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VOL. 38—NO. 52 EIGHTEEN PAGES SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1958 EIGHTEEN PAGES PRICE: 10 CENTS I 146 Entered In Golf Carousel; Qualifying Today Dick Chapman, Art Ruffin Are Favored Team A field of 146 players from more than a dozen states teed off this morning and afternoon in qualifying rounds of the fifth an nual Golf Carousel, being spon sored by the Junior Chamber of Commerce. Tournament chairman Bill Hamilton said that even though the field is not as large as it was last year it had more low handi cap golfers, a fact that should add greatly to the 36-hole finals scheduled for Sunday. Golfers who have entered the unique four-day tournament, which will be played over all three courses here—Pine Needles, Southern Pines Country Club and Mid Pines—will be guests at two social events and a clinic to be staged by Patty Berg, the na tion’s outstanding woman pro- fessiopal golfer. ^ A cocktail party will be held tomorrow (Friday) at the South- :em Pines Country Club for en tries and their wives, and a dance is being held at the Armory Sat urday night. Tickets for the dance are on sale to the public, though the supply is somewhat limited. Leading the field of qualifiers today were Richard Chapman, North and South Amateur cham pion and winner of the Carousel two years ago, and his partner. Art Ruffin of Wilson. Chapman is a scratch handicapper and Ruffin possesses one of the lowest in the state. George Pottle, also a former winner, is playing with Fred Steele of Westchester County, N. Y., one of the top golfers in the Metropolitan area. Last year’s defenders, Ben Goodes and B. C. McIntyre, fail ed to enter this year so the field is wide open. In addition to the Chapman- Ruffin and Pottle-Steele teams, others conceded an excellent chance are Grover Dillon and Hubert Scarborough of Raleigh, both scratch players; Bob Yan cey, Jr., and Dr. Charles Styron, also of Raleigh and also scratch players; Tommy Hall and Bill Harvey, Greensboro; Perry Sloan and Robert E. Wainscott, Dur ham; W. J. (Bill) Woodward of Robbins and Carlos Frye of Car thage; and Ben Mayo of Rock Hill, S. C., and Dan Rion of Athens, Ga. There are eight players from the Pottsville, Pa., area and a field of six from Durham. Dr. Styron is champion of the Carolina Country Club in Raleigh and Scarborough rContiniiett on Pqffp Rt FIRST PHASE OF SIX-POINT PROGRAM Information Office Opened In Milliken Building By Town Advertising Group; Su!)scription Drive Planned IS Soldier Killed Here At Party; Suspeet Is Held Francis Hemingway, 31, a sol dier stationed at Fort Bragg, was shot and fatally wounded at a going away party being held in West Southern Pines early Sun day morning and police have jailed one of . the guests on charges of murder. ■Ji John C. Watson, 29, the guest of honor at the party, was jailed and has admitted the shooting, according to Chief C. E. Newton. Chief Newton said that Offi cers Gerald Wright and Robert Yonts, on duty Sunday night, were called'to the home of a Sgt. and Mrs. Kennedy in West South ern Pines and arrived there a few minutes after the shooting had (H taken place. They found a pistol in the yard of the Ledbetter home There were reportedly about a dozen guests at the party and statements from some of them in dicated that an argument had de- velored between Watson and Hemingway in the kitchen. Hemingway apparently rushed outs’f^p to his car and was getting ,ajiis jack when Watson fired at ■^him, first in the air, and then di rectly. The homicide was the first here this year. The opening of an information! center and the imminent erection of two signs guiding motorists to Southern Pines marked the be-^ ginning this week of a long range plan for promotion of the town as a resort center. The Advertising Advisory Committee, the agency respon sible for developing the program, I I has already opened the informa- j . J tion center in the building re-1 cently acquired from Dr. J. S Milliken at the corner of E. Pennsylvania Avenue and S. Broad Street. Mrs. Don Traylor, Jr., is in charge of the office, which will be open from 10 to 4 o’clock Monday through Friday, and from 10 o’clock to noon on Saturday. George Pottle, chairman of the committee, said this week that the information center was the first step in a promotion program which he described as one of ab ■ solute need for Southern Pines. “The committee has been meet ■ ing for many weeks now,” he said, '“and we have developed a six-point plan of action with a two fold purpose: outside promo- I tion of the town as a winter re- ♦! sort, and missionary work right here developing closer relations with our resort and other busi ness interests.” Tde program he outlined in cluded the following: 1. Establishment of the infor mation center. 2. Erection of signs at both ends of the town. 3. Developing closer relations with those people engaged in va rious aspects of the horse busi ness. 4. Encouragement of more small and medium sized conven tions. 5. Advertising in magazines and papers in the North, something that has been done with success in the past. 6. Locating US Highway lA through portions of the business district. The final decision in this will rest, of course, with the State Highway Commission. In itial steps have been made by the committee. As for the signs appearing at either end of the town. Pottle said they were permanent, would be lighted, and depicted golfing, fishing, shooting, and horseback riding. They will be placed near Skvline Cotages on the North, and near the Starview Drive-In Theatre on the South. Mrs. Will (Pat) Stratton designed the signs based on an idea supplied by George Leonard, a member of the committee. . The inforrnation center, which comprises the front two rooms of the Milliken Building, has been renovated and freshly painted by George Tyner and Henry Dunn. Venetian blinds inside were in stalled and furnished free of charge by Eveleth Richardson of Cameron - Richardson Company in Manly, and the sign outside was constructed, also free of charge, bv Southern Pines Ware houses. Wilson Sign Company painted it without charge. “These men,” Pottle said, “are V (Continued on Paee 81 NEW INFORMATION CENTER in the Milliken Building on E. Pennsylvania Avenue and S. Broad Street was opened this week with Mrs. Don Traylor, Jr., in charge. The office is operated by the Town’s Advertising Advisory Committee. Members of the committee pictured here with Mrs. Traylor are, from left. Ward HiU, Joe Scott and George Pottle. Two others, J. B. Tollison and George Leonard^ were unable to be present, for the picture. Local Express Agency Serving As CARE Center The local office of the Railway Express Agency is serving as a collection center this year for CARE Thanksgiving donations, according ]to F. P. Smith, agent. A donation of one doUar is enough to send a CARE food package with enough supplemen tary foods rations to last a family of four for one month. The food is donated by the U.S. government from surplus food stocks. The local Express office is one of 2,000 such centers in the country serving as collection agencies this year for the CARE program. Smith said, and is doing it in the public interest at no cost to giver or receiver. CARE receipients are selected on the basis of need regardless of race, creed or color. Political ref ugees, widows and orphans, the aged and infirm, and disabled and unemployed are the principeil beneficimies. $2,000 ALREADY COLLECTED Fund Drive For New Field House At Memorial Field Started This Week A drive to collect funds for ad ditional field house facilities at Memorial Field is underway here and approximately $2,000 of a needed $7,500 has already been raised, according to an announce ment made this morning by Bill Thomasson, who is heading up the drive. First contributors to the fund were all members of the football team and eacb of the cheerlead ers. Since then, the campaign has mushroomed, with 10 solicitors reporting heartening results. The proposed new field house is greatly needed, school officials said, because of the greater num ber of boys now playing on ath letic teams. This year, with the shift to 11-man football, and the subsequent larger group playing, the facilities have been taxed to the limit and it was because of that the drive was, started. Thomasson held a kickoff break fast for the solicitors Monday Orchid Auction Attracts Buyers From Many States Amateur orchid growers and hobbyists from several states were here last weekend for an auction sale of some 33,000 or chids and real estate of Way Or chids, which was formerly Caro^ lina Orchids, Inc. Most of the plants were sold, though a lew seedlings and ma ture plants are still available. They were sold in lots and 1,600 of the lots went -binder the auc tioneer’s hammer. The greenhouses, termed some of the finest in the country, were sold to Clint McDade of Simms, Ala., who did not disclose his plans for future use, and 10 lots along Pee Dee Road were sold to Allen McDonald of West End, who plans tp construct houses on them. Golf course lots and the big white house on Pee Dee Road went imsold but are available on application to the owners. Blue Knights Face Edenton Aces For East Championship Ryder, Watkins Injured And May Not Play morning, and revealed the plans for the drive at that time. Plans for the building were shown (they were drawn and presented with out charge by Thomas T. Hayes, local architect), and it was deter mined to raise about $7,500, a minimum amount. Included in the drive will be some funds for im provements to the public rest rooms at the field. Several large contributions have already been made and, ac cording to Thomasson, dozens came in unsolicited when word got around that the drive, was un derway. Team captains are Robert Cush man, Mrs. Nancy Marley, Chan Page, W. P. (Bill) Huntley, Paul Butler, James D. Hobbs, Harry Chatfield, Cliff Worsham, Charles Cole, and George Leonard. Each has a list of names to be contacted and will do so in the next few days! Several have already start ed and report that enthusiastic response has been made. Gene Blackwelder is serving as treasurer. ^r. A. C. Dawson, school super intendent, and Irie Leonard, head football cdach and principal of the high school, met with the group Monday morning. Dr. Dawson ex plained that funds from the school board would not be available for the project but at the same time said he had talked with school board members and they had ex pressed approval of the project. Almost half the boys enrolled in the high school this year are members of the football team, Leonard pointed out. “As y6b all know,” he said, “athletics' at the high school are self-supporting. There are no firntfs whatsoever from tax sources for the athletic program and we must rely entire ly on gate receipts and donations to make ends meet. Most of the boys in high school avail them selves-of one of our programs dur ing their three-year term and we, feel that they are entitled to good facilities.” He recalled that tjhe present field house was constructed with funds donated by an interested patron several years ago. Lights for the field were erected with (Continued on page 8) The Southern Pines Blue Knights continue their campaign for the State Class A football championship Friday night when they travel to Goldsboro for a meeting with the Edenton Aces who have held the title for the past two years. Coach Irie Leonard’s charges, victors by a 20-6 over LaGrange last Friday night, will match a strong defensive team against what is billed as Edenton’s small est, but fastest, in several seasons. Both teams are undefeated in Class A competition this year, though Edenton lost three of its 11 games. The Knights have yet to lose and probably have the best record of any high school team in the state. The Aces are coached by Bill Billings, whose coaching success for the past five years earned him a job this summer as one of the Eastern coaches in the annual all-star game in Greensboro. In those five years the Aces have qualified each time for the play offs, and won them twice. Their last loss to an “A” team, was in 1955, when Cary scored a narrow 13-12 victory. Billings was quoted in the state press this week as saying that his team “appears to be at the end of the rope.” Southern Pines, he continued “must be good, prob ably the best ‘A’ club we’ve nm into yet.” He said his team would average about 155 in both the line and backfield and would be consider ably aided by the return of Char lie Small, a center, who missed the first, two games, both of which turned out to be defeats for the .A.ces. The game site—Goldsboro— was selected because of its about equi-distance location between Southern Pines and Edenton. Those planning to attend are hereby advised (by a man who drives it frequently) that the best route is through Fayetteville and Newton Grove. A caravan will be organized to attend the game and will form at the school grounds about 4 o’clock. Those planning to go in the cara van are requested to be there a little before 4 so that plenty of time will be available for instruc tions. Coach Leonard said this morn ing that his team was in pretty good condition, with only Butch Ryder ailing. Ryder puled a mus cle in his leg and may not see much action Friday night. Bobby Watkins also had a charlie-horse re-injured. He plans to move Jerry Tolli son up from the junior varsity, and also use Jimmy Carter and Kenny Reid in the backfield. If Ryder doesn’t get to play—and chances are extremely strong that he won’t—Leonard wiU be with- (Continued on page 8) Philadelphia Firm Buys Bishop Plant Will Begin Operations In January SUMER ICUMEN IN? Summertime weather hit the Sandhills this week caus ing azaleas and camiellias to bloom andi in at least one' case reported to The Pilot, a citizen to bring out his swim ming trunks and take a dip. Highest temperature record ed in the past week at the Weather Observatory main tained by WEEB was 82 Mon day. Since last Wednesday, when the warm spell moved in,there have been three read ings in the 80's, an unusual occurrence for this time of year. And the lowest temper atures recorded, in the i>ast week have, for the most put, been in the 60's. The low for the month was the 34 record ed last Tuesday night. For weather watchers who are curious, here are the readings since Wednesday of list week, November 12: Wednesday, 78; Thursday, 77; Friday, 79; Saturday, 81; Sunday, 81; Monday, 82; Tuesday, 79; and Wednesday, 77. The reading fdr today was not available at press time. \ Union Services For Thanksgiving To Be Wednesday Annual Union Thanksgiving services will be held for congre gations of all major Protestant denominations in Southern Pines at the First Baptist Church nex: Wednesday at 7;30. The sermon this year will be oreached by the Rev. Carl E. Wallace, pastor of the Church of Wide Fellowship. Other ministers who will take part are the Rev. Robert L. Bame, pastor of the Southern Pines Methodist Church, who will conduct the offertory service and read the sermon text; Dr. Cheves K.' Ligon, pastor of Brownson Memorial Presbyterian Church, who will lead the invocation and also the benediction; and the Rev. Maynard Mangum, pastor of the host church, who will con duct the service and lead in the Prayer of Thanksgiving and In tercession. The Rev. Martin Caldwell, rec tor of Emmanuel Episcopal Church, will be out of town and unable to participate but mem bers of his church will take part. The general public is invited to attend the service whether mem bers of any of the churfches or The offering will be forwarded to the Christian Relief Overseas Program, commonly known as CROP, and will be used for world-wide relief. Little Girl Lost Tuesday Found In Few Hours Sleeping At Chum’s Home For little Patricia Ann Garner, 8,_ the public school bus at the grammar school here represent ed a wonderful way to enjoy a Tuesday afternoon and so she climbed aboard. County Historical Society Plans Meeting Sunday , ' 'irt The ii^itial meeting of the fall season foJ the Moore County His torical Society has been called this Sunday at 1 o’clock at the House in the Horseshoe by Sher iff C. J. McDonald, the society’s president. . The program, billed as a “'sur prise,” is under .the chairman ship of George Ross of Jackson Springs whc has suggested that members would he ■vfise to attend because the program is “one long overdue.” Ai usual, visitors are also welcome and may join the society. A barbecu will be served for $1. Her presence went unnoticed so she went with the children out to Manly. C»nce there she got off, decided to play with chums for a while and just forgot all about going home. - The Gamersd parents of four other Ichildren “ ranging in age from three to 10, had started searching late j in the afternoon, going to several places they thought their little girl, might be. They went to the park, the school and the theatre. Finally, about 8 o’clock, they notified the police department and Sgt. Jerry Wright and Offi cer Beck started a search of their own. They also visited various places they thought the little girl might be, injcluding Patricia’s 'eacher and granijparents, but to no avail. Finally, they centered the search around' the Sweetheart Lake section nhrth of Southern Pines. There they found Patricia in bed, fast asleep with a school mate. They notified the parents and left quickly. “Didn’t want to be in on any spanking Patricia might be in for,” Sgk Wright said. The Bishop plant on Highway 22 just out o'f Southern Pines, va cant for some two years, has -been sold to a Philadelphia textile equipment manufacturing firm. The new firm, to be known as Fletcher Southern, will manufac ture shuttles, blocks, battens and other parts for narrow fabric looms. In addition, the firm will act as agents for Fletcher works of Philadelphia, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of narrow fabric looms, twisting and winding equipment, and centri fugal extractors. No details as to how many peo ple will be employed was an nounced, but members of the Southern Pines Industrial De velopment Committee, which has been attempting for some time to interest a company in the build ing, said such information would probably be available next week. The Bishop plant employed' about 70 people while it was at top production turning out surgi cal needles and other equipment for the medical trade. The plant shut down operations in 1956, with the home office in Malvern, Pa., declaring at the time that it was desirous of pulling all its operations closer together. The building, a one-story con crete structure, has been on the market since. There have been dozens of prospects for it, several close to the “signing” stage, but until the announcement of this week, none ever worked out. Fletcher Southern has been or ganized under the direction of Edward T. Taws, Jr., the firm’s major stockholder, who will serve as its president. Taws is now vice presideijt of Fletcher Works, but will resign next month to assume duties with the industry here. Operations, he told the com mittee, i^ill get underway prob ably early in January. In addition, to manufacturing activities and serving as South ern agent for the Philadelphia concern, the local firm will serve as warehouse for parts for looms, twisters and extractors, a move designed to give immediate de livery to any textile factory in the south. “The new company will satisfy the increasing Southern demand for Fletcher products and serv ices,” Mr. Taws told the commit tee. Taws is a 1956 graduate of the University of North (ferolina and is unmarried. He will make his home in Southern Pines. His father is president of Fletcher works. Mr. Taws and his son were brought here originally through efforts of Les Branson of the area development department of Caro lina Power & Light Company. Robert Cushman, the executive vice president of Amerotron Cor poration, is a close personal friend of the senior Taws and assisted greatly in the efforts to secure the new industry for this area. Others working with them were Robert Ewing, chairman of the Moore County Industrial Devel opment Committee; Norris Hodg kins, Jr., chairman of the South ern Pines IndustriaT Development Committee; Ward Hill and Bill Darden of Carolina Power & Light Company; -and members of the Southern Pines Industrial Committee. Hodgkins said today that it was understood no local financing such as was done for Mozur Laces would be required. Three families, he added, will be brought in and it is expected that a small num ber of people will be employed initially with the number increas ing as the firm enlarges its op eration. Several other towns in North Carolina were under considera tion by the Taws for the location of their new operation but the Bishop plant met all specifications. CHICKEN SUPPER A fried chicken supner will be served a‘t McDonalds Chanel near Pinehurst November 29 from 5:30 to 7:30 for the benefit of the church’s building fund. The sup per is open to the public.
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