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SOUTHERN PINES, N, C., THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1959
* Installation Of Natural Gas Lines
To Get Underway Here First Of Week
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Installation.of natural gas lines't'
in Southern Pines will probably
begin the first part of next week.
Crews of the NorP Carolina
Natural Gas Corporation, recent
ly completing their work in Ab-
^ erdeen, have moved up US High-
way 1 and are now just South of
the town limits.
Company officials have sub
mitted a map of their planned
installations here to Town Man
ager Louis Scheipers, Jr., and,
Scheipers said this morning, they
have received the go-ahead.
Scheipers said he had requested
the company to provide three
copies of the map so that he could
1^. give one to representatives of the
United Telephone Company and
another to Carolina Power and
Light Company. He noted that
only one change from the gas
company’s plan had been request
ed (that by Ward Hill, local
CP&L manager) and that the gas
company had readily acceded .-to
the request for the change.
The company will install their
lines, for the most part, along the
Ip shoulder of the roads in places
where there is no curb and gut
ter. In other places, the lines will
be placed in back of the curbing.
Officials said they will bore un
der the streets at intersections
so as to cause the least possible
inconvenience.
The route being taken for the
first installation begins at S. W.
Broad Street near the Shaw
House, then goes North to New
" York Avenue, turns west on New
York to Page Street, then North
on Page to Vermont Avenue, then
west on Vermont to Leak. From
there the line will be run North
on Leak to Crestview Road, then
down that road to Midland Road,
over to Yadkin Road, then East
along Yadkin to a point where
the line to the Trimble Furniture
plant is proposed.
0 Scheipers said he had been told
by gas company officials that lit
tle dr no shrubbery would be dis
turbed and that “people wiU
hardly even know we’re here.’’
The company had no word on
a definite date for gas for South
ern Pines but it is expected either
in June or July.
Malcolm Clark Is
Given No. 5 Rank
Among N.C.Netmen
Malcolm Clark, Southern
Pines’ top tennis player, has been
ranked fifth in North Carolina
and twenty second in men’s
singles in the South, according
to rankings just released by
Southern "Tennis Magazine.
Clark, who is a student at the
University of North Carolina,
thus becomes- the only mal<>
player from Southern Pines ever
to receive a Southern ranking in
singles competition. Audrey West
Brown Johnson was at one time
rated No. 3 in women’s singles in
the South.
The four North Carolinians
ranked ahead of Clark are Allan
Morris, No. 3; Sam Daniel, No.
9; Jim Winstead, No. 18; and
Allan Strand, No. 19.
Clark, incidentally, will not be
back in Southern Pines this sum
mer to direct the tennis phase of
the summer recreation program.
He reportedly will enter UNC
summer school.
army warning
All persons are -warned to
slay off Ft Bragg firing
ranges by officials of the
post Ranges are in daily use
at Ft. Bragg and a hasard
exists due to firing and un
exploded shells.
There are two primary
danger areas: The Northeast
portion of the post east cdF
highway 210, and the range
area bounded on the east by
Gruber Road, on the North
by Manchester Road, on the
South by Plank Road, and on
the West by Kings Road.
Entry into both areas is
prohibited.
PHILIPPINES BOUND is Woodrow Eldridge, Jr., of Carthage,
the winner of a $1,500 fund of the Sandhills Kiwanis Club. The
fund, which Eldridge won in competition with T5 other Scouts,
will enable him to take in the International Boy Scout Jamboree
in July when it convenes near Manila. Shown presenting the
award is the Rev. Martin Caldwell, a member of the club.
(Emerson Humphrey photo)
Carthage Explorer Scout Is Winner
Of $1,500 Fund To Attend Jamboree
Felton Capel Is
Sixth To Announce
For Council Seat
Seeks To Be
Second Negro
To Hold Post
The number of candidates
filing for election to the Town
Council increased to six last Fri
day when Felton J. Capel, a res
ident of 1009 West New Hamp
shire Avenue paid his fee.
Capel, who has been active in
the affairs of West Southern
Pines for the past several years,
is district manager of the North
Carolina division of the Century
Metalcraft Corporation.
A native of Ellerbe, where he
attended public schools, he mov
ed to Southern Pines in 1953. He
has served two terms as presi
dent of the West Southern Pines
Civic Club and is currently chair
man of that organization’s com
mittee on municipal government.
He is also a Sunday School teach
er in the First Missionary Bap
tist Church, and a Mason. He is
also the advisor to the Explorer
Scout unit in West
Pines.
Several years ago he served as
commander of the Alexander
Graham VFW Post.
During World War 2 he was a
sergeant in the Field Artillery of
the Third Army on occupational
duty in Germany.
After the war he attended
Hampton Institute in Hampton,
Va., as a pre-medical student.
Mayor Blue Not To Run
For Re-Election In May
WALTER E. BLUE
Vass Mayor Will
Seek Re-Eelction
I Plans To Devote
More Time To
Business Affairs
Mayor Walter Blue said this
morning that he would not be a
candidate this year for election
to the Town Council.
He said he needed to devote
more time to his business.
Mayor Blue, who has served
on the Council for almost 10
years, was the third mayor in
the county to decline to run for
re-election; earlier this week Dr.
E. M. Medlin of Aberdeen and
G. B. Williams of Robbins said
they, too, needed to devote more
of their time to business.
Appointed originally in 1948 to
' fill the unexpired term of John
Ruggles, Mr. Blue has been elect
ed in successive elections since
then. Generally, he has led the
ticket.
In a telephone interview this
irorping Mr. Blue told ’The Pilot:
“The people of Southern Pines
have chosen me to serve them
for almost 10 years, an honor
which I consider the greatest that
HELD JOB 30 YEARS
H. Lee Thomas Resigns Position As
Superintendent Of County Schools
H. Lee Thomas, superintendent
of Moore County schools for the
past 30 years, has resigned ef
fective July 1. He notified the
Board of Education of his deci
sion in a letter this week.
O Mr. Thomas told the Pilot this
mortiing that his plans for the
future,are indefinite, but that he
plans to enter some type of busi
ness and continue to live in Car
thage.
‘T have been thinking for some
time of retiring,” he said, “and
decided now was a good time to
notify the Board of Education.”
His letter read:
^ “Having reached the age of re
tirement on September 3rd, 1957,
I hereby submit my resignation
School Curriculum
Study Group To
Meet MondayNight
The curriculum study group at
Southern Pines schools will hold
the second in a series of meetings
Monday night at 7:30 in the
, sc hool auditorium, according to
Dr. A. C. Dawson, school super
intendent.
The meeting, he said, would be
devoted to a discussion of the
role of the school, particularly
j|the educational objectives. Pre
viously the study group, which
numbers sonw 200 parents, teach
ers, .'and others, have kudied other
phases of the school curriculum
and how it is being used to best
advantage.
Reason for the change in meet
ing titri3,^'Dr; Dawson explained,
was to allow some of those who
plan to attend sufficient time to
also attend, a fashion show in
®Pinehurst which is scheduled for
9 o’clock.
There were some 150 people at
the first meeting-t
as County Superintendent of
Public Instruction of Moore
County to become effective Julv
1, 1959.
It has been a real pleasure to
work with you and the good peo
ple of Moore County for the past
30 years. Please accept my sin
cere thanks for your patience and
kindness during this eventful
period., I wish you a full measure
of success in your future endeav
ors to improve the educational
opportunities of the boys and
girls of Moore County.”
The school board, of which J.
A. Culbertson of Robbins is
chairman, will meet Monday
night and it is expected to act on
the resignation at that time. One
member was asked his reaction
this morning and he said only
that the announcement “was as
much of a surprise to me as to
you.”
North Carolina law provides
that school personnel be retired
at the age of 65 unless there is
need to keep someone beyond
that date. In no event, however,
can a person continue beyond the
age of 72. Mr. Thomas will be
67 later this year.
Salary of the job is approxi
mately $7,500 per year. It is paid
by the State. The salary varies
from year to year, depending on
I the type of certificate held by the-
superintendent, his length of
service, and the number of teach
ers in his system.
’Thomas came to Moore Coun
ty July 1, 1929, from Onslow
County. Prior to that he had been
in Craven County and also in
Tabor City. All told, he has been
in the field of public e4ucation
for 39 years, including short
stretches of teaching in’ New
York State and Virginia.
He is a native of Lee County
and a graduate of Elon College.
He received his Master’s Degree
from the University of North
(Continued , pp page 8)
Woodrow Eldridge, Jr., a 16-
year-old Explorer Scout of Car
thage, was awarded $1,500 by the
Sandhills Kiwanis Club yester
day to enable him to attend the
annual Boy Scout Jamboree in
the Philippine Islands this sum
mer.
Eldridge, who is a sophomore
at Carthage High School, was one
of 15 Scouts who participated in
a rigid exercise two weeks ago
to determine the winner of the
fund. He was presented the fund
by the Rev. Martin Caldwell at
the Kiwanis Club’s regular meet
ing yesterday at the Country
Club.
A Boy Scout since he was 11,
Eldridge is now an Eagle, senior
patrol leader of Troop 852, and
sergeant at arms of Explorer
Post 936. To be eligible for the
award, - candidates must have
been between 14 and 18 years of
age, at least First Class in rank,
and proficient at cooking and
camping. ’They must also have
evidenced leadership by serving
as patrol lead'er, den chief or
something equivalent.
The Scouts who participated in
the exercise came from most
communities in the county. On
the exercise, which was conduct
ed north of Carthage by David
Drexel and Reid Flinchum, they
were required to negotiate a dif
ficult course over wooded land
and remain in the field for a
period of about 36 hours.
It was reported that the con
test was extremely close among
the top five Scouts. The panel
of judges required more than six
hours of intensive study to come
up with the winner.
Eldridge’s parents are Mr.
and Mrs. Woodrow Eldridge. His
father was formerly a member of
the Carthage police force and
served for some time as chief.
Pancake Jamboree
Slated Tomorrow
By Rotary Club
Pancakes—stacks of them,
steaming hot and with suitable
trimmings—will be served by
members of the Southern Pines
Rotary Club and their wives, the
Rotary Anns, tomorrow (Friday)
in the Fellowship Hall of the
Church of Wide Fellowship.
Dr. Walter ^ Sargeant, chairman
of the committee in charge, urges
Southern Pines residents to eat
breakfast out tomorrow, or lunch
if they cannot get out for break
fast.
Rotarians will be serving the
pancakes from 7 a. m. to 3 p. m.
for a small charge. There is no
limit on the amount served per
person.
Purpose of the pancake jam
boree is to raise funds for a num
ber of the club’s charities and
commtmity service projects. This
is the fourth year of the jam
boree.
Other members of the club
helping Dr. Sargeant are John
nie Hall, Ralph Mills and Rotary
Anns Dawn Leland and Dorothy
Sargeant.
Recently, he served as a mem
ber of the program committee
for the dedication of the new
town hall. His wife, an X-ray
technician at St. Joseph’s Hospi
tal, is a member of the town’s
Parks and Parkways .Advisory
Commission.
The Capels have two children.
If ‘ elected to the Council he
would be the second Negro to
hold that position. T. T. Morse,
who resigned apout 18 months
ago, was elected for two terms.
At the town caucus held Mon-
Southem day night at the community
building in Vass, A. G. Edwards,, ., . -
Jr,, the incumbent, and Hugh could have come my way. I am
were nominated for ^^are of the debts I o^we them
for their confidence and for the
honors that have been given me.
However, there is a great deal of
responsibility connected with the
job and it requires an increasing
amount of time. For that reason,
I feel that I can not nm again.
“I am proud of Southern Pines
and I am particularly glad that
I have had a part in its growth
and progress. There have been
many changes during the past 10
years for the town’s good, I
think, and we are on sound foot
ing and heading in the right di
rection.
“I am particularly grateful for
the cooperation that I have re
ceived in the two years that I
have been mayor. Our manager,
Louis Scheipers, Jr., has done an
outstanding job and it is to him
that I would direct most of my
thanks., He is, to me, one of the
most outstanding young men I
McLean
mayor.
The four present commission
ers, D. H. McGill, Hugh McLean,
J. E. Hudson and Ed Boggs, were
nominated for places on the
board along with the Rev. Fant
Steele, Harold 'Williams, Roby
I Futrell, and J. A. McRae.
Period for filing ends at noon,
April 27.
Queen OfSandhills
To Be Selected At
Pinehurst Dance
Ten candidates will vie for the
title “Queen of the Sandhills” at
the annual Pinehurst Volunteer
Firemen’s ball tomorrow (Fri
day) night at the Pinehurst
Country Club.
The girls representing six highij^a^g known.”
Trotting Horses
To Race Sunday In
Second Matinee
A program of harness horse
racing will be held over the Pine
hurst Race Track this Sunday,
April 5, under the auspices of the
Pinehurst Driving and Training
Club.
The Pinehurst winter training
colony numbering some 300 head FosheT anT (^a^er Und™od
of harness horses is the second
schools, will be judged by a pan
el of three winter visitors to
Pinehurst as the highlight of the
dance, which begins at 9 o’clock.
The Queen and two runners up
will receive prizes from the
Pinehurst firemen.
Last year’s queen was Linda
Rae McGee of Carthage. Runners
up were Betty Jo Loudermilk of
Southern Pines and Rebecca Jane
Ballard of Pinehurst.
Candidates this year are Betty
Final Report Of Polio Fund Drive
Reveals County Went Over The Top
Final results in Moore Coun
ty’s March of Dimes placed the
county again considerably over its
quota, with $7,930.41 reported J.
Frank McCaskill of Pinehurst,
campaign chairman, this week.
The county quota was $7,560,
the same as for several years in
the past. Moore has never failed
to surpass the quota.
‘While total collections have
been larger at times iq the past,
when we had the fear and drama
of epidemics to spur us on, we
are thankful now that, through
March of, Dimes funds aiding de
velopment of the .Salk vaccine,
this terrible period is a thing of
the past,” McCaskill said.
He called attention to the fact
that North Carolina, through a
bill passed by the General As
sembly this week, became the
first state in the Union to re
quire vaccination of pre-school moore, $236.32.
children against polio.
Most of the county commun
ities made their quotas this year,
some even doubling, or nearly
doubling theirs. A dramatic con
tribution was that of the Vass
community, which has usually
given between $250 and $300, and
this year turned in $500.
Though some small amounts
are still expected in, the follow
ing report of Treasurer C. H.
Bowman is regarded as fin^:
Aberdeen, $1,000; Cameron,
$201.42; Carthage, $1,251.23;
Eagle Springs $104.43; Farm Life,
$100.27; Highfalls, $262.09; Nar
row Ridge, $8.50; Niagara, $63.08;
Parkwood, $46.22; Pinebluff,
$127.85; Pinehurst, $1,240.36;
Roseland, $21.50; Robbins, $400,
Little River, $67.04; Southern
Pines, $2,000.10 (including about
$212 from the Negro division);
Vass, $500; West End, $300; West-
largest in the United States and
attracts some of the country’s
leading Grand Circuit stables, in
cluding Octave Blake’s Newport
Stock FaVm Stable from South
Plainfield, N. J.; David R. John
son’s White Hall Stable from
Charlotte, and Norman Wool-
worth’s Clearview Stable, from
Winthrop, Me., as well as the
stables of such prominent drivers
as Franklin Safford, Bill Flem
ing, Wendell Wathen, ' Charley
Fitzpatrick and Albert Jones,
who champaign over the plush
night racing plants through
Maryland and New York.
Entries for the six race pro
gram Sunday Will include five
three year old trotters that are
prospective starters in the 1959
renewal of the $150,000 Hamble-
tonian Stake, the Kentucky Der
by of the trotting turf. David R.
Johnston, the nation’s champion
amateur driver, will have the
ipount behind his own Hamble-
tonian eligible. Fuss Along, and
Norman Woolworth, also a prom
inent amateur, will be driving
his Clearview Stable’s Gunga
Din, another eligible to the $150,-
000 classic. Miss Jean Safford, an
accomplished driver with amateur
standing, will have an entry in
two of the races.
A pleasing feature of the pro
gram will be a parade of a dozen
or more richly bred and highly
valuable two year old trotters
and pacers that are being pre
pared for the rich stake purses
offered for juveniles.
General admission will be one-
dollar with general parking free,
reserved parking spaces are $3
and $5 and general admission to
the grandstand will be fifty cents,
and reserved teats one-dollar.
Post time for the first race is
2:30 p.m.
of Southern Pines; Sylvia Ann
Safford, sponsored by the Pine
hurst Lions Club; Gail N. Coker
and Fleta Mae 'Trotter of Elise
High School in Robbins; Hilda
Lee Richardson and Carolyn
Joyce Williams of West End High
School; Dianna Catherine Shef
field, sponsored by American
Legion post of -Pinehurst; and
Margaret Elaine Ehrhardt and
Alma Jean Fisk, both of Pine
hurst High School.
Judges are William G. O'Con
nell of Dalton, Mass.; Frederick
Mader of Lake Placid, N. Y.; and
E. Bowen Quillin of Berlin, Md.
Ed Turbeville and his orchestra
of Florence, S. C., now on tour,
will play for the dance.
Band Boosters To
Sell Soap, Hold
2 Rummage Sales
Members of the Band Boosters
Club of Southern Pines will can
vass the town next Tuesday sell
ing soap in attempts to raise
money for needed equipment for
the band.
The club also plans to hold a
rummage sale Friday and Satur
day, April 10 and 11, at a still
undisclosed place. Mrs. Walter
Morgan, Mrs. Walter Coffin and
Mrs. J.. B. 'Tollison are in charge
of the rummage sale and ask all
parents who have articles to
donate to either take them to one
of the Band Boosters members,
or call one of the co-chairmen.
All equipment for the band is
furnished by the club since there
are no funds available in the
school budget, other than paying
for a teacher.’
With Mr. Blue out of the race
the field is wide open and, some
think, likely to become crowded,
although there has been only six
candidates file for seats on the
Council to date. Two of them,
Robert Ewing and James Hobbs,
will be trying to retain seats to
which they were appointed.
Ewing is filling the unexpired
term of T. T. Morse and Hobbs
was appointed to fill the term of
the late Gen. Pearson Menoher.
Others who have filed are
Dante Montesanti, Jr., George
Tyner, John Ruggles and Felton
Capel.
Robbins Mayor G. B. Williams
said he Would not seek re-elec
tion because of an inability to
devote enough time to his duties.
Owner of a hosiery mill, he has
been mayor for two years. He
previously served 14 as a mem
ber of the Town Board of Rob
bins.
Mayor E. M. Medlin said; he
would retire from municipal of
fice when his term ends, having
rounded out a full 20 years as
commissioner and mayor.
He said: “I have served for 14
years as a commissioner and six
as mayor. That’s a good round
number and I think it’s time to
quit.”
Two of the commissioners Of
Aberdeen, Ralph Leach and
John J. Greer, also said they def
initely tvould not be candidates
for reelection. Two others on the
present board, George D. Ander
son and J. B. Edwards, had no
comment about their plans, and
another, E. O. Freeman, indicated
he would serve if the people
wanted him.
SOCIAL SECURITY
Area residents were reminded
today that a change was recently
mhde in the times the Social Se
curity representative makes his
regular calls to Southern Pines’.
’The representative is dn the In
formation Cente’r, bomer of
Pennsylvania Avenue and S. E.
Broad Street, from 9 a. m. to
noon on the first nad third Tues
days of each month. Entrance to
his office is from the Pennsyl
vania Avenue side of the build
ing.