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F risbee
Is a game and Wallace Irwin, an
astute observer of almost every
thing, reports on it in his latest
letter to the Pilot, on page 2.
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RoWr’'NsA/tGI«nd«»
Tom Wicker
Who has written of many’ things
in his short life, tells about his
narrow escape when he recently
went over Great Falls. Page 11.
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VOL. 39—NO. 35
SIXTEEN PAGES
SOUTHERN PINES, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY 18, 1957
SIXTEEN PAGES
PRICE TEN CENTS
OCTOBER 3-5
Young Democrats Set Fall Meeting
Here; Sen. Johnson May Be Speaker
Voung Democrats of North
Carolina will hold their annual
convention in Southern Pines
October 3-5, it was announced
following a meeting of the Ex
ecutive Committee here last
week.
This is the first time such a
meeting has ever been held in
Moore County. The number of
delegates to the convention is
not known at this time but it is
expected that at least 150 will be
present.
Representing the Moore Coun
ty group that invited the state
convention here were Mrs. John
^I». Frye of Robbins, county YDC
Gas War On Here;
Prices Drop 10
Cents FromNormal
“It looked like grand opening
day,” one operator said.
“Everybody but the seller is
benefiting,” another said.
They were referring, as the
reader must be aware of by now,
to the gas war that broke out here
last Thursday.
Prices have tumbled on regular
gas from a high of 33.9 cents per
gallon to as low as 20.9 in some
.stations of the major companies.
Operators say that' the price on
premium or high test gasoline is
9 fluctuating with 26.9 cents per
gallon the average in most places.
No relief is in sight. The war
is reported to have broken out in
Charlotte and moved this way via
Wadesboro, Rockingham and Ab
erdeen. One operator, who pre
ferred not to be named, said he
believed the war was touched off
in Southern Pines when a dealer
lowered his prices to compete
with a nearby station that sells a
fi-^non-major brand.
As it stands now, automobile
owners are having a field day.
Gas is going for less than whole
sale prices (“prices that should
have been in effect all along,” one
man said) and the saying “fill ’er
up” is accompanied with a broad
smile.
president; Mr. Frye; Voit Gil
more and W. Lamont Brown of
Southern Pines; and H. Clifton
Blue of Aberdeen.
A subsequent meeting was held
Friday night by the county YDC
group in Carthage and prepara
tions for the meeting were start
ed. '
Mrs. Frye named T. Roy Phil
lips of Carthage as finance chair
man for the event and H. Clifton
Blue of Aberdeen to head the
publicity committee. Curtis Ev
erett of Southern Pines is in
charge of the dance committee
and Mrs. E. O. Brogden, also of
Southern Pines, will head the reg
istration committee.
Mrs. Frye said the county group
would try to persuade Senator
Lyndon Johnson of Texas, major
ity leader in the Senate, to come
here as principal speaker. If he
is unavailable, she said, another
party leader of national promi
nence will be sought.
The convention will be held at
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Brother Of Local
Resident Killed
By Shark Bites
Rupert Wade, brother of Mrs.
Bryan Poe of Southern Pines and
a well-known long-distance
swimmer, was attacked by a
shark about 600 yards offshore
from Atlantic Beach Monday
and bled to death before help
could reach him.
Doctors said Wade, who lived
in nearby Morehead City, had
died from two gaping wounds in
his leg. It was not known
whether the bites were from a
shark or a barracuda but fisher
men in Morehead City said it
was “probably” a shark.
Wade had visited here several
times. A veteran of World War
1, he was a familiar sight for
many years as he took his daily
10-mile swims well offshore.
Frequently, it is said, he would
swim out of sight. He was the
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Chamber To Build
Direction Signs
At Thruway Points
Ask Help From
Residents For
Word Content
Four signs, directing travellers
to the business section and other
points of interest in Southern
Pines, will be erected on the new
US 1 thruway by the Chamber of
Commerce, it was decided at a
rneetiqg of the Board of Direct
ors Tuesday night.
The signs will be located at
the northern entrance to the
thruway at Skyline, at the Mid
land Road overpass, at the Penn
sylvania Avenue overpass, and at
the southern entrance.
Earl Hubbard, president of the
Chamber, said at the meeting
that the exact wording of the
signs had not been decided on at
this time. “We are hopeful that
citizens of Southern Pines will
advance ideas as to the type sign
and appropriate wording,” he
said. “These signs will, to a great
extent, be the only way travel
lers know they are in this town.
It is of course important that we
direct them to the Many attrac
tions here.”
Hubbard said anyone wishing
to make suggestions could do so
by visiting the Chamber office
on East Pennsylvania Ave., or
writing either him directly or
the Chamber office. He said a
committee would be appointed in
the near future to carry out the
project.
At the meeting. weU attended,
the directors discussed the pos
sibility of initiating one or more
projects to help defray costs of
the signs. Those projects will be
announced at a later date. In the
meantime, Hubbard said, the
board recommended that busi
ness firms and
Moore Education Board
Asks Increase In Funds
Says 1275,000
Capital Outlay
IVot Sufficient
TOP SEEDED in the Sandhills Junior Invitational Tennis
Tournament currently underway on the local courts are Tommy
Ricks of Durham and Julia Blake of Belton, S. C. Ricks is favor
ed to capture the tournament, having won the N. C. Junior Tour
nament and the Junior Chamber of Commerce tournament al
ready this year. Young Miss Blake’s record was not available
but she is reputed to be among the rising stars in South Caro
lina. (Pilot photo)
PRESENT STATE TITLEHOLDER
Durham Boy Wins First Two Matches
In Junior Tennis Tournament Here
Poultry Plant In
Robbins To Open
Saturday, July 27
The opening date for Colonial
Poultry Company of North Caro
individual res-|lina, Inc., a poultry processing
idents of the town purchase more plant located on the outskirts of
than one membership to help-
pay for the signs and other pro
jects the Chamber is currently
v/orking on.
Membership of the association
at present, according to Mrs
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SOME OF THE GUESTS—and hosts—at test
imonial banquet for Forrest Lockey gather
around to admire the sterling silver pitcher
which was a gift to him. From left, Donnie A.
Sorrell, of Durham, former Fifth Division High-,
way Commissioner; Superior Court Judge Le-
land McKeithen, Pinehurst; Jim Hardison,
Wadesboro, former Tenth Division Highway
Commissioner; Lockey, with gift; G. C. Sey
mour, Aberdeen; A. H. “Sandy” Graham of Ral
eigh, former chief of the State Highway Com
mission; W. P. Saunders, Southern Pines, direc
tor of the State Department of Conservation
and development; Mayor E. M. Medlin of Aber
deen. , (Photo by V. Nicholson)
Civic Leaders Pay Tribute To Forrest Lockey
Civit leaders of Aberdeen,
Southern Pines, and other Moore
County communities, with sever
al specially invited guests, jam
med the Aberdeen Legion Hut to
‘^capacity Wednesday night to pay
tribute to a distinguished fellow
citizen, Forrest Lockey.
The surprise testimonial ban
quet recognized Lockey’s four
years of service as Eighth Divi
sion Highway Commissioner, and
his accomplishments in road-
building during the busy term
which ended July 1.
More than 100 were present
^nd, said H. Clifton Blue, master
of ceremonies. "We could have
had hundreds more but were
limited to tfie capacity of this
building.” Only men were pres
ent, in shirtsleeves for the in
formal summer-evening occasion.
All were at their places when
the astonished Lockey walked in
at 7:15. The secret had been well
kept, and he arrived on the dot
through a ruse devised by his
close friend W. P. Saunders, who
was at his side.
After a brief welcome, invoca
tion by J. Talbot Johnson and
the singing of “For He’s a Jolly
Good Fellow,” led by W. L.
Batchelor, the guest of honor and
friends devoted themselves to a
sumptuous beefsteak dinner.
In the informal program which
rollowed, only out-of-county vis
itors were introduced. These in
cluded several with'whom Lock
ey had worked while on the
State Highway Commission—A.
H. “Sandy” Graham, State High
way Commissioner; and Commis
sioners D. A. Sorrell of Durham
and Jim Hardison of Wadesboro,
all of whose terms ended when
Lockey’s did; Director of Prisons
W. F. Bailey and State Highway
Engineer W. H. “Bill” Rogers,
from Raleigh; a Montgomery
County delegation headed by
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Robbins, has been set for July 26
and 27, company officials said yes
terday.
Prominent state officials, among
them William P. Saunders of
Southern Pines, director of the N.
C. Department of Conservation
and Development, will attend the
opening ceremonies. The cere
monies will begin at 10 o’clock
Saturday, July 27, and will be
followed by a barbecued chicken
(what else?) lunch for invited
.guests.
The plant, which has 30,000
square feet of floor space, was
built by community effort. The
Robbins Development Corpora
tion, composed of citizens in Rob
bins who recognized the need for
a plant to process the millions of
chickens produced there annually,
initiated the effort and, at a later
date, leased the building to Colo
nial Poultry, one of the largest
independent processors of chick
ens in the world.
The equipment will be operated
by some 200 employees of which
about 70 per cent will-be women.
The machinery is capable of pro
cessing about 6,000 chickens per
hour and preparing them for
shipment to all parts of the coun
try.
Other plants maintained by Co
lonial are located in Athens and
Jasper, Ga., and in Albertville,
Ala. General manager of the
Robbins, plant is H. H. Simpler.
Payroll of the new plant is re
ported to be about $10,000 to $12,-
000 per week. For) the county as
a whole, one of the country’s top
poultry producers, the plant will
mean a great deal more in dollars
and cents.
New Phone Names Have
Continenial Flavor
What’s in a name?
When all the new telephone
equipment being installed in the
county is finally in use, each of
the towns will be known, at least
by the telephone people, as
something other than their pres
ent names.
Here are the names for each
tovgn: Aberdeen, Windsor; Car
thage, Whitney; Pinehurst, Cy
prus; Pinebluff, Butler; Robbins,
Williams; Southern Pines, Ox
ford; and Vass, Yukon.
In short, William Windsor of
Oxford went to Cyprus and Yu
kon with his Butler, Whitney.
Tommy Ricks of Durham, win
ner of the North Carolina Junior
'fennis Tournament and, more
recently, the Junior Chamber of
Commerce Junior Tournament in
Goldsboro, got off to an impres
sive start in the Sandhills tour
nament yesterday by easily de
feating Lemuel ’Tew of Southern
Pines, 6-0, 6-0.
This morning Ricks defeated
BiUy Chaiken 6-2, 6-1. before a
large crowd to move along in. die
tournament. Doubles are being
played, this afternoon.
Ricks, who is top seeded, gain
ed more favor to win the tour
nament, which was revived this
year after a one-year relapse. A
bespectacled youngster from
Durham, Ricks is easy going and
demonstrates a tremendous
knowledge of tennis.
He is meeting Bill Chairken of
Durham today and is again fav
ored.
Second seeded Billy Stone of
Henderson drew a bjje for the
opening day, which saw six
matchles played in junior boys
singles, two in the boys singles,
two in the junior girls singles,
and three in the girls singles.
Malcolm Clark, who has been
directing the tennis teaching
phase of the local summer recre
ation program, is in charge of the
tournament. He said the entry
list for this year was “extreme
ly good considering we laid off
a year) This tournament should
regain some of the importance it
enjoyed for several years under
H.arry Lee Brown and others.”
The tournament is being spon
sored by the Sandhills Tennis
Association.
RESULTS WEDNESDAY
Jxmior Boys Singles: (first
round) Dick Bethime, Raleigh,
df Kenneth Little, Southern
Pines, 6-0, 6-1; Jim Hart, Win
ston-Salem, df Dick Thomasson,
Southern Pines, 6-0, 6-0; Tommy
Ricks, Durham, df Lemuel Tew,
Southern Pines, 6-0, 6-0; BiU
Chaiken, Durham, df Wsdt
Avery, Southern Pines, 6-0. 6-0;
Bobby Andrews, Burlington, df
William Poore, Belton, S. C., 6-3,
6-2.
Boys’ singles: (first round)
Earl Brian, Raleigh, df Timmy
Leonard, Southern Pines, 6-2,
6-2; Bob Chaiken, Durham, df
George Little, Southern Pines,
6-1, 6-1.
Junior Girls’ Singles' (first
round) Julia Blake, Belton, S. C,.
df Linda Jarrell, Durham, 6-0,
6-0; Joanne Cooper, Charlotte, df
Martha Sanders, Durham, 6-0,
6-0..
Girls Singles:.(first round) Gay
Williams, Charlotte df Becky
Traylor, Southern Pines, 6-0, 6-0;
Diane Toler, Southern Pines, df
Emmaday Collins, Southern
Pines, 6-1, 6-3; Julia Blake, Bel
ton, S. C., df Karen McKenzie,
Southern Rnes, default.
The Moore County Board of
Education, whiph received some
$153,000 less than it requested in
the current county budget, failed,
in a special session Tuesday night,
to approve the $275,000 it was
granted, and said “county schools
are entitled to more funds than
the county commissioners allotted
them.”
The county board had made a
request for $428,000 for capital
outlay funds for the coming year,
basing the request on the expect
ed increase in enrollment in sev
eral of the county operated
schools. The county commission
ers, in efforts to keep the tax rate
at $1.35, had reduced the figure to
$275,000.
At the meeting Tuesday the
Board of Education said plans had
been made to construct some new
classrooms and enlarge the cafe
teria at Vass-Lakeview school to
relieve the expected overflow
conditions when students^ from
Little River Township start at
tending the school. The township,
which was annexed to the county
by the General Assembly'’about
two months ago (the annexation is
official January 1, 1958) has
enough students, it was said at
the meeting, to greatly overcrowd
facilities at Vass-Lakeview.
During the past 20 years, the
bomd members told the county
commissioners, the county school
units had been allotted a total of
$25.98 per pupil while, during the
same period. Southern Pines and
Pinehurst had received $45.86 and
$39.09, respectively.
In the budget this year South
ern Pines was allotted $80,000 for
capital outlay and Pinehurst $93,-
000. For Pinehqrst, the funds
will be used for the most part in
the construction of a new gymna
sium. In Southern Pines, the
funds will be used to a great ex
tent for construction of additional
facilities at West Southern Pines
schools.
One board member, who( asked
not to be named, said later that
“we feel the people we represent
would not want us to take the
$275,000 capital outlay allotted us
for the next year without making
some protest. We are hoping that
we will not have to get out an in
junction in the matter as we had
to two years ago, but we do feel
that we are entitled to more funds
than the county commissioners
have seen fit to make available.”
The Board of Education has re
quested a hearing before the com
missioners Tuesday night, July 23,
in efforts to iron out differences
and reach an agreement which
would up the amount already ap
propriated. ,
NAME CHANGE
It's Moore Memorial Hos
pital now. . . officially.
The Board of Trustees,
meeting recently, took the
action to amend the organi
zational setup to include the
new name. The hospital was
formerly known as Moore
Coimty Hospital.
Some people ate asking:
why the change?
Here briefly is the reason.
The county, outside of ap
propriations made each year
for indigent patients, makes
no provisions in the budget
for the hospital, as is done in
hospitals operated by other
counties in the slade.
The physical plant of
Moore Memorial is the result
of many memorial bequests
which, the trustees think,
make it more appropriate to
call it a ■"memorial" hospi
tal.
Son Is Drowned
At Pearl Harbor,
Mrs. Short Told
Mrs. Lucy Short of 520 Ken
sington Road received word to
day that her son, Tech. Sgt.
Thomas W. (Red) Short, 33, was
drowned in Pearl Harbor Tues
day.
Funeral arrangements are in
complete pending arrival of the
body.
Sgt. Short was bom in Camp
bell County, Virginia, October
10, 1924. He attended both Pine
hurst and Southern Pines schools
and at one time worked in the
Camp Mackall post office.
In January, 1946, he entered
the Marine Corps and for some
time served as a reemiting ser
geant in the Southern Pines area,
He also served in Korea two
years, Japan two years, and had
been stationed dn Pearl Harbor
the past two years.
In addition to his mother, he
is survived by one sister, Mrs.
L. M. Leftridge of Chicago, and
Iwo brothers, J. R. Short of Sal
isbury, Md., and H. C. Short of
Pinebluff.
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Foreign Doctors On McCain Staff
Must Leave Next Year On New
Six doctors at McCain Sana
torium, taking special training in
pulmonary diseases, will lose
their jobs because of a decision
by the State Board of Medical
Examiners not to renew the spe
cial licenses granted to about 30
foreign doctors employed by
State institutions.
The special licenses, Ranted as
an emergency measure, allowed
doctors who did not meet full re
quirements for licenses to fUl va
cancies on the staffs of State
mental hospitals and other in
stitutions.
Dr. W. C. Hewitt, medical di
rector at McCain, said this morn
ing that of the six presently
training there, three are from
Turkey, one from Holland, one
from' India, and one, who had
been granted citizenship papers,
from Cuba.
There are.about 500 patients at
the hospital at present, he said,
and the loss of the doctors would
“of course, make our situation
not as good. But we will try, and
I’m sure we will succeed, to re
place these doctors with others
so that care and attention at the
hospital will not be materially
affected.”
Dr. Hewitt said the hospital is
well-staffed. There is a large
number of consultants in all type
Ruling
diseases who visit the hospital
regularly each week and many
more are on call when needed.
In addition, there are five doc
tors, native born, who are full
time members of the staff, and
one who works part time.
The Raleigh News and Observ
er quoted John Umstead, head of
the State Hospitals Board of
Control, this morning as saying
the loss of the foreign doctors
would “set North Carolina’s
nl.ental health program back five
to 10 years.”
He described the decision of
the State Board of Medical Ex
aminers not to renew the licenses
of the doctors after July 1, 1958,
as “dictatorial, without rhyme or
reason.” The use of the doctors
at tax-supported institutions “is
not the Medical Society’s busi
ness unless they try to practice
on the outside,” he said.
He added that the loss of the
doctors would mean the mental
hospitals “would have to go back
to waiting lists,” and many peo
ple with mental ‘ disorders
“would have to go back to jaR.”
Actually, the program was to
have been discontinued June 30,
1958, according to one doctor,
who did not wish to be named,
and the decision by the State
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