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VOL. 39—NO. 14
EIGHTEEN PAGES
SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1959
EIGHTEEN PAGES
PRICE: 10 CENTS
Three Injured At
Skyline When £!ar
Overturns In Field
Local Police Were
Chasing Car When
Accident Occurred
Three young men in their
early 20’s were seriously injured
early Saturday morning on US 1
near Skyline when the car in
which they were riding crashed.
They were being chased at the
time by Southern Pines police
officers.
The injured were identified as
James C. Brown, 21, of Troy,
wfio had head and leg injuries
and burns and bruises; Ben
Brady, Jr., 21, of Robbins, both
legs burned and bruises; "and
Jimmy Yarborough, 22, of Pine-
hurst, whose head was injured
to such an extent that he had to
be carried to Duke Hospital later
in the day.
All three were admitted to St.
Joseph’s Hospital soon after the
wreck.
Police reports indicate that the
car was driven by Brown. He
was cited on charges of speed
ing, careless and reckless driv
ing and causing an accident.
Police officers who were in
the chasing cruiser were Sgt.
Robert Yonts and Tommy
Thompson, who joined the force
only recently.
Chief C. E. Newton said
the car being driven by Brown
was first spotted by the police
officers about 1:20 Saturday
morning on New York Avenue
ner the police station. Continu
ing, he said that the car sped up
to May Street and then headed
out of town with the police
cruiser in pursuit.
When it neared Skyline it
went out of control, left the road
and travelled almost 400 feet be
fore landing in a field. Two of
the men, Brady and Brown,
were pinned under the car; Yar
borough had been thrown clear.
The police officers hailed a .
passing car and got assistance in Meet 1 O Attract
moving the wrecked vehicle,
which had landed in an upright
position, before getting Brady VrOVCrnOr nOttgeS
and Brown free.
It is not known at this time
when Brown will face trial on
the charges.
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RESERVE CHAMPION of the annual Hunter Trials held last
Saturday at Scotts Comers was “Little Trip,’’ a chestnut gelding
owned by Lakelawn Farms. Ed Daniels, trainer, is shown here
receiving the Little Trip Challenge Trophy for the thorough
bred hunters class from Mrs. Daniels. (Photo by Emerson Hum
phrey)
LOCAL HORSES WIN HONORS
Largest Crowd In History Views
Hunter Trials In Perfect Weather
W. Ozelle Moss, MFH of the
Moore County Hounds, won the
championship of the annual
Hunter Trials held last Saturday
afternoon in the final class of a
program that drew the largest
crowd in the colorful history of
Stoneybrook Race
Man Found Badly
Hurt On Roadside;
Two Arrests Made
state Highway Patrolmen and
members of the Moore County
sheriff’s office were still scratch
ing their heads this morning.
How, they asked themselves, did
Claude T. Hicks, Sr., of West
End receive such injuries that
he had to be hospitalized and yet
no one seemed to know anything
about it?
Hicks, who is 47 years of age,
was found about 2:40 yesterday
afternoon lying along the Doub’s
Chapel Road between Eastwood
and Carthage by passing motor
ists. He was severely injured
about the head and other parts
of his body, and is reported in
serious condition at Moore Mem
orial Hospital.
state Highway Patrolmen ar
rested two boys standing near
his body when they arrived on
the scene shortly after being no
tified. Both professed to know
nothing of Hick’s injuries, nor
did they know how he got there.
In fact, one Patrolman said, they
refused to give any information
at all.
They were both arrested on
charges of being publicly drunk
and jailed in Carthagfe. They
were identified as Johnny and
Raymond Williams, both of
Route 1, Robbins.
. The officers conjecture that
all three were riding in the pick
up truck which was also near
Hicks and when it made a turn
off NC 15 to the Doub’s Chapel
Road, Hicks was thrown out.
He was unconscious, when car-
lied to the hospital.
Taking part in the investiga
tion were Patrolmen Henry
Hight, E. G. Shomaker, T. S.
Clark, Cpl. Jim McColman, and
Sheriff Wendell B. Kelly.
“We don’t know what happen
ed yet,’’ one said, “but our in
vestigation is continuing.’’
The truck belongs to Hicks.
With just three weeks remain
ing, officials^of the Stoneybrook
Steeplechase said this morning
that interest in the one-day af
fair “is running higher than
ever.’’
Donald D. Kennedy, chairman
of the committee making ar
rangements, said that the seven
race card is complete and will
include four races sanctioned by
the National Steeplechase and
Hunt Association. Three other
races are not sanctioned but
serve as proving grounds for fu
ture meetings.
Outside the races themselves,
several events are planned to in
sure a large crowd. Governor
Hodges has indicated he would
be present: the 82nd Airborne
Division Band will play; a
marching guard of 50 will put
on a demonstration and there
will be a mule race and a dem
onstration of working bird dogs.
Kennedy says there will be
easily enough to attract viewers
from hundreds of miles away,
and the event is being promoted
in several states to attract vis
itors.
This is the 11th annual Ston
eybrook meet and the 19th run
ning for the Sandhills Cup which
highlights the event. Prior to the
beginning of the Stoneybrook,
the Sandhills Cup, which is
awarded the winner of the gru
eling three mile test over tim
ber, was top prize in the Sand
hills Steeplechase Association’s
annual event which was staged
where Starland Farms is now
located.
Kennedy said that further
events would be announced as
they materialize.
the event.
Mr. Moss was on "Irish Holi
day,” acclaimed as one of the
finest hunters in the country.
Reserve champiopship went to
Lakelawn Farm’s ‘"Little Trip,”
owned by Dwight Winkelman, a
previous winner here and also
in most of the top shows in the
country.
The trials were held under
clear skies at Scott’s Corners just
off Young’s Road. Spectators
came from several states as indi
cated by license plates on the
hundreds of cars lined up on the
hill.
Following are the results of
the various classes: First Season
Hunters, open to horses who
have not hunted prior to this
season: 1st, Boney Maroney,
Robert Burke; 2nd, Red Carpet,
George Clarkson of St. Louis,
Mo.; 3rd, Defender, Mile Away
Farms; 4th, Colonel Crow, Mrs.
Warner Atkins of Cincinnati,
and Pinehiurst.
Thoroughbred Hunters, (reg
istered with the American Jock
ey Club): 1st, Little Trip, Lake
lawn Farm; 2nd, Startime, Mrs.
Winston Guest of New York
City; 3rd, Kalack, James Mc
Henry, Pittsburgh, Pa.; 4th, Dec
oration, Mrs. Warner Atkins.
Children’s Hunters: 1st, Hy
Hill, Naomi Ousby; 2nd, On
Time, Mary Lou Landers, Char
lotte; 3rd, Lucy, Francis Dwight;
4th, Sortie Fun, Mrs. Nora Cooke
(ridden by Eric George).
Non - Thoroughbred Hunters:
1st, Another Battle, Mile Away
Farms; 2nd, Chi Chi, Miss Gay
Tate; 3rd, Irish Holiday, Mile-
Away Farms, 4th, Mr. Sandman,
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Little Symphony
Will Play Here
Tomorrow Night
Concerts Planned
Also At Two
Public Schools
Bach’s chorale from the Easter
cantata, “Christ Lay In Bonds of
Death” will open the program of
the North Carolina Little Sym
phony at Weaver Auditorium to
morrow (Friday) night. The con
cert will begin at 8:30.
The Ltttle Symphony, a 25-
member group of musicians
from the larger North Carolina
Symphony, will be conducted" by
Benjamin Swalin.
The concert Friday night will
be preceded by a free morning
concert for school children, at the
Aberdeen school auditorium.
Groups of children from through
out the county will be taken to
the concert in school busses.
The concert time is 10:30 a. m.
A second concert for school
children will be given Monday
morning, March 2, in the gym
nasium of West Southern Pines
School at 10 a. m.
The concerts will be presented
under auspices of the Sandhills
Music Association which is offer
ing four attractions for their
1958-’59 season.
Kenji Kobayashi, Japanese
violinist, will be heard at Friday
night’s concert, in Wieniawski’s
Concerto for Violin and Orches
tra No. II, Opus 22.
Other orchestral numbers on
the evening’s program are:
Mendelssohn’s “Italian” sym
phony; Larsson’s “Pastoral
Suite”; “Quiet City” by Copland;
“In A Vieima Park” by Strauss;
and three dances from Smetana’s
opera, "“The Bartered Bride.”
A buffet supper will be serv
ed at the Hollywood Hotel, start
ing at 6:30 p. m., prior to the
concert. Reservations should be
made directly with the hotel.
‘ Members of the Little Sym
phony will spend the week-end
here, staying at the Hollywood
Hotel.
iVeip York State Firm To
Construct Plant Here
Red Cross Drive
Chairmen, Quotas
Are Announced
Commimity chairmen and the
quotas assigned to each in the
annual drive for members and
funds for the Red Cross were an
nounced this week by John F.
Buchholz, county chairman.
Buchholz said this year, for the
first time, the-county quota had
been increased by a fairly large
amount. The reason, he said, was
because of the increased services
being offered by the blood pro
gram which recently started in
the county.
The community chairmen and
their quotas are as follows:
Aberdeen, Lawrence Johnson,
$1,800; Adder, Mrs. Henry Addor,
$35; Bensalem, Mrs. J. A. Kelly,
$25; Big Oak, Mrs. Connie Cole,
$25; Cameron, Mrs. Jesse Maples,
$250; Carthage, senior high
school class, $800.
Clay Road Farms, C. L. Rags
dale, $35; Eureka, Mrs. James
Blue, $35; Eastwood, Mrs. A. H.
Garrison, $45; Glendon, Mrs.
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F. F. 'BUD' RAINEY
Retired Army Man
Appointed Town’s
Tax Collector
Francis F. “Bud” Rainey, a re
tired Army major, has been ap
pointed the Southern Pines tax
collector and purchasing agent,
according to Town Manager Louis
Scheipers, Jr.
He succeeds J. R. Bowen, who
resigned in order to continue his
studies at Eastern Carolina Col-
16^6.
Mr. Rainey was in the Army 21
years, retiring only recently af
ter a tour of duty in Fort Camp
bell, Ky. He was attached to the
Airborne Division and has more
than ^100 parachute jumps to his
credit.
A World War 2 veteran, he re
tired and came to Southern Pines
in 1945-47 while operating a chil
dren’s store in Pinehurst. He
went back in the Army in 1947
and served in Korea.
He is a native of Chicago and
went to public schools there.
His wife is the former Patricia
Ray of Pinehurst. They have
three children, Kathleen, who is
12; Michael Patrick, 8; and Pa
tricia Francis, six months. The
oldest two are attending public
schools here.
The Raineys, members of
Browhson Memorial Presbyterian
Church, make their home at 330
S. Ashe Street.
Annual ‘Scandals’
Show In Pinehurst
Slated In March
New Bowling Alley Planned
State Income Tax
Help Is Available
Earl B. McDonald, Jr., deputy
collector of the North Carolina
Department of Revenue, will be
at the Information Center here
two days next month to assist
people with filing their state in
come tax returns.
Hours of his visits are from 10
a. m. to 4 p. m. on March 4 and
March 24.
The services are free.
Construction of an ultra-mod
em 10-lane bowling alley with
electronic, automatic pin spot
ters started here this week.
The new facility,' being con
structed Vby Sandhills Enter
prises, Inc., at a cost of approxi
mately $250,000 is expected to
be completed by the middle of
June. It is located next to
Dante’s Restaurant on S. W.
Broad Street.
Donald D. Kennedy and John
C. Ostrom are principal stock
holders of the new business, the
only one of its kind in the coun
ty and, except Cumberland, in
adjoining counties.
Mr. Ostrom said this week
that applications for teams wish
ing to join in league play should
be sent in as soon as possible
to the firm at Post Office Box
1017, Southern Pines. “Applica
tions will be accepted in strict
chronological order,” he said.
Expected to form leagues will
be teams representing civic and
fraternal organizations, churches,
and industries.
The building will be 80 feet
wide and 150 feet deep. It will
be air-conditioned and sound
proofed and wiU be equipped
with a snack bar and space for
display and sale of bowling
equipment. Facilities will also
be erected for spectators.
The front of the building, Mr.
Ostron? said, will be constructed
of glass and old brick to harmon
ize with some other buildings in
the Sandhills.
Mr. Ostrom is president of the
Cape Fear Railroad between
Fayetteville and Fort Bragg, and
is owner of the Sandhills Bond
ed Warehouses, Inc., on US'
Highway 1 just north of the town
limits.
Mr. Kennedy is owner-opera
tor of Kidney Pond Camps at
MilUnnocket, Me. fee is a ■win
ter resident of Southern Pines
The “Scandals of the Sand
hills,” a public participation
show for the benefit of the
Pinehurst Recreation Field, will
officially get underway Monday
night with a kick-off party for
those expecting to take part.
The production, which has
been held for the past two years,
will be staged at the Pinehurst
school auditorium March 18, 19
and 20. Rehearsals begin March
3.
Being directed by the Cargill
Company of New York, the show
consists of people in the Sand
hills with or without talent put
ting on various sketches. In the
past a large number of would
be actors, comedians and dancers
from Southern Pines has taken
part.
This year the co-chairmen of
the benefit are Mrs. A. N. Der-
ouin and Elmer Andrews. They
said following a meeting a few
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Will Manufacture^
Baby Furniture;
To Employ 100
One of the nation’s top pro
ducers of baby furniture will
move its plant to Southern Pines
sometime this year and a labor
force of 100 will be employed.
Announcement of the move
was made in Rochester, N. Y.,
yesterday when Charles T. De-
Puy, president of Trimble, Inc.,
of that city, said his Board of Di
rectors had voted to form a new
corporation and build a plant
just on the outskirts of Southern
Pines.
When completed, the building
will contain more than 50,000
square feet of single story pro
duction space on a plot of 37
acres. The site is located adjac
ent to the town limits between
the Yadkin Road and US 1 by
pass. Part of it was the proposed
site for location of a lace plant
here last year.
Mr. DePuy said that his firm
planned to reduce the manufac
turing facilities in Rochester and
eventually to discontinue all. pro
duction there. Negotiations are
underway, he added, to arrange
for the manufacture of plastic
and metal products here.
The Trimble company has been
a quality producer of baby furn
iture since 1912. Recently, it has
been learned here, the company
switched from a complete wood
working operation to working in
metal only, primarily aluminum
and steel sheet and tubing. The
company is the world’s largest
producer of baby bath and dress
ing table combinations.
Sales offices of the company
will remain in Rochester for the
time being.
Norris Hodgkins, Jr., president
of the Southern Pines Industrial
Development Committee, the
agency primarily responsible for
persuading the company to locate
here, said this morning that he
had been informed that trans
ition of production facilities will
require about 18 months. The
firm of John D. Latimer Assoc
iates of Durham has been engag
ed for the architectural work.
The plant will be completed, it
is believed, by September of this
year.
William J. Donovan, vice pres
ident of the company and general
manager, will make his 'home
here. The company, Donovan re
cently told local officials, also
plans to move four other key
men to Southern Pines for form
ing a nucleus of approximately
100 production and office em
ployees.
Both Mr. DePuy and Mr. Don
ovan were here several weeks
ago to look over the prop'osed
site and ^iscuss the move with
local and county officials. At that
time both expressed intentions
of not wishing to remove any
more of the pine trees on the
property than was absolutely
necessary for the erection of the
plant. Actually, Mr. Donovan said
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ManyVolunteer
Hands Helped
Get Industry
Now that Southern Pines has
been successful, in obtaining a
n.Ww industry—one that will em
ploy approximately 100 people—
it might be a good time to at
tempt a count of the people who
took part in the efforts which
began more than a month ago.
It takes a lob of men contrib
uting a lot of man hours—mostly
free of chargis—to get an indus
try to locate in a particular
town, and Southern Pines was
no exception.
The local Industrial Develop
ment Committee, of which Nor
ris Hodgkins, Jr., is the chair
man, carried on the bulk of the
work with assistance from the
North Carolina Department of
Conservationu and Development,
Carolina Power & Light Com
pany, the Moore County Indus
trial Development Committee,
and the governing bodies of both
the town and the county.
To begin with, Hodgkins said
this morning, Richard T. Maun-
ey of C&D was ready to take the
'Trhnble Company officials all
over the state assisting them to
get located. They didn’t have far
to go after arriving in Southern
Pines. ’Then, William P. Saun
ders, C&D director who main
tains his home here, kept in close
contact with the negotiations.
On the home front Hodgkins
and his committee, which con
sists of Harry Fullenwider, D. A.
Blue, Jr., John Ostrom and
George H. Leonard, Jr., were as
sisted by Ward Hill of CP&L.
The work of that group was
augmented by R. M. Cushman,
the executive vice president of
Amerotron Corporation, and Ed
ward T. Taws, Jr., of Fletcher
Southern.
Officials of the Sandhills Lum
ber Company had to be called in
because they owi>ed the land
that Trimble officials indicated
they were interested in. The
principals of the company, Fred
L. Taylor and W. E. Black
have been commended by Hodg
kins and Robert Ewing, chair
man of the county group, for
their cooperation in making the
site available.
Water and sewer lines had to
be worked out and members of
the Southern Pines Town Coun
cil, along with Manager Louis
Scheipers, Jr., started work 014
that phase; since the county is
also participating in the project,
the commissioners had repre
sentation at many of the meet
ings that were conducted prior
to the final decision of 'Trimble
directors.
Representatives of utilities who
assisted'in their respective fields
were Charles Hazelhurst of the
Seaboard Airline Railroad, Les
Branson of CP&L, J. P. Crow
ley of the North Carolina Natur-
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Narrow Fabrics Institute Announces
Plans For Meeting Here April 26-29
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BASEBALL
The first day of practice
for the local high school's
baseball team will be Mon
day, according to Coach Irie
Leonard.
He said that all players
who wish to try for berths
on the squad should report
to him at 4 p.m. at Memorial
Field. Practice "will be on a
daily basis after that.'
A schedule that will call
for approximately 13 games
will be announced next "week.
Members of the Narrow Fab
rics Institute, Inc., which has
headquarters in New York City,
will hold a three-day meeting
here in April, the town’s Resort
and Advertising Committee said
this week.
The meeting, expected to
draw about 25 people from Buf
falo, Chicago, the New England
states as well as some Southern
states, will be held at the Mid
Pines Club April 26-29.
Joe Scott, who heads up the con
vention sub-committee of the Re
sort and Advertising Committee,
said at the meeting of the group
Monday morning that Edward
T. Taws of Philadelphia, presi
dent of Fletcher Works, parent
industry of Fletcher Southern of
Southern Pines, had been instru
mental in persuading the insti
tute to meet here.
He said also that a full pro
gram of entertainment, inclu
ding tours of various facilities in
the area for wives of the Insti
tute members, would be planned.
A tom of the new Fletcher
Southern plant will also be in
cluded.
'The Resort and Advertising
Committee has been quietly
working on prospective conven
tions for the area, according to
George Pottle, chairman. He said
that part of his committee’s ef
forts had been directed at secur
ing conventions and that the
Narrow Fabric Institute was the
first of “what we hope in the fu
ture will be many.”
The convention in April, he
said, would attract associate
members of the Institute, ven
dors of narrow fabric manufac
turers and others.
Fletcher Southern manufac
tures parts used in the machin
ery which produces narrow fab
rics.