.1,
Many Boy Scouts
received awards and rank advance
ments at a court of honor held in
Southern Pines Monday night, in
cluding Bobby Maness of Bobbins
who won Eagle rank. For details
and a photo, see page 9.
VOL. 40—NO. 4
Traffic Accidents
have taken the lives of two Moore
County residents in the past week
Julius S. Barefield of Aberdeen and
George C. McNeill, Jr., of Carthage.
For details, see stories on page 14
and page “B”.
TWENTY-TWO PAGES
V
Vi.
New Yorkers Buy
& Tract Of Former
Notre Dame Land
A tract of land comprising part
of the former Notre Darce School
property has been bought by Mr.
and Mrs. John C. Douglas of Ka-
tonah, N. Y.
The acreage lies along the small
lake and is bordered on the west
by the road leading into ths resi-
dehce of General A. V. Arnold.
It was originally part of the Olive
Brothers’ dairy farm and, further
back, was included in the Mc-
Crimmon family holdings. Im
proved by the recent owners, W.
O. Moss and Dwight W. Winlcel-
man, the land offers, besides the
new lake, good timber and rolling
pastures.
The new owner is vice-presi
dent of Union Carbide Metals, re
search and development division
of Union Carbide Corporation,
with offices in New York. He is
a native of Georgia and a grad
uate, (’35) of the Georgia Insti
tute of 'Technology. He has been
with Union Carbide for 25 years.
Mrs. Douglas, who was born in
Fayetteville, West Virginia, at
tended Randolph Macon College,
somewhat briefly, as she was
married at the age of 19—and
they have four children, ranging
in age from seven to twenty.
The Douglases, who have lived
in West Virginia and Ohio, and are
now in New York, chose So'uth-
SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY. DECEMBER 17, 1959
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AT ANNUAL HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL BANQUET GIVEN BY ELKS LODGE
BILL SEYMOUR IS PERMANENT CAPTAIN
Kenny Reid Chosen ‘Most Valuable Player’
At the annual post-season ban
quet given by the Elks Lodge for
the Southern Pines High School
football squad, Kenny Reid, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Reid, was
awarded the James Milliken tro
phy as most valuable player of
the 1959 squad. The trophy is
given each year by the John Boyd
Post, Veterans of Foreign Wars.
'The photo shows principals in
the event at the Southern Pines
Country
— ouuui- Club last Thursday
ern pines for their “ultimate Left to right, Jim Walser,
home” only after looking over PigK school principal and coach;
all portions of the state, from the Earl_ Edwards, head coach of the
^ sea to the mountains. While the
Carolina climate was the main
reason for their search in this
part of the south, they found this
area, of all others they visited,
tailored to suit.
Mrs. Douglas says: "We liked
everythirfg about Southern Pines:
its appearance, the peopla we
met, the kind of community it is.”
She spoke with special enthusi-
asm of the library, its wide range
"SP of books and excellent service.
N. C. State College football
squad, who was guest speaker;
Kenny Reid, holding his trophy
and being congratulated by Mr
Edwards; Harry Chatfield, repre
senting the VFW post, who pre
sented the award; C. N. Page,
chairman of the event for the
Elks Lodge; and Luther A.
Adams, superintendent of schools.
Bill Seymour, son of Mrs. O.
Leon Seymour, was announced as
permanent team captain, accord
ing to a local custom of electing
a captain after the football sea
son is over.
Gold footballs, given by the
Elks Lodge, were presented to
the players by Coach Walser.
Walter Harper was master of
ceremonies. Gerald Ellen, assist-
lant coach, was among the per-
The first piece of playground
equipment to be presented to the
The availability of recreation of Junior Chamber of
so manv kinds was alsn an in,. Commerce has arrived and wiU
Children Asked
To Playground
Event Saturday
sons recognized.
TTie high school majorettes at
tended the dinner. Most of the
football squad brought dates and
there was a dance following the
program.
Mr. Chatfield presented the tro
phy in the absence of Thom Mc
Kenzie, VFW post commander,
who was out of town.
Mr. Edwards spoke briefly,
commenting on the State College
football season. A reversible coat
was presented to him by Mr.
Page, on behalf of the Elks Lodge.
Wives of several of the adult
participants attended and there
were a number of other guests
and interested persons present.
^hoto by Humphrey)
so many kinds was also an im
portant reason for settling here.
Southern Pines’s newest resi
dents plan, they say, to be here
for short vacation periods until
the time when they will make
it a more permanent home.
The sale was handled by the
Steed Realty Co.
be turned over to town officials
at a ceremony in the park at 10
a. m. Saturday.
The Jaycees have planned the
event as a gala celebration for
children and invite parents and
children to attend. Lollipops and
balloons will be given away. The
Southern Pines High School band
and majorettes will perform.
The play device to be present
ed Saturday is a “whirl”—a
round platform 10 feet in diame
ter, with bars to which riders can
hold, that revolves when pushed.
It is painted in bright colors.
Paul Boroughs, Jaycee presi
dent, will make the formal pre
sentation to Mayor Robert S.
Ewing.
The Jaycees have a continuing
program of buying playgroimd
equipment for the town and will
order more when their funds per
mit.
PILOT TO PUBLISH
NEXT WEDNESDAY
^ The Pilot will move it pub
lication date up one day next
week, from Thursday to Wed
nesday. so that the paper can
reach subscribers before
Christmas and the Pilot staW
can have an extra day's holi
day.
Correspondents lire request
ed to have their news ,in by
Monday. Advertisers are ask
ed to have copy in one day
in advance of their usual
times.
Deadline for classified ad-
vertisinq and news reports
next week will be 10:30 a.m.
Wednesday.
Moore Hospital
Has ‘Best’ Year;
Board Reelected
Cheer Program
Needs Help To
Fill All Baskets
As preparations go forward
over the county for the Christ
mas Cheer aid-to-the-needy pro
gram conducted in cooperation,
with the Moore County Welfare
Department, the John Boyd Post,
Veterans of Foreign Wars—local
sponsors—appealed for .generosi
ty here to make the program a
success.
Harry Chatfeld, chairman of
the effort for the VFW, said that
more help is needed in all phases
of the program. These phases are:
1. Contributions of food gifts
in barrels placed in grocery
stores.
2. Donations of toys to be paint
ed and repaired by members of
the post. (A barrel to receive toys
is on the porch of the post home
on New York Ave. and toys will
be picked up from persons call
ing 0X5-9021 after 3 p. m.)
3. Checks for cash to buy food
items to fill the 80 to 100 baskets
the post expects to distribute
next week. Grocery donations, in
cluding those received from a
number of churches, the schools
and other organizations, are
never enough to fill all the bas
kets.
Mr. Chatfield thanked the pub
lic for cooperation with the pro
gram so far and stressed the im
portance of immediate action by
persons wanting to help. Toy do
nations, if repair or painting is
necessary, should be in before the
end of this week.
PRICE: 10 CENTS
Churches Plan Events
For Christmas Season
DON TRAYLOR
SVA Officers
Named; Traylor
Is President
Chairman Urges
More Donations
In TB Seal Sale
■
MRS. CARL ACKER stands at
the door of the Southern Pines
Information Center where she be
came administrative secretary on
Tuesday, succeeding Mrs. Don
Traylor who resigned. Mrs. Acker
and her husband, who is an agent
of the State Highway right of
way department, live at 857 Leak
St., in the Knollwood Apartments.
The Information Center, which is
operated by the Town for the
benefit of visitors and persons
making mail inquiries about the
community, is in the Town-own
ed former MiUiken building at
the corner of S- E. Broad St. and
% Pennsylvania Ave. (Pilot Photo)
Appeal Made For
Field House Fund
The committee in charge of
construction of the field house
for athletic teams at Memorial
Field this week appealed for fur
ther contributions, to make “Up :
deficit of approximately $1,000
in the construction fund.
The field house has been com
pleted and in use for several
weeks, but some bills remain to
be paid.
A number of persons who
pledged amounts for the fund
have not sent in their pledges,
it was stated. The committee ask
ed that old pledges and new con
tributions be turned in quickly,
so that the costs can all be paid
before the end of the year.
Checks should be sent to W. E.
Blackwelder, committee member,
or to W. S. 'Thomasson, chair
man.
Dr. Clement R. Monroe of Pine-
hurst said this week that he is
pleased with the generous re
sponse in the 1959 seal sale of the
Moore County Tuberculosis As
sociation, but that hundreds of
persons to whom sheets of seals
were sent have not yet contribut
ed. Dr. Monroe is this year’s seal
sale chairman.
Reminder forms went out this
week to persons who had not re
sponded to the first appeal. The
seal sale began Idst month and
runs through December. Dr. Mon
roe urged, however, that contri
butions be sent in before Christ
mas.
Proceeds of the sale are used
for health education, rehabilita
tion, case finding and research.
Dr. Monroe pointed out.
Citing figures from the Moore
County Health Department, he
said that 11 residents of the coun
ty are now under treatment for
tuberculosis—six in the North
Carolina Sanatorium at McCain
and five in other institutions. The
Health Department reported 44
(Continued on page 8)
Directors of Moore Memorial
Hospital, meeting Tuesday night
were told that the hospital in
1959 has had its busiest year and
one of its most successful years
from every point of view.
Many reports made by commit
tee chairmen and hospital officials
combined to indicate the success
of the hospital’s 1959 operations.
The audit report presented by S.
Preston Douglas, certified public
accountant, of Lumberton, record
ed that the fiscal year ending
September 30 had been the busi
est the hospital has ever had.
The full slate of the past year’s
officers and directors, offered for
nomination by the nominating
committee, was reelected. The of
ficers are: George H. Maurice of
Eagle Springs, honorary president;
John F. Taylor of Pinehurst,
president; John E. Dixon of Pine
hurst, first vice-president; Voit
Gilmore of Southern Pines, sec
ond vice-president; Paul Dana of
Pinehurst, secretary-treasurer;
and Ralph L. Chandler, Jr., of
(Continued on page 8)
Highway Patrol
Warns Motorists
Of Traffic Peril
The Christmas season starts
this weekend for the State High
way Patrol, whose members will
be on “saturation duty” on all
major highways from Friday on,
for about 10 days.
“A great deal of heavy traffic
will start flowing Friday and Sat
urday, as college personnel, mili
tary personnel and others' start
their holiday journeys,” said Cpl.
Jim McColman of Carthage. “We
expect the north-south traffic to
be particularly heavy this year,
and ask the cooperation of all
motorists to keep this a safe and
happy season.”
Don Traylor of Southern Pines
was elected president 6f the Sand
hills Veterans Association this
week.
Maxwell Forrest was elected
secretary and Robert S. Ewing
was named drive chairman, with
Barney Avery as assistant.
The SVA—a group of World
War H veterans living in this area
and not affiliated with any other
veterans’ organization—made pre
liminary plans for its drive in
February to raise funds for
nurse’s scholarships.
Under the SVA project, one or
more girls graduating from the
high schools of Moore County are
given a full course of nurse’s
training, on condition that they
return to practice nursing in this
county for at least a year.
The program has been operat
ing successfully for several years.
Some of the nurses trained under
the program are still at work in
this county.
Cameron Mayor
Files Suit For
$10,000 Damages
* The churches of Southern Pines
I and other communites in Moore
County will mark the Christmas
season with many special pro
grams and services, this week and
next week.
Here are coming Christmas
events in the Southern Pines
churches, as outlined for The
Pilot today:
Firsf BapBsl Church, the Rev
Maynard Mangum, pastor.
Friday, December 18 The
Junior Training Union will bring
sandwiches to the church at 6 p
im. (beverage will be furnished by
the church) and will go Christ
mas carolling after supper.
Sunday, December 20—^White
Christmas will be held in the
Sunday School, for collection of
gifts for the needy. '
A Folk Lore Christmas Can
tata will be presented by the
combined choirs of the church at
the evening service.
A Carrolling Caravan sponsor
ed by the Training Union will
leave the church at 9 p. m., to
sing in town, especially for sick
or shut-in persons. Refreshments
for the group will be served at
the church at 11 p. m.
Monday, December 21 The
Ruth Sunday School Class will
have its regular monthly class
meeting in the form of a Christ
mas party at the W. H. Lee resi
dence at 8 p. m.
Tuesday, December 22—Sing
ers from churches throughout the
Sandhills Baptist Association will
gather at Moore Memorial Hospi
tal at 7:30 p. m. for an Associa-
tional Carol Sing.
Thursday, December 24 ^The
brief, traditional, candle-light
carol service will be held in the
sanctuary at 7:30 p. m.
Sunday, December 27—^At the
evening preaching hour. Student
Night at Christmas will be ob
served. Students will have com
plete charge of the service.
H. W. Nickens, mayor of Cam
eron, has filed a $10,000 damage
suit against J. A. (Jack) Phillips,
The patrolmen, most of them Jr., a member of the town board
family men, will be giving up
most of their own Christmas to
help safeguard the highways.
The accident toll is expected to
rise high—mostly from accidents
which could be prevented through
observance of highway safety
laws and the rules of highway
courtesy, said Corporal McCol
man.
Local Pastor Heads Ministerial Assn.
SCHOOL VACATIONS
Students in the Southern Pines
public schools, St. Anthony’s
Catholic School, the Pinehurst
schools and all the schools of the
Moore County system will start
their Christmas holidays at the
end of the school day Friday. All
will return to school on Monday,
January 4.
Post Office Has
Its Biggest Day
Max Rush, Southern Pines
postmaster, said that Monday was
the “biggest day in the history
of the post office here”—in terms
of postal receipts and outgoing
parcel post. *
He reminded patrons that the
post office will be open all day
Saturday.
• 'The post office’s Christmas holi
day schedule will be announced
next week.
The Rev. Carl Wallace, pastor
of the Church of Wide Fellow
ship, was elected president of the
Moore County Ministerial Asso
ciation, at a meeting of the group
held at the North Carolina Sana
torium, McCain, Monday.
Other officers elected for 1960
were: the Rev. S. L. Brown, vice-
president; the Rev. Charles Dor
man, secretary; and the Rev. Al
ton Trivette, treasurer.
Appointments made by the in
coming president are: Dr. W. C.
McNeill, program chairman; the
Rev. J. R. Funderburk, radio
committee; the Rev. Robert
Mooney, convalescent home com
mittee; and the Rev. Denny
Spears, Leonard Training School
committee.
The Leonard Training School
is the unit of the Morrison Train
ing School for Negro boys, that
is now housed at McCain. Morri
son Training School is at Hoff
man. Members of the Ministerial
Association, which includes white
and Negro rhinisters of Moore
County, are conducting a series
of vesper services at the McCain
unit of the school.
William Windley, superinten
dent, spoke to the group on the
work of the school. Lunch was
served in the school cafeteria.
of commissioners, claiming $5,000
actual damages and $5,000 puni
tive damages as result of an al
leged assault by Phillips on Nick
ens on November 3. Phillips is a
hardware merchant.
The complaint filed in the clerk
of court’s office at Carthage al
leges that Phillips came into
Nickens”s place of business—an
upholstery shop—and committed
an unprovoked assault, choking
Nickens, and that the bones of
Nicken’s left hand were fractured.
The complaint alleges that
Nickens was totally disabled for
five weeks and that the assault
was “done maliciously and at a
time and place where the plain
tiff should have been left in
peace.”
There is no explanation of the
alleged actions, although the com
plaint alleges that the assault was
“generated by ill will against the
plaintiff and without any justifi-
(Continued on page'8)
St. Anthony's CathoUc Church.
Father Francis M. Snuth, pastor.
Sunday, December 20—Mass
wiU be held at the usual hours.
8 and 10:30 a. m.
Thursday, December 24 (Christ
mas Eve)—A midnight mass will
be sung, with the schola (choir)
composed of children of St. An
thony’s School.
Friday, December 25—Mass at
the usual hours of 8 and 10:30 a.
m.
Emmanuel Episcopal Church,
the Rev. Martin CaldwelL rector.
Friday, December 18— The
Episcopal Day School will have
its Christmas party in the Parish
Hall at 4 p. m.
Sunday, December 20—'The
regular Sunday schedule of serv
ices will be followed. At 4 p. m.
ibe Sunday School mite box serv
ice, Carol sing and Christmas
(Continued on page 8)
Elks, VFW Slate
Parties For Kids
Sunday, Dec. 20
THE REV. CARL WALLACE
Members of the Association at
the Monday meeting were: the
Rev. Carl Wallace, the Rev. May
nard Mangum, the Rev. W. C.
McNeill, the Rev. J. T. Young,
the Rev. Charles Dorman, the
Rev. Brooks Patton, the Rev.
Jack Martin, the Rev. R. C.
Mooney, Jr., the Rev. W. A.
Brown, the Rev. Z. D. McRae, the
Rev. J. R. Funderburk and the
Rev. S. L. Brown.
Lighting Contest
To End Dec. 26
The judges for the outdoor
Christmas lighting contest spon
sored by the Jaycees have begun
[inspecting displays around town,
it was announced this week by
Joe Currie who is chairman for
the project.
Judging will stop December 26,
the day after Christmas, Mr. Cur
rie said, pointing out that all who
want to have their display con
sidered should see that they are
prepared soon.
'The Jaycees need not be noti
fied about displays. All outdoor
home lighting decorations and al
so business decorations will
be automatically considered in
the contest.
Two Christmas parties for chil
dren, open to the public, will be
held here Sunday, December 20,
from 2 to 5 p.m. Both the parties
have been conducted for a num
ber of years by the sponsoring
organizations.
The Elks party at the Southern
Pines Country Club, which usual
ly has an attendance of about
400, will have Santa Claus pres
ent to talk with the children and
there will be a gift stocking and
hot chocolate for all. The party
is for aU children, whether or not
their parents are affiliated with
the Elks Lodge.
At the* post home of the John
Boyd Post, veterans of Foreign
Wars, opposite the post office on
New York Avenue, Santa will ap
pear and there will be gifts and
candy for ail the children. There
will also be pony rides and free
rides on a fire truck from the
Southern Pines Fire Department,
supervised by VFW members.
(Note to parents: Start think
ing up your explanation of two
Santa Clauses in town the same
day.)