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VOL. 39—NO. 14
SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1957
TWENTY PAGES
Further Data Clarifies Problem In
Council Study of School Board Issue
PRICE TEN CENTS
Schoolman Favors
Election But Writes:
'Both Ways Are Good'
There are 74 school boards
now operating in North Carolina.
Of these 40 are appointed and 33
elected. One, in Asheboro, is
a composite board.
Nationally, the figures differ
markedly. In a recent study of
2,000 6ommunities, ranging from
2,500 population, to the largest,
it was foimd that 85 percent of
the boards are elected.
The current trend, nationally
and in the state, is towards the
elective system.
These facts were gleaned from
Guy B. Phillips, executive sec
retary of the State. School Boards
Association, through a telephone
caU made to Mr. Phillips at a
meeting of the Town Council
held last Tuesday night. Mr.
Phillips followed the call with a
letter going into the matter in
greater detail, parts of which are
reproduced below.
.lesday night’s session of the
WILLIAM G. HEAD
Oklahoman Named
To Assistant Town
Manager’s Post
Blue Knights Move
Into Semi-Finals
Of Cage Tourney
Meet Pinehurst
Tonight; Girls
Lose To Carthage
The Southern Pines Blue
Knights moved into the semi
finals of the annual Moore Coun
ty Basketball tournament last
night with a 49-43 victory over
Cai-thage.
Tonight (Thursday) the Blue
Knights meet Pinehurst wnile
Robbins meets Aberdeen in the
boys’ end of the tournament, and
Carthage takes on Robbins in the
girls’ end.
All games are being held in the
gymnasium in Carthage with ca
pacity crowds attending each
night’s event.
Finals will be played Saturday
night beginning at 7:30. Trophies
will be awarded the winners and
runners-up in each division. 'The
all-county teams will also be an
nounced.
In las,t night’s game Roger
Verhoeff scored 29 points to lead
the Blue Knights. Trailing 23-21
at half-time, the Blue Knights
came back strong in the third
^HearV Tag Day Is Saturday
Heart Tag Day will be held in
Southern Pines Saturday, it was
announced earlier this week by
Mrs. R. M. McMillan, 1957 chair
man of the Heart Fund chapter
here.
Many residents have already
volunteered to aid in the one-day
event by making collections on
downtown streets from 9 a. m. to
12, she said. Tag Day is part of
tion and community service pro
gram. The Heart Association is
the only voluntary public health
agency devoted exclusively to a
mass assault on the heart and
blood vessel diseases which cause
more deaths each year in the
United States than all other
causes combined.
“The Heart Fund slogan is
‘Help Your Heart Fund—^Help
William Gary Head, of Nor
man, Okla., who recently receiv-
star’s Degree in Public
t/ wn body was held informally Administration from the Univer-
and with one councilman, Harry sity of Oklahoma, has been nam-
Pethick, absent. Discussion was ed assistant town manager of
concentrated on the school prob- Southern Pines,
lem, centering around those Head fills the vacancy
points already laid before the created when Louis Scheipers re
public in two previous regular signed to become town manager,
meetings of the Council. He is expected to assume his new
Besides the call to Mr. Phillips, duties the first week in March.
Mayor Voit Gilmore and the Half a dozen candidates were
Counci’ ilso contacted the mayor considered for the job, “all of
of Ash ooro, R. M. Donnell, the them excellently qualified other-
one to m with the composite wise,’’ according to Mayor Gil-
board, a plan suggested by this more, “but Head had the type ex-
newspaper and favorably consid- perience we need in the job em Pines 73, Vass-Lakeview 63.
ered-by others. which, because of its many facets, | Saturday: (boys) Aberdeen 61,
Ma^mr Donnell was enthusias- requires a great deal of training Vass-Lakeview 34; (girls) Camer-
tic. He said the plan seems to in public administration.” |on 59, Pinehurst 57; (boys) West
work well and has attracted good Head is a graduate of the Uni- End 58 Cameron 40.
^ople to the board. However, versi^ of Oklahoma, where he Monday: (girls) Highfalls 60,
the appointments to the board received a Bachelor’s degree in Westmoore 47* (bovs) Carthaee
are made, not by the Town Coun- government and the Master’s de- 59 Sfalir’41 (girls) F^m
cil, as has been the method here gree in public administration. He Life 56, Cameron 39.
and is the case^ in other appoint- has also served as a manager in- Tuesday: (boys) Aberdeen 47,
the campaign to raise funds in j Your Heart’, and we look no fur-
Southern Pines which will be, ther than our own community to
used to help support a nation-1see how you help yourself when
wide program against diseases of you help the fund,” Mrs. McMil-
the heart and blood vessels. I Ian pointed out. “The greater
Mrs. McMillan said that each | portion of the contributions in
person who contributed to the! Southern Pines remain in this
Fund Saturday would be given j area to support your local heart
a plastic heart-shaped lapel pin. I program.” ,
The Heart Fund drive is con-! Mrs. McMillan also revealed
ducted annually throughout the 1 this week that approximately
country by the American Heart
Association and its state and lo
cal affiliates for the support of
the association’s research, educa-
$350 in funds had been contribu
ted to the Heart Fund as mem
orials to the late Samuel G. Al
len and Dr. Thaddeus Cheatham.
TONIGHT AT 8:40
Bell, Book And Candle Op ens For
3-Day Run At Pinehurst Theatre
'Curtain time for
Druten’s witty and
period to score 16 points, and “Bell, Book and Candle,”
added 13 in the final quarter,
High scorer for Carthage was
Mose Boyette with 19 points.
Robbins, defeated Highfalls in
the other end of the doublehead
er, 64-63.
The results through Wednes
day night:
Friday: (girls) Farm Life 66,
West End 58; (boys) Westmoore
53, Farm Life 51; (girls) South-
opening presentation of the Car
avan Theatre’s season in Pine'
jve
set-ups.- Asheboro elects nine tern with Norman, where he did West End 44; (girls) Carthage R^x Harrison and Lili Palmer,
nhfirs trt tnp nnarn nnH than ® .. . _x -r-r ,
hurst, is 8:40 tonight (Thursday). | mendously successful run on the
The theatre building in Pine- road,
hurst has been repainted and j Pegeen Rose will be seen in
renovated and according to | the leading role of Gillian Hol-
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Carmichael, ■ royd. She has been with the Car-
co-producers of the company, all avan Theatre during the past
' ®3dy for the grand opening. Ad- , three summers as well as having
vance sales indicate a good turn- toured with them during the
, ... , I winter months. She recently
office through played a leading role opposite
the backstage area the building | (Continued on Page 5)
has been subtly transformed to
make it the best in every theatri- j
cal sense. New drapes and light- ; IVpw StOTP O'nPtllTIDf
ing fixtures enhance the seating OlOFC l^pening
area.
“Bell, Book and Candle,”
which had a wonderfully success
ful run on Broadway and starred
members to the board and then administrative analyses of vari- 55 Southern Pines 54- (boys) - — ——
those niM appoint two more to ous departments and their prob- pinehurst 78, .Westmoore 56. i ^oyd> up-to-date witch, and , (Thursday).
serve with them. —j:— Wednesday:' (girls) Robbins 64,' what happens to her when she 1 The new store, a completely re-
BIG GAME!
start doing your push-ups.
Girls and Boys!
Or do those last two nouns
need quotes? Perish the
thought.
This announces the annual
game between Teachers and
Parents being sponsored by
the Junior Class.
The game will be held '
Tuesday, Feb. 26, at 7.30, at
the local gym, with all the
trimmings of band and ca
vorting majorettes. Proceeds
go towards the Junior-Senior
spring banquet.
Members of the women teach
ers team are Mrs. Margaret Daw
son, Miss Katherine Childs, Mrs.
Jean Bennett, Miss Barbara El
liott, Miss Kay Buice, Mrs. Jane
McPhaul, Mrs. Joan Ripple, Miss
Vie Rogers, Mrs. Roxy Leonard,
Mrs. Lillian Leonard, Miss Billie
Williams, Miss Carolyn Chester,
and Miss Tirzah Ison. They will
be coached by Allen McLaugh
lin.
Members of the men teachers’
team are Don Moore, Ralph Fou-
shee, Roger Gibbs, W. A. Leon
ard, Irie Leonard, Kenneth Mil
ler, A. C. Dawson, George Short,
Norris Hodgkins, Jr., and Jimmy
Mann.
For the parents’ team, women
playing will be Mrs. Maybelle
Britt, Mrs. Robert McMillan,
Mrs. Georganne Austin, Mrs.
Jimmy Hobbs, Mrs. Mildred Mc
Donald, Mrs. Jan Woodell, Mrs.
Tom Nicholson, Mrs. Joseph
Hiatt, Mrs. M. G. McRae, Mrs.
Raymond Cameron and, it is re
ported, several others whose
names were not available.
For the men parents, the team
The John L. Frye Company, jg composed of Don Traylor, Joel
West End’s newest business, is ’ gtutts, Harry Chatfield, Davis
John van jDi-uten weaves a story so
delightful; gmusing and entertaining that
the show played to capacity au
diences in both New York and
London and has enjoyed a tre-
New Phone System
Delayed A^ain; Now
Promised In December
Shortages Of
Today In West Ehd
serve with them. lems, supervised reading and
In his letter to the town, Mr.' field trios, and did considerable
PhilUps enumerated the pros research into the problems of lo-
and cons of the two systems: ap-: cal government,
pointive and elective, which have | He is 24 years old and is mar-
occupied the Council and the j-ied.
public, as they consider the es
tablishment of the new town
charter. We print below Mr.
Phillips’ two lists, with the ad
dition of his own personal opin
ion.
FAVORING ELECTION
OF THE BOARD
(1) People take more interest
in their school and in local edu
cational issues when they have
the opportunity to vote on board
membership.
(2) Election bf^ school board
members appears to be more
democratic.
(3) Elected boards seem to be
tells the story of Gillian Hoi-opening today Worsham, Bobby Dunn, M. G.
McRae and Gary Henry. Others
expected to be enlisted for
are
Mayor Calls For
Support Of Guard
In Recruit Drive
Highfalls
Pines 49,
63; (boys)
Carthage 43.
RUMMAGE SALE
Saint Martha’s Guild of Em- brother,
manuel Episcopal
holding
r'’vr 'F'--’av"! and Saturday at 1 who doesn'
Southern in love and loses her powers
of witchcraft. The story also con
cerns her aunt. Miss Holroyd, a
not too proficient witch, and her
Nicky, who uses his
modeled building in the heart of the came
West End, is owned by John L.
Frye of Robbins, a well known
cross-tie dealer and merchant.
The grand opening will contin
ue through next week.
Tommy McNeill of Robbins has
Church is: powers purely for devilment. An
a rummage sale tomor- author of a book on witchcraft, i teen named man^eVorthrst^^^^^
who do6sn. t slwsys rocognizo his InriH. win Ha Kv tv/Tt^c i\yrr»_
subject matter, rounds out
cast.
the Antique Shop on the corner
of Pensylvania Ave. and Bennett
St., from 9 to 5 both days.
LWV SPEAKER
Weimar Jones, editor of the
Franklin Press in Macon County
and a former journalism instruc
tor at the University of North
and will be assist^ by Mrs. Me- Carolina, will speak to the
Through these characters
the : Neill. Clyde Kluttz, manager of League of Women Voters March
the Frye store in Robbins, will j 8 at the Civic Club. Mr. Jones
van 1 supervise its operations. 1 wiU speak on legislative matters.
Though it’s not a full scale,
Mayor Voit Gilmore has called
on citizens of Southern Pines to
“support whole-heartedly” the boom—“boomlet” would be a|
one-day recruiting drive of the better word—as was experienced i
National Guard Sunday. here several years ago, building j
The drive is part of a nation- (n Southern Pines has been going j
wide campaign to enlist ^15,000 ai a fairly brisk pace in the !
freer than those that are appoint- j new Guardsmen during the P^st few months, and the outlook |
ed. month. The goal set for the cam- the immediate future is even j
(4) Also more responsive to the ■ paign here is 40, according to brighter. 1
will of the people. | Captain William Wilson, com- A survey made over the week- j
(5) Election is said to protect manding officer. end showed that approximately 1
schools from the local politics ! Mayor Gilmore said that while $500,000 in buildings—private |
Riore successfully than does the the total strength of the Nation- residences, public buildings, and|
appointive method. (Mr. Phillips al Guard is now the highest in business establishments—is pres
Local Construction Estimated At Near $500,000
(Continued on Paae
IT FITS
Se we stay a town. For a
while longer.
That's the decision of the
town council following a rip
ple of protest—or was it a
wave?—when it was discov
ered that the proposed new
charter was upping this burg
to the rank of "city."
Or would some say: lower
ing it? At any rate, a good
many DID say that. General
feeling seems to be thett we
ARE a town and we AREN'T
a city, and that the skyscrap
ers and gas fumes and crowds
that denote the latter are still
a good way off.
The decision to retain the
word "town" retains a bit of
the New England flavor. And,
after all, if it hadn't been for
John T. Patrick and his New
Englanders, many of whose
children are now our fore
most citizens. Southern Pines
would probably not have been
here at alL
history, more members are need'
ed who have had previous mili
tary training or who will volun
teer for basic training with the
active Army or Air Force.
He stressed the fact that the
ently under construction or will
be within a matter of weeks, in
and near Southern Pines.
Heading the list, at least so
far as price is concerned, is the
ne\v National Guard Armory,
National Guard deserves support which will cost approximately
“because it serves both as an ef- $125,000, and the new town hall,^
ticient and economical part of '"hich will cost in excess of
our national defense and as a $100,000, though final figures
valuable relief force in time of will not be in until bids are re
natural disasters such as floods, ceived March 19. Construction on
fires and storms.” | the town hall, incidentally, will
Aiding the National Guard in probably begin in April,
its recruiting drive, Gilmore and| Town building inspector Wil-
Wilson said, would enable those Uiam Wilson said his records in
not engaged actively in the de
fense of the country to support
MID P)NES GOLFOTEL, eight luxury units
presently under construction, is expected to be
completed before the first of the month, accord
ing to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cosgrove, Mid Pines
owners and managers, who are constructing the
~ ».»»■ riilliat&i
new facility to relieve the overflow at the main
hotel during the busy months. The building is
one pf several currently under construction in
or near Southern Pines. (Pilot photo)
those who are.
dicated that five private resi-' cal real estate man said, the new
dences are under construction at j construction cost something in
present and repairs or enlarge- j the neighborhood of $140,000.
ments to several other homes j John Ormsby has built two of
have been started. |the houses, both of which have
Busiest spot in town for the been sold, and is constructing the
BIRD SANCTUARY
A bill which would designate
Cameron as a legal bird sanctu-
I ary has been introduced in the
I House of Representatives by H. large building lots, four homes Mrs. Jack Carter. Their house,
I (llifton Blue, Moore’s representa-, have been finished in recent built under their personal super-
tive. The bill was requested by | weeks, one is under construction, vision, will be ready for occu-
Mayor Hubert Nickens and oth-jand another is to be started inlpancy in a month,
ers of the community. 'the near future. All told, one lo-' Two homes in the Knollwood
Supplies Given
As Main Reason
“Handover” date for Southern
Pines’ new extended area tele
phone service and inter-toll dial
ing system has been delayed an
other two months because of
equipment shortage, officials of
the United Telephone Company
have been advised.
George M. Thompson, general
manager of the Carolinas Division
of the company, which maintains
offices in Southern Pines, said
this week that the company deep
ly regretted this latest turn of
events “but we have exhausted aU
efforts to obtain the equipment
and place it in operation ”
He laid the blame to the short
age of engineers throughout the
nation and the tremendous load of
equipment that manufacturers
have been turning out for the
ever-growing system in all areas
of the country.
“We have been promised twice
in the past that delivery and in
stallation of the new services
would be effected,” he said, “and
twice we were delayed. The man
ufacturer now assures us, how
ever, that the delivery and instal
lation dates will be complied
with.”
Latest announced date for the
"handover." he said, was De
cember for inter-toll dialing,
and July for the extended area
service.
Ed Small, commercial superin
tendent of the Carolinas Division,
told the Pilot Wednesday that cor
respondence between the com
pany and the manufacturer had
“grown to a sizeable proportion,
with all its efforts to push the
manufacturers into getting this
new service into the area.”
But, he added, unusually heavy
demands f^ similar equipment
had forced^the manufacturer to
revise the delivery dates.
“The situation is regrettable
and the comp2my is in complete
accord with those who feel that
such service is needed in this
area,” he said. “But needs for de
fense, and that is apparently what
is slowing up the manufacturer,
has caused the delay, something
we are unable to cope with.”
Mayor Voit Gilmore, apprised
of the situation earlier this week,
said he had consulted with the
manufacturer’s sales manager in
Chicago expressing the “acute
C'oncem” of the Town Administra
tion.
“Our telephone conversation
lasted nearly an hour and the sup
pliers sincerely believe they can
meet the new dates they have
established,” he said. ‘"There is
nothing more we can do, bearing
m mind the burden the manufac
turers are faced with.”
He said that the telephone com-
nanv, which has b'^en described
as “slow” in the past, had appar- '
ently exerted much effort to
meet its propiise of the more up-
+o-date service on schedule b'ut
had been hampered by the acute
shortage of engineers and manu-
'curing facilities of the suppli
ers. ^
xhe subject of inter-toll dialing
and extended area service first
came up in September, 1955, when
representatives of the company
met with members of the Sand
hills Kiwanis Club, who had re
quested the new-type service. A
hearing before the Public Utili
ties Commission was held and the
commission recommended the
establishment of extended area
(Continued on page 5)
area are presently receiving fin- five to thirty thousand dollar
ishing touches. One, of the “pre- class.
built” variety, caused much com-: Building permits have also , ,
rnent in the neighborhood when been issued for two new houses servance of George Washington’s
v'orkmen put up the entire outer in West Southern Pines, one on birthday. Postmaster Garland
^ell in three days. Owned by East Delaware Avenue, and per- Pierce said today,
POST OFFICE CLOSED
The post office will be closed
all day tomorrow (Friday) in ob-
past few months has been Hill ^ other. Graves Insurance Com- j Mr. and Mrs. Warren Bell, own- rnits for enlarging or' otherwise
Road. On property formerly j pany also built one, and the oth- ers-managers of Pine Needles repairing houses have been issu-
owned by the Elks Club, Inc., i er, which is the largest of the | Country Club, it should be ready td for homes on East New Jersey
which has been subdivided into five, was constructed by Mr. and for occupancy soon. land West Connecticut Avenue.
The other belongs to Mr. and 'The largest ’’business” type
Mrs. E. A. Reagan. Of contempor- construction is the new “golfo-
ary design, the house is of brick lei” at Mid Pines Country Club.
and is located on Fairway Drive. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cosgrove, to- day, according to C. H. Bowmtin,
Both houses are in the twenty! (Continued on Page 5) cashier.
There will be no house deliv
ery at all, though mail will be
distributed to post office box
holders. Outgoing mail will also
be handled as usual. Pierce said.
The Citizens Bank and Trust
Company will also be closed all