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VOL- 38—NOt 25
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SOUTHERN PINES, NORTH CAROLINA, THijRSDAY, MAY 15, 1958
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ONE HOUR PARKING on downtown streets drew a large
crowd to the Town Council meeting Tuesday night. This photo
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shows part of the crowd listening to Councilman Jeunes ToUison
give his View on the controversial question. (Pilot photo)
Pre-School Clinic
Planned For Those
Enrolling In Fall
l-’re-school registration will be
held at East Southern Pines ele
mentary school next Thursday,
May 22, from 9 to 12. The clinic
is for children who will be six
years of age before October 15 and
who plan to enter the school next
fall.
Parents are urged to bring the
birth certificates sind date of shots
for immunization and vaccina
tions of their children, according
to A. C. Dawson, superintendent.
There will be no shots given
that day but nurses will be pres
ent to obtain routine information.
“It is extremely important for
all parents whose'children will
enter elementary school next year
to come to the clinic," Dawson
said, “so they will know what to
expect for the opening of the
school term.”
Gen. R. B. Hill Is
Elected Chairman
Of Red Cross Here
Retired Army general Robert B.
HiU of Southern Pines was elect
ed chairman of the Moore County
Chapter of the American Red
Cross at the annual meeting here
last Friday night. He has been
serving in the capacity since the
resignation of Garland McPher
son several months ago.
Gen. Lehman W. Miller of
Southern Pines succeeds Gen. HiU
as first vice chairman.
Other vice chairmen named at
the meeting were E. H. Garrison,
Jr., of Carthage, Dr. E. M. Medlin
of Aberdeen, and Dr. Charles
Phillips of Southern Pines. Miss
Grace TiUman of Carthage was
elected secretary and Earl Hub
bard of Southern Pines was nam
ed treasurer.
The board of directors, which is
on a three-year rotating basis, got
new members as foUows: The
Rev. W. S. Golden of Carthage,
Arthur Williams of Eagle Springs,
Dr. Emily Tufts of Pinehurst,
Reid Alexander of Robbins, and
W. J. Morgan of Vass.
All officers and board members
were instaUed by Father Francis
Smith of St. Anthony’s Catholic
Church.
The chapter presented a silver
tray to Lynn Warren, field repre
sentative, who is moving to Mont
gomery, Ala., in the near, future,
and complimented him on his
work here during the past three
years.
Other events on the program
were a series of songs by the
Southern Pines Glee Club under
the direction of Roger Gibbs, a
sketch of Moore County history
presented by students of the 8th
grade at Cameron school.
The sixth grades of Carthage
and Robbins made identification
tags for the meeting, and four
junior Red Cross members—Sarah
Black, Lou Ellen HaU, Pat Shaver
and Mary Frances ]^eeman, all
of West End—rwere registrars.
Stanley Austin of Southern
Pines showed a color film, “The
Heart of the Town,” which de
picted the work of the blood bank,
and John Buchholz, also of South
ern Pines, spoke briefly about the
importance of a blood bank pro
gram to a community.
TO STUDY ENTIRE MID-TOWN SET-UP
Town Council Backtracks On One Hour Parking Limit;
Merchants Promise Cooperation In Off Street Parking
Plagued with complaints from
merchants who have been grumb
ling about the new one-hour park
ing ordinance, the Town Council
left little doubt Tuesday night
that something will be done in the
near future to alleviate the situa
tion.
Just what action will be taken
was not disclosed but those who
attended the meeting felt a return
to the two-hour system, accompa
nied by rigid enforcement, would
be the final answer.
That was the proposal made by
a special committee of the Cham
ber of Commerce which was ap
pointed following an open meet-
ing'last week. The committee was
instructed at that time to come
up with definite proposals by the
merchants for presentation to the
Council and the reasons for those
proposals.
The committee was composed
of Mrs. Graham Culbreth, Mrs.
John Ruggles, Dr. L. M. Daniels,
Dr. Robert McMillan, and H. L.
Tate.
Mrs. Culbreth, who acted as
spokesman, said the committee’s
work had been “hurried” but rep-
resente^l what was felt to be the
majority opinion of merchants. In
the recommendations she outlin
ed, the Council would rescind the
one-hour limit, re-instate the two-
hour limit, and enforce it rigidly.
Also, she added, the Chamber
would encourage a self-governing
policy among merchants to keep
their cars and those of their em
ployees off the principal business
streets.
“We’re in desperate circum
stances,” Mrs. Culbreth said. “Al
ready we have seen these new re
strictions make many of our cus-
BANK CLOSED
The Citizens Bank and Trust
Company will bfe closed next
Tuesday, May 20, for Mecklen
burg Declaration Day, a state
wide observance.
tomers, including the out-of-town
ones, angry and dissatisfied. If
the rules we suggest were observ
ed, I believe the town could take
down all parking signs and hang
out welcome signs.”
She said that one-hour parking
was definitely not the answer.
The town planning board had rec
ommended one-hour parking on
some streets as the only way to
eliminate what it felt was a seri
ous problem and continuing to
grow.
A fairly large delegation attend
ed the meeting and most cited
personal experiences with their
customers to illustrate the dissat
isfaction being shown with the
new ordinance.
Most members of the delegation
felt that some parts of the ordi
nance (i.e. doing away with diag
onal parking in some areas) were
excellently conceived and should
not be changed.
The matter of courtesy cards for
visitors was brought up by sev
eral of those attending who said
they had never seen them. Town
Manager Louis Scheipers display
ed aU three types of tickets offi
cers are authorized to give and
one of them was a courtesy card.
SOFTBALL MEETING
Morris Johnson, eomnus-
sioner of the Southern Pines
summer softball league, has
called another meeting in the
town offices tonight for man
agers and players who wish
to join the league.
He said that final details
for the program, which is
sponsored by the town recrea
tion department, will be
worked out and a schedule ar
ranged.
All managers or other rep-
resentafives of teams are urg
ed to attend tonight's meet
ing. which begins at 7:30.
County Commissioners Give Views
On Questions Of Current Interest
(Editor's Note: This year
there are 11 men running on
the Democratic ticl^t for
nomination to the Board of
County Commissioners in the
May 31 primary. Each repre
sents a district—there are five
—and chances are five of
theni will be elected in No-
vecober. In order to get their
views on several issues that
have been discussed recently.
The Pilot prepared a series of
questions and set out to get
answers. Before the election
all will be asked the same
questions and their answers
will be published. Today. Tom
Monroe of Robbins, and
James Pleasants of Southern
Pines, are the ones who have
been interviewed. Both are
incumbents and one, Pleas
ants, has no opposition in the
prifnary).
Monroe, who has opposition
from Billy Poley of near Eagle
Springs, says any answers he has
should be looked on as given by
a man who does not want to see
an increase in taxes (“Some peo
ple are having a tough enough
time paying them now and I just
don’t see how we can even think
about raising them”) and who
thinks that the enormous amount
required for operation and build
ing of new schools will come to
an end in the next few years.
What About A County Manager?
In answer to the question; What
do you think should be done about
hiring a full-time county man
ager, a question that has been
raised in the past, Monroe an
swered this way; “Hiring a good
full time manager is, of course, an
expensive thing. We have five
commissioners; they meet regu
larly, and spend money as wisely
as they know how. The State and
Federal governments, of course,
govern to a great extent the way
we appropriate funds and the
small amount that is left would
not, in my opinion, be enough to
justify hiring a man to oversee
how it is spent. We also have, I
might remind you, an excellent
county auditor, Mrs. Estelle Wick
er, and she keeps pretty close
watch on where the money is go
ing. I would also remind you
that we operate from a strict bud
get. The number of employees
who are hired by the county and
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Scheipers said they had been used
where it was known the car own
er was from out of town. The
,other two, he said, were for first
offenders and for those who had
violated the law.
One suggestion, made by Dr.
Daniels, seemed to catch the fan
cy of the Council. That concern
ed issuing special cards for guests
of the hotels in the business area
to allow them more parking time.
As to a suggestion, made that
the one-hour law be overlooked
in the next 30 days while the
Council is deliberating the new
proposals, the Council turned it
down, saying that the law was on
the books and had to be upheld.
Near the conclusion of the dis
cussion Town Manager Scheipers
asked the Council for authoriza
tion to advertise for a public hear
ing on the entire traffic code of
the town which he said would
serve to clear up several points
that have been confusing for some
time.
The authorization was granted.
In the meantime, drivers will
have just one hour for parking in
the business section.
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C. S. Patch, Jr.
Will Head PTA
In Coming Year
C. S. Patch, Jr., was elected
president of the Southern Pines
Parent-Teacher Association at
the organization’s final meeting
of the school year, held in Weav
er Auditorium Monday night.
Other officers who will serve
in 1958-’59 are; Mrs. R. L. Chand
ler, Jr., first vice-president; Miss
Pete Dana, second vice-president;
Mrs. Robert W. Leland, secretary;
and W. S. ’Thomasson, treasurer.
All the new officers were elect
ed unanimously by acceptance
of the slate submitted by a nom
inating committee.
Mrs. I. A. Woodell, retiring
president, presided. She was ac
corded a round of applause for
her outstanding service during
the past year.
Concert Heard
Following the business session;
the Blue Knights Choir, 45-voice
high school vocal group, present
ed a concert of sacred, secular
and novelty songs, under the di
rection of Roger (3ibbs. The pro
gram was opened with two sel
ections by the Junior High
School Chorus.
Retiring reasurer R. M. Leland
reported that over $900 was taken
in during the past year and that
the PTA is ending the year with
a balance of between $100 and
$120.
Mrs. Woodell expressed her ap
preciation to PTA officers and
committee members, as well as
to a number of faculty members,
for their cooperation during the
past year.
Dr. A. C. Dawson, Jr., superin
tendent, announced the pre
school registration for children
entering the first grade next fall,
to be held at the elementary
school Thursday, May 22. (For de
tails, see another story in today’s
Pilot.)
Speech Clinic
Dr. Dawson also announced
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Town Asked To
Take Over Future
Library Operation
Council Postpones
Decision Until
Next Meeting
Trustees of the Southern Pines
Library Association made a strong
bid for th^ town to take over fu
ture operation of the library at
the regular meeting of the Town
Council Tuesday night.
No formal action was taken on
the request but several members
of the Council said following the
meeting that they privately were
“disposed to look favorably on the
request.”
A. C. Dawson, president of the
association, acted as its spokes
man and said the trustees had
reached the point where they felt
the library should be publicly
supported. He said the library
was in serious financial straits at
present and “only because of a
few small legacies had it been
able to operate this long.”
Operation of the facility would
require an appropriation of about
$6,000 per year, at least in the
next few years, he said, basing his
estimate on budgets of the past
few years and the added amount
required to make it the type li
brary which would benefit the
most people.
During the next budget year,
however, the cost to the town
would be only $3,725, he said, cit
ing income of $1775 and tentative
expenditures af $5500.
One of the biggest problems the
library now has, he said, was the
lack of funds for purchasing new
books and periodicals. Last year,
for instance, the association spent
$1338 for books, periodicals and
newspapers, an amount which
Dawson described as wholly in
adequate. Miss Lockie Parker,
chairman of the association’s book
committee, said that in the first
four months of this year only half
as many books had been purchas
ed as in the same period last year.
She said higher costs and the lack
of funds were the principal rea
sons.
Book purchases at the library
are governed by the amount of
money available rather than the
actual need, Dawson said, and the
amount available “never seems to
be enough to buy what we know
is needed.”
He cited figures which show
that circulation is up over last
year, however, and is continuing
to mount. In 1957, circulation
was 24 thousand plus and attend
ance was placed at more than
12.000, or between 35 and 40 peo
ple every day the year ’round.
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Mid Pines Club Brings
Suit Against State For
Ri^ht-Of-Way Damages
Lace Plant Seems
Assured; Bids To
Be Opened Tonight
Chances for this community to
become the location of a lace
manufacturing plant seemed
much brighter this morning.
Norris Hodgkins, Jr., member
of the Southern Pines Industrial
Development Corporation, said
that he and other members of the
committee had been led to be
lieve that bids to be received
late this afternoon in the Dur
ham offices of John Latimer, ar
chitect for the project, “would be
low enough to be acceptable” to
Charles Mozur, president of
Southern Laces, Inc, the firm that
will operate the plant.
Actually, the bids were due to
be opened yesterday but Latimer
had to be out of his office and
the opening was postponed until
today.
H^gkins said that Mozur and
Latimer would be in Southern
Pines tomorrow morning to dis
cuss the proposition, but it
could not be learned whether the
actual signing of contracts would
be accomplished at that time
Two weeks ago Mozur turned
down a bid submitted by C. M.
Guest and Sons of Greensboro
because it was too high for the
amount of funds available. At
that time he instructed Latimer
to make some alterations in the
plans and accept new bids.
It is understood here that Guest
did not bid on the second go
around. The identity of the bid
ders this week could not be
learned.
REGISTRATION
Registration — for Demo
crats and Republicans alike—
ends Saturday and those who
don't have their names on the
books cannot vote in the May
31 primary.
With the biggest primary
in years in the making. Mrs.
Grace Kaylor, registrar here
reports that new registration
in the previous two Saturdays
has been "mighty slow."
Only a dozen people have
added their names, she said,
knd only one person has
switched registration from
Democrat to Republican.
' In all Moore precincts ex
cept Little River the registra
tion is for new voters or for
those who wish to change
their affiliation. In Little
River, which became pari of
the county January 1, an en
tirely new registration is be
ing conducted.
New laws now make it pos
sible for a person living in a
precinct only 30 days to reg
ister; previously they must
have been a resident three
months.
Challenge day is Satmday,
May 24. and the primary is
scheduled for May 31, one
week following.
Some Employes Go
On Shorter Week
At Carpet Plant
A slowdown in operations in
three departments in the A.&M.
Karagheusian carpet plant in Ab
erdeen has caused hours of some
employees in those departments
to be cut.
J. Cecil Beith, plant manager,
said that only about half the em
ployees in the departments have
been affected by the change,
which amounts to a four-day
week.
“We hope and believe this is
only temporary,” he said, “but of
course we cannot tell from week
to week what the situation will
be. This is the first reflection we
have had here of conditions all
over the country, affecting not
only our industry, but others, and
we think we have been pretty
lucky to have felt it no more than
we have.”
The departments affected are
weaving, beaming and finishing.
Darst Named To
Orphanage Board
In Charlotte-
Thomas C. Darst, Jr., of South
ern Pines was elected a member
of the Board of Managers of
Thompson Orphanage in Char
lotte at the annual convention of
the Episcopal Diocese of North
•(Carolina held this week in Ra
leigh.
Darst is one of the few people
outside of Cjrarlotte ever to be
elected to the board. This year,
delegates to the convention were
told, the work of the board will
assume major proportions since
the orphanage will be moved out-
' State Refuses
Commission’s
Recommendations
The first lawsuit involving
right-of-way damages on the new
US 1 bypass is headed for court
next week, it was learned here
yesterday.
The State Highway Commission
has apparently refused a recom
mended award of $9,040 for
claimed damages to property own
ed by Mid Pines Club and, unless
the case is settled out of court,
will be defendant in a suit sched
uled for trial Wednesday. Mid
Pines had accepted the adjusted
claim.
First public announcement of
the developments in the case came
at a Town Council meeting Tues
day night when Manager Louis
Scheipers said he had learned that
a rumor was circulating that the
town was blocking the settlement.
He disclaimed any activity in the
matter though he told the Coun
cil he had been kept up to date
on proceedings for several weeks.
The rumor, he added, made it
appear that the town was siding
with Mid Pines Club to the extent
that it was bringing pressure to
bear on the State to settle the
claim.
“We of course have an interest
in Mid Pines,” he said, “not only
from the point of being interested
in the amount of the claim, of
which the town will have to pay
one-third, but also because it is a
community asset. But this is a
state matter and I have left it to
them, as I should, to settle.”
The Council went on record as
not desiring to become involved
but, at the same time, publicly
stated that Mid Pines was one of
the town’s major assets and hoped
a settlement could be reached
suitable to each party.
The background of the suit is
complicated but boils down to
this: Mid Pine,s originally asked
$17,500 damages of the State but
was offered only $3,500. A com
mission was appointed by Clerk
of Court Carleton Kennedy, a
standard procedure in such cases,
and it was instructed to visit the
property alleged to have been
damaged, appraise it, and recom
mend a fair and equitable settle
ment.
The commission was composed
of Paul Dana of Pinehurst, and
Harry Fullenwider and John
Goldsmith of Southern Pines.
They recommended the figure of
$9,040 which was subsequently
turned down by the State.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cosgrove,
owners of Mid Pines, said this
morning that the State had taken
about 11 acres for right-of-way,
but the land was secondary to the
damages done to the lake on the
property.
Mrs. Cosgrove said it was rapid
ly filling with drainage from the
thruway and would be useless in
a few years. That is the princi
pal reason for the damages asked,
she added.
'The former owners of the prop
erty, Homeland Development Cor
poration, made arrangements sev
eral years ago, when the highway
was first planned, for the State to
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Gen. Gross Here
side the limits of Charlotte and
work will be started on a muUi- To Speak To State
Broadcasters Assn.
million dollar shopping center on
the orphanage property close to
the downtown section.
A representative of the com
pany which is building the cen
ter was at the convention in Ra
leigh and told the delegates that
the property was probably the
single most valuable piece of real
estate in the Southeast. The or
phanage, supported by the Episco
pal Church, has agreed to lease
the property for 99 years and
move into new quarters in the
country.
Darst is also a member of the
Board of Directors of Children’s casters.
Members of the North Carolina
Association of Broadcasters Inc.,
opened their two-day spring
meeting here today.
Technical talks were on the
morning program, with a golf
tournament scheduled for the
afternoon.
The banquet speaker tonight
will be Thad Brown of Washing-
toh, vice president for television.
National Association of Broad-
Home in Greensboro.
Others from Southem^Pines at
tending the Raleigh meeting
were the Rev. Martin Caldwell,
Gen. L. H. MiUer, president of
the laymen’s group here, Leonard
Muddimer and Sherwood Brock-
well, Jr. >
Brig. Gen William N. Gross of
Langley Air Force Base, Va., will
address the closing luncheon ses
sion Friday. Gross is chief of
staff with the Tactical Air Com
mand and was formerly com
manding officer of the Air-
Ground school here.