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Progress, Many
Improvements At
St. Joseph’s Told
Board Hears Report
Of Balanced Budget
At Hospital Meeting
Consistent growth in all de
partments, a balanced budget and
a remodeling program now under
way which will greatly enhance
the hospital’s usefulness were
highlights of reports presented at
the annual directors’ meeting ol
St. Joseph of the Pines Hospital,
held at the hospital last week.
Presiding was His Excellency
Vincent S. Waters, Bishop of the
Diocese of Raleigh, president of
the boards Also in attendance
were Bishop James Navagh ol
Raleigh, vice-president; the Rev
George Lynch, Raleigh, secretary;
the Rev. Peter M. Denges, South
ern Pines, treasurer; Francis J.
Heazel, Asheville, a member and
counsel for the board, and John
S. Ruggles and John D. McCon-.
nell, local directors.
Sister Anastasia, head of the
hospital, gave reports on its oper
ation, finances and progress dur
ing the year 1954.
In that year, 1,623 persons
(1,067 white and 567 Negro) , were
admitted as bed patients, the to
tal of patient days numbering 9,-
051. Of these patient days, 930, or
mere than onee-tenth, were days
of free care. Babies bom number
ed 254 (including six sets of
twins), 130 qf them white and 124
Negro. '
Treated in the outpatient de
partment were 519 persons. Other
'statistics:' operations performed,
378; transfusions, 300; laboratory
procedures, 8,789; X-ray films, 1,-
154; fluoroscopic examinations
67; physical therapy treatments,
126; basal metabolism tests, 30;
electro-cardiograms, 60.
Eighteen doctors sent patients
to the hospital during 1954.
Remodeling Program
A $16,500 remodeling program
started last August is still under
way, to convert a portion of the
filth floor into a major surgery
room, a urological room and ah
obstetripal room, with supplemen
tary rooms for minor surgery and
obstetrics; laboratory and X-ray
rooms (to be moved from the first
floor), and a treatment room for
basal metabolism tests, check-ups
etc. The rooms will be finished
and efficient manner. Of the
and efficient manner. Ol the
$16,534.47 total cost, all but $2,-
780
S7,500 Requested By
Guard Unit To Clineh
Southern Pines Armory
Appeal Made To
Moore Board By
Local Officers
Appearing before the county
commissioners in Carthage Mon
day, Capt. William J. Wilson, com
mander, and Lt. J. H. Harrington,
of the local National Guard com
pany told the county officials that
unless- $7,500 in local funds can be
obtained at once, Moore County
may lose the chance to get a Na
tional Guard armory, “for many
years to come.’’
The amount is needed, Capt.
Wilson explained, because the re
cent General Assembly cut state
appropriations for armory con
struction from $500,000 which had
been appropriated for the current
biennium to $125,000 for the next
two years.
The General Assembly decision
CLASS OF 1955—In their caps and gowns, the Class of 1955 at
Southern Pines High School poses on the steps of Weaver Audi
torium where they received their diplomas Tuesday night.
Front row, left to right: Norma Ruth Bowles, Patricia Janet
Woodell Campbell and Elizabeth Anita Harriss.
Second row, same order: Patricia Anne Blasko, Willene Cath
erine Davis, Jean Charlotte Safford, Dorothy Elizabeth Newton,
Martina Frances Harriss, Kathryn Ann Dwight, Shirley Ann Cal-
Final Exercises
At Notre Dame End
School’s Stay Here
Final exercises of Notre Dame
Academy, held here Saturday
afternoon ended one phase ol the
school’s existence.
They were tbe last exercises
of the Academy’s 17 years here
Next fall, the elementary grades
will move to the new ,St. An
thony’s parochial school, now un^
der construction on the ground
of St. Anthony’s Catholic church
on North Ashe street. The high
school grades will be moved to
Greensboro, to open as the non-
segregated, co-educational Notre
Dame High school in the former
for'electricarwWrharbeeni®^- Hospital building
paid out of this year’s operating
funds.
In addition, a modem hospital
elevator will be installed in a
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I At Saturday’s finals His Excel
lency Most Rev. Vincent S
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Qualifying Round
Of Golf Tourney
To Start Friday
The annual Moore County Golf
Championship, to be played this
year over the Pine Needles;
Course, gets started this week
with the qualifying round which
begins Friday and may be played
through June 18.
The first round will be run off
June 18-25. The 16 low qualifiers
will form the championship flight.
The defeated eight will form the
first flight. Other qualifieds will
be broken into flights of eight,
depending on their qualifying
score.
To be eUgible for the tourna
ment, a golfer must have lived in
Moore County for six months
prior to June 10, points out Harry
Davis, president of the Moore
County Golf Association.
Mr. -Davis said that green fees
have been waived by the Pine
Needles management, permitting
use of the entire amount of green
fees to purchase prizes for the va
rious flights.
Awards Given To
Seniors At Rites
Graduation Day
cutt Holder and Betty Lou Morriss.
Third row, same order: Paul Laurence Propst, Emery Smith III,
Anthony Gerald Spinello, Lelmon Kenneth Tew, Gilbert Carlisle
Harcourt and John Robert Ramsey.
Top row, same order: Donald Taylor Cheatham, Rodney Buell
IR^ting, Jerry Dean Daeke, James Harry Menzel, Garland Frank
Pierce, Donald Ray Haney, William James Sessoms, Jr., and
James McLeod Holliday Collins. (Photo by Humphrey)
‘Moral Obligation To Be Intelligent’
Outlined For High School Graduates
More than 15 awards were made
to members of the graduating
class of Southern Pines High
School when the Honors Day pro
gram was held Tuesday morning
in Weaver Auditorium.
The program featured the salu
tatory address by Patti Woodell | heard
Campbell, who also led in Scrip
ture and prayer, and the valedic
tory of Norma Bowles.
The school band, under direc
tion of Lynn H. Ledden, played
at intervals throughout the pro
gram.
The transfer of cap and gown
from Garland Pierce, senior class
president, to John Ray, junior
class president, took place near
the end of the ceremonies.
Following is a list of the awards
presented:
James S. Milliken, Jr. Memorial
Award—Patti Woodell Campbell,
Best all-around senior. $50 cash
award. Presentation by A. C.
Dawson.
American Legion Citizenship
Diplomas Awarded
Class Of 25; Dr.
Carson Is Speaker
Twenty-five members of the,
graduating class of Southern
Pines High School, with a large
audience of relatives and friends
their commencement
speaker. Dr. Herbert V. Cars-on
of Charlotte, urge them “to rec
ognize the moral obligation to be
intelligent in all relationships ol
life.’’
Defining intelligence as “the
mind in operation,’’ Dr. Carson
said that thinking is a very diffi
cult procedure.
“The higher you go in the quest
of knowledge, the more you real
ize ‘this is not it,’ ’’ said the speak
er, “For you, this is commence
ment, a beginning of the quest.”
Intelligence is needed in the
“fringe areas” to tell right from
wrong. Dr. Carson pointed out.
There is even, he noted, the obli
gation to be intelligent behind the
duced by John M. Howarth, chair
man of the board of school trus
tees.
Invocation at the beginning of
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Legislators Tell
Kiwanians About
Assembly Session
Back from the longest session of
the General- Assembly in North
Carolina history—142 days. State
Senator J. Hawley Poole of West
End and Rep. H. Clifton Blue of
Aberdeen, Moore county’s legis
lators, gave an accounting of their
stewardship before the Sandhills
Kiwanis Club on Wednesday.
Blue, reporting on the new law
revising school laws under which
the assignment of pupils is left to
county and city administrators,
said that he believed the present
State laws which provide for sep
arate schools for white and col
ored might take care of the segre
gation problem for some time.
Among other major legislation,
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Medal—^Kay Davis, Best citizen I wheel of an automobile “to stop
of senior class. Given by Ameri-'Wiass murder by morons.”
can Legion. Presented by the Rev
Cheves Ligon.
Rotary Club Improvement Cup
He admonished the graduates
to be intelligent in religion, about
financial and political affairs and
—Jimmy Menzel. Given to student jin mce and family relationships
in high school showing the most! Dr. Carson, who is chairman
improvement during the school of the division of religion and
year. Given by Rotary Club. Pre
sented by the Rev. Charles Cov-
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philosophy at Queens College, and
lived for a time in Southern Pines
during Wlorld War II, was intro-
Town’s Biggest Recreation Program
Lists Varied Events For Summer
COUNCIL TO MEET
Regular meeting of the town
council will be held at town hall
Tuesday at 8 p. m. One of the
major items on the docket is fur
ther consideration of the Recre
ation Advisory Coipmittee’s sug
gestion that the Council call a
$250,000 bond election for con
struction of two swimming pools
and recreation centers.
‘GET HAPPY!’—That’s the
title of the sixth season dance
revue to be presented Friday
and Saturday evenings in
Weaver Auditorium by more
than 80 pupils of the Martha
Aden Dance Studio. The title
is expressed in this pose of
one of the pupils, Gwen Mc
Kenzie, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. R. E. McKenzie of South
ern Pines, pictured in costume
during rehearsal. For more
about the revue and the
names of all the youngsters
and young people taking part,
see story, page 19.
(Photo by Darryl Byerly)
The most extensive summer
recreation program ever under
taken in Southern Pines is due to
begin Monday, featuring a daily
schedule of varied activities, as
listed on this page.
Activity schedule for the West
Southern Pines program wdll be
printed in The Pilot next week.
Recreation is now established
as a town department, under su
pervision of City Manager Tom
E. Cunningham. Director of the
summer program is Irie Leonard,
high school principal and coach.
He will be assisted by W. A.
Leonard and Jimmy Menzel, who
share a life guard schedule at the
town lake off Midland Road and
Mrs. Bill Huntley and members
of the Junior Woman’s Club.
Assistants in West Southern
Pines are James Hasty, who is di
rector for that area, and Miss
Cera Steele and Mrs. Emma
Stubbs.
A new activity this year, and
one- attracting much interest, is
the adult softball league which
will play doubleheader games at
Memorial Field. A complete sea
son schedule of the league ap
pears elsewhere in today’s Pilot
Admission to games will be free
but a voluntary collection will be
taken at games for the field
bleacher fund.
There is also much interest in
Little League and Pony League
games, to which admission is free.
Interested persons are invited by.
Director Leonard to watch the
boys play at any time.
, Swimming at the town lake is
at the swimmer’s own risk ex
cept at the hours listed in the
schedule on this page, when a
lifeguard will be on duty. Direct
or Leonard said.
Southern Pines Recreation Program
I SUMMER 1955—JUNE 13 - AUGUST 15
Sites: Memorial Field, Town Park, Fox Hole, Home Ec. Cottage, Ele
mentary# School Library and Playground, High ,School Gymnasi
um, Southern Pines Lake.
PROGRAM
Monday—
10:00-12:00—^Baseball and football at Memorial Field (boys 12-17)
softball for girls (12-17)
*10:30-12:00—Story hour and play hour at the Elementary school li
brary and playground (small boys and girls only).
2:00- 5:00—^Tennis, horseshoes, checkers, croquet, table tennis,
shuffleboard, at the Town Park and Fox Hole.
5:00- 7:00—Little League baseball at Memorial Field (boys 8-12).
6:30- 8:00—^Basketball and volleyball at the high school gymnasi
um (high school boys and girls only).
Tuesday—
*10:00-11:00—^Playground hour for small boys and girls at the Ele
mentary school playground.
10:00-12:00—Tennis, horseshoes, checkers, croquet, table tennis,
shuffleboard at the Town Park and Fox Hole.
2:30- 4:00—Swimming party at Aberdeen and Southern Pines lake
(activity bus leaves Town Park at 2:30).
5:00- 7:00—^Pony League baseball at Memorial Field (boys 12-15).
7:30-10:00—Adult softball league at Memorial Field (adults only).
Wednesday—
10:00-12:00—Cooking class for girls of all ages at Home Ec. Cottage.
10:00-12:00—Tennis, badminton, horseshoes, checkers, croquet, table
tennis, shuffleboard, at the Town Park and Fox Hole.
2:30- 5:00—Baseball for adults and high school students at Memo
rial Field.
5:00- 7:00—Little League baseball at Memorial Field (boys 8-12).
6:30- 8:00—Basketball and volleyball at the high school gymnasium
(high school boys and girls only).
Thursday—
*10:00-12:00—Sewing class for girls 12-17 years of age at Home Ec.
cottage.
10:00-12:00—^Tennis, badminton, croquet, horseshoes, checkers, table
tennis, shuffleboard at the Town Park and Fox Hole.
2:30- 4:30—Swimming party at the Aberdeen and. Southern Pines
lake (activities bus to leave Town Park at 2:30).
5:00- 7:00—Pony League at Memorial Field (boys 12-15).
7:30- 9:30—Camera Club at High School dark room (high school
boys and girls only).
7:30-10:00—Adult softball league at Memorial Field (adults only).
Friday—•
*10:00-11:30—^Playground hour for young boys cind girls (Elementary
playground). M
10:00-12:00—^Tennis, badminton, croquet, horseshoes, ch^Bers, table
tennis, shuffleboard at the Town Park and i^: Hole.
2:00- 5:00—^Tennis, badminton, croquet, horseshoes, checkers, table
tennis, shuffleboard at the Town Park and Fox Hole.
8:30-10:00—Teenage dances to be announced at later dates in sum
mer.
*Not to start until June 27 to avoid conflict with Vacation Bible
Schools.
Qualified life guard to be on duty each day at Southern Pines lake
1:00-6:00 p.m. Swimmers at other hours swim at own risk.
Swimming lessons given by Red Cross (call 2-8571).
specifies that the state cannot pro
vide more than 17y2 per cent ibf
the cost of any armory project^:,
whereas the state formerly sup
plied 25 per cent. The Federal
government did and will continue
to provide 75 per cent of the
::unds.
The armory planned for South
ern Pines is slated to cost about
$100,000. With the federal gov
ernment putting in $75,000 and
the state $17,500, a local appro
priation of $7,500 would be re
quired to complete the sum need
ed here.
Speed in obtaining the local
money is important, the Guard of
ficers said, because Southern
Pines is second on the armory pri
ority list, with only Clinton ahead
of it. So close is the time of de
cision that the officers said they
believed a contract could be let
in July.
The Guard spokesmen also ask
ed the commissioners for $1,500 to
help equip the building with the
bare essentials and in addition
asked for a regular county appro
priation of $600 per year to sup
plement the state’s maintenance
and training allowance.
They told the board that the
company, drawing its member
ship from throughout the county,
now consists of 78 enlisted men
and five officers. At an average
of 69 men and officers over the
last year, the payroll of the unit
amounted to about $23,500, after
federal taxes, an amount they said
was largely spent locally. They
estimated the payroll in the com
ing year at a $31,600 average.
The board did not act on the
request Monday, but is expected
to make a decision at an early
special meeting for budget discus
sions. No indication was given
Monday as to whether the request
will be granted, but board mem
bers expressed approval of the
Guard’s activities and it is expect
ed that every effort will be made
to fit the appropriation into the
coming year’s budget.
Five Local Girls
Win Highest Award
In Girl Scouting
Five Southern Pines Girl
Scouts were awarded the Curved
Bar, highest award in Girl Scout
ing, at a court of awetrds con
ducted by Troop 53 at the South
ern Pines Girl Scout Day Camp
at Pinebluff Lake Wednesday af
ternoon.
This was the largest number to
win the award at one time in the
history of Girl Scouting in Moore
County. Just one Southern Pines
Girl Scout, Carol Staples, also of
Troop 53, had won it previously.
The five honored Wednesday
were Mary Cameron, Margot
Campbell, Jan McDonald, Connie
Pierce and Linda Wellman. The
awards were made by W. D.
Campbell, an assistant leader of
th'e troop and a national official
in Boy Scouting.
Donna Poole was advanced to
First Class rank, and Susan
Ewing and Janet Van Pelt were
awarded proficiency badges at the
same ceremony, with Mrs. Mildred
MerriU, troop leader, making the
presentations.
Before the ceremony, tilt girls
were complimented by Miss'Cath-
ryn Creasman of Sanford, Cen
tral Carolina Council executive
who reminded them that their
awards conferred not only dis
tinction but responsibility.
The Day Camp for all Brownie,
Intermediate and Senior Giri
Scouts of Southern Pines units
is being held aU this week, Mon
day through Friday, at Pinebluff
Lake, with Miss Creasman as di
rector. Transported to the lake
by leaders and parents each day,
the Scouts spend the time from 10
a. m. to 3 p. m. in waterfront ac
tivities, handicraft work, and the
practice of Scout skills, camperaft^
and cookery. Taking the ingred
ents, they cook a large portion
their midday meal over an o
fire. Troop Leader Mrs.
and Assistant Leaders Mr:
Campbell and Mrs.
are assisting Miss CrI
direction of the camp.