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SOUTHERN PINES. NORTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY. OCTOBER 22, 1954
TWENTY PAGES
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Factions
Wind, Flood Waters Do Damage In Rampage Through Area
Miss Moo^e County'
To Be Cho.^en In
School Girlj Contest
Elaborate plan.? have been com
pleted by the Carttjiagg Jaycees
for the Moore CoUinty Agricul
tural Fair which wiL\ gg|- under
way Monday, run 16,j. gjx days
and nights, ending ot^ Saturday
night, October 30.
“An even bigger 4nd better
exposition is expectec^ .faj^g
Uprooting trees, breaking off
television aerials, flooding streets
and low ground, smashing signs
and tearing down electric and
telephone wires—these are typi
cal results of Hurricane Hazel’s
destructive passage through the
Sandhills last Friday.
Top left photo shows clean-up
work at the Fred Hall home on
N. Bennett St., as soon as skies
had cleared Friday afternoon,
with the tractor dragging off por
tions of one of the seven trees
that fell around the house, inclu
ding one across the roof near
which two men can be seen stand
ing. Mr. Hall stands on the perch.
At top right is a pine which fell
place this fall than eWgi. before,’’, on the rear of the A. L. Burney
Clinton Campbell, th^ president,' residence. Pine Grove Road, with
stated this week. “%)g bepe to' other good-sized pines down in
pve to the people of %oQj.g qqujj. . the foreground of the photo,
ty a week of j fun and jentertain-i These trees are a few of the doz-
mmt they wont soon / forget.” ens that fell in this area, appar-
Despite the extreme/(ji-y spell; ently because they were not deep-
•^jaycees are ly rooted in the clay soil in
locking for a record ^number of
farm exhibits to be diipiayg^ jjj
the exhibit hall which ^^ras used
for the first time last yagp Ample
space will be available', fgp both
agricultural and comme.j.giai gx-
hibits and every one is asitg,j to
bring prized products or com.yuer-
cial items and put them on
play. The doors of the exhibit
will, open on Saturday and Su.p.
day preceding the fair and wily
remain open until 4 p. m. Mori.
■ day. f
Beauty Contest /
During the past three years otjg
of the highlights of the fair weej^
has been the annual beauty con
Moore Democrats W
Sta^e Carthage Rally
Rep. Deane,
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which longleaf pines do not send
down taproots as they do in sand
The trees fell in a swath that
crossed the property of J. E.
Fleming, L. T. Avery, Mr. Bur
ney and, further east. Dr. C. R.
VanderVoort, W. P. Saunders, and
Dr. R. B. Warlick. A number of
pines fell in Mount Hope Ceme
tery, one blocking the east en
trance road. A large tree in the
yard of Dr. E. W. Bush, 125 S.
Ashe St., broke off several feet
above the ground just falling
short of the front of the resi
dence. Many trees fell in other
areas of the town, mostly pines
or chinaberry trees which were
test for the s^ection of “Missj'the easiest for the wind to tip
Moore County High School” and. over apparently.
’ Center left photo shows a light
training plane on loan to the lo-
^al Civil Air Patrol Squadron
says that over 20 contestants will; fi(.°™
be in the event. This outstanding'
:n ^^avy damage to it, although it
^^s anchored with chains at the
*°%thern Pines-Pinehurst airport
At right center is flooded low
Sro%nd near Aberdeen lake, nor-
P^My entirely above water, show-
this year should be no exception.
The event is open only to high
school students and Paul Black
man, chairman of this attraction.
affair will take place Wednesday
night, October 27. Betty Jo Ring,
who is “Miss North Carolina,”
will be on hand to crown the win
ner.
The fair’s gates will officially
open Monday night which has
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Music Asso. Has
Half-Price Season
Student Tickets
Half-price tickets for students
are featured in the current sale of
season tickets for the five winter
and spring attractions sponsored
by the Sandhills Music Associa
tion, it was pointed out this week
by Thomas R. Howerton of South
ern Pines, membership chairman.
The, tickets are available only
to those students whose parents
purchase one or more adult sea
son tickets. The plan is designed
tO' make possible attendance by
more young people, Mr. Hower
ton said, and it is felt that parents
will welcome this opportunity to
purchase tickets for their children
at reduced cost.
Season tickets are on sale at
Barnum Realty Oo., S. E. Broad
St. Tickets for the five individual
concerts are priced at $4 for each
attraction, whereas season tickets
sell for $6, $9 and $12, Mr. How
erton said, with the student sea-
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I
that crosses this little stream just
east of the lake, below the dam.
Flood waters were general
throughout the county, with all
streams cut of their banks as a
result of Friday’s torrential rains.
At lower left, a CP&L lineman
at top of a pole fixes wires broken
when the big oak shown in this
everal uprooted trees. The I photo fell across power lines at
came almost to the bridge the corner of Maine Ave. and
Bennett St. When this was taken
CP&L, men had just sawed a
large branch loose and a small
branch can be seen dangling on
the wires.
Bottom, at center, shows a
large pine tree down across main
power lines and half across the
highway between Aberdeen and
Pinebluff, one of two that fell
across the wires, pulling down or
s’-.
damaging eight spans of lines.
This damage was fully repaired
by 7:30 p. m. Friday.
At bottom right, the wind tore
down the used car lot display sign
at Harris-Lane Motor gales, at
the intersection of S. Broad St.
and No. 1 highway. Part of the
sign tilts in the air and portions
of it are scattered on the pave
ment at left of photo.
Hurricane Hazel Hits The Sandhills
“I?? pd menacingly but com-j the wester'- fringe of the storm’s^
para iv^jy lightly by the surging really destx uctive portio* with
outer Winds of Hurricane Hazel,
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Public Invited
To Open Meeting
Of AA Tonight
Speeikers from Alcoholics
Anonymous groups in several
North Carolina towns and cities
are expected to address an open
meeting of the local AA at the
Civic Club tonight (Friday) at 8
p. m.
The public is invited to attend
this meeting and hear AA mem
bers testify as to what the organ
ization has done for them in help
ing them attain and maintain
sobriety.
The only requirement for mem
bership in Alcoholics Anonymous,
it is pointed out, is “a sincere de
sire to do something about an in
dividual drinking problem.” Any
one wishing further information
personally or for a relative or
friend, is asked to write P. O. Box
917, Southern Pines. All such
communications are treated con
fidentially.
Moore (county this week was
cleaning scattered wind and
.^amage, but mostly was
breathm,g prayers ^.f thankful-
J escape from the death
and desti-ugtjQjj (jgait by the big
wind alsejvrhere.
The couru^y ^ narrow escape
from disa^^gj,^ according to Col.
Don Madiggn, local Civil Defense
with his aides, plot
ted the compgg gf storm with
mformation' fpo-m Pope Air Force
Base weathgp observers, begin
ning early Friday morning
when It swlpt in from the sea
, ‘^°'(»st communities in
North and Saufjr Carolina.
At one poinlf jg jtg early mic-rn-
ing rampage,! fjjg ggnter of the
hurricane’ witoj grinds exceeding
100 iniles per f jrour, was headed
^raight for Moore County, the
CD director reported, but later
veered east to
place this area on
CH^TER P. W.,-B of Law-
renceburg, Tenn., a^irggtor of
Lions International, deliver
the principal address 'Lf fjjg
nual meeting and lac^ gg. night
of the nine Moore Covintv Lions
clubs held at the Southlgm Pines
Country Club on tonight (Vridavi
at 7:30^ The clubs parf^ ip^fi^^
are: Aberdeen, PineblUff virp^f
End, Pinehurst, Cartha&g’^ Rob
bins, Vass, Cameron and Southern
Pines. E. P. Hinson of Wiogf End
deputy district governor 'for Re
gion 3, is general chairntan for
the event. ^
winds here of around 50 miles
per hour with gusts of possibly
higher speed.
The town Civil Defense organi
zation, headed by Colonel Madi-
gan with John Buchholz, Joe
Garzik, Bill Bushby and Len
nox Forsyth, National Guard war
rant officer, as top assistants,
mobilized all resources of the lo
cal CD unit when the course of
the hurricane’s eye was headed
this way.
Meanwhile Red Cross and
county CD forces were preparing
for disaster relief.
Winds blowing throughout the
night began to increase in velocity
early Friday and the height of the
storm struck here about 11 a. m.,
tapering 'o-ff thereafter, to be fol-
lojived by clearing skies in the
afternoon.
One of the heaviest rains in the
state fell in this area Thursday
night and Friday—over seven
inches, according to the weekly
weather report of Charles B.
Garney, meteorologist at Raleigh,
through local sources.
Temperatures dropped sharply
after the passage of Hazel across
the state and there has been frost
several mornings this week.
Toppled trees, washed roads
drives and yards, failure of elec
tric power for varied lengths of
time and a cutoff of long-distance
telephone service were the chief
features of damage and public in
convenience in this area.
The dams at both Crystal Lake,
Lakeview, and the Pinebluff
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DISASTER FUND
The Moore County Red
Cross chapter is taking con
tributions for Red Cross re
lief work in the areas else
where hit hardest by Hurri
cane Hazel, it was announced
this week by Garland Mc
Pherson, chairman of the
chapter's disaster relief com
mittee. Checks should be
made out to the American
Red Cross Disaster Fund, and
should be sent to the chapter
office, 244 St W. Broad St.,
Southern Pines.
Dr. Redhead To Speak
To Men Of Church
Dr. John A. Redhead, pastor of
the First Presbyterian Church,
Greensboro, will address the Men
of Brownson Memorial Presbyter
ian Church at their October sup
per meeting in the Fellowship
Hall of the church Monday at 7
p. m.
Now pastor of the largest Pres
byterian church in the state and
one of the largest in the South,
Dr. Redhead is noted as a radio
lecturer and author of several
books. His former pastorates in
clude three of the largest churches
in the South.
FARMERS APPROVE PLAN
Farmers of Moore County join
ed those of the state last Friday
in voting approval of the “Nick
els for Know-How” program that
is paid for by a five cents per ton
levy on feed and fertilizer pur
chases, authorizing the program
to continue for the next three
years. There was a very small
vote in Moore County, because of
the hurricane.
FALLEN TREES CAN
HELP LIGHTS FUND
Persons having blown-
down pine trees that have not
yet been cut up can aid the
Memorial Field lights ifund
by giving the trees which, if
suitable, will be picked up by
a creosoting company and the
value of the trees applied on
the bill owed to the company
for the poles used at Memor
ial Field. Those wishing to
give trees are asked to call
W. B. (Chick) Holliday at
2-7861. Bill Kenny, of the
Sandhill Fores-Tree Co. will
check all trees to see if they
are suitable for the creoso
ting company's use. The
company will remove them
if they are found usable. The
trees dio not have to be as big
as those made into poles for
Memorial Field, as the com
pany treats various smaller
sizes of poles. Holliday, who
is general chairman of the
lights fund for the Chamber
of Commerce, isaid that if
enough trees are given, the
fund might show a surplus
which could be put into ob
taining much-needed bleach
ers for the field.
Blue Knights Get
24-20 Victory
Over Aberdeen
Playing before some 1,500 per
sons under lights at Aberdeen
Saturday night, the Blue Knights
cf Southern Pines High School
toppled the unbeaten and untied
Aberdeen Red Devils from their
six-nian football pinnacle, 24-20
in one of the best contests seen
hereabouts in many years.
The victory brightens the
chances of Southern Pines for
the county championship and a
crack at playoffs that could lead
to the State Class A title. If
Aberdeen bad won, the Red
Devils would have been county
champs.
Going into the game the favor
ite, Aberdeen was pushed hard
by the Blue Knights all the way
and the winning touchdown came
when Johnny Watkins piefted up
a fumble in the last quarter and
ran 35 yards to score. It was a
storybook ending to a great con
test which Coach Hugh Bowman’s
Red Devils came so close to win
ning that local hearts were getting
heavy at the moment when the
alert Watkins made the recovery
that meant the game.
Of the Blue Knights’ other
three touchdowns, Billy Cox
made two and James Humphrey
one. Gerald Cribb, Aberdeen’s
flashy back, did all he could for
his team in scoring two of their
three touchdowns. J. D. Cribb
made the other. All four of the
Blue Knights’ tries for points
after touchdown failed—a situa
tion that might have gotten them
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Home Games To
Provide Thrills
For Local Fans
Hodges To
Be Speakers
With an accent on youth
the naticn-wide Democratic ei
to regain control of Congress
Moore County Democrats ws
host Tuesday evening ofT
week to Rep. C. B. DeanJ
Rockingham and Lt. Gov. Ll
Hodges at a dinner and pre-
tion rally in Carthage.
Young Democrats, headed
Voit Gilmore, and the sei
party, with W. Lament Brown
executive committee chairma
are joining hands to sponsor
dinner at the Carthage Hote^
6:30 p. m. and the speaking^
gram in the courthouse at 8.1
Those planning to attend
asked to bring a young perso
hitherto associated with
party in active membership
Congressman Deane, who
resents the 8th N. C. District oJ
which Moore is a part, will
most of Tuesday in the county, it
was learned this week. While he
is expected to carry Moore Coun
ty easily in the November 2 eleq
tion, he has Republican oppos
tion with considerable suppor
some counties of the distrij
Samuel F. Frye
Ordered Held Foj
Grand Jury Acti]
A coroner’s jury took abou
minutes Monday night to decidj
that Samuel F. Frye, 23, of Ca
thage, should be held for i
jury action in connection
the death in a traffic accidj
October 2 of James Cox, 20J
West End.
At the<town hall hearing, c
by Coroner Ralph Steed of
bins, sufficient evidence
brought out, the jury decided|
conclude only that Cox came
his death as the result of thel
cident—which occurred on e/
way 22, east of St. Joseph’s
With only ^two more games on
the 1954 schedule, both to be
played here, the unbeaten and
once-tied Blue Knights of South- Pi^al—and that Frye should
ern Pines High School can’t af- l^^ld.
ferd to make mistakes during the ^ $2,500 bond, posted by
rest of the season. when he left St. Joseph’s hos
If the local boys win the Pine- recovering from head'
hurst game Friday night of next continued. nI
week, they’ll have the county fiance for the grand jury to h.j
championship. And tonight (Fri- evidence will be at the Ja
day), they’ll be defending their ^^^57
unbeaten status against Whit- specifically decided by the
akers-Battleboro school, from question of
near Rocky Mount, which has an whether cr not Frye was driving
outstanding record in the upper whether any
part of the Eastern Conference negligence was involved. The
and is expected to give the Blue
Knights plenty of opposition.
Both games will be played at
Memorial Field, with kickoff at 8
p. m.
Pinehurst has beejn defeated
this season only by Aberdeen, and
Coach Irie Leonard is not letting
his boys forget that last year the
Blue Knights went into the Pine
hurst game the favorite and al
most lost it, to squeak by with a
22-20 win.
It looks like two good games,
this week and next week, at
Memorial Field.
jury’s verdict, however, indicates
that there was doubt in their
minds on this point and they are
leaving it up to the grand jury,
before whom considerable addi
tional evidence will probably be
presented, to decide whether or
for what he should face triad.
Frye testified Monday night
that he was driving the car when
it left Southern Pines, as several
witnesses reported, but that Cox
took the wheel prior to the time
of the accident and that he (Frye)
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575 Hungry Youngsters Eat Daily At Cafeteria
Feeding 575 hungry but often
particular children and young
people, aged six to 18, is no small
task—but it is accomplished five
days a week in the spotless big
cafeteria that serves the Southern
Pines white schools.
Everybody gets the same menu,
but portions vary with the size of
the eater. Mothers who have a
hard time getting simultcmebus
menu approval from all the mem
bers of their family can imagine
the problem when eaters number
in the hundreds, but generally
the meals are well received.
It’s good food to begin with—
meat from a nationally recognized
packer; canned goods and pro
duce brought twice a week by a
Charlotte wholesale firm, and
bread and milk in paper cartons
(no glass to break) delivered fresh
daily. '
The meals are of a type approv
ed by the Federal school lunch
program, Mrs. L. T. Hall, dieti
cian and manager, explains. Fed
eral and state laws require that
school lunches contain a mini
mum of two ounces of protein,
three-quarters cup of vegetable
or fruit or a combination of the
PTA TO MEET
NEXT THURSDAY
Mrs. L. T. Hall, manager
and dietician at the Southern
Pines School cafeteria, will
have charge of the program
at the October meeting of the
Parent-Teacher Association
Thursday night, October 28.
Mrs. Hoke Pollock, pro
gram chairman, said that
members and friends of the
PTA will assemble in the
school auditorium for • devo
tional, business meeting and
attendance count and will
then move to the cafeteria
where Mrs. Hall will present
information about operation
of the cafeteria.
two, an adequate serving of bread,
two teaspoons of butter or mar
garine and one-half pint of whole
milk.
Southern Pines cafeteria
lunches average larger than those
served at many places in the
state. They generally contain a
slightly higher amount of pro
tein than the required minimum
and about 75 per cent of the time
they are supplemented with a
dessert.
“A constant watch is made of
the likes and dislikes of the chil
dren and an attempt is made to
plan menus to please them, while
still serving the required types of
food,” Mrs. Hcdl said. “Of course,
we have to introduce new menu
items to provide variety—some
thing that is a kind of education
al or training phase of the pro
gram. Sometimes children grow
to like items with which they are
not familiar, although
to reject iunfam.iljgr
'SUPERIOR'
A rating of "superio’," in
every department was ac
corded local (Mtoore
County) National Guard bat
tery last week by the Third
Army technical inspection
teami from Fort Bragg.
The over-all "superior" ra
ting puts the local battery in
line to win again the Nation
al Guard Bureau mainte
nance award which was pre
sented to the battery last
March for the first time since
the unit was established.
Capt. H. M. Mitchell of Post
Ordnance at Fort Bragg, who
headed the inspection team,
highly praised the mainte
nance work done by mem
bers of the battery. CoL John
Foreman, State maintencuice
officer with the Adjutant
General's department, was
present for the inspection.
Capt. William J. Wilson
commander ci!