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SOUTHERN PINES, N. C.. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBKB 15. 195^
TWENTY-TWO PAGES
TURNING FIRST EARTH — Retired Bishop
W. W. Peele of Laurinburg (with shov/el) turned
the first spadeful of earth at the groundbreaking
for the Southern Pines Methodist Church Sun
day. Left to right, those taking part in the cere
mony are: Paul Van Camp, E. Earl Hubbard,
J- S- Hiatt, Jr., Mayor Voit Gilmore, Bishop
Peele, the Rev. T. A. CoRins and Ralph Dodge,
assistant superintendent of the Church School*
acting in the absence df Capt. Henry Jones, supl
ermtendent. The Rev. Robert L. Bame, pastor
of the church, was not in the picture.
(Photo by Humphrey)
Ground Broken Sunday For Southern I Policy Outlined
^ Pines Methodist Church, Midland Road Town Council
For Street Work
expected within six months
ice at the site of the Southern after work begins.
Pines Methodist Church on Mid
land Road, ground for the struc
ture was broken during a cere
mony in which local and visiting
church officials took part.
In the church’s quarterly con
ference, held just prior to the
ground breaking, authorization
was given for the contract to be
(*iet by the building committee. Al
though the low bids have not yet
been announced, bids have been
opened and construction is ex-
pected to start soon, with comple-
Joint Meeting To
Hear Dr, Wellons
.■gf Dr. R. D. Wellons, president of
Pembroke State College at Pem
broke, will address a joint meet
ing of the Sandhills Kiwanis Club
and the Southern Pines Rotary
Club at the _Country Club Wed
nesday at 12:15 p.m.
Accompanying Dr. Wellons to
Southern Pines will be Dr. Ira
Pate Lowry, head of the music
department at the college, and
several Indian students. The col-
,r^ege is a state educational institu
tion operated for Indians. |
A. L. Burney of the Kiwanis 1
Club, who will introduce Dr. Wel
lons, explained that the college
president is a past district gover
nor of Rotary, a fact that led to
working out the joint meeting
with the Rotary Club. For Rota
The service Sunday featured
the call to worship by the Rev.
Robert L. Bame, pastor; a hymn;
the Scripture lesson; and the
prayer of thanksgiving and the
Lord’s Prayer, delivered by the
Rev. T. A. Collins, executive sec
retary of the board of missions
and church extension of the North
Carolina Conference.
Following came the Litany of
Thanksgiving, led by the Rev. O.
L. Hathaway, district superintend
ent of the Fayetteville District.
Bishop W. W. Peele of Laurin
burg, retired bishop of the Rich-
Meeting for its regular session
Tuesday night, the town council
.adopted a resolution setting poli
cy on permanent street improve
ments—curb, gutter and paving
and all work involving municipal
street expenditures.
The long and detailed resolu
tion is being printed up for distri-
Efforts Made To
Solve Problem of
Home In Kenwood
Oplion Will Expire
At Midnight Tonight;
Attorneys Conferring
Last minute efforts to solve
the problem presented by the pur
chase of a home in a formerly all-
white district by Mr. and Mrs.
Martin L. White, Negro couple,
.now stopping in West Southern
Pines, are still under way as this
new'spaper goes to press.
With midnight the deadline set
for expiration of the $20,000 op
tion held by Henry L. Graves,
owner of the Kenwood subdivi-
.sion, special efforts were being
made to’ work out a compromise
acceptable to all parties, with at
torneys for both sides exploring
all possible angles of approach. It
is understood that these included
talks with the executors of the
Way estate of which Mrs. Louise
Way Spence, who sold the house
to the Whites, is one of the heirs.
, Earlier in the week an offer
was made by Mr. Graves to the
Whites which was rejected by
them. It included purchase of the
house for $12,000, the sum they
.paid for it, and building a house
similar to the one in question on
lots now'owned by them in West
Southern Pines, at a price $1,000
under normal costs. In rejecting
the offer, Mrs. White indicated
(Continued on Page 8)
PRICE TEN CENTS
Toll-Free Telephone Service In
Area Possible, Companies Report
If People Want
It, We’ll Do It,
Say Officials
IBili
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SENATOR ERVIN
dr. HEALEY
bution to interested property lowship.
Rehearsals Set
For Variety Show
Rehearsals are expected to be
gin tonight for “Holiday Ahoy!,’’
a variety stage show to be pro
duced with local talent for pre
sentation Monday and Tuesday
nights, September 26 and 27, un
der sponsorship of the Fellowship
Forum of the Church of Wide Fel-
Senator Ervin, Dr. Healey Will Speak
At Bethesda Homecoming September 25
Sunday, September 25, will be
observed as the annual “Home
coming Day” at Old Bethesda
church, near Aberdeen.
The event will be observed also
as “Clan Donald Day,” bringing
together hundreds of members of
this varied and widespread clan.
U. S. Senator Sam J. Ervin, Jr.,
will rftake the principal address at
the afternoon program, which will
start at 2 o’clock, according to an
nouncement by J. Talbot Johnson
of Aberdeen, who is serving as
By-Pass Grading
Begins At North
Portion of Route
mond Area, delivered his message
and turned the first spade of earth
as the ground-breaking pledge
and prayer were spoken in unison.
The doxology and benediction
concluded the service.
Members of the building com
mittee are: Paul M. Van Camp,
(Continued on page 8)
Meeting Planned
For Cub Paek 73
Activities of Cub Scout Pack 73
1 will be resumed with a pack meet-
ling in the Fellowship Hall of
Brownson Memorial Presbyterian
Church at 8 p.m., Friday, Septem
ber 23, Cubmaster Paul Ward an
nounced today.
For Cubs who were in the pack
before the summer vacation, the
rians, the Wednesday ‘luni“eon reStrati^
wiU take the place of their regu- -fon ^ uniform inspec-
lar Friday meeting which will not i" other -t
,4e held next week. oieVla formerly asso-
;^The music students are mem-1 “uTh l5 veSs o/"'^
bers of the Pembroke hanH nnri i .f” years of age are in-
will play special music that will'
I their parents.
owners. Some highlights of it are:
Plats of all new streets must be
submitted to the town managex
for preliminary approval;‘streets
must conform to the general
street plan of the town; specifica
tions are set for privately opened
streets before they will be accept
ed by the town; the town will pay
one-half the cost of all permanent
improvements on existing streets;
property owners, by petition of
51 per cent or more on a frontage
can ask for curb and gutter and
the town will pay one half the
cost and will pave the street; the
town will pay one half the cost of
sidewalks, if the funds are avail
able.
One provision that may affect
more property owners than any
other in the policy is the town’s
declaration that it will not hence
forth perform any work or pro
vide any material on private
driveways, except where payment
m full is made by the property [
owner.
Insurance Report
, The council adopted a report
and recommendations brought in
by a committee that has been
(Continued on Page 8)
MEETING TONIGHT
A supper meeting of the Moore
County Wildlife Clilb will be held
at the J. C. Grill, Carthage, at 8
o clock tonight (Thursday).
Miss Nyla Ann Jester, profes
sional director who produced
community variety shows here in
1952 and 1953 for the Fellowship
Forum, said that chorus girls
chosen from high school students
are expected to begin rehearsing
tonight at the Fellowship Hall of
the church.
Will Wiggs is general chairman
for the event. Other committee
chairmen are: Carolyn Hoskins,
.advertising; Gene Blackwelder,
tickets; Mrs. Algene Hoskins,
casting; and Robert Leland, props,
Mrs. L. D. McDonald will pro
vide piano music and Mrs. Mar
tha Aden, local dance instructor,
will do one of the specialty num
bers.
All persons who have specialty
talents of any sort are asked to
call Miss Jester at the home of
Mrs. Celeste Edson, where she is
staying, telephone 2-5912.
Further information about the
show appears in a story elsewhere
in today’s Pilot. i
Heavy equipment of Dickerson,
Inc., of Monroe, grading contrac
tor for the No. 1 highway by-pass
here, went to work this week at
the north end of the 5.19-miles-
long route.
Divided into two units, the big
machines began cutting, filling
and hauling, under direction of
George Moser, Dickerson con
struction superintendent.
Both units ^began work where
the by-pass will cross the Sea
board Air Line Railroad, near the
north corner of Judge J. Vance
Rowe’s pecan orchard, between
Manly and Niagara.
One unit is working north, to
ward the intersection with the
present U.S. 1, south of Skyline.
The other is working south to
ward Midland Road.
Forrest Lockey of Aberdeen,
8th Division highway commis
sioner, visited the route as work
began this week and said he was
amazed at the amount of grading
involved. He said there will be
one 35-foot deep cut on the route
from the railroad to Midland
Road.
He quoted Mr. Moser as saying
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Homecoming Day chairman for
about the 27th consecutive year.
Loudspeakers will be provided for
overflow crowds in the grove.
The 11 a.m. worship service
will be featured by a sermon by
Dr. W. C. Healey, pastor of the
First Presbyterian Church of Fay
etteville.
The noon hour will be devoted
to the traditional picnic luncheon
always spread on tables in the
grove. Renewal of family and
friendship ties have made this
yearly event one of the most im
portant to hundreds of Scottish-
descended families.
Old Bethesda, founded in 1760,
was a fountainhead of the Pres
byterian church in Scotch pioneer
days. The cemetery is still used.
The building itself—dating back
to pre-Civil War days—is closed
(Continued on page 8)
Gill To Address County YDC
MODEL OF CHURCH—This architect’s model
of the new Southern Pines Methodist Church
for which ground was broken Sunday, was pre-
pared by T. T. Hayes and Associate, local firm
that designed the structure. The sanctuary at
left has unique masonry external window
^screens. There are Church School classrooms,
heater room and rest rooms in the basement. In
the wing are three classrooms, kitchen, pastor’s
study and ladies’ parlor. Note the serpentine
masonry wall paraUel to the covered wMkway.
There will be cross-shaped openings, fitted with
colored glass, in the waU. (JPhoto by Turner)
State Treasurer Edwin Gill of
Raleigh will be the principal
speaker as Moore County Young
Democratic Club members gather
in Carthage Friday night for their
annual meeting. He will be intro
duced by Judge W. A. Leland Mc-
Keithen of Pinehurst. Election of
officers and hearing of committee
reports are included on the pro
gram.
The general gathering in the
courthouse at 8 p. m. will be pre
ceded by a dinner honoring Mr.
Gill, given by the YDC executive
committee in the Carthage Hotel
at 6:30 p. m. Those wishing to at
tend have been asked to notify
Voit Gilmore of Southern Pines,
county YDC president.
Election of officers tops interest
in the business meeting. President
Gilmore, who is mayor of South
ern Pines and YDC National
C^ommitteeman from North Caro
lina, had no comment this week
on whether or not he, would be
a candidate for reelection.
Ralph Steed, Robbins business
man and Moore County coroner,
who had wide.support for the of-
Civilians See
How Air-Ground
School Operates
Brig. Gen. Daniel W. Jenkins
and staff officers of the USAF
Air-Ground Operations School
were hosts Monday at the High
land Pines Inn to a group of 30
business and professional men
and town officials from Southern
Pines and other communities of
the county.
Greeted by an approximately
equal number of staff officers, the
visitors were introduced among
the officers and then the entire
group attended a “briefing” that
showed the type of instruction
given to some 100 officers weekly.
A steak dinner with the officers
.followed*^ in the Inn’s dining room.
Monday began a two-week
break” period when there are no
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EDWIN GILL
last year, is a possible candidate
for president.
Delegates will be chosen for the
State YDC convention in Durham,
September 29-October 1, and com
mittee reports wiU be given by
Miss Bess McCaskRl of Carthage,
Paul Butler of Pinehurst and Hu-
fice, is. reported not in the run- . r-menurst an
deen Aber-bert McCaskiU of PinehiLst
deen, who ran against Gilmore (Continued on Page 8)
Pinehurst Boy
Polio Patient
Wayne Maples, eight^ear-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Henson E.
Maples of Pinehurst, was taken to
Memorial Hospital at Chapel Hill
Wednesday, after his illness had
.been diagnosed as polio at Moore
County Hospital.
Although too early to say for
sure, the case was reported to be
mild. The Pilot was informed to
day.
A story elsewhere in today’s
paper summarized the polio situ
ation to date, but was printed be
fore "rhe Pilot learned of the
Pinehurst case.
If the people of the Sandhills
want it, the United Telephone
Company of the Carolinas can in
about a year provide toll-free tel
ephone service between Southern
Pines and Pinehurst, officials of
the firm said Wednesday night.
Earl Freeman of Aberdeen,
head of the Sandhill Telephone
Co., meeting with the United of-
several members of the
Sandhills Kiwanis Club, said that
he is planning to install equip
ment capable of providing toll-
free service to link Aberdeen in
the three-way “extended area” or
toll-free net. If his subscribers
want It, he wiU provide it and
feels that it is a service that the
people of the Sandhills will even
tually demand.
Provision of such service would
entail a rate increase for all sub
scribers, the telephone officials
pointed out.
United Telephone, in a study
made during the past year at the
request of the Sandhills Kiwanis
Club and Pinehurst, Inc., has fig
ured that a changeover to the free
tolJ service would mean an annu
al loss of about $23,000, it was re
ported Wednesday night. '
The company has figured ten
tative rate increases that would
be necessary to provide the same
legally-set 6.5 per cent return that
it gets today—but stresses that ac-
tual rates -would be set by the
State Utilities Commission.
On se^ice from Southern
Pines to Pinehurst, the monthly
rate increases for various types of
phones, according to the com
pany’s estimates, would be:
One-party business, from $6.50
to $8.75; two-party business, from
$5.50 to $7.25; four-party busi
ness, from $4.75 to $6.25; rural
business, from $4.50 to $6.
One-party residence, from $3.75
to $4.75; two-party residence,
irG'ni $3.25 to $4j four-party resi-
dence, from $2.50 to $3; rural res
idence, from $2.50 to $3.
Pinehurst rates, it was explain
ed, at prese;it run 25 cents per
month higher than Southern
Pines rates because of the season
al use of telephones. Many sub
scribers there pay only a “vaca
tion rate” for several months of
the year, cutting use of the com
pany’s equipment so much that a
higher rate is necessary.
Estimated Pinehurst rates un
der toll-free service, therefore,
would run 25 cents higher in
each category than would those in
Southern Pines.
Mr. Freeman said hC had not
yet worked out a detailed estima
ted rate structure for the Sand
hills Telephone Co. He pointed
out, however, that rates in both
Aberdeen and in Southern Pines
and Pinehurst are already much
lower than in manv North Car
olina communities. He cited pres
ent rates in Raeford, which range
from $3.25 for a four-party resi
dence phone to $7.75 for a one-
party business phone.
, United officials at the Wednes-
(Continued on Page 8)
Change At Amerotron
Bringing 12 To Area
Consolidation of “several man
ufacturing staff departments” at
the Aberdeen central office was
.announced this morning by Amer
otron, Inc. ,
The transfer of approximately
J2 persons from other manufac
turing areas to this area will be
in^lved, the announcement said.i
MEETING SET FOR TUESDAY
Town Sponsors Housing Discussion
With the approval of the Town
Council, Mayor Voit Gilmore has
called for Tuesday, September 20,
at 4 p. m., in the town hall, a
meeting of all persons interested
in the problem of housing in
Southern Pines.
This town-sponsored meeting is
in response to numerous reports
that newcomers are encountering
a shortage of houses and apart
ments and even lots for purchase
or rental.
The town has invited Amero
tron and the Air-Ground School
to discuss their estimated housing
requirements at this meeting.
Others who know of specific hous
ing needs are invited to appear.
Realtors, developers, builders
and financiers have expressed
their interest in this meeting and
believe it can help by putting into
focus the community’s needs and
point the way to a solution. May
or Gilmore urges all such inter
ested groups and individuals to
attend.