VOL. 3a—NO. 1
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SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1957
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GOLF CAROUSEL winner^ were presented
their prizes at the conclusion of the champion
ship roimds Sunday at Pine Needles Country
Club^ Town Manager Louis Scheipers, Jr., in
center, presents the champions’ trophies to
Ben Goodes of Reidsville and Bill McIntyre of
Maxton, while runners-up Hubert Scarborough
and Grover Dillon, both of Raleigh, look on.
Story on Page 7. (Humphrey photo))
LACKING IN EXPERIENCE
Blue Knights To Open Cage Season
Against Rockingham Tuesday Night
With only one player assured
ot a starting berth on the boys’
team and three on the girls’
team, the Southern Pines Blue
Knights open their 1957-58 court
schedule next Tuesday night
against Rockingham, stiff AA
■ competition.
Everett Cushman, a guard and
the only returning letterman on
the boys’ squad, nmners-up in
the county last season, has nailed
down a starting spot. Robert
Woodruff or Jimmy Carter will
start at the other guard position.
Coach W. A. Leonard said, but
whichever starts, the other will
see plenty of action.
Four candidates have been
Gymkhana And Pet
Show At Carolina
Ring This Sunday
Seven events have been plan
ned for the annu2Q Pet Show and
Gymkhana at the Carolina Ring
in Pinehurst this Sunday.
In the pet show, which is open
to anyone in the area, three dif
ferent categories will be judged
and first, second and third prizes
v/ill be awarded in each cate
gory. The three are best of show,
funniest, and most unusual.
In the gymkhana the events
will include beginner’s horse
manship, intermediate horseman
ship, musical stalls, advanced
horsemanship (classes A and B)
and an egg and spoon race.
The events will begin prompt
ly at 1:30.
battling it out for the forward
positions: Bill Seymour, Bobby
Watkins, Jimmy Caldwell and
Wayne Davenport. Leonard said
he would probably play them
all to see how they stand up un
der competition, along with a
number of prospects for center.
Jesse Williford has the edge in
that department.
For the girls, who finished
fourth in county competition last
season, Leonard has selected
Patty Britt, Louise McDonald
and Nancy Traylor, all returning
seniors, for the starting forward
assignments. Three more girls
have been doing well in practice,
however, and will be used freely
in substitutions. They are Diane
Taft, Karen McKenzie and Mary
Ann Cox.
For guards, Leonard will call
on Joan Parker, Delores Ma-
ready, Janice Holliday, Cather
ine Harris and Diane Tolar.
Leonard said that plans for the
Knights’ first home game of the
year, . against Robbins Friday
night of next week, are rolling
along smoothly. A “tip-off” din
ner will be served in the school
cafeteria from 5:30 to 7 and fans
will have an opportunity to meet
the players. Tickets for the af
fair are being sold by the play
ers and at Tate’s Hardware store.
Elsewhere in the county action
has already started in some of
the schools. Defending cham
pions are Carthage’s girls and
Aberdesfn’s boys. The season
runs to the middle of February,
with the Moore County tourna
ment scheduled for Carthage Feb
ruary 13-22.
UNION SERVICES
Union Thanksgiving ser
vices wUl be held al the
Southern Pines Methodist
Church tonight (Wednesday)
at 8 o'clock.
The Rev. Maynard Man-
gum. pastor of the Tirsi
Baptist Church, wiU preach
the sermon with other minis
isters taking part in a spe-
cially prepared program.
The public is invited to par
ticipate.
Tom'Orrow, most business
establishments will be closed
for the Thanksgiving holiday.
Included are the bank and
tbe post office, though mail
will be placed in boxes as
usual.
Clarkton Defeats
Aberdeen, 18-13,
For 6-Man Title
The Aberdeen Red Devils
came within two minutes of
keeping a perfect season intact
last Friday night as they met
Clarkton for the State six-man
football title. A fumble on the
Aberdeen 13 and recovery by
Clarkton led to the 18-13 score
and dashed all hopes of Aber-
aec-n repeating as the State
cbampion.
Aberdeen took a 6-0 lead in
the first quarter and held a 13-
12 lead going into the fourth
period. Both teams had scored in
the third and Clarkton had tied
it at 6-all in the second period.
Halfback Ken Sands, 215
pounds, was the star of the con
test as he passed for one touch
down and scored two for Clark
ton.
Forum Series Will
Open With Lecture
On Arctic Project
Operation Part
Of International
Geophysical Year
The Pinehurst Forum’s 1957-
58 series of meetings gets under
way next Thursday evening
when Commander Paul W. Fra
zier of the United States Navy
will appear before the group as
guest speaker at the Pinehurst
Country Chib. Time for the sea
son’s opener is 8:30 p. m.
Commander Frazier will tell of
the Navy’s role in the Interna
tional Geophysical Year’s Antarc
tic program.
Preceding the initial Forum
meeting wiU be the Country
Club’s first weekly buffet supper
which wUl be served in the club
dining room at 7 o’clock. As al
ways, advance reservations will
be required.
Commander Frazier, bom in
Fulton, Missouri, attended Went
worth Military Academy in Lex
ington, Missouri and the Univer
sity of Missouri at Columbia. He
entered Naval service in October
1940 and, after graduating from
the U. S. Naval Reserve Midship
men’s School at Northwestern
University, was commisisoned en
sign in the Naval Reserve.
Through subsequent promotions
and his transfer to the regular
Navy, he attained the rank of
Commander.
Following his commissioning at
Northwestern, Frazier held posts
as communications officer, gun
nery officer and executive officer
aboard several ships during World
War 2 operations and saw much
combat action.
Later, he served in Korea and
was decorated. He was named in
spector of ordnance for the Sub-
Board of Inspection and Survey,
New York. After a year in that
assignment, he reported to the
Coronado Amphibious Base in
California as officer in charge
of the Cold Weather School. De
tached in February 1953, he later
as.sumed command for a two-
year perior of the destroyer, the
USS Shelton. In March 1955 he
was assigned to Task Force 43
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Hunt Season Opens Tomorrow
The formal opening of the seas
on for the Moore County Hounds
wUl be staged tomorrow (Thurs
day) morning when the tradi
tional Thanksgiving Hunt moves
off from Mile-A way Farm at 10
o’clock.
The hunt, which will be led by
W. O. Moss, MFH, is expected to
attract a large field of “hiUtop-
pers” following the action in their
cars.
Route of the pack, according to
Mrs. W. O. Moss, first whip and
secretary, is about the same as
has been followed in recent years.
The hunters will cast down the
dump pasture, go toward Keat
ing’s head, back to Mile-Away
poplar pasture, then out to Rocky
Head. They will come back
through the Atkins property and
plan to make the kill in front of
Paddock, Junior, and Mile-Away
pasture.
MFH Moss reports the hounds
are in excellent condition for the
hunt and said he expects the
weather to hold up for one of the
best opening day events in the
long and colorful histoiy of the
“Hounds.”
553 PRE-REGISTERED
Sandlin Named New Boy Scout Leader
In County; Annual Dinner December 5
Local Chairmen Of
TB Seal Sales Are
Named By Spencer
String Quartet Concert Set Tuesday
Beethoven and Haydn quartets
are included on the program to
be played Tuesday evening of
next week, December 3, by the
University of Alabama String
Quartet at Weaver Auditorium.
The concert, second in the
series sponsored by the Sandhills
Music Association, will begin at
8:30 p. m.
Composed of members of the
music faculty at the University
of Alabama, the quartet is rank
ed as one of the nation’s fore
most chamber music groups and
ha§ played for audiences in 15
states. The members are Emil
Raab, first violin; Roland John
son, second violin; Henry Bar
rett, viola; and Margaret Christy
cello.
The program on Tuesday will
open with Haydn’s Quartet in G
major. Op. 76, No. 1, the 'first in
a group of six quartets written
in the period 1797-1798 and re
vealing the maturity of style and
direct personal expression char
acteristic of Haydn’s chamber
music.
This will.be followed by four
shorter selections—“Londonder
ry Air,” arranged by Frank
Bridge; “The Mill” by Raff, Bor-
Odin’s “Nocturne” and pieces
from “Mikrokosmos” by Bartok.
Following tHe intermission and
concluding the concert, the group
will play Beethoven’s Quartet in
F major, Op. 135—the last of
THE ALABAMA STRING QUARTET
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Beethoven’s 16 string quartets,
characterized by its compact
forms and freedom from non-es
sential musical materials.
Tickets can be obtained from
the Bamum Realty and Insur
ance Co. on Broad Street, South
ern Pines.
Local chairmen for the Christ
mas Seal Sale of the Moore
County Tuberculosis Association
were, announced this week by
Peter T. Spencer of Southern
Pines who is heading the county-
wide sale.
Seals are going out in most
communities of the county
around December 1, Mr. Spencer
said, urging that persons who re
ceive them send in their contri
butions promptly before the
I “Christmas rush” begins.
The local chairmen are:
Aberdeen, Mrs Aubrey John
son; Cameron, Mrs. Jack Phil
lips; Carthage, Mrs. W. G.
Brown; Clayroad Farms, Mrs. W.
H. Matthews; Eagle Springs,
Miss Ellen Maurice; Eureka, Mrs. ^ • /-.i u
Hugh McLeod; Glendon, Mrs.
Beamon Poe; HighfaUs, Mrs. Lil
lian P. Davis; Jackson Springs,
Mrs. W. H. Dickerson.
Also: Lakeview, Mrs. Kate Mc-
Innis; Manly, Mrs. G. L. Culler;
Niagara, Miss Shirley Garner;
Parkwood, Mrs. Kenney Poe;
Pinebluff, Mrs. Timothy Claary;
Pinehurst, Wallace W. O’Neal;
Southern Pines, Robert F. Dunn;
Vass, Mrp. A. G. Edwards, Jr.;
V/est End, Miss Lucile Eifort;
Westmoore School, J. C. Philliiis.
S. E. Cureton, principal of
Academy Heights School near
Pinehurst heads the Negro Divi
sion of the seal ssQe this year and
will name his own neighborhood
and community chairmen
throughout the county.
No chairman has been named
for Robbins, as this community
has a' United Fund organization.
Funds from the seal sale fi
nance a program of health edu
cation, free x-ray examinations
and patient rehabilitation in
Moore County. A small portion
of the funds go to the state and
national tuberculosis associations
to help pay for medical research..
More than 550 people have
registered for the annual Boy
Scout recognition dinner next
Thursday, December 5, according
to Scout officials.
The dinner, which was origi
nally planned for the Southern
Pines High School cafeteria, will
be held at the new National
Guard Armory at 6:30. The un-
usuaUy large pre-registration
caused officials to change the lo
cation.
The dinner wiU be “pot-luck”,
with special organ music and
other entertainment. D. A. Blue,
Jr., chairman of arrangements,
said the armory would accommo
date the crowd easily.
Joseph Sandlin of Southern
Pines, controller of Amerotron
Corporation, v/ill be installed as
over-all' Moore district Chairman,
replacing Dr. J. C. Grier, Jr., of
Pinehurst, who will become Dis
trict Commissioner. Election ofj
Sandlin and other officers for,
1958 was held at a district meet
ing last 'Thursday night.
Other officers, all of whom
win be installed at the dinner
meeting, are Dr. C. C. McLean,
Fred Chappell, and B. E. Dotson,
vice-chairmen, and Cecil Beith,
J. D. Ives and Paul Ward, assist
ant district commissioners. Chair
men of nine operating commit
tees will also be installed. They
are J. Vance Rowe, Jr., Southern
Pines; J. Douglas David, Pine-
bluff; Henry Hight, Carthage;
David Drexel, Southern Pines,
J. B. Perkinson, Southern Pines,
E. O. Brogden, Southern Pines,
Dr. W. E. Alexander, Robbins;
W. M. Clark, Southern Pines; and
Jack Morgan, Vass.
W. D. Campbell of Southern
Pines and New York City, inter
national representative of the
Boy Scout program in this coun
try, will be the featured speaker.
Also appearing on the program
will be W. A. Dodson of Atlanta,
regional scout executive.
Blue said today that anyone
wishing to attend the dinner con
tact him immediately ■ so that
plans can be made to accommo
date them Sandlin, the chairman,
is a graduate of William and Mary
College in Virginia. He is sec
retary and teaches a class at the
Church of Wide Fellowship and
member of the Sandhills Ki-
JOSEPH SANDLIN
Annual Banquet Of
Chamber To Be At
Hollywood Dec. 10
Speaker Has Not
Been Selected;
Tickets On Sale
The annual Chamber of Com
merce banquet and meeting will
be held December 10 at the Hol
lywood Hotel, it was announced
today by Joseph Scott, chairman.
No speaker has been selected
as yet, Scott said, but several
outstanding people are under
consideration.
Tickets for the event, which will
cost $3.50 each, are in charge of
Mrs, Joe Steed, who is being as
sisted in the sales by Mrs. George
Thompson. Mrs. Karl Bridges
will handle decorations for the
event.
The Chamber also announced
this week that Christmas deco
rations will be put up Monday
under the chairmanship of Miss
Kitty Wiley.
Featured this year will be
wreaths of green, utilizing the
old lights. Other new material
will be purchased and installed
along the main , business
thoroughfares and, tentatively,
on^ the approaches to town from
the new parkway.
Assisting Miss Wiley are Mr.
and Mrs. Karl Bridges, Mr. and
Mrs. George McCormac and Al
ton Clark.
DR. vJ. C. GRIER
W. D, CAMPBELL
Special Term of Criminal Court In
Carthage Winds Up Most Of Docket
Completion of four long and
complicated trials late last week
marked the end of a two week
term of criminal court in Moore
County and, according to one
court attendant, the calendar is
in “excellent condition” for fu
ture terms.
Two Jackson Hamlet men—
one of whom, a witness revealed,
had threatened the lives of him
self and other witnesses should
they testify for the State—re
ceived heavy sentences for the
bru^ beating of a white farmer,
Hubert Mxcfaael, who lives be-
final week, reduced his sentence
from 12 to eight months on the
roads.
Both had been found guilty of
assault with a deadly weapon
with intent to kill. Wright, how
ever, had been charged only with
assault with a deadly weapon, a
misdemeanor, and was sentenced
accordingly.
The beating described on the
witness stand took place last De
cember 7 at Jackson Hamlet and.
testimony indicated, caused
Michael to be hospitalized for
1 several weeks. Michael testified
tween Aberdeen and Pinehurst j the assault was “unprovoked”
Fletcher Freeman, sentenced to j and he had been going about his
five years in State prison, gave business when the two beat him
immediate notice of appeal up.
through his attorney. William
Wright, the other defendant,
changed bis mind about an ap
peal and Judge W. H. S. 3ur-
gwyn, who presided during the
The weapons used, according
to Robert Michael, 12-year old
son of Hubert, were pop bottles
and a knife. The lad also said
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Patrolman Killer
Will Be Tried In
Rockingham Court
A temporory delay has cropped
up in the return of Frank Edward
Wetzel to North Carolina where
he will be tried, probably in
Rockingham, for the slaying of
two State Highway patrolmen.
State officials said in Raleigh
they were at a loss to explain the
snag, which developed when Fed
eral authorities in Los Angeles
said a removal hearing for Wetzel
would have to wait on settlement
of extradition.
A removal hearing for Wetzel,
a 36-year old escapee from a New
fork state mental institution,
had been scheduled for yester
day in Los Angeles. It was call
ed off when a Federal spokesman
said extradition between North
Carolina and California would
have to be settled first. Until
then, the spokesman said, Wetzel
will remain in the Los Angeles
County jail.
He has been charged with the
November 5 slayings of Highway
Patrolmen Wister Lee Reece and
J. T. Brown. Both officers were
shot down after they had stop
ped a speeding car. The shootings
occurred about 60 miles apart
within an hour’s time. He was
captured last week in Bakers-
ville, California, after a nation
wide manhunt was conducted by
state, local and federal law agen
cies.
He is expected to be tried in
Richmond (bounty Superior Court
next January for the murder of
Reece, which occurred near El-
lerbe. Solicitor M. G. Boyette of
Carthage, who wiU prosecute the
case, has said that no definite
time has been set for the trial but
the next term of criminal court
in Rockingham is January 6.
A factor in the decision to try
Wetzel first for the Reece slay
ing was the fact that Robert Terry
of Norman was a witness to that
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