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LUGUST Gknjan /•Voss nl s^mmemuntM IN AUGUST VOL. 38 37 FOURTEEN PAGES Woodi^d Keeps Golf Tme In County Tourney Tops Maples 3 & 2; Vinners listed For All Other Flights With a 3 and 2 victory over Henson Maples of Pinehurst, Bill Woodward of Robbins kept his grip on the Moore County golf championship. Playing in the championship flight, Woodward had defeated Tom Gray 6 and 5 to reach his final 18-hole match with Maples who had eliminated A. C. Daw son, 2 and 1 First flight honors were copped by Carlos Fry who defeated O. T. Parks of Southern Pines. First flight players were those eliminated from the championship flight in first round play. Results in other tournament flights are: 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 Reg 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- feaetd Francis Harris 6 and 4. Ninth flight—Joe Steed defeat ed Sidney Taylor 1 up on 19 holes. No Trouble In Postal Changes At Office Here “We haven’t had a bit of trouble,’’ said Postmaster Max Bush this week in describing lo cal effects of the switch-over to higher postage rates August 1— but he did note that the volume of mail in the last week of July had been “just like Christmas’’ as businesses and individuals en gaged in heavy mailing to send off as much as possible under the lower rate. “We are amazed at how well people have cooperated with the change in rate,” Mr. Rush said. ‘■'Only a very small percentage has failed to use the necessary postage under the new rates. “The only unfavorable com ment I’ve heard,” he noted, “was when one woman told me at the window that she would never use a stamp with the picture of Lincoln on it.” (The four-cent stamp pictures Lincoln.) The local post office has all the new supplies, including postcards and stamped envelopes, Mr. Rush' said. Some of the latter, he ex plained, are three-cent envelopes that were returned to the gov ernment by large post offices and were overprinted to indicate the four-cent rate. “We are very , much pleased with the public’s fine cooperation during the change-over,” the postmaster said. Here’s a reminder of the postal rate increases of general inter est: First class letter mail, from three cents an ounce to four. Postcards—^from two cents to three. Airmail letters—^from six cents to seven cents per ounce. Airmail post cards—from four cents to five cents. SOUTHERN PINES, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1958 FOURTEEN PAGES PRICE 10 CENTS Sandhills Foiks at Governor's Press Conference In Raleigh r<''A t-'*' y W. O. MOSS, (right) AND GOV. HODGES Foxhunting Was the Topic THIS IS PEACH WEEK. TOO CLYDE AUMAN AND NORMA JANE BEST Peaches for 'Miss N. C. Beaches' ‘See North Carolina Month’ Begins Proclamation by Gov. Luther B. Hodges of “See North Carolina” month and also Peach Week, Au gust 4-11, found Sandhills dents taking prominent parts in goings-on that launched the two observances at Raleigh on Au gust 1. Voit Gilmore of Southern Pines, member of the State Board of Conservation and Development and also the president of the Trav el Council of North Carolina, in troduced to Governor Hodges and the assembled press corps, as well as a television audience over the State, nine Tarheel “vacationland libraries over the state in focus ing attention on See North Caro ling Month, is featuring special display and reference material on resi- North (Jarohna’s “Variety Vaca- tionlahd.” Miss Jane LaMarche, acting li- b^hrian, said this week that club program chairmen can find at the library a directory of films which can be ordered for programs about WARNING ' All persons were warned this week to stay off Ft. Bragg ifiring ranges. Ranges are in daily use at Ft. Bragg and a hazard exists due to firing and unexploded shells on these ranges. There are two primlary danger areas; the North-East portion of Ft. Bragg East of Highway 210; and the range area bounded on the East by Gruber Road, on the North by Manchester Road, and on the South by Plank Road, and on the 'West by King Road. Xhitry into these areas is prohUdt- ed. envoys” who, dressed in the cos tumes of their areas or services, showed by their living presence some of the varied recreation fa cilities of the state. W. O. Moss of Mile-Away Farm, Southern Pines, braved the Au gust heat to appear at the affair dressed in hunting pinks—which, as everybody hereabouts knows, is the scarlet jacket seen so often in this area during the resort sea son. Mr. Moss, Master of Foxhounds of the Moore County Hounds, wore the full regalia of his posi tion. He represented at the gath ering the equestrian and other re sort activities of the Sandhills. PMches Seen On the “Peach Week” side of the Raleigh affair, T. Clyde Au- man of West End, well known Moore County peach grower, ap peared at the Capitol press con ference with other representatives of the Sandhills Mutual Peach Growers Association and a quan tity of the fruit that is reaching perfection this week with ripen ing of the popular freestone El- berta variety. Miss Norma Jane Best who as “Miss North Carolina Beaches” was one of the vacationland en voys, was called in by photogra phers to help publicize Peach Week, too, and was posed with Mr. Auman happily sampling the famous Sandhills agricultural pro duct. “See North Carolina Month,” a project of the Travel Council, is designed to make ■ the various charms of the state better known to both in-state and out-of-state residents. Display At Library The Southern Pines Library, co operating along with other public places to go and things to see in North Carolina. Also available is a new refer ence file of booklets and informa tion bulletins on scenic attrac tions, parks, historical sites, out door sports and accommodations from seacoast to mountains. This material supplements the library’s permanent coUection pf books about North Carolina. Moore County Farming In Spotlight Moore County agriculture is in the spotlight this week, with to bacco farmers rushing a bumper crop of leaf into barns for curing, Elberta peaches—still the most popular “eatin’ kind”—reaching their peak and the announcement that Moore County led the 100 counties of the state in dollar gain in farm products sales in 1957, as compared to 1956. Dr. David S. Weaver of the 'State College Agriculture Exten sion Service said that an increase in poultry products was respon sible for a 112.5 per cent increase in farm sales volume in this coun ty in 1957. The actual amount of the dollar sales increase was $1,856,153. While the amount of this in crease had been previously report ed by The Pilot, it was not known here until this week that the per centage of increase led the coun ties of the entire state. The figure stressed dramatical ly the importance of poultry in the county’s farm economy. Moore County farmers, like those over the whole flue-cured area this week greeted with opti mism the news of Tuesday’s first sales on the South Carolina and North Carolina Border belts, where an average of $59.47 per 100 pounds was set—^the highest on record. This compares with a $54.10 average last year — and Moore farmers are hopeful that the increase will hold through sales on markets in this area next month. Peach Week This week, August 4-11, has been proclaimed Peach Week in North Carolina by GoV. Hodges, as noted in, another story in to day’s Pilot. Elbertas are being picked this week, expected to continue into next week. Then, the following week, Georgia Belles are expected to conclude the picking season. Elbertas are selling at around $2 per bushel retail at the farm. Quality is reported high but some fruit is discolored due to wet spring weather. Murder Case Tops List On Calendar Of Court Session Judge Burgwyn To Preside For Term Opening On Monday One murder case will go before the grand jury when a term of Moore County Superior Court for the trial of criminal cases opens in Carthage Monday, August 11. The grand jury also will consider numerous cases of breaking and entering and larceny. On the trial docket, which is calendared through Thursday, are a variety of other cases, including assault and traffic law violations. Judge W. H. S. Burgwyn is scheduled to preside. In the murder case, William Henry Kelly, 33, is charged with the fatal shooting of Bessie Pres cott, 40, in Kelly’s house in the Cabbage Hill section of Aberdeen. Both are Negroes. Scheduled to go before the grand jury are the following, list ed with the offense with which they are charged: John Edward McLean, larceny (Continued on page 5) Parfc Zoning Problems Again Facing Council The thorny problem of whether or not to permit business '(ievelop- ment on the park block is expect ed to face the town council again at its regular meeting in the li brary Tuesday night of next week. Town Manager Louis Scheipers, Jr., said that Dr. J. S. Milliken, whose office building stands on the northwest corner of the park block, is requesting that this cor ner lot be zoned for business. The manager quoted Dr. Milliken as saying he had a purchaser for the comer lot. This lot fronts on Broad St. and runs back 110 feet on Pennsylva nia Avenue. Mrs. Kennedy To S^rve On ARC Group In '59 Mrs. Audrey K. Kennedy, ex ecutive secretary of the Moore County Red Cross Chapter, has been asked to serve on the 1959 Committee on Resolutions of the National Convention of the American Red Cross. The con vention will be held in Atlantic City, N. J., June 1-3, 1959. The committee will consist of 18 members, each with an exten sive Red Cross background. The appointment, which Mrs. Ken nedy has accepted, was announc ed here this week by Brig. Gen. Robert B. Hill, chairman of the Moore ARC Chapter. i Late November Tentative Time For Dedication A committee planning dedica tion of the new municipal center on the park block will hold its second meeting at 5 p.m. Friday in ^the town offices, tq consider ten tative plans for the event made during a session last Friday. Voit Gilmore is chairman of the group. At that organization meeting, each member was given a field of action and planning. Mrs. R. M. McMillan, vice-president of the Southern Pines Garden Club, was appointed to the committee by Mayor W. E. Blue, when it was learned from Mrs. Audrey Kenne dy, president of the Garden Club, that she would be unable to serve because of her absence from town. Some time in the last two weeks of November has been set as a ten tative date for the dedication pro gram. Committee members said this week that the trend of the group’s thinking in last week’s first meet ing was toward a program of oth er events, stressing recreational and industrial resources of South ern Pines, in addition to the dedi cation itself. The November date was chosen in order to give time for landscap ing and also time for working up a dedication program that will enr list the participation and interest of the entire community. Four Officials To Be Feted Moore County Democrats will hold their first post-primary rally this Saturday afternoon in Car thage at the High School building in the form of a “love feast” hon oring the county’s four voluntari ly retiring officials. Sheriff C. J. McDonald, County Commissioner Gordon M. Cameron, Register of Deeds Mrs. Bessie J. Griffin and County Surveyor H. M. Fry. Ice-cold watermelons will be served from 5:30 to 6:30 with the program getting underway at 6:30. Program committee for the occasion is composed of George R. Ross, chairman, Mrs. John L. Frye, T. Roy Phillips, Voit Gil more and H. Clifton Blue. Every thing will be free and the public is cordially invited to attend, regard less of political affiliation. All candidates in the May 31 Democratic primary are being in vited to attend, says County Dem ocratic Chairman W. Lamont Brown of Southern Pines. Grid Equipment To Be Given On • Thurs., August 14 Football equipment for high school squad candidates will be issued Thursday, August 14, at the field house at Memorial Field, Coach Irie Leonard said today. The coach asked that Juniors and Seniors report at 9 a.m. and Freshmen and Sophomores at 10:30. Physical examinations will be given on the .14th and 15th—the exact schedule to be given when the boys report for.equipment. Official team practice will be gin Friday, August 15, at 9 a.m., Leonard said. 'This is the state wide date set for high school prac tice to begin. The lot formerly extended 100 feet on Broad Street, but the coun cil recently bought for $8,000 40 feet of this lot, as an alternative to zoning it for business—a pro posed building for the Southern Pines Savings and Loan Associa tion. This action was taken to pre serve as much as possible of the block for park and municipal pur poses. The comer lot zoning matter will be presented directly to' the council, and not to the Planning Board or zoning appeal board, be cause a State statute says that when two or more corners' of a four-comer intersection are zoned for business, the other corners must be so zoned on request of the property owners. The question may be raised as to whether the four corners of the intersection in question are the corners with the railroad right of way or the business establish ments across the railroad on the “other” Broad St. which are occu pied by the Broad Street Phar macy and the Style Mart Store. The park block is now zoned residential—making Dr. Milliken’s property a “non-conforming use” as it was in use as a physician’s office before the zoning law went into effect. Such uses are per mitted. Under the zoning law, physi cians are permitted to have of fices in their homes in residential zones, but this aspect of the law does not apply to Dr. Milliken’s building because he does not occu py it as a home. Another matter to come before the council is a proposed anti-lit- ►ter ordinance which Manager Scheipers is working up on re quest of the council. The town, the manager said, has no such or dinance “with teeth in it.” The council has received complaints about persons littering the streets. Also on Tuesday’s docket will be a public hearing on a proposal to install curb and gutters on E. Delaware Ave., between May and Ridge streets. Two Girls Named Brewer Win Nurses’ Training Scholarships Patricia Joan Brewer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Brewer of West End, and Barbara Ann Brewer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Willie Brewer who live in Moore County on a rural route out of Seagrove, have been chpsen to re ceive the nursing scholarships of the Sandhills Veterans Associa tion. The girls, both 18, are not re lated and had not met until they were interviewed by the SVA committee. Each will receive a full three- year training scholarship at High Point Memorial Hospital, with the provision that she will upon grad uation return to practice in Moore County for at least a year. The SVA program, financed with an annual public appeal for contributions, gives a scholarship annually—^two if the contributions are enough to finance two courses of training. Since the progi'am began, 10 Moore County high school graduates have been train ed and have returned to the coun ty as nurses. Winners were chosen August 2 when the selection committee, composed of SVA members and others, met at Moore Memorial Hospital to interview applicants who had already passed certain tests and had submitted personal information to the committee. TThe Sandhills Veterans Associ ation is a group of World War 2 veterans, all living in this area, whose main project is the annual nurse scholarship campaign. Sr'. . »V' *''>4 WINNERS—Two Moore, County high school graduates who will be given nurses training scholarships by the Sandhills Veterans Associa tion are pictured in the foreground with the committee who chose them from applicants for the honor. They are Patricia Joan Brewer of West End, left; and Barbara Ann Brewer of Sea- grove RFD, right. Committee members are, first row: Dr. Michael T. Pishko of Pinehurst; Miss Juanita Pickard, director of nursing at Moore Memorial Hospital; and Brig. Gen. R. B. Hill of Southern Pines, chairman of the Moore County Red Cross Chapter. Standing at rear, same order, are the SVA committee members, E. J. Austin of Southern Pines, Roderick M. Innes of Pinehurst and Thomas R. Howerton of ■ Southern Pines who is business manager of Moore Memorial Hospital. (Photo by Hemmer) Moose Tie Ball Series; Final Contest Tonight The rampaging Moose Lodge evened up the championship finals of the adult softball league playoffs with a 4-3 victory over the Little Nine Wednesday night. Tuesday night had seen the Little Nine set back the Moose 6-4 in & thriller that opened the final two-out-of-three series in the Shaughnessy playoffs. The deciding championship contest was set for 7:30 p. m. to night (Thursday) at Memorial Field. Manager Joe Hatch has piloted the Moose from fourth place at the end of the regular season to a possible winner of the playoffs which began last Thur^ay night when the Little Nine romped over the Church of Wide Fellow ship 13-6. It took the Little Nine two more games to put the Church team out of the running. On Fri day night, the Church won, 6-4, but Manager lyillis Calcutt’s Lit tle Nine came iback on Saturday with a 6-2 win that put them in the finals of the playoffs. Meanwhile the Moose elimina ted the National Guard in a dbubleheader victory Friday night: 5-1 and 8-6. Plans call for presentation of trophies after tonight’s game. In a girls preliminary Wednes day night. Southern Pines de feated the Amerotron team from Aberdeen 10-4 in a well played game. Tankers Playing Tonight, Carthage The Southern Pines Tankers, an all-star softball squad chosen from teams playing in the adult league this summer, play High- falls tonight (Thursday) at Car thage in the South-Central district playoffs in the State softball championships. In the first game played, the lo cal boys beat Aberdeen 6-5.
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