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Editors .,. Aren’t hard to get along with, but for 10 rules and ways NOT to get your article published, read Pete Ivey’s contribution on page 2. Mid-South . Is a tag long used by Southern Pines in its resort promotion, Now State officials have picked it up for state promotion. Story page 8. VOL. 39—NO. 36 FOURTEEN PAGES Poultry Processing Plant Opens Saturday Public Invited To Open House SOUTHERN PINES, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY 25, 1957 The poultry business in Moore County gets its biggest boost in 10 years this Saturday when a modem $300,000 processing plant opens on the banks of Bear Creek near Robbins. Opening of the plant will cul minate a two year dream for business people in Robbins and the hundreds of poultry produc ers in the Moore, Montgomery, Chatham and Randolph Counties “poultry basin.’’ Credit for the new industry, which will employ about 200 people with a weekly payroll of some $12,000, goes to the Robbins Development Cor- por.ation. The new plant will be operated a.s the Colonial Poultry Com pany of North Carolina. It is of cinder block construction with 30,000 square feet of floor space. The equipirient is designed to process 45,000 broilers daily on an eight-hour shift, or about ^250,000 for a 40-hour work week. When and if the demand arises, one poultry producer has pointed out. more people can be added and the number of chickens that can be processed will be corres pondingly increased. Average weight of the chick ens to be processed will be about ^ Judge Burgwyn To Preside At August 12 Criminal Term Superior Court Judge W. H. S. Burgwyn of Woodland will hold a “conflict” criminal term of Su perior Court in Moore County the week beginning August 12, s't was announced today by Carl ton Kennedy, Clerk of Superior Court. The “conflict” term was called when Solicitor M. G. Boyette discovered he would be imable to attend the regular t4rm which bad been called for August 5. Judge Allan Gwyn, who had originally been scheduled to hold the criminal term, will preside (t'ver a civil term the week be ginning September 5. three pounds, the best size for general market conditions. The owners have indicated they expect to spend about $150, 000 weekly within a 30-mile ra dius of Robbins for poultry to be processed, a figure that would add about $8,000,000 to the gross income of the county each year, Payrolls would increase the gross income about three quar ters of another million dollars annually. Three of the four owners of the plant, which will be open for public inspection tomorrow (Friday) and Saturday, are resi dents of Athens, Ga. They are Doyle W. Terry, president; Her bert Terry, secretary; and T. J Melton, a director. The fourth, Dillard Watkins, lives at Nichol son, Ga. The group also has poul try processing plants at Athens and Jasper, Ga., and Albertville, Ala. The plants they operate have given them claim to the title of being the largest independent poultry processors in the nation. H. H. Simpler of Athens has been named plant manager and Jack Spivey of Robbins will be in charge of production. The plant did not come easy. It grew out of the economic need to divemify industry in Robbins, which is predominantly devoted to mnaufacture of textiles. About two years ago members of the Robbins Merchants As sociation, an extremely closely knit group, discussed with feed dealers the fact that Moore County chicken growers were producing more chickens than any other county in the state yet had no processing plant. Farmers, they discovered, were losing thousands of dollars annually (and merchants were, in turn, feeling the loss) because the poultry that was shipped to dis tant markets lost weight in the journey and the loss was reflect ed in dollar returns on poultry sales. Four men—there were many others who contributed along the line—were chiefly responsible for the thmking and planning that went into the eventual con struction of the building. Tom Hopper, a feed man, Wade Pas chal, poultry grower, Wayland Kennedy, who was mayor at the (Continued on Page 5) Two Accidents On City Streets This Week; No Injuries Damages Put At $2,000 By Police Two accidents, with total dam ages amounting to about $2,000, marred an otherwise quiet week end here, it was reported earlier this week by Chief C. E. Newton. Most serious of the two acci dents occurred about 5:45 Sunday afternoon when two automobiles collided at the intersection of New Hampshire Ave. and Page St. No charges have been made in the accident to date, Chief Newton aid. He reported that Joe Hatch, who operates Joe’s GriU and drives a taxi, and Sarah D. Goins of West Southern Pines both fail ed to stop at the unmarked in tersection. Both were carried to the hospital for examination but neither was injured. Damage to Hatch’s car was es- tirnated at $600; damage to Mrs. Goins’ car was placed at some $800. On Saturday morning Henry Alex Williamson, Route 3, Car thage, was charged with failure to yield the right of way after his car collided with one driven by M. L. Howard of Southern Pines at the intersection of Swoope Drive and Crest Road in KnoU- Wood. Damage to the Howard car was placed at $500. Williamson was tried in the Justice of the Peace court Satur day afternoon and ordered to pay FOURTEEN PAGES PRIC:E TEN CENTS JOINT MEETING between membei-s of the Moore County Board of Education and the coun ty commissioners Tuesday failed to produce any concrete results in the education board’s efforts to have, the commissioners reconsider the cuts imposed in the capital outlay budget for the schools this year. Making the case for the school board, which sought) to have $153,000 of its request lopped off by the commissioners— put back into the budget, was James Culbertson AT-SPECIAL HEARING TUESDAY of Robbins, school board chairman. Here he is shown going over figures with Gordon Cameron of Pinehurst, chairman of the Board of County Commissioners. Other members of the school board, shown at left, are George Purvis of Route 1, Robbins, W. H. Matthews, Clay Road Farms, and T. Boy Phillips of Carthage. The other school board member, Jere McKeithen of Aberdeen, is out of the" picture. Chairman Cam eron sits at right. (Pilot photo) the costs. 'PERSONAL OPINIONS AND PREJUDICES* Ruggles Charges Examining Board Erred In Firing Foreign Doctors John S. Ruggles, in a state- €ient issued here Saturday, said the State Board of Medical Ex aminers’ action to dismiss for eign doctors from state-operated hospitals next year was based on “personal opinions and preju dices which cannot be justified by facts and records.” Mr. Ruggles, who is chairman of the North Carolina Alcoholics would also be affected seriously and that treatment for patients would be cut drastically. Mr. Ruggles said the medical examiners’ action in attempting to drive the foreign-bom doc tors from the state “is not new.” He said he had seen “numerous similar efforts in individual in stances” as a member of the Hos pitals Board of Control since Rehabilitation Program, sent j 1949. As an instance, he wrote in «^pies of his statement to most I his statement, the examiners oi the daily newspapers in the j caused the state to lose the serv- state. The statement received, ices of the foreign bom doctor page one coverage in several of who began the alcoholic rehabili- the papers Sunday. | t.ation center at Butner State He joined John W. Umstead of Hospital near Durham, the State Hospitals Board of “This particular doctor could Control and Dr, Stuart Willis, speak five languages fluently,” medical director of the State he said, “and his ability to speak Observance Of VJ Day Planned Here By Sandhills Post An observance of VJ Day will be held by the Sandhills Post of the American Legion August 14, the anniversary date of the end ing of World War 2, it was an nounced this week by Capt. A, R. McDaniel, post commander. The observance will be held at the Legion Hall and Park as a local post function in which all veterans and their families sue invited to participate. For several years after the end of World War 2 the Sandhills Post, with the cooperation of all other veterans’ organizations the county, held celebrations on V'J Day which were largely at tended. The observance this year is planned around a community reunion of veterans and their families. A dutch treat picnic supper is tentatively planned with a pro gram to follow later consisting of personal remembrances of VJ Day happenings and the later homecomings. Games for chil dren are also planned. Capt. McDaniel has requested all Lgioimaires and others inter ested in the observance to meet at the Legion Hall on Maine Ave nue tomorrow (Friday) night to discuss and plan the activities. County Board of Education Renews Request That Capital Outlay Fund Cut Be Restored In Budget The Problem At Vass School Sanatoriums System, in protest ing the action of the medical ex- .liners. The medical examiners in the past have issued special one-year licenses to foreign doctors edu cated at institutions not recog nized by the American Medical Association. Those licenses en abled the doctors to fill staff pos itions at State mental hospitals and other institutions, including English was considerably above average. We loaned him to Yale University to assist in their pro gram of summer studies and they offered him an improved position there. Out of loyalty, he stayed with the North Carolina program." Mr. Ruggles said the doctor. Dr. Laurent Forizs, a Hungarian, passed the State Board examina tions and was admitted to prac- Seating, Inc. Production Set Faced with $153,000 cut from requested funds in its capital outlay budget requests for 1957- 58, and growing resentment in some parts of the county over the cuts, members of the County Board of Education met with the Board of County Commissioners Tuesday in efforts to have the requested funds put into the budget. The meeting, which lasted al most two hours, was held in the commissioners’ room in the courthouse. Following it, the coiDumssioiiGrs—all wgfg prGSGnt —went into closed session to dis cuss the cut and said there prob ably would be no announcement as to the final decision until the budget is finally adopted next week. Just where the budget could be adjusted and still aUow for the funds to be put back is not known. Originally, the Board had requested $428,000 but the commissioners only allotted $275,000 in the budget. No sug gestions for trimming some oth er department’s budget were made either by the Board of Ed ucation or by the commissioners. The Board of Education, head ed by James Culbertson of Rob- Dins, centered its requests Tues- daly on the simple statement, made by Culbertson, that “we feel as though the money allo cated for capital improvements to our present school system too little.” He said the Board would not be able to finish the jobs already started with the money allotted. All funds now on hand, he point- those devoted to care of patients tice medicine in Ohio and Flori- ^h pulmonary diseases. da. (North Carolina has recipro- Tn June, the board voted to city with Ohio, he pointed out, which would give the doctor privileges of full practice in this state.) The North Carolina Board of Medical Examiners insisted that he attend a medical school in this state, however, before he could take the State Board ex aminations and be licensed in North Carolina. “He now heads the State AI- (Continued on page 5) th pulmonary diseases, in June, the bosu^ voted to end the special licensing as of July 1, 1958. It indicated it felt Lie emergency situation which gave rise to the special licensing was now at an end. Umstead maintained that tak ing the licenses away would seri ously affect the program of men tal institutions. Other members ofdhe Hospitals Board of Control hiSe argued that the sanatoriums Formal opening ceremonies of Seating, Inc., Robbins firm that will produce a new type chair for industrial purposes, will be held August 10, it was announced this morning by Gmland McPherson of Southern Pines, president of the firm. Actual production will begin Monday, he said, and the rest of this week will be devoted to final testing of newly instaUed equip ment. When in full production, McPherson said, the firm will turn out approximately 400 chairs per day. For the open house August 10, McPherson has invited a number of state dignitaries, including Wil liam P. Saunders, director of the Department of Conservatiem and Development, and members of Just how bad is the school situation af Vass-Lakeview’ Rig^t now, according to Landon Tyson, chairman of the school bomd there, the school has no music room, no librarian, a gross ly inadequate cafeteria, and is at least four classrooms short. Sonie of the ninth grade students, he said, are attending class- es in hMlways. They’re forced to lay their books on the floors, hG lighting situation in the hallways is extremely bad, and the ^eat majority of new books bought last year were lost because there was no adequate storage place for them. The cafeteria was built to accommodate about 125 students- it 13 taking care of about 500 every day. The school authorities ave been using thq stage of the auditorium for a music class- room. school has about 600 students, with about 100 of them from Little River Township, which has not yet been offi cially annexed to Moore County. 1! county constructed the existing facilities there at a cost of $190,000 to replace the old school that was destroyed by fire Since then, according to Mr. Tyson, the county has appro- improvements in Vass-Lakeview. The $190,000, he said, was the only funds received in Vass-Lake- view over the past 30 years. Until the county commissioners failed to appropriate enough money for the County Board of Education to go ahead with the projects it had planned, Vass-Lakeview was scheduled to receive about $80,000 for construction of four classrooms—“an extremely ^eat need ” Mr. Tyson said—a new cafeteria, and conversion of the old cafeteria into storage rooms for janitors suppUes, school supphes and other equipment. • Board has not, of course, ignored Vass-Lakeview in their thinking since the county failed to appropriate enough funds for needed capital improvements. But residents of the area tWnk that their projects win be the first to be chopped off We ve been patient about our needs for the past fivd years ” Mr Tyson said. “We’ve been begging funds from the rich man’s table fm a long time. We’d like to have those new faciUties this year. They re long overdue.” Scout Executive Transferred ed out, were obligated for the o„'^,':+^'Corps. He later taught at Hem- several projects now underway. S. C., and had his fiS New buildings or alterations a re-assigned connection as an official in the are presently underway at Pinck r’ . m Orange ■” ney School in CartLge assume his. new School in Robbins, Berkeley in fipia?! ^ Pines. Aberdeen, and schools in (laLer- Occoneechee Council. West End. Vineland an^ I He will be replaced here several firms that will supp^ ma- changed from year to year terials for the new plant. Buyers have also been invited. J. A. Culbertson of Robbins is vice president and office manager of the new firm, and T. H. Green, also of Robbins, is vice president in charge of pr^uction. on. West End, Vineland and I replaced here by Aberdeen. William Woodall of Dalton, Ga., Jere McKeithen of Aberdeen, Dr. John C. Grier,’ school board member, said that Pinehurst, Moore District actual needs of the school system WoodaU, who is “right now” amount to soim $900,000. “That is,” he said “we P^r^s^J^tly in training could use that much if we had i Mendham, N. J. He ex- all we wanted” “ nadipects to report here September 5. He said the board had held re-assignment was an- several sessions prior to presS SP^^g^on Gaskins of ing its aonronriafi-Ar, x Raleigh, Occoneechee Scout Ex- and the ^499 nnn requests ecutive. His new headquarters and the $428,000 request was a wiU be in Chapel HiU. Since coming to Southern Pines Yandell has played a prominent role in civic activities and is pres ently serving as a member of the Board of Directors of the Junior Chamber of Commerce and on the Board of Deacons of Brown- son Memorial Pres byterian Church. He is also a member of the Rotary Club. A native of Charlotte, he grad uated from Wake Forest College in 1950 and went into the Marine ^ ill me Scout organization at Sumter, S. C., where he was before he came , ' w ao a realistic one and one that can certainly be justified.” He reminded the commission ers that the board worked from a long range plan and, though it because of existing conditions, kept the schools in the coimty on a fairly equal basis. He said, however, that “year after year the allotments to county and city schols have not been equi- (Continued on Pafs S) Mrs. Yandell, a native of Mars Hill, is a former director of the choir of the First Baptist Church here and has, for the past few weeks, been acting in that capac ity at Brownson Memorial Pres byterian Church. Mr. and Mrs. Yandell have one daughter, who is three years of age, and live on North Bennett St. Mrs. Yandell expects to join her husband in Chapel Hill in September. JAYCEES WIN The Jaycee softball team, resting at the bottom of the league standings all summer, finally won a game last night, dropping the Lions Cltib, 13-7. Lynn and John van Ben- schoten and Joel Stutts led .the heavy barrage of hitting for Ae Jayceesjand "Dober man" Mullins was the win ning pitcher. Walter Ivey was the pitcher for the losina Lions. Pine Needles Club Adding Facilities For More Golfers Work Started On Four Modern Guest Cottages Construction of four Swiss chalet type cottages with a total of 20 rooms is currently under way at Pine Needles Lodge and country Club and should be completed for the opening of the winter season October 15, War ren Bell, manager of the club, said this morning. The club house which is now in use will continue to house the dining room, golf shop and lock er rooms. Bell said, at least for the current season. Plans for construction of a new club house near the lodge site are being for mulated, he added. ' The Pine Needles Golfery, used for stag groups only, will continue to be used for that pur pose. Bell said the four cottages, each with five guest rooms, v/ould be located on a hillside back of the present No. 1 green, and could be reached .by two en trances from Midland Road. He has recently completed a private home near the same site. It has been some years now since Pine Needles could accom modate women guests. Bell said, and the increasing number of such requests in recent years had been one of the prime factors in the decision to build the lodge. Under present plans the lodge will acconunodate 40 guests. 'The Golfery has room for 17 more guests. Each of the new rooms wiU be 16 by 16 feet with the exception of a master bedroom in each cot tage which will measure 14 by 28 feet. Room conditioning in each will be thermostatically controlled with “heat . pumps” furnishing either air condition ing or heat. Eaqh room will also have a beamed ceiling. The new club house under con sideration will be built near the site of the lodge. Bell said. St. Joseph’s Hospital, which owns the building, is requesting that It be vacated in 1958. It has been reported from time to time that officials of the hospital planned to convert it to a clinic. In announcing the new lodge and club faciUties, BeU said at the same time that several other improvement projects were un derway at the course. Among them, he stated, were construc tion of four new tees, at Nos. 12 16, 17 and 18, and the installation of a new pump at No. 4 water- Imle for additional watering of the fairways. Pine Needles, he said, had the only completely watered fairway system in the SandhUIs. COOL FRONT A cool front movipg from the north brought more thpT. an inch of rain to this area Tuesday night and broke up a heat wave that had lasted more than two weeks. Wednesday, with the tem perature reaching a high of 80, was sweater weather for some people. Tuesday the top tempera ture was 97, The prediction for the rest of the week is for clearer, drier air and, sadly enough, more hot weather. Maybe not quite as hot as last week, though. Verhoeff To Play In All-Star Game At G’boro Tuesday Roger Verhoeff, one of the most outstanding players ever to have performed at Southern Pines High School, will play his last high school game next Tues day night when he joins the Eastern All-Stars for the annual East-West game at Greensboro. Verhoeff, who is entering Van derbilt University this fall,, was selected in the spring to play on the team, which is a selection of the best players in the state, re- garfless of the class of high school they attended. The game will be played in the (Continued on Page 8)
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