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SIXTEEN PAGES
STATE TRAVEL COUNCIL
SOimiERNPINES, N. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 195?'
SIXTEEN PAGES
Statewide Promotion Group Names
Voit Gilmore As New President
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MR. GILMORE
Southern Pines’ travelling may
or, Voit Gilmore, was in Raleigh
today meeting with officers and
directors of the Travel Council of
North Carolina, an organization to
which he was recently elected
president.
with increasing frequency in re
cent months to fill statewide of
fices, was elected toi head the or
ganization for a one-year term.
The Travel Council is composed
of fifty directors, representing a
broad cross-section of the travel
industry in the state.
The meeting in Raleigh today
is, according to Gilmore, to devel
op what he calls a “realistic ap
proach to the problem of coordi
nating promotion of one of the
State’s major industries.”
The Council has adopted a plan
which calls for supplementing
and supporting established prO'
motional agencies, governmental
^d private, rather than launch an
independent campaign. Every
community in the state benefits
from the travel industry, the
Council thinks, and| it is for that
reason that the approach this year
will be of & state-wide nature.
Gilmore, who heads the com
pany operating the new Howard
Johnson establishment south of
Southern Pines, has long been ac
tive in tourist affairs in the state,
and is presently active in the US
PRICE TEN CENTS
Gilmore, who is being called on i Highway 1 Association.
CITES NEEDS TO COUNTY GROUP
Industry Looking For Areas That
Show Desire For It, Speaker Says
Electronics and industrial re
search—two of the nation’s new
est type industries—were recom
mended as “extremely desirable”
to members of the Moore County
Industrial Development Commit
tee Monday afternoon by a
prominent duPont official.
Homer H. Ewing, a senior en
gineer and member of duPont’s
development department, spoke
to the group, which filled the
studio at station WEEB. He had
been invited here to outline a
program for obtaining new in
dustry and answer any questions
that might arise by his son, Rob
ert S. Ewing of Southern Pines,
a member of the committee.
Also attending the meeting
were Les Branson and Walter
Harper, staff members of the N.
C. Department of Conservation
and Development, a state agency
charged with, among other
things, developing a strong pro
gram of luring new industry to
the state. A1 Grant, former resi
dent of Southern Pines and
C&D’s chief development engin
eer, was unable to attend.
Booklet; Describing
County’s Industry
Potential On Press
THE LITTLE SINGERS OF PARIS
MUSIC ASSN. CONCERT
Famed Boys Choir Will Appear At
Weaver Auditorium Monday Night
The Little Singers of Paris, one
of the most famous boy choirs of
all time, will present a richly va
ried concert Monday at 8:30 p.m
at Weaver Auditorium.
This will be the season’s second
presentation of the Sandhills Mu
sic Association. Both single tick
ets and season tickets are still
available at the Barnurn Realty
Co. in Southern Pines, or may be
County Basketball
Starts Friday At
CarthageHighGym
The Robbins High School boys’
basketball team and the Aberdeen
High School girls, winners of the pOrchasTd^rthe^oor:
Urge Precinct Line
Be Same As Town’s
School District
Committee Makes
Report After
Year Of Study
A recommendation to establish
a new outside boundary line for
the Southern Pines precinct, to
coincide with the present school
district line, was made by the pre
cinct study committee to Town
Council Tuesday night.
The recommendation, which
was presented to Council by
Ward Hill, co-chairman of the
committee, was made after
“months of tedious study and
countless meetings,” Hill said,
“and represents, in our opinion,
the only intelligent approach to a
problem that has been on our
hands for many years.”
School Board Becomes
Live Issue In Town’s
Proposed New Charter
HighfallsManIs
Nominated To Fill
Vacant School Job
Rowland Upchurch, Highfallg
store operator and a member of
tlie Highfalls district school com
mittee, was nominated by the
Moore County Democratic Exec
utive Committee last Friday to
fill a vacant spot on the county
Board of Education.
The vacancy was caused by the
death of George H. Purvis last
month.
An attractive brochure, con
taining facts about each of the
larger communities in Moore
County and aimed at enticing
new industrv to the area win wnn v,arxnage ana ±toD-
ew mausi^ to the area, will be bins drawing the No. 2 and No. 3
leady for distribution in two or ^ spots. The race is up in the air.
regular season county basketball
races, were seeded No. 1 in their
respective divisions as coaches
and principals met Saturday
morning to draw up final tourna
ment pairings.
The tournament, scheduled to
get underway tomorrow (Friday)
night at the gym in Carthage, will
last through Saturday, Febru2iry
23 when championship finals are
scheduled.
In the boys’ division Robbins
has an 18-1 record, far superior to
second place Pinehurst and
Southern Pines, both with 10-3
records. Robbins, accordingly,
has been established as the heavy
favorite to win the tournament.
In the girls’ division Aberdeen
finished the season with a 17-1
record, with Carthage and Rob
three weeks, members of the
Moore Industrial Development
Committee were told Monday,
The booklet, preparation of
which has been under the gen
eral supervision of John Ostrom,
chairman of the committee, and
Robert S. Ewing, of Southern
Pines, a member, is in the hands
of a Raleigh printing firm. Some
500 copies will be printed and
made available to industries
throughout the country looking
for new plant sites, Ewing said
Announcement of the publica-
of tho booklet was coupled
• -tewart, of the area and j v^rith the release—finally—of the
industrial developmmt depart- “angel” who paid for the print-
ment of Carolina Power and jng, the Carolina Bank, which
^d Light Company, and John bas branches in Aberdeen, Car^
Ponzer, of Southern Pines, in-
thage, Vass and Pinehurst.
Rod Ennis, cashier of the bank,
was at the meeting and was in
dustrial engineer with CP&L,
were also present.
Mr. Ewing, who has been with i . . . . x. ,
duPont for some 30 years, has \"“d to convey the thanks of
been responsible for mLy of thel^*^V°"'“
giant firm’s plant locations. Hei^^*^
told the group Monday that he I _ Jack Younts, president of
could speak only from experi-a member of the
ence with a chemical company, committee, said it was signifi-
but that all industry, large or the booklet, which will
small, had certain basic require-
though most coaches favor Aber
deen to win the crown.
The first game for Southern
Pines is tomorrow night when the
girls meet Vass-Lakeview. The
boys do not play until Wednesday
night when they meet the winner
of the Carthage-High Falls game.
Trophies wiU be awarded, the
all-county teams will be announ
ced and sportsmanship awards
will be made following the boys’
championship game on the final
night of the tourney.
Here is the complete schedule
of the tournament:
Friday, February 15
6:30—Farm Life vs West End
girls.
7:30—^Farm Life vs Westmoore
boys.
9:00—Southern Pines vs Vass-
Lakeview girls.
Saturday, February 16 '
6:30—Aberdeen vs Vass-Lake
view boys.
7:30—Cameron vs. Pinehurst
girls.
9:00—West End vs Cameron
boys.
Monday, February 18
Fred W. Langner, president.
The Little Singers’ current U.S.
tour of 10 weeks, which will take
them from New York to San
Francisco by April 10, marks the
50th anniversary of their found
ing. For half a century they have
spread their message of friend
ship and fellowship through song,
maintaining a home in Paris for
underprivileged children with the
proceeds.
The choral group came into be
ing in 1907 through the interest of
a handful of Parisian students in
great music of the past, especially
liturgical music. In 1924 Monsig
nor Fernand Maillet became diT
rector of the Little Singers, as he
still is. Their repertoire has been
greatly expanded, including not
only the great liturgical music of
the 16th century, but original mu
sic written by great composers
especially for this group; music of
the Renaissance, gay folk songs
and madrigals of France, carols
and folk music of many lands and
songs of contemporary composers.
Their generous program for
Monday night includes the fol
lowing:
I. Exsultate Deo (five parts) by
Palestrina (Italian 16th Century);
Introit from the Requiem Mass
for the Kings of France, by E. du
Caurroy (French 16th Century)
Cantata of the Two Cities, by Da
rius Milhaud; Un Flambeau,
French carol arr. by M. Perissas;
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Actually, Hill pointed out, the
recommendation was being made i a v, u + General
for tho roi.noii’c Assembly but committee officials
said they foresaw smooth sailing
for the appointment.
Upchurch was nominated to
fill the unexpired term of Pur
vis, which runs to April 1. The
committee also nominated him
for a regular two-year term
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Former Robbins
! Police Chief Is
New ABC Officer
ments to be met and that they
cost between $1,500 and $1,800, is
a “county-wide fact sheet fi-
should become thoroughly fa- nanced by a county-wide bank.”
miliar to the county development praised the efforts of Ewing
committee.
in compiling much of the booklet
The first thing that expanding getting it into the hands of
industries look for, he pointed the printer,
out, is the desire within a com
munity for industry and the ac
ceptance of it. He listed other
things, not necessarily in order
of importance, as taxes, avail
ability of a steady supply of good
water, community facilities.
6:30—Highfalls vs Westmoore
girls.
7:30—Carthage vs Highfalls
boys.
9:00—Farm Life-West End win
ner vs Cameron-Pinehurst winner
girls.
Tuesday, February 19
6:30—West End-Cameron win-
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dition, the annual Hunter Trials
, this Saturday is expected to be
schools, churches, housing, and the best ever, according to Mrs.
recreation. Ozell Moss, secretary of the spori-
Hunter Trials Set Saturday
With some 50 horses entered oughbred hunters, non-thorough-
and the course in excellent con- bred hunters, open hunters, and
teams. There are seven
“All of these things are im
portant,” he said, “though we in
duPont have never found a corn-
soring Moore County Hounds.
"The colorful event, which has
gained a national teputation in its
munity that possesses every-. more than 20 years existence, will
thing. Some problems in a com- be held at Scott’s Comer at 2 p,
munity can naturally be over-, m. Saturday.
come. Others, we find that we
can live with.”
In response to a question by a
committee member, Mr. Ewing
said that no duPont plant is be
ing constructed today without
proper facilities for waste dispo
sal, both in the water and in the
air. He said the company had
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Mrs. Moss said that a large
number of the entries are from
out of town and that the quality
of the entry list was “excellent—
as good as we’ve ever dreamed of
having.” She said the trials
would last probably until 5 p.m.
and would consist of five different
type events.
The events are for first season
hunters (green hunters), thor-
hunt
teams in the latter event, largest
number ever to. compete in the
trials.
Mrs. Moss also reminded those
planning to attend that some
spaces for automobile parking
along the trials course were still
available and could be reserved
either by calling her at Mile-
Away Farm or by calling Mrs.
Dwight Winkelman. Spectators
may also park their cars off the
course and walk to the trials area,
she said.
The trials will be followed by
the traditional Hunt Ball at the
Southern Pines Country Club,
reservations for which should be
made immediately as there are
Wilson F. Thrower, former po
lice chief in Robbins, has been
employed as an ABC enforce
ment officer succeeding John K
Sharpe, who resigned several
weeks ago to join the Southern
Pines police force.
Thrower was sworn in Monday
morning and immediately assum
ed his duties, with particular em
phasis on the Robbins area.
He came to Robbins last July
as head of the police department
from St. Stephen, S. C., where
he had served as assistant chief
of police for nine years. He had
also been a- county constable in
South Carolina.
A veteran of World War 2, the
new officer served in the Navy
on both stateside and foreign
duty. Eight months of his service
time was with the military po
lice. He received four ratings and
the Presidential Citation.
In announcing his new ap
pointment C. A. McCallum, chief
enforcement officer for the
Moore ABC Board, said his ex
perience would prove invaluable.
“He has completed a prescribed
course in fingerprint classifica
tion under the direction of the
FBI and has had other: basic
courses in criminal investigation,
all of which the department can
use to great advantage,” he said.
Thrower’s family will continue
for the Council’s consideration
and transmittal to the County
Board of Elections, which has to
approve any such changes. He
also reminded Council that the
State Board of Elections must
also approve the new lines before
they could go into effect.
If the various Boards approve
the recommendations, the study
committee said it would recom
mend that Southern Pines should
then be divided into two or more
precincts for more effective or
ganization in election procedures.
“Actually,” Hill said, “the South
ern Pines precinct as we now
know it has a registration of 2690.
If the new lines are estab^shed as
we recommend, we estimate an
additional 350 voters would be on
the books in the precinct.”
He said that the major problem
now existing is the fairly large
number of people who live in
Southern Pines yet, because of
conflicting lines, must vote in Ab
erdeen in elections other than
those of purely Southern Pines
nature.
He did not say just how many
voters fell into that category, but
others have estimated that it is
several hundred.
Hill said that the committee had
learned in its study that the State
Board of Elections thought a good
voting precinct should not contain
more than five to seven hundred
voters.
It was suggested by one person
attending the meeting that under
those considerations perhaps
Southern Pines should eventually
be divided into three or more pre
cincts, but the committee said it
would recommend no division un
til the outside lines had been
clearly established.
Many people, Hill reminded the
Council, had been voting for years
“purely by custom” at their re
spective precincts.
“There was no clear line and
often, when the time came to reg-
Tank Company To
Hold Open House
In Recruit Drive
Captain William J. Wilson,
commander of Moore County’s
National Guard tank company,
this week issued an invitation to
all interested citizens of the
county to visit the armory on
Morganton Road near Southern
Pines this Sunday, February 17,
during the regularly scheduled
all-day drill period.
Captain Wilson explained that
the invitation was* for any inter
ested citizens, but especially for
those parents whose sons were
approaching military age. Mem
bers of the unit will be on hand
to answer questions about the
unit and about the National
Guard as a means of fulfilling a
military service obligation.
The public is invited to watch
Guardsmen during an ordinary
training session, including small heard yet and sid
arms instruction, tank gunnery
training and radio communica
tions practice.
Orders published this week an
nounced the promotion of Donald
I The method of selecting the
Southern Pines school board has
I apparently become a live issue.
Opinions as to the selection—
whether appointive or elective, or
a combination of both—were ex
pressed at a public meeting of
Town Council Tuesday night, a
meeting which shattered all re
cent records for citizen Attend
ance. There were close to 75 peo
ple crowded into the library with
the majority of them apparently
there to give their views on the
proposed new charter, particular
ly the section that deals with the
school board selection.
Under the charter, which was
drawn up by a committee of three
at the direction of the Council,
the school board would be a sev
en-member body and would be
appointed by the Coimcil. At
present the board is composed of
five members who are appointed
for two-year terms by Council.
'The new setup calls for stag
gered terms of all members so
that there would always be some
members who are familiar with
past actions of the board.
A. C. Dawson, superintendent
of the Southern Pines school sys
tem, quoted from a dissertation
recently prepared by a teacher
getting a doctorate at the Univer
sity of North Carolina, which,
among other things, classified
each town in the state as to the
type board it had and the number
of members.
Fifty-four per cent of the city
school boards in the state at pres^
ent are appointed, Dawson said.
The rest are elected, except one,
which is both.
He said there seemed to be no
set standards for selecting boards
and that the choice is with the im
dividual community. He pointed
out, however, that all county
school boards are elective, with
the voters merely making the
nomination and the final election
falling to the General Assembly.
There seemed to be a wide ac
ceptance at the meeting for a pro
posal advanced in an editorial in
last week’s Pilot which would
make the board a combination
elective-appointive body. A num
ber of citizens, several of whom
had been at an earlier public •
hearing on the matter, said the
proposal was the best they had
they were
heartily in favor of it.
W. Lament Brown, town attor
ney, and one of the draftees of the
new charter, said he felt such a
combination board would promote
R. Haney, of Southern Pines, to disunity and, eventually, cause
the board to lose much of its con
trol of the schools here. He said
the rank of Specialist Third
Class. Six new members werd
enrolled in the local unit during i speaking as a privte citi-
the week as a result of the cur- 1 P® official capacity,
rent recruiting effort. These men I Apparently in answer to a
I are Sergeant Allen L. Walters of ^
ister, a citizen would’merely'aTk Carthage and Privates Dickey Tn tV cLmunity wl^o
his neighbor where he was sup- P^nn, Aberdeen; L. ^ D. Jon^,, ^ad suggested that an appointive
body was not a “representative”
posed to go and that was the
place he went.”
Adding to the problems of the
study committee was the fact that
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Jr., Southern Pines; William E.
MacDonald, Southern Pines;
Robert G. Richardson, Eagle
Springs; and Neill W. Cameron
of Cameron.
one, Brown said that he felt all
segments of the population had
been represented.
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What Kind Of Job Does ^The Welfare^ Do? (Jl)
You read the accounts of the
refugees of Hungary and saw
pictures of huddled family
groups, standing before a rude
shelter. The walls behind them
are rough, the panes of the only
visible window broken. And then
day, all but three fitted into one
of those categories. But these
three didn’t, or not altogether.
And that was where you began
to get better acquainted with
Moore County’s Disappearing
vanishing Poor Fund,
of the nation, smilingly ac
cepting a check for $64,000
or $100,000, Why then, is
there talk about "misery"?
About the needy, about wel
fare work?
The fact is, the prosperity of ] Act, the
your mind came closer: to a the nation, if true prosperity it I “General Assistance Fund,”
Moore County scene and a rough is, hasn’t seeped down. “The “Outside Poor Fund.”
cabin. Only blackness through poor always ye have with you,”
gaping door, whose base is at least some of them. But ac-
far above the sill. Several panes tually, they aren’t just ’“the general Assistance Fund a, ita
of the window are cracked; a tat- poor.” Thev’re neonle- nennio ' ^
tered thin old man stands by the .who have had hard luck That’s n ^ county ap^
door. And you think: mise^ is the cas^with moS That s propriation set aside every year
me ease wiin most. for various pimposes having to do
■ you went on a trip with Welfare work. These in-
into Moore County with one of elude supplementary payments
Jie CMC workers of the county for the children in foster homes
apartment of Public Welfare.]and the aged in convalescent
You saw some of these people ^ boarding homes, including
and you found out a lot about clothes and food; also emergency
how the department works. You ' aid of food orders, clothes, medi-
ound out about the three main cine, to meet sudden needs such
lunds: ADC, (up to 18 years , ■ as those illustrated in this article.
(Ed. Note: Whereas, as in
dicated, the General Assist-
Emerqency Ai(J
The “Outside Poor Fund,” or
General Assistance Fund, as its
official title is, is the
That’s propriation set aside
suddenly: but
very few more accommodations, to live in Robbins.
misery.
But, then,
why HERE? This is Moore'
Counly, North Carolina, U,
S, A. There is no fear here,
no home in flames. Why
Here should there be any
misery? Especially now in a
time of great prosperity.
Fabulous fortunes are be
ing made; money seems a
plentiful commodity. Hardly
a week passes when some
possessor of a phenomenal
memory, or a bit of luck,
doesn't show up on the TVs
AT PD (18 to 65) and OAA (65
and on). These are funds in
which the county pays from
one-sixth to one-eighth of the
cost, and the state and federal
government carry the main bur
den. Of the 10 cases visited that
ance Fund had been used up
as of Feb. 1—earlier than
usual—^Ihe Moore Counly
Commissioners have now
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