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SOUTHERN PINES, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY 31, 1958
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PRICE 10 CENTS
SEVERAL NEW PROJECTS COMPT.FTED
Schools Here To Open September 4;
County Students Due Back August 28
UNCONSCIOUS 11 MONTHS
Southern Pines schools wiS^
open September 4, it was an
nounced at a meeting of the
' school board last night by A. C.
Dawson, superintendent.
County schools, which tradi
tionally open earlier than city
units, will open August 28 in
most areas, according to H. Lee
Thomas, superintendent, though
there is a strong possibility that
openings in several will be post
poned because of the lateness of
the tobacco crop.
Dawson said that on opening
day in Southern Piiies, which is
a Thursday, students will only
be required to attend until noon
for registration. The next day is
also due to be a half-day sched
ule. Classes begin on a full-time
basis Monday.
Dawson said the teacher list is
complete for all schools.
In the county system, Thomas
said only three teachers were
needed to fill out the comple
ment of some 250. Only one new
Red Cross Blood
Program In County
Is Now Assured
Moore County, which only
three weeks ago saw hopes for
the establishment of a blood
bank here fade because of a lack
of funds, will have one after all.
Gen. L. W. Miller, chairman of
the .special blood bank committee
of the American Red Cross, said
this week that a meeting with
Paul Dana and E. O. Brogden, Jr.,
who were representing the Moore
Me norial Hospital Auxiliary and
the Sapdhills Kiwanis Club, pro
duced satisfactory assurance that
necessary funds would be made
available for the blood program.
^ “We are happy,” Gen. Miller
_lsaid, “to reverse our statement
of a few weeks ago, in which we
principal will be installed this I that^a lack^of ^funds
year, R. P. Johnson, who suc
ceeds J. F. Sinclair at West End.
In going over new construction
in the county system, Tiiomas
listed several projects that Were
completed last spring, and one
other to begin within 60 days.
That, he said, is an additional
four classrooms at Highfahs.
Cameron students will move
into a brand new cafeteria and
gymnasium when the term opens.
At Vass-Lakeview, where four
classrooms and a new cafeteria
got underway just this week, the
school plant will be enlarged and
improved over a period of time.
Six new classrooms will also
be ready in West Southern Pines
this year, together with renova
tions in buildings in both units.
In Pinehurst Superintendent
Lewis Cannon said that the
schools there would open Wed
nesday, September 3, and would
begin regular classes on Friday,
September 5.
All teaching positions have
the brand new gym is scheduled
for completion in October. School
officials there are also having the
old gym renovated into three
classrooms which are scheduled
for completion by the opening
date of school.
Poole Resigns Job
As Director Of
• Aberdeen GleeClub
E. H. Poole, who has success
fully led the Aberdeen High
School glee club to a number of
honors, has resigned to accept a
position in private business.
He will become Moore County
representative for Investors Di
versified Services, an estate-
, building service which was for-
ii'merly conducted here by John F.
Hunnemann.
Poole’s resignation was accept
ed by Aberdeen Principal Robert
E. Lee “with deep regret.”
Lee said that Poole had been
an unusually fine teacher and
one who will be very difficult to
replace. He said no replacement
had been found as yet though he
“has some lines out.”
^ Under Poole’s direction the
Aberdeen Glee Club won the
Charles Picquet Cup for top ex
cellence in countywide competi
tion for five successive years. The
Glee Club and the band, direc
tion of which he took over in
1955, are both recognized as out
standing in the state.
Poole gave as his reason for re
signing the low pay. He said he
^ was building a house and trying
to raise a family and the money
he received was just not enough.
.‘\berfi(!'n pays a supplement ''.r
the poailicn but it -./as not ade
quate to meet Poole’s require
ments.
Lynn Ledden, who formerly
held a similar position in South
ern Pines and at one time was
band director in Aberdeen, re-
, signed last year for the same rea-
'sons. He joined a drug firm as a
salesman.
would prevent the establishment
of a blood program for our coun
ty. When we issued the state
ment, it was one of faCt. Appar
ently, though, it was what was
necessary to arouse citizens to
the need for such a program.”
Gen. Miller added that -the ex
ecutive committee of the chapter
would now direct its efforts to
ward securing blood donors. He
predicted success along that line.
Just when the blood doner pro
gram will begin he did net say
but indicated it wouldn’t be too
far off
Annual Farmers
Festival Set By
Aberdeen Jaycees
Plans for the annual Aberdeen^
Farmers Day Festival, scheduled
for August 22-23, are rapidly
nearing completion, according to
been filled, he said, and work on Charles Jennings, publicity
Chairman for the Junior Cham-
^ -
ber of Commerce sponsored
event.
He said that banners and signs
announcing the festival would be
placed above the streets in Aber
deen in a few days.
Planned for the two day affair
are a public exhibition of a Nik.
missile, carnival rides, exhibit
booths, and a big dance at the
end of the program.
Jennings said that rides will
be provided by tire Palmetto Ex
positions, Inc., and that one of
North Carolina's t^p dance bands
will provide music—popular,
hill-billy, and rock and roll—for
the dance.
Worms Invading
Shrubs And Trees
At Home Near Here
Worms—hundreds of them and
identified as the “bag” type—
have eaten a big portion of the
bushes and trees in the front
yard of Mrs. Mary McRae’s ’nome
in “Lost Town,” a community on
the outskirts of West Southern
Pines.
Discovery of the worms was
made about two weeks ago by
Mrs. McRae’s daughter and she
reported the find to officials
here this week.
The worms aren’t limiting
their meals to any bush in partic
ular. So far, they have practical
ly killed a cedar tree, a rose bush,
and are making fast headway
on an adjoining pine tree and a
hedge.
Wrapped in a cocoon, the out
side of which is covered v/ith
pieces of cedar needles, the
worms have gotten as high as 15
feet in the pine. Underneath the
cedar tree the ground is covered
with them.
Mrs. McRae said that at night
they made an unusually loud
noise.
In order to prevent spreading
of the worms, local officials noti
fied county and state forestry of
ficials, who' plan to spray.
Injured Soldier Died Monday
John C. Teague, a 19-year-old
ex-soldier who lay unconscious
for almost 11 months, died at St.
Joseph’s Hospital Monday night.
He was the victim of an automo
bile wreck, the cause of which is
still to be determined by the State
Highway Patrol.
Teague was found in the wreck
age of his car September 1 last
year near Robbins. Signs indicat
ed the car had gone out of control
and travelled almost 1,000 feet be
fore it finally came to rest, com
pletely demolished.
Teague was from Robbins and
was home on leave for the Labor
Day weekend. Officers were baf
fled as to the cause of the accident
when the wreck was discovered
and spent considerable time in
vestigating it. Nothing, however,
was ever officially listed as being
the cause.
At first he was taken to Moore
Memorial Hospital but was later
transferred to Walter Reed Hospi
tal in Washington.
Several weeks ago he was dis
charged from the service, while
still a patient at Walter Reed. His
family then brought him to St.
Joseph’s but little could be done
for him. He was made complete
ly helpless by his injuries.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday afternoon at Union
Grove Baptist Church. Burial
was in the church cemetery.
Surviving are his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. W. C. Teague of Robbins;
two sisters, Thelma and Shirley;
two brothers, Wade and Walter;
and his maternal grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. Ely Spivey of Route
1, Eagle Springs.
Since his death occurred within
one year after the accident, it re
mains under jurisdiction of the
Moore <5ounty coroner, who can
investigate and render a verdict,
or impanel a jury for an inquest
into the cause of death.
Golf Tournament Ends This Weekend;
Winners In Seven Flights Announced
Bill Woodward of Robbins will
defend his Moore County golf
championship against Henson
Maples of Pinehurst in a final 18-
hole match this weekend at the
Southern Pines Country Club.
Woodward gained the finals last
weekend with an impressive 6 and
5 victory over Tom Gray. Maples
eliminated A. C. Dawson 2 and 1.
Finals in the first flight, com
posed of players who were elim
inated in first round play from the
championship flight, will also be
played this weekend. Carlos
Frye of Carthage, who defeated
Ed Comer, also of Carthage, 3 and
2 last weekend, will meet O. T.
Parks of Southern Pines, a 4 and
3 winner over Jack Carter, also
of Southern Pines.
Winners in the other flights'con-
cluded over the weekend were as
follows:
Second flight—Joe Johnson de
feated Harry Davis 2 and 1.
Third flight — Robert Strouse
defeated E. J. Austin 6 and 5.
Fourth flight—E. Currie defeat
ed W. Anderson 2 and 1.
Fifth flight—Henry Graves de
feated Reggie Hamel 3 and 2.
Sixth flight—Dan Mangum de
feated John Jones 5 and 4.
Seventh flight — Norris Hodg
kins, Sr., defeated L. H. Yearly
6 and 5.
Eighth flight—Bill Bushby de
feated Francis Harris 6 and 4.
Ninth flight—Joe Steed defeat
ed Sydney Taylor 1 up on 19
holes.
Committee To Plan
Dedication Of
Town Hall Picked
First Meeting
Is Tomorrows
Gilmore Leader
A nine member committee to
prepare a program for the dedi
cation of the new Municipal Cen
ter was appointed by Mayor Wal
ter Blue this week. The commit
tee, of which ex-mayor "Voit Gil
more is chairman, will hold its
initial meeting tomorrow, Fri
day, at 5 o’clock in the town of
fice.
Members are, in addition to
Gilmore, D. E. Bailey, who is a
member of the present Town
Council; Sam B. Richardson, a
member of the last Town Coun
cil; Mrs. Audrey Kennedy, of the
Red Cross and the Southern
Pines Garden Club; Vance Der
by, of the Pilot; Jack Younts, of
WEEB; Felton Capel, president
of the West Southern Pines Civic
Club; Joseph Scott, president of
the Chamber of Commerce; and
W. Lamont Brown, town attor
ney.
A definite (J^ate for the dedica
tion program has not been de
termined but it will probably be
a few weeks after the new quar
ters are occupied.
Town Manager Louis Schei-
pers, Jr., said he believed the
changeover would be made in
September. Workmen at the
building have only a few minor
interior jobs to finish. Landsca
ping is also planned but it is ex
pected that ]cb will be done over
a period of several months, tak
ing advantage of planting sea-
Softball Playoffs Begin Tonight
Institute For Hunters
To Be Fstablished Here
Blue Knights To
Begin Practice
In Two Weeks
Maybe this will serve to cool
you off: football practice at
Southern Pines High School be
gins in just two weeks and the
first game is little more than a
momh off.
Irie Leonard, head coac’n, said
this morning that plans for daily
workouts would be announced
next ■week. Equipment, he said,
will be issued August 14 and a
regular schedule of workouts
will begin the next day.
The Blue Knights, making
their second outing in 11-man
football this coming season, have
a 10-game schedule to play. Six
of the contests will be against
Cape Fear Conference opponents
while the remaining four will be
against non-conference teams.
On tap this year is a renewal
of the rivalry between the’ Blue
Knights and the Aberdeen Red
Devils, entering the 11-man ranks
for the first time this season. The
game will be the eighth in the
Blue Knight campaign and is
scheduled late in October.
The Red Devils, incidentally,
will have a new field to paly on
this season. Work is underway
on lighting it and installing seats.
Wher completed, it is reported,
it will be one of the best in the
Cape Fear Conference, of which
Aberdeen is also a member.
Shaughnessy playoffs in the
adult softball league begin to
night with two games among the
top four teams on the program.
In the first game the Church of
Wide Fellowship meets the Little
Light, both with 5-5 records, met
at Memorial Field.
Winner was the Moose, 12-2.
The VFW team, sporting bad
luck all season, wound up with a
record of 10 defeats and no victo-
Nine, and in the second. National^J'les.
Guard plays the Moose Lodge. | Action in the playoffs will re-
Times for the games are 7:30 and verse Friday night. At 7:30 the
3:30.
The National Guard, with only
two losses during the season as
compared to eight wins, was in
top spot in the regular league. The
Church of Wide Fellowship, with
a record of six victories (two
against the National Guard) and
four losses tied the Little Nine
for third place.
Fourth spot in the league wasn’t
decided until last night when a
playoff game between the Moose
Lodge and Carolina Power and
National Guard will meet the
Moose and at 8:30 Church of Wide
Fellowship plays Little Nine.
The playoffs are conducted on
a best two of three basis.
The two winners of the playoffs
will meet next Tuesday night in
the first of a best two of three se
ries for the championship. A
third game will be played, if nec
essary, next Thursday night. Fol
lowing the end of the games tro
phies will be awarded. •
Carolina Power & Light is de
fending champion, of the league.
This year, according to Irie
Leonard, recreation director, play
has been closer than at any time
since the league was started sev
eral years ago.
Some of the games, however,
had been fairly lopsided affairs.
For instance, Tuesday night Na
tional Guard had to play only
four and one-half innings to de
feat the Moose Lodge by a score
of 16-0. The second game Tues
day night was also stopped at the
end of four and one-half innings
as Little Nine ran up a 15-2 mar
gin over VFW. ,
League rules stipulate that if a
team is as much as 12 runs ahead
after four and one-half games, the
game will terminate.
Last Thursday night the Moose
Lodge defeated the Church of
Wide Fellowship 10-9.
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WEEKLY CALAMITY of the adult softbaU
program at Memorial Field occurs when the in
sect spraying truck makes its round on South
Bennett Street. This picture, made Tuesday
I
night, shows how the “fog” hovers just above
the playing field, interrupting play about five
minutes. (Pilot photo)
Next Year’s Pony
And Little League
Teams To Practice
With the official end to the
Little League and Pony League
baseball schedules this week, it
was announced by Irie Leonard,
Southern Pines recreation direct
or, that all youngsters eligible for
either league next year are in
vited to work out for the next
two weeks.
Those who plan to take advan
tage of the special two week pro
gram, he said, are directed to re
port to David Page at Memorial
Field.
Little Leaguers will work out
at 4 p. m. on Mondays and Wed
nesdays; Pony Leaguers will
meet at 4 p. m. on Tuesdays and
Thursdays.
^ Part of Short
Course Studies
At State College
A hunting institute similar to
the famed sport fishing institute
conducted annually at Nags Head
will be inaugurated here this fall
under the direction of the Depart
ment of Zoology and Extension
Division of State College.
Announcement of the institute
was made in Raleigh yesterday
and ended months of planning.
The institute, which will have
Howard Johnson’s Motor Lodge as
headquarters, will be conducted
from November 30 to December 5.
Modeled after the sport fishing in
stitute, the hunting school is a
“package” program. The cost,
which has been established at
$175, covers room and board,
guides, dogs, a full program of in
struction, and four major hunting
trips. Animals to be sought are
dove, pheasant, quail and deer.
Wildlife and conservation ex
perts will assist skilled hunters,
gun representatives, marksmen
and guides in providing students
with a week of education, pleas
ure and hunting.
Trap and skeet shooting will be
included to sharpen marksman
ship.
The institute could very well be
the first of its kind in the United
States. The sport fishing insti
tute at Nag’s Head has been the
subject of widespread publicity
throughout the country and has
attracted students from dozens of
states. (Judge J. Vance Rowe of
Southern Pines was a student this
year and reported it was one of
the finest programs ever devised
to get across to fishermen the
many pleasures the sport affords
if properly studied.)
The hunting institute is the
brainchild of Voit Gilmore. He
started planning it last year, con
tacted numerous experts in the
field as well as officials of State
College, and laid the plans care-
'ully.
It is expected that several pri
vate preserves will be utilized for
the hunting students as well as
the Sandhills Wildlife Manage
ment Area.
Trap and skeet shooting will be
included in the program to sharp
en marksmanship. Also planned
are classes on the proper care of
firearms, types of ammunition to
be used when hunting certain
game, recognizing game, various
methods of stalking, and a proper
appreciation for the sportsman
ship angle in hunting.
It is understood that a number
of hunters have already indicated
a desire to attend the institute. A
class of between 50 and 75 is ex-
Rlirawwi Tn P^cted for the initial year.
Jtlllgt; OUIgWyil J.U ipjjg institute will be officially
Preside At Term
Of Criminal Court
Judge W. H. S. Burgwyn of
Woodland is scheduled to preside
over a one-week term of criminal
court for Moore County August
11, a court that will see, for the
most part, only traffic cases tried.
There are several other cases on
the docket, however, that should
attract considerable interest.
Among them are one in which
Williarn. Henry Kelly will be tried
for the murder of Bessie Prescott
several weeks ago, and Joe L.
Jenkins will face manslaughter
charges.
There are several cases involv
ing charges of larceny, including
one in which three Fort Bragg sol
diers will be tried for breaking
into three business establishments
in the county last month.
Three other men, two of them
from Lee County and one from
Harnett, will be tried for the al
leged robbery of Harbour’s store
in Cameron and stealing about
$450 worth of merchandise.
The three Fort Bragg soldiers
are Darrell Bloomquist, A. Frank
Mueller and Albert Lund. They
have been charged with breaking
into Gordon’s store and one oper
ated by Sandy Black on Route 1,
West End, and the McGill service
station at Vass.
Court officials said there was a
possibility the court term would
not consume the entire week. The
docket, it was pointed out, “is in
pretty good shape.”
listed in the State College catalog
as a short course.
Soil Bank Checks
For Farmers In
County $307,447
Moore County farmers who took
advantage of soil bank regulations
this year are going to be $307,447
richer in the next few days, Wal
ter I. Fields, county office man
ager for the ASC, said Monday.
That’s the amount authorized
and the amount to be paid. Fields
said farmers are being requested
to visit the office to pick up their
checks so they may transact other
business at the same time.
Fields said that the farmers
shouldn’t come by the office,
which is located on the third floor
of the courthouse, until they have
received a post card notification
that their payment is ready. He
further cautioned that Federal
regulations prevent delivery of
the payments to a second party.
Farmers who can’t go by the office
may request their payments be
mailed to them, however.
There were 3,570.49 acres placed
in the 1958 Soil Bank program by
county farmers. '
Compared to the local participa
tion in the program, a total of
$31,000,000 will be paid out in
North Carolina under both phases
of the program.
The $307,477 is a considerable
increase over last year. Fields
added.