^RoUf'i ■conol Uiqh IGlcndon nci£c^ non pjl Jackson , ^llcrbe (•Vass >n.«S bm SIXTEEN PAGES SOUTHERN PINES. NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MARCH 1. 1956 SIXTEEN PAGES PRICE TEN CENTS r ■.'m 'A! ■ »s. KWMIl m *£ OFFICERS of new Moore County Stevenson- for-President Club; seated in front of Stevenson poster, H. Clifton Blue, president, and Mrs. Anne Marks, vice-president, both of Aberdeen; standing, from left. Jack Smith, Aberdeen, treas- Democrats Forming Stevenson Club Are Greeted By Telegram From Candidate urer, Charles MacLeod, Carthage, vice-presi dent,, and J. Hubert McCaskill, Pinehurst, sec retary, Light reflections from the uneven sur face of the poster cause distortions of the face in this picture. (Photo by V. Nicholson) Possible Visit Here In April Revealed; Success Predicted A telegram from Adlai E. Stev enson, contender for the Demo cratic nomination for President, brought greetings last Friday night to between 75 and 100 Dem ocrats of the county who gathered in the American Legion hall at Aberdeen to form the state’s sec ond Stevenson-for-President Club. The group elected officers and executive committee members, heard Stevenson hailed as “the best qualified candidate for Pres ident in our lifetime,” by Terry Sanford of Fayetteville and pledg- Rotary To Stage Pancake Jamboree Friday, March 9 Pancakes — stacks of them, q steaming hot and with suitable' trimmings—will be served by members of the Southern Pines Rotary Club and their wives, the Rotary Anns, Friday of next week at the Fellowship Hall of the Church of Wide Fellowship. Harry Chatfield, chairman of the committee in charge, urges Southern Pines folks to eat break fast out that day—or lunch if they can’t get out for breakfast. g, Rotarians will be serving pan cakes at the Fellowship Hall from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. at a small charge per plate. Purpose of the pancake jambo ree—which is something new to this community, though it has been used for benefit events else where—is to raise funds for a number of Rotary’s charities and community service projects. The club is growing and is tak- ^ mg on more service projects— among them the adoption of a Greek orphan. Local projects that will benefit from the pancake jamboree are: the annual party for children at Halloween, a well established and highly popular event; the annual banquet for Southern Pines High School bas ketball teams; a scholarship fund; contribution to the" school band’ throygh the Band Booster Club; (f Junior Rotarians project whereby high school students are guests at club luncheon meetings. Other members of the club serv ing with Mr. Chatfield on the committee are Df. L. M. Daniels Roy CouncH, Harold McAllister and Joseph I. Scott. ed their efforts to put Moore County—which went for Eisen hower in 1952—in the Democratic column in this year’s Presidential election. Read by District Solicitor M. G. Boyette of Carthage, the Steven son telegram said; ' Please extend my greet ings to my good friends of the Sandhills country who are honoring me by forming a Stevenson-for-President club. I woidd .Uke to be in North Carolina enjoying some hunt ing, golf and good fellowship, but since that is impossible the next best thing is to know that my friends are meeting and working in my behalf. I am grateful for your help. Cordially yours, Adlai E, Ste venson." NEW QUARTERS The Chamber of Commerce opened its new quarters this morning in the Graves Build ing on Pennsylvania Avenue. The new quarters comprise a two-room suite located on tee ^ound floor of the air- conditioned building. The Chamber took all day We<teesday to move office equipment and records from te*( old quarters in the South land Hotel. Dr. E. M. Medlin, mayor of Ab erdeen, welcomed the group and introduced H. Clifton Blue, Moore representative in the N. C. Gen eral Assembly, later elected presi dent of the new club, who said that even in defeat, Stevenson has grown in stature and called him one of the outstanding statesmen in the world today. Mr. Blue in troduced Mr. Sanford, a Fayette ville attorney who has served as State senator. State President of Young Democrats and who man aged Kerr Scott’s successful cam paign for U. S. Senator. Nomination Predicted Pointing out that grass roots meetings can and do influence del egates to national conventions, Mr. Sanford' predicted that Stevenson would get the nomination no later than the second ballot. “We must get away from basing our campaign on ,an attack on Eisenhower and the Republican administration,” he said. “We must take a positive approach and tell the people why the country needs Stevepson, who is probably the best qualified candidate for President in our lifetime. “Many people during the last campaign failed to see the back ground and training Stevenson has, particularly in foreign af fairs. Stevenson is the intellec tual and moral heir to Woodrow (Continued on Page 5) Public Invited To A A Gathering Alcoholics Anonymous, the na tionally known organization whose local chapter has been ac tive since 1946, will hold an open meeting at 8:30 p.m. Friday in the basement of the Belvedere Hotel, the group’s regular meeting place. While most AA meetings are for members only, it is the custom now and then to hold “open meet ings” at which the public can hear special speakers on the problems and achievements of alcoholics. Since 1946, the local group, a member said this week, “has been the means of sobriety and a new way of life for many alcoholics.”" The local group meets each Mon day and Friday evening and “will go anywhere, any time upon 'an honest call for help.” Red Cross- Drive Chairmen Named For Moore County Local chairmen for 25 com munities in Moore County have been appointed to head up the an nual Red Cross fund raising campaign in their respective com munities, it was announced today by J. D. Ives of Pinebluff, county chairman. Chairmen for two other com munities will be announced la ter. Those named are Aberdeen, Lt. Col. Roy Bender; Adder, Mrs'. Henry Addor; Bensalem-Big Oak, Mrs. J. A. Kelley; Cameron, to be announced later; Carthage, Mrs. Bethel Short; Clay Road Farms, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Matthews; Eagle Springs-Jackson Springs, J. A. Tuckerman; Eastwood, Rev. Thomas Young. Eureka, A. T. Perry, Glendon- The Horseshoe, Miss Alma Ed wards; Parkwood - Hallison-Put- nam, O. T. Parks, Sr.; Highfalls, J. C. Phillips; Hillcrest, Miss Grace Tillman; Jackson Hamlet, Rev. Z. D. McRae; Lakeview, Mrs. Ben GuRedge; Pleasant Hill, Mrs. Catherine Howard; Pinebluff, Mrs. Wade Tyner. Pinehurst, James Harrington, (Continued on Page 5) j School Move Here In ‘Exploratory’ Stage, King Says Pineland-EMI Head Confers Wilh Group, Inspecls the Town Talks that Mark J. King, Jr., president of the Chamber of Com merce called “only exploratory” took place here this week be tween a Chamber of Commerce committee and W. J. Blanchard, president of Pineland CoUege-Ed- wards Military Institute at Salem- burg in Sampson County, concern ing the institution’s query about a move to Southern Pines. With Mr. King as ex-officio member, the Chamber of Com merce committee is headed by John Ostrom. Its other members are Thomas C. Darst, Jr., George H. Leonard, Jr., and E. Earl Hub bard. All but Mr. Darst were present for the luncheon session with Mr. Blanchard and his wife on Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Blanchard toured the town later in the day and were to report their findings, after the conference and inspection of the community, to the institution’s board of trustees this week. The combined Pineland College- (Continued on Page 5) Cost Of N. Y. Ave.-Bennett Street Center Site Checked By Council County Taxes To Be Talked Tuesday At Public Meeting “County government with spec ial reference to taxation” will be the subject of an open meeting sponsored by the Southern Pines League of Women Voters, to bq held at the Civic Club Tuesday at 8 p. m. Gordon M. Cameron, chairman of the board of county commis sioners, and Mrs. Estelle Wicker, county accountant and tax sup ervisor, will be present to explain the county’s fiscal operations, us ing charts specially prepared for the purpose. Other members of the board of commissioners may also attend. Mrs. Harold Walters of Chapel Hill, state president of the League of Women Voters, will be a guest at the meeting. The public is in vited. There will be no admission charge. The meeting will be thrown open to questions about county government and county taxes, said Mrs. C. A. Smith, president of the local League, who will pre side. FLYING VISIT—Bernard M. Baruch (center), famous finan cier, government advisor and friend of U. S. Presidents and other high officials, is greeted at the Pi^ehurst-Southern Pines Airport by Gen. and Mrs. George C. Marshall. Mr. Baruch flew in Sun day on his private airplane from his winter home in South (Caro lina for a short visit with the former chief of staff and Secretary of State at his Pinehurst residence, Liscombe Lodge. (John G. Hemmer Photo) USAFAGOS Move Undecided The question of whether or not the USAF Air Ground Operations School will move from Southern Pines to Kees- ler AFB, Miss., this summer had not been answered as The Pilot went to press today. W. Lamont Brown, chair man of a citizen’s committee attempting to keep the school in Southern Pines, said the latest development was a con ference Congressman C. B. Deane had with officials in Washington who will be re sponsible for the final decision as to “Whether the school will remain here or not. Congress man Deane told Mr. Brown that the men had agreed to revise and reassess the entire situation. The Air Force has announc ed that a definite move would be made this summer to Kees- ler AFB. The present lease the Air Force holds on the Highland Pines Inn run's to June 30. Gov. Luther H. Hodges and W. P. Saunders of Southern Pines, director of the N. C. Department of Conservation and Development—who were in Washington Tuesday on other business—had a confer ence with Air Force officials, urging them to keep the school in Southern Pinep. New Project Will Non-Suits Directed Link Highway 1, Fort Bragg Road m m I W liii'.':' Is .1 i I , RUNNERS-UP in the annual Moore basketball tourney, four members of the Southern Pines Blue Knights are shown just after being presented the runner-up trophy by J. F. Sinclair, principal of West End School and girls’ coach. The Blue Knights defeated West End and Pinehurst in earlier rounds to advance to the championship meeting Saturday night with Aberdeen, which they lost, 72-60. Left to right, Johnny Watkins, Bobby Cline, Juliaii Pleasants, James Humphrey, Coach W. A. Leonard, and Mr. Sinclair. Roger Verhoeff, regular center, was not present for the picture. See story on page 14. (Emerson Humphrey Photo) Three Local Players On All-County Two members of the Southern Pines boys basketball team, run ners-up in the county tournament, and one from the girls’ team were named to all-county team at the conclusion of the tournament played in Carthage last week. Johnny Watkins, named for the second year, and Roger Verhoeff were named to the boys squad. Patti Hobbs landed a berth on the girls team. The Westmoore girls, eliminated by Southern Pines in the first round of the tournament, were awarded the sportsmanship tro phy. Named to the girls’ aU-county, in addition to Miss Hobbs, were Helen Britt, Frances Brown, Frances Moody and Margaret Wil liams, Robbins; Gail Hinson, Nan cy Caviness, West End; Ona Lee Hussey, Highfalls; Gail Kirby, Mary F. Kirby, Carthage; Cather ine Vest, Pinehurst; Betty Lou McFarland, Aberdeen; and Caro- (Continued on page 5) The State Highway Commis sion has ac5cepted bids- totaling $64,372 for grading, paving and miiUihg structures on a road to un from U. S. Highway 1 to the Bethesda Road near Powell’s ^’ond. The Commission met in Ral eigh last Friday and after review ing bids for projects all over the state, • awarded the contracts for the Moore project to two compan ies. ' According to T. G. Poindexter, Eighth Division highway engi neer, the new project will be a tremendous improvement over the old road. The biggest improvement will be the elimination of the pres ent road from the Southern Pines Country Club property. A new railroad bridge, which will be erected over the Seaboard tracks and will cost approximately ly $37,000, wUl eliminate a dan gerous grade crossing. Mr. Poindexter said that in all probability the new project would keep convoys from Fort (Continued on Page 5) In 47 Cases At Special Civil Term Some 47 civil cases, many of them 10 or more years older, were wiped off the docket at a special session of civil court held in Carthage Monday. Carlton Kennedy, clerk of Moore County Superior Count, said the docket was “in the best shape I’ve ever seen it. Wfe are now up to date to 1953.” In addition to non-suiting the 47 cases, special judge W. A. Ice land McKeithen also directed that 20 other civil cases be heard at another special session scheduled for May 28. The civil docket has been building up since 1939. Many of the cases had been continued be cause one or more of the princi pals had died or moved away. In some instances the lawyer might have died, or maybe a witness had died or moved away. The first case that was called at the special session was origi nally filed in 1939. Others had been filed in the early 40’s. The special term May 28 will have a jury. 3rd Location For Town Hall Is Considered Meeting last Friday afternoon for their second session of the week about the site of a new mu nicipal center, members of the town council agreed not to pick the site that day and heard strong arguments for reconsidering as location for the center a tract bounded by New York Ave. and Bennett St. All action on the site was sus pended pending an investigation of what the New York .Ave. and Bennett St. property could be bought for.’The note on which the meeting closed was Councilman Sam Richardson’s statement that it might be better to spend more to get the right site and less on buildings, even if all the facilities, contemplated can’t be constructed at this time. ■Willing To Wait Other members of the coimcil appeared willing to hold up a fin al decision until all the facts about various sites had been pre sented. ■ The council has $100,000 to spend on the project, as authoriz ed by the people in a recent bond election. With this money they plan to buy a site and construct as much as possible of the follow ing facilities: administrative offi ces;, fire department, police de partment and jail. At Tuesday’s meeting last week, the council heard argu ments by citizens and discussed the alleged merits and demerits of the two other sites—the park block on which the town hall is now located and a site bounded by Leak St. and Pennsylvania Ave. Town Manager Tami E. Cun ningham repeated Friday the es timate he had made Tuesday that about half the Pennsylvania Ave. block—^fronting 200 feet on Penn sylvania and running the entire length of the block along Leak St. to New Hampshire Ave.— could be bought at an outside cost (Continued on Page 5) Masonic Banquet Set For Saturday Rev. H. D. McAllister of Che- raw. will be the speaker at the 60th anniversary supper of Ma sonic Lodge No. 484, Southern Pines. The bahquet will be held at the Pinehurst Country Club, Satur day, March 3, beginning at 7:30 p. m. Rev. Mr. McAllister is pastor of the First Baptist Church in Cheraw and is past Master of the Hannah Lodge of Cheraw. He holds many other positions in Mason, Shriner, and Lions Inter national organizations^ He has been in the ministry since 1937. Heart Drive Nets Kennedy Civil Suit $214 On Saturday Settled Wednesday A total of $214.80 was contribut ed to the Moore County drive of the American Heart Association during “Tag Day” last Saturday, according to Mrs. Garland Mc Pherson of Southern Pines. The figure was considerably more than was received at a simi lar event last year. Mrs. McPherson reports that the drive has netted $1,265 to date. The drive will be carried on through March. STAMP SALES RISE Stamp sales .at the Southern Pines post office in Januaiy and February totalled $12,28(^75, a net gain of 13.7 per cent over the corresponding period of 1955, Postmaster Qarlamd Pierce re ported today. Stamp sales are considered a good ipdex of busi ness conditions. An out-of-court settlement has been made in the civil action suit brought by Ella Marie Kennedy of Pinehurst and her father, Alex Kennedy, against George M. Ray and Floyd C. Filer, both residents of Oregon. The suit, which was settled! Wednesday afternoon following discussions by lawyers represent ing both parties, was originally brought as the result of injuries sustained by Miss Kennedy in an automobile accident last Easter Sunday in Southern Pines. Neither of the defendants, rep resented by a Fayetteville attor ney, was in court. Mr. Kennedy said this morning that his daughter had spent almost six months in bed as a result of injuries sustained in the accident. The terms of the settlement were not disclosed. CAMELLIAS Run quick! Those who would like lo see camellias at their best, and more varieties than they have probably ever seen together before, are advised to hot-foot it to the Library. Here Harry 'Vale has set forth specimens of all the dif ferent kinds of these fragile and lovely flowers, fresh from his greenhouse at hjs farm at the end of Young's Road. The camellias are arranged, each in a tiny glass plate, on a big table spread with black, which sets off to perfection the "Perfections," pink and otherwise, and all the rest of the 32 varieties there display ed. The collection wu first shown at the Monday after noon meeting of the Southern Pines Garden Club, finding its way, then, to the Library as the members insisted to the modest grower that they were "so beautiful the whole town must have a chance to see them." But, as stated, the flowers won't last long under such show conditions, so .. . hurry up, folks, if you want to see them!

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