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School Discipline
is very much in the news
these days. Editorial discus
sion on page 2.
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March of Dimes
Basketball benefit will be
played by Jaycees and Lions
February 7. See story page 6
VOL. 39—NO. 11
SIXTEEN PAGES
SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 1957
SIXTEEN PAGES
PRICE TEN CENTS
Leonard Assault
Case Continued To
April Court Term
Seawell Called
Away# Unable To
Be There Friday
The State’s case against Irie
Leonard, Southern Pines High
School principal and football
coach who was convicted and ap
pealed from a $1 fine imposed in
the lower court for assaulting a
student, has been continued to the
April 29 term of Moore Superior
Court.
Judge Richardson Preyer grant
ed the continuance late Wednes
day afternoon after Solicitor M.
G. Boyette explained that H. F.
Seawell, Jr., who had been en
gaged as private prosecutor,
would be unable to attend any
court sessions Friday.
Boyette said it might have been
possible to reach the case Friday
(it was originally calendared for
Tuesday), but several lengthy
cases involving felonies have tak
en up more time than the Court
had originally planned and the
case was continued each day.
For a while Tuesday it looked
as though the case would be call
ed Thursday but Boyette said he
did not want to get into it unless
it could be completed.
Leonard was arrested on a war
rant sworn out by Ray McDonald,
who claimed that he (Leonard)
had struck his son. Bill, a 16-year
old student in the school. Leonard
maintained during the course of
the trial in Recorder’s Court that
he had been acting in the best
manner he knew to maintain dis
cipline.
Judge J. Vance Rowe found
him guilty and imposed a fine of
$1 plus court costs. In pronounc
ing judgment. Judge Rowe noted
that maintaining discipline is a
difficult job and expressed sym
pathy with Leonard in his prob
lems, but said he should not have
struck McDonald “in anger.’’
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Hunter Trials To
Be Held Feb. 16
At Scott’s Comer
The annual Hunter Trials, spon
sored by the Moore Cloupty
Hounds, has been scheduled for
February 16 at 2 p.m. at the regu
lar place, Scotts Comer, according
to a letter mailed this week by
MCH officials.
The picturesque trials, top event
of the year for the sponsoring
group, is expected to include most
of Moore County’s best horses and
riders and a number from other
parts of the country.
The course is located on
Young’s Road Extension and will
be plainly marked. Parking space
along the route of the trials may
be obtained from Mrs. Dwight W.
Winkelman or Mrs. Ozell Moss,
secretary.
The traditional Hunt Ball and
dinner will be held that evening
at the Southern Pines Country
Club beginning at 8 p.m.
NEW OFFICERS of the Central Carolina Girl
Scout Council were elected Tuesday night in
Sanford at the annual dinner meeting. Pictured
here are lour of the new-olficers from this area.
Mrs. Audrey Kennedy of Southern Pines, seated
in front, who is rounding out a two-year term as
president of the council, was re-elected for an
other term. Around the chair, from left to right,
are Mrs. William Davis of Southern Pines, chair
man of the nominating board; Mrs. Marvin
Wicker of Manly, district chairman; Mrs. Rob
ert S. Ewing of Southern' Pines, secretary; and
Mrs. George H. Leonard of Southern Pines,
chairman for troop organization. (Pilot photo)
Pilot Wins News,
Editorial Awards
For the second consecutive
year The Pilot has won two first
place awards in statewide com
petition among weekly newspa
pers.
Engraved plaques, presented
by Governor Luther Hedges last
Thursday night at the annual
N. C. Press Association meeting
in Chapel Hill were awarded
The Pilot for best editorials and
best news coverage. Cad Bene
dict, associate editor, accepted
the editorial award; the news
award was accepted by Vance
Derby, news editor.
Mrs. James Boyd, editor and
publisher, was unable to attend
the awards presentation but was
in Chapel Hill Friday morning
for a seminar in which J. Mont
gomery Curtis, director of the
American Press Institute, out
lined the many problems and
challenges facing daily and
weekly papers in the country to
day.
There are four categories in
which the 140 weekly newspa
pers in the state are eligible: edi
torials, news, features, and pho
tography. The feature writing
award this year—it was won by
The Pilot in 1955—^was won by
the Skyland Post. The Nashville
Graphic won the photography
award.
Along with features. The Pilot
also won the editorials award in
1955.
Calendar of Events
Feb. 2-3..._ Mid-Winter Skeet Championship, Pinehurst.
Feb. 3 Informal Horse Show, Pinehurst.
Feb.-lO Carolinas Golf Assn. Tourney, Pine Needles C. C.,
Southern Pines.
Feb. 12 Silver Foils, Mixed Foursomes, Pinehurst C. C.
Feb. 14 Pinehurst Forum, Quentin Keynes, noted photogra-
phern with pictures of Africa.
Feb. 16 Tin Whistles Club 53rd Anniversary Flag Tourna
ment, Pinehurst C. C.
Feb. 16 Annual Hunter TriMs, Moore County Hounds,
Southern Pines Hunt Ball, Southern Pines C. C.
Feb. 17 Informal Horse Show, Pinehurst.
Feb. 19 Silver Foils Annual Team Match, Pinehurst C. C.
Feb. 21 Caravan Theatre, Opening Performance, Pinehurst.
Feb. 18 Sandhills Music Association program. Little Sing
ers of Paris, Weaver Auditorium.
Feb. 22 Washington’s Birthday Ball, Pinehurst.
1 i Pinehurst Forum, Vera Appleton and Michael
Field, duo-pianists.
March 1-5 Seniors’ 4-Ball Tourney, Pinehurst.
March 2 Youth Talent Show, Weaver Auditorium,
Southern Pines. *
March 7 Sandhills Music Association, Alden String Quartet,
Weaver Auditorium.
March 8-12 Spring Field Trials, Hoffman.
March 23 Stoneybrook Steeplechase, Southern Pines.
FOR TWO-YEAR TERM
Mrs. Audrey Kennedy Re-elected
President Of Girl Scout Council
Mrs. Audrey Kennedy of South-
ern Pines was reelected president
of the Central Carolina Girl Scout
Council at the annual banquet
held Tuesday night in Csurthage.
Highlighting the annual meet
ing was the presentation of a
“Thanks Badge,’’ highest award
in Girl Scout leadership, to Miss
Catheryn Creasmem, who is the
executive for the program in the
four counties that make up the
council: Lee, Moore, Harnett and
Chatham.
More than 200 people attended
the banquet and saw a pageant,
“Girl Scouting in Central Caro
lina.’’
During the meeting officers
were elected and installed, service
pins were presented and reports
of the year’s activities were made.
In addition to Mrs. Kennedy,
others from this area who were
elected to office include Mrs. Rob
ert S. Ewing, Southern Pines, sec
retary; Mrs. George Leonard, Jr.,
Southern Pines, troop organiza
tion chairman; Mrs. Marvin Wick
er of Manly, district chairman;
and Mrs. J. C. Grier of Pinehurst,
membership-nominating commit
tee.
Mrs. W. P. Davis of Southern
Pines was chairman of the nomi
nating board.
Service pins were presented to
Mrs. Mildred Merrill and Mrs.
Garland Pierce of Southern Pines,
10 years; and to Mrs. C. C. Mc-
Caskill, Carthage, Mrs. Earl Lang
ley and Mrs. Nell Pickier, Pine-
bluff, Mrs. C. R. Shannon and
Mrs. B. V. Richardson, Pinehurst,
Mrs. W. E. Alexander of Robbins,
Mrs. W. F. Huntley, Miss Wilma
Hasty, Mrs. T. T. Morse, Mrs.
Joshua Ferguson and Mrs. Mary
E. Gay of Southern Pines.
Hospital Board
Names Committee
Members For Year
Troop 206 Awarded
StoreyCupMonday
At Court of Honor
The coveted Storey Cup
Award, given annually to the
Boy Scout troop in Moore Coun
ty that has the “best overall pro
gram of activities during the
year’’ was presented to 'Troop
206, Pinebluff, at a Court of
Honor held here Monday night.
At the same time Cub pack 73
of Southern Pines was awarded
the Commissioner’s Cup, and Ex
plorer Post 936 of Carthage wsb
awarded the District Chairman’s
Cup.
The Court of Honor, held at
Brownson Memorial Presbyteri-
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Committee appointments of
Moore (bounty Hospital, Inc., for
the year 1957 were announced
this week by Jack M. Taylor,
president. 'The next meeting of
the Board of Directors has been
called for Tuesday night, Feb. 12,
at 8 o’clock in the Nurses’ Home.
Named chairman of the Execu
tive Committee is Norris L. Hodg
kins, Sr., of Southern Pines. Other
members are Ralph L. Chandler,
Mrs. James Boyd, Mrs. Alwin L.
Folley and Voit Gilmore, South
ern Pines; Gordon M. Cameron,
Mrs. John E. Dixon, Nelson C.
Hyde, John F. Taylor and Richard
S. Tufts, Pinehurst, and Wilbur H.
Currie, Carthage.
Voit Gilmore will head the com
mittee on Finance, with these
members: Mrs. Samuel G. AUen,
Paul Dana and H. Arnold Jack-
son, Pinehurst; Arch L. Barnes,
Carthage; Denison K. Bullens,
Thomas R. Howerton and Harry
Pethick, Southern Pines; John M.
Currie, Highfalls; and Dr. E. M.
Medlin, Aberdeen.
Wilbur Currie continues as
chairman of the Committee on
Professional Relations, assisted by
J. B. Edwards, Aberdeen and Nor
ris Hodgkins and Richard/ Tufts.
Nelson Hyde remains as chairman
of the Public Relations Commit
tee, with these members: John
Beasley, Carthage; Mrs. Boyd, Mr.
Howerton, H. Clifton Blue of Ab
erdeen and J. R. Younts, South
ern Pines.
Mrs. John E. Dixon is chairman
of the Committee on Building and
Grovmds, with these members:
Gordon Cameron, Alan A. McDon
ald of West End, E. H. Mills, Pine-
bluff; J. Reece Monroe, Eagle
Springs, and J. Earl Parker,
Southern Pines. Hospital Auxil
iary members serving on this com
mittee are Mrs. Edward Schnei
der, Southern Pines; Mrs. S. L.
Windham, Aberdeen, and Mrs. Ira
T. Wyche, Pinehurst.
Continuing as chairman of the
New Project Committee is John
F. Taylor, and serving with him
will be A. L. Burney and Mr.
Howerton, Southern Pines; Mrs.
Robert H. Hall, Omaha, Neb.; H.
Arnold Jackson and Dr. C. R.
Monroe, Pinehurst; Mrs. H. A.
Page, Jr., Aberdeen, and H. G.
Poole, Carthage.
Public Hearing On
Proposed Charter
Scheduled Feb. 12
Set-Up Of School
Board Is Major
Point of Interest
A public hearing on the pro
posed new charter for Southern
Pines has been scheduled for Feb
ruary 12 at the library, town offi
cials said this morning.
This is the second public hear
ing on the charter, which was re
vised and rewritten over a period
of several months by a volunteer
committee headed by J. Vance
Rowe, Jr., W. Lament Brown,
Dean Dorman, and Tom Cunning
ham.
At the last meeting of Town
Council, Mayor Voit Gilmore sug
gested that, in view of the inter
est expressed in the revisions,
more people should have an op
portunity to express their views
and air opinions. Previously, it
had been hoped that the charter
would be adopted by Council and
be ready to submit to the General
Assembly when it convenes next
week.
“This is a matter of utmost im
portance to Southern Pines,’’ Gil
more said, “and a few more days
won’t matter.”
Actually, there was not too
much criticism of the charter ex
pressed at the last hearing, held in
conjunction with the regular Jan
uary meeting of the Council. But
several objections were made to
the method of selecting the school
board, which, under the Aew char
ter, is composed of seven members
appointed by the Council.
Some citizens said the board
-should be an elective one, and
cited instances of more public in
terest under an elective set-up.
Other objections were raised
concerning the pay of Council
members and the mayor, and the
fact that Southern Pines would,
under the new charter, fall under
the category of “city” rather than
“town.”
The public hearing will be held
at 8 p.m. in the library.
Local Clinic Buildin;^
Is Severely Criticized
In Grand Jnry Report
Officials Agree
Polio Drive Falls
Behind; Campaign
Dates Extended
“Hearsay evidence” isn’t as
good as money in the bank but
that’s about all that has come in
so far from most communities in
the March of Dimes.
As J. Frank McCackill of Pine
hurst, campaign co-director, an
nounced the drive would be ex
tended into February, it was dis
closed by Treasurer C. H. Bow
man of Southern Pines that he
has only about $1,375 on hand.
This is less than 20 per cent of
the goal of $7,560 for Moore Coun
ty, not much more than 10 per
cent of the amount which is us
ually collected. Moore has a rec
ord of far surpassing the quota in
the annual polio drive, and on oc
casion has even doubled it.
The “hearsay evidence” consists
of information that work is going
on in the various communities,
and that several chairmen are ap
proaching or have reached their
goals. However, unless it is turn
ed in to Treasurer Bowman at the
Citizens Bank and Trust Co. in
Southern Pines, it can’t be count
ed. Approximately $1,000 from
Southern Pines’ Paul C. Butler to
ward that community’s $1,750
quota constitutes the bulk of the
funds on hand. Other amounts
have come in front West End,
Lakeview and Niagara, aU of
whom reached their goals.
“Please make your report, and
turn in your collection, whether
partial or complete,” urged Bow
man today. “It will help a great
deal if we can just know where
we stand.” And, added McCaskill,
“The fight against polio isn’t won
yet, and it won’t be soon, unless
we do our part to the best of our
ability. We believe in this cause
too much to let them down now.”
Theatre Group To Live Here
Members of the Caravan Thea
tre Company of New York and
Dorset, Vermont, will make their
temporary home in Southern
Pines during the season of plays
that is scheduled to run through
April in the old Carolina Theatre
building in Pinehurst, according
to producers Pat and Fred Car
michael.
The dozen actors and techni
cians will move into the former
residence of Mrs. Florence C.
Thrower at 405 S. Bennett Street,
and use it for living and some re
hearsals.
A large rambling house with
many rooms, it is an idesil ar
rangement for the company, the
Carmichaels said.
'The company has scheduled the
opening performance for the sea
son for February 21, though no
announcement has been made as
to the title of the play. In a few
days residents of Southern Pines
and other areas in the Sandhills
will receive a letter from the com
pany with full information about
the nine-week season, together
with subscription rates and indi
vidual ticket prices.
The Carmichaels said that work
is progressing steadily to refur
bish the old Carolina, which has
been re-named the “Caravan-
Pinehurst Theatre.” They said
the public could stop by during
the day to see the improvements
and meet members of the com
pany. The doors will be closed
only when the actors go into re
hearsals.
DOES DRIVE
The BPOE Does, of which Mrs.
Don Jones is president, will col
lect contributions to the March of
Dimes drive Saturday morning by
soliciting people on the streets of
Southern Pines. The drive will
be concentrated in the business
Findings Correct;
Action To Follow
A severe indictment of the con
dition of the Southern Pines
Health clinic by the Moore Coun
ty Grand Jury, following the an
nual investigation conducted by
this body; should result in either
major improvements to this an
cient building or removal of the
clinic to a more suitable site and
better quarters.
This was the consensus of opin
ion as expressed both by Town
Manager Louis F. Scheipers and
Health Department staff/members
as well as by Gordon Cameron,
chairman of the Board of County
Commissioners, and officials of
leading volunteer groups in close
touch with the situation.
“Disgraceful . . . inadequate . . .
miserable . . . dangerous” were
adjectives freely employed in the
Grand Jury report, handed in at
Carthage Wednesday over the sig
nature of E .O. Freeman of Rob
bins, chairman of the 17-member
group.
The Jury inspected all county-
owned facilities and extended
their survey to include many not
owned by the county, but serving
welfare or health agencies. On
the whole, the report showed most
buildings in good condition, with
repairs suggested the past year
carried out.
The Clinic Situation
In describing the old building in
West Southern Pines where the
combined health and welfare clin
ics have been held for many years,
the report was brief and to the
point, as follows:
"Southern Pines Health
Clinic in West Southern Pines
for white and colored. Dis
graceful sel-up; in poor con
dition. Several wood stoves,
no back door, old floors, (but
clean and neat.) Small frame
building inadequate and mis
erable. Porch floor in danger
ous condition: in fact, one of
the committee fell through.
New building sorely needed.
Present one is a fire hazard."
Town and county officials con
tacted by this newspaper agreed
this was a fair representation of
the situation. Said Mr. Cameron:
“I agree this is a sorry clinic
building,” but he stressed the fact
that both the county and town
were aware of it and had been
working to improve things.
“We have always been grateful
to Southern Pines for providing
the clinic free of charge,” the
commissioner said, and empha
sized that Coiinty Commissioner
James Pleasants of this section,
had put in a lot of time and effort
on the matter.
Mr. Cameron and Town Mana
ger Scheipers both stated there is
no written agreement between the
town and the coui^y covering the
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Local Rotary Club To Host District Convention
Members of 33 clubs in the
281st Rotary District, with their
wives, will arrive in Pinehurst
Sunday to begin a three-day con
ference at the Carolina Hotel.
J. B. Perkinson of Southern
Pines, publicity chairman for the
event) said today that the pro
gram includes a number of out
standing speakers, several busi
ness and dinner meetings, enter
tainment sessions and visits to
places of interest in the Sand
hills.
Between 800 and 1,000 persons
are expected. Conference ses
sions will be held at the hotel,
with Dr. Mark Lindsey of Ham
let, district governor, presiding.
The conference theme is
“Learn'More About Each Other,”
Mr. Perkinson said. Service work
of the clubs will be reviewed and
increased effectiveness of future
activities will be planned.
Moore County is the eastern
county in the district which
stretches from the Virginia line
to South Carolina across the cen-
DR. MARK LINDSEY
tral portion of this state.
Events begin with registration
Sunday afternoon^ and run
through Tuesday night, when the
governor’s banquet will be held.
Earl Hubbard of the Southern
Pines Rotary Club is conference
chairman.
Special events for “Rotary
Anns” include a luncheon and
a fashion show at the Pinehurst
Country Club, at 12:30 p. m.
Monday.
An informal horse show and
gymkhana will be held at 2:30 p.
m. Siinday at the Carolina Ring
in Pinehurst. Members of the
conference and their guests have
been extended special invitations
to attend the event, which will
have some of the top hunters and
jumpers in the Souht entered.
Visiting speakers include two
professionals who come to the
conference highly recommended,
John Minnoch of Chicago who
will appear at the Governor’s
banquet on 'Tuesday, and Jimmy
Gheen of New York, humorist,
who is on Monday night’s pro
gram.
Maurice Wild> a director of
Rotary International, represent
ing Gian Paolo Lang, of Italy,
Rotary International president,
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