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discusses riddles with some, a
Pilot writer visits others in the
hospital. Stories on pages 2 and 8.
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comparison of those views can be
found today on page 2 (Edito
rials).
^ Concert Tomorrow
To Feature Roger
Wagner Chorale
Relurn Engagement
For Nationally
H Famed Choral Group
The famed Roger Wagner Cho
rale, which appeared here several
years ago in a concert still talked
about as one of the finest ever
staged by the Sandhills Music As
sociation, is coming again, this
time to present a program which
combines early church music and
that of contemporary cohiposers.
The concert, to be held in Weav-
Ip er Auditorium tomorrow (Friday)
night at 8:30, was booked especial
ly for this time of the year by the
Association which had sought the
type program that would be ap
propriate for the Easter season.
Headed by its dynamic French-
bom director, Roger Wagner, the
24-v ice chorus will be the final
attraction of the Music Associa
tion’s 1957-58 concert series.
^ Tickets for the concert can be
obtained at Barnum Realty and
Insurance Co. on Broad-St. , in
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Historical Society
To Sponsor Photo
Contest In Schools
-Trying To Preserve
Record Of County;
Prizes Are Offered
The Moore County Historical
Association is out to get a perma
nent record of things of a historic
nature in the county and has come
up with a novel way of doing it.
The association is sponsoring a
'pfk
Southern Pines, at the box office
on the evening of the concert and
through the following local rep
resentatives Of the Music Associ
ation: Miss Frances Pleasants,
Pinehurst; Mrs. Ralph Caldwell,
Aberdeen; Mrs. T. R. Webb, Pine-
bluff; Mrs. L. D. Womack, Car
thage; Mrs. George L. Frye, Rob
bins; Mrs. Jack Phillips, Vass;
Mrs. Warren G. Ferguson, Cam
eron; and Mrs. Paul von Canon,
West End.
The Stecher-Horowitz duo, who
travel with their own specially
matched Steinway grand pianos,
have been praised for their mu
sicianship and impeccable team
work. On this week’s program
they will play “Sentimieiito” by
TOUR LEADERS gather in front of Shaw
House, which will be headquarters for the an
nual Homes and Gardens Tour next Wednes
day, to map final plans. They are, left to right.
Mrs. L. T. Avery, president of the Southern
Pines Garden Club, sponsors; Mrs. R. E. Rhodes,
publicity chairman; and Mrs. B. F. Kraffert’
tour chairman. ’
Home, Garden Tour Set Wednesday
I'1^A ^ j ■« -
'The Southern Pines Garden
Club has all its fingers crossed,
hoping for the warm sunshine
which will bring out' all the
blooms, and- create the fabulous
gardened beauty for which the
Sandhills resorts are famous in
the spring.
The reason for their hopes is
the ninth annual Homes and
Garden Toirr, scheduled for next
Wednesday, with eight beautiful
homes and 11 gardens on view.
Starting at the Shaw House at
10:30 a. m. and continiiing till 5
p. m., visitors may roam at their
the Spanish composer Manuel In- | l®iure along the arrow-marked
fante, and Chopin’s Rondo in c. which wiU take them to
Major, Opus 73. beauty spots of both Southern
Paul Hinshaw of the Chorale Pines and Pinehurst. The tour has
:ii _ .... . . been planned for variety as well
as spring-time charm. While most
of the. houses are new in the
tour this year, there are a couple
of old favorites too. They range
from, small to large, ranch-type
to classic French Porvincial. The
will appear as soloist in Block’s
“Sacred Service” (Avodath
Hakodesh).
Included on the Chorales va
ried program are: Vittoria’s ‘-Ave
Maria”; Hassler’s “Cantate Dom-
iino”; Vittoria’s “Vere Languo-
res”; “Hear The Murmuring
Waters” by Monteverdi; DiLas-
so’s “Echo Song”; two Bach sel
ections—“Rest Well” (final cho
rus of St. John’s Passion) and the
“Final Chorale”; and the Mass in
(Continued on page 8)
ty they have created.
The tour will start at the Shaw
House, quaint restored cottage of
the Moore County Historical as
sociation, where luncheon and tea
will be served during the day.
On display are authentic furnish
ings, the log-cabin loom house,
the old-fashioned memorial gar
dens and the unique and fra
grant “kitchen garden” or hefb
garden such as the early settlers
planted for very practical rea
sons. Mrs. Dwight Winkelman is
in charge of the luncheon com
mittee.
In Southern Pines, the tour will
include the homes of Mr. and
Mrs. A. Mangum Webb, Mr. and
Mrs. Allan T. Preyer, Mr. and
Mrs. George Jenks and their*
daughter Mrs. Judith Ilsley;
“Pickridge,” home of Mr. and
Mrs. Audrey K. Kennedy.
From the Jenks garden the
visitors will stroll into the ad
joining gardens of Mr. and IVIrs.
ROGER WAGNER
sons who love to share the beau-
Red Cross Extends
Campaign To April
common denominator is that all k H. Hines! Jr , Mr^d Mrs B
are real homes, inhabited by p. Kraffert Jr. and to
home-loving, gardeh-loving per-,a. Howland. All of these beauS
ful gardens share a “view” an
extensive sweep over a wide val
ley with low-lying hills, across
which on a clear day may be
seen the forests of Fort Bragg.
In Pinehurst, the tour will con
tinue to the homes of Mr. and
rpv „ i. i 1 , i Donald D. Cooke, Mrs
Til© R6d Cross liRs ©xtendod its tt ^ n/r j
North Carolina fund raising cam- ^
paign into April to make up for i Chapm^—‘^ick”
weather-caused delays in gome
areas. The Moore County chap-, known amateur
ter, hard pushed to raise a quota
of near $23,000, will go along with
the extension.
The National Fund vice chair
man for the state, Ralph Rochelle
of High Point, reported yesterday
that the agency’s financial condi
tion was “critical” and that more
than $187,000 was yet to be raised.
In Moore County the goal is
still about half way towards be
ing obtained, an official said here
this morning.
I golfer.
I Hospitality will be the keynote
■as all these homes are opened to
I the visitors, with hostesses on
duty from the Southern Pines
■Garden Club assisting at each
I station.
Though the tour proper starts
I at the 'Shaw House, ticket^ may
I be bought anywhere along the
I line, so that persons wishing to
concentrate on just a few of the
homes may enjoy them at then-
leisure, without having to main
tain “tour pace.”
Mrs. B. F. Kraffert, Jr., is
chairman of the tour, assisted by
Mrs. L. T. Avery, club president;
Mrs. JJohn C. Ostrom, Mrs. R. E.
Rhodes, Mrs. J. S. Milliken, Mrs.
Marion Brawley and Mrs. R. M.
McMillan.
Monthly Clinics
For Public Health
Scheduled Here
IN ABERDEEN AUDITORIUM
Lions Clubs In Five Towns To Hold
Talent Contest For School Students
I
Youth talent from five towns End.
in the lower half of Moore! A
County will compete for prizes
in the annual “Youth Talent
Show” Saturday night in the
Aberdeen school auditorium.
*1710 show, sponsored by Lions
Clubs from Pinebluff, Southern
Pines, West End, Pinehurst and
Aberdeen, begins at 8 p. m. Jos
eph Sandlin of Southern Pines
has been named master of cere
monies.
The Pinebluff club, with C. C.
Thompson as chairman, origina
ted the show and is in general
charge. Thompson said that a
wide range of young talent would
be on hand to present songs,
music, dancing, a skit and a
dramatic presentation. The pro-
^ gram will also feature selections
by two adults, he said, Roger
Gibbs of Southern Pines and Migg
Mary Jo Davis, outstanding pian
ist and music teacher of West
special guest entertainer,
[though not a contestant, will be
Jean Franklin of Southern Pines,
last year’s first place winner. On
the program again as contestants
will be the other three wimlers
in last year’s show, Graham Far
rell, Aberdeen pianist; Anna Dell
South, Southern Pines dancer;
and Melvin Williams, Aberdeen
singer.
Awards are $25 savings bond
for first place, $10 in cash for
second, and two $5 “appreciation
prizes.’’
Judges are Don Ay cock, direct
or of the Rockingham school
band, Mrs. Frank McLeod, Rock
ingham music teacher, and Mrs.
jTheo Smith, principal of Rober-
del school Richmond County.
Those appearing from South
ern Pines are Susan Pollard, An
na DeU Smith, and the high
school glee club.
A once-a-month public health
clinic has been established here,
commencing April 18, according
to Mrs. Walter B. Cole, superin
tendent of public welfare in the
county.
^ The clinics, to be held from 9
o’clock until noon on the third
Friday of each month, will be con
ducted by Mrs. Myrtle D. McCal-
lum, social worker on Mrs. Cole’s
sf^ff. They will be held in the
building on W. Pennsylvania
Ave., formerly occupied by Bo
zick and Company. It is located
next to the old quarters of the
Country Bookshop.
Mrs. Cole said that a large num
ber of work permits for children
under 18 years of age, or from 12
to 14 who work under the Child
Labor Law, ^ould be dispensed,
in addition to the certification by
the Public Welfare Department of
children for the school health
program.
Inquiries may also be made
concerning certification of chil
dren or adults for care by the
State Board of Health, public eye
clinics for glasses made available
by the State Commission for the
Blind and the Lions Club, and the
standard services of the agency.
If it becomes necessary, Mrs.
Cole said, the clinic will be open
two mornings each month rather
than the one now planned.
Glee Clubs To Vie
For Picquet Cup
Next Friday Night
The annual judging of high
school glee clubs in Moore Coun
ty will be held next Friday night,
April 11, in the auditorium of
Aberdeen High School. •
The winner will receive the
Charles W. Picquet Cup, present
ed by the SaTidhills Kiwanis
Club. The club, incidentally, wiU
not meet Wednesday at its reg
ular time but will attend the con
cert in a body Friday night.
The Picquet Cup, awarded by
the late theatre owner for the
first time in 1946, has been won
the past four years by Aberdeen
High School.
photography contest open to stu
dents who live in the county and
are enrolled in either elementary
or high schooL The contest,
which began Tuesday, will con
tinue through November 1. Prizes
will be awarded in three catego
ries and, to make it interesting
enough for all school students to\
join, there are six classifications
in which pictures may be entered.
Classifications are: 1, pictures
of pre-Civil War houses, barns,
fences, bridges, gardens, wells
and ruins; 2, pictures of furniture
and furnishings of the pre-Civil
War period; 3, pictures of tools
and utensils that are out of use
and are no longer obtainable; 4,
pictures of reconstructed build
ings of the pre-Civil War period;
5, pictures of natural sites where
historical events took place; and
6, old pictures (any size) in the
above classifications.
Prizes will be awarded to the
student who has the most pic
tures accepted; for the picture
with the most historical interest;
and for the picture of most artis
tic value.
The association, naturally, is
hoping that many of the things
that were commonplace decades
ago will be brought to light again.
Students are 'urged to approach
their picture possibilities with
great care and attempt to learn
something of the subject they are
photographing, though the latter
is not a requirement of the con
test. The association will pay for
all pictures accepted by the con
test committee.
Miss Mary Logan, supervisor of
the Southern Pines schools, has
been designated as the person to
whom the pictures should be sent.
Pictures, incidentally, should be
glossy prints, 8x10 inches. They
must have subject titles with his
torical annotations.
The contest committee is com
posed of Miss Logan, chairman;
Harry Vale, Southern Pines; Stu
art Evans, Robbins; Mrs. R. M
Caldwell, Aberdeen; and Miss
Mary Currie, Carthage.
It is hoped that Moore County’s
contest will serve as a model for
state competition, also scheduled
Construction Of Lace
Plant Now Certain
Funds Raised;
Contracts To Be
Signed Next Week
The future of this town and
YESSIR! THEY ARE
Are Stale Highway Patrol
men afficienl?
Former State Senator
James Walker Mason of Lau-
rinburg, the man who intro
duced legislation in 1957 to
raise salaries of the patrol
men, thought so then and
now he has reason to believe
it more strongly than ever.
Mason was tried in Moore
Recorder's Court Monday for
speeding 75 miles per hour.
He had originally been charg
ed with charging along at 76
by Patrolman Ed Shomaker,
who clocked him recently on
US 1 near here.
Solicitor W. Lamont Brown
accepted the plea of driving
75 with Shomaker's concur
rence.
Brown and Meison, inciden
tally, recalled their college
days during the trirf and got
along famously. Then the ex-
Senator. friend of all high
way patrolmen, paid m fine of
$25 and costs, reached in his
pocket and yielded his driv
ers license for suspension.
Not mad at anyone, he
said.
Vass Meat Dealer
Files Candidacy
For Sheriff’s Job
A. B. Parker, Jr., Vass grocery
store operator and meat dealer
officially filed with the County
Board of Elections as a candidate
for Sheriff of the county in the
May primary.
J. Hubert McCaskill of Pine
hurst paid his fee two weeks ago
and he and Parker are the only
two officially in the race, though
it looks as though there might be
at least seven before filing dead
line three weeks away.
Still considered as potential
candidates are A. F. Dees of Ab
erdeen, Herman Grimm of Car
thage, “Bimch” Sheffield of East-
wood, Wendell Kelly of near Car
thage, and, a man whose name
just came on the scene in the past
few days, Charlie Stewart, a bar
ber who lives in Eureka.
How many will pay the $60 fil
ing fee is anyone’s guess, though
there are several observers who
think all will, making, it the larg
est number of candidates for one
job in memory in the county.
Parker is the owner of the
Parker Meat Company near Vass.
A graduate of Vass-Lakeview
school, he has also worked as a
tobacco auctioneer.
There were no other candidates
who officially filed this week, ac
cording to Sam Riddle, chairman
of the Board of Elections, other
than H. Clifton Blue of Aberdeen
'or the State Legislature, and
Wilbur Currie of Carthage for the
State Senate (see separate stories).
the surrounding area took on a
rosy appearance this morning as
officials of the Southern Pines
Development Corporation an
nounced the success of a drive to
raise funds for the construction
of a modern lace manufacturing
factory just outside the corpor
ate limits.
Robert Ewing, president of the
corporation, said that as of noon
today $173,000 had been raised
towards a goal of $180,000. Almost
$50,000 of that amount was col
lected in a whirl-wind conclusion
to the drive this week.
“Even though we are still $7,-
000 short,” he said, “we have in
formed Mr. Charles Mozur, presi
dent of the concern that will lo
cate here, that the necessary
funds will be available. The re
mainder will be collected before
he comes here next week to sign
contracts necessary before con
struction can begin.”
Actually, Ewing pointed out,
the $7,000 has been pledged but
members of his committee have
not been able to collect it yet for
a number of reasons. He said that
any one else wishing to pledge
the funds would find the way
clear. “We’ll take the first $7,000
offered,” he added.
Bids for general contracts for
the building, werp opened last
Friday in Durham and it was re
vealed that the plant will cost in
the neighborhood of $360,000. Of
that sum the North Carolina
Business Development Corpora
tion has pledged $175,000, South
ern Pines has pledged $180,000,
and Mozur will supply the re
mainder.
CUTTING IT CLOSE
After the pledges were tal
lied and it was learned that
sufficient funds had been
raised to assure construction
of the plant, members of the
committee that worked on
the drive breathed sighs of
relief and allowed as to how
happy they were with their
efiforts.
All but one, that is. Robert
Ewing broke out in smiles
from here to yonder and told
about something that had
been bothering him ("not
much, mind you, just a lit
tle"/) for the past two weeks.
He's going to Asheville to
morrow, he said, to serve on a
panel that has as its subject:
"financing of industrial de
velopment programs."
"If we hadn't made it," he
told some of the other mem-
*'I would have been
about the quietest person
you've ever seen."
C. M. Guest and Sons of
Greensboro, well-known through
out the state, was the low bidder
for the job. Just when construc
tion of the one-story building will
be started could not be learned
this morning, though Ewing said
it should be within a few weeks.
The State Highway Commis
sion had waited, he said, until
everything was clear before giv-
^g the go-ahead on making an
access road to the plant site. Un
til that road is completed, it will
be virtually impossible to move
in materials necessary for the
plant construction. It is expect
ed now that the State will begin
[work within the next few days,
certainly this month.
How long before the plant is
actually in operation? It’s any
one’s guess, Ewing said, but tag
ged a date of October 1 as a
likely one.
It is expected the plant will
hire approximately 200 workers
to begin with and more in the fu
ture if justified.
H. CLIFTON BLUE
Blue To Seek Tib
Term As County’s
Representative
H. Clifton Blue, Aberdeen
newspaper publisher, said this
week that he would be a candi
date in the May primary for elec
tion to his seventh straight term
in the North Carolina Legislature.
First elected in 1946, and re
elected every two years since
then. Blue has compiled one of
the longest periods of unbroken
service in the body. In recogni
tion of that seniority, he was ap
pointed in 1957 to more commit
tees than any other House mem
ber.
In announcing his dandidacy.
Blue said:
“The people of Moore County
have been most kind in reelecting
me as their State Representative
since 1946. In return I have done
my best to represent the people of
Moore County and North Carolina
in a fair and honest manner. In
the future as in the past, if the
people of Moore County see fit to
commission me as their represen
tative I shall welcome their views
and expressions on any and all
matters before the General As-
(Continued on page 8)
WILBUR CURRIE
Wilbur Currie Is
Candidate For
State Senate
Former State Senator Wilbur
Currie of Carthage, who has rep
resented the 12th District in the
Senate for two regular terms and
a Special Session, announced this
week that he was once again a
candidate.
His announcement ended sev
eral weeks of speculation that he
would be a candidate. He repre
sented the 12th District, which
includes Moore, Hoke, Randolph
and Harnett Counties, in 1943,
1947, and in the special session
called in 1956 to take action on
the Pearsall Plan.
In a statement to this newspa
per, he said:
“After careful consideration
and consultation with many of
my friends and citizens of Moore
Coimty, I have decided to offer
my services as a candidate for the
State Senate, 12th Senatorial Dis
trict. My many years of experi
ence in county affairs and in the
State Legislature should .be of
value if the people of our county
choose to elect me.”
Currie, a prominent business
man and civic leader of Carthage,
(Continued on page 8)