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Council Employs Qty Planning Firm
To Advise On Choosing Center Site
Survey Beginning;
4#
Report To Be Made
Within Two Weeks
Robert M. Gladstone of James
M. Webb and Associates of Chap
el Hill, professional city plan
ning firm, this week began a
study to help guide the town
council in its choice for a civic
Work On National
Guard Armory To
Be Started Soon
Clearing and grading the land
for the new National. Guard Arm
ory which will be built on Mor-
ganton Road will be started as
soon as possible, representatives
of the unit said today.
/ Engineers were here this week
laying out the plot plan for the
new building, which will cost in
the neighborhood of $100,000.
Advertising for bids was to be
'published in the News and Obser
ver, Raleigh morning newspaper
this week, it was announced by
local officers.
Local contractors may look at
the plans at the armory here any
time next week, but must write
for copies if they desire to bid.
Opening of the bids has been
tentatively scheduled for May '2
at the present armory building in
Southern Pines.
Cup of Coffee Day
For Drive Friday
center site.
The council voted to spend not
more than $300 on professional
planning advice, engaging the
planning firm to do the job and
make a report within two weeks.
Mr. Gladstone will collect facts
that will guide the council, said
City Manager Tom E. Cunning
ham. The planning expert will
pick the best general location in
his opinion, and wil lalso desig
nate as many alternate sites as he
may see fit. A written report will
be made.
Mr. Gladstone is a graduate of
the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, with a bachelor of
architecture degree, and holds a
master’s degree from the Univer
sity of North Carolina
In employing the planner, Mr.
Cunningham said, the council
stressed that they want to make
the civic center decision on the
basis of facts in an unbiased and
technical report, unprejudiced by
personal feelings.
The civic center, for which cit
izens here have voted a $100,000
bond issue, is to include town
hall, police and fire stations and
jail or as much thereof as can be
built with available funds.
PRICE TEN CENTS
Easter Season Services Scheduled
By Churches, Today Thru Sunday
Peach Crop Still [III ir ill New Episcopal
In Good Condition
Despite Freezes
Princeton Glee
Club To Be Heard
Here Saturday
The Princeton University Glee
Club, which traces its origin back
100 years, will, present a varied
program Saturday at 8:30 p.m. in
nationally famous group
f^tabhshments serving will arrive in Southern Pines by
coffee to the public are donating car Saturday afternoon on the re-
tomorrow turn trip from the annual South-
Q • I the local canipaign of ern tour. Members will be enter-
Children, I tained in various homes for the
rs. W. P. Davis, Southern Pines j night and will be feted at several
campaign chairman "has an
nounced.
Easter lily pins will be sold on
the street here Saturday as anoth
er feature of the local campaign.
Assisting Mrs. Davis in planning
“Cup of Coffee Day” are Irie
Leonard, working with restau
rants; Mrs. Graham Culbreth,
with drug stores, and Harold Col
lins, with hotels and clubs. Miss
Katherihe Mackie and Senior Girl
Scouts are in charge of the lily
pin sale.
Mrs. Davis thanked business
establishments for their coopera
tion. One restaurant operator
planned to serve coffee from a ta
ble in front of his place of busi
ness, she said. At a hotel, guests
will be given a chance to contri
bute to the Easter Seal sale when
after-dinner coffee is served and
other establishments have special
plans to carry out the day’s pro
ject.
parties planned by local alumni
and others.
The Glee Club, of which Carl
Weinrich, world famous organist,
is director, will present 16 selec
tions in the concert, ranging from
compositions by Schubert and
Handl to Negro spirituals.
Numbers on the program in
clude “The Last Words of David,”
by Randall Thompson, “Warnung”
by Mozart, “Simon Degree,” a
poem by Vachel Lindsay set to
music by Douglas Moore, and an
Ivy League Football Medley,
which was arranged by Elliot
Forbes.
Other numbers include two Ne
gro spirituals arranged by Mar
shall Bartholomew, a, frequent vis
itor here and a former director of
the Yale Glee Club, and “Old
Folks at Home,” which will fea
ture a baritone solo by Alexander
McLeod, a senior at Princeton,
(Continued on page 8)
OFF rCD BELMuNl—'Thirteen race horses and two lead ponies
from the Starland Stable of Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Tate left Monday
night in a special Railway Express horse car for Belmont Park
N Y for the 1956 racing season that will open at Jamaica, Long
group is shown here entering the car
Mr. Tate is at left. Heading the string, in the hopes of the own
ers, is Jean Baptiste, a three-year-old that has won $26,000 his
Mest victory being a first place in hisS only start at Hialeah in
Florida. The other 12 race horses making the trip were: Tweet-
sie, Noors Dream, Sweet Star, Flying Cross, Big Ideals, Cry Am
ber Toast, Royal Spy, Hotspur, Behavior, Bo-Peep and Rebel Call.
Travelling with the horses in the express car were Clifton Jones
Hilliard Jackson, Joe Jackson and Charlie Cole, all employees of
Starland Stable. M. G. Walsh, who sent a group of his Stoney-
brook horses to Belmont by horse van Wednesday, helped with
loading the Tate horses. Frank P. Smith, local Railway Express
agent said there were six other cars of horses on the train that
picked up the Tate horses Monday night. The loading took place
on the freight station platform, N. W. Broad St. Note the pro
tective wrapping on the horse’s legs. phot )
Chairman Makes
Special Appeal
For Red Gross
J. D. Ives of Pinebluff, chair
man of the Moore County Red
Cross 1956 committee for mem
bers and funds, today made pub
lic a special appeal letter to the
people of the county.
Reports from over the county
show $6,585.48 collected in the
current drive, toward a goal of
$14,920, Mr. Ives noted—^less than,
50 per cent.
The chairman’s letter follows:
“As fund chairman for the
Moore (Jounty Red Cross
membership drive, I am
making this personal appeal
to you to join the Red Cross
again this year and to con
tribute as generously as pos
sible to help us.
(Continued on page 8)
Judge Rowe and W.
Lament Brown File
Kitchin Endorses Southern Manifesto
A. Paul Kitchin, prominent
Wadesboro attorney who has filed
for the Congressional seat now
held by C. B. Deane of Rocking
ham, has made a flat endorsement
of the so-called “Southern Mani
festo,” which was signed by 96
Southern Congressmen several
weeks ago.
Mr. Kitchin, in a telegram re
ceived by The Pilot Wednesday,
said:
“I am absolutely and without
reservation in favor of the mani
festo and now that several of the
newspaper friends of my oppon
ent have fnade segregation an is
sue in this campaign by an at
tempt to defend my opponent’s re
fusal to endorse the document, I^
pledge myself and all of my ener
gies toward the exercising of all
legal and moral steps to see that
the ruling of the Supreme Court
in ‘The Brown Case’ is reversed.”
Congressman Deane joined with
Congressmen Harold D. Cooley
and Thurman Chatham in refus
ing to sign the manifesto when it
was circulated among the South
ern members of Congress. They
were the only three of North Car
olina’s delegation to Congress who
refused to do so.
Until yesterday Kitchin had
never flatly endorsed the action
of the 96 other Congressmen but
many political observers had spec
ulated on the possibility of his
making his Democratic primary
campai^ on the segregation issue.
Kitchin, who is a former Feder-
^ Rureau of Investigation lawyer
and special agent, is a native of
Scotland Neck. His father served
A. PAUL KITCHIN
as a State Senator and a Repre
sentative in the General Assem
bly, and two of his uncles were
Congressmen. One of the uncles
was also Governor of North Caro
lina from 1909 to 1913.
The candidate is a graduate of
Wake Forest College and Oak
Ridge Institute.
In the telegram, which was sent
by Kitchin’s campaign manager,
John Crawford, Kitchin contin
ued:
“I would cherish the opportun-
(Continued on Page 8)
Council On Record
With Interest In
Gas Service Here
A resolution to be introduced at
an upcoming hearing before the I
Federal Power Commission in i
Washington puts the town council I
on record as expressing the inter
est of this community in receiving
natural gas service, without com-'
mitting the town to the endorse-!
ment of any of competing pipe
lines or of any method of local
distribution.
The resolution asks that any al
location of gas made to a pipeline
that would serve this area be suf
ficient to include gas to serve
Southern Pines.
Date of the Washington hearing
had not been set this week. The
resolution will not be submitted
to the Power Commission until
the date is definite.'
Following is the full text of the
resolution:
“That whereas the Town of
Southern Pines recognizes that
natural gas would be of great
benefit to the residents of the
town and the territory surround
ing it for residential, commercial
and industrial use and would en
hance the prosperity of its citi
zens and would aid in the devel
opment of the area; and
Judge J. Vance Rowe, who has
been Judge of Moore County Re
corder’s Court for the past 22
years, and Solicitor W. Lament
Brown, now in his second term,
became the first candidates to file
for county offices when they paid
their filing fees Monday.
Judge Rowe, who is completing
his eleventh term, and Solicitor
Brown filed for re-nomination to
the offices, subject to the Demo
cratic primary in May.
S. D. Riddle of Carthage, chair
man of the Moore County Board
of Elections, said late Wednesday
afternoon that no other candi
dates had filed at that time.
Sandhjlls peach growers,
plagued by on-again, off-again
cold weather for the past three
weeks, are hoping for a normal
crop after spotty freezes last
weekend.
Some peach growers have re
ported losses, but the majority of
them are reported in “pretty good
shape.”
Some growers who own or
chards in not too desirable loca
tions have lost many peaches, but
if the mild temperatures of the
past few days continue their
crops should be at least lightly
normal.
It was just a year ago this week
that a freeze wiped out the en
tire Carolines peach crop, valued
at some 26 million dollars.
Superintendent Clarence Black
of the Sandhills Research Station
at Candor, and Horticulturist Roy
J. Ferree of the Clemson College
Farm Extension Service in South
Carolina both said earlier in the
week that the crop was still in
good shape despite .several
freezes in the Carolines.
SHP Reminds Car
Owners To Display
’56 Tags Properly
Automobile owners were re
minded today that the improper
display of automobile license
plates makes the owner subject
to arrest and a stiff fine.
Members of the State Highway
Patrol said that they had stopped
several people lately who still
had 1955 tags on the front o|
their car. Such a display, even if
the 1956 tags are on the back, is
illegal, the SHP said.
Car owners must have their
1956 tags mounted on the rear
of their cars.
Southern Pines car owners
were remanded that it is illegal
for them to drive a car without
a town tag properly displayed if
I they are residents of the town.
HEADS ELKS—Eugene Me
Kenzie will be installed Thursday
night of next week as Exalted
Ruler of Southern Pines Lodge
1692, Benevolent and Protective
Order of Elks, succeeding Larry
Ryder. Other new officers to be
installed are: R. L. Strouse, Lead
ing Knight; Walter Harper, Loyal
Knight; Harry Davis, Lecturing
Knight; D. L. Madigan, Secre
tary; Fritz Gerish, Treasurer; N.
B. Stewart, Tiler; and L. J. Ry
der, Trustee. All are from South
ern Pines except Mr. Davis who
lives at Carthage. The program
Thursday will open with a re
ception at 5:30 p. m., a buffet
supper at 6:30 and will continue
with the installation ceremonies
at 8 p. m. Open house and danc
ing will follow at 9. Mr. Mc
Kenzie and his wife, Mrs. Bea
trice McKenzie, live on Pee Dee
Road. They have three children,
Karen Jean, Norman and David.
Springtime Events
Scheduled; This
Is Clean-Up Week
Sipringtime gardens and a town
clean-up are in the news this
week as the Sandhills goes into
that period of the year when lo- -i
cal gardens are at their loveliest. «R®v. Cheves Ligon, Dr. W. C.
" ■ - Timmons, Col. F. E. Thompson,
and Dr. Thaddeus A Cheatham
Minister To
Be Installed
Observance of tjae Easter sea
son in this area will begin tonight
(Thursday) with special Maundy.
Thursday ^ services in several
churches, and wil] continue
through Sunday.
Good Friday services and sun
rise services Sunday morning
have also been sclmduled, as well
as special services in all churches
Sunday morning at the regular
church hours.
Maundy Thursday services will
bo held tonight at 7:30 in the
Civic Club building for members
of the Southern Pines Methodist
phurch. The rite of Holy Comanu-
nion will be observed.
At 8 o’clock tonight the Maun
dy Thursday community service
will be held in the Congregation
al Christian Church of Wide Fel
lowship for all who desire to at
tend. Music for the service will
be provided by the combined
Chapel and Chancel Choirs under
the direction of Roger Gibbs,
with Mrs. L. D. McDonald as or
ganist.
Soloists' will be Paul Wiggin
and Mr. Gibbs. Other special mu
sic win include two anthems. Dr.
Wofford C. Timmons, minister,
will conduct the communion
meditation on the subject, “How
Fellowship Fortifies For Crisis.”
Serving deacons for the Holy
Coimmunion are Amos C. Daw
son, D. Wade Stevick, Jack Reid,
Herbert N. Cameron, John Bur-
rer and R. W. Tate.
'The Rev. Frank E. Pulley of
Louisburg will administer Holy
Communion a\ Emimanuel Epis
copal Church in Maundy Thurs
day services tonight at 8 p. m.
Good Friday Services
Good Friday observances for
all churches in Southern Pines
will be held at Emmanuel Episco
pal Church, beginning at noon
and lasting about three hours.
Taking part on the program are
Dr. Adam Weir Craig, Rev. I^an-
cis M. Osborne, Rev. Hoke Coon,
w.'
.4^
EAGLE GOLD PALM AWARD, one of the highest a Boy Scout
c n earn, IS presented to Willis Howard Williams of Troop 74
ComTnf ? Southern Pines, at the
Court of Honor held in Carthage Monday night. Judge J. Vance
Rowe, who presided at the. Court of Honor, watches as young
WiUiams highest ranking active scout in Moore County, receives
(Pilot photo)
Many Awards Made At Court of Honor
‘Whereas it has been brought
to the attention of the Town
Council of the Town of Southern
Pines that one or more companies
proposes to construct a pipe-line
system from the Trans-Continen
tal Gas Pipe-Line Corporation
lines into the section of North
(Continued on page 11)
Some • fifty Moore County
scouts of varying rank were
awarded, more than 100 merit
badges at the bi-monthly Court
of Honor in the courthouse in
Carthage Monday night.
About 300 people, including
scouts from most of the troops
in the county, attended the Court
of Honor, which was presided
over by Recorder’s Court Judge
J. Vance Rowe.
Willis Howard Williams, Post
74, Robbins, was awarded an
Eagle Gold Palm, the highest
honor bestowed at the meeting.
In making the award, which
■represents additional earning of
10 merit badges and one year’s
service to his unit after receiving
the Eagle Award, E. O. Brogden,
Jr., Southern Pines attorney,
noted that Williams was the high
est ranking active scout in Moore
County. In addition to the Eagle
Palm Award, Williams now has
31 merit badges and is the only
(Continued on Page 8)
Events open to the public in
the the next two weeks include:
Sunday, April 8, from 2 to 5
p. m.—the annual tour of Home-
wood Gardens, owned by Mr. and
Mrs. Denison K. Bullens of Knoll-
wood, for benefit of the Moore
County Hospital Auxiliary. Miss
Shirley Dana of Pinehurst is in
charge for the Auxiliary. Details
will be announced next week.
Thursday, April 12—Annual
Homes and Gardens tour, spon
sored by the Southern Pines Gar
den Club. The tour will begin at
the Shaw House at 10 a. m. and
will progress through visits to
seven notable gardens of the
Southern Pines area, with the
homes open also at most of the
locations.
Mrs. James S. Milliken is tour
director and Mrs. R. E. Rhodes is
president of the club. Club mem
bers will serve ,as guides through
out the tour.
Places on the tour list are the
homes and gardens, or both, of
Mayor and Mrs. Voit Gilmore on
(Continued on Page 8)
Planting Done At
New High School
Planting of the May Street
side of the new high school has
been completed under direction
of the Southern Pines Garden
Club, supervised by Ernest Mo-
rell of the Clarendon Gardens at
Pinehurst.
Mrs. E. C. Stevens, chairman of
the planting project, said hollies,
dogwoods and various shrubs had
been planted, continuing a pro
gram of the club that has result
ed in landscaping around all the
East Southern Pines school build
ings and two of the West South
ern Pines school structures, over
the course of several years.
Funds to finance the planting
programs come from proceeds of
the annual Homes and Gardens
tour sponsored by the club, Mrs.
Stevens said.
The Massachusetts Avenue side
of the new high school was land
scaped by the club last year.
Each will take one of the seven
last words of Christ and speak
briefly On it.
Provisions have been made for
departure of members of the con
gregation during each interval in
the service.
Good Friday Services are also
being held in Page Memorial
Methodist Church in Aberdeen,
beginning at 1 p. m.
The following ministers will
speak on one of the seven last
words of Christ: Rev. Robert L.
Same, Rev. Eugene Deese, Rev.
Rene Bideaux, Rev. Jack Ewart,
Rev. James Hamilton, Rev. P. H.
Layfield, and Rev. W. A. Tew.
In addition there will be special
music.
Provisions have also been made
for people to leave between the
meditations.
Sunrise Services
The combined Youth Fellow
ship of Brownson Memorial Pres
byterian Church will conduct
Sunrise Services on the island at
Watson’s Lake at 6 o’clock Sun
day morning. This Is the second
year the youth groups have con
ducted Sunrise Services at the
lake.
The program, to which all
(Continued on Page 8)
EASTER MONDAY
Mosl stores and officq
bo closed in Souther
for a holiday on,
(Easter Monday),,
The Citizens..,
Trust Co. wil
the towr
garbage,
made.
Ma
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