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VOL. 37—NO. 4
TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES
SOUTHERN,PINES. N. C.. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 15. 1955
TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES
PRICE TEN CENTS
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4-H AWARD WINNERS — Winners of top
awards in the annual Achievement Night pro
gram of Moore County 4-H Clubs, held at Car
thage last week, are pictured here. The awards
recognized achievement in various farm and
home projects throughoiit the past year.
Front row, left to right: Don Matthews, Farm
Life Club; Larry Barber, Farm Life Club; Julian
Paschal, Highfalls Club; and Linda Williams,
Eagle Springs Club.
Center row, same order: Dalton Davis, Jr.,
Robbins Club; Johnny Davis, Westmoore Club;
Phyllis Monroe, Cameron Club; Lena Rose Jack-
son, Vass-Lakeview Club; Nancy McLeod, Cam
eron Club; Loretta Thomas, West End Club;
Sarah Bost, West End Club; Vivian Tucker,
West End Club; and Norma Ann Fields, Car
thage Club.
Back row, same order: June Seawell, High
falls Club; Gurney Brewer, Westmoore Club;
Paul Bullard, Aberdeen Club; and Bobby Au-
man. West End Club.
Some of the Moore County award winners,
including Patricia Bost of Eagle Springs, who
took county, state and national honors this year
in the Recreation and Rural Arts program, were
unable to be present for the Achievement Nigljt.
For a detailed story, see page 18.
HANDEL'S 'MESSIAH' TO BE SUNG TWICE
Churches Planning Christmas Events
^ Methodist Choir To
Present Cantata At
Civic Club Sunday
Churcl^ services, Sunday School
parties, and special musical and
other events have been scheduled
by Southern Pines churches to
mark the Christmas season.
Of wide interest in the coming
week are two performances of
Handel’s “Messiah,” to be given
by a group representing the
choirs of five local churches—
Brownson Memorial Presbyterian
Church, The Church of Wide Fel
lowship. Emmanuel Episcopal
Church, the First Baptist Church
and the Southern Pines Methodist
Church.
First performance of the sacred
oratorio'will be at 4 p. m. Sunday,
December 18, at the Church of
Wide Fellowship. Second per
formance will be at 8 p. m. Wed
nesday, December 21, in Brown-
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/son Memorial Presbyterian
Church.
The choir directors are Mrs.
Norris L. Hodgkins, Jr.^ and Rog
er Gibbs. Soloists, some of whom
will not sing in both performanc
es, are Mrs. J. Withers Doar, so
prano; Mrs. Charles Phillips and
Mrs. Frank Yandell, alto; James
Newkirk and Paul Wiggin, tenor;
and Roger Gibbs, Charles Phil-
lips^ R. B. Warlick and Fremk
Yandell, Jr., bass. Organists will
be Mrs. Wilbur Currie and Mrs.
L. D. McDonald.
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Bids On Hospital
Work Run $25,000
Below Estimates
Low bids opened and accepted
by the board of directors of
Moore County Hospital this after
noon on the hospital’s proposed
expansion and remodeling pro
gram totaled $425,000, it was
learned as 'The Pilot went to
press.
State and Federal aid funds for
the project had been authorized
on an estimated cost of $450,000,
with adequate funds on hand for
the hospital’s share of the cost,
giv.ng the hospital a msirgin of
funds for further work.
Details of the contracts will be
reported next week.
KIDS INVITED TO
CHRISTMAS PARTY
Hundreds of children a!re
expected to lake part in the
nnnual Christmas party of
the Southern Pines Elks
lodge, to be staged at the
Country Club from 2 to 5 p.
m.. Wednesday, December
21.
Planned for outdoors,
weather permitting, and in
side the club if the weather
is bad, the party will feature
candy, presents, games and
arrival of Santa Claus. James
W. Prim. Jr., is in charge, as
sisted by Mrs. John Cline
and a large committee.
Parents and children lack
ing transportation to the
Country Club are asked to
call 2-8911, after 2 p. m.
Wednesday, and transporta
tion will be arranged.
Several new features are
planned for the parly this
year.
HOSPITAL NAME
CHANGE SLATED
Effective about January 1,
1957, the name of Moore-
County Hospital will be
changed to "Moore Memorial
Hospital," it has been decided
by the board of hospital trus
tees.
The trustees have reelect-.,
ed Jack M. Taylor of Aber
deen as president of the hos
pital, elected other officers
and approved staff appoint
ments.
The Active Medical Staff of
the hospit d has named Dr. R.
M. McMillan of Southern
Pines chairman of the staff
for the coming year.
For details — including
names of all officers and di
rectors of the hospital and all
officers and members of the
Staff—see story, page 17.
VFW Chrisimas Event
Set Sunday, 2 p. m.
John Boyd Post, Veterans of
Foreign Wars will hold its annual
Christmas party for children at
the post home on New York Ave.
Sunday, December 18, at 2 p. m.,
with Santa Claus and gifts. While,
the party is primarily for chil
dren of members, other children
are welcome to the limit of the
post’s facilities.
Pleasants Named
To Study Group
James M. Pleasants of Southern
Pines, a member of the Moore
County board of commissioners,
was named last week to represent
the State Association of County
Commissioners on the Commis
sion on Reorganization of State
Government, a group appointed
by Gov. Luther H. Hodges.
Mr. Pleasants, who is second
vice-president of the State Com
missioners’ Association, was in
Raleigh Friday to attend the first
meeting of the Reorganization
Commission.
No Objections To
Telephone Project
Made At Hearing
Toll-Free Service
Here To Pinehurst,
Aberdeen Is Planned
Telephone toll service between
Southern Pines and Pinehurst and
between Southern Pines and Ab
erdeen, is expected to be a thing
of the past before the end of next
year. No objections to the pro
posed “Extended Area Service”
offered by the United Telephone
Company of the Carolinas, Inc.,
were offered at a hearing before
the North Carolina Utilities Com
mission held in Raleigh Monday.
With Commissioner Harry West-
cott presiding, E. W. Small, repre
senting the telephone company,-
outlined the plans for a change
over from the present toll system
to direct dialing between the
towns. He cited the costs involv
ed in inaugurating the new serv
ice, and the loss of revenue from
current toll charges, and submit
ted a proposed monthly rate
schedule to offset these. He gave
the net revenue loss as $22,969 an
nually, and stated that the upward
revision of rates prepared by the
company would bring in approx
imately $23,000.
Also appearing for the United
Telephone Company were John E.
Cline and Gedrge M. Thompson,
top officials of the company, and
for the Sandhill Telephone (Com
pany of Aberdeen, affected by the
proposed extended service system,
E. O. Freeman, owner-manager.
Attorney Wade Barber of Pitts-
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Trustees’ Committee Inspects Site
For College, Sandhills Area Today
Requiremeuts
Met Here, New
Brochure Says
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VFW REPORTS
PGA Headquarters
Going To Florida
Delegates to the annual con
vention of the Professional Golf
ers Association at Atlantic City,'
N. J., last week decided to move
headquarters of the organization
from Chicago to Dunedin, near
Tampa, Fla., where the PGA al
ready owns property.
Southern Pines had bid strong
ly for the headquarters, with
town council, interested persons,
and professional and amateur
golfers of the Sandhills coopera
ting to pool information and ef
fort and present the case for thig
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Stores To Stay Open
Wednesday Afternoon
Retail stores in Southern Pines
plan to remain open Wednesday
afternoon next week for the con
venience of Christmas shoppers.
The stores were open Wednesday
of this week.
SCHOOL VACATIQNS
Christmas vacation will begin
for children in the East Southern
Pines schools at noon Tuesday,
while West Southern Pines chil
dren will be free for vacation at
noon the next day, Wednesday.
Cafeterias will not operate at the
respective schools on the day that
school lets out.
PART OF $500 MILLION PROGRAM
Ford Grants Made To Local Hospitals
The sums of $51,90P for Moore
County Hospital at Pinehurst and
$17,500 for Saint Joseph of the
Pines Hospital, Southern Pines,
are included in appropriations
totaling $500 million to be made
by The Ford Foundation to hospi
tals and educational institutions
over the nation. The unprece
dented grants were announced
this week.
Cheer Program
Goes Well But
Help Is Needed
A Veterans of Foreign Wars
committee headed by Fred Hall,
Jr., expects to start packing
Christmas cheer baskets for the
needy about the middle of next
week, using the street floor space
in the Straka Building on N. E.
Broad St.
George Straka of Passaic, N. J.,
has granted the post permission
to-use the space. Packed baskets
will be displayed for the public
to see before they are delivered
later next week.
Using the Welfare Depart
ment’s list of approved needy
families, the VFW post expects to
distribute nearly 100 baskets of
food items, as well as toys and
other things to families who can
use special items.
While the program is progress
ing well, Mr. Hall said, cash con
tributions are still needed for
purchase of food items. The pub
lic may also give by placing non-
perishable food items in the big
silver-painted barrels that are
prominently placed in all grocery
stores in town. These are filling
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“COLLEGE STUDENTS” for an hour, strolling on the proposed
campus of the new Presbyterian College, where they served as
photographic models one day last October, were the high school
seniors shown above—Jacque Davenport, Joanne Goodwin, Bob
Cline and Johnny Watkins. '
The photo, considerably larger than shown here, is used on the
front cover of the Southern Pines brochure for the college. It
was made in Weymouth Woods, which is being offered as a site
and was visited by an inspection group today.
The back cover of the brochure shows a little boy and girl in a
lane of dogwood and azaleas. The youngsters are Sandra and
Mit Younts, presented as “members of the class of 1972,” who
state, “We want our own college—right here in Southern Pines.”
(Photo by V. Nicholson)
The terms of the grants will
place full responsibility on the!
governing authorities of each'
hospital to spend the funds in ac
cordance with local needs and
problems. Use of the funds will
be permitted for any program of
improvement or extension of hos
pital service, but not for opera
ting expenses for services cur
rently being performed by the
hospitals.
SWORN IN—A delegation
of Moore County friends was
present in the office of Gov.
Luther H. Hodges in Raleigh
today when W. P. Saunders of
Southern Pines, pictured here,
was sworn in as director qf
the North Carolina Depart
ment of Conservation and De-
■vrt>ior)ment. Associate Justice
William H. Bobbitt of the
Sifut; Supreme Court admin
istered the oath of office.
Builders Cup To
Be Given Friday
For Civic Service
The 1955 Builders Cup, award
ed from time to time to a man
or woman of Moore County wlio
by “unselfish personal service,
without hope of personal gain,
has outstandingly contributed to
the upbuilding of the Sandhills
section,” will be presented Friday
night at the Mid Pines Club by
the Sandhills Kiwanis Club.
The big question: To whom?
Only members of a select Cup
Committee of the club know, and
they won’t tell.
It will be the annual Kiwanis
Ladies’ Night at Mid Pines, arid
the principal speaker on the pro
gram will be the Rev. Dr. John
McSween, of Clinton, S. C., re
tired Presbyterian clergyman and
former president of Presbyterian
College of South Carolina.
Winners of the Builders Cup in
the past have been: John R. Mc
Queen, Bion H. Butler, Leonard
Tufts, Simeon B. Chapin, P.
Frank Buchan, Dr. H. E. Bow
man, Mrs. T. A. Cheatham, Paul
Dana, Dr. Clement R. Monroe,
Charles W. Picquet, George H.
Maurice, G. C. Seymour, Miss
Birdilia Bair, Paul C. Butler, A.
L. Burney, William D. Campbell,
Mrs. Audrey Kennedy, Forrest
W. Lockey, Mrs. WiUiam A. Way,
Miss Laura Kelsey, and Richard
S. Tufts. Superior Court Judge W.
A. Leland McKeithen will make
Friday night’s presentation.
Jere McKeithen
New SVA Head
Jere McKeithen of Aberdeen
was elected president of the
Sandhills Veterans Association at
a meeting held in the home of
Thomas R. Howerton of South
ern Pines Monday night.
Other new officers of the SVA
are: Watson Scott, secretary;
Bert Premo, drive chairman; Don
'I avlo" assistant drive chairman;
and Maxwell Forrest, publicity
eb airman. All are from Southern
Pines.
Chief project of the SVA is its
annual campaign for funds to
provide one or more Moore
County high school graduates
with scholarships to study nurs
ing.
Fund Pledges
Pass $200,000
A total of $211,719 from 245 per
sons has been pledged jn the Pres
byterian College Endowment
Fund campaign, it was announced
Tuesday by Donald D. Kennedy, a
vice-chairman of the endowment
fund committee.
The fund is being raised on a
county-wide basis, receiving
pledges that will be paid over a
three-year period if the consoli
dated Presbyterian College is lo
cated in Moore County.
Mr. Kennedy itemized the
pledges as follows, using in his
computations, he said, only those
pledges actually signed and re
ceived in the committee’s office
by Tuesday:
Southern Pines—$141,584 from
187 persons.
Pinehurst—$41,305 from 21 per
sons.
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POST OFFICE HOURS
Post office windows will be
open Saturday from 8 a. m. to 1
p. m. On Sunday, a window will
be open from 5 to 6 p. m. for
mailing parcels or buying stamps.
Windows will be open from 8 a.
m. to 6 p. m. on Saturday, De
cember 24. Patrons are reminded
to empty their post office boxes
more frequently than usual from
now until Christmas, to allow
greater speed and efficiency of
mail distribution to boxes.
A visiting committee of trustees
of the new Presbyterian College
this morning visited the Wey
mouth Woods to view the site be
ing offered as a campus by the
Boyd family, through the Moore
County College Commtitee.
Members of the visiting com
mittee of trustees are Dr. Roy E.
Watts, of the First Presbyterian .
Church of High Point, chairman;
James F. McNair, Laurinburg; U.
S. Congressman L. H. Fountain,
Tarboro; Tom Belk, Charlotte;
Hector McLean, Lumberton; also
W. H. Neal, Winston-Salem, chair
man of the board, and Mrs. Julian
B. Hutaff, Fayetteville.
The visit to the beautiful wood
ed estate, of which some 200 acres
will be donated if the college
should locate in Southern Pines,
was Item 1 on the agenda of a full
day of inspection and information.
After spending an hour on the
Weymouth property, the seven-
member visiting group—including
five official committee members
and two additional trustees—con
vened at the Hollywood Hotel for
a briefing session.
Information Discussed
With local campaign leaders
they went over informational ma
terial in a packet with which each
one was provided, and specific
subjects of interest to them were
discussed.
Two of the 10 college require
ments coming up for discussion at
this time were assigned to each of
the following for further develop
ment: Rev. Cheves Ligon, pastor
of Brownson Memorial Presbyte
rian Church; A. L. Burney, chair
man of the Moore County College
Committee; Mayor Voit Gilmore,
School Supt. A. C. Dawson and
W. Lament Brown.
Luncheon was served at The
Hollywood to the trustees, mem
bers ^of the reception committee
headed by Supt. Dawson, mem
bers of the Moore County College
Committee and a few other key
persons associated with the local
effort to secure the college.
Tour of Area
The visitors were then taken on
a station-wagon tour of Southern
Pines and vicinity, including Ab
erdeen and Pinehurst.
An airplane flight to view the
campus'site and Moore County
from above, originally scheduled
to take place after lunch, was can
celled in view of the shortness of
time, with much to see and do.
The day’s program ended with
a tea given by Mrs. James Boyd at
her home, for the visitors and lo
cal campaign officials.
Packets containing the “basic
information” desired by the trus
tees went out last weekend to
those who were to visit here, on
request of- the chairman, so they
would know better what they
wanted to see, and what questions
they wished to ask.
Packets Mailed
Similar packets were mailed
this week to the other members
of the board of trustees (including
two alternate members) to reach
them by today. By coincidence,
this is the date previously set for
the board to receive such informa
tion from all the competing towns.
The packets, prepared by the
local campaign publicity commit
tee, contained a special brochure
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PRESBYTERIAN OFFICIALS STRESS:
Equal Consideration Promised Towns
Announcement of a proposal by
Charles H. Babcock, Winston-Sa
lem business man, to move Mere-'
dith College from Raleigh to Win
ston-Salem as an inducement to
the Presbyterian Synod of North
Carolina to purchase the Baptist
property in Raleigh, will not af
fect the decision of the Trustees of
the Consolidated Presbyterian
Clollege to give equal considera
tion to each of the seventeen
towns seeking the institution, it
was stated this week by Dr. Har
old J. Dudley, general secretary of
the Synod.
No proposition Jias been tender
ed the Presbyterian trustees, and
it is assumed that the only way
the proposal can get before the
board will be in connection with
the efforts of Raleigh to obtain
the college. Dr. Dudley said.
W. H. Neal of Winston-Salem,
chairman of the board, has stated
unequivocably that the announce
ment relating to Meredith College
has never been before the Board
of Trustees or any group connect
ed with it. Halbert M. Jones of
Laurinburg, vice-chairman of the
board, confirmed this by saying,
“The matter not only has not been
presented to the Board, but it has
not been considered; nor has any
committee or group been named
by the board to consider it.”
Mr. Jones added, “The intention
of the trustees is to locate the col
lege at the place where it will
render the greatest service.”
Dr. Dudley said at Raleigh, ‘‘The
Meredith issue wiU not affect at
all the responsibility of the Board
of Trustees to give full considera-
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