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VOL. 36—NO. 18
TWENTY-FOUR PAGES
SOUTHERN PINES, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY. MARCH 25, 1955
TWENTY-FOUR PAGES
Election Draws
Interest But No
Candidates File
Patch Not To Run
Again; Others On
Council Undecided
Although a lively town election
is anticipated by most observers
of the local scene, not much life
had been shown by this week.
Filing time for candidates for
town council is now open, but no
one had filed by Thursday at
noon. Filing time ends at 6 p.m.
April 15.
Questioned by The Pilot Thurs
day, only one member of the coun
cil had a definite statement of in
tentions in the election. C. S.
Patch, Jr., said he would not run.
“After six years in town gov
ernment, I feel that it is time for
me to move over,” he said.
Mayor Lloyd Clark and Goun-
cilmen W. E. Blue, Voit Gilmore
and Joe O’Callaghan would make
no definite commitment Thursday
as to their intentions, although
Blue indicated he would run and
O’Callaghan ini^cated he would
not. Gilmore said he had been
thinking about the matter and
would reach a decision in a few
days.
It is understood that Mayor
Clark would like to step down
from his strenuous job, but will
not if he feels his services on the
council are needed. His decision
will depend on how the filing
goes. He said Thursday, he was
imdecided 2is yet.
There is no separate race for
mayor, under council-manager
government. Five councilmen are
elected and they elect one of their
number as mayor.
Rumored as likely candidates
for council seats are Harry Chat-
field and Brig. Gen. Pearson Me-
(Continued on Page 8)
PRICE—TEN CENTS
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CUP PRESENTED—Mrs. M. G. Walsh (center) receives the
Sandhills Cup for the victory of her Erin’s Cottage in the featured
race of the Stoneybrook meeting last Saturday, from Mrs. Dwight
Winkelman, right. Flanking Mrs. Walsh are her husband, M. G.
(Mickey) Walsh, (left), trainer of the winner, and Carlyle Cam
eron, winning rider in the event for the fifth year. Held at right'
of photo is the small replica of the cup to be kept permanently
by Mrs. Walsh. (Photo by Humphrey)
Erin’s Cottage Takes Sandhills Cup
As Cameron Rides Fifth Race Winner
Southern Pines saw a native"*— —
LWV Booklets To
Be Sold Saturday
Prevented by bad weather from
selling their “Town Survey” book
lets last Saturday on the Streets
of the business section, members
of the League of, Women Voters
have scheduled tbe sale for Satur
day of this week.
■The booklets, compiled by mem
bers of the League from many
sources, contain much information
about the town’s government, or
ganizations and other resources.
They are being sold at less than
cost as a public service.
24ih CHILD BORN
Mrs. Isobel McDougald, 39,
gave birth to her 24th child at
Lee County Hospital, Sanford,
Saturday. Married at 13, she
is the wife of Herman McDou
gald, tenant on the Robert
King farm near Cameron.
Of the 24 children, 18 are
living—12 boys and six girls.
The oldest, Herman, Jr., 22,
is married and living near
Fayetteville. Of the 17 living
at home, 11 are in school.
“I told the doctor I couldn’t
stay in this bed too long or
I’d get lazy,” she told visit
ing reporters at the San
ford hospital. She cooks,
washes and irons for the en
tire family.
son, Carlyle Cameron, add more
fame to his name Saturday after
noon as he won his fifth straight
Sandhills Cup aboard Erin’s Cot
tage, before a crowd of some 3,000
die-hard hunt racing fans who
endured cold and rain to watch
Howarth, Dawson
To Addre^ PTA
John Hpwarth, chairman of the
Southern Pines board of school
trustees, and A. C. Dawson, super
intendent of schools, will discuss
local school needs and financing
at a meeting of the Parent-Teach
er Association Thursday night of
next week. The meeting will be
held in Weaver Auditorium at 8
p.m.
Next week’s gathering was
postponed to that date from
Thursday night of this week, the
regular monthly meeting time, be
cause local school officials and
teachers are attending the 71st an
nual state convention of the North
Carolina Teachers Association at
Asheville, Thursday through Sat-
lurday. Mr. Dawson is state legis
lative co-chairman for the NCEA.
the opening of the nation’s 1955
racing season.
Camercn had been booked to
ride Charles Stitzer’s Warrior Gay
in the feature race on the Stoney
brook track. Warrior .Gay was
scratched because of a slight in
jury, and the local jockey, who
assists in the training of all the
horses at the Walsh stables, mov
ed over easily to a stablemate and
similarly fleet-footed Irish im
port.
Leads All The Way
Erin’s Cottage, owned by Mrs.
M. G. Walsh, sloshed through
mud throughout the grueling
two-and-a-quarter mile test over
timber, posting a time of 5:05 1-5
to take the event. He nabbed the
lead at the beginning of the race
and was never in serious trouble,
though Magical, ridden by Eu
gene Weymouth, threatened
briefly at one point. Cameron and
Brin’s Cottage were first over
every jump, finished a length
ahead of the nearest horse, Mrs.
Walsh’s Repose, with Magical
coming in third.
One spill marred the event as
Charles C. Jelke*on Big Breeze
failed to clear the fourth jump.
(C6ntinued on Page 5)
Barber Named Dog
Warden; Plans For
New Work Studied
Vaccination Of All
Dogs In County To
Be Started April 1
W. H. Barber has been appoint
ed Moore county’s first dog war
den. He is undertaking his duties
immediately in connection with
the dog vaccination clinics to be
held throughout the ccunty by
the health department from April
1 through April 20.
Complete schedule of the clin
ics appears on page 12 of today’s
Pilot.
No dogs will be impounded
before May 1, said Gordon M.
Cameron, chairman of county
commissioners, in announcing
the appointment. In the mean
time a dog pound will be built
on the County Farm, where Mr.
and Mrs. Barber live, and Coun
ty Attorney M. G. Boyette has
been instructed by the commis
sioners to make a compendium
of all the dog laws, so they may
be publicized before the era of
enforcement gets under way.
Chairman Cameron said the de
cision to appoint a warden was
made by the commissioners at a
called meeting last week, in def
erence to a long-standing request
of the county health department,
recently reinforced by support
from numerous town and rural
organizations . throughout the
county.
Health Depaztmenl Post *
The actual appointment was
left up to Dr. J. W. Willcox, coun
ty health officer. His selection of
Mr. Barber was approved by the
commissioners. hTe dog program
is a part of the health depart
ment’s work and Mr. -Barber will
work closely with the department
(Continued on page 8)
Mrs. C. Louis Meyer’s $55,000
Assures.Goal In Hospital Work
Memorial Gift
Is To Provide
Children’s Wing
A gift of $55,000, which will as
sure the building and equipping
of the entire new children's wing
in the planned addition to Moore
County Hospital, was anncunced
this week by Thomas E. Hower
ton, administrator.
The gift is being made by Mrs.
C. Louis Meyer in memory of her
husband. The Movers, residents
of Lake Forest, IlL, purchase^
winter home near Pinehurst in
1946. Mr. Meyer died October 5,
1953. ’The memicrial gift consti
tutes the entire local contribution
needed for the children’s wing in
the forthcoming hospital iipurove-
ment program, of whiGh'35.6 per
cent must come from contributed
funds, the rest to be sunplj^j Viy
State and'federal soijrces.
The generous gift, (of which the
project wd buildini committees
were apprised early ( last week,
allowed an . upward iVvision of
the minimiinv-'pr^am'- which
had already been' ..approved by
the Medical Care Cotamissioi, for
a $300,000 total. Approval of
(revised program! was \^promptly
granted by the Commissi^, with
$160,200 now assured frohj local
sources, $64,800 from the \State
and $225,000 in federal fundS.
Second Large Gift
This is the second large gift to
(Continued on page 8)
Lions Plan Game
To .Raise Money
For Field Seats
C. LOUIS MEYER
4-
Varied Interests
COURT OF HONOR
The March Court of Honor
for the Moore District, Boy
Scouts of America, will be
held Monday at 7:30 p. m, at
Brownson Memorial Presby
terian Church.
Parents of Boy Scouts are
especieilly urgled to attend,
said Lawrence McN. Johnson
of Aberdeen, advancement
chairman.
A large number of awards
will be made. Fred Woitneck
of Winston-Shlem will tell
about the National Boy Scout
Camp at Philmont, N. M..
and illustrate the talk with
colored slides.
At their meeting tonight (Fri
day) at 7 p. m. in the Country
Club, members of the Southern
Pines Liops Club will make plans
for a night baseball game to be
sponsored by the club Monday
April 18, to raise money for much
needed additional portable
bleacher seats at Memorial Field.
Charles Cole and C. S. Patch,
Jr., who were appointed co-chair
men of the project by Club Pres
ident David Gamble, said this
week that a game has been ten-
j tatively scheduled between the
Fayetteville Highlanders of the
Carolina League and a regimen
tal team from the 82nd Airborne
Division, Fort Bragg.
Proceeds will be turned over to
school officials for purchase of
bleachers. It would take about
$400, ■ the chairmen said, to
buy bleachers that would increase
the Memorial Field seating ca
pacity to 800. That is the am.ount
they hope can be raised.
The club’s board of directors re-
cently approved the project.
Of Mr. Meyer Are
Recalled By Gift
C. Louis Meyer, in whose mem
ory a $55,000 gift is being made
by his wife to the Moore County
Hospital for a new children’s
wing, was a man deeply interest
ed in both children and hospitals,
making the memorial a singular
ly fitting one.
His interests were, and are,
shared by his wife and two
daughters, whose services for
many years have been given gen
erously in both of these causes.
Despite his activities as a con
struction engineer, and founder
and head of one of the United
States’ greatest building firms, he
found time to serve on the board
of the Boy Scouts of Omaha, his
native city; the Cradle Society of
(Continued on page 8)
Vallee Changes Mind On State
Until he arrived in Southern
Pines a couple of weeks ago to be
gin a highly successful series of
nightly appearances at the Dunes
Club on Midland Road, Rudy Val-
tion of fans, along with his older
followers, at night club and hotel
appearances combining a little of
everything he has done through
the years, with a pronounced n^
lee—one of the nation’s most (flair for comedy,
famous entertainers for a quarter! With him in Southern Pines is
century—hadn’t stopped m North
Carolina since a 1933 tour when
the promoter ran off with the
money in one city and there was
so much sleet and ice on the
streets in another town that even
his loyal fans were unable to
reach the performance hall.
his pretty wife, Eleanor, and their
two miniature poodles who romp
gaily among the baggage, clothing
and general confusion of a hotel
room and then settle down for
naps while Vallee talks quietly,
but with definite and some-
! times peppery opinions, about
The last two weeks, he says,! people, places and the entertain
have altered his opinion of Tar-! ment world.
hcelia.
Dressed in a conservative suit
and candy-striped shirt, and
smokihg a long, fragrant cigar, in
his room at the Belvedere Hotel
this week, Vallee looked more like
a successful business executive
than the versatile entertainer who
has been orchestra leader, “croon
er” and stage and screen actor and
is now packing in a new genera-
“The townspeople have been
most cordial, kind and gracious to
us,” he affirmed. Mr. and Mrs.
Vallee were guests of the Rotary
Club at last Friday night’s basket
ball banquet; they have been en
tertained by Mr. and Mrs. Vernon
G. Cardy, whom they knew previ
ously and Wednesday they both
took golf lessons at the Pine
(Continued on Page 8)
VALLEE AT BANQUET—^Rudy Vallee, famous entertainer, is
pictured (standing) as he spoke at the Rotary banquet in the
Country Club last Friday night. He and his wife, Mrs. Eleanor
VaUee, who is hidden by her husband in this photo, were special
guests. Others shown left to right at the speakers’ table, are:
Dr. Vida McLeod, representing the Southern Pines board of
school trustees, Mrs. Leon Gibson and Mr. Gibson, of Fayetteville,
guest speaker: Mrs. J. B. Perkinson and Mr. Perkinson, president
elect of the club, who presided; and Mrs. Harry Chatfield, wife df
the club’s secretary-treasurer. (Photo by Hpmphrey)
Rotarians Honor Wives, Teams, 50th
Anniversary At Country Club Banquet
Members of the Rotary Club
staged one of the top events of
their 16-year history last Friday
night at the Country Club when
they observed the golden anni
versary of Rotary International,
honoring also their wives, the Ro
tary Anns, and the basketball
teams of Southern Pines High
School.
Rudy Vallee, famous entertain
er who is in the Sandhills for a
two-weeks engagement at the
Dunes Club on Midland Road,
and his wife were special guests,
seated at the speakers’ table.
J. B. Perkinson, president-elect,
presided and made the address of
welcome, in the absence of Pres
ident Johnnie A. Hall who was a
patient at Moore County Hospital
for an appendectomy.
Responding for the honored
groups were Mrs. Harry Chatfield
for the Rotary Anns, Dorothy
(Continued on Page 8)
I Awards Made To
Teams At Rotary
Annual Banquet
Members of the boys’ and girls’
basketball squads at Southern
Pines High School were honored
last Friday night at the Country
Club during the annual basketball
banquet staged by the Southern
Pines Rotary Club. Coaches of
the teams, their assistants and
school cheer leaders were recog
nized and post-season captains
were announced.
Awards for the “most valuable”
boy and girl players, given by the
John Boyd Post, Veterans of For
eign Wars, went to Johnny Wat
kins and Dorothy Newton. Gold
basketballs for the “most improv
ed” players were presented to
Betty Morris and Roger Verhoeff.
The captains named were Dorothy
^wtcn^and James Humphrey.
All-county selections, previous
ly made and reqognized at the
banquet, were Johnny. Watkins
for the boys and Dorothy Newton
and Anike Verhoeff for the girls.
The cheerleaders recognized are
Patti Woodell, chief; Dorothy
Newton, Kay Davis, Sally Michel-
son and June Brfstow.
W. A. Leonard was coach for
both boys and girls, assisted with
both teams by Don Moore and
with the girls’ team by Miss Kath
erine Ravanel.
Stars or letters were presented tc
squad members earning them and
other squad members were recog
nized, as follows:
Girls
Stars—^Dorothy Newton, Patti
(Continued on page 8)
Lawrence Ryder
Heads Elks Lodge
Lawrence Ryder h£(s been elect
ed Exalted Ruler of the Southern
Pines Elks lodge, to succeed Bry
an Poe.
The new Exalted Ruler and
other new officers will be install
ed April 7 by a delegation from
Raleigh, headed by Thad Eure,
Secretary of State and past presi
dent of the North Carolina Elks
Association.
Other new officers are: Eugene
525 Turn Out
For Supper To
Aid Sick Child
Five hundred and twenty-five
ate chicken Wednesday at the
outdoor grill on the Country Club
grounds as local civic, fraternal
and church organizations com
bined in sponsoring a benefit
event for seven-year-old Marie
Hurst who is a patient at Mem
orial Hospital, Chapel Hill, with
a rare blood disease.
Members of the supper com
mittee said Thursday that an ac
curate check of the amount rais
ed to help with the child’s medi
cal expenses had not yet been
made. ’There were many contri
butions, however, in excess ol
the cost of a supper ticket and it
is expected the event will net
several hundred dollars, after all
expenses are met.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert D. Hurst,
parents of Marie; the child’s twin
sister, Barbara Jean, and three
brothers, Al, Jerry and Rickie,
attended the supper.
Mrs. Marilyn Cerbone of 520
Kensington Road was announced
$100 savings
McKenzie, Leading Knight; Rob
ert Strouse, Loyal Knight; Walter as winner of the
Harper, Lecturing Knight; D. L.
Madigan, secretary; Joseph War
ren, treasurer; John Buchholz,
Tiler; Carlos Fry, trustee; Harry
Davis, Esquire; Fritz Gerrish, In
ner Guard; Broadus Smith, chap
lain.
bond that was given to a lucky
ticket holder.
John Buchholz was general
chairman for the event. Persons
attending and committee mem
bers called the affair a success.
BASKETBALL AWARDS—^The VFW awards to the most val
uable players on the High School basketball teams were present
ed at the Rotary Club’s basketball banquet to Johnny Watkins
and Iforothy Newton, left, by Thom McKenzie (second from
right), VFW commander. At right is James Humphrey, chosen
captain of the boys’ team. Dorothy Newton was the girls’ choice
for captain. (Photo by Humphrey)