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THE PILOT'—Southern Pines, North Carolina
Driver Lucky As
Car Hits Train
Just about the luckiest young
man around last Friday night was
Sgt. George R. Sook, 23, of the
staff of the USAF Air-Ground
School at Southern Pines, when
his car hit a train at a Southern
Pines street crossing and he re
ceived only minor injuries. Ser
geant Sook, driving a 1948 Buick
sedan, waited at the Vermont
Avenue crossing beycnd the pas
senger station for a southbound
freight to pass, then started across
without realizing that a north
bound train was coming on the
ether track.
The engine caught the front
end of his car and knocked it into
the shrubbery on the right of way
but without even breaking a pane
of glass. Several hundred doUars’
damage was estimated for the
car. As for Sergeant Sool^ who
lives at 310 N. Page St., he receiv
ed only a bump on the head and
a slight injury to one ankle.
EXPLORERS TO MEET
The Court of Awards for the
Explorers Unit of I oy Scouts of
America, Post 809, will be held on
Friday of next week at 8 p. m. in
the Church of Wide Fellowship.
Parents and friends of the boys
are cordially invited.
Dr. Charles Phillips was re
cently appointed Advisor of Post
• 809. The Explorer Unit meets in
the Church of Wide Fellowship
each first and third Monday eve
ning at 8 o’clock, and is the or
ganization for the older boys, ages
14 through 17. Its present mem
bership is 20.
ELECTION
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nOher of Knollwood.
Other names mentioned in dis
cussion of the election are Leland
Daniels, Harry Pethick and Harry
Menzel.
In West Southern Pines, pos
sible candidates are the Rev. J. R.
Funderburk, J. T. Saunders and
T. T. Morse.
authorities said, in the number
of deg tags sold when the law is
enforced.
Must Have Tags
Under the program, dogs with
out tags are considered to have
no legal owner, and are dealt
with as strays, which of course
many of them are. The problem
cf stray, abandoned and homeless
dogs has been a continuing one.
Besides presenting a pitiful spec
tacle, such strays constitute a
serkus health menace for both
humans and other animals. When
impounded, they are kept for a
reasonable length of time for a
possible owner to claim them and
pay the necessary fee. Those
claimed by no one are humanely
disposed of.
Organizations which have re
cently endorsed the establish
ment of a dog program in Moore
County include the Aberdeen
town board. Southern Pines
Chamber of Commerce, Pinehurst
Chamber of Commerce, Moore
County Farm Bureau and Sand
hills Wildlife Club. The Pilot has
backed the program editorially
at intervals for more than a year.
W. H. (Hardy) Barber, .the new
warden, and his wife were for
merly supervisors of the County
Home, before it was closed last
November in favor of boarding
homes for the indigent. The Bar
bers have continued to make their
home at the County Farm as care
takers for the property.
® ;make “America” the national an-
there is a strong movement to
PINK COAT VICTORS—Mrs. Vernon G. Cardy (light coat)
receives from Mrs. Audrey Kennedy the William J. Kennedy
Memorial Trophy for the victory of Mrs. Cardy’s Happy Tour
(being held in background) in the Pink Coat race for members of
the Moore County Hounds, at Saturday’s Stoneybrook Steeple
chase. Mr. Cardy stands beside Mrs. Cardy and at left is William
(Billy) Tate, rider of the winner, in hunting attire.
(Photo by Humphrey)
BARBER NAMED
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in all its phases.
Main job of the commissioners,
said Chairman Cameron, was
“digging up the money. We got
a little from the contingent fund,
and borrowed from this depart
ment and that.” It was considered
important, however, not -to wait
till the beginning of the new fis
cal year, when new county ap
pointments usually go into effect,
in view cf the annual vaccination
season now coming up.
Mr. Barber will work with Dr.
J. I. Neal in connection with the
clinics. Dr. C. C. McLean, the
county’s other veterinarian, has
agreed to act as an adviser in get
ting the new program started off
right, and is helping 'to plan the
dog pound.
On May 1, Or shortly thereafter,
dogs without vaccination tags will
be impounded by the warden.
The movement for a dog war
den in Moore county got under
way a year or so ago when the
State Department of Public
Health urged that the program be
adopted as a health measure in
all counties. After it gets under
way it pays for itself, the State
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C. LOUIS MEYER
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Evanston, Ill., one of the coun
try’s outstanding adoption homes;
the Chicago Boys’ Club and the
Chicago Children’s Hospital. Also,
he was a founding trustee and
chairman of the building commit
tee of the Children’s Memorial
Hospital of Omaha, built in 1948
with 100 beds. He established a
scholarship lor deserving youth,
known as the C. Louis Meyer
Scholarship, at the University of
Nebraska, his alma mater.
Mr. Meyer was born April 28,
1886, in Omaha, attended local
schools and graduated from the
University of Nebraska and the
Columbia University Engineer
ing School.
FO'unided Conlpany
In 1912 he.founded the Con
crete Engineering Co., later
known as the Ceco Steel Prod
ucts Corporation. At the time of
his death October 5, 1953, he was
chairman of the board of that
company, with 18 plants and 35
offices throughout the^U. S. with
home offices in Chicago.
Starting with the Meyer Re
movable Steel Form, he patented
numerous inventions which mark
ed advances in the construction
industry.
Among outstanding works of
the company are the Golden Gate
Bridge, the Chicago Merchandise
Mart and the Chicago Tribune
Building. During 'World War 2
the main plant was converted (or
the building cf Bailey Bridges,
landing mats and fusilages. The
Ceco Company received the
Army-Navy “E” award for a per-
fc^t record in completion of it?
contracts.
Mr. Meyer, a member of the
Civil Engineers of America, serv
ed for a time as president of the
Consrete Steel Institute of Amer
ica. He was a former member of
the board of directors of the
Omaha National Bank.
He was a member. of the Old
Elm Club, Shore Acres Club, Chi
cago Club and the University
Club of Chicago, as well as the
River Club of New York City,
and, since undergraduate days
the Phi Delta Theta social frater
nity.
Purchased Bilyeu Farm
Mr. and Mrs. Meyer purchased
Bilyed Farm, near Pinehurst, in
1946. Taking full part in the
sporting, civic and church, life of
the local resort community, he
became well beloved for his gen
tle and unassuming personality,
his kindness, and generosity
which never sought publicity.
He was a founding member and
for cne year president of the Mid-
South Horse Show Association, a
member of the Moore County
Hounds, the Tin Whistles of Pine
hurst and the board cf directors
of the Pinehurst Country Club.
He was active in the work of
the Pinehurst 'Village Chapel,
served as a director of the Pine
hurst Religious Association for
many years and was chairman of
the executive committee at the
time of his death.
His interests were actively
shared by his wife, the former
Mary Luman Moore of Salt Lake
City, and their daughters, Mrs.
Robert H. Hall of Omaha and
Mrs. C. Foster Brown of Winnet-
ka. Ill.
Mrs. Meyer formerly served as
chairman of the Omaha Commu
nity Chest, president of the Oma
ha Junior League and a regional
director of the Junior Leagues of
America. She is now on the board
of the Cradle Society of Evanston,
Ill. She is much interested in golf
and served as president of the
Silver Foils of Pinehurst.
Daughters Active
Their daughter, Mary Elaine
Meyer Hall, is actively serving on
the Moore County Hospital build
ing committee, which has super
vision of the building program,
including the C. Louis Meyer
Memorial Wing. She an^ her sis
ter, Alice Meyer Brown, both put
in many hours of service as
nurse’s aides during World War
2. Mrs. Brown is no/w on the
board of the Ridge Farm Preven
torium at Chisago. She formerly
served with the Junior League
Day Nursery, of Omaha.
Mrs. Hall was, with her father,
one of the original board mem
bers of the Children’s Hospital of
Omaha, serving as its vice-presi
dent, member of the finance and
executive committees and chair
man of the decorating and public
relations committees. She organ
ized the gift shop and snack bar,
under Junior League auspices,
and is now a member of the
Woman’s Board. She is an officer
of the Service League of the Bish
op Clarkson Memorial Hospital
now building a new plant at
Omaha. She has Served as direct
or of the Family and Child Wel
fare Board in Omaha, also presi
dent of the Child Day Care Cen
ters of that city.
AWARDS
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Woodell, Betty Morris, Kay Da
vis, Betty Jo Britt, Sally Michel-
son, Jacque Davenport, Patty
Hobfcs and Anike Verhoeff.
Letters—Patty Britt md Jeem
Godwin, manager.
Other squad members—Ginger
Woodell, Lillian Bullock, Joan
Howarth, Barbara Williams, Gin
ger Aden, Mary Grant, Nancy Jo
Traylor, Craig White, Grace Du
pree, Janice Holliday, Louise Mc
Donald, Katherine Harriss', Gail
Bradford, Dolores Maready and
Joanne Goodwin.
. Boys
Stars—Johnny Watkins, Bobby
Cline, James Humphrey, Tony
Parker and Jimmy McDonald,
manager.
Letters — Roger Verhoeff, Joe
biggs. Bill Marley and Bobby
Parker.
Other squad members — John
Seymour, Billy Hamel, Jimmy
Bowden, Jack Carter, Thomas
Vann, Julian Pleasants, James
Prim, Andy Patterson, Jimmy
McCall, David Prim, Skipper
Spence, John Ormsby, George
Reams, Phillip Guin, Charles
Weatherspoon and Bill McDonald.
HOSPITAL GIFT
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be received by the hospital for
improvements which will make it
one of North Carolina’s finest and
most modern. Previously announc
ed, and initiating the program as
a whole, was $50,000 from Mr. and
Mrs. H. Arnold Jackson of Pine
hurst for a new emergency suite,
to be built as a memorial to their
two sons.
Other local gifts have made up
the rest of the community’s share
necessary to secure the State and
federal grants. Though the major
needs are now taken care of, Mr.
Howerton said the program is still
“a minimum one” and several
projects suitable for memorials,
and ineligible for State and fed
eral grants, remain earnestly
wished for.
“We deeply appreciate Mrs.
Meyer’s generous gift and most
suitable memorial,” he said, “and
we wish also to add our support
to the statements by both Mrs.
Meyer and the Jacksons, that
they feel their gifts will be most
useful if they can inspire others
to act in a similar way in such a
cause.”
Facilities at the hospital for
child patients have long been
present ward, directly over the
boiler room in the rear wing, was
not originally designed nor equip
per for this purpose. Physicians
and nurses do their best with too
little space, and inadequate treat
ment facilities. Noise and heat
from the boiler cause discomfort,
especially in summer.
Proposed New Unit
The proposed new unit, to be
called the C. Louis Meyer Mem
orial Wing—with a plaque to that
effect placed at the entrance—
will be a completely modern
pediatric facility, especially de
signed for the purpose, and .with
adequate space for examination,
treatment, recreation and isola
tion. It will contain 24 beds
plus waiting room, toilet fa
cilities, pantry, utility room,
examination and treatment rooms,
play room and nursing station, all
with the best and latest equip
ment.
The present rear wing will be
extended 90 feet, to accommodate
the new emergency suite on the
first floor, the pediatric ward on
the second, with separate en
trances. Also on the first floor
will be storage space and the pur
chasing and housekeeping depart
ments. The power plant will have
its own new building, and a laun
dry will also be built and mod-
ernly equipped.
The revised program also calls
for a completely changed en
trance to the hospital. The pres
ent steps will be removed and an
addition built at the front to
house the lobby and canteen,
business and administrative of
fices, with entrance on the
ground level.
Rearrangement cf existing
space made possible by these
changes will permit expansion of
the laboratory space on the first
floor, with all laboratories
brought together for greater effi
ciency, also the addition of need
ed storage and supply space. All
the new construction will be com
pletely fire resistant. Capacity of
the hospital will be increased
from the present 120 beds to 135.
Plans Being Drawn
The plans are now being drawn
by George 'Watts Carr, hospital
architect, of Durham, and it is an
ticipated that plans and specifica
tions may be approved, contracts
let and actual construction begin
by early fall, Mr. Howerton said.
The improvement program will
take all of the $450,000, he esti
mated. 'WJiile in certain respects,
notably the emergency suite and
children’s wing, the hospital will
then no longer have to take a
back seat to any in the State
some needs will continue to exist,
dependent on further local con
tributions.
The administrator specified
these as prime needs which will
still remain: modernization of the
old portion of the hospital, to
make it on a par with the new;
a modern hutcmatic elevator to re
place one now more than 25 years
old—this item alone costing $20,-
000; air-conditioning throughout
most parts of the hospital (opera
ting rooms and labor room now
being the only ones air-condition
ed) ; a complete new surgical suite
(present operating rooms are be
ing rapidly outgrown, and are not
expansible); and a new central
sterilizing and supply room.
them, to replace ‘The Star Span
gled Banner” because, he said, the
former is easier to sing and ex
presses more completely the gen
eral spirit of the nation, while the
present national anthem com-
mem.c-rates a single battle.
The entertainer contrasted the
courteous treatment he had re-
'ceived during this visit to North
Carolina with unfortunate experi
ences he said he had had in the
state some 20 years ago in certain
Tar Heel cities, and expressed ap
preciation for the Rotarians’ hos
pitality. Mrs. Vallee also spoke
briefly.
Leon Gibson of Fayetteville,
past Rotary district governor and
past president of the Fayetteville
club, was the guest speaker of the
evening, tracing the history of
Rotary and stressing the point
that success of Rotary depended
on active work in club projects,
not merely financial assistance or
passive approval. He discussed
also the celebrated Rotary “Four-
Way Test” which asks of things
Rc-tarians think, say or do: ‘T. Is
it the truth? 2. Is it fair to all epn-
cerned? 3. Will it build goodwill
and better friendships? 4„ Will it'
be beneficial to all concerned?”
The speaker was introduced by
Mr. Perkinson.
Speaking briefly also were
Mayor Lloyd T. Cllark; E. J. Aus
tin, who was the Golden Anniver
sary chairman for the local club
and discussed Rotary’s history; A.
C. Dawson, schools superinten
dent; and Irie Leonard, high
school principal.
W. A. Leonard, head coach of
the boys’ and girls’ basketball
teams, presented the basketball
letters, stars and other awards,
with the exception of the 'VFW
cups which were presented by
VFW Commander 'Thom McKen
zie. (See another story in today’s
Pilot for details).
Mr. Perkinson was chairman of
the banquet committee whose
other members were the Rev. C.
V. Covell, E. J. Austin, Dr. W.- C.
Timmons and James Hartshome.
Dancing followed the comple
tion of the formal program.
Sunday evening radio broadcasts
with Edgar Bergen and his Char
lie McCarthy and Mortimer Snerd
dummies. He said the broadccist
is fun, because they work without
a script—but both are heavily in
sured against slips of the tongue
that might prove controversial.
ROTARIANS
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Newton for the girls’ team and
Bobby Cline for the boys’ team.
Guests were introduced by
Harry Chatfield, following an in
vocation by Dr. W. C. Timmons
and the singing of “America.”
Choice of the opening song was
approved by Mr. Vallee, When he
woefully inadequate, he said. The was introduced. He noted that
VALLEE
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Needles Club—trying a game that
Vallee says rather sadly he has
never had time to pursue because
of his strenuous schedule and the
odd living pattern of the enter
tainer. They enjoyed the Stoney
brook races Saturday.
Tonight (Friday) will mark his
final appearance at the Dunes
Club where he does two separate
and different acts, each lasting
over an hour. He mixes old and
new songs, plays the saxaphone,
tells anecdotes and stories and
philosophizes a bit.
'You could describe the act as
a combination of Hildegarde, Joe
E. Louis and Sophie Tucker,” he
explains. “It’s a conglomeration of
the best features I and others have
been doing for the past 25 years.
You can’t please everybody,”
Vallee points out. “AU any per
former can hope to do is please
the majority.” He cited objections
that had been made by “a few
fanatics and busybodies,” to cer
tain jokes he’s using in his ap
pearance here—and which he re
fused to remove from the show.
The jokes are told in an Irish dia
lect and objections to them were
made on religious grounds, he
said. '
“An entertainer seeks to bring
laughter into the hearts and minds
of people,” he continued, “a qual
ity surely needed in this world
with bombs hanging over our
heads. I try to take an audience
away from the workaday world
and give pleasure, comfort, laugh
ter and solace.”
Vallee has broken his stay here
each weekend to go by train to
New York City to take part in
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