v; c .I' -Iv SLOW DOWN AND LIVE! HELP STOP HIGHWAY DEATHS SLOW DOWN AND LIVE! HELP STOP HIGHWAY DEATHS Oil Company Buys Big Tract Between S. Pines, Aberdeen To Build Station, Offer Other Parts Of Land For Sale One of the largest real estate transactions involving undevelop ed land in the histcry of Moore County was completed Tuesday with the purchase by Esso Stand ard Oil Co. of a tract of about 186 acres, with a 1,700-foot frontage on US Highway 1 between Scuth- , ern Pines and Aberdeen, for the price of $67,720. In completing the 'deal with owners W. T. Huntley and D. I Allred, of Southern Pines, Esso Standard got in just under the deadline, having taken an option cn the land for three months oh March 1, with an extension for 30 days granted May 1. The transaction was handled by L. T. Clark, Southern Pines real estate dealer, with officials of Esso Standard at Charlotte head ed by Herbert Dowd, manager qf the North Carolina division of the company. The tract extends more than a mile west of US 1, all the way to Aberdeen Creek, across from the drive-in theatre, at a location where it is anticipated US High way 15-501 will be extended from Pinehurst to intersect with US 1. Service Station Planned Clark said Esso Standard plans to build a “super-service station” on part of the land, occupying a 300-foot frontage, the site to be determined after it is known where the highway intersection will be. The rest of the land will then be offered for sale, under heavy restrictions, to enterprises which are deemed suitable for high-type development of the arfea. The re- 25 To Receive Diplomas Tuesday; Other Commencement Events Set Twenty-five members of the Class of 1955 at Southern Pines High School will receive diplomas Tuesday when graduation exer cises will be conducted in Weaver Auditcrium at 8:15 p. m. Students to graduate are: Pa tricia Ann Blasko, Norma Ruth Bowles, Patricia Janet Woodell Campbell, Donald Taylor Cheat ham, James McLeod Holliday Collins, Jerry Dean Daeke, Wil- lene Catherine Davis, Kathryn Ann Dwight, Dcnald Ray Haney, Gilbert Carlyle Harbort, Elizabeth Anita Harriss, Martina Frances Harriss, Shirley Ann Calcutt Holder. Also: James Harry Menzel, Betty Lou Morris, Dorothy Eliz abeth Newton, Geirland Frank Pierce, Paunl Laurence Propst John Robert Ramsey, Jean Char- Ictte Safford, William James Ses- soms, Jr., Emery Smith HI, An thony Geral4 Spinello, Lelmor Kenneth Tew, Rodney Buell Whiting. The school band, under direc tion of Lynn H. Ledden, will play the processional and recesionai, as well as two other selections, during the program. Dr. Herbert V. Carson, chair man of the division of religion and philosophy at Queen’s College Charlotte, will deliver the com mencement address. He will be introduced by John M. Howarth chairman of the school board of trustees. The Rev. C. V. Covell, rector of Emmanuel Episcopal Church, will speak the invocation. Bene diction will be pronounced by Father Peter M. Denges of St. An thony’s Catholic Church. Honor Graduates Ncrma Ruth Bowles, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Qurnie L. Bowles of Niagara, is the first honor graduate, or valedictorian, of the strictions are to be worked out class. Patricia Janeti Woodell by Clark in cooperation with Esso I Campbell, daughter cf Mr. and Standard officials, and he will Mrs. Isaac A. Woodell of 145 E. handle all sales and development. 'The highway frontage will be used for commercial develop ment, while it is anticipated that the portion of the tract toward Aberdeen Creek will become a residential subdivision. The tract includes the former site of the Hole-In-One golf range which is at the northeast corner of the property, fronting on the high way. The 1,700 feet frontage on Highway 1 extends south from there. There are no structures at pres ent on the tract except a small office for a sand company which is marketing sand on a contract basis. The contract has been transferred from the former own ers to Esso Standard. (Continued on page 8) TOP HONOR GRADS—With Weaver Auditorium, where they wiU receive their diplomas, in the background, the valedictorian and salutatorian of the Class of 1955 at Southern Pines High School are pictured here. At left is Norma Ruth Bowles, first honor graduate, and at right “Patti” Woodell Campbell, second honor graduate. (Photo by Humphrey Jl' Todd by 8 p. m. Tuesday, in the All members of the east are not Softball League Play Opens 14tli Play in the newly organized Adult Softball League will start Tuesday, June 14, Irie Leonard, summer recreation director, said today. Regularly scheduled games will continue through July 26, with two games played each night at Memorial Field, the first at 7:30 and the second at 9:30. Sponsored by the Town Recrea tion Department, the League in cludes teams representing the USAF Air-Ground Operation School, Carolina Power and Light Co., Southern Pines Lions Club, N. C. Catholic Laymen’s Associa tion, Colonial Furniture Co., “Hol liday’s Chicks” and “Hill Top Jokers.” The regular summer recreation program, with varied activities for all ages of young people, wiU open Monday, June 13, to run through August 19, Leonard said. Commissioners To Convene On ^^^onday Reports from county depart ments on budget needs in the fis cal year starting July 1 will be heard by the county commission ers when they gather for their regular meeting in the courthouse at Carthage Monday. Preliminary work on making up a new county budget has begun. Illinois. Ave., is the second hon or grJiduate, or salutatorian. Listed as other honor graduates are Dorothy Elizabeth Newton, Willene Catherine Davis and Elizabeth Anita Harriss, the lat ter two having spent two years as students in Southern Pines High School. Honor graduates must have a general average of 90 or above for each year in which they are in high school. Marshals, who are chosen on a basis of scholarship from other high school classes, are: Bobby Cline, chief; Bill Mar ley, John Seymour, David McCallum, Bar bara Williams, Frances Nall. Thomas Vann, Joan Howarth. Anike Verhoeff, Beth Turner and Mary Louise McDonald. The Senior Class Mothers Club will entertain seniors, juniors, alumni and faculty with a dance at the Country Club after the graduation ceremonies. This years’s commencement exercises are dedicated to the lov- ! ing memory of June Alton Phil- , lips, whose death occurred in the past year, ‘Tor his many years of devoted and unselfish service to the boys and girls of Southern Pines High School.” The alumni cf the Southern Pines High School are invited to march with the graduating class. school cafeteria. Baccalaureate Sermon Events of the finals will begin at 8:15 p. m. Sunday in the Chuch of Wide Fellowship when Dr. Kenneth Goodscn, superin tendent of the Winston-Salem District of the Methodist Church will deliver the commencement sermon. Dr. W. C. Timmons, pas tor of the church, will deliver the invocation. Scripture reading will be by the Rev. David Hoke Coon, pastor of the First Baptist Church. The Rev. Robert L. Bame, pastor of the Southern Pines Methodist Church will pronounce the bene diction. The school choir will sing two selections during the program. Mrs. L. D. McDonald will be at the organ for processional and recessional and to accompany singing of hymns. Class Night Second event on the finals pro gram will be Class Night, with “Drums of Death,” a mystery play, to be presesnted by the Senior class Monday at 8:15 p. m. in Weaver Auditorium. There wiT be a small admission charge. The cast of the play includes: seniors. Awards Day Next of the finals events comes Tuesday at 10:30 a. m., with hon ors and awards exercises'. No ad vance announcement is made of the awards. A full list of recipi ents will be in next week’s Pilot. Noma Ruth Bowles, first honor graduate, is a sister of Doris Lee Bowles who was valedictorian of the class of 1952—an unusual honor lor one family. She was a marshal in her freshman and sophomore years in school and was chief marshal last year. Specializing in commercial subjects, she was voted “most de pendable” and “best looking” by members cf her class. She was manager of girls’ basketball in her sophomore yeat, was vice- president of her class and student council representative, in her junior year, and was treasurer of the senior class and corresponding secretary cl the Student Council in her senior year. Patricia Janet (“Patti”) Wood ell Campbell, second honor grad uate, is the wife of John Thomas Campbell, Jr. They were married this spring. She has played basketball dur ing four years of high school and Mrs. Abraham, 96, Oldest Resident Of Town5Succumbs Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at the Church of Wide Fellowship for Mrs. Grace K. Abraham, 96, who died Sun day night at Moore County Hos pital, Pinehurst. She was the town’s oldest resident in point of age and had made her home here since 1912. Officiating were Dr. W. C. Tim- m.ons, pastor of the church, and the Rev. C. V. Coveil, rector of Emmanuel Episcopal Church. Burial was in the family plot at the Methodist Cemetery, Damas cus, Pa., today (Thursday). Mrs. Abraham had been in the hospital for the past two weeks, following a fall. About 25 years age, she broke her hip, but had remained active, although she used crutches. Born at Equinunk, Pa., Septem ber 5, 1858, Mrs. Abraham was the daughter of David and Sylvia Erisack Kellam. She was educa ted at Prompton Academy, Prompton, Pa. On April 22, 1884 she was married to George Cly- mer Abrahami and they lived in Pennsylvania before moving to Southern Pines. Three of their five children sur vive: Mrs. Clarence M. Peck of Binghampton, N. Y.; and Mrs. Harry H. Pethick and Mrs. Norris L. Hodgkins, of Southern Pines. A daughter, Grace, died in infan cy, and a son, Clinton D. Abra ham, was killed in an automobile accident at Toronto, Canada, in 1920. Seven grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren also survive. George C. Abraham, who had a successful career in the mercan tile and lumbering business be fore coming to Southern Pines, died at Moore County Hospital March 29, 1941, at the age of 81. He was a director of the Citi zens Bank and Trust Co. from 1927 until his death and had been (Continued on Page 8) S250,000 Bond Issue For Recreation Asked lO-Cent Raise Clark Backed For State Post In Tax Rate Is Suggested Friends in the Sandhills and other parts cf the State are pro moting the cause of Lloyd T. ^ special meeting of the Clark, local funeral director, real, council Tuesday night, the estate dealer and member of the] Advisory Committee town council, for appointment by j P^ss^rited a survey which termed Governor Hodges to the office of j facilities here inade- State Burial Commissioner. '(and recommended construc tion of two swimming pools and two community centers, with the suggestion that the $250,000 pro ject be financed by a bond issue. Action to be taken by the coun cil, if any, would be to call an election in which residents of the town would vote on whether or A delegation of nine went to Raleigh Friday morning to see Governor Hodges and endorse Clark fer the post. 'While the Governor listened sympathetically, and himself spoke words of warm praise for th^t^°n^ would be^ issued^ that Clark’s candidacy came “a no action was taken Tuesday little late,” and another candidate, who was in the field immediately when the office was vacated, was well in the lead. The appointment is expected to be made some time this week. The Governor told the visitors that they “could tell him little about Mr. Clark,” as he had known and admired him for a gcod many years and knew him to be an outstanding man, well qualified for the post. Letters in behalf of Mr. Clark have gone to the Govemer from a large number of local persons, •representing business and pro fessional men and women and civic and political leaders of town and county, ds well as from oth ers throughout the State. "Visiting Governor Hodges Mon day were W. Lament Brown, chairman of the Moore County Democratic committee; W. Ward Hill, Southern Pines precinct chairman; Rep. H. Clifton Blue of Aberdeen; D. A. Blue, Jr., Brig. Gen. Pearson Menoher, W. B. Hol liday, Johnnie A. Hall, J. B. Per- kinson and Mrs. 'Valerie Nichol son. Burns, Spence Portraits Unveiled Those who wish to march are Safford, John Chappell, Jimmy asked to meet with Miss Aline I McDonald and Elizabeth Harriss. Commencement Speakers Sally Michelson, Emory Smith .was captain her junior year. She Rod 'Whiting, Dorothy Newton, was on the Student Council four Pat Blasko, Tina Harriss, Jean years, serving as president this year and vice-president last year. She was chief cheer leader, for both her junior and senior years She was voted “best all round’ by her class, won a World Peace speaking contest and was a mem ber of the Beta Club during her last two years in high school. She has been active in the Dramatics (Continued on Page 8) With impressive ceremony, por traits of two deceased members of the Moore County Bar were un veiled on the courtroom wall at Carthage Wednesday night. The portrait of Robert L. “Bob by” Bums, former county attor ney and State Senator, who died in 1927, was unveiled by his little granddaughter, Linda Mae Burns, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Burns of Carthage. The portrait of U. L. Spence, member of both the House and the Senate on several occasions and dean of the Moore County Bar when he died June 30, 1954, was unveiled by his 10-year-old grandson. Max Gardner, Jr., of Alexandria, "Va. Judge Allen H. Gwyn of Reids- ville, current presiding judge of the district, presided over the oc casion, which was designated as a special term of court, and J. Tal bot Johnson, president of the sponsoring Moore County Bar as sociation, served as master of cere monies. Members of the families of both Burns and Spence, with a consid erable gathering from over the county, including many who had been friends of both men, were present. The term was opened by Sher iff McDonald in his usual manner, and the court stenographer was present to record the event in minutes which Judge Gwyn or dered to be placed on the court records as a permanent memorial. Outstanding among the legal and judicial luminaries present was Associate Justice R. Hunt Parker of the State Supreme night, pending further informa tion which the council asked the committee to provide on operating costs of the pools. The committee report stated that payments of interest and principal on the bonds could be financed by an additional 10 cents (per $100 of property valuation) on the present tax rate of $1.75. The Rev. C. K. Ligon, speaking for the committee, said that a study of municipal swimming pools elsewhere had shown that they can be self-sustaining by charging a small admission fee to swimmers. The committee spokesman said that he and other committee members had met with much en thusiasm in talking to Southern Pines residents about the project. The committee.presented a state ment signed by 142 persons ex pressing approval, which they said had been gotten up without diffi- cultjr. The signatures were not presented as a formal petition for an election, but only as a show of opinion, it was pointed out. Of the amount suggested for the bond issue, $150,000 would go for the two pools and $100,000 for the community centers. Asked about other forthcoming town needs which might require bond issues. Town Manager Tom E. Cunningham listed needs in the water and sewer departments, and a proposed administrative build ing to contain all town offices, po lice and fire departments, as run ning to an estimated $450,000 in bond issues on which the people might be asked to vote in the next 10 or 15 years. The Rev. Mr. Ligon said that it was not the committee’s purpose to advance the bond issue for pools and community centers as taking precedence over other im portant projects but “it’s our opin- (Continued on Page 5) LEGION MEETS TONIGHT Sandhills Post 134, American Legion, will meet tonight (Thurs- CourtV who had dTfven fr;m”hi; j (Continued on Page 8) 'Hut, for election of officers. DR, KENNETH GOODSON DR. a V. CARSON Post Office Has New Panel Truek Special delivery service wiU be expedited and faster parcel post delivery made possible by the re cent addition of a one-haK ton panel delivery truck to the vehi cle fleet of the Southern Pines post office. Postmaster Garland Pierce said today. The postmaster also pointed out that a new commemorative three- cent stamp, whose subject is the armed forces reserve, is now on sale at the post office. TAKING PART in the special term of Moore Superior Court, at which portraits of R. L. Burns and U. L. Spence were unveiled, were, from left, front row. Resident Judge F. Don Phillips, Associate Supreme Court Justice R. Hunt Parker and Presiding Judge Allen H. Gwyn; back row, members of the Moore County Bar John D. McConnell, Judge J. "Vance Rowe, J. Talbot Johnson (president), "W. D. Sabiston, M. G. Boyette, H. F. Seawell, Jr. Portrait in center is that of Judge W. J. Adams, hung in a previous special ceremony September 7, 1951. Portraits of Spence (upper left) and Burns (up per right) are superimposed on the photograph. In actuality, they are hung high on the wall, far to each side out- of camera range. (Photo by "V. Nicholson)

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