# uatel. iliqfi foUk^ Glendon ^qreond paf|haq« ^ ^^MteSmqs. Cameron p)l , , LoluvKj/'Vass k Pwffe VOL. 36—NO. 16 TWENTY-TWO PAGES southern pines, north CAROLINA. FRIDAY, MARCH 11. 1955 TWENTY-TWO PAGES PRICE—TEN CENTS Pleas For Negro Farm Agent, Dog Warden Are Made Delegations Make Requests To Moore County Officials Requests that have been heard before by the county commission ers were repeated at the board’s regular monthly meeting at the courthouse in Carthage Monday —including a Farm Bureau dele gation’s plea for a county dog warden and dog pound and the re quest for a Negro farm agent by a group of 40 or more Negro res idents of the county. While no action was taken on either request, further investiga tion was promised. The Negro group was told that the board would query the State Extension Service to find out whether a Ne gro farm agent would be avail able. Appearing for the Farm Bureau were Richard Matthews of Car thage, Route 3, president; R. L. Comer of Carthage; and Clyde Aximan and Paul VonCanon of West End. Auman and VonCanon had sep arate business with the commis sioners in regard to the recently authorized special tax for fire protection which was voted by residents of the West End area in a referendum. The county is to collect the tax and the West End men wanted to work out with the commissioners how the money collected would be paid over to the fire district officials and other details of the program. In the Negro delegation were representatives from various sec tions of the county. Their spokes men maintained that the number of Negro farmers in the county and the interest of these farmers in improving their operations jus tify appointment of a Negro farm agent. The only Negro Extension Ser vice worker in the county at pres ent is a Home Demonstration agent who was appointed more than a year ago. White Extension Service personnel include a Home Demonstration agent and assist ant and farm agent and two as sistants, one of whom resigned this week, but is expected to be replaced by another white assist ant agent, since funds for such as sistant are already budgeted. If a Negro agent is appointed, he would probably be employed as of the start of another fiscal year July 1. A somewhat unusual matter (Continued on Page 8) Pv * iMi TABLES TURNED—Completing their sale of light bulbs and netting nearly $200 to help their work with the blind in Moore County, members of the Southern Pines Lions Club reversed the usual situation and sold their last bag of bulbs, rather than the first, to Mayor L. T. Clark, center. He is flanked by co-chairmen in the sale, W. O. Spence, left, and Walter Harper, right. Stenhouse Will Address County Historical Assn. Naval Reserve To Be Discussed At Session Tonight James Allen Stenhouse of Naval Reserve personnel ahd Charlotte, chairman of the State ■ all interested veterans of Navy Historic Sites Commission and * service. are invited to attend a president of the Mecklenburg’ meeting tonight (Friday), at 8 County Historical Society, will o’clock, at the Brownson Memo- speak to the Moore County His- rial Presbyterian Church, when torical Association at 8 p. m. i Lt. R. B. Deadmond will explain Tuesday in the Southern Pines | formation of a Naval Reserve Composite Company here. The Navy officer, who is from the U. S. Naval Base at Charles- $1,250 Given To Moore Heart Fund A total of $1,250 has been col lected in the Moore County Heart Fund drive, reports Mrs. Voit Gil more of Southern Pines, county chairman, who said that the com mittee is pleased with this re sponse which came entirely from a mail campaign, except for col lections on the street in Southern Pines. Any person who wishes to con tribute to the fund is asked to get in touch with Mrs. Nolley Jack- son of Southern Pines immediate ly as the county committee ex pects to turn in its report soon to the State organization. Library. The meeting will be the first since December for the As sociation. A member of J. N. Pease and ton, S. C., comes to Southern Company of Charlotte, the largest j Pines at the invitation of Lt jg architectural firm in the South-1 James I. Lawson who, with other east, Mr.. Stenhouse has made a Naval Reserve men in this area, study of North Carolina antiqui- j has been working for several ties for many years. He has been months on the preliminary steps deeply interested in acquisition of in setting up a (Company, the Alston house, in Deep River! Former Navy officers and en- Township of Mcore County, by, listed, men, both men and wom- the State as an historic site and | en, are invited. Marine Corps and has done much to encourage the ^ Coast Guard Reserve personnel project. are also invited as they can meet Mr. Stenhouse is expected to ^ with a Composite Company on discuss the Alston house and also an associated basis, the rapid growth cl the Historical Society in his home county as an evidence of growing interest in the past. On his visit to Southern Pines, he will be accompanied by his wife and they will be the Tuesday night guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest L. Ives. Mrs. Ives is president of the Moore County Historical Association. Benefit Musical Program A musical program to benefit the Alston House restoratioh pro ject will be held under auspices of the Moore County Historical Association at 3:30 p. m., in the home of Dr. and Mrs. Andrew M Jamison, Jr., in Knollwood, with Mrs. Luther H. Hodges, wife of the Governor, as honor guest, it was announced by Mrs. Ives this (Continued on Page 8) Forest Fires Hit Throughout Moore County Wednesday Local Truck, 4 Men Go To Carthage As Town Is Threatened At least five separate forest fires ravaged a large acreage of Moore County land Wednesday, one of them near Carthage posing such a threat to the west edge of town that the Southern Pines fire department sent a truck and four men to help fight the blaze and guard the approach to a residen tial section. Travis Wicker, warden at the Southern Pines fire tower, and other Forest Service personnel were out most of Wednesday night fighting fire and patrolling to pre vent new outbreaks. Wicker was out again Thursday—so busy away from the tower that The Pilot could obtain no check on the ex tent of damage done and acreage burned, before press time Thurs day afternoon. Fires were reported at Hillcrest, between Pinehurst and Carthage, between West End and Eagle Springs and elsewhere in the west side of the county. A general call for fire fighting volunteers was broadcast Wednes day afternoon. Fire Service personnel warned against trash burning in windy weather. A pall of smoke from fires in this area and elsewhere hung over the Sandhills Thurs day. BASEBALL SCHEDULE The Southern Pines High School Blue Knights will open their 1955 baseball season with an afternoon contest against Vass-Lakeview here Wednesday, March 23. The season schedule appears in full on page 18 of today’s Pilot. Fans are advised to clip and save it for fu ture reference. The squad is working out daily now and Coach Bunk Leonard says that positions on the team are “wide open.” Valerie Nicholson’s Pilot Feature To Go On ‘Big Story’ TV March 18 A Moore County news story which was used as the basis for a national network radio program last September will be seen as a nationwide television drama Fri day evening, March 18. The pro gram will show scenes in and around Southern Pines eis back ground. The true story about a typhoid carrier’s cure, written in 1948 by Valerie Nicholson when she was news editor of The Pilot, will be used on the Pall Mall program “The Big Story” on NBC-TV. The program) is seen at 9:30 Friday evenings Over WTDV (Durham Channel 11) in this area. Notified Lsist Friday Mrs. Nicholson, who lives in Southern Pines, is serving as “pinch-hit” editor of the Sand hill Citizen at Aberdeen during the present session of the Gen eral Assembly for the editor and publisher, Moore County Rep. H. Clifton Blue. . She was notified last Friday by long distance tel ephone call from New York City that her story had been selected from the “Big Story” file for TV presentation. George E. Gore, NBC camera man, was here Monday to make moving pictures of Broad Street, The Pilot, the library, Moore County Hospital and other places for quick “background glimpses” at the start of the program, with some shots worked into the drama itself. Mr. Gore also took some rural scenes on the South ern Pines-Carthage road. Local Scenes Photographed ’The cameramian took the films for Proctor Productions, produc ers of The Big Story program. (Continued on page 8) HARNESS RACING Following a meeting last week, the Pinehurst Driving and Train ing Club of which Percy Grey, Providence, R. I., is president, has set the following dates for har ness horse matinees at the Pine hurst race track: March 27, and April 3, 10 and 17. In case of postponement, there will prob ably be a race on April 24. A date has been requested cf the U. S. Trotting Association for a record meeting, or time trial, to establish a time record for young horses, on April 26, With alternate dates of April 27, 28 or 29. Lady Astor At Raleigh Events Mr. and Mrs. Ernest L. Ives of Southern Pines and their guest in the Sandhills, Nancy, Viscountess Astor, drove to Raleigh Tuesday where they were luncheon guests of Gov. and Mrs. Luther H. Hodges and where Lady Astor spoke to members of the General Assembly and to the ladies of the Sir Walter Cabinet, an organiza tion of legislators’ wives. The distinguished visitor from England (see another story and photo in today’s Pilot for more about her Sandhills visit and her opinions) was unable to attend a Moore County Young Democrats rally, to which she had been in vited, at Carthage Wednesday night. Her appearances in Raleigh charmed her audiences. Many persons in this area heard with interest on Tuesday night a re broadcast of her witty and spirited address to the General Assembly. She is staying at the Manor Hotel in Pinehurst, with her sister, Mrs. Nora Flynn of Tryon, who is ill. Young Stevenson Makes Hit During Democratic Rally A young Army private held the spotlight at the Midwinter Rally ■cf the Moore County YDC at Car thage Wednesday night. Amid a sparkling gathering of distin guished guests and an eager crowd of local luminaries and party stalwarts, he received per haps the warmest welcome. Pvt. Borden Stevenson, now stationed at Fort Bragg, attending the dinner meeting with his aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Ives, of Southern Pines, won all hearts with his friendly response to their hospitality, his unaffected ways and his resemblance to his famous father, Adlai Stevenson, leader of the party. His inflection and turn of phrase were more than reminis cent of his father as he answered the greeting of Voit Gilmore, president, with “I am grateful to be included ' among the ‘big wheels,’ though I feel I am only a small spoke. I’m very happy to be here among so many fine Dem- ■ccrats. I thaijk you.” • 'The, rally was another in the series of lively meetings for which the Moore County YDC is becom ing known throughout the State. One distinguished guest after an other referred to the delight they felt in an invitation from Moore county, and the alacrity with which they accepted it. The notables and local party stalwarts jammed the hotel din- (Continued on Page 8) POWER OFF SUNDAY The local office of the Caro lina Power and Light Co. has announced that power will be off from 2 to 3 p.m. Sunday, March 13, in Southern Pines. Aberdeen, Pinebluff, Pine hurst, Carthage, Lakeview, Vass and Cameron and adja cent rural areas. The inter ruption is necessary in order that needed facilities can be installed at the West End sub station, explained Ward Hill, manager of the Southern Pines district office. Girl Scout Week Displays Noted Girl Scout troops of Moore County are joining with others throughout the nation in observ ance of Girl Scout Week. Southern Pines Troop 53 has decorated a 'window at Welch’s Gift Shop at the comer of Broad St. and New York Ave., featur ing a large cake made and deco rated by Mrs. W. D. Campbell, with 43 candles to mark the 43rd anniversary of founding of the Girl Scout movement in the United States. Also in the win dow are a badge sash and Girl Scout and leaders’ uniforms. In the town park ■cn Saturday girls of Troop 53 will pitch tents for a simulated camping display. The tents will be open for inspec tion from 10 a. m. to 4 p. m. New Booster Club To Make Annual Baseball Award At the first meeting of the new ly formed Booster Club for Southern Pines High School ath letics, held at HoUiday’s Restau rant Monday night, members de cided to make an annual award of a loving cup to the most val uable player on the baseball squad. Similar awards exist for other sports and the need was felt to extend this custom to baseball The club also decided to spon sor the sale of adult season base ball tickets. The tickets, to sell for $1 for nine home games, six of which are under lights at night, represent a $3.50 saving on the individual game 50 cents entrance fee. All club members have tick ets or they can be obtained at Holliday’s Restaurant. The club plans to buy special caps to wear at future home games. Temporary officers of the club were permanently elected Monday night: Carl E. Holt, pres ident; J. B. Perkinson, vice-presi dent; and E. J. Austin, secretary- treasurer. In-Town WaterConsnmers Allowed l(),000-Gallon Minimum All Year Moi^e Water For Same Rate Will Aid Town Beauty The town council made some gtod news for Southern Pines water consumers Tuesday night when an amendment to the town water rate ordinance was adopt ed to establish a :^ear-around rate of lO.MO gallons for the minimum charge^ pf $4.50 per quarter. The fate goes into effect with the Ap^^ May 'and Jpne quarter. The former rate was $4.50 for 5,- 000 galloi^ in all except the sum mer quari^ when 10,