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Mental Health Institute to Bring
Noted Speakers for Sessions Here
Dr. Albert L. Meiburg, co
author of the new book “Spiritual
Therapy,” which is being widely
reviewed and acclaimed—will be
one of three eminent speakers at
the Mental Health Institute to be
held here May 1, 2 and 3, spon
sored by the Moore County Men
tal Health association.
Dr. Meiburg did the research
9 for the book, in which he collabo
rated with Dr. Richard K. Young,
head of the Department of Pas
toral Care at Bowman Gray Hos
pital and faculty member at both
the Medical school and seminary.
Dr. Young, specializing in coun
seling, has developed an effective
team approach utilizing psychia
tric, spiritual and physiological
facilities, of great benefit in help-
# ing the patient recognize and
overcome the emotional factors
of his illness.
‘Sandhills Queen’
To Be Chosen at
Pinehurst Event
® The annual Pinehurst Fireman’s
Ball will be held Friday night,
April 22, at the Pinehurst Coun
try Club with the crowning of
the Sandhills Queen taking place
during the event.
This year’s contestants and
their sponsors are:
Mary Jane Deadwyler and Di
ana Webb Pearson sponsored by
Southern Pines High School.
% Ruth Anna McDonald and Judy
Howard Phillips, sponsored by
Carthage High School.
Linda Owens, sponsored by
Pinehurst Lions club. Mary Abi
gail Kennedy, sponsored by A. B.
Sally Post, American Legion.
Margaret Elaine Ehrhardt and
Betty Louise McCaskill, sponsor
ed by Pinehurst High School.
Barbara Jeanne Caviness and
Joan Miley, sponsored by Aber-
♦ deen High School.
Patricia Ann Monroe and
Gretchin Claire Smith, sponsored
by West End High School.
Mary Lou Loving and Agnes
Iiouise Frye, spoi^sored by Cam
eron High School.
Willa Mae Hunsucker and Au
drey Lou McNeill sponsored by
Elise High School.
Judges will be Herman
Schmidt, Clifton, N. J.; Louis
Lewis, Patterson, N. J.; and Paul
Mozenblecker, Short Hills, N. J.,
all Pinehurst hotel guests.
The dance will start at 9 p. m.
and continue until 1 a. m.
Prizes will be awarded the
Queen and two runners-up. Last
year's winner was Sylvia Ann
Safford of Pinehurst. Runners-
up in 1959 were Carolyn Joyce
Williams of West End and Sandra
* Johnston of Carthage.
Dr. Meiburg, an ordained min
ister and member of the chaplain
staff headed by Dr. Young, will
speak on the topic “The Relation
of Mental Health to Physical
Health” at the town hall Tuesday,
May 3, at 8 p. m. The Rev. May
nard Mangum, pastor of the First
Baptist Church, will be co-chair
man in charge of the meeting
which will have the Sandhills
Business and Professional Worn
en’s club as its co-sponsoring or
ganization.
This will be the closing meet
ing of the Institute, which for its
Sunday and Monday sessions will
have as respective speakers Chap
lain Willicim R. Steininger of Dor
othea Dix hospital, Raleigh, on
the theme “Religion and Mental
Health,” and Dr. Richard S. Proc
tor, of the Bowmap Gray psy
chiatric staff, on “Alcohol and
Mental Health.” -
Dr. Charles Phillips, president
of the Moore County Mental
Health association, will be gener
al chairman in charge of aU the
meetings. Co-chairman for the
Sunday night session will be the
Rev. Carl Wallace of the Church
of Wide Fellowship, the churches
of Southern Pines as co-sponsors
of the meeting. Co-chairman
Monday night will be the Rev.
Martin Caldwell of ' Emmanuel
Episcopal church, executive di
rector of the Moore County alco
holic education committee, which
will co-sponsor this session.
All three talks will be followed
by panel discussions, with panels
made up of Moore County people
of diversified backgrounds and
convictions, making for lively
handling of the topics.
The general public is invited to
any or all meetings and there is
no admission charge', said Dr
Phillips.
Races for 3 of 5 Commissioners
Assured in Democratic Primary
Pleasants Has
Registration
For Primary to
Start April 30
Registration for voting in the
May 28 Democratic and Republi
can primaries will begin Satur
day, April 30 and run through
Saturday, May 14, Sam C. Riddle,
chairman of the Moore County
board of elections, reminded vot
ers this week. ’ ,
Registrars will be at polling
places in the 18 precincts of the
county on three Saturdays—
April 30, May 7 and May 14 and
may be reached at other times
during the registration period at
their hom.es or places of business.
The full list of registrars and elec
tions officials will be announced
next week.
Saturday, May 21, will be chal
lenge day.
A new registration will not be
required for persons already reg
istered by party affiliation on the
general elections books and who
have not moved from the precinct
in which they are registered.
WE'RE IN 'LIFE'
Southern Pines appeal^ on
a Life magazine tourist map
of recommended places to
visit, in the current issue
which was to go on sale here
today.
The map is part of an elab
orate 18-page color picture
story on the historic South
east United States.
STORY OF THE DOGWOOD --- Tommy Wright, aged seven
and a half, holds a four-year-old visitor entranced cis he tells
her the Easter story as seen in the dogwood blossom, according
to an old legend. Tommy is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Grady
Wright of S. Ashe St. The young lady is Christie Bowen, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Bowen of Chapel\HiU, formerly of Sou
thern Pines, who spent the holiday here. Dogwoods are now at
the peak of their blossoming throughout the Sandhills.
(V. Nicholson photo)
North & South
To Start Monday
At Pinehurst
A record field, ranging from es
tablished international stars to
home-prides, is expected at Pine
hurst next week for the 60th An
nual North and South Invitation
Amateur Golf Championship. To
get underway at the Pinehurst
Country Club on Monday, April
25, and continuing through Sat
urday, April 30, the event is one
of the oldest consecutive tourneys
in the country and will present a
star-studded entry with over 155
acceptances already on the books.
An eighteen hole qualifying
round over the exacting 6,900
yards of the par 72 championship
Number Two Course will determ
ine the 64 places for match play
beginning Tuesday. Two rounds
Wednesday will be followed by
single rounds Tuesday and Fri
day and the 36-hole finals Satur
day.
U. S. Amateur champion Jack
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Riding Awards
Set for Sunday
The final informal horse show
of the season, for the young peo
ple, will take place Sunday after
noon, April 24, in the riding ring
at The Carolina Hotel, Pinehurst.
Season championship awards
will be made at the conclusion
of the horsemanship classes, for
Discount I beginners, intermediates and ad-
House building, on old No. i | vanced riders.
« highway, north, when it expired ' Children have been piling up
recently ! throughout the winter and
Ed Oldham, past governor, pre- I 'There will be trophies for
sided. Elected were: Jack Barron,
Young People from 5 Towns to Take
in Talent Contests Saturday
Jack L. Barron
Named Governor
Of Moose Lodge
Officers elected last night by
,^the Southern Pines Moose Lodge
will be installed Wednesday night
of next week at the home of
Janies S. Blue, 130 W. Maine
Ave., Where last night’s meeting
•took place.
Lodge members are meeting at
a private home, pending choice
of a new Moose home site. The
lodge. did not renew its lease on
the former Johnson
governor; C. O. Boyette, junior
governor; James C. Morris, sec
retary; W. M. Arrington, Jf., pre
late; James S. Blue, treasurer;
Art Danley, first year trustee; G.
L. Bowles, second year trustee;
P. Emerson Humphrey, third year
•: trustee.
Next Wednesday’s installation
meeting will begin at 8 p. m.
CORRECTION
An error occurred in last week’s
Pilot which this newspaper has
just had called to its attention. In
the report on Mrs. Nancy Sweet-
Escott’s aceide*t, it was stated
that Mrs. Shaw McKean was also
^ involved. This was an error which
we greatly regret.—Ed. ’ '
most advancement in riding dur
ing the season, and for “best
sport.”
'A youth talent show and beau
ty contest, sponsored by the Lions
Clubs of Southern Pines, Pine
hurst, Aberdeen, Pinebluff and
West End will be staged Saturday
night at Weaver Auditorium,
starting at 8 p.m.
Each of the communities with
sponsoring clubs has entered con
testants in the show and beauty
contest, the fourth annual event
of the kind to be put on by the
clubs.
Proceeds will go to the Boys
Home at Lake Waccamaw, a Lions
project. C. Coolidge Thompson of
Pinebluff, chairman for the event,
said that other purposes of the
show are to promote music ap
preciation and encourage talent.
Songs, dancing and instrumental
performances are on the program.
J. E. Sandlin of Southern Pines
will be master of ceremonies.
Judges for the talent contest
will come from Fayetteville. First
prize will be a $25 savings bond
and second $10 cash, with two $5
honorable mention prizes.
Tennis Clinic to
Be on April 30
A tennis clinic announced in
last week’s Pilot for Saturday of
this week, will be held at the
municipal courts Saturday, April
30, officials of the Association
said.
Malcolm Clark of Southern
Pines, graduate sturent at the
University of North Carolina, and
Mrs. Q. A. Shaw McKean of Bos
ton, Mass., and Pinehurst, will
conduct the clinic. Both are^ out
standing players.
A session from 10 a.m. to noon
will be for elementary school
players and a second, from 2 to 4
p.m., will instruct high school
students.
Spectators are invited.
Judges for the beauty contest,
in which the winner will be
crowned “Miss Lion,” will come
from Sanford. There will be a cash
prize in this contest.
Karen McKenzie and Emmaday
Collins are the local entries in the
beauty contest which will follow
the other events on the program.
Local entries in the talent show
are Kay Honeycutt who will tap
dance; Chuck Johnson, vocal with
ukelele; and Sherry and Dan
Thomas, a piano duet.
Other beauty contest entries
are:
Pinehurst -1- . Elaine Ehrhardt
and Linda Owens; Aberdeen —
Barbara Caviness and Nancy Dez-
alia; Pinebluff — Avon Garrison
and Doris Ann Rogers; and West
End — Beverly Vest and Judy
Upole.
Several adult professional per
formers will be heard during the
talent show, Mr. Thompson said,
to enhance the program and en
courage the young people by see
ing what results training will pro
duce. One of these performers
will be Chaplain Gene Bauer o/
McCain, vocalist, accompanied by
Mrs. James C. Long. Mrs. Long
is also expected to play a piano
selection. Others will be announc-
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Mr. O’CaRaghan,
Longtime Civic
Leader, Succumbs
Requiem mass was held Mon
day morning at St. Anthony’s
Catholic Church for Leo V. O’Cal
laghan, 66, who died Friday at
the Veterans hospital at Durham,
after a long illness. Father Fran
cis M. Smith conducted the mass.
Burial was in Mount Hope Ceme
tery, with graveside rites per
formed by Monsignor Herbert
Harkins of Raleigh, fbirnerly
priest at St. Anthony’s church
here.
Mr. O’Callaghan, a plumbing
and heating contractor in South
ern Pines from the early 1920’s
until his retirement several years
ago, had served on the town
Opposition in
This District
Members of the board of coun
ty commissioners, who normally
run without much opposition in
the Democratic primary, face con
tests for nomination to three of
the five seats on the board in the
May 28 primary.
And whatever five are nominat
ed by the Democrats will be op
posed by Republicans in four of
tlie five districts in the November
election.
In the primary, candidates file
from each of five districts into
which the county is divided, but
voting on each of them is coupty-
wide.
Here is the picture for the pri
maries of both parties, as it de
veloped at the end of filing time
for candidates at noon Friday:
DEMOCRATS
For county commissioner, in
District 1, John M. Currie, in
cumbent, is being opposed by Eu
gene B. Cook of Route 3, Carth
age. In District 2, Tom R. Monroe,
incumbent, is being opposed by
Billy J. Poley of Route 1, West
End. In District 4, James M.
Pleasants of Southern Pines is be
ing opposed by J. Edwin Causey
of Lakeview.
The other two commissioners,
Chairman L. R. Reynolds in Dis
trict 3, and W. Sidney Taylor in
District 5, have no opposition.
Other Democrats without op
position are:
- House of Representatives, H.
Charlotte, Winston-Salem and Clifton Blue of Aberdeen, for his
Greensboro, were here Wednes- eighth term,
day to make the tour of houses, Judge of Recorder’s Court, J.
and gardens in Southern Pines Vance Rowe, for his fourteenth
To Consider Bids
On S&L Building
Directors of the Southern Pines
Savings and Loan Association
will meet Wednesday, April 27,
to consider low bids on the asso
ciation’s proposed office building
to be constructed on the southeast
corner of the intersection of New
York Ave., and E. Broad St.
Bids were opened Tuesday
afternoon in the office of the ar
chitect, Hayes, Howell and As
sociates, of Southern Pines, but
no action was taken on them,
pending a meeting of the di
rectors. Bids opened several
months ago, in another'' letting,
were rejected by the Association.
Nearly 700 Make
Tour of Gardens
Nearly 700 people from over
North Carolina as far away as
and Pinehurst, according to the
report of the tour chairman, Mrs.
James S. Milliken. Mrs. Norris L.
Hodgkins, Sr. is president of the
Southern Pines Garden Club
which sponsored this 12th annual
tour.
A good percentage of the crowd
returned to the Shaw House for a
buffet lunch at tables set up un
der a tent on the lawn. Mrs. D.
board of commissioners from 1927 |W. Winkelman was in charge of
luncheon arrangements, and
members of the Junipr Woman’s
Club assisted in serving.
continuously to 1945 when he was
elected mayor. After a two-year
term as mayor, he declined to run
again for that office but served
on the boar4 of commissioners
again until 1953 when the council-
manager form of government was
instituted here.
He had served also as chief of
the Southern Pines volunteer fire
department for more than 20
years before leaving that office
in the early 1950’s and for more
than 20 years also as Democratic
precinct chairman.
On his announcement in 1953
that he would not be a candidate
for municipal office, associates
said that Mr. O’Callaghan’s tech
nical knowledge, combined with
long experience, had saved the
town thousands of dollars over
the years of his service as com
missioner and mayor. He was said
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To Sing Here Friday Night
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Cancer Campaign
Getting Started
The Moore County chapter of
the American Cancer Society is
launching its annual fund drive
this week, with David Ginsburg
of Carthage as county chairman.
Mrs. J. S. Milliken, who has
headed the campaign locally for
many years, said appeal letters
would go out here this weekend.
Persons not receiving a letter
and wishing to contribute may
send donations directly to Mrs.
Milliken.
Poppy Sale Set
Here Saturday
The American Legion Auxiliary
will sell paper poppies ■ in the
Southern Pines business section
Saturday, to honor the dead of
past wars and to aid disabled vet
erans and their families.
'The annual sale honors more
than a half-million men who
died in both World Wars and
the Korean conflict. Auxiliary
sponsors pointed out.
The poppies are made by dis
abled veterans of the three wars.
n:
COLUMBUS BOYCHOIR — This choir that delighted Sand
hills audiences at a former appearance will sing at 8:30 p.m. Fri
day in Weaver Auditorium as the concluding attraction of the
Sandhills Music Association’s 1960 concert series. From the
Columbus Boychoir School at Princeton, N. J., the boys, directed
by Donald T. Bryant, will present a varied program. There is a
special reduced rate for students in any Moore County School.
Tickets can be obtained at the box office or in advance from the
Barnum. Realty and Insurance Co. on N. W. Broad St.
Jaycees Elect
Dr. Currie as
New President
Dr. Joseph E. Currie, Jr., was
elected president of the Southern
Pines Junior Chamber of Com
merce Tuesday night, succeeding
Paul B. Boroughs, Jr. Dr. Currie,
a veterinarian, is associated with
the Sandhill Veterinary Hospital
On Midland Road.
Other officers elected are: Tom
Ruggles, first vice-president; Carl
R. Acker, Jr., second vice-presi
dent, Jimmie. D. Myrick, secre
tary; and William A. McAdams,
treasurer.
The'directors, in addition to the
retiring president, Mr. Boroughs,
are Wilbur Creed, George A. Mor
rison and Joseph P. Marley, Jr.
The officers will be installed in
mid-May.
Among the projects on which
the Jaycees are now working is
the handlmg of all mailings for
the Moore County Mental Health
Association.
Can Get Tickets
For PTA Supper
Persons who have not obtain
ed tickets for the ham supper to
be sponsored by the East South
ern Pines Parent-Teacher Associ
ation Wednesday, May 4, can get
them from any of these ticket
committee members: Mrs. Ray
mond Cameron, Mrs. Walter Cof
fin, Mrs. Albert Grove and Mrs.
W. Harrell Johnson.
Tne supper, one of the PTA’s
major fund-raising projects, will
be held at the school cafeteria
from 5:30 to 7:30 p. m. Parents
and their children are urged to
attend.
Mrs. Coffin and Mrs. Grove are
* general chairman for the event.
term.
Solicitor of Recorder’s Court,
W. Lamont Brown, for his fifth
term.
Board of Education
All members of the county
board of education were unop
posed on the Democratic ticket,
T. Roy Phillips, District 1; J. A.
Culbertson, District 2; Rowland
Upchurch, District 3; W. H. Mat
thews, District 4; and Jere N. Mc-
Keithen, District 5.
County Surveyor
Clarence Blue, incumbent coun
ty surveyor, arrived a couple of
minutes too late to file for re
nomination on Friday., Charles
M. McLeod, who had filed just
before the deadline, offered to
withdraw, but Chairman Sam C.
Riddle of the Moore Board of
Elections ruled that Blue would
not be able to file since he had
not arrived before the 12 o’clock
deadline.
Township Offices
There is a contest for constable
in Ritters Township where two
Democrats filed for the office, R.
J, Brown aijd William ' Robert
Caviness.
Others who filed for township
offices are:
Lester F. Woods, Greenwood
township, constable, incumbent.
Democrat.
Sam Bouldin, Ritters township.
Democrat, for justice of the peace.
REPUBLICANS
James E. Harrington, Jr., of
Pinehurst, chairman of the Moore
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Medallion Homes
To Be Displayed
During Weekend
Two all-electric “medallion”
homes in the Whispering Pines
residential development at 'Thag-
ard’s Lake, north of Southern
Pines, will be open to the public
this weekend.
Visitors will be welcomed at
the houses—one on the north
shore of the lake and one on the
opposite side—from 2 to 8 p. m.
on Friday and Saturday and from
2 to 6 p. m. Sunday.
More than a dozen houses have
been built or are under construc
tion at Whispering Pines, which
is owned by Sandhill Properties,
Inc.
Full details of the weekend
open house, the Whispering Pines
development and a history of the
Thagard’s Lake site will be found
on pages 14 and 15 of today’s
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