-5
i^R!
VOL. 38—NO. 5
Financing For
Lace Plant Is
Being Sought
N. C. Business
Fund Reported
Now In Picture
Officers and directors of the
Southern Pines Development Cor
poration met this morning to dis
cuss further plans for construct
ing a building here for Mozur
Laces, Inc., of Trenton, N. J.
While no report of action was
made, except the statement by-
several of the officers and direc
tors that progress was being
made, it was learned that the lo
cal group is now attempting to
obtain a first mortgage loan for
the building from the North Car
olina business development fund,
a state-sponsored loan source.
More than $175,000 has been
pledged by residents of this area
for second mortgage financing by
issue of stock and bonds, leaving
some $200,000 required by the lo
cal group from a first mortgage
source.
Apparently efforts , to obtain
first mortgage financing through
other sources have not been suc
cessful, though this fact was not
officially confirmed today.
Several officers and directors of
the Sandhill Development Cor
poration appeared optimistic to
day, however, and said that pro
gress is being made.
Robert S. Ewing, president of
the new corporation, was out of
to-wn today. The corporation,
formed some time ago in connec
tion with another enterprise, has
been reactivated to handle financ
ing and direct construction of the
building for Mozur Laces, Inc., a
company that has two plants in
Tennessee and has indicated it
would like to locate a lace plant
here.
Site of the plant, on which an
option has been obtained, is about
15 acres of Sandhill Lumber Com
pany land, east of the No. 1 high
way parkway, north of the Mid
land Road intersection.
TWELVE PAGES
SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1957
TWELVE PAGES
PRICE 10 CENTS
'f. '
■
Volume Of Mail Sets
New All-Time Record
Parcels To
SANDHILLS ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION—
composed of Voit Gilmore, left, and Vance Der
by—studies map of Antarctica for which they
left a day or so later. Gilmore holds some gifts
presented them by admiring friends—in ri^t
hand, a tiny penguin; in left, “soil samples from
South Pole for advance geological studies”—i.e.,
a tray of ice cubes sent by Dr. R. B. Warlick.
Gilmore and Derby won’t need the ice cubes.
Ice at South Pole is 9,000 feet deep.
(Photo by V. Nicholson)
Local Men Leave For Antarctica
South Pole Is Goal
Of Correspondents"
Air-Sea Adventure
Sunday Was Big
For Kiddies
Day
Sunday was a big day for San
ta in Southern Pines. And for
the kiddies who met him and took
pai-t in other holiday joUity at the
Veterans of Foreign Wars post
home or at the Elks celebration at
the Southern Pines Country Club.
There was fun for all and
Christmas goodies for all at both
places. Strangely enough, Santa
appeared at both places, ' too, at
the same time: the kind of thing
that sets a child to wondering
about this Santa business.
But most of them were having
too much fun to wonder. It was
enough that Santa was where
THEY were.
The VFW party included rides
around the block on one of the
town fire trucks.
As the old gentleman from the
North Pole steers his reindeer in
this direction, two local residents
are heading the other way as fast
as they can, by more modem
modes of conveyance.
Voit Gilmore and Vance Derby
are on their way to the South
Pole, of all places. And if you
think that’s an easy place to get
to, just try buying a ticket there.
You can’t.
Already wearing their coveralls
and parkas as a luggage lighten
ing measure, they took off Sun
day morning for New York City
and Idlewild Airport, to soar off
that afternoon for Lisbon and the
continent of Africa.
To Board Transport
Over the Sahara to Leopold
ville, then to Cape Town by
Christmas Day is the immediate
aim. A. couple of days enjoying
midsurnmer there, then they be
come guests of the U. S. govern
ment as they board a Navy trans
port for the land where it’s al
ways winter.
Fifteen days by sea on an ever-
colder ocean will bring them to
Ellsworth Station, gateway to the
Antarctic, whence their govern
ment-assigned Priority II rating,
with rank equivalent to lieuten
ant commander, will secure them
passage on any ship or plane
heading to the South Pole or tan
gential areeis.
Accredited as corresixjndents
for various North Carolina news-
paj>ers and radio stations, the two
Carolina journalism graduates
will observe Navy operations be
ing conducted as part of the Inter
national Geophysical Year. Gil
more is a veteran of Navy service
and Derby served in the Coast
Guard.
This is a time when numerous
scientific projects and surveys
are taking place, and the partici
pating countries are eager to get
their stories before the world.
It’s an opportunity of a life
time, and once the local men
knew of it, they made in a few
days arrangements normally tak
ing several weeks.
First clearance had to be secur
ed at home, for two wives and a
total of seven youngsters will be
welcoming Santa without Daddy.
Four little Gilmores, three little
Derbys gave assent, provided
Daddy will bring back a penguin.
For Mrs. Gilmore and Mrs. Derby
the prospect brightened as they
made plans to meet their hus
bands in South America some six
or eight weeks hence.
Gilmore, Southern Pines busi
nessman and former mayor, with
many talents of which newswrit
ing is just one, is representing the
Raleigh News and Observer, Wfti-
stqp-Salem Journal and Sentinel
and" the Charlotte Observer. Der
by, who is news editor of The
Pilot, is also representing the
Asheville Citizen-Times, the
Greensboro Daily News and Ra
dio Station WPTF.
Gilmore, chairman of the Gov
ernor’s Anti-Litterbug campaign,
denied he was going to the South
Pole to scatter anti-litterburg lit
erature. • And, president of the
North Carolina Travel Council,
he denied also that he is traveling
to the South Pole to prove that
“North Carohna accommodations
(Continued on page 5)
Cub Scouts Will
Sing To Shut-Ins
Cub Scouts of Pack 73 will go
carolling tonight (Monday), paus
ing to sing traditional Christmas
songs at the Anchorage Convales
cent Home on Massachusetts Ave.,
and the Pinehurst Convalescent
Home, as well as at private
homes.
AU six “dens” of the pack will
be out with their den . mothers
and many of the Cubs’ parents.
They will distribute small gifts
at both the convalescent homes.
Confused? .... So Are We!
Kind of confusing—this business of publishing Thurs
day’s paper on Monday: for readers and for us here at The
Pilot, too.
So, when you read “today,” in this Pilot dated Thursday
up above, remember it may mean Monday, because that’s
“today” for us—today.
It’s aU part of this week with Christmas on Wednesday.
We thought everybody would rather have this paper be
fore the holiday. And, coming out today (Monday), that
gives us a couple more days of vacation.
So, from all of us at The Pilot to all of you—Merry
Christmas. Also, of course, just to keep things complicat
ed, Happy New Year, as we won’t have another paper un
til after 1958 begins.
Next week, we’U publish on Thursday, but be closed
Wednesday, New Year’s Day.
Warning On Holiday Traffic Peril
Follows Series of Wrecks In Moore
Eight highway accidents in
Moore County, Friday through
Sunday, brought a warning today
from State Highway Patrol Cor
poral Jim McColman who asked
the motoring public to use extra
caution during the remainder of
the holidays.
Three Greensboro residents
were injured in the most serious
of the accidents which took place
Friday on N. C. 211 out of Pine
hurst.
Token to Moore Memorial Hos
pital were Mr. and Mrs. Sherman
Hunt and Mr. Hunt’s sister. Miss
Lila Martin. Their car left the
road and overturned after a tire
blew out, Cpl. McColman said.
Mr. and Mrs. George Harris of
Spokane, Wash., were treated for
lacerations at St. Joseph’s Hospi
tal Saturday morning after their
automobile struck a mule on No.
1 highway, near Dunrovin service
station, north of Southern Pines.
Carroll W. Minges of Lumberton
was the driver of a car that ran
off the Bethesda road, near Be-
thesda Church, Saturday night,
and hit a tree. Nobody was re
ported hurt. Minges said another
car forced him from the road.
Something of a mystery was in
volved when patrolmen found a
Red Ball Express truck overturn
ed near the north end of the No.
1 Highway parkway, near South
ern Pines. The patrol had the
truck towed away and it wasdater
claimed by the owners.
The other four accidents in
volved largely property damage,
Cpl. McColman said.
Chamber Elects
8 New Directors
For Coming Year
Chrislmas Lights
Draw Praise But
Must Be Paid For
Eight new directors were nam
ed by the Chamber of Commerce
in a meeting held Friday.
Elected were: C. H. ^wman,
Mrs. Karl Bridges, Ward Hill,
Vance Derby, Mrs. J. N. Steed,
Mrs. J. T. Marley, Johnnie A. Hall
and' Mrs. John S. Ruggles.
As there was a tie in the vo
ting, eight directors were named,
instead of the customary seven.
Holdover directors are: Mrs.
Graham Culbreth, Dr. L. M.
Daniels, A. L. FoUey, Mrs. B. N.
Harrington, L D. McDonald,
Ne\yland Phillips, George Pottle
and Joseph I. Scott.
New and old directors will
meet Tuesday, January 7, for their
first meeting of the new year.
Chamber officers will be elected
at that time.
Other Business
Three local representatives
were named for the U. S. No. 1
Highway Association, which has
hitherto had one representative.
'They are Voit Gilmore, for hotels
and motels; Virgil Clark, for ser
vice stations and garages; and
Earl Hubbard, for downtown
businesses.
Plans call for a brief campaign
for No. 1 Highway Association
memberships, conducted by these
three representatives, with the
hope that the campaign can be
wound up soon after it is begun,
rather than extend over some
time, as it has in the past.
The No. 1 Association promotes
the use of No. 1 highway
throughout its length, distribu
ting maps and other information
in travel centers.
The Chamber discussed a let
ter, appearing in The Pilot, from
a visitor who expressed surprise ,
that palmists were permitted to
operate establishments in this Pennsylvania Ave., Thurs-
area. Members decided to call the morning of next week, Janu-
problem to the attention of law- Fobes, Chamber
enforcement officers for any ac- Commerce secretary, said to-
tion that might be taken imder
CLOSINGS
The Cifizens Bank and
Trust Company will be closed
Wednesday for Christmas and
also Wednesday of next week.
New Year's Day.
Town offices will close at
noon. Tuesday, and remain
closed through Christmas Day
on Wednesday. Next week,
theyTl close on Wednesday.
New Year's Day.
'The post office will dose
windows on Chrislmas and
New Year's. No home deliv
ery those days;, either, except
for special delivery and par
cels on Christmas Day.
County offices in the court
house at Carthage will dose
at noon Tuesday and remain
dosed until Friday. Decem
ber 27. Next week, county
offices will be closed on Wed
nesday. New Year's Day.
The Pilot is publishing to
day (Monday) and is dosing
Tuesday. Wednesday and
Thursday of this week, will
be open Friday and dosed
Saturday. Next week, we'll
be closed only on Wednesday
(New Year's Day) and will
publish on Thursday as usuaL
The Southern Pines Libra
ry will dose Wednesday and
Thursday of thi55 week.
License Plates
To €k> On Sale
Thursday, Jan, 2
New State license tags for au
tomobiles and Southern Pines
town license tags will go on sale
at the Chamber of Commerce of
existing legislation governing
operation of fortune tellers.
Miss Kitty Wiley reported
many favorable comments on the
wreath-type Christmas decora-
(Continued on page 5)
Services Held For
George Sherrerd HI
A memorial service for CJeorge
Snerrerd III, son of Mr. and Mrs.
S. Donald Sherrerd of Linden
Road, Pinehurst was held at the
Pinehurst Community Church
Friday afternoon, conducted by
The license 'bureau will be open
daily, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., with the
exception of Wednesday and Sat
urday afternoons, Mrs. Fobes said.
The 4 p.m. closing is necessary
because of the many reports that
have to be made out for each
day’s business, she explained. She
will have less assistance at the li
cense bureau than in former
years, she said, with no counter
help, and so will close the bureau
from noon to 1 p.m., each day.
Mrs. Fobes reminded all persons
who expect to purchase State Li
cense tags that they will be re
quired to present the “FS-1” cer
tificate of insurance showing that
they have purchased the liabihty
Be Delivered
On Christmas
The 1957 Christmas season has
set an “all-time record” in volume
of mail in Southern Pines, accord
ing to Postmaster Max Rush.
About 150,000 pieces of first-
class outgoing mail had been
worked at the local office through
Saturday, he scfid, and some 850
sacks of outgoing parcel post.
By the end of last week, the
end of the rush had been reached,
so far as outgoing mail was con
cerned—^but incoming cards and
packages, also running in the
heaviest volume veteran post of
fice workers could remember,
kept personnel at the office busy.
The holiday mail was handled
with a minimum of confusion.
Rush said, and with less help than
the pKJstoffice has had before.
Regular mail deliveries are con
tinuing until Christmas Day.
Special delivery mail and
Christmas parcels will be deliv
ered on Christmas Day.
the Rev. Roscoe Prince, pastor. ______ „
The young man was killed in! insurance required under a new
an automobile racing accident in j North Carolina law, before they
CaLtfomia December 7. I can be issued license plates.
NEW ARMORY—Formal ^.edication of the
new National Guard Armory on Morganton
Road is expected some time in the near future.
The armory is the home of Company D, 130th
Tank Battalion, commanded by Capt. Wilham
J. Wilson, and was built by P. E. Ingle Con
struction Co. of Burlington. Several civic and
social functions have been held there since its
completion. In addition to its 60 by 90 feet
drill hall, the armory has four offices, a day
room and library, rifle range, supply room,
vault for arms and ammunition, classroom,
kitchen, boiler room, locker room and toilet fa
cilities. It provides for Southern Pines a much-
needed large meeting place and is available for
public use when not required for military pur
poses.
Donald G. Case
Dies; Headed
Planning Board
Donald Gregg Case of 545 Mor
ganton Road, retired engineer
who has been a prominent citi
zen of Southern Pines since he
caine here to make his home in
1949, died this (Monday) morn
ing at the Pinehurst Convales
cent Home.
Funeral services will be con
ducted at 2 p. m. Thursday at
the PoweU Funeral Chapel. The
Rev. Cheves Ligon, pastor of
Brownson Memorial Presbyterian
Church, of which Mr. Case was a
member, wiU officiate.
Surviving are his wife, who
was the former Florence Boyce;
a son, Donald Gregg Case, Jr., of
Marietta, Ga.; three granddaugh
ters and two great-grandsons.
Mr. Case’s chief civic interest
here was the Planning Board,
formerly called the Zoning
Board, which he headed as chair
man for a total of six yesus, re
signing only recently because of
ill health. He was chiefly respon
sible for the zoning ordinance
now in effect in Southern Pines,
giving this and other related
ir^atters long and careful study.
Through his work with this
board and as a citizen, he was in
terested in the beautification of
Southern Pines.
Mr. Case had designed seyeral
attractive homes for friends.
Born in Troy. Pa., he moved to
(Cortland, N. Y., with his family
when a small boy. He was grad
uated from Cornell University,
in 1907 and went into business
with his father in operation of
a chain of department stores.
In 1914, Mr. Case moved to El
mira, N. Y., where he was vice-
president and general manager of
the American La France Fire En
gine Company. In 1932 he be
came a partner in a New York
engineering firm, Singmaster
and Breyer. With offices in New
York City, he t, lived at Dobbs
Fenw, N. Y., until his retirement
in 1949 when he moved to South
ern Pines.
Chrisimas Cards On
Exhibit In Library
A special exhibition of Christ
mas cards—old, new, imusual,
original and interesting—went up
today (Monday) in the Southern
Pines Library art gallery, to re
main until after New Year’s. The
display includes a,special collec
tion of Madonna cards of unusu
al interest. The public is invited
to see them all in the library gal
lery.
i