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4f >3 St' € ★ ★ BUY TB SEALS TB CIiristni3s Shells Are on© way of showing your real Christmas spirit. Plan to purchase yours at the first opportunity. ★ ★ MAIL EARLY It isn’t too early to start your Christmas maning. Postal author ities say early mailing means as sured arrival. SCHOOL BOARD BACKS STAFF Leonard Convicted For Assaulting Student; Files Notice Of Appeal Irie Leonard, principal and head football and baseball coach at the high school here, was convicted in Moore Recorder’s Court Mon day on charges of assaulting one of the students and fined $1 and court costs. He filed immediate notice of ap peal to Superior Court and was released under $100 boi^d. Leonard, who is in his sixth year as principal of the school, had been charged in a warrant sworn out by Mr. and Mrs. Ray McDonald of Southern Pines of assaulting their son, William, No vember 13. He entered a plea of not guilty to the charges. The trial was attended by a large number of parents and stu dents who filled the courtroom to about one-half capacity. Judge Rowe, in passing sen tence, said he regretted the case had been remanded to his court and that it should have been handled in the school. “But since it is here, it must be handled like any other,” he added. The ase centered around an in cident that took place in a room adjoining Leonard’s office after school hours November 13. He had, testimony indicated, sum moned a number of boys to the room to lecture them about calling a member of the faculty. Miss Sal ly Coles, by her first name. Young McDonald was the last to enter the room. He testified he had been sent there by Miss Coles but said he did not know why. When he entered the room, he said, he asked another of the boys there: “What am I doing here?” > He testified that Mr. Leonard, who was at the front of the room, said: “What did you say?” When he answered, using the same words, he said that Mr. Leonard came to the chair in which he was sitting “in some thing more than a walk” and grabbed him by the throat and said: ‘Til tell you why you’re here.” The six other boys who were in the room at the time gave sub stantially the same testimony. All said that, in their opinions, Leonard had been “pretty upset (Continued on Page S) STATEMENT OF SCHOOL BOARD "In recent days a greet deal of attention and public inter- osl has been focused on the nwffer of discipline in the Southern Pines High SchooL For several months the Su perintendent and the Board of Education have considered reviewing and restudying all policies and the recent inci dent emphasizes the advisa bility- of such a study with pa^cular emphasis on disci pline This will be imdertaken immediately. We are confi dent that we may count on the complete cooperation of the pupils, teachers, and pa rents. ^ "In regard to the present situation, the Board has al ways expected teathers to maintain good order and dis cipline and the Board re iterates its statement that fhe Superintendent and School Board have always supported all teachers in matters pertaining to good discipline while not condon ing any practice which is not in the best interest of the duld and the schooL "The Superintendent and Board stand squarely behind its present staff and respect fully request that all persons in the community cooperate . to the fullest extent with the school and school afficials on the question of discipline and all matters pertaining to the successful operation of fhe schools. "Further, the Board wishes to point out that there has been no change in the state laws requiring teachers to maintain good order and <fis- cipline in the schools or in their rights in performing these duties even to the ex tent of corporal punishment under such circumstances as the law permits." County Republican Party Votes Ewing President For ’57 Promises To Help Build Strong Party Robert S. Ewing, of Southern Pines, was elected Chairman of the Moore County Republican Executive Committee at a dinner meeting of the party, attended by 150 from all sections of the county, at the Pine Needles Club Tuesday night His unanimous election follow ed the resignation of R. Gart Wallace of Carthage and Pine- hurst who guided the party in carrying Moore for Eisenhower in the recent election. Ewing, a former official of Windows at the Southern Pines post office will be open all day Wednesdays, December 12 and 19, and Saturdays, December 15 and 22 to take care of the heavy Christmas mail. Garland Pierce, postmaster, said this morning. At the same time, he said that “local” and “out of town” labels are being distributed this week to all post office patrons. He asked that people separate their cards Jaycees To Sing Cliristmas Carols At Two Hospitals in local and out of town packages and tie them with the proper lab els. All out of state Christmeis pack ages should be mailed by Tu^day, December 11, he said, to insure delivery by Christmas Day. He suggested that patrons an ticipate their needs in two-cent and three-cent stamps and buy them in rolls or sheets not later than next week. Prizes for the most attractive outside Christmas decorations in (the Southerii Pines residential area will be awarded by the a lormer otiicial of Chamber of Commerce Amerotron, Inc. was co-chairman *1^® coming holiday sea- of the Citizens for Eisenhower announced following Committee which played an im- ^ meeting of the Jaycees this portant part in cooperation with the county committee during the decorations prizes are one Ike-Adlai cu.npaign. , of four Christmas projects adopt- j Elected vice chairman was ®‘^ by -the group. I Mrs. Katherine McColl, of South- i Other activities approved by em Pmes, who served with the club include a Christmas ; Ewing as co-chairman of the carol sing by members and their j Citizens for Eisenhower group, wives for children and other pa- . George H. Leonard Jr. of South- tients in Moore County and St ern Pin^ vms dected treasurer, Joseph’s Hospitals; distribution and Baxter W. Paschal of Carth- of Christmas presents to the chil- age was r®-el^ted secretary. Idren confined in the hospitals; Named to the County Execu- and a public dance during the Christmas and L. H. .Crordon of Mineral Springs, New Year’s chairman of ar- rangements for the dance, said with Mis. Evelyn Gamer Garri- this morning that an orchestra son of Aberdeen as alternate, headed by Lynn Ledden of Former County Chairm^ W. Southern Pines had been con- Clement Bairctt was named legal tracted for the dance. counsel to the committee. a oomnieto Ucf ti. Retiring Chairman WaUace ! Christmas decoratins award/wrI containing an attractive reception thanked aU present for their ef-jbe nublished next ^ information desk, telephone forts in the recent campaign be-j At the TneeHno v,oia * ®'''''^it®bboard, patient-receiving and fore submitting his resigLtion,'hil Sf ^ ^ ^® I discharging desk, finance Lad- and called upon Colin Spencer to ^ t, i Jaycees also quarters, the office of Administra' act as chairman of the meeting, ■ ” - Following the election of nffieer! Ground O^erver Corps defense Annual Meeting Of Hospital Board Is Set For Wednesday The annual meeting of the Board of Directors of Moore I County Hospital, Inc., wiU be held in the Nurses’ Home next Wed nesday night at 8 o’clock, at which time officers and directors for 1957 will be elected, and the Ac tive, Consulting and Courtesy staffs of the hospital for the next year appointed. The directors will dine in the hospital staff dining room at 7 o’clock preceding the meeting. At the annual meeting a year ago, the board voted to change the name of the institution to Moore Memorial Hospital, this to become effective upon completion of building contracts let in the name of Moore County Hospital, Inc. Work is stUl progressing on the $450,000 reconstruction project, made possible by last year’s high ly successful fund campaign, and grants from the U. S. Public Health Service and the State’s Medical Care Commission. Completed thus far are the new administrative quarters, situated in a new main entrance wing and Cunningham Quits City Manager’s Post Scheipers Will Assume Position First Of Year Tom Cunningham, city mana ger here for the past three and one-half years, has resigned, ef fective January 1, to accept teaching position in South Amer ica. I He will be succeeded by Louis j Scheipers, Jr., who has held the 'position of- town clerk since the adoption of the city-manager form of government. Cunningham, the first city manager the town ever had, sub mitted his resignation at a spe cial called meeting of the Town Council Tuesday morning. In letter addressed to the Council, he wrote: “After considerable thought, have decided to accept a position with the University of Tennessee and the International Coopera tion Administration. I regret leaving the wonderful town of Southern Pines where we have FoUowing the election of officers! Wer on^ canton operated by the Hos- Ewing outlined future nartv Weymoutt Estate this pital Auxiliary. Ewing outlined future party plans as (1) reorganizing _ for a county coo^di/atof oT^the GOC county; (2)' tottofTa^wom- f an’s auxiliary and a youna Re- tion. ofThe project wi" o^hant Builders Cup To Be Awarded Friday The Sandhills Kiwanis Club yesterday reported a “sell-out” for its annual Ladies Night program Friday at the Pinehurst Country Club, starting at 7:30. Feature of the evening will be the presentation of the Builder’s Cup, awarded annually to a per son who has performed outstand the SMB"”" m m TOM CUNNINGHAM AT HEARING TUESDAY Aberdeen Phone Company Requests State To Grant Higher Tariffs When the final move of Amer- exchange code (Windsor 4) and a otron Corporation’s plant in'new fireproof building -rhe the Piedmont Telephone Company Telephone Company of began operating in Aberdeen in ® ** the town commission- ^“^‘IPently, ers revoked a franchise held by eed higher rates, officials of the Bernard Leavitt and the old City telephone company said at a Telephone Company because earing before the State Utili- Leavitt’s system had become ob- ties Commission Tuesday morn- solete. The late E. P. Freeman , . , . , , E. O. Freeman (now secre- ’The heMing, wluch began at tary and treasurer of Sandhill 10 a m. m Raleigh, was before Telephone), owners of Piedmont a t^e-meniber representation Telephone, had to provide a new, battery system: in order ^/vmrvon,, o„ 1 (Continued on page 5) Dramatics Club At High School Will Present Comedy The Masques, Southern Pines High School dramatics club, will present its first play of the sea son tomorrow (Friday) night. The play, entitled “The Birds and the Boys,” is a three-act com edy by William Davidson. It is being directed by Mrs. Joan Rip ple, sponsor and director of the club. Adam Martin, one of the prin cipals in the cast, is played by Steve Smith; his wife, Crickett, is played by Jean Franklin. Others in the cast are Philip Guin, John Grover, Nancy Jo Traylor, Greta Newkirk, Joan Howartti, Lucy McDaniel, Mary Jane Deadwyler, Connie Clark, Richard Renegar, Gail Given, John Chappell, David Riddle, Da vid Prim, Ginger Aden, Carol Staples, Patti Hobbs and Howard Morgan. The play will be presented in the high school auditorium at 8 p.m. Tickets, which are priced at 35 cents for school children and 65 cents for adults, may be secured either from a member of the dra matics club or from the box office. Fred Hall, Jr., has volxmteered to head up the construction work. Volunteers are requested to be on hand at the appointed hours. an’s auxiliary and a young Re publicans organization, and (3), registration as Republicans of many now registered as Demo crats with a view to launching a Republican primary and to offer ing a full slate of State and coun ty candidates for coming elec tions. ‘The famous Eisenhower jac ket has no coattails. We must provide some,” Ewing told the group. “We have to develop pre cinct organizations, offer strong candidates, make the GOP mean Less than one-third of the let- something in North Carolina. It^ters soliciting funds for the an- is time to end the one-party sys- nual Girl Scout drive have been Girl Scout Fund Drive Lagging, Leader Reports tor Thomas AVnoVertonr^d the S! service to the con^unity. new canteen ooerated bv tho Hos- recipient wiU^ this year will not be known until the pres entation. Following dinner a program of varied entertainment will be pre sented, but “no speeches,” says Thomas A. Howerton, who will act as master of ceremonies. 'The nature of the program has been (Continued on Page 8) the company as legal counsel was W. Lament Brown, Southern Pines attorney. The company said it must raise rates to earn an adequate return on its investment. According to a spokesman, the company has not raised rates since the days of the depression in the 1930’s. The company’s application asked permission to: borrow $145,000 from Stromberg Carl son to pay for its new exchange emn'i^ment: provide toll-free ex tended ttree service with Pine- blulf and Southern Pines; and raise rates at both Aberdeen and ' Wagram. All business in the Aberdeen and Southern Pines area will be affected by the shutting down of the Amerotron Corporation plant at Aberdeen. Amerotron officials at Aberdeen have said they will continue their headquarters there, but they can be expected to move eventuaUy, some of the telephone officials think. During the 12 months ending last June, a total of $18,163.25— 32.6 per cent of Sandhill Tele phone Company's total operating revenues—came from the Aber deen textile plant for local and long-distance services. Sandhill Telephone, successor to the old Piedmont Telephone Company, now has a new Strom- berg-Carlson exchange, a new TIP-OFF DINNER A “tip-off” supper to precede the Southern Pines Robbins bas ketball game next Friday night, December 14, will be held in the high school cafeteria under the sponsorship of the Blue Knights Booster’s club. Tickets for returned to date, according to Robert S. Ewing, drive chairman. “The,goal for Southern Pines is $2,200,” he said, ‘'"which needs to be raised to help support the activities of 11 troops with 165 girls participating. It is a small sum when one considers the many things it can accomplish.” The local drive is part of one supper may be secured from any being conducted tl^ughout the ancTtrea/Irer^aS* hlTbl^’^sl^ member of the club, from players Central Carolina Girl Scout f" as crai^a/ o? thP^.ifdto; n^em-lcoimitteedurtog tee recSmc^ |tion project. A new building in the rear of the hospital, containing the heat ing plant and laundry, also have been completed, but work is con tinuing on the new emergency wing, on the children’s wards, on program nas oeen rearrangenient of quarters aban- kept a secret as to the name of donedby themoveof thead^-^he Builder’s Cup winner, the istrattve offices many of which committee in charge offertog no are bemg made into additional ' tv, • rooms for patients, increasing the' °P- bed capacity by 24, and providing ‘ larger and improved laboratory work. Further space will become available when the physicians now occupying offices in the out patient department complete their clinic building, now under con struction opposite the hospital on the old Carthage road. Jack M- Taylor of Aberdeen is completing his third term as pres ident of the hospital. Richard S Tufts of Pinehurst is first vice president, and Mrs. Katherine Mc Coll of Southern Pines second vice president. Paul Dana has been treasurer since the institu tion opened in 1929, and secretary almost as long. John F. Taylor of Pinehurst is assistant secretary space for ^ -m,T v Lameron Named Chairman of Board Of Commissioners Howard Johnson^s Formal Opctiitig Saturday Howard Johnson, Boston busi nessman whose name is on more than 500 restaurants, the largest chain in this country, will attend the grand opening of the Howard Johnson Restaurant and Motor Lodge on US Highway 1 between Southern Pines and Aberdeen Saturday. Johnson will be accompanied, by a number of other high rank ing officials and leaders of the business world at ceremonies marking completion of the $500,- 000 project, which was started last June. Opening day ceremonies will include an “open house” with conducted tours of the motor lodge and the restaurant between 10 and 2 p. m. The owners of the new facilities haye also announc ed that a number of free gifts, in cluding orchids, soft drinks and other items would be available to visitors. Typical rooms in the motor lodge will be thrown open to visitors and the kitchen and dining area of the restaurant will m HOWARD JOHNSON ident of the vast chain; C. K. Dwinell of Boston, vice-president of the Howard Johnson Motor Lodges; Everett Johnson, Demo cratic National Committeeman of , North Carolina; Harold Make peace, mayor of Sanford, Ed Washburn of Rocky Mount, pres- 1 ident of the North Carolina Mo- tel Association; Thomas Pearsall, B also of Rocky Mount, a former I stale legislator and head of the < Governor’s Advisory Committee for Public Education; W. P. Saunders, of Raleigh and South- em Pines, chairman of the N. C. , State Department of Conserva tion and Development; and Bill Sharpe and Carl Goerch, publish ers of the State Magazine. I They were invited here by 'Mayor Voit Gilmore, one of the j principal stockholders in the new establishment, and will be honor- jed at a special luncheon during the course of the opening day be open for inspection. Other visitors who will attend ceremonies include Howard Cummings of| Newest in the national chain Miami, Fla., executive vice-pres-j (Continued on page 22) Gordon M. Cameron of Pine hurst, longtime chairman of the Moore County Board of County Commissioners, was re-elected to head the Board by the other com missioners at a regular monthly meeting Monday. L. R. Resmolds of Highfalls was named vice-chairman. Several other county officials were sworn in, including-^udge J. Vance Rowe of the Recorder’s Court, Solicitor W. Lamont Brown and Haywood H: Fry, who is county surveyor. At the meeting, which was con sumed mostly by routine reports from the heads of the various county agencies, the commission ers also heard a request from Cap tain William Wilson of Southern Pines, who is commander of the local National Guard detachment, asking for an additional $2,500 ap- proprialidn for construction of a new armory on the outskirts of Southern Pines. The request was necessary, Wil son pointed out, because of the in creased cost of the building since the commissioners had earlier al located $10,500 for the project. The new armory, he said, would have considerably better facilities and would be constructed accord ing to requirements laid down by the National Guard Commission in Washington. Local units must put up 10 per cent of the funds necessary for ar mory construction. 'The commissioners indicated they would be favorable to such ia request the next time the bud get is prepared, but held off until that time. The board also voted to take $10,000 from a $25,000 agricultuTEil building fund and apply it to wards a new fire truck for rural Ifire protection. been so generously received- however, I do not feel that I can refuse to pass up the financial and cultural opportunity which has been offered me.” 'The Council reluctantly ac cepted the resignation. "We are sincerely sorry that Mr, Cunningham is leaving us." Mayor Voil Gil more said, "but we are happy that he is taking up a position of such vital impor tance to good international relations. Since the inception of the city manager form of government herSb Mr, C«n- ninghami has been primarily responsible for its accept ance by the people of South ern Pines. The Council wish es bimi success in his new en deavors and would take this opportunity to puUicly thank him for the outstand ing accomplishments he has made here over the past few years." Scheipers, whose resignation as town clerk was annoimced last week, was immediately offered the position. After contacting officials in Tarpon Springs, Fla., where he was to assume the city manager’s post after Christmas, and obtain ing their understanding and co operation in the new develop ment, he accepted the position here. Cunningham, a native of Win ston-Salem, will teach financial administration and public bud geting at the University of Sein Andreas in La Paz, Bolivia, the highest capital city in the world Actually, he was employed by the University of Tennessee, which is under a contract with the International Cooperation Administration, an agency of the Federal Government, and the Bolivian imiversity. The University of Tennessse provides specialists in many as pects of public administration for the purpose of setting up a school at the University of San Andreas and to teach various government officials in Bolivia the aspects of (Continued on page 8) NEW EXHIBIT "International Ait" is the title of the exhibition now being shown at the Library Gallery, to remain on view until December 15. The works shown cover a wide range: i!rom early By zantine ikons, a drawing by the contemporary surrealist artist Salvador DalL to an bil of a familiar golf course scene, by the American painter. Erwin Barrie. It includes a wash paint ing by Mme. Chiang Blai Chek, loaned by Mrs. George C. MarshalL and loans from the home collections of Mrs. Donald Cooke. Mrs. W. Fred McBride,, Mrs. C. E. Denny, Mrs. J. S. Bertrand. The ikons belong to Arch F. Cole man and Mrs. Alwin Folley. A stimulating show, this: strong testimony to the love of art in these parts. A de tailed account will appear in next week's issue of The Pilot.