I
COLOR GUARD at the Marshall birthday
program was composed of National Guardsmen
from Moore County’s Co. D, 2nd Med. Tany
Btn., with headquarters at Southern Pines. Left
to right, M-iSgt. Fred McKenzie, rifleman; SFC
Dan Assad and SFC Bill Dunlop, colorbearers;
PFC Bobby Frye, rifleman; and Lt. Ralph Hor
ner, commander. At left is monument, with
wreaths placed during program, designating the
Pinehurst pine grove ps Marshall Park. The
monument was dedicated several months prior
to General Marshall’s death last October.
(Hemmer Photo)
GEORGE HUNT, commander
of the Pinehurst American Legion
post, is pictured at the Marshall
Park monument during last
week’s ceremonies. (Hemmer
Photo) 1
Military, Qvilian Admirers Join In
Program On Gen. Marshall’s Birthday
Military and civilian friends
and admirers of the late Gen.
George C. Marshall—who mad-e
Pinehurst his winter home for
nearly 15 years, joined last Thiirs-
day in a program at the Marshall
Park monument in Pinehurst, in
observance of his 79th birthday
anniversary, December 31. Ger.er-
al Mas^iall died last October 16.
The program was sponsored
and arranged by the A. B. Sally,
Jr., Post 350, American Legion, of
Pinehurst.
Retired generals, admirals and
other officers of the armed forces
livng in this area, with civilians,
paid tribute to the former chief
of staff. Secretary of State and
. Secretary of Defense.
Brig. Gen. Gines Perez of Fort
Bragg, representing Lt. Gen. Rob
ert F. Sink, Fort Bragg Com
mander, praised General Marshall
as a great soldier-statesman and
placed a wreath at the monu
ment. General Perez was intro
duced by Gen. I. T. Wyche, re
tired, of Pinehurst.
, George Hunt, commander of
the Legion post spoke brefly and
also placed a wreath-
'The invdcation was delivered
by Bishop Louis C. Melcher, min
ister at the Pinehurst Village
Chapel. Kermit Copeiand, chap
lain of the Legion post, pronounc
ed the benediction.
Paul Monroe, post adjutapt,
was master of ceremonies.
Hearing Will Be
Held Tuesday On
Jugtown’s ‘Seal’
A hearing will be held befor-e
Charles M. McLeod, justice of the
peace, at Carthage, Tuesday, Jan
uary 12, at 10:30 a. m., on a claim
and delivery action instituted
against Ben Owens, former potter
at the well known Jugtown pot
tery in upper Moore County.
The action was brought recent
ly by P. H. Wilson, Carthage at
torney who is legal guardian for
Mrs. Juliana Busbee, co-founder
of the pottery with her husband,
the late Jacques Busbee. The or
der asks delivery to the guardian
of the Jugtown stamp or seal—
the device with which pottery was
stamped while the clay was soft,
to indicate its origin.
Mr. McLeod said that when the
order was served oh Mr. Owens,
he refused to surrender the seal.
He is not now associated with or
working with Jugtown, but has
been producing pottery in a kiln
of his own at his home nearby.
The Jugtown pottery has been in
operative for nearly a year, p-snd-
ing the outcome of legal actions
involving it.
At the Tuesday hearing, Mr.
Owens will be required to justify
his retention of the seal or to give
it up.
Bond of $70 for the claim and
delivery action was signed by
John Mare of Southern Pines
who, with Mrs. Busbee, formed a
corporation, Jacques and Juliana
Busbee’s Jugtown, Inc., last Feb-
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ANTIQUES SHOW SET
The annual Antiques Show
sponsored by the Moore County
Historical Association for benefit
of its projects will be held at the
National Guard armory here
Wednesday, Thursday and Fri
day,: March 23, 24 and 25, it was
announced this w&ek by Mrs.
Ernest L. Ives, general chairman
for. the $vent.
New Home To Be
Built At Midway
For Singletarys
A new home will be construct
ed for Ernest and Mary Single
tary to replace the one destroyed
by fire on the night of November
28, at the Midway community
n-ear the Seaboard railroad, be
tween Southern Pines and Aber
deen.
The young Negro couple lost,
their three small children, their
home and all their possessions in
the tragic midnight blaze-
Touched by their plight, local
citizens have responded gener
ously to two separate appeals for
funds, so that the total now
anxounts to approximately $1,300.
One fund, headed by Joe Kim
ball, United Telephone Co. dis
trict manager, started among
company employees, but has re
ceived numerous contributions
from the general public also, and
now amounts to about $800. The
other fund, head-ed by the Rev.
J. R. Funderburk with assistance
from Negro pastors in Aberdeen
and Pinehurst, is up to about
$500. The money will be used
jointly. Singletary is employed by
the telephone company.
Kimball said work will start in
about two w-eeks on a two-bed
room frame “shell” home to be
built by a Wilson concern spe
cializing in the homes. The con
tractor will finish the exterior,
while the interior will be finish
ed by Singletary and men em
ployees of the telephone com
pany working at nights, and on
Saturdays. Singletary had built
with his own hands the small
frame home at Midway which was |
burned. |
The work was delayed pending :
the securing of a clear title to a i
lot at Midway, a quarter of a mile
south of the former homesite,
which was given the Singletarys
by Mrs. Wilbur McDonald,
grandmother of Mary Singletary,
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ffigh School Club To
Give Play Saturday
A three-act farce-comedy, “Our
Girls,” by Conrad Seiler, will be
presented in Weaver Audtorium.
at 8:15 p. m., Saturday, by the
Masques Club of Southern Pines
High School.
Eleven students are included in
the cast.
Young Local Man
Killed In Wreck;
6 Slightly Hurt
Funeral Held Sunday
For James C. Hackney;
Brake Failure Blamed
The New Year was barely one
hour old when Moore county tal
lied its first highway death,
which was also the first for 1960
in North Carolina.
James Carlyle Hackney, 25, of
Southern Pin.2S died of a broken
neck when his car failed to stop
at a dead-end intersection, about
five miles northeast of town, and
crashed into the opposite em
bankment.
The impact practically demol
ished the 1938 Chevrolet but did
not seriously hurt the six teen-
aged passengers who had driven
out with Hackney after a late
movie to give a New Year’s greet
ing to, friends in Lobslia.
The group had met Mrs. Ivy Hall
and her son at the Sunrise Thea
tre and followed her car out to
her sister’s homle at Lobelia.,
State Highway Patrolman R.
R. Samuels, who investigated,
said apparently the brakes failed
as, returning on the Lobelia Road,
they reached the junction with
Youngs Road. The accident oc
curred at 1 a. m.
Some of the young people made Ralph L. Chandler, Jr., of
their way to a farmhouse and Southern Pines, president, and
phoned for an ambulance. Hack- other 1960 officers of the Sand
PRESIDENT—^Ralph L. Chandler, Jr., of Southern Pines, left,
was installed yesterday as president of the Sandhills Kiwanis
Club! He is congratulated by Tracy C. Ballou of Lumberton, 4th
Division lieutenant governor. (Humphrey Photo)
Kiwanis Installs 1960 Officers
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Masonic Bodies
Elect Officers;
Some Installed
One of the four Masonic bodies
covering this area, with head
quarters here, installed its 1960
officers last Thursday night,
while the other three will install
theirs at a joint meeting to be
held Monday night at the Masonic
Temple. AU the bodies held their
elections in December.
Installed on New Year’s Eve,
by Southern Pines Lodge No. 484,
AF & AM:
Charles R. Pope, Vass, master;
Edwin L. Finch, Vass, senior war
den; Jack L. McNeill, junior war
den; James W. Causey, treasurer;
Lloyd L. Woolley, secretary; Karl
E. Schweinfurth, Vass, senior
deacon; Stanley 'T. Dunn, junior
deacon; Charles W. Austin, senior
steward; Walter F. Harper, junior
steward; Horace W. Mullinix,
Vass, tiler.
The following bodies, with jur-
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hills Kiwanis Club were installed
Wednesday at the club’s luncheon
meeting at the Hollywood Hotel.
Other new officers are Dr. C.
Robert VanderVoort, vice-presi
dent; and John L. Ponzer, who
was reelected secretary-treasurer.
R. F. Hoke Pollock is the immedi
ate past president.
Mr. Chandler is proprietor of
the Sandhill Oil Co. of Southern
Pines. Dr. VanderVoort, living at
Southern Pines, practices dentis
try in Aberdeen. Mr. Ponzer, of
Southerh Pines, is with the Divi
sion office of the Carolina Power
& Light Co. Mr. Pollock is a local
attorney.
Directors of the club.for I960'
are: the Rev. Martin Caldwell,
Robert S. Ewing, Thomas R.
Howerton, Dr. W. Harrell John
son, Neill E. McKay, and Dr. R.
Bruce Warlick, all of Southern
Pines, and Jack Taylor of Aber
deen.
Membership in the club is
county-wide.
Committees of the club and
their chairmen for 1960 are: At
tendance and Membership, T. R.
Howerton; Kiwanis Education
and Fellowship, Paul Dana; Laws
and Regulations, R. F. Hoke Pol-
March Of Dimes Launches 1960 Campaign
lock; Vocational Guidance, Jo
seph Sandlin; Roads and Safety,
E. O. Brogden; Publicity, the Rev.
Martin Caldwell.
Also: Boys and Girls Work, Al-
win Folley; Public Relations and
Business Affairs, Dr. E. M. Med-
lin; Agricultime and Conservation,
Neill E. McKay; Support of
Churches, Dr. C. C. McLean; Fi
nance, Dr. C. R. VanderVoort;
Builder’s Cup, A. P. Thompson.
Mr. Pollock, retiring president,
expressed his gratitude for the
club’s support.
' Your faith and loyalty during
the past year have been the in
spiration which led our directors
and committeemen to a successful
year of achevement in the objec
tives of our club in 1959,” he said.
“Many thanks for giving me the
privilege of serving as your pres
ident—there is no greater honor.”
“Polio isn’t licked yet,” Paul C., years must still be helped.”
Butler, Moore County National] Also, he added, the Foundation
Foundation chapter chairman,
told workers at the March of
Dimes kickoff dinner at Carth
age Monday night. “Vast amounts
of research ar-e still needed to de
termine and strengthen the effec
tiveness of the vaccine, Immuni
zation must become far more
widespread. Epidemics are still
occurring, and victims of former
has, since the polio breakthrough,
taken on the responsibility of re
search into birth defects and
arthritic ailments, and treatment
and care of youthful victims.
Moore county had three new
cases of polio in 1959, he said,
'rhe chapter also is still meeting
various expenses for 20 cases
from former years, dating as far
back as the epidemic of 1948.
The chapter also cooperates
financially with the crippled chil
dren’s clinic held under auspices
of the state and county depart
ments of public health. Attend
ing' this clinic regularly, or from,
time to time, are more than 50
polio patients stricken in 1948,
the worst epidemic year, it was
revealed by Mrs. Kenny Poe,
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READY TO GO—-Workers in the 1960 March
of Dimes are sorting out materials after Mon
day night’s kickoff dinner at Carthage. Seated,
from left, Miss Sally Phillips of Cameron, and
community chairmen Miss Marie Purvis of
Parkwodd, Mrs, R. A. Dowd of Glendon and
Mrs. Lee McDonald of Carthage; standing, com
munity chairmen Dougald Cameron of Lobelia
and J. F. Sinclair of West End. Other workers,
faces unseen, hold “March of Dimes” posters at
rear. (Photo by V. Nicholson)
Music Group In
Intensive Drive
For Memberships
An intensive effort to increase
memberships in the Sandhills
Music Association is beginning in
Southern Pines, Mrs. John F.
Faulk, drive chairman, said today.
The campaign precedes the first
event of four scheduled for the
regular season of the association
—the National Grass Roots Op
era’s performance of “Carmen” on
January 28.
Members and non-members of
the Association are also being
urged to purchase season tickets
for the concerts, Mrs. Faulk said,
although either memberships or
season tickets can be obtained
separately.
The membership schedule lists
patrons at $10 or more per person;
members at $5 or more per person;
and associates at $1 or more per
person.
Season tickets cost $12 for re
served seats, $7.50 for unreserved;
and $2 for students, unreserved.
All concerts will be presented in
Weaver Auditorium.
Other concerts on the program
are: North Carolina Little Sym
phony on February 25; Edmond
Karlsrud, bass-baritone, and U.
Wolfgang Fetsch, pianist, on
March 24; and the Columbus Boy-
choir on April 22. The annual
Young Musicians Concert, featur
ing Moore County music students,
will be held free of charge jfol-
lowing the regular season.
Mrs. Faulk is working with Mr.
and Mrs. John Ruggles, member
ship and ticket chairmen, from
whom tickets are available at the
Bamum Realty and Insurance
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films AVAILABLE
A supplementary list of films
available for civic groups has
been , received at the Southern
Pines Library and is available to
program chairmen foji
charge is mad;
than retv
Mr. and Mrs. Smith
Get Approval As
Home Operators
County Will Lease
Building; Opening
Expected March 1
Mr. and Mrs. John Smith, who
are presently operating the Rob
bins Rest Home at Robbins, have
been chosen by the county com‘-
missioners and the welfare board
to operate the rest home to be es
tablished at the old county home
building now being remodeled.
Mrs. Smith was introduced to
the commissioners at their regular
meeting in Carthage on Monday,
by Mrs. Walter B. Cole, county
welfare superintendent. The home
will be under Supervision of the
welfare department.
Terms of the lease to the Smiths
have not been completely worked
out, but both Mrs. Smith and the
commissioners indicated Monday
that tentative arrangements are
acceptable. The commissioners
did decide Monday that the coun
ty would buy furniture for
the rooms. The operators will
furnish linens.
The home will accomodate 20
persons in eight private rooms,
two wards each accomodating
four, and two semi-private rooms.
These rooms are in the two wings
of the building. In each wing
there will also be a dining room
living room combination for resi
dents at the home. The Smiths
will have their personal quarters
in the center section of the build
ing.
Mrs. Cole said it is hoped that
interested citizens and civic or
ganizations will furnish the liv
ing rooms and provide wheel
chairs, TV sets and other extras
that will help make the residents
comfortable and happy.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith were resi
dents of Moore County before
their marriage, living in the Vass
and Bennett sections. After their
marriage they moved to Chatham
County where they worked with
boarding homes for the aged and
for nine years operated a home
for the aged there. They took over
the Robbins Rest Home about two
years ago.
The Smiths have had 11 chil
dren, nine of whom are living—
five grown and,married and four
at home, three sons and a daugh
ter, ranging in age from 11 to 20.
Mrs. Cole made it clear to the
commissioners that the welfare
department would find some one
to take over the Robbins home
and that it is planned to keep it
in operation. There is no plan to
close any of the smaller rest
homes in the county, she said.
Mrs. Cole said that there were
several applications for the
position of operators of the new
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John Eckersley
To Assist Moore
Tax Collector
The county commissioners,
meeting at Carthage on Monday,
approved employment of John
Eckersley, 26-y.ear-old Pinebluff
resident, as assistant to Douglas
David, county tax collector.
The appointment followed the
resignation of Miss Jennie Cam
eron, effective December 31, who
has been employed in the tax col
lector’s office.
The new assistant will work
both in and out of the office, Mr.
David told the commissioners
after appearing with him at the
meeting and introducing him to
the county officials.
'The tax collector said he plan
ned to train Mr. Eckersley in
every aspect of the collector’s
work. He told the commissioners
that collection of taxes outsids
the office can be steppe(^
himself or his assis
leave the offic^
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