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SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1959
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PRESIDENT’S CUP, presented annually to
the district in Occoneechee Boy Scout Council
which has shown the most improvement, came
to Moore County last week. Joseph Sandlin,
Moore District Commissioner, is shown here re
ceiving the handsome cup from E. A. Resch of
Siler City, Council president, while Joe Wood-
all, Moore executive, looks on.
Moore County Awarded President’s
Cup For Increased Scout Activity
TB Seals Sale
Drive In County
Nets $4,981
Residents of Moore County
contributed $4,981.67 to the
fight against tuberculosis in the
1958 Seal Sale of the Moore
County Tuberculosis Association,
reports Howard Broughton, sale
chairman.
The funds will be used largely
for a program of case finding,
free x-rays, health education
and patient rehabilitation in this
county, as well as to assist the
research work of the North Car
olina and National Tuberculosis
Associations.
Mr. Broughton, who lives at
Southern Pines and is associated
with the Johnson and Johnson
law firm at Aberdeen, said that
the Negro division of the seal
sale continued its achievement
of the past several years by con
tributing more than $1,000 to the
seal sale funds.
Samuel Kelly of Carthage,
who is a member of the board of
directors of the Association,
headed this division. Total Ne-
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4- Moore County has been award
ed the President’s Cup by the
Occoneechee Boy Scout Council
as the most outstanding district
in the council for the past year.
Presentation of the cup was
made last Thursday night in Ra
leigh by E. .A. Resch of Siler
City, council president. Joseph
Sandlin of Southern Pines,
Moore District chairman, accept
ed.
The silver trophy, which is
currently on view in the Citizens
Bank and Trust Company here,
recognizes the greate^ growth in
units, number of Scouts and the
number of Scout leaders for the
year. Moore district, according
to Council figvmes, increased its
membership from 810 to 1,456
in the program, which includes
974 Boy Scouts. The others are
adult leaders.
In 1957 there were 576 Scouts
in the county organized in 29
units. In 1957 there were 54
units.
Adult leadership in 1957 was
placed at 234.
A delegation of 22 attended
the annual dinner meeting in
Raleigh, which was held at Mer
edith College.
The President’s Cup was
founded by W. D. Campbell, who
maintains a winter home here.
ALSO ON OTHER COMMITTEES
Senate Public WeKare Committee
Chairmanship Goes To Wilbur Currie
Senator Wilbur Currie of Car-1 A longtime trustee of the Uni-
thag.3, now serving his fourth'versity of North Carolina, he will
term in the State Senate, was probably consider the appoint-
named chairman of that body’s
Public Welfare Committee yes
terday by Lt. Gov. Luther Barn-
hardt.
Senator Currie will also serve
on the following committees:
Higher Education, Agriculture,
Local Government, Public Roads,
Retirement and Employment Se
curity, and Wildlife.
SCOTTISH SINGER
Nemone Bcdfoiur, a native
of Scotland who has earned
an international reputation
as an accomplished artist on
the clarsach (Celtic harp)
and the lute, will present a
concert in the library here
February 23 at 8 p. mi.
The program is being
sponsored by the Moore
County Historical Associa
tion and is open to mem
bers and the general public.
A collection will be made
to defray expenses.
Miss Balfour recreates
with forceful authenticity
the atmosphere of ten cen
turies in her charming re
cital of rare ballads. In
moods ranging from rollick
ing humor to haunting poig
nancy. her. songs tell fascin- ■;
ating stories of heroic deeds
and human foibles whicdi
might well have gone unre
corded but for the ancient
art of troubadors.
HEART TAG DAY
Southern Pines residents
will be asked to contribute
to the annual Heart Fund
drive Saturday when voliu-
teers will be on the streets
distributing the familiar lit
tle red hearts, according to
an announcement made to
day by Mrs. Leon Seymour,
Heart Fund chairman.
She said that the Rainbow
Girls under the leadership
of Mrs. Earl Parker, and the
Junior Women's Club would
participate in Southern Pines.
In Aberdeen, the Tag Day
program is being sponsored
by the Junior Garden dub
under the direction of Mrs.
Cecil Farrell and Mrs. Jack
Taylor.
Mrs. Seymour also re
minded residents that they
may make gifts to the Heart
Fund through the establish
ment of a memorial fund, a
phase ai the program which,
she says, is growing in popu
larity more every year.
Pinehurst Park Is
Renamed In Honor
Of Gen. Marshall
Had Only Grove
Of Pines When
Village Founded
In honor of General George C.
Marshall, Pinehurst’s foremost
winter resident, the pine grove
located between the Country
Club and the village will hence
forth be known as ‘-Marshall
Park.”
Complete plans have been
worked out between a group of
the General’s friends and Pine
hurst, Incorporatied, as own<9r of
the property. All future recorded
and printed maps of the village
■will show the new name and a
marker will be erected at the
Park entrance which faces the
Carolina vista. The inscription
will read as follows:
‘‘This Park is named in
honor of George Catlett
Marshall, General of the
Army, Chief of Staff 1939
1945, Secretary of State
1947-1949, President of the
Red Cross 1949-1950, Secre
tary of Defense 1951, Citizen
of Pinehurst.”
The park area lies to the right
of the road from 'The Carolina
Hotel to the Country Club as
one approaches the Club. It con
tains a grove of old pines which
played an important part in the
location of Pinehurst since this
was the only pine grove in the
area at the time of the resort’s
founding.
It was first called The Grove
and later, when it included a
large fenced enclosure for deer
as well as numerous cages for
interesting birds and animals, it
became known as the Deed Park.
Tbs birds and animals have been
removed, but the area has con
tinued to be called the Deer
Park by many people, and the
Pine Grove by others.
It is most appropriate that this
tract of first importance in sel
ecting the site for the Village,
and always a center of beauty
and interest near its heart,
should bear the name of Pine
hurst’s most distinguished citi
zen. The location for the marker
was selected, primarily, for its
beauty. This entrance to the
Park has a stand of unusually
large pines, both long-leaf and
loblolly and is framed by a
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NEW PO PICK-UPS
Two new pick-up boxes
for oulgoing mail have been
placed in operation by the
Southern Pines post office,
according to Postmaster Max
Rush.
One of the boxes, for the
convenience of patrons in
Knollwood, is located at the
corner of Grove and Mid
land Roads; the other for the
convenience of Pinedene
patrons, is located in front
of Jackson Motor Company
on US Highway 1 just south
ol town.
Mail will be taken from
both boxes daily except
Sunday /at 6:30 which will
allow sufficient time to mieet
all outgoing mail schedules.
On Sunday, the box will be
emptied at 4:30.
There are now 16 sudi
boxes in the area served by
the local post oKice. Rush
said.
BasketballTournament
To Be|din Here Tonight
County Teams In
Education Board
Begins Study Of
School Curriculum
Letters to several score resi
dents of Southern Pines were
mailed this week requesting that
they participate in a study of the
curriculium of local schools.
Dr. A. C. Dawson, superintend
ent of the town’s school system,
said the study was being made
possible by a $50,000 gift of the
Richardson Foundation in
Greensboro. The entire state will
take part.
‘‘What’s happening,” Dr. Daw
son said, ‘‘is that the State Board
of Education is requesting each
school in the state to study its
own curriculum in order to de
termine whether or not certain
revisions and improvements
should be made.”
He said that study guides have
ment to the Higher Education
Committee as his second most
important assignment. In addi
tion to UNC, he is also a trustee
of Flora Macdonald College, and
the new Consolidated Presbyter
ian College.
Senator Currie served in the |
Senate in 1943, Ihe House in 1945,1
in the Senate again in 1947 and in |
the special term called in 1956. |
He was chairman of the Roads
Committee in 1947.
Moore is in the 12th Senatorial
District, alternating with Hoke
County in the election of a Sen
ator. Also in the district are Ran
dolph and Harnett Counties.
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SEN. WILBUR CURRIE
Coming Events
February 12—Rt. Hon. Anthony Nutting, Pinehurst Forum.
February 13-21 — Moore Couty basketball tournament. (First
rounds in Southern Pines).
February 17-19 — Mid-South Lawn Bowling Tournament,
Pinehurst.
February 19—Varel and BaiUy, the ‘‘Rogers and Hammerstein
of France,” and the Chanteurs of Paris, Pine
hurst Forum.
February 19-22 — N, C. Gun Dog Classics, Sandhills Wildlife
Refuge, Hoffman.
February 21 — Annual Hunter Trials, Moore County Hounds
at Scotts Comer.
February 21 — Washington’s Birthday Ball, Pinehurst.
February 23 — Fashion show and entertainment for the bene
fit of the Ci-vic Club, 8 p.m.. Civic Club.
February 23 — Nemone Balfour, recital of rare songs and bal
lads at the Southern Pines library, 8 p.m.,
open to the public.
February 25 — Shaw House opens, 11 to 6 daily for tea.
Febmary 26—^Fabian of Scotland Yard, Pinehurst Forum.
February 27 — N. C. Little Symphony concert. Weaver Aud
itorium, Southern Pines, 8:30 ptm.
February 27—North Carolina Little Symphony, at Weaver Aud
itorium, Southern Pines, under auspices of Sand
hills Music Association.
March 5—^Mme. Jarmila Novotna, Metropolitan Opera Star,
Pinehurst Forum.
March 6-15 — Spring Field Trials, Hoffman. Sponsored by N.
C. Field Trials Association.
March 18-23 — North and South Invitation Golf Championship
for Women, 57th annual, Pinehurst.
March 19—Dr. Frank B. Berry, Assistant Secretary of Defense,
Pinehurst Forum.
March 20 —-Junior Women’s Club benefit bridge, Southern
Pines Country Club, 8 p.m.
March 24-26 — Antiques Show at National Guard Armory,
sponsored by Moore County Historical As
sociation.
March 21 — 12th annual Stoneybrook Steeplechase, Mickey
Walsh Stables, Southern Pines.
March 30—Furman University Glee Club, Weaver Auditorium,
under auspices of Sandhills Music Association.
Events will be listed as they.are scheduled. Please telephone
in, as early as possible, plans for coming events and help keep
the calendar posted up to date.
Telephone OX 2-6512
Playoff For
Championship
First rounds of the 32nd an
nual basketball tournament get
underway here tonight (Thurs
day), with the first game sched
uled to begin at 6:30.
Coaches of all high schools in
the county met yesterday in
Carthage to make up the pair
ings for the tournament.
The tournament will be play
ed here Thursday, Friday, Sat
urday and Monday nights; Tues
day the action shifts to Carth
age where it will continue until
the Saturday night finals.
No games are scheduled for
next Wednesday night because
of the UNC-State basketball
game which is to be televised,
nor on Friday night. Coaches
this year are going along with
the tradition of allowing a day
of rest before the finals.
Tonight’s opening action pits
Aberdeen’s girls, rated number
six in county standings, against
Westmoore, rated number 11. In
the second game, to begin as
soon as the first one is over
(about 7:30), Westmoore boys,
rated eighth, will', meet Vass-
Lakeview, rated ninth. The last
game of the night will see
Southern Pines girls, number
nine, play West End, number
eight.
Tomorrow night (Friday), ac
tion resumes at 6:30 with the
following games scheduled:
Farm Life, number seven, plays
Pinehurst, number ten, in the
opener; at 7:30 the Pinehurst
girls, number seven, meet Farm
Life, number ten; and at 9:30,
West End boys, number six, meet
Cameron, number 11.
Saturday night, with the time
schedule remaining the same.
been prepared and it has been
suggested that an examination of
several questions would be an
approach to the problem. Those the games are as follows: Cam-
. . . -1 /i\ cr*r\-« frft»lcj niiTv^f%ov» t/nviv* vniqv
questions, he said, were: (1)
What is the role of the public
school? (2) What kind of curri
culum do we now have? (3)
What curriculum improvements
do we need? and (4) How can we
get what we need?
The Southern Pines school
faculty has already prepared-
some preliminary work in regard
to the study and, according to
Dr. Dawson, is now ready to in
clude parents and others inter
ested in public education in the
study. The faculty has recom
mended, and the Board of Educa
tion has approved, a list of per-
ons to serve on the study group.
The first meeting will be held
March 2 at 8 p.m. in the school
auditorium when the extent of
the work and the procedure to
be followed will be outlined.
Municipalities To
Hold Elections In
May; 37 Jobs Open
Six of the seven incorporated
towns iri Moore County will hold
biennial elections on Tuesday,
May 5, to select 37 municipal of
ficials.
Though it is still g bit early for
any races to develop, several peo
ple have inquired as to the date
of election, the registration per
iods and polling places. That in
formation, plus an announcement
as to the deadline for filing can
didacies, will be announced
sometime this month.
In Southern Pines, voters thi^
year will select a Town Council
of five members, and a Judge and
Solicitor of Recorder’s Court. The
Councilmen will elect from
among themselves a mayor, a po
sition now held by Walter E.
Blue.
The present Judge, R. F. Hoke
Pollock, and the Solicitor, E. O.
Brogden, are serving under Coun
cil appointment until the munici
pal election.
In Aberdeen, voters will select
a mayor and five commissioners,
and a Judge and Solicitor of Re
corder’s Court. Dr. E. M. Medlin
is currently serving as mayor.
In Pinebluff, a mayor and
three commissioners will be nam
ed. Current mayor is E. H. Mills.
In Vass, Mayor A. G. Edwards,
Jr., wiU be up for re-election as
will the five members of the town
board there.
Robbins has G. B. Williams as
mayor and, serving with him are
five members of the town board.
Jack Williams is mayor of Car
thage and he and the five mem
bers of the town commission are
expected to file for re-election.
The only other incorporated
municipality in the county, Cam
eron, elects its town officials in
off years. Hubert Nickens is cur
rently serving as mayor.
Summer Courses
eron girls, number four, play
Highfalls, number five; Aber
deen boys, number four, play
Highfalls, number five; and
Robbins girls, number three, I _ o • n/r 1
play the winner of the'Aberdeen-Or SeieUCe^ MutU
Westmoore game of tonight. [
Final standings in the county, T>1
as supplied by George Short,'AiaUUCU
league statistician, are as fol-
Old West Etchings
On View InGallery
A small show of etchings of
the Old West is now on view at
the Library Gallery.
The etchings, a loan collec
tion, are the work of Levon
West, distinguished artist who
has done much of his work “on
the lot,” so to speak. Mr. West
has lived and journeyed through
the West, by pack-train and
doubtless on foot. He knows
horses, knows weather, knows
the old-timers to be met in such
wanderings.
Among the works shown are
horsemen riding at dusk towards
a lonely mesa, the horse-hsrd
charging downhill at top speed,
trappers and prospectors, small
figures under the towering
Rockies. Poignant in its simplici
ty is the figure of an Indian
woman on her pony with her
papoose strapped to her back.
Also included in the current
exhibit is an original by N. C.
Wyeth, famed illustrator and
painter. The object is an Indian
scout, hand raised, in the sign
language.
A reproduction of a famous
Remington painting is given a
place in the show to round out
the picture of the far Western
scene. On the shelf below is a
group of books dealing with the
are as
lows: girls—Carthage, Vass-
Lakeview, Robbins, Cameron,
Highfalls, Aberdeen, Pinehurst,
West End, Southern Pines, Farm
Life, Westmoore; boys—^Rob
bins, Carthage, Southern Pines, i
Aberdeen, Highfalls, West End,
Farm Life, Westmoore, Vass-
Lakeview, Pinehurst, Cameron.
Actually, Pinehurst and Cam
eron boys tied for the number
ten spot but, by a flip of the
coin, Pinehurst was awarded the
rating for pairing purposes only.
The top teams in the county
begin playing Monday night,
with Southern Pines boys sched
uled to take on the winner of
the West End-Cameron game,
and Carthage girls playing, the
winner of the West End-South
ern Pines game. There will also
A special summer school pro
gram for science and math stu
dents will be held here from
June 8 through July 15, accord
ing to an announcement made
this week by Dr. A. C. Dawson,
superintendent qf the Southern
Pines public schools system.
The school, which will cost $45
for the six weeks term, is de
signed primarily for non-grad
uates, Dr. Dawson said, but will
be open for others who wish to
better equip themselves for fur
ther courses.
This is the first time such a
school has ever been held here.
High school units of credit may
be earned. Teachers will be W.
A. Leonard, who holds a Master’s
Degree in Math from the Uni
versity of North Carolina, and
John Porter, who holds a Mas-
be another game but the teams jter’s Degree in Science, also from
have not been announced as yet. I the University.
The Carthage girls had a 13-0 In announcing the special
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What Happens When The Lights Go
Out? Local CP&L Manager Explains
Ten minutes in a room sudden
ly gone dark because of a power
failure can be an interminably
long time for some people. More
often than not, those same peo
ple are surprised to learn that
the power was off only ten min
utes and not what had seemed
to them to be an hour or more..
What happens when the lights
go off? How do power company
workers discover the source of
trouble? What do they do by way
of repairs to get the power run
ning again?
Because some people are ask
ing those questions, and so that
they may have a general idea in
the future of what is going on
beyond their darkened doors, the
Pilot asked Ward Hill, local
Carolina Power & Light manager,
to explain the various steps
taken.
Since every situation presents
opening of the West, taken from J a somewhat different solution, he
the James Boyd collection. I said he would try to trace thej
steps taken only in a general
way. “The technical aspects of
repairing line damage would bore
most people to death,” he said.
To begin with, he reminded lo
cal CP&L patrons that they were
getting their power from the
West End sub-station, which re
ceives its juice over four main
feeder lines: two from the Cape
Fear steam plant near Moncure
and two from the Hydro plant at
Blewett Falls. The West End
“sub” serves all 'of Moore County
except the northwest corner, and
Hoke County to the Sanatorium.
Hill wouldn’t hazard a guess
as to the number of miles of wire,
thaJ is required in the part of the
system he manages, but conceded
it woqld be “way up in the thous
ands.”'
But about a power failure; how
about an example? For instance,
what if the power in the ehtire
Knollwood Apartment develop-
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