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VOL. 41— NO. 9
SIXTEEN PAGES
SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 1961
SIXTEEN PAGES
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MANGLED WRECKAGE — Four persons
were thrown from this convertible Sunday af
ternoon when it crashed into the woods between
Southern Pines and Pinehurst, killing two and
MISS COOK, 19, AMONG VICTIMS
injuring two. That’s the front of the automo
bile at left, though it was headed toward the
right when it left the road, striking trees and
turning around. (V. Nicholson photo)
3 Killed in Highway Accidents
Two accidents in the Southern
Pines area within four days, dur
ing the past week, caused the first
three traffic fatalities of 1961 in
Moore County.
A freak accident on US 1 mid
way between Southern Pines and
Aberdeen last Thursday night
cost the life of a 19-year-old Car
thage girl, Melanie Jean Cook,
Superior Court
To Try to Settle
Old Civil Cases
A one-day “clean-up calendar”
will mask the opening Monday of
the regular civil term of Moore
County Superior Court, with
Judge L. Richardson Preyer of
Greensboro, presiding. It will be
followed Tuesday by uncontested
divorces and one motion with 14
cases then set for trial from Mon
day through Thursday.
Judge Preyer is a nephew of
Allan T. Preyer of Bethesda Road,
near Southern Pines.
There will be no term of Moore
Recorder’s Court held while the
Superior Court is using the court
room. The upcoming term will be
held Saturday instead of Monday,
with the next one set for Monday,
February 6.
The clean-up calendar consists
of 21 civil cases which have been
docketed for more than two years.
Lawyers in the cases have been
notified to present causes why
they should be continued on the
docket, otherwise, they will be
non-suited or otherwise disposed
of by Judge Pryer.
Seven uncontested divorces on
grounds of two years’ separation
are calendared for action with 11
minutes allotted for each, though
others may be added before court
convenes, Thse listed are: Carol
Tucker Caldwell vs Frank Cald
well, Bertha Smith vs Charlie
Smith, Betty Flinchum Long vs
Ralph C. Long, William Ralph
Moss vs Rose Ann Moss, Prentiss
Gillispie vs Virginia Gillispie,
Donald Ray Brewer vs Barbara
Thomas Brewer, Charlie C. Lock-
wood vs Maggie Lee McD. Lock-
wood.
injuring lour other persons. A
Negro man and woinan, Terry
Caldwell Saunders, 38, of South
ern Pines, and Flossie McCrim-
mon, 34, of Jackson Hamlet, were
killed and two other Negroes in
jured in a one-car wreck Sunday
on the old Pinehurst road.
State Highway Patrolman T.
R. Clark, investigating the Thurs
day night wreck, said that Miss
Cook, driving a 1959 Ford two-
door sedan, had stopped prepara
tory,to entering the highway from
a private drive just south of
Woodlyn Court when a 1956 Ford,
traveling north on the highway,
jumped the curb and smashed
into her car.
The impact shoved Miss Cook’s
car 17 feet, and it stopped with
th? front end of the oncoming
car thrust halfway into the driv
er’s side. The front seat was
knocked all the way out on the
far side and the girl was crushed
beneath it, her foot caught in the
pedals. The right-hand door was
ripped off and hurled 39 feet be
yond, while the three other occu
pants were flung out. These,
treated at St. Joseph’s hospital
for cuts and contusions, were
Miriam Kirby, 18,’ and Bobby
Lineberry, 19, both of Carthage,
and Edward Hill, 17, of Route 2,
Cameron.
Airman 2/C John Martin Hos
kins, 21, of Pope AFB, the other
driver, was also given hospital
treatment for head contusions
and skinned knees. Marks showed
his car had traveled more than
100 feet with two wheels up over
the curb, two in the parking lane.
He told the patrolman his brakes
had* locked. Clark said the air
man would be charged with care
less and reckless driving causing
accident and death.
Miss Cook was a 1960 graduate
of Carthage High School and was
employed in the office of Carth-
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Mrs. Wood Heading Easter Seal Group
Announcement of the appoint
ment of Mrs. William Wood of
Pinebluff as president of the
Moore County Society for Crip
pled Children and Adults has
been made by the president of
,the state society. Dr. fedgar T
Thompson. Mrs. Wood succeeds
Trank Gramelsbach of Pinehursi
who completed three yeai-s of con
tinuous service to the Moore
County Chapter.
“The N. C. Society for Crippled
Children and Adults, which di
rects the annual Easter Seal Ap
peal,” Mrs. Wood said, in accept
ing the appointment, “seeks tc
meet the needs of the physically
disabled through local services
provided by the affiliated county
chapters.
‘.‘In Moore County last year,”
she reported, “a sum of $2,465.36
was spent to provide camperships
to the Easter Seal Camp, home-
bound instruction, wheelchairs,
parallel bars and appliances,
transportation to hospitals and
clinics, medication, x-rays, and
other services to 79 children and
20 adults who are disabled.
“One of the interesting projects
undertaken last year by the
Moore County Chapter,” she sta
ted, “was assistance in the estab
lishment of the Physical Therapy
Department at Moore Memorial
Hospital.
‘■Without the dedicated interest
and generous support given to the
Moore County Chapter through
the leadership of Mr. Gramels
bach,” Mrs. Wood continued
“many of these services and the
excellent progress made by the
local unit would not have been
possible.”
Mrs. Wood announced that the
names of the community chair
men and other members of the
local chapter will be announced
later and prior to the opening of
the 1961 Easter Seal Appeal on
March 2.
Mrs. Wood is a former resident
of Southern Pines.
Service Award of
Jaycees Goes to
David A. Drexel
Opportunity Awaits
Young Man of New
Ideas, Says Gilmore
Members of the Southern Pines
Junior Chamber of Commerce and
their employers as guests at the
annual “Bosses’ Night” banquet
in the Hollywood Hotel, last night
saw David A. Drexel receive their
Distinguished Service Award
the community’s outstanding
young man of 1960 and heard the
featured speaker, Voit Gilmore,
call for fresh ideas and creative
thinking in a time when “young
men are stirring with great new
ideas.’’
Members and guests were wel
comed by Dr. Joe Currie, Jr.,
president, and George Morrison.
Howard Broughton was toastmas
ter, introducing Mr. Gilmore, lo
cal businessman and a member
of the N. C. Board of Conservation
and Development.
The Distinguished Service
Award, a metal plaque mounted
on wood, was presented to Mr.
Drexel by W. Lament Brown,
chairman of a committee who
chose the recipient from names
out in nomination by-the public.
The recipient was kept secret, ev
en from Mr. Drexel himself, until
announced at the program last
night.
Mr. Brown explained that while
the award was made for commun
ity service during 1960, the com
mittee took into consideration ac
tivities in former years leading
up to 1960 achievements.
Mr. Drexel’s award was for Boy
Scout leadership, and activity on
behalf of St. Joseph of the Pines
Hospital and St. Anthony’s Cath
olic Church, Mr. Brown said.
Five years of “devoted and loy
al” work in Scouting were cli
maxed in December with presen
tation to Mr. Drexel of the Silver
Beaver award for distinguished
service to boyhood, highest award
of the Occonechee Council, tire
Boy Scout administrative organi
zation covering 12 counties.
During five years, Mr. Drexel
was responsible for organizing 10
Scouting units. He has been dis
trict camping chairman, member
of troop committee, chairman" of
leadership training committee
(training 129 adult Scouting lead
ers) and a Scoutmaster and has
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Opposition in 2 Districts Stops
Plan to Consolidate Hi^h Schools
Gene Cunningham, Nancy O’Callaghan
Win in 8-Mile Point-to-Point Race
Optician Office
To Open Feb. 1 ,
The Lockerman Dispensing Op
tician office in The Pines Realty
building at 117 W. Pennsylvania
Ave. will open February 1, it was
announced this week.
The new local business will be
operated by Ernest C. Lockerman
who recently sold a similar busi
ness he had operated in Charlotte
for more than 12 years.
The office space, formerly oc
cupied by the Vogue Beauty
Shop, has been completely re
modeled and redecorated.
Mr. and Mrs. Lockerman, who
plan to move here from Charlotte,
wfere in Southern Pines Tuesday,
making preparations for their
opening.
Further details will be an
nounced prior to the opening.
Mrs. W. O. Moss, secretary of
the Moore County Hounds, stands
between the winners in Satur
day’s fourth annual running of
the event which took place in the
rain with 18 entries.
At left is Gene Cunningham of
Warrenton, Va., and Southern
Pines, winner in the senior divi
sion, riding Rapid Creed, owned
by Miss Mary Syvan Sprague of
Savannah’, Ga. The junior winner,
Nancy O’Callaghan, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Joe O’Callaghan of
Southern Pines, rode Blossom
from the Caddell Stables of Sou
thern Pines.
Mr. Cunningham is receiving
the Enid ’Walsh perpetual trophy,
donated by Mr. and Mrs. Harley
E. Walsh of Youngs Road. The
Moore County Hounds trophy is
given in the junior division.
(Humphrey photo)
The plan to consolidate Rob
bins, Highfalls and Westmoore
high schools effective next Sep
tember, through use of existing
facilities at Robbins, has been
abandoned by the Moore County
board of education in view of
strong sentiment against the plan
in two of the districts.
Supt; Robert E. Lee said the
action was taken by the board at
a special meeting at Carthage
Friday night, as “the decision
could not be postponed if we
were to be ready by September,
and the board felt we could not
have a successful program unless
the people in all three districts
favored it.’’
At recent public meetings in
the three districts, Robbins peo
ple voted 5-to-l for the plan but
Highfalls went 2-to-l and West
moore nearly 4-to-l against it.
Nearly everyone favored the
principle of consolidation, but it
was the location of the consol
idated high school at Rol>bins
which earned the Highfalls and
Westmoore opposition, even
though IT would mean improved
education next year^ with an es
timated saying up to $600,000 to
the county.
Another Site
They were overwhelmingly in
favor of building a new school
plant at a central site despite the
fact this would have to be sub
mitted to the people in a county
wide bond issue vote, for some
thing over $1,000,000, which might
not pass and in any event would
mean several years of waiting.
“We are now looking forward
to the building of a new school,
despite the difficulties in the
Theatre Group’s
Next Production
To Be Announced
Name of the next production
of the Theatre in the Pines, local
community theatre group, and
tryout dates lor part^ in the cast
will be announced at a meeting
to be held in the town hall’s
courtroom, Thursday,’January 26,
at 8 p.m. 'The public is invited.
The production is planned for
some time in March. Persons inr
terested in any phase of theatri
cal work are urged to attend next
week’s meeting.
The steering comtnittee of the
group met Monday to receive fin
al reports on the December pro
duction of the Theatre in the
Pines and set a date for the gen
eral meeting.
Members of the steering com
mittee include Dan Harvat, Mrs.
A. N. Derouin, Mrs. John Mc-
Phaul, Mrs. Karl Stuart, and two
new members, Tom Connolly and
Mrs. Watt Smith.
CHIEF NEWTON HOME
Police Chief C. E. Newton re
turned home Tuesday after six
days in St. Joseph’s Hospital
where he was treated for flu. He'’
expects to return to duty before
the end of the week.
EDUCATOR REPORTS ON RUSSIAN TRIP
Edwards, Mayor
Of Vass, Resigns
A: G. Edwards, Jr., who would
have completed his fourth consec
utive term as mayor of Vass ir
May, resigned, effective at the
close ul last week’s meeting. Hugh
McLean, mayor pro tern, will
complete the term. Mr. Edwards,
who submitted his resignation ir
December, resigned “for business
and personal reasons.”
Other members of the To-wh
Board are Commissioners Ed
Boggs, Roby Futrell, J. A. Mc
Rae and James E. Hudson. Mrs
Irene Mullinix is town clerk.
Mr. Edwards, with the support
of the board, has rendered fine
service to the town. Much stref
hard-surfacing has been done dur
ing the past eight years, and thf
town is said to be in excellent
'■’nancial condition.
Weaver Sees Soviet Challenge to U. S. Education
Education in the Soviet Union
-strong in some respects, weak
in others—offers a crucial chal
lenge to the United States,
Phillip Weaver, superintendent of
Greensboro schools and a former
Southern Pines superintendent,
told the East Southern Pines
Parent - Teacher Association
Monday night.
Meeting in Weaver Auditori
um—which is named for the
speaker in tribute to his service
to the schools of Southern Pines,
parents and teachers listened
with interest to the educator’s
description of a trip he took in
the Soviet Union last fall with a
gi-oup of 21 American school su
perintendents. The. tour was
sponsored by the National Edu
cation Association and the
American Association of School
Administration. At the conclu
sion of the talk, Mr. Weaver
showed color photo slides of | They think we don’t care abou
the things 'that made us great.
They think education can win for
them. It must win for us. Educa
tion can enslave a world or free
a world. The choice is yours.”
Here are highlights from Mr.
Weaver’s talk:
Size of Soviet Union
A vast nation of 15 Republics
and many natural resources, so
big that it extends halfway
around the world with 12 hours
of time difference across it.
There is a lack of many things
we take for granted—school audi
toriums, good clothing, automo
biles (but bookstores pre crowded
and books are cheap); everybody
works, but numerous people seem
to be working at nothing.
Many Foreign Delegations
The Soviet Union is working
to convert unhappy peoples to
their way of life. Any “malcontent
schools, students and other scenes
in the Soviet Union, Denmark,
Finland, Poland and Germany.
Despite the fact that Mr. Weav
er said a trip to the “vast and
mysterious land” that is the Sov
iet Union leaves the observer
more ignorant than before he
went, he reached this conclusion:
Education ip the Soviet Union
is designed to provide a physical
ly strong nation dedicated to the
Communist morality.
“They put first things first—
material things. Our education
must take into consideration our
ideals of liberty, justice pnd equal
opportunity. We can have the
kind of education we demand and
pay for—and we get what we pay
for and only that.
“We are competing for the sur
vival of our way of life. The
Russians think they can beat us
if the world” is welcomed.
Lack of News
There is little news, as we know
it, in the official government
newspapers and the English lan-
ffuage “Moscow News.”
Contrasts & Contradictions . *
The educators attended ballet
and symphony concerts in mag
nificent buildings, always with a
full house in attendance at reas
onable prices, yet everywhere in
the Soviet Union there was dirt,
mud and filth.
Honesty of the People
The people are exceptionally
honest, will not take money left
in hotel rooms—yet their govern
ment is based on “the technique
of the big lie.”
Fziackdliiiess
People are friendly. They say
they like you, but not the “cap
italists and imperialists who run
the United States.” Yet the iron
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245-Pint Quota
Set for Visit of .
Bloodmobile Here
A quota of 245 pints has been
set for a Red Cross bloodmobile
visit to Southern Pines, Monday,
January 30, it was announced this
week by John Buchholz, chairman
of the Moore County blood col
lection program.
The bloodmobile will be at St.
Anthony/s School from 11 a. m. to
4:30 p. m. that (^ay. ,
The past four visits to Southern
Pines, with total quotas of 500
pints, have yielded only 380, i'
was noted. For the county as a
whole, the program is about 700
pints short of quotas since it be
gan in Ocober, 1958.
Under the program, the coun
ty’s two hospitals get blood of all
types quickly from the Red Cross
blood center at Charlotte. The
program was undertaken on the
pledge of the Moore Red Cross
chapter that specified amounts of
blood would be donated to the
Center from this county.
“It works like any other bank,”
Mr. Buchholz said. “If you bor
row, you must pay back.”'
■When a person gives blood, he
pdinted out, he is giving some
thing that can’t be obtained in
any other way, a precious, life
saving substance that is invalu
able to the person receiving it
eventually.
D. A. (June) Blue, Jr. and Mr.
Buchholz are local chairmen for
the January 30 collect Hin.
way,’’ the superintendent said.
He said the three district school
committees had been asked to
hold a joint meeting as soon as
possible, to discuss possible sites
and to make recommendations to
the county board.
He expressed the disappoint
ment of the board, and his own
personal regret, that Highfalls
and Westmoore had not gone
along with the plan.
“We had felt it was an ideal op
portunity to get tjie consolidation
program for the entire county un
der way, starting out where it
was most needed. Consolidation is
bound to come, for fhis is a thing
we must do. But this will mean
throwing the whole schedule sev
eral years behind, so that no child
now in high school is apt to re
ceive its benefits.’’
Difficulties
Many difficulties are forseen in
the way of the countywide votes
which will be necessary for three,
possibly four, “super high schools”
to be built in consolidating the
county system.
However, he said, there are
hopes that state and federal school
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Robert MacDonald
To Play Jan. 28
Robert MacDonald, pianist'who
is a native Tar Heel, will appear
at Weaver Auditorium, Saturday,
January 28, in a concert sponsored
by the Southern Pines Rotary
Club. The concert will begin at
8 p.m. '
Mr. MacDonald, 30 yeafs old,
who will play in Carnegie Hall
in New York City on February
3, will present here a varied pro
gram of classic and popular music.
Tickets for the event will go
on sale Friday and can be- ob
tained from any member of the
Rotary Club or at any of the
town’s drug stores and the Cit
izens Bank and Trust Co.
Jan. 31 Set as
Final Deadline
For Tax Listing
Mrs. Estelle Wicker of Carth
age, county tax supervisor, re
minded the public this week that
real and personal property must
be listed for taxes by January 31.
There will be no extension of list
ing time, she said, and persons
failing to list will be penalized.
January 31 also will mark an
other tax deadline. Penalties will
be added to town and county
taxes for 1960 which are not paid’
by that date.
Property owned on January 1,
including automobiles, must be
listed, Mrs. Wicker said.
Listing for property owners
within the Southern Pines city
limits is Mrs. Irene Mullinix, who
is at the Information Center
(Pennsylvania Ave. entrance)
each week-day except Thursdays
and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 5
p.m. On Thursdays and Satur
days, she will be at the 'Vass
town hall.
In Sandhills township, which
adjoins Southern Pines on the
south, Mrs. Adelaide Schnell of
Pinebluff and Mrs. Lee Buchan
of Aberdeen are listing property
at an office back of the J. D. Arey
Real Estate and Insurance Co.,
in Aberdeen, from 8:30 a.m. to 5
p.m. daily except Sunday.
Mrs. D. J. Blue of Route 3, Car
thage, is listing McNeill township
property outside Southern Pines.