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VOL. 40—NO. 18
Consolidation
Of High Schools
To Be Explained
A county-wide meeting at
which the Moore County school
- system’s high school consolidation
/ plans will be explained and dis
cussed, will be held at the Aber
deen school cafeteria, Tuesday,
March 29. A supper will be serv-
^ ed at 7, for which reservations
are necessary, as explained at the
end of this story. The informa
tion and discussion periods will
run from 8 to 9.
R. E. Lee, county schools super
intendent, said this week that it
is expected a committee will be
named to study the consolidation
proposals and make recommenda
tions as to steps to be taken in
M reaching the board of education’s
goal of three “super high schools”
in the county.
While definite consolidation de
cisions at this time include only
the high schools of the county
system, residents of the Southern
Pines and Pinehurst separate city
school districts are invited to' the
meeting.
The long-range high school
consolidation proposals of the
‘V county board of education include
• a possible merger of the Aber
deen, Southern 'Pines and Pine
hurst districts, with part of the
West End district, to provide a
large high school in the lower
end of the county. Such a plan
would entail approval by the
Southern Pines and . Pinehurst
districts and there have been no
official discussions of the proposal
^ by the three school boards involv
ed.
Mr. Lee said he would explain
all three consolidation proposals
at the meeting. Reasons for the
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SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 1960
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PRICE: 10 CENTS
GIFT TO HOSPITAL — Mrs. Sherwood Brockwell, Jr. (seated,
center) turns over a check for $500 to Thomas R. Howerton (seat
ed, left), administrator of Moore Memorial Hospital, as a gift
from the Moore County Easter Seal Society to the hospital’s new
Physical Therapy Department to be opened soon. Mrs. Brockwell-
is treasurer of the Society. Looking on are, left to right: Mrs.
Graham Culbreth, the Society’s Service Committee chairman;
Dr. H. A. Peck, president of the Moore County Medical Society;
Frank R. Gramelsbach, president of the Easter Seal Society; and
Dr. Emily Tufts, medical advisor. ,
Easter Seal Society Opens Campaign,
Gives $500 for Therapy Department
Church to Mark
25th Anniversary
Our Lady of Victory Church in
West Southern Pines will cele
brate the twenty-fifth anniver
sary of the estabhsnment of the
parish on Sunday, March 27.
’The celebration will begin with
High Mass at 10 a. m. A parish
supper will be served in the
school auditorium at 5 p. m.
Our Lady of Victory Church
was dedicated on Sunday, March
^ 19, 1935, by the late Most Rev
erend William J. Hafey, D. D,,
then Bishop of the Diocese of Ra
leigh. Father Charles Hannigan,
S.S.J., a priest of the Josephite
Order, was appointed the first
pastor. On September 23, 1940,
the parish came under the direc
tion of the priests of the Redemp-
torist Order, with Father Joseph
F. Quinlan, C.ss.R., as the first
^Redemptorist pastor.
^ The priests of the Redemptorist
Order remained in charge of the
parish until October 14, 1959.
Father James D. Clancy was the
last Redemptorist priest to be in
charge. The parish was then turn
ed over to the Diocese of Raleigh,
and Father Joseph L. Howze was
the first Diocesan priest appoint
ed.
The public is invited to attend
tSthe celebration. A special invita
tion is extended to the communi
ty of West Southern Pines.
The Moore County Society for
Crippled Children and Adults
marked the opening of its 1960
fund campaign with presentation
of a check for $500 to Moore Me
morial Hospital, to be used for the
hospital’s new physical therapy
department.
Frank R. Gramelsbach of Pine
hurst, president of the Moore
County Easter Seal Society—as
the' organization is also called—
said this week that sheets of Eas
ter seals had been mailed out by
community chairmen over the
county. The drive will ' run
through Easter, April 17.
Mr. Gramelsbach said that gen
erous donations in the past have
enabled the Moore County Easter
Seal Society to provide summer
camping, physical therapy, special
education, wheel chairs, crutches
and braces for handicapped chil
dren and adults in this county,
bringing new hope to many who
otherwise would have had none.
“This year,” he said, “your help
is particularly needed, since the
new North Carolina Crippled
Children’s Camp is to be located
in Moore County.”
The Moore County Easter Seal
Society, earlier this year, gave
$1,000 to the camp building fund.
The additional $500 gift to the
hospital means that the Society
is now urgently in need of funds,
Mr. Gramelsbach said.
Of funds given to the Easter
Seal Society, 66 per cent remains
in Moore County; 23.7 per cen1^
helps finance operation , of the
statewide services of the North
Carolina Society for Crippled
Children and Adults—services
from which Moore County bene
fits—and 8.3 per cent helps sup
port the nationwide program of
the National Society for Crippled
Children and Adults, with two
per cent supporting a national re
search program.
Community Chairmen
The community chairmen for
the 1960 campaign are:
Aberdeen—the Junior Woman’s
Club of which Mrs'. E. H. Poole is
president; Cameron—Mrs. M. D.
Mclver; Carthage—Mrs. Wilbur
Currie; Eagle Springs and Samar-
cand—Mrs. Roy Williams; High-
falls and Glendon—Mrs. Arthur
Paschal of Glendon; Jackson
Springs—Mrs. K. C. Blake.
Also: Lakeview—Mrs. Alton
Matthews; Niagara—Mrs. Doro
thy Dutton; Pinebluff—Mrs. J. D.
Mangum; Pinehurst— J. A. Keith
Wedlock; Southern Pines—Fred
Pollard; Vass—Mrs. Charles Cam
eron.
New Post Office
Building Will Be
Built at Aberdeen
Postmaster General Arthur E.
Summerfield has announced that
a new post office has been autho
rized for Aberdeen.
This announcement, the post
master general advised, coincides
with the optioning by Post Office
Department regional officials of a
site meeting Departmental re
quirements as to cost, area and
location.
“This new and modern postal
facility,” , Postmaster General
Summerfield said, “will be con
structed under the Post Office
Department’s commercial leasing
program, which utilizes the re
sources and investment funds of
private enterprise to obtain need
ed postal buildings.”
The new post office at Aber
deen will contain about 3,071
square feet of floor space, almost
double the size of the present of
fice, plus a loading platform. The
site, »comprising about 14,323
square feet, will provide adequate
parking and truck maneuvering
areas, and is located on the corner
of Knight Ave. and Poplar St. An
existing building on this site, for
merly used for a cafe and then an
upholstery shop, will be removed.
According to Mrs. Evelyn Gar
rison, Aberdeen postmaster, bid
ding forms, specifications and
other pertinent data will be avail
able to prospective bidders in ap
proximately 60 days, at which
time the Post Office Department
will advertise for bids.
“The site option,” the Postmas
ter noted, “'will be transferred to
the successful bidder, who will
purchase the land, and then will
construct the building to Post Of
fice Department specifications and
lease it to the Department on a
long-term basis, with lease renew-,
al options running up to five
years.”
“More than 3,300 new Post Of
fices have been built since 1943
under the Post Office Depart
ment’s unique Commercial Leas
ing Program,” Mr. Summerfield
said. “Because these postal build
ings remain under private owner
ship while leased to the Federal
Government, the lessor pays local
real estate taxes.
Thousands Expected Saturday for
Stoneybrook Steeplechase Races
TO WIN AGAIN? — Bin Junior, Mrs. M. G. Walsh’s dark
brown gelding—shown at right in this photo, with Tommy Walsh
up, during his winning run in the Sandhills Cup last year—tops
the list of entries in this year’s timber classic at the Stoneybrook
course on Saturday. In the air beside Bin Junior when this photo
was made was Secant, another Walsh horse, ridden by Beverly
Gray. Secant’s not in the Sandhills Cup this year.
Junior High School Program Here to
Be Studied by Conant Staff Members
Two members of the staff of Dr.
James Bryant Conant, famed edu
cator who is continuing his study
of American schools, will be in
Southern Pines April 13, to study
the Junior High School program
of the Southern Pines City
CONCERT TONIGHT
Edmond Karlsrud, bass-
barilone. and U. Wolfgang
Fetsch, pianist, will appear in
a concert tonight (Thursday)
at Weaver Auditorium.
The concert, starting at
8:30, is the third program on
the 1960 series of the Sand
hills Music Association.
Band Boosters
To Meet Monday
Plans for a fund-raising, project
to help the East Southern Pines
^"'High School band get new instru
ments and additional uniforms
will be made at a supper meeting
to be held by the Band Boosters
Club in the school cafeteria at' 7
p. m. Monday, March 28.
The club is composed of par
ents of band members and other
persons interested in the band.
New members are welcome.
Persons needing transportation
.^to the meeting are asked to call
^Mrs. Dwight Hoskins, OXford 2-
-7475.
TO WASH CARS SATURDAY
The senior class of East South
ern Pines High School will wash
cars at Bowden’s Service Station
on Saturday to help raise money
for a senior class trip. Regular
prices will be charged. The sta-
^tion is at'*the corner of E. Con-
*necticut Ave. and N. E. Broad
St.
HAND-MADE FROM I8fh CENTURY MODEL
Sandhill Furniture Co. Gives Chairs to Alston House
Reproductions of 18th century
chairs have been hand-made by
workers at the Sandhill Furni
ture Company of West End and
presented to the Alston House,
the historic site in Deep River
Township that is being restored
by the Moore County Historical
Association. Three of the four
chairs are pictured here just be
fore they were taken to the
“House in the Horseshoe,” as the
Alston house is sometimes call
ed.
In the photo, left to right, are
Gilbert Boyete, machine room
foreman at the furniture manu
facturing plant; Mrs. L. T. Avery
of Southern Pines, member of the
Historical Association and owner
cf an original “country Chippen
dale” chair made in the 18th cen
tury, on which the new chairs
were modeled; and Paul L. Von
Canon of West End, treasurer and
general superintendent of the
Sandhill Furniture Co.
Mr. VonCanon’s son Leonard
(Paul L. Jr.), who is assistant to
his father, worked out arrange
ments for the chairs with officers
of the Historical Association. The
four reproductions were m.ade of
mahogany and were hand-rubbed
with linseed oil. They will be
placed in the dining room at the
Alston House which was the
scene of a skirmish during the
American Revolution and was the
residence of Governor Williams
early in the 19th century.
The chair from which these
chairs were copied came from the
house of Mrs. Avery’s grandfath
er, J. R. B. Hathaway, ip Eden-
ton. The reproductions are of a
type of chair that may well have
been used in the Alston House
which was one of the finer houses
of its day in this area.
Officials of the Historical Asso
ciation have expressed their grat
itude for the gift and Mr. Von
Canon said his company is pleas
ed to have contributed to the res
toration of the House in the
Horseshoe. (Pilot photo)
Officers Honor
McColman, Elect
Kelly President
state Highway Patrol Cpl. J. A.
McColman, who” is being promo
ted to sergeant and transferred
to Wilson April 1, was honored
by members of the Moore County
Law Enforcement Officers associ
ation at their quarterly supper
meeting Tuesday night. At the
meeting, held at the Legion Hut
at Carthage, officers were also
elected for the year.
McColman has served during
the past year as vice-president of
the organization.
W. Lamont Brown, solicitor of
Moore County’s Recorder’s Court,
spoke for the group in saying,
“In the three and a half years Jim
Colman has been with us, he has
acquitted himself as one of the
finest officers ever to serve in
Moore. He ' has made many
friends in this short period of
time. Everyone respects and loves
him.”
Mr. Brown also noted McCol-
man’s achievements as a coot and
active member of the association’s
food committee for the past year.
Chicken stew with dumplings, a
McColman specialty, was featur
ed on Tuesday night’s menu.
Solicitor Brown presented Mc
Colman with a leather brief case,
as a parting gift from the' associa
tion.
In the election of officers. Sher
iff W. B. Kelly became the new
president. Judge J. Vance Rowe
of Moore Recorder’s Court vice-
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Sanford Names
Moore Managers
John D. McConnell of Southern
Pines and Mrs. John L. Frye of
Robbins have been appointed
Moore County campaign mana
gers by Terry Sanford of Fay
etteville, candidate for the Dem
ocratic nomination for Governor.
The appointments were announc
ed this week. (^Picture and details
on page 12).
I With fair weather pi-edicted
and large attendance expected,
! Saturday’s opening of the Ameri-
ican steeplechase racing season
here promises to bfe the best in
the history of the event.
I Sponsored by the Stoneybrook
Hunt Racing Association and
operating for the benefit of the
Moore Memorial and St. Joseph
of the Pines Hospitals, the one-
day race meeting will be held at
M. G. (Mickey) Walsh’s training,
.center, starting at 2 p. m.
I Several thousand spectators are
I expected, many in ears on the
hillside parking area and others
in the lar^e general admission
area. Parkmg space reservations
may be obtained Friday from 9
to 5 and up to 11 a. m. Saturday,
at Room 11 of the MacKenzie
Building on W. New Hampshire
Ave. At noon Saturday, if any
spaces remain, they will be sold
at Gate 2 on the .grounds.
Preceding the regular racing
program, the gates will open at
noon and a band concert and drill
exhibition by the 82nd Airborne
Band and drill team will enter
tain early arrivals, many of whom
plan to picnic on the grounds. An
added attraction on this year’s
pre-race program will be an ex
hibition of trotters and pacers
from Pinehurst. Octave Blake, a
noted owner, will describe the
events.
Retired generals and admirals
will be special guests as will also
several candidates for office in
cluding Malcolm B. Seawell, can
didate for governor; Addison
Hewlett, senatorial candidate;
and C. V. Henkel, who is running
for lieutenant governor. All are
candidates in the May Democratic
primary.
The main event on the program
of flat, turf, hurdle and timber
racing, will be the 20th running
of the Sandhills Cup. Carrying a
Schools. They will also investigate
the entire program of the local
unit, grades one through 12.
In announcing the Conant staff
visit, John Howarth, chairman of
the Southern Pines city board of
education, and Luther A. Adams,
superintendent, said that South
ern Pines is one of three North
Carolina city school units chosen
for the Conant Junior High School
investigation. The others are at _ $i^000» purse and contested over
PRE-SCHOOL CLINIC
The pre-school clinic for chil-
dhren who will enter the East
Southern Pines School next fall
will be held Thursday, April 28,
at the elementary school, Supt.
Luther A. Adams announced to
day. Details of the clinic will be
announced later.
Albemarle and Charlotte.
“City units” are school systems
administered separately from
county school systems.
News of the local study came
in a telephone call to Mr. Adams
from the Conant coordinator in
New York City on Wednesday
morning, asking that a conference
with the Conant staff members be
set up here early on April 13, with
the superintendent, principals and
teachers taking part, to explain
the local Junior High program and
also to put some time on the total
program for all 12 grades.
The staff members to be here
are M. T. Gaffney, former superin
tendent of the Winnetka, Ill., pub
lic schools—which for years have
been famed for their excellence—
and S. O. White, a former Junior
High School principal at Green
wich, Conn.
Dr. Conant himself will be in
California at the time of the visit
here, Mr. Adams said, noting that
the Conant study of the American
Junior High School—a sequel to
his famed study. “The American
High School Today,” which has
been widely read and discussed—
is about half finished.
Mr. Adams said that local school
officials are extremely pleased
that Southern Pines has been
chosen to play a part in Dr. Con-
ant’s investigation.
ANTIQUES FAIR
BREAKING RECORDS
Hundreds of visitors stream
ed through the National
Guard armory on Morganton
Road yesterday and today,
breaking attendance records
for the third annual Antiques
Fair sponsored here by the
Moore County Historical As
sociation.
The Fair continues through
Friday, with doors open from
.10 a. m. to 9 p. m.
Exhibitors from North and
South Carolina and from sev
eral other states—some com
ing from as fax away as Mich
igan—have filled the armory
with displays of furniture,
china, silver, jewelry, glass
ware, pictures, maps and
many other items<
Homemade soup and sand
wiches are served at a snack
bar operated by members of
the show committee. Mrs.
Ernest L. Ives is general
chairman for the event.
Proceeds go to projects of
the Historical Association.
two and one-quarter miles dotted
with 12 stiff timber fences, the
feature will include seven top
cross-country performers.
Foremost of the group is Mrs.
M. G. Walsh’s Bin Junior, who
won the race last year and retired
the challenge trophy donated by
Mr. and Mrs. Dwight W. Winkel-
man. Following his local triumph
in 1959, Bin Junior ran second in
the famous Carolina Cup at Cam
den, S. C., and was retired for the
balance of the year.
Other horses entered in the
Sandhills Cup are; William H.
Turner, Jr.’s Carolina Hills, Sug
ar Tree Farm’s Flying Cottage,
Mrs. Wm. D. Hail’s Power Haven,
Mrs. Jeanne H. White’s Maxium
Kumma, Randolph D. Rouse’s
Ricacho, and Mrs. Henry Obre’s
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Baud, Drill Team
To Stage Parade
The 82nd Airborne Division
units that will take part in a pre
race program at'the Stoneybrook
Steeplechase course Saturday will
parade through the Southern
Pines business section, soon after
their arrival here from Fort Bragg
and before going to Stoneybrook
Farm. The parade is set for 11
a.m.
Units to take part will be the
82nd’s band, color guard and pre
cision drill team, with the display
of state flags that will also be
seen in the pre-race program.
The parade will form on New
York Ave., by the town park, and
proceed north on E. Broad St.,
cross to W. Broad at Connecticut
Ave. and march south to its point
of departure.
State Tax Help
To Be Available
A representative of the N. C.
Department of Revenue will be
at the Town Hall, Aberdeen,
Tuesday, March 29, and at the
Unemployment Office in South
ern Pines, Wednesday, March 30,
from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at each
location, to assist those desiring
help with their 1959 State Income
and Intangibles Tax returns.
The Unemployment Office is in
the Information Center building,
comer Pennsylvania Ave. and S.
E. Broad St. (entrance on Penn
sylvania Ave. side).