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VOL. 36—NO. 35
SIXTEEN PAGES
SOUTHERN PINES. NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY. JULY 21. 1955
SIXTEEN PAGES
PRICE TEN CENTS
Operation Gyroscope Brings 3,100 Men To Camp Mackall
WELCOMED HOME—Sgt. Shelly Griffin, 39, only Southern
iPines resident to arrive with the 187th Regimental Combat Team
at Camp Mackall, gets a big smile from his four-year-old daugh
ter, Shelia Fay, as his wife, Mrs. Dorothea Lewis Griffin, watches
with interest, at their home, 915 W. Vermont A've. He arrived
at 3:30 a.m. Friday, after leaving Japan between 9 and 10 a.m.
Wednesday. The paratrooper is a veteran of 13 years of Army
service, including combat in Europe in World War 2.
’ (Pilot Photo)
THINKS IT'S GREAT WAY TO TRAVEL ^
Local Paratrooper In From Japan
On History-Making Airlift Flight
His family were expecting him
Saturday and were planning to go
to Camp Mackall to give him a
big welcome when he got off the
plane, but Sgt. Shelly Griffin, big
paratrooper from the 187th Regi
mental Combat Team, flew in
from Japan on a plane that land
ed early Friday mommg. But he
got the welcome anyway, when
he came back to the modem
brick home he and his wife, Doro
thea, own in West Southern
Pines.
Sgt. Griffin and Sgt. 1st Class
Lawrence Sherrick, Jr., of Cam
eron, Route 1, were the only 187th
men from this immediate area,
so far as The Pilot can discover.
Sgt. Sherrick, who could not be
reached for questioning this week,
is a motor sergeant in headquar-
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VOLUNTEERS AT WORK—Sandhills ladies volunteering to
serve refreshments to soldiers landing at Camp Mackall are
shown here passing out doughnuts and coffee early Sunday
morning to troops just off a plane. Left to right: Mrs. McKee
Kastner, Mrs. Bruce Warlick, Mrs. T. T. Hayes, Jr., Mrs. C. S.
Patch, Jr., and, in background. Miss Geneva Hall. See other pic
tures, page 4. , (Pilot Photo)
PUZZLED PUP—Numerous
dog meiscots flew from Japan
with members of the 187th,
including this pup held by
Cpl. Kenneth Sandy of Port
land, Ore., which traveled
most of the way inside the
corporal’s shirt. Here, the
pup looks over his new home
land, after lapping milk from
the cup the paratrooper holds.
(Pilot Photo)
ADULT SOFTBALL
LEAGUE RESULTS
July 14 Games
Single ladies 9 (Miss Davis,
mgr.)
Married ladies 1 (Mrs. Woodell,
mgr.)
Chicks 23, Col. Furn. 9
USAFAGOS 8, Laymen 7
(Overtime—8 innings)
July 19 Games
Rained out. Rescheduled for
Tuesday night, August 2.
STANDINGS
Team W. L. Pet.
USAFAGOS 4 0 1.000
Cath. Laymen 3 1 .750
Holliday’s Chicks.. 2 1 .667
Hill Top Jokers ... 2 2 .500
CP&L Co 2 3 .400
Colonial Fum 1 3 .250
Lions Club 0 4 .000
COMING GAMES
Tuesday, July 26
7:30—HOI Top Jokerettes vs.
Mrs. WoodeR’s All Stars (wom
en’s game)
9:30—Chicks vs. Laymen
Mode,rate Chance
For PGA Project
Here, Mayor Says
Southern Pines has a ‘'moder
ate chance” of getting the head
quarters of the Professional Golf
ers Association of America,
Mayor Voit Gilmore said this
morning on his return from the
meeting of the executive commit
tee of the organization at Detroit.
The ma^r left here Monday
night for Detroit by air, accom
panied by Harold Collins, mem
ber of a committee working on
the PGA proposal, and Mr. Col-
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AMAZING PLANE—GigEmtic size of the C124 Globemasters
that ferried the 187th into Mackall from Japan is seen here, com
pared with the men pouring from the parted front of the shining
silver plane. Man in white shirt is dashing up to take a picture.
This scene was repeated every few hours as the, Globemasters
landed some 3,100 men, who were taken to Fort Bragg in busses,
from early Friday morning until mid-morning, Sunday.
(Pilot Photo)
Air Force Si^ns New One-Year
Lease For Highland Pines Inn
Old Cars Will Be Displayed
The fourth annual Horseless
Carriage Club tour, composed of
71 cars all more than a quarter-
century old, will start arriving in
Southern Pines Friday afternoon
a little past 4 o’clock.
This will be the terminal point
of a two-day, 250-mile tour. The
antique vehicles and their 150
owners and passengers will be
here for a full weekend of busi
ness, festivities and displays.
A public exhibit of the cars will
be held at the school athletic field
Friday night, with each owner, in
official costume, in attendance on
his own old model. No car of a
year later than 1927 is eligible for
the tour, and the oldest is 52 years
old. Many extinct makes are in
cluded.
The Southern Pines Chamber of
Commerce is preparing a royal
welcome. The cars will be met
outside of town by a police escort
and. officials of the Town and
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PILOT EDITOR IN EUROPE
French Country Life Described
(Mrs. James Boyd, ediloz of
The Pilot, is in Europe with
friends. She sends the follow
ing letter from France.)
This letter is being written in
Avignon, on of the principal
towns in the southern part of
France called Provence.
On the high rocky hill around
which the town nestles, in a wide
curve of the river Rhone, stands
the great pile of the fortified pal
ace of the Popes; down below, its
broken span reaching out into the
stream, is the old bridge—^le Pont
d’Avignon—^where the ladies and
gentlemen in the old song used to
dance and sing.
We have come to Provence
from Paris which we left just two
weeks ago. As I look back on the
journey, a delight from the star^
certain things stand out.
First of all, the rich fanning
country on the way to Chartres,
where we spend the first night,
and beyond, on to Vouvray the
next day. The land was gently
rolling; the fertile fields, with
their abundant stands of hay and
grain, stretched to the tree-
shaded borders of the many
streams. Here and there, the gold
en grain was thick with poppies,
flaming bands of red across the
landscape.
The farmers and their families
were in the fields, getting in the
hay and beginning to stack the
ripe grain. They di'ove great
high-wheeled carts, two wheels,
drawn by enormous Percheron
horses. Sometimes, when a heavy
load of hay was precariously bal
anced on the cart, there would be
two horses, hitched tandem, and
twice we saw teams of three, one
ahead of the other. Msmy of
them were dapple gray, and they
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PARADE ROUTE
Old cars arriving with the
Horseless Carriage Club will roll
through town on a parade route
shortly after 4 p.m. Friday.
Entering Southern Pines from
the north, the tour will proceed
along May street (US 1) to Massa
chusetts avenue, then from Massa
chusetts to Broad, and north on
East Broad to Vermont. Crossing
the railroad there, it will drive
south on West Broad to the ball
park.
Advertising Of
1954 Taxes Set
60 Days Earlier
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State Aid, Plans
For Hospital Both
Given Approval
Federal Approval
Expected For Moore
Hospital Expansion
Preliminary plans for the $450,-
000 addition and alteration build
ing program at Moore County
liospital have been approved by
the board of directors, T. R. How
erton,' administrator, said this
V, eek, and the George Watts Carr
ai'chitectural firm of Durham is
proceeding to prepare working
rilans and specifications. Approv
al was also given to the plans by
the State Medical Care Commis
sion.
Verbal approval of money for
the big project was received some
time ago from the State Medical
Care Commission and this week
formal approval was announced
by Dr. John A. Ferrell, the com
mission’s executive secretary, at
Raleigh.
While the approval is subject to
concurrence by the U. S. Depart
ment of Health, Education and
Welfare, Mr. Howerton said that
such approval is anticipated soon.
The Federal government will pro
vide half the money for the pro
ject, j;he State 14.4 per cent, leav
ing the rest, or 35.6 per cent to
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Area Spokesmen
Oppose Plan For
New Route‘l-A
Delegations from Sandhills
towns united with others along
US Highway 1 at a hearing held
at Raleigh Tuesday afternoon, in
vigorously protesting a proposed
“l-A” route which they said
would siphon off a large part of
the tourist traffic.
Representatives of the Town
and Chamber of Commerce of
Southe m Pines, along with oth
ers from Aberdeen and Pinebluff,
were among some 200 persons
representing all but four affected
towns, assembled in protest in the
sweltering-hot Highway Building
auditorium.
Highway Commissioner Em
mett Robertson of Goldsboro/ pre
siding, called the roll of towns,
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DR. ROSSER
Dr. R. G, Rosser,
Vass Physician,
Succumbs At 74
Dr. Robert G. Rosser, 74, prom
inent Vass physician, died Sunday
morning at the Pinehurst Conva
lescent Home after a lingering ill
ness.
Funeral services were held at
11 a.m. Tuesday, from Mt. Pisgah
Presbyterian Church near Broad
way, conducted by his pastor, the
Rev. Grover C. Currie, and the
Rev. Leighton Black McKeithen,
Presbyterian minister of Fayette
ville. Music was by the Matthews
quintet of Sanford.
The Rev. Mr. Currie prid tri
bute to Dr. Rosser’s life of unself
ish service to humanity, to his pa
tience during hi.-- own illness and
to his strony-'laith.
Members of Southern Pines Ma
sonic Lodge No. 484 served as ac
tive and honorary pallbearers. A?-
tending in a body were the mem
bers of Magnolia Chapter 26, Or
der of the Eastern Star, of South
ern Pines, who served as flower
bearers and whose officers con
ducted impressive graveside rites.
Burial was in the church ceme
tery.
The body lay in state at the
church for an hour before the
services, which were attended by
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LEO AREY IMPROVING
Leo Arey of Aberdeen, who has
been quite ill, is reported to be
improving at Moore County Hos
pital where he has been' a patient
for three and a half weeks.
^ Reutal Lower,
Impro.vemeuts
Made At Hotel
Rep. C. B. Deane, Eighth Dis
trict Congressman, announced ia
Washington Wednesday that a
new lease between the Air Force
and the Stitzer Hotel Co. has been
signed.
Under the agreement, the US
AF Air-Ground Operations
School will remain at the High
land Pines Inn here through June
30, 1956—one year from the ex
piration of the former lease.
While the exact terms of the
new lease were not revealed, the
new annual rental is less than an
nual rental under the two previ
ous two-year leases, according to
information from the hotel com
pany.
The new lease pro'vides for fur
nishing the same services as were
furnished under previous leases,
including light, heat, water, linen,
room service and maintenance of
grounds and buildings.
It has been known for some
time that negotiations for a new
lease have been going on between
Charles Stitzer of Southern Pines,
president of the hotel company,
and Air Force officials, and that
Congressman Deane has played a
prominent part in these negotia
tions, with the aim of keeping
the school in Southern Pines.
Commandant -of the school is
Brig. Gen. Daniel'W. Jenkins.
With a permanent'staff of about
13E officers and airmen, many of
whom live here with tlieir fam
ilies, and a monthly payroll of
about $90,000, the school is a
major factor'In-the economy ol
this community. Efforts to keep
the school here have been carried
on by town officials. Congressman
Deane and his secretary, John
Lang of Carthage, as well as rep-
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By direction of the county com
missioners, advertising of tax
liens on property for which 1954
county taxes have not been paid
will begin 60 days earlier this
year than has been customary.
J. Douglas David, Moore tax
collector, said this week that the
past due taxes will be advertised
during September and that, if
they are not paid, tax liens on
the prooperty will be sold thp
first Monday in October.
Formerly, unpaid taxes were
advertised in November and sold
the first Monday in December.
The change brings Moore Coun
ty’s practice more nearly in line
with that of most counties. Some
other counties move the proce
dure up another 30 days, adver
tising in August and selling in
September.
In regard to personal property
on which taxes are due, such as
automobiles, Mr. David said he
is being compelled to collect by
garnisheeing wages and rents and
attaching the property. He urged
all persons who owe taxes on per-
jSOnal property to pay them im-
' mediately.
TENNIS AWARDS—Kenneth Tew, center, president of the
■ Sandhill Junior Tennis Association, awarded trophies to winners
. and rimners-up in girls’ events of the tournament sponsored by
the Association. With him are, left to right, Julia Blake and
Janie Haney, both of Belton, S. C., LiUian BuUock of Southern
Pines and Pat Harvey of Thomasville. (Photo by Humphrey)
Visitors Cop Tennis Championships
Trophies of the Junior, Sandhill
Invitational Tennis Tournament
were distributed over a wide area
in both Carolinas as final events
were held Saturday and Sunday.
Only two remained in Southern
Pines—^the runner-up trophies
won by Lillian Bullock in junior
girls’ singles and doubles. De
fending champion in singles, Lil
lian lost her twice-won trophy to
Janie Haynie of Belton, S. C., cur
rent scholastic champion in her
State and one of the finest tennis
players ever to be seen on the lo
cal courts. The 17-year-old Pal
metto State lass holds third rank
ing in the State.
The girls’ championship also
went to Belton, as Julia Blake de
feated Judy Fitzjohn of Charlotte,
North Carolina girls’ champion.
Both girls are 13. Janie and Julia
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Program On Salk
Shots For Moore
Not Yet Decided
j
Anti-polio vaccine is available
now for administration of the sec
ond shots to all Moore County
children who had their first shots
in May, but whether the second
shots will be given at this time, or
postponed until the opening of
school, has not yet been decided.
Dr. J. W. Willcox, county health
officer, said he has not yet order
ed the vaccine from Raleigh, and
if it can continue to be stored
there would prefer to leave it un
til September. A mass injection
can be handled much better at
that time, the health officer said.
He sees also a possible danger in
administering the vaccine at what
is normally the height of the polio
season.
However, he said, ipany parents
are very anxious to have their
children receive the second shots
as soon as possible, and if enough
of them make their desires kno'wn
to him he will see if a part of the
Moore County shipment can be
made, so the shots can be given
to these children at the county
he.alth center.
He said it would be impossible
to attempt to round up aU the
children at this time, because of
transportation difficulties from
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BOB SMITH WINS
COUNTY TOURNEY
Bob Smith of Pinehurst has de
feated 'M. E. Greer of Southern
Pines, 2 and 1, for the Moore
County golf championship. The
match, like others throughout the
tournament this year, was“ play
ed over the Pine Needles Coun
try Club course.
In the first flight, James Col
lins beat Jack Carter. Winners in
four other flights were announced
last week.
More than 50 golfers from
throughout the county took part
in the tournament.
The champion, runner-up and
all flight winners received prizes.
The event is staged annually by
the Moore County Golf Associa
tion of which Harry Davis of Car
thage is president.