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EDUCATION
In the public schools is at the
stage of crisis, thinks Dr. Henry
Steele Comager of Harvard Uni
versity. His comments are on the
editorial page (page 2) today.
VOL. 3a—NO. 13
EIGHTEJJN PAGES
McPherson Gives
Up Chairmanship
Local Red Cross
Giles Pressure
Of Business As
Principal Cause
Garland McPherson, chairman
of the Moore County chapter,
. American Red Cross, for the past
four years, yesterday announced
his retirement from this position,
which he said was necessitated by
increasing pressure of business af
fairs.
McPherson has worked closely
with the local Red Cross chapter
since coming to the Sandhills fol
lowing World War 2 service as an
officer in the U. S. Marine Corps
He served several terms as chap
ter treasurer, and it was largely
through his efforts the chapter
became the owner of its present
office building. He later served
as vice-chairman, becoming chair
man in 1953.
He expressed appreciation
the pieople of Moore County for
their support of him and of the
chapter during these years, and
said he was grateful for the adop
tion of the' Red Cross blood pr6-
gram approved by the chapter di
rectors last Friday night.
“One of my fondest desires has
been accomplished by the estab
lishment of the Red Cross blood
program, in Moore,” he said. “Free
blood will soon be available to all
residents of the county, through
their hospitals. A strong blood
program chairman has been nam
ed and the remainder of the job
is now one of administration in
his capable hands; therefore I feel
that my retirement will in no way
adversely affect this project. I will
always stand ready to assist the
local Red Cross chapter and its
officials in every possible way,”
he added.
While participation in the re
gional program, wi^h Bloodmobile
service, will not begin until next
faU, much of the jRanning has al
ready been done and groundwork
laid thfough McPherson’s interest
as chairman.
He is a certified public account
ant and president of Seating, Inc.,
a manufacturing project located
at Robbins. Since coming to the
Sandhills he has been president
of the Kiwanis Club, an active
member of Emmanuel Episcopal
Church, superintendent of the
Sunday School and on many com
mittees for civic work.
As a Kiwanian he headed a
movement to establish driver edu
cation in all the county schools
which, while it could not be
adopted at that time, led to much
interest in this project and relat
ed activities for safety education
He is a past president of the North
Carolina Association of Certified
Public Accountants.
SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1958
WRAPPED IN 60-POUND CAST
EIGHTEEN PAGES
Happy To Be Home, Polio Victim Says
PRICE 10 CENTS
Faye Ewing, who will be 12'f
years old Sunday, weighs 70
pounds and wears a man-size
“D” pair of pajamas.
She feels good, eats well, sleeps
soundly and hasn’t complained a
minute since she came home
Sunday tucked away in a 60-
pound cast that prevents her
from doing anything but display
ing the largest smile most people
have ever seen.
Faye, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Ewing of "Valley Road,
has just been released from the
Hospital for Special Surgery in
New York where she underwent
a series of treatments which wjll,
if successful, straighten up a
spine that was beginning to get
distressingly crooked.
Successful? Almost certainly
so.
Doctors at the world famous
hospital have been performing
operations similar to the one
Faye had for quite some time
now and report excellent results.
She knows that the entire proce
dure will take 14 months but that
isn’t long, she insists, when a
straight back can be the end re
sult.
Faye was stricken with polio
before her fifth birthday and her
parents were warned then that
she •would probably develop a
spinal problem, probably when
she started the adolescent growth
spurt. 'Ihe “problem,” known
medically as scoliosis, began de
veloping'a year or so ago and
plans were made to place Faye in
the New York hospital.
X-rays made last sumer indi
cated she had a bad curvature of
the spine. More X-rays in Sep
tember indicated the problem
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PEERING FROM BEHIND a cast that completely encircles her
head, young Faye Ewing manages a happy smile as she contem
plates another year of treatment before she is ready to walk once
again. Victim of polio before she was five, Faye has just return
ed from a New York hospital where she spent three months.
(Pilot photo)
tion was urged at the earliest
possible moment.
She went in the hospital in
November, one of 30 to 40 young
people who were undergoing
similar treatment. Doctor John C.
Cobb, world famous for develop
ing the treatment that straight
ens peoples’ spines, first put a
was getting worse and hospitalize- turnbuckle cast on her, an excru
ciatingly painful experience. She
remained in that until January
13 when she had the first of two
operations for a spinal fusion
Her curvature at that time was
115 degrees, considerably more
than the average patient at the
hospital. The operation was 'sup
posed to take four hours so doc-
(Continued on page 5)
Festival Chorus
Of Six Schools
To Sing Tuesday
First Joint Program
Could Be Start Of
County Choral Group
The first Moore County Choral
Festival will take place in Aber
deen Tuesday night.
The time is 8 p. m., and the
place is the newly opened audi
torium of the Aberdeen School.
On the large stage some 80 sing
ers from six schools of the coun
ty will assemble to join in a pro
gram specifically rehearsed for
the occasion.
Schools taking part are, besides
the Aberdeen group, the South
ern Pines Glee Club, and the
glee clubs, or groups of indivi
dual singers, from Pinehurst
Vass, Robbins and- Carthage.
Directing the large chorus will
be Dr. Arnold Hoffman, of Ra
leigh, head of state school music
supervisors. Dr. Hoffman has
had much experience directing
large groups of singers and has
conducted many of the music fes
tival choirs and contests held in
the state. He will come to Aber
deen early Tuesday and rehearse
with the joint glee clubs prior to
the concert that night. Several
rehearsals of the nearby clubs
have been held already under the
gmdance of their own directors
and of E. H. Poole, Aberdeen di
rector and moving spirit behind
this unique event.
Commenting on his hopes for
the future, Mr. Poole called the
performance to take place Tues
day evening “just a starter.”
(Continued on Page 8)
CO-SPONSORED BY THE PILOT
C. L. Ragsdale, Clay Road Farmer,
Named Winner Of Farmers Contest
C. L. Ragsdale of Route 3, Car- j made available by the Pilot,
thage, . has been named Moore | In announcing the winners, of-
County winner of the annual ficials of the contest pointed’out
Farm Income Contest c<i-spon-• that Ragsdale was judged the
sored by the Pilot and the Ra-' winner bacuse of notable • im-
Collection Of Pledges
For Lace Plant Begins
^Construction Seen
Beginning When
Dedication Of New
Armory Slated For
Saturday At 2
(Other National Guard stories and
photos, pages 9 and 13)
New Director Of
Nursing Named
Mrs. Juanita Pickard of Elon
College has been named director
of nursing at Moore Memorial
Hospital succeeding Mrs. Alice
Stallings, it was announced this
week by Thomas Howerton, hos
pital administrator.
Mrs. Stallings, he said, resigned
to return to her home in Toledo,
Ohio. She had filled the position
for one year “with great distinc
tion,” Howerton said.
Mrs. Pickard, a native North
Carolinian, is a graduate of the
Raney School of Nursing in Bur
lington (now the Alamance Coun
ty Hospital), and of Elon College
where she received a degree in
biology.
She later served several years
on the staff of Alamance Hospital
as operating room supervisor and
afternoon and evening supervisor.
Following a period of graduate
training at the University of
North Carolina she enrolled in the
University of Washington at Se
attle where she just recently re
ceived her Master’s degree in
ward administration.
In her new position she will
supervise activities of more than
100 trained and practical nurses
and orderlies who compose the
hospital’s single largest depart
ment.
Howerton said Mrs. Pickard
came to thd hospital highly rec
ommended and that he was ex
tremely pleased that she was join
ing the staff.
FRED SAHLMANN
Forum To Feature
Pianist Thursday
s
Fred Sahlmann, a member of
the Elon College faculty and one
of the nation’s outstanding young
pianists, will be the sixth attrac
tion , in the Pinehurst Forum
series next Thursday evening at
the Country Club.
A native of Charleston, S. C.,
Sahhnann began his piano study
at the age of five. He graduated
from Elon College with bache
lor’s degrees in art and music
and later received his master’s
fromi the Teachers College of
Columbia University.
Following two years of mili
tary service he studied piano un
der Professor Ludwig Czaczkes
at the Academy of Music in
Vienna on a Fullbright Scholar
ship and travelled extensively in
Austria, Italy, Germany and Eng
land; Upon his return to this
country in 1956 he became a
member of the Elon faculty.
He was a soloist with the
North Carolina Symphony from
1947 to 1952 and was guest solo
ist with the orchestra last season.
In addition to his many appear
ances with the Tar Heel group he
has appeared with the Charles
ton Symphony Orchestra.
His program for next Thursday
will include Mozart’s “Fantasia
in D Minor,” “K. 397,” Ravel’s
“Gaspard De La Nuit,” Debussy’s
“Clair De Lune,” and concert
arabesques on themes of ‘'By the
Beautiful Bilue Danube.”
The recital, which begins at
8:45 p. im, will be preceded by
the Country Club’s weekly buf-
leigh News and Observer.
An all-purpose farmer, Rags
dale won the award by showing
provements to his operation
through better methods. During
the contest he started a laying
the greatest improvements on his i Rock of some 2,000 hens, grew a
£ JI £ i
farm during 1957.
Other winners, in order, were
J. C. Stanley of Route 2, Carth
age; Henry Frye of Route 2, Car
thage; R. E. Matthews, Route 3,
Carthage; and H. N. Scott of
Route 3, Carthage.
Winners of the first three
places will share in a $100 award
Latest Report Of
Polio Drive Shows
Goal Reached
Reports fromi Aberdeen and
Pinehurst this week, both well
past their quotas, gave the Moore
County polio campaign a boost
whicii pushed it beyond the goal.
Reports ' from several smaller
communities also played their
important part in making up fhe
total of $7,915.30 now in the
keeping of Treasnrer C. H. Bow
man. County quota was $7,660.
part of his Ifeed for chickens and
hogs, painted his house, build a
layer house and egg house and
equipped it, and built a pond for
irrigation purposes.
With 10 members in his family,
Ragsdale considerably increased
his earnings by doing most of
the work himself. He owns 233
acres.
Stanley, an instructor for vet-f
^cal Boys, Girls
n Semi-Finals
n Cage Tourney
'The Southern Pines Blue
Knights moved along in the an
nual Moore County basketball
tournament this weejc and at this
writing both boys and girls teams
remained only two steps away
from the championship.
The boys meet Robbins tonight
at 6:30, with the winner slated to
play in the championship game
Saturday. The girls play Carthage
at 7:30 and the winner of that
game will also play in the cham
pionship finals Saturday.
Last night the boys defeated
West End 62-54, with Everett
Cushman getting 25 points for the
Knights. ,
The girls’ last outing was
against West End Tuesday night
when they won 55-47. Patti Britt
Formal dedication of the new
National Guard armory on Mor-
ganton Road will take place at 2
p.m. Saturday.
The public is invited to the
ceremony, in which Lt. Gov.
Luther H. Barnhardt will partici
pate, and to inspect the armory
building.
“Open house” for the public
will be held from 10 a.m. to 1:30
p.m. After the dedication cere
mony, there will be a reception,
by invitation, lor the lieutenant
governor. This is expected to last
until about 3 p.m. and from then
until 5 p.m., the building will
again be open for public inspec
tion. Weapons and other training
equipment will be displayed.
The armory is the home of the
Moore County National Guard
unit: Company D of the 130th
Tank Battalion. This is a part of
the 30th Division.
Capt. William J. Wilson of
Southern Pines, company com
mander, pointed out this week
that Saturday —i- Washington’s
birthday—is also “Muster Day”
which is being observed through
out the nation by National Guard
units. 'The origin of this observ
ance in Colonial times is told in
another story in today’s Pilot.
Captain Wilson especially urged
young men aged 17 to 18% who
have not decided how to complete
their military obligation to attend
the ceremony and inspect the
armory Saturday. A special train
ing program is available for them
if they choose National Guard
membership, he said.
The armory was built at a cost
of $125,000. The county commis
sioners appropriated $10,000 to
ward construction of the building
and $2,500 more for equipment.
The rest of cost was borne by
State and Federal funds.
80 Members
Strength of the company—
which draws its membership from
throughout Moore County—stood
at 80 this week, five officers and
75 enlisted men.
In addition to Captain Wilson,
the officers are: 1st Lt. James L.
Irvin of Southern Pines, executive
officer; and three from Pinehurst
(Continued on Page 8)
$180,000 On Hand
erans classes at Carthage High was high scorer with 37 points
School, IS mainly concerned with followed by Louise McDonald
(Continued on Page 8) with 11.
FIRST OF A SERIES
Politics: Nothing Yet But
Rumors And Plenty Of Them
Politics, like the weather, con- in the history of Moore County
tinned cold in Moore County this j and has built up sizeable senior-
past weekend. j ity in the House. Whether he’ll
Would-be office seekers, along: give it all up is debatable;
with almost everyone else, stay- friends, however, are known to
ed indoors waiting only for have asked him to make a bid for
warmer weather and maybe'fhe Senate.
. T, -rr I'^^rtr.er receptions to their an-1 And since he hasn’t said—he
Poole turned 'h' which are sure to has until the middle of April to
erablv more than the!make up his mind-there is no
erably more than his $1,006 ,, interest being expressed in his
erably more than his $1,000 quo-:first sign of a break in the cold
ta, while Pinehurst Chairman J. spell.
Frank McCaskill with a quota of ■r,,+ ,.*^1 4.1.•
$1,050 turned in $1,247.83 Me- +u rumors, those little things
Caskill is also the county cam-
paign director. seems to know where, were mak-
where the better elective county
of^Robbms, $480 to-ward the $1,- i jobs are concerned, and the po-
quota; Roseland, $26.57 tential field grew a little larger.
' Who starts the rumors is ques
tionable. Candidates? Maybe yes,
maybe no. Friends? Perhaps.
Enemies? Sometimes.
and the
Narrow
000
toward the $30 quota,
small community of
Ridge, $10.80.
Southern Pines, with a quota
of $1,750, had this week reached
$1,530.50. Chairman Paul C. But-
Here, for what they’re worth,
1 • 4.,, the current ones and. where
lens still rounding up collection possible, reactions from the sub
boxes and IS expected to more ’
than make the quota, as usual.
jects themselves.
" ...' Starting at the top and work-
to^br starting
WestLore These are with the State jobs open to coun-
Westmoore Vass, Jackson ty candidates, H. Clifton Blue of
Springs and Eagle Springs Aberdeen won’t say yes or no
^^1®’ additional funds to concerning the possibility he will
c me in from communities which give up his long-held House of
fet at 7 o’clock, for which'rese^-1 poi^^/are" tte seat to run for
vations are necessary. total toward the $9,000 mark. now. longer than any other man I
present post.
If he does decide to run for the
Senate, chances are there’ll be at
least a dozen seeking his present
job. Moore County, incidentally,
IS sure to have a Senator this
year under the arrangement in
the 12 th Senatorial District
whereby Moore and Harnett
swap off with Hoke and Ran
dolph every other time the elec
tions are held. Present office
holders.are Dr. Henry Jordan of
Randolph and J. Benton Thomas
of Hoke.
Rumored candidates for the
Sheriff’s office, wide open this
year for the first time^ since
Charlie McDonald was elected
back in 1928, are many. Wesley
Caviness, a grocery store opera
tor in Carthage, aimoimced last
week but withdrew “for personal
reasons” a few days ago.
the Senate He>« H'^bert McCaskill of Pine-
State Senate’s
Minority Leader
GOP Speaker Here
Wiliam E. Cobb of Morganton,
Senate minority leader in the
North Carolina General Assembly,
will be the principal speaker at
the Republican Lincoln Day din
ner to be held at the National
Guard Armory in Southern Pines
next Tuesday night at 7 o’clock.
Cobb’s appearance will (afford
Moore County Republicans an op
portunity not only to meet and
hear him, but to see a leading can
didate for the State chairmanship
of the party. Also present will be
Mrs. Katharine McColl of South
ern Pines, candidate for the State
GOP vice-chairmanship.
Many party adherents from
nearby counties—Hoke, Montgom
ery, Lee, Richmond and Scotland
—are expected to attend the din
ner and get-together. Tickets are
now being sold, at $3 per person
or two for $5.
Cobb, a prominent Morganton
manufacturer as well as legislator,
is a past chairman of the State
Young Republican ' organization,
and is considered a brilliant
speaker and seasoned Campaign-
Republican County Chairman
Robert S. Ewing announced yes
terday that the County conven
tion will be held in the court
house in Carthage at 8 o’clock on
Tuesday, March 4.
The annual Pinehurst precinct
meeting for Republicans will be
held at 8 p.m. Friday, February
28, at the Rinehurst fire depart
ment headquarters. Precinct of
ficers will be elected and dele
gates and alternates to the county
convention on March 4 elected.
Construction of a modern lace
manufacturing plant here moved
one step closer to reality last
night as mertibers of the South
ern Pines Development Corpora
tion completed plans for collect
ing some $180,000 in pledges
made in a drive last December.
Robert Ewing, the corporation’s
president, said that as of now
Charles J. Mozur, president of
Southern Laces, Inc., the firm
that wiU operate the ^ant, is ac
cepting the North Carolina Busi
ness Development Corporation
loan of $175,000.
“It is imperative for everyone
who made pledges in the drive to
get their funds ready immediate
ly,” he said. “We are at the point
where the corporation is fully
satisfied that this is a completely
worthwhile business risk. We are
further assured it is a good busi
ness risk by action taken earlier
this month by the Business De
velopment Corporation.”
Mr. Mozur, Ewing said, has no
tified the local group that he
was binding the $175,000 Busi
ness Development loan by for
warding a “good faith” check
immediately. ,
The local committee has set 30
days as an absolute deadline to
collect the pledges but pointed
out that if the funds were forth
coming in two days, “then the
work -will begin that much
quicker.”
When the plant will be in ac
tual operation has not been def
initely deteimined but it is ex
pected some time in late summer.
Ewing said that after sending
a copy of the second money
agreement to Mr. Mozur, which is
already in the mail, and which
he is expected to accept immedi-
ately, the local committee will
then, after being notified of his
action, send letters out to each
person who pledged money dur
ing the drive. TTie letters -will
contain three enclosures:
1. A copy of the subscription
agreement to be signed between
the individuals making the
pledges and the Citizens Bank
and Trust Company, which is
acting as trustee for the funds.
2. A copy of the letter of loan
committment between Citizens
Bank and Trust Company and
Southern Laces, Inc.
3. A copy of the proposed cer
tificate of participation which
will indicate how many shares '
each person has.
As has been pointed out be
fore, Ewing said, shareholders
will receive about 6% return on
their money, payable in semi
annual installments over a 20-
year period. Of particular inter
est, he noted, was the need for
the bank, acting as trustee, to re
tain in escrow all funds collected
until the building is completed
and ready for occupancy due to
the insistence of the various con
tractors interested in bidding on
the job. The funds will be invest
ed and interest will be refunded
to investors “in toto.”
It was also learned this morn
ing that Mr. Mozur has employed
an architect who has completed
plans for the building, a set
which is expected to be received
here shortly. Ewing said some
changes had been made from the
original plans which will greatly
improve the soundness of the
construction. At least two con
tractors will bid on the job.
Outside figure for the cost of the
plant has been put at $355,000,
of which $180,000 is being raised
locally and $175,000 has been
loaned by the North Carolina
Business Development Corpora
tion. The figure includes only the
cost of the building and equip
ment necessary to operate it.
Southern Laces, Inc., will put up
the funds for equipment neces
sary to manufacturing lace.
BANK CLOSED
The Citizens Bank and Trust
Company will be closed this Sat
urday, February 22, in observ
ance of George Washington’s
birthday.