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VOL. 36—NO. 15
TWENTY PAGES
SOUTHERN PINES, NORTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY. MARCH 4. 1955
TWENTY PAGES
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GUARDSMEN in the photo are, from left to right, Sergeant
Fred L. McKenzie of Pinehurst, one of the better marksmen in
the company; Sergeant First Class Francis C. Shea of Southern
Pines, a tank commander and a veteran of the war in Korea;
Privates WiUiam M. Wilson and Donald R. Haney, of Southern
Pines. The latter are two of the recent enlistees recruited during
the current drive for additional Guardsmen. i
(Photo by Hemmer Shop)
Developments
Between Here,
Aberdeen Seen
Extensive real estate develop
ments along No. 1 highway, be
tween Southern Pines and Aber
deen, appear to be in the making.
According to reliable spokes?
men who asked that their names
not be used, an option on more
than a quarter mUe of frontage on
the west side of the highway,
opposite the Starview Drive-In
Theatre, has beem given by W. T.
Hunlley and Dan Allred, the
owners, to a group of investors
—said to include both Charlotte
and local men—planning erection
of a modern shopping center. Pur
chase price of the tract was not
learned. These structures would
be on that portion of the proper
ty now being worked as a sand
pit, it was reported.
Speculation soared among local
observers Wednesday when Gov.
Luther H. Hodges was. reported to
have visited the site of the for
mer Hole-In-One Driving Range
and to have examined the loca
tion carefuUy. The Governor is
the owner or part-owner of sev
eral Howard Johnson restaurants
and it was rumored here that the
investors who have an option on
the Huntley-Allred tract may be
considering sale or lease of the
north portipn of the tract for a
Howard Jo'hnson restaurant.
Motel, Too?
It was also noted by some local
businessmen that the first com
bination motel and restaurant of
the Howard Johnson chain is be-
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YDC Rally Next
Week Draws List
Of Noted Guests
Tickets are being sold through
out the county for the Moore
Young Democrats dinner rally at
the' Carthage Hotel Wednesday—
an event that will see a number of
prominent Democrats from out of
the county in attendance.
A social hour will start at 6:30
p.m., to be followed by the dinner
at 7. John D. Larkins, Jr., State
Democratic Chairman and Gov.
Luther H. Hodges’ legislative
counsel, will be the featured
speaker.
President Voit Gilmore an
nounced \this week that others ac
cepting invitations are: Mr. and
Mrs. Ernest L. Ives of Southern
Pines and Pvt. Borden Stevenson
of Fort Bragg, nephew of Mrs.
Ives and son of Adlai E. Steven
son; State Senators Hawley Poole
and Robert Morgan; State Treas
urer' Edwin Gill; John Jordan, Jr.,
State "YDC president; and Ed Ran
kin, secretary to Governor Hodges.
Nancy, "Viscountess Astor, now
at Pinehurst, has been invited,
and, said President Gilmore, has
tentatively indicated she can be
present.
Tickets are on sale by Paul But
ler, Lament Bro-wn and Voit Gil
more, in Southern Pines; Tony
Huntley in Aberdeen, Hubert Mc-
Caskill in Pinehurst, T. Roy Phil
lips in Carthage and Ralph Steed
in Robbins.
National Guard
Progresses With
Pistol Training
Part of the “new look” for the
local National Guard outfit is this
scene of four Guardsmen check
ing a target during a recent pis
tol range practice. The Moore
County National Guard unit was
formerly an anti-aircraft battery.
When it was changed last No
vember to a medium tank com
pany the carbines formerly used
as individual weapons were re
placed with the .45 caliber auto
matic pistol, shown in the photo
graph. During recent weeks the
unit has been receiving instruc
tion in pistol marksmanship un
der the supervision of 1st Lts
James E. Harrington and Ralph
L. Horner of Pinehurst, training
designed to prepare the men of
the company for the annual
weekend weapons firing that will
take place later in the spring.
Company officers were surpris
ed and pleased at the progress of
the men in learning pistol marks
manship. Recent practice sessions
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Four StructUl’CS Nancy, Viscountess Astor, Is Visitor
Included In Plan
For Road By-Pass
$750,000 Listed As
Tentative Cost of
Highway 1 Project
The proposed rerouting of
US Highway 1 through Southern
Pines is now all set as a part of
the State Highway Coimmission’s
program. Work is proceeding on
plans for drainage and structures,
looking toward the letting of con
tracts later this year, said Eighth
Division Highway Commissioner
Forrest Lockey of Aberdeen this
week.
The protest period, during
which a map of the proposed
rente remained posted on the
courthouse wall, passed without
incident, he said. “As I recall,
there was only one formal pro
test,” Commissioner Lockey said.
He discussed the plan with sev
eral citizens, and answered their
questions, and no further protests
were filed. Plans cannot be halt
ed except by protest of the coun
ty commissioners or Southern
Pines town council.
Structure Noted
A drainage engineer spent the
day Tuesday with Division Engin
eer T. G. Poindexter making a
preliminary check-up, and is now
at work in Raleigh on the -plans
for drainage and structures along
the four-lane highway. Pending
completion of his report, the
thinking of the Commission is for
four structures along the five-
mile stretch, three tC' carry the
highway over existing arteries
and one to carry it under.
I Overpasses will most likely be
built across the Seaboard main
line and Niagara road (one struc
ture) just beyond Judge Rowe’s
pecan orchard, near Manly; at
the Midland Road in Knollwood,
and the Old Pinehurst Road on
the south end of Southern Pines.
The underpass will be at Penn
sylvania Avenue between East
and West Southern Pines. 'This
street will be carried across the
highway by a modem cloverleaf-
Itype stmeture, wide and long
enough to provide amply for traf-
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Nancy, Viscountess Astor^—
native of the United States
who was the first woman
member to sit in the British
House of Commons where she
held the same seat from 1919
to 1945—is shown as she ar
rived at the Seaboard Air
Line railroad station here for
a visit of about two ■weeks in
the Sandhills.
At the Manor hotel in Pine
hurst, she was joined by her
sister, Mrs. Nora Flynn of
Tryon, who is ill and was ac
companied by a nurse. Length
of her stay in the Sandhills
and her activities-here, it is
reported, are being governed
by her sister’s condition.
Famous for her wit and bit
ing comments, Nancy, Vis
countess Astor comes to the
Sandhills through her friend
ship with Mrs. Ernest L. Ives
whom she met in London two
summers ago through a long
standing friendship with Mrs.
Ives’ brother, Adlai E. Steven
son. 'There is a possibility
that the distinguished visitor
and Mrs. Ives will go to Ral
eigh 'Tuesday for luncheon at
the Executive Mansion with
Gov. and Mrs. Luther H.
Hodges and a visit with mem
bers of the Sir Walter Cabi
net, organization of legisla
tors’ wives.
On Thursday of this week
she was to be entertained by
Gen. and Mrs. George C. Mar-
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shall of Pinehurst. Tentative
acceptance has been received
by Moore County Young
Democrats for her presence at
a dinner rally, in the Carthage
Hotel Wednesday of next
week.
She has been in the United
States since January.
(Photo by V. Nicholson)
U. S. Olympic Horse Show Team In
Sandhills, Will Perform Twice Here
Li.*:*
LT. R. B. DEADMOND
Navy Officer To
Explain Formation
Reserve Company
Navy Lt. R. B. Deadmond,
Naval Reserve Composite Pro
gram Officer from the U. S. Naval
Base at Charleston, S. C., will
meet with Naval Reserve person
nel and other interested persons
in this area at Brownson Mem
orial Presbyterian Church, South
ern Pines, Friday, March 11, a.
8 p. m.
Visit of the Navy officer to the
Sandhills was announced this
week by LTJG James I. Lawson
of Southern Pines who has been
working for several months to
organize a Naval Reserve Com
posite Company in this area.
Lieutenant Deadmond, at the’
Southern Pines meeting, will ex
plain how such a company is or
ganized and will answer ques
tions.
Naval officers on the Inactive
Status List must be transferred
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Captains Named
For Red Cross
Canvass Monday
Canvassing in Moore Counfy’s
$15,940 Red Cross membership
campaign will begin throughout
the county Monday, under the di
rection of W. P. Saunders of
Southern Pines, chairman of the
1955 committee for membership
and funds. Assisting as co-chair
men are Gordon H. Clark of
Southern Pines and John A.
Tuckerman of Jackson Springs,
with community chairmen, an
nounced last week, over the coun
ty.
Mrs. Harlow Pearson, chairman
for the Southern iPnes campaign
which has a $5,100 goal, has an
nounced that her teams of work
ers wiU begin their canvass Mon
day. The community has been di
vided into districts, each under
the leadership of a captain and an
effort will be made to reach every
family. TThe USAF Air-Ground
Operations School, West Southern
Pines, Knollwood, Pinedene, Ni
agara and Manly are included in
the Southern Pines area being or-
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Members Training
For Competition
In Mexico Games
The red carpet was put down
this week at the Cardy stables for
some distinguished visitors from
Camden.
Out of the stall windows look
eight wise heads, belonging to the
equine members of the United
States Olympic jumping team.
The outfit came from the South
Carolina resort Wednesday morn
ing to engage in its first real test:
the schooling exercises at Fir-
leigh Farms yesterday (Thursday)
afternoon, and at the Brewster
PTA Workshops
Set Wednesday
Miss Blanche Haley, field sec
retary of the North Carolina Con
gress of Parents and Teachers,
will conduct two PTA workshops
in Weaver Auditorium Wednes
day, March 8, it was announced
this week by the Southern Pines
PTA. The sessions will be from 3
to 5 p. m. and 8 to 10 p. m.
The afternopn session is es
pecially for grade mothers and
will deal with the subject of PTA
home and school liaison. Family
life education will be the subject
for discussion in the evening
meeting.
All interested persons are in
vited.
Schooling Horse
Show Slated At
Brewster Stables
Eight classes are listed in a
schooling horse show to be held
at the Brewster Stables, off No.
1 highway north of Southern
Pines, starting at 1:30 p. m. Sun
day.
Jack Goodwin, who will man
age the show, listed the classes
as: beginners’ horsemanship, lead
Ime, intermediate horsemanship,
green hunters (75 per Cent per
formance and 25 per cent confor
mation), outside course (schooling
for this class will be permitted to
day (Friday), advanced horse
manship, working hunters—out
side course (schooling permitted
today) and, to conclude the show
a special FEI jumping class on
a special course set up at the
Brewster Stables (no prior school
ing permitted).
Brig. Gen. Tupper Cole will of
ficiate at the Sunday show. Time
keepers will be Frank Williams
of Hartford, Conn., and Carlton
Butcher of Ridgewood, N. J. Den
nis Crotty will be announcer. The
point system' for young riders,
carried through a series of shows
this winter, will prevail.
Attracting much interest,
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Stables Saturday at 3 p.m., and
also an exhibition to be put on in
the Brewster ring on Sunday as
the final class in a schooling show
there.
With the horses came their rid
ers, the captain of the team, Ar
thur McCashion, Charles Denne-
hy, William Steinkraus and Cap
tain Wheeler of the U.S. Army.
Capt. McCashion has been a fre
quent visitor here, hunting with
the Moore County Hoimds on
many occasions.
Also here is a man famed in
the annals of Olympic riding.
Brig. Gen. Tupper Cole, who has
supervised the training of the
team through most of the years
since he was the top rider on it, is
in charge again this year. He and
Mrs. Cole are the guests of Maj.
Gen. and Mrs. Ira T. Wyche in
Pinehurst.
First Time'Here
The team has come to the Sand
hills strictly in line of training.
There was a desire on the part of
those in charge to give both
horses and riders experience on
new ground. They have not, as
yet, been through any really of
ficial schooling, the work at Cam-
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as
Masonic Banquet
Slated March 12
The annual banquet cf South
ern Pines Masonic Lodge 484 has
been scheduled for Saturday,
March 12, at the Pinehurst Coun
try Club, according to L. L.
Woolley, secretary. William J.
Bundy cf Greenville, Past Grand
Master, is to be the main speaker.
Members of other lodges are in
vited to attend. Tickets for the
banquet, which starts at 7:30, may
be obtained from A. G. Bower or
James Lawson, and in Pinehurst
from J. C. Thomas.
Dr, Jamison Will
Open Office Here
Monday, March 7
Dr. Andrew Marshall JamiisOn,
Jr. on Monday will open offices
at 510 N. W. Broad St. for the
practice of medicine in the Sand
hills area. He recently purchased
the former Atkinson home at that
address, completely remodeling
the house for his offices, adding
a wing and installing cqntral air
conditioning.
A native of South Carolina, the
physician purchased the former
Fownes residence in Knollwood
several months ago and moved
here from Lancaster, Ohio, with
his wife, Mrs. Evelyn Jamison,
and their three children, Andrew
III, 13; William, 11; and Robert,
six years old. The children attend
school in Southern Pines.
Dr. Jamison practiced in Lan
caster from 1946 until this year.
While there, he was on the fac
ulty of the College of Medicine
of Ohio State University, Colum
bus, Ohio, as instructor in inter
nal medicine, from 1947 to 1955.
In Ohio, he was on the staff of
Lancaster Fairfield General Hos
pital, Lancaster; and Mount Car
mel and University Hospitals,
Columbus.
He was recently admitted to
the active staff of Moore County
Hospital.
Born at Spartanburg, S. C., he
attended the University of South
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Filini* To Open April 1
For Municipal Election
Primary Will
Be Run Off If
Over 10 File
A resolution calling a municipal
election for Tuesday, May 3, is
expected to be adopted by the
town council at its regular meet
ing in town hall Tuesday night of
next week.
A preview of the. pre-election
picture, as it is expected to be au
thorized by the council, in accord
ance with State statutes, shows:
Opening of filing time for can
didates on Friday, April 1, with
filing time to remain open until
6 p. m., Friday, April 15—that is,
for two weeks. Candidates will
file at the town clerk’s office in
town hall and must post a fee of
$5.
Question of Primary
If 10 or less than 10 candidates
file for the five seats on the coun
cil, no primary will be held. If
11 or more candidates file, a pri
mary will be conducted on April
25. This primary is authorized in
Southern Pines by special legis
lative act. Primaries in municipal
elections are not authorized by
State law without such an act.
Registration books will open at
9 a. m., Saturday, April 16 and
will remain open for the purpose
of registration cf voters not hith
erto registered in the municipal
books, on each day except Sun
day, from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. for
seven days, that is, through Fri
day, April 22—except that on
Saturday, April 16 the books wiU
remain open to 9 p. m.
Saturday, April 23, will be chal
lenge day when, any elector can
challenge the right of any name
to appear on the books.
Registrar Named
Mrs. Frank Kaylor has been
named registrar and it is expected
that two judges of election will
be designated by the council
‘Tuesday night.
To register, a voter must have
been a resident cf North Carolina
one year and of the town for not
less than 30 days preceding the
date of the election (May 3), and
must be able to read and write.
Each person registering must also,
of course, be 21 years of age.
On election day, Tuesday, May
3, polls will be open from 6:30 a.
m. to 6:30 p. m.
It is expected that the fire
house on New Hampshire Ave.
will be designated as the regis
tration and voting place, except
that—at' times and places to be
previously announced—the regis
tration bocks, accompanied by the
registrar, may be transferred to
other locations in town for the
convenience of voters—a proce
dure in which the League of
Women "Voters has taken an in
terest and about, which they ques
tioned the council and town at
torney at last month’s council
meeting, receiving the reply that
this could legally be done, if pub
lic announcement were made in
advance and the registrar accom-
apnied the books.
TRY VOTING MACHINES?
Revamping Of
Registration
Recommended
A three-member committee ap
pointed by the town council to
investigate registration of voters
in Southern Pines will make the
following four recommendations
to the council at its regular meet
ing in town haU Tuesday night:
1. That in the interest of mod
em, efficient record keeping, the
Town Council should authorize
the purchase of modern registra
tion equipment along the lines of
that used by other progressive
cities. Such equipment to be ac
quired in sufficient time to serve
in the next municipal election
after the general election this
May.
2. That at the time of this new
registration equipment be put into
use, a general re-registration of
all voters of Southern Pines be
held.
3. That the Town Council de
liberate upon the desirability of a
second precinct in Southern Pines
and take steps toward its creation
prior to the next general -election
after May.
4. 'That the Town Council au
thorize the Town Manager to ar
range for the use of automatic
voting machines at the primary
election (if held) in April and the
general election in May, however,
only if the use of such machines
will not result in the expenditure
of appreciably more money than
would be spent for printed ballots.
Sent to Council
Copies of the recommendations
and accompanying explanatory re
port were sent to councilmen this
week.
Chairman of the committee was
Councilman' "Voit Gilmore. Other
members were To-wn Attorney, W.
Lament Brown and Mrs. Graham
Culbreth representing the League
of Women "Voters. Mrs. Culbreth
was an alternate for the original
League member, Mrs. Russell Si
mons, who left the group because
she was moving out of town. The
committee was appointed by May
or L. T. Clark after the registra
tion problem was brought up at
the February council meeting.
Before making a report, the
committee met last week at the
fire house—local registration and
polling place—^with Mrs. Frank
Kaylor, registsar; Tom Cunning
ham, town manager; and Ray
mond J. Ayers and "V. T. Cordle,
representatives of the Wilson-
Jones Co. which installs town reg
istration systems.
Recotnmendalions Explained
The committee’s report to coun
cil includes the following detailed
explanation of the conclusions
reached by the group:
“The Wilson-Jones registration
system was explained and illus
trated. It is a modern, loose leaf
system of keeping the names of
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GIVEN WATCH —Russell
Simons, left, admires a new
■wrist watch presented to him
by the Boy Scouts of Troop
224, of which he was formerly
Scoutmaster, as Jerry Laude,
new Scoutmaster of the troop,
looks on. Simons has been ap
pointed Scout executive — a
full-time, profe'Ssional posi
tion—in Harnett County and
is moving with his family to
Dunn.
New Booster Club
For School Sports
Plans To Organize
First meeting of -a new Boost
er Club for high school athletics
will be held at a dutch dinner at
Holliday’s Restaurant at 8 p. m.
Monday, it was announced this
week.
Organization of the club and
sponsorship of high school base
ball season ticket sales are among
the chief matters to be taken
up.
Leaders in the new group said
that this announcement is an in
vitation to join to all men or
women who are interested in the
high school athletic program. The
club grew out of an informal
adult quarterback club that met
after games during the past foot
ball season.
Permanent officers, will be
elected Monday. Temporary of
ficers are C. E. Holt, president;
J. B. Perkinson, vice-president;
and E. J. Austin, secretary-treas
urer.
Interested persons are asked to
attend Monday even if they can’t
be there for dinner.