Witchcraft
At Jugtown on a recent Sunday af
ternoon has inspired a pleasant arti
cle by a member of our staff. Full
details may be found on page 8.
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VOL. 38—NO. 48
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Schools And Law
Are much in the news these days
and the views of Malcolm Seawell,
the State’s Attorney General, have
drawn much comment. Articles
about those comments are on the
editorial ^age.
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EIGHTEEN PAGES
OLD RIVALS MEET AGAIN
SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1958
EIGHTEEN PAGES
Aberdeen Red Devils Here Tomorrow
Night; Knights Seeking 8th Victory
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The Red Devils of Aberdeen,
having a rough time of it this
year on the unfamiliar 11-man
football scene, come to Southern
Pines tomorrow with a “nothing
to lose, everything to win” atti
tude.
And Coach Irie Leonard’s Blue
Knights aren’t as well prepared
for the game as he would want,
due to an entire week of rainy
weather that ruled out most of
the time allotted forj practice
sessions.
The Devils have four seniors
on their team this year and each
of them have had three years ex
perience in t’ne six-man ranks.
Aberdeen, incidentally, was a
perennial alternate with South
ern Pines for statewide six man
championships, and held the hon
or exclusively when the Knights
turned to 11-man last year.
The four seniors are Sonny
Smith, a 189 pound end; David
Ruble, 170 pound fullback who is
considered the workhorse of the
Devil’s backfield; Richard Sty-
ers, 219 pound tackle; and Jim
Veasey, 185 pound quarterback.
Leonard said that Aberdeen
would outweigh his players by
as much as 10 pounds per man.
Hurting the Blue Knights this
week, in addition to the loss of
so much practice time, is the fact
that Jimmy Tollison, an out
standing linesman, has a pulled
muscle and will probably sit out
the game. And Larry (Butch)
Ryder, a colorful running back,
was marooned with his family
on cracoke Island most of the
week and missed the few prac
tices that were held.
A few other minor bruises and
injuries could mean trouble for
the Knights, though Leonard
said his starting team was in
pretty good condition.
Aberdeen lost to aFirmont 33-7
last week, their fourth loss of
the season as opposed to three
victories. The Knights defeated
Fairmont 15-0, but corhparative
scores mean little when the two
Moore County rivals meet.
Leonard reminded spectators
that regular prices on tickets
would be in effect $1 for adults,
25 cents for local students, and
50 cents for out-of-town students.
The band 'is expected to put on
a half-tirhe show to add to the
festivities.
Spectators are urged to use the
parking lot on the practice field.
Hodgkins Named
Chairman Of Local
Development Body
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NORRIS HODGKINS, JR.
Norris Hodgkins, Jr., executive
vice president of the Citizens
Bank and Trust Company, has
been named chairman of the Sou
thern Pines Industrial Develop
ment Committee.
The committee, appointed by
the Town Council for a one year
term, is the organization charged
with developing new industry for
the area. Only last week the Coun
cil appropriated $1,000 to help de
fray expenses of the committee
for the next year after it was told
that prospects were becoming
more numerous.
Named vice chairman at the
organizational meeting was D. A.
(June) Blue, of Powell Funeral
Home. Harry Fullenwider, an at
torney, was elected secretary.
Other members are John Pon-
zer, John Ostrom, Robert Ewing,
and Jack Younts.
NEW ART SHOW
A new art exhibit, featuring
etchings by Lewis Orr of Fay
etteville, is on display in the
gallery at the library and will
be there indefinitely. <
Several years ago, according
to a member of the gcdlery com-
mitee, other etchings were ex
hibited by Mr. Orr and drew
much favorable comment. This
current exhibit is considered
the second half of the entire
collection and, to those who
had an advance look at it. is
better.
The works are of historical
places in North Carolina.
Sidney Taylor Is
Elected Leader Of
Aberdeen Boosters
W. Sidney Taylor, prominent
businessman and a town com
missioner in Aberdeen, was
elected president of the newly
formed Aberdeen Betterment
Club at the organizational meet
ing last week.'
The club, composed of mer
chants, professional and business
leaders, was organized lo pro
mote Aberdeen iii any way that
was beneficial.
Named chairmen of the four
authorized commHiees were For
est Lockey, indust.y; Jere Mc-
Keithen, home ir.dustry; C. L.
Tyson, merchants, and Vann
Clark, public relations.
Members of the club will pay
monthly dues of $1 to take care
of the financi61 end of their pro
motions.
A spokesman said the club had
been received enthusiastically
by Aberdeen businessmen and
that memberships were “‘going
well.”
BLOODMOBILE
Another appeal was made
today by county officials of
the American Red Cross for
donors to start ugning up for
the first visit of the regional
bloodmobile here next
Thursday.
Mrs. Audrey Kennedy, ex
ecutive secretary of the Red
Cross chapter, reminded
prospective donors that the
bloodmobile would be at the
National Guard Armory on
Morgianton Road Thursday
all day, and at the First Bap
tist Church in Aberdeen on
Friday.
Donations of one pint of
blood are being sougm fromi
250 residents of the county,
125 in Southern Pines and
125 in Aberdeen.
Those willing to make do
nations, Mrs. Kennedy saidL
should call the Red Cross
office here and, if necessary,
transportation will be ar
ranged.
Many churches and civic
clubs are participating in the
project.
Girl Scout Fund
Drive Begins With
Kickoff Monday
The Central Carolina Girl
Scout Council begins its annual
drive for funds Monday, accord
ing to Peter Spencer of Southern
Pines, who is drive chairman in
Moore County.
In Southern Pines a kickoff
luncheon will be held at the Jef
ferson Inn at 12:30 Monday, and
Miss Cathryn Creasman, execu
tive director of the Central Caro
lina Council, will be present to
provide information on the drive.
Workers in this community who
are expected to attend are Mrs.
Audrey Kennedy, president of
the Council; Mrs. E. J. Austin,
neighborhood chairman; Mrs.
Harry Fullenwider, troop organiz
er in Southern Pines; Spencer;
Mrs. Sherwood Brockwell and
Mrs. Phillip F. O’Donnell, Jr.,
fund drive chairmen for Southern
Pines; and the following solicitors
in the business and residential
districts:
Business— Mrs. Mildred Mer
rill, Mrs. Robert McMiUan, Mrs.
Henry Graves, Virgil Clark, Nor
ris Hodgkins, Jr., Earl Hubbard,
Haynes Britt, Max Rush, A1 Hew
lett, Ralph Chandler, Jene Bow
en, Harry Fullenwider, Dan Shef
field, Harold McAllister, and Cur
tis Everette.
Residential— Mesdames, H. L.
Tate, H. F. Cuff, Vance Derby,
William Shore, (burtis Everette,
Joe Garzik, Donald Jones, Fred
Chappell, Frank Pollack, W. H.
Wadsworth, Charles Phillips, Al
fred Chiswell, Vic Shepherd, Don
Traylor, Jr., George Leonard,
George McCormac, William Bo-
dine. Ward Hill, J. A. Matthews,
J. W. Causey, John Ponzer, Rob
ert Vandervoort, L. T. Hall, A. R.
Tucker, Jr., O. H. Rowlinson, Fred
Pollard, J. B. Tollison, Bruce War-
lick, A1 Folley, Clark Worth, John
Pottle, John Ostrom, and Thomas
Howerton.
The budget for the council is
$17,800, of which more than $2,-
000 will be sought in Southern
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Local Schools Get
Good State Rating
In Schools Costs
Spent $203.67 Per
Student Last Year
To Rank Eighth
Last year Southern Pines
spent an average of $203.67 per
child in operating the public
schools. That was enough to put
the town in eighth place in the
state in the amount spent per
child, though not enough to out
rank ar.r’her Moore County com
munity: Pinehurst.
Pinehuist, according to figures
listed py State School Facts,
spent $219.12 per pupil, enough
to rank it fourth in the state.
The ''.\erage throughout the
state was $180 per pupil, an in
crease of almost $150 since 1925,
when the figure was $35.27.
Last year Charlotte, the State’s
largest city, spent $246.24 per pu
pil to rank first. Other systems
nearby ranked this way:
Sanford, $176.77; Fayetteville,
9177.48; Lee County system,
$185.65; Moore County system;
$177.82; Harnett system, $171.52;
Chatham, $164.04; and Cumber
land, $159.18.
The state publication noted
that, as a general rule, the schools
having greater wealth for taxa
tion purposes get more pupil
cost.
The publication also pointed
out that there was no attempt in
the rankings to link costs per
pupil with efficiency of a partic
ular school.
Democrats, Republicans Plan
Rallies To Stir Voter Interest
Moose Club Joins
Rotary To Sponsor
Halloween Party
OPENS MUSIC ASSOCIATION SERIES
Straus Waltzes In Opera Production
Under .auspices of the Sand
hills Music Association, the Na
tional Grass Roots Opera Com
pany will present Johann
Strauss’ “Die Flederm.aus” at
Weaver Auditorium Tuesday
evening, November 4. The per
formance will be the first of four
attractions on the Association’s
1958-59 concert schedule.
The National Grass Roots
Opera Company, an enterprising
group of young singers, was
formed by A. J. Fletcher, an at
torney and businessman of Ra
leigh, in 1948 and gave its first
performances during the 1949-50
season. The Company now tours
each season in North Carolina
and a dozen or more other
^states.
One of the leading roles in
“Die Fledermaus” will be taken
by William McCarthy, a bass
The annual Halloween party
for youngsters in Southern Pines
will be held at Memorial Field
Friday night of next week, Octo
ber 31, at 7 o’clock, according to
Joe Woodall general chairman.
This year, Woodall said, the Ro
tary Club, which has been the
sponsor of the program sinte its
initiation, will be joined by the
local Moose Lodge as co-sponsors.
Though the program is design
ed for youngsters in Southern
Pines, it has been attracting teen
agers from communities as far
away as Rockingham. Rotarians
frankly admit that it was found
ed as the best means of keeping
children off the streets on Hallo
ween and thus prevent destruc
tion of property.
Something new this year will
be a hula-hoop contest, one of
several games on the program.
Woodall said that others include
the traditional favorites: apple
bobbing, pie eating, potato sack
race, fortune telling, and others.
And, as usual, prizes will be
awarded to youngsters in vari
ous categories of costuming:
ghosts, funniest, tramps, and
most unusual.
Everything is free, including
admission, hot dogs and soft
drinks. The carnival is paid for
jointly by the Rotary Club and
merchants 'who make donations.
Woodall announced the follow
ing committee chairm.en; food,
Ralph Mills; ground arrange
ments, A. C. Dawson; judge.s, Joe
Scott; prizes, Earl Hubbard; and
games, Sgt. A. Mullins.
National Official
From Charlotte
To Address GOP
Mrs. Louis G. Rogers of Char
lotte. Republican National Com-
mitteewoman from North Caro
lina, will be one of the principal
speakers at a GOP rally in the
couithouse next Thursday night
at 8 o’clock.
Robert Ewing of Southern
Pines, county Republican chair
man and himself a candidate for
the N. C. General Assembly in
the November 4 elections, said the
rally would be the principal one
for Republicans before the elec
tion. He did not discount, how
ever, the fact that several small
er ones would be held in selected
spots in the county.
In addition to Mrs. Rogers
other speakers will be A. I. Fer-
ree, well known in Republican
circles in Asheboro, Mrs. Kath
erine McColl of Southern Pines,
who is the State Vice-Chairman
of the Republican Party, Ewing,
the State Treasurer, and others.
There is a possibility, Ewing
said, that F. D. B Harding, who
is opposing Congressman A. Paul
Kitchin for the Congressional
seat, will appear.
The speakers in Carthage will
discuss issues of the currem
campaign, both from' a state and
national level, and outline de
tails of the Republican platform.
Candidates on the GOP county
ticket will be introduced at the
gathering, to which Ewing has
issued an invitatiort to everyone,
regardless of their political affil
iation, to attend.
WILLIAM McCarthy
baritone. Now singing in his sec
ond season with the company, he
miade a good / impression last
season with the performance as
Count Orlofsky in “Die Fleder
maus” and as the commendatore
in “Don Giovanni.”
Success of the project is en
dorsement of the founder’s belief
that if opera is to gain the wide
public appeal it deserves, it must
be presented in the language of
the audience. The performance
here November 4, featunng fa
miliar Strauss waltzes and other
music, will be sung in English.
Norris L. Hodgkins, Jr., presi
dent of the Sandhills Music As
sociation, this week urged music
lovers throughout Moore County
t» become members of the As
sociation and subscribe for sea
son tickets. Rowland R. McEl-
vare of Southern Pines is the
county-wide drive chairman
New Western Auto
Store Opens Doors
Here Tomorrow
The formal opening of the new
Western Auto Store here will be
held tomorrow, Friday.
The store, of which B. G. Gil
mer, a former employee of Ame-
rotron Corporation, is owner,
is located on N. W. Broad Street
in quarters formerly occupied, by
Atkinson’s Furniture Store.
Mr. Gilmer has done extensive
remodeling, both inside and out,
and said the store would carry a
full line of articles ordinarily car
ried in the Western Auto chain.
For opening day, he said, a
number of prizes are being offer
ed to patrons who come in to reg-
I ister.
Horses Begin To
Arrive For
Winter Training
About 300 of the approximately
1,000 horses expected here for
winter training have arrived, a
spot check of the area this week
revealed. ,
At the Pinehurst trotting tracks,
where 300 are quartered, some 75
have arrived, the property of var
ious stables.
Most of the horses will start
coming in towards the middle of
November, one owner said, be
cause of a sale in Harrisburg, Va.,
November 3.
Other stables, notably that of
Miss Eleonora Sears of The Pad-
dock, are not due to arrive until
the Christmas holidays.
Meanwhile, owners of various
tracks reported that they are in
condition awaiting the horses’
arrival. The Sandhills boasts eight
fully equipped tracks, ranging in
size from one mile to one half
mile. Three are at the Pinehurst
stables and are considered public.
The rest are private and belong
to William Franz, M. Walsh,
and L. M. Tate, in or near South
ern Pines; Little River Farm be
tween Southern Pines and Car
thage; and Mrs. Q. A. Shaw Me
Kean, Pinehurst.
REGISTRATION LOW
Either everyone in Southern
Pines is properly registered to
vote in the November 4 elec
tions or interest is down to
practically nothing, judging
from the number of people who
have added their names to the
registration books.
Mrs. Grace Kaylor, registrar,
said this morning that less than
two dozen people have regis
tered, and only one or two have ■
changed their affiliations.
Saturday, she reminded those
who have been planning to get
their names on the books, is the
last day. Hours are from 9
o'clock until the sun goes down,
about 5:30.
Grimm Picked To
Collect Funds For
Democrat Drive
Tickets For Music
Assn. Series For
Sale Over County
With the first program of the
season less than two weeks away,
officials of the Sandhills Music
Association urged again today
that those planning to attend
should obtain their tickets as
soon as possible.
The opening program will be
the Grass Roots Opera Company’s
production of “Die Fledermaus”
by Johann Strauss.
Drive chairman this year is Mr.
Rowland R. McElvare, assisted
by Mr. Leonard Muddimer.
Memberships and season tick
ets are being handled through
chairmen in all towns of the
county, under the direction of
Mrs. James Boyd of Southern
Pines.
They are: Pinehurst, Mils Fran
ces Pleasants, Mrs. E. C. Denny
assisting; Aberdeen, Mrs. Cecil
G. Farrell; Pinebluff, Mrs. Theo
dore Webb; Vass, Mrs. S. R.
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HERMAN GRIMM
Herman Grimm ’ of Carthage
has been named chairman of a
special fund raisiifg committee
among Democrats in Moore
County by W. Lament Brown of
Southern Pines, chairman of the
Democratic Executive Commit
tee.
Grimm, long identified with
party activities, will seek a total
of $750 in ^ the county within the
next few 'days, $500 of the
amount representing the county’s
quota to the state organization,
and $250 to be used within the
county.
An unsuccessful candidate for
sheriff in the Democratic Primary
last spring, Grimm said today that
he plans to begin fund raising
activities next week.
Kitchin, Others
To Be On Hand For
Democrat Function
Eighth District Congress
man A. Paul Kitchin of Wades-
boro will headline a number of
speakers at the “workshop meet
ing of Moore County Democrats
in the Carthage Hotel Monday
night at 7 o’clock.
Congressman Ktichin, who yes
terday was host for the largest
Democratic rally held to date in
the State, will be introduced by
W. Lament Brown of Southern
Pines, chairman of the Moore
County Democratic Executive
Committee.
Brov/n has invited all Demo
crats to the meeting, a “dutch
dinner afiair, which he des
cribed as the principal one for
laying plans for a large Demo
cratic turnout November 4.
If the dining room in the hotel
is not large enough to seat the
gathering, he said, it will be mov
ed to the courthouse.
Those planning to attend, he
said, are requested to make their
reservations for the dinner
through him, or with their pre
cinct chairman. He said it was
necessary to know ahead of time
how many people would be on
hand so that proper arrange
ments can be made. '
Kitchin, who has taken part in
a number of rallies being spon
sored by the State Democratic
organization and those in Con
gressional districts, held his in
North Wilkesboro yesterday,
heart of the so-called “Republi
can vote” in the Eighth District.
He said that 1,500 people attend
ed to hear prominent Democrats,
including Senator Sam Ervin,
speak and to eat barbecue.
Fifth District
Medical Society
Meeting Here
An early morning golf tourna
ment, a scientific session this
afternoon, and a dinner program
tonight marked the annual meet
ing of the Fifth District Medical
Society here.
The meeting is being held at
the Southern Pines Country
Club. At the meeting tonight,
which is being preceded by a
social hour and dinner. Dr. Len
nox Baker, president of the North
Carolina Medical Society, and
Dr. Roscoe D. McMillan, former
president, will speak.
Also on the program will be
the installation of new officers
and the awarding of golf prizes.
Dr. McMillan, who was presi
dent of the society in 1951, will
speak on “Purposes of Organized
Medicine in North Carolina on
the State, District and County
Levels,”
This morning many of the
physicians signed up for a golf
tournament, of which Dr. D. D.
Gadd was chairman. A women’s
golf event was also planned.
In the scientific session this
afternoon a number of the doc
tors discussed topics on which
they are specialists.
Dr. Joseph S Hiatt, Jr., of
Midland Road, presided at the
business session. He is president
of the organization, and Dr.
Charles A. Phillips is secretary-
treasurer.
President elect is Dr. John J.
Bender of Red Springs, who will
be installed tonight.
League Of Women
Voters To Discuss
Schools At Meet
I “Toward Better Schools” will
be the theme of the first meeting
this year of the League of Wom
en Voters.
The meeting will be held
Weymouth, the home of
James Boyd, at 10 a. m.
Tuesday, October 28th. Dr. A. C,
Dawson will be the principal
speaker.
Discussing the subject for
the League will be Mrs. Joseph
S. Hiatt and Mrs. Fred Chappell.
Mrs. Hiatt will take up the pro
posal for consolidation of the
three high schools of Southern
Pines, Aberdeen, and Pinehurst,
attacking the subject from the
parents’ point of view. Mrs.
Chappell, speaking also as a
parent, will discuss the newly-
established introduction of for
eign languages into the curricu
lum of the elementary schools.
Dr. Dawson will review both
topics, considering them especial
ly from the angle of educational
values and administrative prob
lems, following which the meet
ing wiU be thrown open for in
formal questions and discussion.
With the subject foremost,
these days, in many minds, the
League is issuing a special invi
tation to any non-mem.bers who
wish to attend.
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THE HARD WAY
Bruce Morris, a resident of
the Manor Apartments on New
Hampshire Avenue, discovered
the location of a fire the hard
way earlier this week.
Mr. Morris was reading in
his living room when he heard
the fire siren next door. He
looked out the window for a
few minutes but couldn't see
the fire trucks leave.
His curiosity fully aroused,
he turned on the radio, heard
the location, opened the door
and was met with rolls of smoke.
The fire, he had learned, was
in the apartment house.
Damage to the building was
slight.
Mr. Morris went back to his
newspaper.
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