VOL. 40—NO. 5 ILOT EIGHTEEN PAGES Holiday Closing Schedules Listed; Food Stores To Be Open Saturday Rlisinpcc will t ai • SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1959 EIGHTEEN PAGES PRICE: 10 CENTS Business will generally come to a halt Friday in'Southern Pines and throughout the county, in observance of Christmas Day. Some stores and offices will re main closed until Monday. Food stores are expected to be open Saturday, while some, if not all, dry goods and clothing stores will stay closed through Satur day. Drug stores will close Friday and open Saturday. With-the Pilot being published Wednesday afternoon, the Pilot office and news department will be closed until Monday. The Citizens Bank and Trust Co. in Southern Pines will be closed Friday and Saturday, as will the Carolina Bank at Pine- hurst and its branches in Aber deen, Carthage and Vass. The OK Bowl will close only on Christmas Day and again on New Year’s Day, Col. George Garde, # Austin To Draw Plans For Easter Seal Camp Here E. J. Austin, local architect, has been commissioned to design buildings for the Easter Seal camp to be located near Southern Pines by the North Carolina So ciety for Crippled Children and Adults. The building committee for the camp, of which I. Preston Wrenn of Charlotte is chairman, plans a meeting here soon, it was learned this week. Mr. Austin said that he did not yet know exactly what the camp’s requirements in build ings would be. It has been announced pre viously that, although the pro ject is called a “camp”, buildings at the site would be of a perma nent type and that tentative plans of the Society look toward year-around usage of the facili ties. The 70-acre tract bought for the camp is about a half mile from the city limits, north of Knollwood, the former pi;operty of Mr. and Mrs. Winston H. An- j derson. i Mr. Austin said he expected to have plans ready about April 1. The local architect is currently supervising reconstruction and renovation of the former county home, between Southern Pines and Carthage. He said the work there is about two-thirds comple ted. The building Will be leased by the county to private operators as a boarding home for the aged, un der supervision of the county Welfare Department. manager, said this morning Postmaster Max Rush, report ing the biggest Christmas season ever experienced here in mail volume and receipts, said that the post office will be closed all day Christmas Day and New Year’s Day, The post office will follow its usual Saturday sched ule this week—open to 12:30 p.m. Special delivery items and Christmas packages will be de livered on Christmas Day, Mr. Rush said. Everything mailed on Thursday will be processed be fore the post office staff leaves Thursday night, he noted. Town Manager Louis Scheipers, Jr., said that town offices will close at noon Thursday and will not reopen until Monday. Town employees received an across- the-board Christmas bonus of $31.54, as authorized by the town council under a new bonus sys tem proposed this year. The regular Friday garbage collection on the west side of town will be made on Saturday. None of the town employees, ex cept policemen on duty, will work on Christmas Day. The Southern Pines Library will be closed Friday and Satur day. Offices in the courthouse at Carthage will be closed Thursday Friday and Saturday. Red Cross Plans Course In Care Of Injured Persons Cheer Baskets To Be Distributed To Many 5' •/-- Hayes Firm Gets Large Contraets; Bank Plans Done Thomas T. Hayes, Jr., and As sociates, local architectural firni, has been commissioned to design a $57,000 field house and also athletic field improvements to cost $91,500 at A. & T. College, Greensboro. The work is part of a $976,000 construction and improvement program at the college. A spokesman for the Hayes firm said this week that plans have been completed for the building that will house the new branch of the Carolina Bank at West End. Bids on construction of the building will be taken in January, it was stated. The Moore County Chapter of the American Red Cross has com pleted arrangements for a school to begin about the middle of Jan uary for training interested citi zens in the nursing care of in jured persons in the home. Anyone interested in taking this course should notify the of fice of the local chapter at South ern Pines before January 10. Classes will be conducted twice each week for a total of seven two-hour classes. The course will be designed to take care of the increasing demand for some type of training in the care of the sick and injured in the home. Persons having such training would also be valuable in case of some emer gency, Red Cross officials pointed out. In addition to the training for nursing care of tbs sick and in jured in the home, the local chap ter is now making plans for a nurses’ aid course, which will consist of 15 two-hour periods. More detailed announcement of this course will be made. THIS GREETING from The Pilot—drawn by Glen Rounds, Southern Pines artist and teller of tales—poses a question; what’s this mean old fox looking at, sitting there under that typically Roundsian fractured moon? Santa Claus? The Moore County Hounds in the distance? Some body coming to rescue his scattered Christmas edition of The Pilot? More likely it’s the old fox’s dinner. Watch out, Bre’r Rabbit! Got his mihd on something, all right, just as we at The Pilot have, except that we know exactly what we want to say to all our readers: “Merrv Christmas!” Mills, Stutts Appointed Inspectors e dutip^s fnrmor»lTr —3 J Jt . .'*• The duties formerly performed by the town’s public safety di rector have been divided between two other town officials. Manager Louis Scheipers, Jr., announced this week. The public safety post had been vacant since the resignation of Mark L. (Mike) Whitesell in No vember. Mr. Scheipers said that Ralph Mills, superintendent of water purification, has taken over the jobs of building inspector and electrical inspector., Joeli Stutts, superintendent of water distribution, is now also plumbing inspector and gas in spector. These duties—with the excep- tion of those of the gas inspector. a post that has been created since the resignation of Mr. Whitesell were all formerly performed by the public safety director, along with a few other minor jobs such as administration of the town’s weed control ordinance. Mr. Scheipers said that the sal aries of the two Water Depart ment officials have been raised to compensate them for the extra liuties. They will check in at town hall twice a day, he said, to see if there are any inspection or building applications. Mr. Scheipers said he felt that the processing of building and in spection applications would move as smoothly and quickly under the new system as under the form er method. Investigation Of Fire Shows No Negligenee A full investigation has been conducted into the tragic fire which on the night of November 28 destroyed tbe home of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Singletary at Midway and took the lives of their three young children, according to Dep- utary Sheriff J. A. Lawrence. He said expert help was called in on tba investigation which was conducted intensively over a period of about 10 days, and which, he said, “fully substanti ated the story of Mary Single tary, the mother, as told at the time of the fire, and revealed that (Continued on page 5) Two Nominated From Moore Co. For Scholarships Robert Edward Woodruff of Southern Pines and Larry Gene Kennedy of Robbins, high school seniors, are Moore County’s nom inations for Morehead scholar ships at the University of North Carolina. Henry L. Graves of Southern Pines, chairman of the county’s Morehead Scholarship Committee, said that the two nominees were . chosen from a group of eight ap plicants who all had outstanding records in scholarship, character and leadership potential. Other members of the scholar ship committee are Charles P. Cole of Southern Pines and Rob ert E. Lee of Carthage, superin tendent of the county school sys tem. Woodruff is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred D. Woodruff, 765 S. Ashe St. Kennedy’s parents are Mr. and Mrs. Edgar C. Kennedy of Robbins. The . nominees from Moore County will go before a district committee who will interview nominees from a number of coun ties. Those chosen in districts over the state will then face a final elimination that will pick the 38 students to receive the scholarships to be given to stu dents entering the University in the fall of 1960. Each scholarship provides $1,- 250 per year for four years—a total of $5,000. The scholarships are given by the' John Motley Morehead Foundation. Nominees who are not chosen in county, district and final se lections are in favorable positions to obtain other scholarships given through the University. Howard Williams of Robbins (Continued on page 8) > Members of the John Boyd Post, Veterans of Foreign Wars, were to deliver about 70 Christ mas Cheer baskets to needy fami lies of the Southern Pines area Wednesday night. Harry Chatfield, chairman of the project for the post, said that most of the deliveries will be in town, with a few in Niagara and other nearby areas. All the baskets will contain as sorted food items and a number going to families with children will include toys, books or other donated articles. A few lucky children will get bicycles or tri cycles given to the VFW for dis tribution. Post members in station wagons and cars will distribute the bas kets according to route laid out on a map prepared by Fred Hall, Jr. The VFW distribution includes food contributed by school chil dren in their “White Christmas” canned good donations and some items from other sources. Mr. Chatfield said that financial do nations are still welcome, to help the post pay for the many food items that had to be bought to fill the baskets. The local program is part of a county-wide effort to help the needy at Christmas time. The county welfare department pro vides sponsoring organizations in every community of the county with names of genuinely needy persons to whom the baskets are given. Many At Party Between 250 and 300 children attended the Christmas party at the VFW post home Sunday af ternoon. Red Smith was in charge of the program which included rides on ponies and a town fire truck. Resident Fireman Frank Kaylor operated the truck and Gerald Ritter brought the ponies which are owned by Mrs. Verdie Cad- dell. Inside the post home, Santa Claus distributed gifts and candy. Hospitals Observe Christmas Season — _ — • v'-'Uiitiiiueu on page o; The ‘ whirl” playground device “ * Culvert Installed On S. W. Broad St. A temporary culvert was in stalled this week by the State Highway department on S. W. Broad St., in an attempt to im prove drainage conditions at and near the location of the new A & P store building which is near ing completion. The town will share with the state the cost of a full-scale drain age project on S. W. Broad St., but is not able to participate fin ancially during the current fiscal year. Curb, gutter and paving me work will also be done bv the to or lean against State. ' - The whirl” playground device presented to the Town by the Jaycees Saturday morning has been amply endorsed since then by the supreme authority in such matters—the children themselves. Observers around the park block say they seem to love it and that it has been kept spinning daily. Despite th-s presence of the school band, the majorettes and free lollipops, there was only a small group of children at the park Saturday morning—^but this group at once showed their en thusiasm for the spinning plat-, form. Probable reason for the sma! att.3ndance was a temperature near the freezing mark. Mayor Robert S Ewing and Paul Boroughs, Jaycee president, braved the chill with coats off for the formal presentation scene , I in which Mr. Boroughs turned the whirl over to the Town with ex planation that it is only the first of .several piece's of playground I equipment the Jaycees plan to | provide as funds become avail able from their various money making projects. The ‘-whirl” on which the youngsters have been having fun is a metal platform 10 feet in diameter, colorfully painted, with metal tubing projections the The Christmas season opened at St. Joseph’s Hospital Sunday December 20 with carol singing. Visitors enjoyed the decorations and a Nativity scene in the Ro tunda, standing 10 feet in height. For 11 years the Sisters of St. Francis have erected it and in the past many have enjoyed the simplicity and originality of this scene. Each floor of the hospital is traditionally decorated and the public is invited to visit. The decorations will remain until al ter January 6. During the evenings, the hos pital has been visited by carol singers from schools, churches and Scout troops. The patients have enjoyed this and have ex pressed their appreciation. On Tuesday, December 22, the employees were honored at their annual Christmas Party. Carols were played as “Santa” (Pat Dougherty) presented gifts to the employees and guests. Highlighting the . occasion was ‘The Christmas Story,” presented by Jeffrey CapeL a second grader from Our Lady Of Victory School, son of Mr. and Mrs. Felton Capel. The social hour followed. Refreshments, including hot chocolate, Christmas cookies, punch and cake were served by the Sisters. “Santa” remained lor the social hour then hurried away, exclaim ing “Merry Christmas to all!”