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VOL. 36—NO. 27
Group Beginning
Study Of Compl ex
Precinct Problem
Commitlee Meets
With Council To
Map Future Work
The citizens precinct committee,
appointed several weeks ago, met
with the town council Tuesday
night. Present, besides the coun
cil, were four committee mem
bers: D. K. Bullens, Holly Faison,
Ward Hill, and Harry Menzel.
Mrs. Graham Culbreth, the fifth
member, was absent.
Also attending the meeting
were S. C. Riddle of Carthage,
Lament Brown, town attorney.
Town Manager Tom E. Cunning
ham and Louis Scheipers, town
clerk.
The meeting was in the nature
of a briefing session, to acquaint
the corhmittee with its proposed
task; to bring some order, if pos
sible, out of the cat’s-cradle of
township and precinct lines that
make up the tax and political
map of Southern Pines.
Mayor Voit Gilmore offered a
special welcome to Mr. Riddle. As
chairman of the county board of
elections, the Carthage man had
come down to lend whatever help
he could to those about to tackle
a job which he pronounced; “a
very tough one.”
Problems Involved
The question at issue is wheth-
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Mrs. Swaringen
Wins Gr,and Prize
For ‘Value Days’
Winner of the $25-in-merchan-
dise grand prize in the Southern
Pines “Vailue Days” trade promo
tion event last week was Mrs. C.
E. Swaringen of Pinehurst. Her
coupon was picked in Monday
morning’s drawing at the office
of the sponsoring Chamber of
Commerce, after individual prizes
had been awarded to a coupon
winner in each participaling busi
ness firm Saturday afternoon.
Winners of the prizes Saturday
were:
Hayes Bcok Shop, Mrs. Colin
Osborne; Theodota & Pine Shop,
Mrs. O. L. Silox, Rye, N. Y.; Hon
eycutt Credit Jewelers, Mrs. Irma
Allen, Niagara; Perkinson’s Jew
elers, Mrs. Ben Godwin, Jr.; Mod
ern Market, Mrs. C. A. Maze;
Brown’s Auto Supply, Mr. James
Polston; Melvin Bros., Willie Mae
McLellan; Southern Pines Phar
macy, Mrs. John Watkins; Glitter
Box, Bobby Cline; Patch’s Dept.
Store, Mrs. Harry Keenan; fran-
jean’s. Miss Aline Muse.
Alsci; Howard’s Bakery, Mrs.
Walworth; Agnes-Dorothy Beauty
Shop, Mrs. Gay Thomas; H. L.
Brown Agency, Mrs. A. F. Sher-.
man; SandhiU Drug Co., D. R. I
Salmon, Jr., Vass; Country ]^ook
Shop, Mrs. Albert Tufts, Pine-'
hurst; Hamel’s Restaurant, Mrs.
N. S. Kimball; Linen Comer, Mrs.
Janet Patton; Broad Street Phar
macy, Hester Graham; Parkway
Cleaners, Mrs. H. L. Graves; Hol
liday’s Coffee Shop, Harry Chat-
field; Shaw Paint & Wallpaper
Co., Karen Daniels.
TWENTY PAGES
SOUTHERN PINES. NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. MAY 26. 1955
TWENTY PAGES
PRICE—TEN CENTS
TROPHY AWARDED—J. F. Sinclair, princi
pal of West End District schools (center), pre
sents to Don Jackson (second from left), captain
of the Carthage High School baseball team, the
winner’s trophy for the Moore County baseball
championship. At left is Carthage Coach L. G.
Alexander. At Mr. Sinclair’s left is Garland
LOCAL TEAM PRAISED BY COACH
Pierce, captain of the Southern Pines Blue
Knights, holding the runner-up trophy, and at
right ft Irie Leonard, local coach. It was an
nounced this week that Jackson has been chosen
to pitch in the annual All-Star baseball game at
Greensboro in August. (Photo by Humphrey)
Carthage Edges Blue Knights 3-2
To Take County Baseball Tourney
Johnny Watkins pitched a bril
liant one-hitter for the Southern
Pines Blue Knights in finals of
the Moore County High School
baseball tournament, at Memorial
Field here Saturday night, but
Carthage scored to two errors, a
wild pitch and a single in the
fourth inning to turn back the
Knights, 3-2, and take the county
championship.
Southern Pines scored its two
runs on two consecutive doubles
by Catcher Lynn Van Benschoten
Youth Leagues To
Begin New Season
Play in the Moore County base
ball Little League and Pony
League will get started next
week—the Little League bn Mon
day and the Pony League on
Tuesday.
In Southern Pines, the Little
League is sponsored by the Lions
Club and the Pony League by
John Boyd Pc-st, Veterans of For
eign Wars—both in collaboration
with the town recreation depart
ment of which Irie Leonard is di
rector.
See and clip for future refer
ence schedule for the Little
League on page 14 and the Pony
League on page 5.
VOTERS APPROVE
SCHOOL TAX HIKE
Voiteis otf the Southern
Pines school district on Tues
day approved. 249-69. a pro
posal that the board of trus
tees increase the supplemen
tary school tax rate- in the
district from 48 to 50 cents.
The rate of 50 cents per $100
of property valuation is the
maximum tax that can be
legally levied for this pur
pose at this time.
A total of 318 persons
voted, cut of a registration of
517.
The election was called in
view of the need for addition
al funds to pay teachers' sup
plements and for other school
needs.
The new rate will apply on
taxes to be levied this year.
The entire 50 cents rate is ex
pected to bring in about $45,-
000. a figure that allows for
the loss oi uncollected taxes.
and Pitcher Johnny Watkins. Each
of these players got two hits dur
ing the game, pacing the Blue
Knights’ attack and accoimting
for all the hits allowed by Car
thage’s Don Jackson. Eller was
behind the plate for the Bulldogs.
Barrett, Carthage left. fielder,
was the hero for county seat fans
when he singled in the fourth in
ning to start his team’s parade of
three runs.
It was a fast, well-played game.
Southern Pines Coach Irie (Bunk)
Leonard said after the contest:
“Our team went very far in the
county race in proportion to their
natural ability. In fact, we had
a very successful. season, as we
had a .500 percentage during the
season, yet advanced to the coun
ty finals. This year’s squad was
one of the finest group of base
ball players I ever coached.”
Car^y Sued For
$15 Million By
His Former Wife
Vernon G. Cardy, former own
er of Thfe Paddock, has been nam
ed defendant in a $15,000,000 suit
filed in Supreme Court by his for
mer wife, Mrs. Hilda M. Cardy,
who charges he defrauded her of
that sum in community property
when they were divorced in 1950.
Mrs. Cardy charges that her
former husband, whom she mar
ried in 1916 when he was a “$20-
a-week bell-hop” in one of the ho
tels which he later purchased,
amassed a fortune of $30,000,000
j between their marriage and di
vorce, and that she is entitled to
half the amount.
The brief filed' by the plaintiff’s
attorneys states that she was in
duced “by fraud and deception”
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Burns And Spence
Portraits To Be
Unveiled June 1
Portraits of the late U. L.
Spence and R. L. Bums, distin
guished Moore County attorneys
and legislators of former years,
(viU be unveiled and tribute will
be paid to them in a memorial
ceremony at the courthouse in
Carthage at 8 p.m., Wednesday.
Taking part in the ceremony
will be a number of eminent jur
ists of the State, including Judge
R. Hunt Parker of Charlotte, asso
ciate justice of the State Supreme
Court; Judge F. Don Phillips of
Rockingham, resident judge of
the 13th judicial district; Judge
Allen H. Gwyn, of Reidsville, in
Carthage to preside over a regu
lar term of civil court; and Special
Judge W. A. Leland McKeithen of
Pinehurst. Also participating will
be a number of members of the
Moore County Bar Association.
The public is given a most cor
dial invitation to attend, said J.
Talbot Johnson of Aberdeen,
president of the association. Mem
bers of the families of both the
men to be honored will be pres
ent, and a grandchild of each will
pull the cord which wiR unveil
his portrait.
Former Unveiling Recalled
Three years ago, at a special
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T. Roy Phillips
Named Chairman
Safety Council
County Takes Part
In National Drive
For Traffic Safety
Moore county’s participation in
the North Carolina and nation
wide “Slow Down and Live” cam
paign got into a high gear at a
well-attended and enthusiastic
meeting, held at the courthouse
in Carthage Monday night.
More than 100 persons from
practically every community, and
representing all segments of the
population in Moore county, were
present at the meeting sparked by
the State Highway Patrol, with
the assistance of county leaders.
The gathering saw the organi
zation of the new Moore County
Safety Council, first steps taken
in the “saturation drive” for high
way safety from Memorial Day
to Labor Day, and a generous re
sponse to the appeal for funds to
finance the drive in Moore. Of
the $1,000 which it was estimated
will be needed, $325 or about one-
third was collected in pledges and
cash.
Phillips Council Chairman
T. Roy Phillips of Carthage,
who was serving as temporary
chairman on request of Cpl. M. S.
Parvin of the State Highway Pa
trol, was elected permanent chair
man of the council. Corporal Par
vin was elected coordinator, to
help plan the participation of all
local agencies. A secretary-treas
urer, to serve in an executive ca
pacity, is to be appointed by
Chairman Phillips. Mrs. Clark of
Siler City, field representative of
the Highway Safety Division,
served as temporary secretary for
the meeting.
Ten persons were elected to
form a steering committee, which
will be filled out by appbintments
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Veterans Sponsor Rites
For W ar Dead Sunday
Service Set
SPHS SENIORS TO
GRADUATE JUNE 7
Preliminary plans for com
mencement activities at
Southern Pines High School
were announced this week.
Full details and a list of mem
bers of the graduating class
will appear in next week’s
Pilot. The activities include:
Sunday, June 5—Baccalau
reate sermon delivered at the
Church of Wide Fellowship,
8:15 p. m., by Dr. Kenneth
Goodson, district superintend
ent of the Winston-Salem
Methodist Conference.
Monday, June 6 — Class
night, with senior class play,
Weaver auditorium, 8:15 p.m.
Tuesday, June 7 — Awards
Day ceremonies. Weaver au
ditorium, 10:30 a.m. Gradua
tion exercises. Weaver Audi
torium, 8:15 p.m., with ad
dress by Dr. Herbert V. Car-
son, chairman of the division
of religion and philosophy at
Queens College, Charlotte.
CHAIRMAN—Garland Mc
Pherson of Southern Pines
was re-elected chairman of
the Moore County Red Cross
chapter at the organization’s
annual meeting. Other new
officers are: Brig. Gen. R. B.
Hill, M. G. Boyette and J. A.
Culbertson, vice-chairmen;
Miss Grace TiUman, secre
tary; and Harry Menzel, treas
urer. Elected to the board of
directors were the Rev. C. J.
Andrews, John Paul Jones
and Dr. Emily Tufts.
MEMORIAL DAY
The Southern Pines post of
fice will follow a holiday
schedule on Monday in ob
servance of Memorial Day,
but most stores and offices, as
well as the Citizens Bank and
Trust CO'. and town offices
will remain open.
A civil term of Superior
Court will open Monday
morning at Carthage, with
Judge Allen Gwyn on the
bench. The Pilot office will
be open.
At the post office, the gen
eral delivery window will be
open from 10 to 11 a. m. only.
There will be no city deliv
ery, but mail will be dis
patched as usual from the
post office.
Hubbard To Leave Revenue Service
For Post With Citizens Bank Here
E. Earl Hubbard will be associ
ated with the Citizens Bank and
Trust Co. of Southern Pines,
starting July 1, according to an
announcement made this week by
Ncrris L. Hodgkins, Jr., executive
vice-president of the bank.
Mr. Hubbard, who is 29 years
old, has been Internal Revenue
officer in Southern Pines. He was
to have been transferred to the
office of the Director of Internal
Revenue in Greensboro. His res
ignation from the Internal Rev
enue Service win be effective
June 30.
“We consider Mr. Hubbard a
man of first class ability and are
very pleased to have him join
our staff,” Hodgkins stated in his
announcement.
Although plans of the Revenue
Service call for permanently clos
ing the local office, it will be kept
open until June 30, with the ex
ception of the period June 6-June
20, when Mr. Hubbard will be on
yacation.
Mr. Hubbard’s previously
scheduled transfer to Greensboro
was to have taken place, regard
less of whether or not the local
Internal Revenue office is closed.
A native of Stedman, Mr. Hub-
E. EARL HUBBARD
bard is a 1950 graduate of Duke
University, Durham, and has been
with the Internal Revenue Serv
ice since 1951 when he came to
Southern Pines.
He is chairman of the official
board of the Sbuthern Pines
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A. C. DAWSON
Dawson To Receive
Honorary Degree
From Alma Mater
An honorary doctor of laws
(L.L.D.) degree wiU be conferred
on Amos C. Dawson, superintend
ent of Southern Pines school, Sun
day at the commencement exer
cises of Atlantic Christian College
at Wilson. The degree honors his
achievements in service to the
cause of education.
Mr. Dawson is a 1937 graduate
of the college. Announcement of
the honor was made by the col
lege this week.
.The local educator has been
superintendent of schools here
since 1951. He had been princi
pal of the high school, 1939-1951,
and had been a teacher here in
the years 1937-1939. He has a
master’s degree from the Univer
sity of North Carolina.
Mr. Dawson served as chairman
or co-chairman of the State Leg
islative Committee of the North
Carolina Education Association
during the 1949, 1951 and 1955
sessions of the General Assembly.
He was president of the North
Carolina Education Association,
1948-49, and acting president the
previous year. He was state qhair-
man of the United Forces for Ed
ucation—a group of'many organ
izations and individuals working
together on a unified program for
a better state educational program
—in the years 1949-51.
A past president of the Moore
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Campbell Given
Nation’s Highest
Scouting Honor
William D. Campbell of South
ern Pines was awarded the na
tion’s highest Scouting honor,
the Silver Buffalo award, at a
meeting of 1,$00 of the top lead
ers of Scouting in America in St.
Louis, Mo., Friday and Saturday.
Mr. Campbell, a member of the
National Executive Board and the
Region 6 Committee, was pres
ident of the Occoneechee Council
during 1954. The council includes
Moore and* 11 other counties. He
had previously served as chair
man of Region 6, covering five
southeastern states.
On hand for the national meet
ing and the Silver Buffalo presen
tation were several members from
the Occonechee Council executive
board.
For 5 P. M.
At Cemetery
United vesper Memorial Day
services will be held at Mt. Hope
Cemetery, at 5 p.m. Sunday under
the joint sponsorship of Southern
Pines American Legion and Vet
erans of Foreign Wars posts and
their Auxiliaries.
The local National Guard bat
tery and the USAF Air-Ground
School have been invited to take
part in this memorial ceremony.
Boy and Girl Scout organiza
tions have been asked to assist in
the ceremony as in former years.
The Boy Scouts will act as honor
guard at the grave of each de
ceased veteran and the Girl Scouts
will assist the Legion and VFW
Auxiliaries in gathering flowers
and decorating graves. Scouts
from all Moore County have been
invited to attend.
The Memorial prayer service
will be conducted by the Rev.
Cheves K. Ligon, chaplain of
Sandhills Post, American Legion.
Pastors of all churches in South
ern Pines have been invited to as
sist.
Brig. Gen. Pearson Menoher
will deliver the memorial address,
after which the ceremonial decor
ation of graves will be made by
the Scouts and veterans’ organiza
tions.
Persons having flowers for use
in the ceremony are requested to
have them at the cemetery at
least by 3 p.m. Sunday. If unable
to deliver the flowers in person,
they are asked to contact a mem
ber of the Legion or VFW or their
Auxiliaries.
Shields Cameron is general
chairman of the program and asks
that the entire community join in
this memorial service to honor the
veterans of all wars. Veterans of
other communities where memo
rial services will nqj; be held at
this time are asked to join with
the Southern Pines community
and also to arrange for proper
decorating of graves in their own
neighborhoods.
Younts President
Of Broadcasters
Jack S. Younts of Southem
Pines, who is president and gen
eral manager of Sandhill Comt-
munity Broadcasters which oper
ates Radio Station WEEB here,
was elected president of the Na
tional Daytime Broadcasters. As
sociation, in Washington, D. C.,
Tuesday.
The Association represents
broadcasters in 45 states and em.-
braces about 800 rddio stations.
The group met in Washington in
conjunction with the annual con
vention of the National Associa
tion of Radio and TV Broadcast
ers.
Special Meeting Of
Council Set Tuesday
The town council will meet in
special session at 8 p.m., Tuesday
of next week with the Recreation
Advisory Committee to consider
a report of the conunittee about
recreational facilities of the town.
City Manager Tom E. Cunning
ham called the meeting “very im
portant” in calling the session at
the request of Mayor Voit Gil
more.
The Pilot Now Is Dated Thursday
With today’s edition. The Pilot
changes over from a Friday morn
ing to a Thursday afternoon news-
!)aper.
The change will not make much
difference, as the newspaper has
for years been coming off the
press on Thursday afternoon and
will continue on the same sched
ule—^but confusion will be elimi
nated for both readers and staff
by dating the paper Thursday.
Because many persons get their
Pilots Thursday afternoon or
night, it has been confusing to
read (and write) about something
that is to happen Friday night, for
instance, as taking place “to
night.” From now on, “today” or
“tonight” in The Pilot will mean
Thursday.
If a news story breaks Thurs
day morning, st^ news writers
will not have to subject them-
selves' to the awkward contortion
of writing for readers who will
see the story in two or three hours
that something happened “yester
day (Thursday).” /
Thursday night events have
posed a problem in news writing
that will now be eliminated. Pilot
writers used to have to say that
such-and-such “was to take place”
Thursday night, even though
many readers would see the story
prior to the event in question.
The Pilot thinks the change is
sensible and welcome. We be
lieve readers will agree,