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VOL. 39—NO. 52
TWENTY PAGES
Anderson Tract
Picked For Camp
To Aid Crippled
70 Acres Lie Near
Town; Officials To
Visit Here Sunday
The North Carolina Society for
Crippled Children and Adults has
acquired the property of Mr. and
Mrs. Winston H. Anderson, north
of the Knollwood section, as. a
site for the camp it is planning
to build here.
The announcement came from
Mrs. Graham Culbreth, chairman
of the local committee. Mrs. Cul
breth said that the executive
committee and the medical ad
visory committee of the society
and Albin Pikutis, executive sec
retary, will be. her.3 Sunday to
walk over the property and talk
over possible building sites.
The tract, comprising 70 acres,
is partly wooded, partly farm
land. It lies to the north of and
adjoining the Longcope and Dent
farms, and was formerly part of
the Ernest Aiken estate. There
are several buildings already on
the place, a pond, and some fine
plantings of fruit trqes.
The former owners, Mr and
Mrs. Anderson, have never ac
tually lived on their property
but have used it for a summer
camping place, coming here for a
couple of months for the past
twelve years. Mrs. Culbreth
stressed their generosity in the
recent negotiations with the
board, in withholding the proper
ty from others until the Society
could make its decision and in
various most generous terms of
payment.
Members of the local commit
tee including Mrs. Culbreth, Voit
Gilmore and Norris Hodgkins,
Jr., as well as a few others are
expected to meet with the socie
ty officials this Sunday, follow
ing which, a fully detailed re
lease of future plans will, it is
reported, be issued.
SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1959
TWENTY PAGES
PRICE: 10 CENTS
Town Polling School
District On Methods
Of Selecting Board
Which System:
Appointment
Or Election?
OfF TO THE GAME!—This happy group lined up for a photo
just before, leaving in the school activities bus (driven by Supt.
Luther. A. Adams) for Chapel Hill to see the Carolina-Virginia
football game last Saturday. These Cub Scouts of Pack 76, which
is sponsored by the Church of Wide Fellowship, won the trip
as an achievement and membeiiship award. Adults standing, left
to right, behind the boys—^parents, den mothers and other of
ficials—are Mrs. Joe Kimball, Frank P. Smith, Bob Henderson,
Joe Kimball, Dwight Hoskins, Mrs. Frank P. Smith, Supt. Ad
ams, J. R. Howe, Cubmaster, who was in the photo but could not
make the trip, Mrs. Evelyn Grootman, Frank Wilson, Mrs. Mal
colm P. Anderton, and Mrs. Frank Wilson. The boys, not listed
in order they appear, are: Gene Sessoms, Eddie Bushby, Eddie
Allen, James Johnson, Frank P. Smith, Jr., Bobby Henderson,
Charles Shockley, Bill Dutton, Robin Hemmick, Mike Adams,
Ray Williams, David Lucas, Lee Leland, Mike Johnson, Billy
Strickland, Max Smith, Don Prefer, Terry Michaels, John Rowe,
Jack Goldsmith, Jerry Monroe, Jimmy Hines, Sam Ferguson,
Tom Wilson, Tom Shore, Tom Richardson, Tom Adams, Joe Kim
ball, Duncan Chisholm, John Chisholm, Paul Grootman, Eddie
Marshall, and Den Chiefs Ricky Johnson and Jim Wilson.
, (Humphrey Photo)
Plans Being Made
To Aid Needy At
Christmas Time
By MRS. WALTER B. COLE
Superintendent, Moore County
Welfare Deputment
The Moore County Welfare
Department is beginning to get
together its list of needy families
to be remembered at Christmas.
There are children in their own
homes where the father is earn
ing approximately $20.a week and
there are seven or eight children
to be cared for. There are children
in broken homes where small,
inadequate public assistance
grants will not provide for any
extras. There are children in in
stitutions, state hospitals, chil
dren’s training schools and chil
dren’s homes. There are children
in boarding homes away from
their own families temporarily
until other plans cah be made
(Continued on page 8)
NOVEMBER 30 AND DECEMBER 1
Blood Collections Set For Aberdeen,
Southern Pines; County Has ‘Deficit’
Moore County, in which use of | made at Aberdeen on November
Jugtown Hearing
May Be Delayed
After the term of Moore Coun
ty Superior Court for the trial
of criminal cases opfened in Car
thage Monday, Judge F. Donald
Phillips, presiding, said that
three motions in civil suits, which
had been calendared for Monday,
would not be heard until all
criminal cases had been dispos-ed
of.
As here are some 75 crimi
nal cases on this week’s docket,
the ruling made it unlikely that
the civil motions would be heard.
One of the motions was in the
long Jugtown pottery controver
sy, in which it would be decided
whether a temporary restraining
order on operation of the pottery
by the owners, Jacques and Juli
ana Busbee’s Jugtown, Inc.,
should become permanent.
John Mare is a principal stock
holder in the corporation. Seek
ing the restraining order was
Jugtown, Inc., another corpora
tion backed by a number of mem
bers of art and literary circles
in Raleigh and Greensboro.
COL. DONALD MADIGAN
Colonel Madigan
Appointed Moore
Director Of CD
Col. Donald Madigan of South
ern Pines will succeed Admiral
Felix Baker as Moore County’s
Civil Defense director.
The appointment was made by
the board of county commission
ers in a special meeting at Car
thage Wednesday. ,
Col.' Madigan has for some
years been the Southern Pines
CD head, biit has resigned this
post. He said today he will ac
cept the county position , only
When a new Southern Pines di
rector is appointed and that he
expects to work closely with his
successor.
Admiral Baker told the com
missioners at their November 2
meeting he did not think his
health was good enough for him
to continue as director. A formal
resolution was directed, express
ing the board’s appreciation for
his services. Admiral Baker, re
tired Navy officer, lives on the
old Leavitt’s Lake property near
Eastwood.
Colonel Madigan, a retired
Army officer, has been director
of Civil Defense in Southern
Pines since 1947 when he set up
one of the first community Civil
Defense organizations in North
Carolina.
He commanded the artillery of
the 503rd Combat Team (Para
chute) in the Pacific during
(Continued on Page 8)
blood by hospitals is running
ahead of collections, will have an
opportunity to balance up the
score when the Red Cross blood-
mobile from Charlotte visits
Aberdeen on Monday, November
30 and Southern Pines on Tues
day, December 1.
In Aberdeen, the place of col
lection will be the Baptist church
artd the hours 12 noon to 6 p. m.
For the Southern Pines stop, the
bloodmobile will be at the Na
tional Guard Armory on Morgan-
ton Road, 11 a. m. to 5 p. m
County Deficit Noted
The executive committee of the
Red Cross Blood Program in
North Carolina has advised John
Buchholz of Southern Pines,
Moore County chairman of the
Blood Bank, that at the present
time Moore County has a deficit
of 72 pints.
Usage in Moore County during
recent weeks has amounted to
426 pints, whereas the collection
for the same period was 354 pints.
“It is extremely important,
therefore,” Mr. Buchholz said,
“that when blood collections ate
30 and at Southern Pines on De
cember 1 at least 300 pints of
blood, an average of 150 at each
place, be collected in order for
Moore County to get back to
where it will no longer be rely
ing upon other counties for sup
port of its withdrawals from the
State Blood Bank.”
(Continued on page 8)
Supervisors In
Conference Here
Public school supervisors from
throughout North Carolina were
registering early this afternoon
for their annual three-day meet
ing here. Theme of the confer
ence is “Newer Emphases in Edu
cation in North Carolina.”
Headquarters is at the Holly
wood Hotel, with members of the
group also staying at the South
land and the Jefferson Inn. Gen
eral sessions will be held in
Weaver Auditorium.
Armed Robbery
Staged By Pair
In Stolen Auto
The Moore County sheriff’s de
partment is investigating a
bold armed robbery of the
Phillips 66 station, on US 1 be
tween Southern Pines and Aber
deen, early Tuesday morning.
Cleveland Beals, 25, of Vass,
night attendant at the station, told
Deputies J. A. Lawrence and H.
H. Grimm that he had been held
up by two unmasked wTiite men,
who took some $30 to $40 from
the cash register.
Beals said the men, described
as middle-aged, drove up in a
blue 1959 Ford and asked to buy
a soft drink; and that he pointed
out the drink machine, and turn
ed to go back into the station.
He said they followed him inside,
and one held a single-barrel shot- i
gun jon him while the other in
dicated the cash register, inform
ing him, “This is a holdup, son-
open up that thing.”
It was learned from the sher
iff’s department Wednesday that
the license tag number of the car,
which Beals had taken, when
(Continued on page 8)
Students Getting
Best Holiday Deal
Students in the Southern Pines
schools get the best deal in the
way of vacations next week.
While most stores and offices
will be closed for Thanksgiving
Day (Thursday) only, the stu
dents will have a holiday from
after school Wednesday untU
they go back the following Mon
day morning.
But Supt. Luther A. Adams
emphasized that it will be a full
day of school Wednesday—no
getting out early.
The Citizens Bank and 'Trust
Co., town offices, the Library and
the courthouse in Carthage will
be closed for Thanksgiving. The
post office will follow its holiday
schedule of closed windows all
day, no home delivery of mail
but the usual processing of mail
at the post bffice.
Opening Meeting
Of Hunt Set For
Thanksgiving Day
To all riders to hounds and
neighbors who like to watch, the
call goes out this week: “Thanks
giving Day will be the Opening
Meet day of the Moore County
Hounds.”
Hounds will meet at the Mile-
away Farm kennels in Manly at
10 a. m., to follow a drag laid
over the surrounding farmlands
and woods.
Handling the pack as usual will
be the master, W. O. Moss, with
Mrs. Moss as first whip. Also
whipping this year will be Miss
Sandy Glynn of Greens Farms,
Conn. Miss Glynn has spent three
winters with the Mosses and
whipped in unofficially last year.
This year she will turn out in
pink as a fully qualified member
of the staff.
The Master reports that hounds
are in good form and ready to
go. As evidence he cites today’s
run, the first of the season, when
the pack jumped a big fox ' in
the covert back of the Webb
place and ran him to the mailroad
crossing.
Said Mrs. Moss: “If the four
couples of puppies we had out
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PILOT TO PUBLISH
NEXT WEDNESPAY
The Pilot will publish on
Wednesday of next week be
cause of the - Thanksgiving
holiday on Thursday.
Correspondents are asked
to get their news in by Mon
day. Advertisers are asked to
have their copy in at least a
day in advance of their usual
schedule. Deadline for news
and classified advertising will
be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday.
Senator Jordan
Speaks Tonight
Sen. B. Everett Jordan wiR be
guest speaker tonight at the an
nual recognition dinner of the
Moore District Boy Scout organ
ization. The program, with “pot
luck” supper, begins at 6:30 p. m.
at the National Guard armory.
New district officers will be in
stalled. More than 700 persons,
adult Scouters and their families,
are expected.
Carthage To Play
For. State 8-Man
Football Crown
The Carthage High School 8-
man football team will play for
the state championship in its
class November 27.
The Moore County boys clinch
ed the Western District cham
pionship here Friday night with
a 26-13 victory over Celeste Hen
kel, running up a 20-0 lead in the
first half before Celeste Henkel
scored.
Bath or Hallsboro are playing
Friday night of this week to de
termine the Eastern champion
that will meet Carthage.
Kiwanis Launches
Drive For Funds
To Help Students
Members of the Sandhills Ki
wanis Club, who have contributed
more than 4,000 hours of benevo
lent and religious work thus far
in 1959, this 'week sanounced the
largest social service project in
the Club’s history. The Sandhills
Kiwanis Educational Foundation,
Inc., has been established to
“lend financial support to worthy
boys and girls for the purpose of
pursuing educational courses.”
According to R. F. Hoke Pol
lock, Kiwanis president, a cam
paign will begin throughout the
county this week to solicit
through newspapers funds to
make possible educational loans
to Moore County students. The
Kiwanis Foundation will succeed
The Moore County Educational
Foundation which was established
in 1930 for the same purpose.
Loans will be available for
college, university and profession
al training and applications will
be made to the foundation’s of
ficers.
The officers and members of
the new foundation are John M.
Howarth, president; Dr. E. M.
Medlin, vice-president; Paul
Dana, secretary; Thomas T.
Hayes, Jr., treasurer; E. T. Mc-
Keithen and Paul 'VonCanon.
The fund from which the stu
dent loans will be made will be
raised by Kiwanians through the
newspaper solicitation and by the
sale of “all-purpose cloths” in
Aberdeen, Pinehurst and South
ern Pines on November 21 and
28.
Churches Join In Service
Hodgkins Given
Banking Honor
The appointment of Norris L.
Hodgkihs, Jr., as “County Key
Banker” for Moore County dur
ing the next 12 months was an
nounced this week by North
Carolina Bankers Association
President G. Harold Myrick of
Lincolnton. Mr. Hodgkins is ex
ecutive vice president of 'The
Citizens Bank and Trust Company
of Southern Pines.
The 100 Key Bankers work as
a statewide committee to pro
mote the numerous farm activi
ties sponsored by the bankers of
North Carolina. This program has
won a national award for the Tar
Heel bankers for 15 straight years.
Cards are going out today from
town hall to 1,679 households in
the Southern Pines school district
to sample public opinion on
whether the district school board
should be appointed or elected.
The poll was authorized by the
town council some time ago when
councilmen reported requests
from citizens that such a check
on opinion be made. Council
members themselves said they
would be interested to see how
residents of the district felt about
the matter.
The five-member school board
is now appointed by the town
council. Each “ballot” sent out
asks three questions: the number
of. eligible voters in the house
hold; the number who favor ap-*
pointing the board; and the num
ber who favor electing the board.
The head of the household must
sign the card to be returned.
Town Manager Louis Scheipers,
Jr., said that “eligible voter” as
used on the card means any per
son 21 years of age or over. Such
a person need not now be regis
tered to vote in any town, coun
ty or other election.
The cards to be sent back are
addressed and postage-paid.
Mr. Scheipers said the mailing
list was drawn from the regular
Southern Pines water account
list, from a registration book of
voters in a school bond election
and from the telephone directory.
The school district includes ter
ritory outside the town limits.
Extra cards have been printed
and anyone living in the school
district and not receiving a card
within the next few days can ob
tain one at the town hall.
It is not within the power of
the town council to change the
system of selecting the school
board.
If the system were to be chang
ed, an amendment to the town
charter would have to be author
ized by the General Assembly
which will not meet until 1961.
The poll, therefore, town offi
cials pointed out, is not being
conducted with the possibility of
any immediate action one way or
another.
The larger the vote, the more
accurate the poll will be, it was
pointed out.
PARENT-TEACHHER GAMES
Parents and teachers will coin-
pete in men’s and women’s bas
ketball games at the East South
ern Pines school gym Tuesday
night, November 24, at 8 p. m.,
for benefit of the Junior-Senior
dance fund. 'Women who want to
play should notify Mrs. Ray Mc
Donald at town hall; the men,
Joel Stutts. I
The Rev. Robert Mooney, pas
tor of the Southern Pines Meth
odist Church, will givfe the ad
dress at the annual Community
Thanksgiving Service in which
all local Protestant churches join.
Ministers of other churches will
take part in the service.
The service will be held at the
Church of Wide Fellowship (Con
gregational Christian) at 8 p. m.,
Wednesday, November 25. The
offering will go to “Share Your
Surplus,” an interdenomination
al overseas relief agency.
A special Thanksgiving service
will be held at 11 a', m. Thanks
giving Day at the First Church
of Christ Scientist on New Hamp
shire Ave. The public is invited.
' J'
THE REV. R. C. MOONEY. JR.
County Library
To Open Fridays
Beginning next week the
Moore County Library will be
open to the public use two days
a week, Monday and Friday, from
9 a. m.. to 5 p. m.
Since the library moved to Car
thage in January of this year, it
has only been open on Mondays.
It is the hope of the Library
board and staff that opening the
library on Fridays, also, will
make it possible for more people
in the county to take advantage
of the Library’s services.
The Library board also an
nounces that, beginning Monday,
December 7, a fine of two cents
per day will be charged for all
books not returned on the date
they are due. Any overdue books
returned to the library before
that date will be accepted with
out penalty.
Carousel Begins
Witb 170 Entries,
Cloudless Skies
With the temperature rising to
day under cloudless skies, after
a two-day cold snap, the Jay-
sees’ Golf' Carousel began with
a re6ord field of 170-odd entries.
Golfers who come from Canada
to Florida and from the Mid-
Western States were qualifying
today. Medalist trophies in both
the m.en’s and mixed divisions
will be presented at a cocktail
party tonight at the Pine Needles
Country Club.
The party opens a round of so
cial activities, including a dance
at the armory Saturday night,
that is part of the tournament
“package.”
Contestants will be playing
over all three local courses. Mid
Pines, Pine Needles and Southern
Pines Country Club.
'Trophies will be presented
Sunday afternoon.
Norris Hodgkins, Jr., Carousel
chairman for the sponsoring
Junior Chamber of Commerce,
said today the tournament ap
pears to be the biggest and best
in the several years of its exist
ence.
The Saturday night dance is
open to the public. Ed Turbeville
and orchestra, from Myrtle
Beach, S. C., will play. George
Morrison at Broad Street Phar
macy is ticket chairman.