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(. ?•) Art Exhibit with comments, on page 8. Blue Knights Champs again; story on page 5. VOL. 38—NO. 51 TWENTY PAGES Golf Carousel Off To Start; 170 Play SOUTHERN PINES. N. C.. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 8. 1956 TWENTY PAGES James Hobbs Is Kiwanis President For Coming Year James D. Hobbs of Southern Pines, was elected president of the Sandhills Kiwanis Club at the annual meeting of the organ ization held on Wlednesday in the American^ Legion Hut in Aber deen. He became the 36th president since the club was organized in 1923. He succeeds John L. Ponzer of Southern Pines. Elected vice president was Law rence McN. Johnson of Aber deen, and reelected treasurer, J. Vance Rowe, Jr., Southern Pines. Chosen to the Board of Direc tors were L. B. Creath of Pine- hurst: Dr. Bruce Warlick, South ern Pines; Thomas T. Hayes, Jr., William T. Huntley, Jr., Dr. W. Harrell Johnson, Major Ed Kit- chin and Joe Montesanti, Jr., all of Southern Pines. Speaker at Wednesday’s meet ing was the Rev. Cheves K. Ligpn of the Brownson Memorial Church, who talked on “The Up ward Look.” “Do not, keep your eyes to the ground,” he said. “Look straight ahead or up and find what is go ing on in the world. Turn your backs on the prophets of gloom. Be optimistic, like Dr. Cheatham was. The good doctor always felt that ‘^the best is yet to come.’ “Understand people in other nations as well as in our own, and give aU the benefit of the doubt. Respect them. Avoid rust bom of lack of outlook.” He listed these points as a for mula for success and happiness in life, and counseled the Ki- wanians to keep ever in mind the meaning of the word Kiwanis— “We Build.” The annual Southern Pines Golf Carousel, with the biggest I entry in history, got off to a sog- gy start this morning as some 170 contestants started .qualifying rounds. Rain that started in the early morning hours threw a damper on the proceedings for a while but latest reports as the PUot went to press were that most of the teams had gone out to qual- ify. Carousel officials said that rain insurance would help get them out of the hole if enough golfers did not qualify to take care of the expenses. Entry fees were refunded to those who did not wish to play. Several of the top professional golfers from North and South Carolina waited around for a few minutes this morning, then don ned rain gear and trudged off in the pro-am ’part of the tourna ment. 'The pros were teamed with a nair of amateurs and played at the Southern Pines Country Club. About two dozen were entered. Match play begins tomorrow (Friday) over Pine Needles, Mid Pines and the Country Club. The 'dhampionship matches will be played at Mid Pines Sunday, with prizes being awarded immediate ly after the matches are over. Carousel officials said that an entry list of 175 had entered but had no estimate on the number that might drop out because of the rain. Last year rain also threw a damper into the event. The tournament is being spon sored by the Junior Chamber of fr'ontiniiP'^ nn Page R) PRICE TEN CENTS County Officials Give Backing To Industrial Group Allot Funds To Help Vnth Area Brochure The Moore County Business De velopment Committee received the solid backing of the county Board of Commissioners at a 'joint meeting of the two groups Mon day. The commissioners, who took time off from their regular month ly meeting to sit down and talk with about 12 members of the committee, said they were highly enthusiastic at the work already done by the committee and wish ed them well in future endeavors. At the instigation of Chairman Gordon Cameron, the board also voted to allocate not less than $500 nor more than $1,000 to help the committee with finances. “We feel,” Chairman Cameron said, “that your group represents the county as a whole. "There is no better way to go about bring ing industry to this area, I think, than to think in terms of the whole county. It is my thinking, and I believe others would agree, that the committee is representing everyone in the county in its at- (Continued on page 8) Girl Scout Fund Drive To Start November 15 The annual Girl Scout Fund Drive will be held November 15- 22, it has been announced by Mrs. Mildred Merrill, one of the local leaders. Letters are being mailed out and pamphlets are being distri buted locally, she said. Authors At Country Bookshop m Veteran’s Day To Be Observed Here By Legionnaires Veterans’-Armistice Day will be observed in Southern Pines at the American Legion Hall on Maine Avenue Saturday, from 7 to 10 p.m. under the joint auspices of the American Legion and Auxil iary. Veterans of all wars are invited to attend and bring their families. The Veterans and their auxili aries have accepted an invitation from the Rev. Cheves K. Ligon, Eisenhower Landslide Carries County; Local Turnout Less Than Was Expected Blue Knights To Play Boone Trail In Grid Playoffs THE VOTERS WERE IN LINE ALL DAY -»DID ANYONE LEAVE? Voting W as Slow In Southern Pines Tuesday; Need For 2 Precincts Seen The Southern Pines Blue Knights will meet Boone Trail of Harnett County in an eastern glo„.l footb.ll playoff g™ Fti- It took one man 45 minutes to+ get through the line. Others waited 30 or more minutes. All were determined to vote. But a number of voters took day night on Pinehurst’s new field at 8 p.m. The Blue Knights, coached by Irie Leonard, finished their regu- of the Southern Pines fire tion late Tuesday and left. Backers of a plan for dividing Southern Pines into' two pre cincts felt that the time had ar- Welfare Worker Resigns, Low Pay ' Cited As Reason Ike Tops Adlai Here By Larger Margin Than ’52 Moore County, along with most of the rest of the nation, gave President Eisenhower and his “modem Republicanism” four more years in the White House in Tuesday’s election. With a vote smaller than had been predicted (about 3,000 less than 1952) the county was about evenly split so far as precincts I were concerned, but the Presi- I dent carried the ones with the most votes. Totals were 5,231 for Eisen hower, 4,720 for Stevenson. The 1952 totals were 6,855 for Eisenhower, 5,908 for Stevenson. In Southern Pines Eis.enhower received 1,036 votes to Steven son’s 632, a margin of 404. In 1952 the margin was smaller, with Eisenhower getting 985 and Stevenson polling 767. The voting this year was com parable in many ways to that in 1952 with the exception of the Aberdeen precinct which went for Stevenson. In 1952 Eisenhower had carried that precinct. Stevenson got his biggest vote (Continued on Page 8) lar season last Friday night with a rived when something had to ,be 48-0 victory over Rowland. It Many people thought they was their 31st straight victory. ^ good argument. County Returns Boone Trail, coached by Glenn O’Kelly, is a rural consolidated Mrs. Frank Kaylor, registrar for the precinct, and the work ers there Tuesday did nothing | spoke at consider,able length school and has been undefeated short of a heroic job They pro- '"’ith the commissioners, report- oft. a fv,. 11 over a two-year petiod. They Were j cessed 1,672 voters ‘ in the 12that Mrs. C. A. McCallum, a chaplain, to attend .the 11 a.m tied once this year but easily top- ^ours the polls were open- that’s caseworker lor 16 years, had re- ROrviOPR at Hrnwncnn Mptrinrial iiuuia uic puna wcic upv:ii, ^ , The Moore County Board C( Commissioners was told again The election picture in Moore this week 'that too much work County was much the same as it and not enough compensation was in other parts of the nation: was a grave problemi in the De- voters split tickets and gave the Republicans control of the White House, but kept local govern- partment of Public Welfare. Mrs. Walter Cole, superintend- services at Brownson Memorial Presbyterian Church Sunday, where special prayers for peace throughout the world will be made. Legion commander A. R. Mc Daniels urges every Legionnaire and non-member veterans to at tend that service or another at the church) of his choice. He has re quested that all officers of the lo cal post and all past commanders assemble in the church yard at 10:45 to form for parade into the church after the colors. Mrs. Veta Gorman, president of the Auxiliary, has made a similar request to all auxiliary members and families of non-member vet erans. Legion and auxiliary officials have asked that all churches in the community observe a five minute period of silence and pray er for peace at some time during the Sunday morning services. ped the rest of the competition. Last year they were forced to drop out of the state playoffs be cause of injuries, but came back strong this year to win the Chat- ham-Lee-Harnett League. The winner of the game, which Leonard has said will be the toughest his team may play all year, will meet the winner of the Bladenboro-Rock Ridge game, al- more than two every minute. It’s signed because of the overload certain no one could have done better. But when the line got heavy, as it did about 4:30 in the after- (Continued on Page 8) PTA MEET Dr. W. D. Perry, director of so being played this week, for the the testing service division at the eastern championship. j University of North Carolina, Sonny Baker, a 160-pound quar- will speak at the next meeting of The department, she said, has had only two case workers since August. According to state rec ommendations, she should have! ment in the Democrats’ hands. Other than the State Senate race, there were only four con tests on the county ticket b^- tiirppn the Democrats and Repub licans. Democrats won all by comfortable margins. In the race for the House of Representatives H. Clifton Blue terback, is the mainstay of the .Boone Trail team. He is a lead ing candidate for all-state honors principally because of his passing ability. The game will be played on the neutral field at Pinehurst begin ning at 8 p.m. Leonard said ear lier this week that special admis- the Southern Pines PTA Thurs day, November 15, at 8 p. m. The meeting will be held in Weaver Auditorium. Dr. Perry, who directs the composition of aptitude tests and entrance examinations, is ex-! pected to explain the many steps eight on her staff, she reminded the commissioners. In reviewing the. plight of the department, which is now groan ing under a case load that in volves more than a thousand people, she said that the princi pal problemi involves the pay scale. “We have been extremely lucky in years past to keep the workers we have,” she said. “It is only because they liked their work and had an abiding faith in the welfare program.” Under the present set-up, the and procedures required in mak- county pays about 63 per cent of Sion prices would be in effect for I jng the tests, and show what edu- the salaries in the county, with the game: one dollar for adults, 50 I cators learn fi-om them. • I (Continued on page 8) A-cents for students. ^ ) ^ .. MANLY WADE WELLMAN MEBANE H. BURGWYN J Manly Wade Wellman and Mebane Holoman Burgwyn, two of the state’s best known writers, will be at the Country Bookshop here Monday to meet old friends and autograph copies of their latest books. Wellman, no stranger to the Sandhills (he lived and worked in Pinebluff for several years until he moved to Chapel HiU in 1951), is the author of the' recently published “Rebel Boast,” a well-received account of five young North Carolinians of the Enfield (N.C.) area who wdnt off to the Civil War. A native of Portuguese West Africa, he started writing profession ally in 1930. Since then he has written a wide variety of works, rang ing from historical novels with a Civil War background to juveniles. He has also, written features for a number of newspapers, including a series in {he Raleigh News and Observer that later was revised and published as “Dead and Gone,” descriptive stories about famous mur ders in the state. He presently lives in Chapel Hill where he works every day, all day, at his writing. Local people will remember that parts of Moore County served as background for some of hLs books. Mrs. Burgwyn, who lives in Jackson, is the author of the recently published “True Love For Jenny,” a review of which appeared in The Pilot last week. She manages to write books (four of them to date) wh’le manag ing her house and looking after her family. Her writin-* iias been for children and, she said recently, she has no plans to ’.'/iiie for adults. She still considers her writing a hobby, but admits that she gives more time to it than should be allotted to a hobby. At various times she has developed interests in stamp collecting, photography, sketch ing, the study of insects and horseback riding, all of which she has used to great advantage in her writing. Lockie Parker, who arranged the autograph party at the Book shop, has extended an invitation to everyone to visit the shop Monday from 3 to 6 p.m. to meet the authors and enjoy tea. Al * : CHAMPIONS AGAIN with an undefeated regular season, the Souther n Pines Blue Knights will meet Boone Trail tomorrow night in the beginning of a series of playoffs for the state championship. Pictured here are, front row, left to right, Irie Leonard, coach, Bob by Parker, Oharles Watkins, Billy Hamel, Sammy Self, Roger Ver- hoeff, Lynn vail Benschoten, Tony Parker, James Bowers, and W. A. Leonard, coacj^^ Second row, same order, Kenneth Creech, Don Walter, Steve S' ^th, Bobby Watkins, James Morrison, John van Benschoten, Ike Woodell, and Bob McIntosh. Third row, Jimmy Tollison, Everett Cushman, Bill Seymour, David Woodruff, Jimmy Parker, Butch May, Jimmy Caldwell, Peter Winkelman and Dickie McGinnis. Back row. Butch Ryder, manager, Donald Cornett, Mal- ba Hall, Jimmy Carter, Kenny Reid, Dennis Morgan, Ronnie Rowe, Kenny Little, Donald Monson, and Kenny Holiday, manager. (Emerson Humphrey photo) won his 6th straight election, de feating Arthur B. Atkins by slightly more than 2,000 votes. The final tally stood at Blue, 5,- 990 and Atkins, 3,712. In the race for seats on the County, Board of Commissioners, Chairman Gordon Cameron led the voting. There were only two other seats at stake. The vote: District 5, Cameron 5,830, Clar ence H. Gordon, 3,776; District 2, T. R. Monroe, 5,803, Arnold Gar ner 3,754; and District 3, L. R. Reynolds 5,786, J. Carr Paschal, 3,765. Candidates on the county Democratic ticket who were un opposed received the following votes: J. Vance Rowe for Judge of Recorder’s Court, 6,062; W. La- mont Brown, for Solicitor of Re corder’s Court, 6,011; H. H. Fry, for county surveyor, 5,966; John M. Currie for county commis sioner of District 1, 5,936; and James M. Pleasants, for county commissioner. District 4, 5.963. In the race for State Senator in the 12th Senatorial District, which is composed of Harnett, Hoke, Moore and Randolph Counties the vote was as follows: Henry W- Jordan, 5,709; J. Benton Thomas, 5 632: W. C. Bar rett, 3,815; and R. R. Menden hall, 3,632. Jordan and Thomas, the Dem ocratic nominees, were elected. The Republican candidates car ried Randolph but the other three counties gave a Democratic majority. DISCOVERY Having trouble getting those political stickers off your car? Here’s a method, guaran teed to work, provided by a local politico who had them plastered all over his car: Snatch the sticker off, then take a rag with dena tured alcohol and rub. . . using plenty of elbow grease. The politico says it’s easy, but not quite so much as put ting them on.
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