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VOL. 40—NO. 11
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SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1960
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PRICE: 10 CENTS
Mrs. N. S. Kimball Killed by Train;
Funeral at Baptist Church Friday
^DIMES' COLLECTION
SET HERE SATURDAY
Members of Ihe Auxiliary
of John Boy J, Post. Veterans
of Foreign Wars, will collect
for the March of Dimes drive
in the Southern Pines busi
ness section Saturday, weath
er permitting. The announce
ment was made by Paul But
ler, cbaimian of the Southern
Pines campaign for funds to
combat polio, arthritis and
birth defects.
Roger Deering to
^ Open Art Gallery
On Midland Road
Roger Deering of Kennebunk-
port, Maine, nationally known
marine and landscape painter,
will open an art gallery on Mid
land Road, between Southern
Pines and Pinehurst, on Monday,
and will start then to take regis
trations for painting classes 'to
begin on Tuesday—one series of
classes at the gallery and another
series at the Carolina Hotel in
Pinehurst.
The Roger Deering Art Gallery
—in which the artist’s work is
displayed and which will be open
to the public each week, Monday
through Saturday—is located in
the Colonel Adams .house which
Mr, Deering and his wife, Mrs.
Winifred Deering, have leased.
The property is opposite the
Tate estate.
Mr. and Mrs. Deering plan to
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Funeral services for Mrs. Nan-
icy Thurman Kimball, 63, who
was killed Tuesday when she was
struck by a train here, will be
held Friday at 11 a. m. at the
First Baptist Church. Officiating
will be the Rev. Maynard Man-
gum, pastor, assisted by ths Rev.
Carl Wallace, pastor of the
Church of Wide Fellowship. Buri
al will be in Mt. Hope cemetery.
Mrs. Kimball was a native of
Lynnville, Tenn., widow of Ney
S. Kimball, who died in 1949.
They had lived here many years.
Surviving ar.e three daughters,
Mrs. W. H. Newell of Decatur,
Ga., Mrs. T. G. Maillis of Atlan
ta, Ga., and Mrs. R. L. Bowman
of Waco, Texas; one son, Joe R.
Kimball of Southern Pines, dis
trict manager for the United Tel
ephone Co.; nine grandchildren
and one great-grandchild; one sis
ter, Mrs. Lester Richardson of
Cornersville, Tenn., and one
brother, Rufus Thurman of Lynn-
vijle, Tenn.
The fatal accident took place
about 5:30 p. m. at the Massachu
setts Ave. intersection with the
tracks of the Seaboard Air Line
Railroad. Strangely, at this busy
time of the late afternoon, no
CMS were waiting at the intersec
tion and there are no known eye
witnesses. Police Chief C. E. New
ton, who investigated the acci
dent on the spot, with the freight
train’s conductor, R. J. McEwen,
said later this week that he had
not been able to find anyone who
had seen the accident.
Mrs. Kimball, apparently walk
ing from the business section to
her home at 455 S. E. Broad St.,
was headed east on the Mass-
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SPEEDING CAR HITS TREE
Youth Dies, 2 Hurt in Auto Wreck
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Rest Home Named for
Head of County Board
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A car skidding sideways off a
rmn-slick highway late Saturday
night hurtled against a tree and
wrapped itself around it, killing
one Moore County youth and in
juring two others. '
It took the combined efforts of
ambulance attendants, patrolmen,
a wrecker crew and several other
helpers to untwist the car from
the tree trunk and extricate the
three youths pinned inside.
They worked nearly an hour
in cold, pouring rain, using the
wrecker to loosen one end and
then the oth^r of the 1957 Chev
rolet—a delicate operation be
cause of the boys jammed together
in a tight space inside.
Dead on arrival at St. Joseph’s
hospital was Larry Monroe Britt,
18, a senior at Farm Life High
school. Suffering multiple injuries
were Joel Samuel Bibey, II, 21,
and his brother James Carlos
Navy Band Will
Be Heard Here
The U. S. Navy Band will ap
pear in Weaver Auditorium un
der the sponsorship of the South
ern Pines Junior Chamber of
Commerce on Sunday, March 20.
The program will consist of two
concerts, a special matinee for
county and city school students at
a reduced price and an evening
performance open to all.
Jaycee President Paul Bor
oughs, Jr., project chairman, has
named the following committee
chairmen: Thomas Ruggles, Audi
torium and Tickets; George Mor
rison, Publicity and Advertising;
Dr. Joseph Currie, Reception and
Decorations; Thomas Craven,
Program; and William McAdams,
Special Features.
United States Navy Band
concerts are planned to please
the most discriminating audience.
The band is composed of approx
imately 100 individual artists,
each of whom could take his
place with fhe world’s symphony
orchestras. The Navy B.and con
tains within itself a complete
symphony orchestra, which pre
sents the works of the great mas
ters as skillfully as any group in
the country. On the other hand,
its ultra modern “swingphonette”
section gives sparkling personal
ity to light operas and the latest
“hit” tunes.
Commander Charles Brendler,
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Bibey, 18.
The Bibeys were conscious
throughout the rescue ordeal and
talked with the patrolmen and
others. Joel Bibey, believed to
have been the driver, was bent
backwards around the tree trunk,
on top of the others.
Patrolmen J. F. Swaim said it
was the most difficult and pro
longed job of extrication he had
ever seen in his years as a patrol-
rhan.
In addition. Patrolmen Swaim,
H. A. Hight, Jr., and R. R. Sam
uels had heavy traffic problems
to deal with. All worked on in
vestigation of the wreck.
The accident occurred on NC 22
when the car, travelling toward
Southern Pines, left the road on
the right side on a curve at
Knollwood airport.
Swaim said that high speed
was undoubtedly involved, as a
147-foot path had been left along
NOW IN TRAINING — Five Moore County
girls who have won SVA scholarships for nurse
training over the past three years and who are
now in nursing school are pictured here. Seated,
left to right: Carolyn Williams and Cassie Gib
son, both of West End, first-year students; stand
ing, same order, Patricia Brewer, West End,
second year; Barbara Brewer, Seagrove, second
year; and Georgia Mae Joyce, West End, third-
year student. The course lasts three years.
Scholarship Drive Starts
The Sandhills Veterans Associ
ation this week launched its an
nual drive for funds to provide
Moore County girls with morsing
scholarships, mailing out letters
over the signature of Don Tray
lor of Southern Pines, president.
“Generous contributions last
year enabled us to send two
Moore County girls to High Point
School of Nursing with full three-
year scholarships,” the letter
states. "‘This brought to five the
number of girls now in training
as future nurses for our county.
Seventeen SVA scholarships thus
far have b&an awarded deserv
ing young women of the county.
“Everyone in Moore benefits
from these scholarships,” said
Traylor. “Winners return to our
the shoulder, showing where the hospitals to practice. There con-
car sMded, leaped and somer- tinues to be a great need for qual-
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Funds are asked to provide for
additional scholarships this
spring The veterans’ organization
is hopeful that sufficient money
may be raised this year to send
three more girls into nurse train
ing.
Traylor explained that the SVA
IS a non-profit organization, and
that contributions are tax deduct
able. Also, that every dollar do
nated goes into the scholarship
fund. A panel of prominent
Moore County citizens selects the
winners from graduating classes
of county high schools. Checks,
said Traylor, should be mads pay
able to SVA Nurse Scholarship.
The SVA is composed of a
group 'of Moore County veterans
of World War II. Their chief ac
tivity is the nurse scholarship
program.
Parade Saturday to Open Boy Scout Week Activities
Moore County’s Scouting units
—Cubs, Scouts and Explorers—
will gather in Southern Pines
Saturday morning to stage a par
ade in recognition of National
Boy Scout Week which begins
Sunday.
The parade will form at the
park block on New York Ave.
and will begin at 10:30 a. m.
Scout units throughout the
county will attend church serv
ices in uniform on Sunday, which
is designated “Scout Sunday” in
the week’s schedule. Posters, dis
plays and other recognition of
Scouting and its activities will
appear in several communities of
the county.
Boy Scout Week this year has
added significance. Scout offi
cials said, as 1960 is the 50th an
niversary of the founding of the
Boy Scout movement in the
Unted States in 1910.
Adult Scouters from this coun
ty expecting to attend the an
nual Occoneechee Council dinner
at Raleigh tonight (Thursday) are
Joe Woodall, Moore County Dis
trict Scout executive, and Mrs.
Wood&ll, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Chap
pell of Southern Pines and Dr.
J. D. Ives of Pinebluff.
More than 1,000 boys and over
600 adults are associated with the
Boy Scout pjrogram in Moore
County. '
Harrington Is
Elected Moor'e
GOP Chairman
James Harrington of Pinehurst
£ as elected to a two-year term
Moore County Republican
chairman, succeeding Robert S.
Ewing of Southern Pines, at the
county GOP convention in the
courthouse at Carthage Saturday.
Mrs. Katherine McColl of Sou
thern Pines was elected vice-
chairman. As of June 1, Arnold
Garner of Robbins will be secre
tary and treasurer.
Elected to the executive com
mittee, in addition to the officers,
were Mrs. Arthur Gaines of Cam
eron, Mrs. George H. Leonard, Jr!,
of Southern Pines and Arthur B.
Atkins of Cameron. Local precinct
chairmen also serve on the execu
tive committee.
Delegates to the District and
State conventions were elected.
Superior Court
Adjourns Early-
Due to Illness
The January criminal term of
Moore County Superior Court at
Carthage adjourned Wednesday
afternoon, a victim of sickness.
Solicitor M. G. Boyette contin
ued ill, and several officers, also
numerous defendants and wit
nesses, could not com.s to court
because of sickness.
Acting Solicitor W. D. Sabiston
of Carthage, pressed into service
Monday, said he had gotten along
with the calendar as far as he
could. Thanking Mr. Sabiston and
the waiting jurors for their serv
ices, Judge Frank M. Armstrong
continued all remaining cases un
til the May term.
The jury was impaneled Mon
day morning and received Judge
Armstrong’s charge. It was then
dismissed as the court took a re
cess for the rest of the day in
respect to tbs funeral of Mrs.
Robert L. Burns which was be
ing held that afternoon. Mrs.
Bums, widow of the late former
county attorney. State Senator
and mayor of Carthage, was the
mother of E. J. Bums, like his
father a Carthage attorney. The
Moore County Bar association at
tended the services in a body.
Reports on cases which were
tried before the adjournment on
Wednesday and the grand jury’s
report are found on several pages
of today’s Pilot.
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SCOUT STAMPS — Postmaster Max Rush, left, is giving Paul
L. Thomas, Jr., 11-year-old Boy Scout of Troop 860, Cameron, a
preview of a sheet of the commemorative four-cent postage
stamps, marking the 50th anniversary of Scouting in the U. S. A.,
which will go on sale over the nation Monday as one of the fea
tures of Boy Scout Week. Paul- is the son of Mr. and Mrs. P, L.
Thomas of Cameron. (Humphrey photo)
Grange Leaders
Plan Convention
State Grange Master Harry B.
Caldwell of Greensboro met with
Grange leaders of Hoke and
Moore Counties at the Hollywood
Hotel Friday night and made ten
tative arrangements for the 1960
State Grange Convention, which
will be held here in October.
Mr. Caldwell, who was accom
panied by Mrs. Caldwell, report
ed the town well equipped with
adequate facilities for handling
the convention.
Those elected to serve on the
local arrangement committee are:
co-chairman, Mrs. James Nixon
of Ashmont Grange, Hoke (boun
ty, and J. C. Stanley of Green
wood Grange, Moore County; and
secretary, Mrs. Boyd Marsh of
Greenwood Grange.
KITCHIN TO RUN
Congressman A. Paul Kitchin
of the Eighth North Carolina
Congressional District, of Wades-
boro, formally announced Mon
day that he will seek renomina-
tion in tb-* May Den-orratic
primary. The District includes
Moore County.
Man Critically
Hurt in Attack;
‘Chiefs Head Cut
Anderson McLaughlin, 78-year-
old Negro of West Southern
Pines was reported in “very crit
ical” condition at Moore Mem
orial Hospital at noon today,
after being badly beaten about
the head with an iron pipe, by his
apparently mentally disturbed
daughter. Cherry, 35, Wednesday
afternoon. His skull was fractur
ed.
Police Chief C. E. Newton re
ceived a three-inch gash on his
bead when the McLaughlin wom
an struck him with a coffee can
as the chief and Police Sgt. Earl
SeaweU entered her home to ap
prehend her after the attack on
her father.
Chief Newton was treated and
released at St. Joseph’s Hospital
and returned at once to duty
with his head swathed in ban
dages. He said that a number of
stitches were taken in the wound.
Police were called by Mrs. An
nie Farmer, sister of (Cherry Mc
Laughlin. She later signed a
statement saying that her sister
had beaten their father on the
head with a three-foot length of
iron pipe untiT he fell to the
ground and that she then contin
ued to beat him until police ar
rived. The elderly man was taken
to the hospital by neighbors in
Annie Farmer’s automobile.
Cherry McLaughlin was taken
to the local police station. Roose
velt Morrison, member of a town
street department crew working
in the neighborhood of the attack,
drove the police car. There was
considerable ' excitement around
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The county commissioners vot
ed Monday to call the boarding
home facility being created at the
old county home property the
“Reynolds Rest Home,” in honor
of L. R. Reynolds, chairman of the
board.
Mr. Reynolds accepted the hon
or with gratitude and pleasure.
The county home conversion pro
ject, soon to be completed, has
been conducted entirely under his
chairmanship of the board.
The commissioners also set the
rental, to be paid by the private
operators of the home at $150 per
month, with the operators, Mr.
and Mrs. John Smith, who at pres
ent are running the Robbins Rest
Home—to be responsible for
maintenance of the building and
equipment, electricity, water and
fuel. All the terms will be incor
porated in a lease to be drawn up
by County Attorney M. G. Boy
ette. '
The commissioners plan to meet
again February 10 to go over this
and other matters connected with
opening the home—tentatively
on March 1.
The home will accomodate 20
boarders, many of whom are ex
pected to be elderly persops re
ceiving Old Age Assistance grants.
All members of the board were
present Monday: Chairman Rey
nolds, J. M. Pleasants, W. S. Tay
lor, T. R. Monroe and J. M. Cur
rie.
Highway Proposal
Mr. Taylor, of Aberdeen, said
that he has heard a suggestion
that a new highway be built from
Route 15-501-211, to run back of
the Howard Johnson Motor Lodge
to connect with the Aberdeen-
Pinehurst Highway (formerly
Route 211) near the Amerotron.
offices and a warehouse to be
built there for Amerotron.
He said that such a road would
ease heavy traffic in Aberdeen
caused by the AmerotroR offices
and industrial plants in the area.
The board approved informally
that Mr. Taylor talk with T. C.
Johnston, district highway engin
eer, about the proposaL
Fixe District Proposal
Another matter Mr. Taylor
brought up was a proposal to cre
ate a rural fire district in a large
area south and west of Aberdeen
which he said could be protected
by the existing Aberdeen two-
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Illness Slackens
But Still Strong
- Sickness, including flu, in this
area seems to be decreasing as
compared to a week ago, but is
still above normal.
Absences in the schools, which
reached 18 per cent of the stu
dents last Thursday, have been
decreasing this week, school offi
cials reported today.
One physician said that he
thinks that sickness is slacking off
but that he is still much busier
than normally in treating respir
atory illnesses and flu. ■
St. Joseph’s Hospital reported
many flu patients, with extra
beds placed on all floors.
Moore County Hospital report
ed many flu cases today and con
tinued a regulation barring all
visitors to patients except close
ly related members of patients’
families.
Illness of the solicitor, some of
ficers and others involved in this
week’s term of Moore County
Superior Court at Carthage was
the chief reason for adjourning
the week’s term of court on Wed-
inesday.
New A&P to Open Wednesday
Grand opening of the new A&P
Super Market at 750 S. W. Broad
St. has been set for 9 a. m., Wed
nesday, February 10, L. D. Mc
Donald, manager, said today. The
super market will leave its pres
ent location at 125 W. Pennsyl
vania Ave.
Built in ‘'Early American” style
of red brick and white frame
trim, the super market is one of
the first in the Carolines to fea
ture this unusual design. Inside,
it is completely modern and has
more than 13,000 square feet of
floor space. It is surrounded by
a large parking lot that runs
through from Broad St. to Ben
nett St.
Mr. McDonald said that as one
feature of the opening, registra
tion will be taken for prizes to be
given away, including a refriger
ator-freezer combination, a 17-
inch TV set, 100 food baskets
and 400 one-pound loaves of
bread.
The store will stock some 3,500
different items.
A detailed description of the
new super market, with photos of
the building and personnel and
other information wiU appear,
with extensive grand opening ad
vertising, in next week’s Pilot.