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VOL. 3a—NO. 47
Development Body
Here Gets $1,000
Appropriations
To Be Utilized
In Attracting
New Industry
The Southern Pines Industrial
Development Committee asked
fo^ and received, an appropria
tion of $1,000 from the Town
Council Tuesday night to defray
expenses incurred in seeking in
dustry for the community.
Norris Hodgkins, Jr., a commit
tee member, presented the request
to the Council. He noted that the
committee, which is appointed by
the Council for a one year term,
had negotiated with “at least
four” prospects for the J. Bishop
plant in the past 60 days. Com
mittee members, he added, had
privately home all expenses of
those negotiations.
“We don’t want to appear to be
complaining about these expen
ses,” he said, “but it 'obviously
is not a good business procedure.”
He told the Council that the
Moore County Board of Commis
sioners appropriated $5,000 this
year for the work of the copnty
development group, a sum which
he termed adequate to meet re
quired expenses. “But,” he added,
“the commissioners feel that coun
ty funds should be spent on a
county-wide basis and things of
a purely local nature should be
locally financed.”
The $1,000, he explained, would
be used for entertaining prospects,
mailing information to industrial
ists who have indicated a desire
to locate in North Carolina, and
making surveys of potential plant
sites, and obtaining necessary
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EIGHTEEN PAGES
SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1958
EIGHTEEN PAGES
PRICE: 10 CENTS
Local Grid Team
To Meet Rohanen
There Tomorrow
If comparative scores could be
used as a sound indicator for pre
dicting the outcome of future
games, the Blue Knights wiU be
favored by two or three touch
downs to defeat Rohanen Friday
niglit.
TTie game, seventh on the
Knights’ schedule, will be played
at the Hamlet High school field
because of a conflict that devel
oped over use of the Rockingham
field, where it was originally
scheduled. Actually, local fans
will be pleased to learn, the Ham
let field is closer than Rocking
ham’s and, something to Coach
Irie Leonard’s liking, it’s neutral
and thus a little more appealing.
As for comparative scores, the
Blue Knights defeated Red
Springs 21-0 and Rononen last
Friday night managed a 7-7 tie
with them. On that basis, specu
lation would give the Knights at
least two touchdowns and per
haps three.
But Leonard discounts anything
so fancy.
“Rohanen,” he said this morn
ing, “uses a multiple offense that
is hard to stop. They can shift
from the winged T to the double
winged T to the single wing with
amazing ease. We’ve been having
a rough time trying to prepare
an adequate defense for what
we know is coming.”
Rohanen is led by Jim Ganey,
an end who has already caught
(Continued on page 8)
COINCIDENCE i
Mayor Waller Blue won Ihe
hi-fi set at the homecoming
game Friday night. It was the
first lime he has held the
ticket for the prize offered an
nually by the Rotary Club.
And it was, indeed, an odd
coincidence.
Mayor Blue bought the tick
et from Jeanie Butler, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Butler of
Midway Road. Jeanie had 'won
$5 in her 8th grade classroom,
taught by Don Moore, for sol
ing the most tickets, 25.
But Mayor Blue also bought
another ticket (he usually prom
ises two or three students he'll
buy from them) from Emmaday
Collins.
Emmaday, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Harold Collins of
Pickridge Farms, was selected
the homecoming queen, and it
was she who p^led Mayor
Blde's name from the hat.
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FORMAL PRESENTATION of a portrait of the late
Superior Court Judge W. A. Leland McKeithen to Moore
County was made in special ceremonies at the courthouse
in Carthage Friday night. Pictured here are Mrs. McKei
then, at left, and son John, who unveiled the portrait, and
Judge McKeithen’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. T. McKeithen
df Aberdeen. The oil painting will hang in the courtroom
along with other distinguished jurists whose home were
in Moore County. (Hemmer photo)
Portrait Of Judge McKeithen Presented County
Formal presentation of an oil
portrait of the late Superior Court
Judge W. A. Leland McKeithen
of Pinehurst was made to the
county Friday night in a special
ceremony at the courthouse which
was attended by more than 500
people.
The portrait was given to the
county by Mrs. McKeithen and
her son, John, and will be hung
on the courtroom wall along with
other distinguished jurists who
were native sons.
Judge McKeithen, who was first
appointed a special judge by Gov.
iKerr Scott and later reappointed
by Gov. Hodges, died in February
at the age of 45.
In the spirit of happy and lov
ing recollection of Judge McKei
then’s dedication to service, bri-
liance in law, devotion to the
cause of justice, and Christian
character, tribute was paid to him
by John D. McConnell, of Pine
hurst, with whom he had a part
nership; W. D. Sabiston, president
of the Moore County Bar Associa
tion; W. Lamont Brown, who suc
ceeded Judge McKeithen as So
licitor of Recorder’s Court and
who accepted the portrait on be
half of the County Commission
ers; and in letters from Hon. J.
Wallace Winbome, Chief Justice
of the State Supreme Court, and
State Senator Spencer Bell, who
succee<Jed McKeithen in 1952 as
president of the North Carolina
Bar Association.
Other Superior Court judges pres
ent were Resident Judge Don
Phillips of Rockingham, L. Rich
ardson Preyer of Greensboro, and
George Fountain of Tarboro, all
of whom were close friends of
McKeithen.
Representative Paul Kitchin of
Wadesboro was among other
prominent guests.
Members of the Moore County
bar sat in the jury box.
The oil painting, an exception
ally good resemblance was done
by R. H. Pridgen of Troy, who has
a national reputation. John Mc
Keithen, 10-year-old son of the
late judge, unveiled it.
Other members of the family
present .were Mr. and Mrs. E. "T.
McKeithen of Aberdeen, Judge
McKeithen’s parents, and his bro
thers, Jere, of Aberdeen, and Ed
win, of Connecticut.
McConnell made the presenta
tion speech. A boyhood friend,
college mate and law partner, of
the late Judge, McConnell recalled Pr0-T^0s|; Farm
many incidences of the high es
teem in which McKeithen was
held. He also included in his re
marks material concerning the
religious life of McKeithen.
Presiding on the bench was
Judge C.' W. Hall of Durham.
Census To Begin
In County Nov. 10
Coy Lewis, Jr.; of Robbins, sup
ervisor of the 1959 agricultural
census pre-test in Moore County,
will complete a special course in
Atlanta this week, where he has
been undergoing training on meth
ods of carrying out the program.
The test in Moore County is
one of 17 which 'will be made
simultaneously throughout the
country next month to examine
procedures and questionaires be
ing considered for use in the na
tionwide census of agriculture
next year.
Approximately 500 farms in the
county will be visited; infor
mation received will be confiden
tial and governed by features of
regular census taking.
The pre-test will begin Monday,
November lo.
Library To Begin
Re-Registration
Procedure Monday
Beginning Monday, and running
through October 31, a re-registra
tion wiU be conducted at the Sou-*
them Pines librsiry, according to
Mrs. Kathleen Lamboume, librar
ian.
New indexing fees, which were
set up by the library board of
trustees, are as follows:
Adults living within the cor
porate limits, 50 cents, which is
valid through June 1, 1961; chil
dren upder 18, living within the
Southern Pines school district,
free, and the registration runs
through June 1, 1961; adults liv
ing outside the corpora1;e limits,
$2 annually; and children under
18 living outside the Southern
Pines school district, $1 annually.
• Mrs. Lamboume urged users
of the library to re-register as
soon as possible.
Town Council Approves
Municipal Court Setup
Also Approves
Costs Schedule;
Hearing Slated
The establishment of munici
pal court in Southern Pines moved
one step closer to reality Tuesday
night when the Town Council
formally voted to advertise a
public hearing on the matter.
The hearing will be held at the
November 11 meeting and the
court would presumably be set
up soon thereafter if there is no
organized objection to it. Coun-
cilmen voted unanimously to call
the public hearing.
The action came after Town At
torney W. Lamont Brown report
ed on the legal machinery requir
ed to establish a court which
would, in effect, have the saime
jurisdiction of cases as Recorder’s
Court in Carthage.
Brown said the first officicils—
a recorder, or judge, vice-recorder,
prosecutor and clerk—would be
elected by the Council and serve
until the next municipal elections.
Then the public would elect the
officials and they would serve
terms on the same basis as
Town Councilman.
A proposed schedule of costs,
totaling $13.50, was submitted by
Brown which would, he suggested,
defray the expenses of the court’s
operation. The costs are less than
either Moore Recorder’s Court,
which has a minmum of $18, or
Aberdeen, which, in similar cases,
has a minimum of $15>
The Aberdeen Court has a $6
minimum in some cases, however.
Convicted defendants pay that
amount when the case is one with
in the Justice of the Peace juris
diction.
The proposed court here would
have jurisdiction in the town and
five miles beyond its corporate
limits, but not inside the corpo
rate limits of another town. That
procedure. Brown said, was one
established by State statute and
could not be changed.
He also suggested that the pro
posed court work out a schedule
of triaL dates that would fit with
the courts in Aberdeen and Car
thage. Wednesday, some Council-
men privately felt, seems a likely
date, since the Carthage court
sits on Monday and the one in
Aberdeen convenes on Friday.
If the court here is established
it won’t be the first one the town
has had. Back in the 1920’s one
was established but was in ex
istence less than a year.
The Council chamber in the
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Father Smith To
See Coronation Of
Pope’s Successor
Father Francis Smith, of St.
Anthony’s Catholic Church, left
yesterday for-Rome where he will
attend the coronation of the new
Pope.
Father Smith will be one of the
few parish priests in this country
attending the ceremonies, and has
received permission to be away
from his parish three weeks. He
also expects to be in Rome dur
ing the Conclave, a meeting of
Cardinals of the Church, charged
with electing the new Pope.
Substituting for him will be
Father Bartruff of St. Bernadette
Church in Brooklyn.
Wildlife Club Is
Successful lu
Couveutiou Bid
The Moore County Wildlife
Club will host the annual con
vention of the North Carolina
Federation of Wildlife Clubs next
year, members were informed at
the regular monthly meeting
Tuesday night.
President Albert Tufts told the
ciub that the invitation had been
issued at the Federation’s recent
convention in Hickory and accep
ted. The convention next year,
to be held in October, will have
the Holly Inn in Pinehurst as
headquarters.
The club also learned Tuesday
night that an 11-acre site had been
selected for a permanent build
ing and other accomodations “pro
viding the price is right.”
Admiral Felix Baker, who has
been negotiating with the owners
of the property, which is located
near Knollwood Airport, said ho
definite price has been establish
ed. Several heirs to the property
must be contacted, he said, and
such action would require more
'.ime.
The club voted to authorize the
purchase of the land providing
it can be obtained at a reason
able price.
1?he Tuesday meeting was held
at the Methodist Church here and
was attended by more than 40
people. Gen. R. B. Hill, chairman
of the Moore County Chapter of
the American Red Cross, request
ed club members to donate blood
at the forthcoming visit—^the first
one—of the bloodmobile.
WOULD COST $5,000
HOMECOMING QUEEN at Southern Pines this year
is Miss Emmaday Collins,’ daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Har
old Collins of Pickridge Farms. Emmaday, -who was spon
sored by fellow students in the junior class, was crowned
by Arden Fobes, who was queen three years ago. Harry
Chatfield, president of the Rotary Club, sponsors of the
Homecoming observance, is pictured here presenting Miss
Collins with a bouquet of roses.
Volunteer Firemen
To Take Training
ProgramNextWeek
The Southern Pines Volunteer
Fire Department will undergo a
training program five nights next
week under the direction of C. O.
Wilkie, training instructor of the
Durham Fire Department, accord
ing to Harold Fowler, chief.
The 22 local firemen, will be
joined by those of neighboring
towns in the courses, designed to
acquaint the men with elemen
tary fire fighting training.
Chief Fbwler said no alarms
would be sounded and that all
the training would be done as
quietly as possible. Several sites
have been selected, he said.
Local firemen can and in the
past ha-we, attend the fire fight
ing school in Charlotte, Fowler
said, but the needs of a small
town are not always those taught
at the school. “What we will leatn
next week,” he said, “are those
things we need to know in order
to light fire in a small town.”
He and assistant chief Ralph
Kaylor will also serve as instruc
tors.
POPPY DAY
This Salurda-y is Popp-y Day
in Southern Pines and has been
so proclaimed by Mayor Walter
Blue.
The sale of the paper flowers,
called "Buddy Poppies," is spon
sored annually by the Veterans
of Foreign Wars Auxiliary as
one of its major projects.
Member of the auxiliary 'will
be on the streets in the down-
to'wn business area all day Sat
urday. Boy and Girl Scouts 'will
assist them.
Funds raised from the drive
will be used to aid veterans and
their families and for rehabili
tation work at Veterans Hos
pitals in the state.
The major portion of the
fimds raised here will be retain
ed for use by,the local organi
zation in its work at the Vete
rans Hospital in Fayette'ville.
The remainder 'will be used to
help maintain a national home
for veterans' orphans and 'wid
ows in Michigan, and to contin
ue the organization's national
rehabilitation and welfare serv
ice
Mayor Blue, as is traditional,
-will buy the first Poppy. Later,
members of the auxiliary 'will
take a corsage to Mrs. Blue at
her home. ^
Advertising Committee Proposes
Five Point Pron^otional Program
CORRECTION
An advertisement in this issue
of The Pilot concerning the open-
of the Dunes Club incorrectly
lists the date as October 16. It
should be October 18.
A five point program designed
to promote Southern Pines and
offer assistance to out-of-towners
was proposed to the Town Coun
cil Tuesday night by the Advertis
ing Advisory Committee.
The program, termed “ambi
tious” by its originators, would
cost approximately $5,000 more
than the $2,500 presently approp
riated by the Council to that com
mittee. The extra funds, accord
ing to George Pottle, chairman of
the committee, would be subscrib
ed by private businesses and indi
viduals.
The proposals, as outlined by
Pottle, include erection of signs
at both the North and South en
trances to the town, a continuance
of the advertising, program, pro
motion of small conventions, hir
ing of a secretary and operation
of an information bureau, and es
tablishing a membership cam
paign.
His committee, he added, hoped
to obtain space in the Milliken
building, which the town recently
aquired, as a base of operations.
The information center would be
established there, he said, be
cause of its central location. The
secretary would answer mail, pro
vide information to visitors and
act as a clearing house for the
committee’s activities.
Actually, he pointed out, the
committee would perform many
of the same duties that have in
the past been the provincei of
the Chamber of Commerce. “We
don’t propose to have any con
flicts with their activities, how
ever,” he added, “if and when
they become reactivated.”
The signs that the committee
proposes to erCct will be attrac
tive and informational. Pottle
told the Council. The location for
one, on the North end of town,
has already been decided on. It
would be' placed about one-half
mile beyond the bypass turn-off,
directing traffic straight ahead
along May Street to the business
Eirea. Two sites have been survey
ed on the other end of the bypass
but no decision has been reached.
Pottle said that the attraction
of small conventions would be of
“great help” to all businesses
here.. “When people come into
a town, they buy things,” he point
ed out. “We are thinking more
along the lines of small conven
tions because that is the type we
think the town is best equipped
to handle.”
The committee, which is ap
pointed by the Council, has been
spending about $4,000 for the past
two years advertising the town
in various publications. It works
with an advertising agency in
preparing and placing the adver
tisements and committee members
have said on many occasions that
the program has “paid off."
Pottle’s appearance before the
Coimcil was, as he put it, “to get
your endorsement for this work.
We aren’t asking for funds at this
time.”
Council gave the endorsement,
unanimously.