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Page EIGHT THE PILOT—Southern Pines, North Carolina THURSDAY. MAY 17. 1956 Dr. Milner Tells Rotarians To Add To Their Heritage College President Is Luncheon Speaker At District Meeting Each generation should add to its heritage by going forward and trying to do more than the gener ation before it—that was the in spiring advice given to members of the Southern Pines Rotary Club and some 60 visiting Rotary officials, at a luncheon meeting in the Country Club on Friday. The speaker was Dr. Clyde Mil ner, president of Guilford Col lege, who gave the principal ad dress at the luncheon session that was part of an all-day meeting of Rotarians from clubs of the 281st Rotary district. Dr. Milner, who as introduced by Arnold Schiffman of Greens boro, outgoing district president, recalled the old saying about “shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves in three generations”—the first gen eration earned the money, the second generation squandered it and the third generation was back in shirtsleeves working again. That, said the speaker, is not the way it should be. Each gener ation should build on the accom plishments of a previous one and add to those accomplishments, he believes. Whether in civic clubs, churches or in education, each generation should do more than the one before it, he asserted. To this end, said Dr. Milner, each person should project his own personality into all of his ac tivities and should try to know and understand the people with whom he comes in contact in his daily life. To illustrate his point. Dr. Mil ner told about a former pupil of his who was asked to evaluate his impression of Socrates. The writ ten study came back: “Socrates was a great man. He started a train of thought the caboose of which is not yet in sight.” The visiting Rotarians in Southern Pines Friday were in coming officers and directors of most of the clubs in the 281st dis trict. Their morning session at' Weaver Auditorium consisted of a workshop-lecture meeting for instruction and information, as to the duties of their various offices. E. W. Freeze, Jr., of Randleman was in charge. J. B'. Perkinson, outgoing presi dent of the Southern Pines club, made the address of welcome. One of the visitors for the day’s events was Dr. Mark Lindsey of Hamlet, incoming district presi dent. A golf tournament at Southern Pines Country Club followed the luncheon meeting. MORE ADVERTISING (Continuea from Page 1) ed to the town council for their consideration. “Chick” HoUiday, chairman of the community welfare commit tee of the chamber, said a tenta tive date of June 15 is under con sideration for the “salute” to offi cers at the Air-Ground Operations School here. He said the program would probably take place at the Country Club and would include a banquet. J. T. Overton, vice-president of the Chamber of Commerce, pre sided in the absence of president Mark King. The board, in other action, vot ed to increase the salary of Mrs. S. D. Fobes, secretary, and to al low her a week’s vacation to at tend the wedding of her daughter. Military Rites For Col. Burkhead, Who Died Sunday, Held At Arlington Lt. Col. Calvin H. Burkhead,' USA Signal Corps retd., died Sun day afternoon at Fort Bragg Hos pital, where he was taken Satur day. He had had a bad heart con dition, aggravated by asthma, for several years. Graveside services with full mil itary honors were held at Arling ton National cemetery, near Washington, this morning (Thurs day). Colonel Burkhead had a dis tinguished military career, spent entirely in the field of communi cations. He was a pioneer in ra dio and telegraphy for govern ment, and later military, uses. He was born at Concord July 11, 1885, the son of Jesse 'Whit field and Alida Woodhouse Burk- head, and studied electrical engi neering at N. C. State College and Cooper Union, New York City. He ' continued his education through practical experience and in research projects in govern ment employ. Stationed at Nava- sink Island, off Sandy Hook, N. Y., he did research in telegraphy for the U. S. government as early as 1904. His experience led to his com missioning as first lieutenant in the Army Signal Corps in 1917, and he spent the duration of World War 1 in France with the AEF. He became a captain six months after receiving his com mission. Later, as a captain for 18 years, then a major, he was sta tioned at one post after another in the United States and practically all of its outlying possessions. He spent the years 1922 to 1925 in Alaska, accomplishing the mon umental task of rehabilitation of the telegraph system, then as now under Signal Corps supervision. After further tours at Fort Leavenworth, Fort Monmouth, Fort Bragg and in Puerto Rico, he was retired on disability as a lieutenant colonel at Fort Meade in 1941. He was recalled to duty at Fort Bragg the following year. On his second retirement in 1944, he and his wife chose Southern Pines as their home. In retirement he continued his special interest as this locality’s first radio “ham,” and his call let ters W4GTH became known throughout the world. His radio friendships knew no international boundary lines. His experience and ingenuity in electronics gave him great scope, and made two- way conversations possible not only in this country but from con tinent to continent, and farflung Pacific isles. It was his delight to arrange “air meetings” between parents and their sons in service thousands of miles away. He was an active member of the “Hoot Owls,” pre-dawn radio am ateurs of the eastern seaboard. He set up the local branch of MARS, the civil defense “ham” radio net work under Third Army jurisdic tion, and during the coastal hurri canes of 1954 stayed on duty many hours. He maintained membership in the Concord Presbyterian church, and in Southern Pines was a member of Masonic Lodge No. 484, the Sandhills Post, American Legion, and the John Boyd Post, VFW. Surviving are his wife, the for mer Ora Borden, member of an old New Bern family and daugh ter of an Army colonel, whose home place is now the site of Cherry Point Marine Air Base; two daughters, Mrs. Borden Given of the home and Mrs. J. T. B. Strode, with her husband Colonel Strode at Fort Brook, San Juan, Puerto Rico; four grandchildren; and three sisters, Mrs. J. L. Can non, Concord; Mrs. L. E. Duncan, Norfolk, 'Ya., and Miss Jessie Burkhead, Morganton. DEAN CITES (Continued from page 1) in a day that takes a strong stom ach and a big pocketbook. I do not think anyone knows for sure, but there’s a 50-50 chance that the Soviets will be the first to fire the inter-continental ballistics missile..” The missile, which Congress man Deane described as being able to fly at “fantastic” range and speed, carries an atomic war head and is practically impossible to intercept. Both the United States and the Russians Eire work ing night and day on its develop ment. Deane said he felt that a strong military gives added advantages at the international conference table, but expressed concern that' this country still possessed that advantage. “If we expect to stay ahead of the Russians,” he said, “we must increase our budget for national defense.” Already, he said, the country is faced with a number of grow ing problems. One of the most serious he cited was the alarm ing number of expensively-train ed (about $30,000) technicians the armed forces is losing daily to private industry. Another was the high cost of maintaining friendships overseas, ^ cost that WAGE INCREASE tContinued from Page 1) nel. Other budget recommendations included a request for a mechan ized street sweeper, which would save the town considerable funds over a period of years, and a re quest that the town coupcil levy more equitable business and priv ilege taxes. It was also recommended that the council, at its own request, leave in the budget a sum of $2500 to be allotted to the local National Guard Company for purchasing internal equipment for the proposed new armory. Cunningham said that, as a re sult of the increased growth and assessments in the town, collec tions from the ad valorum tax rate will be up approximately $5,000. Revenue, however, will be down slightly from last year be cause of the sale of the May, Street Community Center prop erty. Revenues during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1957, are expect ed to be $310,914, and expendi tures during the same fiscal year are anticipated to be $308,884 An open meeting will be held May 30 at Town Hall for mem bers of the council to consider the budget. Funeral Rites For ABC BoardMember • Held Wednesday Funeral services for L. L. Ma rion, 74, who died at his home in Carthage Monday morning, were held at Carthage Methodist Church 'Wednesday morning, con ducted by the Rev. M. C. Hender son, pastor, and the Rev. W. S. Golden. Burial was in the church ceme tery. Mr. Marion, a member of the Moore County ABC Board, oper ated a furniture store in partner ship with his son in Carthage for a number of years. He had been living in this county about 35 years and formerly had been a farmer and a horse and mule dealer. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Lela Marion; one son, L. L. Ma rion, Jr., of Clarthage; two grand sons; two brothers, S. S. Marion of Pinnacle, and D. Marion of Sea- grove; and three sisters, iMrs. Sal ly Scott of Pinnacle, Mrs. O. N. Brown of Greensboro, and Mrs. Maggie Pate of Burlington. he said often made him wonder just how many real friends we actually have. Deane Lauds Armed Forces Deane, who was credited with keeping the Air-Ground School in Southern Pines when the Air Force acted to move it several months ago, paid tribute to the armed forces when he said he felt no country had a more alert mil itary, ready for any emergency. He closed his talk by reciting the quotation: “Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.” Following Deane’s address Brig. Gen, Daniel W. Jenkins, commandant of the Air-Ground School, who presided at the luncheon, called on James Per kinson, Southern Pines business man and civic leader, to say a few words. Perkinson said the luncheon get-together “was one of those rare and bright oases of life” that are worthwhile, and asked for a rising vote of thanks to Gen. Jen kins and his staff. Gen. Jenkins said he had never heard of a community taking a military installation to its heart like Southern Pines had done to the Air-Ground School. “We deeply appreciate your hospital!- monies ty and your cooperation,” he said. Mayor Voit Gilmore, who spoke briefly, said the community was a better place to live because -'f the Air-Grround School, and i-hanked Congressman Deane for ^is efforts in keeping it here, and Gen. Jenkins for the excellent re lations between the town and the school. The open house was moved up to Wednesday so as not to conflict with the program, being staged at Fort Bragg Saturday. Heart Association Directors To Meet HereOverWeekend Two Day Session Begins Saturday At Southland Officers and committee mem bers of the North Carolina Heart Association will gather at the Southland Hotel in Southern Pines this weekend for meetings of the association’s program and budget committee Saturday after noon, the executive committee Saturday evening, and the board of directors Sunday morning. Among reports to be given are W. D. Carpiichael’s summary of the 1956 Heart Fund drive, which was held last February, and a sur vey of heart research projects in the state, by Dr, Carl Gottschalk of Chapel HilL Mr. Carmichael, who is vice- president of the Consolidated Uni versity of North Carolina, was state campaign chairman of the Heart Drive. Dr. Gottschalk, on the staff of Memorial Hospital, is chairman of the association’s re search committee. Other reports will cover the de velopment of new bounty chapters and plans for the association’s an nual meeting this fall. Those expected to attend the meetings, in addition to Dr. Gotts chalk and Mr. Carmichael, . are Mrs. Frances S. McConnell of Chapel Hillj president of the asso ciation; Dr. Edward P. Benbow of Greensboro, president - elect; George K. Cutter of Charlotte, vice-president; Dr. Harold D. Green of Winston-Salem, secre tary; John T. Manning of Chapel Hill, treasurer; Dr. Harvey Estes of Durham and Dr. Edwin P. Hiatt of Chapel Hill, members of the executive committee.. Board members who will be present are Dr. H. E. Barnes of Hickory, Jerome T. Collins of Greensboro, Miss Grace Daniel of Salisbury, Dr. A. H. Elliott and Dr. Charles 'W. Styron of Raleigh, Dr. Paul E. Jones of Kannapolis, Mrs. R. Cleve Leiyellyn of Dobson, Dr. Edward S. Orgain and Dr. Eugene A. Stead, Jr., of Durham, Colonel Lawrence L. Simpson and William B. Webb of Charlotte, Dr; K. D. Weeks of Rocky Mount and W. Latham West of Roseboro. Of the doctors who act as con sultants to the board and staff of the association, John G. Smith of Rocky Mount, John B. Hickam of Durham and Frank B. Marsh of Salisbury will attend the meet ings, as will a special guest, Mrs. Jane Bruce of Raleigh, president of the Wake County Heart Asso ciation. Staff members from Chapel Hill who will be present are William W. Wood, executive director; Jos eph H. Huff, health education con sultant; Mrs. Mary Nies, public relations consultant; and Mrs. Ham Wade, secretary. Association field directors Eu gene Harris of Tarboro and Jim Logan of Asheville will also at tend the meetings, as will Harley Robertson of New York City, pro gram consultant for the American Heart Association. Senior Leaders At Vass-Lakeview 4 h ■ ROY FRYE Scholastic leaders among seniors of Vass-Lakeview School are Roy Frye, valedictorian, and Algene Hennings, salutatorian, shown above. Both have fine at tendance records. Roy’s last ab sence was marked against him when he was in the fourth grade, and Algene, with the exception of one day in her senior year when she was ordered to b6d by her physician, has perfect at tendance since the third grade. Roy is president of the Beta PUBLIC INVITED . (Continued from page 1) live up to its name when the “All American” 82nd Airborne Divi sion stages mass drops of men. and equipment at 11 o’clock Sat urday morning, and 2:20 Satur day afternoon. Ample seating ar rangements at the drop zone have been made for visitors, and com mentators will be on hand to ex plain the action as it occurs. Precision drill teams will go through their intricate formations on the midway at frequent inter vals throughout the day. Rest room facilities, and an emergency aid station staffed fc a trained nurse, will also be provided on the midway. The activities of the day will be climaxed by a mass retreat parade by thousands of officers and men from every major unit at Fort Biragg and Pope Air Force Base. More than 41 per cent of the deaths and more than 35 per cent of the injuries due to motor ve- More than 766,000 persons were hide accidents last year occurred injured in weekend traffic acci on Saturdays and Sundays, dents last year. ALGENE HENNINGS club, was class president in his sophomore year, is treasurer of the Senior Class, and serves as li brarian one period each day. He was Junior chief marshal, and is active in many phases of school life. Roy is the son of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Frye. Algene, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Hennings, was secre tary of the Beta Club last year, was a Junior marshal, and takes part in various activities of the school, including basketball. Work of County Welfare Department Told To League of Women Voters JAMES PRIM (Continued from Page 1) four years, the last two years of which she was chief of the corps. C. N. Page was master of cere- at the banquet and awards night program, which was held out-of-doors at the club and attended by more than 100 peo ple. Other awards made included band letters to Donald Barber, Pat Calcutt,. Butch May, Dennis Morgan, 'Walter 'White, David Prim, Margaret Smith, Ikie Woodell, and Bobby Wicker. Band stars were presented to Jimmy Bowden, John Chappell, David Duyk, Billy Hamel, James Humphrey, John McConnell, Louise McDonald, Bill McDonald, James Prim, John 'Van Benscho- ten, Thomas 'Vann, and Donald Walter. Majorette letters were awarded to Patti Britt, Arden Fobes, Car olyn Smith, Frances Lyons, and Janice Holliday. Majorette stars were awarded to Betty Jo Britt, Jacque Daven port and Margaret Thomas. Lynn Ledden, band director at the school, reported that be tween five and six hundred peo ple attended the annual concert held at Weaver Auditorium Fri day night. He awarded prizes to four students for having sold the most tickets to the concert. Win ners were George Little, Donald Barber, Larry Moore and Jerry Bradley. The prizes were donated by the Glitter Box, Perkinson’s Jewelers, Honeycutt’s Jewelers, and Southern Pines Pharmacy. The students and their guests enjoyed dancing in the clubhouse after the banquet. Speaker Cites Need For Child Welfare Worker “We’re sorry we cannot give the preventive services which should be given in a truly effect ive, well-rounded welfare pro gram, but, understaffed as the department is, we simply do our best—and know it isn’t enough.” In these words, Mrs. Walter B. Cole, superintendent of public welfare for Moore County, pref aced a talk held Tuesday night before an open meeting of the League of Women "Voters, ' in which she described the various services conducted by her depatt- ment. The meeting was held at the Civic Club, with several guests present beside League members. Mrs. C. A. Smith, pres ident introduced the speaker. Mrs. Cole’s talk dealt with the main services performed by the department, though she lost no opportunity of mentioning those which could be better handled With a larger staff. In detailing the so-called “preventive” mea sure which, under present cir cumstances, could seldom be car ried out, the department head spoke of family counselling, re habilitation, family budget plan ning and other steps which often, if taken in time, could prevent trouble and, she believed, materi ally reduce the number coming on the welfare rolls. Greatest need in this field, Mrs. Cole said, was a Child Welfare worker. A search is now under way but such qualified personnel, who are free, are hard to find, Mrs. Cole said. Under the state set-up, the entire salary of this worker is paid by the state and federal government for the first year, with the county com ing into the financial picture, dur ing the following three years, and only up to 40%. County ex penses to start with would cover only transportation costs. Mrs. Cole spoke feelingly of the work such a staff member could do in handling adoption cases. quency and other ills involving children and young people. In this connection, she mention ed the interest shown by South ern Pines’ Chief of Police, C. E. Newton in young people. COUNTY DEMOCRATS (Continued from page 1) Eisenhower’s health and what he’s not doing. “The President has already served notice he won’t work to win the Presidency this fall,” Lang said. He''added that Con gressman Deane felt that the is sues need to be fought out before the people, “so they can decide— no one has this country by the nape of the neck.” The unanimous endorsement of H. Clifton Blue of Aberdeen, Moore County’s representative to the North Carolina General As sembly, as a district delegate to the national convention in Chica go, was passed, along with an en dorsement of former State Sena tor Wilbur H. Currie for appoint ment to the Senate seat now held by J. Hawley Poole of West End. Poole, who served in 1951 and 1955, has said he would not be available for the special session to be called this summer because of his membership on the State Board of Agriculture. Blue’s endorsement followed one made a week earlier by the Southern Pines precinct. W. Lament Brown of Southern Pines, chairman of the Demo cratic executive committee, pre sided at the meeting. He called on chairmen from various pre cincts in the county to report; and ten precinct chairmen—from Aberdeen, East Carthage, West Carthage, Pinebluff, Pinehurst, bobbins, Southern Pines, Vass- Lakeview, West End and Deep !River—^reported their new offi cers and other business. A number of county officials iand other leading Democrats were called on for brief remarks. All expressed an optimistic out look for the coming campaign, al though most of them warned against the hard road ahead. Following the meeting the va rious precinct chairmen met and reelected all officers of the exec utive committee. They are W. La- “You are really fortunate,” she said, “in having a man who is so mont Brown, chairman; Bess Mc- interested in children for your chief of police. He has always co operated whole-heartedly and been of great help to our depart- [ Gilmore ment.” There were 153 services for children carried on by the de partment during the past month, Mrs. Cole said, and gave dramatic point to her plea for a child wel fare worker by telling of a re cent case in which eight children in a family “in a neighboring town” needed emergency care be cause of the sudden health break down of the mother. Mrs. Cole noted a marked in crease in services to the aged un der the funds for the Permanent ly and Totally Disabled and Old Age Assistance. This was the re sult, she explained, of new drugs, especially as affecting the tuber culous and mental cases. “TB patients are sent home much sooner than they used to be,” Mrs. Cole said, “and with the high expense of drug pur chase over a continuing period to carry, they must have help.” The same is true, the depart ment head said, in the case of many mental patients, formerljr institutionalized but now able to be cared for at home, i Questions following the talk brought out the fact that, with budget-making time close at hand, the welfare department is asking for three more workers. (The staff now numbers six, with only two case workers and Mrs. Cole herself handling the field work as well as the administra tive work. The state recommends 11 in the department, based on the population and needs of Moore County.) 'Welfare costs and services are divided about half and. half be tween Negroes and 'Whites, Mrs. Caskill, Carthage, first vice- chairman; T. Roy Phillips, Cartil age, second vice-chairman; Voit Southern Pines, third vice-chairman; and Mrs. W. G. Brown, Carthage, secretary-treas urer. DR. PECK (Continued from page 1) Health.” Dr. and Mrs. Peck and their daughter, Karen, will be leaving McCain July 1. He plans to spend some time travelling about the state and a],so attending spe cial sessions at Chapel Hill, where the headquarters of the North Carolina Sanatorium sys tem is located. Mrs. Peck is a co-owner with Miss Lockie Parker of the Coun try Bookshop on Pennsylvania Avenue here. Dr. Peck was one of the found ers of the Sandhills Music Asso ciation and the Madrigal Singers. Outside his profession his great est interest is music, and he is the owner of several antique in struments, including a harpsi chord, a clavichord and a very early piano. He and his daughter, who was a performer at the re cent Young Musicians concert, both play the instruments. Miss Peck, incidentally, acted as accompanist for Southern Pines Glee Club year. school truancy, juvenile delin- Cole told a questionner. MEN URGED TO GATHER THERE Wider Use of Civic Club Proposed Wait on the sidewalk—^not in the street—tor the Green or Walk or for a gap in traffic if the cor ner has no traffic signal. Meeting for lunch at the Civic Club Tuesday, a group of retired residents and active business and professional men discussed a pro posal that the Civic Club be more widely used as a meeting and recreation place. Proposals for its wider use by men were stressed. Invited by ladies of the club who prepared and served the lunch, the group heard words of welcome from Mrs. J. B. Boyle, president, who said that, in not using the club more, men and oth er residents of the town “are pass ing up a golden opportunity for good fellowship.” No conclusion was reached, but a number of suggestions were made for wider use of the club. The matter was left to a commit tee of four men and three women who are being named by Mrs. Boyle and Clinton W. Areson who was moderator of the discussion. Members of the committee had not been named this morning, but Mrs. Boyle said the committee would be formed soon and asked that any suggestions as to use of the club be sent to her or to Mr. Areson. Mayor Voit Gilmore and anoth er member of the town council, Harry H. Pethick, were among the guests. The mayor pointed out the need for a central congre gating place for numerous events, having the kind of equipment nor mally found in a men’s club. He said he sees the project as involv ing two groups—active business men and retired men and said that if the project were planned to ap peal to both groups, it would gain financial strength. Called on for opinions, a num ber of persons recognized the need for a central recreation and meet ing place for retired men and had various suggestions for improving the facilities at the club. The views expressed ranged from the opinion that the club would have, to be entirely redec orated and refurnished to the as sertion that furnishings were not particularly important and that any such project should begin in a small way and work toward fur ther developments. Among the men who comment ed on the plan were Harry FuUen- wider, E. _C. Stevens, Edward Schneider, ' Fred Brindley, Mr. Pethick, Arthur H. Eakins, J. B. Perkinson, Hoke Pollock and "W. B. Holliday, as well as the mod erator, Mr. Areson. A point made by Mr. Pethick has the this was that any financial arrange ment should include a sinking fund to pay off the $1,900 mort gage on the clubhouse. Col. Frank M. Thompson of Pinehurst asked the blessing when the luncheon was served. COUNTRY Gentleman DISTILLED LONDON DRY GIN 90 PROOF Distilled from 100% Grain lOOfe \ Bottled By J. A. DOUGHERTY’S SONS, Inc., Distillers Philadelphia, Pa.