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4 THURSDAY. OCTOBER 11. 1956 1^- TV Officials Once Again Postpone Big Story Program That off-again, on-again “Big Story” is gone again—too hot to handle. Mrs. Valerie Nicholson, local free-lance reporter, learned Tuesday by telephone from New York City that her Big Story had been “indefinitely postponed.” L. Loewenthan, vice-president of Pyramid Productions, Inc., which handles Big Story along with other network television shows, told her their indemnity insurance counsel had been ad vised against use of the story at this time. He told Mrs. Nicholson their decision had nothing to do with the story itself—“We believe in the story, and the value of its message, and we still hope to put it on.” But he said if they wen against advice of the counsel, they stood in danger of having their $2 million indemnity insur ance policy cancelled. Time To Cool Off He said this was not unusual with Big Story, that in handling real-life stories with real people, occasionally situations were of necessity encountered which had to be given time to cool off. He said, “We frequently put storit off as long as a year.” . Mrs. Nicholson related that he did not say on what grounds the counsel based their advice. How ever, protests have kept the pro duction in suspension for more than three weeks. Originally scheduled for Sep tember 28, the program was re scheduled to October 12, then to October 19 “or maybe later” while New York counsel batted the legal problems around. At'one point, when lawyers for the opposition threatened injunc tion proceedings, and the show was about to be cancelled entire ly, it was saved by a number of telegrams from local people and others throughout the State, ask ing that the show go on as sched uled. The story deals with the crim inal libel trial and conviction, of a former local psychologist. Its message is on the vital need for a stale law protecting the public from the unqualified psy^ Page FIVE lur- •• / APPRECIATION GIFT of Savings Bonds worth more than $400 was presented to Chief C. E. Newton on the occasion of his 25th anniversary on the Southern Pines poUce force Friday night. W. Lament Brown, Southern Pines attorney and solicitor of Moore Recorder’s Court, made the presentation on behalf of an appreci- (Emerson Humphrey photo) ■ ative town. INS AND OUTS, Miss Jeanne ©verton, who is teaching in the Granville School, Winston-Salem, spent the week end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Overton. C. L. Klabbatz, who has been convalescing at home for about two weeks following six weeks’ treatment in the Veterans Hospi tal at Fayetteville, continues to improve. water system. Such improvements, Cunning ham noted, were primarily for fire protection. They will be ex plained in next week’s issue of The Pilot. Two Court Terms Announced; First FIRST GRADE PROGRAM ^O Begin NoV. 12 Mothers of first grade pupils of ~ the Southern Pines elementary Two criminal terms of Su- school are invited to the school perior Court, one regular and one auditorium at 2:30 p.m. next Tues- special, will be held at Carthage day afternoon. The first grade teachers and Miss Mary Logan will explain the first grade pro gram for the year. After the meet ing in the auditorium, mothers will visit the classrooms. All mothers of first graders are urged to attend. AMEROTRON (Continued from Page 1) Wall Street Journal In the Wall Street Journal of m November. Expected to take up all, or nearly all, of one of the terms is the re-trial of the Jack key rape case, which ended in a hung jury and mistrial when originally tried in August. At present there seems some doubt as to whether the Key case will be called during the regular or special term, but defense counsel today gave the opinion it would “probably” be during the regular term, starting No- Judge Walter Crissman of. From Home Fires REdALLS EARLY DAYS Big Game Hunt Is Topic For County Wildlife Meeting A big-game hunting trip to Eth iopia was described to the Moore County Wildlife Club Tuesday night by Major Matthews of Fort Bragg, who illustrated his vivid and exciting narrative with color ed slides and various exhibits. Major Matthews, who served as aide to General Van Fleet during the Korean war, accompanied the General on the Ethiopian hunting expedition last year. He was pre sented by General R. B. Hill of Southern Pines, vice-president of the club and program chairman. Also introduced as a special guest was Colonel Gray, chief public in formation officer at Fort Bragg and president of the Fort Bragg Wildlife Club. The Moore County meeting was held in the form of a dinner at the ^^en it was located on Broad V street where Lee’s Stores now present. President Clyde Auman of West End presided. He report ed that Ralph Mills and Ed Starnes were attending the annual N. C. Wildlife Federation con vention at High Point as- repre sentatives of the club. John Ferguson, chairman of a special committee for the purpose, reported progress toward the set ting up of an annual field trial event, with a suggestion that at first the club cooperate in the es tablished field trials at Pinehurst, then organize a separate event of their own later. Three new members were wel comed, Mrs. Albert Tufts, and Ad- L. D. McDonald Observing Twentieth Year As Manager of Local A&P Store “I remember when the only produce we had was potatoes, onions, cabbage, and maybe a few bananas on the weekend,” Lyle D. McDonald, manager of the local A&P said this week as he celebrated his 35th anniver-- sary with the firm and the 20th as manager of th Southern Pines store. “Today,” he said, “we carry in the neighborhood of 3,500 items at all times and have a request practically every day to add more. The grocery business has undergone many changes and though I’m sure the changes are of no news to anyone. Southern Pines is a good place to point up those changes.” McDonald came to Southern Pines as manager of the store after-work rush. We stands. At that time he was the only clerk except On Saturdays when a school boy was called in to help with the weekend rush. “Remember, there was no pre packaged merchandise, except that in cans,” he said. “We spent, or rather I spent, two nights a week weighing sugar and rice and sacking it. Custo mers had to wait for measure ment when they ordered such merchandise as beans and a few other dried goods. “The store was closed from one to two each day for lunch, an hour that many people who work recently moved to Eagle Springs. Mrs. Cornelia Vann, secretary, said this brought the paid-up membership to 64, of which ap proximately half are farmers. Speaker Cites Terrible Losses Wednesday, a story told of a stockholders meeting of Textron, High Point wiU’preside"’ over this I Inc., the parent company of term, on his first official trip into i three principal reasons for Amerotron. Approved at the' Moore county. Judge for the tremendous loss of life and ®®t^^^li®hnaent of'special term of November 19 will, by fire in the United an additional reserve to adjust .be Judge Hoyle Sink of Greens- States each yeeir are Careless- book values of Robbins Mills, Inc., boro chologist. North Carolina is one I which had been acquired by Tex-I Countv commissioners drew 39 steles which have no such Iron In ,he early piirt ol 1955, with! the idea that revaluation of the term: so they caught law. Mrs. Nicholson commented, “Personally, I am relieved to have the show postponed, as I thought it was still too new to use, but I am sorry because of all the people who have become in volved—who gave their time and effort in helping with the show, and who responded so wonder fully in sending the wires to the sponsor. I am very grateful for their support.” Had Urged Delay She said that she made a spe cial trip to New York in August to persuade the Big Story pro ducer to delay the show, giving him a number of reasons, but, since it was based on public rec ord, and these would not change, they decided to go ahead. Camera crews came to South ern ^’>io<! last month to make background shots here and at Carthage. Several dramatic scenes were filmed, usihg pro fessional actors and local per sons. Then came a series of protests from the lawyers who represetn- ed the psychologist in the trial and from the psychologist him self. At one point in the proceed ings Mrs. Nicholson agreed to give up a civil suit she had insti- ga|;pd. This was not done, however, pending decision of the New York counsel, and she said today she plans to go ahead with the suit. With the civil suit eliminated, she said she does not know on what grounds the counsel deci ded against use of the story now. In +1^'=' sorin+ onlv one voung woman, a fictional character, is used, and quotes were taken ac- cur^*^'’’'^’ the trial trans cript prepared from a tape re cording made at the time. Robbins Mills properties would enable Textron to charge losses of the mills to the capital surplus of the corporation rather than to cur rent operations. Land Optioned It has also been learned here this week that a block of property in Southern I*ines which had been optioned to a local real estate company was for Amerotron. Pre sumably, the land -wfouM have Township No. 1—J. Oscar Chappell, Carthage; Ronny R. Brooks, Carthage Rt. 3; Jake C. Lassiter, Carthage Rt. 1; David Tyson, Carthage; Hay Person, Carthage Rt. 3; James R. Phil lips, Carthage Rt. 2; Everett B. Frye, Carthage Rt. 2; J. G. Mor gan, Carthage; Jesse Ross Cam eron, Carthage; C. G. Boyte, Sr., Carthage Rt. 3; Robert Williams, been used for a headquarters ^ 3 « .r, , • ^ building by Amerotron. However, I Township No. 3 ^Delcie Calli- the option has since been dropped *^utt, Robbins; Lee Brewer, Rob- and the property has subsequently been disposed of to another per son. bins Rt. 1; Lacy Baldwin, Rob bins. Township No. 4 — Leonard Cockman, Robbins Rt. 2; Watson Williams, Robbins Rt. 2; Francis EMMANUEL CHURCH ■ Brewer, Robbins Star Route. (Continued from page 1) Township No. 5—W. D. Wads- in the Sandhills. worth, Carthage Star Route; Al in the Sunday services Bishop ^^ert Tyner, Carthage Star Route. Penick will be confirming the Township No. 6—O. W. Key, largest single class in the history Carthage Rt. 2; Lee E. Denny, of the church, although Mr. Cald- Carthage Rt. 1; N. L. Stanley, well pointed out that more people Cameron Rt. 1; C. A. Leamons, had been presented for confirma- Cameron; J. H. Rice, Carthage, tion during the course of a year. iRt. 2; C. L. Doby, Cameron. Following the 11 a.m. service a| Township No. 7—A. R. Mc- reception will be held in the par- Donald, Southern Pines; Alex ish house for Bishop Penick and new members. McKenzie, Lakeview; Louis Scheipers, Southern Pines; Del- mas Kimball, Vass; Marshall „.r-rTnr-L T-L.r-LT T. .. ■■ ■ Palmer, Southern Pines; W. T. NEGRO POLICEMAN Huntley, Jr., Southern Pines; (Continued from page 1) Horace Herring, Vass; H. L. Mel- agents. ton, Carthage Rt. 3; Lee J. Tom Cunningham, town man- Thomas, Carthage Rt. 3; Walter ager, said that adding an officer C. Morgan, Niagara, at this time would probably cost I Township No. 8—Nancy Mc- $4,000 for the rest of the budget Lean, Aberdeen; Hilton McCrim- year, with some $2,000 of that mon, Pinehurst. sum for a car alone. | Township No. 9 — Dorothy He said it was inconceivable Kaeser, Pinehurst; George Hil- and very dangerous to hire a Hard, Pinehurst; D. L. Ritter, man without purchasing a patrol Pinehurst; Redmond H. Proctor, car. “If he were on foot, he prob- Jackson Springs; L. J. Thompson, ably wouldn’t be a fraction as Jackson Springs, effective,” Cunningham said. ness. Ignorance and Indifference Harold Fowler, Chief of the Southern Pines Department, told the Sandhills Kiwanis Club on Wednesday. Telling the members that fires are “rarely purely accidental,” Fowler said statistics show that misuse of electricity, matches and smoking head the list of causes. He recited figures to show that 11,500 lives were lost (4,000 of these children under five years of age) and $885 mil lion property loss suffered last year. He gave the Kiwanians a list of precautionary measures against fire which if observed would greatly reduce these heavy losses. Fowler startled the members with his statement that there are 1,200 home fires in the U. S. every day of the year; 116 fires in stores, 107 in factories, 107 in barns, 14 in schools, eight in churches and four in hospitals. A fire breaks out every 37 sec onds, he said. It was Fire Prevention Day at the Kiwanis meeting, held in the Southern Pines Cuotnry Club, and following the talk by Chief Fowler, he and Frank Kaylor, a 25-year veteran of the Southern Pines department, led the mem bers outside to inspect their mod ern new apparati. Blue Knights To Meet Aberdeen Tomorrow Night The Southern Pines Blue Knights will be playing their old adversary Aberdeen tomorrow night as they make their first trip away from the friendly confines of Memorial Field. Coach Irie Leonard said today that most of his' team will be in top condition for the game with the bruises from the rough and tumble game against Clayton last week all but healed. If the Blue Knights can get past Aberdeen, they will probably have a favored role when they meet Pinehurst the following week, but after that the future looks bleak. They are scheduled to meet Maxton, which has a 5-0 record this year(Uhe Knights have won four, lost none) and if they are going to run into any trouble on their way to a fourth state cham pionship, Maxton may be it. Councilman Walter Blue voic-' ed the opinion that if the need was one of emergency he would go along with the idea and ob-| tain funds from the town’s con tingency budget, but said he would rather wait until next Baptist Circles Hold Meetings Mrs. Don Traylor, Jr., was hostess to the Baptist Morning Circle at her home Tuesday with, year before adding another offi-' southern Pines Town Council, ad- i joining’the ’ Southern **Prnes'’Te- T. T. Morse Speaks At State College T. T. Morse, member of Sgt. Lamarr Smith ResignsF romTo wn Police Department Lamarr Smith, who has been a member of the Southern Pines police force since October 1, 1952, has resigned to accept a position nc Vioai'i the in Aberdeen, Chief C. E. Newton said this morning. The resignation will become effective October 15. Named acting serseant to re- I place Smith is Officer Jerry I Wright, who formerlv served in the Aberdeen as police chief before Boy Scout Drive Lagging; Meeting Set For Monday Brig. Gen. Pearson Menoher said this morning that the annual finance drive of the Boy Scouts in this community is lagging “sadly” and that a meeting would be held at the Baptist Church Monday night to pump some en thusiasm into the workers. He said the campaign got off to a good start but that a lack of workers last Tuesday when the drive was kicked off had slowed it down considerably. •■‘Many people on our prospect list have not been contacted and I’m sure they would be delighted to contribute to Boy Scout work if they were,” he said. The Monday night meeting will be held at the Baptist Church and will begin at 7:30. All interested in helping with the drive are requested to be present. 10 members present and two vis itor= WoVe Cnon and Mrs. Jack Davenport Mrs. Dp Gamble conaucted the devotions and led the program, with Mrs. L. T. Hall, Mrs. Colin Osborne, Mrs. O. Leon Seymour, Mrs. Fred Chappell, Mrs. Coon, and Mrs. Victor Shephard taking part. Circle 4 met Tuesday night at the home of Mrs. Nellie Man*- with eight members in attend ance. Mrs. Morris B. Arnold led the devotions and Mrs. M. G. McRae presented the program. SCRATCH PADS, ALL SIZES— THE PILOT. cer. I dressed one of the political science The idea of volunteers per-'classes at North Carolina State forming police work in West College in Raleigh this morning. Southern Pines was turned down His topic was built around by the Council. (“Changing Race Relations and Harry Pethick moved that the Politics.” subject be tabled for further con- \ Morse, who was elected in the sideration and docketed for the. last mayoralty election as the first November meeting. In other action the council ap proved a beer license for Eat’s Grill in West Southern Pines, now operated by Adelaide Brown; directed W. Lament Brown, town attorney, to make a study of a zoning ordinance that touches on property along the new highway and report back at the next meeting; and gave Cun ningham the go-ahead on a num ber of improvements to the Negro member of the local town council, will deliver a similar talk to another class at the college next Wednesday. PROMOTED partment, was promoted to ser geant here in March, 1954. He will succeed Robert A. Yates, who has recently been associa ted with a charcoal concern. WITH THE ARMED FORCES Capt. Mack Brewer has return- °d .Tanan UDon completion of a three-year tour of duty in Ja pan. He has been assigned to '■rensnortatirin at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington. Capt. Brewer, whose mother. Preston Matthews, son of Mrs. W. Duncan Matthews of 108 _ _ South Ridge Street, an employee j Mrs.'stacy’Brewer’ livAg in Car-,j mai, of the Anchorage Daily News injthage, is a brother of Miss Annie nis program be included in next .Anchorage, Alaska, has recently i Margaret Brewer of the Southern I year’s municipal recreation pro- been promoted to shop foreman. [ Pines school faculty. | gram. Dr. Phillips Will Head Sandhills Tennis Association Dr. Charles Phillips was elected president of the Sandhill Tennis association at its annual member ship meeting held Saturday night following a spaghetti supper at Dante’s Restaurant. He succeeds City Manager Tom Cunningham in the presidential office. Cunningham was elected vice-president, with Mrs. Marga ret Hobbs as secretary, and Walter Harper as treasurer (a reelection). The slate was presented by Nor ris Hodgkins, Jr., chairman of the nominating committee, and unan imously accepted. There was no formal program. Discussion was held by the 20 members present of- the tennis program and tournaments for the coming year. The gifoup voted to recommend that the Town hardsurface one of the four municipal courts for year-round use, also that the ten- Ithat to make .it his permanent home He and Mrs. McDonald (bought a Lome and aboutJioi I years agp purchased anoth^- [ home on May Street, where ttey now live I Incidentally, while he is . cele- 1 J c- i J • -Li brating hi? 2Dth year in Soutlrem fimes trSorf 0" Pennsylvsriia times ’ to about 11, sometimes Ave. is also observing an anrii- Christmas, McDonald remem-' bered, was a pretty good time in, i grocery stores. Customers could I changes in the then buy oranges, nuts and other ' growing supermarket fresh produce that wasn’t avail- operation? Well, McDonald says, there are many: pre-packaged •• goods, frozen foods, the fast cheekoiit lines, the addition of thousands stores in Tarboro, Goldsboro, ^^w products,—many of them Kinston and Raleigh, started as processed the day before thous- a clerk in the Kinston store in ands of miles away—and, per- 1921. His wife, he recalled, was haps mo^ important of all, bet playing a pipe organ in a travel- food for the custdmers’ ling show and was in Kinston at ™oney. the time. He, a native of Penn-| “One otlicr change, pleasant 1o sylvania, paid her a visit in Kin- the store manager more so than ston, liked North CaroHna and anyone else,^’ he said, “is the decided to stay. i wonderful habit that customers He came to Southern Pines in have formed of not pinching the 1936 (he had never been here fruit anymore. Now that’s a good before) and decided shortly after one!” able at other times of the year. “And we didn’t sell hardware either,” he remembered. 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