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SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 5 1959
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Council To Name
Election Officers
At Next Meeting
Books For New
Registration
Open One Week
Judges and registrars for the
coming municipal election will be
appointed by the Town Coundl
at its regular meeting Tuesday
night.
The election will be held May
5. Voters will choose five Town
Councilmen and a Judge and
Prosecuting Attorney of the mu
nicipal court. The court officials
have been serving on an appoint
ed basis since the court was es
tablished January 1.
If more than 10 people file for
the available five Council seats
there will be a primary April 27,
and the ten receiving the largest
number of votes will run in the
regular election.
If more than two candidates
file for the positions of Judge and
Prosecuting Attorney, there will
also be a primary election for
those seats.
Under the current laws setting
i^p the local court both the Judge
and the Prosecuting Attorney
must reside within the corporate
limits of the town. New legisla
tion which will soon be introduc
ed in the General Assembly by
Rep. H. Clifton Blue, however,
would remove that requirement:
either 'officer could come from
within the territorial jurisdiction
of the court which extends five
miles from the corporate limits,
but does not extend into the
corporate limits of another town.
Registration books will be open
from April 18 to April 25 every
day except Sunday, April 19,
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. On the two
Saturdays in the registration
period, the books, located in the
fire house on E. New Hampshire
Avenue, will be open from 9 a.m.
to 9 p.m.
Council has given no i indica
tion as to whom it will appoint
to the position of registrar and
judges. The registrar receives $15
per day, the judges $10, for each
day they work.
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STONEYBROOK STEEPLECHASE race
meet this year will again feature the chileiren’s
class. Above, the participants in last year’s race
are cheered on by “railbirds” at the finish line.
The steeplechase will be held at Mickey Walsh’s
Stoneybrook Stables March 21. (Humphrey
photo)
State News Reporters To Visit Area
This Weekend As Steeplechase Guests
Robbins Senior
Wins Morehead
Scholarship
Willis H. Williams of Robbins,
a senior in Elise High School, be
came Moore County’s first More-
head Scholarship winner last
weekend when he and 46 other
students in the state qualified
for the coveted $5,000 awards.
Williams is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Howard T. Williams of Rob
bins. He is president of the senior
class at his school and editor of
the yearbook.
He is also active in the Beta
club, science club, chorus, school
band and, on the side, leads a
dance band. He is a photographer
of note and ranks as one Of the
county’s top Boy Scouts.
The scholarship made possible
by John Motley Morehead, an
alumnus of the University of
North Carolina, covers all ex
penses at the university for four
years. It carries an annual stip
end of $1,250 which pays for all
tuition, fees and li^ung expenses,
and provides some extra spend
ing money.
Williams was selected from
District III of the state, which
was divided for purposes of the
selections. The scholarship, inci
dentally, was not awarded be
cause of need but rather on the
basis of distinguished scholastic
work and qualities of leadership.
Since 1951 two hundred and
twenty six such UNC scholar
ships have been awarded by Mr.
Morehead. They represent more
than a million dollars spent from
the Morehead Foundation’s en
dowment of unannounced mil
lions. Mr. Morehead plans to
build up the program so that
eventually 100 scholars will be
chosen each year.
Henry Graves of Southern
Pines serves as county chairman
for Morehead Scholarship screen
ings. He has been in the position
since the program tvas started
eight years ago.
A large group of newspaper
reporters and other publicists
will visit the Sandhills this
weekend as a preliminary to the
annual Stoneybrook Steeple
chase, scheduled for March 21.
The visitors will tour the va
rious horse facilities in the area,
enjoy a barbecue luncheon, and
witness a miniature version of
the steeplechase. Plans for the
tour were made by. Donald D.
Kennedy, chairman of the gener
al committee, and Mrs. George
Leonard and Page Shamburger,
Local Troops To
Mark Birthday
Of Girl Scouts
The local observance of Na
tional Girl Scout week, which
begins Sunday, will be high
lighted with the appearance of
Girl Scout troops in church Sun
day morning and a giant birth
day party next Wednesday, ac
cording to Mrs. E. J. Austin, one
of the Girl Scout officials here.
Troops attending the churches
Sunday, and their leaders, are as
follows:
First Baptist, Troop 109, Mrs.
Joe Woodall, leader; Southern
Pines Methodist Troop 82, Mrs.
W. T. Huntley, leader; Church of
Wide. Fellowship, Troop 66, Mrs.
James H. Ratliff, Jr., leader; Em
manuel Episcopal, Troop 78, Mrs.
Peter Spencer, leader; Brown-
son Memorial, Troop 129, Mrs.
John McPhaul, leader, and
Troop 48, Mrs. Robert Ewing,
leader; and St. Anthony’s, Troop
117, Mrs. David Drexel, leader,
and Troop 118, Mrs. R. J. Dough
erty, leader.
A combined meeting of all'
troops in town will be held at
Southern Pines Country Club
Wednesday at 3:30 and a party
celebrating the birthday of the
organization will be held. Each
troop will participate in special
skits.
Window displays in downtown
stores are also planned.
' members of the publicity com
mittee. W. O. Moss of Mile-Away
Farms and others are helping
with the tour.
Committees for the race meet,
which will be held at 3 p. m., are
now making final preparations
for the one-day affair, which ap
pears to be the largest ever held.
Heading the executive com
mittee is Charles W. Stitzer, Jr.,
assisted by Michael G. Walsh,
Mrs. Audrey Kennedy, Donald
D. Kennedy, Nelson C. Hyde,
and James W. Tufts.
Carlyle Cameron is the gener
al manager.
On the general committee
Donald D. Kennedy is the chair
man and working with him are
Mr. and Mrs. Edward D. An
drews, Mr. and Mrs. Warner L.
Atkins, Octave Blafcs, Mr. and
Mrs. William J. Brewster, Mr.
and Mrs. Magruder Dent, Mr.
and Mrs. William Frantz, Sr.,
Mr. and Mrs. William Frantz,
Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Voit Gilmore,
Mr. and Mrs. Norris Hodgkins,
Jr., Mr. and Mrs. George Leon
ard, Jr., Mrs. Fred McBride, Mr.
and Mrs. Q. A. Shaw McKean,
Mrs. C. Louis Meyer, Mr. and
Mrs. Ozelle Moss, Mr. and Mrs.
Civil Court Term
Slated Next Week
A regular one' week term of
Moore Superior Court for civil
actions begins in Carthage Mon
day with Judge Walter E. John
ston, Jr., on the bench.
Judge Johnston, who is from
Winston Salem, presided at a re
cent criminal term in the county.
Moore Recorder’s court wiU be
held Saturday instead of the reg
ular Monday term.
The docket is extremely large
with dozens of old cases sched
uled to be heard. Thirty-seven
old cases are calendared for Mon
day’s clearing-off action left over
from the January term when
some 65 were non-suited.
Dozen Roads Are
Listed In County
For Improvements
/ The State Highway Commis-
slion has approved and set up
funds for retreating a dozen
roads in the county.
This work involves resurfac
ing two miles in sections on the
Red Branch Church Road, from
Carthage northeast to Governor
Williams’ Tomb Road; (sand
seal) 4.3 miles of road from Red
Branch Church Road, northeast
Curriculum Study
At Local Schools
Is Now Underway
150 Parents And
Teachers Attend
Opening Meeting
Citizen participation in a study
of the Southern Pines schools’
curriculum begah Monday night
with a meeting attended by about
150 persons, in W^e'aver Auditor
ium.
The session was the first of a
series expected to continue for
several months. Meetings will be
held on the first Monday night
of each month, at 8 p.m., in the
auditorium.
While the group at Monday’s
gathering had been invited be
cause of their known interest in
the schools, future meetings will
be open to the public.
Dr. A. C. Dawson, superinten
dent of schools, who presided,
said that he was greatly pleased
with the response to the curricu
lum study proposal, as shown by
the numbers attending and by
the interest expressed.
A State Board of Education
booklet, “A Guide to Curriculum
Study,” was distributed. This
booklet was prepared under the
state-wide curriculum study pro
gram made possible by a $50,000
gift from the Richardson Founda
tion of Greensboro. Findings of
the study all over the state will
be compiled and correlated by the
State Board of Education.
The four main study topics
listed in the booklet are: What is
the role of the public schools?
What kind of curriculum do we
now have? What curriculum im
provements do we need? How
can we get what \/e need?
While questions ranged over
all of these topics Monday night,
discussion was primarily on the
first topic, with High School
Principal Irie Leonard tracing
the history of public education
Town Rebuffed In Bid
For More ABC Profits
County Board
Abolishment Of
Fees In Criminal
Ca^es Is Sought
to Governor Williams’ Tomb 'in the United States and North
Road; one mile of Morganton
Road from US 15-501 east to
Southern Pines Armory; 2.1
miles of Morganton Road, from
15-501 west to NC 211 in Pine-
hurst; 2.4 miles of road from, NC
73“ in Jackson Springs, south to
Richmond County; two miles
from Jackson Springs, west to
Richmond County; 2.8 miles from
Old NC 211, south to end of
pavement; 1.5 miles from NC 27,
south toward Candor to Mont
gomery County; 1.9 miles from
NC 27 northeast via Flint Hill
Church to Old Plank Road; (drag
seal) four miles of McNeill Road
from NC 705 southwest towards
Steeds to Montgomery County;
John C. Ostrom, Mr. and Mrs. J. of road from NC 211,
northeast to Carthage—West
Tyler Overton, Miss Gay Tate,
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd P. Tate, Mr.
and Mrs. Richard D. Webb, Mr.
and Mrs. Dwight Winkelman.
Miss Page Shamburger is serv
ing as the chairman of publicity
assisted by Mrs. George Leonard,
Jr., Vance Derby, and Jack
Younts.
The hospitality committee is
headed by Mrs. Dwight Winkel
man and Mrs. John C. Ostrom
acting as co-chairmen. They are
selecting their committee.
Baseball Practice
Gets Started: 13
Games Scheduled
Baseball practice at the local
high school got underway Mon
day aftem.oon with 20 prospect
ive players reporting to Coafch
Irie Leonard at Memorial Field.
The Blue Knights will play a
13-game schedule opening Fri
day, March 20, against West
End. The final seven games on
the schedule will be played un
der the lights, Leonard said,
since warm weather will be
prevalent at that time.
Reporting Monday were
Bobby Watkins, a catcher on last
year’s squad who will probably
get both pitching, and catching
assignments this year; Dickie
Mclnnis and Melva Hall, pitch
ers; Ted Ward, first baseman;
Jesse Williford, outfield; Robert
Woodruff, second base; Jimmy
Carter, shortstop; Bill Seymour,
Jack McDonald, Kenny Reid and
Dennis Morgan, outfielders; Joe
Garzik, catcher; _ and Topper
Parks, infield. All were members
(Continued on page 8)
End Road; and 0.4 mile of Mor
ganton Road from Southern
Pines Armory, east to southwest
Broad Street.
It is anticipated that work on
these roads will be completed on
or before July 1, 1959 at a com
bined estimated cost of $28,500.
Once funds have been approv
ed for similar projects, the
money is encumbered until such
time as the work is completed.
Carolina, and W. A. Leonard,
high school faculty member, ex
plaining the legal and economic
factors in operation of the North
(Continued on page 5)
Kiwanians Sponsor
Fund To Send
Scout To Jamboree
The Sandhills Kiwanis Club
voted at its regular meeting yes
terday to sponsor a $1,500 fund
to send one Boy Scout from this
county to the 10th annual Inter
national World Jamboree in the
Philippine Islands July 17-26.
The trip will cost $1,500 and
several contributions have al
ready been made.
David Drexel, vice chairman
of the Moore District, said the
Scout selected for the trip would
be required to pass a rigid test
which determines his scouting
ability.
Several other requirements
must be met, he added, inclur
ding an age limit of “at least 14
but not 18 before July 17 of this
year.”
The Scout also must be at
least of First Class rank and be
in good physical condition, have
been a Scout for at least one
year, and possess camping and
cooking merit badges.
He said that troop leaders and
(Continued on Page 8)
SYMPHONY
"Best programs, best aud
iences!" such was the unan
imous verdict on the three
symphony concerts given un
der the auspices of the Sand
hills Music Association the
past week.
All three had excellent at
tendance, with Weaver Aud
itorium well-RUed and the
two children's concerts with
every seat taken. Especially
encouraging was the atten
dance and response of Moore
County's school children: all
but one county school was
represented at the Aberdeen
concert while the one held
at the West Southern Pines
gymnasium included aU six
Negro schools.
At the close of both chil
dren's concerts. Orchestra
Director Benjamin F. Swalin
paid special tribute to the
singing and attention of the
students.
"You have been fine aud
iences," he said. "I congrat
ulate you and especially, I
congratulate your teacher^
and Miss Mary Logan, of the
Southern Pines School, who
has supervised the prepara
tory work. The way you
sang, and your thorough
knowledge of the words and
music shows the good work
they have done."
The Moore County sheriff’s of
fice petitioned the Board of
Commissioners Monday to do
away with the fee system in
criminal cases and thus dispel
what a spokesm.an described as
“frequent criticism of the de
partment.”
Sheriff W. B. Kelly and Dep
uty Hernaan Grimm appeared
before the regular monthly
meeting of the commissioners
With their request, considered
unusual by some spectators. It
has been a time-honored prac
tice for county law officials, and
some others, to operate on a par
tial fee system.
But Deputy Grimm, carefully
explaining, his proposals, said
that to do away with the collec
tion of fees in criminal cases
w’ould erase the idea many peo
ple have that arrests are made
in some instances “simply for
the fees that go along with
them.”
He suggested as an alternate
to the collection of the fees that
commissioners take an average
of the amount collected over the
past few months and add the
amount to the salaries paid dep
uties.
“It casts a terrible shadow on
officers,” he said, “when they
make an arrest and then are ac
cused of doing so only because
they receive a fee. Why such a
feeling persists I don’t know,” he
continued, “but it does and we’d
like to do something about it.”
Fees for serving civil papers
w'ould not be affected under the
new proposals.
The commissioners took the
proposal under consideration.
Program On Old
Salem To Be Given
At Pinehurst Club
Cites Need For
Funds In Schools
The town of Southern Pines,
seeking a hefty increase in its
share of the profits of the ABC
store operation here, has been
turned down by the Moore Coun
ty Board of Com.missioners.
In a letter dated February 26
the commissioners informed
Mayor Walter E. Blue that to in
crease the Southern Pines share
of profits from 10 to 50 per cent,
as had been requested, would
either result in an increase in
property taxes that could be
come “unduly burdensome” or
that “education in this county
would suffer immeasurably.”
The Town Council made its
bid for the increase last month,
citing at the time that additional
funds were needed for the rising
cost of police protection and
sanitary services. Location of
the store here helped push those
costs up, the petition continued.,
L. R. Reynolds, chairman of
the County Board, said that the
vote to refuse the request was
made Wednesday of last week
while the board was talking over
other matters. He said it was
unanimous.
In his letter to Mayor Blue,
Mr. Reynolds wrrote:
“The ABC stores, as you are
aware, were authorized original
ly in this county with the idea
that the profits would be utiliz
ed to build school houses and
support education in the coun
ty. We have come a long way
in building and paying for school
houses and school facilities in
every section of the county with
the profits from these stores.
“There remains a great deal
to be done for education in the
county and all the profits from
these stores are reasonably re
quired for this purpos.2.
Without the profits from
these stores, the property taxes
would necessarily be increased
• to the point that taxes would be-
Icome unduly burdensom.e ^r ed
ucation in the county would suf-
The history of Old Salem and fer immeasurably.”
the story of its restoration will
be presented at the Pinehurst
Country Club next Thursday,
March 12, at 8:45 p. m.
Old Salem, Inc., officials Rob-'
ert R. Garvey, Jr., executive di
rector, and Frank F. Willingham,
president, will present the pro
gram uSing color slides.
Mr. Willingham will give the
history of the village and its sub
sequent development as a main
center of culture and industry on
the North Carolina frontier.
Mr. Garvey will tell of the res
toration plans and progress as
undertaken and accomplished by
a group of Winston-Salem citi
zens.
Salem, founded in 1766 by the
Moravian Church, was one of
the few planned communities of
colonial America. The restora
tion began in 1950 with the or-‘
ganization of Old ‘Salem Inc., a
non-profit group in charge of
restoration. And since 1953 three
exhibitipn buildings have been
opened to the public with work
on a fourth now in progress.
Preceding the lecture program,
the Country Club will serve its
weekly buffet supper at seven
o’clock. Advance reservations
for tables are necessary.
WOULD PROVIDE TWO SCHOLARSHIPS
Nurse Scholarship Drive Receives
$1,600; $400 More Is Being Sought
Contributions to the nurse
scholarship program of the Sand
hills "Veterans Association have
reached the highest point ever
recorded, a report earlier this
week indicated.
Slightly more than $1,600,
more than enough to provide a
three year schol2irship for one
girl from this county to study at
High Point Memorial Hospital,
has been contributed.
"Vance Derby of Southern Pines,
organization president, said that
if enough contributions are made
in the next few weeks a second
scholarship will be awarded.
Each is valued at $1,000.
Nurses who train under the
program (there are three now in
training and a dozen graduates)
return to Moore County to prac
tice for a minimum of one year.
Most have stayed much longer.
Those who have not made con
tributions but plan to do so have
been urged by "Voit Gilmore, drive
chairman, to send their checks
or cash as soon as possible to
P. O. Box 894, Southern Pines.
“To those who have contribut
ed,” he said, “we offer our grate
ful appreciation and remind them
that their donations will be used
for the betterment of the county
in a most important way.”
The chairman added that it
was the board’s feeling that the
best interests of the county
would be served “by continuing
to distribute the profits of this
store for educational purposes as
heretofore.”
Southern Pines received al
most $11,000 from the operation
of the local store last year. It
does not share in profits from
the one in Pinehurst. For the
year ending June $0, 1957, the
local shares, based on 10 per
cent of the net profits, was $12,-
477.
To date this year, a total of
$7,179 has been turned over to
the town, with one payment still
to go. Town manager Louis
Scheipers, Jr., said that, based
on past experiences, the town
would probably not receive more
than a total of $10,000 this year.
Total ABC sales in Moore
county for the year ending
March 31, 1958 were, according
to the ABC report, $1,529,853. Of
that amount more than 50 per
cent went for State and Federal
taxes.
The county budgets in the
neighborhood of $185,000 an
nually from ABC profits, with
the bulk of it going into build
ing. new schools. Since the sys
tem was started here in 1937, the
county has received (through
March, 1958) $2,723,500 in profits.
Southern Pines’ share of 10
per cent of the profits of the lo
cal store was started several
years ago; prior to that the town
received only a few himdred
dollars yearly and that was for
law enforcement.
TB Association To
Meet Next Tuesday
Lawrence Johnson of Aber
deen, president of the Moore
County Tuberculosis Association,
has announced an important
meeting of the organization will
be held at the Health Center in
Carthage next Tuesday after
noon at 4 o’clock.