Newspapers / The Pilot (Southern Pines, … / Nov. 21, 1957, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of The Pilot (Southern Pines, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
0 '-■5' % PROOF OF AIR POWER Gen. William Fisher On Historic Record Time Flight To Argentina TUX'! 714 A T> TTV _1- x-«» ^ Maj. Gen. William P. Fisher Gen. of Southern Pines was one of the men who flew on the world-rec ord nonstop long distance flight from this country to Argentina last week, according to news re ports reaching here. Gen. Fisher, who is fhe son of Mrs. Elinor Fisher of 310 N. Page St., was with Gen. Curtis E. Lemay, deputy director of the United States Air Force in the flight that was a clear itidication of the importance of this coun try’s air pow"r in the face of ever increasing scientific ad vancement by the Soviets. Mi<s Fisher, reached at her home, said she still hadn’t heard from her son “and I didn’t even know about this until someone told me they saw it in the pa pers.’’ Her son, she said, wrote about once a month “and this month’s letter hasn’t arrived yet.’’ Gen. Fisher is a graduate of Southern Pines High School. He was the star catcher on the base ball team during his schooldays and very popular with his Schoolmates. He graduated from North Carolina State College in 1934 and joined the Air Force ' shortly thereafter. He received his second lieutenant’s commis sion in 1936. Since then his promotions have been steady ahd he has served in many places, including the Phil ippines when the Japanese bombed those islands in 1941. During the war he flew 52 com bat missions and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross v/ith Oak Leaf Cluster, the Le gion of Merit, and the Air Medal At one time he was deputy to Lauris Norstad. Mrs. Fisher, who is nearing 80, was at one time the librarian here, serving 11 years in the post. NaturaUy, she said today, she was thrilled with the latest exploit of her son and considers It one of the highlights of his ca- reer. Still, she said, “I don’t know. I haven t heard from him as yet and I still don’t know what to think of it.” ^fhe flight was from Westover Air Force Base, where Gen. Fisher is stationed, to Buenos Aires, and return to upstate New York. The flight received world wide publicity and was cheered by exponents of air power as a sure indication that the United States could maintain its own, even in the face of the recent Russian scientific advances. Aberdeen To Play Clark ton Friday For State Title The Aberdeen Red Devils, who triumphed over Gamewell 33-22 last week for the Western div ision championship of the six- man football conferences, wiU play Clarkton. Eastern titleist, tomororw (Friday) night for the State championship. Clarkton de feated Elm City 20-26 for its title. Aberdeen, the, defending champion, has posted the first unbeaten season in its history. Piling up a 10-0 record, the Red Devils have stamped themselves as firm favorites to continue their unbeaten record against Clarkton. Clarkton, however, also achieved a 10-0 record in domin ating the Four County Confer ence, a new league enlarged from the old Bladen-Columbus FRANK McCASKILL 5 More Classrooms To Be Added Soon At Negro School Contract Let For $50,000; Would Complete Building Bids totaling some $50,000 were let last Wednesday for construc tion of five classrooms at West Southern Pines Elementary school and work will begin in the very near future, A. C. Dawson, superintendent of the Southern Pines school system, said this week. Completion of the new class rooms, which has been targeted for the beginning of the next school year, will make a total of 14 at the school, Dawson added. In addition, there is a cafeteria which opened last week, a hbrary, first aid room and teachers room that have already been completed. J. P. Phifer Construction Com pany of Rockingham won the general contract. Thomas T. Hayes of Southern Pines was the architect. The new classrooms will be con structed parallel to the ones al ready in existence and -will com plete the contemplated work at the school Elementary students use the auditorium in the high school at present, Dawson said, and there are no immediate plans for construction of identical facil ities. GOLF CAROUSEL prizes are admired by Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Brehm of Beaver Falls, Pa., who are entering the tournament for the third time this year. Norris Hodgkins, Jr., at left, presi dent of the sponsoring Junior Chamber of Com merce, wasn’t sure whether the couple would win the prizes they’re holding—they’re for the championship flight. ' FINALS SCHEDULED AT PINE NEEDLES SUNDAY Industrial Group Meets In Kobbius; Takes Guided Tour A field of about 160, slightly less than last year, started quali fying rounds on Southern Pines’ three courses this morning for the fourth annual Golf Carousel. The Junior Chamber of Com merce, tournament sponsors, said the turnout was “extremely good” in view of the lateness of the sea son. Good weather was cited as one reason for a rush of entries last night and early this morning. Biggest number of qualifying rounds were being played at Pine Members of the Moore Coun-1 Needles and the Mid Pines Annual Golf Carousel Started Today With 160 Players On Entry List; Chapman, With New Partner, Defending field of about 160. sliehtlv twr> nnri . , . . V two and three handicaps. [regarded as one of the state’rtop Qualifying at Southern Pines amateurs. Piuehurst Mau To Spearhead TB Seal Sales Drive Here J. Frank McCaskill of Pinehurst has been named to direct the 1958 March of Dimes campaign for Moore County, Paul C. Butler of Southern Pines, state chairman, announced this week. The fund raising drive opens January 2 and continues through January 31. This is the fifteenth year McCaskill has served the polio fighting organization as a volunteer: 12 years as community chairman for Pinehurst and the past three years as county co-di- rector. In an appeal to the people of Moore County to give ,their all- out support to the January drive, McCaskiU reported there are more than 300,000 persons in the U. S. today who have had paralytic polio. He said at least one of ev- loop. ’Their supporters are claim- three of them is in neel of ing the championship game will! service. “Some are be a toss-up. The game will be played at Elizabethtown at 6 o’clock and, reports indicate, a large nun\ber of Aberdeen fans will be on hand. The Southern Pines Blue Knights held the State title three years until losing last year to Aberdeen. living in Moore County,” he said “For them mere survival is not enough. They have a right to life worth living.” McCaskill revealed that chap ters of the National Foundation are now spending 90 per cent of their funds for polio patients of long standing, and only 10 per cent for new cases. “This situa (Continued on page 5) maybe tc) other magistrates Judge Apologizes For Remarks Made To JP; Of ‘General’ Nature Only TI7 XT O TJ Judge W. H. S. Burgwyn, occa- sionalljr tart-tongued, made a gra cious apology in Moore criminal court Wednesday for remarks made following a trial the day before. He summoned Charles Mac Leod, Justice of the Peace in the sheriff’s office, into the courtroom and told the crowd, “Some re marks I made yesterday about justices of the peace in general may haye been misconstrued. “They did not refer to this young man, whom I have found to be of the highest character. He is doing a good work in the sher iff’s office, and is highly com mendable in the performance of his duties. While the remarks I made could be applied to other magistrates, they do not to him.” The remarks had been about magistrates who, the judge com mented, were not always fair and appeared to get unduly rich at their jobs. The comments follow ed a drunk-driving trial in which MacLeod bad been summoned as witness for the State, to substan tiate officers’ testimony regarding the defendant’s condition. Argu ment of defense counsel had been larply based in an attack on the officers and magistrate. Unrest about the case had been notice' able about the courthouse after the jury returned an acquittal verdict, construed by some as agreement with the attack on the officers’ motives. One of the jurors later told a reporter, “We didn’t like the at tack and returned our verdict in spite of it. We thought the size drink which was shown by the bottle, which the defendant ad mitted he had taken, wasn’t big enough to have put him really under the influence.” ty^ Industrial Development com mittee toured Robbins industries yesterday in the first of a series of meetings that will eventually take them to every section of the county. The committee, which was in vited to Robbins by James F. Steed, a member, toured Amero- tron. Seating, Inc, the new poul try plant, and parts of the Stan dard Minerals talc mine. Thir teen of the 17 members were present, in addition to a delega tion from Robbins which hosted the tour. Conducting the group through t’le chicken plant, first stop, was Harry Simpler, plant manager, who explained the various pro cesses employed in processing thousands of chickens each day. J. A. Culbertson and 'Thomas Green, officials of Seating, guid ed the group through the firm’s plant in the old community building, and Ted Montjoy was guide at the Amerotron plant. Following the tours the group had a short business session and decided to revise certain sections of its booklet which outlines the county’s industrial potential. L. B. Creath, the committee’s chair mail, said that the entire section on water would be revised and that certain portions of the sec tion devoted to state, county and town taxes would be brought up to date. 'The committee will also put more information about Robbins into the booklet. Following the meeting the group was served dinner in Elise School by the home economics class. Hosts for Robbins included Mayor Branson G. Williams, James Steed, Joe Cranford, Charlie Barringer, Johnny My ers, and former mayor Wayland Kennedy. Committee members attending were Dr. E. M. Medlin, mayor of (Continued on Page 5) courses. Top foursome at Mid Pines was Richard Chapman of Pinehurst, who is teamed with Art Ruffin of Wilson, and Grover Dillon and Hubert Scarborough, both of Raleigh. Chapman is a scratch player; the others are of SECOND IN SERIES Country Club was Gene LookabiU of Chapel Hill, who was in the championship flight last year and conceded to be a dark horse this year. The tournament proper begins tomorrow and continues through Sunday. The 36-hole champion ship finals are scheduled to be played over the Pine Needles course Sunday. The champion ship matches rotate each year, having been played last year at Mid Pines. Chapman is one of the defend ing champions this year. His teammate last year, Charlie Har rison of Atlanta, was unable to play so Chapman turned to Ruf fin, who hails from Wilson and is Famed Alabama String Quartet To Present Concert Here December 3 A highlight of the musical sea- of Alabama String Quartet fol- soa here will be the concert of the University of Alabama String Quartet, to be given on Tuesday, December 3, at Weaver Audito rium under the auspices of The Sandhills* Music Association. Ranked by critics as among the foremost chamber music organi zations of the country, the Quar tet has achieved its present posi tion through years of successful concert tours in an tu-ea covering 15 states, as well as by television lowing the death of Ottokar Ca- dek in July, 1956. Before assum ing his present post as Professor of Music at the University, Mr. Raab was a member of the staff of the University of Michigan and a member of that univer sity’s Stanley String Quartet. With this organization he has played and toured extensively. Mr. Raab’s colleagues, all members of the University music concerts and nationwide broad- are Roland Johnson, sec ond violin, Henry Barrett, viola, and Margaret Christy, cello. Mr. Johnson holds two degrees in music from the Cincinnati Col lege of Music, with additional graduate study at the. Juilliard School of Music in New York, the Berkshire Music Center, and (Continued on page 5) casts. Emil Raab was appointed as first violinist cf the University Annual Boy Scout Meeting Planned Here December 5 Scout Fund Drive Is Per Cent Complete The 1958 Fund Drive of the Oc- coneechee Scout Council is ap proximately 85 percent complete, it was announced this week by James B. Perkinson, of Southern Pines, Moore District Finance chairman. Most of the communities appear to have made a good response, he said; however, workers in South ern Pines who have not turned in their cards are especially urged to do so as soon as possible, to Earl Hubbard at the bank. Announcement of the receipts wiU probably be given at the an nual Scout dinner, scheduled for December 5. The annual Boy Scout dinner, when awards for the year will be made and officers for the coming year will be installed, is schedul ed for December 5, according to Dr. J. C. Grier, Moore district chairman. William D. Campbell, of Southern Pines and New York and long a booster of Boy Scout activities, will be the f)rincipal speaker. Campbell is serving the Boy Scouts at present as inter national representative for the United States of Boy Scouting. Dr. Grier said that awards for outstanding leaders on the dis trict committee, the outstanding neighborhood commissioner and leaders in exploring, scouting and cubbing would be announc ed at the dinner. The new offi cers, who will be elected tonight (Thursday), will be installed. Scheduled to be elected are district chairman, three chairmen and a district commis sioner. The dinner meeting will be held in the Southern Pines school cafeteria and all parents and friends of Scouting are invited. Further details will be announc ed at a later date. Contestants and their wives wiU be entertained at Pine Needles tonight and at the South ern Pines Country Club Saturday night. Awarding of prizes wUl be held at Mid Pines Sunday fol lowing conclusion of the cham pionship matches. Only one disappointment had cropped up this morning. The Jaycees had been informed that a group of io golfers from Canada were flying down to enter but, at last minute, the group’s plans were apparently called off. There was no word late this afternoon whether the Canadians would ap pear or not. Most of the contestants are from Northern states with only a scat tering from North Carolina. UNION SERVICES Union Thanksgiving serv ices will be held al the South ern Pines Methodist Church next Wednesday night. The sermon will be preach ed by the Rev. Maynard Man- gum of the First Baptist Church with the other minis ters taking part in a specially arranged program. The public is invited to the service, which begins at 8 o'clock. Elsewhere in Southern Pines, most business estab lishments have announced they will close Thanksgiving day. The post office and the bank will, as is customary, be closed all day. but the post office wiU place mail in the boxes as usual. The Pilot will be published on Wednesday of next week to allow its employees to en joy the holiday. Advertisers and those -wishing to have news items printed are re*- quesfed to get their copy in as soon as possible. PRICE 10 CENTS Law Officers Vote Reward For Killer Of Two Patrolmen Aclion Is Takun ' Ai Meeting Held Thursday Night The Moore County Law En forcement Officers association, meeting Friday night at the American Legion hut at Carth age, appropriated $150 from its treasury to be offered as reward fcr information leading to the capture and conviction of the slayer of two North Carolina state highway patrolmen. Police Chief C. E. Newton of Southern Pines, president, said the rrioney is being made avail able for this purpose to heads of the State Highway Patrol and the Department of Motor Ve hicles, with the stipulation that it be paid to someone other than a law enforcement officer, “in asmuch as any officer will make whatever effort is necessary without reward.” If the money is not thus used, it may be employed in the dis- , creiion of the association’s Board of Governors for the use and benefit of the slain patrol men, Pfc. J. T. Brown of Lee county and Pfc. W. L. Reece of Richmond county. The wanton shooting Novem ber 5 by a man identified by the FBI as Frank Wetzel, New York state mental hospital escapee, struck close home to Moore law enforcement officers, most of whom knev/ the victims per sonally. Serving in adjoining counties, patrolling consecutive stretches of US Highway 1, they worked frequently in coopera tion with officers in this county and were well known and res pected here. Besides Chief Newton, officers of the Moore County Law En forcement Officers . association are Mrs. Irene Mullinix, Vass justice of the peace, vice presi dent; Sgt. Malcolm R. Stout of the Southern Pines police de partment, secretary and treasur er; and directors Deputy Sher iff A. P. Dees, Aberdeen; Chief ABC Officer C. A McCallum. Carthage; State Highway Patrol Pfc. R. R. Samuels, Aberdeen, and Earl Seawell, officer in the Southern Pines police depart ment. CAMPAIGN TO CONTINUE Litterbug Campaign Termed Success As More Than 10,000 Bags Sold Here More than 10,000 “litterbug” bags have been sold in Southern Pines. in the past few weeks, it was announced jointly this week by members of the Civic Garden Club and the Southern Pines Gar den Club, conductors of the drive. ’The sale in Southern Pines is thought to be the best in the state for a town of this size, one mem ber of the club said, and prompt ed C. A. Upchurch, Jr., who is helping with the “Jitterbug” or ganizational work in Raleigh, to make a personal report to Gover nor Hodges. More than 40 merchants pur chased the bags for distribution to their customers. The garden clubs have also been distributing them and report they are being '^ice effectively. Because there were so many bags purchased in Southern Pines, members of the garden club said this morning that the bags had been delivered from Raleigh and a saving had been made on freight. Because of that, it was pointed out, $10, the amount saved, w'ill be donated jointly by both clubs for the gardens at the Shaw House in memory of Charles Picquet. 'Those assisting in the sale of the bags were, from the Civic Garden Club, Mrs. James Ratliff Mrs. R. S. DuRant, Mrs. Harry Menzel, Mrs. Walter Baker, Miss Nancy Long, Miss Lurline Willis, Miss Helen Butler and Mrs. James Stephens. Those from the Southern Pines Garden Club assisting were Mrs. A. V. Arnold, Mrs. Allan T. Prey- er, Mrs. Thomas Darst and Mrs. L. T. Avery. Mrs L. W. Fitch, president of the Civic Garden Club, commend ed residents of West Southern Pines for the tremendous amount of help they have offered in the drive and said that a number of improvements had been made in that area. She also stressed that the cam paign to remove debris from pub lic areas as well as private resi dences would last all year, even though the special week is over. Glen Rounds Was Speaker At Book Week In New York Glen Rounds of Southern Pines, one of the nation’s top author-il lustrators of children’s boolcs, was the principal speaker at the.' an nual “Book Week” observance in New York Monday. The meeting, which is held each year and attracts publishers, reviewers, boolrsellers, editors and librarians, was conducted in the New York public library. Pounds spoke on the importance of qual ity writing in children’s books and cautioned the publishers against putting out too much stuff that was only of passing interest. “Children, sometimes, are smarter than you are,” he told them. He was the speaker again Tues day to the New York City libra rians, and was entertained at a luncheon by his publishers, Pren- tice-HaU, who report the sale of “Swamp Life: An Almanac,” Rounds’ latest book, has been very satisfactory. MAGAZINE DRIVE Mrs. I. A. WoodeU, presi dent of the Southern Pines PTA. said this morning that magazine subscription sales by students at the high school are lagging far behind expec tations and. urged loced resi dents: "If you're going to sub- scriber please do it through the students." Proceeds from the drive are being used to he4> publication of fhe sdiool an nual, Mrs. Wood^ said. The students have been making the rounds over the past two weeks with blanks for ^dmost all major magazines.
The Pilot (Southern Pines, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Nov. 21, 1957, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75