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THE PILOT—Southern Pines. North Carolina
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1959 ♦
DOG POUND CONTRACT AWARDED
Bids On Courthouse Work Opened
But Action On Them Is Deferred
REV. A. M. STEVENS
Vass Church Of God
Has New Minister
The Rev. A. M. Stevens of
Cramerton is the new pastor of
the Church of God in Vass, and
is teachinng the seventh grade of
the West End school, also. He
succeeds the Rev. Rassie Davis,
who has transferred to Boon-s-
ville, near Mt. Airy.
Mr. Stevens holds a Bachelor of
Arts degree from Elon College,
and received his Master of Arts
from Western Carolina College at
Cullowhee on August 21 of this
year.
Mr. and Mrs. Stevens and their
children, Diane, 14, A. M., Jr., 10,
and Melita, four, are occupying
the parsonage on Highway 1, lo
cated next to the church. Before
coming to Vass his last church
was at Canton. He was in Vass
a few years ago and was instru-
in.sntal in organizing the church
of which he is now pastor.
Sunday School is held at 10 a.
m.; worship services at 11 a.m.
and 7:30 p. m., and young peo
ple’s meeting and prayer meeting
on Thursdays at 7:30 p. m.
The county commissioners in
a called meeting at Carthage
Monday opened some bids, let
one contract and made plans to
open more bids at their regular
meeting Tuesday, September 8.
The bids to be opened at the
September meeting (postponed
from Monday because of Labor
Day) will be for remodeling of
the former county home for pos
sible lease as a nursing or board
ing home, according to plans and
specifications of E. J. Austin,
architect.
Bids opened this week» were
for air-conditioning, electrical
work and heating in the court
house. Nine bids were opened
and all laid aside, pending a re
advertising to get prices on an
other kind of air-conditioning—a
chilled-water system. The board
has 30 days from date of opening
to accept or reject the bids they
have on hand.
The present plan is to install
a heating system in the court- [
house when the air-conditioning
goes In, as it will be more eco
nomical to do it all together.
Leonard H. Owens, consulting
engineer in the field of air-con
ditioning, met with the commis
sioners.
R. L. Frye of Carthage was
awarded the contract to build a
new dog kennel for use of the
dog warden, on the former coun
ty home property. The modern
kennel, with stalls and a dog run.
will cost $1,875, which was
Frye’s low bid.
Volunteers Asked Help Build Rooms
For Handicapped Man This Saturday
Local Resident
Sees Mrs. Boyd
In New York
Mrs. Voit Gilmore and her
daughter, Gerry, whd‘’' tiVere ^
New York last week, ^sited MtSi
James Boyd, editor of' The Pilot,
who is in a hospital there, con
valescing from a hip fracture
which took place in Maine the
previous week.
On her return to Southern
Pines, Mrs. Gilmore reported that
Mrs. Boyd “seemed (Juite chip
per,” was suffering little pain,
and sits up in a chair for a por
tion of each day.
Mrs. Boyd told Mrs. Gilmore
that she expected to be in the hos
pital about two weeks and then
to remain in New York for an
other two weeks, so that she can
be near the physicians who are
treating her. She imderwent an
operation on her hip about two
weeks ago.
Mrs. Gilmc^e said that James
Boyd, Jr., of New York, Mrs.
Boyd’s son, was to have dinner
with her Saturday night. Her
daughter, Mrs. Noel Sokoloff of
Princeton, N. J. who was with
her mother for a while in New
York, is now at the Boyd place
at Sorrento, Maine.
Prior to her accident in Maine,
Mrs. Boyd had been visited by
her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Dan
Boyd of San Francisco, Calif., and
children.
First PTA Meet
Slated Sept. 14
First meeting of the East Sou
thern Pines Parent-Teacher As
sociation will be held at 8 p.m.,
Monday, September 14, in Weak
er Auditorium, it was announced
today by C. S. (Buster) Patch,
Jr., president.
Max Rush, Southern Pines
postmaster, will ^speak briefly
about the problem of obscene ma
terials sent to young people
through the mails. A reception
for the school faculty will follow.
Parents are being given an op
portunity to pay their 50-cente-
each PTA membership fees with
their children’s school fees; or
they may join at the first meet
ing.
WATCH OUR ADS ....
YOUXL FIND IT!
Volunteer carpenters are invi
ted to take part Saturday in
building a two-roonri annex to the
home of June Bayliff, 34-year-
old Aberdeen paraplegic.
Hubert Moss, a builder of Ash
ley Heights, will be in charge of
the work and is donating the ser
vices of himself and a crew for
the day. He invites anybody who
wants to help to come and bring
a hammer and saw—^for an hour
or all day.
'The John Boyd Post, Vetei’ans
of Foregin Wars—which has
turned over to Bayliff $1,035.10
raised for his benefit by a fish
fry in June—^plans to send some
volunteers.
Bayliff, married and the fath
er of four children, is confined
to a wheel chair as the result of
a shooting accident. The special
ly constructed rooms will make
it. possible for him to stay with
his family and not have to return
to a veterans hospital.
The VFW fund is .expected to
pay for about half of the con
struction work. Mrs. Bayliff is
employed at the Aberdeen Hos
iery Company.
Plumbing work will be dona
ted by William Black of Aber
deen and electrical work by
Aberdeen Electric Shop. Therapy
equipment will be installed by
the Moore County Chapter of the
N. C. Society for Crippled Chai-
dren and adults.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Bayliff have
expressed their gratitude for the
financial aid given to them.
Once Bayliff has a suitable
place to live, the State Rehabili
tation Program can help him
learn a way to make a living. He
hopes to work with accounting,
bookkeeping and tax returns.
West End Home Entered In Daylight;
Carthage A & P Has Night Robbery
Two bold robberies, one of
them at a private home in day
light, are being investigated by
the Moore County sheriffs de
partment and local officers of
Carthage and West End.
The Earl Auman resdence at
West End was entered through
a back window, while there was
no one at home, about 5 p. m.
Wednesday of last week. Stolen
were a radio, electric iron, two
electric clocks, a set of china and
some money.
Saturday night, in Carthage,
the A & P store was broken into
through the front door between
9 and 10 p. m. and, with lights on
in the store, a thief or thieves
took 200 cartons of cigarettes, 60
pounds of coffee, 205 cartons of
chewing gum, five country hams
and small quantities of other
meats.
Working on the cases are Dep
uty Sheriff H. H. Grimm, Carth
age police and Constable Oscar
Bailey of West End.
Deputy Grimm said that jn the
West End case officers have been
trying to find a. black 1951 Buick
with South Carolina license
plates, seen near the Auman res
idence by several persons about
the time of the robbery. The
thieves apparently were looking
mainly for money, the deputy
said, as all pocketbooks found in
the house had been opened.
The Carthage break-in was
noted about 10 p. m. Saturday
when John W. McDonald, night
officer, and Paul Lamm, another
Carthage officer, were passing
the rear of the store in the patrol
car and saw the back door open
anl a man standing in the door.
Finger prints were found at
both the Carthage and West End
locations.
Group Seeking
Development Of
Area Will Meet
The Sandhills Area Develop
ment association—comprising
Moore, Lee, Richmond and Mont
gomery counties—will present its
plans and program to the public
at a meeting to be held in the
Southern Pines school auditor
ium Friday, September 18, at 8
p.m.
Zeb ,C. Strong, of Charlotte,
president of the Piedmont Area
Development association, will
speak on the experiences and
progress of the Piedmont coun
ties. John Crawford, program
planning specialist with the N.
C. Extension Service, wiR ex
plain the method of organization
by which neighbor counties band
together to move forward in sev
eral fields—industrial, agricult
ural and community develop
ment, travel and recreation.
The Moore County steering
committee met Wednesday after
noon at the office of F. D. Allen,
county farm agent, in Carthage
to learn the plans and devise
ways of securing the attendance
of 200 interested citizens. Com
mittees in the other counties are
doing the same thing, with 200
attending set as the goal for
each.
The Moore committee is com
posed of directors F. D. Allen,
Carthage; Jim Pollok, Robbins;
T. C. Auman, West End, and Mrs.
Dallas H. Jackson, Vass. Subcom
mittee chairmen are Norman
Cagle, Carthage, agriculture; J.
F. Steed, Robbins, industry; Al
ton Scott, Southern Pines, travel
and recreation; Paul C. Butler,
Southern Pines, community de
velopment; and Mayor R. S.
Ewing of Southern Pines.
Post Office At
Manly May Close
A proposal to close the post
office at Manly and serve that
community on the north edge of
Southern Pines by “'mounted
service” from the Southern Pines
post office was revealed this
week.
Mrs. Grace V. Wilson, postmas
ter, was reported to have offered
her resignation. Under the Post
Office Department’s proposal, she
would not be replaced and the
new service would be put into
effect.
A Post Office Department offi
cial said that the Manly office
took in only $440 during the past
I year, but that it cost $2,485 to
operate it. Service could be sup
plied from Southern Pines for
$750 per year, it was stated.
MANY MORE YOUNGSTERS READING
Library Circulation Increases
Circulation of books at the'^
Southern Pines Public Library
totaled 26,977 in the fiscal year
ending June 30, Mrs. Stanley
Lambourne, librarian, reported
this week.
The figure included an adult
circulation of 19,599 and a juv
enile circulation of 7,378.
Compared with figures for. the
previous year, juvenile circulation
showed an increase of 1,713 and
the adult books an increase of
98.
Mrs. Lambourne said that the
library board is particularly grat
ified With the large increase in
juvenile circulation.
During the year, 1,008 books
were added to the library’s coL
lection.
Mrs. Lambourne said that the
library welcomes gifts of books
as memorials and that she will
■be happy to discuss suitable
titles with prospective donors.
BELVEDERE
(Continued from page 1)
Boy Scout executive offices there.
Mr. Pappas is a Shriner and a
member of AHEPA (American
Hellenic Educational and Pro
gressive Association).
Mr. Smith is a longtime resident
of Greensboro, a member of the
Society of Friends and has been
prominent in Masonry for many
years. He is on the director’s staff
of the Oasis Temple and a mem
ber of the Oriental Shrine Club.
The Belvedere Hotel corpora
tion was organized in Southern
Pines but has offices in Greens
boro. Mr. Smith is president, Mrs.
Floyd E. Gray is vice-president;
and Mr. Smith’s wife, Mrs. Chris
tine J. Smith, is secretary and
treasurer.
Civil Term Of
Superior Court
Starts Sept. 8
A two-week term of Moore
County Superior Court, for the
trial of civil actions, will open
Tuesday, September 10, at the
courthouse in Carthage. Judge F.
Don Phillips of Rockingham, res
ident judge of the 20th judicial
district, is scheduled to preside.
The term will open Tuesday
because of the Labor Day holi
day on Monday.
Seven uncontested divorces
and a half-dozen motions are set
for the opening day of the term,
along with four cases for trial.
'Twenty more trials are set to
start Wednesday and Thursday
of the first week and on Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday of the
second week.
The uncontested divorces were
listed this week as follows: Roy
Johnson vs Nora |H. Johnson,
Dorothy H. Merritt vs. William
J. Merritt, Anne N. Mischke vs.
H. E. Mischke, Ethel W. Byrd vs.
Jacob Byrd, James R. Small vs.
Margaret I. Small, Maxie Tyn
dall vs. Diane Motsdorf Tyndall,
Rankin Willis Strider vs. Bessie
Lee Strider.
One contested divorce, Mae El
liott Oldham vs. William Har
vey Oldham, is set for trial the
first day. The contested suit of
Edith B. Fitzgibbon vs. William
J. Fitzgibbon for alimony with
out divorce is calendared for
Wednesday.
Eight of the 24 suits set for
trial involve auto accident in
jury and damage claims.
YOUTHS
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ing four or five times. One of the
biggest , puzzles of the wreck was
the fact that the driver, Mee
han, who suffered severe head
and back injuries, was found 96
feet beyond the place where the
automobile came to rest appar
ently having been thrown that
distance out of the car.
Police Chief C. E. Newton said
that he would judge from the
circumstances that the driver had
fallen asleep.
Both the young men were
taken to St. Joseph hospital.
Chief Newton said that a tele
phone call was received at the
police department at 2:30 a. m.
Monday, from a motorist who
said he wds calling from a point
south of Southern Pines and that
he had seen what appeared to
be a bad accident “about three
miles north.”
Sgt. L. D. Beck and Patrolman
Wesley T. Thompson answered
the call and located the wrecked
auto off the parkway. They had
the injured youths taken to the
hospital and made the investiga
tion at the scene.
Both the young men were lying
clear of the car when the offi
cers arrived, they reported.
Reece’s injuries included se
vere cuts on foot, thigh and head.
The young men’s families in
Miami were notified by the po
lice department.
Smohey Says:
^ERE,TAKE
A LOOK!
Fire takes a heavy toll of our
woodland areas. Carelessness is
attributed to most of these forest
fires.
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