VOL. 39—NO. 29
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SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 1959
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PRICE: 10 CENTS
10-YEAR GROWTH REVIEWED
Savings & Loan Association Passes
Million Dollar Goal In Total Assets
The Southern Pines Savings'^
and Loan Association passed the
million dollar mark in assets in
May, according to Lloyd Wooljey,
president.
The association, making a steady
growth; showed assets of $1,010,-
000 at the close of business for
May, he said, an increase of $849,-
000 since a similar period in 1948.
Mrs. Mary McCallum, secre
tary-treasurer of the association,
this morning reviewed the growth
of the association since 1948, the
year she became associated with
it.
4 Beginning in June, 1948, when
assets, were $161,000, she traced
the increase in assets as follows:
At the end of 1950, $166,000;
1952, $244,000; 1954, $444^000;
1956, $667,000; 1958, $809,000;
end of May, $1,010,000.
The association held ground
breaking ceremonies two weeks
ago for a new building to be con
structed at the corner of S. E.
Broad Street and New York Av
enue. Officers of the association
at that time expressed optimism
for the firm’s continued growth,
recalling that many associations
in the state and elsewhere have
experienced greater growth after
moving into modern quarters.
Aberdeen Negro Is
Being Held On
Murder Charge
Dom Gale, 48-year-old Negro,
is in Moore County jail today
charged with murder in the shoot
ing of his wife, Bertha, 34, at
their home in Aberdeen.
According to Deputy Sheriff
J. A. Lawrence, the shooting oc
curred Sunday night.
Gale was arrested by Lawrence
at Moore Memorial Hospital
where he had taken his wife fol
lowing the shooting. She died
Monday of a wound from a .22
bullet which hit in or near the
heart, according to Coroner Ralph
G. Steed.
Gale reportedly told Lawrence
that the shooting climaxed a
quarrel which started Saturday
afternoon and continued until
late Sunday.
His wife ran him out of the
house. Gale continued, “and had
me backed in a comer. I decided
I had backed all I was going to,
so I took out my pistol and shot
her.”
Cary Native Joins Police Force
Ralph Earl Medlin, native of
Cary, has joined the Southern
Pines Police Department as a re
placement for Robert Yonts who
has resigned to enter private
business.
Medlin, who served on the po
lice force in Raleigh for one
year, is a Navy veteran and did
shore patrol work. He was in the
Navy for more than seven years,
part of that time in Korea.
He is 26 and unmarried, a grad
uate of Apex High School, and a
member of the Baptist Church.
. Earl Seawell, who joined the
force in 1956, has been promoted
to sergeant succeeding Yonts.
The force now has seven men,
the full complement.
RALPH MEDLIN
Summer Recreation Program Begins;
Softball, Baseball Teams Organized
The playground portion of the
summer recreational program
here opens Monday, according to
Irie Leonard, director.
Parts of the program have al-
VFW THANKS CONTRIBUTORS
Almost 1,000 Attend Fish Fry At
Aberdeen Lake For Bayliff Fund
A half ton of flounder was
served Saturday afternoon at
Aberdeen Lake by the John Boyd
VFW Post in a fund raising effort
to help a paraplegic. Members of
the post said the fish fry, attend
ed by some 927 people who paid
$1 per plate “was a tremendous
success.”
The lines started forming at
the lake early and before it was
all over late that night the fish
fry was termed the largest feed
in many years at the lake.
Thom McKenzie, commander
of the VFW post, said that more
than $1,000 was realized and that
all of it would go towards con
struction of a special room for
June Bayliff, a 34-year-old vet
eran who expects to be released
from McGuire Hospital in Rich
mond in a few weeks.
The Post took up Bayliff’s
cause several weeks ago when it
became known that he would re
quire the specially designed and
Signs Of Activity
On Savings & Loan Lot
Check among signs of activity
on Broad Street the clearing of
the. lot on the comer of West
Broad and Pennsylvania Avenue
in preparation for the erection of
the Savings and Loan Associa
tion office.
Work in clearing is being done
by Shamrock Farms of which
Roland McKenzie is the owner,
with Burke Stutts in charge of
the ditching and grading equip
ment.
The building itself is in the
hands of Roy Newton, brother
of Chief of Police C. E. Newton
and a skilled carpenter and con
struction man. The plans have
been selected and work is due to
start as soon as the lot is ready,
it is reported.
HIGH CLASS MILK
Voit Gilmore, who has
been touted by many as a
man who could do almost
anything, proved it last week,
if proof was necessary.
Actu^g as chairman of the
statewide "June Dairy
Month" promotion, Gilmore
managed to get a cow into
the lobby of the Sir Walter
Hotel in Raleigh, though
entrance had to be made up
a long flight of diffi^t
stairs.
To add to his prowess, he
also had Governor Hodges in
typical farmers' dress to do a
little milking, it is reported,
and persuaded a bevy of
beauties to act as milkmaids.
Proof enough?
equipped room. Members are ex
pected to begin construction in
the near future.
Bayliff, who was injured in an
accident last July, wrote the
Post: “My family and I think
that a miracle has happened for
all of us, not only for me. My
wife and I thank every one of
you who has helped us. I had
thought up until the time this
happened, the balance of my life
would have been at the Paraple
gic Center at McGuire Hospital.
Now, with the Bayliff Fund for
my room, I hope to come home
and live a happy and as much
a normal life as possible with my
family and loved ones.
“I am paralyzed from the chest
down,” he continued, “but I am
thankful for what life the good
Lord has left me, and no matter
how hard and tough the going
gets, I hope to make the best of
what is left for me. I want to
thank all of you. . . for what you
have done for me. . .”
McKenzie expressed his thanks
to various cooperating groups:
the American Legion Auxiliary
of Aberdeen, Aberdeen Electric,
the Coca Cola Bottling Company,
Parker Ice and Fuel Company,
Aberdeen Packing Plant, Caro
lina Power & Light Company,
the Town of Aberdeen, Harris
Electric Shop of Rockingham,
Aberdeen Fire Department, Cur
tis Lawhorn, R. J. Thompson, the
Southern Pines Elks Lodge, the
BPO Does of Southern Pines, the
Ladies Auxiliary of the VFW,, the
Aberdeen Jaycees, the American
Legion in Aberdeen, and several
others.
Many VFW members and their
wives put in long hours under
the cookshed: Tom Shockley,
Harry and Mary Chatfield, John
ny and Susan Talbert, Mr. and
Mrs. Thom McKenzie, Bill Whid-
den, DaVe Castro, Parker and
Bob McDonald, Russell Lorenson,
Fred Hall, Ernie Klabbatz, Troy
Geer, Hap Kleinspehn, Cacil
Hutchinson, Lawrence "Wicker
Bill Parrish and others.
Agisting from the Aberdeen
Ladies Auxiliary were Mrs. R,
M. Hooper, Mrs. Bob Page, III^
Mrs. A. J. Smith, and Miss Nottie
Wood, 12th District president of
Rockingham.
Blueprints for the addition to
the Bayliff home on Sanborn
Street in Aberdeen have been
completed and are ready for use
as soon as the money is all turn
ed in, McKenzie said.
Mrs. Bayliff, mother of four,
expressed her thanks to the VF"W
and others who contributed time
and money to the project.
“This was a wonderful thing to
do,” she said. “I know these are
Three Arrested
Yesterday After
Companion Shot
Police have arrested three Ne
gro soldiers of Pope Air Force
Base and placed them in jail on
charges of engaging in an affray
where a deadly weapon was used.
Another Negro soldier, Lafa
yette D. Long, also of Pope, was
shot in a scuffle, Chief C. E.
Newton said, and is now in Wom
ack Hospital at Fort Bragg in
serious condition.
Chief Newton said the affray
happened yesterday morning in
some woods off Liowe Avenue in
West Southern Pines. He said the
four soldiers and an unidentified
girl had been to Pugh’s Grill be
fore going into the woods. Rea
son for the scuffle was undeter
mined, but the investigation is
continuing. The pistol used in
the affray belonged to Long,
Chief Newton said.
Long was first taken to St.
Joseph’s Hospital where it was
discovered he had been shot in
the stomach with the bullet lodg
ing in his back. A helicopter pick
ed him up yesterday for the
transfer to "Womack Hospital.
The three men in jail are
James C. Davis, Claude Green-
leaf and Prank Johnson, all des
cribed as being in their early 20’s.
They are being held under $500
bond.
Brazilian Pastor
To Preach Here
Sunday Morning
The Rev. Harold Shaley, native
Brazilian pastor-teacher, will be
the guest of the First Baptist
Church Sunday and will bring
the message at the 11 oclock wor
ship hour Sunday morning.
He is a graduate of the South
ern Baptist Seminary at Recife,
Brazil, and has had a year of
study at Southern Seminary at
Louisville. He is in this country
at present for a year’s additional
study at Southeastern Baptist
Theological Seminary in "Wake
Forest.
He is married to an American
woman and they have several
children. He is a teacher at the
Baptist Bible Institute in Belem,
Brazil, and also pastor of the
First Baptist Church there.
Sunday night at 8 o’clock the
Bible School Commencement pro
gram will be presented in the
sanctuary of the church with the
pupils of each department of the
school demonstrating something
of what they have learned this
week in the way of Scripture
verses, songs, and prayer.
Following the commencement
program there will be an open
house for all the chldren and
their parents in the Fellowship
Hall of the church. At this time
the hand-work and pupils’ work
books will be on display so that
all the groups can see what the
others have done and that the
parents may see the scope of the
whole program.
ready started, including tennis,
softball and baseball for three
leagues.
Nancy Jo Traylor, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Don Traylor and
a student at the University of
Notrh Carolina, will direct the
activities of the playground in
East Southern Pines. In West
Southern Pines the program wiil
be under the supervision of
James Hasty and Miss Cora
Steele.
Miss Taylor will supervise
games for youngsters in the
Town Park from 9 to 12 and
from 2 to 5 each day Monday
through Friday. Similar hours
will be observed for West South
ern Pines with the program to
be conducted on the playground
of the school.
John McMillan, son of Dr. and
Mrs. Robert McMillan and a stu
dent at the Hill School, has been
retained as tennis director, Leon
ard said, and a full program is
planned through July 6. McMil
lan, who will co-captain his
school team next year, is sched
uled to go to the Philippines in
July for the International Boy
Scout Jamboree, but another ten
nis director is being sought to
continue the program for the re
mainder of the summer.
For the Little League team, co
sponsored by the recreation de
partment and the Lions Club, C.
L. Dutton will return. He has
headed the Little League activi
ties here for many years.
Robert Woodruff is coach of
the Pony League team, which the
town co-sponsors with the "VFW
Post.
A Midget League has already
been formed and has some 90
boys playing under the co-spon
sorship of the town and a group
of interested adults.
McMillan said this morning
that instruction in tennis as well
as organized play was available
daily from 9 to 12 and from 2 to
5. He said a tpxirnament is plan
ned at an early date and other
activities will be added from time
to time.
The adult softball league got
underway Tuesday night with
five teams participating. (See
story elsewhere).
In West Southern Pines H. L.
Kearns will supervise the adult
softball league.
Members Of Two
Advisory Boards
Are Re-Appointed
Council Takes
Action Tuesday;
Some New Members
The Town Council re-appoint
ed the entire membership of the
Advertising Advisory Committee
Tuesday night emd added anoth
er member to represent golfing
interests.
Mrs. Warren Bell of Pine
Needles Lodge is the new mem
ber. Others, whose terms were
due to expire June 3, are George
Pottle, the chairman, Ward Hill,
"Vance Derby, George Leonard
and James D. Hobbs, who repre
sents the Council.
The appointments are for a
one-year term.
The terms of four members of
the Recreation Advisory Board
were due to expire also on June
30 and Council re-appointed two
of them, Joe Garzik and Gene
Black welder. To replace Warren
Bell and Mrs. Mary Grover, the
Council named Frank Buchan
and Mrs. James Hobbs. Mrs.
Hobbs will be primarily interest
ed in the tennis program-
In other action, the Council ap
proved an on-premiK beer li
cense for Robert T. Yonts, former
town policeman who is now op
erating the Northside Service
Station on May Street; approved
an application for an on-premise
beer license and off-premise wine
license for James E. Pugh at the
former Eats Grill at the corner
of Gaines Street nad New York
Avenue in West Southern Pines;
and approved granting a taxi
permit to Chester Goins, who
will operate from the Town Hill
Club in the 400 block of Gaines
Street.
While discussing the taxi per
mit the Council adopted an
amendment to the taxi ordiinance
which will require a certificate of
insurance from all taxi owners.
Discussion Of New
Town Budget Set
For Tuesday Night
A budget which calls for no
increase in taxes but several in
creases in services will be dis
cussed at an open meeting of the
Town' Council Tuesday night.
Manager Louis Scheipers, Jr.,
has already given members of the
Council his budget message, and
complete breakdown of expected
revenues and expenditures for
their study.
Though the budget has not
been made public it is understood
that it calls for no increase in
taxes, though it is the largest
budget, probably in excess of
$320,000, in the history of the
town.
The meeting is scheduled to be
gin at 8 p. m. in the Council
Chamber.
Survey Completed For
McNeill-Sandhills Line
^Council Indicates
It Will Not Give
Approval, However
"ROCK-O-RAMA'
A caravan of somie 25 cars
representing the Rockingham
"Rock-O-Rama" will visit
Southern Pines Saturday
afternoon.
The Caravan will make a
quick tour of the town and
then visit the Town Hall to
officially present Mayor Rob
ert Ewing with a derby hat
which symbolizes Rocking
ham's celebration this month.
The town, incidentally, is ob
serving its 175th birthday.
The caravan is due here
about 3:30.
20 Seeking Post
Of Superintendent
Of Local Schools
That elusive line which divides
McNeill and Sandhills Townships
has finally been pinned down but
Southern Pines officials have in
dicated they’re just as displeased
now as they have been in the
past.
The principal problem still ex
ists: some people who are resi
dents of Southern Pines, which is
in McNeill Township for the most
part, are still within the boun
daries or Sandhills Township and
lequired to vote there in all but
town elections.
The new map, drawn under the
supervision of Clarence Blue,
county surveyor, with the assist
ance of several other surveyors,
puts the township boundary
line roughly along Morgan-
ton Road. The map was on
display at the Council meet
ing Tuesday night but failed to
gain Council approval or the
Some 20 applications have been slightest hint that such approval
received to date for the position ^e forthcoming in the fu-
of Superintendent of the South-
em Pines school system, accord- i _ ’ .
ing to John Howarth, School' Tctwn Attorney
Board chairman.
The position will become va-
ipant June 30 when Dr. A. C.
Dawson’s resignation becomes ef
fective. He will assume the post
of Executive Director of the
North Carolina Educatioin Assoc
iation July 1.
Mr. Howarth said the School
Board has not taken action on
any of the applications at this
time. He added, however, that
members of the Board would
meet from time to time over the
next few weeks to screen the,
applications. No definite date for
filling the position has been es
tablished by the Board, he said,
“but we hope to do so as soon
as possible.”
Applications have also been
received for the principalship of
the high school, a position form
erly filled by Irie Leonard, who
has resigned. The applications—
about 10 have been received—
are being initially screened by
Dr. Dawson. He will make his
recommendations to the School
Board.
DAIRY MONTH PROGRAM
Local Civic Club To Hear Stale’s
Commissioner Of Agriculture Friday
L. Y. (Staff! Ballantinp TSTnv+Vi /
L. Y. (Stag) Ballantine, North
Carolina’s Commissioner of Agri
culture, will address two civic
clubs in Moore County this week
as a part of “June Dairy Month.”
Ballantine will speak tonight
at the regular meeting of the Car
thage Rotary Club, and tomorrow
(Friday) at the meeting of the
Southern Pines Lions Club. The
Lions meet at the Country Club.
Another address, this one be
fore the Southern Pines ' Rotary
Club, has been scheduled in con
nection with the dairy month
promotion by George Hyatt, a
professor at State College. His
talk will be heard .tomorrow at
the regular Rotary Club meeting.
Douglas Kelly, manager of the
Howard Johnson
, Restaurant on
tv. .. public is cordially invited US Highway 1, is county chairman
the b.st neighbors in the wofld. I to either or both of these services, ' of June Dairy Month.
Y. BALLANTINE
Local Fishermen
Ask Permission To
Clean Town Lake
Turtles, suckers and anything
else that hinders good fishing are
the object of a special committee
named by the Town Council
Tuesday night.
The committee, to be headed by
Bill Thomasson, has been direct
ed to come up with specific sug
gestions as to means of ridding
the town reservoir of the pesky
turtles and suckers and, eventu
ally, turn the lake into what one
Councilman believes will be one
of the finest fishing spots in the
Sandhills.
Suggestion for the committee
was made by Harry Pethick. He
said he had been approached by
a group of fishermen who were
anxious to volunteer for the job.
He added that their efforts would
not cost the town any money at
all and would result in improved
fishing and other recreation at
the lake, located off the Carth
age highway.
The committee consists of
Thomasson, Joe Carter, C. L.
Worsham, Sr., Ralph Mills and,
representing the Coimcil, John
Ruggles.
Mr. Ruggles suggested that any
improvements made at the lake
should be undertaken after due
consideration with representa
tives of the Fisheries Division of
the Department of Conservation
and Development.
The town reservoir is already
open for fishing on a fee basis
but has not been popular with
fishermen because of the large
number of turtles in it. General-
^ ly speaking, Mn Pethick told the
•jCouncil, fishing is considered not
igood at all in the reservoir.
W. Lamont
Brown reminded the Council that
when a proposal was made last
year by the Precinct Study Com
mittee to 'clarify the line and, at
the same time, move it so that all
of Southern Pines would be in
cluded in McNeill Township, the
proposal was criticized by some
Aberdeen people.
“They seemed to think we
would be taking voting strength
away from them,” he said, “and
they wanted the line to remaih
unchanged.”
The protest from Aberdeen was
directed to S. C. Riddle, chair
man of the County Board of Elec
tions, and he suggested at the
time that his Board was power
less to intercede.
Mayor Robert Ewing suggested
that since it was too late to have
a new Ijne ratified by the Gener
al Assembly this year that a pe
tition should be obtained from
people living in Sandhills Town
ship who want to be in McNeill
and that such a petition would
be excellent ammunition to pre
sent to the County Commission
ers.
On the new map no part of the
line falls within the corporate
limits of Aberdeen but a sub-
stanatial part of Southern Piines,
particularly along Morganton
Road and Indiana Avenue, is
within Sandhills Township.
Councilman Hobbs moved that
any action on the matter be
tabled until fall and that a peti
tion be circulated seeking names
of those desiring a change in the
meantime.
Carter Wins Lions
Club MVP Award
For Baseball Nine
Jimmy Carter was named the
recipient of the Most Valuable
Player award, presented annually
by the Lions Club, for the 1959
Southern Pines High School base
ball squad. The award was made
at the annual Awards Day pro-
grm last "Wednesday.
The baseball team, Moore Coun
ty champions, had a season rec
ord of nine wins, two losses and
one tie.
Jessie Williford was elected
permanent team captain.
Marks Resigns
As ABC Officer
Keith Marks, of Aberdeen, who
bas served as an officer with the
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
for six years, has resigned effec
tive June 19, according to C. A.
McCallum, chief ABC officer.
Marks has accepted a position
at a missile base in Melbourne,
Fla., it is understood.
McCallum said no replacement
had been found as yet.
The other ABC officer is Wil
son Thrower of Robbins.