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t Thanksgiving is traditionally an important day in the ■ kitchens of American homes. Before preparing Thanks giving dinner, read Frances But ler’s “Country Kitchen” column on page 16 of today’s Pilot. VOL. 40—NO, 52 General Fisher W’ elcomed Arriving yesterday in Southern Fines for several days of rest and relaxation in his old home, town, Major General William P. Fisher was honored and entertained for three almost continuous hours of events for “Bill Fisher Day.” Obviously moved by the recep tion, the Air Force officer ex pressed his gratitude for the wel come at three separate occasions: an appearance before the students of the High School and 6th through 8th grades at Weaver Auditorium; a luncheon meeting of the Sandhills Kiwanis Club at (V; the Hollywood Hotel; and a pub lic program at the town hall. Appearing with General Fish er at all three occasions was his mother, Mrs. Elinor Fisher of Southern Pines. At each event. General Fisher expressed regret that his wife, Mrs. Dorothy Doug las Fisher, could not be in South ern Pines with him, explaining that she was taking care of a 19- ^ months-old grandchild, following tile birth of a second child . six days previously to the Fisher’s daughter, Ann, wife of 1st Lt. Wil liam J. Danaher, an Air Force officer. At the town hall program the invocation was spoken by Dr' Cheves Ligon, pastor of Brown- son Memorial Presbyterian Church. Dante Montesanti, a _ classmate of General Fisher, in * tne class of 1928 at Southern Pines High Sciiool, welcomed Inm, praising his accomplishments and recalling amusing incidents of their boyliood together in South ern Pines. A Ball Team that represented Southern Pines High School 35 years ago is pic tured on page 17. Four of its members live in Southern Pines today. Think you would recog nize them from this old photo? TWENTY PAGES SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1960 TWENTY PAGES PRICE: 10 CENTS BILL FISHER TREE” — Major General Wil liam P. Fisher, right, stands with his arm around his mother, Mrs. Elinor Fisher of Southern Pines, after completing the planting of a silver maple, the “Bill Fisher tree” in the courtyard of the Southern Pines municipal center yester day, Others in the photo,'left to right, are: Karagheusian Aberdeen Plant To Be Expanded Announcement was made this week by J. Cecil Beith, manager of the Aberdeen Division of A. & M. Karagheusian, Inc., manu facturers of Gulistan carpet, that construction has commenced on a new wing to be added to the plant for manufacturing Wilton carpet, starting early next year. The addition, when completed, will add approximately one-third to the size of the Karagheusian plant. Mr. Beith said that a modern one-story air-conditioned wing would be constructed by the Dan iel Construction Company of Greenville, S. C. The equipment will consist of broad Wilton looms. Target for completion of this project will be September, 1961. It is expected that this expan- 200 Tee Off Today in Carousel Golf Tourney UNION SERVICE The Rev. Marlin Caldwell, rector of Emmanuel Church, will deliver the Thanks^ving message at the Union Service, for all local Protestant churches, to be held at 8 p.m. Wednesday, November 23, at Brownson Memoried Presby terian Church. General Holiday For Thanksgiving Slated Next Week A general holiday for Thanks giving is expected in Southern Pines and Moore County Thurs- ... , - .day of next week, with post of- sion will provide employment for lices, banks, town and county of- Ralph Chandler, Jr., president of the Sandhills Kiwanis Club, sponsor of “Bill Fisher Day;” Dante Montesanti who welcomed General Fish er as his classmate (1928) at Southern Pines High School; and Jack S. Younts, chairman of the Bill Fisher Day” Committee and program chairman for the general’s appearance at the Kiwanis luncheon yesterday. (Humphrey photo) anthem by the school band which had earlier played for a proces sion of Kiwanians from the Holly- w'ood Hotel to the town hall—a procession in which General Fish er rode in the town’s 1924 model fire truck. At the Kiwanis luncheon, only a brief program was held, featur ing a tape recording of General Fisher’s military biography (this if “Bill Fisher has always perse vered to reach his goal,” Mr. Montesanti said. “When we grew up here, things were not handed to you. You haa to work. And Bill did work to get through col lege and cadet training. Thbse two stars on his shoulders have ■been earned. I hope we can pro duce more men like Bill Fisher because then I would know that the nation would be in safe hands.” , Responding, General Fisher said “It is a real pleasure to come back and find a town that has re tained its character and its friend liness. It makes you feel that you are welcome and have a home, when you are loose around the world as we often are.” Mayor R. S. Ewing presented General Fisher with one of the golf clubs, a putter, that are giv en here to distinguished visitors in lieu of a “key to the city.” General Fisher thanked the may or and demonstrated his putting stance with the new club while iilms were made by three televi sion cameramen who filmed por tions of the program for broad cast later Wednesday on stations at Raleigh, Durham and Charlotte. The town hall audience moved out of the courtroom into the courtyard where General Fisher shoveled in a few spadesful of earth to complete planting of a silver maple, the “Bill {Fisher Iree,” in the courtyard of the building. The program there was conclu- ded with playing of the national biography appears at the end Of this story) with amusing inter polated sound effects. The biog raphy was read for the recording by W. Lamont Brown. Ralph Chandler, Jr., president of the Kiwanis Club, sponsor of •"Bill Fisher Day,’: presided at the meeting. Program chairman was Jack S. Younts who was also chairman of the Bill Fisher Day committee that made arrange ments for the day’s events. Other -members of this commit tee, not all of them Kiwanians, were Luther A. Adams, W. T. Huntley, Dr. R. B. Warlick, Voit Gilmore, Tom Ruggles who^made arrangements for General Fish er to play in the Golf Carousel that began today to run through Sunday, John Ostrom, Mayor Ewing, Charles Swoope who was in charge of the procession to town hall from the Hollywood, Town Manager Louis Scheipers, Jr., who presided at the tree planting and Cad Benedict who worked on programs and publici ty. Kiwanian L. B. Creath is the Kiwanis program chairman for the current quarter. Supt. Luther Adams presided at the Weaver Auditorium pro gram, welcoming General Fisher. The general paid tribute to the quality of education in Southern Levi Packard Turns 90 Today Levi Packard, a resident of Pinebluff for the past 80 years. Is observing his 90th birthday to- uay. Mr. Packard, who formerly op erated an insurance business at Pmebluff, has been mayor, com missioner, tax collector, treasurer and town clerk of Pinebluff in the course of a lifelong career of public service. Mr. Packard was born in New York State November 17, 1870, coming to Pinebluff with his par ents in 1880, before Pinebluff be came an incorporated town. He and his wife live on the same land where his father settled when he was a boy. He has a brother, David Packard, of Pine bluff and Pinehurst, who is a former resident of Southern Pines. Pleasants Heads New Committee Of State Group James M. Pleasants of Southern Pines, who was reelected this month as a member of the Moore County board of Commissioners, has been appointed chairman of a new School Committee of the North Carolina Association of County Commissioners. The appointment was made by Ben W. Haigh of Raleigh, chair man of the Wake County commis sioners and president of the State Association. The School Committee is one of several being set up by the State Association of Gounty Commis sioners to assist in developing the Association’s position on matters to come before the General As sembly and other State agencies. Mr. Pleasants, an insurance company representative, is a for mer president of the State Asso ciation. Each of the new committees will have about 12 members, chos en from boards of county commis sioners over the State. Pines, recalling, the high stand ards maintained here when he was a student, by the late William Allen. “You have different buildings and different teachers,” he said, “but I can see that Southern Pines still has the same wonder ful interest and pride in its schools as when I was here. It is heartwarming to feel the welcome that has been extended to me.” An amusing feature of the school program was General Fish er’s reading his own high school grades record (still preserved in the school files) to the assembled students. The record containing a good many C’s, some B’s and one D in his junior year, showing, said General Fisher, “that you need not despair.” Mrs. Frye’s sixth grade sang two songs to greet General Fish er as the program opened. Joe Garzik, president of the istUdent body, led in prayer. ,.i • General Fisher is staying at the Southland Hotel while in South ern Pines. He will be’' here through Simday. The general’s lather, the Rev. Parker William Fisher, who died last year, came here as a summer supply minister at the Church of Wide Fellowship in the early 1920’s. He remained and, in addi tion to his ministerial duties oper ated a woodworking shop in a building on Penunsylvania Ave. that stood where the former A&P location now is. In addition to their daughter, Mrs. Danaher, General and Mrs! Fisher have a son, Douglas, a §r3ciu.3.t6 ot PrincGton University who is now an Army 2nd lieuten ant m Washington, .D C. General Fisher has a younger brother. Hunt Fisher, who recent ly moved to Greenville, S. C from Concord, and a' sister isiaine, wno is Mrs. Cecil Jones of Worcester, Mass. Neither wa able to come to Southern Piries for “Bill Fisher Day.” Mrs. Elinor Fisher was librari an at the privately operated libra ry here from 1927 to 1938. She did Red Cross work in Winston- Salem from 1938 to 1942. Mrs. Fisher has also been as sociated with the Church of Wide Fellowship and now works part time at the local Red Cross office. General Fisher commands the Eastern Transport Air Force, MATS, with headquarters at Mc Guire Air Force Base, N. J. His decorations are listed in the military biography to follow. As a command pilot and command observer. General Fisher has fiown more than 6,600 hours in jet and conventional aircraft. During World War II and the Ko rean action, he flew 59 combat missions. William Parker Fisher, was born in Atlanta, Ga., on August 11, 1911. His father, the Rev Parker William. Fisher, a Congre-! gational minister, moved his fam ily several times before Southern Pines became their permanent (Continued on page 19) | Appeal Letters Going Out in 1960 Seal Sale Thomas R. Howerton, Admin istrator of Moore Memorial Hos pital and a resident of Southern Pines, will head the 1960 Christ mas Seal Ssde drive in Moore County. Mr. Howerton said today that appeal letters are being sent out tonight to contributors over the county. The system used last year will be followed, he said, by which all contributions are sent directly to the county chairman without going through community chair men. Contributions from the sale of Christmas Seals are used by the Moore County Tuberculosis Asso ciation for preventive programs of health education, case finding, medical research, free X-rays at the Moore County Health Center and rehabilitation of persons who are recovering from tuberculosis. Gilmore Leaves For Antarctica Voit Gilmore’s off again, on his third trip to the Antarctic within t^ree years—possibly a world rec ord for an unofficial observer. Accredited, as on the other two visits, as a press correspondent, he will on his return fulfill var ious writing assignments, to tell the story of the scientists. Navy- men and others who live in the weird world of “down under.” It’s all part of the publicity program of “Operation Deep- Ireeze,” the U. S. Navy’s support program of scientific studies in connection with the International Geophysical Year. The IGY, start ed in 1957, has been extended and, with last year’s Antarctic Treaty opening the region to ex- (Continued on page 8) j over 100 persons with actual hir ing to start about February l, 1961. Two Wilton looms will be in operation by December of this year to start a nucleus training program of present employees. According to Mr. Beith, deci sion was made to establish the Wilton operation in Aberdeen be cause of its compatibility with the manufacture of Velvet carpet and also because adequate space was available to expand the ex isting Aberdeen plant on an ef ficient basis. He added that the company has been pleased' with the ability of local employees to develop the skills required in the manufacture of quality carpet. A. & M. Karagheusian, Inc., has been a dominant factor in the manufacture of quality Wilton carpet since 1903 when it com menced Wilton carpet manufact uring in Freehold, N. J., on looms imported from England. Wilton carpet takes its name from a town in England where it was first made. It is woven on a loom with a speciahzed combi nation of a Jacquard system. A distinguishing feature of the loom is a series of pattern cards per forated like player-piano roUs. These cards automatically reg ulate the feeding of different col ors of yarn into the loom, for the creation of multiple levels to pro vide for weaving of a wide variety of patterns and textures. Loan Announced The Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. of Springfield, Mass., announced this week that A. & M. Karagheusian, Inc., has received $2 million in financing from the insurance company. fices, ABC stores and most stores and businesses closed for the day. Students in the Southern Pines, Pinehurst and Moore County school systems will enjoy a long weekend, leaving school after school Wednesday and returning the following Monday morning, November 28. The Pilot will publish' on Wed nesday next week. Correspon dents and advertisers are asked to have their copy in a day earlier than usual, to assure its being run next week. Forum Features Varied Programs For New Season 4-Ball Tourney To Begin Monday Eighteen-hole qualifying rounds in the annual Moore County four- ball golf tournament will begin Monday at the Southern Pines Country Club, to continue through December 3. First round of the event will be played between December 4 and 10, second round between Decem ber 11 and 17, and the third round Detween December 18 and 31. Best ball of partners will de termine players' flights. There will be four teams in each flight, with prizes for each flight’s win ners and runners-up. The Pinehurst Forum, celebra ting its 21st birthday, will open its new season on Thursday eve ning, December 15, at the Pine hurst Country Club. Captain George F. Shearwood, president of the Forum, in an nouncing the program of enter tainments for the 1960-61 season, stressed the outstanding, caliber of artists engaged this year. He forecasts a highly successful Fo rum series and expressed his ap preciation of the work of the Pro- giam, Committee, headed by S. Donald Sherrerd. The opening meeting will fea ture Julian Bryan, dean of travel lecturers, with his entirely new color film, “Russia and Siberia.” Programs for successive meetings have been announced as follows: Mrs. de Costa’s Watcrcolors, Ceramics Now Being Shown at Library Gallery A summer of study with artist John Pike in Woodstock, N. Y. has resulted m a change of medium from oils to watercolors for Mari on deCosta, local artist whose work was placed on exhibition at he Library Art Gallery this week. With the opened his school this summer for students interested in watercol- or. He beiieves that America is preeminent in the field of water- color, as no other country has done so nmch work in this partic ular medium. According to Mrs. DeCosta, Mr. ,. , Pike teaches the old fashioned watercolorojX sCwHoL?!^ “‘""■‘.o' which is ap the landscapes shown are of rural and mountain scenes in and around Woodstock, painted this summer by Mrs. deCosta. She is also exhibiting some pieces of her ceramic work, a collection of glaz ed plates with landscape scenes, and hand-designed vases. Mrs. deCosta’s instructor, John Pike, an artist well known in the commercial and fine arts world, January 12—Sophia Steffan, so prano, and Richard KueUing, bass-baritone, in a joint recital. I January 26—The distinguished Washington correspondent and commentator, Roscoe Drummond, speaking on “The State of the Na tion.” February 9—Return engage ment, with some new acts, of the most fascinating little people in show business, “Llord’s Interna- (Continued on page 8) Some 200 golfers who came to Southern Pines from as far away as Michigan and Florida teed off today at the Southern Pines Country Club and the Pine Needles Country Club for quali fying rounds in the Southern Pines Golf Carousel. Tom Ruggles, chairman of the unique event sponsored annually by the local Junior Chamber of Commerce, said this morning that the entry list of 100-two-player teams is filled and that there is every indication that the 1960 Carousel will be the best in the history of the event. Play will be over the Southern Pines CC and Pine Needles CC courses, with all entrants playing both courses. Many handsome tro phies will be presented after the championship finals at Pine Needles Sunday. In former years, the Mid Pines Club course was included in the Carousel, but the Mid Pines witN- • drew from the event this year. As part of their tournament package,” players will be enter tained with a cocktail party at the Southern Pines Country Club tonight and a dance at the Nation al Guard armory Saturday night. The dance is open to the public. Bill McAdams of the Jaycees is the dance chairman. The trophies to be given to Carousel winners in various flights have been on view in the window of Barnum Realty and Insurance Co. on N. W. Broad St. Hardy Freed by No Indictment In Boggs Case Car Incidents Investigated parent in the realistic work pro- auced by his pupils. Mrs. deCosta has been studying art and painting for many years. Her husband, Frank, is an engin eer with the Roberts Company of Sanford. They have a son, Tony, a mem.ber of the local National Guard company who has enlisted for Airborne Service and expects to leave for Fort Jackson, S. C., the first of next month. The Sheriff’s department on Wednesday was investigating a car abandoned by two young white men near here Tuesday night, also a report of another car stolen later at Niagara. Deputy Sheriff H. H. Grimm said there might be a connection between the two incidents. The first car, a 1959 Ford was stopped by Patrolman R. R. Sam uels about 10 p.m., on Youngs Road Tuesday night. When 'he saw suspicious looking goods piled in the car he ordered the driver to follow him to the Southern Pines Police station. Instead, the two men jumped out and ran. The car was found to be one which was sold last Friday by a Carthage automobile dealer. When abandoned, it contained a Rem ington rifle, a case of shotgun shells, dynamite caps and fuses, several cartons of cigarettes, some flashlights, canned goods and other merchandise. Stolen later during the night was a white 1959 Ford sedan be longing to Robert T. Yonts from his home at Niagara. “Who killed Evelyn Boggs?” remained an unanswered question as a Moore County grand jury deliberating Tuesday at Carthage! failed to return an indictment against J. D. Hardy, charge with her murder. The grand jury found insuffic ient as evidence a penciled note left by the dead woman inform ing “who it may concern” that “J. D. Hardy pulled the trigger that killed me, left me for dead. Punish him!” The no-true-bill report freed the 26-year-old plumber’s helper from Moore County jail, where he had been held for three and a half months, since Mrs. Boggs’ badly decomposed body was found Jult 30 in a tumbledown cottage in Manly. At first Hardy submitted voluntarily to being jailed for questioning, then on August 22 was arrested for her murder and remained in custody without bond. He freely admitted to officers that he had been the lover of the 41-year-old woman, and that he had rejected her for another wo man in an angry scene June 5. He denied any knowledge of her actions after their bitter goodbye. An autopsy indicated the wo man had been dead since about that time. The note, detemined by the SBI to be in Mrs. Boggs’ handwriting, was found on a chair in another room of the cot tage between Southern Pines and Manly, which had been her home before she moved out last fall to share Hardy’s apartment in town. (Continued on page 8) Basketballers Begin Drills By CHARLES ROSE The Blue Knight Basketball opened drills Monday afternoon at the gym. Coach Bill Megginson said that 18 boys are trying out for the 12 varsity positions available. The boys won 10 and lost four games ip county play last year. They are expecting a strong team with Lettermen Glen Marcum and Harold Williford leading the way. Coach Megginson said that the girls’ team has been having pre season drills for about two weeks in preparation for their season opener on December 2 with Ab erdeen. Last year the girls were winless in county play. Sandra Bridges, Joan Grover, Mary Chap pell, Peggy Worth, Jan Morris are returning letterplayers. There are 36 candidates for the squad.
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