JUNE 4, 1959
RSDAY, JUNE 4, 1959
THE PILOT—Southern Pines, North Carolina
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CARTHAGE NEWS
By MRS ALONZO BLUE
LIBERATION FORCES moved to Southern
Pines Friday morning and held a giant parade,
complete with colorful flag-raising ceremonies
and martial music, in front of the Town Hall.
This company was photographed as General
Robert Sink spoke briefly, theoretically return
ing the town to normal status.
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MARTIAL MUSIC AND DUMMY AMMUNITION
Maneuvers Here Over But Realism Left Impressions On
Most People; Army Officials Express, Their Gratitude
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“This is too real for me,” a wom
an said last Thursday morning
as “aggressor” troops took over
Southern Pines and began a day
of “occupation” duty.
The troops, part of a special
ly trained force that was using
Southern Pines as a focal point
of the Dark CloudlPine Cone II
maneuvers being staged jointly
by the Army and the Air Force,
swarmed into town shortly af
ter 8 a. ■ m.
They shouted as they raced
down the. streets,'fired dummy
ammunition from time to time,
and blared out proclamations over
a public address system Inform
ing townspeople that the town
was now under the command of
“General Felix Desperate.”
They surrounded the Town
Hall and the park behind it,
threw town officials into jail,
and announced mock trials for
later in the day.
Throughout, there was a strong
note of realism to the maneuvers.
The green clad aggressors brought
the town officials to a stand in
front of the Town Hall where a
parade was in progress. Troops
systematic tour of the town ask
ing businessmen and public offi
cials what they could do to put
affairs back into order. That
phase of the operation, termed
by some Army personnel as the
most important so far as South
ern Pines was concerned, took up
most of Friday afternoon.
Officials from Fort Gordon,
Atlanta, and Washington, said the
training was invaluable and that
the men had learned a great deal
from it.
“We are grateful to Southern
fn the parade ma^rched to strange IPines for allowing us to use it
martial music, bayonets fixed and as a practice point, one said.
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ready, and occasionally let go
with loud shouts in support in
* their “General.”
Signs were placed in many
windows in the downtown area
and a number of people, includ
ing the Editor of this newspaper,
Mrs. James Boyd, Postmaster
Max Rush, Town Attorney W.
Lament Brown, Judge Harry
Fullenwider of the Recorder’s
Court, and Chief of Police C. E.
Newton were placed in jail.
The troops acted out their
parts with complete realism un
til noon; they then retired to the
“Without the assistance of many
people here and the cooperation
of just about everybody, we
would hot have learned what we
need to know to meet a real sit
uation of this sort which, of
course, we hope never becomes a
reality.”
Taking part in the liberation
program in front of the. Town
Hall Friday morning were Gen
eral Robert F. Sink, commanding
officer at Fort Bragg, and May
or Robert Ewing.
After General Sink had express
ed his appreciation to the town
Three Brides-Elect Feted
Mrs.- William D. Sabiston, Jr.,
and Mrs. William D. Sabiston,
III, entertained at tea Saturday
afternoon from 4 to 6 at the home
of Mrs. J. M. Lane, honoring
three brides-elect: Miss Rose
Miller, Miss Mary Allen McDon
ald and Miss Elizabeth Clark of
Jackson Springs.
Guests were greeted at the
door by Mrs. Myrton T. Stewart.
Mrs. John Cline introduced them
to the receiving line, composed
of Mrs. W. D. Sabiston, Jr., Mrs.
W. D. Sabiston III, Miss Rose
Miller,' Mrs. Harvey L. Miller,
Mrs. Harris Clark and Miss Eliz
abeth Clark of Jackson Springs,
Mrs. Daniel A. McDonald and
Miss Mary Allen McDonald.
The home throughout was dec
orated in bridal flowers of chrys
anthemums, lilies, gladioli, fev
erfew and baby’s breath.
The tea table was laid with
an imported Brussels white linen
cloth and centered with an ar
rangement of orchids, with white
tapers in silver candelabra. Lime
punch,' individual iced bridal
cakes, cheese wafers, mints and
nuts were served by Mrs. Wil
ton H. Brown, Mrs. Charles Bar
ringer, Mrs. Bernard Dotson and
Mrs. William S. Golden, assisted
by Misses Robin and Susan Cur
rie, Kinsey Sabiston and Miss
Susan Johnson of Greensboro.
Others assisting in serving
were Mrs. Doyle Miller, Mrs.
Charles T. Grier, Mrs. John M.
Currie, Mrs. J. M. Lane, Mrs.
Joe H. Allen and Mrs. Li R. Sugg.
Guests were from Carthage,
Jackson Springs, Candor, San
ford, Southern Pines, and Rob
bins. Around 100 called during
the afternoon.
Korski-Malhis
Mrs. Eloise Mathis and Wil
liam Benjamin Gorski of Wilkes-
Barre, Pa., were married Mon
day, May 25, in Richmond, Va.
Mrs. Gorski is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Way of Car
thage. ''
Mr. Gorski is the son of Mrs.
Andrew Gorski and the late Mr.
Gorski of Wilkes-Barre, Pa. He
is „ „
of Washington and is employed
as an Air Force contracting of
ficer with the Richmond Air
Procurement District.
They are at home on Landria
Drive, Richmond, Va.
Clegg-London
- Miss Minerva London of Cleve
land, Ohio, and William Russell
Small Game Plentiful As Ever, But
Visitors last week in the home
of Mr. and Mrs. O. U. Alexander
were Johnny Alexander of Ham
burg, N. Y., Mrs. Chalmers Carr,
Charlotte, and Mr. and Mrs. Bob
by Alexander of Chapel Hill.
Mr. and Mrs. James Clawson
and children of Jacksonville and
Miss Frances Ann Clegg of Rich
mond, Va., spent the weekend
with their rnother, Mrs. W. R.
Clegg.
Mss Joan Caddell, music stu
dent at Flora Macdonald College,
is at home for the summer.
Mrs. B. C. Wallace s spending
a few days in Rutherfordton
with her daughter and son-in-
law, Mr and Mrs. Carl Meroney.
Mr. and Mrs. Wiliam E. Mc-
Crimmon and Mr. and Mrs. Will
Parrish visited relatives in Ashe-
boro Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Sabiston,
Jr., will go to Morehead City
Friday to enter their daughter, i
Kinsey, in Camp Morehead for
three weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Why, Jr.,
and Gail and Clyde of Hamlet
visited Mr. and Mrs. A. D..Way
over Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Neill McK. Clegg
and children of Rockingham
spent the weekend with Mrs.
Charles A. Cox.
Mrs. W. H. Currie was in Mon
treat over the weekend getting
their summer home ready for oc
cupancy, later in the summer.
Tommy Currie returned home
vvith his mother from Arden
School. John L. will visit his
roommate for a few dgys before
coming home.
Smarter, Army Man Tells Wildlifers
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Rites Conducted
Today For Isaac
Wiseman, 44
Isaac Wiseman, 44, of Route 1,
West End, died Wednesday at
Moore Memorial Hospital after
several mbnths’ illness.
Funeral services were held
today, Thursday, at 4 p. m. at
VI. --- Beulah Hill Baptist church, con-
a graduate of the Universityj«jj^j^|.g|j Bev. Max Gilmore,
WocViincr+nn nnd is pmnlovf»d . ... i -r^ -rut:
What has ' happened to the
small game—the quail, wild tur
keys, rabbits—^which used to be
so plentiful in the Sandhills?”
“It’s still here, more plentiful
than ever, but it’s just getting
smarter than the hunters.”
This was one of the questions
tossed out for discussion, and
one of the answers in which
many hunters concurred, at
Tuesday night’s meeting of the
Moore County Wildlife club,
held at the Manly Community
building with 75 members and
their guests present.
The discussion was stirred by
Capt. Paul L. Applia, secretary
of the 3,000-member Fort Bragg
Fish and Wildlife Association,
pinch-hitting as a guest speaker
for Gen. Jablonsky who had
been detained on maneuvers.
Several veteran hunters arose
to give their well-documented
evidence that small game is still
abundant in the area but that its
habits are changing: like all liv
ing things in a sufvival-of-the-
fittest world. It has adjusted to
condition’s. As a result the man
with gun and dog is left holding
the empty bag. Others thought the
decline is real, resulting from a
lack of the oldtime feed and
cover crops on modern farms, or
a downswing in the weather cy
cle.
Other subjects discussed: the
need for an antlerless deer sea
son, whether November 16 is
too eetrly as an opening date for
the quail seasoh, proposed re
strictions on hunting in the Sand
hills Wildlife Management Area.
Varying opinions were expressed,
though the occasional legal
shooting of doe deer was gener
ally held to be important and
necessary, also good for the deer
crop.
Captain Applia gave figures on
the game kill on Fort Bragg dur
ing the past season, indicating a
rise in the deer population, scar
city—or increasing adeptness in
survival—of quail, rabbits and
turkeys. One decline he noted
with satisfaction: the number of
deer killed by cars.
He described the long-range
program of the voluntary organ
ization to increase the carrying
power of the land and fishing
lakes, also the means by which
this is being financed. Some $5,-
ODO was spent last year, he said,
from proceeds of the lodge and
membership dues.
A delicious barbecued supper
was served by Women of the
Manly Presbyterian church.
Joseph G. Taylor,
Former Official
Of Alcoa, Dies
Clegg, Jr., of Carthage were
pastor, assisted by Rev. Edgar
Dupree.
Surviving are his wife, the
former Pauline Talbert; two
daughters, Janice and Sheila,
and one son, Isaac A., Jr.,, of the
home; his father, William Wise
man, West End Rt'l; six sisters,
Mrs. Jack Sniith, Mrs. D. J. Yar
Hi iiuuii, Hicj. Hivii ivv...— — -— fQj. Bs cooperation. Mayor Ewing
Town Park for lunch and more j responded by reminding all those
SKY WATCH was main
tained by young Jackie Dove,
five year old son of Mr. and
Mre. J. E. Dove, during the
maneuvers here. He is shown
in the yard of his home 105
East New Jersey Ave., spot
ting' “enemy” planes, pre
sumably with the idea in
mind of turning his infor
mation over to officials and
earning himself the title of
youngest volunteer partici
pating in the maneuvers.
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orders from their superiors.
After lunch the action was not
nearly so spirited though young
sters popped up everywhere urg
ing the aggressors on: for them,
the invasion was fun. But for
many, like the woman who sug
gested too much realism earlier
in the morning, the invasion
.couldn’t be over too soon.
Friday morning, the town was
liberated by another force in
what has been termed a “free
maneuver,” which means that
either side can win, depending
on the decision of, specially se
lected judges and referees.
The liberators were actually
members of the 82nd Airborne
Division at Fort Brkgg.
After they liberated the town,
a special group of men from the
95th Military Government Group
*of Fort Gordon, Ga., started a
present that the next day, Sat
urday, was Veteran’s Day.
“We should all bear in mind,”
he said, “that what we are see
ing here today could be real, ex
cept for the sacrifices made by
those we will honor tomorrow.
For Southern Pines, Veteran’s
Day should take on added sig
nificance.”
The event was well covered by
the press. There were television
cameramen from several towns,
ABC television crews,. Army tel
evision and film crews, news
papermen from Charlotte, Ral
eigh, and several other towns, and
several Army Public Information
officers and photographers.
All was quiet in the town Sat
urday morning.
But Thursday and Friday: they
are two days that many people
won’t forget for a long time.
married May 15 in Cleveland.
Mrs. Clegg is remembered in
Carthage by friends, where she
visited several times. They will
live in Cleveland, where Mr.
Clegg is employed.
Baptismal Rite
Frances Allison McDonald, in
borough, Mrs. D. W. Currie, Mrs.
Charles Roberts, Miss \ Lucille
Wiseman, all of West End Rt. 1,
and Mrs. Dan Lewis, Pinehurst;
three brothers, E. B. and J. F.,
Pinehurst, and Charles, Durham.
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INVASION ISSUE of The Pilot, published
last Thursday morning to coincide with the
simulated taking over of the town by “Moun-
tainian” troopers, created a great deal of in
terest and was read avidly by troopers and
townspeople alike. , These two “Mountainians”
were photographed by Hardy Barber behind
the Town Hall during a lull in the maneu-
fant daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Worth McDonald, was presented
Sunday morning at the worship
service in the Presbyterian
Church by her parents for bap
tism. The Rev. B. E. Dotson, the
pastor, officiated.
W. W. Dalrymple, great uncle
of the little girl, assisted with
the rites.
Attend Graduation
Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Bar
ringer and John Barringer at
tended the graduating exercises
at Flora Macdonald College Mon
day, where Miss Elizabeth Clark
of Jackson Springs was gradua
ted cum laude with a bachelor’s
degree in Home Economics.
Here For Burial Services
Out-of-town relatives here
Sunday afternoon to attend the
burial services of Mrs. T. B. King
of Hamlet, were Mr. and Mrs.
Britton King, Augusta, Ga.,
Oliver King, Hamlet; the Rev.
and Mrs. H. B. Porter, Durham;
Mr. and Mrs. Eldon S. Adams and
Raymond Adams, Charlotte; Mr.
and Mrs. William Shields, Mar
tinsville, Va.; and Miss Rozelle
Williamsaon, Linville. Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Schler of Augusta,
Ga., were here Sunday and at
tended the funeral in Hamlet
W. S. Shields also attended the
Hamlet service.
Personals
Mrs. J. L. Dowd and grandson,
Johnnie McCallum, spent the
weekend in Chatham Coui^ty
with Mrs. R. E. Dowd and fam
ily-
Miss Katie Lee McLeod was
among the 150 alumnae attending
the 63rd Alumnae Day at Flora
Macdonald College in Red
Springs, Saturday. Miss Mc
Leod’s class of 1909 held its 50th
class reunion. Mrs. Frank Mc
Neill and Mrs. W. C. Neill of
Aberdeen accompanied Miss Mc
Leod to he meeting.
Miss Susan Johnson of Greens
boro was a weekend guest of
Miss Kinsey Sabiston.
Mrs. David Hume and daugh
ter, Cathy, of Greensboro are
visiting her sister, Mrs. W. H.
Currie.
The Rev. and Mrs. W. D. Sab
iston, III, of Stokes were here
over the weekend with his pa
rents.
Mitchell Places High
In Chemistry Contest
Gordon Mitchell, a member of
the graduating class at Southern
Pines High School, won seventh
place in a chemistry contest con
ducted throughout the state re
cently, according to John Porter,
chemistry teacher at the school.
Mitchell, who wll enter N. C.
State College this fall, competed
against 1900 students in 106
schools in the examination.
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Joseph G. Taylor, 72, died sud
denly Monday at Moore Memo
rial hospital following a heart '
attack. His death followed by
just 'six weeks that of his wife,
the former Teresa King of Albe
marle, on April 19.
Requiem mass was held today,
Thursday, at 10 a. m. at St. An
thony’s Catholic church, follow
ed by burial in the Hearne Mem
orial cemetery at Albemarle at
2 p. m.
Yesterday a rosary service was
held at the Pow^ell Funeral chap-
Mr. and Mrs. Taylor moved
here in 1952 * following his re
tirement after a career of nearly
40 years with the Aluminum Co.
of America. From 1940 to 1952
h.3 was director of the large Al
coa company publications pro-
gram. . ,
A natve of Wisconsin, he grad
uated in 1911 from the Univer
sity of Wisconsin, and came to
Badin, N. C., as civil engineer
with the Tallassee Power Co.
He went with Alcoa when it
bought the plant and lake at Ba
din in 1913, working his way up
from the position of draftentian.
He was transferred, to Niagara
Falls, N. Y., Massena, N. Y., and
in 1929 in- Pittsburgh, Pa., where
he organized the Alcoa News, the
company’s first paper, and serv
ed as its editor. The publications
program expanded greatly with
the company’s great growth over
the next few years and he be
came the program’s director.
During much of his career,
Taylor was known as an “idea
man” whose .fertile brain con
tributed many promotional ideas
for new uses for aluminum.
There are no immediate sur
vivors. However, several Alcoa
officials are expected to come
from Pittsburgh to attend the
services.
JOSEPH I. SCOTT
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