Uiqh foHt ylGlcndon Cot^qe ^ taqiaopqs. CaincrOf) jp)l . . v^fit-nd Lpk«vw;/'Vass f Lok«vie;i/*Vass VOL. 37—NO. 14 TWENTY-FOUR PAGES SOUTHERN PINES. N. C.. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 23. 1956 TWENTY-FOUR PAGES PRICE TEN CENTS •Jit h -a I • Citizens Divided On Choice of Site For Town’s New Mimicipal Buildings Locaii '<5 At Park, f 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 (Continued on Page 5) 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- (Continued on Page 8) '4 .... m Mm 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 (Continued on Page 13) 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 (Continued on Pag4 8)' 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- (Continued on page 5) ' Fate Of USAF School Discussed In Capital Deane Confers Today With Top Officials -** 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, (Continued on page 8) 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- ■1- WWiip,. 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,” (Continued on Page 5) 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.

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