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TWENTY PAGES
SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1957
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PRICE 10 CENTS
Town May Get Plant With $1 Million Payroll
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CHRISTMAS WREATHS, furnished and made by the Cham
ber of Commerce, were placed on poles along Broad Street early
this week by members of the' town’s street department The
Chamber constructed 62 of the wreaths, made of hemlock and
decorated with a: string of lighted bulbs, and will leave them up
through the holidays. (Pilot photo)
BRIGHT TOUCH IN BUSINESS AREA
62 Christmas Wreaths Are Put Up
In Town By Chamber Of Commerce
Christmas wreaths—62 of them't-
—went up in Southern Pines this
week and will remain through the
holiday season.
Placed on power poles, the
wreaths are made of hemlock
branches and have colored lights
in them. Miss Katherine Wiley,
who was in charge of the project,
said that 58 were placed in the
downtown area and four on the
Pennsylvania Avenue bridge. All
of them, she said, are new this
year and will take the place of
the small trees that in the past
were placed in front of stores
along Broad Street.
The Chamber of Commerce pro
vided the wreaths and the lights
that went on them. The commit
tee working on the project in-
. eluded Miss Wiley, Mrs. Tom
Darst, . Mrs. Graham Culbreth, Al
ton Clark, and Mr. and Mrs.
George McCormac. Mr. McCor-
mac, who died Monday morning,
had spent much time on the pro
ject over the weekend and mem
bers of the committee said the
beauty of the wreaths was be
cause of him.
Further decoration will be add
ed to the business section in the
next few days when the Southern
Pines Garden Club decorates the
big tree at the intersection of
Pennsylvania Avenue and Broad
Street, an annual project. The
club will also decorate the rail
road station house this year, it
was learned.
SCOUT MEETING
The annual meeting of the
Moore District, Boy Scouts of
America, will be held tonight
at the new National Guard
Armory. W. D. Campbell,
longtime prominent in Scout
activities, will be principal
speaker.
Joseph Sandlin of Southern
Pines, who has been named
the new commissioner, will
also formally take office at
the meeting, wMch is expect-
edi to draw dose to 630 peo
ple.
VFW Plans Annual
Collection Of
Christmas Toys
Donation of toys for the an
nual Christmas Cheer program
was asked this week by John
Boyd Post, Veterans of Foreign
Wars.
C. M. (Red) Smith, post com
mander, asked that toys be left
on the porch of the post home,
across froVn the post office on
New York Ave. Persons who
cannot bring toys to the post
home are asked to call the VFW,
Oxford 5-9021, after 3 p. m. and
some one will come to pick them
up.
Smith said that broken toys
are not wanted. Members of the
post paint old toys and make
minor repairs, but it has not been
found practical, he said, to at
tempt to rebuild badly broken
toys.
The toy collection is part of
the post’s annual program that
is the main VFW community ser
vice project each year.
Plans call for placing barrels
in grocery stores this week in
which gifts of food items can be
placed for needy families at
Christmas.
The VFWi post handles distri
bution of a coordinated program
of Christmas food baskets for
families whose names are sup
nlied each year by the Moore
County Welfare Department.
Other Organizations in other
towns and rural communities of
the county have similar pro
grams for families certified as
needy by the Welfare Depart
ment. Last year, 115 baskets
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BOOK FAIR
A book fair will be held at St.
Anthony’s Catholic school next
'Thursday night. A number of
books win be on hand and patrons
of the school raav purchase and
donate them to the Helen Re^
Memorial Library. I
Presentation Of
Builder’s Cup To
Be MadeTomorrow
Highlight Of
Klwanis Club
Ladies' Night
The awarding of the “Build
er’s Cup,” one of the most im
portant events in this area each
year, will take place tomorrow
(Friday) night at the annual
Ladies ■ Night program of the
SandhiU Kiwanis Club, donors of
the cup.
The recipient will be the 24th
to have received the cup, and will
be recognized as a person who,
“by unselfish personal service.
Without hope of personal gain,
has outstandingly contributed to
the upbuilding of the Sandhills
section.” Winner last year was
Eugene C. Stevens of Southern
Pines, whose name was added to
a long list of prominent residents
of this section. '
The program, for members of
the club and their guests, will be
held at the Pinehurst Country
Club beginning at 7:30 with din
ner. Thomas T. Hayes is chair
man of the Ladies Night program
and R. F. Hoke Pollock is chair
man of the Builder’s Cup com
mittee.
The speaker will be E. T.
Holmes of Charlotte, a noted
humorist. Writer of two books,
both on the huniorous side, Mr.
Hohnes has spoken to groups
throughout the country and,
Hayes said, never fails to enter
tain.
Jim Crisp and his orchestra
of Durham will present music for
the occasion. Also on the enter
tainment end of the program is
Mrs. Nancy Spencer of Southern
Pines, who will present several
selections on her guitar.
Hayes said that E. T. McKeith-
en of Aberdeen, the club’s sec
ond president, and James D.
Hobbs of Southern Pines, im
mediate past president, will re
ceive President's Cups for their
ser\dce. In charge of that portion
of the program is Superior Court
Judge W. A. Leland McKeithen
of Pinehurst.
Jack Taylor, official of Taylor
Chemical Company in Aberdeen,
will also be honored with the pre
sentation of a 25-year service
award, which will be made by J.
Talbot Johnson.
Voit Gilmore of Southern
Pines is in charge of the program
devoted to the 35th anniversary
celebration of the founding of
the organization.
Bfruce Warlick of Southern
Pines wiU act as master of cere
monies.
YEAR'S REPORTS TO BE MADE
Retired Investment Official Will
Speak At Chamber Banquet Tuesday
Curtis V. Crellin, a retired in
vestment company official who
makes his home in Hawaii, will
deliver the principal address at
the annual meeting of the
Southern Pines Chamber of Com
merce next Tuesday night, it was
announced today by Joseph
Scott, who is in charge of ar
rangements.
The meeting will be held at
the Hollywood Hotel beginning
with a social hour at 6 o’clock.
Dinner and the program are
scheduled for 7 o’clock.
Scott said this morning that
some reservations had alreadj’
b&en received. He urged those
who plan to attend to mail their
reservations in before Saturday,
or telephone him.
Various reports of the Cham
ber’s activities throughout the
year will be heard during the
businsss meeting, including a
“highlights of the year” review
by Mrs. S. D. Fobes, organization
secretary. Scott said that a nom
inating committee had made its
preliminary report but it will not
he announced at the meeting.
Several nominees have not been
contacted, he added, but would
be in the next few days. L. D.
McDonald is in charge of that
committee.
Expected to attend the meet
ing are mayors of several nearby
towns who have received special
invitations, and L. B. Creath of
Pinehurst, chairman of the
Moore County Industrial Devel
opment Committee.
Mr. Crellin, who is expected to
talk along the lines of “em out-
CURTIS V. CRELLIN
sider takes a look at Southern
Pines,” has been a frequent vis
itor to the Sandhills. He is mar
ried to the former Louise Stan
ley of Carthage whose father
now is a resident of Manly.
He was in the investment busi
ness in Los Angeles when Pearl
Haibor was bomlfed by the Jap
anese in 1941. He stayed there a
few months and then went to
Washington where he offered his
services to the government He
was appointed food programmer
for the British Colonies Supply
Mission, an agency which was
responsible for supplying some
21 Briti.sh colonies with food. He
held the pKisition until the' end
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Open Meeting Called Monday To
Lay Plans For Raising $150,000
This commtmity has been selected as the location for a
new plant with a payroll of approximately $1 million annual
ly, it was disclosed this morning by Southern Pines members
of the cotmty’s Industrial Development committee.
A public meeting, to which residents of the entire com-
mimity and surrotmding areas have been invited, wiU be held
Monday at 2 p.m. in the high school auditorium. Additional
details will be discussed at that time, according to L. B.
Creath of Pinehurst, chairman of the county committee, and
John L. Ponzer, chairman of the local group.
BENSCHOTEN ON ALL-STAR SQUAD
Aberdeen Gives Up 6-Man Football;
Elected Member Of Cape Fear Loop
Part of the financing for the
new plant must be accomplished
through local supscription, the
men said, listing the amount as.
“between 150 and 175 thousand
dollars.”
Plans call for raising the funds
through the sale of bonds at an at
tractive rate of interest.
The location for the new plant
was not announced, although com
mittee members said it would be
outside the city limits. At the
meeting Monday the location will
be given, along with a history of
the company’s financial back
ground, its previous operational
record, and the type building that
has been proposed. Landscaping
details wiU also be annoimced.
The president of the company,
which is presently operating in
The Aberdeen Red Devils, run- team.
High School Choir
To Sing Christmas
Songs At PTA Meet
A special Christmas musical
program by the 34-voice Blue
Knight choir .will be presented at
the PTA meeting Monday night
at 8 p.m. in Weaver Auditorium.
Mrs. I. A. WoodeU, president,
extends a special invitation to the
public to attend this meeting, the
one each year which has the most
appeal to the general public.
Under the direction of Roger
Gibbs, the choir will teR j;he
Christmas story in music, consist
ing of a number of familiar
Christmas anthems and carols.
Part of the program will be de
voted to the cantata, “Child Je
sus,” for mixed voices, by Joseph
Clokey and Hazel Kirk.
Soloists are Bob McIntosh,
Grace DuPree. Frank Talbert,
Jean Franklin, James Bowers, De-
lores Maready, Everett Cushman
and Betty Foshee.
Mrs. Ina L. Bullock is accom
panist.
Part of the same program wiU
be presented at the regular meet
ing of the Rotary Club tomorrow.
ners-up for the state six-man foot
ball title this year and champion
last season, has been elected a
member of the Cape Fear Confer
ence and wiU field an 11-man
team next season.
The action came at the winter
meeting of the conference at Fair
mont school Monday night.
Southern Pines became a mem
ber of the loop last season and
voted its approval of the entrance
of Aberdeen, considered a natural
rival. 'The selection of Aberdeen
was coupled with that of Rohanen
of Rockingham, bringing loop
membership to 10 schools.
The only sport affected, so far as
Southern Pines and Aberdeen are
concerned, is footbaU. Both teams
will retain membership in the
county basketball and baseball
conferences.
Other action at the meeting
Monday night saw a Southern
Pines player, tackle John Van
Benschoten, named to the first-
string all-conference squad. James
Bowers, the other first string
tackle, was named to the second
TIP-OFF DINNER
The Soiilhexn Pines BQgh
School basketball teams—
both boys and girls—wiU
open their home season to-
morow (Friday) following a
"tip-oEF' dinner in the school
cafeteria.
At the dinner, scheduled
for 5:30 to 7 p. m., members
of both squads will be intro
duced and Coach W. A. Leon
ard wiU outline to fans the
prospects for the year.
Following the dinner the
first game of a double-head
er with Robbins begins at
7:30. The visitors will ^ fav
ored in both events, though
the local girls, who broke a
two-year Robbins winning
streak last season, have been
given an outside chance of
repeating the performance.
Last year the Robbins boys
were regular season coenty
champions but lost to Aber
deen in the tournament.
Red Springs was awarded the
championshin trophy, made avail
able by Clark Sporting Goods
Company of Fayetteville, and St.
Paul’s won the runner-up trophy,
donated by the FayetteviUe Ob
server--
Irie Leonard, head coach at
Southern Pines, was named to a
committee to arrange a round-
robin tournament next year, and
said the schedules would be an
nounced in about two weeks.
Southern Pines will play nine
conference games, its only non-
conference encounter against San
ford.
Under round-robin procedures,
each team is required to play all
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Jaycees To Again
Sponsor Lighting
Contest In Area
Sponsorship of a residential
Christmas lighting contest for
Southern Pines has been an
nounced by the Junior Chamber
of Commerce. This is the second
year that such a contest has been
held and a club spokesman said
that a large number of entries
were expected.
Winner will receive a 11 by 14
natural color photograph of his
display, handsomely framed and
engraved.
The most expensive display
wiU not necessarily be the win
ner, The committee said: “Our
concept of Christmas lighting is
the application of proven lighting
techniques to originality and in
dividual expression.”
Entries will be judged on orig
inality, technique, and ingenuity.
Any type lighting fixture may be
used.
The Jaycees will distribute
handbiUs to every house in the
area, pointing out the require
ments Sind the period of judging.
The winner, incidentaUy, wiU
be entered in the nationwide con
test sponsored by General Electric
Company which offers more than
$1,0()0 in prizes.
Council Will Hold
Public Hearing On
Sign Ordinances
Discussion of the financing of
the new town hall and future pol
icy on signs in certain zoned aresis
are the big items on the Town
CoimcU agenda Tuesday night.
The meeting, which wiU be
held at the new National Guard
Armory on Morganton Road, is
expected to be brief.
A public hearing was ordered
at the last meeting of the Council
to hear any opposition to a change
in the sign ordinance for Residen
tial District IH. The Council has,
at the recommendation of the
planning board, decided to aUow
certain sign changes in that area
and is expected to make the de
cision part of its official policy
unless unexpected opposition de
velops at the meeting.
Under the law now no sign of
any large size can be erected in
the area. Mid Pines Club peti
tioned the town to change the law
to allow a larger sign, citing its
distant location across a lake and
the disadvantage of seeing a small
sign from that distance as being
injurious to business.
Plans for a new sign, larger but
in what the planning board said
was good taste, were presented at
the Council’s November meeting
and met with approilal.
As for financing total comple
tion of the new town hail as orig
inally planned the Council has
not at this moment come up with
any plan although several have
been rumored as imder discus
sion..
Gen. Pearson Menoher asked at
the last meeting that the matter
be placed on the docket.
two other states, has been a fre
quent visitor to this area, staying
at the Carolina Hotel in Pine
hurst. Creath and Ponzer said
|hat in one conference he inform
ed them he became interested in
this area through those visits and
felt that employees of the plant
“would be on a 365-day-a-year
vacation,” referring to the ideal
climate.
Countless meetings have been
held by the committee with offi
cials of the company over the
past few days, some of them in
cluding experts in the North Car
olina Department of Conservation
and Development. William P.
Saunders of Southern Pines, C&D
director, has also met informaUy
with the committee and advised
on procedures to be taken.
It is believed that North Caro-
hna’s new tax structure, favorable
to the location of new industry,
and a personal campaign in the
New York area recently by Gov
ernor Hodges and the C&D help
ed persuade the company to look
this area over.
“We have spent uncounted
hours discussing this opportunity
among ourselves and with C&D
officials,” Chairman Ponzer said.
“The committee, and C&D, has
checked the background of the
company and find it possesses an
exceUent reputation. This com
munity has, for some time now,
been interested in obtaining a de
sirable, highly skilled industry.
We now have a definite commit
ment from one and the opportun
ity to realize a tremendous boon
to our economy.”
Members of the Southern Pines
Town Coimcil have also been in
on the discussions and have ap
proved the proposals. The Coun
cil has offered assistance in help
ing locate the plant in this area,
though no details are available on
that particular phase of the plan
ning.
“Getting this industry rests
with the people,” Creath and Pon
zer said. “The opportunity is one
that should interest everyone and
we believe it will.”
When in production, the com
mittee said, the company would
employ about the same number as
the Robbins MiU and Amerotron
Corporation did when it operated
the plant in Aberdeen that is now
part of the A. & M. Karagheusian
carpet manufacturing firm.
Membeis of the local commit
tee, in addition to Ponzer, are
Harry FuUenwider, Norris Hodg
kins, Jr., Robert S. Ewing, D. A.
(June) Blue, and John Ostrom.
All have been in on discussions
that preceded today’s announce
ment, as well as other members of
the county committee.
Local Minister Condemns Showing of
Picture In Theatre Here This Week
The Rev. Martin Caldwell, rec
tor of Emmanuel Episcopal
Church, let loose another blast
today at a meeting of the boys’
choir in his church at what he
termed “disgraceful movies.”
The movie referred to is “I Was
A Teenage Werewolf,” which is
playing at the Sunrise Theatre.
The Rev. Mr. CaldweU, speak
ing to the some 28 boys in the
choir, whose ages range from
se'/en to 14, told them that he
had carried on correspondence
with the Charlotte firm that op
erates the Sunrise and had been
assured that movies shown here
‘Svere of the highest quality.”
He added, however, that
movies such as the one currently
being shown “disprove this state
ment completely.’"
“Such movies as this are not
just a matter of one’s individual
taste,” he said, “but involve mor
al principles and are completely
opposed to the ethical teachings
of the Christian churches.”
His remarks, he told the group,
were not directed against local
management but “against the
Charlotte office which directs the
schedule of movies to be shown
here.”
Once before, speaking from his
pulpit, the Rev. Mr. Caldwell
criticized the type film that is
sometimes shown here. The PTA
executive committee has also
criticized some qf the movies.
Adding emphasis to his re
marks this afternoon, the Rev.
Mr. CaldweU told his choir that
he “hoped they would refrain
from attending the present
movie, and aU others shown there
as long as pictures like 1 Was A
Teenage Werewolf continue to
be included on the movie sched
ule.”
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