VOL. 39—NO,
JANUARY 7
TWELVE PAGES
SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1958
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Louis V. Sutton, CP&L President,
To Address Joint Civic Club Meet
Kiwanis," lions.
Rotary To Hear
Utilities Pioneer
Louis V. Sutton, president and
chairman of the board of Caro
lina Power & Light Company,
will address a joint meeting of
the Sandhills Kiwanis Club and
the Lions and Rotary Clubs of
Southern Pines January 7.
Mr. Sutton’s address will come
the same day as the dedication
of the new Municipal Building.
Members of each of the three
civic organizations will leave the
meeting, which is being held in
the Elks Lodge, and attend the
dedication ceremonies as a group.
Sutton is a native of Richmond,
Va. He first joined Carolina
Power Light in 1912, but left in
1924 to become assistant general
manager of Arkansas Central
Power Company. Three years
later, he became vice president
and general manager of Mississ
ippi Power & Light Company.
He returned to CP&L in 1933
as president, general mnaager
and a director.
He has spent 45 years in the
utility field, 37 of them with
CP&L. Since he became president
of CP&L, company properties
have increased from less than $75
million to $291 million. Genera
ting resources have risen froni
430,000 to 1,620,000 horsepower;
customers have increased in num
ber from 62,500 to 403,000; gross
annual revenue has risen from
$8,700,000 to $67,000,000; and the
company’s employees have in
creased from 633 to 2,134.
Mr. Sutton has been recognized
by the industry with the presi
dency of Edison Electric Institute
and the presidency of the South
eastern Electric Exchange. He
has served as a director in the N.
C. State College Engineering
Foundation, the VPI Alumni As
sociation, National Association of
Manufacturers, and the Business
Foundation of North Carolina.
He was awarded an honorary
degree of Doctor of Engineering
by N. C. State College in 1944
and the 1953 award of the year
by the N. C. Society of Engineers
for “outstanding engineering
achievement.’’
CP&L directors in 1954 unani^
mously named the largest gener-
•ating plant in the system in his
honor.
RESULT OF BOOK WEEK EVENTS
Use Of Library By Children Shows
Phenomenal Growth, Trustees Told
Circulation of children’s books
in the Southern Pines library
showed a phenomenal increase in
November, according to a report
prepared for the library trustees
and presented at their meeting
Friday afternoon.
Comparing November, 1957,
with November of this year, Miss
Jane La Marche, assistant librar
ian, noted that 226 more children
had used the library’s facilities,
an increase which she attributed
largely to the observance of Chil
dren’s Book Week and the sub
sequent promotion of that event.
“Circulation of children’s books
this past month has been higher
than ever before,’’ she noted, “and
the circulation this month so far
has kept up with the record set
in November.”
Trustees heard, however, that
Moore Memorial
Hospital Plans
Christmas Events
All is in readiness at Moore
Memorial Hospital in Pinehurst
for the annual Christmas Party
to be held Thursday morning.
A beautifully decorated tree
adorns the main reception room,
and similar trees have been placr
ed in all halls throughout th4
hospital. The decorations were
accomplished through the efforts
of the garden clubs and girl
scouts working last week-end.
The festivities will begin at 10
o’clock Christmas morning, with
Norris L. Hodgkins of Southern
Pines in his regular role as a jolly
Santa Claus. He will be assisted
in playing Santa to all the pa
tients, both young and old, by
Mrs. James B. Boyle and Mrs.
Voit Gilmore. Mrs. Boyle is chair
man of the Christmas party this
year, which is sponsored by the
Woman’s Auxiliary of the hospi
tal. Mrs. Gilmore is president of
the Auxiliary.
The roving band of musicians
will follow Santa—to spread
cheer and merriment for the oc
casion. Bob Miller of Jacksonville
will be on hand, as he has been
for a number of years, and play
Community Prepariuj*
For Two Day Holiday
Postmaster Says
there was a decrease in adult cir
culation from November of this
year over the same period a year
ago. More than 1,500 adults are
using the library’s facilities each
month, Miss La Marche said.
In other parts of the report,
prepared by Miss La Marche for
Mrs. Kathleen Lamboume, the
regular librarian who is out sick,
it was noted that a total of 157
adults books had been added to
the collection in October and No
vember, and 88 children’s books
during the same period. The
books, it was explained, were not
necessarily purchased by the book
conrunittee; some were donated by
interested patrons.
The report showed that 496
local residents, including children,
have registered under new pro
cedures adopted by the trustees
after the library’s operation was
assumed by the town several
months ago. Also, some 75 out-
of-town residents have registered.
The trustees, of which Dr. A.
C. Dawson is chairman, were
read a letter from Stuart Evans
of Robbins, chairman of the coun
ty library board, in which he ex
pressed appreciation to Southern
Pines for the cooperation provid
ed the county library since it was
started here 13 years ago.
Tbe county library is being
moved to Carthage about January
5, Mr. Evans said, in order to
have more space. 'The move, how
ever, is a temporary one, since
the county is planning to provide
library facilities in the new agri
cultural building, for which some
$125,000 has already been approp
riated.
The contract between the coun
ty library and the Southern Pines
library provides that the county
must give 60 days notice before
terminating the rental, it was
noted at the meeting.
According to a statistical sum
mary of public libraries in North
Carolina which was shown at the
meeting, the county now has 17,
179 volumes in its collection;
Southern Pines has 20,403. Dur
ing the 1957-58 statistical year,
the county added 1,366 books.
Southern Pines added 357.
The other three libraries in the
county, at Robbins, Aberdeen and
Pinebluff, have volumes which
THE WONDERFUL MAGIC of Christmas is
reflected in the faces of these tots, who came
into the Library Saturday morning to help trim
the ChristmEis tree in the James Boyd Room.
Placing a decoration is Carolyn McRae, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. M. G. McRae; at center is
Margaret Ligon, daughter of Dr. and Mrs.
Cheves K. Ligon; the little tyke in Santa Claus
attire is Mrs. Cornelia Vann’s granddaughter,
Cheryl Ann Meadors, of Salem, Mass. She and
her mother, Mrs. Larry Meadors (Ann Vann),
left for home Saturday to be with Mr. Meadors
at Christmas. (Pilot photo)
Car Wreck Takes
Life Of Youngster
Just Out Of Navy
James Lawrence Gaoiran, 20,
only recently discharged from the
United States Navy, was killed
instantly Saturday night when
the car he was driving went out
of control in Carthage, slanimed
against a power pole and hurled
him against the windshield.
Carthage police officer John
McDonald, who investipted, said
the accident occurred just inside
Carthage’s town limits near Cad-
dell’s Service Station on High
way 27. He listed the time as
11:15 Saturday night.
Another passenger in the car,
1955 Oldsmobile, was Grady
Bolling, 30, who received lacera
tions about the head.
McDonald said his. investigation
indicated that the car ran off the
right hand side of the road as it
was going out of town, veered
back onto the road, crossed over
and hit the power pole on the
left.
McDonald, who reached the
scene about five minutes after
the accident occurred, said Gaoi
ran never knew what hit him.
He had a three or four inch gash
on his throat, McDonald said, and
probably bled to death.
Bolling told officers that Gaoi
ran was the operator of the car.
Gaoiran, whose home town was
listed as Chinook, Montana, was
in Carthage visiting a sister, Mrs.
William Carlyle, who lives be
tween Carthaie and Cameron.
His body has been shipped to
Chinook for burial.
In addition to Mrs. Carlyle, the
young sailor is survived by his
grandmother, Mrs. Mary Henry,
also of Chinook.
Bolling is in Moore' Memorial
Hospital recovering from bruises
and severe lacerations on his
head.
OLD AND NEW
Christmas old and Christ
mas new is the theme of the
current exhibit in the library.
The exhibit consists solely
of two Christmas trees, with
appropriate side decorations,
both of which are attracting
considerable attention.
In the James Boyd Room
there is a traditional tree
with tinsel, bird decorations,
stars and the like.
In the art gallery there is
a tree designed.and made by
John Faulk, a local architect,
for his Christmas pcUty. The
tree is made in the shape of
a traditional Christmas tree,
using a large wood dowel for
the trunk, and smaller ones
for cross pieces.
On /each cross piece there
are different types of decora
tions: golden balls, stars,
white balls, German straw
stars, wood roses, and topped
with a Swedish straw angel.
Annual Alumni Basketball Games Are
Slated Jan. 30; Graduates Favored
Large Number
Of Past Stars
Will Perform
The annual alumni basketball
game at Southern Pines High
School, one of the highlights of
theChristmas holiday season, will
be played next Tuesday night,
December 30.
Both boys and girls will play,
with the first game scheduled for
7:30.
Coach W. A. Leonard said this
morning that a rather impressive
list^ of returning alumni would
play, including many of the boys
from squads of two and three
years ago.
He listed Tony Parker, Bobby
Parker, Roger Verhoeff, David
Woodruff, David Page, Johnny
Watkins, Tommy Ruggles, Billy standings.
Hamel, Bill Marley, Julian Pleas
ants, Bob Cline, James Hum
phrey, John Seymour, John
Ormsby, Charles Weatherspoon,
Gary Mattocks and Tink Bowen
as some of them. Any others who
wish to play are welcome, he
added.
Some of the girls who have in
dicated they will play are Patti
Britt, Louise McDonald, Nancy
Traylor, Anike Verhoeff, Lillian
Bullock, Patty Woodell Camp
bell, all forwards; and Patti
Hobbs, Carolyn Bryant, Delores
Maready and Catheriiie Harris,
guards. .•
Last year in the boys game the
alumni won by a score of 50-42.
They had also won the previous
year, and hold a slight edge in
the overall standings.
The alumni girls also won last
year by a score of 50-46, though
the regular girls hold the edge in
HOUR LONG DOCUMENTARY OF HIS LIFE
Broadcast On Gen. Marshall Slated
ing with him will be Russell
Powell, Robert Strouse and Tom bring the overall total in the coun-
Shockley of Southern Pines. ty to slightly more than 46,000.
A one-hour documentary I
broadcast On the life of General
George C. Marshall will be heard [ ,'7*
over radio Station WEEB next ^ '
Wednesday, December 31, which
is his 78th birthday.
The program will be heard
from 3 to 3:55 p. m.
The broadcast was prepared by
NBC last year for presentation
on Gen. Marshall’s 77th birthday.
It was secured by special permis
sion by Jack Younts, WEEB
manager, and is being heard only
on the local station this year.
It traces Gen. Marshall’s 43-
year career in the Army and has
glimpses into his college life at
Virginia Military Institute.
Prepared by his personal biog
rapher, the broadcast also has the
GEN. MARSHALL
voices of many promipent people
who were associated with ,Gen.
Marshall during his distinguished
career as Chief of Staff of the
Army during World War 2, his
subsequent work as ambassador
to China and, later, as Secretary
of State.
It also recalls many of the
incidents leading up to his found
ing of the European Recovery
Program, which was called the
Marshall Plan, a move which is
credited with saving Turkey and
Greece from Communism.
Retired in 1949, Gen. Marshall
maintains his winter home at
Liscombe Lodge in Pinehurst.
He has been ill for some time
and makes no public appear
ances. An aid said this week that
he was in good spirits, but con-
Itinues in a weak condition.
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CameronConstable
Severely Beaten
By Bragg Soldier
Constable Lester Wood of
Greenwood Township is in
Moore Memorial Hospital today
suffering a broken nose, two
black eyes and a badly bruised
neck as the result of a servene
beating he claims he took from
a Fort Bragg soldier Friday night
The soldier, John D. Gneiting of
Idaho, was arrested at Fort Bragg
and turned over to Sheriff Wen
dell B. Kelly. He has been lodg
ed in the jail in Carthage pending
more investigation and the mak
ing out of formal charges.
Wood said he arrested Gneiting
at a dance hall north of Vass Fri
day night and as he was taking
him to jail, he was grabbed, beat
en and choked nearly to death.
The soldier, he added, left him
on a rural road, and made off on
foot.
Wood said he had arrested the
soldier for being drqjik and dis
orderly at the dance iilall and was
transporting him to jail when
Gneiting slammed his foot on'the
brake, bringing the car to a quick
stop and throwing Wood abrupt
ly forward.
The soldier seized Wood’s
blackjack and pistol, according
ft> Wood’s story, and started pum-
meling him in the face. They
wrestled on the ground where,
Wood said, the soldier choked
him into insensibility. '
Regaining consciousness later.
Wood sought help in the neigh
borhood. His car was still there,
he said, but his keys, weapons
and the soldier were gone. ■
The keys and blackjack were
later found on the ground at the
scene, but the pistol is still miss
ing, according to Deputy Sheriff
Herman Grimm.
Gneiting told officers he left
the pistol in a doghouse where he
claimed he spent the night. A
grown dog and some puppies were
also in the doghouse, he said.
He told officers he remember
ed choking and hitting Wood but
that he was too drunk to know
what he was doing.
All Packages To
Be Delivered
All business in Southern Pines
will close Thursday for Christ
mas, and many of them are not
expected to open again until Sat
urday.
Stores will remain open, how-
lever, tomorrow (Wednesday),
with many of them observing
late hours for the convenience of
last minute shoppers.
Elsewhere in the county, pub
lic offices are expected to be
closed for Christmas and, in some
cases, the day after Christmas.
The town offices here will close
at noon- Wednesday and will re
open Saturday morning. Manager
Louis Scheipers said, however,
that garbage would be picked up
Friday morning, and other neces
sary functions, such as fire and
police protection, would not be
interrupted.
The county courthouse office
will close Thursday, Friday and
Saturday, but the sheriff’s office
will be open on those days.
The Citizens Bank and Trust
Company will close Thursday and
Friday to allow employees a
Christmas holiday, and will re
open for business as usual Satur
day morning.
Postmaster Max Rush said the
nostoffice would be closed
Thursday. Christmas Day, but
that all Christmas packages
would be delivered.
“We’ve passed the peak in
outgoing mail,” he said today,
“handling more than this office
ever has in a similar period. Last
week there were several days in
which the volume of mail hand
led set a new record.”
Several churches are planning
special Christmas services tomor
row night, and there are a few
services scheduled for Thursday
morning. Some churches held
their traditional Christmas pro
grams Sunday.
A round of parties, believed by
some to be the largest number
ever scheduled, will take place
in the Sandhills, most at private
residences.
The Moore County Hounds will
put on their traditional Christ
mas season hunt in Pinehurst
next Tuesday for guests in that
community. This is a yearly hunt,
growing in popularity, and is ex
pected to be one of the largest
ever this year.
The Hounds, of which W. O.
Moss is Master, will not hunt on
Christmas Day this year, but will
continue the three-times-a-week
hunts on Saturday, December 27.
In Pinehurst also, a gymkhana
is planned for Sunday in the Car
olina Ring, to which the public
is invited.
And, as a final reminder, the
State Highway Patrol announced
this morning that the official
traffic season for judging holiday
accidents would begin Wednes
day at 6 p.m. Cpl. Jim McCol-
man, who heads the patrol in this
(county, urged motorists to be
extremely cautious while driv
ing. He said his men would be on
around-the-clock duty in all sec
tions of the county.
Christmas Lights
To Be Judged By
Jaycees Dec. 27
Southern Pines residents were
reminded again today of the
Christmas lighting contest being
sponsored by the Junior Cham
ber of Comerce.
Bob Dunn, Jaycee president,
said that judging would be held
Saturday night, December 27, and
all residents in Southern Pines
are eligible.
Many houses, he noted, have
already put up their outside
lighting. He encouraged as many
others as are interested to also
put up lights. It is not necessary,
he explained, to enter the con
test; aU houses that are decora
ted with outside lights are auto
matically entered.
The winner will receive a
plaque denoting their achieve
ment.