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SAFE DRIVING
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NO ACCIDENTS!
SAFE DRIVING
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NO ACCIDENTS!
VOL. 36—NO. 3
TWENTY-FOUR PAGES
SOUTHERN PINES. NORTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY. DECEMBER 10. 1954
TWENTY-FOUR PAGES
PRICE—TEN CENTS
FOOTBALL AWARD—Garland F. Pierce, left, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Garland A. Pierce, receives from National Guard Warrant
Officer Lennox Forsyth the James S. Milliken Memorial trophy
given annually by the John Boyd Post, Veterans of Foreign Wars,
to the outstanding Senior football player on the Southern Pines
High School squad. Pierce also was chosen honorary captain by
team members. The award was made at the annual Elks ban
quet for the squad last Friday night in the Country Club. For
another picture and detailed story, including other awards, see
page 22. (Photo by Humphrey)
High School Boys, Girls Will Play
First Home Baskethall Games Tonight
Robbins Visitors
Expected To Provide
Tough Competition
Southern Pines High boys’ and
girls’ basketball teams open their
home basketball season here to
night (Friday) in the big gym.
‘God Bless You’
Says Letter of
Needy Family
Typical of many responses re
ceived last year to the Christmas
Cheer program of the John Boyd
Pest, Veterans of Foreign Wars, is
this letter from one family given
a food basket:
“We are indeed grateful for the
basket of good things we received
at Christmas time. WAhout it
there would have been very little
for the kiddies at our house. We
wish to express Our thanks to you
by saying, “God bless everyone
in such a wonderful organiza
tion.”
Fred Hall, chairman of the
VFW project, pointed out this
week that the county Welfare De
partment does not itself give
needy families anything at
Christmas, but it does furnish to
sponsoring local organizations—
here, the VFW—a list of families
its investigations have shown are
most needy and deserving. The
post is currently preparing its
Christmas Cheer program, receiv
ing toys for painting and repair at
the Post Home and making ready
barrels to be placed in grocery
stores for contributions of food
items.
Cash donations are also needed
as food given is never enough to
fill the 70 or more bushel baskets
which are prepared.
Persons who give to the VFW
program can be sure, the chair
man said, that their contributions
are reaching genuinely needy
, families, as certified by the coun
ty Welfare Department.
playing host to Elise High from
Robbins.
Coach Dub Leonard thinks the
girls’ game will be one of the
outstanding of the home season.
The Elise girls are one of Moore
county’s ace teams this year, and
are ranked right alongside Aber
deen’s Devilettes, a team of state
wide prestige. Right now the lo
cal high girls are somewhat of a
question mark, although they won
their first start of the new sea
son from Farm Life 58 to 40.
At the close of the basketball
season this past spring, many
observers predicted that the
Southern Pines girls would be
the team to beat in the ’54-55 sea
son—but definitely.
Dorothy Newton, a junior and
All-County, was burning up the
nets with a scoring average of
better than 30 points a game, and
Tony Martin, a freshman guard
was a bright star with even great
er promise for the coming season
The Southern Pines bench had
some depth, and reserves for
basketball squad is more import
ant to a teai.i’s success than a like
number in football. Basketball
coaches are not quite as chary
about prospects as their brethren
of football, and Coach Leonard,
a natural optimist, admitted with
out pressure or leading questions
that the “outlook was good.”
But before practice started for
the new season Tony Martin’s
family moved from town and
then Dorothy Newton failed to
show up for practice because of
a back injury. Two girls don’t
make a basketball season or a
team for that matter, but “it do
help”.
(Continued on page 8)
^ Year-Old Baby
Dies In Blaze
The year-old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Jerry Elliott, Negro ten
ant farmers on a farm owned by
George Blue near Vass, was burn
ed to death Tuesday in a flash fire
of undetermined origin that de
stroyed the dweUing and all the
^ family’s personal belongings.
*' The chUd’s mother, who at
tempted to rescue the baby from
the flaming home, was badly
burned and is a patient at St. Jos
eph of the Pines Hospital.
It was reported that the mother
had gone to a nearby spring to do
washing; leaving the baby in the
house, when she noticed smoke
pouring from the dwelling. Flames
burst out when she opened the
„ door.
Builders Cup
To Be Awarded
The Builder’s Cup, award of
the Sandhills Kiwanis Club for
outstanding civic service in the
county, will be presented tonight
(Friday) to an undisclosed recipi
ent as highlight of the club’s an
nual ladies night meeting.
Starting with a dinner at the
Mid Pines Club at 7 p. m., the
program will include the cup pre
sentation and a talk by Carl
Goerch of Raleigh, co-publisher
of “The State” amgazine and
radio commentator. Dancing will
conclude the evening.
Women Voters Slate
Meetings Next Week
Visitors are welcome at unit
meetings of thte League of Wom
en Voters to be held next week—
on Tuesday at 10 a.m. in the home
of Mrs. RusseH Simons and on
Friday at 3 p.m. in the home of
Mrs. Harry Pethick. 'The subject
for discussion will be separation
of the North Carolina prison sys
tem from the highway depart
ment.
Club Sponsors
Guidance For
Moore Students
Vocational Choice
To Be Subject of
Sessions Today
The annual Vocational Guid
ance Day sponsored by the Sand
hills Kiwanis Club is being con
ducted today (Friday) at the
Southern Pines High School, with
between 300 and 400 Junior and
Senior students from 11 high
schools of Moore County taking
part.
Starting at 9:30 a.m., groups of
the students will hear some 25
business and professional men and
women of the county talk about
their vocations. The sessions will
last untn 12:15 p.m. and then the
students will have lunch in the
school cafeteria.
In announcing plans for the
event, J. Graves Vann, chairman
of the Kiwanis Club’s Vocational
Guidance Committee, said the pro
gram is sponsored by the club to
help high school boys and girls
make a choice of vocation, so that
they can better plan their college
studies or other future training.
Students will have the opportun
ity to attend several different
guidance sessions during the
morning, allowing them to receive
information on a number of ca
reers in which they are interested.
A. C. Dawson, Southern Pines
school superintendent, is cooper
ating with the club. 'The day will
open with an assembly in Weaver
Auditorium on the school campus,
with T. Roy Phillips of Carthage
as speaker. A Kiwanis Club
member, he is also a member of
the county board of education and
has been prominent in activities
for young people.
In addition to Mr. Vann, mem
bers of the committee for the
event are: Ralph Chandler, Jr.,
Hoke Pollock, Dr. Robert Vander-
Voort, Tom Cimningham, John
Ruggles, J. D. Hobbs, Gordon
Clark, Ben Wicks, Norris Hodg
kins, Jr., B. U. Richardson and
Paul Von Cannon.
Membership in the Sandhills
Kiwanis Club is county-wide.
Joanne Harriss, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Barrett Harriss, a senior
at Eastern Carolina College at
Greenville, will be here with a
member of the ECC faculty to
represent the college at the Voca
tional Guidance clinic. Her selec
tion for this appearance is an
honor.
Gymkhana Set
At ‘Pickridge’
Second in a series of gymkha
nas for children and young peo
ple will be held Sunday, starting
at 1:30 p. m., at the riding ring
in charge of Mrs. Mary Doyle at
“Pickridge,” the estate of Mr. and
Mrs. Harold Collins on Youngs
Road.
Classes have been announced
as: beginners’ horsemanship,
leadline, intermediate, advanced
horsemanship, bridle path hack,
green hunters and handy working
hunters.
Emmaday Collins, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Collins, will serve
refreshments after the riding
events.
J. F. McCASKILL TO
HEAD POLIO DRIVE
J. Frank McCaskill of Pine-
hurst will serve as campaign
chairman of the 1955 March of
Dimes to be held in Moore County
in January, with H. Clifton Blue
of Aberdeen as chairman, it was
announced this week by Paul C.
Butler of Southern Pines, Nation
al Infantile Paralysis Foundation
chapter chairman.
The appointment of McCaskill
to head the drive was made on re
quest of Blue, who has served as
chairman for the past 11 years.
Since he is also Moore County’s
representative in the General As
sembly, Blue said he felt he could
not give the polio drive his best
efforts while having to stay in
Raleigh most of the time. He will
assist the new chairman while at
honje on weekends.
Most of the March of Dimes
community chairmen have served
in this capacity for a number of
years, and are expected to con
tinue this work in the 1955 organ
ization. Quotas and plans for the
drive will be announced by Jan
uary 1, the new chairman s£ud.
Alston Gun, Clock
To Be Presented
For Old Dwelling
Speaking to members of the
Moore County Historical Associa
tion at the Southern Pines Library
Tuesday evening, D. Lacy Alston
of Pittsboro—a great nephew of
Col. Phillip Alston, Revolutionary
War patriot who owned the
“House in the Horseshoe” in Deep
River Township—revealed that he
will give a gun and a clock from
among his family heirlooms to go
in the house permanently when
restoration work there is complet
ed.
The gun, he said, was originEilly
the property of his great-grand
father, Joseph John Alston, a
brother of the patriot Colonel
Phillip. The clock was owned by
the Chatham County man’s grand
father, Gideon Alston, a nephew
of the colonel.
As guest of the Association, Mr.
Alston was introduced by J. Tal
bot Johnson of Aberdeen, after
the president, Mrs. Ernest L. Ives
of Southern Pines, had outlined
details of the restoration needs
and said th^t she had already be
gun work on the old house—
slated to become a state historic
site if the CJfeneral Assembly ap
propriates the funds—by remov
ing wallpaper to reveal the wide
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$50,000 Given To Moore County
Hospital By Mr. and Mrs. Jackson
Gift To Speed
$300,000 Plan
For Expansion
A memorial gift of $50,000 is be
ing made to Moore County Hospi
tal by Mr. and Mirs. H. Arnold
Jackson of Pinehurst, to be used
primarily for the establishment of
a new emergency service, it was
announced Thursday by Thomas
R. Howerton, hospital administra
tor.
The gift has inspired hopes that
an improvement program cover
ing several departments, which
has been “on paper” for some
time with little prospect of early
fulfilment, may now be carried
out with the aid of public sub
scriptions and the N. C. Medical
Care Commission, Howerton said.
News of the Jacksons’ generous
donation, and the plans it has
touched off, were revealed at a
press conference held Thursday
morning in Southern Pines. Mr.
Jackson was present.
Memorial to Sons
While he and Mrs. Jackson were
seeking no personal publicity, he
said, he wanted the public to
know why the gift was being
made, and why they hoped others
would do likewise, matching, or
surpassing, their donation.
The gift is being made in mem
ory of their two sons, their only
children, both of whom lost their
lives in tragic accidents within re
cent years.
Considering the plight of others
needing emergency care, they had
noticed that the hospital’s facili
ties for accident cases were “hope
lessly inadequate — crowded and
dismal.”
Children's Ward
The overall improvement pro
gram will include also expansion
and modernization of the chil
dren’s ward. This, too, he said,
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TWO DECADES—Judge J. Vance Rowe, left, who hcis com
pleted 20 years as judge of Moore Coimty Recorders Court, is pic
tured here with W. Lamont Brown, the coiui’s solicitor. Recog
nition for his two decades of service i^as given the judge in court
at Carthage Monday.
Stores To Stay
Open Wednesday;
‘Shop At Home’
Local stores will remain Open
Wednesday afternoons during the
next two weeks for the conve
nience of the Christmas shopping
public, according to the Chamber
of Commerce calendar of closings
for the yejr.
No recommendation is made by
the Chamber concerning late
hours any store may wish to keep
on Friday or Saturday evenings
during the shopping season, as
this is left to the individual store.
A spot-check of retail business
es reveals that all the stores are
abundantly stocked with gift-
wares in wide variety, comprising
items of beauty, usefulness and
latest style to meet the needs of
anyone’s shopping list. Also, sev
eral merchants said, Christmas
buying is now well under way.
The Chamber of Commerce sug
gests: “Do your shopping at home.
Before planning an out-of-town
gift-buying trip, check local stores
which are largely owned and
operated by people who do their
own buying and taxpaying, and
give their community services,
here.”
Chief Asks All To Help ^S-D Day’
Chief of Police C. E. Newton
has asked for help.
“Yes, I’m asking for help,” Chief
Newton said. “I am asking every
driver and pedestrian in Southern
Pines to help reduce traffic acci'
dents to a minimum^—zero, if we
can—on Wednesday, December 15
S-D Day (Safe Driving Day).
"T am asking every man, wom
an and child who uses the streets
to accept full personal responsir
bility for observing the letter and
spirit of all traffic regulations.
“S-D Day is being observed all
over the country. It is sponsored
by the President’s Action Com
mittee for Traffic Safety and
hundreds of local, state and na
tional organizations to demon
strate that traffic accidents can
be reduced materially if we all
pitch in. We’re going to give S-D
Day our full support in Southern
Pines, but it’s a program in which
we must all participate.
“Police drivers and civilian em
ployees of the Police Department
are being urged to set a good ex
ample on S-D Day. They are be
ing asked to exercise particular
caution in their driving and wadk-
ing on that day. We want to show
the people of Southern Pines that
we also practice what we preach.
“During an average week this
time of year we have about four
traffic accidents of all types.
These accidents don’t have to
happen, and they wouldn’t hap
pen if every citizen would drive
and walk as ,he would have every
one else drive and walk.
“Remember S-D Day, and then
make eyery day your Safe Driv
ing Day,” Chief Newton conclu
ded.
Proclamalion Issued
A proclamation for S-D Day has
been issued by Mayor Lloyd T.
Clark and appears on page 2 of
today’s Pilot. The Day was pro-
clamed in North Carolina by Gov
ernor Hodges November 16.
Radio Station WEEB here an
nounced that a special S-D Day
broadcast would be given at 1:15
p. m. Tuesday, as part of a state
wide hookup.
Automobile dealers here and
elsewhere in the state are desig
nating Tuesday and Wednesday
as “special safety check days”
when a free mechanical inspec
tion will be given to car owners
Irequesting iit Brakes, steering,
lights, tires and windshield
wipers will be checked.
Pedestrian safety also is stress
ed and all walkers are urged to
take extra care on S-D Day as an
example of what could be accom
plished in pedestrian safety every
day of the year.
Knoll wood Zone
Proposal Hearing
Slated Tuesday
Public hearing on a proposed
amendment to the town zoning
brdinance, covering the Knoll-
wood area annexed earlier this
year, will be held when the town
council meets for its regular
monthly session at 8 p. m. Tues
day in town hall.
The amendment was prepared
by the Zoning Beard, with coop
eration of City Manager Tom E.
Cunningham and Attorney W. La
mont Brown. The Zoning Board
unanimously. recommends its
adaption.
A feature of the amendment is
creation of a new type of zoning
district covering hotels, clubs,
hospitals, golf courses and simi
lar facilities such as those loca
ted in the Knollwood area. In ad
dition, the amendment would re
quire a size of at least 1,200
square feet for living areas of
buildings to be built in the “Resi
dence 1” district in which a large
portion of the area is located.
Younts Named To
Executive Group
In Safety Drive
Jack S. Younts of Southern
Pines, president and geiieral man
ager of Radio Station WEEB, was
selected Friday of last week as
one of nine members of an execu
tive committee that will be a
working group with power to act
for the larger citizen group of
Governor Luther Hodges’ newly
created state-wide Traffic Safety
Council.
Selection of the executive com
mittee was made at the end of a
meeting in Raleigh Friday attend
ed by some 400 representatives of
civic organizations, radio, press,
and other groups, to attack the
critical highway safety problem.
Traffic accidents have taken more
than 1,000 lives per year for thb
past eight years, the gathering
was told by Ed Scheldt, Motor Ve
hicle Commissioner. The Gover
nor, Highway Chairman A. H.
Graham and others addressed the
session. A number of persons
from this area attended.
Capt. David L. Callaway of the
USAF Air-Ground school was at
the meeting as representative for
Brig. Gen. Daniel W. Jenkins
who was invited but was unable
to attend. Mrs. Graham Culbreth
attended as representative of the
N. C. Pharmaceutical Association
Auxiliary.
Mr. Younts was formerly a
member of the Governor’s Traffic
Safety Council which was formed
several years ago.
BUSINESS HOURS
Correcting an error in an adver
tisement in last week’s Pilot, the
Broad Street Pharmacy’s business
hours are announced as 9 a.m. to
9 p.iri’. each week-day.
Judge Lauded By
Commissioners,
Other Attorneys
Judge J. Vance Rowe, whose
home is in Aberdeen and whose
law offices are in Southern Pines,
was honored Monday in a resolu
tion adopted by the board of
county cicinmissioners and also
by impromptu tributes paid to
him by attorneys at Carthage—
the occasion being his oompletion
of 20 years as judge of Moore
County Recorders Court.
Judge Rowe, along with other
elected county officials, was
sworn in Monday for a new two-
year term as Recorders Court
judge, marking the end also of
20 consecutive years on the bench
in Carthage.
The resolution, which recog
nizes Judge Rowe’s diligence,
courage, dignity, kindness and
mercy and which praises him for
outstanding and noble service, as
well as expressing the gratitude
and appreciation of the county
governing board, was l-ead in
open court by J. Talbot Johnson,
Aberdeen attorney and one of the
veteran members of the Moore
County Bar.
Other lawyers and county Offi
cials present then rose to add
their personal tributes to the
commissioneirs’ resolution, in
cluding: M. G. Boyette of Car
thage, 13th District Superior
Court solicitor; W. Clement Bar
rett and H. F. Seawell, Jr., of Car
thage; Allen W. Brown of Rob
bins; W. Lamont Brown of Sou
thern Pines, who was sworn in
Monday for another term as Re
corders Court solicitor; John Mc
Connell of Southern Pines and
Pinehurst; Sheriff C. J. McDon
ald and Clerk of Court C. C. Ken
nedy.
The resolution is signed by G.
M. Cameron, chairman of the
board of commissioners and
Board Members Lyndon R. Rey
nolds, John M. Currie. T. R. Mon
roe and J. M. Pleasants.
FuU text of the resolution fol-
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16 DEGREES ON
TUESDAY LOWEST
Tuesday’s reading of 16 de
grees above zero was the low
est minimum temperature of
the past week’s cold snap re
corded on the official Weath
er Bureau thermometer at
town hall.
Minimum temperatures Fri
day through Wednesday
were: 25, 25, 36, 27, 16 and
24. Rain and rising tempera
tures were noted 'Thursday
morning, although more cold
and clearing weather were
predicted for today (Friday).
While Monday did not have
the lowest minimum reading
of the week, it was probably
the most unpleasant day,
overcast and windy, without
the sharp rise in temperature
toward noon that is usually
experienced here.