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THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 1958 •J a THE PILOT—Southern Pines, North Carolina Board To Decide Lace Plant Loan Robert S. Ewing of Southern Pines, president of the Southern Pines Development Corporation— the group that is conducting ne gotiations for the establishment here of a plant of Mozur Laces, Inc.—said this week that he is confident the negotiations wiU soon end successfully, permitting work to begin at the site on No. 1 Highway parkway, north of Midland Road. 'Pending a meeting of the board of directors of the North Carolina Development Corporation on Feb ruary 3, no definite statement can be made about the future of the project. The board will decide at that meeting whether the assurance of a $150,000 loan to the Southern Pines Development Corporation, to help construct the lace plant building, can be transferred from the local corporation to the Mozur interests who now plan to, erect the building. Residents of this area have pledged about $186,000 to go into the building cost, the bonds to pay six per cent interest to in vestors, under present plans. Page FIVE Dr. Jphnson To Speak At Forum The current season’s fourth presentation of guest lecturers and musical artists by the Pine- hurst Forum will be held on Thursday evening, January 30, at 8:45 p. m. at the Pinehurst Country Club when Dr. Frontis W, Johnston, professor of His tory at Davidson College, 'will speak on Highlights of American Ristory. As always, the Forum program will be preceded by the Country Club’s weekly buffet supper to be served at 7 o’clock in the club dining room, and for which advance table 'reservations are required. The new LAURA KELSEY MEMORIAL MEDITATION ROOM AT MOORE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL New ‘Meditation Room’ At Moore Memorial Hospital Is Dedicated Wednesday In Memory of Miss Laura Kelsey Pc^h^cfiool \Set Tuesday lAt Pinehurst The Annual Peach School will be held 'Tuesday, January 28 at [ the Carolina Hotel in Pinehurst, beginning at 8:30 a. m. Topics to be discussed at the morning session include new de velopments in nematode control; control of bacteriosis; and mar- I keting. During the luncheon, Mark T. Boatwright, president of Nation- I al Peach Council, of Johnson, S. Ic. will speak. In the afternoon, a business I session will be held and a re [port made on progress at the Sandhill Research Station. At 6:30 p. m. a banquet will be held. Dr. D. W. Colvard, dean of the School of Agriculture at North Carolina State College, wiU speak. T. Clyde Auman of West End will introduce Dr. Col- I yard. F. D. Allen, county agent, urges all peach growers of Moore County to attend. Several things producers can do to help prevent broken eggs are: Have plenty of nests and keep plenty of litter in them, gather eggs four or live times each day, use plastic-coated baskets to gath er the eggs and pack eggs with the small end down. ' <k A family milk cow can save a farm family close to $200 a year on their milk biU. Directories For 7 N. C. Cities ^ Available Here City directories of seven North Carolina cities are available to the public at the Chamber of Commerce office: Rockingham, Sanford, Fayetteville, Greensboro, Raleigh, Charlotte and Durham. Mrs. S. D. Fobes, Chamber of Commerce secretary, said that the directories were furnished with- g out charge by the Hill'Directory Co. of Richmond, Va. This com pany is preparing a city directory of Southern Pines, with publica tion expected in the near future. City directories list the occu pants of all homes, with business and professional connections indi cated, as yreU as other informa tion. The Laura Kelsey Memorial “meditation room” at Moore Me morial Hospital was dedicated Wednesday afternoon in a private ceremony conducted by the Rev. Martin Caldwell, rector of Em manuel Episcopal Church, and at tended by a few relatives and friends of Miss Kelsey who died in 1956. The room is designed for hospi tal visitors as a quiet place where they can talk to doctors or min isters or retire in times of anxiety or sorrow. Pictured above as it looked at the time of dedication, the room weis formerly a record room. In addition to comfortable furnishings, it contains an altar table with a Bible and prayer book. For the dedication the brass vases on.this table were filled with white carnations. Miss Kelsey’s favorite flower. Brochures containing the serv ice of dedication were given to each person attending. The project has been under the guidance of a committee headed by Mrs. Audrey Kennedy, work ing with friends of Miss Kelsey and members of the hospital’s Women’s Auxiliary. Other mem bers of the committee were Mrs. Paul Dana and Miss Frances Pleasants of Pinehurst and Mrs. Alwin Folley of Southern Pines. Contributions to a fund that fi nanced the work were begun soon after Miss Kelsey’s death. Miss Kelsey had served as pres ident of the Woman’s Exchange at Pinehurst, as acting chairman of the Moore County Chapter of the American Red Cross and, for two and a half years, as president of the Woman’s Auxiliary of Moore Memorial (then Moore County) Hospital. During Miss Kelsey’s\presiden cy of the Auxiliary, the group completed an aid-conditioning project for the operating rooms at a cost of $8,000. A volunteer service program was begun in which women assisted in the de livery of mail, in the care of pa tients’ flowers and in the Central Supply room. A canteen was established and run by volunteers, day and night. Miss Kelsey’s unselfish com munity service was recognized by the Sandhills Kiwanis Club in 1953 when she was awarded the club’s “Builder’s Cup.” Family members attending yes terday’s ceremony were Miss Kel sey’s twin sister, Mrs. Wallace Speers, Mr. Speers and their three daughters, Laura, Patricia and Lila, of Montclair, N. J. Mr. and Mrs. Speers gave a re ception at the Hollywood Hotel for around 60 close friends of the family following the ceremony. Miss Birdilia Bair and Mrs. W. T. Bodine poured coffee and tea Chamber Directors Discuss Work, Expect Ask All Businesses To Join Church Choir Gives Farewell Party For . The David Paddocks Honoring David Paddock, who has been organist at the Church of Wide Fellowship for the past year and a half, and Mrs. Pad- dock, who will be leaving South ern Pines soon for their home in Illinois, Upon completion of his duty at Pope AFB, the church choir held a farewell party Wed nesday night at the home of Mn and Mrs. Robert M. Leland. The Rev. and Mrs. Carl Wallace and Mr. and Mrs. Roger Gibbs were among the 24 present. The honorees were presented three gifts, one from the choir, another from the Ruth Burr San born Circle, and a third from sev eral members of the church. An evening of fellowship and refresh ments were enjoyed. Mr. and Mrs. Paddock were en tertained at dinner by Mr. and Mrs. John Burrer of Pinebluff Tuesday evening. BIRTHS Moore Memorial Hospital in Oj Pinehurst reports the following births; January 14, Mr. and Mrs. Ro land Reynolds, Phnehurst, a daughter. January 15, Mr. and Mrs. Al fred Thames, Raeford, a son; Mr. and Mrs. Austin C. Latimer, Southern Pines, a daughter. January 16, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Marion, Carthage, a daughter; 0. Mr. and Mrs. John Mallow, Southern Pines, a son. January 17, Mr. and Mrs. Carl M. Myers, Candor, a daughter; Mr. and Mrs. Thyrone Barrett, Carthage, a son. January 18, Mr. and Mrs. James E. Haywood, West End, a daughter; Mr. and Mrs. Carl Stewart, Bdscoe, a son. January 19, Mr. and Mrs. John ^ Mashbum, Vass, a son. With Joseph I. Scott, newly elected president of the Southern Pines Chamber of Commerce, pre siding, the board of directors met in the Chamber hall Tuesday night and made plans for going fuU-steam ahead on all-out organ ization and accomplishment in the year ahead. Nine of the 14 direc tors were present. The board’s policy is to have as many Chamber members as pos sible serve on committees, and with this in view, questionnaires had been sent out, listing the va rious committees to be set up and requesting members to give first, second and third choice as to wjiere they would prefer to serve. Response to these was reported as excellent. Committees Committees listed were: Mem bership, planning (ways and meas), office, industry, public relations, town (governmental), civic relations, advertising (town), program and special events, con ventions, sponsoring, budget, bus iness promotion, and Christmas decorations. The questionnaire also called for an opinion as to whether the past president should remain on the board of directors for a year, to give that body the help of his experience and advice, and favor able response was unanimous. E. Earl Hubbard, xpast president, ac cepted appointment to the board. Early in February the Chamber will meet with school officials, to complete plans for the State Class A Basketball Tournament, and a discussion of this was held. Committees are to be appointed at the joint meeting, at which Dr. A. C. Dawson and Irie Leonard are to give details of the tourna ment. Present plans are for a three-night event, with eight top teams," selected from 60 through out the State, participating. Louis Scheipers, town manager, has giv en assurance of the town’s coop eration. About Signs A communication from T. G. Poindexter, Eighth Division high way engineer, to whom the board had passed a complaint that there was a lack of highway signs for directing motorists, south of Southern Pines, was read. Mr. Poindexter informed the board that he had referred the matter to the Traffic Department, and that Chances seemed good for get ting an attractive sign, or signs, of an effective type to remedy the condition. A second letter of interest* was from WFMD, Channel 6, in Wil mington, stating that it was pro moting several cities in the Caro lines over station identifications, such as: “Serving (name of city) with tops in television.” The Chamber was invited to take ad vantage of this public service and to submit a slogan oil catchy idea. It was decided to use this desig nation: “Southern Pines, North Carolina, the Mid-South Resort.” Membership Drive In the making are plans for a membership campaign, in which opportunity will be given all members, old and new, also pros pective members, to get acquaint ed with the purposes and plans of the organization and to learn what it actually is doing. Indi vidual calls are to be made on every business in town at a date to be announced. Present at the meeting were President Scott, Lou Culbreth, C. H. Bowman, Newland Phillips, Nancy Marley, Hilda Ruggles, Ward Hill, L. D. McDonald, and E. Earl Hubbard. Caravan Theatre Folks Arriving For ’58 Season Fred and Patricia Carmichael arrived in Pinehurst last week end with several members of their company to get ready for the spring series of plays at the Caravan-Pinehurst Theatre. Operating under the name of Caravan Theatre, the stock com pany will open its second season in the Sandhills on February 21 Since closing in Pinehurst the end of last April, the group has been busy producing plays at the Dorset Playhouse in Dorset, Ver mont. Sixteen different plays were presented from late June through the middle of October. Some of the most popular offer ings were “The Chalk Garden,” “Man and Superman,” “The Browning Version,” and “Fallen Angels,” which was produced in Pinehurst last season. Among the summer productions was a new three-act play by Mr. Carmich ael. Entitled “Petey’s Choice,” the comedy was well received, and has already been accepted for publication by Samuel French, Inc. School Cafeterias Menus For Week January 27-31 EAST SOUTHERN PINES Monday—Steamed wiener, mus tard, catsup, wiener roll, butter, buttered potatoes, turnip greens I milk. Tuesday—Vienna sausage, bak ed beans, cole slaw, biscuit, but ter, fruit gelatin, milk. Wednesday — Pimento cheese sandwich, beef-vegetable soup, crackers, butter, cake square, milk. Thursday—Sloppy joe on bun, buttered potatoes, whole kernel corn, orange, milk. Friday—Oven fried fish fillet, buttered rice, English peas, cole slaw, whole wheat bread, butter, milk. WEST SOUTHERN PINES Monday—Luncheon meat, cub ed potatoes with cheese sauce, peas and carrots, bread, butter, milk, apply betty. Tuesday—Cheeseburgers, spag hetti with tomato sauce, greens, bread, butter, milk, cookies. Wednesday—Fried liver, onion gravy, steamed rice, green beans, bread, butter, milk, fruit jello. Thursday—Beef vegetable soup, pimento cheese sandwiches, milk, sliced potato pie. Friday—Salmon croquets, mac- Friday — Salmon croquettes, macaroni with cheese, pickled beets, greens, com bread, butter, milk, dessert. 86 PROOF J.T.S. BROWrS SON CO. UWRENaSURO, KENTUCKY Blended Whiskey • 30% Straight Whiskey 5 Years Old • 70% Grain Neutral SpMb DON'T GET jiy CAUGHT WITH YOUR BATTERY DOWN Cold morning starts call for battery to be at peak efficiency. Don't risk delays. Let us check and re-charge your battery as part of our complete winterizing service. Better be safe . . . not sorry! POE’S Texaco Service Southern Pines West Southern Pines School News Girls Win. Boys Lose While the girls of West South- ernern Pines High School defeat ed a Rockingham team, the boys lost to Rockingham, 54-52. In the girls’ game, B. Marshall and M. Moore led the attack for West Southern Pines. Outstand ing on defense were A. White, J. Gore and P. Murphy. The girls’ record for the season is now five wins and three losses. The loss for the boys was thfe first after nine straight victbries. Trailing at half, 33-23, the boys put on a blazing rally to knot the score at 52-52 with only 35 sec onds remaining. Two straight charity tosses enabled the'Tigers of Rockingham to win 54-52. Reserve guard John Mason of the local Yellow jackets stole the show with his shooting accuracy and floormanship. Incidentally, Mason was high point man for the Yellowjackets with 16; Victor Headen had 15, and Alexander Lloj^d 14. Charles Parsons and Charles Brower were outstanding on defense. The West Southern Pines teanis will be idle until Friday night be cause of the semester exams. Fol lowing the semester finals, they will entertain Carver High School of Laurel Hill. Following the suggestion of many of last season’s patrons, the Caravan Theatre has changed performance nights to Friday, Saturday and Sunday for the current season, hoping that Sun day will prove to be a popular evening at the theatre and an ideal closing event for weekend activity. A company of 14 has been as sembled for the season, thus making possible larger cast plays than last year. Several ^uest ac tors and directors will appear with the Caravan Theatre during the 10-week series. An an nouncement of the schedule of plays and the opening of the box office will be made shortly. Feb ruary 21 is set for the grand opening when, at 8:40 p. m., the curtain will rise on the second season of live theatre in the Sandhills of North Carolina. SALE USED ANTENNAS $5.00 up to $12.00 NEW ANTENNAS $17.95 up to $110.00 WE INSTALL OUR ANTENNAS OR WE WILL MOVE AND INSTALL YOUR ANTENNA C e&mcon, ^ SERVICE SERVICE Evangelistic Services Starting at Tower House Evangelistic services will be held at the “Tower House” at 580 Kensipgton Road beginning to night.CThursday) at 8 o’clock and continuing each evening except Monday and Saturday. Miss Adele Noef and Miss Mamie Bak er of Sanford will conduct the services. 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