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•VOL. 40—NO. U
EIGHTEEN PAGES
SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, I960
EIGHTEEN PAGES
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PRICE: lO CENTS
Ernest Morell, Noted Horticulturist,
Succumbs at 78; Funeral Here Friday
Little Symphony
To Give Concerts
Tonight, Friday
Tonight the North Carolina Lit
tle Symphony, under the direc
tion of Benjamn Swalin, will
present a concert at 8:30 o’clock
in Weaver Auditorium. The pro
gram will feature two guest ar
tists, violinist Kenji Kobayashi
and mezzo-soprano Sophia Stef-
ian.
Special feature of tonight’s pro
gram will be Noel Sokoloff’s
“Canticle for Strings.’’ Mr. Soko-
loff is known in Southern Pines
as the husband of Nancy Boyd,
daughter of Mrs. James Boyd. He
now resides in Princeton, N. J.,
and is a member of the faculty of
Mannes College of Music.
Son of Nikolai Sokoloff, young
Funeral services will be held at
the Church of Wide Fellowship
at II a. m. Friday for Ernest Mor
ell, noted horticulturist and own
er of the Holly Tree Nurseries
on Midland Road. 'TJie Rev. Carl
Wallace, pastor of the church,
will officiate, assisted by the Rev.
James H. Lighthous-e, Jr., of At
lanta, Ga. Burial will be in Mt.
Hope Cemetery.
Mr. Morell was stricken unex
pectedly Tuesday morning and
died that evening at Moore Mem
orial Hospital. Today, February
25, would have been his 79th
birthday. He was born in Ger
many on that day in 1881.
During his more than 50 years
as a horticulturist, Mr. Morell
worked in his native land, in Eng
land, in other European nations,
in Egypt and at various places in
the United States.
He first came to Southern Pines
to supervise landscaping at the
newly constructed Highland
1
Noel had ample reason to choose Pines Inn on Weymouth Heights
music as a career. His father was in 1912, at the invitation of the
founder and first conductor of the
Cleveland Orchestra. His brother
Boris is manager of the Minne-
late John Y. Boyd. Some years
later, he returned to become a
permanent resident, going to
apolis Symphony and brother Peace Dale, R. I., with Mrs. Mor-
for many
Martin is administrative assistant
to the director of the Manhattan
School of Music.
Two children’s concerts are be
ing given while the state orches
tra is in Southern Pines. Children
heard the orchestra today at the
West Southern Pines School Gym
and tomorrow morning a second
concert will be given at Aberdeen
School. Selections at the chil
dren’s concerts include excerpts
from the following works:
Strauss’ “The Gypsy Baron;’’
Haydn’s “Clock” Symphony; and
Delibe’s ballet “Coppelia;” the
ballet music, from
■“Rosamunde;” three Debussy
numbers: Snow is Dancing and
Golliwog’s Cakewalk from “Chil
dren’s Corner” Suite; and Cor
tege from “Petite” Suite. The
children join the orchestra in
singing “Marching to Pretoria,” a
song from the South African
Veld, and Haydn’s “Oh Worship
the King.”
Bloodmobile to
Visit in Moore
ell in the summers,
years.
Mr. Morell graduated from a
college of horticulture in Ger
many and gained practical ex
perience there and in England
where he was with the famous
Kew Gardens for about five
years, studying and working with
experts in horticulture and land
scaping. His work there stimula
ted his interest in Oriental plants
and trees—a field in which he be
came expert, introducing Oriental
plants to this country and to the
Sandhills. Among these were the
Schubert’s Japanese holly and the deodar
’ which are frequently seen in the
private and public landscaping
projects he supervised in this
area.
Mr. Morell spent three years in
Egypt and was oi>9 of the men as
sociated with landscaping the
gardens of the famous Mena
House, a hotel near the Pyramids.
In this country, before co.ming
to Southern Pines permanently,
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The Red Cross bloodmobile will
be in Moore County on Tuesday
and Wednesday, March 8 and 9,
from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m.
On Tuesday March 8 it will be
at the school gymnasium in Rob
bins.
On Wednesday, March 9, it will
be at the school gymnasium in
Carthage.
People from all sections of the
(jj county are urged to go to the
bloodmobile and give blood as
Moore County is lagging behind
its quota in the Piedmont Caro
lines blood program.
Both of Moore County’s hospit
als get blood for patients through
the program’s blood bank at
Charlotte.
Honor for Garden
Club Announced
The Southern Pinas Garden
Club has been nominated for a
Certificate of Commendation
from Governor Hodges and the
Keep North Carolina Beautiful
Executive Committee.
Mrs. B. F. Kraffert and Mrs.
L. T. Avery will receive the cer
tificate, for the club, at a meeting
of the Committee at the Wash
ington Duke Hotel in Durham
March 7.
Announcement of the award
came to Mrs. Norris Hodgkins,
club president, who will be un
able to attend the March 7 meet
ing.
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Physical Therapy Department to Be
Set Up by Moore Memorial Hospital
At a meeting of the Moore Me
morial Hospital board of directors
Tuesday night, approval was giv
en to the establishment of a phy
sical therapy department with a
registered therapist available for
both in-patients and out-patients.
The department will be activated
immediately.
It was announced that the
Easter Seal fund for crippled
children had set aside $500 for
the purchase of equipment for
the department.
$26,000 Received
Paul Dana, treasurer, reported
that the Grace Whittemore and
Parker Whittemore Trusts, estab
lished in October 192s, one month
^ before the hospital officially open-
* ed, left approximately $26,000 out
of the two trust funds for Moore
Memorial Hospital.
Upon recommendation of D. K.
Bullens, chairman of the hospital
finance committee, the directors
referred to the executive commit
tee the problem of the misuse of
the hospital’s emergency facilities.
The discussion following .this
recommendation revealed that
fc.many patients who are treated in
the hospital’s emergency room
should not be classified as real
emergencies, and could be t2iken
care of by the family physician.
Fund Aids 18
It was reported that 18 patients
had received assistance through
the Neighbor Aid Fund to the
total extent of $1600. This leaves
a balance of approximately $9400
in the money raised in the fall
campaign.
Thomas R. Howerton, hospital
administrator reported that the
curtailment of visitors to the hos
pital during the recent flu epi
demic was welt received by the
hospital personnel, medical staff J
and the public. He announced j
that plans were now being made
for the limitation of visitors at
all times.
Dr. Allen On Staff
Dr. William W. Allen, who re
cently joined the staff of the
Pinehurst Surgical Clinic, was
formally made a member of the
hospital’s associate staff, to assist
Dr. Michael Pishko.
The directors passed a resolu
tion wishing for George H. Mau
rice of Eagle Springs, honorary
oresident of the board, who' is
now 88. a speedy recovery. Mr.
Maurice is a oatient in Moore Me
morial Hospital.
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LITTLE TRIP — This reproduction of a
portrait painted by Patricia Herring Stratton of
Southern Pines'^ shows Dwight W. Winkelman
on his Little Trip, an 11-year-old dark chestnut
thoroughbred that was reserve champion and
was awarded the new Field Hunter Cup trophy
at Saturday’s Hunter Trials held here. Little
Trip was champion hunter at the Trials in 1955
and 1956 and has been chosen reserve champion
the past three years. He won the thoroughbred
class trophy for several years including 1958
and 1959. The Little Trip challenge trophy, given
each year in the thoroughbred hunter class, is
named for him.
1,000 Persons See Hunter Trials
About 1,000 persons braved a
brisk wind Saturday afternoon to
watch performances by some of
the finest hunters in the land at
the Scott’s Comers course, off
Young’s Road, the site of the 28th
running of the Moore County
Hunter Trials.
Cars were lined up three deep
across the .hilltop parking area,
and their occupants hung over
the fence or roamed from car to
car, greeting friends at this tradi
tional opener of the spring eques
trian season. Picnics were served
from the back of many station
wagons.
For four hours as the shadows
of the pines grew long, down the
hill and over the valley, over the
fences and along the ridge went
horse after horse in six classes.
The three judges took notes, and
the voice of Dennis “Nick” Crot-
ty, announcer, sounded over a
loudspeaker, describing the ac-
(Continued on page 8)
Permit Required
For Installation
Of Gas Facilities
No gas appliance or gas facility
can be installed in the corporate
limits of Southern Pines without
first obtaining a gas permit from
the gas inspector. This will in
clude L. P. gas (bottle gas) as well
as natural gas, according to Joel
Stutts, gas inspector, who has
been receiving training with the
Fayetteville gas inspector.
A city gas serviceman’s license
is required before any company
can install a gas facility in the
town. This license will be issued
by a board of examiners consist
ing of the fire chief, city manager
and gas inspector, according to
the gas code.
Gas inspection for all installa
tions will include an air pressure
test on the gas piping to test for
possible leaks; correct venting for
appliances (types A, B, and BW
only are approved); correct type
piping used; proper type shut
offs and correct location as well
as compliance with other parts of
the gas code, Stutts said.
Stutts indicated that the gas
code will strictly be enforced to
insure safety in all homes in the
coporate limits of the town wliich
install gas appliances and facili
ties.
Stutts, who is also plumbing in
spector, requires all plumbers to
fill waste lines and vents with
water to check for possible sewer
gas and water leaks according to
the plumbing code, before they
are approved.
All cornpania* installing gas fa
cilities or plumbing in town now
receive a written inspection re
port indicating whether a job is
approved or disapproved by the
inspector.
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CHAMPION — Blessington, owned by Ray Firestone and en
tered in Saturday’s Hunter Trials here by his Lauray Farms of
South Carolina, is shown with Max Bonham up, receiving the
Stoneybrook Perpetual Trophy from Mrs. Michael G. Walsh,
donor, as champion of the trials. Blessington won the Thorough
bred Hunter class and went on to take the championship in com
petition with first and second placing horses in other classes.
(Humphrey photo)
Champs: Carthage Boys, Robhins Girls
Two mild upsets featured the
finals of the Moore County Bas
ketball Tournament when the
Robbins girls and Carthage boys
won games played in the Robbins
gym Saturday night.
The Robbins girls, seeded No. 2
in the tournament, defeated Car
thage’s top-seeded girls 44-37
and Carthage’s second seeded
boys downed topseeded Vass-
Lakeview 42-36.
The Carthage girls, who were
defending champs, failed in their
repeat bid.
Ruby Williams tallied 21 points
and Delonas Baxter 13 to lead the
Robbins attack with Frances Wil-
DISTRICT PLAYOFFS
The District 4 basketball
playofifs will take place Fri
day night in the Elise School
gym at Robbins, with two
games scheduled. The win
ners will advance to the Stale
playoffs next weekend at Red
Springs.
In the first contest at 7 p.m.,
the Carthage boys, Moore
County champions, meet Star,
winner in. Montgomery Coun
ty. The second game zil 8:30
pits Laurel Hill against EUer-
be.
Vass, which won the reg
ular season title in Moore,
drew a bye and will play in
the Red Springs event.
liams of Carthage claiming high
scoring honors with 24.
Archie Kelly paced Carthage’s
boys with 16 points as he led the
close win. Carthage led by only
two points, 18-16, at halftime and
could never gain more than a
six point lead, the final margin.
Tom Jessup was high for Vass-
Lakeview with 14.
Semi-Finals
In Friday night’s games at Rob
bins, Cameron’s girls lost a hard-
fought battle to Carthage’s un
beaten girls team by the score of
58-54. The Cameron girls played
by far their best game of the sea
son in their near upset of Car
thage. The game was not decided
until the final minutes in the
contest.
In the second game of the eve
ning Vass-Lakeview boys took a
56-40 victory over the Robbins
boys. 'The Vass-Lakeview team
took a commanding first-half lead
and coasted to their win.
Blue Knights Edged
Carthage’s boys eked out a 36-
35 win over Southern Pines in the
final game of the evening. South
ern Pines cut a 13-point half
time advantage bald by Carthage
to the final margin of on,a point.
All-County Teams
Boys
One Southern Pines player was
named to the all-county teams
which were picked by the coaches
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Youn^ People Injured
In Traffic Accidents
Mishaps Occur
Saturday after
Heart Fund
Sets Drive
Sunday, February 28, is Heart
Sunday and inaugurates a one-
week campaign for gifts to the
Heart Fund in Moore County. No
door-to-door ^canvass is to be
made, but contributions toward
the county’s quota of $3,000 are
requested of all citizens by the
Heart Association.
Gifts may be made by mailing
or handing contributions to local
treasurers, or by placing dona
tions in red plastic containers
which have bejen placed near
cash registers of 66 business con
cerns or gathering centers in the
county. ^
Community treasurers are Mrs.
Garland McPherson for Southern
Pines and Pinehurst. Mrs. Jere
McKeithen, Aberdeen, Richard
James, Robbins, and T. Roy Phil
lips, Carthage.
The Moore County Chairman is
Dr. Emily Tufts of Pinehurst. Dr.
Cheves Ligon of Southern Pines
is county fund-raising chairman.
Contributions are forwarded to
the N. C. Heart Association and
are disbursed throughout the
state for research, education and
community services. With the
support of the Heart Association,
medical science has made dra
matic progress in saving lives of
thousands of heart victims. Re
search has provided the knowl
edge needed to prevent rhexunatic
fever, to control most cases of
high blood pressure, to repair
damaged heart valves and to cor
rect congenital defects through
heart surgery and to develop
heart-lung machines.
Memorial contributions are re
ceived by the community treas
urers throughout the year. Much
of the total given in Moore Coun
ty is made up of memorial gifts.
Phillips Answers
Nickens’s Suit,
Asks for Damages
Contrary to committing a ma
licious unprovoked attack on
Cameron Mayor H. W. Nickens as
alleged, Cameron Town Board
Member J. A. Phillips was him
self the victim of such an attack,
with blows which Isiid his head
open, necessitating six stitches,
states Phillips in a pleading filed
at Carthage in Moore Superior
(bourt.
Phillips, answering Nickens’
$10,000 suit filed last December,
presents a denial - of Nickens’
charges, plus answer and defense,
plus further answer and defense
and plea in bar, along with a
counterclaim for the same money
Nickens is asking—$5,000 actual
and $5,000 punitive damages.
Hardly any of the leading citi
zens queried after Nickens filed
his suit had heard of any trouble
between their longtime mayor, an
upholsterer, and board member
Phillips, a businessman and hard
ware merchant.
Nickens claimed Phillips came
into his place of business Novem
ber 3, and committed an unpro
voked assault upon him, choking
him; refused to leave when asked,
and on the contrary ran Nickens
out of his o\vn business place; and
that in the course of the assault
Nickens’ left hand was fractured
and he was unable to use it in his
business for several weeks.
Nickens gave no reason for the
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25 Attend First
Lutheran Service
Twenty-five adults and chil
dren attended the initial Lutheran
Church service held in the Civic
Club on Sunday, Pastor Lester
Roof, of Sanford, reports.
Future services will be conduct
ed on the first and third Sundays
of each month at 7:30 p.m., in the
Civic Club.
Luther A. Adams was elected
treasurer of the group at a short
business session following the
service.
Tourney Games
'Three traffic accidents involv
ing young people, one occurring
in Southern Pines, the other two
near Robbins, followed the Moore
County High ,School Basketball
Tournament finals held at Rob
bins Saturday night.
The accident occurring in
Southern Pines about 12:35 a. m.
sent three boys to the hospital
with serious injuries. One boy,
June Jackson, 18, of Route 1,
West End, was rated in critical
condition with fractures of both
legs, and head lacerations. The
driver, Roy Stanley Ritter, 19, of
Eastwood, June Jackson and the
other passenger, Wesley McQueen
Garrison, 17, of West End, Rt. 1,
are in St. Joseph of the Pines hos
pital.
An attending nurse at St. Jo
seph’s said this morning that all
three boys are much improved.
Jackson is off the critical list, she
said, and Ritter will be able to go
home in a few days. Ritter’s teeth
were knocked out and his right
leg and jaw were broken. Garri
son suffered a fractured pelvis
and lacerations of face and head.
The other two accidents both
involved rear-end collisions in
the long line of traffic extending
southward from Robbins on NC
705 after the game. The cars were
filled with high school boys and
girls, and two of the girls suffered
injuries in each collision, Paul
ette Dietenhofer of Pinehurst and
Phyllis Bolton of Carthage, both
16 years old, in the first one, and
Connie Grier Pierce and Fran
ces Harper, both 17, of Southern
Pines, in the second.
The collisions occurred about
11:25 p. m. as lead cars stopped at
the intersection with NC 27, two
miles south of Robbins, causing
other cars to stop for several hun
dred feet back. Some 400 feet
back, according to Patrolman T.
S. Clark, investigating, Larry At
kins Edmonds, 17, of Pinehurst,
stopped his car, which had the
Bolton girl among its passengers,
and Paulette Dietenhofer, just
behind, stopped hers. Robert
Douglas Upchurch, 17, of High-
falls, drove into the rear of Paul
ette’s car, knocking it into the
rear of Larry’s.
As other cars behind them stop
ped, some 200 feet back the car
driven by Connie Grier Pierce
ran into the rear of that driven
by Owen Tracy (Topper) Parks
HI, 16, of Southern Pines. Connie
and Frances Harper, both on the
front seat of Connie’s car, receiv
ed head and knee injuries as they
were jolted forward. Both were
treated at Moorh Memorial hospi
tal and released.
Paulette Dietenhofer and Phyl
lis Bolton both had neck injuries,
and both were retained as pa
tients at Moore Memorial with
braces on their necks.
Paulette’s mother, Mrs. Herbert
J. Dietenhofer, said this morning
that her daughter, and also the
Bolton girl, had been released
from the hospital Monday, but
that both are still wearing neck
braces. She said that x-rays ap
peared to show no fracture in
Paulette’s neck. Her daughter has
been going to school part-time
since returning home, but still has
considerable pain.
All five cars involved in the
collisions sustained damages
ranging from an estimated $200
to $400.
Southern Pines police investi
gated the accident to the Ritter
car, which occurred close to the
intersection of NC 22 with NC 2
(the Midland Road) when the car
ran off on the right hand side and
hit a tree. Sgt. L. D. Beck, inves
tigating, said the Ritter boy told
him he had been taking the other
boys home to West End after the
game. He apparently had missed
the road and did not know he was
in Southern Pines. His 1953 Ford
two-door was demolished by the
impact with the tree, which drove
the right front wheel up into the
floorboard.
Ritter was, recently discharged
from the Army, while Jackson
and Garrison are West End High
School students.