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VOL. 37—NO. 14
TWENTY-FOUR PAGES
SOUTHERN PINES. N. C.. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 23. 1956
TWENTY-FOUR PAGES
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Citizens Divided On Choice of Site
For Town’s New Mimicipal Buildings
Locaii '<5 At Park,
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Pem*..^*vania Ave.
Debated At Meeting
The town council and some two
dozen residents of Southern Pines
conducted a lively but inconclu
sive discussion Tuesday afternoon
on where a civic center—for
which $100,000 in bonds has just
been voted by the people—might
be located. Tentative plans call
for a building or group of build
ings to house town offices, police
and fire departments and jail.
Public Invited
To Guard’s Open
House Saturday
With plans for the local Muster
Day program well under way, the
local National Guard’s command
ing officer emphasized this week
that the main purpose of the na
tionwide program was to “kick
off’ an extensive recruiting drive
to last through the first six
months of 1956.
Captain William J. Wilson, the
commander of the Moore County
tank company, will broadcast a
discussion of the National Guard
and the benefits of membership
in the Guard Friday, February 24.
The broadcast is scheduled for
1:15 p. m. over station WEED.
In a preview of the radio talk.
Captain Wilson said that he in
tended to outline the themte of
the Muster Day exercises—
George Washington’s strong be
lief in an organized citizen army
—and then cover the activities of
the NationM Guard and go into
some detail about the benefits
available to yoxmg men approach
ing military age by enlistment, in
the National GuaM.
All Moore County citizens are
invited to attend and observe the
program to be put on by the local
Guardsmen Saturday, but special
emphasis is being given to young
men whd will soon assume their
military obligations under the
Resei-ve Forces Act of 1955.
“Wle feel,” said Wilson, “that
these boys and their parents
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BARBERS RAISE
HAIRCUT PRICES
Men’s haircuts, which used to
go with a shave for two bits, are
going to cost eight bits, which is
one dollar, in Southern Pines be
ginning March 1.
The area’s barbers, who have
been charging eighty five cents
for the past four or five years,
have announced to the public
that they were getting their prices
in line with those of other North
and South Carolina towns.
A shave, which used to cost
sixty cents, will be increased to
seventy five cents under the new
price list.
Towns announcing the new
price increases are, in addition to
Southern Pines, Raeford, West
End* St. Pauls, Pinehurst, Red
Springs, Maxton, and Aberdeen.,
The council will continue its
consideration of the town center
site at a special meeting which
has been called by Mayor Gil
more for 5 p. m. Friday.
Discussion Tuesday was con
fined for the most part to two
proposed locations: on the park
block where the town hall, a for
mer residence built a half cen
tury or more ago, now stands;
and a site recommended by town
planners from the University of
North Carolina—north of Penn
sylvania avenue between Page
and Leak Sts. and extending
north two blocks to Connecticut
Ave. All of this two-block (eight-
acre) tract probably could not be
acquired at one time, but a por
tion of it is available now at a
reasonable cost, the gathering
was informed.
Persuasive and eloquent argu
ments were offered by citizens
for both sites—so persuasive that
several of the spectators, when
questioned by Mayor Voit Gil
more about their preferences,
said they had had their minds
pretty well made up before com
ing to the meeting, but after
hearing all the arguments pro and
con, didn’t know what to think.
“I’d like to think about this
some more before stating an
opinion,” seemed to be the reac
tion of a good many of those pres
ent. Others were certain as to
which of the two sites they
would prefer. These two sites ap
pear to be the only two now un
der serious consideration by the
council.
Entire membership of the coun
cil was present: Mayor Gilmore,
W. E. Blue, T. T. Morse, Harry
Pethick and Sam Richardson,
along with City Manager Tom
E. Cunningham; Louis Scheipers,
Jr., town clerk; William J. Wil
son, town building and safety en
gineer; Fire Chief Harold B. Fow
ler; Frank Kaylor, resident fire
man and fire department secre
tary and treasurer, and Mrs. Kay
lor. Interested spectators, were
three local architects: E. J. Aus-
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Railroad Bridge,
Road Near Here
To Cost $64,000
The State Highway Commission
has received a low bid of slightly
more than $64,000 for a road pro
ject in Moore County.
The Commission will meet to
morrow (Friday) to review the
low bids.
The Moore project calls for 1.22
miles of grading, paving and
structures on a road that runs
from US Highway 1 at Pinedene
across the Seaboard Railroad,
through the Southern Pines Coun
try Club property to the Bethesda
Road at Powell’s Pond.
A low bid of $26,719.20 for that
part of the project was submitted
by J. K. Cecil and Son of Lexing
ton.
The low bid on the other part
of the project, which will include.
^ bridge ■ across the Seaboard
tracks, was $37,653.40, submitted
by Blythe Brothers Company of
Charlotte.
THE STONEYBROOK TROPHY, awarded annually to the
champion of the hunter trials of the Moore County Hounds, was
won this year by Little Trip, owned by Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Win-
kelman of Southern Pines. The trophy is being presented to Ed
Daniels by Mrs. Michael Walsh of Stoneybrook Stables.
(Emerson Humphrey photo)
Little Trip Awarded Stoneybrook
Trophy At Annual Hunter Trials
Lake Lawn Horse
Also Wins Cardy
Cup Third Time
Little Trip, eight-year-old
chestnut gelding owned by D. W.
Winkelman of Lake Lawn Farms,
won the Stoneybrook Trophy
Saturday afternoon for the sec-
Highway Patrol
Giving Classroom
Safety Lectures
state highway patrol and mem
bers of the Moore County Safety
Council have started an intensive
training program in the county’s
schools stressing hi^way safety.
For the past few weeks the
six memibers of the state Highway
Patrol stationed in Moore Coun
ty have been visiting schools and
talking at chapel periods to the
assembled students.
According to Corporal M. S.
Parvin after each program stu
dents who are eligible to own
drivers’ licenses are given certifi
cates and a card.
The partohnen are asking the
students to take the cards home
to their parents. Both the stu
dent and one of his parents sign
the card.
Corporal Parvin said the card
system was a method of future
<4ieck on the value of highway
safety lectures. “When a member
of the patrol has occasion to stop
a boy or girl who has been break
ing a traffic regulation, he will
check both the student’s driver’s
license and his safety card. In
that way we can determine the
value of the safety lectures.”
Several schools have been visit
ed so far. Corporal Parvin said,
and all of them will be visited in
the next few weeks.
Ktiollwood Airport Shows Steady Growth
Though no official statistics are
available, it is generally under
stood that the Southern Pines-
Pinehurst area has the unique
distinction of being the smallest
place in the country at which a
passenger airline has a regular
service.
Recently The Pilot ran a stiry
on the early history of Knollwood
Airport, which was started in
1925 by Lloyd Yost, a World War
1 pilot visiting the Sandhills
Since that beginning some 30
years ago, the airport has shown
considerable progress.
This is the second article deal--
ing with the progress of the air
port.
Buck McKenzie, who formerly
operated an air field in Sanford,
joined with his brother, Ed Mc
Kenzie in 1952 and secured the
lease to operate the field when
Resort Airlines, which had as
sumed operation after the war,
decided to abandon the' project.
Resort Airlines, which was
operated mostly by flyers who
had been in the armed forces
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AIRPORT OPERATORS—L. C. “Buck” McKenzie, right, and
brother, R. McKenzie, operate Knollwood Airport on a lease
basis from Moore County. “Buck” McKenzie has operated sev
eral other airports and has been private pilot for a Kansas oil
firm. (Emerson Humphrey Photo)
ond consecutive year and was
judged champion of the 24th am
nual hunter trials of the Moore
County Hounds.
In addition to the Stoneybrook
Trophy Little Trip also won the
thoroughbred hunters class for
the third time and retired the
Cardy Cup. Little Trip was rid
den by Ed Daniels.
A large crowd, apparently en
joying the season’s first spring
like day, turned out for the col
orful trials which were held at
Scotts Corners.
Reno, a chestnut mare owned
by Miss Eleonora Sears of Ham
ilton, Mass., was named reserve
champion for placing first in the
non-thoroughbred hunters class
and third in the open hunters
class. Reno, formerly owned by
Stoneybrook Farms, was ridden
by Miss Joan Walsh.
An unprogrammed event, re
ceived with delight by the spec
tators, was a “follow-the-leader>
running of the course by the half-
dozen top horses, led by W. O.
Moss MFH Moore County
Hounds, while the judges were
making their calculations.
A new Ontry in hunt teams, the
Yadkin Road; Team, also drew
a great deal of applause as the
three horses of identical silver-
grey color cleared the final fence
breast-to-breast in the same split
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C. of C, To Move
Offices To Graves
Building March 1
The Southern Pines Chamber
of Commerce will move to new
quarters in the Graves Building
on Pennsylvania Avenue March
1, it was announced today by
Mark J. King, Jr., president.
In making the announcement
Mr. King said the move had been
contemplated for some time be
cause of the Chamber’s greatly
increased activities during the
past few years. “The new space,
which will consist of two rooms,
fully air conditioned, will provide
the additional roomi we have
been in need of for the bi
monthly meetings we have, and
a larger office for meeting the
public.”
In preparation for the move,
the. new offices have been paint
ed and completely redecorated.
The new space will also pro
vide the necessary security for
license, plate storage.
The Chamber, which is now
located in quarters at the South
land Hotel, will be closed all day
Wednesday, February 29, and will
be open for business Thursday
morning, March 1.
The new address will be 115 E.
Pennsylvania Avenue.
Mrs. S. D. Fobes is office secre
tary. She succeeded Miss Alice
Baxter, who has recently assum
ed a new position as an artist in
the Training Aids Department of
the Air Ground School.
The move to the new office was
under the direction of James
Hartshorne, chairman of the Of
fice Operations Committee.
Textron Officials
Convene Here For
First Anniversary
Growth, Progress In
Year Since Merger
Noted At Gathering
Officers and directors of Tex-
tron-American, Inc., and its sub
sidiary firms gathered at the Mid
Pines Club here today to mark the
first anniversary of the corpora
tion Since it was formed by mer
ger of Textron, Inc., the American
Woolen Company and Robbins
Mills.
It was called “a year of pro
gress and growth and broadening
of facilities” as dozens of execu
tives from the diversified Textron
operations arrived here.
There was a board of directors’
meeting. It was the first time
that heads of the various Textron
divisions had met with each other
and the board. Royal Little, board
chairman, and R. L. Huffines, of
Pinehurst, president of Textron
and Amerotron Corporation —
Textron’s textile division that has
four plants in central North Caro
lina—headed the list qf executives
attending.
The group visited Amerotron
mills at Aberdeen, Robbins, Rae-
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Fate Of USAF School
Discussed In Capital
Deane Confers
Today With
Top Officials
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Chamber Reveals
School’s Interest
In Locating Here
Southern Pines Chamber of
Commerce has been approached
by officials of an educational in
stitution concerning the possibili
ties of moving to this area, it was
disclosed at a meeting of the
Chamber’s Board of Djrectors
Tuesday night.
Mark J. King, Jr., president of
the Chamber of Commerce, said
no formal negotiations were car
ried on, adding that the approach
was made by pfficials of the
school just a few days ago. “I be
lieve,” Mr. King said, “that mem
bers of the Chamber should have
more definite facts concerning
this contemplated move before we
will be prepared to reveal the
name of the school
“At this time all I can say is
that a school has contacted us,
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HEART FUND
Saturday will be tag day in
Southern Pines for the Moore
County drive of the American
Heart Association, it is an
nounced by Mrs. Nolley Jack-
son, county chairman.
Appeal letters in the annual
Heart Fund drive for money
to conduct research in heart
diseases have gone out over
the county.
Mrs, Jackson urges that all
contributions be sent in
promptly to Mrs. Garland Mc
Pherson, treasurer. Southern
Pines. This year's campaign
is the most extensive ever
conducted in Moore County'
for the He2i7t Fund.
HEADS ROTARY — A. C.
Dawson, superintendent of
Southern Pines schools, was
elected president of the
Southern Pines Rotary Club
when members met for lunch
eon at the Country Club Fri
day. Other new officers elect
ed are: J. B. Perkinson, retir
ing president who becomes
vice-president according to
club custom; James Harts
horne, secretary; E. W. Small,
treasurer; and four new direc
tors; Lt. Col. Paul Kinnison,
E. Earl Hubbard, Joseph I.
Scott and Carl Holt.
Alan T. Preyer
Starts Guidance
Work At School
Alan T. Preyer of Bethesda Rd..
retired business executive who for
many years has been interested in
vocational guidance and aptitude
testing, this week began a series
of conferences with Southern
Pines High School seniors in spe
cial new guidance rooms at the
school.
Cooperating with the program
are the school and the Sandhills
Ki\(sranis Club which stages an an
nual vocational guidance day for
juniors and seniors of all Moore
County high schools.
Mr. Preyer will interview two
seniors twice a week, discussing
vocational interests with them
and referring them to local profes
sional persons in fields in which
they are interested. ,
Used for the conferences are
two small rooms in the Phase A
high school unit, formerly used
for the principal’s offices but de
signed for guidance work. The
school is building up a library of
vocational information there —
available to all students. The con
ferences with Mr. Preyer are con
ducted privately in one of the
rooms.
Plans for the program were an
nounced last year but its start was
delayed by lack of space at the
school^—unavailable until the
Phase B portion of the high school
was put into service recently.
Congressman C. B. Deane is
conferring in Washington today
with top Defense Department of
ficials about Monday’s Air Force
announcement, that the USAF
Air-Ground Operations School,
now at Highland Pines Inn under
a one-year lease that runs to June
30, would move this summer to
Keesler AFB, Miss.
W. Lamont Brown, who last
year headed a committee. that
worked with Congressman Deane
in a successful effort to keep the
school in Southern Pines, said he
had talked with Congressman
Deane Tuesday and that Mr.
Deane was planning to explain to
Defense Department officials the
real advantages to the Air Force,
as well as to the community,' of
keeping the school here.
Mr. Brown reported his conver
sation with the Congressman, to
the town council at its special
meeting 'Tuesday afternoon.
The announcement that the
move was definite came to local
news media Monday through the
Air-Ground School which quoted
Air Force headquarters in Wash
ington.
BULLETIN
This afternoon Mr. Brown
learned by telephone from
Congressman Deane that he
had a one and one-half hour
conference today with the
three men who can and will
make the decision about the
Air-Ground School's location.
The Congressman was quot
ed as saying that these men
have agreed to revise and re
assess the entire situcdion in
the light of the discussions
held today.
JOHN P. MARQUAND IN SANDHILLS
Writing, Golf Keeping Novelist Busy
Writing three or four hours a j
day, playing golf almost daily
(when he writes is determined by
how. the weather looks for golf,
and not vice versa), and informal
ly receiving and visiting friends
and acquaintances—all this adds
up to a pretty good life “for
someone getting on in years,”
says best-selling novelist John P.
Marquand.
The man who took thousands
of readers to Pinehurst—^when
Willis Wayde, the central figure
of his most recent major novel,
“Sincerely, Willis Wayde,” visit
ed the Carolina Hotel for a busi
ness convention—likes living in
the Sandhills.
“I don’t like northern winters,”
this inative New Englander states
flatly and, with almost as much
emphasis, asserts that he prefers
October weather to the pahn
trees of Florida. And there’s more
October weather during the win
ter season at Pinehurst than any
place else he has found to live.
Sees Improvemenl
Speaking in a manner to de
light local boosters, as well as the
N. C. Department of Conserva
tion and Development, Mr. Mar-
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MR. MARQUAND
quand said that when he first
saw North Carolina in 1918, as an
Army trainee sent to Camp
Greene at Charlotte, the Tar Heel
state seemed to him “a dying civ
ilization.” Beyond a few cotton
mills, “there was just nothing,”
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STEVENSON GROUP
TO BE ORGANIZED
A meeting to organize a
Sandhills Stevenson for Pres
ident group will be held at
the American Legion building
on Main St. in Aberdeen at
7:30 p. m. Friday, it was an
nounced today.
All Stevenson supporters
and interested persons are in
vited to attend. “It’s a public
meeting,” the announcement
said, “and everyone is wel
come.”
Terry Sanford, Fayetteville
attorney and former state
president of Young Demo
crats, is expected at the meet
ing.
TOURNEY FINALS
SLATED SATURDAY
The Moore County basketball
tournament, with few upsets reg
istered to date, will continue
tonight (Thursday) with semi
finals at the Carthage Hgh gym.
Games tonight include Aber
deen and Robbins boys. Southern
Pines and Pinehurst boys, and
Aberdeen and Carthage girls.
Finals are scheduled for Satur
day night, beginning at 7:30 p.m.
FRIDAY
Girls—
Highfalls 65, Pinehurst 56.
West End 43, Farm Life 35.
Boys—
West End 49, Cameron 44.
SATURDAY
Girls—
Southern Pines 54, Westmoore
27.
Boys—
Robbins 69, Farm Life 50.
Carthage 45, Highfalls 38.
MONDAY
Girls—
West End 53, Highfalls 46.
Cameron 54, Vass-Lakeview 53.
Boys—
Vass-Lakeview def. Westmoore.
TUESDAY
Girls—
Aberdeen 79, Southern Pines 53.
Boys—
Southern Pines 69, West End 31.
Robbins 64, Carthage 50.
WEDNESDAY
Girls—
Robbins 73, West End 65.
Carthage 79, Cameron 42.
Boys—
Pinehurst 58, Vass-Lakeview 36.