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SOUTHERN PINES. N. C., THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 10. 1955
TWENTY PAGES
Bond Vote
PlansMade
By Council
Citizens To
Vote On Fou]^
Propositions
In regular meeting Tuesday
night, the town council authorized
City Manager Tom E. Cunning
ham to take preliminary steps in
calling a bond election in which
residents of Southern Pines will
be able to vote separately on issu
ance of bonds to finance four
town improvement projects.
As outlined by the councilmen,
the proposed bonds total $450,000.
They are: $150,000 for water
system needs, as determined by a
Pitometer Associates survey;
$150,000 for sewer needs, as deter
mined by the Paul Van Camp
firm’s recent engineering survey;
$100,000 for a municipal building
to house town offices and jail; and
$50,000 for a West Southern Pines
swimming pool.
The sewer and water needs are
described by the town manager—
with councilmen agreeing—as es
sential and not subject to revision;
the municipal center item is con
sidered revisable but probably
close to a minimum for what the
town needs; the West Southern
Pines swimming pool item repre
sented a cut from a recommended
$100,000 bond issue for a pool in
both East and West Southern
Pines.
The recommendation for two
pools was made by the Rev. C. K.
Ligon, chairman of the recreation
advisory committee, on behalf of
the committee, at the meeting.
The East Southern Pines pool was
cut out by agreement of the
councilmen because the total
amount of the proposed bond is
sue, with $100,000 in it for recrea
tion, brought the town within
about $19,000 of the legal limit Of
bonds it can issue—a margin
thought to be too close in view of
other foreseen or unforeseen
needs- in the future. Also, it was
pointed out, the need for recrea
tion facilities in West Southern
Pines is greater than on the East
side of town.
Because legal requirements
make the wheels of bond issues
turn slowly it will probably be
February before an election can
be held. The council has in mind
that decision of the new Presby
terian college location will be an
nounced March 6, so that if some
of the water and sewer funds
need be held for work in connec
tion with a college site here, they
would be available.
What citizens vote on, it was
pointed out, is authority for the
town to issue the bonds. The town
need not issue them and can use
them for any purpose it chooses—
within the wording describing the
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PRICE TEN CENTS
Southern Pines Has Requirements
For College Site, Committee Says
Effort Urged
CHAMPS—Bill Newman, left, and Frank Stra-
faci, right, received their championship flight
trophies from Mayor Voit Gilmore as awards
were presented to winners in the Southern Pines
Carousel golf tournament Sunday at the Pine
Needles Country Club. (Photo by Humphrey)
Observance of
Veterans Day
Slated Friday
No general closing cl business
es and offices for Veterans Day
(formerly Armistice Day) Friday
is planned in Southern Pines or
other towns of this area, but the
Citizens Bank and Trust Co., the
post office and ABC stores here
and in Pinehurst will be closed.
Name cl the November 11 ob
servance was changed last year
and this is the second observance
of the date, which originally
marked the end of hostilities i]i
World War 1, as Veterans Day,
thus honoring veterans of all thri
nation’s wars.
At the post office no window
will be open all day. There will
be no city delivery.
Special Events
Three special Veterans Day
events have been reported to The
Pilot—the Hag-raising ceremony
at 11 a. m. at St. Anthony’s Cath
olic School; a special American
Legion program: by Sandhills
Post in the Legion Hall on Maine
Ave., at 7:30 p. m.; and a pro
gram sponsored by West South
ern Pines Veterans of Foreign
Wars and American Legion posts
in the West Southern Pines
school auditorium at 8:30 a. m.
At St. Anthony’s sichool the
student body will march out of
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MR. SAUNDERS
Governor Names
W. P. Saunders
As C & D Chief
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V
JOHN L. PONZER of South
ern Pines was elected presi
dent of the Sandhills Kiwanis
Club last week. Other officers
chosen were Dr. C. C. Mc
Lean, vice-president; and J.
Vance Rowe, Jr., treasurer,
both of Southern Pines. New
directors elected are: J. D.
Hobbs, Thomas R. Howerton,
toe Rev. C. K. Ligon, Watson
G. Scott and Dr. Bruce War-
lick, all of Southern Pines; L.
B. Creath of Pinehurst and T
Roy Phillips of Carthage.
Kiwanis Endorses
’Phone Proposal
The Sandhills Kiwanis Club
voted unanimously on Wednesday
to endorse a proposal to be sub
mitted next week to the State
Utilities Commission for extended
toll-free, dial telephone service
between Southern Pines and Pine
hurst, and Southern Pines and
Aberdeen by the United Tele
phone Co. of the Carolinas.
At the same time, it referred to
the club’s Public Affairs commit
tee a move for similar service be
tween Aberdeen and Pinehurst,
this project affecting the Sandhill
Telephone Co. of Aberdeen.
A report by, William P. Saun
ders, chairman of the Public Af
fairs committee, was read to the
club, showing the increased rates
estimated by the United Tele
phone company for toll-free serv
ice.
It was stated that the estimated
rates of the company would not
necessarily be those fixed by the
Utilities Commission should it ap
prove the change-over. The mo
tion to endorse the new system
was made by Paul Dana, of Pine*-
hurst, and passed without dissent.
The club inaugurated a campaign
for such service a year ago.
E. W. Smail of the United Tele
phone Company of the Carolinas
office here said the extended area
service and rate proposals are be
ing drafted and it is likely they
will be filed with the Utilities
Commission next week.
William P. Saunders, a resi
dent of Moore County for the
past 25 years, is expected to be
gin active work as director of the
North Carolina Department of
Conservation and Development
by the end of this year.
The Southern Pines man, who
retired from the presidency of
Robbins Mills about a year and a
half ago, was named last week by
Gov. Luther H. Hodges to succeed
Ben E. Douglas of Charlotte who
has resigned to look after his
businees interests.
Mr. Saunders is expected to re
tain his residence in Southern
Pines while spending most of his
time in Raleigh and throughoqt
the state, heading the varied ac
tivities of the Department. These
include promotion of industrial
development and supervision of
parks, forests, fisheries, waters
and minerals.
The appointment was announc
ed Saturday after Governor
Hodges reportedly had been urg
ing Mr. Saunders to accept the
post for the past two or three
months. The governor was quoted
as saying he was “very pleased”
at Mr. Saunders’ acceptance.
A longtime resident and mayor
of Robbins, Mr. Saunders moved
to Southern Pines several years
ago. He headed Hhe Robbins
Mills operations at Robbins for
many years and was promoted
through various positions to pres
idency of the over-all Robbins
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Golf Carousel
Trophies Given
As Tourney Ends
Bill Newman of Pinehurst and
Nantucket, Mass., teamed with
Frank Strafaci of Mamoroneck,
Long Island, to take the cham
pionship flight trophy in the
unique three-course Southern
Pines Golf Carousel that wound
uiT a successful four-day prize-
studded tournament Sunday.
Newman, who is spending the
season at Pinehurst, and Strafaci,
a former North and South champ
who is well known in the Sand
hills, shot four-under-par golf
over the Pine Needles Country
Club course to beat Elmer Graves
and Ray Taylor, both of Greens
boro. 2 and 1.
Consolation winners in the
championship flight were James
Collins, young Southern Pines
golfer, and Robert Smith of Pine
hurst.
Medalists for the qualifying
round were BiUy Thornton, a
sharp-shooting serviceman from
Fort Bragg and Connecticut, and
his civilian partner, Ken Smith of
Ridgwood, N. J.
This second annual Carousel,
sponsored by the Southern Pines
Chamber of Commerce and draw
ing entries from as far away as
In Fund Drive
For Endowment
The Moore County coUege com
mittee met Wednesday night to go
over, the list of requirements for
the new Presbyterian- college, and
came up with the unanimous view
that Southern Pines completely
fulfills, or can with effort fulfill,
every one. The full list of re
quirements appears in an accom
panying story today.
“We are more than ever con
vinced that Southern Pines is the
right place for the college, and
will be chosen, now that we know
what the trustees are looking for,”
said A. L. Burney, chairman.
“Of the list of 11 requirements
released by the trustees Tuesday,
this community abundantly meets
9. In one, we are at least aver
age, and in another—it will take
some effort but we can do it.”
The one in which this commun
ity is “average,” he said, is the
requirement that the site be “dis
tinguished sufficiently as a popu
lation center, capable of providing
a representative enrollment of
day students.”
The one it “will take effort to
meet” is that a substantial initial
gift be provided, and also “gener-
J ous annual financial support.”
The financial part of the current
campaign to bring the college to
Moore County and Southern Pines
is in the hands of an endowment
committee headed by Dr. R. M.
McMillan, with Mrs. A. K. Ken
nedy and Donald Kennedy as vice-
chairman. Last night’s report from
Dr. McMillan was that “this com
mittee is extremely disappoifated
in the response to the distribution
of pledge cards. So far, the re
sponse has been negligible.” Sev
eral hundred cards have been dis
tributed by mail and at meetings.
There has been no general canvass
so far.
11 STIPULATIONS LISTED
College Trustees Tell What Is
Wanted At Location Of School
Alabama String
Quartet To Give
Concert Friday
The second concert of the
music season comes to Weaver
Auditorium in Southern Pines
this week when the University of
Alabama String Quartet, present
ed under the auspices of the
Sandhills Music Association, wiU
iplay at 8:30 p. m. Friday.
Ranked by critics as among the
foremost quartets of the country,
the Alabama group has achieved
its present position through years
of successful concert tours in an
area covering 15 states. The quar
tet has made several series of na
tionwide broadcasts on its notable
collection of fine Italian instru
ments.
All Are Faculty Members
Founder and director of the
group is Ottokar Cadek, violinist
and authority on chamber music.'
Now professor of music at the
University of Alabama, he was
for 13 years the first violinist of
the New York String Quartet. His
three colleges to be merged.
Southern Pines is one of 18 com
munities listed by the Presbyte
rian Synod as seeking the coUege.
Actions by the committee, au
thorized by the board at its recent
meeting, was in three parts: a
“Preliminary Statement Defining
the Type of College” to be estab
lished; “Requisites for Location of
the Consolidated Presbyterian
College”; and a “Schedule of
Dates Dealing with the Procedure
Relating to the Selection of the
Location”.
Location Requisites
“Requisites” for determining
the location of the new institu
tions were spelled out as follows:
“(1) Characterized by a vital
church life, permeating the whole
community.
(2) Exhibiting a wholesome
Canada and Texas, featured play j varied career combines teaching
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County Youth Group
To Meet Here Sunday
The Moore County Youth Fed
eration, composed of young peo
ple’s organization from a num
ber of churches of various de
nominations, will meet Sunday
at 6 p. m. at Brownson Memorial
Presbyterian Church. Members
of the groups are asked to bring
a picnic supper.
Authors To Meet Public At Bookshop;
Mrs. Patton, Mr. Maurice To Appear
The Country Bookshop will
hold open house next Tuesday,
November 15, in honor 'of two |
Carolina authors. One is Frances
Gray Patton, of Durham, whose
new book, “A Piece of Luck” has
just been published, and the other
is George Maurice, of Eaglfe
Springs, whose long-awaited book
on Daniel Boone is due off the
press this week.
The popular bookstore, on the
corner of Pennsylvania Avenue i
and Bennett Street, will be open
for the reception of the public,
from two to five. Receiving with
Miss Lockie Parker and Mrs. Wil
liam Peck, of the Bookshop, will
be the two authors in person.
For Mrs. Patton, the day will be
full of action, not to say excite
ment. Immediately follov/ing the
local reception, she will leave for
Durham to attend the Southern
premiere of “Good Morning, Miss
Dove,” the motion picture made
from her best-selling novel of that
name.
While Mr. Maurice’s book will
not be available for autographing
at this time, due to a delay in
binding, two unbound advance
copies have been sent by the pub
lishers, The William Byrd Press,
of Richmond, Va., for this special
occasion.
Also o« view at next Tuesday’f^
affair will be several original
drawings from the pen of Decie
Merwin.
The v^ell-known writer and il
lustrator of books for children,
who spent several winters here
The executive committee of the
Consolidated Presbyterian Col
lege, meeting at Raleigh Monday,
in the White Memorial Presbyte
rian Church, set up the plan of
procedure for communities seek
ing the college which will be es
tablished by the merger of Flora
Macdonald College, Peace College,
and Presbyterian Junior College.
W. H. Neal, Winston-Salem, chair
man, presided over the sessions
attended by 11 committee mem
bers and the presidents of the
Chamber To Hear
Industrialist At
Banquet Meeting
of the Southern Pines ChaXjcultural environment,
of Commerce, to be held Wednes
day night, were mailed to mem
bers of the organization this
week.
The banquet will be held at the
Soutjiern Pines Country Club at
7 o’clock. Two tickets went to
each member, and additional
tickets may be secured by any
member on request up to the
capacity of the banquet hall, said
Mark J. King, chairman.
The members are asked to re
turn either a check for the tick
ets or, if they cannot attend, the
tickets themselves by Tuesday
morning at latest, as it is impor
tant to get an accurate count of
the attendance in advance.
Guest speaker will be Elmer J.
McVey of Boston, Mass., one of
the country’s leading industrial
experts, as well as a popular and
sought-after dinner speaker. Mc
Vey is vice-president in charge
of sales of the Saco-Lowell cor
poration. He has been secured
through efforts of the Chamber
president, Harry K. Smyth, vice-
president in charge of the San
ford unit of Saco-Lowell.
President Smyth will give a
greeting, and Dr. W. C. Timmons
will offer invocation. Mark King
will be master of ceremonies.
Miss Alice Baxter, secretary, will
report on the Chamber’s activi
ties of the year.
Entertainment will be provided
by Don Madigan and Pat Starnes,
in an original act, the nature of
which they are keeping as a se
cret. Mrs. Starnes is a former pro
fessional dancer and was a memT
ber of the world famous Radio
City Music Hall Rockettes.
MRS. PATTON
with her husband, the late Jack
Bechdolt, writer of boys’ science
fiction, has completed numerous
orders for illustrations since leav
ing the Sandhills last year. Draw
ings to be shown Tuesday com-
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Joan Walsh Wins
Top Show Awards
One of the greatest triumphs
ever achieved in the horse show
field was that of Southern Pines’
Joan Walsh, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Michael Walsh of Stoney-
brook Stables, at the national
horse show in New York’s Madi
son Square Garden, Monday
night.
Miss Walsh rode both the cham
pion and the reserve champion of
the Working Hunters class to vic
tories over the gruelling course on
Monday night. Reno Sam was
the champion, with Sidonia in
second place. Both horses are
owned by Miss Eleonora Sears,
owner of The Paddock, formerly
the Cardy farm, on Bethesda
Road.
Miss Walsh followed her dual
triumph Monday by winning
again Tuesday, with another
Sears entry, the championship of
the Conformation Hunter Stake.
The Garden achievement marks
the climax, to date, of a riding
career that has placed Miss Walsh
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“(3) Offering the college the op
portunity of rendering the largest
possible service to the Church, the
State, and the Nation.
“(4) Offering wide community
interest and general support.
“(5) Possessing a substantial
Presbyterian constituency.
“(6) Distinguished sufficiently
as a population center, capable of
providing a representative enroll
ment of day students.
“(7) Providing adequate trans
portation facilities.
“(8) Characterized by financial
ability sufficient to provide not
only a substantial initial gift, but
also generous annual financial
support.
“(9) Making available a well lo
cated campus site of approximate
ly 200 acres, or more, with utili
ties such as power, water, tele
phone, local bus service, sewer
age, city fire and police protection.
“(10) Providing adequate res
taurants, hotels, motels, stores,
recreation facilities, hospital facil
ities, and general medical care.
“(11) Recognized as a progres
sive and growing community.”
Decision On March 6
The “time schedule” outlined
by the executive committee is as
follows:
“(1) Submission of basic infor
mation by communities to board
of trustees—by December 15,1955.
“(2) Visitation of communities
seeking the college by committees
of the board—by January 15, 1956.
“(3) Hearings by the trustees of
representatives of communities,
including offer of financial sup
port—by February 4, 1956.
“(4) Visitation by the full board
of selected communities—between
February 4 and March 3, 1956.
“(5) Decision on the location of
the institution by the board—
March 6, 1956.”
Type of College Visualized
The following general state
ments define the “type” of college
visualized by the trustees: “(1)
Christ-centered and Church-inte
grated; (2) Four Year Senior Co-
Educational; (3) Emphasis on
quality education with superior
faculty and facilities and with
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READERS URGED
ENTER CONTEST
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in captions for the “first
birthday” baby pictures ap
pearing in last week’s Pilot.
Best set of lines for the
photos will win a year’s free
subscription. The pictures
will be reprinted with the
winning lines in next week’s
paper. Technical printing
trouble (see today’s (trains of
Sand column, page 2) resulted
in badly printed pictizres in
many papers of last week’s
press run. Anyone, who does
not have last week’s paper
and wants to enter the con
text may see the photos at
The P lot office.