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Page EIGHT THE PILOT—Southern Pines, North Carolina THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 1959 - w M-gWWWWWWWA-. ■ liiiia^l ^SSw2£2-xi:i<»:4 CLEARING LAND AND PLANTING tree seedlings in a single operation is the unique ability of this machine, developed by John Goldsmith of Southern Pines. Successfully tested over the period of several months on hundreds of acres of land, the machine makes tree planting faster, better and cheaper. A hydrauhc action that allows it to go over rough and bumpy land without spill ing the workers, and at the same time maintaining an even furrow, is the prin cipal reason that Goldsmith believes the machine, for which he has applied for a patent, will meet with great favor among tree planters. CLEARS. PLANTS AT SAME TIME Machine Developed Here Could Make Tree Planting Much More Profitable “Build a better moustrap,” the old saying goes, “and the world will beat a path to your door.” Southern Pines could become that “door” to tree farmers the world over if a machine devel oped by John Goldsmith, who operates a local construction and forestry service business, catches on. Mr. Goldsmith is manager of Weymouth Estate, one of the tfirst “tree farirs” in Moore County, and lives in the old Shaw farm house on th James Boyd property. Using what he calls “old fashioned” horse sense coupled with some knowledge of heavy equipment he has built a machine that dees a dual job: it clears land and plants trees in a single operation. And, tests over the winter months indicate, the machine does the job quite successfully. Old and New Methods Heretofore, tree farmers had to rely on the old msthod of first clearing land—an expensive proposition at best—and then go ing back some months later to plant it. The planting operation frequently became as expensive as the task of clearing. What Goldsmith has done, simply, is to combine a two disc fire plow with a mechanical tree planter, both of which are used extensively in this area. Given a piece of land with light or medium growth of scrub oak or brush, he can clear and plant up to eight acres in a single day. What’s more, his method is fast er, cheaper, and involves con siderably less labor than the old method. Successful Demonstrations He has demonstrated the, ma chine to state forestry experts and it has received the approval of the State Forestry Commis sion. That’s important. It has also been approved for the ACP (Approved Crop Practices) pro gram of the Federal government for both clearing, or site prepar ation, and planting. What happened, be was asked in an interview this week, when the old method was used? “Tree farmers,” he said, “had to use a heavy disc or fire plow to clear the land and then it fre quently had to be hand planted. The number of men involved de pended to a large extent on the type of land being planted. If it was rolling and had a fairly heavy stand of brush or scrub oak, maybe seven or eight men were' required, ^metimes, of course, it was less, but in com mercial ventures where speed is of essence, the larger the num ber of workers available, the quicker the trees were in the ground. “The machine I’ve developed requires the efforts of three men at the most, and frequently only two. One drives and one plants. The third man is walking behind tba machine, straightening up the few plants that are placed crooked whenever the plant er hits a stump or something. “We can clear and plant from three quarters to a full acre per hour under ideal circumstances. That’s nearly eight acres in a working day.” More Advantages The acre-a-day planting has this advantage over what Gold smith and others who have seen the machine in operation call the “old” way: previously, when land was disced, the planter had to wait as much as three months for the land to settle. Otherwise, loose soil would cause air pock ets and a fairly high proportion of the plants would die from re sulting rot. His machine, on the contrary, plows a 48-inch furrow, tossing aside brush at the same time, and also prepares a two-inch wide space for the plants. Wheels set in a slanted position close up the ground, packing it tight, whenever the plant is set. The soil, incidentally, is left free of stumps and brush and leaves the planter with more room in which to operate. Another advantage: when hand planting, it required the efforts of one man for an entire day to plant one acre. Still another advantage. Gold smith thinks, is the matter of sprouts and grass. When discing, he maintains, the sprouts and grass are left in the field, fre quently still growing, and they constituted a fire hazard the first growing s-sason. Under his meth od; which leaves a four-foot trough for the trees to grow in, the fire hazard is avoided from three to four years. Patent Applied For The machine, which still doesn’t have a name but for which Goldsmith has applied for a patent, can be transported easily and can be used to ad vantage in both large and small tracts. Naturally, he says, the bigger the tract the longer the rows and, consequently, the faster a job can be compLeted. He built the machine in the fall and after several trial and error attempts, he saw it work to perfection before a number of forestry organizations. All, he reported, were enthusiastic. In the Sandhills, where the undesirable growth generally is light to medium and consists pri marily of scrub oak, the machine seems to be well adapted for its purpose. Goldsmith claims it will work anywhere and, if operated properly, will make tree farming a cheaper operation. Tbs mouse trap, he feels, has arrived. Nancy Sweet-Escott To Train Racers Of Miss Eleonora Sears Cub Scouts Hold Annual Banquet, Receive Awards The annual Blue and Gold ban quet of Pack 73 was held at Brownson Memorial Church in the Fellowship HaU several days ago celebrating cub scouting’s 13th birthday and the pack’s 11th birthday. Some 130 people attended the banquet and 1)rogram which fol lowed. Tables were decorated by the Cubs using place cards and miniature floats on the “Mardi Gras” theme. Year pins were awarded to Cub Scouts and Den 5 won the attendance cup. Cub Scout Mit Younts was awarded the efficieny flag for being chosen “Cub of the Month.” Den mothers were also present ed with pins in appreciation for their work during the past year.' Other awards presented includ ed the following: Robcat badges—^Mit Younts, David Howard, Darrell Howard, Jock Pottle, and Peter Pottle. Wolf badge—Pat DeBerry, Wal ter Harper, Jr., Mike Avery, Steve Saulnier, Mit Younts, Graves Van III and George Chappell. Bear badges—^Randy Boroughs, Tommy Perry and Joseph Rowe. Lion badges—Charles Phillips. Webelos badges— Briggie Mor gan, Walter Morgan smd Dean Morgan. Arrowpoints were awarded to the following: Mit Younts, Graves Vann III, George Chappell, Mike Warlick, Albert Hurst, Melvin Johnson, and Walter Morgan. Dr. R. B. Warlick is Cub Master. Grain storage facilities in North Carolina increased from 7.5 to 17.8 million bushels fronY 1950 to 1958 . Newly appointed to the position of trainer for Miss Eleonora R. Sears, of Boston, is Mrs. Nancy Sweet-Escott, now in charge of the Sears horses quartered in the Collins stable on Young’s Road. The appointment^ came to Mrs. Sweet-Escott this past week and includes not only the string of race-horses, small in number but mighty big in potential, which she is at present training here, but the stable at Miss Sears’ estate. Bur ling Farm, at Middleburg, Vir ginia. Here the famous stallions: Tudocka, Georgian, Sultan Mah moud, and Tarjuman are stand ing and numerous brood mares hnd youngsters are quartered, in cluding Ivory Temple, outstand ing flat race filly. Mrs. Sweet-Escott first came over from England in 1953. Previous to that time she had been prominent in the racing world of her Qwn country and is one of three women who have acted as trainers in England, though women are debarred from actually holding a license. She received her license in the United States in 1955. She sub sequently trained for F. Amrose Clark, and various other racing stables. She has had her own public stable here, previous to this winter, and the horse. Troublemaker 11, of which she is half owner with John C. Daw son, was the winner of last year’s Stoneybrook Steeplechase. Among the top racers that Mrs. Sweet-Escott will work and who top Miss Sears’ racing string as prospects for the coming season is: Flashy Mike. The dark bay horse with the beautiful head is by Miche, winner over the great Citation, and out of Flairette, daughter of Gallant Fox. Flashy Mike is looked on as probably the Sears Stable’s greatest steep lechasing hope. Flashy Mike was bought by Miss Sears from Mrs. Fred McBride. Apart from this horse and another, Mizban, all the Miss Sears horses were bred on the Virginia farm. Only the race horses and one potential show horse. Rocky, winner of the ladies hunter class in last year’s Dublin Show, are at the Young’s Road Stable, un der the new trainer’s care. Hunt ers and show horses fill the stalls of the Paddock stable below the low white house where Miss Sears makes her home during the winter months when she is here. Southern Pines Recorder’s Court The following cases were tried in the Southern Pines Recorder’s Court yesterday with Judge R. F. Hoke Pollock presiding and E. O. Brogden prosecuting the docket: Lafayette D. Long, Pope Air Force Base, no valid operator’s license, one month on roads, sus pended on payment of $50 and costs. Dan Mason, Southern Pines, larceny, nol pros with leave. Raymond Wells, Fort Bragg, driving drunk, one month on roads, suspended on payment of $100 and costs. Elvin Pope Haines City, Fla., speeding, $7 and costs. Norman W. Angel, Sanford, speeding 70, $15 and costs. Henry Harrington, Southern Pines, assault with a deadly weapon, six months on the roads, suspended on line of $25 and costs. William J. Alger, Southern Pines, assault, one month on the roads, suspended on payment of $10 and costs. Norman Caddell, Jr., South ern Pines, assault, one month on the roads, suspended on payment of $10 and costs. * Elvie Ola Newkirk, Southern Pines, assault, $1 and costs. Johnny Leach, Warrenton, Va., speeding, $12 and costs. James W. Woods, Aberdeen, violation of prohibition laws, im proper equipment, no valid oper ator’s license, guilty only on im proper equipment (mufflers) charge, six months on roads, sus pended on payment of $25 and costs. Herbert Seagroves, Aberdeen, violation of prohibition laws, not guilty. Jesse McCrimmon, Aberdeen, violation of proRibition laws, six months on roads, suspended on payment of $25 and costs. Claude Blackmon, Route 1, Carthage, following too closely causing accident, one month on roads or $25 and costs. Walter Bodine, Retired Telephone Employee, Dies Walter P. Bodine, 80, retired employee of the Bell Telephone Company, died last Friday at Moore Memorial Hospital. Mr. Bodine Was born at Dun- el’on, N. J., and was associated with the New York Bell Tele phone Company until his retire ment in 1943. He m.oved to Southern Pines from CranforeJ, N. J., in 1951. Surviving are his wife; one daughter, Mrs. Raymond Depuy of Portuguese Bend, Calif.; one son. Major W. B. Bodine of Southern Pines; and two grand children. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at Powell’s Funeral Chapel, conducted by Dr. C. K. Ligon. Burial was at Mount Hope Cemetery. McCain Girl Is Killed In Wreck; Others Injured Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at Shiloh Presbyterian Church in McCain for Carole Ann Marshall, 21, a senior at Greensboro College who was killed Saturday eve ning in an automobile wreck 12 miles south of Graham. Miss Marshall was the daugh ter of the late M. Duke Marshall, engineer at McCain Sanatorium, and Mrs. Janie Laughinghouse Marshall, also of the Sanatorium staff. Surviving, besides her mother, is one brother. Major M. D. Mar shall, Jr., USAF, a jet pilot sta tioned at Knoxville, Tenn. She had planned to join the women’s branch of the U. S. Navy after graduating from col lege. In the accident her roonamate, Edna Watts Childress, of Vienna, Va., was also willed. Two class mates were badly injured. Four young men from Bear Creek, occupants of the car which collided with that occupied by the four young women, -were also injured. in LONELY HOUND peered out from the en trance of Weymouth, residence of Bte. James Boyd, after a truck had knocked down his com panion Tuesday afternoon. The hounds, known far and wide by fox hunters when the Moore County Hounds were based at the Boyd bam. had been guarding the entrance for more than 30 years. A great favorite of photographers, the hounds might become a pair again soon if a workman is found who can reproduce another like the lonely one here. (Pilot photo) Dr. W. F. Sheldon, Retired Minister, Died Wednesday Dr. Warren F. Sheldon, 89, re tired Methodist minister and re ligious author, died - Wednesday at Pinehurst Convalescent Home after a long jllness. Funeral services and burial will be held in Forrestville, Conn., at a date to be determin ed. A native of Seymour, Conn. Dr. Sheldon graduated in 1899 from Wesleyan ‘University and served pastorates in the New England area. He wrote a number of books on theological subjects. Following his retirement he moved to Southern Pines, in 1938 from Plainville, Conn. He serv ed at one time as a supply pas tor for the Church of Wide Fel lowship. His first wife died in 1941 and he later married Joan Scott of Washington, D. C., who is his only immediate survivor. Siler City Hosts For All-Star Girl Basketball Games The dates of March 13th and 14th have been set for the play ing of the senior girls all-star basketball tournament to be held at Siler City. 'The place is the Frank Justice gymnasium of the Siler City schools. The Moore ' County seniors team is scheduled to meet the Alamance team at 7:30 on Fri., March 13, opening the tourament. The game will be followed by the Chatham seniors and the Lee Hornet girls at 8:30. On Saturday the 14th a consolation game will begin at 7:30 p.m. and the champ ionship will follow at 8:30. Playing on the Moore County team are: Doreen Keith, and Ella Blue of Vass, Jeanie Sue Marley, Linden Baxter, of Robbins, Bet ty Oldham, Mamie 'Purvis, and Margaret Purvis of Highfalls, Martha Carter of Carthage, Sher rie Upole, Joyce Martin, and Lois Godfrey, of West End, and Ann Wicker of Farm Life schools. The Moore County team is coached by O. D. Wallace of Car thage. Announcement of the coming event was made by Earl Fitts of the Siler City Junior Chamber of Commerce, under whose aus pices the all-star girls basketball tournament is being held. High SchoolDrama Club To Present Mystery-Comedy The dramatics club at South ern Pines High School will pre sent its first play of the season Friday, March 20. ^ The play, “The Skeleton Walks,” is a three act mystery- comedy by Felicia Metcalfe. In the cast are John Marcum, Betty Jo Loudermilk, Mary Jane Deadwyler, A1 Butler, Linda Thompson, Gordon Mitchell, Su zanne Steed, Bob McConnell and Sandy Fitzgibbon. Time for the presentation is 8:15 at Weaver Auditorium. Tickets for adults are 50 cents, for students 35 cents. NATURAL GAS (Continued from Page 1) by himself, doing things that will hinder North Carolina in its search for industry.” The big trouble, Mr. Bohanen summed up, was that his com pany’s lawyers—he said there were about 45 of them—felt that any new ordinances would depart from the procedures .the com pany had anticipated “and we can’t depart from them at this late date.” When asked by Mr. Hill if the condition was so serious that there was no room for further discussion, Mr. Bohanen replied: “The only thing that I care to talk about is this: if the Council passes this ordinance they have immediately legislated us out of Southern Pines. It’s as simple as ■ihat.” Bill Little, who is in charge of the installation of the company’s liries, left the meeting w4th one nice comment: “If we have +o work with Ward Hill, we’ll never have any trouble and we won’t need any ord inance.” Mr. Hill thanked him, thanked the Council, and awaited a vote on the ordinance. On a motion by Robert Ewing, one of the prime movers itr per suading the Trimble Company of ficials to locate here, the matter was tabled. He had suggested that the best thing to do was to “wait and see if any trouble de velops under the present way we have of operating and then, and onlv then, consider an ordinance.” The motion was carried unan imously. Mr. Bohanen, clearly the win ner, left happily. Telephone ox 2-3151 W. P. STILL OLDSMOBILE SOUTHERN PINES. N. C. 1 — 1957 Olds 88 Holiday Coupe Tutone blue and white, hydramatic drive, radio and rear seat speaker, deluxe heater, w|s tires. Extra, Extra Clean too. Many other extras to mention local one owner Special only $2295.00 2 — 1955 Mercury Monterey H-Top Coupe Tutone red and white, radio and heater, power steer ing, power brakes, like new, w|s tires, 23,000 actual miles, one owner, traded in 1959 Rocket Olds. Only $1495.00 3 — 1955 Buick Special H-Top Coupe Tri-tone finish, fully equipped, you must see this car to appreciate its value. Bargain. Only $1495.00 # 4 — 1953 Mercury Tudor Fully equipped, one owner, traded in on new Olds. Only $745.00 5 — 1953 Ford Tutone green and black, radio and heater, good tires. Only $595.00 6 — 1953 Ford 4 Door Light blue finish, rgdio and heater. Special. Only $495.00 9 7 — 1952 Ford Victoria Radio and heater, tutone black and white. Only $495. 8 — 1953 Chevrolet H-Top Coupe Radio and heater, tutone green, extra nice. Only $695. 9 — 1953 Chevrolet 4 Door Sedan Motor just overhauled in our shop. Bargain. Only $695. See These Bargains At Your Local Olds Dealer W. P. Still — Southern Pines
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