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SOUTHERN PINES. NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 4, 1955
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VISITORS WELCOMED — Pictured on the
Seaboard Air Line station platform Saturday
morning are members of the Southern Pines
High School Band as they provided a rousing
and colurful welcome for executives of the Esso
Standard Oil Co. arriving here en route to a
meeting at Pinehurst. At right, Director Lynn
H. Ledden leads the music, with Chief Majorette
Betty Jo Britt in the right foreground. Other
majorettes standing in front of the band are, left
to right, Jacque Davenport, Margaret Thomas
and Barbara Thomas. A fourth majorette, Eliz
abeth Harriss, could hot take part in the Satur
day welcome because of illness. The visitors
were highly pleased by the demonstration.
(Photo by V. Nicholson)
Library Meeting Set February 15
The annual meeting of the
Southern Pines Library Associa
tion will be held on Tuseday.
February 15, at the Library, at
4:30 p, m. This was the decision
taken at a meeting of the trustees
held in the North Carolina Room
of the Library on Friday. The
meeting is open to all members of
the association. ^
Called by the president, George
H. Leonard, 14 trustees and offi
cers met to hear reports and dis
cuss plans for this season’s ad
ministration. Present were: be
sides Mr. Leonard, Mesdames J.
Reid Healy, L. T. Avery, Wallace
also present.
A nominating committee com
posed of Miss Kelsey, Miss Birdil-
ia Bair, Miss Parker, and Mrs.
Avery was appointed to submit
names of officers and trustees to
be elected at that time.
The president appointed a new
ices, also maintenance and redec
oration. The committee will sub
mit such an estimate to the town
council, such costs to be met by
Irwin, James Boyd, and Misses the town in lieu of its yearly conJ
Lockie Parker and Laura Kelsey ! tribution of $600 currently being
and Messrs. Lamont Brown,'paid. Chairman of the committee
Clyde Council, John Ostrom, C, is Mrs. L. T. Avery, with Mrs.
H. Bowman, Thomas C. Darst, Jr., James Boyd, Mrs. R. E. Rhodes
and the Rev. Charles V. Covell. and Mr. Leonard serving as mem-
Mrs. John Dundas, librarian, was bers.
FUNDS AVAILABLE
Requests for cost-sharing are
still being accepted in the ASC
office at Carthage even though
the initial sign-up period ended
on January 19. Funds are still
available that may be used by
other farmers in the county who
have not yet requested any cost
sharing on needed conservation
practices under the Agricultural
Conservation program.
Dr. Langner To
Head SPHS Band
Boosters Group
Officers and directors were
elected, committee^ chairmen were
appointed and an encouraging
committee, to be called the House outlook for community support
and Steering Committee, with'was revealed as the new Band
duties of assessing the needs of Booster Club—composed of par-
the library building from the ents and friends of members of
standpoint of regular running ex- the Southern. Pines High School
pensies aside from library serv- band—met Monday night at the
school.
The officers are: Dr. Fred Lang
ner, president; Mrs. Charles Rowe,
vice-president; and Mrs. Norman
Calcutt, treasurer. Directors are
Lynn H. Ledden, director of the
band, and Fred Chappell.
While committee chairmen have
not all been appointed, John D.
McConnell was named to head the
by-laws and constitution commit
tee; Mrs. Broadus Smith was nam
ed chairman of ways and means;
and Mrs. Thomas Vann heads
publicity.
(Continued on page 8)
AUXILIARY TO AID
MARCH OF DIMES
Members of the Auxiliary
of John Boyd Post, Veterans
of Foreign Wars, will receive
contributions to the March of
Dimes on the street in the
Southern Pines business sec
tion all day Saturday, it was
announced this week by Paul
Butler,-local drive chairman.
Urgent Need For
Bigger Hospital
Related To Club
Eiwanis Hears About
Plans To Renovate,
Expand Institution
The urgent need fcr expansion
and renovation of Moore County
Hospital, for which funds ,are now
being raised, was outlined to the
Sandhills Kiwanis Club on Wed
nesday by Dr. Clement Monroe,
dean of the medical staff, and
'inomas R. Howerton, administra
tor.
“The demands on the hospital
are greater than the present staff
can handle, and the staff cannot
be increased until we have more
space, mere beds, additional facil
ities,” Dr. Monroe told the Kiwan
is members. He listed as urgent
the renovation of the children’s
ward, enlarged and improved lab
oratory space, and an increase of
75 in bed capacity.
“If we could reach that goal,”
BENEFIT BALL
The ball sponsored by the
Moore County Hospital Aux
iliary for benefit of the build
ing fund, to be held at the
Pinehurst Country Club
Tuesday night from 9 to 1,
with the Woody Hayes or
chestra of Raleigh playing, is
expected to be sold out to its
limit of 300 reservations. Co-
chairmen of the event are
Mrs. John C. Ostrom, of
Southern Pines and Mrs.
James W. Tufts of Pinehurst.
Mrs. Arthur J. Lacey of Mid- .
land Road, Pinehurst, is gen
eral ticketis chairman.
HERE SATURDAY — Manly
Wade Weliman, prolific and
versatile writer who moved
from Pinebluff to Chapel Hill
a few years ago, will return
to the Sandhills Saturday—
the publication day of his lat
est book, “Dead and Gone”—
to meet the public at the
Country Book Shop, comer of
Pennsylvania Ave. and Ben-
net St., from 3 to 5 p.m. He
win autograph copies of his
new book, which relates the
stories of 10 murders which
occurred in North Carolina
between 1808 and 1914, as
well as copies of his other
books, including his latest in
the juvenile field, “Rebel
Mail Runner.”
200 Expected At
Disaster Course
Here Next Week
Public officials and American
Red Cross executives of nine
North Carqlina counties 'Vill at
tend a Disaster Institute here
Tuesday and Wednesday.
More than 200 men and women
are expected at morning and aft
ernoon sessions in the Brownson
Memorial Presbyterian Church.
The Institute will be primarily an
advanced course of training for
members of the American Red
Cross which would enable them
I more effectively to cope with
1 death and destruction from the
I elements should disaster occur.
The Moore County chapter of
the American Red Cross, which
has headquarters in Southern
Pines, wiU be the host with Gar
land McPherson, chapter chair
man, calling the first meeting to
order. The Chapter’s executive
secretary, Mrs. Audrey K. Kenne
dy, is in charge of arrangements.
Anson, Cumberland, Harnett,!
Hoke, Lee, Montgomery, Rocking- |
ham and Scotland Counties will
be represented. All mayors, chiefs
of police, and heads of fire de
partments in Moore County have
been invited, along with other
public officials and citizens active
in civic affairs.
In charge of the Institute will
be Robert T. Sheplar, assistant di
rector of disaster service for the
southeastern area of the Ameri
can Red Cross with headquarters
in Atlanta. Topics for discussion
are: survey, rescue, evacuation,
hospitalization, food, shelter,
clothing, budget, supply, registra
tion, information, welfare inqui
ries and general planning.
The American Red Cross con
strues as a disaster any death or
destruction from the elements in
volving five or more families.
he said, “we could be approved
for internships and for a training
school for nurses, of great benefit
to the institution.”
(Continued on Page 8)
Play Will Start
Sunday In First
Golf Assn. Event
At least 12 tournaments for
1955 are planned by the Golf
Association at the Southern Pines
Country Club, it was announced
this week by Harry Davis of Car
thage, president, starting with a
best ball of pair event that part
ners can play any day, February
6 through 17. Other events are
planned for March and April.
Mr. Davis invites golfers to
join the association and points
out that a person does not have
to be a member of the Southern
Pines Country Club to join. The
association is now in its third
year.
Further details may be obtained
from Roy Grinnell, pro at the
club, or Don Madigan.
RECEIVE ‘GOLD PALMS’—Sgt. Jerry Laude, left, scoutmas
ter of Troop 224, Southern Pines, and Parks Garrison, Aberdeen
Boy Scout of Troop 68, were given Eagle Gold Palms in recogni
tion of additional achievement beyond the rank of Eagle Scout,
during the Moore District court of honor held at Pinehurst. Mrs.
J. P. Garrison pins the award on her son as Mr. Garrison, center,
and J. Douglas David of Pinebluff, a member of the district
commissioner’s staff, looks on. (Photo by Hemmer Shop)
J. B. Perkinson
Named President
Of Rotary Club
Accident Takes
Life of Worker
On Highway Job
Harry K. Smyth, a leading in
dustrialist of this section, was
I elected president of the Southern
, Piifes Chamber of Commerce by
I the new board of dirctors in reg-
1 ular session Tuesday night.
I Mr. Smyth, vice-president ol
the Saco-Lowell Co., and general
manager of the Saco-Lowell
Shops, Sanford division, has lived
in Southern Pines for about four
years. He is a former president of
the Sanferd Chamber of Com-
merce, and served as a director
for several years.
He accepted the office “with re
luctance,” he said, as his business
interests lie mainly elsewhere,
and he frequently has to go on
long business trips, some of which
take him as far as South America.
The directors, ■ however, insisted
that he serve, on the basis that his
experience in business and indus
try would be of benefit even on
a part-time basis.
To secure him as president, the
James B. Perkinson was elected Donald Marsh Young, 19,
president of the Southern Pines fatally crushed in
a road construction accident
Rotary Club and other officers
ancjldirectors were chosen when
club members gathered for their
regular luncheon session at the
Couiltry Club last Friday.
Mr. Perkinson headed a slate
of officers and directors present-
about 10:15 a. m. Wednesday in
the Juniper Lake area between
Pinehurst and Carthage.
Young, who was an employee
of the Young Brothers Construc
tion Co. of Burnsville, fell from a
tractor he was driving and the
“sheep-foot roller” the tractor
was pulling passed over his body.
ed by E. J. Austin, chairman of a
npminating committee and unani-1 killing him almost instantly,
mously approved. Others elected His father. Jack L. Young cf
were: Johnnie A. Hall, retiring Burnsville, though not an eye-
president who by Rotary custom was working nearby.
becomes vice-president; Harry W I.
' bins, called to the scene, rendered
Chatfield, secretary; and E. W j ^ verdict of accidental death.
Smail. treasurer. New directors Steed said that Bill Hyde, another
are: Col. Philip P. Green, Carl E. worker, saw the accident. The
Holt, James Hartshorne and tractor and the roller it was pull-
Harry Lee Brown. j ing swerved and continued driv-
Speaker for the meeting was: erless, it was reported, until they
the Rev. Charles V. Covell, a
member and past president of the
club, who discussed the geog-
ranhy of the Holy Land, showing
colored slides of the Sea of Gal
ilee and adjacent regions.
He cited especially the moun
tains, which became a symbol of
God’s care for Israel (“I will lift
up mine eyes unto the hills. . .”);
the rivers; the seas, including the
Dead Sea which is 1,292 feet be
low sea level and the Sea of Gal
ilee with its fishing and sudden
storms; and the towns—Caperna
um where Jesus lived, Jerusalem
Bethlehem and Nazareth.
Guests included George Casey
of Sanford, Ed Simmons of Abi
lene, Kan., William Norden of
New York City, A. J. Dixon of
Raleigh, Dr. Ray Cooper of Duke
Hospital, Durham, and H. J. Voor-
hees and John E. Wood, both of
Baton Rouge, La.
ran into an obstruction.
The construction crew was
grading the roadbed for the new
location of Highway 15-501 from
Pinehurst to Carthage. The roller
that killed the young man is a
metal drum from which protrude
thickly-placed blunt nosed lugs
that tamp loose earth down as the
roller tuns over.
How Young happened to fall
from the tractor was not explain
ed.
The body was sent tp Burns
ville. Funeral plans were not
learned here.
COUNCIL TO MEET
Regular meeting of the town
council will be held at town hall
Tuesday at 8 p. na. All meetings of
the council are open and the pub
lic is invited to attend.
4 Moore Girls In Nurses^ Training On SVA Scholarships
As the Sandhills Veterans As
sociation this week launched its
ninth annual nurse scholarship
drive, SVA Chairman Watson G.
Scott pointed out that, since the
program began in 1947, six Moore
Ccunty girls holding scholarships
have graduated as registered
nurses and four are now in train
ing in accredited North Carolina
MARIE WICKER
nursing schools.
Contributions made during the
annual drive enable the SVA to
give a full three-year nurse’s
training scholarship to one or
more Moore County High School
graduates each year, with the un
derstanding that each scholarship
holder, after graduation, will re
turn to work at least a year at
GENEVA BLACK
Moore County Hospital, or else
where in the county.
Of the six graduate nurses, two
are still working at the hospital—
Ida Martin McDonald and Doro
thy McNeill, both of Carthage.
The four other nurses who had
previously worked at the hospital
are Mrs. Beatrice Simpson Beas
ley, Mrs. Betty Teeter Kerr, Betty
VELMA RICHARDSON
Cleever of Pinehurst and Peggy
Ann Cole of Pinehurst.
Two of the four girls now in
training are the 1954 winners
when amount of contributions
made possible the award of two
scholarships. They are Lila Marie
Wicker of Aberdeen, at Watts
Hospital, Durham, and Geneva
(Continued on Page 8)
MR. SMYTH
board reached a compromise sol
ution, creating a second vice
presidency. (The Chamber has
previously had only one.) George
H. Leonard was elected first vice-
president, with Mrs. Jean Edson
as second- vice-president. Though
out-of-state interests also keep
Mr. Leonard out of town a good
deal, the directors said one or the
other; of the three would be on
hand to lead the meetings, while
with the fuller expansion of the
committee system that is planned.
Chamber projects can go forward
satisfactorily at all times.
To Appoint Chairmen
President Smyth said he would
appoint committee chairmen
within a few days, with the help
of his vice-presidents, and would
ask them to set up their .opera
ting committees, ready to go to
work by the next meeting.
Already elected as officers were
Mrs. Oscar Holtzclaw, secretary
and Jerry V. Healy, treasurer.
The board reappointed Miss Alice
Baxter as executive secretary for
the coming year. '
The board favorably considered
meeting only once a month, in
stead ol twice a month as here
tofore. Action was postponed un
til the committees are set. up and
work is under way.
On motion of Mr. Leonard, the
directors voted to hold member
ship meetings quarterly instead
(Continued on Page 8)
MARY STEWART
Revenue Office
Open On Fridays
E. Earl Hubbard, local Internal
Revenue representative, said this
week that the office in the base
ment of the post office would be
open for filing returns only on
Fridays, until further notice. Of
fice hours are 8:30 a. m. to noon
and 12:45 p.m. to 5:15 p.m.
There is an April .15 deadline
this year for filing federal income
tax returns. Hubbard said that
the local office will be open on
other days later. He urged all
taxpayers to have information
readily available when going to
the office for help in filling out
returns.
Hubbard will be at the Robbins
Mills plant in Aberdeen Wednes
day and Thursday of next week
to aid employees there in com
pleting tax returns.