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VOL. 39—NO. 16
EIGHTEEN PAGES
SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 1959/
EIGHTEEN PAGES
PRICE: 10 CENTS
Jugtown Pottery Incorporated
Under Management Of John Mare
Moore County’s famous pot
tery works, Jugtown, entered a
new phase of its existence this
week with the incorporation of
the noted craft-works—kiln, shop,
and buildings. Mrs. Juliana Bus-
bee, the former Owner, is presi
dent, with John Mare, as gener
al manager, and W. Lament
Brown, attorney, the other stock
holders.
Articles of incorporation, filed
Monday with the Secretary of
Peach Referendum
Slated For All
Sandhills Growers
Peach growers in seven coun
ties in North 'Carolina will con
duct a referendum May 16 to de
termine whether a one and one-
half cents assessment per com
mercial tree will be leviu. *or
promotion and sale of Sandhuls
peaches.
Counties taking ■ part are
Moore, Anson, Hoke, Lee, Mont
gomery, Richmond and Scotland.
The referendum, if successful,
will determine whether or not
the one and one-half cents as
sessment will be in effect for the
next three years. Two thirds of
the eligible growers voting must
vote favorably if the referendum
is to carry.
Two polling places have been
established in Moore County:
Johnson Hardware in West End,
and Martin’s Store in Eagle
Springs. The polls will be open
on the referendum day from 8
a. m. to 6 p. m. *
Letters Containing
Easter Seals Are
Mailed Last Week
Thousands of sheets of 1959
Easter Seals went into the rpails
last week, reminding Moore
County people that crippled
children are “yours too.” Quota
for the county is $3,000.
The mailing, greatest in the
campaign’s 26-year history, was
the first step in the month-long
appeal conducted by the Moore
County Society for Crippled
Children and Adults to raise
funds for continuing and ex
panding services to crippled
children and adults in this coun
ty. It will continue through Eas
ter Sunday, March 29.
Frank R. Gramelsbach, presi
dent of the Moore County Socie
ty, said that “every citizen in
Moore County will have an op
portunity to help provide, main
tain and expand the many serv-
.ices needed to rehabilitate the
physically handicapped.” Any
person who fails to receive seals
through the mail may have a
part in the work by contacting
the local chairman, or Mr. Gram
elsbach, at Aberdeen or Pine-
hurst.
Approximately 90 per cent of
the funds i«mains in the state
where raised to finance rehabili
tation services for the area’s
crippled. The remainder helps
support a national program of
direct service, education and
research.
Yellowjackets In
State Cage Playoff
The West Southern Pin.es Yel
lowjackets, declared Eastern
District basketball cham.pions
for the third consecutive year
following their victory over Al
bemarle Saturday night, meet
Landis in Greensboro tomorrow
(Friday) in tost round playoffs
for the state championship.
The ’Jackets, coafched by Mc
Kinley Armstrong, defeated Al
bemarle 68-55 in the Berkeley
High School gym. ■
In Greensboro, they play
Landis, runner-up to , Cherry-
ville in the Western District. If
they get by Landis, they meet
the winner of the CherryviUe-
Albemarle game, also scheduled
for Friday night.
The games are being played at
A&T College.
State, list the name of the new
company as “Jacques and Juliana
Busbee’s Jugtown, Inc.”
Announcement of the new or
ganization was made by Mr.
Mare, whose antique store here
ranks high among similar estab
lishments in the state.
Mr. Mare said that the papers
of incorporation bring to a close
a period of negotiation and ar
rangement. Plans for reviving
the art of pottery-making in all
the excellence of its old tradi
tion and of increasing production
at Jugtown will now be worked
out. No changes are contempla
ted, he said.
“It will be our aim,” said the
new company’s manager, “to pre
serve the distinctive character of
Jugtown and to perpetuate those
things that have made Jugtown
a unique and attractive industry
in Moore County for so many
years. With the continued coop
eration of Ben Owens and his
helper, Mr. Yow, we believe this
fine craft will continue to main
tain the high standards of beauty
and use for which it is famous.”
Announcement of the new stat
us of Jugtown- came apparently
as a surprise to a group of prom
inent North Carolinians who had
last December formed a commit
tee, entitled “Friends ofj Jug
town,” whose purpose appeared
to be much the same as that pro
fessed by the new company: to as
sist in the preservation and cqn-
tinuation of the Moore Couiuy
craft. The coipmittee included
among others: Professor Black-
well Robinson of Woman’s Col
lege, Phillips Russell of Chapel
Hill, Mrs. Isabelle Henderson of
Raleigh, Ben Williams, director
of the state art museum. Dr.
Clarence Crittenden of ^he De
partment of Archives and His
tory; and Miss Meade Seawell of
Carthage.
“Jugtown Pottery” was the
creation of Jacques and Juliana
Busbpe and has become famous
the nation over, with Eien Owens
of Robbins, expert potter, carry
ing out the ancient process ac
cording to the designs created
by the Busbees, many of them
following the lines of the early
Chinese artists. At one time the
Busbees had a shop in New
York and, since the very start
of the enterprise in northern
Moore County, the golden
brown, dull white, turquoise, or
smoky-green pottery—the latter
called “Frogskin”—^has attracted
the attention of art lovers and
collectors everywhere. Several
times, during recent years the
state of North Carolina has en
deavored to work out plans for
the future, in order to assure the
continuance of this valuable as
set, but nothing came of the ef-
:’orts.
Department Of
Defense Officer
Is Forum Speaker
Dr. Frank Brown Berry, an
Assistant Secretary of Defense,
will address the Pinehurst Forum
next Thursday, March 19, on the
topic of “What Happens to For
eign .Aid?”
Dr. Berry, who has held his
position since 1954, is a widely
travelled expert on foreign aid.
He has written many papers, al
so, on medical literature. His
work with the Department of
Defense has been in foreign aid,
particularly in the medical phase
of it.
A native of Dorchester, Mass.,
he holds a Bachelor’s and Med
ical degree from Harvard Uni
versity. He served in both World
Wars, with the Medical Corps
in the first and with the 9th
Evacuation Hospital in the sec
ond.
Dr. Berry has . also practiced
medicine in Providence, R. I., and
New York. He is serving with
the Defense Department on leave
from his position as professor of
clinical surgery at Columbia
University.
The Forum program begins at
8:45 p. m. in the Country Club
at Pinehurst. Preceding Dr. Ber
ry’s lecture a buffet supper will
be served at 7 o’clock for which
advance reservations are neces
sary.
Five Re-Appointed
To Town’s Parks,
Parkway Board
Planting -On New
Bypass Completed,
Council Informed
Five members were re-ap
pointed to the Town’s Parks and
Parkways Advisory Committee
by the Town Council Tuesday
night. Their terms were to have
expired April 9.
The five were Mrs. Voit Gil
more, Mrs. Felton Capel, Mrs.
Jam.es Boyd, Ed Schneider,’ and
Dr. Harrell Johnson.
The committee. Manager Louis
Scheipers told the Council, met
recently to inspect the work it
has accomplished during the past
year or so. They have been pri
marily interested in planting
and other beautification along
the new bypass.
Scheipers said it was the opin
ion of everyone connected with
the committee that a good job
had been done on the parkway
and elsewhere.
In another appointment the
Council named Vance Derby to
fill the unexpired term of Joe
Scott on the Town Resort and
Advertising Advisory Commit
tee. Mr. Scott recently moved to
a home outside the city limits
and is not eligible for further
service, but will continue on the
committee in an ex officio ca
pacity.
Council also recognized the
recent resignation of J. R. Bowen
as town tax collector and the
appointment of Francis F. “Bud”
Rainey, to the job. Mr. Bowen
returned to Eastern Carolina
College to continue his studies.
CAMELLIA SHOW
An exhibit of cemellias
grown by Harry Vale ■will be
shown in the library begin
ning Monday.
The camellias cure part of
the tremendous collection,
numbering some 45 varie
ties, that Mr, Vale grows
at his home on Young’s Road.
He recently won about
two dozen prizes at the cam
ellia show of Greensboro.
Informal Horse
Show At Atkins
Ring Set Sunday
Another in the series of infor-
m.al horse shows conducted
throughout the winter and
spring months in the Sandhills
will be held at the training ring
of Mr. and Mrs. Warner Atkins
on Young’s Road Sunday.
Scheduled to get underway at
1:30, the show will consist of
several classes: children’s horse
manship, beginners horseman
ship, intermediate B, and inter
mediate A.
Following those classes- will be
four for green hunters, two over
fences ane) two for hacks.
There will also bs a class for
working hunters and one hack
class for riders over 16.
Visitors, as usual, are welcome.
Annual Antiques
.Show Attracting
Many Esdiibitors
The second annual antiques
show and sale, sponsored by the
Moore County Historical Associ
ation, will be held at the Na
tional Guard Armory on Mor-
ganton Road, March 24-26, it has
been announced by Mrs. Ernest
Ives, general chairman.
Most of the dealers who were
here last year have indicated
they will return, Mrs. Ives said.
The show last year was consid
ered quite successful and netted
the Historical Association some
$800.
Mrs. Ives said the committee
this year would. consist of the
following;
Mrs. Livihgston Biddle, Pine
hurst; Mrs. Henry Page, Aber
deen; Mrs. E. M. Medlin, Aber
deen; Mrs. Arch McKsithen,
Cameron, Mrs Charles T. Grier
and Miss Frances McKeithen,
Carthage; Mrs. K. N. McColl,
Mrs. L. T. Avery, Mrs. Audrey
Kennedy, Mrs. Stanley Austin,
Miss Helen Butler, Mrs. R. B.
Hill, Mrs. W. F. Hollister, Mrs.
Norris Hodgkins, Jr., Mrs. Ed
Schneider, Mrs. Margaret Doug
las, Mrs. R. M. McMillan, and
Mrs. Thomas Darst, all of South
ern Pines. Mrs. Hodgkins is serv
ing as treasurer.
Mrs. Lawrence Johnson of
Aberdeen is in charge of reser
vations of booths, and Mrs.
Schneider is in charge of the
luncheon and tea booth. Mrs.
Johnson said that many new
dealers had requested space.
Mrs. Kennedy has appointed a
committee from the Southern
Pines Garden' Club to decorate
the inside entrance of the Arm
ory.
General Marshall
Now At Walter
Reed Hospital
Condilion Still
Said By Doctors
To Be Serious
Gen. George C. Marshall, still
considered seriously ill, was
transferred from Fort Bragg to
Washington yesterday and is
hospitalized at Walter Reed
Medical Center.
His transfer from Womack
Hospital at Fort Bragg wa§ to
permit him the use of the ex
tensive advantages of the “finest
of specialized medical care” at
the famous Ariny hospital.
Gen. Marshall, 78, suffered a
stroke at his winter home in
Pinehurst January 15. He had
another stroke February 17.
An announcement from Wal
ter Reed yesterday said that
Gen. Marshall’s transfer ' had
originally been scheduled for
February 20 but the second
stroke had prevented it. The an
nouncement also said:
“His condition upon arrival in
Washington was unchanged from
that upon his departure from
Fort Bragg. It continues to be
serious.”
Secretary of State John Foster
Dulles is another well known
patient of Walter Reed.
Filing Deadline For
Town Offices April 15
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INSIDE READING
Readers will find in this
issue of The Pilot two fea
ture stories, one about a ma
chine developed here to
make tree farming a faster,
cheaper and better oi>eration.
and another on rural fire de
partments in the county.
On the editorial page there
is, as usual, "Grains of Sand."
an old Indian legend about
Sandhills flowers, and a pro
vocative editorial on "tele
vision, violence and respon
sibility."
Three-Year-Old
Lost At Lakeview,
Found In 2 Hours
“I was just walking,” a thrce-
year-old girl from Lakeview had
as her only comment after being
found by part of a 200 member
search crew Tuesday evening.
Little Donna Hinesley, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Ted Hinss-
ley, was discovered missing
about 6:30. Her parents routed
out the grandparents, all the
neighbors, the Vass Fire Depart
ment, sheriff’s department, and
anyone else that was handy to
join in the search.
Donna had been out playing
with her four-year-old aunt
Janet Ourtis, when dinner time
arrived. Jalhet ran home but
Donna didn’t.
Her parents have a garage
apartment at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. W. M. Curtis, Janet’s
and Mrs. Hinesley’s parents. The
Curtises and the Hinesleys live
about a half mile from Crystal
Lake and it was at first feared
that Donna might have strayed
in that direction.
Raymond Pope, who lives in
the neighborhood, found her
about 8:40 p. m., curled up in
the grass beside a fence.
She was sound asleep.
D. E. BAILEY
Former Justice Of
Peace Files For
Recorder’s Post
D. E. Bailey, a member of the
Town Council, has announced
his intentions of not running for
re-election to that body, but has
paid his filing fee as a candidate
for Judge of the Southern Pines
Recorder’s Court subject to the
municipal election May 5.
Mr. Bailey, who served for 24
years here as a Justice of the
Peace, is completing his first
term on the Council. '
He told the Pilot that dozens
of friends had urged him to run
for the job, now held by R. F.
Hoke Pollock on an appointive
basis.
Mr. Bailey was employed for
some 40 years by the Seaboard
Airline Railroad and served as
justice of the peace for many of
those years. He retired in 1955 as
station agent here.
He is the first candidate to file
for any office in the elections
here.
Seven Offices
At Stake In
May 5 Election
Filing deadline for town offices
—the seven that will be open
this year—is April 15, according
to a ruling laid down by the
Town Council Tuesday night.
One candidate, D. E. Bailey,
has already paid a $5 fee for his
candidacy for Judge of the Re
corder’s Court.
All offices, the five for Town
Council, and the two in. the court.
Judge and Solicitor, require a
$5 fee.
The Council also upped the pay
for the latter two from $1,800 per
year to $2,400 per year at its
Tuesday meeting.
Date of the election is May 5.
If more than ten people file for
the Council, or more than two
for each of the court offices, there
will be a primary April 27.
Registration books open April
18 and remain open until April
25 except for the Sunday that lies *
in between. On Saturday, the
books are open from 9 a.m. to 9
p.m. Registration books are at
the Fire Station on E. New Hamp
shire Avenue.
Election officials appointed
Tuesday are Mrs. Grace Kaylor,
registrar, and Joe Garzik and
Mrs. Gertrude Stevenson, judges.
Under legislation which passed
the House yesterday, the Judge
and Solicitor of the Court may
reside within the territorial jur
isdiction of the court.
Heretofore, both officials were
required to be residents of the
town, as were vice recorder,
clerk, assistant clerks, and deputy
clerks of the court.
The new legislation, if it passes
the Senate where it is now being
considered, will mean that any
person hving within five miles
of Southern Pines, but not includ
ing another town, will be eligible
for the jobs.
NEWSPAPER PEOPLE from most of the
slate papers, as well as various publicity bu
reaus, were guests of the Stoneybrook Steeple
chase Committee at a luncheon here Sunday, x
The reporters, a portion of whom are pictured
above, had a fried chicken dinner at Mile-Away
Farm and then toured the area looking over
horse facilities. They also went to the horse
show at Lakelawn Farms. In the above picture,
from left, the reporters are Captain A. Bow
man, public information officer of the 82nd
Airborne Division at Fort Bragg; Lee Winters,
woman’s editor of the Charlotte Observer;
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Noel Yancey, Associated Press Bureau in Ra
leigh; Miriam Rabb, State News Bureau; and
Donald D. Kennedy, general chairman of the
steeplechase committee. Back row. Betty El
liott, woman’s editor of the Raleigh Times;
Ernie Greup, program manager of WTVD,
Durham; Lynn Nisbett, Association of Afternoon
Daily Newspapers, Raleigh; Phil EUis, news
director of WPTF, Raleigh; Marjorie Hunter,
Winston-Salem Journal-Sentinel; Clink Cook
and Frank Beatty, both of the Raleigh bureau
of the United Press-International.
LAYS DOWN ULTIMATUM TO TOWN
Natural Gas Company Official Says
CP&L Conducting “Fear” Campaign
Southern Pines will get natural
gas only if it refuses to go along
with an ordinance proposed to
the Town Council Tuesday night,
according to an official of the
North Carolina Natural Gas Com
pany.
The proposed ordinance, pre
sented to the Council by Ward
Hill, local manager for the Caro
lina Power & Light Company,
Southern Pines were not built.
A Trimble spokesman said sev
eral weeks ago that gas was a
necessity to his company’s opera
tion.)
Mr. Bohanen said that it was
the duties of utilities to work to
gether, “not get punitive ord
inances against each other pass
ed.”
He said that the new ord-
was described by John Bohanen inance, which would require gas
of Fayetteville, a director in the
natural gas company, as part of
a “fear campaign” being genera
ted by CP&L. He also said that
his company had raised money
on the basis of a franchise agree
ment with the town some two
years ago and that to pass a “pro
hibiting” ordinance at this time
“would preclude any possibility
of our coming here.”
Council refused to adopt the
ordinance but only after listening
to Mr. Bohanen and Mr. Hill for
some two hours, mostly Mr.
Bohanen.
Mr. Hill, one of this town’s
most popular men, introduced
the regulation which he said had
been worked out in conferences
between a CP&L legal representa
tive and W. Lament Brown, town
attorney. He said it was designed
to protect the town, particularly
in the matter of beautification,
in all phase of utilities construc
tion and operation.
“We at CP&L would be equal
ly affected.” he said.
But Mr. Bohanen didn’t feel
that way. He told Mr. Hill and
the Council that his company
just couldn’t live with the ord
inance arid that to pass it would
mean just one thing: “we would
stop at the town limits. Southern
Pines would be without natural
gas.”
(The company is now installing
lines in Aberdeen and expects
to be here this spring or, at lat
est, this summer. At least one
customer, the new Trimble Com
pany plant to be built just on
the outskirts of town, would be
vitally affected if , gas lines to
lines, for instance, to be placed
at least 18 inches from existing
utility lines, including telephone,
power, water and sewer lines,
was “too much for us to stomach.”
He added that under the fran
chise agreement and understand
ings with town officials, his com
pany already had a plan to work
by which would insure agree
ments about installing lines
“without any trouble at aU.”
He accused a CP&L lawyer,
whom he did not identify, as
“sitting in a Raleigh office, all
(Continued on page 8)
League Of Women
Voters To Plan
Program For Year
The local chapter of the League
of Women Voters will meet at the
home of Mrs. John E. Elmendorf
on Midland Road Tuesday morn
ing.
Mrs. E. O. Brogden wiU con
duct the program which deals
with current developments in the
North Carolina Legislature. The
meeting begins at 10 o’clock.
At the meeting members will
be asked to consider several pro
grams for next year. Among them
are a budget, change of tirfie for
meetings, and the local study
topics.
For the local study topic it is
proposed that Southern Pines
schools be discussed with empha
sis on finance, curriculum and
consolidation.
Officers will also be elected.