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VOL. 39—NO. 8
SPECTATORS INVITED
SIXTEEN PAGES
SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 1959
SIXTEEN PAGES
PRICE: 10 CENTS
Colorful ‘Point To Point’ Race Is
Scheduled At Mile-Away Saturday
'T’Via ccir>7^T»/^ Qr^nnol ■fQoVi_ r\-9 +iwi<^ if
The second annual “'‘old fash
ioned point to point” race will be
stagod this Saturday afternoon
hy the Moore County Hounds at
Mile-Away Farms.
The event, which drew an un
usually large crowd last year, has
been arranged this year so that
spectators may see the start of
the run and the finish without
leaving their cars. A larger
ci’owd is expected.
The riders will follow a course
across a specified portion of
hunting country. Though it is not
a real race as such, judging will
be made at eight different points
along the course by two judges
at each point.
Contestants and their mounts
will be judged on the suitability
of each horse for the contest, his
condition, the care with which
the rider handles the horse, and
Jaycees Seeking
Nominations For
OYM; Deadline Set
Nominations for the Junior
Chamber of Commerce’s Distin
guished Service Award will close
Saturday, according to Thomas
Ruggles, who is in charge of the
annual DSA awards night pro
gram.
The presentation will be made
at a banquet at the Hollywood
Hotel January 20. Ruggles said a
panel of judges had been select
ed to judge the nominees and the
recipient of the award will not
be known until the banquet.
Any young man in the commu
nity between the ages of 21 and
35 is eligible, whether Jaycee or
not.
Ruggles said that judging
would be based on the following,
which conforms to the national
policy: for contributions to the
general welfare of the communi
ty, 50 points; evidence of leader
ship ability, 25 points; and evi
dence of personal or business
progress, 25 points.
Those with ballots are urged to
return them to Ruggles prior to
the Saturday deadline; others
who wish to secure ballots may,
the length of time it takes- the
contestants to complete the
course.
Last year’s three top winners—
Richard -Webb of Stamford,
Conn., Tommy Walsh of South
ern Pines, and Sandy Glynn of
Green Farms, Conn.—will be
competing.
Other entries received to date
include Miss Gay Tate of Fair-
field, Conn., Mrs. William^ Franz,
Jr., Lloyd Tate, Beth Winborne,
Terry Reeves, Mrs. Pat Van
Camp, Ozelle Moss, Earl Hoy and
Beverly Gray.
Jack Goodwin of Brookneal,
Va., will be the starter.
Among the judges are Mrs.
Stilwell of Savannah, Miss Nan
cy Swee-Escott, Mr. and Mrs.
Harley Walsh of Canada, S. C.
Clyborn, Cyril Harrison, Dr. and
Mrs. O. C. Carmichael of Tryon,
Earl Frazier, Will Stratton, Mrs.
Thomas Glynn of Fairfield,
Conn., Dr. J. I. Neal, and Mr. and
Mrs. EYank Adams, Sr.
Entries close tomorrow for the
race, which will cover a IQ mile
course.
Spectators will not be charged
but’ans urged to arrive a little
earlier than the 2 o’clock starting-
time in order to get choice spots
for viewing.
Tomorrow night there will be
a party at Pine Needles Lodge
and Country Club for contestants,
judges and guests, and will be
followed by a dinner dance at
the old Notre Dame school,-which
is now a part of Mile-Away
Farms.
The starting and finishing
point for the race is Mile-Away.
Savings And Loan
Association Notes
Big Gains In ’58
Niagara Is First
Community To
Reach MOD Goal
The Niagara community is the
first to meet its quota in the an
nual March of Dimes campaign
now underway.
Mrs. Gurney Bowles, chairman
in that community, turned in $30
doso"bV"‘go"nETo"£..= E.'Jti '*o C. H. Bowm.n of Soufl..m
and Insurance Company, or, if Pmes, campaign treasurer this
they, are unable to pick up bal- She said she would try to
lots, they may call Ruggles and 8®^ more.
make their nominations by tele- - In view of the new objectives
phone. 'of the March of Dimes—^to fight
A1 Harrison of Tarboro, a na- crippling arthritis and birth de-
tional director Of the Junior fects as well as polio—Moore
Chamber, will be the principal County has pledged to double the
speaker at the Jaycee banquet, j quota if possible.
Coin collection boxes have been
placed in nearly all communities
in the county and chairmen are
organizing special programs in
order to reach or surpass goals.
LICENSE BUREAU
The drivers license bureau
Stockholders Of
Citizens Bank
Oka/ Stoek Split
allow Mr. Clark to attend a dis-
NEW POLICEMAN COMING
maintained here will be closed
,Stockholders of The Citizens -Wednesday of next week, ac-
Bank and Trust Company of ^.^^ding to D. A. Clark, the exam-
Southem Pines at the annual ^^er The Wednesday closing is to
meeting on Tuesday approved a _
proposal to issue a three for one ...
stock dividend increasing the g.
common stock of the bank from
$25,000 to $100,000.
Since approval had already
been received from the supervi
sory "authorities, tbe change will
take place immediately. President
N. L. Hodgkins said.
In his annual report to the
stockholders Mr. Hodgkins sta
ted that the bank had had a good
year with year-end totals* of both
Woolley Predicts
.Good Year; Says
S&L To Loan More
The Southern Pines Savings
and Loan Association boosted its
assets by $17,162.22 in the past
year, one of the test in its his
tory, according to Lloyd L. Wool-
ley, president.
In the association’s annual re
port, which members will receive
shortly, Mr. Woolley said the in
stitution now holds m.ore savings
and serves more customers than
ever before.
“And we expect to attract even
more saver customers in the com
ing year,” he added.
Speaking of the recession ex
perienced last year, Mr. Woolley
said: “If it did nothing else, it
made people conscious of the
value of saving. Many individ
uals and families, our experience
shows, stepped up their savings
program so as to build a cushion
that would tide them over in the
event of a deepening of the re
cession. We have every reason to
believe that these people will
continue to save at an expanding
rate.”
The Savings and Loan .Associa
tion’s 1958 operation showed the
following:
Savings increased , by $56,000,
bringing total savings at year’s
end to $756,085.30; the number of
savings account holders climbed
considerably, representing a gain
of 86 more than at the beginning
of the year; dividend payments to
savers for use of their funds to
taled $24,046, or a gain of some
$1,350 over 1957; the home mort
gage loan portfolio was increased
by $94,088, bringing the total of
home loans outstanding to $700,-
740; and reserves have been ex
panded to $46,000, now exceeding
the reserves at the beginning of
1958 by $6,900.
Wooley forecasts an even bet
ter year for the association in
1959.
“The economic recovery from
the recent recession should con
tinue in the coming yea|r,” he
said, “but at a somewhat slower
pace. Employment should remain
stable and probably rise, consum
er spending should increase,
businessmen will probably con
tinue to expand their inventories,
and government spending at
federal, state and local levels is
also expected to rise.”
Speaking of housing, which is
the principal type of loan made
by the association, Woolley said
the association would grant more
in the community for “both new
and existing” homes than in the
past.
He forecast a national construc
tion total of some 1.1 to 1.2 mil
lion homes in the coming year,
which is about the same as last
year.
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STOREY CUP AWARD, given annually to a
Moore County Scout troop that stands out in
excellence, was presented to Troop 68 of Aber
deen Monday night by Voit Gilmore, who es
tablished the award in memory of his stepfather.
Aberdeen Seouts
Win Storey Award;
Others Announeed
Aberdeen’s Boy Scout Troop 68
W. M. Storey. Receiving it is Arthur Rowe,
Scoutmaster. Others are, from left, Carl Mofield
and Sam Bell, and, to the right of Gilmore,
Gray Keith, Kenneth Garroway, Robert Tyner
and John Anderson.
was awarded the W. M. Storey
Malcolm Stout Resigns Police Job;
Robert Yonts Named New Sergeant
Sgt. Malcolm Stout of the
Southern Pines police force has
resigned his job effective today,
year with year-end totals* of both to an announcem.ent by
loans ahd deposits reaching their Police C. E. Newton,
highest point in the bank’s his- replaced by Robert
tory. The increase in deposits, he yonts who has been on the
pointed out, was almost entirely rnid-1955.
in time deposits on which the Amerotron
bank is presently paying interest
at the rate of three per cent per
annum.
Corporation next week.
A native of Sanford, Stout fin-
Th^present Board of Directors ished hi^gh school there and se^-
were all reelected by the stock- ed in the Army for three years,
Sers and serving L the com- two of overseas, before en-
ing year will be John C. Barron, .rolling at Mars Hill Junior Col
D.^ A. Blue, Jr., N. L. Hodgkins, i lege. After completion of hi
Norris L. Hodgkins, Jr., John M. ishidies here attended the
Howarth, and George W. Pottle, j University of North Carolina for
In an organizational meeting a year and a halt.
an „
of the directors held after the
stockholders meeting the officers
of the bank were all reelected to
their present positions: N. L.
Hodgkins, president; Norris L.
Hodgkins, Jr., executive vice-
president; C. H. Bowman, vice
president and cashier; and E.
Earl Hubbard, assistant vice
president.
He joined the local force ii;
January, 1954, and was promoted
to sergeant in August, 1956.
He is married to the former
Memorial Cup at a special court p
of honor held before a packed
audience at the Vass Methodist
church Monday night.
The handsome (silver trophy
was presented to .Arthur Rowe,
Aberdeen scoutmaster, for his
troop by Voit Gilmore of South
ern Pines, who established the
award some years ago jn memory
of his stepfather.
Gilmore explained the point
system for judging in year-long
competition amoAg all Moore Dis
trict troops, on which the annual
award is based.
This was the third Storey Cup
win for the Aberdeen troop. In
second place was Vass Troop 810,
a scant 27 points behind.
Awards for similar competition
in the other branches of Scouting
were the District Chairman’s Cup.
presented by Joe E. Sandlin of
Southern Pines to Explorer Post
No. 936 of Carthage, received by
G. K. Suggs, advisor, for his post;
and the District Commissioners
Cup, presented by Dr. J. C. Grier,
Jr., of Pinehurst, to the Southern
Pines cub pack, and received by
Cubmaster Bruce Warlick.
A new honor, the Health and
Safety Award, recognized top ex
cellence in each of the three bran
ches, with Henrv A. Borst, Jr.,
receiving it for Vass Explorer
Post 810: Francis Currie for Bov
Scout Troop 98, of West End, and
Ed Comer for Cub Pack 936, of
Carthage.
The award of an Eagle Badge
was also made, to David Jones of
Bov Scout Troop 810 of Vass, pre
sented bv Cmdr. E. L. Finch,
J. Douglas David of Pinebluff,
district advancement chairman,
presiding, recognized a numlaer of
district officials who were pres
ent. and turned the meeting over
to Henry A. Borst, Jr., of Vass as
host master of ceremonies.
Max Mitchell and Andy An
drews of Pinehurst Troop 7 were
awarded their Second Class rank
advancements.
The program was rendered
colorful by the presence of mem
bers of Na-Tsi-Hi Chapter of
Cumberland District, Order of
+he Arrow, Scouting’s honorary
foaternity. The guests, in sumpt
uous Indian costumes, offered
EAGLE BADGE, the highest award a Boy Scout may receive,
was presented to David Jones of Troop 810, Vass, at ceremonies
Monday night. Pinning the badge on his awards* belt is his
mother, Mrs. J. L. Jones, while his father looks on at right. At
left is E. L. Finch, who made the presentation.
Gilmore Going To New Zealand With
Navy To Interview Antarctic Veterans
Council To Seek
Higher Share Of
ABC Store Profits
Will Make Plea
At Commissioners
Next Meeting
The Southern Pines Town
Council will probably go before
the Board of County Commission
ers in February seeking a great
ly increased share of ABC store
profits.
The Council, at its regular
meeting Tuesday night, decided
to request a 50 per cent share
rather than the current 10 per
cent. It is likely that the entire
Council will appear before the
commissioners.
There has been agitation sev
eral times in the past to have the
profits split on a more favorable
basis- with Southern Pines, and
the current 10 per cent was con
sidered a step in that direction;
Councilmen feel now, however,
that 50 per cent is more equitable.
At the meeting, a short one, the
Council also voted to request
Representative H. Clifton Blue to
introduce legislation into the
General Assembly to provide for
election of court' officials from
outside the town limits, but still
within the jurisdiction of the
court.
' At present the officers must
live within the boundaries of the
town, though the jurisdiction ex
tends five miles from the liries.
Aberdeen has received legislation
to elect its court officials from
within the jurisdiction.
The Council also adopted a res
olution of appreciation to various
people—Judge R. F. Hoke Pol
lock, Solicitor E. O. Brogden,
Town Attorney Lament Brown
and Manager Louis Scheipers—
for their assistance in establish
ment of the court.
The office of vice recorder,
which had been tendered to J.
Vance Rowe, Jr., but declined,
was left open. It will be filled as
the occasion requires. Council de
cided.
Voit Gilmore, who easily ranks
as the travellingest man in this
town—and perhaps the state—is
leaving tonight for New Zealand
where he will visit Christchurch,
base of Naval operations for this
country’s activities in the Antarc
tic.
Last year Gilmore visited both
Antarctica and the Arctic, both
as an observer, and this trip,
though shorter, is for the same
purpose.
He will fly from McGuire Air
Force Base in New Jersey to
Travis Air Force Base, then to
Hawaii ynd on down to New Zea
land, island hopping on the way.
Travelling with him will be
members of Lowell Thomas’
‘Cinerama” crew which is plan
ning to do a film on various
phases of Antarctic explorations.
Gilmore will spend only a few
days in Christchurch interviewing
scientists and others who have
spent the long winter night on the
continent. He’s due back here
January 24.
Strangulation Is
Listed As Reason
For Death Of Baby
A five-month-old boy, son of
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Smith
of Aberdeen, died Friday night
as a result of accidental strangu
lation, according to ‘ Ralph Steed
Civil Court Term
Scheduled; Walter
Johnston Presiding
A one week term of Superior
Court for the trial of civil cases
only will be held in Carthage be
ginning January 19, with Judge
Walter E. Johnston, Jr., presi
ding.
A large number of cases are oh
the docket which has been in
creased to include the clean-up
calendar of cases carried over for
the past two years.
Jurors for the term are as fol-
-- ’ , on a bed which was .
opening and closing praypr to the a wall. Somehow, he re-
Great Spirit and took part. In managed to roll
lan style, m other rites of the « , , j hpeamp indeed
of Robbins, Moore County coroner, lows:
Edgar H. Blue and Edward
Carter, Route 3, Carthage; Coy
Blue, Curtis Hoyle, Wayne Foy
Hardy and Paul Jones, Vass;
Kerner Elbert Cockman, John
program.
MALCOLM STOUT
popular members of th>e force,
which he ascribed to Stout’s
“genuine liking for people.”
Yonts, who is from Niagara,
joined the force in July, 1955. His
promotion to sergeant is effective
Jean McCaskill of Farm <Life ;next Monday,
community and they have onej Wesley T. Thompson of Troy
child a two-year-old daughter.'has been employed to fill the va
in commenting on the resigna- cancy. Chief Newton said, and
tion Chief Newton noted that will begin his new duties Mon-
Stout had been one of the most day.
and Bernie Sanders, of the Aber
deen police department.
The family only recently moved
to -Aberdeen from Laurel Hill.
Steed said the baby was left
pushed
Cub Scouts Make Tour
Of The Pilot Plant
Den 4 of Cub Scout Pack 73
visited The Pilot Monday after
noon, with the den mother, Mrs.
William B. Bodine.
The seven boys heard staff
members in the editorial, adver-
t sing and mechanical depart
ments explain weekly newspaper
operations.
Ibe Cubs were Charles 'Buch-
holz. Jay Montesanti, Billy
Bodine, Charles Phillips, Steve
Kelly, Albert Hurst and Melvin
Johnson.
from the bed and became lodged
between the wall and the bed and
his head was caught by the mat
tress.
When the baby was found, he
was rushed to Moore Memorial
Hospital but was pronounced
dead on arrival.
Funeral services were conduct
ed Sunday afternoon at Peele’s
Chapel . Church at Old Hundred
bv the pastor, the Rev. Arthur
Wesley. Burial was in Hillside
Cemetery, Laurinburg.
In addition to the parents, other
survivors are one brother, Wil
liam H. Smith, Jr.; his maternal
grandmother, Mrs. Marie Johnson
of Hamlet; and his paternal
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. C. S.
Smith of Laurel Hill.
City Managers Of
State To Inspect
New Town Hall
City managers from all over
North Carolina will come to Sou
thern Pines this weekend to in
spect the new town hall.
The inspection tour, arranged
by Southern Pines manager Louis
Scheipers, Jr., is one of the high
lights of the annual Workshop
Conference of the N. C. City Man
agers’ Association of the League
of Municipalities, which will be
held in Pinehurst.
Mrs. Davetta L. Steed, execu
tive director of the league, said
program participants include
Mayor W. G. Enloe of Raleigh;
Arthur Owens, city manager of
Roanoke, Va., who is president
of the International City Man
agers’ Association; Robert V. Con-
nerat of the Urban Renewal Ad
ministration, Atlanta, Ga.; W. F.
Babcock, director of the North
Carolina State Highway Commis
sion; apd John T. Morrisey, gen
eral counsel of the league.
C. L. Barnhardt, newly appoint
ed city manager of Jacksonville
and president of the City Man
agers’ Association, will preside
over the sessions, and Cliff Pace,
city manager of Asheboro and sec
retary of the association, will be
a discussion leader.
Lewis Kennedy, Leroy Smith, and
Grady Wilson, Route 1. Robbins;
L. G. Conrad, Jillia D. Dathan
and Martin D. Matthews, Pine-
bluff; Ralph Dowd, Albert Lee
Little, Eagle Springs; Edward
Darden, Fitzhugh Lee, Aberdeen;
W. A. Johnson, Jr., Jack Murray
and A. A. McDonald, West End;
and Jack Herbert, Route 1, West
End.
Also, Arnold Kennedy and
Fletcher Ritter, Route 2, Robbins;
Robert Lassiter and J. F. Mon
roe, Robbins; C. A. Lewis, Route
1, Aberdeen; Lucas Matthews,
Parkwood; James Donald Moore,
William T. Shore, George M.
Thompson and Raymond Wilson,
Southern Pines; Herbert Worthy,
Pinehurst; L. L. Wilson, High-
falls; and Cornelius Andrew Wil
lson, Carthage.
Circulation At
Pinebluff Library
Increased In 1958
Circulation at the Pinebluff li
brary for 1958 showed a tremen
dous increase over 1957, figures
just released show.
There was also a large increase
in the number of books added to
the collection.
Circulation in 1958 was placed
at 3,688, an increase of 400 over
the previous year. The figure does
not include periodicals. There
were more than 200 books added,
representing a wide range of in
terest.