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Tolio Not Licked Yet’ Chairmen Told As March of Dimes Starts ’56 Drive Quota Set At $7,560 For Moore; 21 Cases Recorded Last Year “Polio is not licked yet. We still have a big job to do,” said J. Frank McCaskill of Pinehurst, co director of the Moore County March of Dimes, presiding Wed nesday night over a supper meet ing which initiated the 1956 cam paign. To the 20 chapter officials, di rectors and community chairmen attending the event at the Car thage Hotel, he gave statistics AUTO TAGS READY License Plate Sale Is Brisk On First Day Sale of state license plates for 1956 started off briskly Tuesday at the local license bureau, main tained by the Southern Pines Chamber of Commerce at the Southland Hotel. The total of 329 plates of all varieties sold cn that day was about twice as many as on any previous opening day, said Miss Alice S. Baxter, bureau manager. During most of the day, a line formed as far as the sidewalk. A slight let-up was noted, though sales continued brisk, on the second day, when the office closed at noon. In three hours Wednesday, 92 plates were sold, Thursday, help arrived for Miss Baxter v'hen Mrs. S. D. Fobes re ported for duty. She will assist the manager during the sale period, then succeed her as Chamber sec retary and bureau manager when Miss Baxt-r goes to a new posi tion February 15. The license bureau will be open to serve the public from 9 a. m. to 4 p. m. daily, except Wednes days and Saturdays, when the closing hour is 12 noon. An addi tional hour is required daily for Miss Baxter to compile her report for the day. The bureau serves Moore and neighboring counties. For Southern Pines auto owners, tO'Wn tags are also on sale there. M. R. Cornell With Amerotron Frank T. Roberts of Southern Pines, vice-president, administra tion, of Amerotron Corporation, has announced the appointment of Marvin R. Cornell as head of in dustrial engineering of Amero tron. Prior to coming with Amero tron, Mr. Cornell was in a similar capacity with American Thread Company. Previously he had spent 18 years with Textron in New England. Mr. CorneU. plans to make his home in this area with his wife and son. He will be with the Ab erdeen Amerotron offices. showing that, if the Salk vaccine should prevent the development of any new cases at all, there are stiU 70,000 polio victims in the U. S. who need rehabilitation and care. In Moore County, there were 21 new cases of polio last year, mak ing 1955 the biggest polio year for Moore County since the epidemic year of 1948. Fortunately, the type of polio last year was mild and there were lew if hny crip pling effects. However, the coun ty chapter of the National Infan tile Paralysis Foundation handled each one as expeditiously, with a minimum of red tape, as it always had in the past. This prompt ac tion, with new knowledge of doc tors and new hospital equipment, much of which has been made possible through Foundation- sponsored research financed by the March of Dimes, was a major factor in prevention of tragic ef fects. The community chairmen pres ent willingly accepted their for mer quotas totaling $7,560 for the county, and were given instruc tions and materials preparatory to starting their local drives at once. Butler Reelected The meeting was also the annual one lor the chapter and election of officers was held. Paul C. Butler of Southern Pines was reelected by acclamation to serve as chapter chairman lor the 17th consecutive (Continued on Page 8) Final Touches Put Ou New Unit of Local High School ■^inal touches are being put on th new Southern Pin6s High S( 'ool building “Phase B” with tlu expectation that the new wing may go into use by the end of next week, it uras learned to day from Supt. A. C. Dawson. The first wing, or “Phase A” of the $264,000 building has been in use since September, 1954. When the second wing is ready, classes will be moved in without formality. An “open house” for inspection by the public will be held later. The new wing, which faces May street, adjoining the first wing at the corner of Massachusetts ave nue, will provide seven new classrooms and a library. The room now being used as a library will become an eighth new class room. Also in the new pgrtion will be the principal’s office and a health room. The main entrance to the build ing is in the center of the new wing, opening onto the driveway at almost the exact point of entry of the old high school building, which was torn down to make room for the new. Part of the $20,000 worth of equipment has already been mov ed in to the new portion. Light ing fixtures have yet to be in stalled and other minor additions made to get it ready for use. STETSON OR TOPHAT—it’s all one so long as you stay with hounds! Above right, is L. P. Tate, owner of Starland Stables, and regular member of the field of the Moore County Hounds. The racehorse owner is riding his favorite hunter. Red Money. ' Beside him is “Cowboy” Jimmy Nichols, on the white horse, Jean Baptiste, with which he won last season’s Albany Stakes, at Jamaica, for the Tates. Photograph by Southern Pines’ Emerson Humphrey taken at the meet of the Moore County Hounds last Saturday. Hunting Off To Fine New Year Start As Rain Improves Scent Conditions Notables Take Part Tn Run Eeginning At Mileaway Farm Hunting with the Moore Coun ty Hounds got off to a fine pre- New Year’s start with the drag hunt in Pinehurst last Thursday. Called “the best ever held there” by Mrs. Moss, first whip and secretary of the hunt, the run started in the country back of the Carolina Hotel, where the Young Pianist Will Play Friday Hailed as one of the most bril liant young pianists, David Bar- Illan will be heard in recital at Weaver Auditorium in Southern Pines at 8:30 p. m. Friday, pre sented by the Sandhills Music As sociation. Born in Haifa, Israel, Mr. Bar- Illan began his studies at five, and has a background that includes the highest awards given by the Juilliard Conservatory. In 1953, in England, he received the Coro nation Year medal, the first given to a pianist who was not a citizen of the Commonwealth. He came to this country at 22, 12 years after beginning public recitals. The Israeli War of Independence interrupted his studies, during which he took part in the Battle of Nazareth and others. He be longed to the Israeli Underground from the age of 14. At age 17, he passed final exams of the Univer sity of London in higher mathe matics. On resuming his studies at Juil liard, he graduated in 1950, with a scholarship to the Mannes Col lege of Music. His stature as an artist of rare ability and appeal is established in four countries. Mr. Bar-Illan’s program at DAVID BAR-ILLAN Weaver Auditorium tomorrow will include Beethoven’s Moon light Sonata, a nocturne, etude and scherzo by Chopin, Brahms’ Intermezzo, a Liszt rhapsody, and other selections. In addition to season tickets (at Bamum Real ty), single admissions will be available at the door. Dogs Listed For Taxes Must Wear New County Tag Persons listing dogs for taxes this year receive from the list taker a numbered county dog tax tag which must be attached to the dog’s collar, it was pointed out this week by Mrs. Estelle Wicker, county tax supervisor and accountant. Dogs not wearing a county tax tag may be picked up and im pounded during the year by Har dy Barber, county dog warden. Mr. Barber said that this means the law-abiding Moore County dog must henceforth wear two tags—the county tax tag and the tag proving rabies vaccination. Lack of either or both tags is rea son for a dog’s being picked up by the warden and impounded. At the time of rabies vaccina tion clinics next Spring, dogs not (Continued on page 8) meet was held. Running through the Louis Meyer property, the run finished down the hill through the woodland on Dr. J. I. Neal’s place, with the kill near Starland Stables. Pouring down the last hill, through the woods, with a fine cry, the pack closed in fast to the kill. In fact, so fast was the last half of the run, due to the sudden improvement in scent after rain, that hounds nearly caught up with the “Drag-boy.” Babe Mc- Crimmon, who lays the line for the pack this year, had barely time to hang the dragmeat in a small tree before hounds were on it. McCrimmon, has, this year, added the laying of the occasional drag, to the long list of tasks he has carried for the local pack. First employed by James and Jackson Boyd, original owners and joint masters of the Moore County, Mc Crimmon has worked for the hunt for more thin 25 years. Last week’s run was “one of his best yet!” said Mrs. Moss. (Continued on Pagte 8) Highway Toll Up But No Homicides Listed For 1955 Investigation of 48 Deaths Reported By County Coroner A total of 48 deaths in Moore County required investigation by Coroner Ralph G. Steed in 1955, according to the official’s year- end rejiort. The total—10 more than the deaths investigated in 1954—included 14 highway fatali- I ties, four more than were listed j by the coroner for 1954. j Notable is the fact there were ' no homicides, as compared to four : in 1954 and five in 1953. The Robbins man’s investiga- ; ticns disclosed that 17 of the I deaths he checked were from natural causes. There were 20 such deaths checked by the coro ner in 1954. Actually, the auto accident death count for the county in 1955 was 16. Tv/o of the deaths occur red on private property, not on a public highway, so that 14 are listed official as highway fatali ties. The two others were checked and reported separately by the coroner. Other deaths investigated by the coroner in 1955: One from exposure; four sui cides; one scalding, two burned in heme fires, two drownings, one from acute alcoholism, and one woman hit and killed by a rail road train in Southern Pines. Three “accidental” deaths were noted by Mr. Steed as: a man who fell down and cut his arm on a piece of glass; a highway work er wbo' fell off a tractor pulling a “sheepfoot” roller and was kiUed when the roller passed over him; and a man who was found beside the railroad tracks north of Southern Pines, apparently kill ed when he fell off a passing rail road train or by exposure follow ing such a fall. County Town's Joining College Fiitid^Campaii^n Large Number COUNCIL TO MEET Regular meeting of the town council will be held at 8 p. m. Tuesday, January 10, in town hall. A public hearing on various amendments to the zoning ordi nance, affecting Bennett Street and the new No. 1 highway by pass, will continue at the meet ing. The hearing was adjourned from the December meeting of the council. Six New C. Of C. Directors Accept; Two To Be Named Six newly elected directors of the Southern Pines Chamber of Commerce have accepted the^job, with two more yet to be named, it was learned today from Hoke PolUock, chairman of the elec tion. Acceptances were received from Warren Bell, Roy Grinnell, James Hartshorne, W. B. Holli day, Earl Hubbard and Miss Kitty Wiley. They will serve a two-year term. Two, Miss Wiley and Holli day, have served as directors be fore. The chairman said these were all he had been able to contact by The Pilot’s deadline today, and it might be several days before he could announce the other two, as one man on the list is out of town. He said he would prefer not to name the next two until he could be sure of their accept ance. The eight will be installed, with seven holdover members, as the new board at the next regu lar meeting, Tuesday, January 17. At the Tuesday night meeting this week, the old board tallied votes received in the mail ballot ing, in which eligible members of the Chamber were listed nominees. BULLETIN BOARD As a coirnnuniiy service. The Pilot has installed a bul letin board for the registra tion of coining events. In recognition of the fact that it is sometimes difficult to avoid duplication of events because there has been, to date, no central cleairing- house for such affairs and therefore no way of know ing ifar in advance when en tertainments are planned, and what dales are already taken, this newspaper has in stalled in the inner office, a large calendar for this pur pose. Spaces under each dale give ample space, it is believ ed, for writing in notices of events and thete is a pencil firmly attached. All is ready for action. Says The Pilot: "Before you decide on your date for party, concert, lecture, sale, or whatnot: Come and look at the calendar. And then: pick your date and write it in!" Commission Gives Final Approval To Phone Project The State Utilities Commission has authorized United Telephone Company to provide extended scope service between Soiithem Pines and Pinehurst and between Southern Pines and Aberdeen and to raise rates to make up for the removal of toll charges. Officials of the company were notified last Friday that a “rec ommended order” previously is sued on the extended service mat ter had become final, as no ex ceptions to the order had been filed. E. W. Small of the United office here said that start of extended service is tentatively set for the latter part of the last quarter of 1956 or the first quarter of 1957. The extended scope service ar rangement approved for United Telephone Company means its subscribers will be able to call between Southern Pines and Pinehurst and between Southern Pines and Aberdeen without pay ing long distance tolls. Business rates will be increased $2.25 a month for one-party serv ice, $1.75 for two-party service, $1.50 for four-party service and $1.50 for rural, multi-party serv ice. Residential rates will be in creased $1 a month for one-party service, 75 cents for two-party servic, 50 cents for four-party service and 50 cents for rural, multi-party service. The Commission said the high er exchange rates were necessary (Continued on page 8) as LOOKING TOWARD THE BOND ELECTION Town’s Growth Creates Water System Needs Voters of Southern Pines will gO' to the polls January 31 to ex- prss approval or disapproval of four separate town bond issues: 1. $150,000 for water system im provements. 2. $150,000 for sewer system improvements. 3. $100,000 for municipal build ings. • 4. $50,000 for a West Southern Pines swimming pool. W!hy has the town council call ed this bond election? What are the needs that are reflected in the bond proposals? Why are these particular projects chosen for bond financing? What are the facts a citizen needs to make up * his mind on how he will vote onj each of the proposittions? In a series of four stories, start ing today and appearing in each of the four weekly editions of this newspaper prior to the elec tion, The Pilot will attempt to answer these questions. It is the purpose of these stories not to editorialize for or against any of the four proposi tions—such opinion will appear on the editorial page prior to the election—but to bring facts be fore the public. Many of these facts, of course, are potent ar guments for (or-some might say against) the various proposals. It is our Tiope that readers of these stories will vote—^whether they vote pro or con^—^with an understanding of the issues on which they are expressing* their opinions. Wafer Proposal We lead off today, therefore, with some information about the water system improvement proposal. ' The basic reason for the water system bond request—and for all four of the requests, for that mat ter—is that Southern Pines is a growing town. It is continually needing more water for domestic use and fire protection and, in the opinion of experts on the subject, will steadily continue to grow and need more water for many years to come. (Continued on Page 8) TAX LISTING Listing of real and personal property for taxes continues throughout the county, to run through the month of Janu ary. Schedules of community visits by the list takers for Mc Neill and Sandhill townships can be found elsewhere in today’s Pilot. Pledges Will Be Important Organizations are being built up in 17 communities in Moore Coun ty in support of the “Get the Presbyterian College” campaign, and results are already coming in from some of them, the Moore County College Committee heard Wednesday morning from Donald D. Kennedy, endowment fund co vice-chairman. At a meeting held in the cam paign headquarters, Mr. Kennedy said he is getting around as fast as time permits to see all the com munity chairmen and to assist them in getting their solicitation drives under way. With less than a month now to go before the final presentation before the college board of trus tees—the time for Southern Pines and Moore County is set for Wed nesday, February 1, at 10:30 a.m. —the final effort will be made for greatly widened scope as well as a worthy financial total. 377 Contributions Mr. Kennedy reported that, as of Wednesday morning, pledges had reached a total of $236,433, from 377 contributors in nine communities. The latest to report was Vass, where six contributors started off the campaign with to tal pledges of $2,300. While the total, now nearing a quarter of a million dollars, was commended as highly creditable— also considerably beyond the $200,000 goal originally set — the committee members expressed the view that the competition for the Presbyterian college has now be come so keen, it will have to go much higher for Southern Pines and Moore county to reach the “finals.” Seventeen Eastern North Caro lina cities and towns are bidding to secure the institution, most of fering a minimum half-million as initial gift. Several have an nounced pledges of a million or more. Total Number Important Even more important than the final sum, the committee mem bers felt, is the total number of pledges, which should run into the thousands instead of the hundreds, showing the unified desire for, and welcome to, the college. From the recent visit of the trustees, one big impression was gained: that the site to be selected would be one where the college is want ed and appreciated. On the community leaders and their workers now falls the re sponsibility of contacting every citizen, spreading wide the oppor tunity to pledge in behalf of the consolidated college. On their doing so, the commit tee made plain, they are now pin ning their hopes for favorable consideration, with a chance for this locality to survive the elimi nations slated to be held within a month. The competing communities will all be given their chance to make their final presentation, and offer of preseht and continuing support, in the three-day perio(^ January 31-February 2. A few will be selected then for a visit by the full board, with the final se lection to be announced March 6. (Continued on page 8) Kiwauians To Hear J. Frank Nolen J. Frank Nolen, of Florence, S. C., governor of the Carolinas Dis trict of Kiwanis International, will be the speaker at the Sand hills Kiwanis Club’s Anniversary Day meeting Wednesday, Janu ary 11. He will be introduced by the district’s secretary-treasurer, Herbert W. Hennig of Darlington, S. C., at the Southern Pines Country Club. Governor Nolen is a native of Alabama, and attended the Uni versity of Alabama. He is a mem ber of the Park Advisory Board of his state, is vice president of the Executive Club of Florence, a trustee of the city’s schools and former vice president of the Chamber of Commerce. A mem ber of Kiwanis since 1938, he is a past president of the Florence club, and served as lieutenant governor of the 8th division of the Carolinas district in 1950. He MR. NOLEN is a Baptist, an ardent fisherman and a football enthusiast.
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