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LAST IN ASSOCIATION SERIES
N, C, Symphony Giving Two Concerts
Here Tuesday; Tickets Available
SOUTHERN PINES, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1957
TWENTY-TWO PAGES
The North Carolina Symphony
will present two concerts here
npt Tuesday as the last in Sand
hills Music Association’s series.
Reserved seat tickets are still
available at the Bamum Agency
on N. W. Broad Street. The box
office will be open for the sale of
tickets Tuesday night, for the
program that begins at 8:30.
In the afternoon Moore Coun
ty school children will gather in
the gymnasium here for the free
children’s concert. Until this
year, the concert was held in the
auditorium but, because of the
unusually large numbers expect
ed this year, the program has
been shifted to the gymnasium.
The 60-piece orchestra, direct
ed by Dr. Benjamin F. Swalin,
will present, as the major work
of the program, Beethoven’s
Norris L. Hodgkins. Jr„ who
is slated to take over the pres
idency of the Sandhills Music
Association at the close of the
present season, is getting the
jump on his new assignment.
He takes over this week as
president pro tern, picking up
the reins from Dr. Fred Lang-
ner, past president, who leaves
April 281h to take up his new
duties in Albuquerque. N. M.
Fourth Symphony. The sym
phony was written in the lovely
district around HeiUgenstadt^
near Vienna, and reflects the
composer’s happiness over his en
gagement to Countess Therese
von Brunswick.
Walter Carringer, tenor, is
guest artist for the concert. An
audition soloist the past year, this
talented young musician
Murphy and New York was in
vited back this year for a number
of guest appearances with the
symphony.
Four varied selections up
the group with which Carringer
wiU open the second part of the
program, “If With All Your
Hearts You 'Truly Seek Me” from
Mendelssohn’s oratorio, Elijah,
will be followed by “n Mio Tes-
ora” (Thou, My Treasure) from
the opera, Don Giovanni, by Mo
zart. After Lehmann’s “Ah,
Moon of My Delight,” will come
another operatic number, “Eec-
ondita Armonia” (Strange Har-
mony) fromi Tosca by Puccini.
Following Reigger’s Dance
Rhythms, the orchestra will con
clude the program with the over
ture to Tschaikowsky’s Romeo
and Juliet. This overture sets
forth contrasting features of the
play, solemn harmonies depict
ing Friar Laurence,, tumultuous
phrases of woodwinds, horns and
strings portraying the strife be
tween the Montagues and Capu-
lets, the famous love theme to
show the meetings of the lovers,
and the final threnody of Romeo
and Juliet dying together.
North Carolina is proud to
claim Carringer, for, though Ten
nessee-born, he was reared in
Murphy and attended Western
Carolina CoUege. He has a bach- I
elor of music degree from Colum
bia University, and continues to
study in New York. He has ap
peared as tenor soloist with the
Robert Shaw Chorale in six
transcontinental tours, has sung
in Carnegie and Town Halls, and
has performed on nationwide
PRICE TEN CENTS
iiiiilPit
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BOYS CHOIR at Emmanuel
has been organized less than six
ical of the many that wiU be
Easter music Sunday morning
Church, which
months, is typ-
singing special
This group,
which numbers 19, will sing Saturday afternoon
at 4 o’clock in special Easter Eve services, and
again Sunday at family services at 9 a.m.
Council May Let Town
Hall Contract Tonight
30-Day Period
from I radio anl television programs.
Some Plan Closing
On Easter Monday
Easter Monday will be a holi
day here for many people; for
others it wiU be just another
v/ork day.
There is no general policy this
year with the town’s merchants,
though most said they would be
closed. Grocery stores will be
open.
The bank here, together with
the library, will be closed, as will
town offices. The post office will
remain open.
Sunrise Services
Planned At CWF,
Watson’s Lake
Easter Sunrise Services wiU be
held by the Youth Federation of
the town’s various churches Sun
day morning at 6 o’clock at Wat
son’s Lake.
The program w;ill be in charge
of the youth group at Brownson
Memorial Presbyterian Church,
and music will be in charge of
the youth group at the Baptist
Church.
All young people desiring
transportation are requested to
meet at their individual churches
at 5:45.
After the services all yoimg
people in the community are in
vited to breakfast at the Presby
terian Church.
Sunrise services wUl also be
held at the Church of Wide Fel
lowship here at 6:30, under the
auspices of the Church School
and the James A. Marks Demolay
Chapter.
The Easter breakfast, sponsor
ed by the Men’s Class, will be
served in Fellowship Hall imme
diately after the service.
FIRST COPY of new booklet published by the
Moore County Industrial Development Commit
tee, is presented to L. B. Creath of the Carolina
Bank by John C. Ostrom, chairman of the com
mittee. The bank financed publication of the
booklet. At right is Robert Ewing of Southern
Pines, who put the book together after members
of the committee had supplied information
about their respective communities.
(Hemmer photo)
Booklets About County’s Industrial
Potential Published By Committee
0
A 40-page booklet, packed with
tfacts concerning the industrial
potential of Moore County, has
just been published by the Moore
County Industrial Development'
Committee and is aheady on the
way to potential industries look
ing for a new plant site.
Announcement of the new
booklet was made at the last complete
meeting of the committee, held booklet,
in Carthage Friday, by John C.
Ostrom^ chairman. Some 500
copies have been printed, he
said, through the courtesy of the
Carolina Bank.
will let them keep the appeal
of the quaint towns forming
the county. Their goal is to
achieve economic stabiliza
tion by attracting industries
that will compliment the
genial-and home-like atmos
phere now prevailing."
.—■v>'»rs e'«'T)ressed
satisfaction with the
Each—there are 20
members representing all com'
Lions To Collect
Books For McCain
Old books, for readers “from
three to 103,” will be collected by
the Southern Pines Lions Club
next week and will be used as a
nucleus for a library at McCain
Tubercular Sanatorium.
W. M. Clark of Southern Pines,
chairman of the drive, said the
club would like to complete the
drive by May. 15 and establish the
’The committee spelled out its information with the assistance
attitude and that of the entire of several other committee mem-
county, with the following state- bers and was responsible for the
irunities-had contributed infor- | library at McCain by June 1. All
mation about hus community, t- ■ ^ ■ a. -rt
Robert L. Eiving, a member from!^/°"® “
Southern Pines ^rrelated the ti^,i ^
mfnTTYlQTinn rhli Qe<ozo4-r,-nAA
a
ment
"Realizing that their econ
omy at the present is geared
for the most part to a re
sort status, its (Moore Countv),
citizens are anxious to at
tract industry that will give
them a better rounded econ
omy. but at the same time
final product.
'The book includes sections de
voted to a description of the
county, its history and climate,
population and community atti
tudes, raw materials, power.
Books may be deposited at three
locations in Southern Pines: Car
ter’s Laundry, Thomasson Furni
ture Company, and McNeill Feed
and Seed Store. Special pickups
will be made at home by telephon
ing Clark at 2-9291, or any mem
ber, of the Lions Club.
Clark urged Lions to concen-
communications, transportation, trate on collecting books. Maga-
labor supply, tax situations both zines and newspapers will not be
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Special Easter
Services Planned
A number of special services
have been planned tonight, Fri
day and Sunday by churches in
the area in celebration of Easter.
Sunrise services will be held at
Watson’s Lake this year sponsor
ed by the Youth Federation of
the town’s various churches.
Time of the service is 6 a. m.
Maundy Thursday services
v/ere held in several churches to
day to begin the traditional
Easter celebration. Tonight at 8
o’clock services are also sched
uled for the Church of Wide Fel
lowship and Emmanuel Episcopal
Church.
Good Friday and Easter serv
ices are scheduled at all churches.
FILE IN ROBBINS
Last minute filing in Rob
bins brought two more
names into the list of candi
dates for the town board. H.
L. McLaurin and Henderson
Britt threw their hats into the
ring just under the deadline,
bringing the total number of
candidates in the Robbins
election up to seven.
McLaurin is a chemist on
the staff of Standard Min
erals Co., operators of the
talc mine at Glendon. Britt
is employed by Western Auto
Dealers in Robbins.
Others filing for town com
missioner include: John L.
Frye, (incumbent), Johnny
Myers, Joe Cranford, H. B.
Clark, and Charles Barringer.
Easter Cantata
At Pinebluff
Set Tomorrow
Singers from Southern Pines
and Aberdeen wUl join the
choirs of two Pinebluff churches
in presenting “Victory Divine,”
an Easter cantata, at the Pine
bluff Methodist Church tomor
row (Good Friday), April 19, at
8 p. m.
The choir of the Ives Memorial
Baptist Church at Pinebluff will'
joiii that of the Methodist church
for the cantata. The group of 30
singers has been rehearsing for
several weeks under the direc
tion of Theodore Webb of Pine
bluff.
Mr. and Mrs. Webb have lived
at Pinebluff for the past two
years. Mr. Webb, a native of
North Carolina, was formerly or
ganist and choir director of St.
Paul’s Episcopal Church, New
Rochelle, N. Y. Mrs. Webb is' a
piano instructor.
Soloists will be Diana David,
Sylvia Thompson and Mary Lou
Troutman, aU of Pinebluff; Roger
Gibbs of Southern Pines and Eu
gene Bauer of McCain.
Other singers from Southern
Pines and Aberdeen Will take’
Dart.
Interested persons from
throughout the Sandhills are in
vited to attend.
New Registration
Set At 175, About
Two-Thirds Negro
New registration for the muni
cipal election and primary reach
ed approximately 175, according
to Mrs. Grace Kaylor, registrar.
More than two-thirds of the
new registrants were Negroes,
which some observers in town say
indicates strong support for T. T.
Morse in his bid for re-election to
the Council.
Mrs. Kaylor said that registra
tion was heaviest Saturday.
School Teachers
In County Holding
Firm On Pay Hike
Public school teachers in Moore
County went on r^ord this week
as being opposed to any compro
mise on teacher demands for high
er pay from the state.
Meeting at Aberdeen High
School 'Tuesday, the teachers there
re-affirmed their earlier requests
for a 19.31 p>er cent increase in
pay. Governor Hodges heis re
cently proposed that the pay in
crease be about 15 per cent. Origi-
naUy, he had suggested an in
crease of just over nine per cent.
Each teacher at the meeting
Tuesday was asked to write rep
resentatives in the General As
sembly and Governor Hodges and
express dissatisfaction with the
new proposals.
Mrs. Tiny Odom, building rep
resentative in Aberdeen of the
teachers association, presided at
the meeting.
The North-Central District
Classroom Teachers’ Association,
of which teachers in Moore Coun
ty are members, met Monday
night in Raleigh. The question of
additional pay came up at that
meeting and there was unanimous
expression of approval of the
19.31 per cent increase.
Attending from this county
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Expires At
Midnight
A final decision on whether or
not to go ahead with construction
of the proposed new Town Ha!)
will be made tonight when the
Council meets at 7:30 in the li
brary.
Today marked the end of the
30-day period Council had to
study bids; they must either
award contracts or reject the
bids tonight, unless they elect to
ask contractors for an extension
of time.
Last Friday Council held an
other exploratory meeting in Ar
chitect Tom Hayes’ office, stiU
making efforts to trim enough of
the building so that construction
could begin. The town has only
$100,000, plus interest, in bonds
vfated last year. Price of the com
pleted building, together with aU
the alternates, police and fire sta
tion, landscaping and other fees,
would run close to $200,000.
Council has developed, with
the cooperation of serveral of the
low bidders for contracts, sever^ll
possibilities for financing all con
struction in excess of the fimds
now on hand.
Town’s Recreation
Subject Of PTA
Panel Talk Tonite
A panel discussion on the over-
oR recreation program in Southern
Pines will be sponsored by the
Parent Teachers Association at its
meeting tonight (Thursday) at 8
p.m. at Weaver Auditorinm.
The panel will consist of Mrs.
Walter Harper, Mrs. Joe Marley,
Louis Scheipers, J. B. Tollison,
and Edward Schneider. Mrs. Wil
liam P. Davis is moderator.
The recreational progrEim here,
both in the public schools and in
the town at large, wiU be dis
cussed.
Annual North-South Amateur Golf
Tournament Set; Robbins To Defend
P. O, HOURS
Beginning Monday window ser
vice in the local post office wiU be
available from 8:30 to 5 each day,
Monday through Friday, and on
Saturday from 8:30 to 12:30, ac
cording to Postmaster Garland
Pierce. ’The post office will be
open each Wednesday afternoon.
Editors To Visit
Sandhills During
State-wide Tour
Fourteen nationally known ed
itors and newspapermen of the
Eastern seaboard region are ex
pected to tour the state in mid-
May with the Sandhills figuring
prominently on their itinerary.
The group wiU be the guests Of
jthe state, with the host-commit
tee made up of members of the
[state press, headed by Thomas
Robinson, publisher of the Char
lotte News. Mrs. James Boyd,
Pilot publisher, is a member of
the committee.
It is believed that Governor
Hodges wUl go along on part of
the trip.
The newsmen are to cover most
of their route by plane. It will in
clude stops at the state’s leading
industrial centers, with the local
visit affording an opportunity to
relax in a game of golf and take
a look at the resort section of the
county. '
The party, which wiU include
some traveling hosts from the
press and the Department of
Conservation and Development
which is planning the tour, num
bering in all around 25, will ar
rive Sunday, May 19, at noon by
plane from Charlotte. The visit
ors will spend the night at the
Carolina Hotel in Pinehurst and
go on their way by motor to High
Point and Greensboro early Mon
day morning.
The 57th Annual North and"*"
South Invitation Amateur Golf
Championship gets underway at
the Pinehurst Country Club on
Monday, April 22, and continues
through Saturday, April 27. One
of the oldest consecutive tour
neys in the country, the event
will present a star-studded field ^
including six former North -and at Weaver Auditorium.
South champions as well as Proceeds from the
Band Concert Is
Planned At School
The second annual concert of
the Southern Pines High School
band wiU be held Friday, April 26,
many present and former state
and sectional titleholders.
1956 champ Hillman Bobbins,
Jr. of Memphis, Term, will de
fend his crown against such
strong challengers as last year’s
runner-up, William Hyndman,
III, of Ablington, Pa., 1955 Na
tional Amateur runner-up: Don
Bisplinghoff of Winter Park,
Fla., winner in 1955; and William
C. Campbell of Huntington, W.
Va., the 1950 and 1953 titleist.
Former British and United
States Amateur Champion, Rich
ard D. Chapman, Pinehurst, will
be trying once more for the title
that has always eluded him on
his home course.
Scene of the week-long match
play links battle will be the
famed 7,000-yard, par 72 cham
pionship No. 2 coimse, rated one
of the toughest tests of golfing
skill in the country. Play will
open with a medal play qualify
ing roimd Monday, with the 'six
ty-four low scorers going into
match play beginning Tuesday,
when one round will be played.
'Two rounds are set for Wednes
day, quarter-finals on Thursday,
semi-finals on Friday, and finals
—only round at 36 holes—on Sat
urday.
A fine array of amateur talent
makes up the strong field which
totals at the present 120 players
and includes advance entries
from such outstanding players as:
Paul Dye, Jr., Indianapolis, Ind,
concert,
which begins at 8:15, will be used
for future purchases of uniforms
and equipment, according to Lynn
Ledden, director.
Avaried program,'ranging from
classical compositions to the cur
rent calypso ditties of the Carib
bean, has been prepared. Bach,
Leroy Anderson and Hoagy Car
michael are among the composers
listed,
The Senior High School band
takes its membership from the
seventh through the twelfth
grades. Currently there are more
than 50 students in it, not includ
ing the majorettes.
In addition to the senior band
there is an intermediate band,
which has over 25 members, from
the sixth and seventh grades, and
a beginner’s band, also with some
25 members from grades five and
six. Both will perform a number
as an extra feature at the concert
Friday.
Ledden has been director of the
band for the past six years. A
graduate of Wake Forest College,
he also holds a Masters degree
'rom the University of North Car
olina.
Since coming to Southern Pines
he has doubled the sizp of the
hand and increased interest to the
point that students now look on
H as an honor to be accepted in
the senior band. ,
But growth has caused many
problems and members of the
Band Boosters Club are looking
to the concert F’-i'^av te h.-tti solve
some of them. For ohe thing, they
point out, the oresent bus is en-
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1957 Mid-West Amateur Cham-jtirely too small to accommodate
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