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h Gilmore Starting Campaign To Raise $3V2 Million For Consolidated College SOUTHERN PINES. NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, APRIL 19. 1956 TWENTY PAGES PRICE TEN CENTS X’i* Plane Being Used In Stale-Wide Campaign Among Presbyterians Mayor Voit Gilmore has been appointed general chairman of a campaign among North Carolina Presbyterians to raise three and one-half million dollars, most of which will go for the new consol idated Presbyterian college to be located at Laurinburg. Since the appointment was an nounced last Friday by W. H. Neal of Winston-Salem, Mayor Gilmore has visited several North Carolina towns, urging Presbyte rians to imite in efforts' to raise the money. His traveling, which will eventually take him to towns all over the state before the drive closes about June 1, has been made easier by the use of an air plane. The plane, which is based at Southern Pines-Pinehurst airport, was christened the “College Cruis er” last Tuesday in Raleigh, by Mrs. Luther Hodges, wife of the Governor. She used a bottle of water, half from the Atlantic and half from the French Broad river in western North Carolina, sym bolizing the fact that the cam paign among Presbyterians will be state-wide. Mayor Gilmore, who was co- chairman of the drive to bring the consolidated college to Southern Pines, said he was happy to accept the appointment to serve as gen eral chairman. So far Mayor Gilmore has trav- Locol Man Facing Libel Charge Stevenson Thanks Sandhills For Warmest Welcome He’s Ever Had Unique Gift Presented By Town Council The trial of Vincent J. Daly, psychologist who is practicing here, on a charge of criminal libel has been set for 9:30 a.m. Tuesday in Moore County Re corder’s Court at Carthage. He has made bond of $500 for his appearance at that time, fol lowing his arrest Wednesday on a warrant sworn out by Mrs. Val erie Nicholson, local newspaper correspondent and free lance writer. Daly is charged in the warrant with sending defamatory matter Colonial Stores Officials Agree To Save 3 Trees about Mrs. Nicholson to four newspaper editors. The warrant says that in these communications he stated, falsely and maliciously, that she had attempted to black mail him and that she was a “paranoid” and of imsound men tality. Persons to whom Daly is said to have sent these statements are listed in separate charges as edi tors of The Pilot, the Sandhill Cit izen at Aberdeen, the Charlotte Observer and the Raleigh News and Observer. MAYOR GILMORE eled more than 600 miles and has talked before members of four of the nine Presbyteries in the state. Accompanied by Dr. Harold Dud ley, general secretary of the Pres byterian Church in North Car6- lina, and Harold Collins of South ern Pines, a Presbyterian layman, he has visited the Fayetteville, Al bemarle, Wilmington and Meck lenburg Presbyteries. He is scheduled to be in Chapel Hill tonight (Thursday), Charlotte this Sunday and Henderson next Tuesday. All the trips are being made in the int'erest of the college fund drive. No Opposition For County Candidates In Democratic Primary Next Month Most political observers in Moore County are frank to admit they are a bit baffled by the pres ent state of Democratic politics in the county. Their bafflement is caused by the fact that, for the first time in their collective mem ories* there won^t be a single race qn the county level in the May 28 primary. S. C. Riddle, chairman of the coimty board of elections, report ed shortly after the filing dead line at noon Saturday that, with few exceptions, only the incum bents )n those county offices at stake this year had filed for the if Warmans Purchase Local Apartments Sale of the Mayfair Apartments, a 12-unit modem structure, and two houses on the site, at the cor ner of May St. and New Hamp shire Ave., was annouitced today by Barnum Realty Co., agents in the transaction. Mr. and Mrs. James S. Warman, who occupy one of the houses, are the purchasers from L. C. Dahmen of EUred, Pa. Final details of the sale were wound up this morning. Mr. Warman said today that he will continue to occupy the house in which he and Mrs. Warman are living. Mr. Dahmen, who several years ago was one of the town’s largest property owners, has npw disposed of all his real estate holdings here except three houses near the Southern Pines Country Club. Sale price of the apartments was not disclosed. The apart ments and the two houses were built in 1951. Mr. Warman said he plans extensive improvements, including air conditioning of each unit. 'Local Pre-School Clinics Scheduled Pre-school cliincs for children who will enter the first grade in local schools this year have been scheduled, Supt. A. C. Dawson said today. First of the two clinics will be held at the West Southern Pines elementary school from 9:15 a.m. to noon, Thursday of next week, April 26. Thursday, May 3, during the same morning hours, will be the date for the clinic at the Southern Pines elementary school. Children who will be six years of age on or before October 15, 1956, are eligible to enter school this year under State law and should be brought to the clinics, ’'Mr. Dawson pointed out. primary. Outside of the incumbents, the only filers; included' H. H. F^ of Carthage for surveyor, Robert Bowman of Mineral Springs, for constable, and R. V. Allen of Shef field, who also filed for constable. Several Republican candidates also filed but there won’t be a Republican primary in the county this year. Riddle said it was his impres sion at the present time that there wouldn’t even' be a county ballot printed for the primary since none of the offices are being contested. Here is a complete list of coun ty candidates who filed for the Democratic primary. For Board of Commissioners: Gordon Cameron, Pinehurst; Tom Monroe, Robbins; L. R. Reynolds, RFD, Robbins; J. M. Pleasants, Southern Pines, and John M. Cur rie, Carthage. For Judge, Recorder’s Court: J. Vance Rowe of Aberdeen. For Solicitor, Recorder’s Court: W. Lament Brown, Southern Pines. (Continued on Page 8) , POPPY SALE Members of Ihe local Amer ican Legion Auxiliary will sell traditional memorial pop pies on the street here Sat urday morning, carrying out the Auxiliary's annual ob servance of this custom hon oring American war dead. Mrs. L. L. Woolley is sales chairman. Contributions re ceived in poppy sales are used to aid disabled veterans. Officials of Colonial Stores, Inc., have agreed to attempt to save three trees which were slated for destruction at the comer of N. W. Broad St. and Connecticut Ave. Thq.decision was made at a con ference of company executives and a committee of the Southern Pines Garden Club at the site. The officials previously had been in vited by Mayor Voit Gilmore to come to town haU where they talked with the council, which was in session for a special meet ing last Thursday afternoon. Councilmen expressed the hope they would find a way to save the trees. Representing Colonial Stores were A. C. Edens of Columbia, S. C., operating vice-president for the firm’s central division, com prising North and South Carolina, and George Waters from the com pany’s general headquarters in Atlanta, Ga., who is vice-presi dent of staff operations. Mrs. R. E. Rhodes, president, Mrs. R. M. McMillan and Mrs. James Boyd appeared on behalf of the club, urging that the trees —two old magnolias and a large pink dogwood which was in full bloom at the time—be saved. Mrs. Rhodes was credited by committee members with persuad ing the executives to change their minds about the trees as they ad- (Continued on page 8) Park Is Picked By Council For Town Hall Site In a special meeting 'Tuesday night, the town council voted un animously to put the new muni cipal center on the park block in which the’present town hall is located. Slated to be built are adminis trative offices, police department, jail, fire department and other facilities—or as much of these as can be constructed with the $100,000 authorized for the pur pose in a bond election held earlier this yefu. No decision was made Tuesday as to an arclutect for the build ings—the only remaining major step that must now be taken to get the project started, aside from selling the bonds. In connection with the question of architect and type of architec ture, the council decided to make inspection trips to see new town halls recently built at Moores- vdle. Cherryville and Jackson ville. But council members agreed that a decision on an ar chitect should be made without undue delay. Negotiations are being imder- taken to provide space for the town offices and the police de partment while the old hall is be ing torn down and the new one being constructed. To guide them in their decision on the site, the councilmen had (Continued on Page 8) HAPPY OCCASION—Smiles were everywhere at the Aber deen school gym Monday night—and Presidential aspirant Adlai E. Stevenson did his share of the smiling. Rep. H. Clifton Blue, right, in this photo, has just introduced Mr. Stevenson, who sppke briefly to the hundreds of persons with whom he had shaken hands. Identified in the background, left to right, are Tom Wick er, Hamlet native who once lived in Southern Pines and is now a Winston-Salem newspaperman and author of several novels; Make Pleasants of Aberdeen, Charles MacLeod of Carthage and an unidentified uniformed member of the Aberdeen school band. (Photo by Humphrey) North-South Amateur Begins Mojiday, Seniors Tourney Set At Pine Needles ’The 56th Annual North and South Invitational Amateur Golf Championship starts at the Pine hurst Countp’^ Club 'Monday, April 25 continuing through Sat urday, April 28, and there wiU be a strong field competing for the crowh, including six former North and South champions as well as many past and present 'title-holders- of famous tourna ments. Besides the 1955 champion, Don Bisplinghoff of Orlando, Fla., past champions who win be challenging for the title will ]pe William C- Campbell of Hunting- ton, West Va., North and South winner in 1950 and 1953 and run ner-up last year; Mai Galletta of Old Westbury, N. Y., winner in 1944; Hobart Manley, Jr., Sav annah, Ga., winner 1951; Billy Joe Patton of Morganton, winner in 1954; and Frank Strafaci of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., winner in 1938 and 1939. Others include former British ''Conti mieri on Pai'e 8) The first annual Seniors Invi tational Golf Tournament at the Pine Needles Golf and Country Club begins next Thursday with a field that includes some of the nation’s outstanding senior golf ers. Already entered in the event, which will be held over the Don ald Ross-designed course April 26 through April 29, are Judd Brum- ley, John Roberts, Benjamin Kraf- fert, and Allen Rankin, all former winners of the North-South Sen iors. New additions include J. Wal cott Brown, who won the Ever glades Four-Ball Tournament re- cently'and Donald Cooke of Pine hurst, also a noted seniors com petitor. « Warren Bell, who with his wife, Peggy Kirk Bell, owns and man ages the Pine Needles layout, said that entries would be limited to 132 players, and only amateurs in good standing could take part. So far more than a dozen states (Continued on Page 81 Piedmont Airlines To Diseontinue Service April 30 Regular air service at the Southern Pines-Pinehurst Airport will be discontinued for the sea son April 30, it has been announc ed by Piedmont Airlines. The airlines maintain regular service here only during the sea son, from early fall to late spring. Buck McKenzie, who operates the airport, said that he would provide charter service to make connections with other airports after Piedmont discontinues its service. Piedmont is expected to resume regular service next fall. In the meantime, the crew will probably be moved to Myrtle Beach for the summer. New Rector Will Conduct Services The Rev. R. Martin Caldwell, Jr., rector of Emmanuel Episcopal Church, and his brjde, the former Miss Diana Greer of Rye, N. Y., are arriving in Southern Pines this week to take up residence at the rectory on Ridge St. They were married in Rye April 7 and have been o na wedding trip to Bermuda. The Rev. Mr. Caldwell, whose installation as rector of Emmanuel Church took place on Easter Day, will officiate Sunday at Holy Communion at 8 a.m. and Morn ing Prayer at 11 a.m. wm 1 Glee Clubs Will Compete For Cup Award On Friday The glee clubs of five high schools in Moore County will vie for the Charles W. Picquet Cup Friday night in Weaver Audito rium in the annual contest spon sored by the Sandhills Kiwanis Club. Those competing will be Aber deen High School, winner last year; Carthage, Pinehurst, South ern Pines and Westmoore High Schools. Each club will sing a number of songs, after which the judges will retire to compare notes and render their verdict on the 1956 champion. To the winning school goes the trophy named after Mr. Picquet, who founded the contest several years ago to promote organized singing in the public schools of the county. A school winning the cup three times takes permanent possession. ’The Kiwanians pro viding a new one each time one is retired The judges this year will be from mlusic departments of near by colleges. Their names were not available today. Dr. Bruce Warlick, chairman of the colmimit- tee arranging the affair, said. The concert will start immedi ately after the weekly meeting of the Kiwanis Club, a supper meet ing to be held in the Southern Pines cafeteria at 6:30. The pub lic is urged to be on hand in the auditorium at 7:30. There is no admission charge. While the judges are out select ing the winner, all five clubs will combine in group singing, always a feature of this yearly gathering. After the award to the winning school, members of the five clubs will be served refreshments by the Kjjvanians. Refreshed by nearly three days in the SandhiHs, Adlai Stevenson flew north Wednesday morning to continue his campaign for the Democratic Presidential nomina tion. Arriving by plane from Florida Sunday afternoon, for a visit at the Paint Hill Farm home of his sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest L. Ives, Mr. Stevenson was obviously pleased to be here—from the time he was welcomed at the plane by mem bers of the Moore County Stev- enson-for-President Club until his departure early Wednesday. After he had shaken hands with hundreds of Tarheels during an open house reception at Aber deen Monday night, he told the crowd in the school gymnasium that he wished he could do all his campaigning in North Carolina and “preferably in Moore Coun ty.” Encouragement Smiling, he said: “It has been my good fortune to comie back to North Carolina many times. Hos pitality and kindness is always shown me, but this reception is the warmest greeting I’ve ever had. All this evidence of your kindness fills me with encourage ment and gives me heart for the enterprise in which I am en gaged.” At Aberdeen, as in a press con ference at Paint Hill Farm Mon day afternoon, Mr. Stevenson said that coming to North Caro lina is like coming home to him, because of the residence of his sister here and his ancestral roots in the state. Winding up the press confer ence in which he made nation wide front page news by com menting on President Eisenhow er’s farm bill veto and revealing that he is inviting a series of tel evision debates with Sen. Estes Kefauver, a rival for the Demo cratic nomination, Mr. Stevenson told representatives of the state’s press with special emphasis: “I count the support of North Caro lina, both politically and senti mentally, about as precious as anything that can happen to me.” Puller Presented A unique tribute from South ern Pines was given to M!r. Stev enson on the night before his de parture when the town coimcil, foMowing a special meeting at to'wn hall, went to Paint Hill Farm and Mayor "Yoit Gilmore presented the candidate with a [“Green Hornet Special” putter designed by Leo Walper, Sand hills golf professional, and en graved with the words, “Southern Pines, April 18, 1956—Adlai E. Stevenson.” The presentation was in line with an informal policy of the (Continued on page 8) Young Riders In Training Horse Shows Get Season Point Total Awards At the final training horse show in a series held this winter and spring, young riders were presented trophies for their point to tals earned throughout the season. The system of awards was devised to encourage competition among youngsters and* to allow recognition of abilities and improvement shown in carefully des ignated classes that make the contests fair to all. Making the trophy presentations, left to right, are: Mrs. Wallace Simpson to Carol Coffin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Coffin, Beginners Horsemanship winner; Mrs. Ed Daniels to Therese Dufort, daugh ter of Mr. and JVIrs. F. Dufort, Intermediate Horsemanship win ner; Mrs. Sally Alexander to Billy Doyle, son of Mrs. Mary Doyle, Advanced “B” winner; and Mrs. D. W. Winkelman to her son Peter Winkelman, Advanced “A” winner. (Photos by Humphrey) FIREMEN'S BALL The twenty-third annual Firemen's Ball will be held Tuesday night, April 24, from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. at the South ern Pines Country Club. Music for the dance, which is for the benefit of the Southern Pines 'Volunteer Fire Department, will be fur nished by Harold Grant and his orchestra. Couples only will be admit ted. BAND BOOSTERS The Southern Pines Band Boosters Club will hold its last ■mteeting of the current school year Thursday, April 26, in the science room at the high school. The meeting will begin at 8 p. m. and all members and others who are interested are urged to be present. Salute To USA F School Planned A “salute” to the USAF Air Ground School here is being plan ned for sometime in the latter part of the month by citizens of Southern Pines. The “salute,” which is actually the town’s method of extending its appreciation to the school for being located here, is under the general chairmanship of W. B. “Chick” Holliday, chairman of the community relations committee of . the Chamber of Commerce. Mayor Voit Gilmore, acting on behalf of the town, appointed Hol liday earlier this week to make arrangements for the affair, which will honor staff officers and their wives. Holliday said today that final arrangements had not been com pleted but it was definite that at least part of the salute would con sist of a dinner and entertainment for the guests at a club in South ern Pines. Serving on the committee with Holliday are Joe Scott, Jim Bar rett, W. Lament Brown, and Jean Edson. The committee is meeting at 10 o’clock Friday morning to iron out the final details of the affair. \
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