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VOL. 38—NO. 46
Portrait Of Judge
McKeithen To Be
Unveiled Friday
Public Invited
To Ceremonies
Tomorow Night
A portrait of the late W.A. Le-
land McKeithen of Pinehurst,
special Superior Court judge,
will be unveiled in the courthouse
in Carthage Friday night and
formally presented to the county
by members of his family.
The public is invited to the
ceremony, which begins at 8
o’clock. To be recorded in the
minutes of Moore Superior Court
as a special term, the ceremony
wil be presided over by Superior
Court Judge C. W. Hall of Dur
ham.
Formal presentation of the por
trait will be made by John D.
McConnell, who was associated
with Judge McKeithen before he
was appointed to the bench in
February, 1954.
The portrait, done in oils, was
painted by T. C. Pridgen of the
Page Art Studios in Troy. It is
said by those who have seen it
to be an almost unbelievable re
semblance. It is being given to
the county by Mrs. McKeithen
and her son, John.
W. D. Sabiston, president of
the Moore County Bar AssOcia
tion, the organization which is in
charge of the program and which
made plans for it, said a number
of people from widely scattered
parts of the state ha^ been invit
ed. They were either colleagues
or close friends of Judge McKei
then, who died in February of this
year at the age of 45.
The painting will be given a
place of permanent honor on the
courtroom wall along with those
of five other distinguished sons
of the county, and Judge Alfred
Moore, for whom the county was
named.
Mr. Sabiston, in announcing the
portrait presentation this week,
recalled that Judge McKeithen
was one of the speakers at the
first ceremony of this type to be
held in Moore County, and help
ed establish the tradition.
This will be the third such
special term held in Moore Coun
ty courtroom within the past few
years. At the first one, September
7, 1951, portraits of Judge James
D. Mclver, Judge W. J. Adams
and Judge H. F. Sea well were un
veiled. Judge McKeithen, then
president of the North Carolina
Bar association, made the presen
tation speech for Judge Adams’
portrait.
The only portrait hanging bn
the wall until then was that of
Judge Alfred Moore of Bruns
wick county, first American-bom
associate justice of the U. S. Su
preme Couit, for whom Moore
county was named.
The Moore portrait was given
by the Alfred Moore chapter,
DAR, a number of years ago.
At that ceremony, the late U.
L. Spence, former member for
several terms of both the State
House and Senate, then dean of
the Moore County Bar, present
ed the portrait of Judge Mvlver,
and M. G. Boyette, district solic
itor, presented that of Judge Sea-
well.
Spence’s death occurred in
.’une 1954, and one year later,
June 1, 1955, his portrait was un
veiled along with that of Robert
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SOUTHERN PINES, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9. 1958
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HOMECOMING QUEEN at Southern
Pines high school will be selected from these
four candidates, each representing a differ
ent class. PVom left, they are Suzanne Steed,
senior; Emmaday Collins, junior; Patsy Mc-
Ree, sophomore; and Peggy Worth, fresh
man. The winner will be crowned by Arden
Fobes, who was queen two years ago.
High School Homecoming Tomorrow
Blue Knights To
Meet Fairmont;
QueenToBeNamed
The annual homecoming foot
ball game and ceremonies for
Southern Pines High School will
get imderway tomorrow when
the Blue Knights meet Fairmont
High School at 8 p.m. at Memor
ial Field.
Both teams are laying perfect
conference records on the line,
though Fairmont has been de
feated once by a non-conference
team.
The Knights, winners of five
straight, were victorious over Red
Springs last week, 21-0. Red
Springs and Fairmont had been
established as co-favorites to win
the conference.
On tap for the game is the se-
Voit Gilmore
Now In Arctic
Voit Gilmore, a guest of the
Army on an observation tour of
the DEW (Distant Early Warn
ing) Line, was in Fairbanks,
Alaska, Monday and still heading
north.
Gilmore returned early this
year from' an observation tour of
government installations in Ant
arctica, clocking some 30,000
miles on the tour.
On the present trip, he is mak
ing observations of government
installations in Alaska before
proceeding along the radar in
stallations stnmg across the con
tinent.
The trip will list approximate
ly two weeks.
A card received from him this
morning said he was heading for
Point Barrow, Alaska, 600 miles
north of Fairbanks. The tem
perature, he wrote, was 80 above
in Fairbanks.
Three! Speakers
On PTA Program
Monday Night ,
Three persons associated with
the Southern Pines schools will
speak on the topics associated
with the opening of school, at the
regular meeting of the East Sou
thern Pines Parent-Teacher As
sociation to be held Monday, Oc
tober 13, at 8 p.m. in Weaver
Auditorium.
Miss Mary Logan, schools sup
ervisor, will discuss how parents
can help children with homework.
Mrs. Lillian Leonard, who is yin
charge of the cafeterifc, will speak
on the operation of ihat service.
Steve Smith, high school senior
and president of the Student
Council, will tell parents about
various extra-curricular activities
including the new teen-age or
ganization now being formed.
The program was announced
by Mrs. Don Traylor, program
chairman. The East ^uthem
Pines "PTA regularly meets on the
second Monday night of each
:nonth.
C. S. Patch, Jr., president, ur
ges all parents to attend and to
join the PTA, if they are not al
ready menibers. The membership
fee is 50 cents per person.
lection of a homecoming queen
to be selected from four candi
dates, each representing different
classes at the school.
George Davis, chairman of the
sponsoring Rotary Club commit
tee, said that an added feature
of this year’s homecoming cere
monies would be the awarding of
a hi-fidelity record player which
has been made available by the
Rotary Club. The winning stub
of a game ticket will be drawn
by the new queen.
E. J. Austin wiU serve as mas
ter of ceremonies for the selec
tion of the new queen.
As for the football game.
Coach Irie Leonard said this
morning that his team was in
somewhat better condition than
last week, though Jimmy Tolli-
son is on the doubtful playing list
because of a pulled muscle. Jesse
Williford, a first string end, will
not play in the game because of
an injury received several weeks
ago.
Fairmont licked the Blue
Knights last year 20-6. Last week
they lost to WhiteviUe 13-12, their
first loss of the season.
The Robeson County te^m is
led by Archie Harrington, a quar
terback, and James Bray, a half
back. In the line Tommy Lewis,
a 200-pound tackle, outweighs
^yone on the entire Southern
Pines squad.
All told, Fairmont has six re
turning regulars from last year’s
squad.
Fans were reminded that park
ing , problems stiU exist even
though new facilities have been
made availabe.
For that reason school official*
urged fans to get to the game a
little earlier than usual, if poss
ible.
County Receives,
Approves Bids For
Courtroom Change
Contracts for remodeling part
of the courtroom in Carthage
were let by the County Commis
sioners at their regular meeting
Monday, a session that produced
little in the way of action taken.
The contracts, which were for
something less than had original
ly been estimated, went to the
Music Association
Plans Four Events
In Current Season
Season Tickets
For Students Is
New Innovation
Launching a membership and
season ticket’campaign this week,
the Sandhills Music Association
announced a four concert sche
dule for the 1958-1959 season.
Norris L. Hodgkins, Jr., pres
ident, said that the concerts will
be: Grass Roots Opera, Tuesday,
November 4; Chanticleers Quar
tet, Monday, January 5; North
Carolina Littje Symphony, Fri
day February 27; and the Fur
man University Glee Club, Mon
day, March 30.
By the end of the week, let
ters will go out to many Moore
County residents, from Mr. Hodg
kins and Rowland R. McElvare
who is heading the membership
drive. The letters explain new
ticket prices and seating arrange
ment, as well as a new classifi
cation of memberships in the As
sociation, listing patrons as those
subscribing $10 or more per per
son; members at $5 or more; and
associate members at subscrip
tions of from $1 to $5.
Memberships, it was explained
by Mr. Hodgkins this week, are
issued ^ separately fijom ticket
sales and Offer residents of the
county who are interested in the
presentation of good music an
opportunity to support the As
sociation. Ticket sales never ac
count for enough fimds to meet
the Association’s budget from that
source alone.
The big innovation in season
tickets this year is a $2 student
season ticket .for the four con
certs. This offer will be made in
all the schools of the county in
campaign directed by E. H.
Poole of Aberdeen, former mu
sic supervisor , in the Aberdeen
schools.
Mrs. James Boyd of Southern
Pines will head the membership
and ticket sales drive in towns
throughout the county. Commun
ity chairmen in this effort will
be announced next wek.
Meeting at the Southern Pines
State Not To Stop May
Street Truck Traffic
"Does Not Have
Legal Authority,
Commission Says
BLOODMOBILE
The first visit of the bloodmo-
bile to Moore County will be
October 30, according to offic
ials of the American Red Cross,
sponsors.
The bloodmobile will be in
Southern Pines at the National
Guard Armory on that date,
and in Aberdeen at the Baptist
Church October 31.
A quota of 125 pints of blood
has been e5t2d>li5hed for each
of the two visits. Anyone who
wishes to donate may contact
Red Cross headquarters here,
according to Mrs. Audrey Ken
nedy, and transportation, if
needed, will be lined up.
Funds for the bloodmobile
visits were subscribed by coun
ty residents in a drive that ex
tended for several months this
year.
, Other visits are planned for
early February and late May
of next year.
Early Returns Of
Scout Fund Drive
Termed Gratifying
Preliminary reports form the
advanced gifts portion of the cur
rent Boy Scout fund drive indi
cates that more than $2,500 has
been raised.
Harold Collins, chairman of the
fund drive, said this morning
that of the total $2,581 already
collected, $1,031 was from South
ern Pines residents.
“Many communities have not
started their drives yet,” he said,
and others which have started
have not made reports. As far as
we can tell now, the drive ap
pears to be successful.”
The general solicitation re
sults are also not in, Collins
pointed out, and it will be a
week or two before the final
amount is known.
Bensalem Church
Southern Fixture Company of „ — -
Rockingham foi^ supplying and | library ^Thursday night of last SlutCS HurVCSt
Piedmont Airlines
New Ttirbo-Prop
Planes Arrive
The fij;st of a fleet of new tur
bo-prop airlines has been deliv
ered to Piedmont Airlines,
which serves Southern Pines and
Pinehurst, and others will be
forthcoming soon, a company of
ficial said this week.
None of the new planes wiU be
used in the services provided
here, however, according to the
local office.
Education Board
Chairman Named
Liberty Manager
James A. Culbertson, who lives
in Robbins, and is chairman of
the Moore County Board of Edu
cation, has accepted the position
of town manager of Liberty,
which is in Randolph County.
The announcement was made
this week by Troy Smith, Liber
ty’s mayor.
Whether or not he will resign
the Education Board post has not
been publicly announced. \
Culbertson has served on the
Board for the past 10 years.
A former office manager for
Robbins Mills and Amerotron
Corporation, he is a native of In
diana. About 18 months ago he
became associated with Seating,
Inc., of Robbins, manufacturers
of industrial chairs, as manager,
but has since resigned that posi
tion and lately has been working
for a Louisiana concern in the
Robbins area.
Mayor Smith said that he and
his associates were “very happy
to have secured Mr. Culbertson’s
services and believe he will be
an asset to our town.” He added
that he hoped Culbertson would
move to Liberty by Christmas.
At present Culbertson is com
muting the 38-mile distance daily.
installing the neW judge’s bench
and jury box, and to Shaw Paint
and Wallpaper Company of Sou
thern Pines for refinishing, varn
ishing and waxing the new work
as well as some Eilready existing.
■ The painting coritract was for
$V35; for installing the jury box
and judge’s bench, which was de
signed by E. J. Austin, Southern
Pines architect, the amount was
for $989.50.
The commissioners voted this
summer to proceed with the re
modeling and, jvhere necessary,
new building, project, and Mr.
Austin was asked to submit the
plans. They were accepted about
a month ago.
At the meeting Monday the
commissioners heard one request
for a road improvement project;
the stabilization of one mile and
a quarter of a road extending in
to Montgomery County, running
from Drowning Creek bridge to
the Samarcand Manor Road. It
was passed and sent to the State
Highway and Public Works Com
mission.
Billy Graham Will
Carry Crusade To
Ft. Bragg Monday
Arrangements are in full
swing at Ft. Bragg this week
for the visit of Dr. Billy Gra
ham, world-famous evangelist,
who will carry his crusade to
Towle Stadiiun at the large Army
post Monday night.
His address is scheduled for
7:30 p. m. and Bragg authorities
said the meeting will be held,
“rain or shine.”
Military personnel, their fami
lies and civilians from Bragg and
the surrounding area are invited
to attend.
Also appearing on the program
wlil be the Rev. Grady Wilson,
associate evangelist. Cliff Bar-
week, officers, directors and in
terested members of the Asso
ciation approved a proposed bud
get which anticipates income of
$3,500 for the coming season,
from memberships, season tick
ets, program advertising and box
estimated at $2,900 for concert ar-
estimated at $2,900 for sencert ar
tists and $500 for other expenses,
a total of $3,400.
A single class of reserved
tickets, .at $12 for the four con
certs, is planned for the coming
season, with unreserved,' tickets
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Dr. Adam Craig
Named Head Of
Boys’ Prep School
Dr. Adam Weir Craig, minister
of the Village Chapel in Pine
hurst, will become headmaster of
the Mount Hermon School for
Boys in Northfield, Mass., January
1, according to an announcement
made by school officials this
week.
_ Dr. Craig, who succeeded Dr.
T. A. Cheatham at the Chapel in
1951, is a native of Pennsylvania.
He graduated from Princeton
University in 1934, and from the
Princeton Theological Seminary
in 1937. He received his Ph. D.
in 1939 from the University of
Edinburgh in Scotland.
An arden goKer, he has been
a member of the Tin Whistlefe,
men’s golf organization in Pine
hurst, since moving to this area.
He has also taken an active role
in many civic activities in Pine
hurst and the rest of the Sand
hills area.
He was minister of Irvington
Presbyterian Church at Irvington-
On-Hudson, N. Y., from 1939 to
1944, and was then associated
with the Lawrenceville School,
and later, from 1949 to 1950, as
assistant headmaster of the Anna
Head School.
There has been no announce
ment from the Board of Directors
of the Pinehurst Religious Assoc-
Sale And Supper
The annual harvest sale and
supper of the Bensalem Presby
terian Church will be held at the
Eagle Springs school building
Saturday, October 18, according
to chiu-ch officials.
The sale will begin at 1 o’clock
and continue through the after
noon. Articles included in the
auction will be farm produce of
all types, homemade cakes and
pies, needlework, including sev
eral quilts made by the women
of the church, a bedroom suite
and a power saw.
A turkey supper will be served
from 5 to 8 p. m.
Proceeds wiU be used in the
construction of a new building
to replace the one burned last
March.
The State Highway Commission
has notified town officials it can
do nothing to restrict truck traf
fic on May Street.
Letters between T. C. Johnston,
Jr., acting division engineer in
Aberdeen, and Robert A. Burch
of Raleigh, traffic engineer, dis
closed the information this. week.
Johnston wrote to Burch the*
latter part of September inform
ing him of the concern being ex
pressed by May Street residents
of the continued use of the street
by trucks. The intervention had
been requested by Town Manager
Louis Scheipers, Jr., who said
that trucks were going from one
end of the street to the other
without making local stops.
At the same time Johnston in
formed the traffic department
that residents of Indiana Avenue
were “up in arms” about the use
of that thoroughfare by truck
traffic coming in from Raeford
and turning off NC 211 into Indi
ana Avenue.
Burch said it , was “difficult”
for him to believe that heavy
trucks are using May Street in
stead of the new thruway.
Hfe added, however, that he
knew of nothing that could be
done to restrict trucks from, the
old route or any other street such
as Indiana Avenue in the town
limits “if an occasional truck de
sires to go this way.”
The Highway Commission, he
added, had no legal authority to
discriminate between types of ve
hicles.
Just two weeks ago a resident
of May Street wrote The Pilot
complaining of the noise, exhaust
fumes and smoke nuisance caus
ed by trucks on the street.
“It is difficult,” the writer of
the letter said, “to understand
why the State and the town, af
ter spending hundreds of thous
ands of dollars to by-pass vehic
ular traffic around the town by
means of a modern, safe, speed
ier highway, would make no pro
visions to compel heavy vehicles
to use the new highway, espec
ially for truck traffic.”
In his letter to Johnston, Burch
said the Highway Commission
had legal aiuthority to restrict
road use as it applies to axle
weight, road width, height, and
things of that nature.
There has been suggestions
made in the past that signs de
claring the thruway as a truck
lane, but nothing has been done
about it.
The State spent thousands of
dollars on Pennsylvania Avenue
to widen it and thus make it the
principal entrance to the business
area from the thruWay. When that
artery was opened most residents
along May Street believed that
truck traffic would cease on their
street but, according to some,
there has been very little notice
able diference.
District Classroom Teachers Slate
Meet In Aberdeen, Here, Tomorrow
rows, musical director, George .
Beverly Shea, soloist, and Tedd i iation as to his successor at the
Smith, pianist. I Village Chapel.
Over 2,000 school personnel are
expected to gather in Aberdeen
Friday for the Central District
convention of the North Carolina
Education Association.
The meeting will be the sixth
of ten district NCEA conventions
of the fan series. Attendance has
been the greatest in the 35-year
history of the convention, accord
ing to school officials.
Virtually aU, schools have clos
ed for the day-long meetings.
Teacher attendance is voluntary
and is a non-paid day if schools
close.
Teachers, principals, supervis
ors, superintendents, and other
school personnel from nine coun
ties will take part in the NCEA’s
program of in-service training
■and professional improvement.
Counties in the district are Ala
mance, Chatham, Davidson, Da
vie, Lee, Montgomery, Moore,
Randolph and Rowan.
Lacy M. Presnell, Jr., Pitts-
boro, will preside over the gen-
ium. Other district officers are:
W. K. Cromartie, Randleman,
vicepresident; Robert E. Spenc
er, Ramseur, secretary; and Mrs.
Anna Neese, Lexin^on, NCEA
director.
Dr. Philip Lovejoy, Utica, New
York, will speak to the general
session on the subject of “Pub
lic School Relations.” Dr. Love-
joy served as General Secretary
of Rotary International from
1942-52, and as Executive Direc
tor of the Children’s Home So
ciety of Florida from 1953-54.
Others appearing on the gen
eral session program are: Dal
las Rush, Tabernacle School,
Randolph County, Asheboro; H.
Lee Thomas, superintendent Of
Moore County Schools; Glenn
Robertson, principal of Beulah
School, Mount Airy, president,
NCEA; Dr. Charles F. Carroll,
State Superintendent of Public
Instruction, Raleigh; Earl C. Fun
derburk, superintendent of Ashe
ville city schools, Asheville, NEA
eral session scheduled for the director; Mrs. Ethel Perkins
Aberdeen high school auditor-
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