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VOL. 38—NO. 16 .
TWO MORE GAMES TONIGHT
Allen Jay, Zeb Vance Take First
Round Wins In Class A Tournament
Allen Jay High School of Guil-| first time in history on the South-
ford County, undefeated now in ern Pines court.
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SOUTHERN PINES, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 1958
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27 straight contests, came from
behind in the final period to de
feat Ayden High 55-45 last night
in the opening round of the State
Class A High School basketball
tournament, being played for the
Little Symphony
To Play Here Next
Tuesday At 8:30
Tuesday, March 18, will be
concert night in Southern Pines.
The North' Carolina Little Sym
phony, under the direction of
Benjamin Swalin, will appear at
8:30 p. m. at the Weaver Audi
torium in a concert sponsored by
the Sandhills Music Association.
Soloist Fred Sahlmann, plan
ist, and the 25-member IJttle
Symphony will open the program
with Gretry’s Suite from the
opera ‘Cephalus and Procris,”
and Haydn’s Symphony No. 102
in B flat major.
After a brief intermission, Mr.
Sahlmann and the Symphony
will play Mozart’s Concerto for
Piano and Orchestra in E flat
major. 'The Little Symphony will
conclude the program with Ken-
nan’s “Night Soliloquy,’’ with
flute solo by Gretel Shanley, and
Kabalevsky’s Suite, “The Come
dians."
The suite from the opera
“Cephalus and Procris” was ar
ranged by Felix Mottl from the
ballet of Gretry’s opera based on
the Greek legend of Cephalus
and Procris.
‘"The Comedians” comprises a
series of musical pictures depict
ing incidents in the life of come
dians who roam the countryside
much as did the strolling players
of the Elizabethan Age.
Mozart’s Concerto in E flat ma
jor is a musical masterpiece in
frequently performed.
Reservations
Reservations for tickets can
In the other first round event,
Zeb Vance of Vance County had
an easy go of it in defeating Rock
Springs of Lincoln County 81-59.
Tonight, continuing first round
play, undefeated Biscoe (winner
of 32), meets Valley Springs of
Buncombe County, which has a
25-2 record for the season.
Sophomore Richard Gross paced
Allen Jay to its victory,, scoring
12 of the team’s 19 points in the
final period. Ayden, from Pitt
County, had been leading through
the third quarter, but just as the
whistle sounded ending the pe
riod, Allen Jay tied it up at 36
aU.
With the 12 he scored in that
final period, Gross, a guard, had
23 points for the night to lead his
team.
Ayden held a 25-22 lead at the
half, mainly on . the shooting of
Tommy Edwards, a senior guard,
who scored 19 points. He scored
his points in the first three quar
ters.
Rock Spring took an eau-ly lead
over Zeb Vance in the first game
and held it until the half, when
Zeb Vance tied it up 38-all. In
the second halt, behind the shoot
ing of Sammy^ White, Zeb Vance
moved comfortably out front 48-
41 and never lost the lead again
White had 33 points to become
the tournament’5 top scorer so far.
Lawrence Clayton, a junior for
Zeb Vance, contributed 18 points
but was most effective controlling
the backboards.
Zeb Vance and Allen Jay go
into semifinals tomorrow (Friday)
playing winners of tonight’s
games.
In those contests, Biscoe meets
Valley Springs and Beulah plays
Swansboro. The championship
game will be played Saturday
night as will a consolation game.
Irie Leonard, tournament man
ager, said the eight teams—^four
from' the East, four from the West
—were some of the best high
school aggergations he had ever
seen play. “All of them have a
fabulous record,” he commented
PRICE 10 CENTS
WHAT CAN WE DO ? CoHllca PrOpOSCS
Many Changes In
Parking Ordinance
Would Abolish
Two Hour Limit
In All Areas
Mayor Walter Blue asked
the question. Tuesday night
at the regular Town Council
meeting aJter commenting at
length on the importance of
horses in Sandhills economy.
"What can we do," he ask
ed, "to indicate to these peo
ple who bring horses here
that •we're more than de
lighted? How can we best ac
knowledge their importance
to us over the years?"
He g^ve no particular rea
son for bringing up the sub
ject in the first place, other
than to say it was something
he had been thinking about
for some time.
Consensus of many of
those at the meeting was that
he was dead serioitf and was
throwing the question to the
general public for something
to be worked on in the fu
ture.
Any answers?
Changes designed to alleviate a
growing parking problem in
Southern Pines were proposed at
the regular meeting of the Town
Council Tuesday night.
Under the proposals two hour
poking in any area would be
eliminated, and diagonal parking
would give way to parallel park
ing in certain areas. However,
diagonal parking would be kept
on some streets and would replace
parallel parking in one street.
The proposals were an out
growth of the Planning Board’s
report which was completed
March 1. Headed by Ralph
Country Bookshop committee made
Broken Into By
Thieves; $3 Taken
Thieves, described very defi
nitely as not the literary type,
broke into the Country Bookshop
on the comer of Penn. Ave. and
Bennett St., last night, the second
such breakin in recent months.
Miss Lockie Parker, one of the
shop’s proprietors, said that the
thieves stole about $3 in petty
cash and “tore the place up pretty
bad apparently looking for more
money.” Whoever they were, she
added, they didn’t take any books
Police are investigating and
have takeq palm prints.
Entrance was made through a
window.
be made in most Moore Countygame last
communities. In Southqpn Pines,
the tickets are obtainable at the
Barnum Realty and Insurance
Co., and reservations may be
made through the following per
sons in other Moore County com
munities: Pinehurst, Miss Fran
ces Pleasants; Aberdeen, Mrs.
Ralph M. Caldwell; Pinebluff,
Mrs. T. R. Webb; Carthage, Mrs.
L. D. Womack, Robbins, Mrs.
George L. Frye; Vass, Mrs. Jack
Phillips; Cameron, Mrs. Warren
G. Ferguson; West End, Mrs.
Paul von Canon.
There will be a buffet supper
served at the Hollywood Hotel
at 7 o’clock and those desiring
reservations are requested to
make them direct with the hotel.'
night, “and it’s going to be hard
to pick a winner.”
The eight teams have lost a to
tal of 12 games while winning 209.
The East has the edge in that re
spect, with only five defeats for
the four entries, but the -western
teams represent larger schools.
The best record can be exhibit-
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WOMEN VOTERS
The League of Women Voters
will meet Tuesday morning at 10
o’clock at Paint Hill Farm, home
of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Ives, for a
special program on “The State’s
Judiciary Study” to be presented
by Mrs. E. O. Brogden and Mrs.
Katherine McCoU.
FORMER POSTMASTER WAS 88
Adolphus Ruggles, One of Town’s
Early Settlers, Died This Morning
Red Cross Drive
Reports $5,000 In
On $15,000 Quota
More than $5,000 has been
raised to date in the current Red
Cross drive, according to Gen.
L. W. Miller, county drive chair
man. The quota for the year is
$15,300.
“Last year the people of this
county contributed $12,848 for
this worthy organization,” Gen.
Miller said this week, “and we
had an excellent Red Cross pro
gram because of it. “This year,” he
added, “the quota was raised be
cause of a need for $2,500 to in
itiate a blood donor program in
the county. Plans for that pro
gram are already being formula
ted and we even have a firm date
for the first visit of the bloodmo-
bile.
“I urge every citizen to back
the Red Cross and its work, par
ticularly now when the need is
so great.”
SI00,000 Bond Vote To Complete
Municipal Bnildin^ Set Satnrday
extensive investigation of the
business area where the problem
is considered worst, and submit
ted a number of changes.
Chandler’s group said that the
problem (of congested parking
areas) “is an educational one. The
Board feels that store owners and
clerks should be made aware of
the parking problem they are
creating by parking their cars on
the streets, thereby reducing the
number of spaces available to cus
tomers.”
The report continued: “It is the
unanimous decision of the Plan
ning Board to make recommenda
tions to . . . reduce parking time
on certain streets, and change di
agonal parking to parallel park
ing on certain streets ...”
Though not adhering strictly to
the Board’s findings and recom
mendations, the Council did come
up with a number of changes, the
largest of which would be to pro-
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Bensalem Church
Totally Destroyed
By Fire Friday
A raging fire of undetermined
origin completely destroyed his
toric old Bensalem Presbyterian
Church last Friday afternoon. Lo
cated midway between Robbins
and Eagle Springs, the church
had been in existence for more
than 100 years.
Members of the congregation
cleared the site of still burning
debris and charred oak trees Sat
urday and by Sunday afternoon
building and finance committees
had been organized to make plans
for construction of new facilities.
As early as 1790 services were
being held in the vicinity, mem
bers of the present congregation
recalled this week. The first
known building, a small log
cabin, was in use in 1802. In 1813
the church was named "Ottery’s
Church,” and continued until
1830 when a frame building was
constructed on the present site
and the name changed to Bensa
lem.
In 1933 the first addition to
the sanctuary was completed,
two Sunday School rooms as
wings at the front of the build
ing. In 1949 the congregation,had
again outgrown the facilities,
particularly jn the 'Sunday School
department, and a modern build
ing was constructed. It consisted
of six classrooms and restrooms
and was equipped with an elec
tric organ.
Among the irreplacable losses
sustained in the fire was a
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An election calling for the issu
ance of $100,000 in bonds to com
plete the municipal center wiU be
held here Saturday. Polls will be
open from 6:30 to 6:30.
There has been very little in
terest expressed in the election,
though feeling about tlie munici
pal center was high at the time
the plans were accepted and con
tracts let almost a year ago. Opin
ion was divided then as to wheth
er the cost of a completed build
ing, estimated at $200,000 was
justified for a town this size.
Some people also complained
about the location of the building
in the town park, and the type
architecture.
Contractor T. E. Saunders of
Troy has been hampered by ad
verse weather much of the time
since he started construction late
last summer. The building—at
least the amount now under con
struction, is about three-fourths
complete, however, and present
contracts are due to be complet
ed in July.
If the election .is approved Sat
urday Town Manager Louis
Scheipers said that the bonds
would be sold as soon after as
possible so that work on the
building would not be interrupt
ed.
The major share of the funds,
provided the election is carried,
will go towards construction of a
fire wing which would replace the
present fire house on New Hamp
shire Avenue. An eight-cell jail
will also be added, plus some oth
er items.
Background Reviewad
Town Manager Louis Schei-
pers, Jr., recalled this week that
Hayes’ plans were studied by
met with
To? If ’ n ^ to^®,them on several occasions to re
used for the consteuction of a!port on the progress,
mumcipal center. Even then, he ^ , .
year it was found that the build-
ogmzed that if more funds were ing ^ould cost, if it was built in
its entirety, almost $2|00,0()0.
Council held dozens of meetings
and, just before it went out of
office in favor of> a new group,
action was adopted to get the
construction started.
Though not enough money was
on hand ($100,000 in bonds plus
fire house and obtaining addi
tional financing on the basis of
■the amount of the town’s debt re
tired in the previous budget year,
would take up the slack.
Reviewing the background at
The Pilot’s request, Scheipers
said that the original bond pro
posals were divided this way:
$150,000 for water system im
provements, $150,000 for sewer
system improvements, two swim
ming pools at $50,000 each, plus
the $150,000 for a municipal cen
ter.
■When the proposals were sub
mitted to the State’s Local Gov
ernment Commission, however,
it was recommended by the com
mission that $100,000 be cut from
the proposals. It was explained
at that time that the town’s bor
rowing limit would not be exceed
ed in the total $550,000 proposed,
but it would be sounder practice
to cut the total amount by $100,-
000.
Prior to the election, $100,000
was cut: Council eliminated the
proposal—$50,000—^for one swim
ming pool (on the East side of
town) and cut the municipal cen
ter proposal by $50,000. 'When
the election was held, > voters
tmmed down the $50,000 in bonds
for a swimming pool on the West
side, but passed the rest of the
$450,000 proposed.
Coimcil appointed Thomas T.
Hayes, local architect, to draw
up plans for the proposed center
and outlined to him the needs of
the town both for the present
and for at least 25 years, based
on what information was avail-
needed the sale of th^ present
Vass Will Also
Vote Saturday
V.
X
Adolphus Stephen Ruggles, 88,
pioneer resident of Southern
Pines, died about 7 o’clock this
morning at his home on' North
Bennett Street following an ill
ness of several weeks.
I\ineral services will be . con
ducted tomorrow (Friday) at 4
o’clock at the Church of Wide
Fellowship by the Rev. Carl Wal
lace, pastor, assisted by the Rev.
Maynard Mangum of the First
Baptist Church. Burial will be in
Mount Hope Cemetery.
All downto'wn stores 'will
* be closed tomorrow (Friday)
from 3:45 to 4:45 during the
funeral services as a mark of
respect for Mr. Ruggles.
i
Mr. Ruggles came to Southern
Pines from New Hampshire at
the age of 19, which gave him
the distinction of having lived
here longer than anyone else. He
was also one of the town’s oldest
citizens.
During his active years he had
a part in almost every movement
for the growth and progress of
the town. Quiet, unassuming and
with a great talent for friend
ship, he never placed himself in|
A. S. RUGGLES
a position of leadership, however,
except in the field of education.
He served on the town’s school
board for many years and was its
chairman from 1921 to 1932.
A native of Dayton, New
Hampshire, he was the son of
Thomas Jefferson and Rosalie
Thomas Ruggles. He grew up in
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Progress Noted
By Steepleehase
Planning Group
Favored with warm and sunny
weather during the past week,
plans are progressing for the
11th annual race meeting spon
sored by the Stoneybrook Hunt
Racing Association. To be held
on Saturday, March 22, the pro
gram of seven diversified events
opens the 1958 steeplechase rac
ing season in the United States.
Held on the spacious thorough
bred training grounds owned by
M. G. (Mickey) Walsh, the one-
day race meeting operates for the
benefit of the Ladies Auxiliaries
of the St. Joseph-of-the-Pines
and the Moore Memorial Hospi
tals.
Now serving as secretary of the
Stoneybrook Hunt Racing Asso
ciation, Carlyle Cameron, local
steeplechase rider who has won
five runnings of the Sandhills
Cup, said the memberships in the
association and reservations for
parking spaces exceed any pre
vious year. In an effort to furth
er aid the mentioned auxiliaries,
Cameron said that local chapters
of the Junior Chamber of Com
merce and Kiwanis Club are as
sisting With the management.
Cameron also said that members’
parking spaces would be located
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'T
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Residents of Vass will also ...
Saturday, j about $1,000 in’interest since toTy
sold), a contractor, T.
calling for $10,000 to finance the
purchase of fire-fighting equip
ment, and $10,000 to finance the
improvement and extension of
the town’s water system.
Both propositions call for au
thorization of town officials to
levy enough tax to pay off the
indebtedness.
The town commissioners voted
January 13 to hold the election.
The polls, located at the Vass fire
station, are open from 6:30 ,to
6:30.
had been
E. Saunders of Troy, was award
ed a contract for items running
to $127,500. Council, Scheipers
said, recommended to the incom
ing group that it call a bond elec
tion to complete the building.
Items Listed
Items that will be added, to
be paid out of the current $100,-
000 proposal if approved by the
voters, are‘the following:
Fire station wing, $40,000; jail
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ANTIQUES of all kinds will be exhibited and sold here next
Week at the National Guard Armory. The Moore County His
torical Society is sponsoring the show and will receive proceeds.
Shown here examining a piece ‘of Tarianware, typical of the
pieces to be exhibited, are Mrs. Ernest L. Ives of Southern Pines,
left, Mrs. L. M. Johnson of Aberdeen in center, and Mrs. Living
ston Biddle of Pinehurst. (Photo by V. Nicholson)
Antique Show Set Here Next Week
Nearly all the 23 spaces for the
Antique Show to be held at the
Sout.' ern Pines Armory next week
have Ijeen taken by dealers of
North .and South Carolina, and
Washington, D. C., who wiU dis
play their choicest wares to vis
itors at the Moore County Histor
ical As: iciation-sponsored event.
The sh . w will be open on Tues
day from 4 p.im. to 9 p.m., and on
Wednesday and Thursday from 10
a.m. to 9 p.m., giving plenty of
opportunity for buyers or just
“browsers” of antiques to see the
show morning, afternoon or
night.
On Tuesday, antique dealers
from Dillon, McColl and Green
ville, in South Carolina; Greens
boro, Raleigh, Wake Forest, Lum-
berton, Thomaeville, Wagram,
Southern Pines and other places
in North Carolina, also a well-
known dealer of Washington, wiU
bring their treasures and arrange
them in the spaces for a most at
tractive show. Several of the
dealers have taken two spaces for
a more effective display.
Women of various Sandhills
communities will act as hostesses
•throughout the show, said Mrs. L.
M. Johnson of Aberdeen, general
chairman. They will also staff a
refreshment booth, for sale of
sandwiches, coffee and soft
drinks. A night watchman will
be on guard over the treasures all
three nights.
Furnishings, silver, glassware,
crystal, china, copper, brass and
other items to delight the antique
lover’s hemt will compose the
show, first of the kind to be held
in the Sandhills.
Assisting Mrs. Johnson are Mrs.
W. F. Hollister of Southern Pines
as co-chairman, with committee
members Mrs. Tom C. Darst, Mrs.
Ernest L. Ives and Miss Allie Mc
Intosh of Southern Pines.
Proceeds will be used for pro
jects of the Historical Association.
AN EDITORIAL
Bond Issue: Yes Or No?
There will be a vote taken this j prove the present firehouse could
Saturday to decide whether or be made for about $30,000. This
not the town hall, now under pro- figure covered not only the abso-
cess of construction, is to be com
pleted as designed or lacking
some of the facilities which are in
the original plan.
An accompanying article de
scribes the plan in detail. We
commend it for study to those
planning to vote Saturday and we
hope that includes every qualified
voter in town.
While this newspaper regrets
the high cost of this building, it
should' be emphasized that this
cost stems not from any extrava
gantly planned accessories or dec
oration but from standards of
high efficiency and the desire to
include all that is necessary in a
modem town hall and also aU
that might be necessary in the
foreseeable future.
This newspaper has been
strongly opposed to certain fea
tures of the over-all plan from the
start. However, the choice was
made and the decision taken and
we are firmly of the opinion that
the present plan includes many
items that this town greatly
needs. Unfortunately from our
point of view, the two items we
consider most necessary may be
omitted from the project if the
bond issue is not passed. These
are: the large firehouse wing and
the completed jail cells.
As to these two items:
It was estimated several years
ago that repairs needed to im-
lute essentials but also a major
structural change that, while ex
tremely desirable, was not actu
ally essential to department oper
ations. It would seem most like
ly that elimination of this expen
sive feature, (which could be un
dertaken later) would materially
reduce the amount of money
needed.
As for the incompleted jail cells
in the new town hall: it is esti
mated that between eight and
nine thousand dollars would do
the job.
It is seldom if ever that this
newspaper has failed to support a
town bond issue vote, but we can
not do so as regards this one. We
recognize and respect the feelings
of many who believe that the
building once started should be
carried to completion, following
the original plan; we recognize
that the plan itself is the work of
a conscientious and able architect,
one who, moreover, is sincerely
interested and proud of the wel
fare and progress of this town.
■The fact remains that we would
like to see the building imder
construction completed as it is,
growing no larger and taking up
no more space than now in the
town park. We would then be
extremely hopeful and, indeed,
confident that the facilities it will
thereby lack can be supplied
without recourse to further tend
ed indebtedness.