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SLOW DOWN AND
LIVE! HELP STOP
HIGHWAY DEATHS
a
Two Wrecks Cause
Injury To Nine
Persons On US 1
Local Woman
Seriously Hjurt
In Head-On Crash
Two accidents on US Highway
1 Sunday and Monday sent a total
of nine persons to local hospitals,
most of them seriously hurt. Both
accidents involved two vehicles,
one of which had gotten entirely
over into the left lane and smash
ed head-on, or virtually so, into
the other.
Below Aberdeen
Eight of the injured, including
two four-year-old girls, resulted
from a collision of two out-of
state cars at 4:45 a. m. Monday
near Batchelor’s Service Station,
two and three-quarters miles be
low Aberdeen. Eddie Brown, 50,
Negro, of Philadelphia, Pa., north
bound in his 1954 Mercury, told
the investigating patrolman later
that he had leaned over to wipe
off his child’s face as she sat be
side him in her mother’s lap, and
did not realize he had swerved
from his lane until too late. Miss
Mildred Jeffers, 39, driving south
in a 1954 Oldsmobile, tried to cut
to the right when she saw the
other car directly ahead but
couldn’t dVoid the crash. The cars
hjt almost head-on, both were
spun partly around and halfway
out of the lane.
Injured in Brown’s car were his
wife Bertha, his child Belinda,
and his mother Mrs. Lucy Brown,
of Newark, N. J., Mrs. Elizabeth
Hampton and her child Carolyn,
ai&o of Newark. Miss Jeffers and
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SOUTHERN PINES, NORTH CAHOLINA, THURSDAY. AUGUST 4. 1955
EIGHTEEN PAGES
Architects’ View of Plann ed Hospital Alterations
SLOW DOWN AND
LIVE! HELP STOP
HIGHWAY DEATHS
PRICE TEN CENTS
MOORE COUNTY HOSPITAL, front view, as
it will appear following completion of a $450,000
addition and alteration program which will add
Superintendents Release Data
On Xown, County School Openings
Town Schools
Open Sept. 7;
much new service space, and bring the capacity
up to 135 beds.
USAFAGOS Gains
Local Cooperation
On Rental File
Carthage Youth
Struck, Killed
By Kinsman’s Car
Clayton Taylor, 16-year-old
Carthage Negro, was killed Tues
day night near the John Hall
Presbyterian church when struck
by an automobile driven by Sam
Taylor, a relative of the youth.
Patrolman J. S. Swaim, who in
vestigated the fatality, said that
Sam Taylor told him he was
rounding the curve at the Tommy
Tyson store when he saw Clayton
standing in the road. He tried to
dodge him, but was unable to do
so, according to his story.
The impact of Taylor’s Buick is
said to have knocked the youth
from the road into the church
yard.
The youngster was dead on ar
rival at the Moore County hospi
tal. He suffered a broken neck,
brain concussion, broken arm and
leg.
His mother, Sylvia Taylor, said
her son was on his way.from the
show when he was fatally injur
ed. The accident occxured about
11 o’clock.
Taylor, the driver of the car,
was placed under bond of $5,000
on the charge of careless and
reckless driving resulting in death
with a preliminary hearing set for
Saturday before Judge J. Vance
Rowe.
A good response was- received
last week to the request of the
USAF Air-Ground Operations
school that local people cooperate
by phoning in word of available
houses and apartments.
About a dozen calls came in
with such information, it was
learned at the school. A card file
has been set up and the towns
people are asked to keep the calls
coming in—also to let them know
when a place is rented, so the file
may be kept up to date. Calls
should be made to the Billeting
Department.
Not only real estate dealers but
private indivic^als, those hand
ling their own*property and oth
ers with knowledge of available
rental units, are asked to keep
the school posted, to help them
s'lve housing problems for both
officer and enlisted personneL
The request was made at a
meeting of a local committee week
before last with USAFAGOS staff
officers, to help straighten Cut
some mutual problems. That of
finding housing was the most
pressing. While the committee
believed thpre were units avail
able, without any central agency
to list them there was no way to
bring renter and landlord togeth
er.
Another request was for infor
mation concerning local events in
which the officers and men, also
their families, can participate —
sicial, entertainment, sports or
whatever; also for nice pla*ces in
the vicinity where they can go out
to eat, dance, etc. This is for the
officer-students who come in each
week, as well as for the perma
nent staff.
Notices of such events, or
places, will be posted on a bulle
tin board.
A strong desire was expressed
fq^ use of a swimming pool—not
a lake, but a sanitary, constructed
pool, such as the personnel and
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The columns are those now
marking the front entrance, which
later will give onto a new sun-
deck lor patients. New construc
tion shown will be on the present
ground-floor level. The wing at
right will contain administrative
and secretarial offices, a large
canteen and public telephones. In
the left wing will be the general
From Pilot’s Roving Correspondent:
Mrs. Boyd Visits In French Home
ALL. STARS WIN I
Moore County Little Lea*
gue All-Stars won their first
game in the district playoffs,
defeating the Concord Na
tionals 7 to 1. The game was
held at Hickory Wednesday
night, postponed from Tues
day. They were to play again
today at 4:30.
Bobby Kelly of Carthage
pitched the winning game
and Jimmy Carter of South
ern Pines made a home run
with bases loaded.
Previously, the AU-Stars
had turned aside Norwood,
winning there 5 to 3 last
Thursday afternoon. Carter
was pitcher, ai^ won his own
game with a' three-run homer
in the fifth inning.
Softball League
Championships
Slated Next Week
The first doubleheader of the
Shaughnessy playoffs of the Adult
Softball League saw Holliday’s
Chicks wham the Hill Top Jokers
21 to 6, while the Air-Ground
School won by default over the
Catholic Laymen.
With some of their men out of
town, the Catholics couldn’t get
enough together for a team and
,had no choice but to forfeit the
game.
They say, though, they’ll have
nine men tonight or bust, for the
same teams are due to battle it
out starting at 7:30 p.m., with 2 with granite trim,
out of 3 as their objective. If the
Chicks and the Airmen win again,
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Teachers Listed
Schools of the Southern Pines
district will open Wednesday,
September 3, Supt. Amos C. Daw
son armounbed today.
He reported a nearly full
complement of teachers engaged
for the Southern Pines high and
elementary schools. Only one
more third-grade teacher is to be
appointed, and it is expected that
the list will be completed by the
end of the week.
The roster for W'est Southern
Pines is still incomplete and will
be announced later.
Exactly half of the elementary
staff of 20 in Southern Pines will
be new. The high school staff of
eight includes just one newcomer,
Miss Vira A. Rodgers of High
Point, a recent Womans College
graduate and vocational home
economist.
Serving both schools will be
two new teachers, Mrs. Sara’ W.
Hodgkins, who taught third grade
last year but ^his year will teach
music in all grades; also Mrs.
Neva F. Campbell, a University of
North Ca]|:olina gracjuate from
WARNING
Three New Polio
Cases Reported
In Moore County
I business offices—admissions, pro
cessing of patient records, booh-1 Murfreesboro. Mrs. Campbell will
keeping, office manager, cashier’s the new librarian, succeeding
window, also a hurge W£ilk-in(Miss Aline Todd, who resigned to
vault for storing hospital docu
ments, patients’ valuables etc.
Between the two, and connect
ing them, will be the spacious
new lobby, with the new front
entrance. Here will be the infor
mation desk, telephone switch
board, restrooms and other serv
ice features for the public.
These additions will permit con
version of the present lobby and
business offices into space for
eight new beds for adult patients,
two equipped for isolation pur
poses, for those having communi
cable diseases.
At the rear the present central
wing will be expanded to accom
modate the new emergency suite
on the first floor, the new pedia
tric ward with 24 children’s beds
on the second. A new building
will contain the boiler plant and
laundry. Conversion of present
space will provide for centralized,
coordinated laboratory facilities,
enlarged housekeeping depart
ment, etc.
The new construction will be of
the most modem type, equipped
in keeping. Additions will be
architecturally in harmony with
the present building, of red brick
With prelimi
nary plans approved by the State
Medical Care Commission, de
tailed specifications are now being
worked out by the architectural
firm of George Watts Carr of Dur
ham. Ground is expected to be
broken in December.
Formal approval of the plans by
the State Medical Care Commis
sion means that half the funds
will be provided by the Federal
teach in Mecklenburg near her
family.
In the elementary lineup a fa
miliar face will be missed. Miss
Bess McIntyre, fourth grade
teacher, on the school staff for the
past 17 years, has resigned for
health reasons. She is expected to
return next year.
Three Teach Music
The music department will be
the strongest the school has eWr
had, served by three accomplish
ed directors, one fidl-time, two
part-time. Lynn Ledden will con
tinue his direction of the band,
also teaching high school science.
Mrs. Hodgkins, who taught music
and directed the glee club at Pine-
hurst before her marriage
brought her to ' Southern Pines
two years ago, will teach public
school music in the elementary
grades and choral work in the
high school. Assisting in the
choral program will be Roger
Gibbs, in addition to his duties as
eighth grade teacher. .
Mr. Gibbs, a native of Greens
boro and graduate of Elon Col
lege, sang with the well-known
Elon College Choir throughout his
college career and later, when he
was serving as field secretary and
director of admissions at Elon. He
came to Southern Pines in June
to take charge of the choirs and
church school of the Church of
Wide Fellowship, and is also in
charge of the church during the
pastor’s summer leave. He is at
present directing the Daily Vaca
tion Bible school. '
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Magazine subscription sales
men are forbidden by law to
peddle their wares in South
ern Pines, and any violations
should be reported to the po
lice at once.
In view ot an incident of
this week (see story below)
Police Chief C. E. Newton
this week reminds citizens ot
this protection, and asks their
help in eliminating what is
usually a nuisance, and fre
quently a danger.
Persons victimized by the
crews who stayed here a
short time Wednesday should
report the matter to Chief
Newton, as they seem also to
have committed fraud, for
gery and possibly other
crimes.
The "Green River" ordi
nance on house-to-house mag
azine peddling is named for a
town which was the first to
devise a watertight law. It
has been tested ell ■ the way
up to the U. S. Supreme
Court. There is no permit of
any sort which can bo given
anyone to supersede the
"Green River" law.
* County Supt.
Thomas Notes
Pupil Assignments
H. Lee Thomas, superintendent
of Moore County schools, this
week issued a statement concern
ing the opening of the schools
(September 1) and the assigmnent
of students.
All will attend the schools they
went to last year except those
from Hoke county who have been
attending the Aberdeen school,
and those of Moore who have
been going to school at Biscoe and
Star. These will attend school in
their own counties. Other Hoke
children must be paid for.
The statement follows:
In such a lovely trip as mine
through France, it is hard to try
to decide which of the many ex
periences was “the high spot.’’
And it is silly, too. Comparisons
haven’t much sense to them after
all. So much depends On the
mood, the weather, even the com
pany.
If I had to choose, perhaps I
would put first the evening stand
ing in front of Notre Dame in
Paris, looking up at the two brave
towers against the stars.
Then I think of the talks with
people everywhere, the sudden
warmth of understanding that
springs like a spark between you,
perfect strangers until a moment
ago. I think of the winegrower
near Vouvray as he described
with precision the methods of his
trade. I think of the expression on
the finely chiselled face of Mme.
Cazelles at the Chateau de Cha-
ban, as, sensing sympathy in her
’Three more Moore County chil
dren have been stricken with,
polio and are in N. C. Memorial ly contributed
Hospital at Chapel Hill, it was
learned this week from Paul C.
Butler, chairman of the Moore
County chapter, National Infan
tile Paralysis Fouindation.
'This brings the county’s total
this year to four, as one child was
government, 14.4 percent by the r|« Wntc^wi CiwiDL
State, to be added to about $160,- OIllllll
000 which has already been local-
listeners, she told of the total stricken in June. All cases are re-
destruction of a nearby village by
the Nazis and the shooting of all
the young boys against a wall,
because one of them had attempt
ed to blow the bridge and delay
the entrance of the German army.
I think of the nice man who let
us picnic in his field by the Dor
dogne river. There was a sign
saying: no trespassing, so 1 went
to ask; it was such a lovely place
on that hot day, what about it?
He smiled all over and said:
“But of course! That was just to
keep people from going in and
throwing things around, papers
and trash, and maybe letting the
cows out. I said we were trained
against leaving trash. “Boy
Scoots?’’ he said, with a delight
ful grin. And did we have every
thing? Some wine? We did in-
ported “mild," Butler said. None
had received the Salk vaccine.
Taken to Chapel Hill last Fri
day were Nancy Faye Barber, 11-
year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
William A. Barber of Carthage Rt.
3, and Eugene Harris, 17, son of
Mr. and Mrs. James Harris of Car
thage RFD. The Harris boy is a
Negro.
Carried there Monday, July 18,
was Brenda Carol Boroughs, aged
: three, whpse parents. Mr. and
Mrs. Elcoe Boroughs, live at Jack-
son Springs.
Moore Youth
Is State Winner,
4-H Club Week
Moore county had a winner in
state 4-H competition, also a sec
ond and a third place winner, at
the annual State 4-H Club Week
held last week at Raleigh.
Taking part in the state compe
titions were youngsters who had
previously been their county win
ners, then won in district contests,
so that the state first place win
ner had in actuality won out
among representatives from all
100 counties of the State.
Such a one was Gurney Brewer,
Plans Opening
Dental Office
Magazine Crews
Descend On Town
With Phony Story
^ group of phony magazine
salesmen visited Southern Pines
briefly Wednesday but came up
against local laws, were caught in
some lies and are believed to have
swiftly departed.
The group comprised about 11
men in all, some white and some
Negro, working both sides of
town.
The leader and a helper visited
the police station seeking a per
mit to sell magazine subscriptions,
but were informed by Chief C. E.'
Newton that Southern Pines has
the “Green River Law”—an ordi*
nance tested in the Supreme
Court forbidding such sales in
residential areas.
Some time later he received a
report that two men of the crew
had visited the home of Emery
Smith, Jr„ at approximately the
same time the other two had
been visiting the station.
Mr. Smith came home at lunch
time to find the visitors there,
with his son, Emory Smith III,
flourisbing a permit which, they
had told the 18-year-old youth,
was a “federal permit” supersed
ing local laws. To the father they
showed another permit signed
with the name of A. E. Rhinehart,
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The Moore County Schools will
open for the fall term of 1955-56
September 1. <
Owing to the crowded condi
tions, all the schools will operate
in 1955-56 on a segregated basis
as in the past. All buildings will
be filled to capacity and there will
be no vacant seats to receive
transfers.
Children to be entitled to en
rollment in the Moore County
public schools for the year 1955-
56 must have passed the sixth an
niversary of their birth before
October 1, 1955.
All children entering Moore
County Schools for the first time
must present a birth certificata
All children residing in Moore
County, and expecting to attend
Mcore County schools in 1955-56,
are assigned to the same schools
attended in 1954-55.
Children residing along the bor
ders of Chatham, Lee and Har
nett counties will be mutually ex
changed as in the past.
Children residing in Moore
county and attending schools in
Montgomery county in 1954-55 are
assigned to the Moore County
school located in the district in
which they reside.
Children residing in Hoke
County near Aberdeen, who at
tended the Aberdeen and Berkley
Schools in 1954-55, are requested
to enroll in the Hoke County
school system. Such children have
been assigned to Hoke county
schools by Hoke County authori
ties.
Children residing in Little Riv
er Township, Hoke County, and
attending Moore County schools
in 1954-55, are assigned to the
same schools in 1955-56, provided
Hoke County makes provision for
buses for their transportation and
pays Moore county for furnishing
them building and other facilities.
All children are required by
law to be vaccinated for the pre
vention of smallpox before enter
ing school.
County’s Free-Riding Students Seen
As Burden On All Moore Taxpayers
Problems in connection with
the children from other counties
who have been attending Moore
County schools—specifically the
176 who have been crossing the
county line from Little River
township, in Hoke county, to the
T c!~,**u T iVass-Lakeview district — were
I brought up Monday before the
ed heme after about 10 days’ stay
and is reported getting along nice-
deed, the 1952 Vouvray in its'ly. Assistance has been rendered
straw case. As we sat and drank by the Moore County polio chap-
it under the poplars by the rush-ter in all the cases, and it stands
(Continued on Page 5) by in case of further need.
Joseph Melvin Gamer, small 17, of the Westmoore 4-H club, ad-
son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Gar- judged best, cf six district winners
ner of between Aberdeen and in the tractor maintenance con-
Pinehurst, who was taken to N. C. test. Judged by experts, the con-
Memorial hospital June 9, return- test involved a quiz on tractor use,
maintenance and parts; an opera
tional test on an obstacle course,
forward and in reverse; and a test
on “belting in” the tractor.
Brewer, son of Mr. and Mrs. W.
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tive of Pinehurst, has moved to
Southern Pines and will open his
office in the Wellesley Building,
Pinehurst, Tuesday, for the prac
tice of dentistry.
Dr. Smith recently passed the
examinations of the State Board
of Dental Examiners and received
his license to practice in North
Carolina.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J.
W. Smith of Pinehurst, and a 1941
graduate of the Pinehurst school.
His attendance at Duke Univer
sity was interrupted by four years’
service in the U.S. Navy, from
which he was separated as a lieu
tenant (jg) after serving in both
the Atlantic and Pacific theaters.
After graduation from Duke in
1949 he took postgradpate work
at the University of North Caro
lina, then entered the UNC School
of Dentistry, graduating in June.
He is married to. the fonner
Anna. Patricia Murphy of Dor
chester, . Mass., and they have a
four-year-old daughter, Johanna
Jessie. They are livirig at 360
North Ridge street.
Moore County commissioners in
regular session at Carthage.
John McCrummen, Vass-Lake-
view principal, asked the com
missioners for their cooperation
in easing the situation, both for
the sake of the large number of
children involved, and the school
and community.
The commissioners and board
of education had previously set a
fee of $36 per child, plus transpor
tation, to be paid by Coimty if
the children are to keep on at
tending Vass-Lakeview schools.
Hoke hasn’t answered the prop-
Crummen declared. It could cost
as many as five teachers.
The possibility that, lacking a
school of their own, eind separated
from the main body of Hoke by
the Fort Bragg reservatioon, the
children might be lost to Harnett
county’s nearby Olivia schools
should be considered, was the
principal’s view.
He had no information as to
whether Harnett would even ac
cept the children, or on what ba
sis, but the likelihood appeared as
a complicating factor.
Little River patrons definitely
want their children to come to
Vass-Lakeview, in the communi
ty which has always been their
nearest trading and civic activity
center, Mc(3rummen declared.
Should Organise
The commissioners said they
felt the solution lies with the Lit- "
osition yet, and McCrummen was,tie River people, and asked Mc-
perturbed at what would happen i-Crummen to do all he could to
if they decided against .paying
for the children—a matter of $6,-
336, based on last year’s number.
Could Lose Teachen
Coming so close to the opening
of school, when teacher contracts
have been signed and arrange
ments already made for the nor
mal student body, the loss of the
children to the schooT could bring
cn numerous complications, Mc-
help them organize in a way to
express their will to their own
county and school officials.
They said the $36 fee—or $45,
■without transportation of their
own—had been set by the two
boards in all fairness after figur
ing the actual cost per child to
3^ore County taxpayers. Broken
down, it represents $16 per child
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