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VOL. 37—NO. 33
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SOUTHERN PINES. NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. JULY 5. 1956
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PRICE TEN CENTS
NEW ROTARY OFFICERS were installed at a
dinner meeting at the Country Club last Friday
night. At the meeting, to which Rotary Anns
were guests, A. C. Dawson was installed as pres
ident, succeeding James Perkinson, who will be
come vice-president. New officers, left to right.
front row, are James Hartshome, secretcuy,
Dawson, and Perkinson. Back row, left to right,
are Ed Smail, reelected treasurer, and Earl Hub-
hard and Joe Scott, ne wdirectors. Absent when
the picture was made was Lt. Col. Paul Kinni-
son, also a new director. (Humphrey photo)
Home Here Entered, Occupant Is
Slugged, Robbed; No Clues Found
Mrs. E. W. Cole Unable
To Describe Assailant
Southern Pines police were
continuing their round-the-clock
search today for an intruder who
broke into a Connecticut Ave.
home Tuesday night and slugged
its occupant, Mrs. E. W. Cole, be
fore making off with aboutl $35
from her pocketbook.
Chief C. E. Newton said today
that several leads have been
tracked down but nothing defin
ite has come of them.
In reporting the breaking and
robbery. Chief Newton said Mrs.
Cole, who lives with her husband,
a civil engineer for the Ninth Air
Force, at 335 E. Connecticut Ave.,
was sitting alone Tuesday night
watching a television program.
Her husband was away in Sum
ter, S. C., on business.
Sometime near 10 p. m., Mrs.
Cole told police, she leaned over
from her chair to cut on a light.
When she did something hit her
and she was knocked uncon
scious.
When she came to, probably
about 30 minutes later, she dis
covered blood running from her
forehead and went to the kitchen
to try and stop it. She then called
Dr. Joseph S. Hiatt and the po
lice.
Dr. Hiatt took Mrs. Cole to thfe
hospital where she is reported in
good condition today.
The police investigation shov
ed that the intruder entered the
house by an unlocked back door.
There were tracks leading into
the house (a slight rain had fall
en, making tracks easily visible)
and out the same way.
Chief Newton said it looked as
though the weapon used had a
sharp edge.
Members of his department
made a thorough search of the
grounds outside the house and in
other nearby places but so far
have been unable to locate the
weapon.
The money was taken from
Mrs. Cole’s pocketbook, lying on
the dining room table. Nothing
else was bothered, she said.
No one else was in the house
with her at the time, she told po
lice, which is not unusual since
her husband, a retired major, is
often away on business trips.
The Cole home is located just
one house away from busy US
Highway 1. Chief Newton said
the corner nearest the Cole house
was a favorite spot for hitch
hikers, going either north or
south, or to Fort Bragg or Pope
Air Force Base.
Members of his department
have conducted a systematic
search of the neighborhood for
any evidence of the weapon, and
have questioned many of the
near neighbors as to whether or
not they saw any strangers
around the area Tuesday night.
Soldiers Receive
Prison Terms In
Local Rape Case
Prison sentences for three sol
diers accxised of raping a 15-year-
old West Southern Pines Negro
girl were handed down following
general courts martial at Fort
Bragg over the weekend.
The three were James A.
Campbell, who received five
years; Leroy Martin, 15 years;
and H. D. Moslby, 15 years. In ad
dition to the prison sentences, all
were given dishonorable dis
charges.
There has been no announce
ment of the sentences other than
that given at the trial, the usual
procedure in Army courts ma3>
tial. The three are all members
of the 82nd Airborne Division.
The other defendant in the
trial, an airman named Gordon
stationed at Pope Air Force Base,
was tried Monday. He was sen
tenced to two years in prison and
was dishonorably discharged.
The rape took place on the Fort
Bragg reservation May 21. The
young girl, who had an excellent
reputation, said the soldiers and
airman raped her at gunpoint
and threatened to kill her if she
ever told anyone of the affair.
The girl, whose identity has not
been made known because she is
a juvenile, has left Southern
Pines to spend some time with a
relative in another city.
Soap Box Derby
In Carthage Won
By Gayle Frye
Gayle Frye, 13-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Frye of Car
thage, was the happiest boy in
Carthage yesterday.
He won the annual Soap Box.
Derby feature of the July 4 cele
bration in Carthage and the right
to represent the county at the
state races held in Charlotte next
June.
Some 23 boys competed in the
Derby, which the sponsoring
Junior Chamber of Com;merce
said was the best held yet.
Competing from Southern
Pines were Kenny Holliday and
Butch Ryder, sponsored by the
Elks Club, and Kenny Morten,
sponsored by Southern Pines
Motor Company.
Finishing behind young Frye
was Melvin Preslar and Mack
Bailey.
Beauty Contest
Janet Carter, 16-year-old
daughter of Mrs. Dan Carter of
Carthage, was winner of the an
nual beauty contest. Runners-up
were Patsy Lou Baker of Carth
age and Lois Williams of Rob
bins.
Miss Jimmie Ann Garner of
Robbins, 1955 winner, crowned the
winner, who was seljBcted from
22 entries. '
During the morning nart of the
celebration the Donaldson Air
Force Base band paraded.
Patriotism On The
Wane? Few Flags
Flying Yesterday
Is July 4, the nation's birth
day, losing its importance and
meaning?
The question was asked this
morning by a man who visit
ed The Pilot office to report
on a survey he made Wednes
day afternoon. There were,
he said, only eight flags dis- .
played in town—or at leeist a
great portion of it—with the
exception of tiie ones the
town had placedf along the
streets. «
The man, who asked not to
be named, said he and his
wife had spent a considerable
part of the afternoon driving
around Southern Pines. They
covered most of the town, he
said, and were shocked to dis
cover the small number of
flags out.
"I read in a daily paper this
morning," he said, "of a wom
an in Charlotte who had made
a flag . . . couldn't afford to
buy one. . . and had it dis
played for the holiday. An
other man in Greenville, S. C.,
couldn't even buy one in
stores. The thought that peo-
ople are forgetting the impor
tance of the holiday is dis
turbing."
He hoped for something
better next year.
Baseball Jamboree
Planned NextWeek
At Memorial Field
A “baseball jamboree,” featur
ing members of the Southern
Pines Pony, Little, and Minor
baseball league, will be held next
Friday night, July 13, at Memorial
Field.
According to Major Erskine
Crew, who is in charge of the
event, other features of the jam
boree will include a home run hit
ting contest, a brief flag cere
mony, the singing of The Star
Spangled Banner, and display of
a color guard.
Nine innings of baseball have
been planned. The first game,
four innings, will be between the
Short Sox and the Bantam Bomb
ers. Players on the teams are
between eight and 11.
The second game, five innings,
will be between the Pony Leagu
ers and the Little Leaguers.
No admission will be charged
but donations to help defray ex
penses for players selected for
county all-star participation will
be accepted.
Major Crew said everything
that a big league baseball game
features will be available, includ
ing peanuts and soft drinks.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars,
Lions Club and the Southern Pines
Recreation Department are co
sponsors of the jamboree.
Complete details will be an
nounced in next week’s issue of
The Pilot.
Zoning Answer
Due At Council
Meeting Tuesday
May Name Committee
To Handle Promotion
Bypass zoning is due for more
discussion at the regular meeting
of Town Council Tuesday night.
The Council, which will meet in
the library at 8 p.m., will discuss
a request made by W. P. Davis,
large property owner along the
bypass, to change the square foot
age building requirements in a
part of his property in Residential
Section 1, which now requires a
minimum of 1,500 feet.
Davis has requested that the
property bounded by Crestview
Road, Saylor Street, the new high
way, and Rhode Island Avenue be
zoned so as to require only a min
imum of 1,200 feet.
Council will also consider the
matter of soliciting on town
streets by outside interests. At a
meeting a month ago. Council re
quested City Manager Tom Cun
ningham to make recommenda
tions for possible ordinances that
would curb soliciting.
Cunningham has indicated the
best way to handle the growing
problem is to adopt an ordinance
now in use in many towns that
would require solicitors to obtain
a permit; the permit would re
quire that a complete breakdown
of funds received and the ex
penses involved in collecting them
be made.
Cunningham heis emphasized
that such an 'ordinance would not
put a cramp in soliciting by
worthwhile organizations, particu
larly those in Southern Pines and
vicinity. The proposed ordinance
would, he said, act as a deterrent
to groups from out of . town who
solicit here and do no charitable
work in this area.
Council will probably discuss
the appointment of a committee to
administer a proposed $2,000 fund
for advertising and promoting
Southern Pines. The funds, which
by the Council’s orders won’t be
made available unless matched by
a like amount from business inter
ests in Southern Pines, were in
cluded in this year’s budget.
No Accidents Are
Reported July 4
Moore County has apparently
come out of the July 4 holiday
without a single traffic accident
to blemish the record.
State Highway Patrolmen said
that traffic, while still a bit
heavy, was not what was original
ly expected. They said it was
probably due to the fact that the
holiday fell in the middle of the
week.
All the patrolmen were on duty
during the day and night, as was
the case in the rest of the state,
which apparently enjoyed a
deathless holiday so far as high
way traffic was concerned.
County Budget Set At $1
$1.35 Tax Rate Remains
A tentative county budget with
an increase of some $80,000 more
than last year was adopted by the
Board of County Commissioners
Monday.
The budget, a siunmary of
which is published in today’s is
sue of 'The Pilot, calls for no
change in the present tax rate of
$1.35 per $100 valuation.
Basing its needs on an estima
ted property valuation of *43 mil
lion dollars, the Board of Com
missioners set a figure of $1,186,-
880 as budget requirements for
the fiscal year beginning July 1
and ending June 30 next year.
Biggest item in the budget is
$531,000 for capital outlay in the
school hudget. A total of $323,500
was budgeted for new construc
tion in county schools, $84,000 for
new construction in the Southern
Pines school system, and $42,500
for Pinehurst school construc
tion.
All the schools in the county
had asked for considerably more
than was available, Gordon Cam-
Commissioners, said.
There was, he said, more to give
this year than last year.
Agricultural Building
A beginning fund of $25,000
was set up in the budget this year
for the eventual construction of
an agriculturual building that
would serve the entire county. A
delegation of farm people had
made an initial request from the
county several months ago, sug
gesting the fund be established.
The delegation said the cost of an
adequate building would prob
ably run between $100,000 and
$150,000.
Valuation Up
'* The county’s property valua
tion is standing at an all-time
high this year. Present valuation
is $43,000,000, an increase of $1
million over last year.
Property valuations on several
new constructions, including
homes and business establish
ments, pushed the total figure up.
Welfare Work
The welfare budget, which
eron, chairman of the Board of' calls for an expenditure of $94,-
,186,880;
Unchanged
691 this year, is up approximately
$7,500. Chairman Cameron said
that $5,000 of the increase will be
used for indigent care.
“We’re in sound financial con
dition,” Cameron said, adding
that the county now owes about
$350,000, very little in compari
son to the total valuation of
property in the county.
By law, the budget is open to
inspection at the courthouse for
20 days. If no revisions are asked
or made in that time, final adop
tion is expected at a special meet
ing of the board later this month.
At the meeting last Monday,
all members of the board were
present and worked into the eve
ning getting the budget in shape
in order to make the summary.,
John C. Muse of Sanford, a
certified public accountant, drew
up the final tentative budget
with the commissioner’s approv
al.
Hearings on the budget had
been going on for the past two
months.
TO BE t>LAYED THROUGH SATURDAY
Annual Sandhills Junior Tennis
Tournament Starts Here Wednesday
Many of the state’s finest yoimg
tennis players are expected here
next week for the eighth annual
edition of the Junior Sandhill In
vitational Tournament.
'The tournament—which came
last year under official sanction
of the Southern Lawn Tennis As
sociation—will be played off Wed
nesday through Saturday or Sun
day, on the municipal courts.
Invitations were mailed early
this week, according to Kenneth
Tew, tournament chairman.
Kenneth himself, rated for
years one of the best of the young
er players, who was state boys’
champion at the age of 13, just
this year outgrew his eligibility
for junior play.
Marshall Happer of Kinston,
state champion, is expected to re
turn to defend the junior boys’
singles trophy he won last year.
Billy Weaver of Durham, 1955
runner-up, may be on hand as
challenger. It is anticipated that
John Talley of Gastonia, who won
the boys’ championship last year
Gilmore Appointed To
Head Legislative Body
Mayor Voit Gilmore has been
appointed chairman of the legis
lative committee of the North
Carohna League of Municipali
ties, it was announced from
League offices in Raleigh this
week.
Mayor Gilmore will head a
committee that will study the
needs of various municipalities in
the state and make proposals for
needed legislation to the October
General Assembly.
Marshall Kurfees of Winston-
Salem is president of the League.
Cpl. M. S. Parvin Transferred
Corporal M. S. Parvin, who has
headed the State Highway Patrol
in Moore County for the past five
years, was transferred early this
week to Jacksonville.
, He is being replaced by newly
appointed Corporal J. A. McCol-
man, who has been stationed at
Newton Grove the past seven
years.
Cpl. Parvin, who came to Moore
County from Smithfield, has been
in the patrol for 15 years. Since
coming to Moore he has been ac
tive in church work in the Car
thage area, where he maintained
his home.
Several county officers, com
menting on Cpl. Parvin’s transfer,
said the county was losing the
“best public relations man” the
highway patrol has ever sent to
Moore county. One officer said:
“Cpl. Parvin is an ardent cam
paigner for safety on the high
ways. He took the message not
only to schools, where he thought
it would do the most good, but to
civic clubs, business groups, and
even to churches.”
A renowned cook, Cpl. Parvin
was vice-president of the coimty
Law Officers Enforcement Associ
ation and honorary “chief cook.”
His “pine bark stews” and fried
CORPORAL PARVIN
chicken dinners at the American
Legion hut near Carthage were
eagerly-awaited affairs and al
ways successful.
The new corporM, who has also
been in the patrol 15 years, is a
former resident of Aberdeen. His
appointment t<^ corporal was an
nounced Monday. His new duties
began Wednesday.
in his first away-from-home tour
nament, wiU also be back.
Janie Haynie of Belton, S. C.,
last year’s No. 1 junior girls’ play
er in the South, won the trophy
in her bracket last year, but is be
lieved to have moved since then
past the age deadline. If this
proves true, the field will be open
to the runner-up, Lillian Bullock
of Southern Pines, to reassert her
claim on the trophy which she
won in 1953 and 1954.
Julia Blake, also of Belton, de
feated Judy Fitzjohn of Charlotte
to win girls’ singles. Judy is com
mitted to a tournament elsewhere,
and can’t be here, it has been
learned. There has been no word
from Julia as yet.
Deadline for, entries is Monday
night, as pairings and seedings
must be made Tuesday. Most en
tries are traditionally deadline af
fairs, leaving the tournament
sponsors in suspense until that
time. However, judging from past
records, some| 30 to 40 teen-agers
from all over North Carohna, with
a sprinkling from other states, will
join the local tennis-playing
youngsters for a wonderful weekr
end.
Besides the tennis, which the
boys and girls play with dedicated
zeal and astonishing skill, they en
joy a busy social hfe in off-court
hours. Evenings see numerous
informal get-togethers, while on
one night—usually Thursday—the
host group entertains. Sometimes
this fxmction is a buffet supper,
sometimes a wiener roast or wa
termelon party beside a lake.
The visitors will be put up in
several local homes, also in rooms
turned over to the group by the
Southland Hotel. Local restau
rants give them a special discount
on their meals. Members of the
Sandhills Tennis association help
out in various phases of the tour
nament, which turns out to be
generally a community affair.
Trophies for winners and run
ners-up in each event, also the
dozens of balls required for the
tournament, are provided by the
association. Events to be sched
uled include singles and doubles
in junior boys’ and junior girls’
brackets (15 to 18 years of age),
also in boys’ and girls’ (up to 15).
Mixed doubles are played if there
are sufficient entries.
SWITCH
Somebody puUed a neat switch
in West Southern Pines Tuesday
night.
Pohce reported this morning
that a 1949 automobile owned by
Charlie GiUis was stolen from its
j parking place in front of his
home.
In its place, they said, was a
1941 model with the bearings
burned out.
Police are checking the owner
ship of the earlier model with the
State Depsirtment of Motor Vehi
cles. They were unable to'learn
from residents of the neighbor
hood who left it there, nor why.
Quite possibly, they figured,
whoever pulled the switch did it
in the dead of night.
Gillis, they said, is walking.
Two Injured When
Driver Fails To
Make Sharp Curve
Two people were seriously in
jured Tuesday night when the car
in which they were riding failed
to make a curve on West Pennsyl
vania Ave. extension and slam
med into a pine tree.
The driver, identified as Badie
Willard Faulk, 29, of 545 W. New
Hampshire Avenue, was charged
with exceeding the safe speed
limit.
Faulk told officers he was driv
ing at 55 miles per hour on the
road, which is not paved, going
west when the curve loomed in
front of him. 'When he started to
make his turn, he told investigat
ing Highway Patrolman R. R.
Samuels, one of the passengers,
Henrietta McLeod, 30, grabbed
him by the arm and he lost con
trol.
The car, a total wreck, slammed
into a large pine tree causing the
right front wheel to jam into the
front seat. Henrietta McLeod was
hospitalized with a dislocated
shoulder.
Another passenger, Willie Wad
dell, of Southern Pines, received a
fracture of the right, foot and
abrasions about the neck and face.
Faulk received superficial cuts
and bruises about the head and
neck.
Poll Indicates
Sharp Division
OnByp ass Zoning
Partial results of a poll cop-
ducted by the Chamber of Com
merce among its members to indi
cate zoning preferences along the
new Highway 1 bypass were re
leased this week.
The poll, conducted over the
past two weeks, shows that ap
proximately 45 per cent of the re
turned forms indicate a preference
for no business along the bypass;
35 per cent prefer business; 12 per
cent indicated a, preference for a
combination of the two, business
in certain areas emd residential in
others; and eight per cent were
undecided.
Mark King, president of the
Chamber of Commerce, said today
that the poll' was made “simply
to help the Town Coimcil and the
planning board to know the de
sires of a cross-section of business
people in Southern Pines.”
’The poU, King said, had been a
good thing, particularly in view of
the fact that some members of the
Chamber of Commerce who are
business people in the town, are
unable to attend the Council meet
ings and have definite preferences
they wanted to make before the
Council.
King forwarded the results of
the poll to Town Council this
week.
In the meantime, he said, should
any more answers to the poU be
turned in, he would add them to
the totals and have them ready
for the regular meeting of the
Town Council ’Tuesday night.