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VOL. 39—NO. 50
United Fund Will
Be Discussed Here
At Chamber Meet
President Seeks
Both Sides Of
Local Sentiment
TWENTY PAGES
SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1957
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Dave Atwood of Charlotte, or
ganizational representative for
the United Fund in western North
Carolina, will be principal speak
er at an open meeting sponsored
by the Chamber of Commerce
Tuesday night.
The meeting will be held at
Carolina Orchids and the public is
urged to attend. Earl Hubbard,
Chamber president, said that At
wood’s presence was in no way an
indication of official thinking on
the possibility of a United Fund
for Southern Pines, but rather an
attempt to explain the workings
of the United Fund and its appli
cation to a particular area.
“There has been much discus
sion recently about the advisabil
ity of establishing a United Fund
here,” Hubbard said. “The Cham
ber of Commerce, acting in its
capacity of an organization serv
ing both business and the general
public, decided to bring Mr. At-
wpod here in hopes he might add
further explanation to what some
people already know. We urge
those who are opposed to the
establishment of a United Fund
as weU. as those who favor it to
attend.”
John Sincock of Goldsboro, UF
representative in eastern North
Carolina, had originally been
scheduled to speak to the group
but had to decline the offer ear
lier this week.
The meeting is the third in a
series of open meetings held by
the Chamber this year. The last
one, held at the home of Miss
Katherine Wiley, attracted an un
usually large number of people
and it was decided at that time
to continue the idea.
Hubbard said that several oth
er items would also be discussed,
including Christmas decoratiofts
for the downtown area this year,
and efforts currently being made
to collect funds to continue the
town’s advertising program.
• The meeting begins at 7:30.
LI'rTERBUG CAMPAIGN received a boost at
the Southern Pines elementary school this week
when the children heard a proclamation, urging
their participation, read by Miss Wilma Blue,
fifth grade teacher who is advisor to the ele-
PROCLAMATION
'•» HALLOWEEN PARTY
The rafters will ring at the
Southern Pines gymnasium
tonight.
The Rotary Club has 500
noisemakers to distribute to
children attending its annual
Halloween party, moved in
doors because of the weath
er, and if they're all used,
chairman Danny Sheffield
predicts a noise that would
put the hydrogen bomb to
shame.
Free refreshments will al
so be provided to all who at
tend, Sheffied saixL Games
and judging of novel cos
tumes are also on the pro
gram. which begins prompt
ly at 7 o'clock.
'S'
Girl Scout Fund
Drive Reaches
Half-Way Mark
With slightly more than half
_ the goal collected, Mrs. Voit Gil
'S more today urged all citizens to
make contributions to the Girl
Scout fund drive now in progress.
A total of $1,174 has been
raised, she said, primarily
through letters written to pros
pective contributors. There are
a number of business firms, par
ticularly on the outskirts 'of
town, that are still to be con-
^ tacted. Mrs. Gilmore said that
“ those persons who have not con
tributed may do so either by for
warding their check direct to her,
■or by calling either Joe Scott at
Stevens Insurance Agency, or
Vance Derby at The Pilot.
The goal in Southern Pines is
$2,200. Most of it remains in this
county, Mrs. Gilmore said, with
only a small portion being tum-
ed over to the Central Carolina
Council, of which Moore County
' ! a part.
WHEREAS, Governor Luther H. Hodges has designated
November 2-9 as NORTH CAROLINA CLEAN - UP WEEK,
and
WHEREAS, the chairman of this campaign is a resident of
Southern Pines, and
WHEREAS, Southern Pines is already a cleaner Town, arid
a more attractive place in which to live, work and play, and
WHEREAS, a cleaner Town proves our appreciation of our
God-given natural beauty, and develops the respect of our
youth for beauty and cleanliness, and
WHEREAS, a cleaner Town enhances our attraction of
more tourists and benefits every citizen in his enjoyment of
clean streets, parks and all places used by the public and
WHEREAS, a cleaner Southern Pines can be attained if its
citizens are made thoughtful of the consequence of carelessly
strewing litter instead of carefuRy collecting it for proper dis
posal; now, therefore
BE IT RESOLVED, that now is the time for Litterbug ex
termination and to this end the week of November 2-9 is hereby
designated as TOWN OF SOUTHERN PINES CLEAN-UP
^VEEK, and. that all citizens, young and old, individually and
coRectively, through the schools, educational and reUgious
groups, civic and social organizations with the continuing coop-
eratian of the press, radio and other means of communications
are called upon to band together to banish the Litterbug from
our land and to help keep Southern Pines clean now and forever
more.
W. E. BLUE,
Mayor _
mentary student council. Children in the pic
ture are, from left, Lynn Daeke and Susan
Franklin, both fifth grade, Katy Gilmore, fourth
grader holding the “litterbug,” and Charles Mc
Laughlin, also a fifth grader. (Pilot photo)
Mayor Urges Full
Participation In
Clean-Up Project,
Cleanup week is being observ
ed in Southern Pines for one
week beginning Saturday, accord
ing to a proclamatiori issue(J by
Mayor Walter Blue. The week
climaxes a statewide “Keep North
Carolina Beautiful” campaign
launched in July under the lead-
;ership of Governor Hodges’ Com
mittee for Clean Highways.'
Town Manager Louis Scheipers,
Jr., said that trash collection
forces would be increased during
the week in order to expedite the
removal of yard rakings and oth
er trash. He urged citizens to
place yard rakings on the park
way and notify the Town Hall of
fice as soon as possible.
Collections will be started early
Monday morning.
Donations Reach
$7,000 At Moore
Memorial Hospital
Administraior
Says Financial
Position Good
Donations of more than $7,000
have been received by Moore
Memorial Hospital since its re
cent appeal letter to friends of the
institution was mailed out, mem
bers of the board of directors
were told at their meeting held
Tuesday night in the Nurses’
Home.
The report of Administrator
Thomas A. Howerton disclosed
that the hospital has improved its
financial condition substantially
since a year ago. This despite the
fact that the institution is now
operating at the lowest cost of
any hospital in its group in the
state.
Howerton reported that two
new projects, a refresher course
for practical nurses, carried on
in cooperation with the State De
partment of Public Instruction,
and an in-service training pro
gram for nurses’ aids, orderlies
and ward secretaries, were prov
ing a great success, that 28 white
nurses and 12 colored were at
tending the refresher courses, and
all employees in the second cate
gory were enrolled in that pro
gram.
The date of Tuesday. Decem
ber 10, was set for the annual
meeting of the board, and Presi
dent Jack Taylor of Aberdeen ap
pointed the following nominating
committee for officers for 1958:
Norris L. Hodgkins of Southern
Pines, Wilbur H. Currie of Car
thage and Dr. E. M. Medlin of
Aberdeen.
HAS HIGH SCORING HALFBACK
Underdog Blue Knights To Meet St.
Pauls Here; Flu Cancels Practice
The flu-ridden Blue Knights
face what probably will be their
toughest competition of the sea
son tomorrow (Friday) night
when they meet St. Paul’s on the
local field. The Knights, on the
upgrade since their 12-7 victory
over Rohanen last Friday night,
are touted as two-touchdown
underdogs.
St. Paul’s is fielding the
strongest team in its history.
They have lost only to Fairmont
and even that game was consid
ered somewhat of an upset, since
St. Paul’s rolled up 400 yards on
the offensive side as against .200
for Fairmont. A tie with Massey
Hill, non-conference foe, is the
only other mark on the deficit
side.
-ed by Breck Regan, 195-
pound halfback, St. Paul’s is just
behind undefeated Red Springs
in conference standings with a
4-1 mark. Regan, for the record,
is one of the top scorers in the
state.
He made all 24 points whep
his team defeated Elizabethtown,
scored all 26 against Chadboum,
and 21 against Massey Hill in a
tie game.
He is considered the “'inside”
threat of the St. Paul’s team
while teammate Johnny Walker,
150-pound left halfback, is the
outside man. Walker sets up the
touchwowns, Regan scores them,
is the word around the Cai)e
Fear Conference.
Walker, incidentally, chalked
up a 200-yard total offensive
mark in his team’s 26-6 defeat of
Chadbourn last week.
Chadboum defeated Southern
Pines earlier in the season, 13-6.
Coach Irie Leonard said this
morning that five or six mem
bers of the starting team had
niissed practice at least one day
this week. There is no practice
today either because of rain.
He added that he wouldn’t
know until game time just who
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Finer Farms Meet
Set Here Tuesday
Area soil and water conserva
tion leaders will meet in South
ern Pines Tuesday to formulate
plans for the 1957-58 Finer
Farms Contest sponsored annual
ly by the Carolina Power &
Light Company.
CPdfL district manager H. G.
Lee said today that Finer Farms
representatives will meet with
district soil conservation super
visors, work unit conservation
ists, and area conservationists to
lay groundwork for the contest
which will offer $2,800 in cash
awards to communities doing
outstanding conservation jobs.
A number of leaders in Moore
County will attend the meeting,
oiie of five being held through
out the state.
It is being held at Dante’s at
12:30.
Old White Mule Out Again
It’s the darndest thing.
That white mule that belongs
to Ernest Ives of Paint Hill Farm
—the one that “got loose” a few
months ago and conducted him
self most obnoxiously for two
driys—has done it again. This
time he, or she, got all the way to
the business section and was
munching grass on Broad Street
before being discovered.
Town policemen Malcolm Stout
and Dave Beck saw the mule first
and tried to lead him' out Indiana
Avenue and back to the farm.
They tied him to the back of the
police car with a rope and pro
ceeded slowly. But the mule,
now wise to the ways of his
would-be captors, broke loose the
same way he did the other time
when he was being led back to
the farm, and disappeared into
the early morning darkness.
About 9:30 yesterday morning
Mrs. Cornelia Vann, police desk
clerk, had a call from a Highland
Road resident saying that the
mule was there “eating up the
lawn.”
Back went the policemen, only
this time it was a different pair.
They tried a new tack: leading the
mule back to the farm on foot.
R. T. Yonts and Earl SeaweU,
who corralled the old fellow, fin
ally got him to the farm, at least
two miles from town, and, unable
to find the caretaker (the Iveses
are away), they put him in the
stable.
They then checked in with
Mrs. Vann.
“He’s in, but a slight feeling
persists that he’ll beat us back to
town.”
Whether he did or not isn’t
known. No one has seen him,
anyhow.
Next time though, old fellow,
the National Guard. Watch ovit.
FLU RAGING
Flu cases took a sharp rise
in Southern Pines schools this
week and an even sharper
rise in other parts of the
county, a spot check this
morning revealed.
Today there were 164 stu-
dents out ol a student body Sof
nearly 800 out here; that's
approximately 20 per cent.
Elsewhere in the county,
superintendent of schools H.
lee Thomas said ■ the per
centage would run "between
30 and 40." adding it was not
getting any better.
Only one school has been
closed to date. Berkley Ne
gro School in Aberdeen, and
that was closed only briefly
last week.
Thomas said absences
would have to be "near 50
per cent" before he asks that
the schools be closed.
Tommy Byrne, Ace
Yankee Pitcher,
Will Speak Here
Maxwell Kush Named
Temporary Postmaster
Succeeds Garland*
Pierce; Change
Effective Friday
Maxwell G. Rush has been
named temporary postmaster in
Southern Pines to succeed Gar
land Pierce who resigned earlier
this month. The change is effec
tive tomorrow.
Rush, operator- of a grocery
store in Manly, was recommended
for the post by the Republican
Executive Committee, standard
procedure when a postmcistership
becomes vacant. He is a lifelong
Republican.
A native of Newport, Vermont,
he first came to the Sandhills in
1928 to live with his aunt and
uncle, Mrs. Charles Picquet and
the late Mr. Picquet. He attend
ed Pinehvu-st schools while here
but later returned to Vermont
where he graduated from New
port High School.
He moved back here later and
assisted in the operation of the
Carolina theatre for 12 years until
the death of Mr. Picquet about a
year ago. During the last two
years of that time he was a car
rier at the post office here, resign
ing in July to enter private busi
ness.
During World War 2 he served
with the Army Engineers for 42
months and saw active duty in
the European theatre.
He was named a member of the
Moore County draft board in 1948,
a position he still occupies.
Rush is married to the former
Thelma Gage of Newport, Ver
mont, and they have one daugh
ter, Kathy, four. They live at 210
N. May street.
PRICE 10 CENTS
It
MAXWELL RUSH
He is a member of the Church
of Wide Fellowship and the
Southern Pines Elks lodge.
Postal officials have not an
nounced when the examination
for permanent postmaster would
be held but ordinarily, it is un
derstood, about four to six months
elapse between the appointment
of a temporary postmaster and
the permanent appointment. All
applicants for the job, which pays
$5,290 per year, must pass a writ
ten examination and meet certain
other requirements.
Rush has indicated he would be
a candidate for the permanent po
sition when the examinations are
announced.
He was the only applicant for
the temporary job, though it is
believed that a number of people
'vyill apply to take the examina
tion for the peririahent position.
CONGRESSMAN TO HELP
Aberdeen Citizens Present Petition
Asking For Retention of Postmaster
A number of petitions have
been circulated in Aberdeen in
the past few days calling for the
retention of Miss Edna Maurer
as postmaster. Miss Maurer, it
was learned, has been asked to
relinquish her job, which she has
held since 1934.
Congressman A. Paul Kitchin
met with interested citizens
'Tuesday morning in Aberdeen
and told them he would do what
he could toward retaining her at
the postoffice.
W. W. Norris, who retired as
an erhployee of the postoffice in
Aberdeen about a year ago, was
Tommy Byrne, ace southpaw
pitcher for the New York Yan
kees, will address the Catholic
Men’s Club at Dante’s tomorrow
night, Larry Gelshenen, presi
dent of the club, said today.
The meeting, which begins at
30 with dinner, is in charge of
Frank Martin and Dr. Watt
Smith. A number of county'resi-
dents have been invited tb hear
Bryne discuss the Yankee or
ganization and the highlights of
the recent world series, which the
with the .Yankees and was one
Braves.
Byrne is a long-time player
with the Yankees and was one
of the stars of the 1955 series. He
was purchased by the Yankees
from Seattle of the Pacific Coast
League at a reported price of
$25,000.
He lives in Wake Forest dur
ing the winter months with his
wife, the former Mary Sue Nich
ols of Coats, and three children.
A personal friend of Father
Francis McCarthy , pastor of St.
Anthony’s Church, Byrne is ex
pected to arrive early tomorrow
afternoon and be the guest of
Father McCarthy.
Two Named To Fill
Vacancies On Deih.
Precinct Comm’tee
The Southern Pines Democratic
precinct committee, meeting
■Tuesday night for the first time
since the summer recess, appoint
ed two new members te fill out
unexpired terms of members lost
during the summer.
Mrs. Hilda E. Ruggles and Cur
tis Everett are the new members,
replacing Lloyd T. Clark, deceas
ed, and W. B. Holliday, who has
moved from town.
Presiding was Mrs. Ruth W.
Swisher, whp as vice-chairman ac
ceded to the chairmanship on the
death of Chairman Clark in July.
At the meeting Mrs. Swisher
presented her resignation from
the committee, because of pres
sure of personal affairs.
Mrs. Swisher has served on the
precinct committee for about ten
years. Her resignation was ac
cepted with regret, and with
thanks for the outstanding ser
vice which she has rendered.
Joe C. Thomas was named act
ing chairman, to hold office until
a permanent chairman can be
elected at a meeting to be held
next Tuesday night. Also on the
agenda will be the election of a
fifth member, to replace Mrs.
Swisher.
The ’Tuesday night meeting
was held at the home of Mrs.
Valerie Nicholson, secretary of
the committee. Next ’Tuesday’s
meeting will also be held there,
at 7:30 p. m. i
offered the appointment as post
master but, it was learned, turn
ed it down because of his age. He
is over 70.
Miss Maurer is very popular
in Aberdeen. She has been em
ployed at the postoffice contin
uously since 1925 and could re
tire in three years on a reduced
pension. She is 52 and, through
Post Office policy, could retire at
55.
The petition which was circu
lated contained almost 500
names. It was forwarded to the
superintendent of postmasters in
Washington by the office of Sen.
W. Kerr Scott. Personal letters
from a large number of Aber
deen businessmen and other pri
vate citizens have also been sent
to Senators Scott and Ervin, and
to Rep. Kitchen, all urging they
use their influence to keep Miss
Maurer in her position. Sen.
Scott is a member of the Senate
Post Office Committee and the
Senate Civil Service Committee-
Postal inspectors examined the
post office recently and, though
their findings have not been
made public, it is believed that
most of the things they objected
to were of a minor nature.
Miss Maurer is presently oper
ating the office with two less em
ployees ■ than she has had in the
past.
Another Gas Station
Is Going Up On US 1
Another gasoline station will
be constructed on US Highway 1
between Southern Pines and Ab
erdeen, it has been learned from
W. T. Huntley, Jr., who leased
property for the station to Sun
Oil Company.
The station will be located on
property now being used by the
Starview Drive-in Theatre, across
from the Howard Johnson Motor
Lodge.
Huntley said the company
planned to start work at once.
The station will bring to 14 the
total between the southern cor
porate limits of Southern Pines
and the northern limits of Aber
deen. It will also give every ma
jor oil company, with few excep
tions, outlets in this area.