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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
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, 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!