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VOL. 39—NO. 39 SIXTEEN PAGES SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1959 SIXTEEN PAGES PRICE: 10 CENTS ONLY ONE VACANCY Teacher Lists For East And West Southern Pines Schools Announced Plans For Banquet Honoring Dawson I Are Taking Shape The planning committee for the testimonial banquet in honor of Dr. A. C- Dawson, announced today that it was now in the pro cess of selecting an appropriate appreciation gift for Dr. Dawson and his wife, and that those wish ing to participate may do so by sending their contribution to Nor- ris Hodgkins, Jr., at the bank. Dr. Walter Sargeant, chairman of the committee, said that Gov ernor Hodges has accepted the invitation to be guest speaker for the occasion. Tickets for the banquet, to be held at 6:30 September 4 in the high school cafeteria, are being distributed by the following civic clubs: Rotary, Kiwanis, Lions, . Junior Chamber of Commerce, Parent-Teachers Association, and also by Hodgkins and Johnny Hall. Tickets will be limited to 250 and there are a few for sale to the general public. The public meeting in Weaver Auditorium, which follows the banquet and at which Governor Hodges will speak, is open to everyone. It is scheduled for 8 4b p.m., immediately following the banquet- Gales Sentenced To Prison On Murder Charge Donstan Gales, 46-year-old Jackson Hamlet Negro, lost his bid for freedom in Moore Super ior Court Wednesday when a jury found him guilty of manslaughter in the fatal shooting of his wife Bertha. He drew a prison sentence of not less than 10 nor more than 15 years. The verdict was the lesser of two of which Solicitor M. G. Boy ette had said he was seeking one or the other—the alternative be ing murder in the second degree. The defendant, freely admit ting all circumstances of the shooting, had pleaded not guilty by reason of self-defense. His at torneys put up a stiff fight, and the trial lasted from early Tues day afternoon till mid-aftemoon Wednesday. Gales in lengthy testmony re lated that his wife was advancing on him with a knife when he shot her in fear for bis own life. Though another witness said he too had seen the knife, officers said no knife was ever found. Sandhills Bowlers Plan Association A preliminary organizational meeting was held Tuesday night at the Civic Club in Southern Pines preparatory to the form ation of a Sandhill Bowling As- cociation. The meeting was called by Col. George H. Garde, manager of the OK Bowl in Southern Pines. W.C. Sanders was elected temporary chairman and presided at the meeting. Nominations were made for the various association positions with voting to take place at the OK Bowl, ending Wednesday, August 26 at 7:30 p.m. Nominated for president were: W. C. Saunders, Bill Thomasson, Joe Scott, Bob Voncannon and Stowe Cole. Secretary: Joe Car ter, Jack Barron, Francis M. Marx, Tommy McNeill and P. G. McRee. Treasurer: Jim Long, William Lee Frank Pollock, Ed Cook and Walter Patnode. Direc tors: Bill Voncannon, Jim John son, A1 Rowe and Ronnie Palaz- zetti. Bill Voncannon and A1 Rowe were named representatives to attend the State Bowling Associ ation meeting to be held in Fort Bragg Saturday. With one exception the com pleted teacher lists for both East and tVest Southern Pines schools were announced this morning by Superintendent Luther Adams. The one exception, he said, is a mathematics teacher for East Southern Pines and that position is expected to be filled in the next few days. Mr- Adams reminded parents this week that all children who are entering the school this year for the first time and who did not attend the pre-school clinic last spring may register at the ele mentary school from 9 a.m. to noon any day next week. All children entering the first grade must be six years of age on or before October 15. He said also that all first grade children must have received shots for whooping cough, tetanus, diphtheria and, a new regulation this year, they must have at least been started on the polio shots- Students were reminded that school begins September 2, which is a Wednesday. On that day they are reminded to bring the usual fees. School will close at 12:30 on Wednesday, with the first fuU day scheduled for Thursday. Teachers will meet at the school Tuesday, September 1, for a “teacher orientation day.” Mr. Adams said that school will be closed Labor Day. Other clos ings are set for October 6 for the Central District NCEA meet ing in Lexington, November 26 and 27 for Thanksgiving and from the end of the day Decem ber 18 until January 4 for the usual Christmas holidays. April 15, a Friday, and April 18, a Monday, wiU be observed as va cation for Easter and school will close June 2. The teacher lists: East Southern Pines—First grade, Mrs. Ralph Foushee, Mrs. D. E. Caddell and Miss Mary Jane Prillaman; second grade, Mrs- Davis Worsham, Miss Kath arine Childs, and Mrs. Joe Ben nett; third grade. Miss Peggy Joyce Blue, Mrs. Travis Wicker and Mrs. Howard Broughton; fourth grade, Mrs. Joe Jenkins Miss Agnes Barrow and Miss Margaret Lou Frye; fifth grade, Mrs. Marsden Farrior, Mrs. Dor is P. Wilson and l^s. W. C. Cal laway; sixth grade. Miss Hilda Ann McConnell, Miss Carey Buice and Mrs. Ruth Deaton; seventh grade. Miss Annie Margaret Brewer, Miss Ewina Rooker and Mrs. John McPhaul; eigtht grade, Ralph Foushee and Don Moore- Moore also serves as elementary principal. Mrs. Frank Strauss is librarian and Miss Mary Logan is elementary supervisor. In the high school, the follow ing assignments have been made: Mrs. Ruth Swisher, commercial; Miss Billie Williams, English and science; Gerald Ellen, science; Miss Mary Ann Oates, social stud ies; Miss Hazel Ayscue, English and Spanish; Miss Pauline Miller, English and Latin; William Mc Adams, band; Miss Constance Keen, home economics; and James Walser, principal. WEST SOUTHERN PINES First grade, Mrs. Edna Morse and Mrs. A. M. Gaines; second grade. Miss Wilma Hasty and Mrs. L. M. Barksdale; third grade Mrs- O. J. Saunders and Miss Dorothy Headen; fourth grade, Mrs. I. H. Moore and Mrs. Mable F. Thomas; fifth grade, Mrs. D. Shelton Burrows and Miss C. E. Steele; sixth grade. Miss Lois G. Sutton and Mrs. V. T- Wilsorii seventh grade, W. F. Monroe; eighth grade, Mrs. Nellie F. Clark; librari2ui, Mrs. M. E. York. In the high school: Mrs. B- G. Monroe commercial education; A. T. Clark, science and mathe matics; J. C. Hasty, mathematics, science and band; McKinley Arm strong, English, history, driver education, physical education, coach; Miss Shirley Ann Johnson, French, English, dramatics; Miss Lucille Joyner social studies, girl’s physical education; Miss A. A. White, home economics; E. T. Clark, shop; and H. A. Wilson principal. GROUNDBREAKING for the new fieldhouse at Memorial Field was held last week with the four men above sharing the honors. At left is Bill Thomasson who has headed a drive to se cure funds for construction of the building; next to him is Jim Walser, the new football coach; third from left is Luther Adams, superintendent of the city school system; and at right is Burton Perham, contractor. Plans for the building were donated by Thomas T. Hayes local architect. Thomasson said he was look ing for funds to complete the structure and suggested that 100 people willing to donate $10 each would about do the trick. (Humphrey photo) PAIRINGS LISTED Favorites Advance In First Rounds Of Play In County Golf Tournament Bill Woodward, defending Moore Couty golf champion, won his first match last week in the campaign to retain his title. He defeated Will Wiggs of Southern Pines 2 and 1. Woodward, conceded by ob servers to have an excellent chance to hang on to the trophy, is in for some trouble this year, however, as Henson Maples, greenskeeper at Pinehurst, show ed his mettle by defeating Bill Thrailkill in first round competi tion by the lop-sided margin of 7 and 5. Davis Worsham, who has been shooting consistently in the low 70’s this year, defeated Charles Rose 1 up on 19 holes to offer himself as a candidate for the championship trophy. The matches, being played on the No. 2 course at Pinehurst, also saw these first round results in the championship flight: Joe Car ter defeated J. Hufford 4 and 2; Carlos Frye defeated Pete Tufts 1 up; Bill Sledge defeated Glenn Crissman 4 and 2; Bill Wilson defeated Tommy Currie 4 and 3; and J. H. McCaskill defeated Hol ly Sisk 6 and 5. Losers in the championship flight make up the second flight. Results in other flights: Second flight—Joe Montesanti defeated Tom Shockley by de fault; Harry Davis defeated Jack Carter 4 and 3; Ed Comer defeat ed George Short 1 up; and Bill PurceU defeated O. T. Parks 4 and 2- Third flight—Dr. E. M. Medlin defeated Louis Honeycutt by de- farilt; Topper Parks defeated North Lewis 3 and 2; Bob Strauss defeated Jim Prim 2 and 1; and Harry Chatfield defeated Don Mangum 2 and 1. Fourth flight—E. J. Austin de feated Boyd Starnes 1 up; W. F. Thrower defeated R. H. Johnson 3 and 1; A1 Brezinski defeated Jim Besley 5 and 4; and Leonard Jones defeated Don lyiurray 2 up. Fifth flight—W- M. Puckett de feated T. I. Wilson 2 and 1; Glenn Lassiter defeated H. L. Williams 5 and 3; Francis Rainey defeated Bill VonCanon 2 and 1; and Leonard Yearby defeated Frank Edwards 3 and 2. Sixth flight—^Fred Pollard de feated R. W. McLeod by default; Harold Collins defeated Walter Robertson 1 up; Earl Pickett de feated Dave Ginsburg 1 up; and Bobby VonCanon defeated Hen ry Turner 4 and 3. Seventh flight—Frank Trotter defeated William R. Taylor 3 and 2; and Wells defeated Alexander by default, r Pairings this week: Championship flight—^Wood ward vs Worsham; Joe Carter vs Carlos Frye; Maples vs Sledge; and Wilson vs McCaskill. First flight—^Wiggs vs Rose; Hufford vs Tufts; Thrailkill vs Crissman; and Currie vs Sisk. Second flight—^Montesanti vs (Continued on page 8) Jaycees Announce Golf Carousel Dates In November Couples Division Is New This Year; Announcements Mailed The 6th annual Golf Carousel, under sponsorship of the South ern Pines Junior Chamber of Commerce, will be played No vember 19-22, it has been an nounced by Norris Hodgkins, Jr., who is the Jaycee chairman of the event. Some 7,000 announcement let ters have been mailed, he said, and about 3,500 brochures des cribing the ev-ent will be mailed within the next two weeks. The tournament this year, as in the previous five, will be played ov-er the courses at Mid Pines, Pine Needles and the Southern Pines Country Club. Qualifying will be beld November 19, the opening day, and the champion ship matches will be played at Mid Pines on November 22. Each year the championship matches move to a different club. Hodgkins said one change of note from previous tournaments had been decided on for this year's event, the inauguration of a “couple’s division.” In the past, he noted, women who entered generally had their husbands as partners, or teamed with another woman. This year all women will be in the couple’s division and will compete for separate prizes from the men’s division. What it boils down to, he fur ther explained, is that there will be two divisions, one for couples, one for men. Each division will have separate prizes in each flight. Charles Marcum of Southern Pines, a professional golfer who represents the Hillerich and Bradley sports equipment firm, has been retained this year as the tournament director. An advisory committee, with representatives from each of the three clubs, has been meeting with the Jaycees for the past few weeks to make arrangements for the tournament. On the commit tee are Bill Weldon of Mid Pines, Warren Bell of Pine Needles, and Carlos Frye and Tom Shockley of Southern Pines Country Club. Jaycee committee chairmen are as follows: brochure and adver tising, Gene Lee; entertainment, Richard Mattocks; invitations, David Sedberry; finance, Tom Craven; and trophies, Jee Currie. 'Thomas Ruggles is assistant general chairman. Hodgkins said that entry fees would be the same as last year: $20 per person, $40 per team. The entry fee pays for four rounds of golf, all entertainment and the trophies. Headquarters this year will be at the Pine Nedles Club. Hodgkins reminded local play ers who planned to enter that they may contact any of the Jay cees mentioned for further infor mation. Daniels Seeking Third Win In Net Tourney * Mrs. Jones Also Seeking Repeat As Event Opens Unseeded Player From Asheville Cops Junior Title Tall black-haired David Mor gan of Asheville won his first championship trophy this morn ing when he beat Jim Causey of Davidson 6-3, 6-2 in junior boys’ singles finals of the Junior Sand hills Invitational. The boys played a fin'e tough match, and Causey, just 15, put up a brilliant fight but Morgan had the edge in years and weight. Morgan, fourth-seeded, had previously knocked off the No. 1 seed, Stanley Cocke, also of Asheville, while Causey ousted second seeded William Poore of Belton, S. C., in semifinals mark ed by upsets. Causey, still eligible for boys’ play (up to 15) was No. 1 seed in boys’ singles and successfully de fended his 1958 crown against Ray Stallings of Goldsboro, 9-7, 6-4- Morgan and Causey also each took home a doubles champion ship trophy. Morgan and Cocke teamed to win the junior boys’ doubles over Donny Dial of Co lumbia, S. C., and Fred Craft of Belton, S. C., while Causey and Jim Sloan of Clinton, S. C., beat (Continued on page 8) BAND PRACTICE Students in all grades at the East Southern Pines school who plan to play in the band this year have been reminded that practice ses sions are now underway. William McAdams, the new director, requests that all band students report to the band room Mondays through Fridays at 9 a.m. “Big Sam” Daniel of Leaksville and Mrs. Raymond Jones of Fort Bragg, returning to defend their 1958 singles crowns in the Sand hills Invitational, were each seed ed No. 1 as play began today in the 11th annual renewal of the event. Both drew first-round byes and will not see action until Friday. Singles and doubles will be play ed, and final rounds are expected to be played Sunday on the mu nicipal courts. Daniel, trying for his third straight win, will have plenty of competition. Other seeds in men’s singles—No- 2, Bobby Green of Palm Beach Fla.; No. 3, Ed Hud gins, Greensboro, and No. 4, Jim Robinson of Columbia, S. C. Green, a Duke medical student, defeated Southern Pines’ Mal colm Clark two weeks ago to win the Eastern Carolina champion ship. Hudgins, a former national boys champion, is, like Daniel, a well known tournament winner, high ranked in the State and the South. Robinson, a newcomer here, is a former No. 1 player on the University of Tennessee team. Mrs. Jones, former No. 1 player of her native France, made her North Carolina tournament de but here last August . She is the wife of Col- Raymond Jones of XVIII Corps, and the mother of four young children. Among her competition are Lillian Seabrook and Sally See- beck of Charleston, S. C., seeded No. 2 and No. 3, and Joanne Cooper of Charlotte, seeded No. 4. Miss Cooper, runner-up to Mrs. Jones here last year, has just successfully defended her title in the Junior Sandhills Invitational. PROGRAM BEGINS THIS YEAR Books On Alcohol Education Are Distributed In County’s Schools Local Men Get High Armed Forces Jobs Gen. Fisher Named Leader Of Eastern Transport Air Force Major General William P. Fisher has been appointed to command Eastern Tiransport Air Force, MATS. General Fisher is presently serving as Director of Legislative Liaison for the Air Force. He succeeds General Wil liam S. Stone, now Superintend ent of the Air Force Academy. General Fisher, 48, a graduate of North Carolina State College, entered the Air Force in 1934. He holds the Distinguished Flying Cross for his participation in the epoch-making flight of nine B- 17s from Hawaii to the Philip pines in 1941 and the Purple Heart for wounds received at Clark Field, Philippines, when the Japanese attacked that base on December 7. Dining World War 2 General Fisher command ed allied fighter imits in east Java and subsequently became Commander Of the 308th Bomb Group in China. Equipped with B-24s this unit flew every type of mission in the books. For these GEN. W. FISHER operations General Fisher receiv- the Oak Leaf Cluster to the DFC, Legion of Merit and the Air Med- al. A command pilot with 59 com bat missions and over 6,600 hours in jet and conventional aircraft. General Fisher was Commander of the Far East Air Force’s Bomb er Command during the Korean (Continued on page 8) Col. Siiterson Is |j Deputy Secretary ' i Of European Staff I Lt. Col. John D. Sitterson, Jr., 1260 N. Ashe St., Southern Pines, ' has been assigned to headquarters of the U. S. Army in Europe i where he is Deputy Secretary of , the General Staff- ^ The 38-year-old officer, who ' arrived overseas in March, 1957, served with the Seventh U. S. Army headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany prior to this new as signment. A 1937 graduate of Southern Pines High School, Colonel Sit terson is a 1942 graduate of the U. S. Military Academy at West Point. As well as attending a number of other service schools, he also received an M. A. in In ternational Relations from Georgetown University, Washing ton, D. C., in 1953. He commanded the 613th Field Artillery Battalion, armed with the Army’s 280-mm cannon, at Fort Bragg, and in Germany, from the fall of 1956 until assign ed to Seventh Army headquarters in July, 1958. Books and booklets designed to aid in the inauguration of al cohol education in Moore schools, required under the law, were presented ths week to the libra ries of eight of the schools. Libraries receiving the books, said John S. Ruggles, chairman of the Moore County alcohol ed ucation committee, were those of Southern Pines, Pinehurst, Aber deen, Carthage, Robbins, Vass- Lakeview and West End, also Pinckney School at Carthage. These' are the county’s larger schools. The others will receive the books later if they request them, Ruggles said, as more funds become available. The gifts are financed through State ABC funds, and will be used in eighth grade work. Pres-entation of the books for the six schools of the county sys tem (exclusive of Southern Pines and Pinehurst) was made by to get the facts before the teach ers and the children, and lessen the dangers. There is a great deal of important data available. We want to expose them to the data, and minimize the risk.” 'The committee has secured many exellent films available on request for the schools, or to be used in club or civic programs; also it hopes by September 1 to have a speakers bureau set up and ready to go, to carry the in formation representing .today’s best scientific thinking on the subject to all groups in the county. “Just call me,” Mr. Cald well said. “We expect to be able to provide a program of films and talks to suit practically any oc casion.” 'The attractive set of books and booklets donated for school use, in classroom work or in the hands of a guidance counselor, consists of many titles in the well-known Ruggles at the Principals Confer- I Junior Life Adjustment, Life Ad- Vi .^1 #4 TV ^ ^ T ... T ! ? ence held Monday at the Carth age School cafeteria. Ruggles, who has for 10 years served as chairman of the alco holic committee of the State Hos pitals Board of Controls, under which the State Alcoholic Reha bilitation Center at Butner is op erated, told the principals that many of the books are designed for general life adjustment, as al coholism along with numerous other problems arises from mal adjustment before or during the adolescent years. Today’s think ing seeks prevention of emotion al disturbance in youth, to cut down later costly and tragic ills, he said. The Rev. Martin Caldwell of Southern Pines, executive direct or of the county alcohol educa tion committee, also on hand for the presentation, told the school men that, under formulas worked out for estimating preva lence of alcoholism, one out of every nine persons in Moore was destined to have alcoholic prob lems, and that there were in the county 1,500 present or potential alcoholics. “To say Ve have no such prob lem’ is wishful thinking/’ the Episcopal rector said. “We want justment and Better Living se ries; Teacher’s Guidance Hand books, and 14 of the foremost works on the subject, including “Teen-agers and Alcohol” and “The American Teen-Ager.” 'These books are also being pre sented to the Moore County Li brary at Carthage, Page Memor ial Library at Aberdeen and Southern Pines Lbrary. Annual Barbecue For Blue Knights Boosters Sept. 2 The Blue Knights Boosters Club has announced that the annual barbecue kickoff dinner will be held at the Southern Pines Coun try Club September 2. R. M. Cushman, club president, said that the event, slated just two days before the opening football game for the high school team would be held at the out door grill. In addition to the din ner, he said, memberships will . be renewed and there is a possi bility that a rundown on the out look for the football season will be presented.