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VOL. 37—NO. 25
Blue Endorsed
For Delegate To
Demo. Convention
Ward Hill Precincl
Chairman; County
Convention Saturday
H. Clifton Blue, Aberdeen news
paper publisher and Moore Coun
ty Representative to the N. C.
General Assembly, was unani
mously endorsed as a district del
egate to the National Democratic
Convention this year by Southern
Pines precinct members last Sat
urday afternoon.
The precinct meeting, which
was held in the James Boyd room
at the library, was attended by 22
people. It was one of a series of
• precinct meetings held throughout
the county ^d state to elect new
committee officers.
Ward Hill, who has been chair
man, was re-elected. Other com
mittee members chosen were Mrs.
Ruth Swisher, vice-chairman;
Mrs. Valerie Nicholson, secretary-
treasurer, W. B. “Chick” Hoi-
liday, and L. F. Garvin.
W. Lament Brown, chairman of
toe county Democratic Executive
Committee, reminded the commit
tee of the county convention being
held in Carthage Saturday at 3
p.m. and the state convention
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Maternal Welfare
Tags To Be Sold
In Moore May 12
Committees of the Moore
County Maternal Welfare organ
ization are due to take to the
streets of all county towns this
Saturday morning in the annual
tag sale.
Locally organized groups will
be in charge of the sale to be
conducted by each town accord
ing to its own plan, under local
leadership.
MILITARY DISPLAYS—Moore County Boy
Scouts watch with interest as men of the 82nd
Air^rne Division demonstrate various weapons
at the Council camporee on the Fort Braga res
ervation Saturday. The boys and their adult
Nearly 2,000 Boys ^
j oy CamporeeOn
Bragg Reservation
Between 1,800 and 2,000 boys
from the 12 counties of Occonee-
chee Scout Council attended the
large Camporee held this past
weekend on the Ft. Bragg Reser
vation. Moore District had 106
scouts and 26 leaders in attend
ance, according to Jim Blaird of
Southern Pines, district chief for
the camporee.
Weather was perfect for toe
occasion, and all functions and
leaders are shown grouped around a roped-off
area watching a demonstration out of view from
the camera, at left. Trucks, tanks, a heUcopter
and other equipment items were set up in a se-
ries of displays.
I iiow Southern Pines the sale is;exhibits scheduled for the eveto
'Without a hitc? incto-
One table, on the green in ding the extensive displays and
ront of the Citizens Bank and demonstrations by 82nd Airborne
pust Company, will be manned units. ^iroorne
by Mrs. Claude Reams, as chair-
man, and Mrs. George Leonard,
Mrs. E. C. Stevens, Mrs. R. E.
Rhodes and Mrs. Nolley Jackson
At the post office, Mrs. James
Boyd and Mrs. L. T. Avery will be
helped by Mrs. C. A. Smith, Mrs
Voit Gilmore, Mrs. Bert Premo,
Mrs. W. P. Davis, Mrs. John Dun-
das and Mrs. James B. Swett.
'Hie West Southern Pines drive
IS in the hapds of the foUo.wing
church members:. Methodist
Church, Mrs. Margaret York, Em
manuel Presbyterian Church,
George Murphy; Church of God,’
Mrs. Maggie Gilchrist; Mission
ary Baptist Church, Mrs. T. R.
Goins; Freewill Baptist, Mrs. Lar-
cenia Harrington.
Towns Taking Pari .
Mrs. Talbot Johnson heads toe
drive group in Aberdeen, assisted
by the Junior Garden Club and
Girl Scouts. .
' The Girl Scouts will also play
a part in the day’s efforts in
Pinehurst where they will sell
tags under the leadership of Mrs Piuebluff:
A. P. Thompson and Mrs. Kooh Aberdeen; 7, Pinehurst;
A. P. Thompson and Mrs. Hugh
Carter.
Taylortown school will take
part, with Mrs. Curreton and Mrs.
Edna Taylor in charge.
In Vass toe Lions Club is mak
ing its annual contribution to this
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Awards were presented to all
units in one of the following cate
gories; pioneering, camping, and
participation, based on accom
plishments during the two-day
camporee. Chief Judge was David
Drexel of Southern Pines. Troop
68, of Aberdeen, hiked from the
Ranger Station on the edge of
Ft. Bragg Reservation to the si^e
of the camp, at McArthur Lake,
a distance of six miles, carrying
all gear and camping equipment.
Leader of the troop was Harry
Watson.
At a campfire Saturday night,
the^ Order of the Arrow, Scout-
ing’s honor society, tapped two
adults, Harry Watson and Duke
Bradford, and eight boys from
Moore County. Bradford is the
leader of Troop 224, of Southern
Pines.
Units which participated from
Moore District include the fol
lowing: Troops 223 and 873,
Southern Pines; Troop 206 and
Explorer Post 809, Pinebluff;
Saturday Last Day To
Register For Primary
A reminder that Saturday is
the last day for new voters to
register for the Democratic Pri-
mary to be held May 26 was is
sued today by Sam C. Riddle,
chairman of the coimty board of
elections.
Riddle said that next Saturday,
May 19, will be challenge day.
Democratic precinct officials in
Moore County have urged all
qualified voters to register for
the primary, just two weeks off
from Saturday.
Two Boys, 8 And 9,
Charged In Thefts
At Postoffice Here
School Band To
Present Annual
Concert Friday
^Town Offices To
Move While Center
Being Constructed
Zoning Changes Sel;
Parking Ordinance
Affects School Block
While the new municipal center
is under construction on the park
block, town offices will move into
the building on N. E. Broad St.,
formerly occupied by Radio Sta
tion WEEB.
The town council, in regular
session Tuesday night, approved
plans to rent the temporary of
fices for $75 per month. The pres
ent town hall, a former residence,
will be torn down as first step in
building the new $100,000 struc
ture lor which funds were author
ized in a bond election early thjs
year.
The town will use all space in
the building formerly used by
WEEB, except one small room.
Councilmen seemed well pleased
with the arrangement which had
been tentatively made by City
Manager Tom E. Cunningham.
In a session that disposed of a
15-item docket, all the councilmen
were present except Mayor Voit
Gilmore who flew to Florida
Tuesday as guest of the Air Force
at an aerial fire power demonstra
tion. The flight had been post
poned from another day and the
mayor had been assured he could
be back in Southern Pines for the
council meeting, but this was pre
vented by a change in the Florida
program, because of wind condi
tions. Mayor Pro-Tern Harry
Pethick presided in the absence of
the mayor.
Final Zoning Action
Final action was taken on
amendments to the zoning ordi
TWENTY PAGES
PRICE TEN CENTS
Resort Promotion Is
Lagging, Council Told
Advertising,
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nance that have been under dis-
Two young boys, aged eight
and nine, were taken into cus
tody this morning and charged
with the systematic looting of
boxes at the Southern Pines post-
office for the past several weeks.
Because of the boys’ ages, theii
names were not revealed, but
Garland Pierce, postmaster, said
they were both from Soulhein
Pines.
According to Pierce the looting
The fifth annual Spring concert
of the Southern Pines High
School concert band will be pre
sented tomorrow (Friday) night
at 8:15 in Weaver Auditorium.
Included among the composer i
whose work will be presented in
the well-rounded program are
oigmund Romberg, Leroy Ander
son, Don Gillis and Humperdinck.
Soloists are James Prim, fliite
and James Humphrey, baritone. -
saxophone both graduating Tllntf-ce
seniors. Several numbers will I T OrCCS
also be presented during inter
mission by the beginners’ band,
composed mostly of fifth graders
according to Lynn H. “
MR. SIMPSON
Taylor Simpson To
Speak At Red Cross
Meeting, Carthage
Taylor M. Simpson, prominent
High Point realtor, will install of
ficers and directors of the Moore
County Red Cross chapter at the
annual meeting of the organiza
tion in the courthouse at Carth
age Friday. The meeting is set
for 8 p; m. All Red Cross mem
bers are invited to attend.
The meeting will include re
ports on various activities of the
local chapter for the past yeai-.
Mr. Simpson recently was nom
inated to serve on the board of
cussion for some time. The coun
cil followed the recommendations
of a conference committee of
Knollwood residents, planning
board members and councilmen in
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governors of the American -Na-
band director at the school.*^*^^^’ I Moore Farm Agent
The 55-piece concert band,
composed of members tom the
sixth through the twelfth grades,
will play 15 numbers, Ledden
said, including several ordinarily
out of the province of concert
groups.
Following the concert the
Band Boosters Club will enter
tain the band members in the
cafeteria.
936, Carthage; and 74, Robbins.
Southern Pines Troop 224 was
one of three to win the top-rank
ing “pioneering” award for their
performance at the camporee.
Troop 223, Southern Pines, won
the second-ranking “camping”
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Summonses Served On Daly Employees
In 150,000 Conspiraey Damage Action
has been going on for a period I ^turday night the Band Boos-
of from two to four weeks. T'ne again honor band mem-
boys had been rifling boxes that r^®^® guests at an out-
were either left open or had the banquet at the Country
keys left in them. More than 100 followed by a dance,
pieces of mail, including letters, banquet, which begins
money orders, and small pack- o’clock, annual awards will
ages, had been taken. Pierce said, members and toe
One of the boys had tried to Club Bstaid Award for the
cash a check several days ago “'Osf valuable member of the
but had Been refused. The boys presented,
had taken the letters from the Ledden said the Lions Club
postoffice and had, after opening -^ward is made on the player’s
them, thrown them into ditches! (Continued on page 8) !
and other hiding places around
town. They had completely des
troyed some of the pieces they
took.
Pierce said that most of toe
looting had apparently been done
when the postoffice was closed on
Saturday afternoons, Sundays,
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Resignation Of
E. H. Garrison, Jr., has submit
ted his resignation as Moore
County Farm Agent, effective im
mediately.
Garrison, who said he was retir
ing because of ill health and other
reasons, came to Moore County 30
years ago from Rock Hill, S. C.
Since that time the county has
seen a tremendous change in its
agricultural life and the county
has grown to a position of impor
tance in North Carolina agricul
ture.
Under Garrison’s direction and
constant prodding, the broiler in
dustry in Moore County has be
come a million dollar annual bus
iness, perhaps the largest single
agricultural source of income in
the county.
No successor has been named,
but it is expected the Board of
County Commissioners will name
one within a short time.
tional Red Cross. He has an out
standing record as a volunteer
with various departments of the
Red Cross on the local and area
levels.
A nominating committee for the
Moore. County Chapter, compos
ed of Dr. E. M. Mtedlin, chairman,
J. Hawley Poole and T. Roy Phil
lips, has announced the following
slate for the ensuing year: chair
man, Garland McPherson, South
ern Pines; vice-chairmen, Gen.
R. B. Hill, Southern Pines, Mrs.
John L. Frye, Robbins, and Gor- |
don Clark, Southern Pines; sec
retary, Miss Grace Tillman,Car-
thage; and treasurer, E. Earl
Hubbard, Southern Pines.
Directors who are nominated
(to serve three year terms) are;
W. H. McNeill, Jr., Aberdeen;
Mrs. John Beasley, Carthage;
Earl Martin, Eagle Springs; Mrs.’
W. M. Thompson, Jackson
Springs; Miss Blanche Monroe,
West End; and J. C. Phillips,
Westmoore.
Miss Edwina Hallman and Mrs.
Dixon Underwood, former em
ployees of Vincent J. Daly,
Southern Pines psychologist who’
was recently convicted on a
criminal libel charge, appeared
in the office of Sheriff C. J. Mc
Donald at Carthage Friday to be
served with summonses in a $50,-
000 damage suit.
The suit, brought by Mrs.
Valerie Nicholson of Southern
Pines, names Daly and the two
young women as defendants and
alleges conspiracy. Mrs. Nichol
son was the complaining witness
in Daly’s criminal trial in Moore
County Recorder’s Court, when
he was convicted of libeling her
by sending defamatory matter
about her to four North Carolina
newspaper editors. The two wom
en were defense witnesses at the
trial.
Garland S. Garris of Troy and
Richard L. Brown,» Jr., of Albe
marle, attorneys who defended
Daly in the libel trial, are de
fending Daly, Miss Hallman and
Mrs. Underwood in the civil suit.
Last week they issued a state
ment that none of the defend
ants knew of the civil action be
fore they left town four days
after the criminal trial and-that
they would return voluntarily
for service of papers.
The civil suit summons had
not yet been served on Daly to
day. According to the office of
Sheriff McDonald, he had not
come in to be served and a dep
uty again this week could not
locate him in Southern Pines.
Mrs. Cole To Address
LWV Next Tuesday
Mrs. Walter B. Cole, county su
perintendent of public welfare,
will be principal speaker at an
open meeting of the League of
Women Voters Tuesday night at |
8 o’clock at the Civic Club.
Mrs. Cole’s talk will be con-j
cerned primarily with the various |
phases of work in her depart
ment, with emphasis on the prob-1
lems of juvenile delinquency. She |
wiU' also discuss the possibilities
of obtaining a district nurse to
work with the department, and
what has happened to the in
mates who formerly lived at the
county home.
Officers of the League said that
a general discussion period, with
time for questions and answers, |
would follow the talk.
The meeting is open to the gen- |
eral public.
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OUT FOR A STROLL—^Bonnie Maxine, a brood mare of the
Franklin Safford stable and once a pacer on harness racing
tracks, takes a springtime stroll with her colt in the paddock at
Weymouth where Mr. Safford, a leading harness horse trainer
and owner, is stabling some of his horses. 'The colt is nearly two
months old. Every once in a while, it would kick up its heels
and scamper around the paddock, but would soon come back to
Its mother’s side. (piiot Photo)
Young Musicians
To Give Concert
Saturday Night
Concluding the season pro
grams sponsored by the Sandhills
Music Association, 19 Moore
County yoimg people will appear
in .the Young Musicians Concert
at 8 p.m. Saturday in the Pine
hurst Country Club.
The annual event is open to the
public without charge. Parents of
the students, friends and all in
terested persons are invited to
attend.
Presented will be the pupils of
16 Moore County music teachers;
one student in a Moore County
school who has a teacher tom
out of the county; and two Moore
County young people who are
outstanding music students in
colleges they are attending. The
Facilities
Advocated
The tovra council took under
consideration Tuesday night a
proposal that the town increase its
advertising budget and team with
hotels and other interested busi
nesses in a coordinated advertis-
ing program to promote the resort
industry of Southern Pines.
The suggestion came from
Charles W. Stitzer, owner of the
Highland Pines Inn, a resort hotel
now occupied by the USAF Air
Ground Operations SchooL
Mr. Stitzer recalled that be
tween sevSn and 10 years ago, the
hotels and the town together were
spendirig some $15,000 per year
on resort advertising, with about
$4,000 from the town. He said
that when he came here 10 years
ago, he was given to understand
that the resort business had been
falling off and he said that it has
continued to fall off since that
time.
Present town advertising budget
is $500 per year. Only direct me
dium with which a portion of this
is spent is The State magazine
published at Raleigh.
In addition to more advertising,
Mr. Stitzer told the council he
thinks there should be “an im
provement in the golf situation,”
with courses here as well main
tained as any in the area, and he
sees the need for a Country Club.
He said he was grateful for the
good job the Elks have done in
taking over the Southern Pines
Country Club, but he sees the
need for additional club facilities.
He noted that memberships in
and use of the Pinehurst (Country
Club are now restricted to Pine
hurst residents and hotel guests
there.
James Hartshorne, a director of
the Chamber of Commerce, who
was present Tuesday, said that
Chamber directors had discussed
the resort industry problem at
their last meeting. It was his im
pression, he said, that Chamber
members would support a pro
gram of increased promotion of
Southern Pines as a resort.
1 Councilman S. B. Richardson
recalled that 30 years ago when he
was mayor, the town was spend-
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Armed Forces Day
To Be Observed;
Deane WiR Speak
teachers whose pupils will play
nclude both those who teach pri
vately and those who are associa
ted with public school music pro
grams.
Dr. Charles Phillips will be
master of ceremonies. On the
program committee are Miss
Mary Logan, schools supervisor
"n Moore County; Mrs.'Norris L.
Hodgkins, Jr., and Mrs. Ralph
Chandler, Jr.
All of those participating are
Piano students except one; Faye
McKenzie of Pinehurst. a voice
student of Mrs. R. L. Prince of
Pinehurst, who will be accom
panied by Miss Gladys Stutts.
The two college students,
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Military installations in this
lareg wiUl join with others
throughout the country in annual
'Observances of Armed Forces
week May 13-19, and Armed
Forces Day May 19.
“Power for Peace” is the slogan
for Armed Forces Day,- which
will be observed with open
houses at military installations
throughout the nation.
President Eisenhower explained
the purpose of Armed Forces Day
as a “special effort by the Armed
Forces to increase public imder-
standing of bur national defense
program which is, and has been
from the beginning of our repub
lic, dedicated to achieving and
maintaining peace.”
Civic leaders in Southern Pines
and the surrounding area have
been invited to attend a lim-
cheon at the Air Force Air-
Ground Operations School here
Wednesday at 1 p.m. to celebrate
the event.
Congressman C. B. Deane of
Rockingham, a member of the
House Appropriations Subcommit
tee for the Air Force and a trustee
of the new Air Force Academy at
Colorado Springs, will be the
principal speaker.
Congressman Deane was the in
strumental force in persuading
government officials to continue
the Air-Ground Operations School
in Southern Pines following a re
cent move to relocate the school
at Keesler AFB, Mississippi.
At Fort Bragg, authorities are
planning a mass parachute jump
May 19 to highlight a day-long
program of displays for visitors.
Other activities include under
water and mountain climbing
demonstrations by men of the
77th Special Forces Group, and
displays of aircraft at POpe Field.