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VOL. 40—NO. 2
TWENTY PAGES
SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1959
TWENTY PAGES
PRICE: 10 CENTS
Big Warehouse
Will Be Built
For Amerotron
Fa9ility Will Be
Located Near Office
Building, Aberdeen
A $500,000 warehouse will be
built at Aberdeen for Amerotron,
Inc., serving most of its textile
plants in southeastern states and
employing approximately 100
people, according to R. M. Cush
man, executive vice-president in
charge of manufacturing.
The concrete-block building,
300 by 340 feet, with 102,000
squgre feet of floor space, will be
constructed soon after the first
of the year on NC 211, west of
Aberdeen, opposite Amerotron’s
executive office building, Mr.
Cushman said.
. He credited Forrest Lockey,
chairman of the industry commit
tee of the Aberdeen Betterment
Club, former Aberdeen mayor
and former Eighth Highway Di
vision commissioner, with “great
assistance” in formulating plans
for location of the warehouse
there; also Mayor E. M. Medlin
and W. P. Saunders, of Southern
Pines, director of the State De
partment of Conservation and
Development. Credit went also
to H. Clifton Blue, newly elected
president of the Aberdeen Bet
terment Club, a group of busi
nessmen wnich works toward civ
ic improvement.
It was in December, 1956, when
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Work Begins On
First House In
New Development
Construction was started this
week on the first house to be
built in the recently subdivided
Sandavis Development on Crest-
view Road, off Midland Road.
Announcement was made by
Resort Realty and Development
Co., exclusive agent for the own
er of the property, William P.
Davis.
The subdivision is bounded by
Midland Road, Crestview Road,
Saylor St., Skye Drive, Inverness
Road and Sandavis Road.
The Realty company’s an
nouncement said that the first
house in the development will be
built on Crestview Road, just off
Midland Road.
A three-bedroom, one and a
half bath, split-level structure, it
will overlook both the Sandavis
Lake and the Mid Pines Lake.
Property owners will have fish
ing privileges in the Sandavis
Lake.
The development has large,
rolling lots with ample growth
of pine and dogwood trees. An
architectural committee will re
strict building as to design, loca
tion of house on lot and land
scaping.
The town council authorized
the subdivision and will cooper
ate with the developer in install
ing paved streets and curb and
gutter for which a petition has
been filed.
The area has been carefully
engineered and planned to use
existing town water and sewer
facilities, it was stated. ,
WHERE THREE CHILDREN DIED—Deputy
Sheriff J. A. Lawrence, left, and Coroner Ralph
G. Steed stand in rubble of Singletary home, as
they seek to discover origin of blaze which des
troyed it. In center of photo is the twisted metal
bedstead with charred mattress, on which the
little children lay. Lawrence holds scorched, blue
coat of 16-month-old Hazel Lorene. (Photo by
V. Nicholson)
ORIGIN OF FLASH FIRE UNKNOWN
3 Young Children Burned To Death
Three young Negro children
were burned to death in a flash
fire which destroyed their home
at Midway about midnight Sat
urday. Midway is a small residen
tial community along the Sea
board Air Line railroad, between
Southern Pines and Aberdeen.
Taken from still-smoking em
bers of the three-room frame cot
tage some two hours later were
the tiny charred bodies of Her
bert Lee Singletary, aged four;
Clifton, three, and Hazel Lorene,
16 months.
They were the children of Mr.
and Mrs. Ernest Lee Singletary.
Their mother, Mary, 20, was
burned about the body, as she at
tempted to save her children.
Trying in vain to rouse the sleep
ing neighborhood with her
screams, she barely escaped with
her life.
Her 22-year-old husband ,had
left the house a short while be
fore to take a friend into South
ern Pines. When he returned to
find his home and children gone,
both parents collapsed and had
to be taken to Moore Memorial
Hospital, where they were placed
under sedation.
Sunday afternoon they return
ed to the home of relatives at
Midway, but on Monday the
grief-stricken mother broke down
again and was taken back to the
hospital. She was unable to be
present for the simple graveside
service held at Berkley Cemetery,
Aberdeen, that afternoon.
The Aberdeen volunteer fire
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Aid Sought For Stricken Family
Football Banquet
Set December 10
The annual Elks football ban
quet has been postponed from
Friday night of this week to
Thursday, December 10, it was an
nounced yesterday.
The banquet, given by the Sou
thern Pines Elks lodge, honors
the high school football squad,
coaches, majorettes and cheer
leaders.
The postponement was neces
sary because Earl Edwards, the
speaker, could not be here Fri
day night.
White and Negro residents of
this area are joining in a coordi
nated effort to help the stricken
young Singletary couple who lost
not only their three children but
nearly all their wordly goods in
a fire that destroyed their home
at Midway Saturday night.
The small frame house that Ern
est Singletary had built with his
own hands and the possessions
bought with money earned by
both Ernest and his wife, Mary,
were consumed by the flames.
There was no insurance.
him, also the Rev. R. C. Foster
of Pinehurst, pastor of the Mid
way Baptist church which the
Singletarys attend.
All communities are being ask
ed to help with the fund to meet
immediate needs, and also to re
establish the young couple in a
home of their own. Cash may be
sent to Mr. Funderburk at South
ern Pines, or to Joe Kimball at
the telephone company. Checks
should be made out to Ernest
Singletary Fund, as a special ac
count has been set up in that
4 Attractions
To Be Presented
By Music Assn.
Membership, Ticket
Drive On; Concerts
Start In January
Four attractions were announc
ed this week for the 1960 season
of the Sandhills Music Associa
tion, in a letter sent out to As
sociation members and many
other residents of Moore County
by Rowland R. McElvare, presi
dent, and Mrs. John Faulk, drive
chairman.
The letter urges me!mbership
in the Association and purchase
of season tickets and also an
nounces community chairmen for
membership and ticket sales
throughout the county.
No fall concert was scheduled
by the Association this year. The
four in 1960 are spaced about a
month apart, in January, Feb
ruary, March and April.
The season opens with a Na
tional Grass Roots Opera perfor
mance of “Carmen” on January
28. This company was well re
ceived last year in the presenta
tion of another opera.
The North Carolina Little Sym
phony, conducted by Dr. Benja
min Swalin—a fixture on the
(Continued on page 8)
Plans For Christmas
Cheer Program Given
*' Chatfield Is
Chairman For
VFW Post Here
At the United Telephone Co. name,
in Southern Pines, where Ernest Clothing needs are all being
is employed, a collection of funds ' met, in the correct sizes, by fellow
SIDELIGHTS OF INDUSTRY HUNT
Gilmore Says Europeans Responsive
Volt Gilmore of Southern
Pines, a member of the State
Board of Conservation and
Development, was group
leader of half of the 68 Tar
Heels who visited Europe
with Governor Hodges in No
vember. The mission was
well covered by stale news
papers, but The Pilot has
asked (Mr. Gilmore interesl-
lelights of the unusual
Q. Is it true that the idea to
go to Europe was originally
yours?
A. Yes, I proposed the plan to
the Governor last June, after
learning that Western Europe,
especially Germany, now has
enough surplus capital to be look
ing around for overseas invest
ments. John Reeves of Pinehurst
joined me on one trip to Raleigh
to polish up the idea. Bill Saun
ders threw the full weight of the
Conservation and Development
Department behind it. <
Q. Had anyone in Washington
or Western Europe seen such a
mission before?
A. No, it astonished and fas
cinated everyone, government of
ficials and businessmen alike. Of
couVse, there have been trade
missions before, but never a
governor joined by 68 of a state’s
top industrialists, all paying their
own way and “selling” a state
rather than just their own prod
ucts.
Q. How much' did the trip cost.
A. Each individual paid a flat
$875 for transportation, hotel and
meals! Most spent about $200 ad
ditional on extras. Several lead-
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and also of clothing was started.
The Rev. J. R. Funderburk of
West Southern Pines undertook a
community collection, on request
of both white and Negro citizens.
In Aberdeen the Rev. U. S. Lev-
erette, pastor of the Negro Pres
byterian church, is working with
Parish House
Dedication Set
In a special service on Tuesday,
December 8, at 5 p.m., the Rt.
Rev. Richard H. Baker, D. D.,
Episcopal Bishop of North Caro
lina, will formally open and
dedicate the recently completed
Parish House addition of Emman
uel Church
Following the service, an open
house will be held for members
of the parish and guests. Members
of the Sunday School staff and
Episcopal Day School teachers
will be hosts to students and their
parents. The public is invited.
Construction of the building
was" begun last spring. It provides
two parish offices and eight class
rooms. The addition doubled
classroom facilities at the Church
and provides space for the Sun
day School which has increased
in size by almost 150 per cent
within the past five years.
Charles Benton and Sons of
Wilson were the architects. They
also designed the adjoining
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Christmas Seal
Sale Launched
To Comhat TB
Thousands of Christmas seals
were mailed to residents of every
community in the county Mon
day, launching the 1959 seal sale
of the Moore County Tuberculosis
Association.
With the seals were appeal let
ters from Dr. Clement R. Monroe,
county seal sale chairman, co
signed by the various community
chairmen.
The letters urge the purchase of
Christmas seals to help “control,
prevent and eventually eradicate
tuberculosis as an enemy of our
people.”
While the death rate of tubercu
losis has been considerably low
ered, the. letters point out, the
active case rate continues on a
high level: “Your TB association
is working to find the people who
never dreamed TB could hit
them.”
Return envelopes are provided
to send contributions to the work
of the association back to the of
fice of the sale chairman.
Proceeds of the seal sale are
used in Moore County for health
education and case finding and to
help persons who are recovering
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DR. W. AMOS ABRAMS
Builders Cup To
Be Awarded; Dr.
Abrams To Speak
Menibers of the Sandhills Ki-
wanis Club, with their wives and
guests, will celebrate their an
nual Ladies Night—also the occa
sion for awarding the Builders
Cup—with a dinner and dance
at the Pinehurst Country Club
Friday night. Festivities will be
gin at 6:45 p. m.
Guest speaker for the event
will be Dr. W. Amos Abrams, edi
tor of the North Carolina Educa
tion Association publications,
“North Carolina Education” and
the “NCEA News Bulletin.” Dr.
Abrams, a native of Edgecombe
County and for 14 years chaii:-
man of the English Department
of Appalachian State Teachers
College, received his A. B. and
M. A. degrees at Duke University
and his Ph. D. at Cornell. He lec
tures on Shakespeare and folk
songs—the latter is a hobby with
him—and is in demand as an
after-dinner and commencement
speaker. A Democrat and a Ma
son, he is active in a number of
civic and cultural organizations.
Mystery, as always, surrounds
the recipient of the Builders Cup
which is given by the Kiwanis
Club for unselfish civic service,
but club officials said this week
that the cup would he awarded.
In a few years of the cup’s long
history an award has not been
made when it was thought there
was no one meeting the require
ments. Both men and women
have won the cup in past years.
workers of the telephone com
pany.
Housewares, linens, blankets,
canned and packaged foods and
other such items which may be
stored till needed may be turned
over to any of the persons collect
ing. For larger furniture items,
it is suggested that Mr. Kimball
be consulted at the Broad Street
office of the telephone company,
phone OX 2-2601. A bed, springs
and mattress have been given,
and some other items, and again
duplication is to be avoided.
Items may be taken to United’s
Broad Street office or the Wilbur
McDonald home at Midway. There
is I room for storage at both places.
If transportation for any items is
needed, call Mr. Kimball and he
will have them picked up.
Mr. Funderburk said a deadline
has been set for the Negro com
munity canvass: the second Sun
day in December. The phone com
pany has set no deadline, but is
aiming toward a goal of $500—
more if possible.
At Robbins, a collection of can
ned goods is being made this
week by children of the Negro
school.
The Singletarys are staying
with her grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. McDonald, at Midway. 'The
first of this week, the rubble-
strewn site of their former home, i ment.
in the McDonald’s side yard, was | Sister Virginia expressed “deep
cleared off by neghbors and appreciation to all who help make
friends and planted with shrub- j this important community service
bery. possible.”
Surgical Clinic
Established At
St. Joseph’s
The addition of a surgical clinic
for indigent patients at St. Jos
eph of the Pines Hospital was an
nounced this week by Sister Vir
ginia, O. S. F., administrator of
the hospital.
The purpose of the clinic is to
provide out-patient surgical con
sultation and treatment for indi
gent persons who are referred by
physicians or health agencies. A
charge of 25 cents is made to
those able to pay. This fee helps
defray the expense of the clinic.
A successful medical out-pa
tient clinic has been in operation
for the past two years which sup
ports the in-patient services and
services to patients referred to the
hospital by the county welfare
department and health agencies,
The clinics are under the sup
ervision of Sister Catherine who
' has been with the hospital for 10
years. Mrs. Felton Capel is sec
retary.
The clinics are staffed by
physicians who make no charge
for their services.
Some medications have been
contributed by drug manufactur
ing firms and vaccines by the
county health department. Sev
eral individuals’ contributions
have been used to buy equip-
Awards Planned
For Decorations
For the third successive year.
Southern Pines Jaycees will
award a plaque for outdoor home
Christmas lighting decorations,
adding this year another plaque
for the best decorated business
establishment.
Joe Currie, making the an
nouncement this week, said that
judges chosen by the Jaycees will
inspect decorations around town,
probably dxuring Christmas week.
Mrs. Walter B. Cole, Moore
County superintendent of public
welfare, has announced commun
ity chairmen for the annual
Christmas Cheer program
throughout the county.
The chairmen, a number of
whom represent clubs or organi
zations, will coordinate holiday
giving of food, toys or other items
to needy families, using lists of
genuinely needy persons, sup
plied by the Welfare Department.
Christmas charity giving
through the coordinating chair
men, by individuals and organi
zations, prevents duplications and
omissions, Mrs. Cole pointed out.
The community chairmen are:
Aberdeen, M. B. Pleasants; Car
thage, G. K. Suggs; Pinehurst,
Mrs. James Tufts; Jackson
Springs, Herbert Carter; West
End, Robert Youngblood; Pine-
bluff and Addor, J. B. Ives; Vass,
A. C. Trivette.
Also: Cameron, Mrs. Frank
Loving; Southern Pines, Harry
Chatfield; Glendon, Mrs. Richard
Dowd; Eagle Springs, President
of Ruritan Club; Parkwood and
Putnam, Mrs. O. T. Parks; High-
falls, Newland Upchurch; Rob
bins, Rev. H. R. Helms and the
Ministerial Association.
VFW Tells Plans
As in past years, the John Boyd
Post, Veterans of Foreign Wars,
is the sponsoring organization for
the Christmas Cheer program in
Southern Pines, with Harry Chat
field as the 1959 chairman for this
activity.
For several years the post has
prepared and distributed from 80
to 100 Christmas food baskets
and has repaired and given toys
to needy families with children.
Mr. Chatfield said that con
tainers for food donations would
be placed in grocery stores within
a few days.
A barrel for toy donations will
be placed on the porch of the
VFW post home on New York
Ave., opposite the post Office.
Persons who cannot bring toys
to the post home are asked to
call 0X5-9021 after 3 p .m. and
the toys will be picked up.
Tom McKenzie is in charge of
the toy preparations. He and a
group of post members will de
vote many hours to repairing and
painting toys, from now until
Christmas, Mr. Chatfield said.
Any toy that can be repaired is
acceptable.
Ernest Klabbatz and Fred Hall,
Jr., are in charge of preparing
the baskets. A large quantity of
groceries for them has to be pur
chased in addition to the grocer
ies from the barrels at stores.
Therefore, Mr. Chatfield said,
cash donations are gratefully ac
cepted.
Various other local clubs or or
ganizations channel their gifts
through the VFW program.
IN FIELD AND CLASSROOM
Hunters’ School To Begin Monday
Students in the Game Hunting
short course of the State College
Extension Division are expected
to arrive in the Sandhills over the
weekend, with the formal open
ing of the course set for 8:30 a.m.
Monday at the headquarters for
the five-day event, the Howard'
Johnson Restaurant and Motor
Lodge, between Southern Pines
and Aberdeen.
The graduation banquet and
presentation of diplomas wiU take
place Thursday night. Students
will have Friday morning to hunt
as they please, with formal clos
ing of the course at noon Friday.
Four hunts have been planned
in addition to classroom instruc
tion and shooting practice.
Students will hunt in the Sand
hills area for pheasant, quail,
coon, and deer.
In the classroom at the Howard
Johnson Motor Lodge, instructors
will discuss wildlife management
and conservation, hunting dogs,
game populations and hunting
etiquette.
Dr. Fred Barkalow, head of the
State College Zoology Depart
ment, is in charge of instruction.
The staff of experts includes Jim
Dee and Charley Dickey of the
Sportmen’s Service Bureau, New
York, Wilbur Baskepville of Char
lotte, representing Remington
Arms, Fred Missildine of Sea
Island, Ga., Winchester represen
tative, Dick Wolters, New York,
N. Y., and Bob Hazel and Jack
Dermid, N. C. Wildlife Resources
Commission, Raleigh.
Shooting practices will include
skeet and hand-trap shooting.
The $175 fee for the week-long
program covers room, board,
guides, dogs, four hunts, shooting
practices and instruction.
A special fee of $75 has been
set for local students who will eat
and sleep at home.