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THE PILOT—Southern Pines, North Carolina
THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1959
HAVE NO DEFINITE PLANS
Huntleys Purchase Large Tract Of
Land On US 1 From Esso Oil Company
A 145-acre tract of land adjoining
the Howard Johnson Restaurant
between Southern Pines and
Aberdeen has been purchased by
W, T. Huntley, Jr., and wife from
the Standard Oil Company and
Earl W. Propst and wife.
Mr. Huntley, who is in the real
estate business in this area, said
he has no definite plans for the
property at present except to
“allow the abundant longleaf
pine to grow.” He will also devel
op one of the three lake sites on
the property.
He said, however, that eventu
ally the property would be used
for either a housing development,
an industrial site, or a paddock.
The tract lies on the eastern
side of U. S. Highway 1 and is
considered one of the best in
the area for business purposes.
Purchase of the land,' for
which the price was not disclosed,
was made March 19.
Many Farmers Failing To File Tax
Returns, Internal Revenue Reports
The District Director of Internal^-
Revenue representative in this
area, W. S. Scales of Rockingham,
said today that a check of returns
filed through February 15 indi
cated that a large number of
farmers had not filed income tax
returns for the year 1958.
February 15 was the; deadline
for farmers to file their income
and self employment tax returns,
unless they filed an estimated re
turn by January 15. If they filed
an;estimated return and paid the
tax due by January 15, they have
until April 15 to file their final
return for the year 1958. Penal
ties me imposed for failure to file
a return.
In urging farmers who have
not already done so to file returns
immediately, Scales pointed oUt
that improved farm incomes
realized in 1958 will add many
farmers to the list of those re
quired to file returns. Any farm
er, having a gross income of $600
{$1,200 if age 65 or over) must
file a Federal income tax return,
even, though no tax rnay be due.
This also applies to minor chil
dren with a gross income of $600
■or more.
Persons having net earnings
from self employment of $400 or
more in any year must pay self-
employment tauc for that year.
In order to do so, they must file
ap income tax return and pay
the self-employment tax, even
though they would not otherwise
be required to file an income tax
return. A schedule for comput
ing the self-employment tax for
Social Security purposes is in
cluded in the income tax return.
(If not already received, forms
may be obtained from any local
Internal Revenue Service Office
■ob at post offices.
Scales stated that {flans are al
ready prepared for revenue of
ficers to conduct a drive for de
linquent returns throughout the
State immediately following the
April 15 filing date.
H. LEE THOMAS *
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Carolina.
;He succeeded, the. late A. B.
Cameron in the post of Su{>erin-
tendent of Schools in Moore
County. Since then, he recalled,
hp has seen the county’s school
budget grow from about $150,000
pfer year to last year’s more than
Herrmaim Grover,
Golf Pro, Dies
Suddenly At Home
Alfred Herrmann Grover, 40,
died suddenly at his home at 140
N. May Street Sunday morning.
A native of South ern Pines,
he was graduated from the local
schools. He served with the
United States Air Force from
1941 to 1945 and, after the war,
served as secretary of the South
ern Pines Chamber of Commerce
during the reorganization period.
A golf professional, he had
served as assistant at the Haw
thorne Valley Country Club in
Cleveland, and held the same
position at Shaw Air Force Base
in Sumter, S. C. He was widely
known and liked in golf clubs
and country clubs over a wide
area. At the time of his death
he was representative of the Ben
Hogan Company and the Ernie
Saybrac Golf Company, both
distributors of golf merchandise.
He travelled the southeastern
United States.
Surviving are his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. A. C. Grover, and two
sisters, Mrs. William R. Raleigh
of Arlington, Va., and Mrs.
Stuart F. Raleigh, Jr., of Syra
cuse, N. Y.
Funeral services were held at
the Church of Wide Fellowship
Tuesday morning conducted by
the pastor, the Rev. Carl Wallace.
Burial followed in Mount Hope
Cemetery.
one and one-half million. During
that time, he said, he has helped
to establish agricultural courses
and home economics departments
in several of the schools, and
commercial courses in most of
them.
The county has spent close to
four million dollars in new
school construction during his
tenure, the vast portion of it
since World War 2.
Thermos bottle corks that
have been compressed by use can
be restored to normal size by
boiling them in a covered pan.
ATOMS FOR PEACE exhibit will be shown here April 7 un
der the sponsorship of the Junior Chamber of Commerce. The
traveling unit, pictured above, will be located in the lot betyreen
the Colonial Furniture and the Red Cross headquarters on S. W.
Broad Street. The exhibit is free.
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SHASTA TAKES A BOW as his owner and teacher. Miss
Eleonora Sears, watches critically. The former cowpony showed
his bagful of tricks to an admiring audience at The Paddock last
week.
Shasta*^Meets The Press”
Est. 1952
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Shasta is a horse who belongs
to Miss Eleonora Sears. Perhaps
he was a cowpony once; he’s
about that size; and he is a
shining white with dark mane
and tail and a few big handsome
splotches on him. A handsome
pony all ’round: the kind the In
dian chiefs used to prize above
all others.
He is named after big shining-
white Mount Shasta out in north-,
ern California, and that is
where Miss Sears found him, “so
poor you could count his ribs,”
she says. He was five when she
bought him and he has been a
member of the family ever since.
We walked down to the big
ring below the Paddock house.
Miss Sears leading Shasta and
conversing with him in a sociable
sort of way. “He likes to have me
talk,” she said, "‘but he doesn’t
like it if other people talk. When
we get to the ring, it’s best to
keep quiet.”
We hung on the rail while she
led him inside and took off the
headcollar. “AH right, now, Shas
ta,” she said, “Have a run and
then you can show US what you
can do.” The pony stood a mo
ment and then, with a flick of his
tail, turned and galloped to the
end of the ring, back humped a
bit, head low. As he reached the
farther rails he kicked out both
heels, wheeled, and stood looking
at us.
“Showing off!” snorted his mis
tress. She turned: “How old do
you think he is?” ‘‘
That was a puzzler: she’d said
they had had him a long time,
but he moved like a three-year-
old. She answered for us: “He’s
twenty-nine,’’ she said. We mar
velled at his good condition.
Miss Sears looked towards
him: “Well,” she said, in a clear
but quiet voice, “do you think
you m.ight come back now, Shas
ta, and do some tricks? These
people want to see what you can
do.”
Shasta stood as still as a statue.
“Now really!” Miss Sears’ voice
was chilly. “Really,' Shasta. We
can’t wait all day. Come along
back now.”
The horse lowered his high
head to look towards her, then
gave it a little toss and, slowly,
gracefully, walked towards us.
When he came close to Miss Sears
he stopped and looked at her
again, clearly saying: “Here I am.
What next?”
She stroked his neck, and then,
in a quiet voice, with no slightest
gesture of command, she put
him through his routine. And,
like a good trooper he did his
best.
She asked him to bow, to
dance, to shake hands. Then, as
if chatting with him, she sug
gested that he mount the strong
seesaw that stood nearby. At
first he simply walked to it and
stood. “Now what are you wait
ing for, Shasta,” she said. “It’s
right in front of you. Go on!
Hurry up! Shasta, you’re so slow
today. Do please .be quick!” And
Shasta sighed, made up his mind
he might just as well get it over
with, and placing, one foot care
fully after the other, walked
slowly and surely up the plank
of the seesaw. At the middle he
stopped and then, leaning his
weight first back on his quarters
and then on his forelegs, he teet
ered solemnly back and forth,
the plank hitting the ground first
behind and then in front.
He seemed to enjoy it once he
got up there, for it took consid-
“Shasta!” His mistress’ call
was peremptory. “That’s no way
to act. Come back, now. Hurry
up.” Shapta twitched his ears, but
did not move. Miss Sears heaved
a sigh and walked towards him.
“You might just as well come
now,” she said and stopped.
“Shasta! Please! Come here!” No
move, but ,as she took another
step forward, the horse burst like
a rocket. Up went both heels into
the air, and if any gesture said:
“Phopey!” that thumb-to-nose
kick was it.
“Well!” said Miss Sears. “Of
all the—!” and then she talked
to him some more, in that 'quiet
friendly voice, suggesting that he.
had only a few mone tricks to
perform and that there was al
ways the chance there might be
some sugar around in somebody’s
pocket, and, before you knew it,
there was tjie horse walking
quietly back beside her.
“Now let’s sps you lie down,”
she said. And lie down he did,
obediently folding his legs under
him and, in that pitiful col
lapsed way of a horse, sinking to
the ground. And then, in true
circus fashion. Miss Sears seated
herself gently on his side. She
asked him to give her a kiss and
the horse raised his head to her
face and she kissed his velvet
muzzle.
“Now, Shasta,” said the ring
master, “if you will please sit up
like a dog for the visitors, per
haps I could find a lump of sugar
for you.” Very slowly, Shasta
propped himself up on his
haunches, then rolled a misty
blue eye looking for the reward,
which was immediately forth
coming.
And after that? After that he
rose and made a low bow to the
admiring audience, while his
owner stood by, looking like a
very proud mamma.
Miss Sears’ pride-and-joy lives
at the Paddock stable with the
big hunters and show horses.
Teneriffe iS ' there, the grand
heavy-weight champion of the
Dublin Show, Irish Port, also a
winner in this the world’s most
famous horseshow as champion
hunter in the conformation class
es, and a dozen or so other proud
beauties. They were looking out
over their stall doors at him now
as Shasta returned to his stable.
Fast company for a cowpony?. . .
Blit how many of them can do
such tricks?
Shasta’s gait had a certain
swagger as he walked up the hill
beside his mistress.
—K.L.B.
Garden tools can be conyen- [
iently stored by sticking them in
a box of sand mixed with a
little crank case oil. Keeps them
safe, clean and rust-free.
part to get him to stop and come
down. “And now,”, she said,
“what about a rest? Wouldn’t
you like to lie down for the vis
itors, Shasta?” But that was too
much. Shasta scorned the idea.
What, at 29-years-old take a rest?
With a toss of his head, he wheel
ed and galloped back down the
ring, to stand with his back to us.
State of North Carolina
County of Moore
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE
The undersigned having duly
qualified as the Administrator of
the estate of Alfred Herrmann
Grover, deceased, late of the
above named County and State,
all persons having claims of
whatsoever nature against the
said Alfred Herrmann Grover,
deceased, are hereby notified to
exhibit the said claim or claims
to the undersigned on or before
the 2nd day of April, 1960, or this
Notice will be pleaded in bar of
their recovery. All persons in-
erable coaxing on Miss Sears’ debted to the said Alfred Herr
mann Grover, deceased, are
hereby requested to pay the said
indebtedness to the undersigned
immediately.
'This the 2nd day of April, 1959.
ALFRED C. GROVER,
Administrator.
W. Lamont Brown.
Attorney
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