Star Gazing
Is oM hat, tout star listening? It’s
new and fascinatiixg. There’s a
piece about it on page 2.
Retirement Plans
Take various courses. For Mrs.
Sadie McCain, it’s a trip to Eu
rope. See page 13. ^
VOL. 3a—NO. 30
EIGHTEEN PAGES
SOUTHERN PINES, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 1957
EIGHTEEN PAGES
PRICE TEN CENTS
Mayflower Finally Lands
team.
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SUMMER SOFTBALL got off to its official
start here Tuesday night when Mayor W, E
Blue tossed out the first ball prior to the open
ing game which was won by Carolina' Power &
Light, 25-1, from VFW. Pictured, left to right
, are, Charles Horton, manager of CP&L, Town
Manager Louis Scheipers, Jr., Mac Lucas, base
BIG SCORES PILED UP
Church of Wide FeUowship, CP&L
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Easy wimiers In SoftbaU Leag ue
High scores and opening night I Church of Wide Fellowship were
umpire. Mayor Blue, Irie Leonard, director of
the summer recreation program, Morris John--
son, league commissioner, Don Murray, chief
umpire, Gen. Pearson Menoher, league commis
sioner, and Frank Smith, manager of the VFW
(Photo by Emerson Humphrey)
jitters marked the official begin
ning of the local softball league
program Tuesday night as a large
crowd, turned out for .the double-'
header at Memorial Field.
Two games were played, with
Carolina Power & Light swamp
ing VFW 25-1 in the opener, and
the Church of Wide Fellowship
downing-the Jaycees 17-3.
Jake Deberry pitched near per
fect ball for CP&L, allowing a
lone single to Willis Calcutt. The
VFW defensive play was a bit
ragged, too, obviously the result
of not enough practice. They in-
^ dicated that future games would
'i* be a little tougher.
For the winners Walter Harper
ted the 14-hit attack with a triple.
Carl Kivett and Tink Bowen were
the batteries for VFW while Coy*
Bowers was behind the plate for
CP&L.
In the Jaycee-Church of Wide
Fellowship game Harry Chatfield,
■ on occasion showing some of the
.speed that has made him one of
^ the outstanding pitchers in the
^ league history, allowed tfie Jay
cees just fiw hits, four of them
singles. The game, incidentally,
was called at the end of the fifth
irming because of a league rule
that says aU games must end at
that point if one team is ahead by
as many as 12 runs.
Leading the hitting for the
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RECITAL
Five young musicians of
this coi^y will present a
special program of varied
music Saturday night ctt
Weymmith, home of Mrs.
James Bo-yd. Members of the
Sandhills Music Association,
sponsors of the program, and
the public have been invited
to the program w-hich begins
at 8:15.
Appearing -will be Mary Jo
Davis, West End pianist who
received her Master's Degree
recently from Yale Univer
sity; Harold Collins, Jr.,
pianist - who attends Dvike
University: Margaret Grimm
of Carthage, piano student at
Meredith College; Mary Lou
ise McDonald of Carthage,
voice student at Penn Hall;
and Joan 6t Pine-
hursl piawia*
David Page, Davis Worsham and
Irie Leonard. Leonard collected
a home run and went ail the way
around in the fourth inning on an
outfield error.
Fred Teeter and Lynn van Ben-
schoten made up the battery for
the Jaycees. Benschoten had a
double to lead the Jaycee hitting.
The schedule continues tonight
(Thursday) with the Lions Club
taking on the Chiuch of Wide
FeUowship and the VFW playing'
the Jaycees.
’Thereafter, on each Tuesday
and Thursday night through Au
gust 1, with a layoff on Thursday,
July 4, two games wiU be played
each night.
STILL SHORT
Still $15 short was the
word on the 1957 cancer
drive in Southern Pines as
Mrs. J. S. Milliken, chairman,
said this morning that the
drive would end this week.
The local quota is $700 and
Mrs. Milliken said it wotild
be exceptionally nice if
enou^ people gave between
now and the end of the week
to make the drive go over
the top.
MAYFLOWER II deserves
a hearty haiL even if, at the
last, she did have to lower
saU and come into Plymouth
Harbor at the end of a tow-
line.
One minute she was careen
ing along with a bone of
white water in her teeth, and
the next, -with a shift of
weather, headwinds had her
stopped cold. A beat to
windward in a square-rigger
is a long long process, and,
unlike her predecessor, she
had a date to keep. On that
first voyage they may well
have been anxious to make
port—whatever that port was
to be—before winter set in,
but this Mayflower faced a
shore lined with TV experts,
photographers, movie r men,
reporters and everybody-else
and-his-wife-and-chUlun who
could get there, to greet her
exciting arrival. Different
kinds of Indians from the.
greeting-pcuty that scattereil
in fright at the sight of May
flower I, and a far different
kind of voyage distinguished
the present from the past. No
fresh food on Mayflower I. no
space to move around -with
such a crowd aboard, no "fa-
cUities," no anti-seasick pills:
no charts, and none but the
crudest aids to navigation—
they didn't even know where
they were going—^brave souls!
Hail to the old and the
new! And to the enterprising
citizens- of both Britcun and
the U.S. who conceived of
this appropriate, educational
and deeply moving idea to
commemorate and strengthen
the historic friendship be
tween two great nations.
Fayetteville Man
Called To Church
Wide Fellowship
The Rev. Carl Edison. 'WaUace,
president of the Eastern North
Carolina Conference of Congre
gational Churches and minister
of the Eutaw Community Church
in Fayetteville, has been elected
to succeed Dr. 'Wofford C. Tim
mons as minister of the Church
of Wide Fello-wship here effec
tive September 1.
The announcement was made
this week, after Mr. WaUace no
tified the selection committee of
the church that he -would accept.
A native of Greensboro, Mr.
Wallace is a graduate of Elon
College and Duke Divinity
School. He was ordained in 1950
and has served pastorates at
Louisburg, Wake Forest and
Fayetteville. 'While at Fayette-
viUe, he has led a vigorous build
ing campaign that resulted in
the construction of a new church
and- parsonage.
During World War 2, Mr. Wal
lace served in the Air Force as a
pilot.
His present pastorate, which
he has held for four years, in
cludes a large number of families
from Fort Bragg.
Mr. WaUace is married and is
the father of two children, Carl,
13, and Rosemary, three.
(Continued on page 8)
Peaches Coming In
As Farmers Ready
For Good Season
Production of 1,300,000 bushels
of peaches in North Carolina is in
dicated by reports from growers
as of June 1, the N. C. Crop Re
porting Service said this week.
The current forecast released
through the service is 100,000
bushels below the production in
dicated on May 1, but this year’s
crop would still be the’ largest
since 1952 when 1,600,000 bushels
were harvested.
Already in Moore County some
peaches, the “Mayflower” variety,
have been picked from around
the Eagle Springs and. Candor
sections. The later varieties wiU
be coming in starting this week,
growers say, and will be picked
until the end of July.
J. Hawley Poole and T. Clyde
Auman, two veteran growers in
this county, said last -week that
the crop reporting service may
have stretched their estimates a
bit, since it is almost impossible
today to produce enormous crops
in this county. “We’re concentrat
ing on quaUty, not quantity, and
this year the peaches look better
than ever,” they said.
Early Jubilee and Early Easts
will start coming in about June
25^ they said, foUowed by the
Golden JubUees, Cardinals, Dixie
Reds and Elbertas.
Extremely good weather condi-
(Continued on Page 8)
Wisconsin Crossing
Said Dan^erons; Town
To Reqnest State Stndy
Only Crossing
At Grade Level
On New Thruway
A resolution caUing on the
State Highway Commission to in
vestigate the grade crossing at
Wisconsin Avenue cuid the new
U. S. Highway 1 thruway for
“safety’s saike” and with a pos
sible view towEud closing it was
adopted by the Southern Pines
Town Council Tuesday night.
Gen. Pearson Menoher intro
duced! the resolution, prefacing it
with remarks that he had been
approached by a large number of
Town Playground
Schedule To Begin
Monday Morning
The playground schedule of the
summer recreation program here
will begin Monday, it was an
nounced today by Irie Leonard,
director.
Activities will be held daily,
Monday through Friday, in both
East and West Southern Pines. In
addition to Leonard, a staff of six
people will be in charge of the
progTEim.
The-adult softball league start
ed its activities Tuesday night,
and both the Pony League and
the Little League have been play
ing regularly for about two
weeks.
Leonard said that acti-vities had
been planned to provide a maxi
mum of participation by residents
of the town, particularly yotmger
people.
’ In East Southern Pines, most
activities, outside of the organiz
ed softball and baseball, will cen
ter around the Town Park on S.E.
Broad Street. Miss Kay Davis
will be in charge of the program,
which includes handicrafts, group
games, individual games, story
hour sessions, and organized play.
It is also planned to use the paved
areas behind the high school and
elementary school for skating
parties, volleyball and basketball.
Parents have been requested by
Miss Davis to bring their children
to the playground and pick them
(Continued on page 8)
SOUTHERN PINES SCHOOL BOARD mem
bers were sworn in for new terms of office last
Thursday night in the initial meeting of the
year. Pictured, left to right, are Norris Hodg
kins, Sr., Dr. 'Vida McLeod, John Howarth,
chairman, A. C. Dawson, school superintendent
and secretary to the board, P. I. York, and Har
ry Menzel. (Pilot photo)
John Howarth Renamed School Board Head
John Howarth, who has been town charter, Wcis sworn in by
chairman of the Southern Pines 1 J. D. Sitterson. Prentiss I. York,
the first Negro ever to be ap-
School Board for the past nine
yearn, was re-elected to a two
yesu term at the board’s monthly
meeting Thursday night.
The meeting, held in the
school library, was the first for
the board since it was appointed
by the Town Council May l4. Mr.
Howarth was nominated by Nor
ris Hodgkins, Sn, for the chair
manship and was imopposed.
The new board, four members
of which are carry-overs from
the board that .was in existence
prior to the adoption of the new
pointed to the board, was in at
tendance.
After welcoming York to the
board, Howarth briefed the
group on its duties and said that
additional explanations - of the
duties would be given at future
meetings. He likened the school
board to a board of directors of
a large company and the super
intendent to the general mana
ger or executive officer of such
a company.
“Primarily,” he said, “our
duties, as set forth by law, are to
formulate the over-aU policy of
the school’s , operation. ’The ad
ministrative officer. School Supt.
A. C. Dawson, is responsible for —Jerry
"SAlifoHILLS FIREMEN
named Betty Joe Lowdermilk
of Southern Pines as their
queen at the 31st annual in
vention held in Roxboro yes
terday. Miss Lowdermilk,
daughter of Mrs. John Sew
ard of 169 E. New Hampshire
Avenue, is a rising senior at
Southern Pines High School.
Appointments To
Several Boards
Put Off By Council
Appointment of eight people to
three different town boards was
postponed at the Council .meet
ing Tuesday night in order for
Councilmen to have more time
to study and hear recommenda
tions for the vacant posts.
Council decided, after devoting
a bare five minutes to discussing
the matter, to put the appoint-
■ ments off until the next meeting,
which will be held July 9.
Vacancies now exist on the
Board of Zoning Adjustfnent, the
Recreation Advisory Committee,
and the Advertising Advisory
Committee.
Actually, there were four va
cancies on the Recreation Com
mittee but the committee had
recommended that the member
ship of ten be reduced to seven.
The committee had also recom
mended that T. R. Goins, who
had been a member, be reap
pointed, a recommendation that,
if accepted by the Council,
would bring the committee to its
full complement.
Here is the list of the other
town committees or boards and
their present membership.
Board of Zoning Adjustment—
Joe Thomas, chairman; Mrs. A.
L. FoUey, Joshua Ferguson, E. L.
Pleasants, alternate, and Mrs.
George Leonard, alternate. Va
cancies were created by the res
ignation of Gen. Pearson Meno
her and D; E. Bailey.
Recreation Advisory Commit
tee—MrS. Nancy Marley, chair
man; Jerry Healy, Joe Garzik,
Walter Harper, Warren Bell and
Mrs. Mary Grover. One vacancy
created when term of T. R. Goins
expired.
Advertising Advisory Commit-
Healy, Robert
carrying out that policy.”
Historically, he said, the South
ern Pines board had never step
ped into the administrative end
of school operatioii.
The board also discussed a de
cision to draw up, as soon as pos
sible, a statement of its policies.
Such policies are already a part
of the minutes, Uawson pointed
out, but would be more readily
(Continued on page 8)
Strouse, J. T. Overton, George-
Pottle and Harry Pethick. Terms
of all members expires June 30
and new members will be ap
pointed for one year terms.
The other town boards are
complete.' They are;
Planning Board—^Donald Case,
chairman; Ralph Chandler, Jr.,
Gen. Julian F. Barnes, Mrs.
Katherine McColl and Walter
(Continued on Page 8)
people who were concerned with
the potential danger at the cross^
ing. “I have looked at the road
from aU angles,” he said, “and
there is definitely an element of
danger there.”
(Last week the Sandhills Kiwa-
nis Club adopted a resolution
calling on the Council to use its
influence with the SHC to close
the crossing because it presented
a “serious traffic hazard.”)
Gen. Menoher said he had been
informed that a cost of approxi
mately 100 to 125 thousand dol
lars would be involved in con
structing a bridge at the crossing.
The State, he said he had learned,
does not have sufficient funds at,
the present to initiate such a pro
ject and it is not likely in the
near future that such funds would
be available.
D. E. Bailey said he had talked
to many people about the crosring
and believed there Was sentiment
in East Southern Pines to close it,
while the feeling in West South
ern, Pines was extremely strong
to keep it open.
Actually, the state at first did
not plan to have a grade crossing
at that point. It was put in the
plans later and is the only point
on the new thruway that would
have traffic moving across it at
grade level.
There are five overhead bridges
so far located—at Niagara over
the Seaboard Railroad tracks, at
Midland Road, at Pennsylvania
Avenue, at Morgantoh Road, and
at the extreme southern portibn
of the thruway just before it emp
ties into U. S. Highway 1.
Closing the Wisconsin crossing
would leave only one primary ar
tery between East and West
Southern Pines, the Pennsylvania'
Avenue bridge.
Gen. Menoher suggested that
the public could utilize the service
roads connecting with Pennsyl
vania Avenue for easier flow of
vehicular traffic and, though it
might take a few seconds longer,
“it would be far safer than trying
to dairt across at Wisconsin Ave
nue.”
W. Lament Brown, town attor
ney, told the Council that the
State had acquired enough land
for a grade separation crossing at
Wisconsin Avenue but did not
have enough funds on hand at
present for the project. He added
that it was his belief that such a
crossing would eventually be con
structed if the need was great
enough.
Biggest complaint against clos
ing the crossing is that many
West Southern Pines ^ residents
use that street as access to East
Southern Pines. Also, Donald
Case, chairman of the town plm-
ning board, told the Pilot earlier
this week that closing the road
would handicap both police and
firel protection for West Southern
Pines since Pennsylvania Avenue
would be the only immediate ac
cess area.
Farmer Bitten By
Snake Making
Fast Recovery
Floyd Barber of near Carthage,
admitted to Moore County Hospi
tal yesterday after being bitten
by a copperhead snake, was re
ported at noon today to be recov
ering rapidly.
A spokesman at the hospital
said he had received snake bite
serum every two hours after be
ing admitted but had not receiv
ed any today.
Barber was cleaning brush
from an area near his home when
he was bitten. He said he had
reached into some brush to pick
up an object and a copperhead,
considered one of the deadliest
snakes in this hemisphere, bit
him on the left hand between
the thumb and index finger.
Serum was rushed from Ra
leigh by the Highway Patrol in
a dramatic trip yesterday, with
the trip being made in less than
an hour. In the meantime, how
ever, hospital authorities had lo
cated a quantity at St. Joseph’s
Hospital and had already started
treatment when the serum arriv
ed from Raleigh.