VOL.
Three Convicted
I
In Large Scale
Carthage Robbery
Cousins Fro^
Carteret County
All Plead Gviilty
^ A 17-year-old boy , who once
won a television contest playing
a guitar against 600 dfther candi
dates, confessed in Moore Supe
rior Court Huesday to! the theft of
a guitar and other merchandise
from a Carthage shopping center
several months ago.
Kenneth Brown of near New
port, in Carteret county, pleaded
guilty, with his first cousins, Wil
lie Brown, 18, and Edward N.
I Brown, 27, to breaking and enter
ing and grand larceny in the theft
of more than $2,000 worth of mer
chandise from Lowe’s Shopping
Center. Included in the loot was
a guitar (not the same one used
in the contest), rings, silverware,
watches, and sports equipment.
The trio was arrested about two
weeks after the robbery March 20
after they had made a trip to
, Texas and subsequent return to
their home in Carteret. About
one-third of the loot had been re
covered in places from this state
to Texas, according to Deputy
Sheriff A. F. Dees, who was one
of the principal investigators of
the case.
In court Tuesday young Brown’s
mother appeared in his defense
and said he had always been a
“good boy.” His attorney, W. D.
Sabiston of Carthage, brought up
his performance in winning the
television contest.
Testimony indicated that Ken
neth, along with his cousins, was
wanted for break-ins in three oth
er counties. Judge J. A. Rous
seau, pronouncing sentence for
Kenneth, said: “They will surely
sentence him in those other coun
ties if I don’t here and there he
won’t rate as a first offender. I’m
going to try to give him a sen
tence which maybe the other
judges will think is enough.”
Kennbth received 12 months in
prison to be served at a first of
fender’s camp, with three to five
years suspended under five years’
probation. Edward Brown drew
three to six years in prison and
Willie Brown, out on parole with
three more years to serve, on a
larceny sentence, drew five to
seven years to run concurrently.
Judge Rousseau later said he
was considering putting Kenneth
on probation, because of his age
SOUTHERN PINES. NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY. MAY 1. 1958
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CLARENDON GARDENS in Pinehurst, which
has 20 acres fairly bursting with azalea blooms,
has been attracting hundreds of visitors from
across t’ .e state in the past few days. The above
picture, made by photographer Emerson Hum
phrey, is of a view across the five acre lake, a
Lace Plant Bid Rejected By Mozur;
To Seek New Bids Within 10 Days
Action Follows
Chamber of Commerce Plans Open
Meeting On One-Hour Parking Law
-part of the gardens. Visitors may see a num
ber of varieties of blooms and learn new ways
of establishing gardens. The showplace is open
from nine to five each weekday, and from one
to five on Sundays.
CITES RISING COSTS AS REASON
Library Association To Ask Town
To Take Over Operation Of Library
TiZ T ft I T-v , - . •'
The Southern Pines Library December, one of
Von Canon Trial
Ordered Continued
Two cases against James Rich
ard VonCanon of West End, aris
ing from a fatal automobile acci
dent and scheduled for trial in
Moore criminal court Wednes
day, were continued to the Au
gust term.
W. D. Sabiston, defence attor
ney, secured a continuance Tues
day when he told Judge J. A.
Rousseau, presiding, that his pres
ence was required in connection
with another case in federal court
in Greensboro. Solicitor M. G.
Boyette recommended the contin
uance as he said, “We would hard
ly have time to reach trial before
Thursday, and it isn’t the kind of
case to start so late in the week.
I understand both sides have
many witnesses, a good many
coming from out of town.”
The current term, he said,
should pretty well clear the dock
et and “we’ll be in good shape to
try the cases in August.”
Two deaths resulted from the
accident last August 31 in which
young VonCanon, then 19, was
indicted.
Association, faced with rising
costs of operation, will go before
the Town Council .at Ps next
meeting and ask that the library
be taken over by the town as
“free, public library.”
The decision was made at the
annual meeting of the association
last week.
Actually, officisds of the associ
ation said, demands for library
service are showing a steady in
crease but a lack of funds has
prevented the purchase of many
books, that were desirable. And
with the county unit planning to
move out in the near future, that
would also cut down on income
which amounts to almost $1,000
annually for maintenance of its
facilities here.
The town already owns the
building and is responsible for its
upkeep. The association, how
ever, pays the librarian and pur
chases new books.
At the meeting last week it was
reported by Mrs. Stanley Lam-
bourne,' the librarian, that circu
lation has increased 1,000 since
BOOSTERS CLUB
Election of new officers and
a rundown on prospects for
the coming football season
are on the agenda, and ham
burger is on the menu, for the
annual meeting of the Blue
Knights Boosters Club, sched
uled for Monday night at the
Southern Pines Country Club.
- The meeting will hie held
at 7:30 at the outdoor grill, ac
cording to C. N. Page, presi
dent. Members and their in
vited guests will hear Irie
Leonard talk about the foot
ball program for the year and
will witness the presentation
of a check by the Boosters to
high school authorities for
use in the athletic program.
the greatest
jumps in the history of the libra-
iT-
Historical Assn.
Votes $100 For
McKeithen Fund
The Moore County Historical
Association, holding its annual
Re-elected officers for the com- i meeting at the Shaw House last
Friday, voted to give $100 to a
scholarship fund at Davidson Col
lege that has been established as
a memorial to the late Superior
Court Judge W. A. Leland Mc
Keithen.
The association also adopted a
resolution of respect to Judge Me
Keithen, who was one of the
founders and the first president
of the organization. He had also
served as a vice president and
member of the Board of Directors.
Another resolution was adopted
in memory of the late Lacy Alston
of Pittsboro, a member of the
family that lived in the Alston
House. His widow attended the
meeting last week and was ap
pointed to the Board of Directors
of the Alston House.
Named to the Board of Direc
tors for the association were the
following:
Aberdeen, J. Talbot Johnson, E.
T. McKeithen and H. Clifton Blue;
Cameron, Mrs. Warren C. Fergu
son and Miss Mary Thomas; Car
thage, Sheriff C. J. McDonald,
Wilbur Currie and Colin Spencer;
Eagle Springs, George Maurice;
Glendon, Mrs. June Harrington;
Jackson Springs, George Ross;
Pinehurst, Mrs. Albert Tufts and
ing year were A. C. Dawson, pres
ident; George Leonard, first vice
president; Mrs. James Boyd, sec
ond vice president; C. H. Bow
man, treasurer; Thomas Darst, Jr.,
secretary, and Mrs. Charles Phil
lips was named assistant secre
tary.
'The Board of Trustees included
Harry Vale, Jr., Mrs. J. Reid
Healy, Mrs. L. T. Avery, and Mrs.
Wallace Irwin.
Ci^shman And Britt
Get Most Valuable
BB Player Awards
Everett Cushman and Patti
Britt were named most valuable
players on their respective bas
ketball squads at Southern Pines
high school last week and were
awarded most valuable player
trophies by the Veterans of For
eign Wars.
The awards, along with many
others, were made at the annual
Rotary Club basketball banquet
held at the Elks Club. School of
ficials and ,^members of the boys’
squad were proudest, however, of Thompson; Southern
the gold cup “Sportsmanship • Ernest Ives, Mrs.
An open meeting, sponsored by
the Chamber of Commerce, will
be held Tuesday night in Weaver
Auditorium to discuss what ap
pears to be dissatisfaction on the
part of many merchants with the
one-hour parking ordinance which
weht into effect this morning.
An opportunity will be afforded
to all who attend to voice their
opinion—either pro or con—on
the ordinance, according to Joe
Scott, Chamber president.
The ordinance, which limits
parking in the business area to
one hour (it formerly weis two
hours) has drawn the ire of many
businessmen. A public hearing
was held by the Council April 8
but there was no objection at that
time to the one hour phase of the
ordinance.
Recommendations for the one
hour limit stemmed from a report
of the Planning Board, which was
requested by the Council in De
cember. The Board made its re
port in March, and recommended
elimination of the two-hour limit
and some diagonal parking.
Town Manager Louis Scheipers
said this morning that he had sev
eral complaints earlier from peo
ple who said they felt the one
hour limit “would not work.”
County Democrats Maternal Welfare
To Hold Annual
Meeting May 10
Moore County Demoarats win
gather in the courthouse in Car
thage a week from Saturday to
organize for the year, hear reports
of previous activities, and elect a
chairman of the Executive Com
mittee.
W. Lament Brown of Southern
Pines, present chairman, said the
meeting would be held at 3
o’clock. One of the highlights,
he said, was the traditional prac
tice of allowing all Democratic
candidates in the May 31 primary
Award” voted them by opposing
players in the county for consis
tently displaying the best sports
manship during the season.
Steve Smith was elected per
manent captain of the boys’
squad for the year. That honor
on the girls’ team went to Janice
Holliday.
Named most improved were
Jesse 'Williford and Catherine
Harris, both of whom rceived
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James Boyd, Mrs. L. T. Avery,
Mrs. Katherine McCoU, Mrs.
George Heinitsh, and Norris
Hodgkins, Jr.
Honorary directors, a new des
ignation for directors who are un
able to attend many meetings, are
William D. Campbell of Southern
Pines, Clyde Shaw of Carthage,
and Rassie Wicker of Pinehurst.
A number of reports were made,
including one that showed the as
sociation made a net profit of $900
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LOCAL MEETING
The precinct meeting for
Southern Pines will be held
at 2:30 Saturday at the libra
ry, according to Joe Thomas,
chairman. At that time a del
egate to the county conven
tion, who will also be the
chairman of the precinct, will
be elected. All Democrats
are urged to attend.
Tag Day Is May 10
Tag Day for the Maternal Wel
fare League will be held May 10,
the Saturday before Mother’s
Day, according to Mrs. Talbot
Johnson of Aberdeen and Mrs.
James Boyd of Southern Pines,
co-chairmen.
Proceeds from the tag sales will
be used principally for free ma
ternity service at Moore Memo
rial Hospital for special welfare
cases.
Last year collections, which are
made throughout the county,
amounted to almost $1,000. This
year, according to the co-chair
men, the drive will be conducted
in the usual manner: volunteer
workers will set up shop on
streets in towns throughout the
county and distribute small tags,
proclaiming those who receive
them as donors to the project, one
of the most worthy in the county
during the course of the year.
Conference Here
Over Weekend
9ih Young Musicians
Concert Set May 10
The Ninth annual Youn/g Musi
cians Concert, sponsored by the
Sandhills Music Association, will
be held in the Pinehurst school
auditorium May 10, with some 17
students from most of the county
schools taking part.
Dr. William F. Hollister is mas
ter of ceremonies Of the concert
and will introduce the students.
The program committee for the
concert, expected to be one of
the best since the series was in
augurated, consists of Mrs.
Thomas Howerton, Mrs. H. G.
Poole, Mrs. James Boyd and Mrs.
Norris Hodgkins, Jr.
to be heard. It is expected that
most will be on hand.
Also on the agenda is the elec
tion of delegates to the State Con
vention to be held a few weeks
from now. That convention is be
ing billed in some sections of the
state as “hot” because of what
some factions believe wiU be a
showdown between forces of Gov
ernor Luther Hodges and those
who were supporters of the late
Senator W. Kerr Scott over the
appointment of B. Everett Jordan
to Scott’s Senate seat.
Members of the Democratic Ex
ecutive Committee consist of each
precinct chairman—there are 18
in the county—plus the president
of the county chapter of the
Young Democrats Club.
Brown said that in addition to
electing a chairman, whose selec
tion will be made by the execu
tive committee, three vice chair
men and a secretary and treasurer
will also be picked.
CANCER DRIVE
Approximately $500, half
the goal, has been raised in
the Cancer Fund drive here,
according to Mrs. James Mil-
liken, chairman.
The drive, she said, got off
to a late start and because of
that, it will run into May.
She urged all who wish to
donate to mail contributions
to her.
Homew’d Gardens
Open This Week
The beautiful Homewood Gar-. ,
dens in Knollwood will be the „
place to go this weekend. They
will be open to the public, for
the benefit of the Moore Ment-
orial Hospital Auxiliary, from
2:30 to 5 p. m. Saturday, Sunday
and Monday.
The azaleas in many gorgeous
hues and many other flowering
shrubs have reached their height
of bloom. The gardens have been
greatly expanded of recent years
by their owners, Mr. and Mrs.
Denison K. Bullens, and are rated
among the prime beauty spots of
the Sandhills section. Beautifully
landscaped, they cover several
acres surrounding the Bullens
home on Crest Road, itself an
architectural showplace, almost
an exact reproduction of West-
over, famed historic plantation
home on the James River near
Richmond, Va.
Mr. and Mrs. Bullens tradition
ally allow the gardens to be;
opened on one day in each spring
season, for the benefit of the
Auxiliary. This year for the first
time the one day has been ex
tended to three afternoons, to
coincide With the North Carolina
Dental Society convention at
Pinehurst.
Officials of the Southern Pines
Developnient Corporation were
advised this week that negotia
tions between Southern Laces,
Inc., and a Greensboro contracting
firm for the construction of a
$360,000 lace plant near here
have been terminated.
Charles Mozur, president of the
lace firm, notified local officials
in a letter dated Monday that he
was rejecting the bid of C. M.
Guest and Sons of Greensboro
but would invite new bids for the
plant. Mozur and Guest met here
this past weekend for possible
signing of contracts but, it has
been learned, about $5,000 stood
between them.
Mozur wrote his architect in
Durham to receive new bids for
the plant, some time within the
next 10 days. “Time is of es
sence,” he said, referring to the
fact that the $175,000 commit
ment from the North Carolina
Business Development Corpora
tion expires November 7 of this
year. That is the date, incidental
ly, when a building must be com
pleted. The architect, George Lat
imer, has said all along that the
building could be completed in
six months, a time period that
would fall within the Novem
ber deadline.
Officials of the local develop
ment corporation said this week
that they had been assured the
project would be started. Break
down in the negotiations, they
said, was “strictly a matter be
tween Mozur and the contractor.
We have done our part—raising
the $180,000 that was required
locally—and can only hope that
new bids will be within the bud
get set by Mozur and his advi
sors. If so, of course, the building
will be started soon.
Actually, the original estimate
of the cost of the building was
$351,000. It was that figure that
was used when local officials re-
the Business Develop
ment Corporation to make a loan
(first mortgage) of $175,000.
It is reported, however.
Guest’s bid was $383,200.
that
W. O. Spence Is
Elected President
Of Local Lions
W. O. (Bill) Spence has been
elected president of the Southern
Pines Lions Club for the coming
year, succeeding Murray Clark.
Spence, a 4j9-year-old native of
Raleigh, moved to Southern Pines
four and a half years ago. He at
tended N. C. State College and
majored in chemical engineering.
At present, Spence is sanitary
engineer in charge of water treat
ment at Fort Bragg, a position he
has held for the past 17 years. He
previously held a similar position
in Sanford for 11 years.
Chosen to serve with him were
the following officers: Joe Carter,
first vice president; Charles Cole,
second vice president; Dock Clay
ton, third vice president; Bill
Johnson, secretary; C. H. Bow
man, treasurer; Ed Willis, tail
twister; C. L. 'Worsham, Jr., lion
tamer; Calvin Howell and Harvey
Home, new directors; and Willis
Rush and Herman Shaw, old di
rectors.
MID SOUTH HORSE SHOW winners were
awarded handsome trophies at the conclusion of
the final show of the season Sunday at Mrs. Mary
Doyle’s ring on Young’s Road. Pictured above, the
children are, from left, Elaine Beard, winner of the
beginner’s class, receiving her trophy from Mrs.
Peter Spencer; Julia McMiUah, winner of “Inter
mediate B,” receiving her trophy from George
Leonard; Francis Dwight, winner of “Intermediate
A,” receiving his trophy from Mrs. Jack Younts;
and Pinky Doyle, winner of the advanced class,
who received her award from Mrs. George Leo
nard. (Emerson Humphrey photos).
Summer Softball To
Be Discussed Tuesday
All men interested in organiz
ing softball teams for the summer
recreation program here have
been requested to meet with Irie
Leonard, director of the program,
at the Town Hall office Tuesday
night at 7:30.
Leonard said that plans for the
program would be revealed at
that time and that preliminary
steps toward organizing the soft-
ball league would be started.
Organizations who are interest
ed in fielding a team are also re
quested to have a representative
present at the meeting.