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TOTAL NOW $118,200
Urge Remainder Of Pledges For New
Lace Plant Be Turned In “At Once”
Collection of pledges for the
projected construction of a lace
plant here stood at $118,200 this
morning, still some $61,800 short
of the original goal.
Robert Ewing, president of the
Southern Pines Development Cor
poration, the agency responsible
for persuading the company (Mo-
2ur Laces, Inc.) to locate a plapt
here, urged those who had sub
scribed to pay in their pledges
“at once.'”
Time is growing short, he said,
since officials of the company
hoped to begin construction of the
plant in April. Bids were opened
in Durham today but the amounts
involved could not be learned im
mediately. It is expected the
building, together with equipment
for its operation, will cost approx
imately $350,000.
Ewing said that members of the
committee had personally contact
ed everyone who made pledges in
the past few days. “In some in
stances,” he said, “people have
been unable to pay them right
now because of income tax filing
time, illnesses, deaths or other
unusual family circumstances.
The committee expected a certain
amount of those things and, of
course, sympathize with those
people. On the other hand, many
people who made pledges have
not paid them and perhaps are
waiting until the last minute.
Those are the ones we are urging
to subscribe their funds now.”
Ideally, he said, construction
would start the minute local funds
are in. Added to the $175,000 al
ready subscribed by the North
Carolina Business Development
Corporation, enough funds would
be available to complete construc
tion of the modem building which
will be erected on a tract off US
Highway 1 bypass north of town.
“At a time when many other
parts of the country are experi
encing a recession,” Ewing point
ed out, “Moore County has a won
derful opportunity to locate an in
dustry here. We are too near our
goal to let down at the last min
ute.”
Any of the following, he said,
could be contacted by those wish
ing to make pledges: Boyd Creath,
Jimmy Hobbs, Norris Hodgkins,
Jr., R. F. Hoke Pollock, John Pon-
zer, John Ostrom, Harry Fullen-
wider, D. A. (June) Blue, or him
self.
McKeithen Fund
For Scholars At
♦ Davidson Started
More than 300 letters were
mailed thi^ week outlining plans
for the establishment of an en
dowment fund at Davidson Col
lege in memory of the late Supe-
-Xior Court Judge W. A. Leland
McKeillien, according to Dr. Ad
am Weir Craig of Pinehurst, who
^ is general chairman of the pro-
* ject.
Dr. Craig said that the commit
tee, formed soon after Judge Mc-
Keithen’s death earlier this
month, was striving for an en
dowment of $80,000, enough to
make possible a “Leland McKeith
en Scholarship” in every class at
the college.
A number of gifts have already
, been made, he reported, in the
V form of stocks and bonds, cash,
bequests in wills, and other
methods. The number made to
date, he added, were “greatly en
couraging, both as to their size
and number.”
Judge McKeithen was himself
an outstanding graduate at Da
vidson in the class of 1933. Com
mittee members said this week
they were hopeful that the 25th
^ reunion of his class this year may
• serve as an additional spur to the
establishment of the fund.
Included in Dr. Craig’s letter
was a Morning, Prayer, found
among the personal effects of
Judge McKeithen soon after his
death.
FORUM PROGRAM
The Pinehurst Forum is
presenting the duo of Eliza
beth Winslow, soprano, and
Andfpw Gainey, baritone, in
concert tonight at 8:45 in the
lounge of the Pinehurst
Country Club.
The first haM of the pro
gram will include duets from
"The Marriage of Figaro" by
Mozart, and selections from
"Porgy and Bess." Follow
ing intermission, both sing
ers will present several solo
selections, and conclude the
program with duets from
Broadway musicals.
Walter Harper Is
New Ruler Of
Local Elks Lodge
Walter Harper has been elected
Exalted Ruler of the Southern
Pines Elks Lodge succeeding
Robert Strouse. He and the oth
er officers, who were elected last
Thursday, will be installed April
3 at the lodge at 8 o’clock.
Other new officers arte John
Ormsby, Esteemed Leading
Knight; C. A. McLaughlin, Es
teemed Loyal Knight; Ralph
Wallace, Esteemed Lecturing
Knight; Donald L. Madigan,
longtime secretary; Fritz Gerish,
treasurer; Eugene Blackwelder,
Tiler, Dominick Difatta, Trustee.
Bryan Poe, past ruler, will be
in charge of the installation cere
monies.
Sale Of Fairway
Motor Court Is
Announced Today
Remodelling Is
Planned By New
Owner, G. C. Davis
The 24-unit Fairway Motor
Court, located just South of town
on US Highway 1, has been sold
by Douglas Joscelyn to George
C. Davis, an apartment house
owner-operator of Durham.
Mr. Davis has already assumed
active management of the court
and said today that a remodel
ling program would be started in
the near future.
Built in 1951, the court had
been operated by Mr. Joscelyn
for the past five years.
Mr. Davis also bought the Jos
celyn home on Maples Road and
will move his family—wife, three
girls and two boys—here as soon
as the present school term is over
in Durham. One son is a student
in the engineering school at
Duke University.
A native New Yorker, Mr. Da
vis lived in Florida before going
to Durham before the war. He
operated a motor court in Day
tona Beach and, before that, was
employed by Standard Oil Com
pany in the foreign division. 1
Mr. Joscelyn, who returned |
from a trip to New York just last
night, will move to Salina, Kan
sas, within the next few days.
SANDHILLS CUP PRESENTATION was
made just after young Tommy Walsh, rider of
Mummer’s Knot, the winner, caught his breath.
Shown here with him are Mrs. Dwight Winkel-
man, on left, who with her husband is donor of
the cup, and Mrs. M. G. Walsh, owner of Mum
mer’s Knot. Tommy rode the horse to a record
setting time of 4:48 for the cpurse.
(Photo by Humphrey)
takes sandhills cup
Heart Fund Drive
Successful; Goes
$800 Over 1957
The Heart Fund collection in
the county has reached $2,283.13,
it was reported today by Mrs.
Leon Seymour, county chairman.
It is expected, she said, that
the figure will be increased
“to well over $2,300” when de
layed returns from one or two
areas are in.
“This total,” she added, “ex
ceeds the 1957 colection in Moore
County by about $800, and is most
gratifying proof of the interest
of the citizens of the county in
the crusade against heart dis
eases. They may well be proud
of their contribution. The funds
they, have- given in this cam
paign are the wisest investment
they can make in the welfare of
their hearts, for more than 40
I per cent of the national total will
be used to support medical re
search which is vitally needed if
we are to make rapid progress
against the heart diseases.”
Mrs. Seymour expressed thanks
to a number of workers, inclu
ding Mrs. Robert McMillan, vice
chairman; Mrs. Garland McPher
son, treasurer; Mrs. Malcolm
Grover, publicity chairman; Mrs.
Frank Mizell, Aberdeen; Mrs.
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Presbyterian Men
Of Chureh Plan
Rally On Sunday
S. J. Patterson, Jr., secretary of
men’s work in the Southern Pres
byterian Church since 1940 and
a dynamic sp.eaker, will address
the spring rally, of districts 1, 6,
7 and 8 of Fayetteville Men of
the Church at Brownson Memor
ial Churteh here Sunday.
Prior to his becoming secretary
of men’s work, Patterson was
football coach in high schools of
Iowa and Colorado and at Arkan
sas Presbyterian College. He is a
graduate of Tarkio College of
Missouri and a graduate student —i..
of Nebraska and Yale Universi-'8°* his license as a rider
ties. Recently he spent five weeksl°’^ly ^^st year
in Brazil, four weeks in the Bel- ' ’
gian Congo, and one week in
Lisbon, doing Presbyterian mis
sion work. In 1955 he spent two
weeks in Germany speaking to
Protestant Men of the Chapel
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Tommy Walsh Spurs Mummer’s Knot
To New Record In Steeplechase Win
Mummer’s Knot, a six-year-^ld ^ ond fence and held it well into
Jackson Springs
Man Ruled Suicide
Victim Yesterday
Said Despondent
Over Separation
From His Wife
A 27-year-old poultry worker
of, Jackson Springs, despondent
because of a separation from his
wife, killed himself with a .20
gauge shotgun yesterday about
noon at his brother’s home.
Coroner Ralph Steed of Rob
bins said this morning that the
man, whom he identified as Bill
Jenkins, was the victim of a sui
cide, and that no inquest would
be held. He was found. Steed
said, sprawled across a bed in his
brother’s house by his brother’s
young daughter and the cook.. The
brother is Carson Jenkins, a tur
key raiser.
Steed said young Jenkins ap
parently placed the gun against
his left eye and pulled the trig
ger. He was probably killed in
stantly. The little girl told offi
cers she heard the shot and rush
ed, with the cook, to the bedroom
where they found him sprawled .
partially on the bed. Only one
shot was fired.
Funeral arrangements have
not been completed.
chestnut mare making her first
start over timber, won the 11th
running of the $1,000 Sandhills
Cup at the Stoneybrook race
course Saturday. One of the larg
est crowds in the event’s history
tirrned out in perfect weather for
the opening of the national
steeplechase season.
The surprise winner is owned
by Mrs. M. G. Walsh, trained by
her husband, Mickey Walsh, and
I was ridden to a new course ree-
'ord of 4:48 by 16-year-old Tom
my Walsh, nephew of the owners
In second place was Grand
Chal the No. 2 steeplechase horse
of the 1957 season, owned by Al
fred H. Smith and ridden by
Joseph Aitcheson. Third place'
went to Coup-de-Vite, the top
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groups in our armed services and! horse of last year, owned
returned for similar engagements i Mrs. Henry Obre and ridden
in 1956. I by Ken Field.
Historical Association Announces Alston House Gifts
Four new acquisitions have
been added to the furnishings of
the House in the Horseshoe re
cently, according to officials of
the Moore County Historical As
sociation.
Three of the pieces were pur
chased at thte^ recent Antiques
Show held here in the National
Guard Armory and sponsored by
the Historical Association.
An unusually fine light ma
hogany sideboard, made about
1760, was purchased from a wejl
known family in Liberty, and
presented by Mrs. Williqm D.
Campbell. The sideboard has tiny
inlays of holly around the doors
and drawers and the keyholes
are inlaid with ivory. It was
made, according to an appraisal,
in the middle 1700’s by a North
Carolina cabinet maker. A New
York appraiser said he thought
it was circa 1755.
The three items purchased at
the antique show were a Randolph
County pine piece called a “cool
er,” which actually is a small
cupboard, given by Mrs. Camp
bell; an early drop leaf table
of walnut from Moore County
given by Mrs. Gardiner Fisk, and
a set of four silhouettes of 1790
given by Mrs. Ernest Ives.
Other gifts lately include, a
very rare four-poster pine roped i
bed and a trundle bed to match,
presented by Mrs. William Suth
erland of Glencoe, Ill., who for
some years had a winter home in
Pinehurst, and a small Windsor
type chair given by Miss Pearl
McNeill.
Mrs. Sutherland, incidentally
also gave a rarely found “winch”
to tighten the ropes of the bed
Her son-in-law, E. W. Reinecke
of Fayetteville, a well known ar
chitect, recently placed the bed in
the house where it is now on
view.
►00 Profit From
Antiques Show
About $1,100 was grossed by the
Moore County Historical Associa
tion by its sponsorship of the re
cent antiques show held in the
National Guard Armory, accord
ing to Mrs. Lawrence Johnson of
Aberdeen, general chairman.
Of that amount, she said, about
$800 would be profit and would
be used by the association in its
many projects. Mrs. Johnson add
ed that the show had been, from
all reports, a successful one and
she felt quite certain that it would
be held again, perhaps on an an
nual basis.
Upwards of 500 people from
many sections of the state, and
many from out of state, attended
the three-day event.
Dr. Archibald Henderson of
Chapel Hill, biographer of George
Bernard Shaw, has informed the
association that he has a wine car
afe that belonged to Governor
Benjamin Williams, one of the
house’s most illustrious tenants,
and he has offered it as a gift.
Members of the association are
expected to obtain it in the near
future and place it .on display.
Of interest also, according to
Mrs. Ives, is a recent visit made to
the house by Professor D. P. Cos
tello of Chapel Hill, who makes
repairing of old clocks a hobby.
He reported that, a shelf clock
given the house by the late Lacy
Alston of Pittsboro had been re
paired in 1905 and he believed he
could replace the original works,
making it an authentic piece.
The memorial planting program
carried on by Miss Helen Butler
of Southern Pines has been com
pleted, Mrs. Ives reported. Among
the most recent projects of the
program included a re-arrange
ment of the boxwoods and the
addition of more shrubs by Mrs.
Marion Brawley and Ernest Mor-
ell. Gifts to the program included
two box bushes by Mrs. W. G.
Caldwell.
The group is requested to meet
on the church lawn for a picture
at 4:30 with the meeting getting
underway at 5 p. m. In the after
noon discussion groups will fea
ture the program. The group for
presidents, vice presidents and
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Mary Marsh, owned by Thomas
A. Rankin and ridden by L.
Christiansen came in fourth and
Jamaica Boy, one of the early
favorites, was fifth.
Night Command, owned by
Mrs. Amory H. Hutchinson, and
one of the favored horses, fell at
Kiwanis Club
Celebrates
35th Birthday
The Sandhills Kiwanis Club,
celebrating its 35th birthday yes
terday, honored charter members
and heard several accounts of
the club’s projects in the earlier
days.
Ten members of the original
group of 62 who founded the
club were present and seated at
the speaker’s table: Edwin T. Mc
Keithen, C. G. Seymour and
Frank Shamburger, of Aberdeen;
S. B. Richardson, Harry Lewis
and Shields Cameron of South
ern Pines; Gordon Cameron and
Thomas C. Craig of Pinehurst;
and Ralph W. Page of Philadel
phia.
Unable to be present were the
five other living charter mem
bers: Richard Tufts of Pinehurst;
Dr. W. C. Mudgett of Florida;
Dan McKeithan of Washington;
H. W. Doub of Aberdeen; and Dr.
J. S. Milliken of Southern Pines.
Page, who has earned a nation
al reputation as a columnist for
the Philadelphia Evening Bulle
tin, and several of the others
gave short talks, mostly humor
ous and all dealing with the early
days of the Kiwanis Club and the
SandhiUs.
In his talk Page said that back
in the 20’s civic leaders had gath
ered and decided that “three
things will save the Sandhills—
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the second turn around the 2 1-4
mile, 12 obstacle course. He was
still leading after the-ninth fence
when Grand Chal began to make
his move.
Rich Lark had fallen at the
fifth hurdle and Beacon Star
went down at the tenth, to be
followed by Night Command at
the eleventh.
Grand Chal moved into the
lead after Night Command lost
his footing, but young Walsh, who
had held Mummer’s Knot in
fourth place most of the way,
took charge at the next to the
last hurdle.
As they battled down the
stretch after clearing the 12th
fence, young Walsh gave his
mount her head and they gallop
ed home by a length.
Young Walsh was the riding
star of the meet with two firsts
and two seconds.
Jockey Levi T. Keen of Cam
den, S. C., collapsed after walk
ing back to the judges’ stand
from the Sandhills Cup spill. He
was taken Ip a hospital with a
fractured shoulder, but did not
require hospitalization.
In the Stoneybrook Open hur
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the 11th fence. He lost his rider, (
Mel Ferrall of Camden who was , WEEK POt TTirar nvonn'r
seeking a triple in this race after —REPORT
riding Dancing Beacon to 'victory
for the last two years.
Two other horses. Rich Lark
and Beacon Star, also fell. With
3 down, this left only five fin
ishers in the field of eight start
ers.
Night Command, the No. 4 tim
ber-topper in the nation last
year, took command at the sec
Taylor Will Seek
Commissioner’s
Seat In Primary
W. Sidney Taylor, Aberdeen au
tomobile dealer and member of
that town’s Board of Commission
ers, announced yesterday (Wed
nesday) that he would seek a seat
on the County Board of Commis
sioners.
His candidacy brought to two
the number who hope to replace
Gordon Cameron of Pinehurst on
the board. E. P. Hinson of West
End has already announced.
Taylor, a native of Georgia,
came to Aberdeen in 1933. He is
a veteran of World War 2, retir
ing as a major in the Air Force.
Following his discharge he open
ed, with Claude Bobbitt, Taylor-
Bobbitt Motors in Aberdeen. He
later purchased Bobbitt’s interest
and is now the sole owner.
He has served for three years
on the Aberdeen school' board,
two of them as chairman. He
also served a two-year term as a
member of the Town Board prior
to election last year. When the
Aberdeen Recorder’s Court was
established last year, he was
named vice-recorder, a position
he held until he assumed his du
ties as town commissioner.
He has also served for several
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Taylor^s Candidacy Injects
Needed Interest In Primary
BUSINESS GOOD
A spot check of resort facil
ities in the Sandhills this
■week indicated that visitors
are practically overflowing
some places while others re
port only "so-so" crowds.
The vreather. unusually
bad most of the time since
Christmas, let up over the
weekend and hundreds of
people flocked to the area for
the Sitoneybrook Steeple
chase and the North and
South Women's Golf Tourna
ment in Pinehurst. It re
mained good until yesterday
and so did the crowds.
Some operators said their
guests were playing golf
"even in drizzles," and others
were out riding horses at
every opportunity.
With the blooming season
at Clarendon Gardens and at
private homes, together with
the annual Gardens Tour
April 9, resort f2Milities here
are expected to be pushed to
the limit to take care of the
crowds.
With, the announcement by
Sidney Taylor of Aberdeen that
he would seek a position on the
County Board of Commissioners,
that race shapes up as the most
interesting to date on the local
(county) political scene. He’ll
face E. P. Hinson of West End for
the seat long held by Gordon
Cameron of Pinehurst. There’s
still a possibility, too, that others
will jump in, including T. Clyde
Auman of West End, who still
hasn’t said yes or no. Friends of
his say he is considering running
and if he does, the three-way
field will evoke more interest, it
would appear, than any other
county race.
E. O. Freeman of Aberdeen and
A. L. “Gus” Burney of Southern
Pines (he’s in the township that
elects someone to fill Cameron’s
seat), both said this week that
they were definitely not candi
dates.
And with Taylor’s candidacy,
the County Commissioners races
will xmdoubtedly bring more
people out, at least at this writ
ing, than the scramble for Sher
iff Charles McDonald’s job, a
scramble which hasn’t developed
yet, to be sure, but one that al
most surely will. To date, only
Hubert McCaskill of Pinehurst
has filed for the job. Others still
feeling out the voters are Her
man Grimm of Carthage, A. F.
Dees of Aberdeen, “Bunch” Shef
field of Eastwood, and, we’ve
been told, one or two others who
have pretty well covered their
trails behind them.
For the Commissioners’ seats,
all but James Pleasants of South
ern Pines and John Currie of
Carthage have competition. Billy
Poley will oppose incumbent
Tom Monroe in District 2, and in
District 3, Gurney Wilson faces
L. R. Reynolds, who has held the
job for several terms.
Some competition seemed in
the development stage for Pleas
ant’s seat last week but a denial
by Mrs. Bessie Griffin, of Lake-
view, the Register of Deeds,
brought that to an end. She said
she had been approached by sev
eral people in both McNeill and
Little River Townships, which
Pleasants represents on the
Board, but had decided to get out
of active politics for a while.
Nothing new either on the oth
er seats at stake this year. Wil
bur Currie of Carthage, former
State Senator, is still the only
person who has been mentioned
prominently for that position, al
though Voit Gilmore of Southern
Pines is being nunored more and
more to have an inkling to go to
Raleigh. No denials or confirma
tions from either man.