present officers are J. W.
SouthMland, High Point, presi-
An inquest in the death of
James Cox, 20, of West End in an
automobile accident in Knollwood
October 2, has been called for 8
p.m., Monday at the town hall by
Coroner Ralph Steed of Robbins.
A key witness at the hearing
will be Samuel Frye, Jr., 23, of
— Carthage, who was injured in the
hnrr.’ Stampler, Greens- | one-car accident and who was re-
toro, vice-president, and- Jack j quired to post a $2,500 bond when
bpencer, Greensboro, secretary- released from St. Joseph of the
treasurer. 1 Pines Hospital.
Chappell, Vass; and T. Clyde Au
man. West End.
Warm welcomes were extended
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Cox Inquest Set
For Monday Night
OFF TO SCORE—Billy Cox (32) gets, away
on a touchdown run for the Southern Pines
Blue Knights early in last week’s Homecoming
game with Bladenboro. Roger Verhoeff (44) is
ready to take care of opposition on the left,
while Kenneth Creech (23) and an unidentified
player on the ground are doing the immediate
blocking job to set Cox free. In the back
ground is Johnny Watkins (38) and another lo
cal player who have already accomplished their
tasks. (Photo by Humphrey)
An estimated 2,000 persons were on the caps of musicians and the field lights fineincial
on hand at Memorial Field last
Friday night to see the Southern
Pines Blue Knights roll over Bla
denboro High School’s six-man
football team to a 48-0 homecom
ing game victory, and to witness
ceremonies dedicating the field
lights bought with publicly con
tributed funds.
Music by the school band, fea
turing a spectacular performance
of “By the Light of the Silvery
Moon,” with the field lights off
feet and batons of the drum ma
jorettes, made the Occasion excep
tionally colorful and interesting.
The school cheerleaders, headed
by Patti Woodell, helped keep the
spirits of the crowd high as the
Blue Knights showed their power,
with practically every member of
the squad getting a chance to play
during the one-sided contest.
Before the game. National
Guard Warrant Officer Lennox
Forsyth, as master cf ceremonies.
J . J. ., , ,'7 . as iiiasier ci ceremonies
and mdmdual battery-fed lights I paid tribute to the leaders in the
campaign
who were driven around the field
in a convertible with Newland
Phillips at the wheel. In the car
were: W. B . (Chick) Holliday,
general chairman of the drive for
the Chamber of Commerce; Carl
E. Holt, pledge chairman and head
of ticket sales for the Rotary Club
which sold or arranged for sale of
all tickets; C. N. Page, “general”
on the large group of workers in
the drive; also Bryan Poe, exalted
ruler of the Elks Lodge which
started the baU rolling on the
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ed team, Aberdeen is rated the
favorite, but the rapidly develop-
ing juniors, sophomores and fresh
men of Coaches Irie and W. A.
Leonard have posed an increas
ingly potent threat to opponents
this season. It is obvious that any
thing can happen in tonight’s, con
test. A fumble or a dropped pass
could mean the game.
Both .teams are in top shape
physically, local coaches and
Coach Hugh Bowman of the Red
Devils said this, week, with no
players out with injuries.
In this week’s rating of Class A
six-man teams by the Greensboro
Daily News, Aberdeen retains the
No. 1 spot and Southern Pines has
risen from fifth to third position.
The contest tonight is the ranking
six-uian game of the week in the
state and should provide a maxi
mum quota of thrills for the fans.
Next Home Game
Set October 22
The Southern Pinefi Blue
Knights will play their next home
game—the second under the new
lights at Memorial Field—Friday
night of next week, October 22, at
8 p.m., against Whitakers-Battle-
boro school near Rocky Mount
which is reputed to have one of
the strongest six-man football
teams in the state. With this
game, ticket prices wiU return to
the usual 50 cents for adults and
25 cents for children and students.
Higher admission prices were in
effect only for last week’s open
ing game under the new lights,
when all ticket receipts went to
the lights fund.
Questioned by L. W. Rhodes, a
citizen attending the meeting,
about the perpetual care fund,
Cunningham said that about $7,-
000 from the fund had been used
by a former administration to
buy land for expansion of the
cemetery. He said that deposits
had not been made in the perpet
ual care fund for several years
before he became city manager
in July of last year, but that he
had resumed making such de
posits at once and had since con
tinued that practice.
Answering Mr. Rhodes’ ques
tion as to why some lots in the
cemetery have perpetual care and
some do not. Mayor Lloyd Clark
explained that before the town
took over the cemetery from pri
vate operators many years ago,
lot owners wishing to insure per
petual care for lots paid an ex
tra charge of $100 and some pur
chasers did not pay this charge.
Since the town took over the cem
etery, however, all deeds to lots
call for perpetual care, the mayor
said.
Mr. Rhodes said that he would
hate to see the price of cemetery
lots raised so much that it would
drive people away from buying
lots in Mount Hope Cemetery.
“There’s nothing wrong in, spend
ing tax money On a cemetery
when needed,” he said. “I don’t
think many people will kick
bn that.” ‘
“There’s no question but what
we’ll have to continue to spend
tax money on the cemetery,”
Mayor Clark replied, saying that
the price increases contemplated
would only relieve a part of the
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Gen. Jenkins Lauds Free Press
A letter to Mrs. James Boyd,
editor of The Pilot, from Brig.
Gen. Daniel W. Jenkins, comman
dant at the USAF Air-Ground
Operations School here, saluted
The Pilot on the occasion of last
week’s observance of National
Newspaper Week.
The letter recognizes the im
portance of a free press and oth
er news media of the nation and
specifically praises The Pilot’s
editorial policy.
Text of the letter follows:
“We at the Air Ground Opera
tions School would like to take
the occasion of the celebration
cf National Newspaper Week to
salute The Fhlot.
“Certainly an informed public
IS our greatest insurance that
American ideals of a free and
democratic way of life will be
preserved. 'The free press of this
nation, which you represent,
lallong with other news media,
guarantee that the public will be
kept fully and objectively in
formed.
“It has been our experience
here at the school that our motto
■Honest, Enthusiastic, Objective
—describes your editorial policy
equally well. We appreciate the
cordial relations that exist be
tween us, and it is our hope that
the future will bring you increas
ing success.”