PARTY LEADERS—As Moore County Demo- crats gathered with distinguished guests at the, Carolina Hotel in Pinehurst Saturday night for a 1954 victory rally, the speakers’ table in the background revealed, left to right: U. S. Senator Kerr Scott; W. Lamont Brown of Southern Pines, chairman of the Moore Democratic Exec utive committee; Adlai E. Stevenson, former Democrats of County Host To Croup Of Distinguished Party Members governor of Illinois and 1952 Democratic presi dential candidate; N. C. Gov. Luther H. Hodges; Voit Gilmore of Southern Pines, president of the Moore County Young Democrats; and U. S. Rep. C. B. Deane of Rockingham. In the foreground, are, left to right; Mrs. Brown, Mrs. Ernest L. Ives who is Stevenson’s sister; Mrs. Hodges- and Mrs. Gilmore. (Photo by Hemmer) Gov. Hodges Greets Adlai Stevenson At Pinehurst Dinner The Moore County Democrat ic Victory Rally last Saturday night, planned for some time as a simple event for post-election fun, was lifted into the realm of historic occasions by last-jmin- ute developments. It became the scene of the first official meeting and greet ing of the nation’s first Demo crat, Adlai Stevenson, and the State’s chief executive, Luther H. Hodges, who was sworn in as less than two weeks Stevenson Says Goodbye To ‘All My N.C. Friends’ Adlai Stevenson left Tuesday morning, following a nine-day Sandhills vacation, with a general goodbye for “all'my North Caro lina friends, and my thanks for letting me have the kind of rest and vacation I wanted and need ed.” The period spent ’ visiting at Paint Hill Farm, his sister’s home, with hunting and seeing friends as his main occupations, was, he said, “a truly delightful one.” He says he intends to return next year, probably in the spring. The Democratic party leader went with his brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Ives, Tuesday morning to Raleigh, where h'e took a plane at the Ral- eigh-Durham airport to return to Chicago. He is setting up his law office there, with plans to enter the practice of law, "as I have been unemployed long enough and have to get back tb making a living.” On his last day he spent the morning at Paint HiU Farm work ing on his papers. Mr. and Mrs. Fielding Frye of Greensboro were luncheon guests. In the afternoon he went duck hunting in Cumber land County with June Johnson, John McCain and a Mr. Upchurch and his son. Again their quarry proved elusive—he has bagged just one wild duck, in a week of hunting—but, he said, he had a wonderful time anyway. “I saw a (Continued on Page 8) COURT OF HONOR A court of honor for all Boy Scout units of Moore County will be held at the High School auditorium in Robbins Monday at 7:30 p. m., it was announced this week by Lawrence Johnson of A^rdeen, advancement chairman for the Moore Dis trict. Award of merit badges and advancements in rank will be made. Parents are attend with Scouts. There will be two Eagle Scout awards. Governor ago. First, Stevenson, vacationing with his sister, Mrs. Ernest Ives and her husband at their farm home near Southern Pines ac cepted the invitation to attend on the premise that it would be a “simple, informal affair” and that no extra fuss would be made over him. Governor Hodges also accepted, on condition that there be no ad vance publicity nor fanfare, in view of the fact that heavy bur dens of State and the period of mourning for Governor Umstead were causing him to turn down all other invitations for a month cr more. Guest List Lengthens “No crowds—^no speeches” was part of the condition both made. Yet, as the guest list lengthened, this became harder and harder for local party leaders to achieve. The rally was set for the Crys tal Room at the Carolina Hotel, Pinehurst, Saturday night. Top capacity was said to be 80 people, yet a few more chairs were jam med in as the tickets—placed on sale Thursday morning at $7.50 apiece — were oversold within five hours. It turned out to be a brilliant affair long to be remembered in Moore County annals, yet keep ing well to the warm and friend ly spirit of the simple county- level function originally planned Sponsored jointly by the Moore County Democratic committee and YDC, it had two leaders sharing introductory honors, W Lamont Browni, c|cunty Demo- (Continued on page 13) THANKSGIVING Thanksgiving highlighis: • General holiday here and throughoul Ihe counfy. Thursday. Church services — Union services at Church of Wide Fellowship 8 p. m. Wednes day, and al Pinehurst Com munity Church Thursday, 10 a. m. Communion service at Emmanuel Episcopal Church here, 10 a. m. Thursday. Schools — Out Wednesday noon, with students due back Monday morning. Post office-—one window open, 10 to 11 a. m. Thursday. No city delivery. Mail dis tributed to boxes as usual. Town —I offices closed, no garbage collection Thursday. The Pilot—out Wednesday, closed Thursday. Hospital Reaches 25-Year Mark; To Have Open House Moore County Hospital, where there have been more than 60,000 patients since it was opened in 1929, marks its 25th anniversary Thursday. Progress and growth of the hos pital are described in a four-page illustrated “silver anniversary edi tion” of the Moore County Hospi tal News that is being mailed out to many of the county’s residents, along with a letter from J. M. Taylor of Aberdeen, hospital pres ident, pointing out growth of the institution, soliciting continued financial aid and inviting the pub lic to the Silver Anniversary Open House at the hospital Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m. The Hospital Auxiliary is in charge of this event which will feature a display of unusual and valuable silver. Members of the Auxiliary—of which Mrs. Law rence Johnson of Aberdeen is president—will conduct tours to various parts of the building. Re- freshments will be served. Included in the silver to be dis- (Continued on Page 8) New Christmas Lights Program Being Planned more beautiful Christmas program^ calling for par ticipation of all downtown mer chants, is being sponsored this season by the Southern Pines Chamber of Commerce, with Mrs. Jean Edson as chairman. The first stage is already under way, with the stringing of Christ mas lights along three central blocks of the business district, These will be turned on early next week, ushering in the holi day season. The second stage, in which merchants will cooperate wiU call for the placing of small Christ mas trees along the curbs of the business blocks, to be decorated with colored lights. These are to be placed in the four flagpole holders along each block, and lighted. Extension cords may be use4 to attach the lights to the decorative strings above. The third stage will be the in stallation of a beautiful and un usual lighted display on the town park. This is now being readied by John Tullett, talented director of training aids at the USAF Air Ground Operations school, and is expected to be one of the most (Continued on Page 5) County Home Is Closed As ‘Poor House’ Facility 7 Persons Formerly There Now Living In Boarding Homes The Moore County < Home be tween Southern^ Pines and Car thage has been closed as a “poor house” type of institution for the aged and infirm and the seven former occupants are now estab lished in several boarding homes over the county. Gordon M. Cameron of Pine hurst, chairman of the board of county commissioners, said this week that the board hopes the new arrangement can be perma nent. It has been well received at the start, he said, and the com missioners feel that it will be more acceptable than the old sys tem to the general public, as weU as to the persons involved. The action followed months of debate and study touched off by this newspaper’s investigation of the home that revealed a number of bad conditions and point ed out that operation of the home at a cost of $12,000 or more an nually was economically unsound and afforded poor value for the funds spent. At the August term of Superior Court the grand jury, in its report to Judge Francis O. Clarkson, termed the cost of operating the county home excessive, in view of the number of inmates, and rec ommended that a member of the board of commissioners appear before the grand jury at its next regular session—which would be in January—to dis.uss the prob lem. The State Welfare Department has for some years been recom mending that counties abandon the poor house system of care for the aged and incompetent and use privately operated boarding homes. The proposal had been made in Moore County before this year, but had previously brought no action by the commissioners. In recent months, the commis sioners investigated possibility of renovating the county home so that it could be leased to an indi vidual for operation as a boarding home, but rejected the plan as costing more to make the im provements than could be provid ed in this fiscal year’s budget, al though the county home budget of $15,000 contained about $3 000 extra for this purpose. Bringing the structure up to meet State standards for nursing homes would cost $7,000 or $8,000 it was estimated. Then followed the plan to put the inmates in several small boarding homes over the county Occupants, Moved , Last week the five white occu pants of the home were moved. (Continued on page 8) Blue Knights Win Eastern Title; Playing For State Championship Defeat Bath ^ Injuries Are 28-18 In Rough Game Two lightning strikes through the air, plus a running attack lit tle short of brilliant enabled Southern Pines to defeat a rugged Bath High team here Friday night 28 to 18 to win the Eastern six- man football title. Outweighed 15 pounds to the man in the line and spotting a weight advantage of 10 pounds to the Bath team in the backfield, the Blue Knights looked to be in for a rough evening at the hands of the visitors. Although the locals won by a two-tcuchdown margin, the game was in doubt until the last two minutes and the victory cost the Blue Knights their triple threat star tailback, Johnny Watkins, and Garland Pierce, outstanding lineman, due to injuries. Wlatkins was injured early in the first quarter and although he came back to throw two touchdown passes, later reports indicated he had received a knee injury. Pierce received a bad knee in jury late in the first period and was used only sparingly the re mainder of the game. Coach Bunk Leonard said late Tuesday that Watkins and Pierce “would see limited action, if any” in the State championship gaime with Old Town at Winston-Salem (Continued on Page 5) PASTOR—Newly assigned to the Southern Pines Meth odist Church is the Rev. Rob ert L. Bame, a native of Row an County who has been in the ministry 11 years. With his wife, thd former Helen Butner of Kinston, and son, Bobby, he is living at the church parsonage, 435 North Ashe St. Horse Shows To Open Sunday With Pinehurst Event BasketbaR Gets Started; Lions To Push Ticket Sale Gymkhanas and schooling horse shows, which are becoming in creasingly popular in the Sand hiUs, will open for the 1954-55 season with the Annual Gymk hana and Pet Show at the Caro lina Hotel riding ring Sunday at 1:30 p.m. ■Pets of all descriptions may be entered, while the gymkhana will follow regulations drawn up last Friday at an informal meeting of several members of the Mid-South Horse Show Association at the Brewster Stables near Southern Pines. Coming events on the show schedule are a show in the ring of Mrs. Mary Doyle of Southern Pines December 12 and the Mid Winter Horse Show at the Caro lina Hotel ring December 26. At the Friday meeting, tentative rules for children’s classes were drawn up and a point system was (Continued on Page 8) With the girls working out for the past week and the bo^s due to start practice Monday, South ern Pines High School is swinging into its basketball season. Coach W. A. Leonard said that the teams will face Farm Life School, at Carthage, 'Thursday December 2 in the season open ers. First home games will be with Robbins December 10. Ten home games are on the season schedule which, will be published in an early edition of The Pilot. Lions Selling Tickets The Lions Club will take over sale of adult season tickets, start ing Saturday. Tickets for the 10 home games will be sold for $3— a saving of $2 over the admission price for the 10 games on an in dividual basis of 50 cents per game. Student season tickets will be sold at the school for $1—a saving of $1.50 over the $2.50 it would cost students to see the 10 games at 25 cents each. The Pilot will again this year carry weekly round-ups of all Moore County basketball con^ tests. Gen. Jenkins To Speak To Lions Handicap In Wed. Contest (Editor’s note: Although this newspaper is dated Fri- day, it is published Wednes day afternoon this week be cause of the Thanksgiving holiday, making it impossible to carry a report of Wednes day night’s state six-man football game at Winston- Salem). Coaches Irie and W. A. Leonard took their Eastern six-man cham pions to Winston-Salem Wednes day to play Old Town High School for the state title under lights in Bowman Gray Stadium. The Blue Knights go into the contest, said Head Coach Irie Leonard Tuesday, “in the worst physical condition we’ve been in for a game in several years—but we’ll show,” he added with de termination in which the South ern Pines squad members .shnrod, “and we’ll play a ball game, too.” A large contingent of local folks were planning to be on hand at Winston-Salem to root for the Blue Knights in the top six-man contest of the year. One group of 30 or more fans chartered a bus for the trip. The Panthers of Old Town won their berth in the Stadium with a 26-18 victory over Scotts High School last Friday—while the Blue Knights were slugging out a 28-18 win over Bath on Mem orial Field here. Old Town is a rural and sub urban school near Winston-Salem, with a student body of some 300, about twice the number of stu dents here. Old Town defeated Southern Pines for the state six- man championship last year, 44- 30. An interesting sidelight on the game is that Old Town High School is due to be consolidated with another school at the end of this school year. Its team is playing its last contest of this or any other year on Wednesday. As noted in another story in today’s Pilot Johnny Watkins and Garland Pierce are the worst in jured local first stringers. Billy Cox, with a Charley horse, is “on the doubtful list,” coaches say, for participation in Wednesday’s game. License Plates To Go On .Sale Bob Is Safe As Hunling Begins Brig. Gen. Daniel W. Jenkins, commandant of the USAF Air- Grouhd Operations School, will address the Lions Club Friday when it has its regular bi-weekly dinner meeting in the Country Club at 7 p. m. Making his first appearance be fore a Southern Pines civic club assumed command at USAFAGOS last summer. Gen eral Jenkins wiU speak on the Air Force’s role in national se curity. J “Bob,” pet quail at the R. C. (Cliff) J ohnson home. Highway 1, north, prepares to nibble a Thanksgiving feast of grass seeds, while perched on his owner’s shoulder, se cure in the knowledge he is one bob-white that isn’t go ing to be shot at when the quail season opens Thanks giving Day (November 25), One of several tame quail Mr. Johnson has raised. Bob is a privileged character who has the of the house and follows his Owner around re sponding intelligently and af- amusement fording much with his antics. Also opening Thanksgiving Day are hunting seasons on rabbit (through January 31), squirrel (^through January 15)’ wild turkey and pheasant (both to run through January 31). Hunting hours are from sunrise to sunset each day except Sunday. Copies of full hunting and fishing regulations are avail able from hunting and fish ing license agents throughout the county. North Carolina auto license plates for 1955 will go on sale Wednesday morning, December 1, at the office of tjie Southern Pines Chamber of Commerce in the Southland Hotel, 155 W. New Hampshire Ave. Southern Pines town tags, re quired by law for every resident motorist, will also be sold there, through an arrangement made with the Chamber by the Town. Extra help has been secured by the Chamber to serve during the next two months, so that every one may be served promptly. Miss Susan Chatfield will assist Miss Alice Baxter, Chamber secretary, in the sale. Hours WiU be 9 a. m. to 4 p. m. daily except Wednesday and Sat urday, when a half-day closing IS observed. The office will close from 4 to 5 p. m. for the making up of the daily report, under state regulations. J. Earle Parker, Chamber chairman of the auto license sales bureau, suggests that 1955 car tags be purchased early, for better, service. “Get yours early and you won’t have to wait in line,” he said. Two plates are being used in North Carolina this year, instead of one, for the first time since the days of the wartime steel short age. They must be on every car, track, trailer and motorcycle by February 1. 3 Killed Friday Night In Crash Of Helicopt er An Army helicopter crashed in the Black Rock community, about five miles southwest of Carthage, last Friday night, killing the three occupants, including one of the Army’s first paratroopers. Ft. Bragg authorities identified the dead as Col. James A. Bas sett, 39, a member of the Army’s first airborne organization; W. O. (j- g.) James Thomas Hampton, 28, pilot, and W. O. (j.g.) Lewis Heinriches, 27, co-pilot. The officers were retimiing to Ft. Bragg after Col. Bassett had represented Maj. Gen. Joseph P. Cleland, Ft. Bragg commanding general, at the dedication of a $110,000 National Guard Armory in Lexington. Heard Explosion Alvin Williams, a farmer, said he heard the helicopter pass over (Continued on Page 8) CAUTION URGED CpL M. S. Parvin. Highr way Patrol chiof in Moore County, said that all patrol men in the county would be on duty over the Thanksgiv ing holiday, using mechanical speed checking equipment and patrolling highways in an all-out effort to prevent motor vehicle accidents. The patrol corporal urged motor ists to watch out for children who will be out of school for the week-end and to use ex tra caution on the highways. Servicemen hurrying home or back to their posts in automo biles are'an added highway hazard, he pointed out.

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