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Lace Plant Pledges Returned This
Week; Committee Vows Not To Quit
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Has No Plans
Ai Present For
Another Industry
The Citizens Bank and Trust
Company, trustees of some $180,-
000 subscribed by private citizens
and local business firms and
which was to have been used to
help with construction of a pro
posed lace plant near here, com
pleted the task of returning the
money this wek.
Norris Hodgkins, Jr., executive
vice president of the bank and a
member of the Southern Pines
Development Corporation, said
this morning that all funds, plus
interest of one and one-half per
cent, had been refunded. The in
terest, according to a note receiv
ed by each subscriber, was some
what more than the rate actually
received by the bank from in
vesting the funds.
Announcement that the plant
definitely would not be con
structed came last week. A letter
from Rubin, Baum & Levin,
New York law firm which repre
sented Southern Laces, Inc., .said
an “inability on the part of the
lace firm to obtain a satisfactory
building contract” was the only
reason the project was dropped.
“It is most unfortunate,” the
latter continued, “that despite
our joint efforts we were unable
to see this transaction to a satis
factory conclusion.”
Included with the returned
funds to subscribers was a letter
from James D. Hobbs, vice presi
dent of the Development Corpor
ation, which said, in part:
“Although your committee has
been unable to bring this plant to
Moore County, we feel that the
failure of the project was not
through fault of oim local ef
forts. We are particularly proud
of the fact that $180,000 was rais
ed locally for investment in this
plant through the efforts of you
and nearly 200 other subscribers.
We assure you that we will re
new our efforts to bring desirable
industry to the area and with
your cooperation we are certain
that success is only a matter of
time.”
Hobbs wrote the letter in the
absence of Robert S. Ewing, pres
ident of the corporation, who was
in New York with his daughter
for hospital treatment.
Officials of the corporation
said this morning that nothing
in the way of new industry was
definitely in the making this
week though several prospects
were still being called on.
Committee Picked
To Study Problems
Of Aged Citizens
A Moore County Coordinating
committee on Aging has been or
ganized to evaluate existing ser
vices in the county for older peo
ple, identify needs, and make
recommendations for boarding
services to older people.
Announcement was made this
week following, recommendations
made by Governor Hodges’ co
ordinating committee, which was
organized some months ago.
Members are Miss Flora McDon
ald, home demonstration agent,
who is temporary chairman; Miss
Hollis Haney, county librarian;
H. L. Thomas, superintendent of
county schools; Mrs. Walter B.
Cole, superintendent of public
welfare; Dr. J. W. Willcox, coun
ty health officer; and L. Gar-
^ land Scott, of the State employ
ment office.
The committee will meet next
Wednesday in the first of a series
of workshops to hear Miss Mar
garet Blee, associate professor of
public health nursing at the Uni
versity of North Carolina. The
meeting will be held in the court
house at 2:30 and the public is
urged to attend.
Representatives from civic,
fraternal and religious groups
are particularly invited.
Miss McDonald said that a
panel composed of various agen
cies with special programs for
the ageing will make short re
ports and ample time will be
provided for discussion.
She said that an increasing
number of aged persons in the
county are either shut-ins or in
capacitated. Services for that
group, as well as others, is the
goal of the committee.
86 YEARS OF SERVICE with CaroUna Power
& Light Company, celebrating its Golden Anni
versary this week, is represented by these three
men, who stopped long enough Monday to have
their pictures made. Lloyd Woolley, on left, is
senior man in point of service. He came with
the company in 1924, is now Central Division
line inspector. Joseph Steed, center, is division
STARTED IN 1901
superintendent and has been with the firm
since 1928. Ward Hill, local manager, joined
the firm in 1936. Another high official here,
out of town when the picture was made, is John
Howarth, divisional sales manager, who started
his career with the company in 1932.
(Pilot photo)
First Electric Power In Sandhills
Was Here, Pinehurst And Taylortown
Robbins Business
Developm’t Group
Is Incorporated
A new agency, the Robbins
Business Corporation, has been
chartered by Secretary of State
Thad Eure. Formed by civic
leaders and business men of Rob
bins, the agency has as its prime
purpose attraction of new indus
try.
Dr. W. E. Alexander, a dentist,
was selected president of the cor
poration, which is authorized to
issue 1,000 shares of stock. Other
officers are W. M. Puckett, a
pharmacist, vice president; and
James W. Edwards, radio and
television dealer, secretary-
treasurer.
•The agency can begin doing
busipess when it has $300 in
subscribed stock. It is under
stood that at least that much and
Young Democrats
To Elect Officers
At Called Meeting
The Moore County chapter of
Young Democrats, getting ready
for a fall season of heavy cam
paigning, will meet next Wednes
day to selecMiew officers, lay pre
liminary plans for the campaign,
and hear reports of activities car
ried on in the past few months.
Mrs. John L. Frye of Robbins,
president, said the meeting will
be held in the courthouse in Car
thage at 8 p.m.
Other officers sire Dewitt Purvis
of Route 1, Carthage, vice presi
dent; Diana David of Pinebluff,
second vice president; E. O. Brog-
den of Southern Pines, third vice
president; John Barringer of Car
thage, secretary; and Fay Neville,
Pinehurst, treasurer.
All members and prospective
members are urged to be present.
Electric power came to South
ern Pines in 1901, seven years
before the formation of Carolina
Power & Light Company, which
this week is celebrating its fifti
eth, or golden, anniversary.
That fact was brought to light
this week by Ward Hill, local
manager of CP&L, and Lloyd
Woolley, longtime employee of
CP&L and an employee of the
old Sandhill Power Company,
one of the companies which was
eventually absorbed by CP&L.
Woolley traced the history of
electric power in Moore County
as follows:
12-Year-Old Is
Accidentally Hit
By Car On May St.
Melvin Gardner, Jr., 12, was
struck by a car about 8:55 this
morning when he darted from
behind a parked car out into May
Street without looking for on
coming traffic;
Police said that no charges
would be preferred against Mrs.
Arthur Eakins of 230 N. May
Street, driver of the Buick sedan
which struck the youngster.
Officers related that young
perhaps more has already been Gardner, son of Mr. and Mrs.
put into the corporation.
Four men of the town visited
New York and the outlying area
early in June seeking a new in
dustry to add to the already
booming poultry plant which was
established last year. That plant
was constructed by citizens of
Robbins and leased to the Colo
nial Poultry Company of Athens,
Ga.
Robbins also has an Amerotron
plant and several smaller con
cerns. There are, business leaders
there say, some 2,500 people
from whom a labor supply can
be drawn.
Melvin Gardner of 640 E. Ohio
Ave., was crossing May Street in
the middle of the block and was
going to the school building. He
told them that he did not look for
traffic.
Mrs. Eakins was unable to stop
her car, which was travelling at
a slow rate of speed, in time to
avoid hitting the boy.
The accident occurred between
New York and Massachusetts
Avenues.
Carried to Moore Memorial
Hospital for examination, he was
found to be suffering only from
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Three Local Boys
Named On All-Star
Pony League Team
Three players from Southern
Pines have been named to the
Moore County All-Star Pony
League teani which wiR compete
for the State title in playoffs be
ginning at Durham Monday.
The three are Eddie McKenzie,
Jimmy Clark and Topper Parks.
The team, being coached by
Raeford WeUs of Robbins and O.
D. Wallace of Robbins, wiU meet
Wilmington in the first round of
eliminations. The other two
teams playing in the Durham
eliminations are Durham and Wil-
liamston.
Making up the rest of the All-
Star team are Donnie Cameron,
Allison Monroe, Dewey Williams,
Paul Williams, Jerry Williams and
Jimmy Corbin, Robbins; Steve
Paschal, Ricky Phillips, Garland
Simpson and Eddie Cockman, Car
thage; and Larry Purser and Jim
my Humley of West End.
Robbins won the league title
this year with Carthage winding
up ii\ second place. Southern
Pines, coached by David Page, had
a 2-8 record for the season.
Southern Pines, along with
Pinehurst and Taylortown, first
received the power in 1901 from
I. F. Chandler, who operated a
company under the name “I. F.
Chandler.” He was the father of
tlje late Ralph Chandler of
Southern Pines and the grand-
I father of Ralph Chandler, Jr.
Mr. Chandler provided power
to Carthage in 1905, and to Aber
deen and Pinebluff in 1907. He
had two plants, one at Thaggard’s
Pond, and the other where the
water plant now is.
Cameron, Lakeview, Lobelia,
and Vass first received power in
1908 from the Lakeview Light
Company, which was owned by
J. B. Eastwood, J. R. McQueen
and F. R. Danley. In 1911, the
same company ran its lines to
Raeford and changed the name
of the company to the Sandhill
Power Company.
In 1918 the I. F. Chandler com
pany and the Sandhill Power
company were merged and sold
to McQueen, and he eventually
sold out to CP&L in 1924. CP&L
ran lines to West End in 1927.
CP&L now maintains a divi
sion office in the old “Scottie’s”
building just south of town. That
office' serves Randolph, Lee,
Chatham, Moore, Richmond,
Robeson, Montgomery and An
son Counties. Joseph Steed is the
superintendent of the division,
and John Howarth is division
sales manager.
Woolley, who has been with
CP&L since 1924, and who was
with the old Sandhill Power
Company a few months before it
was sold, is chief line inspector
for the division.
Hill, whose title is local man
ager, is in charge of the office
which serves all of Moore Counr
ty, except small portions in Rob
bins and the adjoining area, and
small parts of Lee, Richmond and
Montgomery Counties. ,
Three Retiring
Officials Will Be
Honored By Demos
A “love feast” honoring three
county elected officials who will
retire from public life after their
current terms expire has been
planned for August 9 in Carth
age.
Arrangements for the ob"i.
ance is under the direction of
the Moore County Dem< ati..
Executive Cominittee, whi an
nounced the date follo'Amg a
meeting in Carthage last Friday.
W. Lamont Brown of South
ern Pines, committee chairman,
said the occasion would be, for
the most part, a watermelon
party, general get-together of
all Democrats, and speeches laud
ing the retiring officials for their
service.
The three are Sheriff C. J. Mc
Donald, Gordon Cameron, chair
man of the county commission
ers, and Mrs. Bessie Griffin, reg
ister of deeds.
At the Friday meeting, which
■was marked by One of the best
attendances in recent times, the
committee also decided to hold a
countyrwide rally of Democrats
in Carthage at which Malcolm
Seawell, N. C. Attorney General,
has been asked to speak. No place
has been selected for the rally.
It was also decided to continue
a system inaugurated two years
ago to hold precinct rallies dur
ing the campaign season. Some
members. Brown said, wanted to
conduct rallies on a District ba-»
sis, referring to the five districts
of the county commissioners, and
others discussed the possibilities
of liolding rallies in only a few
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Annual Sandhills Net
Meet Lures 80 Players
Biggest Entry
Since E vent Was
Founded In 1949
DOUBLE LIFE
Little Geffrey Levy, son cif
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Levy of
858^. Leak St., was some
thing of a hero—and a bad
boy, too—in his household
this week.
Geffrey put out a fire all
by himself in the Levy kitch
en last Thursday. The cook
in the Levy home was pre
paring to cook some fish, it
was reported to the Fire De-
‘partment, and the grecise in
the iron pan beesune over
heated. She grabbed the pan
to put it in the sink. She
burned her hand and a towel *
rack above the sink caught
on fire. Little Geffrey came
in, look a quick look at the
situation, and went into ac
tion.
He smothered the fire on
the paper towel rack and
then using a dish towel, put
out the remainder.
When the fire trucks, which
had been summoned fromi
next door, arrived, every
thing was in apple pie order
and Geffrey was wearing a
broad grin.
His parents naturally were
glad that he pul out the fire
but scolded him for doing it.
"Too dangerous for a boy his
age to attempt something
like that," Mrs. Levy said.
Geffrey's just eight.
Chamber To Air
Woes At Special
Council Meeting
The Town Council will meet
informally with a committee
from the Chamber of Commerce
Monday night to discuss opera
tion of the Chamber in the. fu
ture.
1- • in neiiner aia ijomei
f’.1 H°bbs of Charlotte, number four
o’clock in the town offices, grew
out of a plea made at the regular
Chamber officials who ann
ounced at that time that opera
tion of the agency had been sus
pended because of lack of funds
and interest on the part of many
prospective members.
Joe Scott, Chamber president,
said the meeting Monday would
provide his committee with a
greater opportunity to discuss
problems with the Council. “We
wa*it the town to do something
to help the ChEimber,” he said,
“but whether the Council can
officially acl is something that
will have to be determined at
the meeting.”
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With some 80 players, a record
field, the annual Sandhills Junior
Invitational Tennis Tournament
got off to a flying start yester
day but play was cancelled this
morning because of the unusual
ly heavy rains last night.
Tournament officials secured-
permission of the Sanford Recre
ation Department this morning
to transfer several matches there
and they were played this morn
ing and afternoon. At press time,
it was announced that play
would probably be resumed on
the local courts late this after
noon.
This is the largest field ever to
turn out for the tournament,
which was begun in 1949, and is
likely the largest number ever to
play in a junior tournament eith
er in North or South Carolina.
Sponsored by the Southern
Pines Tennis Association, the
event has drawn players
from both states, about'30 com
ing from South Carolina.
Charlie Shaffer of Chapel HiU,
who won the recent State Junior
Chamber of Commerce tourna
ment here, was an original entry
but withdrew. He was slated for
the number one seeded position
in the junior division, a spot now
held by Beansie Frampton of
Charleston, S. C. Frampton won
his first round match, defeating
David Nash of Chapel Hill, 6-4,
6-2.
Second seeded Keith Stoman
of Greenville, S. C. defeated
Kenny Little of Southern Pines
yesterday, 6-1, 6-0, and defending
champion Jim Hart of Winston-
Salem knocked off O. B. Haw
kins of Raleigh, 6-1, 6-0.
Stanley Cocke of Asheville,
number three, did not play the
first day, and neither did Comer
In the boys singles Jim Causey
of Davidson is top seeded, with
LOWEST SCORE RECORDED
Woodard Fires 70 For First Round
Win In Annual County Golf Tourney
Bill Woodward, defending
champion in the Moore County
Golf Tournament, fired a 70 Sun
day to defeat Carlos Fry 4 and 3.
Woodward’s round was the best
to date in the tournament, which
has attracted a record entry list.
Second best round in the open
ing matches was scored by Hen
son Maples, who had a 72 to de
feat Will Wiggs 5 and 3.
Play in the tournament wasn’t
hampered this past week by rain
though it was threatened several
times.
Second rounds are now under
way and will be completed by
Sunday. Players defeated in the
championship flight in the first
round will now fall into the first
flight bracket.
First round results:
First flight—^Bill Woodward df
Carlos Fry, 4 and 3; S. Simpson
df P. Tufts, 1 up, 19 holes;
Crissman df E. Comer, 4 and
3; T. Gray df J. Wilson, 3 and
2; A. C. Dawson df L. Honeycutt,
2 and 1; H. Chatfield df O. T.
Parks, 5 and 4; H. Maples df W.
Wiggs, 5 and 3; and T. Shockley
df Jack Carter, 5 and 3.
Second flight—C. F. Lassiter
df Dr. E. M. Medlin, 7 and 5; J.
Johnson df K. Schroeder 1 up, 21
holes; H; Davis df H. McCaskill,
4 and 3; and Bob Page df W.
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Two-DaySwimoree
For Scouts Set
At Pinebluff Lake
A “'swimoree” for Boy Scouts
and Explorer Scouts of Moore
District will be held at Pinebluff
Lake tomorrow (Friday) and
Saturday.
J. Douglas David of Pinebluff,
district activities chairman, is in
charge of the program which will
include camping, swinfming, life
saving, canoeing, rowing and log
rolling.
Water races will be held Sat
urday from 3 to 5 p. m. under
the supervision of Dr. J. D. Ives
of Pinebluff. He said that free
style and back stroke will be
used in the races, which also in
clude treading water events, a
ping pong race, and a lifeline re
lay.
Merit badges will be awarded
to those who qualify. On hand for
judging will be Dr. J. C. Grier for
the swimming and lifesaving
badges, David Drexel for canoe
ing and rowing, and Dr. Ives for
camping.
Completion Date
For Town Hall Is
Seen In September
A completion date for the new
Town Hall, or, as it is being called
by town officials, the Municipal
Center, has been set for sometime
during September.
Manager Louis Scheipers, Jr.,
said yesterday most of the hea-vy
work Jias been completed, or will
be in the next week or two. Work
men are laying the terrazzo floors
in the building now, a rather
lengthy project, but should com
plete that phase of the construc
tion in a few days.
Most of the glass has been in
stalled and the furniture has been
ordered.
Scheipers said landscaping was
under consideration but would be
one of the last items to be com
pleted.
Inside painting is also to be
done, he added, but that phase
will require only a few days. Col
or schemes will be selected in the
next few days.
The building has been attract
ing a number of residents during
the past few weeks who are in
quiring of the completion date.
Workmen say they have heard no
complaints and, in many in
stances, the compliments have
been of the highest order.
It is expected that a moving
date from the present town offices
on N. E. Broafi Street will be an
nounced in the next month. '
in the second spot. William
Poore, also of Belton, is number
three although he is defending
champion.
J ulia Blake of Belton is de
fending her title as No. 1 in the
girls singles, with her cousin, Ann
Blake, also of Belton, seeded
number two. Gay Williams of
Charlotte is the only seeded play
er in girls’ singles.
A number of the players in the
boys juniors division were here
last month to compete in the Jay-
cee tournament. With Shaffer
out, Hobbs or Cocke either one
could pull an upset and walk off
with the honors. Both displayed
excellent form in the Jaycee
tournament.
Here are the summaries of
play up to this time:
JUNIOR BOYS
First round—Beansie Framp
ton, Charleston, d. David Nash,
Chapel Hill, 6-4, 6-2; Jim Hart,
Winston-Salem, d. O. B. Haw
kins Jr., Raleigh, 6-1, 6-0; Mal-
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EXHIBITION
Bill Quiillian, who has been
ranked among the Rrst 10
tennis players in the country,
will play an exhibition match
here tonuttrow' (Fridlay),
night against Malcolm Clark,
Na 1 player in Southern
Pines.
Quillian, whose home is in
the State of Weishington, is
now stationed at Fort Bragg.
His appearance here will
earn him the distinction of
being the highest ranked
player ever to perform on
the local courts.
A past Southern
Xmateur champion, Quillian
is being brought here by Lt.
CoL Guy Jones of Fort
Bragg, an ardent tennis en
thusiast. CoL Jones has play*
ed both Quillian and Clark
and feels that Clark will give
the highly ranked player "a
good game."
The match, to be^n at 8
p. m., is an added attraction
of the annual Sandhills
Junior Invitational, current
ly underway.