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«3 VOL. 39—NO. 45 EIGHTEEN PAGES State Allocates ^ County $23,000 For Rural Road Other Counties Share In Fund Of $2 Million An allocation to Moore County of some $23,000 from a special $2 million secondary road fund was announced yesterday by the State Highway Commission. The money, recommended by Governor Hodges and approved by the recent Legisla^re, is to be used on county road improve ment on the basis of need during the current year. It was made to Moore County and other counties on a formula based on the un paved rural roads in the county, divided by the total miles of un paved roads in the state. The funds may be used for wid ening, resurfacing, relocation, or bridge work, with division engi neers and county commissioners determining how the money is spent. <3^ Other counties in Division Eight, and the funds received, were; Chatham, $32,220; Hoke, $7,639 ; Montgomery, $14,369; Kandolph, $47,573; Richmond, $11,050; Scotland, $8,361; and Lee. $9,158. Total allocated in the division was $153,397. f SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1957 EIGHTEEN PAGES IWl ^ Area Workshop Set Here By State Board of Welfare staff members of welfare de partments of 10 counties will meet here Friday, October 4, in one of a series of workshops be ing held throughout the state to review the progress being made ” in assisting older people. The meeting will be held at the Church of Wide Fellowship and about 30 superintendents and case workers who work with boarding homes will attend. The 10 counties to be represented in clude Richmond, Montgomery, Lee, Harnett, Cumberland, Un ion, Stanley, Ceibarrus, Anson and Moore. Q Mrs. Walter B. Cple, superin tendent of welfare services in Moore County, said the work shops would consist of discus sions led by Mrs. Annie May Pemberton and Miss Clara Mae Ellis, supervisiors of services to the aged for the State Depart ment of Public Welfare. INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT of Moore County was the topic of the conversation when Jack Williams. Boyd Creath and John C. Os- trom stopped for a few minutes after a com- SUCCEEDS JOHN QSTRQM Boyd Creath, Bank Official, Named New Chairman Of Industrial Croup mittee meeting Tuesday. Creath, in the cen ter, succeeded Ostrom, at right, as chairman of the group, and Williams, who is Mayor of Carthage, was named vice-chairman. (Pilot photo)) Council To Attend Meeting Of N. C. Municipal Group All five members of the South ern Pines Town Council will at tend sessions of the 48th annual convention of the North Caro lina League of Municipalities be- .^ing held Sunday through Tues- ^day in Raleigh. Mayor Walter Blue will head the contingent, which will also consist, at various times, of Town Manager Louis Scheipers, Jr. Clerk Gary Head, and William Wilson, Director of Public Safety Boyd Creath, executive vice- president of the Carolina Bank, was, elected chairman of the Moore County Industrial Devel opment Committee Tuesday, suc ceeding John C. Ostrom of Southern Pines. The meeting was the first for the new committee, appointed by the mayors of each town in the county. Named vice chairman was Jack Williams, mayor of Carthage and an insurance agent. Creath will appoint an executive committee v/ithin the next few days. The committee, meeting in the town hall at Carthage, was opti mistic in its outlook for new in dustrial location in the county in the near future. 'We’re going all out to obtain industry,” Creath said, “and we’ll have to have the cooperation of every citizen in Moore County. It won’t be easy and results cannot be seen over night, but the committee has pledged itself to helping new in dustry locate here and we won’t miss a trick if we get the re sponse we expect.” "Income Must Be Raised. . Creath, who was instrumental in persuading his Board of Di rectors to finance publication of a booklet outlining the industrial potential pf Moore County, said he was of the firm belief that the per capita income in Moore County must be raised. “If we had the same per capita income here as the average in the coun try,” he said, “salaries of our school teachers would be doub led That’s ii.st ^ commue tneir quest foi led. That s ]ust one example of a victory in the Cape Fear Con- the dire need we have for more ference tomorrow (Friday) night Blue Knights To Meet Red Springs Tomorrow Night The • Southern Pines Blue Kpights continue their quest for industry, more income, or, as some would put it, an uplifting of our economic well-being.” In reviewing the past year’s work, Ostrom, president of Cape Fear Railroad, said that hundreds of letters' had been mailed to companies throughout the coun- when they travel to Red Springs in the fourth outing of the ye ar. Losing last week to Chadbourn 13-6, the Blue Knights played their best game of the season. However, Coach Irie Leonard re ported three injuries after the game and there is a strong possi try urging them to consider “ility that two of the three play- Moore County in their plans for] Steve Smith and Robert industrial expansion. “We have Friday, had a number of replies to the Caldwell, left guard, is Merchants Meet Tuesday To Talk Mutual Problems The meeting, being held in the Sir Walter Raleigh Hotel, will be addressed by a number of state officials, including Governor "Hodges and U. S. Senator Kerr Scott. Meetings have been ar ranged for discussions of various municipal functions, such as tax collecting, public works, and planning. Group meetings will also be held for town managers, clerks, mayors and councilmen, and other city officials. The delegates from Southern ^Pines will participate in the meetings designed for municipal ities with less than 10,000 popu lation. The local officials are expect ed to attend as a group on Tues day, the final day of the meeting. Senator John Kennedy of Mass achusetts, who had been sched uled to deliver the principal ad dress at the meeting, has been ill .^.and will not attend, league offi- “%ials announced this week. Southern Pines merchants have been invited to a meeting Tues day night to discuss mutual prob lems and determine what ave nues to follow in efforts to boost what many feel is a steadily de clining economy in the area. The meeting, which grew out of one held recently by the Chamber of Commerce, will be held at the home of Miss Kath erine Wiley at 510 E. Mass. Ave., at 8 o’clock and all merchants and others who are directly in terested are invited. Several merchants and others have indi cated they would attend. Earl Hubbard, president of the Chamber, said the meeting was in no way designed to recruit new members into the Chamber. “We have problems and this meeting has been arranged to discuss them. Many different items are on the agenda.” Merchants who are unable to attend are urged to send a repre sentative. letters,” he said, “but nothing that could be construed as bind ing.” Ostrom also said that if, as some people are rumoring, 52 prospects had been sent here by the Department of Conservation and Development, “I don’t know anything about it.” Few Inquires to Dale He did say, however, that “four or five” groups had visited the area and were shown around by various members of the commit tee. For one reason or another, he added, none of the groups had decided to locate in the county. “We must remember,” he said, “that any time a group comes to Moore County, chances are ex tremely strong they are also vis iting other counties, and other states. Locating a new industry anywhere is not an overnight proposition. It could take years.” The group discussed at length the possibility of securing funds to hire a full time man. Many counties, it was brought out, are hiring such promotional men and the cohipetition for their services is extremely keen. “This committee is made up of pretty busy people,” said the for mer chairman. “It may be that we would get farther, quicker, to hire a man who could concen trate on all phases of bringing in dustry to Moore County.” Ostrom reported he had been in touch with a group in New York City in preliminary discus sion stages toward hiring such a man providing the necessary funds are made available. Right now the committee has a $5,000 kitty which was appropri ated m the current county bud get for industrial and agricultur al promotion. Other points taken up by the committee included the possible establishment of a “Speaker’s Bureau” to visit various civic clubs and other groups in the county to acquaint them with the work of the committee; the pos sibilities of staging an “Industry Appreciation” celebration for in dustries already located in the (Continued on Page 8) definitely out for two weeks. Red Springs, which played its first conference season last year and wound up with a 4-3 record, has eight of the regulars return ing this year. David Lovett, 195 pound center, and Wayne Ed wards, the best quarterback in the conference, are standouts. To date, Edwards has led his team to a 1-1 record, losing to Massey Hill in the opener and smothering Hope Mills 31-0. Leonard said this morning that the injuries would hurt the Knights’ chances in the Red Springs game but that there was still a gpod possibility of vyin- ning. “We’U win some before the season is over, but which ones, I, of course don’t know,” he said, adding that the rougher part of the schedule would end with the Red Springs game. Leonard Shaffer will fill in for Caldwell, he said, and Jessie Wil liford will take over Smith’s right end position. Delaney Fry, Man Found Dead, Was World War 2 Vet Delaney Fry, whose sudden death at the home of Charles Honeycutt of the Lake Bay sec tion was reported here last week/ was a veteran of World War serving with the 26th Infantry Division. He took part in the campaigns of Northern France and the Rhineland, and was wounded at the fan of Metz. Captured by the enemy, he was placed in a Ger man Prison camp where he re mained until liberated by the Al lied Forces seven months later. During this time, the American suffered much privation which, it was later felt, severely affect ed his health. He was formally discharged from the army in Oc tober, 1945. Fry was a recipient of the Good Conduct medal, Combat In fantryman’s Badge, and the mid dle eastern service ribbon with two bronze stars denoting the Eu- roupean and African campaigns., FRIGE TEN CENTS Hundreds Plan '^»\ExtendedAreaPhone Attend Services , Service Changeover At Old Bethesda Song Service To Highlight Program The annual homecoming for historic Old Bethesda Church, lo cated one mile from Aberdeen will be held Sunday, September 29. The morning service will begin at 11:15 a. m., with the Rev. Ben L. Rose, D. D., of Union Theolo gical Seminary delivering the homecoming sermon. At the noon hour the usual pic nic dinner will be spread on the tables in the grove. 'The afternoon program begin ning at 2:15 p. m., will be given over to a song service featured by selections by the Sandhills Men’s Chorus and with several selections by the Flora Mac donald College Sextet. Organized 1790 Bethesda Church was organiz ed in 1790, founded by early! Scottish Presbyterian settlers who emigrated to North Carolina' after the Battle of Colloden. Now] an historic shrine, services are held in the old church only on I special occasions. Walter Hines Page, Ambassador to Great Brit-1 ain during Worjd War 1, and other dignitaries lie buried in the cemetery which nearly sur rounds the lovely old edifice whmh is well-kept and cared for. Officers of Kilpatrick’s branch of Sherman’s Army camped in and around the old sanctuary in 1864. A bullet hole in the side of the c.hurch near the pulpit bears wit ness to civil war shooting. Located in . Aberdeen is the more modern Bethesda Church where the congregation has wor- (Continued on page 8) Set T'his Weekend LIBRARY HOURS Beginning next week the library will be open on Wed nesday aflemoons until next Spring. Mrs. Katherine Lam- boume, librarian, announced this morning. The new hours 2ure from 9 to 12:30 and 2 to 5 daily, except on Saturday when the open ing hour is 9:30. Music Association Meets Wednesday Wednesday is the date set for the first meeting this season of the Sandhills Music Association executive board and county chairmen. I With the president, Norris L. .Hodgkins, Jr., in charge, the I group will meet at the Library tj go over plans for the coming m.onths. The meeting is set for 8 p. m. The following have accepted the board’s invitation to act as chairmen in charge of member ship and ticket drives in their individual towns: Pinehurst, Miss Frances Pleasants; Aberdeen, Mrs. R. L. Caldwell; Pinebluff, Mrs. Theodore Webb and Mrs. Timo thy Cleary; Carthage, Mrs. L. B. Womack; Robbins, Mrs. George Frye; Vass, Mrs. S. R. Smith; West End, Mrs. Paul VonCanon; Cameron, Mrs. Jack Phillips and Mrs. Warren G. Ferguson. jProject To Cost Quarter Million When Completed Extended area dialing between Southern Pines and Pinehurst, and Southern Pines and Aber- i deen begins Saturday night, ac cording to Ed Smail, commercial superintendent of United Tele phone Company. Installation of the new system, which has been postponed foim times because of strikes and in ability of the supply houses to furnish the necessary equipment, will be effected by a six-man crew from the factory. Smail said they would begin the installation about 10 o’clock Saturday night and the changeover should be completed by 2 a. m. Sunday nioming. The project, together with in ter-toll dialing, which is expect ed to be put into effect in Feb ruary, is costing the company in excess of $250,000. Customers will be billed, effective October 1, at a slightly higher rate, Smail said. Southern Pines will be known as Oxford under the new system, and Pinehurst will be known xs t-Ypress. Aberdeen already has the 'Windsor designation. Smail said that several places would require outside work Sun day morning' but the number should be small. He added that telephone workmen would in most instances, complete the work outside the home but that in several cases they would be required to work on the instru- ment.itself. , . - , . . New telephone books will be in the hands of all subscribers by Saturday morning. Smail cau tioned subscribers against trying the new numbers before the changeover time Sunday morn ing. YOUNG DEMOCRATS in Moore County have returned their first woman president, Mrs. John L. Frye of Robbins, left, to office for a second term. Other officers, elected Friday night at a meeting in Carthage, are E. O. Brogden, Southern Pines, third vice president; Diana David, Pinebluff, second vice pres ident; and Dewitt Purvis, Carthage, first vice president. Not pictured are Fay Neville, Pinehurst, treasurer, and John Bar ringer, Carthage, secretary. (y. Nicholson Photo) BIG CROWD EXPECTED Speaker For YDC Convention Still Unknown; Mrs. Frye Is Re-Elected No speaker for the state-wide convention of Young Democrats here next week, October 3-5, has been selected as yet, according to state YDC officials. Several men of prominence in the Democratic Party have been contacted, it was learned today, but just who the speaker will be, the committee did not disclose. Plans for the convention other wise were going along on sched ule, according to Mrs. John L. Frye of Robbins, who was re elected president of the county chapter at a meeting in Carthage Friday night. Headquarters of the convention will be the Mid Pines Club at which a golf tournament will be held as convention opener. Be sides business sessions, other events will be parties ’Thursday and Friday, the banquet Friday night, and a dance or other type of festivity Saturday night, de pending on how many remain over the weekend, smd what they (Continued on page 8) P. T, A. Sets Second Moiiday Night As New Meeting Time A new regular meeting time— the second Monday night of each month—was approved by mem bers of the . Parent-Teacher As sociation of the East Southern Pines schools at the opening ses sion of the organization Thurs day night of last week. 'The choice followed a report from Mrs. S. D. Fobes, secretary of the (Chamber of Commerce, who said that this night was among those with the least con flict with other meetings. The Chamber of Commerce keeps a schedule of meeting times of many clubs and organizations. Approval of the new date was unanimous. This sets the next PTA meeting for Monday, October 44, at 8 p. m. in 'Weaver Auditorium. Announced by Dr. A. C. Daw son, superintenent, was a meet ing of mothers of children in the first grade, to be held at 2:30 p. rri., Tuesday October 8. The mothers will meet at the school with Dr. Dawson and Miss Mary Logan, supervisor. Mrs. I. A. Woodell, president, presided, introducing members of the executive board who were j seated on the stage. Each board ' member asked for cooperation of members in the coming school year and spoke a few words about the duties of each board position. Committee chairmen, who are members of the board, introduced other committee members. Robert M. Leland, treasurer, reported a balance of $204.25. Elementary and high school teachers were introduced by Dr. Dawson. The superintendent ex plained the school’s rule that a child entering the second grade from a private first grade school must be ?even years old on or be- (Continued on Page SI
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