VOL. 39—NO. 2
Reynolds Named
^ Chairman Of
County Board
Members Conduct
Mostly Routine
Buisness Monday
^ L. R. Reynolds oi Highfalls, a
member of the Board of Cjounty
Commissioners for some 28 years,
was named chairman by the oth
er members Monday succeeding
Gordon Cameron, who. retired
after a like number of years.
Mr. Cameron had served as
chairman for several terms.
The new chairman, a farmer
and real estate operator, is the
senior member of the five-man
» board. He represents District 3,
which is composed of Deep River
and Ritters Townships, and was
returned to office this year by a
handsome majority.
Along with the four other
members, he was sworn in Mon
day morning by Carlton Ken
nedy, Clerk of the Superior
Court. The membei^ then went
into session and elected their of-
ficers and made several appoint
ments, including that of M. G.
Boyette of Carthage as county
attorney.
The commissioners, for the
most part, conducted only routine
business at their first meeting.
They did hear a report from the
County Library Board, which is
seeking to move the present
county library facilities from
^ Southern Pines to Carthage, and
gave approval to the plan. (See
separate story). ,
The commissioners also heard
a report from Mrs. Walter Cole,
superintendent of public welfare,
in which she said that nearly 800
children received Aid to Depen
dent Children funds during the
current year.
The Board also heard from
Miss Flora McDonald, who in-
W formed them that in the future
her title would not be ‘‘‘home |
agent” but “home economics
agent.” Her office, she reported,
was functioning smoothly, with
peveral new projects ci<rre!ntly
underway.
The Commissioners voted to in-
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EIGHTEEN PAGES
SOUTHERN PINES, N. C.. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4,1958
EIGHTEEN PAGES
PRICE: 10 CENTS
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THE SANDHILLS HORSE COUNTRY got a
thorough going over from two of the nation’s
top outdoor sports writers.this week. At right
is Ted Nesting, editor of Sports Afield maga
zine, and with him is Mike Hudoba, who is
Washington editor for the magazine. They were
at Mickey Walsh’s Stoneybrook Stables looking
at some of the horses when this picture was
made.
Editor Of Sports Afield Magazine Likes Sandhills-
The Sandhills horse count • [and headquartered at Howard ■ He was with the old Country
got a thorough sizing up this Johnson Motor Lodge. Gentleman magazine, published
week from a man well quipped They had in tow Mrs. Miriam the Curtis Company in Phil-
to know about such things and Rabb of the State Advertising sdelphia, until about 14 years
the verdict; “this is, the greatest Division and found time to go out ®So. He had moved through the
horse area in the nation and cer- with several real estate agents ranks, starting as a copy boy. He
tamly one of the most pleasant.” | looking for some property on, took over Sports Afield then (“it
The observation was no off- ' which Mr. Resting eventually I '^ss the happiest meeting in the
# Lo<5pl Woman Will
Be Naturalized In
Ceremonies Friday
Mrs. Annaliese Rickert, a na
tive of Germany who is currently
making her home in Southern
Pines, will become a naturalized
^citizen in ceremonies tomorrow
in Greensboro.
A native of Augsburg, Mrs.
Rickert is the wife of Sgt. Rich
ard Rickert of Freeport, Ill., a
paratrooper stationed at Fort
Bragg.
Added to her joy at becoming
a citizen Sgt. Rickert has receiv-
eed orders to go to Germany
(Mainz) in the middle of Janu
ary and will be stationed there
>^or some time. They hav^ just re
turned from a three-week visit
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Edw^lrd Rickert, in Freeport, and
will, she says, “be busy as all get
out getting ready to leave in
January.”
Mrs. Rickert, who speaks Eng
lish with an amazing clarity, has
studied her exams for naturali
zation “all by herself.” She says
^he has had little or no help from
'^anyone, primarily because she
did not seek it.
“I have learned a great deal
about this wonderful country,”
she said this morning, “and I in
tend learning much more. It’s a
good country and I am very,
very happy to become a real part
of it.”
Her husband, who has been in
^tha Army a little more than five
^ears, ista career man and will
re-enlist when his gurrent hitch
is up.
They have been living in
Southern Pines since February
of last year with Mr. and Mrs.
George Nanopoulos On N. May
Street. Prior to that they had
lived in California almost a year.
Originally, Mrs. Rickert first
came to this country almost three
tsirears ago, her first time.
She is the only person from
Southern Pines who will be nat
uralized in the ceremony.
hand remark. [hopes to have a small hunting
Ted Resting, editor of the mil- Preserve, and what he termed
lion plus circulation magazine '‘®'^ough room to ride to my
Sports Afield, was in Southern s content.”
Pines looking over the first an- | He has been here on several
nual hunting short course now in previous occasions to do stories
progress and, better still, search- on the Sandhills Wildlife Man-
ing for a sizeable piece of real es- agement Area and the field trials
tate. He’s been here several times held there.
before, by car, train and plane,
the last time in June when he at
tended the field trials at Hoff
man, and gets more impressed
with each visit.
“I don’t like making statements
merely to be pleasant and agree
able,” he told a writer from this
newspaper, "‘but I’ve visited
many parts of the country—^most
of them, in fact— and I’ve never
seen a better and more pleasant
spot to spend time if you’re in
terested in horses. The facilities
already here and the potential
that exists are amazing. I predict
a great future for the area insofar
as horses are concerned and I’m
going to do my best to becorqe
a part of it.”
Mr. Resting was accompanied by
his Washington editor, Mike Hu
doba, who is one of the nation’s
leading experts on sports legisla
tion, especially that which effects
outdoor life. "The two came down
earlier in the week planning a
picture story on the hunting
school, which is sponsored by the
State College Extension Division
VFW SEEKING TOYS
Christmas is just around
the comer and the local Vet
erans of Foreign War post
reminded presidents today
that it once again will collect
toys t!or children who won't
be receiving many.
Ernest Klabbatz. post com
mander, said the organiza
tion would be grateful for
any toys that are repairable
(he stressed the word "re
pairable"), for clothes which
still have use, or for cash do
nations.
Collection of toys has'long
been a project of the VFW
post and members have fixed
up and distributed many hun
dreds since the program
started.
Klabbatz said that those
wishing to assist in the pro
gram could leave toys or
clof-Hes on the VFW porch a
barrel has been provided)
any time, or could call the
post any day after 3 o'clock
and someone would collect
them.
As to the field trials and the
58,000 management area, he had
this to say:
“The State is doing a remark
able thing, indeed, pioneering in*
a project I consider most worth
while. There are few places I
know of where such a vast
amount of land is available for
field trials and you people have
put it to its best advantage. Many
other places where field trials are
held are being crowded in by va
rious enterprises. The Sandhills
Management Area has enough
room that I suspect—I know—^it
will become more popular as time
goes on.”
A modest man who does not
like to talk about himself, Mr.
Nesting’s background had to be
learned from Mr. Hudoba.
world. I liked magazine publish
ing and I liked the type of sports
the magazine covered”) and has
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CHRISTMAS NOTES
Stanley Dunn, who oper
ates a nursery on Yoimg's
Road, received his first ship
ment of Christmas trees this
week and along with it came
a couple of notes tied to the
branches.
The notes were in French
and Dimn, after scurrying all
over town, had them transla
ted.
They were from Canadian
children, asking the purchaser
of the tree to write them and
tell them in whose house the
trees spent Christmas.
The shortest one read (free
ly translated):
"I want to tell you this tree
was cut by my big brother. I
would like to know where it
spends Christmas. 1 would
like you to write me a card
and tell me."
Whoever gets it, please do.
New Bishop Plant
Owners Feted At
WeekendReception
/
Announcement
Made That 15
Will Be Hired
Fletcher Southern, Inc., the
firm that recently purchased the
Bishop plant on the outskirts of
town, will employ about 15 peo
ple when it begins operations af
ter the first of the year.
That Information was passed
to members of the Southern Pines
Industrial' Development Commit
tee over the weekend by Edward
Taws, Sr., and his son, Edward,
Jr., who acquired the building to
establish a textile equipment
manufacturing concern.
The Taws were here Friday and
Saturday with two men who will
be foremen in the operation, look
ing at the plant, housing and
school facilities. They were en
tertained at a reception Saturday
at the Hollywood by the industry
committee and town officials, in
cluding Mayor Blue and the Coun^
cil, acting as joint hosts. Others
at the reception included several
members of the Board of County
Commissioners, members of the
town’s advertising advisory com
mittee, Manager Louis Scheipers,
Jr., and a few other citizens who
have interested themselves in the
industrial development of the
area.
Interviews for the available
jobs will be held shortly after the
first of the year and operations
are expected to begin as soon
thereafter as machinery and other
equipment is installed.
Employment is expected to in
crease as the company expands
its Southern operation.
Members of the industry com
mittee said the Taws were much
impressed with the area the first
time they visited here and indi
cated they were becoming more
pleased with their decision to lo
cate an operation in this area “all
the time.”
Though they will miss by far
having the largest industrial pay
roll in the area, their purchase
of the Bishop building evoked a
tremendous sigh of relief by local
people who had seen the plant,
considered one of the best con
structed arid outfitted in the
South, go idle for more than two
years.
Most of the first employees will
be men, it was learned, though
there probably will be some op
portunities for women later.
While here over the weekend
Edward Taws, Jr., president of
Fletcher Southern, Inc, and who
will manage the operation, or
dered some minor work at the
building to the electrical and air
cotaditioning system. He also
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Ki w a nis Club To A ward
BuildersCiip T omorrow
Ladies Night
Program At
Pinehurst CC
Who wiE it be?
The question, asked every year
at this time as the moment for
the awarding of the Builders Cup
approaches, will be answered Fri
day night when the SandhiUs
Kiwanis Club, donors of the cup,
hold its annual Ladies Night pro
gram at the Pinehurst Country
Club.
The cup was first awarded in
1927 and this year’s winner will
be the 32nd person so honored.
It is given to a man or woman
in the Sandhills area “for unseE-
ish personal service, without hope
of personal gain and for outstand
ing contributions to the upbuild
ing of the Sandhills section.”
The annual affair begins with
dinner at' 7:30 for members, their
wives, and invited guests, and the
award will be made during the
program that follows.
The program this year will fea
ture as spesiker Jerry F. BaU
known throughout the South for
his fund raising activities on be-
haE of the fight against polio.
Mr. Ball, who is from Charlotte
where he is employed by the
Standard Oil Company, has rais
ed more than $100,000 in his cam
paigns. He also is the dean Of
beauty contest judges in tha state
and has assisted in the selection
of Miss North Carolina for several
years.
In great demand as a piano
player, Mr. Ball last year
suspended by a 70,000 pound
crane on a platform some 100 feet
over Independence Square in
Charlotte where he played re
quests for seven hours in 20-de
gree weather in an effort to raise
funds for the March of Dimes.
Many people recaE from news
paper accounts of the time that
during his seven hour stint he
was hanged by his heels for sev
eral minutes while playing “Dix
ie.”
There are a number of other
things on the program, including
group singing led by Thomas
Howerton, and the awarding of
door prizes, which were made
available by Sandhills merchants,
by William Huntley and James
D. Hobbs.
T. Roy Phillips, president of
the Kiwanis Club, wiE preside
at the meeting and welcome the
guests and introduce Mr. Ball.
Dr. Cheves Ligon, of Brownson
Memorial Presbyterian Church,
will offer the invocation and also
make the Past President’s Award.
R. F. Hoke Pollock wiE make
the Builders’ Cup presentation,
the highlight of the evening. As
has been the custom in the past,
a small committee from the club
made the final selection of the
Cup recipient after considering
dozens of people who have been
recommended. The name of the
recipient is known only to the
committee.
The first Builder’s Cup was
presented to the late John R.
McQueen in 1927.
Other recipients, in order, have
been the late Bion H. Sutler,
Leonard Tufts, Simeon B. Chap
in, P. Frank Buchan, and Dr. H.
E. Bowman, all deceased; Paul
Dana, Dr. Clement R. Monroe, the
late Charles W. Picquet, George
H. Maurice, G. C. Seymour, Miss
Birdilia Bair, Paul C. Butler, A.
L. Burney, William D. CampbeE,
was Mrs. Audrey Kennedy, Forrest W.
Lockey, the late Mrs. William A.
Way, the late Miss Laura Kelsey,
Richard S. Tufts, Charles J. Mc
Donald, Eugene C. Stevens and
John F. Taylor.
ONLY LOSS ON RECORD
Blue Knights Fail In Bid To Gain
‘‘A” Title; Lose To Andrews, 33-9
CITES LACK OF AUDIENCE SUPPORT
Carmichaels Will Not Bring Caravan
Group Back To Sandhills For Season
The Sandhills is once more to
be without a theatre.
The information was contained
ing in the center of the village.
During a brief trip here a few
weeks ago Mr. Carmichael was
in a release issued bv the Cara- unhappy realiza-
.. ^ tion that a third season for his
van Players this week. This is
the organization whose short
lived theatrical venture in this i
area started in Pinehurst two!
Caravan Theatre group was not
feasible.
The ever-present possibility
that the building, known for
years ago under what were felt
to be highly favorable auspices. years as the Carolina Thea-
mu 11 4. uT i. j tre, is due to be demolished, made
weUknownand patroalaj to * S j
Dover, N. H, where » «igto.tea a
and has flourished for a good ja. ^ ^
many years, presented a varied originally the Carmichaels be-
series of plays, one a wee^ dur- Pinehurst’s need for a
ing the height of the resort sea- Uu *. r • ^ x
mu xt- 4. X- n theatre, a type of evening enter-
son. The first year was entirely'.* • x x. i x xu^ u
successful but in the second
successtui but in me second tne visitors. Unfortunately
, . j ... . iafter two^easons, despite intense
ance combined with venous con-!^^^ loyaf support by a certain
struction expenses needed and :„^^^,J^f ^
perhaps more to come, made the pinehurst area did not respond in
venture financially impossible. necessary to Lpport
The accompanymg release to a New York company,
all Sandhills papers, tells the sad jn withdrawing their theatre
story of a fine, progressive ven- group, the Carmichaels express
jture that could not quite make it. 1 their devout hope that Other
I Fred and Patricia Carmichael,' players, with more financial
producers for two seasons of the backing to see them through the
Ciaravani-Pinehurst Theatre, re
gretfully close the doors of Pine
hurst’s handsome theatre buUd-
difficult first years, will come to
this area because Pinehurst does
need a theatre.
County Library
Facilities Being
Moved ToCarthage
Some 16,000 books owned by
Moore County will be removed
from the Southern Pines library
and placed in the Riddle Building
in Carthage, the Board of Coun
ty Commissioners decided Mon
day.
■They did not set a date for the
transfer, but gave approval for
the Library Board to receive bids
for construction of new shelves
in the Riddle Building.
The Moore County Library has
been housed here for many years
but has complained in recent
months that the facilities here are
inadequate to do a good job. A
new library is included in the
plans for an agricultural build
ing which, the coxinty w^E con
struct when funds are available.
Some commissioners privately be
lieve that will be after the new
budget is adopted next summer.
Some $125,000 has already
been established for the building
expected to cost in thq neighbor
hood of $200,000. Plans have al
ready been drawn up and a site
in Carthage near the County
Health Center selected.
W. Stuart Evans of Robbins is
chairman of the County’s libra
ry board. Others serving with
him are Mrs. J. L. McGraw of
Carthage and Mrs. L. T. Avery of
Southern Pines.
Miss Hollis Haney is county li
brarian.
The Blue Knights of Southern
Pines, termed the “miracle team”
of the Eastern part of the. State,
met up with Andrews, which
bears the same title for Western
North Carolina, on an ice cold
field in Asheville Friday night of
last week and were drubbed 33-9.
The State class “A” championship
was at stake.
Reasons for the defeat?
There were three: extremely
cold weather and a muddy play
ing field, fhe inability of the
Blue Knights to get their offen
sive machinery cEcking, and ’ a
little fellow named Terry Postell.
All three were of equal import
ance but Postell, who weighs
only 130 pounds, was the name
that most people were using as
they left Asheville’s Memorial
Stadium.
The speedy fulEiack scored
three times on runs of 37, 7 and
81 yards, turned in an outstand
ing performance defensively,
called his team’s plays, and,
though he may stEl be unaware
of it, won himself a scholarship
at Western Carolina College in
the event he wants it.
He was clearly the outstanding
player in the game.
The Blue Knights, who saw
more points scored on them in
the first half than had been all
season in 12 games, outplayed
their hosts in the last haE, but
could manage only one touch
down and a safety.
Andrews used the old funda
mentals of blocking (the best this
writer has seen this year) and
tackhng together with several
tricky plays to score three touch
downs in their first seven plays
from scrimmage. The first score
was made by Archie Myers on
the Wildcats’ first play from
scrimmage. He took a handoff,
went wide to his right behind
perfect blocking and knEed 20
yards into the end zone.
Stunned, the Blue Knights lined
up for the kickoff and received
at the 22. On three plays they lost
10 yards and had to kick.
.TTie punt went only to the
Southern Pines 35, where Postell
lost two yards on the first play
before taking a handoff and
scampering 37 yards.
Less than four minutes later
the WEdcats made it three touch
downs when an alert Wildcat re
covered a Southern Pines fum
ble on the Knights’ 19. Halfback
Harold Murphy broke over left
tackle, found a hole and headed
for the end zone.
Archie Myers, who had alread
kicked two extra points, ad^
the third and at the end oi
first quarter the Wildcats
0.
The Knights did bettj
second period, though
gave up 12 points.
On the first play foEcJ
kickoff Postell intercept!
from Bobby Watkins or
Then Postell and halfbaclj
Myers teamed up on a
move the ball to the
Pines 7 where Postell drl
from there. The kick was!
Later in the second
after a Southern Pini
sputtered on the Andrj
Postell, on the first play|
ed and dodged himseE
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League Of Wo
Voters Meetin
Set December
Mrs. C. S. Pickard of-
ville, fnst vice president
North Carolina League oJ
en Voters, will be the, p:
speaker at the next n
scheduled meeting of th]
chapter of the organizatj]
cember 16.
Mrs. Pickard will disc.!
changes in the North
judicial system as has
posed by a special
headed by Senator Spei.
of Charlotte.
At a board meeting c
cal organization held at
of Mrs. Fred Chappell
it was decided to hoi
cember 16 meeting in th
Mrs. Katherine McCoE,
mouth Road.
Attending the mi
which Mrs. W. O.
president, was in cl
Mrs. Max Miller of
the immediate
the North Carol:
Women Voters,