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Bids Opened On
By-Pass Project
Total $734,979
Items Don't Include
Paving; Five Major
Structures Planned
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Membei|p of the State Highway
Commission, including Eighth Di
vision Commissioner Forrest
Lockey of Aberdeen, met at Ral
eigh this morning to review low
bids opened Tuesday on the No. 1
highway by-pass project here, as
well as other highway projects
over the state.
It was not possible for The
Pilot to leaim before it went to
press whether or not bids for the
^ local work were accepted, but
there was no reason to think,
prior to the meeting, that they
would not be found satisfactory.
On the by-pass project bids
were asked on grading and struc
tures and moving buildings along
the 5.19 miles route, about two
miles of which are within the city
limits.
The paving contract for the
double lane parkway-type high-
* way will be let at a later date.
Low bids opened Monday were;
Grading — Dickerson, Inc., of
Monroe, $337,815.90.
Structures—Blythe Brothers Co.
of Charlotte,'$389,233.90. .
Moving buildings—J. K. Cecil
and Son, of Lexington, $7,930.04. ,
The total of these three bids is
$734,979.84.
This figure does not include the
cost of paving, nor the cost of
% right of way acquisition. Rights of
way are now being acquired, one-
third of the cost of which, for the
property within the city limits, is
to be borne by the town. The
town’s bill for rights of way will
• be reduced by the fact that con
siderable property along the route
is owned by the town and the
rights of way,on some private
property has been given "to the
town. Exact cosll of the right of
(B ' way, in ail and for the town, has
not yet been determined.
The by-pass route, leaving No.
1 highway on the north, between
Manly and Skyline, crosses Mid
land Road (double road to Pine-
hurst) near the junction of Route
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VFW Honors Pony League Players With Steak Dinner
Two More Polio
^ Cases Reported;
All Cases Light
Two more young polio patients
were taken from Moore County
last weekend to N. C. Memorial
Hospital at Chapel Hill. This
brought the total of cases for the
year to 10, of which nine broke
out in the 12-day period from Au-
^gust 8 to August 20.
One of the new cases, Roy Stan
ley Ritter, 15-year-old son of
Charles W. Ritter, is from the
West End, Route 1, section, in
'which four children became ill in
two days last week.
The other reported this week
by Paul C. Butler, chairman of the
Moore County polio chapter, is
Charles Lester Garner, Jr., age 5,
•rf son of Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Garner
of Carthage, Route 3.
The Ritter boy’s sickness began
Friday and the Garner child’s
Saturday.
Two of the patients taken to
Chapel Hill last week, taken ill
on consecutive days, were sister
and brother, though this did not
appear on the report at the time.
They were Carol Ann Black, 13,
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BLUE KNIGHTS'
1955 SCHEDULE
Members of Southern Pines’
Pony League team were feted
Tuesday night with a steak din
ner at Holliday’s Coffee Shop by
theiir sponsor, the John Boyd post,
VFW.
Shown above are, seated, left
to right. Bill Seymour, “Loosie”
McDonald, Coach “Red” Smith,
Post Commander Harry Klabbatz
(behind candle flame). Coach Fred
Hall, Jesse Williford, “Butch” Ry
der, “Junior” Caddell and Kenny
Holliday, bat boy; standing, same
order, first row, Melva Ray Hall,
$53,245 Sought By
Girl For Injuries
In Auto Accident
Damages of $53,245 are being
sought by a Pinehxirst girl for in
juries she states resulted from an
automobile wreck of last April
10.
Ella Marie Kennedy, 18,
through “next friend” Alex Ken
nedy because she is a minor, is
suing Lloyd E. Filer, owner of
the Jaguar sport coupe involved
in the wreck, and George M. Ray,
its driver at the time.
Miss Kennedy says that, when
driving on Highway 22 near St.
Joseph of the Pines Hospital, Rayi
was speeding at 60 miles an hour
when she asked him to slow
down, as the road was tricky and
there were sharp curves ahead,
but instead of heeding her in
junction he speeded up to 90
miles an hour. On a sharp left
curve he lost control of the car.
‘•Chuck” Weatherspoon, John Van hit only three times but scored a
Benschoten, Bobby Watkins and
Jimmy Caldwell; back row, John
ny Ormsby and Dickie Mclnnis.
Absent Ikey Woodell, “Woody”
Woodruff and George Little.
John Van Benschoten was
elected most valuable player by
the team, and is shown with his
prize, a handsome pen and pencil
set.
Holding their “booby” prizes of
balls and bats, donated by W. B.
Holliday, are “Chuck” Weather-
spoon, who won his for worst
home run each time.
After dinner the boys were
guests of Bob Dutton at the Sun
rise Theatre for the show.
The team, finishing its scond
season, placed second in the
Moore County Pony League and
contributed three members—^Van
Benschoten, Williford and Mcln
nis—to the All-Star Team which
reached the Eastern District play
off, when they bowed to Durham.
County teams were Aberdeen,
Southern Pines, Robbins and Car
bunting, and Bobby Watkins, for*thage, which finished in that or-
smallest number of hits. Bobby der. (Photo by V. Nicholson)
FOR FLOOD VICTIMS
Appeal Made
By Red Cross
In Disaster
Garland McPherson, chairman
of the ^oore County Red Cross,
said today that a nation wide ap
peal is being made for disaster
victims of the Northeast flood
areas.
“The Red Cross has already al
located two million dollars to the
area and it is felt that an addi
tional five to eight millions will
be necessary. This information
was included in messages receiv
ed from E. Roland Harriman,
Chairman of the National Red
Cress,” said Mr. McPherson.
Considerable sums have been
ireceived by the local chapter.
Checks should be mailed to the
office in Southern Pines.
It was explained that the large
demands made upon the National
which skidded from one side to | Disaster Fund have reduced cash
The 1955 football schedule of
the Southern Pines High School
Blue Knights:
Sept. 9—Maxto'n, here
^ Sept. 16—West End, here.
S^t. 23—Laurel HilL there.
Sept. 30—Red Springs, here.
Oct. 7—Curry, here.
Oct. 14—Aberdeen, here.
Oct. 21—Carthage, here.
Oct. 28—Pinehurst. there.
The October 7 contest with Cur
ry High School of Greensboro will
be the annual homecoming game.
All home games will be played at
•y night on Memorial Field. All
games are on Fridays.
the 'Other for a total of 126 feet
and overturned, throwing her out,
the complaint states.
Since then, she says, she hsis
been at Moore County hospital, N
C. Memorial hospital and confin
ed to- her bed at home, suffering
from extensive internal injuries,
unable to sit up and requiring
constant attention; that she be
lieves her injuries to some ex
tent are and will be permanent;
that she will be unable to work
ifor an indefinite time in the fu
ture, and that doctors have ad-
,vised her that, as a result of her
injuries, she will never be able to
bear children.
Miss Kennedy, a senior at Pine
hurst High school last year, won
the 1952 “Miss Moore County”
beauty title. The defendants, in
Army service stationed at Fort
Bragg, are both from Oregon.
Frye To Succeed
Isaacs At School
Thad L. Frye of Carthage was
elected principal of Carthage
fligh School Wednesday night; to
succeed Lloyd S. Isaacs who
has resigned to become director
of professional- services with the
North Carolina EduOation Associ
ation.
Mr. Frye is a native of Carthage
and a graduate of the high school
there. Mr. Isaacs, who had held
the principal’s post four years,
came to Carthage from Robbins
where he had been a teacher and
coach. He and his family plan to
move to Raleigh soon.
to low levels and that the special
drive was absolutely necessary.
“Thousands of people are be-
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Eight Moore Men
Among 356 Backers
Of N. C. Patriots
Eight residents of Moore Coun
ty, including a State senator and
four town officials, are among the
incorporators for Patriots of
North Carolina, Inc., a non-stock
and non-profit organization that
filed its charter with Secretary
of State Thad Eure at Raleigh
Monday.
The Moore County signers of
the charter are listed as;
Robert N. Page, Jr., Aberdeen'
businessman.
J. Ellis Fields, Pinehurst busi
nessman.
State Sen. J. Hawley Poole,
West End farmer and peach grow
er.
M. B. Pleasants, Aberdeen busi
nessman and member of the town
board of commissioners.
W. E. Blue, Southern Pines
businessman and member of the
town council.
Dr. E. M. Medlin, Aberdeen
dentist and mayor of that com-
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County Schools To Open Sept. 1;
Busses Given Safety Inspection
Schools Here
Plan To Open
Wed., Sept. 7
Schools of the Moore County
system will open Thursday morn
ing of next week, September 1,
Supt. H. Lee ’Thomas reminds pa
rents and students.
The county schools are. all those
in Moore County except schools
in the Southern Pines and Pine
hurst districts which are organ
ized as city school units.
The Pinehurst schools, inclu
ding the Academy Heights Negro
school in Taylortown, will, how
ever, also open on TThursday of
next week.
Southern Pines schools, inclu
ding the Negro schools in West
Southern Pines, will open Wed
nesday of the following week,
September 7. Complete details of
the local school openings will ap
pear in The Pilot next week.
Children entering all of the
schools in the first grade must
have reached their sixth birthday
by October 16, according to a re
vision of the school entrance law
authorized by the State Board of
Education. 'This means that if a
child becomes six before or on
October 16, he or she can enter
school this year.
All Schools Segregated
All Moore County schools—in
the county, in Southern Pines dis
trict and in Pinehurst district—
are planning to operate on a ra
cially segregated basis for the
coming school year. The Southern
Pines and Pinehurst school trus
tees have directed that pupils in
these districts attend the same
schools they did last year. The
county schools will operate on a
segregated basis because of crowd
ed conditions and impossibility of
receiving transfers at any of the
schools, it has been previously
announced. Supt. Thomas said
Wednesday that no applications
for transfers had been received.
Supt. Thomas said that the
county’s fleet of school busses,
all of which have been given a
safety inspection by State High
way Patrolmen, will be delivered
to schools around the county on
Monday. Each bus will carry on
the back a “Slow Down and
Live” sign distributed in connec
tion with the nation-wide traffic
safety drive in which Moore
County is participating through
a county-wide committee.
Principals of all schools in the
county system have been asked
to meet in the Carthage High
School auditorium Friday at 10
a. m., Mr. Thomas said.
County schools anticipate an
increased enrollment, Supt.
Thomas said. All teachers’ posi
tions have been filled, he report
ed. School buildings are in better
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SINGLES FINALISTS—Holding their trophies, these players
in last week’s Sandhill Invitational Tennis tournament are, left
to right, Sam Daniel of Gastonia and Audrey West Brown of
Southern Pines, runners-up in men’s and women’s singles; and
the singles winners, Evelyn Cowan of Covington, Ga., with the
Sandhill Championship trophy, and Bill Umstaedter of Abbe
ville, S. C., with the W. M. Storey Memorial trophy which he re
tired, having won it three times. See complete story of the tour
nament on page 8. ' (Photo by V. Nicholson)
New Four-Ball Golf Tournament For
Moore County Players Gets Started
COURTROOM SCENE—WiUie Junior Smith
of Pinehurst (far right) stands to hear his sen
tence from Judge Susie Sharp in Moore Supe
rior Court last week. He was sentenced to 18
months and two years on the roads for shooting
his alleged girl friend. Queen Esther Hardy, of
West Southern Pines, and Sgt. Glenn S. Wilson,
a Fort Braggg paratrooper. At the hospital
where he took the wounded girl. Smith was
himself shot by Officer H. V. Chandler, Jr., of
Southern Pines, who acted in self-defense. For
his trial Smith was brought in from the roads
where he is already serving six months for the
assault on the policeman. Seated in courtroom,
left to right, are: Chief C. E. Newton and Sgt.
Chandler of the Southern Pines police depart
ment; District Solicitor M. G. Boyette of Car
thage; Sergeant Wilson; Defense Attorney H. F.
Seawell, Jr. of Carthage (standing), and the de
fendant. The photo, made with film that does
not require use of flash bulbs, was taken from
outside the courtroom without the knowledge of
the judge or of any of the person* shown.
Qualifying play began Sunday,
to extend through September 3,
for the first annual Moore County
Four-BaE golf tournament, spon
sored by the Southern Pines
Country Club.
Match play will begin Sunday,
September 4.
The tournament is open to all
Moore County residents and all
members of Country Clubs in this
Drowning Takes
Young Man’s Life
In West End Pond
Moore County’s second drown
ing within a month took place
Saturday afternoon near West
End. The victim was Carl Jordan,
Jr., about 24, West End resident.
, A verdict of accidental death
,by drowning was rendered by
Ralph Steed of Robbins, county
coroner, who investigated.
Reports from various sources
Indicate that Jordan was swim
ming alone, but within view of his
brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and
Mrs. John W. Jordan of West End,
in a pond at the site of the Mac-
Duffie Post American Legion hut,
out from West End on the Hoff
man road. Both the hut and the
pond were reported under con
struction.
Mr. and Mrs. Jordan were quo
ted as saying they saw young Mr.
Jordan go down as he was at
tempting tC’ swim across the pond.
They reportedly said he did not
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county, whether or not they re
side in Moore, said Harry Davis of
Carthage, tournament chairman.
With the Pine Needles and
Pinehurst Country Clubs cooper
ating with the Southern Pines
Country Club, letters are being
sent out to members, inviting
them to take part in the tourna
ment. -
Match play over the Southern
Pines Country Club course is ex
pected to last several weeks. Part
ners taking part in the event may
be two men, two women or a man
and woman.
Players may register at the
Southern Pines Country Club.
There is a fee of $3 per person.
Golfers having difficulty find
ing a partner are asked to get in
touch with Roy Grinnell, pro at
the club, who will make every ef
fort to find needed partners for
single players.
There will be trophy awards in
all flights.
Mr. Davis said the club is spon
soring the event to promote golf
throughout the county and to give
Moore county golfers and mem
bers of all clubs in this county an
opportunity to participate ifi a
tournament that is strictly their
own. He cited the wide interest
in golf among many permanent
residents of the county and those
from neighboring counties who
belong to Sandhills clubs.
“We plan to make the tourna
ment an annual affair,” he said,
speaking for the club officials,
and we urge Moore County golf
ers to enter and help get it off to
a good start.” '
First Rehearsal
For School Band
Scheduled Monday
Practice for the advanced sec
tion of the Southern Pines school
band will begin Monday, August
29, at 8 p. m. in Weaver Auditori
um, Band Director Lynn Ledden
announced today.
Members of last year’s march
ing band are asked to be present
at that time for rehearsal.' The
band, is beginning practice early
this year in order to be ready for
the first football game September
9, the director said.
, Practice sessions will continue
each Monday and Thursday at 8
p. m. in the auditorium.
After school opens, plans for
the intermediate and beginners
band groups will be announced,
Mr. Ledden said.
'SOME LOOKS' BACK
“Some Looks At Books,” popu
lar book review column by Miss
Lockie Parker of Southern Pines,
appears today in The Pilot after
an absence of several weeks
while Miss Parker was on vaca
tion. The column appears in its
customary spot on page 3 and will
continue weekly..
LICENSE BUREAU TO
BE CLOSED 1 WEEK
The auto license bureau at
the Chamber of Commerce
office in the Southland Hotel
will be closed for one week
beginning Monday, August 29,
and will reopen at 9 a.m.
Tuesday, September 6.
All persons wishing to pur
chase license plates during
this period can obtain them
at license bureaus in Rasford,
Rockingham or Sanford, said
Miss Alice Baxter, Chamber
of Commerce secretary who
operates the license bureau
for the Carolina Motor Club.