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w 'tv in » \ V VOL. 39—NO. 38 SIXTEEN PAGES SOUTHERN PINES, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1957 SIXTEEN PAGES JUDGE W. H. S. BUHGWYN PRESIDING Criminal Court Term Opens Monday; Daly Case Probably Won’t Be Heard More than 80 cases, one of the"^ largesjt dockets in recent history, are scheduled for a one-week 1 term! of Criminal Court begin-' hing Monday. Judge W. H. S. Burgwyn is presiding. Eighteen cases are listed on the warrant docket and will be carried to the Grand Jury Mon day for bills. On the warrant docket one de fendant, Melvin Lanning, is charged in four instances with receiving money under false pre tenses. Others, and the charges, are: George I.«ster Halloway, Jr., forgery; Allen Henderson Baker, larceny of automobile; William S. Benner and Charlie H. Baxter, Jr., breaking and entering, lar ceny, Emd receiving stolen goods; Vornie Harrington, Breaking and entering with assault with a dead ly weapon; Lacy Edward Dpwdy and Ike Dowdy, breaking and .entering and larceny; Ovitt Couch and Jimmy Elam, larceny of an automobile; James R. Mon roe, forgery; James Ingram, breaking and entering and drunkenness; William Carl Wil lis, crime against nature; Ottis Caddell, Owtefn McAU^ter and Roy Covington, assault with in tent to commit rape; John Elmo (Continued on page 8) Town’s Recreation Program Will End Tuesday Afternoon The summer recreation pro gram in Southern Pines comes to an official close Tuesday with a party at the Town Park at 2 p.m. Irie Leonard, director of the program, said this year was the most successful since the program was inaugurated several years back. An average of 40 children took advantage of the program at the park each day, he said, and many more played on the Little League and Pony League teams. The adult phase of the program, confined for the most part to the softball league, had about 150 . people enlisted, he said. And Malcolm Clark, who inau gurated a tennis teaching course each morning lor children in the program, said that some 50 chil dren received instructions. HARRY B. FINCH , Rotary District Governor To Pay Annual Visit Here Henry B. Pinch of Thomas- viUe, district Governor of Rotary International, will pay his annu al visit to the Southern Pines club tomorrow night. Finch will address the mtem- bers following dinner and will discuss wtih them projects for the coming year. Jaycees Endorse Fogging Program A resolution calling on the Town Council to continue its “fogging” program to rid the town of insects was unanimously adopted by the Junior Chamber of Commerce at its regular meet ing Tuesday night. Th club’s resolution said the program, which has been criti cized in some quarters recently, had been successful in “mini mizing the offensiveness of vex atious insects” and that the pro gram was of benefit to the entire community. The resolution will be present ed to the Town (Council at its regular meeting Tuesday night. Sandhills Women’s Champ Not To Play In Tennis Tourney Opening Matches Set Wednesday; Finals Sunday Women’s events will start Wednesday on the local courts in the Eighth Annual Sandhill in vitational tenAis tournament, with men’s events starting Thursday, and finals scheduled for Saturday and Sunday. Indications are that the tour nament win be better than ever this year, with some of the fore- m.ost players of the Carolines contending for the coveted tro phies, according to Malcolm Clark, tournament director. En tries will be received through Monday, with pairings and seedings to be made Tuesday. Both championships will be wide open, as latest report is that neither defender will be able to come. These are Bill Umstaedter of Abbeville, S. C., and Mrs. Sara Walters of Charlotte. Top seeds in men’s singles are expected to be Allen Morris, of Charlotte, Del Sylvia, Raleigh, and Sam Dsiniel, of Leaksville, all high-ranked in the southern states in which Morris holds the No. 1 spot. Definite acceptance has been received from Evelyn Cowan, Sandhill winner in 1955, and the chances are she will be top seed ed in women’s play. The tournament will be a highlight of the Carolinas’ tennis se2ison which is now in full swing, with one tourney follow ing another. Malcolm Clark, Kenneth Tew and Mildred Gruebl are playing in the Eastern Carolina tourna ment at Raleigh this week. Clark, seeded No. 4, won his first-round match Wednesday against Grady Elmore of Ra leigh, 6-0, 6-0, and if all goes well will meet defending champion and No. 1 seed Del Sylvia in semifinals Saturday. Tew lost his first-round match to eighth-seeded Richard Make- »peace of Sanford but is continu ing in doubles play. Miss Gruebl, a strong contender for the wom en’s crown, will start play Fri day. Clark and Miss Gruebl played also in the Carolinas tournament at Charlotte last week. iiP'iii '■'iWi - TAPE CUTTING ceremonies for the new US 1 thruway in Southern Pines were held last Fri day and two daughters of the man who helped to land the project held it while Forrest Lockey,^ LOCKEY CUTS TAPE former commissioner of the Eighth Highway Division, snipped it with gilded scissors. The two girls are Lillian and Loy Clark, daughters of the late Lloyd C. Clark. (Pilot photo) Large Crowd Attends Tape-Cutting Ceremony For $1V2 Million Thruway Forrest Lockey, former commis sioner of the Eighth Highway Di vision, snipped a piece of red satin tape stretched across the new US 1 thruway Friday morn ing and opened the state’s newest stretch of road to regular traffic. In ceremonies held underneath the Pennsylvania Avenue bridge and attended by about 250 people, the thruway, built at a cost of some one and one-half million dollars, also got another name, apparently an official one. State Highway officials said it would be designated the “Southern Pines Parkway.” Lockey, who looks on the pro ject as one of the most successful during his term of office, said the thruway would mean much to the future of the Sandhills. He ex pressed appreciation for the co operation the highway commis sion had received from officials Seating, Inc,, Plans Open House Saturday A, The official opening of Seating, Inc., of Robbins, manufacturers of a new type industrial chair, will be held Saturday morning with several prominent State officials taking part. T. B. Hopper, president of the^ Robbins Development Corpora tion, a group of Robbins business men and civic leaders who have been instrumental in helping the plant to locate there, will act as joint host to the opening, along with Garland McPherson of Southern Pines, president and principal stockholder in the firm. Many State officials concerned with mdustrial expansion in North Carolina have been invited and have indicated they would attend, McPherson said. Along with Thomas Green, pro duction manager, and James Cul bertson, office manager, McPher son will conduct guests on a tour of the Robbins Community Build ing, where the new industry is housed. 'The opening ceremonies are scheduled for 10:30 and will be followed by the tours and a luncheon, at noon, at the Taber nacle Methodist Church in Rob bins. ’The company is the county’s newest industrial enterprise and the second to open in Robbins in the past month. Two weeks ago hundreds of visitors flocked to the town to tour the new plant open ed by the Colonial Poultry Com pany, a plant, incidentally, that was conceived and built by the Robbins Development Corpora tion. Seating, Inc., will be engaged primarily in the manufacture of the “Extenda Chair,” to which it holds sole patent rights in this country. The chair, which has a series of gaskets in the legs, makes it possible for users to extend their reach approximately five inches in any direction. It varies only slightly from a similar mod el which has been manufactured iiliS ■? cut and flashed the word to en trances at both ends of the thru- way that it was officially “open' The first trip was made by the. “40 and 8” truck, driven by Char-' lie Swoope. Aboard were Lockey, Rogers, Saunders, and both Clark girls, together with their brother. Tommy. Father Joseph McCarthy of St. Anthony’s Catholic Church deliv ered a moving invocation at the ceremonies. Voit Gilmore, former mayor of Southern Pines, was unable to at tend the ceremonies, but wired from California that he was espe cially pleased the project was completed and said he was look ing forward to beginning a plan ned beautification project at the Pennsylvania Avenue entrances. Soft drinks were provided all Who attended by Ben' Wicks • of the Coca Cola Bottling Company in Aberdeen. There were four contracts let and private indiwiduak in South- building the 5.2 stretch of ern Pines a^ Moore County an 1 —grading, moving existing iW llp: * FINAL TES'TS of paint to be used in the manufacture of in dustrial chairs by Seating, Inc., of Robbins were made by T. C. Greer of Pittsburgh Paint & Glass Company and 'Thomas Green, production superintendent, earlier this week. Production of .the chairs got ^nderway shortly thereafter and several orders have already been shipped. ’The company, newest industrial concern in the county, is holding its official opening Saturday morning. (Pilot photo) in England for several years. McPherson said the chair was extremely popular with industrial concerns in England and number ed among its users some of the m largest manufacturing houses the world. 'The Robbins plant has been equipped to turn out about 400 (Continued on Page 8) said that without such cooperation and assistance the task of build ing roads would be difficult and, at times, impossible. The ceremony was brief. Wiui- in 30 minutes W. Lament Brown, master of ceremonies, introduced a long list of state and county of ficials attending the ceremonies and read telegrams from others who could not attend. Officials attending were, from the State Highway Commission, William Rogers, chief engineer of the Highway Commission; W. R. Phelps, assistant landscape engi neer; T. B. Gunter, bridge engi neer for the Commission; T. G. Poindexter, cheif engineer of the 8th Division; T. C. Johnston, as sistant division engineer; and Fred Beck, resident engineer. W. P. Saunders, head of the State Department of Conservation and Development, was also pres ent but did not speak.. Others attending were Rep. H. Clifton Blue, Gordon Cameron, chairman of the County Board of Commissioners; Dr. E. M. Medlin, mayor of Aberdeen; Col. A. Schaeffer, deputy Chief of Staff at Fort Bragg; Earl Hubbard, president of the Southern Pines Chamber of Commerce; Harry Pethick and S. B. Richardson, former members of the Southern ! Pines Town Council; and mem- j bers of the present Council. Mayor Walter Blue spoke brief ly at the ceremonies, and said the road would mean much to South ern Pines. The ribbon was held by Loy and Lillian Clark, daughters of the late Lloyd C. Clark, a one time mayor of Southern Pines and the man credited by many people as being the driving force behind securing the thruway for South ern Pines. Later, the gilded scissors xised by Lockey to cut the tape were presented to Mrs. Lockey. Police Chief C. E. Newton Was standing by when the ribbon was buildings, bridge construction, and paving. The first was let September 6,‘ 1955, and actual work started October 1 that year. The state has spent $1,128,519 on the road, which does not in clude right-of-way costs. The figure also does not include cer tain expenses involved in engi neering and supervision, and an' increase in contract quantities. The final cost is expected to ap proach one and one-half million dollars, about $300,000 per mile. William Rogers, Chief Engineer of the Commission, said the pro ject was designed with safety in mind. He added that it was also designed so that it could become a part .of the national system of highways, though it is not in the system, at the present time. American Legion Post To Observe VJ Day Wednesday ’ The 12th anniversary of “VJ Day,” August 14, will be observ ed by members of the Sandhills Legion Post and the auxiliary at the Legion Hut on Maine Ave nue. The event, which occurs Wed nesday, will be marked by re marks of various veterans in this area and a giant fish fry. Enter tainment by a square dance band jviU also be provided. Capt. A. R, McDaniel, post commander, said that several ■'veterans who were in high posi tions at the conclusion of World War 2 will review their experi ences and other veterans will also be called on for brief re marks. Highlights of various ac tivities that led to the successful conclusion of the war wiU be dis cussed by Col. Donald Madigan, a member of the airborne infan try who saw extensive duty overseas. Ex-Army and Navy cooks have been recruited to cook food for the supper, Capt. McDaniel said. Already enlisted are Charlie Sadler, Colin Osborne, Jimmy Dickerson, Virgil Clark, Bob Howard, Lloyd Woolley. John Buchholz, and Harry Fullenwi- der. They have been requested to report to the hut at 4 p. m. PRICE TEN CENTS CP&L, National Guard To Meet In Softball Finals First Game At Memorial Field Tomorrow Night Carolina Power & Light Com pany defeated the Church of Wide Fellowship softball team 17-5 last night to advance to the finals of the adult softball league’s Shaughnessy playoffs. The team will meet the Nation al Guard, which had earlier de feated the VFW for a spot in the finals, in a two-out-of-three se ries beginning Friday night at 8 o’clock. The second game is scheduled for Monday night and, if necessary, a third one will be played Tuesday night. In the CP&L-Church of Wide Fellowship series,- the first, game was won by Carolina Power & Light, 21-13. The second, played Tuesday night, w.as won by the Church team, 12-10. The Guards men won two straight, 9-8, and 13-8. In the game last night David Page and Irie Leonard led the hitting for the Church of Wide Fellowship. Jimmy Mann was losing pitcher. Jake Deberry, who pitched for CP&L, led his team at the plate with three hits; Harvey Home had two, including a homerun. Holly Sisk also hit for the circuit. Gene Blackwelder, manager of the Church team and object of a great amount of good natured kidding during, the season (fans called him Stengel) put himself in the game last night and ba-hged out a single. Mann wEis the winner for the Church Truesday night. Town Council To Consider Small Agenda Tuesday A short agenda has been ar ranged for the Town Council meeting Tuesday night, which will be held in the library at 8 o’clock. Two public hearings are sched uled. The Council will heap any interested citizens on the ques tion of restricting parking in cer tain sections of the 400 block of Gaines Street in West Southern Pines, and will hear anyone who objects to changing the name of Highland Road in Knollwood to Horseshoe. Actually; the' entire road is riot in Southern Pines, but confusion has come up several times in the past since there is another High land Road in Weymouth Heights, and the Council has been re quested to rename the portion of the road that is within the city August 14. The fish fry will be, limita. held that evening. . | Only other item on the agenda A cheer fund collection of $1 appointment to be made to per person will be made prior to Zoning Adjust- the supper. After dinner, dancing has been programmed. Tyler T. (Red) Overton should be notified by those plarming to attend so that adequate arrange ments may be made. ARRESTED BY CARTHAGE POLICE Warrants Flood Sheriffs Office For 66-Year-Old Bad Check Artist A 66-year-old huckster bad check artist, wanted in doz ens of towns in North Carolina and Virginia, was picked up in Carthage last week after a po liceman there spotted him driv ing his car along a main thoroughfare. Isaac G. Teague, who said he lived near Snow Camp (Ala mance County), has been the subject of enough warrants, as one officer put it, “to fill'the back end of a good sized dump truck.” Mostly, the officer said, the charges were for writing bad checks, forgery, and just plain “flim-flam;” of which the elderly man is credited with being a past master. He was lodged in the county jail over the weekend after be ing tried before Magistrate and. Charles McLeod on charges of is suing a bad check in 1952 to a Moore County man. He was tried agaiq in Record er’s Court Monday morning and given a total of 60 days on the roads on two charges, one for writing a bad check, and the other for driving his car without a registration card and for driv ing after his license had been sus pended. Since it became known that he was being held in jail in Car thage warramts have been com ing in from all over the state. One deputy from a nearby coun ty brought 40 different ones in; letters and telegrams from as far away as Bedford County, Va., were sent to Sheriff McDonald, requesting that Teague be held until more warrants arrived. (Continued on Page 5) ment. Sam Richardson, who was appointed as an alternate mem ber, has declined the post. The Council will also be re quested to officiaUy designate the new thruway as the “South ern Pines Parkway.” Little Leaguers Lose, Pony League Wins In Playoffs 'The Moore Coimty Pony Ijeague All-Stars defeated Dur ham in the state playoffs in 'Wil mington yesterday and landed a berth in the finals of the tourna ment. ’They are playing Wilmington today for the district title and the opportunity to compete in Salisbury, Md., in regional finals opening next Thursday. Score in the Durham game was 14-3. ’The county all-star Little League team was defeated by Staley of the Deep River league Tuesday afternoon, 4-1, on the Phiehurst field. The defeat elim inated Moore County from fur ther coro|>etition for the state crown.
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