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'’RoWf^KsA yiGIqndon lu T -v' 0 I L$u)1e5pa& Cameron pjlj . . 'Wi4^Laktvi?j>/*Vas» VOL. 37—NO. 34 SIXTEEN PAGES SOUTHERN PINES. NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. JULY 12. 1956 SIXTEEN PAGES PRICE TEN CENTS ‘H FunAs For Rural Fire Protection Sought By Group Need Is Urgent, Group Says; Three Trucks Requested A delegation of Moore County farmers, civic leaders and vol unteer firemen will meet with the county Board of Commission ers Monday night in an attempt to have the commissioners set up funds in the current budgel for rural fire fighting equipment. The meeting, announced by Mayor W. R. Kennedy of Rob bins, will take place at the courts house in Carthage. Kennedy said that it was the groupi’s intention to cite the ur gent need for rural fire protec tion and to get the commission ers to make an appropriation be fore the budget is closed. The budget, tentatively adopt ed about 10 days ago, had no pro visions for rural fire protection. At present, Kennedy said, a group of interested citizens from various sections of the county were interested in getting appro priations to buy at least three fire trucks, estimated to cost some $40,000 if properly equipped. “In the next three to five years it is our hope that the commis sioners will make funds available for ten trucks, which is the num ber required for adequate protec tion of the vast rural areas of the county, now without any protec tion,” he said. The committee which Kennedy heads was formed at a meeting held in Southern Pines Monday night attended by some 15 peo ple. Any equipment purchased un der the county plan would be used by volunteer fire depart ments, a system Kennedy said had proved successful in Mont' gomery and Lee Counties. ,4 Parachute Jump To Be Attended By Kiwants Club An outstanding Air Show and Paratroop Drop is scheduled for next "Wfednesday, July 18, at Drop Zone Sicily on the Fort Bragg Reservation, near Pope Field, and memibers of the Sandhills Kiwan- is Club and their families have been invited to witness the event by Brig. Gen. Daniel Jenkins commanding officer of the U. S. Air Force Air Ground Operations School at Southern Pines, charge of next week’s club pro gram. Althmlgh the exhibition by the airmen and paratroopers is open to the public, it has been an nounced that no private automo biles will be allowed within a mile of the drop zone. For the Ki- wanians and their guests, ar rangements have been made for buses to transport them to the scene of the action. The schedule calls for members of the club to meet at the Air- Ground School by 12:15 Wednes day. Box Ixmches will be provi ded by the women of the Southern Pines Methodist Church. The Ki wanians will be transported to Zone Sicilv where the maneuvers will start at 1:15, lasting for about an hour. \74 V i-iiV ' V t Sf Council Adopts Formal Resolution Allowing No Business On Thru way Conflict Causes Cancellation of Net Tournament PONY LEAGUE—Front row, left to right. Hank Boes, George Little, Bobby Watkins, Woody Woodruff, Melba HaU, Jimmy Caldwell and Chuck Ward. Back row, left to right. Butch Ryder, Joe Garzik, Jim Carter, W. C. Morgan, Don Thompson, Jerry Fraser, and Jerry ToUi- (Humphrey photo) son. Lillian Bullock Wins Two State Tennis Tourneys Lillian Bullock, Southern Pines’ blonde dynamo of the tennis courts, won two state champion ships at the North Carolina Closed tournament held last week at Greensboro. In >her age bracket, the junior girls’ division, Lillian captured the singles trophy by beating the de fending champion, Kitty Dixon, of Asheville. In the doubles she teamed with Kitty to win a re sounding victory. The two handsome trophies “Little Lil” brought home are the 36th and 37th, respectively, she has added to her collection since she first wielded a racket on the town courts at the age of 13, four years ago. Though born in Lum- berton, she is strictly a local pro duct as a tennis star. Seeded No. 2 in the state tour nament, the pint-sized player worked her way up by defeating Betty Howard of Tarboro 6-1, 6-0 in the first round; Margaret Hor ner of Asheville in the semi-finals, 6-2, 6-2; then the champion, Kitty Dixon, in a hard-fought finals match 0-6, 6-4, 6-4. Lillian and Kitty then polished off Jane Bradley of Rocky Mount and Prissy Wyrick of Greensboro in doubles finals 6-1, 6-4. The local girl was paired with state champion Marshall Happer of Kinston in mixed doubles, and but for an untoward series of events would very likely have that 38th trophy in hand. Seeded No. 1, they were given a first- round bye; then their first- scheduled match was rained out. Before it couH be played Happy had to leavd for the North Caro lina Open at Asheville, so this event had to be surrendered by default. This was Lillian’s last year to win a state title in the junior di vision. In November she will be 18—rated “adult” by tennis reck oning. Two other local junior players went to Greensboro, George Little and Dick Thomasson, both of whom lost their first-round matches. Baseball Jamboree Friday Night Will Feature Four Boys’ Teams Two Games, Queen Contest Planned For 7 p. m. Program Final arrangements for the Southern Pines “Youth Baseball ^ IA Jamboree” Friday night have been ^USpenaea 1 erms completed. The “jamboree,” first of its kind in the Sandhills, will be held at Memorial Field, beginning with pre-gaime warm-ups at 7 p.m. Two games have been scheduled —the first one, four innings, be tween the Bantam Bombers and the Short Sox, composed of boys 8-12 years of age. The second game wiU be played between the Mustangs and the Rough Reds, boys 12-14 years of age. The sec ond game will be five innings. A number of pre-game events have been scheduled, beginning at 7:30. The first of the events will be a home-run hitting contest be tween selected members of each team. Second event will be a flag Ruining Machine Gets Youth Fine, A 19-year-old highway con struction worker from near Car thage, bent on having a work-free July 4 holiday, was handed a nine- months suspended road sentence in Moore Recorder’s Court Mon day for pouring a gallon of heavy molasses in an expensive piece of construction machinery. Arresting officers said Floyd Fry, an employee of the Brown Paving Company, presently work ing on Highway 15-501, poured the molasses in the machinery July 3 in hopes it would be knock ed out of action for the July 4 holiday. The machinery was valued at $26,000; the motor into which Fry ceremony involving boys of local poured^toe^molasses^was vaiu^ at scout organizations, and a rendi-’" ^ tion of the National Anthem by Views On Special Session Just ten days from now—^be ginning July 23—^members of the North Carolina Legislature will convene in special session in Ra leigh to discuss proposed legisla tion dealing with what many people think is the toughest prob lem North Carolina and the rest of the South has faced since Re construction: how to save the public school system in the face of a Supreme Court decision that made forced segregation in the public schools illegal. The legidators, few of whom have, or wiU, express any opinion as to the eventual outcome \ of the gpecial session, will doubtless be asked to approve constitutional amendments for the citizens Of the state to vote on in Septem ber. The proposed amendments, though they have not been made Miss Jacque Davenport. Three beauty queens, selected by members of the teams, will ar rive at homeplate and will be pre sented a bouquet of flowers as the last of the special events. The three queens, Carole Coffin, Rosie Chandler and Frances Har per, will receive the flowers from three selected team representa tives—Lament Brown, Topper Parks and Jim Carter. Harry Pethick, member of the Town Council, will throw out the first ball. Coaches of the teams are W. A. Leonard, Mustangs; C. L. Dutton, Rough Reds and Short Sox; Major Erskine Crew, Bant^lm Bombers. Umpires for the evening wiU be Johnny Watkins and Sgt. Carl Layel Refreshments wiU be available at the “jamboree,” and admission (Continued on Page 5) about $3,500, according to W. F. Brown, head of the paving com pany, and would require close to $1,000 in repairs. Judge J. Vance Rowe noted that Fry was already under a suspend ed sentence for larceny of gasoline in 1955. He sentenced Fry Monday to serve nine months on the roads, but suspended it on condition he pay $750 to the paving company; he also ruled that the nine-months sentence go into effect immediate- | ly after the three months he re ceived last year is served. He sus pended all the prison sentences on condition Fry pay the damages to the machinery and refrain from breaking any laws during the next two years. Golf Carousel To Be Sponsored By Junior Chamber of Commerce Here public in their final form, will be made by an advisory committee on education appointed by Gov ernor Hodges and headed by Tom PearsaU of Rocky Mount. A number of meetings with the legislature have been scheduled by Governor Hodges and the committee for the few days re maining before the special ses sion. Moore County’s two legislators, ^ Clifton Blue of Aberdeen and Senator Wilbur Currie of Car thage, are attending one of the sessions today (Thursday) in Lex ington. Neither would hazard a guess as to the exact wording of the proposed constitutionai amend ments but both felt tf^e recoiri- mendations would be much the same as those originally suggest- (Continued on Page 13) Selective Blood Testing Program Planned In County Plans for a selective blood test ing program in various areas of Moore County were announced today by Dr. J. W. WiUqox, county health officer. The program, planned in co- oprafion with the State Board of Health, will last from July 20 through July 28, Dr. Willcox said, and will consist of mobile blood testing stations fuUy manned and equipped to obtain blood samples for testing at the state laboratory in Raleigh. The serological tests, designed to detect venereal disease, is part of a survey being conducted in various counties of the state and nation in order to locate cases which have not found their way to routine control. The test is free and voluntary. Exact locations of the mobile units will be marked by black and yellow posters in advance and will be announced by sound trucks on the days of the opera tion. The Junior Sandhill Invitational tennis tournament, scheduled to be held here this weekend, was canceled because of a conflict with another large tournament drawing many of the expected players. The defending champion, Mar shall Happer of Kinston, and a number of other players expected here were already committed to the North Carolina State Open ai Asheville, said Kenneth Tew, tournament chairman. Dates of the local tournament were set last March under sanc tion of the Southern Lawn Tennis association, which was expected to prevent such a conflict. How ever, the conflict did occur through some unexplained over sight, and by the time invitations to the Junior Sandhill were mail ed, commitments had already been made by most of the junior ele ment to the larger event at Ashe ville. A number of out-of-town en tries did come in but “not enough to schedule a full series of match es or to insure interesting compe tition,” Tew said. “We felt it bet ter to cancel this year, and so no tified the entrants, than to hold the tournament anyway with the likelihood it would no+ be success ful. We plan to pick up again next year, after first doing our best to see no such conflict occurs again, and getting our invitations out at least a month in advance.” The town council voted Tues day night to accept a Planning Board recommendation that there be no change in the present zon ing along the No. 1 Highway thruway. Since all areas adjoin ing the thruway are now in resi dential zones, this means that land along the highway can’t be used now for business or indus trial purposes. Councilman Harry H. Pethick, who introduced the resolution. Jaycee Charter Night Program Set July 20 “Charter Night” for more than 40 members of the pewly formed Southern Pines Junior Chamber of Commerce will be held Friday night, July 20, at the Country Club, it was announced today by Jim Baird, president. The program, originally sched uled for July 13, had to be post poned because of a conflict with another civic club meeting. A number of state and district officials, as well as civic leaders from Southern Pines, have been invited to the program, which will begin at 7 p.m. Baird reminded all Jaycees, and potential Jaycees, today that dues must be paid in order to partici pate in signing the charter. He suggested that anyone plan ning to attend the program to con tact him prior to tomorrow (Fri day). Senior Chamber Votes Action At Last Meeting made it clear—and council appear ed to agree—that all or part of the land adjoining the thruway might be made available for busi ness, through a change in zoning, at some time in the future. It is legally possible to change a resi dential zone to business, but not vice versa. “I agree with the Planning Board that you burn your bridges behind you if you zone for busi ness now,” said Mr. Pethick in moving adoption of the resolu tion. “The way it stands pow, the zoning can be changed if at any time it will be in the best inter ests of the town.” W. P. Davis, owner of a long frontage on the thruway, who had previously asked that his property be zoned for business purposes and had urged that the council take prompt action on zoning, one way or another, was present when the resolution was adopted. He made no comment, but asked to see a copy of the minutes of the Planning Board’s last meeting—the meeting in which the recommendations ac cepted by the council were drawn up. Objections Made One objection to the council’s proposed action was heard from the floor, prior to council’s adop tion. Attorney John McConnell, representing Col. R. W. Duggan of Pee Dee Road, said that his client had purchased property on the thruway with the under- Pulitzer Prize Winner Addresses Local Kiwanians Directors of the Cheimber of Commerce voted Tuesday night to relinquish sponsorship of the Golf Carousel to the newly organized Southern Pines Junior Chamber of Commerce, at the same time pledging full cooperation in the holding of the annual event. Mark King, Jr., Chamber presi dent, led the meeting which was attended by a delegation from the Jaycees, headed by their presi dent, Jim Baird. In presenting a formal request for sponsorship of the November golf tournament, Baird told the senior group, “We plan to carry this on as a permanent project and to build it up each year. We have the manpower, we have the ambi tion and the energy, and we have also the resources of our State or ganization and other local clubs with experience in the holding of our national junior tournament. We feel sure this experience wUl be made available to us for the Carousel.” Baird said that cooperation of the three local golf clubs and their owners or managers would be sought as before in the holding of I the unique event, which offers ' four days of play, over three golf courses, in a “package deal.” The Chamber of Commerce ini tiated the Carousel in the fall of 1954, carrying on; in 1955. It has given promise of building up to become one of the most attractive and well-attended faU events of the eastern seaboard. It is set at a time when there is a lull be tween northern and southern tournament circuits, with numer ous golfers heading south. A motion that the Carousel this year be held under joint sponsor ship of the two organizations was lost, with the feeling that if the younger group was given sponsor ship, they should have the privi lege of full responsibility. Baird said, however, that the Jaycees would not “think of” un- dertsiking the Carousel without the advice and help of its origina tors, and the final motion carried a provision that President King would appoint a four-man advis ory committee. The Chamber edso offered use of its office and secretarial facili ties in promotion of the Carousel. The Jaycees said they plan to set the dates and start the publicity going immediately, or as soon as the golf clubs can be contacted and their plans approved. Willard G. Cole, former editor of the Whiteville NewS-Reporter and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for his work in helping to expose the Ku Klux Klan in southeast ern North Carolina, told members of the Sandhill Kiwanis Club Wednesday that the Klan is now dead, but cautioned against get ting lax and letting similar or ganizations spring up. Cole, who with Horace Carter became the only non-daily news papermen ever to win the coveted Fhilitzer Prize, cEirried on a three year battle with the Klan before finally seeing more than 100 Klansmen haled into court. He first became concerned with the Klan when a big meet ing was called near Whiteville in 1951. There were some 5,000 peo ple at the meeting, he said, and not all of them were there out of curiosity. Previously, he said, the Klan had moved into neighboring Horry County in South Carolina. He had written a series of editori als warning the Klan to stay out of Columbus county and the rest of North Carolina. For two years, the Klan was quiet. Then, Cole said, the big meeting was called and it became difficult in the following days to tell whether one’s neighbor .was a Klansman or not. Three years of editorials, ex posing numbers of cases of flog gings and other acts of the Klan, finally led to a showdown; the FBI stepped in and, with the help of state and local forces, rounded up 113 Klansmen. Cole said that subsequent trials was the only time the Klan was ever defeated in court. He gave numerous examples of the methods Klansmen used in terrorizing people of the area and exhibited a strap that was used in the floggings. He said the biggest satisfaction he obtained from his battle with the Klan was not the medal he received but the deep satisfaction of knowing that people will not contend with such “cancerous growths” that Klansmen activi ties present. standing that it would be avail able for business. The property has a frontage on the thruway of 251.51 feet, the attorney said. “Who told him it would be available for business?” inter jected Councilman Sam Richard son. “We’ve never said it would be.” “I don’t know about that,” S2dd the attorney, “but it appears that it would be in the interest of the town to have the by-pass zoned for business, for town purposes and for tax purposes. 'The value is certainly low as residential property. Not many people are go ing to want to dive along the high way.” Despite this plea, the coimcil quickly adopted the resolution. Voting “aye” were Councilmen W. E. Blue, T. T. Morse, Pethick and Richardson. Mayor Voit Gil more, who has business interests on the thruway outside the town limits, abstained from voting for this reason. As adopted, the resolution reads: “The town coimcil hereby accepts the recommendation of the Town Planning Board that there be no change in zoning along the new thru way (route of U. S. No. 1 Highway through Southern Pines), believing that the present zoning is in the best interest and welfare of the Town of Southern Pines, as evidenced by an overwhelm ing expression of opinion on this matter by the citizens of the Town at a special meet ing held by the council in the Town Library on 'Thursday evening, June 21, 1956.” Other Recommendations Five other recommendations had been made by the Planning Board whose chairm^,, Don Case, had pointed out that the board has no authority over state-owned right of way, but made the recommendations nev ertheless in the hope that the council will work closely with State Highway authorities along the lines outlined. Mr. Case had also pointed out that the powers of the Planning Board go be yond recommending zoning for various areas. The other five recommenda tions of the Planning Board, which were formally acknowledg ed by the council Tuesday night, were: Rigid control by the town of signs and sign locations along the bypass. Push a beautification progran* in cooperation with state officials. A good lighting system along )the bypass, particularly at the several interchanges. Establishment of an informa- ition booth at some point along the bypass. No picnicking to be allowed on the bypass except where adja cent property owners agree. Zoning Request Granted In another action dealing with by-pass zoning, the council adopt ed an amendment to the zoning ordinance that lowers from 1,500 to 1,200 square feet the “living area” requirements for new resi- dnees built in the area bounded by the thruway. Midland Road, Crestview Road, Saylor St. and ■W^est Rhode Island Ave. 'This area is the property of W. P. Davis. The tluruway frontage of this same property was the area that Mr. Davis had requested^ be zoned for business purposes. The area is included in the “Residence I” zone (Knollwood and Weymouth Heights areas) which has the (Continued on Page 5) AUGUST MEETING During their regular session at the library Tuesday night, mem bers of the town council decided to move their August meeting up from the second Tuesday to the first Tuesday, August 7. Reason for the change is that Mayor Gil more, an alternate delegate from North Carolina to the Democratic National Convention, will be in Chicago during the week of Au gust 12; and Tom Cunningh^, city manager, will be on vacation in the last two weeks of the month. The August meeting will be held at the library, the tempo rary meeting place pending con struction of the new municipal center.