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VOL. 38—NO. 3
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SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1957
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PRICE 10 CENTS
Bond Election Seen To
Complete Town Hall
Officials Say
About $80,000
Still Required
A special $100,000 bond elec
tion for completing the new
Town Hall was made possible
Tuesday night when the Town
Council voted to set machinery
in motion for such an election
early next year.
The Council, in regular month
ly session at the National Guard
Armory, also heard a scathing
denunciation of its predecessors
by Gen. Pearson Menoher, who
said that “the conceptiion of this
building from the start has been
in a most unbusinesslike man
ner.”
It was bis action, however,
that set the possible bond elec
tion in motion.
It is generally felt that at
least $80,000 would be required
at present, aside from funds on
hand and approximately $32,000
that the town can borrow next
year, all needed to complete
the building as it was originally
planned. Under the present con
tract, there will be no fire wing
or jail cells and several other
iteins have been omitted.
Ways of financing the con-
sti-uction of those facilities have
been under consideration for
some time by the Council and
several plans have been suggest
ed.
Gen. Menoher, who prefaced
his remarks Tuesday with the
words: "this will be unpleasant,”
said he had issued a warning
when the fifst plans were sub
mitted that the proposed build
ing would cost “around $200,-
000.”
The only thing the town pan
do now, he said, is to complete
the building.
“We don’t have a choice in the
matter,” he said. “It will be a
serious miffitake to try and com
plete it piece-meal over the next
few years. For that reason, I
recommend to the Council that
we go back to the voters and get
their feeling on the matter. If
tney turn down the bonds, they
v/ill be the ones to speak their
minds, not us. I think this is a
matter for thfe people.”
The previous Council had rec-
cinmended to its successors that
some means of financing be de
termined that would complete
the building, particularly the
fire wing. At one of its last
meetings before going out of of
fice, the Council called in Fire
Chief Harold Fowler and inform
ed him that they were going
ahead with the partial construc
tion but would reconunend to
the next Council that completion
of the structure be a matter of
first importance.
Coimcil hasn’t much time to
act on the matter. In order to
set up a bond election, certain
formalities must be met and they
require much time. Also, such an
election couldn’t interfere with
another election and next spring
county elections and Congressio-
al elections are scheduled.
The contractor has indicated
he would complete the present
structure by next summer. Gen.
Menoher and other Council mem
bers felt that fimds should be
available prior to the time he
leaves the job so that the final
stage of construction, if author
ized, could tie in with the work
now underway, thus effecting a
savings to the town.
The motion was unanimously
adopted and will now be referred
to—bond attorneys,' who tisually
take about 30 days to draw up
the necessary papers.
When the attorneys finish the
preliminary stages. Council
could still veto its action by re
fusing to approve an ordinance
calling for a bond election.
FURTHER CONSIDERATION
Town Council Sends Zoning Appeal
For KnoUwood Back To Committee
A request that zoning ordi
nances be altered to allow oper
ation of a tea room in KnoUwood,
one that has already been turned
down by the Zoning Board, was
given small chance of approval
Tuesday night when the Town
Council turned the matter back
to the Board.
The request, which came in
the form, of an appeal, was made
by Carolina Orchids, Inc.,
through its attorney, R. F. Hoke
PnUock. The firm had sought to
alter restrictions in Residence
District III and thus gain approv
al to lease space to a Pinehurst
man who wants to establish a
tea room. The Planning Board,
at a meeting early in November,
turned down the proposal and
recommended to Council that no
action be taken.
Mrs. Hazel Bridges, who oper
ates Carolina Orchids, Inc., with
her husband, told the Council
that the matter had been under
consideration for three years and
had received “a tremendous
amount of thought.”
She said she and many others
felt that the -establishment of
such facilities in the area would
be of great benefit to Southern
Pines, particularly in view of the
wood approved that. But we feel
that Residence III was created
solely to keep the resort activi
ties in Southern Pines, not to al
loy/ for future business develop
ment in that particular area.”
Councilman Robert Ewing re
minded his colleagues and a
large number of people who at
tended that the town now has
the problem of balancing busi-
nes.s and industry against the re-
(Continued on page 8)
V onCanonOrdered
To Grand Jury In
Manslaughter Case
Probable cause was found in
two charges of manslaughter
against Richard Von Canon of
West End in a hearing conducted
before Magistrate Charles Mc
Leod in Carthage yesterday. •
The charges grew out of a
fatal accident which resulted in
the death of two men, William
Wayne Brackett of High Point
and Bobby J. Morris of Denton.
The accident occurred early in
September near West End.
Area Buttons Up
As Temperature
Plummets To 10
Light Snow Thai
Fell Yesterday
About .17 Inch
Winter, not officially due until
Decelmber 22, blew its frigid
Arctic breath down this com
munity’s neck last night. The
recorded low at the U. S. Weath
er Observatory was a miserable
10 degrees.
The cold air moved in on the
hee’s of a snow that fell off and
on most of the day Wednesday,
mea.sured at about a half-inch in
some parts. The official measure,
however, was only .17 inches.
Warming up somewhat this
morning, the therometer regis
tered 25 degrees at noon, stUl cold
enough to keep people indoors
and prevent some motorists from
starting their cars.
The rest of the state exjjeri-
enced similar weather. In Wades-
boro, iit IS reported, snow flur
ries came down so heavy that
traffic was snarled iti several
areas of town. Motorists also had
trouble mmieuvering along High
way 1 between Aberdeen and
Rockingham.
Lace Plant Seems Certain; Pledge
Cards Total More Than $150,000
HAH!
Ralph Mills, superinlen-
dent of the walei works and
a man who ordinarily casts a
practiced eye out on things
unusual, particularly where
water is concerned, woke up
this morning with his water
pipes (at home) frozen.
Town pipes are in their cus
tomary good shape.
Xislers Named
This Week; Will
Begin In January
Tax listers for 1958 in this
county who were named by the
Board of County Commissioners
last week, will begin their duties
January 2.
County officials eould not an
ticipate any closing date but
some said they felt the total val
uation would be up this year to
a new high.
Listers and their townships
are:
McNeill (in) Mrs. Irene i MuUL
nix; McNeill (out) Mrs. Don J.
Blue; Carthage, Mrs. R. W.
Pleasants; Bensalem, Mrs. Nina
C. Monroe; Sheffield, Mrs. L. B.
Bowman; Ritters, Mrs. Evelyn
Upchurch; Deep River, James
Campbell; Greenwood, J. Alton
Shaw; Sandhills, Mrs. Adelaide
Schnell; Mineral Springs, Mrs.
Dan Patterson; and Little River,
Leon Keith.
Everyone Got Pledge Cards....
Officials of the Southern Pines Industrial develop
ment Committee announced at noon today that the requir^
$150,000 in pledges to help finance construction of a lace
manufacturing plant here had been reached.
In a whirl-wind four-day campaign requiring the combin
ed efforts of hundreds of citizens, the required pledges, which
actually amount to more than $150,000, demonstrated what
one member of the committee said was “an indication that
people in this community can rise to unlimited heights when
they have to.”
Final count, as of noon, placed the pledges at between
$165,000 and $170,000. More were expected to come in during
the next few days but, for the time being, officials said
enough was on hand to .notify officers of Mozur Laces, Inc.,
the company that wants to locate here, that all requirements
on this end had been fully met.
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The drive has produced what
some people think is more com
munity interest than has been
shown since a similar campaign
was conducted to bring the pro
posed consolidated Presbyterian
College to this area.
James D. Hobbs, who was in
charge of the soliciting commit
tee, said today that “the com-
.nunity has clearly shown again
v/hat it can do when the need
arises. I will be eternally grate
ful to those who made this cam
paign successful and feel the
plant, and the efforts to bring it
here wfill be of increasing value
in the years ahead.”
Hobbs and his committee start
ed distributing pledge cards even
before a public meeting, called
Monday to discuss the proposi
tion, was concluded. First indica
tion that the campaign would
be successful was at that point,
when approximately $30,000 was
rai.sed in less than 10 minutes.
From then until this morning
the increase in pledged subscrip
tions had continued to rise, at
times slowly and at Other times
in surges. More than 160 people
representing all segments of the
population made pledges, Hobbs
said.
Sunday, two officials of the
Industrial Committee, Robert
Ewing and Norris Hodgkins, Jr.,
will go to Tennessee where the
quest, such thmgs as employee
relations, community relations,
and financial backgrotmd.
“This invitation we had is an
extremely important thing,”
Hodgkins said, “and demon
strates, I think, that the com
pany is proud of its past per
formances and its good intentions
in this community. We will leave
no stone unturned in our inves
tigation, though I am inclined to
think that we will return with
even better reports than the
company provided us.”
In announcing that the neces
sary pledges were on hand to
day, officials said that a number
of details were still to be worked
out. Tomorrow (Friday) an offi
cial of the company will tele
phone here and ask if the drive
wore successful. It is believed at
that time that he will announce
the company’s firm intentions of
locating here, on a plot of ground
on the new US 1 bypass just
north of the Midland Road inter
section. The land, under option
to the Southern Pines Develop
ment Corporation, the organiza
tion that will actually construct
the building, is part of the Sand
hill Lumber Corporation proper
ty. About 15 acres will be acquir
ed for the new plant, construc
tion of which is expected to get
underway in .Tanuary.
The building, according to
company operates plants and ^ gpg^jjfreceived here, will
make a tour of the facilities. They ■
will check, at the company’s re-
In the hearing, which was
fact that such facilities are oot', jip courtroom at
now available in that area. Carthage, testimony was taken
She was backed up in her | from State Highway Patrolman
statements by several people, in- r. r, Samuels, one of the inves-
ciuding owners of both Mid^tigating officers, and Marvin
Pijies and Pine Needles, business' Moore, who was a passenger in
establishments that already oper- the car in which Morris was in-
ate in the area.
Gen Julian Barnes, a member
cf the Planning Board and a res
ident of KnoUwood, led the
stantly killed.
Samuels said his investigation
indicated that Von Canon was
travelUng along Highway 211 to-
gruup that opposed the proposal. (v/ard Eagle Springs. The other
“When KnoUwood was annexed (car was heading toward West
to Southern Pines,” he said, zon
ing regulations were revamped to
fit the needs of the area and
evei-ything there was placed in
Residence District I except the
two golf courses and the hospital.
Residence HI was created to take
care of their needs.
“In effect, the town gave au
thority to keep things as they
were and- the residents of Knoll-
End. He said he had measured
skid marks from the Chevrolet
and they were approximately 221
feet. The Ford, he said, had skid
ded about 50 feet. Moore said
that when he first saw the
Chevrolet it was off the road on
the shoulder, on the right hand
side. He added that the car then
veered into the path of the Ford
(Continued on page 8)
14-Year Old Boy
Accidentally Kills
Self With Shotgun
William Collyer, 14-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Collyer
of Carthage, was instantly killed
Saturday afternoon in the first
fatal hunting accident reported in
the area this season.
Young Collyer’s death was
termed accidental by Coroner
Ralph Steed. He was killed by a
shotgun blast in his chest. Steed
said that no inquest would be
necessary.
The boy was foimd by relatives
in a wooded area of the Union
Church section near midnight
Saturday after several hours of
search. Steed said he had leamexi
that young CoUyer, two of his
brothers, his father and an uncle
had gone squirrel hunting on the
McNeiU farm during the after
noon. It was a foggy day and the
hunting party became separated.
“The others thought, when they
discovered CoUyer was missing,
that he had gone home,” Steed
said.
When the rest of the party
found he had not returned home
and the fog turned into a cold
rain, relatives and friends began
a search of the farm.
Steed reconstructed the acci
dent this way:
Apparently the boy stopped to
shake a thick vine in attempts to
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AND BEHIND THE DRUG COUNTER
PINEHURST RESIDENT
John Taylor, Hospital Worker, Is
Awarded Saedhills Builder’s Cup
John F. Taylor of Pinehurst,
described as a man who has
‘given devotedly of his time to
the Moore Memorial Hospital and
the Pinehurst school system,”
was awarded the Builder’s Cup
in annual presentation cere
monies Friday night at the Pine
hurst Country Club.
He is the 24th recipient of the
cup, awarded annually by the
Sandhills Kiwanis Club to the
person who, “by unselfish per
sonal service, has outstandingly
contributed to the upbuilding of
the Sandhills section.” His name
was added to a long list of dis
tinguished people who have been
awarded the coveted cup since
its inauguration in 1926.
More than 150 people turned
out at the Country Club to pay
their resi)ects to the winner of the
cup, unknown to all but the sel- still
ection committee until the
dramatic moment it was, pre
sented. R. F. Hoke Pollock Of
Southern Pines, a member of the
committee, made the presenta
tion, terming it "as much of a
thrill to present this award as it
is to receive it.”
Mr, Taylor, in accepting it,
said it was “one of the highlights
of my life.”
/associated for many years with
both the hospital and with Pind-
hnrst schools, Mr. Taylor’s selec
tion was described by Pollock as
“one that has been a long time
coming.” He traced Mr. "Taylor’s
work with both institutions, 'be
ginning in 1928 when he became
a member of the school board in
Pinehurst. The service has been
uninterrupted until the present,
with the exception of four years
he served on the Moore County
Board.
He served continuously as
chairman from 1928 until this
past July when he asked to be
relieved of the position.' He is
a member of the board,
however, and is recognized in
North Carolina as an outstanding
patron of the schools and a tire
less worker in their behalf. Dur
ing the past 10 years. Pollock
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Taylor Elected
President’s Post
At Moore Hospital
John F. Taylor of Pinehurst
was elected president of the
Moore Memorial Hospital at the
annual meeting of the Board of
Directors held Tuesday night in
the Nurses’ Home. He succeds
Jack M. Taylor, of Aberdeen,
who has served since 1953.
On the previous Friday night,
the new president had been hon
ored with the Sandhills Kirwanis
Club’s 1957 Builder’s Cup for | to the Sandhills,
outstanding service to the com- xhe plant, he
munity.
Chosen first vice president at
the hospital meeting was Mrs.
hive about 51,000 square feet of
floor space and will be construct
ed of jumbo brick. Officials have
assmed the community that it
will be well landscaped and will
be so constructed as to alloy/ for
multi-purpose use.
At the open meeting Monday,
when the name cf the company
was revealed to the public for the
first time, John Ponzer assured
the 400 people who turned out
that Governor Hodaes, the De
partment of Conservation and
Development, and local officials
had thoroughly checked the com
pany’s background before recom
mending it as an asset to this
community.
Mr. Mozur, he said, presently
operates factories in Tennessee
I and has been a frequent visitor
John E. Dixon of Pinehurst, suc
ceeding Richard S. Tufts, Pine
hurst, and elected second vice-
president was Voit Gilmore of
Southern Pines, succeeding Mrs.
Dixon. Paul Dana was reelected
secretary and treasurer, and, to
fill the new post of assistant sec
retary-treasurer, Gordon H.
Cameron of Pinehurst was nam
ed.
Continued as honorary presi-
added. would
employ between 200 and 250 peo
ple in the initial operatipn, with
a payroll of about a million dol-
Elks Club Football
Banquet Postponed
Until January Date
'The annual Elks Club football
banquet, originally scheduled for
dent was George A. Maurke of' next 'Wednesday night, has been
Eagle Springs, a charter member postponed until a date still to be
of the Board of Directors and selected in January.
for many years the hospital’s
president.
The directors
heard
reports of the institution’s prog
ress during the year, especially
of gains in its financial position
The banquet, this year will
mark the 12th such occasion, had
glowing to be cancelled at the last minute
because Of prior commitments
on facilities at the Elks Club.
Tnere is also a basketball game
through increased service to the | scheduled for Thursday night
public and decreased per-patient- and a dramatics club play Fri
day costs.
All members of the Board of
Directors were reelected to serve
another year, as follows:
Mrs. Samuel G. AUtn, Gordon
Camicron, Paul Dana, Mrs.
Dixon, Nelson C. Hyde, H. Ar-
day night.
Letters and stars for squad
members will be presented when
the banquet is held, and a per
manent team captain will be
elected. Also, the James S. Milli-
ken Award, made available by
nold Jackson. John F. Taylor and | the Veterans of Foreign Wars
Richard Tufts, all of Pinehurst; post here to the outstanding
Walter E. Blue, Mrs. James Boyd, member of the team, will be
(Continued on Page 8) awarded.