«> ANTARCTICA... Where every minute presents something new in adventure, has recently been visited by our news editor. His accounts appears on ^ page 12 in today’s Pilot. RoI-HwjA pi«rbc Pin 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 * > .A ' V •ai.V'-w r- 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« 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.