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Criminal Court
Term For County
Begins On Monday
Murder; Rape
Cases Before
Grand Jury
One murder case, one in which
manslaughter is charged and four
where rape is the charge are
among two dozen warrants for
bills which will go before the
Grand Jury at the August term
of criminal court beginning in
Carthage Monday morning.
Judge Hubert E. Olive of Lex
ington is presiding and M. G.
Boyette of Carthage, district sol
icitor, will prosecute the docket.
The murder charge is against
Donston Gales. He pleaded self-
defense at a preliminary hearing
into the fatal shooting of his wife,
Bertha, at their home near Pine-
hurst the night of June 7. He has
been at liberty under $7,500
bond. *
The manslaughter charge was
lodged against Carl James Mich
ael following the death of his
passenger, David Wilton Powers,
18, in an accident several weeks
ago near Carthage. Officers at the
time said it appeared as though
automobile racing was involved.
Two of the attempted rape
cases involve Negro men and
white women. In the case against
Clarence Edward Small, 17, who
is also charged with first degree
burglary, he will face charges of
climbing into the bedroom' win
dow of the two teenage daugh
ters of Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Till
man at their home near Carthage
on NC Highway 27.
He has admitted the entry
which took place June 19.
Mrs. Audrey Whitaker of
Southern Pines has accused Ray
mond Mclver, 24-year-old Negro,
of entering her home at Pinedene
and making an assault on her last
April 29. Arrested by Southern
Pines police, Mclver flatly denied
the charge.
One attempted rape case, in
which Emory McAllister, alias M.
B. McAllister, is accused by
Nora Anderson, allegedly occur
red at Vass some three years ago.
His whereabouts since then were
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SOUTHERN PINES, N.' C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1959
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PLAY BEGINS MONDAY
Tennis To Take Spotlight In Town
Next Week; Daniels Defends Title
FOOTBALL PRACTICE
Coach Jim Walser issued a
call this week to all prospec
tive members of the high
school football team for this
fall to report to Memorial
Field Saturday afternoon for
the opening practice session.
Walser said that daily prac
tices would begin Monday in
preparation for the opening
game September 4.
Annual County
Golf Tournament
Is Now Underway
Pairings for the annual Moore
County golf tournament were an
nounced earlier this week. First
rounds of the tournament, of
which Bill Woodward is defend-
Next week is “tennis week”
in Southern ^Pines.
Two tournaments, attracting
some of the top players in the
State, are scheduled for the local
courts and the public is welcome
to attend.
Sam Daniel of Leaksville, long
a high ranker among State ten
nis players, wiU try for his third
consecutive champignship in the
Men’s Singles division of the 11th
annual Sandhill Senior Invitat-
tional. Opening rounds in the
senior event begin Thursday,
August 20.
The junior division of the
tournament begins Monday.
Daniels will get stiff competi
tion from Bobby Green, a med
ical^ student at Duke University,
(local enthusiasts believe. Green,
whose home is in Palm Beach,
Fla., defeated Malcolm Clark this
past Sunday in the Eastern Caro
lina Tennis Association men’s
singles finals. He subdued Clark,
who is from Southern Pines and
js the defending ECTA champion,
lin straight sets, 6-1, 6-0, 6-2.
ing champion, must be comple- Green, who is basically a base-
ted by 1 o’clock August 16, which winner of
^ Third Person Is
Arrested In Theft
Of Valuable Tires
The last of three Robeson
County Indians sought in con
nection with a $1,500 tire rob
bery at Eagle Springs last June,
was caught by officers after a
^ chase last Friday night. All three
^ are now in Moore County jail in
default of $5,000 bond each,
awaiting grand jury action at
next week’s term of criminal
court.
Rubith Locklear, alias Rupert,
Rufus apd a few other names,
was caught by officers from Moore
and Robeson on a rural road near
St. Pauls. All four Moore county
deputies—Grimm, Edwards, Law-
0 rence and Marley, with Landon
Hussey, jailer—were on the scene,
on information Locklear was
headed that way. Five cars in all
converged upon him. Locklear
leaped from his own car, headed
afoot down the road directly into
the headlights of Deputy Grimm’s
car and was caught by Hussey
as he tried to make it past.
Already jailed were a woman,
Isienore Locklear, 39, and Lee
Guster Lowery, 34. The woman
had' been arrested and her car
seized June 20 near a wooded
spot in Montgomery county,
where officers had located and
were watching over the cache
of 53 new truck and auto tires
stolen the night before from
Quality Oil Co. at Eagle Springs.
The two men seen to jump from
the car eluded the officers.
» Lowe^ was taken into custody
^ for the Moore sheriff’s depart
ment June 29, by the chief of
police of his home town of Max-
ton, who saw him on the street-
Both men have long criminal rec
ords and reputation, mostly for
liquor and rumrunning, officers
said.
Sheriffs’ departments of Moore,
Montgomery and Robeson coop
erated in the intensive investiga-
tion which resulted in the jailing
of the trio.
is Sunday.
Here are the pairings: cham
pionship flight—Bill Woodward
vs Will Wiggs; Davis Worsham.vs
Charles Rose; Joe Carter vs J.
Hufford; Pete Tufts vs Carlos
Frye; Benson Maples vs Bill
Thrailkill; Bill Sledge vs Glenn
Crissman; Bill Wilson vs Tommy
Currie; and Hollie Sisk vs J. H.
McCaskilL
Losers of the first round in
the championship flight will
make up the first flight.
Second flight—-Joe Montesanti,
Jr., vs Tom Shockley; Jack Car
ter vs Harry Davis; Ed Comer vs
George Short; Bill Purcell vs O.
T. Parks.
Third flight—Louis Honeycutt
vs. Dr. E. M. Medlin; North
Lewis vs Topper Parks; Bob
Strauss vs Jim Prim; and Harry
Chatfield vs Don Mangum.
Fourth flight—^Boyd Starnes vs
E. J. Austin; R. H. Johnson vs W.
F. Thrower; Jim Besley vs A1
Brezinski; and Leonard Jones vs
Don Murray.
Fifth flight—W. M. Puckett vs
T. < I. Wilson; Glenn Lassiter vs
H. L. Williams; Bill VonCanon
vs Bud Rainey; T,eonard Yearley
vs Frank Edwards.
Sixth flight—^Fred Pollard vs
R. W. McLeod; Walter Robertson
vs Harold Collins; Earl Pickett
vs Dave Ginsburg; Bobby Von
Canon vs Henry Turner.
Seventh flight—William R.
Taylor vs Frank Trotter.
the Atlantic Coast Conference
singles title in 1956.
Clark, a graduate student at
the University of North Carolina,
will be unable to make the local
tournament because of examina
tions.
Jack Warmath of Greensboro
and Daniels will team again this
year to defend their doubles
'championship. Two other doubles
(teams are entered: A- M. Jordan,
.Sr., and A. RJ. Jordan, Jr., and
J. D. Memory with Ted Sharpless.
One piece of bad news met the
tournament committee this week.
Mrs. Raymond Jones of Fort
Bragg, who has made quite a
name for herself in the State in
the past two years, has not in
dicated whether she will enter or
not. Actually, the tournament
committee has been unable to
contact her and believes she,
might have moved from Fort
Delegation From
W. Southern Pines
Asks Negro Police
Tncidents' Are
Cited As Reasons
For This Request
West Southern Pines civic
leaders renewed their long stand
ing plea for a Negro policeman at
the regular meeting of the Town
Council Tuesday night.
But the Council, though not in
complete accord on its reasons,
turned down the request and, for
all practical purposes, told the
leaders that they might just as
well quit bringing the subject up j
in the future, at least before the !
Council. I
Mayor Robert Ewing brought i
the matter to the Council’s atten- I
tion by reading a letter from six
citizens of West Southern Pines
in which it was stated that the
need for a Negro policeman was
greater than ever.
“Certain incidents” were cited
as the reason, though the inci
dents were not spelled out. “Ten
sions” was also a word used.
Mayor Ewing, speaking firmly,
said that such a letter would not
help to solve problems unless the
incidents, if indeed there were
any, were identified.
“If something like this is go-'
ing on,” he said, “we want facts,
figures, dates and so forth. I
can’t put much faith in a letter of
this sort.”
He called on several Negro cit
izens present to cite such inci
dents if they knew of any. T. R.
Goins, one of the acknowledged,
leaders of West Southern Pines,
said he coulHn’t give any himself
but still thought that the addition
of a Negro to the force “was for
the best interests of all citizens of
the town.”
Councilman Felton Capel said
he had heard of several incidents
and cited one eis the “attitude of
policemen speaking, in unkind
terms to West Southern Pines
residents.” He said that not long
GOVERNOR HODGES
Sleeping Pills Caused Death Of
Mrs. Janice Hobson, Coroner Rules
DR. A. C. DAWSON
(Bragg.* Mrs. Jones iS a former ^So Ralph Medlin, a member of
women’s champion of France-
Last year’s runner-up, Joanne
Cooper of Charlotte, will be on
hand for the tournament, how
ever, as will Mildred Greubl of
Southern Pines, top local plgyer
on the distaff side.
Miss Cqpper won last year’s
girl’s singles title and is eligible
to play in that division again
this year. That phase of the week-
long competition begins Monday.
In the 15-and-under girls di
vision Gay Williams of Charlotte
has indicated that she will defend
her title.
Top players for the Junior
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'the force who was killed several
weeks ago after threatening sev
eral people with a gun, came into
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BAND PRACTICE
William McAdams, the
new band director at East
Southern Pines schools, has
asked all members and pros
pective members of the band
to report for the opening
practice meeting Monday-
morning at 9 o'clock.
The meeting, he said, will
be held in the band room at
the high school.
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Governor Hodges To Speak Here
At Civic Club Tribute To Dawson
Event Set For
September 4
At High Sehool
Dr. Amos Dawson, until recent
ly the superintendent of the
Southern Pines school system,
will be honored at a dinner and
joint meeting of local civic clubs
and other organizations Septem-
L)er 4.
Governor Luther Hodges will
be the principal speaker.
The occasion, actually a two
pronged event featuring a din
ner and a public meeting to fol
low. will be held at the hign
school. The dinner will begin in
the school cafeteria at 6:30 and
the public meeting will be held
in Weaver Auditorium at 8
o’clock.
Dr. Walter Sargent of the Ro
tary Club is chairman of a joint
committee from the civic clubs
which is sponsoring the event. He
said that there will be only 250
tickets for the banquet and that
most of them would go to mem
bers of the various clubs. A few
Others will be available to the
general public and may be ob
tained from either Norris Hodg
kins, Jr., or Johnnie Hall.
Eight groups will have repre
sentatives at the dinner to laud
the work Dr. Dawson accomplish
ed here before resigning about
two months ago to become Exec
utive Director of the North Caro
lina Edhcation Association. The
groups are Rotary, Sandhills Ki-
waiiis, the Lions Club, the Par
ent-Teacher’s Association, the
school faculty, the Ministerial
Association, the Board of Educa
tion, and town government.
The tickets for the banquet are
$2:50 each. Those who purchase
them will be offered preferred
seating arrangements in Weaver
Auditorium for the Governor’s
address.
That portion of the program is
open to the public and there is,
of course, no charge.
Governor Hodges has visited
the Sandhills several times in the
I past few years, once for the dedi
cation of the A. & M. Karagheu-
sian plant in Aberdeen, and an
other time for a meeting of the
Board of Conservation and De
velopment. He hks also been here
on occasion to enjoy golf.
Dr. Dawson and his family
have recently purchased a home
in Raleigh where he makes his
headquarters. The fact that Gov.
emor Hodges will come here to
speak at a testimonial dinner for
him has caused some to specu
late that the event will give the
Governor an opportunity to
speak about education in the
State.
Also planned for the banquet
program is the presentation of a
gift to the Dawsons.
Fritz Gerrish,
Steward At Elks
Lodge, Succumbs
Fritz Gerrish, 58, died Tuesday
at St. Joseph’s Hospital follow
ing a short illness.
Mr- Gerrish, a native of Ger
many, hs^s been living in South
ern Pines, since 1951. He was em
ployed by the Elks Lodge as a
steward and was extremely well
liked. He took an active interest
in affairs of the lodge and fre
quently con^ribuEed his time to
public activities of that organi
zation.
He came to the United States
lin 1927 from Germany and made
his hom.e in New Britain, Conn.,
where he owned and operated
two restaurants, both considered
highly successful. His knowledge
of restaurant operations was fre
quently called on by officials of
the Elks Lodge here.
Funeral services were held this
afternoon at the Church of Wide
Fellowship with the pastor, the
Rev. Carl Wallace, in charge.
Graveside services were conduct
ed by the Elks Lodge at Mount
Hope Cemetery.
Mr. Gerrish is survived by his
wife, Elizabeth; one son, Fred,
who is with the Air Force in
Homestead, Fla.; one grandson,
and one brother, Paul, of New
Britain, Conn.
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VIEW OF ANOTHER A8eP THAT RESEMBLES THE ONE TO BE CONSTRUCTED HERE
A&P Plans Construction Of New Supermarket Here
The A&P' Food Stores an
nounced today the construction
of a new super market on W.
Broad Street, which will replace
the present location on Pennsyl
vania Avenue. The announce
ment said the investment in
property, building, equipment
and stock will be in excess of
$200,000.
The building itself will contain
in excess of 13,000 square fe>et,
and the parking area will accom
modate about 149 cars for A&P
customers.
It will be located across from
W. P. Still Oldsmobile and- will
go through to Bennett Street.
The structure will be one story
of concrete and brick, with an an
tique red brick front, featuring
the early American style. The ex
terior will be most attractive;
and the interior of the building
will be provided with the latest
innovations in retail grocery fa
cilities, providing the conven
ience, comfort and price savings
of many individual stores under
one roof. In addition, fluorescent
lighting and pastel toned ceilings
and walls provide a pleasant at
mosphere for shoppers. Five
check-out stands will speed the
flow of traffic through the store.
“Among the outstanding fea
tures of tne new super market
will be the completely modem
meat department, self-service
produce cases, self-service frost-
•ed food cabinets and air-condi
tioning for year-round shopping
comfort,” said J. A. Zeigler, Gen
eral Superintendent in charge of
A&P’s Operation in the Caro
lines. “With few exceptions, the
new store will be completely self-
service throughout, and will be
so designed as to make the busy
housewives’ shopping easier,
quicker and more convenient,”
be added.
Construction probably will be
completed in time for occupancy
early next year.
This development was cited as
another evidence of the A&P or
ganization’s faith in the future
growth of Southern Pines.
♦ Mrs- Janice Figgett Hobson, 50,
of Pinehurst, died at her home
July 10 from an overdose of
sleeping pills. Coroner Ralph
Steed has ruled.
The ruling was announced this
week by Steed, who said he had
been holding off an official rul
ing until an investigation by the
State Bureau of Investigation had
been completed.
Mrs. Hobson’s body was found
bn a sun porch of her home near
the No. 2 course in Pinehurst.
Parts of the official ruling are
■ps follows:
‘Despite mysterious circum
stances, there was no evidence of
violence on the body other than
a mouth wound insufficient to
have caused death. Because of
unusual aspects which developed,
the SBI (State Bureau of Inves
tigation) was called in, and an
autopsy revealed a large quan
tity of barbituates had been tak-
,en internally.
“Bloodstains found in the home
came from a wound on the wo
man’s lips inflicted by Hobson
who admitted to officers he had
struck his wife with a rolled-up
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Mrs. Carl Holt
Takes Own Life
With Plastic Bag
Death by suffocation was the
verdict of a coroner’s jury in the
death of Mrs. Thelma Kelly Holt,
58, well-known businesswoman
of this community, who was
found early Friday on the floor
of her garage, her head encased
in a plastic bag. The death was
termed a suicide.
4n autopsy and inquest deter
mined that Mrs. Holt had been
dead some six or seven hours
when found by her husband, Carl
E. Holt, at 8:10 a. m. according to
Coroner Ralph G. Steed.
Holt said his wife had gone to
bed about 10:40 Thursday night,
and he had follow-ed soon after.
She apparently arose soon after
midnight and dressed to commit
the act. Steed said the body was
fully blothed, that the plastic gar
ment bag was tucked in about
her neck to make it airtight, and
that the rest of the bag was under
her bpdy.
Declining health was assigned
as the reason for her act. Steed
said she was reported to have
been in “a very nervous condi
tion” for about two years, and
had been depressed.
Mrs. Holt, who was widely
known and very popular in
Southern Pines, was the manager
of Mack’s Five and Ten Cent
Store for some 25 years.
She was a native of Jonesboro,
the daughter of Flynn and Delia
McNeill Kelly.
Funeral services were held
Sunday at 3 p. m. at Shallow
Well Christian church near San
ford, conducted by the pastor, the
Rev. Max Vestal, with burial in
the church cemetery.
Surviving are her husband;
two sisters, Mrs. L. T. Sloan
and Mrs. O. T. Brown, Sanford
Rt. 7, and three brothers, Paul
Kelly, Sanford; Marvin Kelly,
Sanford, Rt. 7, and B. B. Kelly,
Kershaw, S. C.
New Industrial
Committee Named
By Mayor Ewing
A six-man committee to pro
mote Southern Pines as a place
for selected industry was named
by Mayor Robert Ewing at the
regular Town Council meeting
Tuesday night.
Five of the members have been
on the committee during the past
year; the other. Councilman
James Hobbs, was a new appoint-
tee.
The five reappointed were Nor
ris Hodgkins, Jr., Ward Hill, W.
Harry Fullenwider, John C. Os-
trom and Jack Younts.
Hodgkins and Hill are also
members of the county’s indus
trial Development committee.
ANNUAL PICNIC
The annual picnic in the town
park for children will be held
Friday afternoon at 5 o’clock, ac
cording to Nancy Jo Traylor, who
has been directing the play
ground program this summer.
She said that all children were
invited to enjoy hot dogs, soft
drinks and cookies.
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