An Appreciation
For the writings of the late Struth-
ers Burt was recently composed by
his son, Nathaniel. The first of
several selections from it are print
ed today on page 2.
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VOL. 38—NO. 43
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SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1958
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Chamber Sets Open
Meet Monday To
Attempt Reopening
Business Firms
Urged To Have
Representation
An open meeting of members
and prospective members of the
Chamber of Commerce will be
held Monday night and a last-
ditch effort will be made to keep
the organization fromi going out
of existence.
President Joe Scott called the
meeting following a session of
the Board of Directors earlier
this week. He urged that repre
sentatives from all businesses in
the area attend and hear pro
posals that the Board will make.
“We can have a Chamber of
Commerce here,” he said, “and
there’s no doubt at all that one
is needed. It’s going to take some
understanding, however, and a
lot of financial support.”
At the meeting of the Board,
held in the library Monday, it
was decided to draw up a list of
recommendations* for presenta
tion to the members at the open
meeting.
Included in the recommenda
tions is one that a full-time per-
ison be hired to run the day-to-
day operations of the Chamber;
one that a new slate of officers
and directors be chosen; and one
that would set up a sca^e of dues.
Alwin Folley headed a com
mittee that drew up the recom
mendations, a list which he terni-
ed “sensible and businesslike.”
Folley, Scott and Ward Hill
visited the Raeford Chamber of
Commerce recently and will pre
sent the budget of that organiza
tion to show what a small town is
capable of doing in having a
Chamber. The budget of the Rae-
ford organization is in excess of
$10,000 per year and a full-time
man has been hired.
' The meeting Monday will be
held in the basement of the
Brownson Memorial Presbyteri
an Church at 7:30.
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TWO REIGNING BEAUTIES. It would be
hard to say which is prettier, Ann Edwsirds of
Vass, crowned “Miss Moore County High
School” Wednesday night, or Betty Lane Evans
SELECTED LAST NIGHT
of Greenville, who
was one of the five
as “Miss North Carolina”
■‘Miss America” finalists.
(Photo by V. Nicholson)
Vass Girl Wins ‘Miss Moore County
Kigh-SchooF Title At County Fair
Lions Club Plans
Annual White Cane
Drive Across State
'The Southern Pines Lions Club
will join with more than 15,000
other Lions of North Carolina in
sponsoring the annual “White
Cane” drive for the North Caro
lina Association for the Blind.
The local drive, headed by
Herman Shaw, will be launched
September 22 and will continue
through October 5.
The funds raised will go to
provide many services for the
blind, Shaw said, including glas?
es and other visual aids, radios
for blind shut-ins, eye care, med
ical services and white cane
walking sticks.
During the past 12 months.
Lions clubs and the State Associ
ation for the Blind have provided
22,067 eye examinations and 14,-
588 pairs of glasses for medically
indigent persons. Over 1,200 per
sons have had eye surgery. Alto
gether, over 34,000 persons re
ceived some type of eye care
other than surgery, Shaw said.
Every member of the commu
nity will be given an opportunity
to join the “Whit? Cane” drive
during the campaign, according
to Shaw. Memberships will be
sold, asVwell as tiny “White
Cane” bangles.
Burwell Presented
High Award At
Court of Honor
Eagle Scout Carter Burwell,
son of Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Bur
well, Jr., of Pinehurst, was
awarded the Eagle Bronze Palm
at a Court of Honor Monday
night in the basement of the
Pinehurst Community Church.
Young Burwell is a member of
Troop 7.
A number of other awards were
made at the Court, one of a series
being held throughout the coun
ty.
Slim, brown-haired Ann Ed-'f'
wards, 16-year-old junior at Yass-
Lakeview school, won the title,
the crown, the $25 first prize and
$50 for her school as “Miss Moore
County High School of 1958” last
night at the Moore County fair.
Congratulating Ann was anoth
er reigning queen—“Miss North
Carolina,” Betty Lane Evans of
Greenville, a special guest pf the
sponsoring Carthage Jaycees and
one of the three beauty contest
judges.
Runners-up were Sandy Johns
ton of Carthage High school, who
received the $15 second prize, and
Mary Lou Troutman of Aberdeen
High, who won the $10 third
prize.
A huge crowd attended the
event, and the choice of the queen
'won enthusiastic popular acclaim.
The sparkling diadem was placed
on Ann’s dark curls by Ellie Ann
Purvis of Carthage High, the 1957
queen. The new “Miss Moore
County High School,” daughter of
Mayor and Mrs. A. G. Edwards,
Jr., of V^ss, was chosen from 20
contestants representing 12 high
schools of the county. All looking
like fairy princesses in their fluf-
fy-skirted pastel evening frocks,
the 20 paraded one by one on the
illuminated outdoor platform, then
were reduced in the first elimina
tion to 11 and then to three.
Judges in addition to “Miss
North Carolina” were Hal Tysin-
ger and Dallas L. Mackay of San
ford. W. B. Hill, Jay,cee chairman
of the contest, was master of cere
monies. Contestants other than
the three top winners were Anna
Lewis Cheek and Linda Baxter,
Elise High (Robbins); Mary Jo
Nicholson, Margaret Purvis, High-
falls; Ann Wicker, Sue Black,
Farm Life; Judy Comer, Carol
Swaggerty, Carperon; Sylvia Saf-
ford, Elaine Ebrhardt, Pinehurst;
Mary Grace Moore, Louise Lam
bert, Westmoore; Sarah Black,
Melba Thomas, West End; Dianne
Hopton, Vass-Lakeview; Jean
Briggs, Carthage; Avon Garrison,
.Aberdeen.
The event was a highlight of the
fair which opened Monday night
and will continue through Satur
day. After a rain-dampened op-
enipg, attendance picked up and
“is I getting better all the time,”
said Stowe Cole, general chair
man, adding, “It’s the biggest fair
in every way we have ever had.”
Miss Edwards is active in the
Vass Methodist Church, of which
she is a member. She served as
treasurer of the Methodist Youth
Fellowship last year, and is at
present chairman of one of the
program areas. She sings in both
the youth and the adult choir and
often does solo work. She is a
meihber of the Order of the Rain
bow for Girls and has reached the
diair of “Hope” on her way to the
top office of worthy adviser, with
only two more to fill before reach
ing the top.
Dawson Discusses
School’s Outlook
At PTA Meeting
Any boy or girl who goes
through Southern Pines High
School and makes good grades can
get into college. Dr. A. C. Dawson,
superintendent of schools, told a
large, assemblage of parents and
teachers in Weaver Auditorium,
Monday night.
The superintendent, who said
that the past record of the school’s
graduates backed i^p his state
ment, spoke during the first rr;eet-
ing of the East Southern Pines
Parent-Teacber Association.
President C. S. Patch, Jr., who
was elected at the last PTA meet
ing in May, presided. The pro
gram consisted of introduction of
PTA officers by Mr. Patch, intro
duction of the elementary and
high school faculties by Dr. Daw
son, discussion of PTA activities
for the coming school year and a
reception in the cafeteria where
parents met teachers personally
and enjoyed with them refresh
ments served by Mrs. I. A. Wood-
ell’s hospitality committee, com
posed of Mrs. Leon Seymour, Mrs.
George McCormac, who was in
charge of table arrangements, Mrs.
Fred Chappell and Mrs. Carl Wal
lace.
Here are other highlights of Dr.
Dawson’s discussion of a variety
of school matters:
The school welcomes questions
and constructive criticism. Par
ents of high school students should
be sure their children are taking
the courses they want them to
take.
“Great emphasis” in the high
school is being placed on science
courses, in line with a national
trend, but these courses are not
being over-emphasized and addi
tional emphasis is being placed al
so on English studies—“the basis
of our learning.”
It is important not to take chil-"
dren out of school, even for short
periods. State teacher allotments
to the schools are based on aver
age daily attendance. If this
drops, the school may lose teach
ers.
The board of education is con
templating appointment of a com
mittee to s,tudy the whole curricu
lum of the schools.
The foreign language prog’/am
for the elementary school, starting
this year, will not employ a teach
er but is designed to expose chil
dren to various foreign languages
through books, records and volun
teer visits to classrooms by per
sons skilled in speaking a foreign
language.
Parents are asked to cooperate
in furthering the music program—
band and choral music—by urg
ing youngsters to take part in
these activities.
Forty-five students in the East
and West Southern Pines High
Schools completed the State-spon
sored driver education program in
the summer course and 49 are now
enrolled in the course which fea-
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WONDER, WONDER
Harry A. Lewis who, with his
late wife, operated a grocery store
here until 1932, received two $20
bills last week and a cryptic note
that read: “From an appreciative
family whom you helped many
years ago.” It wasn’t signed.
Mr. Lewis, now retired, doesn’t
have the slightest idea who the
person was who sent the money.
The envelope had a Fayetteville
postmark but even that hasn’t
been any help.
Whoever it was, though, took at
least 26 years, maybe much long
er, to pay back a debt.
Wonders, it seems, just never,
never cease.
Blue Knights Play
Elizabethtown At
Home Tomorrow
Football fans here will be
treated to a wide open game Fri
day night when the Blue Knights
meet the Elizabethtown Yellow-
jackets, who employ a “pro
offense” type of play.
Coach Irie Leonard has been
drilling his players overtime this
week, familiarizing them with
that type of offense: a T quarter
back with split ends and slot
backs.
‘‘Fans who follow the profes
sional games know that such an
offense produces, many passes,
pitchouts and wide runs,” he said.
“Generally, scores run high unless
an adequate defense is prepared,”
he added, “and that’s what we’ve
been working on.”
Elizabethtown lost to Fairmont
last week 20-6 after scoring first
and leading most of the way.
Fairmont, incidentally, has been
established as the conference
favorite though Southern Pines,
with two victories in as many
games, is now getting the nod
from some followers.
Ronnie Hutchinson, a 170-
pound halfback, wiU lead the
Yellowjackets. Leonard is count
ing on a much improved line and
a fast backfield for the Blue
Knights who will be out to
avenge aij 18-8 licking they suf
fered last year.,
Next week the Knights meet
St. Pauls, loser to Rohanen last
week by one touchdown.
Outdoor Writers
Want Removal Of
Bridge Fishing Ban
Large Attendance
At Semi-Annual
Meeting Held Here
North Carolina fishermen, who
probably have as much access to
fishing waters as those of any
other state in the nation, want a
little more, and the Outdoor
Writers Association are backing
them up.
'The association, which held its
fall, meeting at Howard Johnson’s
Motor Lodge over the weekend,
went on record as being in favor
of removing the ban the State
Highway Commission has placed
on fishing from bridges. ,
Bob Lynch, outdoor writer of
the Raleigh News and Observer,
told the group that he had re
ceived a report from officials in
Florida who told him that thous
ands of people in that state used
bridges for fishing each year and
the program had proved feasijble.
“From a safety standpoint, bridge
fishing also seems to be alright
to those officials,” he added.
The writers also went on rec
ord with a resolution opposing a
reported movement to ask the
fisheries committee of the State
Department of Conservation and
Development. to exempt Hyde
County, including Ocracoke Is
land and the waters surrounding
it, from state regulations govern
ing the taking of channel bass.
Other activities of the associa
tion during its meeting here in
cluded a dove hunt, compliments
of Howard Johr,son officials,
business meetings, and discus
sion groups.
Hank Schoolfield of the Win
ston-Salem Journal - Sentinel is
president of the organization
which is composed of outdoor
writers on various publications in
the state.
The group had a run-down on
the hunting school which is
scheduled to be held here this
fall and were reported enthusias
tically in favor of it.
Centers For Teenagers
Bein^ Planned Here
Large Group Met
Last Night To
Lay Groundwork
Possibilities for establishing
teen-age recreational facilities in
both East and West Southern
Pines were discussed at a meeting
of parents and representatives of
civic clubs, together with mem
bers of the town’s Recreation Ad
visory Committee, last night.
The meeting was called by
Town Manager Louis Scheipers,
Jr., who said he had been ap
proached by a gpwing number of
parents recently asking that some
facilities be made available for
youth activities.
What will, or can, be done re
mained a matter to be determined
alter a survey has been completed
of possible sites to house such fa
cilities.
General consensus of those at
tending the meeting—there were
about 30—was that the facilities,
if they are established, should be
under the operation of the teen
agers themselves with a minimum
of adult supervision.
Mrs. Nancy Marley, chairman of
the Recreation Advisory Commit
tee, appointed a special commit
tee to look lor possible buildings
that can be used, both in West and
East Southern Pines. She also
asked the committee to meet with
officers of the Student Council in
both high schools and receive
their suggestions as to how such
a program should be carried out.
Closing of the Jewel Box on S.
W. Broad Street, a former meeting
place for many teenagers, has left
the town without a place of that
type, Mrs. Marley said. Though
the Jewel Box was a commercial
establishment, it met with the ap
proval of most parents as a place
for their children to visit in the
afternoon and evening hours. It
was reportedly closed because of
insufficient revenue.
Scheipers said the town was
presently unable to afford much
financial assistance to a teen-age
program but called on civic clubs
to provide needed funds which he
said would be “of a minimum
amount.” He reported that he had
discussed the matter with officials
in Raleigh and had been informed
that the best teenage program is
one run by the teenagers, them
selves and that such a program
was not necessarily an expensive
one.
The group is expected to meet
again in the very near future with
definite recommendations.
Kickoff Dinner
For Boy Scout
FundDriveTonight
A kickoff dinner for workers
psirticipating in the advance gifts
phase of the annual Boy Scout
fund drive here will be held to
night at 7 o’clock at Dante’s Res
taurant.
The workers will be briefed on
their duties by Moore District of
ficials and others who are assist
ing with the fund drive.
Joe Sandlin, Moore district
commissioner, said this week
that the importance of the drive
could not be overly stressed.
“Within the next 13 or 14
months,” he said, “we expect to
have at least 500 more boys in
Scouting in Moore County and
the total will then be in the
neighborhood Of 1,500.
“We’ll also have 25 new units,
which will bring the total to 73,
and we hope that some of those
units will be in communities
which do not at present have ah
active Scouting program.”
'Those two communities, he
said, were Highfalls and West
moore. Arrangements are being
made, however, to reach some
300 boys in the two communities
who are of Scout age.
Sandlin said that the district
had experienced an increase of
20 units to date this year and
Scout membership currently
stands at 915 boys, a number that
was only 570 when the year
started, and adult workers have
increased from 216 to 525.
Sandlin said that the Scout
program is reaching only 21 per
cent of the boys in Moore County
at present.
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WSPYellowjackets
Schedule Opener
The West Southern Pines Yel
lowjackets, newly converted to the
11-man type of football, open
against Morrison Training School
next Friday. The game is slated
for the local school’s newly devel
oped field.
Only seven lettermen are re
turning, led by Alexander Lloyd,
a 190-pounder who was shifted to
the full back spot for this season.
Fred Graham, speedy halfback
who led last year’s squad in over
all yardage gained and scoring, is
also returning.
Others who expect to see action
this season are James Reaves,
James Stroman, Richard McNeil,
Vondell White, Earl Jones, Roscoe
Dobbins, Raymond McCall, Wayne
Davis and Eugene White.
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FOOTBALL’S IN THE AIR could be the title
to the remarkable picture made by Emerson
Humphrey and the picture could be an indica
tion of the strategy the Blue Knights plan when
they meet Elizabethtown here tomorrow night.
The trio of passers here are Jimmy Carter, Bob
by Watkins and Butch Ryder. Each will be
called on to throw passes as the Knights at
tempt to match the wide open offense used by
Elizabethtown.