VOL, 39—NO. 31
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SOUTHERN PINES, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1957
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PRICE TEN CENTS
CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY in the men’s
singles division of the annual Moore County
tournament was presented to Kenny Tew fol
lowing completion of matches Monday night.
He defeated Harry Watson of Aberdeen for the
title. Dr. Charles Phillips, himself a contestant
in an earlier doubles match, made the . presen
tation to Tew, captain of the High Point tennis
team and undefeated in 23 straight sdngles
matches he played in intercollegiate competition.
DEFEATS HARRY WATSON
This year marked the third straight time that
Tew was in the finals, but the first time he won.
Others in the picture are, front row, left to
right, Hugh Bowman and Kenny Watson, who
lost the finals doubles match to Tew and Frank
deCosta; and Lemuel Tew, finalist in the jun-
for singles championship. Back row, same or
der, Frank deCosta, Tew, PhiHips, and John
McMiUan, junior singles champion. (Pilot photo)
Kenny Tew Wins Tennis Tourney In
Third Bid; McMillan Junior Champ
FCGUnGth T'PW nf J...
Kenneth Tew of Southern
Pines, who has been in the finals
of the Moore County Tennis
Tournament for three straight
years, finally won the coveted
cup Monday night when he de
feated Harry Watson of Aber
deen in a comparatively easy
match, 6-2, 6 3.
For Tew, defeated last year by
Ray Schilling, the win was all
the more sweet because ,his
brother, Lemuel, was defeated
in the junior division of the tour
nament by John McMillan, 3-6,
6-4, 6-0. At least, as he said after
the finals, one trophy could be
carried home.
Kenny paired with Frank de
Costa in the doubles champion
ship match to defeat Watson and
Hugh Bowman, also of Aberdeen,
in straight sets, 6-3, 8-6.
All the matches in the finals
were played Monday night be
fore a small but highly enthusi
astic crowd. Tew, captain of the
High Point tennis squad, was
clearly the favorite of the night.
In his match with Watson he
matched booming serves and
several times broke Watson’s
service. Both players plit togeth
er strong games, with Watson
looking particularly good on
several occasions by barely dust
ing the back court line.
Tew was devastating at the
net and scored frequently by
smashing Watson’s lobs.
In the junior match McMillan,
not too strong, kept the younger
Tew scrambling 'all over the
back court with accurately plac
ed shots. After losing the first
set, 3-6, young McMillan had lit
tle trouble in setting Tew down
in the next two. In the final set
■Tew was unable to take a game.
Watson and Bowman advanced
to the finals by defeating Dr.
John Jacoway ahd Dr. Charles
Phillips.
The finals doubles match was
probably the best of the entire
night, with both teams display
ing power on almost every shot,
and particularly when there was
a long stage of volleying.
Kenny Tew held down the net
chores with enthusiasm, placing
shots that kept Watson and Bow
man, obviously tired, chasing all
over the court.
The tournament was one of
the best in recent years as far as
quality of play was concerned.
No girls this year, however, as
not enough entered to make up
a pairing.
Library Gets Revolutionary Letter
Armouncement was made this
week that the local library has
^ acquired a valuable addition to
its possessions in an original
letter of Revolutionary times.
The gift of Mrs. John G. Wood
in whose late husband’s collec
tion at "Hayes” 'at Edenton the
letter has been, it is A gift to the
James Boyd Collection housed in
the North Carolina Wing of the
library.
The letter was written in 1790
by Sir Nathaniel Dukenfield, who'
^ was a plantation-owner at Eden-1
ton, to Samuel Johnston, a tigner
of the Declaration of Indepen
dence, addressed to him at the'
Congress, Philadelphia. At the|
time of writing Sir Nathaniel was
in England, whither he had gone'
at the time of the Revolution as
a loyal supporter of the King. The
letter, partly a business note as
well as a friendly communica-
tion, speaks of Mr. Johnston’s
help in settling the affairs of the
plantation following Sir Nathan
iel’s mother’s death.
Mr. Johnston had apparently
inquired of Sir Nathaniel as to
■the value of certain monies, to
which Dukenfirfd replies:
“I am convinced that Virginia
Dollar Bills are worth nothing.
If they are pretty pictures, they
> might be stuck on the walls of a
Nursery. They seem fit for noth
ing else.”
The letter goes on to speak of
James Iredell, and of the fact
that the writer is sending his
two boys to a school at Kensing
ton, near London, and “Lady D.
joins in complt’s to you and Mrs.
Johnston."
The Dukenfield letter is of
particular importance, as an ad
dition to the James Boyd Col
lection, because of its coimec-
tion with the character of “Sir
Nat” in “Drums,” Boyd’s novel
of the Revolution. Sir Nathaniel
Dukenfield is one of the impor
tant figures in the book, a com
bination, in the largely fictional
character the author gave him,
of loyalty to the traditions of his
upbringing as a British gentle
man, of kindness and simple
lionesty, and of great courage.
• Readers of the book will recall
that, though the fictional Sir
Nat, like the real one, was a
Loyalist, leaving his adopted
home in North Carolina, to go to
England and follow his pledge as
a soldier of the King, he lost his
life, at the end of the book, de
fending the Jgood name and
honor of the new United States,
in a tavern brawl in France, in
company with Johnny Fraser,
the young American who was
his friend.
When suitably framed, the ori
ginal letter will be huhg in the
North Carolina Room.
BUIUDING STARTED
Construction of the new
town Hall finally got under
way this morning, as bull
dozers and workmen moved
onto the site in the To'wn
Park to start clearing land.
The contractor. Saunders
Construction Company of
Troy, has 200 days in which
to finish his contract. Town
officials thought it would
either be late winter or early
spring before they move into
the new structure.
The present plans call for
bundling the Town Hall as
designed with the exception
of the fire wing and a flew
details inside;. The building,
which ■was derigned by
ThxMnas T. Hayes, Southern
Pines architect, ■will be con
structed on the site of the
former Town HalL
The present contract calls
for i^>emding in the neigh
borhood of $132J)00, of
which the Town has approx
imately $101,000 on hand.
The remainder will be bor
rowed next July 1.
Eight Eliminated
In Ist Rounds Of
County Golf Meet
Eight players are left in the
championshoip division of the
Moore County Golf Champion
ship tournament currently un
derway at the Pinehurst (joun-
try Club, following completion
this past weekend of the first
roimd of match play.
In the championship flight,
the results to date are:
O. T. Parks defeated Jack Car
ter, 6 and 5; Carlos Frye defeated
Peter Tufts, default; Jimmy
Mann defeated Harold Collins, 4
and 3; BiU Woodward defeated
Harry Chatfield, 6 and 5; Ed Co
mer defeated Mercer Hufford, 4
and 3; James Collins defeated
Robert Ewing, 6 and 5; Max For
rest defeated H. McCaskill, 2 and
1; and L. Honeycutt defeated
Tom Shockley, 1 up on 19 holes.
In the second fli^t A. Daw
son defeated J. Prim, 6 and 5; J.
Beasley defeated Harry Davis, 2
up; R Johnson defeated J. Gil
bert, 5 and 4; and W. Wiggs de
feated W. Smith, 3 and 2.
In the third flight, J. Johnson
defeated D. Joscelyn, 2 and 1; H.
G. Crissman defeat^ D. Madi-
gan, 2 and 1; B, G. Gilmer, Jf.,
defeated C. A. Nance, 1 up; and
C. Kivett defeated R. N. Page, 1
up on 19 holes.
■ Play will continue until all
matches are complete. Tourney
officials have requested all con
testants to be. ready for matrhpg
the days aiui times assigned.
Opening Mechanie
St. Could Help On
Thruway Problem
"Dedicated" To
State Already;
No Plans Made
Talk of closing Wisconsin Ave
nue where it crosses the new
thruway has revived much local
interest in the possible construc
tion of an extension of Mechanic
Street.
At present Mechanic runs from
Pennsylvania Avenue in West
Southern Pines to a point just
short of Michigan Avenue. It is
not paved and, in order to make
it a first class street, considerable
grading would have to be done.
Town Manager Louis Scheipers
said this week that the street and
an extension of it have been “ded
icated” for quite some time, but
there are no plans at present for
developing it. He pointed out
that many such potential streets
have been dedicated but funds,
both on a State and local level,
are not readily available for the
projects.
The dedication, made to the
State and calling for an approxi
mate 80-foot right-of-way, goes
from Pennsylv^ia Avenue west
towards the National Guard Ar
mory on Morganton Road, and
then ties in with Highland Road.
EventuaRy,' it would tie in to US
High-way 15-501 southwest of
own.
At present, Scheipers said, there
is a distance of about 1,000 feet
separating Morganton Road from
the end of Mechanic Street. When
and if the road is built, it would
open up a fast developing section
adjacent to Pinedene.
'People in that area are inter
ested in the possibility of having
the street opened. It would give
theih access to the center of
town, by way of Pennsylvania
Avenue, without having to cross
US 1 (their present route) or the
thruway.
If such a Street were built it
would also be the only one from
Morganton Road to West South
ern Pines and, many think, would
shorten the distance many people
now must travel from the Mor
ganton Road. Section to the cen
ter of town.
Two Buildings Are
Destroyed By Fire
Over Weekend
Both On West
Side; Garage
Also Damaged
SCOUT JAMBOREE in Pennsylvania and England will
keep John McMillan, son of Dr. and Mrs. R. M. McMUlan, and
John Grier, son of Df. and Mrs. J. C. Grier, busy for the rest
of the summer. They leave early in July for the tours that
will consume two months. ‘ (pilot photo)
ON SCOUTING'S 50TH BIRTHDAY
Two Scouts From Area Will Attend
National, International Jamborees
GUARD IN GEORGIA
The National Guard Compsiny
from Southern Pines is in Camp
Stewart, Ga., and not Fort
Bragg, as rumored around town
this morning after news stories
had been printed recounting the
death from lightning of two
Guardsmen on the Fort Bragg
Military Reservation. The. local
unit will return Sunday.
15-501 Paving To
Start When Work
On Thruway Ends
Paving of the new 15-501 high
way, from Midland Road to its
junction with US High-way 1
South of Southern Pinesi will
probably begin in the next few
days, it has been learned from the
State Highway Commission.
F. D. Cline Company, which
holds the pa-ving contract, has re
quested the State to allow it to
begin the paving as soon as work
is completed on the Southern
Pines thruway in the next few
days. The company also holds
that paving contract but has been
held up from completing it be
cause of the unususdly heavy
rains( in recent weeks.
The company has had consid
erable trouble with dirt slides
which were caused by the rains.
A loss of time was also exper
ienced when dirt clogged up
most of the new drain lines un
der the road. Most of them, ac
cording to a member of the pav
ing firm, have been cleared, now
and work is progressing normally.
Major holdup to the thru way
completion are the approaches to
the thruway at the southern ter-
minaL Traffic has been routed
tmder the bridge there and work
is moving along at a fast pace.
Most of the other portionsi of
the thruway are completed and,
in several sections, grass has al
ready started coming up on the
shoulders.
The best guess at present for its
being open to traffic is “about
July 1.”
A “once in a . Itfetime” trip
which will carry them to Penn-
svlvania for the Fourth National
Boy Scout Jamboree, and later
to Europe for the international
jamboree, will begin for two
young scouts of this area early
in July.
John McMillan, son of Dr. and
Mrs. R. M. McMillan of Southpm
Pines, and John Grier, son of Dr.
and Mrs. J. C. Grier of Pinehurst,
are among the 50,000 scouts who
will attend the jamboree at Val
ley Forge, Pa., which begins July
8 and lasts through Huly 19.
About 250 scouts from Occonee-
chee Council will participate in
the Valley Forge jamboree but
only 12 from the Council are ex
pected to visit Europe.
Both boys are excited about
the trip and have been carefully
making preparations for it. Uni
forms are in order, travel gear
ready, and both are anxious to
be at it.
Young McMillan, a sophomore
at The Hill in Pottstown, Pa.,
during the regular school year, is
a member of Troop 223, sponsor
ed by Brownson Memorial Pres
byterian Church. Grier, who
goes to the Pinehurst schools, is a
member of Troop 7, of Pinehurst.
It is sponsored by the Pinehurst
Community Church.
The European jamboreft, which
has been termed the “Jubilee
Jamboree,” is a celebration of
the 50th anniversary ^ of ' the
founding of the Boy Scout move
ment in England and the 100th
anniversary of the birth of Ba
den Powell, Scout founder.
In Pennsylvania, a 1,500 acre
tent city will housp the Jam
boree. It will have its own water,
electric power and telephone
systems, post offices, fire de
partment, medical facilities, and
an amphitheatre seating 55,000'
Three fires ove^ the weekend
kept the Southern Pines Volun
teer Fire Department on the
move.
The first was Friday night
when a vacant house at 975
Lowe Avenue in Wtest Southern
Pines burned down. The house
was owned by Rev. J. W. White
of Greensboro.
Saturday night about 1:30 a
cafe and store at 890 W. New
Hampshire Ave. owned by James
Pugh caught fire and the store
v/as gutted. The cause was listed
as defective wiring in a refrig
erator.
On Monday afternoon a garage
at 360 E. Indiana Avenue, own
ed by Mrs. Mabelle Britt caught
fire but damage was held to a
minimum. Firemen said trash
was being burned too near the
building and caught one side of
it on fire.
Dr. Timmons Will
Be Honored July
10 By Church
A testimonial dinner for Dr.
and Mrs. Wofford Timmons will
be held July 10 at the Elks Club
from 6:30 to 8:30, officials of
the Church of Wide Fellowship,
where Dr. Timmons is minister,
said today.
Originally scheduled for June
26, the dinner date was set up
because of Dr. Timmons’ illness.
He is presently a patient at
North Carolina Memorial Hospi
tal in Chapel HiU, recuperating
from an operation performed last
Friday.
His resignation . as pastor of
NO SECRET
Atlenfion, fishermen!
There's 4.000 ne-w large
mouth bass in Deep River
today and there's no secret
as to their location. ^
Earlier this week Hardy
Barber, the county dog war
den. Ray Overcash. Moore
County wildlife protector,
and Charles R Hensley, sup
erintendent of the State Fish
Hatchery at Morganton.
dumped the fish in at Horse
shoe Bridge. All 4.000 of
them.
Don't hurry, though.
They're all less than two
ipches long and the whole
mess of them probably
wouldn't be enough to feed
a good sized eat.
persons. All races and creeds the Church of Wide Fellowship
will be represented as they ex- was offered about 10 days
change skills, swap home town ago and the acceptance of the
products, and learn about cus- Rev. Carl Edison Wallace of FaY-
tbms and traditions of many sec- atteviUe was announced,
tions of the nation. | At the dinner Dr. and Mrs.
Neither McMiUan nor Grier Timmons wiU also be presented
have indicated just what they by the Church congregation
wiU take to the jamboree to other friends in-appreciation
swap, but they have been busy years of service he per-
assembling products that are here.’
tive to this section. | The public has been invited to
The trip to, Europe begins July dinner.
22, when they sail on the Fair-
sea, which leaves from New
York. It reaches Plymouth, Eng-
ROTARY TO INSTALL
New officers of the Southern
Pines Rotary Club will be instaU-
at ceremonies next Wednes-
K. Birmingham, day night at the Elks Club, ac-
f IT 1 J cording to A. C. Dawson, outgo-
An extensive tour of England jug president. The meeting be-
^ and will cLsifit
jamboree, wnich lasts through “Ladica NiVbt ” Tru»
Aug.s, 12^ Thay wm vM. p’reSSi. “
don for the sights, taking in j, ^
Buckingham Palace, West
minster Abbey, the House of
Parliament, Piccadilly and sever
al other places.
On August 15, a tour is plan
ned of Switzerland, taking in Lu
cerne and its sights, before de
parting August 19 for Montreaux,
and later for Geneva. (
Later, they expect to visit, VFW — i
FVance, whete the tour will re- Lions o
main primarily in and around , Jaycees 6
Paris. I National Guard . 0
Adult Softball
Standings
(Through Juno 18)
Woa Lost
Ch. Wide FeUo-wship
CP6dL
0
0
2
1
3
0
KNOW YOUR COUNTY GOVERNMENT
Register Of Deeds Office Serves As
Everyone^s Permanent Family Bible
(First in a Series)
There’s one thing about the
Register of Deeds office: it keeps
more official records, with per
haps the single exception of the
Clerk of Court’s office, than any
other single agency outside of the
Federal government. When you’re
bom, the birth certificate is re
corded; when you die, another
certificate isl recorded j
In between, the office keeps
records of marriages, property
transfers, mortgages, subdivisions.
Federal tax liens, Emd crop liens
and minutes of the County Com
missioners’ meetings, to name a
few of the most important. The
task is enormous and the hun
dreds of bound files closely
stacked in the Courthouse quar
ters are evidence of it.
The office, one of the oldest in
the county government system, is
a sort of family Bible for every
one. In a matter of minutes, if
you know yoiu* way around the
office, you can usually dig out the
information desired. Sometimes,
however, tracing a deed can con
sume weeks. Occasionally,
“searching a title” is impossible.
In Moore County the Register
of Deeds is Mrs. Bessie Griffin of
Vass, the second woman in the
county’s history to hold the office.
She succeeded, in 1950, Miss Bess
McCaskill, who had held the of
fice 25 years.
Thirty years ago, when Miss
McCaskill was a clerk in the of
fice things were different than
they are today. ’Thwi, the oojiy
machines were typewriters. Much
of the work was done -with foun
tain pen. Today, as in most such
offices in the state, machines are
an absolute necessity and they
are almost as varied as the many
documents they were designed to
record.
On a typical day in the office
hundreds of documents or other
legal instruments are recorded.
Twice each .week Mrs. Griffin has
scheduled work for the Haloid
Rectigraph Daylight Saving Ma
chine, which makes photostatic
copies of papers and automatical
ly numbers them. Cross filing
and indexing still must be done
by hand, however, and the task
is a tedious one.
Photostating a document takes
less than 30 minutes. On the
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