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THE PILOT—Southern Pines, North Carolina
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1959
Boosters Lauiich
Member Drive To
Back Athletics
An intensive drive lor mem
berships and for general support
of the athletic program at East
Southern Pines High School was
launched this week by the Blue
Knights Boosters Club.
The club is an oiganization of
adults interested in school ath
letics. Membership is not con
fined to parents of students.
R. M. Cushman, president, ex
plained that the club is a non
profit organization that pays
those expenses of the teams that
are not provided by the school
and also provides insurance for
the athletes.
“Southern Pines residents and
merchants must back teachers
and students to the limit,” he
said, “especially in view of the
fact that there is a new superin-
. tendent and a new high school
principal.”
Blue Knights Booster Club
• membership cards can be obtain
ed from; Mr. Cushman, William
Caton, Hib Johnson, Gene Black-
welder, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Chat-
field, Mrs. Jimmy Hobbs, Mrs.
Bob Leland, Mrs. William Bodine,
and Robert S. Ewing.
late Sheriff C. J. McDonald Lauded
By Judge Phillips As Court Begins
Pinehurst Forum
Lists 9 Events
For New Program
A varied program of nine at
tractions has been arranged for
the 1959-’60 season 'of the Pine
hurst Forum, repojjds Capt.
George F. Shearwood, program
chairman.
According to present arrange
ments, the program will be:
December 10—^The Gay Tyro-
liers, singing and dancing troupe
from the Austrian Tyrol.
January 7—Stecher & Horo
witz, duo pianists.
January 21—Stan Waterman
iptresenting “Water World” un
dersea colored movies.
February 4—William A. String
er, Washington Bureau chief of
The Christian Scienoa Monitor,
on “World Affairs.”
February 12—Joyce Grenfell,
“England’s Funniest Export.”
March 3—Alec Waugh, author
of “Island in the Sun,” with
“Tales of a Wandering Writer.”
March 17— Sulie Harahd, re
turn engagement — “The Ger
shwin Story.”
March 31—^Llord’s Puppets.
April 14—^Dorraine and Ellis in
a “Cistumed Cavalcade of Broad
way’s Greatest Musical Hits.”
Judge F. Donald Phillips of
Rockingham, who is presiding at
a two-week civil term of Moore
County Superior Court in Carth
age, paid tribute to the late
Sheriff Charles J. McDonald as
the first jury trial of the term
began 'on Tuesday.
“This is the first term of court
I have attend,ed here in 30 years,
first as solicitor, then as resident
judge, that Sheriff McDonald
wasn’t present attending to his
duties, and doing it wel4” he
said. “This is the first opportunity
I have had since his passing last
February to express my feelings
to the people of Moore County
in their loss. I deeply mourn him
also, as a splendid public servant
and valued personal friend.
“In his long years of service,
Sheriff McDonald set a standard
for law enforcement in Moore
county respected throughout the
State. He gave you a fine tradi
tion to uphold.”
Judge Phillips also paid tribute
to Rep. H. Clifton Blue of Aber
deen, with particular emphasis on
his record in the recent session
of the General Assembly in which
he served as chairman of the
finance committee.
The judge also expressed thanks
to the people of Moore for “en
dorsing and ratifying my work
as solicitor Of this district for 12
years and resident judge for 24,
with the fine majority they gave
me in last year’s elections. I ac
cept the responsibility with deep
gratitude and humility.”
One contested divorce, Mae
Elliott Oldham vs. William Har
vey Oldham, was granted Tues
day, and six uncontested: Roy
Johnson vs. Nora Jee Johnson,
Anne N. Mischke vs. H. E. Mis-
chke, Ethel W. Byrd vs. Jacob
Byrd, Maxie Tyndall vs. Diane
Motzdorf Tyndall, Dorothy Riley
Cole vs. Jerry Thomas Cole and
Lillian T. Dodson vs. William L.
Dodson.
The jury trial begun Tue^ay
was a land line suiti Cecile Ag
nes Cameron vs. G. D. Goodman
et al.
Yellow jackets To
Open Grid Season
On September 18
The West Southern Pines Yel
low jackets are undergoing rough,
daily drills in preparation for the
toughest football schedule the
locals have faced in many years.
The Jackets will open against
Kingville School of Albemarle
September 18 in Albemarle. King
ville will be seeking to avenge
last lear’s setback at the hands
of the Yellowjackets in a 7-6
thriller.
The other games to be played
are:
Badin at Southern Pines, Oc
tober 1; Southern Pines at Ashe-
boro, October 9; Roxboro at Sou
thern Pines, October 16; South
ern Pines at Troy, October 23;
Morrison at Southern Pines, Oc
tober 29; Carthage at Southern
Pines (Homecoming), November
6; Southern Pines at Laurinburg,
November 13.
Hearings Set By
Council On Curb,
Zoning Matters
Public hearings on zoning and
subdivision requests were author
ized by the town council Tuesday
night, to take place at the coun
cil’s regular meeting October 13.
The hearings concern recom
mendations of the town’s Plan
ning Board, as passed on to the
council. One request is to change
a 200-foot frontage in the mid
dle of the block, on the east side
of Bennett St, between New
York and Massachusetts Aves.,
from residential to Business 2
zone.
Two other requests came to the
Planning Board from W. P.
Davis. One asks that the council
approve a subdivision he plans,
bordering Crestview Rd., Saylor
St. and Midland Road; the other
asks that the area be placed in
Residennee Zone 2, from Resi
dence Zone 1.
Zone 1 requires a dwelling of
1,500 square feet in floor area
Zone 2 has no floor area require
ment but specifies a lot must con
tain at least 7,500 square feet.
The board also authorized pub
lie hearings at the October meet
ing on two curb and gutter peti
tions: on W. Vermont, between
Page and Leak; and on E. Ohio,
between May and Ridge.
A resolution authorizing curb
and gutter on N. Ridge, between
New Jersey and Delaware was
approved. The project will be put
on the end of the list of 4 or 5
such proj.ects that have priority
and will be done when possible.
Town Manager Louis Scheipers,
Jr., said.
Hearing Slated
On Road Matters
At Troy Sept. 17
Residents of Moore, Chatham,
Hoke, Lee, oMntgomery, Ran
dolph. Richmond and Scotland
Counties are invited to attend a
public hearing at Troy, Thursday,
September 17, on important road
matters, according to Eighth Di
vision Highway Engineer T. C.
Johnston, Jr. of Southern Pines.
The meeting, to which city ana
county officials anJ the general
public are invited, 'vill begin at
2 p. m. in the Montgomery Coun
ty Courthouse.
Representatives of the State
Highway Commission nwill be on
hand nto discuss road requests.
This is one of a series of public
meetings to be held in the Eighth
Division.
Labor Day Weekend Termed Quiet In
Town, County; Safety Exhibit Noted
A Labor Day weekend that took
several hundred lives in traffic
and other accidents over the na
tion ended with little more than
routine entries on the records of
Southern Pines police, the county
sheriff’s department and the duties cover Moore, Lee
State Highway Patrol in this
county.
Crimes of violence, which are
frequently inspired by holiday
celebrations, were at a minimum.
A Southern Pines woman swore
out a warrant for assault against
a man police said had been drink
ing. That was all in that line
here.
The only arrests made by the
sheriff’s department were two
for public drunkenness.
“Very, very quiet,” was the
grateful comment of Sheriff W.
B. Kelly, when the weekend was
over.
Police Chief C. E. Newton, re
viewing the town’s police blotter
from Friday to Tuesday morning,
listed: five minor traffic acci
dents, two of which involved
motorists running into electric
power poles and being charged
with drunken driving; several
persons arrested for speeding,
running through a stoplight or
failure to yield right of way; two
persons arrested for public drunk
enness; and the single assault
case.
Cpl. J. A. McColman of the
State Highway Patrol, whose
and
Chatham Counties, listed for
Moore County an accident on N.
C. 211 near Aberdeen, in which
a Negro couple received super
ficial injuries when their car ran
off the road and hit a tree; and
an accident near Highfalls caus
ing property damage only. There
were no serious accidents in Lee
County but two wrecks took
three lives in Chatham.
Corporal McColman praised the
highway safety campaign of the
Aberdeen Jaycees at the No. 1
highway stoplight comer in Ab
erdeen Friday and Monday nights.
There was a realistic wreck
scene, with a battered automobile
and simulated graves under a
cemetery tent. Jaycees passed out
refreshments and safety literature
to motorists they stopped. Sever
al persons who were planning to
drive all night were directed to
local motels where they received
free accomodations. The Highway
Patrol cooperated in the project.
Attendance Of 200 Sought For Meeting
Of Development Group Here Sept. 18
TO CONSIDER BIDS
Directors of the Southern Pines
Savings and Loan Association
will meet tonight to consider bids
opened last week for construction
and furnishing of the Associa
tion’s proposed new building at
the corner of S. W. Broad St. and
New York Ave.
No contracts were awarded when
An attendance goal of 200 per-”^
sons interested in the industrial, |
agricultural, travel and recrea
tional development of this area
has been set for a me-eting to be
held at Weaver Auditorium here
at 8 p. m., Friday, September 18.
Similar meetings are being held
in other counties of the Sand
hills Area Development Associa
tion—Lee, Richmond and Mont
gomery.
The Moore County committee
includes as directors Mayor R.
S. Ewing, Southern Pines; F. D.
Allen, county farm agent, of Car
thage; Jim Polluk, 'Robbins; T.
C. Auman, West End; and Mrs.
Dallas H. Jackson, Vass.
Subcommittee chairmen are:
Norman Cagle, Carthage, agricul
ture; J. F. Steed, Robbins, indus
try; Alton Scott, Southern Pines,
travel and recreation; and Paul
C. Butler, Southern Pines, com
munity development.
Scheduled to speak are Zeb C.
Strong of Charlotte, president of
the Piedmont Area Development
Association; and John Crawford,
the bids were opened at the offios _
of Thomas T. Hayes and Assoc'- program planning specialist with
ates, architects. the N. C. Extension Service.
NEGRO POLICE
(Continued from page 1)
requesting group had been made
a part of the minutes.
The situation was complicated
by the fact that two of the coun-
cilmen present at the August
meeting—Harry Pethick and
John' Ruggles—were not at the
meeting this week, whereas
Councilman Jimmy Hobbs—^pres
ent this week with Mayor Ewing
and Councilman Capel—had not
been at the August meeting.
Upshot of the discussion was
that confirmation of the August
minutes was, on motion of Coun
cilman Capel, carried over to
the betober meeting. The West
Southern Pines councilman said
that he thought the attitude of
each councilman present toward
the request for Negro police
should be recorded in the August
minutes “so that we can look
back and check our progress on
this issue.” He recalled that Coun
cilman Ruggles had spoken fav
orably of the proposal at the Aug
ust meeting, vxhat made a split
opinion—two for and two
against,” he said.
Town Manager Scheipers offer
ed the suggestion that each coun
cilman who was present at last
month’s meeting could summar
ize his position before a discus
sion of the August minutes is
resumed in October.
Seven West Southern Pines
residents were present at the
meeting, in addition to Council
man Capel. None of them spoke
on the question of Negro police
men, but T. R. Goins later added
his protest to that of Councilman
Capel that surface treatment of
streets in the vicinity of the West
Southern Pjnes Schools was be
ing unduly delayed.
Town Manager Scheipers said
that the work could not be done
until the town had the money.
He said that if Powell Bill funds
(originating from the State gaso
line tax and distributed by the
State to municipalities) due to
be received soon are sufficient,
the street work can be done. In
reply to Mr. Goins’ statement
that the work had been “pronj-
ised,” the town manager said that
he had promised to do the work
when the money was available.
Councilman Capel asked if the
money for the work could not
be borrowed or taken from an
other fund.
The town’s debt limit prevents
borrowing, the town manager
said, but it would be possible, by
vote of the council to transfer
money from another fund. How
ever, this subject was not discuss
ed further.
Mayor's Slalement
Following the discussion of the
question of the August meeting
minutes and the road work. May
or Ewing said he would like to
make a personal statement about
his attitude.
Speaking directly to the group
in the audience from West South
ern Pines, the mayor said: “I am
not against hiring a Negro officer
and I am not against having the
roads paved in West Southern
Pines, but we have to obey the
ordinances. The town manager is I
the executive officer of the town
and it is his job to do the hiring
and firing.
“I am interested in the same
treatment for each citizen, but
we must obey the law. There is
no animosity on my part toward
the people of West Southern
Pines. I think we can get a lot
more done if we work amicably
than if we stand off and throw
pot shots at each other.”
HODGES
(Continued from page 1)
interest should not be limited to
scientific and technical . educa
tion, but that the study of his
tory and literature and languages
also gives people the knowledge
they need to understand other
people and world events.
The Governor praised a great
er enthusiasm shown for educa
tion by members of this year’s
General Assembly, but went on
to say later in his • speech that
both more dollars and more ef
fort must be put into public edu
cation in the State.
But the Governor bore down
hardest on the need for long-
range plannu;g, to make clear to
the Legislature “how it should'
proceed or what it should do.”
He expressed regret that the
General Assembly had not au
thorized the “incentive fund”
plan to supplement local school
appropriations with state money
and he pointed out that local
property taxes in counties are
low in comparison with other'
states.
However, the Governor conclu
ded, “I think we are improving
all along and that there is a
great future ajjead of us if we
all do our parti”
Governor Hodges spent Friday
night here and played golf with
a group of local friends Saturday
morning.
Sandlin Named To
Airport Committee
J. E. Sandlin of Southern Pines,
an executive of Amerotron, Inc.,
at Aberdeen, was appointed by
the county commissioners Tues
day to the county airport com^
mittee, replacing J. B. ToUison
of Southern Pines, formerly with
Amerotron, who recently moved
to Asheboro.
VISITING HERE
Mrs. Etta Hill and grandson,
Chris, of New York City, are vis
iting Mrs. Shirley Griffin, 915
W. Vermont Ave.
Fort Bragg, once a training cen
ter for 150,000 men in World War
II, had a somewhat modest be
ginning in 1918. Noted in these
days as an artillery training cen
ter, the fort was manned by only
5,400 men as late as ,1940.'Today
there are 30,000 soldiers station
ed on the 142,000 acre reservation.
VAGRANCY i
(Continued from page 1)
Mr. Brown cited other com
plaints that had been made about
persons who would be covered by
the new law but whom the police
have hitherto been powerless to
arrest becaus.2 they did not have
the backing of the proper legisla
tion.
Councilman Capel said that he
didn’t think the law as written
could be used fairly at the pres
ent time and expressed the fear
that innocent persons might be
picked up by policemen who
were not personally familiar with
their circumstances. Even though
they might not' be guilty, he said,
such action would be embarrass
ing to them.
Mr. Brown explained that offi
cers normally make some inquiry
before making an arrest and that
a person able to give a satisfac
tory account of himself would
not be subject to the provisions
of the proposed law. Also, the at
torney pointed out, anyone ar
rested has an opportunity
prove his innocence when he is
tried in court.
Councilman Jimmy Hobbs said
he thought it is better if the
members of the police depart
ment do not personally know
people, on either side of town
He said he believed the laws
would be applied more fairly un
der such a condition.
Councilman Capel’s motion to
defer action was then approved
by the other two councilmen
present—^Mayor Ewing and Mr.
Hobbs.
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