Hurrah for
Keep Your
Fingers Grossed!
VOL. 40—NO. 17
EIGHTEEN PAGES
SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1960
EIGHTEEN PAGES
PRICE: 10 CENTS
George H. Maurice, Outstanding Citizen
^ Of County Since 1912, Succumbs at 88
MR. MAURICE
Baptist Church
^ Staff Changes
Are Announced
Miss Anna Ruth King has re
turned to the First Baptist
Church to assume her responsibil
ities as director of music and re
ligious education. Miss King
worked in the church on a tem-
^porary basis last summer, but re
turned to Wake Forest College at
the beginning of the Fall semes
ter to complete the necessary re
quirements for a B. A. degree.
\ She has an outstanding record
of service and evidence of a con
tinuing interest in her work. In
high school she distinguished her
self as editor of the Wallace High
. ^3chool annual and was valedic-
■^^rian of the class of ’56. In addi
tion, she sang with the High
School Glee Club for four years
and while in high school directed
the youth choir of the Poston
Memorial Baptist Church for two
years. She has had one year of
voice lessons and five years of
piano to help equip her for her
work.
Miss King sang for three and a
44salf years in the chancel choir of
the Wake Forest Baptist Church
while she was a student in Wake
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A large gathering of friends,
acquaintances and admirers from
throughout Moore County paid
tribute to one of the Sandhills’
leading citizens Tuesday afternoon
when funeral services were held
at the Village Chapel in Pinehurst
for George Holbrooke Maurice,
88, who died Saturday after an
illness of several weeks.
Officiating at the service were
the Rev. Martin Caldwell, rector
of Emmanuel Episcopal Church,
Southern Pines, and Bishop Louis
C. Melcher of the ViUage Chapel.
Burial was in Mount Hope Ceme
tery, Southern Pines.
Mr. Maurice died at his home,
“Ballintoy,” near Eagle Springs
on the more than 600 acres of
farm and woodland he had ac
quired and developed since settl
ing in the Sandhills in 1912.
Mr. Maurice’s wife, the former
Ethel Eglin of Fairfax i County,
Va., died in 1949. Surviving are
two daughters. Miss Ellen P.
Maurice of the home and Mrs.
♦John C. Hammond of Clinton, N.
Y.; a son, Charles Stewart Mau
rice of Chapel HiU; four grand
children; and a sister, Mrs. Char
les Whitney Dali of Cedarhurst,
N. Y.
As a public official, as a leader
and advisor in various civic pro
jects, as a historian and as a farm
er and outdoorsman, Mr. Maurice
won a great measure of respect
and admiration from his ass'oci-
ates in these activities and from
many more of the county’s people.
When Mr. Maurice bought about
350 acres of land near Eagle
Springs in 1912, he was seeking
a permanent home and retirement
from the active life of an engineer
he had led since his graduation
from Lehigh University in 1893.
In those years, he had designed
and built bridges, railroads and
other structures and had supervis
ed municipal engineering pro
grams, at various places in the
East and South. He was bom at
Ossining, N. Y.
From 1912 until 1924, when he
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SCIENCE FAIR FRIDAY
The Science Fair featuring or
iginal projects of students in the
schools of the Moore Coimty sys
tem will be held Friday in the
Carthage school cameteria, with
the public invited to come at 8
p. m. Originally set for Friday of
last week, the exhibition was
postponed because of bad weath
er.
Advance Census Forms
To Be Received Soon
Mail Carrier Service Marks 10th Year
Tuesday was the 10th anniversary of the be
ginning of mail carrier service in Southern
Pines and four of the five present carriers were
photographed then as they came in from their
routes. Left to right: Lawrence McCrimrnon,
Leroy Mclnnis, Harry Klabbatz (the only car
rier of the gr^up who has worked the entire 10
years) and R,pbert Henderson. At right is Post
master Max Rush. C. N. Page, the fifth local
carrier, was not present when picture was made.
The service, which began when Garland Pierce
was postmaster, started with three routes, with
all three mail carriers walking. Now there are
five routes, one walking and four “mounted”
(motorized). The carriers make about 500 more ,
stops daily now than they did then, Postmaster
Rush said. Carrier Klabbatz recalls that one of
the heaviest rains in the history of Southern
Pines fell on the day the service was inaugurat
ed in 1950. (Pilot photo)
MEMORIAL TABLET
TO BE PLACED
George Ross of Jackson
Springs, president of the
Moore County Historical As
sociation, said this week that
plans are being made to place
a brorue tablet at the Alston
'House in Deep River Town
ship as a lasting memorial to
the late George H. Maurice.
Mr. Maurice had been in
charge of restoration work at
the pre-Revolutionary house
which is now a ^tate historic
site. Mr. Ross said that mem
bers of Mr. Maurice's family
had been consulted about the
tablet and feel that donations
for it would be suitable mem
orial gifts.
Donations should be sent to
Norris L. Hodgkins. Jr., of
Southern Pines, treasurer of
the Historical Association.
^Full of Years and Honors...^
By RALPH W. PAGE
Geoi'ge Maurice — who died full of years and honors at his be
loved plantation, “Ballintoy^’ — was recognized as the leading
citizen of Moore C:ounty.
He held the confidence of' and was relied upon on ail occasions
by the whole settlement. This came about without any method
on his part, or because of any known criterion of popularity. In
fact he despised popularity. Contrary to the canons of politics,
he expressed his opinions with emphatic bluntness, uncompro
mising conviction, utter indifference to results and,with an ac-
ciuracy exceedingly disconcerting to conventional hypocrisy.
. As far as I know, he never made a speech, never asked a favor
of anybody, consorted with no political, financial or social af
filiates—all in all was as independent in mind, body and estate
as any man alive
Nevertheless, tlie community steadily came more and more to
enlist his support and advice for its interests, endeavors and
quandaries.
This was not because we all learned the warmth and loyalty of
his friendship. It Wcis because we came to recognize that George
■ ' had two essential attributes to a degree greater than anyone
else we knew. ■ . ,. ,
% The people learned that his terrifying truthful speech stemmed
from a towering integrity—an iihpregnable honesty in thought
and action—that inevitably took command.
And with this, it soon became manifest that his participation
was completely selfless. He never wanted, imagined or would
conceivably accept any benefit to himself. He was the embodi
ment of objective and disinterested service.
(Mr. Page, longtime distinguished correspondent emd co
lumnist for The iphiladelphia Bulletin, is spending the win-
ter in his native Sandhills where his friendship with the
Mr. Maurice began mainy years ago.)
New Cup Given
For Featured
Race March 26
\
A new Sandhills Cup trophy,
donated by Mr. and Mrs. Dwight
W. Winkelman of Southern Pines
and Skaneateles, N. Y., wiU be
offered Saturday, March 26, for
the winner of the Sandhills Cup,
featiued race on the card of the
Stoneybrook Steeplechase to be
rtm here that day.
The former cup, also given by
the Winkelmans, was retired last
year when Mrs. Michael G.
Walsh’s Bin Junior won the race,
giving Mrs. V^alsh permanent pos
session of the cup by reason of
a third win in the event.
^e new cup will carry the
same stipulations: any owner
whose horses win the cup three
times, not necessarily consecu
tively, will have permanent pos
session.
Bin Junior will be entered
again this year in the 19th run
ning of the Sandhills Cup, about
two and a quarter miles' over
timber for a purse of $1,000.
Six entries have been received
in the children’s race (one fur
long on the flat for riders 13 years
old and imder) which is always
one of the main attractions of
the meet. Entered to date: Nell
Wilkins and Suzanne Reeves, of
Sanford; and Carol O’Callaghan,
Nancy O’Callaghan, Susan Hunt-
ley and Michael Adams, all of
Southern Pines. Young Adams is
the son of F. Dooley Adams who
was for six years the leading
money-winner steeplechase rider
of the nation.
The 13th annual Stoneybrook
Hunt Meeting will open the
American sanctioned steeplechase
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CONCERTS SLATED IN COMING WEEK
Navy Band to Play Twice Sunday;
Karlsrud. Fetsch Here March 24
Only 15 reserved seats remain
for the concerts to be given at
Weaver Auditorium on Sunday,
March 20, by the United States
Navy Band.
The band will play at 3 p. m.,
when students will be admitted
at a special reduced rate, and at
8:15 p. m.
The sponsoring. Jaycees report
ed this week that there are plen
ty of general admission tickets
left, but that sales are brisk. Tick
ets are on sale locally at Larry’s
Men’s Shop on W. Pennsylvania
Ave.
A county-wide audience is an
ticipated, with many persons
coming from towns and cities out
of the county. Tickets are avail
able in other Moore County com
munities from: Tommy Gschwind
in Aberdeen; Mrs. A. N. Derouin
at Pinehurst; J., L. McGraw in
Carthage and Jamie Loy in Rob
bins.
All proceeds of the concert,
above expenses, will be used by
the Jaycees for civic projects, in
cluding their continuing program
of purchasing playground equip
ment for the town park.
The evening concert will be
conducted entirely by the band’s
conductor, Cdr. Charles Brend-
(Continued on page 8)
Road Requests
Will Be Heard
Residents of the eight-county
area comprising the Eighth High
way Division will have an oppor
tunity to present road requests,
petitions and problems to repre
sentatives of the Eighth Division
at a public hearing at Carthage
on Tuesday, March 29. Announce
ment of the hearing was made to
day by Division Engineer T. C.
Johnston, Jr., of Southern Pines,
The Sandhill Kiwanis Club will® whose office is at the Division
award $100 in prizes again this j headquarters in Aberdeen,
year to the Moore County broiler City and county officials, along
growers who produce three with the general public, are in
broods of broilers most efficient- vited to attend the hearing if they
ly, with a minimum of 3,000 birds have road requests which they
Club to Reward
\
Broiler Growers
per brood.
The contest was announced this
week by F. D. Allen, county agri
cultural agent who said that
broiler producers can get instruc
tions for the contest from feed
dealers.
Advice on housing, equipment
and management is available
from the county agent’s office.
LUTHERAN SERVICE
Pastor Lester Roof of Sanford
announces that he will conduct a
Lutheran church service at the
Civic Club here Sunday, March
20, at 7:30 p. m. All interested
persons are invited.
feel should receive attention.
The hearing will be held be
tween 2 and 4 p. m., in the court
house. The Eighth Division is
composed of Chatham, Lee, Hoke,
Moore, Scotland, Richmond,
Montgomery and Randolph Coun
ties.
SCANDALS GOING ON
“Scandals of the Sandhills,” the
home talent musical show being
staged for benefit of the Pine
hurst Recreation Association, wiU
present its second and third per
formances of a three-day run at
the Pinehurst school auditoritim
tonight (Thursday) and Friday.
As the third program of its 1960
concert series, the Sandhills Mu
sic Association will present Ed
mond Karlsrud, bass-baritone,
and U. Wolfgang Fetsch, pianist,
at Weaver Auditorium, Thursday,
March 24, at 8:30 p. m.,
Tickets are on sale at the Bar-
num Realty and Insurance office
on N. W. Broad St. or can be ob
tained at the box office on the
night of the concert.
A buffet dinner will be served
before the concert at the Holly
wood Hotel. Advance reservations
are necessary.
The Music Association, whose
membership is county-wide, has
one more program listed after the
Karlsrud-Fetsch event—the Col
umbus Boy choir on-Friday, April
22. Previous presentations this
year have been the National
Grass Roots Opera’s “Carmen”
and the North Carolina Little
Symphony.
In May, the Association will
again sponsor the Young Musi
cians program, open to the pub
lic free of charge, in which music
teachers of Moore County present
their outstanding instrumental
and voice pupils.
Mr. Karlsrud is a native Mid-
westerner.
An outstanding athlete and mu
sician, he graduated from Scobey,
Montana, High School at 16 and
entered the University of Mitme-
sota intending to become a law-
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AT NCEA MEETING
Luther A. Adams, superinten
dent of Southern Pines schools,
and Miss Mary Logan, supervisor,
are attending the annual conven
tion of the North Carolina Educa
tion Association in Asheville, to
day through Saturday.
SCHOOL MAKE-UP
DAYS DETERMINED
'The Southern Pines board
of education has directed that
the five school days lost in
Hie past month because of the
weather will be made up by
having school on the (follow
ing days: Friday, April IS:
Friday, June 3; and Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday,
June 6. 7 and 8.
This schedule adds four
days at the end of the school
term and cuts one day, April
15, from the Easter holiday.
Easter Monday, April 18, will
stiU be observed as a holiday.
Under the new schedule,
the baccalaureate service for
the high school graduating
class will be held Sunday,
June S, and commencemienl
exercises Wednesday, June 8.
Advance Report Forms for the^
1960 Census of Population and
Housing will be distributed by
Post Office employees to all
households in this area. District
Supervisor Coy S. Lewis, Jr., an
nounced today.
Postmaster Max Rush of South
ern Pines said today that the
forms had not yet been received
at the local post office but that
they would be distributed as soon
as they come in.
The Advance Report Form is a
new census-taking device which
is designed to speed up the field
canvass and provide more accur
ate statistics. Distribution of this
form before the start of the house-
to-house canvass gives the family
a chance to assemble information
about each member in advance of
the census taker’s visit. The dis
trict supervisor urges all residents
to fill out the form and have it
ready for the census takers when
they start their rounds in April.
The Advance Report Form con
tains seven questions about every
person in the household and six
questions about the household’s
dwelling. The household informa
tion asked for is name, address,
sex, color or race, month and year
of birth, whether married or sin
gle, and relationship to head of
the houshold. The information re
quired about the dwelling is the
number of rooms, cooking facili
ties, plumbing, and whether rent
ed or owned.
At every fourth household, the
census taker will leave a Census
Household Questionnaire which
contains additional questions cov
ering population and housing
characteristics which are being
asked of a 25 percent sample of
the nation’s population. House
holders are requested to fill out
the household questionnaire and
mail it within three days to the
local census district office. A pre
addressed, postage free envelope
is being provided for this pur
pose.
’The “sample” population ques
tions include inquiries on country
of birth, mother tongues of for
eign bom, schooling, employment,
income and related items. The ad
ditional housing questions relate
to rent or value of dwelling, heat
ing equipment, water supply, and
other facilities and equipment.
The district supervisor pointed
out that information about indiv
iduals and their homes furnished
to the Census Bureau is kept con
fidential under Federal law. Only
statistical totals and averages are
published. No individual person
can be identified in published're
ports and census information can
not ,be used for regulation, inves
tigation or taxation.
N. & S. Women’s
Tourney Opening
Pinehurst Today
Omitting the qualifying round,
four matches of the North &
South Women’s Amateur golf
tournament at the Pinehurst
Country club were being played
this morning.
Sixteen more matches are
scheduled for tomorrow (Friday).
The tourney, due to start Wed
nesday, was delayed because of
the weather.
The title goes undefended for
he second time in four years with
last year’s winner, Mrs. Ann
Casey Johnstone of Mason City,
Iowa, unable to enter the 1960
competition.
Leading players entered in
clude National Amateur cham
pion Barbara McIntyre of Lake
Park, Fla-, who was 1957 N&S
champ and co-medalist last year
with Doris Phillips of Belleville,
Ill., also a 1960 entry along with
last year’s runner-up Joanne
Goodwin of Haverhill, Mass. On
the Florida circuit, Joanne and
Doris partnered to win the
Orange Brook Four-ball tourney.
In addition to McIntyre and
Goodwin, a third Curtis Cup
member IS in the field here, Judy
Bell of Wichita, Kan. who was
recent Florida East Coast Cham
pion at St. Augustine. Joining this
trio of Curtis team regulars are
alternates Barbara Williams of
Richmond, Calif., runner-up to
McIntyre at Ellinor Village this
year, and Mrs. Paul (Alyce) Dye,
Jr. of Indianapolis, Ind.
'WEDNESDAY JINX'
FOILED THIS WEEK
What local residents have
come to call the "Wednesday
jinx" appeared to be opera
ting in all its impleasant
force yesterday as Sandhills
residents awoke to find a
freezing rain falling and ice
building up heavily on trees
and shrubs that had been
through the worst ice storm
in 50 years last month.
On the preceding two Wed
nesdays heavy snow had fal
len. It looked like another
bad Wednesday for this area.
Ice continued to accumu
late until about noon when a
few degrees' rise in tempera
ture was enough to stop the
rain from freezing and, as the
afternoon progressed, ice be
gan to fall, from the trees.
By night most of the ice
was gone. Today gave prom
ise of clearing and warming
weather.
Antiques Fair
At Armory to
Open March 23
Antiqtie dealers from eight
states and one from England will
show their wares at the 'Third
Annual Antiques Fair sponsored
by the Moore County Historical
Association, at the Southern
Pines Armory for three days and
nights next week—^Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday.
The success of the two previous
shows has, brought “the widest
response we have ever had,” said
Mrs. Ernest L. Ives, general
chairman.
She added, “We are delighted
with the quality we are offering
this year. Inquiries coming in
from all over the country, almost
faster than we could handle,
made it possible for us to be ex
tremely selective. We believe our
Fair and Sale will be outstanding
among events of this kind in the
East.”
One of the new exhibitors will
be M. Raphael of London, Eng
land, coming from the big New
York City Antiques Fair and Sale.
Other leading dealers, several of
whom have taken two or more
booths, will be on hand from
Cape Cod, Mass.; Jamaica, L. I.,
N. Y.; Greenville, S. C.; Charles
ton, W. Va.; Atlanta, Ga., and
Ann Arbor, Mich.
North' Carolina dealers are list
ed from Chapel Hill, Raleigh,
Wake Forest, Wagram, Kannapo
lis, Roxobel, Southern Pines and
several other points.
All space had been taken by
the middle of this week, and in
quiries were still coming in.
The generM committee will be
(Continued on page 8)
School Choir to
Sing Here Friday
The choir of St. Peter’s School,
Peekskill, N. Y., will sing Friday
kt 7:30 p.m. in Emmanuel Episco
pal Church on E. Massachusetts
Ave., presenting a selection of
sacred music and anthems.
Directed by the Rev. Frank C.
Learning, the choir is stopping
over Friday night in Southern
Pines while on its annual spring
tour. The 35 young men compos
ing the choir will stay with fsuni-
lies of Emmanuel Church. .
Because the presentation is an
evensong service of the church,
there will be no admission charge
but an offering will be taken to
cover expenses and to make a con
tribution to St. Peter’s School.
The school, founded in 1938, is
noted for its glee club and choirs.
The musical service will be
open to the public.
PTA CANCELLED
The March meeting of the East
Southern Pines Parent-Teachers
Association, scheduled for Mon
day night of this week, was can
celled because of weather condi
tions and difficulty in obtaining
a si>eaker. C. S. Patch, Jr., presi
dent, said that the meeting will
not be rescheduled. Next meeting
will be Monday, April 11.