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VOL, 39—NO. 22
Top Women Pros
Will Compete In
H-J Tournament
Field Will Have
Most Of Leading
Money Winners
Winners of the last four Wom
en’s National Open titles, the
leading money winner from the
1958 LPGA tour and the winner
of the first stroke play Women’s
Open championship are among
the early entries in the first an
nual Howard Johnson’s Ladies
Invitational Open golf tourna
ment which will be played at the
Mid Pines Club course here May
8-9-10.
Mickey Wright, the reigning
Women’s Open titleholder, heads
the illustrious list of immediate
past winners of the most covet
ed crown available to women
golfers in the United States. She
won the ’58 title at Detroit. Oth
ers include Betsy Rawls (1957),
Mrs. Kathy Cornelius (195&) and
Fay Crocker (1955).
In addition, early acceptance of
invitations for the tournament
have come from Beverly Hanson,
who won $12,639.55 in 25 LPGA
tour stops during 1958 to lead
women professionals in money
won during the season, and Betty
Jameson, winner of the Women’s
Open crown in 1947.
Miss Jameson won the Open
at Greensboro the first year the
title was decided on a stroke
play basis, and in so doing, she
became the first woman to break
300 in a 72-hole tournament. She
had a score of 295 over Greens
boro’s Starmount Forest Coun
try Club course.
Miss Wright, a 23-year old Cal
ifornia blonde who is touted as
the longest hitter on the LPGA
tour, was the top tournament
winner among women pros dur
ing 1958, winning five. Her vic
tories, in addition to the Wom
en’s Open,, included the LPGA
championship.
In addition tp more than two
dozen of the leading women pros,
at least that many more of the
top amateurs from the Carolinas
and Virginia are expected to par
ticipate here.
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SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 1959
Primary For Town Council, Recorder’s Court Offices
Slated Monday; Only 12 Now In Race For The Council
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PRICE: 10 CENTS
REGISTRATION
Some 57 people had add
ed their namjes to the regis
tration books for the munici
pal elections, according to
Mrs. Grace Kaylor, the regis
trar, and there are still two
full days before the books
close.
Mrs. Kaylor said this morn
ing that approximately 1,650
people are now duly quali-
I'ied to vote.
At the last registration,
when books were open for
approval or disapproval of a
$100,000 bond issue to com
plete the Town HaU, only
five people were added. Mrs.
Kaylor said the 57 register
ed since the books opened
last Saturday was one of the ,
largest registrations in the
past several years.
Saturday is the final day.
when the books will close
promptly at 9 o'clock. They
open at 9 a. m. Saturday is
also Challenge Day.
Biggest day of the current
registration was Saturday,
the first day. when 35 people
added their names.
Voters—maybe as many as
1200 of them—will go to the polls
here in Monday’s primary and
select nominees for the regular
election a week later.
There are a total of seven of
fices at stake and 18 candidates
seeking them. Five of 12 candi
dates will eventually find seats
on the Town Council, and one of
throe for each office will be
elected Judge and Solicitor of
the Recorder’s Court.
Candidates have been making
their rounds of various business
•establishments and private
homes for the past few days but
there doesn’t seem to be much
of the old fashioned type poli
ticking. Some think that candi
dates are hopeful of getting past
the primary and then starting
their campaigns in earnest.
There were originally 13 can
didates for the Council but one,
Niel Bailey, dropped out earlier
in the wee'fe for what he describ
ed as personal reasons. He had
been the last one to file.
The 12 candidates are Robert
Ewing and James Hobbs, both
present members of the Council,
and Dante Montesanti, George
Tyner, John Ruggles, Donald
Madigan, Mrs. Julia Steed, Mrs.
Janet Folley, George Leonard
Felton Capel, Tom O’Neil and
Harry Pethick.
Seeking to become Judge of
the Recorder’s Court, a position
now held on appointment by R.
PROFILES
Profiles of all candidates
in the .election Monday,
complete with pictures, will
be found on pages 12 and 13
of this issue of The Pilot.
Publishing biographical
information about each can
didate is a public service of
The Pilot and in no way con
stitutes an endorsement of
any candidate. The informa
tion about each was supplied
by the candidate himself.
Woman Is Seeking
Seat On Robbins
Governing Board
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11 Seeking Job
As Superintendent
Of County Schools
The Moore County Board of
Education has received, to date,
11 aplicatioiis for the position of
Superintendent of Schools, which
will be vacant July 1 when the
resignation of H. Lee 'Thomas be
comes effective. •
According to J. A. Culbertson
of Robbins, Board chairman, the
applications received so far “are
quite satisfactory.’’ He did not re
lease the names of those who
have applied for the job, but said
all have outstanding backgrounds
in public school work.
The Board will met 'Tuesday
night in the courthouse but it is
, not known at this time whether
the question of Mr. Thomas’ suc-
cesor will come up.
Four Schools Will
Compete Tonight
For Picquet Cup
Four high school glee clubs in
this county will compete tonight
in the Pinehurst school auditor
ium for the Charles W. Picquet
Cup, an award made annually by
the Sandhills Kiwanis Club for
the outstanding student chorus
of the year.
Schools competing in the pro
gram, which begins at 8 o’clock,
are Highfalls, Aberdeen, Pine
hurst and Southern Pines.
The award, which honors the
memory of the late Charles W.
Picquet, owner for many years
of the Carolina 'Theatre and pro
moter of choral music in the coun
ty, has gone to Aberdeen the past
five years.
The public is invited to the
program.
The Kiwanis will meet at the
cafeteria in Pinehurst for dinner
at 6:30.
BISHOP LOUIS MELCHER
Dr. Roy Preaching
His Last Sermon
At Chapel Sunday
The Right Reverend Louis C.
Melcher, D. D., who has accept
ed the position of Minister of the
Village Chapel in Pinehurst,
preached his first sermon there
Sunday morning.
This. Sunday Dr. Thomas S.
Roy, who has served as Interim
Minister since the resignation of
Dr. Adam Weir Craig some
months ago, will conduct his last
service this Sunday.
Dr. Roy, a Baptist minister, is
considered one of the nation’s
most famous preachers. Church
officials in Pinehurst said this
week that his ministry had ac
complished much for the church
and that he had served the posi
tion well for the few' months he
had been there.
This Sunday a farewell gather
ing in his honor will be held on
the Chapel lawn immediately fol
lowing the service.
The new minister is the retired
Bishop of Central Brazil.
DOG STORY
Frank Kaylor. truck driv
er and maintenance man at
the fire department, was
minding his own business
this morning when he was
struck in the back by a dog
and ended up in a doctor's
office with a badly swoUen
elbow.
That's right: struck by a
dog.
Mr. Kaylor was walking
along New Hampshire Ave
nue next to Hamel's Restau
rant when a dog, chasing an
other one, came tearing
down the street, hurtled into
Mr. Kaylor from behind,
then kept right on going.
No ticket for speeding,
however.
F. Hoke Pollock, are Harry Ful-
lenwider, D. E. Bailey and Wil
liam Barbour. Mr. Bailey is a
member of the Council.
Candidates for Solicitor of the
court are John McConnell, How
ard Broughton and Arthur Row-e.
The polls will be located at the
firehouse On East New Hamp
shire Avenue and will be open
from 6:30 to 6:30.
The regular election will be
held Tuesday, May .5.
Elections are also being held
elsewhere in the county on May
5.
Mrs. Ethel Trotter, a house
wife, is the first woman in his
tory, so far as local memory goes,
to file for a seat on the govern
ing board of Robbins. '
She, along with 10 others, will
soek the available four seats. The
other member of the Board, the
mayor, will be John L. Frye, who
has no opposition. Frye previous
ly served for 14 years as a com
missioner.
Incumbents seeking re-election
are Joe Crawford, Charles Bar-
riiiger, H. L. McLaurin and John
C. Myers, Jr.
New candidates, in addition to
Mrs. Trotter are H. L. Clark,
Richard James, R. A. Parks, Dee
Bray, Ed Kennedy, and C. B.
Brooks.
Kennedy has served previous
ly as a commissioner.
Elections in Robbins, as else
where in the county, will be held
May 5. Deadline for filing was
ilast Friday at 5 o’clock.
Highway Accident
Takes Life Of
Eastwood Resident
Historical Association And League
Of Women Voters Hold Joint Meeting
Two annual meetines at the .the Ar*nncinr»
Two annual meetings at the
same time, at the same place,
would seem a record for this
community. Also the fact that,
despite a rainy evening, a good
crowd turned out for both events.
The two organizations, the
Moore County Historical Associa
tion and the League of Women
Voters, met separately and con
vened for supper. TTiis was a
bountiful feast presented, under
the direction of Mrs. A. P.
Thompson of Pinehurst and Mrs.
Edward Schneider of Southern
Pines, by the Shaw House staff.
Guests mingled in the four rooms
of the old house, lit with candles
and lamps. The presence of Mrs.
Elizabeth Hughey, State Librarian
from Raleigh and her husband,
and Mrs. Miller of Greensboro,
and Mrs. Alston, of Raleigh, the
former state chairman of the
League of Women Voters and the
present holder of that office,
added greatly to the pleasure of
New Officers Of
Historical Group
To Be Selected
At the annual meeting of the
Moore County Historical Associa
tion held at the Shaw House
Tuesday night, with Mrs. Ernest
Ives, president, in the chair, the
entire board of directors was re
elected for the cMfting year. Mr.
George Maurice was chairman of
the nominating committee.
Officers will be elected by the
board at the meeting next week.
Reports presented covering
the work of the past year showed
that the various activities of the
association were in good order.
Said Mrs. Ives, “I don’t think
we have had a year in which
each one of our projects has been
so successful.” She congratulated
the members present on their
loyalty to the organization, not
only for the work they had done
but for their courage in coming
out on such a bad night, many
driving from the farthest parts
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the occasion.
Following the business meet
ings and supper, the company
moved to the Civic Club to hear
Mrs. Hughey’s talk on libraries,
old and new.
The title of the address was
“From Lamplight to Satellite,”
and the speaker gave a spirited
history of the growth of libraries
from the ebginning. In North
Carolina, this beginning was in
1695 when the Englishman, Sir
Thomas Grey, sent a collection
of books over with some of the
early settlers. The books were
placed in the church at Bath and
from there distributed to the
people as they attended Sunday
morning worship.
From this beginning grew the
present state library service
which reaches out into the rural
areas through the bookmobiles
and has established libraries in
every county and most towns of
the state.
Committees Of
League Of Women
Voters Appointed
The annual meeting of the
League of Women voters was
held following the buffet supper
at the Shaw house held jointly
with the County Historical Asso
ciation, Tuesday evening.
Confined to the briefest
of agendas, because of the pro
gram to follow at the Civic Club,
the main order of business was
the confirmation by the members
of the slate of officers for the
coming year. Already voted on
by the Board of Directors, the en
tire slate received unanimous en
dorsement. Mrs. W. O. Spence
was reelected president. Miss
Lockie Parker—vice president,
Mrs. Fred Chappell—^secretary.
Miss Emily Fish—^treasurer.
The president appointed the
following chairmen of standing
committees: Voter Service—-Mrs.
Graham Culbreth; Publicity-
Miss Parker; Nominating—Mrs.
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Siruck By Car
On US 15-501;
Inquest Slated
Stacy Ritter, 40, was struck
and killed by a car on US 15-501
at his home in the Eastwood
community last night (Wednes
day) about 7:50, according to Cpl.
J. A. McColman of the State
Highway Patrol.
Tbs driver of the car, Edmond
Allison Ray, 25, of Route 4, San
ford, told investigating officers
he didn’t see Ritter until too late
to avoid hitting him. Ray had his
wife and two children with him
and said he was driving at a nor
mal rate of speed.
Deputy Sheriff Herman
Grimm, who was immediately on
the scene, related this chain of
events:
He had just walked into Gar
ner Maness’ store to secure more
information on a robbery that had
been committed there early Wed
nesday morning, when Ritter
walked out)
“A minute or two later,” he
said, "I heard a dog barking as if
he had been hurt and went out to
see what had happened. Mr.
Maness was with me. We found
the dog and a hat alongside him.
Ray had stopped his car and was
running back. We found Ritter,
badly injured, and decided to get
him to the hospital (Moore Mem
orial) which was only two or
three miles away.'’
’They took Ritter in the Ray
car, making the trip in five or
six minutes, but Ritter was dead
on arrival.
Ritter was a farmer. Grimm
said the dog belonged tp Ritter’s
'brother and that, as far as he,
knew, Ritter was alone When he
was killed.
Death was attributed to a frac
tured skull, both legs broken,
and internal injuries. Investiga
tion by the State Highway Patrol
is incomplete, McColman said,
and an inquest will be held)
The d-eath was the third result
ing from highway accidents in
this county in 1959.
Mental Health
Association To
Hold Annual Meet
The Moore County Mental
Health Association will meet
Monday night ^at 8 o’clock in the
Town Hall, acctording to W. Har
ry Fullenwider, president.
The meeting is an annual one
for the association and officers
will be elected.
Also on the program will be
Joseph Kellermann, director of
alcoholism of the Information
Center of the Charlotte'Council
on Alcoholism. Mr. Kellermann
will speak on “alcobol education
for alcoholics and the mentally
ill.”
Accompanying him' to the
meeting, which is open to the
public, will be his associate, Wil
liam Hales.
The meeting win be held in
the Council Chamber of the
building.
Bids For Construction
Of New Trimble Plant
Received In Durham
\ Bids Submitted
By 10 Firms;
Cost Not Known
Bids on the proposed 55,000
square foot plant for Trimble
Products, Inc., were opened this
afternoon in Durham but at press
time tbare was no announpement
if a contractor had ben selected.
The plant will be located on
US Highway 1 bypass just north
of the town limits. 'The company,
which was officially chartered
several days ago, has already
taken title to the land, a large
tract purchased from the Sand
hills Lumber Company.
Ten general contractors were
listed by the Carolinas Branch,
I Associated General Contractor^
‘of America, as bidders on the
project. The bids were opened in
the offices of John D. Latimer
and Associates of Durham, ar
chitects.
The bidders were L. P. Cox
Company of Sanford, Wagoner
Construction Company of Salis
bury, D. R. Allen and Son of
'.Fayetteville, William Muirhead
Construction Company, of Dur
ham, Piedmont Housing and
Construction Company of Dur
ham, King-Hunter, Inc., of
Greensboro, N. C. Monroe Con
struction Company of Greens
boro, Southeastern Construction
Company of Charlotte, R. R. Pin-
nix of Gastonia, and Dickerson,
Inc., of Monroe.
The project was designated by
the construction industry as a
“four hour bid job.” This means
that general contractors will not
receive subbids on materials and
supplies after four hours prior to
the general bid filing.'The dead
line gave contractors four hours
in which to prepare their final
bids and it eliminated many er
rors caused by the submission of
jlast minute subbids,
j Robert Donovan, who will
manage the plant, has been in
Southern Pines this week con
sulting with local people about
the bids and also settling final
details.
Th’ company will manufacture
baby furniture and will, it is be
lieved, have more than 50 people
on its payroll.
Home offices of the manu
facturing plant are now located
in Rochester, N. Y. When the
move is made to Southern Pines
the sales division will continue
in Rochester but it is expected
that most other functions will be
moved here.
WILLIAM B, AYCOCK
Chancellor Aycock
To Speak At UNC
Alumni Meeting
The Moore County chapter of
the University of North Carolina
Alumni will meet next Wednes
day, April 29, at the Southern
Pines Country Club with Chan
cellor William Aycock of the
University as speaker.
The meeting, which includes
dinner, begins at 7 o’clock.
Special guests of the chapter
will be high school seniors of the
county who are planning to enter
the University as freshmen next
fall. Included will be the county’s
first and only Morehead Scholar,
Willis Howard Williams of Rob
bins.
Paul C. Butler, chapter presi
dent, said today that Fred Weav
er, Dean of Student Affairs, and
J. Maryon Saunders,, alumni sec
retary, will also be on hand.
.Anyone who has attended the
University in the past is invited,
Butler said. Reservations should
be made in advance by contact
ing one of the following: Butler,
Henry Graves or Vance Derby in
Southern Pines; Ralph Leach and
Bob Farrell in Aberdeen-; L. L.
Marion, Jr., in Carthage; and
Rowland Johnson in Robbins.
CANCER DRIVE
Approximately $500, has been
contributed to the cancer drive
in Southern Pines to date, ac
cording to Mrs. J. S. Milliken,
chairman. She asked that anyone
who has not received a letter and
wishes to make a donation to
send it to her at Post Office Box
55 in Southern Pines. The local
drive is for $1,000.
Local Moose Lodge
Installed New
Officers Yesterday
New officers of Southern Pines
Moose Lodge 1817 were installed
last night at the lodge’s new home
on US Highway 1 north of town.
E. M. Oldham of Vass was re
elected governor last week and
installed along with the follow
ing last night: Gene Fields, junior
governor; Alvin Adcox, treaisurer;
W. H. Arrington, prelate; Arl T.
Danly, one-year trustee; Francis
M. Marks, two-year trustee; and
Jack Barron, three-year trustee.
'The lodge is now located in the
building that formerly housed
the Johnson Discount House.
Members Of Sir Walter CabWt Pay
County Visit; Lunch At Shaw House
Members of the Sir Walter'
Cabinet, composed of wives and
daughters of North Carolina leg
islators, state officials and jus-
Firemen Answer
Three Calls In
Past Few Days
Fire which was reported to
have originated in the upstairs
apartment caused an estimated
$2,000 damage to the 5 O’Clock
Club early Sunday morning, ac'
cording to records of the Volun
teer Fire Department.
The club is closed temporarily
for repairs.
Firemen also answered two
other calls in the past few days,
one to 658 W. New York Avenue
where a garage was on fire as
the result of some hot ashes be
ing thrown too close, and another
on Hillside Road, where smoke
caused considerable damage to
the home occupied by Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Marcum. Firemen
reported that a pot of meat had.
been left on the stove too long
and caught fire.
tices, made a tour of Moore
County today.
Included in the tbur, made by
bus, were the House in the
Horseshoe, Shaw House, Samar
kand Manpr, and, m Lee County,
Carolina jFlorists in Sanford.
The group left this morning at
9 o’clock from the Sir Walter Ra
leigh Hotel and went immediate
ly to the House in the Horseshoe
where they were welcomed by
Mrs. Ernest Ives and a group of
costumed Moore County women.
They next went to Samarcand
Manor for an informal look at
the correctional school for girls
the State maintains there, and
for lunch.
They then took a tour of Pine
hurst and the surrounding area,
coming to Southern Pines and the
Shaw House for tea later in the
afternoon as the guests of Mrs.
Voit Gilmore.
Hostesses there included Mrs.
Wilbur H. Currie and Mrs. H.
Clifton Blue, who are members
of the Cabinet, Mrs. Paul Wallace,
wife of the Montgomery County
representative, and, of the govern
ing board of the Shaw House,
Mrs. J. Talbot Johnson, Mrs. Nor
ris Hodgkins, Jr., Mrs. L. T. Av
ery, Mrs. Ernest Ives, Mrs. Voit
Gilmore, Mrs. James Boyd, and
Miss Mattie Kate Shaw.