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SOUTHERN PINES, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MAY 13. 1955
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Bill Would Permit Counties To Set
Up Joint Domestic Relations Court
Move For Measure
Now In Assembly
Led By Moore Men
Legislaion that would make it
possible for Moore County to
join with other counties in this
area in operation of a domestic
relations court has been introduc
ed in the State Senate by Sen.
Robert J. Morgan of neighboring
Harnett County.
Need for a domestic relations
court in this county has long been
apparent to attorneys and court
observers and Moore County is
playing a leading role in the cur
rent effort to put enabling legis
lation through the General As
sembly.
A committee of attorneys ap
pointed by the Moore County Bar
Association prepared the propos
ed legislation. On the committee
were P. H. Wilson of Carthage,
chairman; W. D. Sabiston, Jr., of
Carthage and John D. McConnell
of Southern Pines and Pinehurst
The bill was sent to Senate
Judiciary Committee No. 1 after
its introduction.
The legislation would extend
^Spring Value
Days^ Slated
19-20-21
May
“Spring Value Days,” annual
town-wide trade promotion event
of the Chamber of Commerce
will be staged Thursday, Friday
and Saturday of next week. May
19, 20 and 21, it was announced
this week by Mark King, Jr., of
the Patch Department Store and
Mrs. Jean Edson of franjean’s,
who are the committee members
in charge.
With most local merchants par
ticipating, special valued will be
offered during the three days for
the benefit of shoppers from
throughout this area..
Repeating a feature - of last
year’s Spring Value Days, each
participating merchant will stage
at 5 p. mi. Saturday, May 21, a
drawing from slips deposited in a
box during the three days, giv
ing a prize gift to the winner.
Slips of winners from all the
various stores will be takn to the
Chamber of Commerce office
where a drawing will be held for
a $25 cash grand prize on Mon
day, May 23, at a time to be an
nounced.
Mr. King said that slips for the
drawing boxes and other promo-
ticn material would be ready for
merchants early next week. Fur
ther details will appear in next
week’s Pilot.
Armed Forces Day
Lunch Tickets Here
Fifty tickets for lunch at Fort
Bragg during the^ Armed Forces
Day observance there on Stm-
day. May 22, have been made
available to the Southern Pines
Chamber of Commerce, Miss
Alice Baxter, secretary, an
nounces.
Obtainable by any one who
wants them, the tickets cost 60
cents each. "They should be pick
ed up by Mo'Uday, she said, since
she has been asked to report
back to Fort Bragg that day as
to the number sold.
For details on the all-day pro
gram at Fort Bragg May 22, see
a story elsewhere in today’s
Pilot.
an existing State law that author
izes cities and counties to set up
joint domestic relations courts.
The proposal provides that not
less than two nor more than five[
counties whose boundaries are I
contiguous could jointly employ a
special domestic relations judge'
who would travel to county seats
and hold court on a regular
schedule.
If the enabling legislation is ap
proved, the courts could not be
set up without approval of the
county commissioners of the
counties involved. The commis
sioners of counties concerned
would meet jointly to employ a
judge and fix his salary.
Juvenile Cases. Too
Such a domestic relations court,
under the proposed legislation
would remove from the clerks c-f
court their function as juvenile
judge and would place this with
the domestic relations court.
The Welfare department in
each county involved would play
an important part in the cottrt’s
work, getting background infor
mation on families of persons ap
pearing before the court and co
operating with the judge in ef
forts to assist defendants and im
prove family situations, where
possible.
Lack of background informa
tion and alternatives to a crimin
al prosecution and judgment are
stumbling blocks to handling do
mestic relations cases in the reg
ular Recorders Courts or coimty
courts, attorneys and judges say.
The move was initiated . by
Clerk of Court C. C. Kennedy of
Moore County and has been en
dorsed by court clerks in Rich
mond, Harnett, Montgomery,
Chatham, Hoke and Lee Counties,
all of which border on^Moore.
Purpose of the legislation is to
allow less populous and less weal
thy counties to share the expense
of dc-mestic relations courts.
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NIGHT SOFTBALL
LEAGUE PLANNED
All local men interested in
an adult night softball league
this summer, as players or
nuanagers, are asked to meet
in the town hall at 8 p. m.
Monday.
Irie Leonard, town recrea
tion director, said that a lea
gue would be organized at
the meeting and said he had
already been assured of con
siderable interest in the pro
posal. The league will be
sponsored by the town recre
ation department and will be
a feature of the siunmer rec
reation program directed by
Leonard,
Council Meeting
Thursday Night
The newly elected town council
was to meet Thursday night
after The Pilot’s press time—^for
its first regular meeting.
On the docket were a number
of important matters, including
presentation of the budget for the
1955-’56 fiscal year, by Town
Manager Torn E. Cunningham;
selection of a regular meeting
night for the future; a general dis
cussion of the committee which is
studying the town’s precinct sys
tem and allied matters; discussion,
of designating a planning commit
tee to advise the council with
physical planning of the town and
other matters.
• Expected to ajttend the meet
ing were the newly-elected
mayor, Voit Gilmore. Mayor Pro
Tern Harry H. Pethick, Treasurer
Walter E. Blue, Councilman
Lloyd T. Clark, who is retiring
mayor, and Councilman T. T.
Morse, the first Negro elected to
public office in Southern Pines.
TO BE DEDICATED—Members of Brownson Memorial Pres
byterian Church and the pastor, the Rev. Cheves K. Ligon, are
making elaborate plans for morning and afternoon services Sun
day, May 22, when the church sanctuary and education building
will be formaRy dedicated. Dinner will be served on the grounds
at noon. The sermon of dedication will be preached at the 11
a.m. service by the Rev. E. L. Barber of Raleigh, former pastor of
the church. Shown above is a view of the church’s spire, a famil
iar sight to local residents and one that is often admired by vis
itors as they see it framed in pine branches. Complete details of
the May 22 services will appear in next week’s Pilot.
League Of Women
Voters Delegates
Have Convention
The Southern Pines League of
Women Voters was host this week
to close to a hundred mernbers of
the state league assembled in two-
day conference at the Southland
Hotel.
Tuesday saw the state board
meeting, under the direction of
Mrs. Harold Walters, of Chapel
Hill, state president, while on
Wednesday delegations from all
ten state units, as well as three
newly formed provisional leagues,
and observers from the member
ship of the Southern Pines group,
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GOOD TAG SALE
Southern Pines receipts in the
county-wide Maternal Welfare
Committee tag sale Saturday
amounted to $214.33, Mrs. L. T
Avery said this week. Reports
from other communities of the
county had not been received
here this week. It is expected that
they will be made at a meeting
of the committee Tuesday. Local
committee members were well
pleased with results cf the sale
here. i
Varied Program
Planned For Red
Cross Gathering
Members of the Moore County
Chapter, American Red Cross, will
be able to acquire detailed knowl
edge of the far-flung activities of
the organization through the pro
gram that has been prepared for
the chapter’s Annual Meeting to
be held tonight (Friday) at the
Pine Needles Clubhouse, starting
at 8 p.m.
All sections of the county will
be represented in the schedule of
discussions and reports. An at
tendance of 100 or more is e
pected.
The'program calls for invocation
by the Rev. M. C. Henderson, pas
tor of the Methodist Church in
Carthage; a welcoming address by
the chapter chairman. Garland
McPherson of Southern Pines, and
music by the prize winning glee
club of Aberdeen High School,
with presentation by the Chapter’s
vice-chairman, T. Roy Phillips of
Carthage.
As planned, the Chapter’s An
nual Report will be in the form of
a panel discussion with Joe War
ren, radio announcer of Southern
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WITH PIRATE FLAG FLYING FROM ANTENNA
Pistol-Packing Driver Gives Area Jitters
A pistol-waving young man
who was flying a black and white
skull and crossbones flag from the
radio antenna of his automobile—
and who gave a number of per
sons first-degree jitters with his
antics in the Sandhills last Fri
day afternoon—may well take his
place in the annals of Moore
County Recorders Court beside
such unforgettable defendants as
the pianist who had 150 pink pills
concealed in the nine pairs of
socks he was wearing or the ex
uberant motorist who sped past a
red traffic light, a few years ago
standing up, barefoot, at the
wheel of his convertible.
As with the cowboy-style driv
er and the musical vagrant, the
arrest of the modern buccaneer
took place in Aberdeen where he
was placed in jail only long
enough for him to tear up a blan
ket and to rip out the plumbing
and flood his cell. Then he was
taken to jail at Carthage.
Ottis Wayne Smith, 32, of Fay
etteville and Newport News, Va.
—where police officers called by
Deputy Sheriff A. F. Dees identi
fied Smith as a familiar figure
and correctly
would plead
predicted that
innocent to all
charges and appeal his conviction
to Superior Court—faced Judgfe J.
Vance Rowe Monday charged
with: careless and reckless driv
ing, assault with a deadly weapon,
carrying a concealed weapon, ma
licious destruction of property,
transporting and illegal possession
of whiskey with the seal broken
and, to make a strange situation
stranger, “possession of pyrotech
nics”. Officers had found a bag
of assorted fireworks in his car.
As forecast by the officers of
his home communities. Smith
pleaded not guilty in Recorders
Court. He was found guilty and
was sentenced to three months on
the roads, sentence to be suspend
ed for two years on payment of a
$50 fine and the costs and pay
ment of $32 damage to property
at the Aberdeen jail, also on con
dition of good behavior during
the two year period. In passing
sentence. Judge Rowe directed
that the defendant be examined
by the county or State physician
and that doctor’s advice be fol
lowed in assigning the kind of
he
he work he would do, should
serve the prison term:
As predicted. Smith entered no
tice of appeal to Superior Court
from this judgment which was
considered rather mild by court
observers. He remained in jail
at Cartjiage this week in default
of $300 bond.
Officers related that not only
was the sinister skuU and cross-
bones insignia flying from the ra
dio antenna, but it was qjso tat
tooed on the defendant’s arrh.
There is no law against display
ing such a flag and this aspect of
the case played no part in the
trial, but the young man knows
now, if he did not know before,
that pointing a pistol at some one
is “assault with a deadly weapon”
in the eyes of the law.
State’s witness W. K. Carpenter,
Sr., of Pinebluff took the stand
to tell of a dash made into his
service station by a car contain
ing two young couples from Ham
let, who said a man was chasing
them with a pistol and asked him
to call police. The two men gave
the names of Brown and Massa-
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Young Musicians
Of Moore County
To Give Concert
17 Performers On
Program At Club In
Pinehurst Saturday
Winding up the 1954-'’55 musi
cal season, the Sandhills Music
Association will present its Sixth
Annual Young Musicians’ Concert
Saturday in the Pinhurst Coun
try Club, at 8:30 p. m.
This popular event, for which
there is no admission charge, will
present music students of 16
teachers in Moore County in
piano, vocal and instrumental
selections, with most of the stu
dents playing the piano. One col
lege student will also play.
Dr. William F. Hollister will be
master of ceremonies. On the pro
gram committee are Mrs. N. L.
Hodgkins, Mrs. Norris Hodgkins,
Jr., and Mrs. Ralph Chandler
Jr., all of Southern Pines.
Here are the students to per
form, with each student’s name
followed by the teacher (unless
otherwise indicated, a piano sel
ection is to be played):
Anna Dell Smith, Southern
Pines—Mrs. C. R. Mills; Judy
Stanley, Cameron School—Mrs.
W. G. Ferguson; Willis Reward
Williams, Robbins School—Mrs
H. G. Poole; Annette Davis, Car
thage—Mrs. Floy Dalrymple; Miss
Elsie Lawrence, Aberdeen (voice)
—Mrs. Roscce Prince; Henry
Turner. Jr.. Southern Pines—Mrs.
Frances R. Webb, Lucy McDaniel,
Southern Pines—Sister Charles
Marie; Ann Ehrhardt, Pinehurst
—Miss Gladys Stutts.
Also: Dorothy Von Canon, West
End—^Mrs. L. R. Sugg; Graham
Farrell, Aberdeen—Mrs. C. H.
Storey; Mike Lewis, Aberdeen
(trumpet), accompanied by Miss
Edwina Hallman—^Lynn H. Led-
den; Ava Gosnell, Aberdeen—
Mrs. Lucile Oliver; Leon Keith,
Vass-Lakeview School—Mrs. H
D. Mclnnis; Mary Elizabeth Chap
pell, Southern Pines—Miss Nancy
Mackie; Becky Traylor, Southern
Pines—Mrs. C. C. McDonald;
Dorothy Ritter, Robbins—Mrs. W
F. Hancock; Margaret Grimm,
Carthage—(no local teacher, is
now student at Meredith College)
Rej^istration To End
Saturday For Special
School Tax Election
Young People To
Have Discussion
Youth Week Talks
The united young people’s serv
ice, to be held at 6 p. m. Sunday,
at the Church of Wide Fellow
ship, will feature a panel discus
sion whose topic will be an ap
praisal of the talks made here re
cently by the Rev. Joe Flora of
Greensboro, during an interde
nominational Youth Week observ
ance.
The united young people’s or^
ganization meets monthly and is
composed of groups from the
Baptist, Episcopal, Methodist and
Presbyterian churches and the
Church of Wide Fellowship, in
Southern Pines; the West End
Methodist Church, Culdee Church
and the Pinehurst Community
Church.
Young people attending the
meeting Sunday are asked to
bring sandwiches. Soft drinks and
other refreshments will be provi
ded by the Women’s Society of the
church, of which Mrs. Bryan Poe
is leader.
Members of the discussion
panel will be Kay Davis, James
Prim, Sally Michelson, Jimmy
McDonald and Dorothy Newton
James Humphrey will be moder^
ator.
NO PLANS YET
FOR 2nd SHOTS
Dr. J. W. Willcox, Moore
County health officer, said at
noon Thursday that he is
awaiting information from the
State Health Department as to
when a "second round" of
vaccination shots will be giv
en in this county to first and
second grade students who re
ceived their first shots two to
three weeks ago.
"All I know is what you see
in the papers." the health of
ficer said. "They said they
would notify us by wire
when to go ahead and notifi
cation has not yet arrived."
The Moore health depart
ment has not received the
vaccine for the second shot
which was originally schedul
ed to be given from two to
four weeks after the first shot..
Dr. Jonas Salk, developer of
the vaccine, told the Associat
ed Press at Pittsburgh. Pa..
Wednesday "that the spacing
of the second inoculation be
yond the two to four weeks
period is not material, provid
ed it is given before the en
suing epidemic season or be
fore exposure in the individ
ual instance."
Tennis Clinic Set
For Sunday; School
T ourneyUnder way
Four University of North Caro
lina tennis players will be at the
municipal courts at 2 p.m., Sun
day to take part in a tennis clinic
that is one of a series being put
on by the North Carolina State
Tennis Association over the state.
The clinic will fall at the con
clusion of the annual Moore Coun
ty School tennis tournament spon
sored by the Junior Sandhill Ten
nis Association. The school event
opened Wednesday and will- run
through Sunday, with both high
school and elementary school boys
and girls taking part.
The UNC players will give' in
struction to young folks taking
part in the school tourney and all
other interested persons. There
is no charge. The college players
will also stage some exhibition
matches.
UNC players coming to South
ern Pines are: Bob Bdrtner, Rich
mond, Va., ninth ranking player
in the Middle Atlantic Association
in 1954; John Foster, of Fairfield,
Conn., third ranking junior play
er in New England; Tommy Hold
er, Charlotte, former Charlotte
(Continued on page 8)
Melhodist Men's Club
Sels Charter Meeting
' The Methodist Mfen’s Club of
the Southern Pines .Methodist
church, will hold its Charter
meeting at Highland Lodge Sun
day night May 15, starting -^ith
supper at 6:30 p. m. All present
members and anyoqe interested
in joining are urged to attend.
The Star Methodist Men’s club,
who will be sponsors, wiU offici
ate at the Charter-Night cere
monies.
2-Cent Rise
In Tax Rate
Is The Issue
Residents of the Southern Pines
school district may register at the
fire station through Saturday for
voting in a special school tax elec
tion to be held May 24.
In the election, the board of
school trustees is seeking author
ity from residents of the district
to increase the local school sup
plement tax from 48 cents to 50
cents per $100 of property valua
tion.
Voters must register in the pe
riod ending Saturday in order to
vote. Registration on either town
or county election books does not
entitle a person to vote in this
election, as the school district has
different boundaries than either
the town or Southern Pines pre
cinct.
Increased costs of operation and
need to increase local teachers’
supplements, in order to obtain
the best possible teachers, are
cited by the trustees as main rea
sons for calling the election at this
time.
If approved, the two cents in
crease in the tax supplement
would appear on this year’s tax
bills. Local school taxes are billed
through the county with regular
county real estate and personal
property taxes.
While the authorization sought
in the May 24 election is to raise
the school supplement tax in this
district only two cents, the pre-
posal assumes that the county T^riU
take over debt service payments
oh the Southern Pines gymnasium
debt. These payments currently
account for 14 of the 48 cents in
the local tax rate.
Authorization of the additional
two cents would provide a 16
cents rate to be applied on costs
of operation and maintenance and
on the local salary supplement
which, school officials describe as
vital if good teachers are to be
obtained.
Teacher salary supplements run
higher in many North Carolina
communities than in Southern
Pines, according to School Supt.
A. C. Dawson. If sufficient sup
plement is not provided locally, a
school loses out in the stiff com
petition in hiring teachers, he said.
Assembly Bill Noted
A bill introduced in the General
Assembly at Raleigh, giving
Southern, Pines Schqol trustees
the authority to levy a school sup
plement tax rate up to and includ
ing 60 cents per $100 of property
valuation is not to be confused
with the proposal to raise the rats
to 50 cents in the May 24 election.
School Board Chairman John
Howarth said this week.
The bill, introduced by Rep. H.
Clifton Blue of Aberdeen, is to
give the local board authority to
increase the rate, should it be
necessary in the future. The bill
does not mean that the t^ will
be raised to a 60-cent rate in the
coming year, Mr. Howarth said.
CLOSING MAY 20
The Citizens Bank and Trust
Co. and other banks of this area
will be closed Friday of next
week. May 20, in observance of
Mecklenburg Independence Day
a State bank holiday.
LIBRARY WANTS
OLD MAGAZINES
An appeal for old maga
zines of all types, to be dis
tributed to schools, was made
this week by Mrs. Dorothy
Avery, county librarian. Per
sons having magazines are
asked to leave them at the
Southern Pines Library. If
unable to take the magazines
to the librarv, call 2-7875 and
seme one will pipk them up.
Magazines distributed in this
manner reach many homes
wheije thev are enjoyed. Mrs.
Avery said past experience
has shown.
Highfalls, Pinehurst Win Openers In
County Tourney; Knights Pla^ Tonight
The Moore County-High School
baseball tournament began Tues
day with first round victories by
Highfalls over Farm Life, and by
Pinehurst over Westmoore.
Highfalls goes into a quarter
finals game with Rqbbins today
(Friday), while Pinehurst takes
on Carthage in another quarter
finals contest, also today.
Southern Pines Blue Knights
will play Vass-Lakeview tonight
(Friday) at 8 p. m: under lights
at Memorial Field in the local
team’s first game of the tourna
ment, while Aberdeen tangles
with West End today in the
fourth quarter-finals fray.
If Southern Pine., wins tonight,
the Blue Knights will face the
winner of the Robbins-Highfalls
game in a semi-finals game to be
played here Tuesday night of
next week.
'The other semi-finals contest—
between winners of the Pine-
hurst-Carthage and Aberdeen-
West End games—is set for Mem
orial Field here Wednesday night.
Finals also will be played at the
local field Friday night. May 20.
All night games will start at 8
p. m.
In their final game of the reg
ular season last Thursday night,
the Blue Knights lost to Robbins,
8-0.
Carthage is playing in the
Moore tournament because it lost
to Mount Gilead in a State Class
A playoff game last Friday.