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% m % VOL. 41—NO. 13 SIXTEEN PAGES SOUTHERN PINES, N. C.', THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1961 SIXTEEN PAGES PRICE; 10 CENTS Record Entry List Reported in Hunter Trials To Be Conducted Here Saturday A record-breaking number of entries for the 29th annual Hun ter Trials of the Moore County Hounds, to be held Saturday at the trial course at Scotts Corner out Youngs Road, was reported this week by Mrs. W. O. Moss, M. C. H. secretary. The first class will be called at 2 p. m., with upwards of h thousand spectators expected Parking places are all reserved Persons parking outside the course area will be admitted at a general admission fee of $2 per person. Judges will be Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Lenehan of Sewickley, Pa., and Mrs. Sally Sexton of Grantville, Ohio. Dennis (Nick) Crotty, a fixture at the trials, will again be the announcer. Classes and number of entries in each, up to Tuesday of this week, are: Junior Hunters (riders 18 years of age and under), 25; Non- Thoroughbreds, 14; Open Hunt er, 18; and seven hunt teams of three horses and riders, each. Trophies are provided in all classes, as well as a champion ship trophy and the Field Hunter Trophy, given last year for the first time, for the horse which has given the most competent, safe, and from all standpoints most satisfactory performance with the Moore County Hounds during the past hunting season Winners of firsts or seconds in any class are eligible to compete for the Champion Hunter trophy. Last year’s champion was Bless- ington, owned by Ray Firestone and entered by his Lauray Farms of South. Carolina, ridden by Max Bonham. An entry that will be close ]v PROUD MOMENT — Scout Lee Caviness is wearing his Eagle badge, just presented in a court of honor ceremony. At left are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Caviness of Carthage. At right is his Scoutmaster, Fred Beck. (Humphrey photo) watched is a former champion, . o Tj i io Winkelman’s Little Trip, IS: I entered in the Thoroughbred Thoroughbred Hunters, 23; Hunter class. The 12-year-old dark chestnut horse was reserve champion and winner of the Field Hunter Cup at last year’s trials had been the champion in 1955 and 1956 and reserve champion in 1958 and 1959. The Scotts Corner course in cludes a variety of terrain and fences. 100-Mile Race Saturday’s Hunter Trials is the first of three major equestrian events of the Spring season here. Scheduled for March 15-18, the St. Patrick’s Da^'’ weekend, is the Sandhills 100-Mile Ride which is being organized under auspices of the Town of Southern Pines with support of the Moore Coun ty Hounds, an event new to the area already attracting interest and entries. Trophies will be given in Senior (Continued on page 8) New Move By Carpet Firm A. & M. Karagheusian, Inc., manufacturers of Gulistan car pets, announced this week the decision to move the weaving and related finishing. operations of their commercial narrow Wil ton carpet from the New Jersey Division to their Aberdeen plant The company had already an nounce d plans lor moving its wide Wilton facilities to Aber deen, into the new plant section which has been built on the plant there. Cecil Beith, plant manager -said the new wing—which adds 83,000 square feet of floon space to the 245,000 they already had —will be sufficient to house both the Wilton operations. Both changeovers are expected to be completed by the end of the year. MORE TRYOUTS Additional tryouts for the next production of the Theatre in the Pines, Iqcal community drama group, will be held at 8 p. m. Friday at the town hall court room, it was announced today. All interested persons are in vited. BENEFIT BALL GAME TONIGHT Tonight's basketball game between the Little Nine and Rosey's Major Leaguers, both teams featuring former college stars, will begin at 7:30 p. m. in the high school gym. The contest is sponsored by the Jaycees and the Band Boosters Club for benefit of the school band uniform ihmd. Blue Knights Clinch County Title By CHARLES ROSE Coach Billy Megginson’s Southern Pines Blue Knights pinned down the Moore County Conference high school basket ball championship at Pinehurst last night with a 66-47 victory over Pinehurtt, leaving the Knights with a 17-2 record for the season. It was the first regular season championship won by a Southern Pines basketball team in over 10 years. To attain it, the Knights outpaced Robbins which ended with a 16-3 record. The local girls lost to Pinehurst last night 75-56, dropping them to 10th place in the county stand ings. Pinehurst boys led in the first quarter and most of the second, but the Blue Knights came back strong in the second half to gain TOURNAMENT STARTS FRIDAY The 34th annual Moore Coun ty High School Basketball Tour nament gets started Friday night at the Cameron school gym and is scheduled to move to Carthage for the final three days next week. Southern Pines boys drew a bye in the tourney and are scheduled to play thejr first game in the semi-finals Wednes day night of next week at Carth age. The local girls begin play at Cameron Friday aga.nst Vass- Lakeview. Leading contenders,’ for the boys’ title are Southern Pines, Robbins, West End, Carthage and Cameron. In - the girls’ di\dsion, the strongest teams are Highfalls, Carthage, Aberdeen, .Farm Life and Robbins. _ and hold a comfortable advan tage.. Southern Pines scoring was led by Rose with 18 and Marcum with 15. Oldham and Bedding- field, with 15 each, were high for Pinehurst. High scorers for the local girls were Morris, 29, and Grover, 17. For Pinehurst, they were Cam eron, 41, and Kennedy, 15. The Blue Knights took a great step toward the first position in the county race oil Thursday evening of last week in Southern Pines, when they defeated the previously once-beaten Robbins Bearcats, 59-48, to tie them for the conference lead. The lead changed hands many times in the first quarter with the Knights trailing by one point, 15-14. In the second quar ter, the Knights picked up points on deadly outside shooting, while overtaking the Robbins lead and going ahead 26-22 at the half. The Knights came back early in the second half and built that lead to nine points on Marcum’s jumpshot, with five minutes re- (Continued on page 8) TOP TROOP — Scoutmaster Henderson Britt (left) receives from Voit Gilmore, donor, the Storey Cup for general-excellence of his Troop 74, Robbins, last year. Boys of the troop watch proudly in the background. (Humphrey photo) LOCAL EXPLORER. CUB UNITS HONORED Storey Cup Won by Robbins Troop; Carthage Scout Given Eagle. Award The coveted Storey Cup was awarded Monday night to Boy Scout Troop 74 of Robbins, "‘top troop of the year” in competition among all troops of the Moore district. The announcement was made at the district court of honor held at the Pinehurst High School. The award is made by judging on points covering all phases of troop activity during the past year. The handsome silver cup—fill ed for the occasion with candy bars—was presented by Voit Gilmore of Southern Pines, don or of the memorial trophy, to Henderson Britt, scoutmaster of Troop 74. The Scouts got the candy bars while Britt received a small replica of the trophy to keep. The award has been made Gifts of Groups Give Big Boost To SVA Campaign (More on SVA activity, page 9) The nurse scholarship campaign of the Sandhill Veterans Assoc iation received the biggest boost of its 13-year existence this week with announcement that two Moore County women’s organi zations each expect to contribute sufficient funds to send a girl through nursing school. Funds will be given separately from the annual SVA campaign of general solicitation in the coun ty, but contributions from both the organizations will be admin istered by the SVA and choice of the scholarship winners will be conducted under SVA regula tions and procedures. The two organizations assisting the scholarship project are: The Moore Memorial Hospital Auxiliary which will donate $950. The Moore County Medical Auxiliary (wives of physicians in the Moore County Medical So ciety) which raised over $500 at a tea and fashion show yesterday towards this group’s financing a scholarship. (See story about this event elsewhere in today’s Pilot). Meanwhile, the regular cam paign of the SVA is continuing, with a goal of sending at least two Moore County high school graduates to nursing school at High Point Memorial Hospital. B. C. Ayery of Southern Pines, drive chairman, says hundreds of appeal letters have gone out and asks that contributions be returned as quickly as possible. Persons not receiving letters may send checks to the SVA at Box 894, Southern Pines. In an effort to encourage train ing of registered nurses, the SVA has sent one or more girls to nursing school, for a fuU, three- year, expense-paid course, since 1947. Airport Hanj^ar, Shop Burned In Ni^ht Blaze •v - DR. McLEAN Moore Negro Tourney Starts Here Tonight The annual Moore County bas ketball championship tourna ment, with all four Negro high schools of the county taking part, starts tonight (Thursday) at the West Southern Pines gym, with Berkley (Aberdeen) girls facing Academy Heights (Pinehurst) girls and Berkley boys playing the boys from West Southern Pines. First game is at 7:30 p. m. Schools taking part are West Southern Pines, Berkley, Acade my Heights and Pinckney (Car thage). The tournament will run through Saturday night. DnLigon Takes Presbytery Post, Starting March 1 Dr. Cheves K. Ligon, who has been pastor of Brownson Me morial Presbyterian Church for the past 10 years, wiU become executive secretary of Fayette- succeeding in that post the Rev. Leighton McKeithen, Jr., a native of Cameron who is becoming pastor of a church at Elkin. Dr. Ligon said this week that he' expects to commute to the Presbytery office at Fayetteville until summer, so that his two children, Frank, 13, and Margaret Anne, 10, can finish their school year here. Dr. Ligon’s wife is the former Margaret Taylor of Lancaster S. C. The Ligons will move to Fayetteville after school is out. "Dr. Ligon, a veteran of Navy service in World War II, was bom in Hendersonville and grew up in Charlotte and Columbia, Tenn. He served as a pastor in Rock Hill, S. C., before coming to Sou thern Pines. His resignation as pastor will come before the congregation of the local church Sunday and it it expected that a pastoral com mittee, to choose a new pastor, will be formed at that time. for the past 10 years by Gilmore honoring the memory of his step father, W. M. Storey of Winston- Salem. Besides the trophy and much applause. Troop 74 won the at tendance award for the second consecutive month. Eagle Badge For Carthage Troop 852 it was also a proud occasion, as one of its members received the Eagle Badge. This was Lee Caviness, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Cavi ness. Making the presentation was Joseph E. Sandlin of South ern Pines, former Moore district chairman, now Occoneechee Council vice-president. Two Local Awards Two other high awards were presented. One, recognizing Southern Pines Post 224 as top Explorer Post of the year, was received by Raoul Trudell, post advisor, in behalf of his unit. The other was the Commis sioner’s Cubbing Award, made to Dr. Bruce Warlick, cubmaster of Southern Pines Pack 73. Presiding was C. Coolidge Thompson of Pinebluff, district advancement chairman. Pine hurst Troop 7 performed the opening ceremony. Rank advancements or merit badges, or both, were presented to Scouts from units in Southern Pines, Aberdeen, Robbins, Car thage and Farm Life., Saunders Named To Bank’s Board William P. Saunders of South ern Pines was elected a director of the Citizens Bank and Trust Co. at a meeting of directors held Friday night, Norris L. Hodgkins, president, announced this week. Mr. Saunders, who resigned in January after four years as di rector of the North Carolina De partment of Conservation and Development, had formerly had a long and successful career in the textile business. He had been j president of Robbins Mills, later j merged with other textile firms, ' and for many years lived at Rob- I bins where he served as mayor _ for a number of terms. Election of Mr. Saunders to the local bank’s board increases the number of directors to 14. At the recent annual meeting of the bank’s stockholders, seven new directors were elected, increasing the board from six to 13 mem bers, with authorization given to the directors to elect others, if they chose, up to a total board membership of 17. Dr. C. C. McLean Named to Local Education Board The town council appointed Dr. C. C. McLean Tuesday night to fill the unexpired term of Harry J. Menzel on the Southern Pines city board of education. Mr. Menzel, who had been a member of the board for about 10 years, died last week. Dr. McLean, who lives on Mid land Road, between Southern Pines and Pinehurst, is a partner in operation of the Sandhill Vet erinary Hospital. His name, the only one placed in nomination, was introduced by Councilman John Ruggles who recalled that for many years it had been cus tomary to have on the board of education a member from out side the Southern Pines town limits, representing the Manly- Midland Road area. The new board member has been active in the Parent-Teach er Association and on the Sou thern Pines School Study Com mittee, the group that is current ly making a study of the curic- ulum and operation of the South ern Pines schools. He is presi dent-elect of the North Carolina State Veterinary Medical Assoc iation. Dr. McLean’s wife is the for mer Laura Dew of Lumber Bridge. They have a daughter, Martha who is a third grade stu dent at the local school. ■f Fire of undetermined origin Wednesday night completely des troyed a hangar at the Southern Pines-Pinehurst airport and a plane which was inside. Southern Pines and Pinehurst fire departments answered the 10:10 p.m. call but arrived to see the metal building ‘‘coUapse like an eggshell,” said Southern Pines Fire Chief Frank H. Kaylor. This was one of three hangars at the airport and was used sole ly for maintenance. Destroyed with it were all the shop equip ment, tools, maintenance supplies and aircraft parts belonging to L. C. and R. E. McKenzie, bro thers who operate an aircraft service, supply and charter busi ness under lease from the coun ty. While the county-owned build ing was insured, there was no insurance on the McKenzies’ equipment and their loss will run to several thousand dollars, said R. E. McKenzie this morn ing. He said they would not know the amount of their loss until an inventory could be made but “it won’t put us out of busi ness”—the business will continue, though necessarily suspended for a short time. Gordon Cameron of Pinehurst, a member of the county’s Airport Committee and former longtime chairman of the board of county commissioners, said today that the hangar was insured for $3,000, but doubted if it could be replac ed for that amount. He said the (Continued on page 8) SYMPHONY TO PLAY AT 8:45 Tonight's performance by the North Carolina Little Symphony, directed by Dr. Benjamin Svralin. will begin at 8:45 p. m. in Weaver Au ditorium, the public was re minded today by the spon soring Sandhills Music Asso ciation. During the concert. Dr. Swalin and Robert Veltetn, concert-master, will per form with the string section in a Bach concerto for two violins. Tickets can be obtained at the box office. Playhouse Sets Feb. 23 Opening The Pinehurst Playhouse, the only professional Broadway Equity union company in North Carolina this winter, will open its 10-week season in Pinehurst Thursday evening, February 23, with presentation of “The Moon Is Blue.” A different Broadway hit play will be presented each week, with performances on Thursday through Sunday nights. The sea son. will end April 30. Curtain time is 8:40 nightly. Second attraction, opening March 2, will be “Streetcar Named Desire.” Donald Filippelli is the pro ducer. 'The company will per form in the former Carolina Theatre which has undergone considerable repairs and redec oration. Harry J. Menzel Funeral Held at Emmanuel Church Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at Emmanuel Episcopal Church for Harry J. Menzel, 59, prominent Southern Pines citizen, who died Thurs day afternoon of last week at Moore Memorial Hospital. The Rev. Martin Caldwell, rec tor, officiated. Burial was in Mount Hope Cemetery. Pallbear ers were N. L. Hodgkins, Jr., Thomas Ruggles, Luther A. Ad ams, James Irwin, John D. Mc Connell and John Howarth. A well-liked and respected member of the Sandhills com munity, Mr. Menzel had been as sociated with Biddle & Co., Pine hurst real estate and insurance firm for 30 years, maintaining his residence in Southern Pines. He was vice-president of the Pine hurst firm. Although Mr. Menzel had not (Continued on page 8) BANKS TO CLOSE The Citizens Bank and Trust Company of Southern Pines and other banks in the area will close Wednesday, February 22, in ob servance of Washington’s Birth day. - RESOLUTION HONORS MR. MENZEL At its regular meeting Tuesday night, the to'wn council directed that a reso lution be dra'wm expressing the coimcil's sympathy in the death of Harry J. Menzel who was a member of the Southern Pines board of ed ucation, also to express the , council's appreciation for his valued services on the board for many-years. Members of the board of education for the Southern Pines city administrative unit are appointed by the town coun^ West End Boys On Probation in Vandalism Case Judgment was continued under strict probationary terms in Moore County Recorder’s Court at Carthage Monday, by Judge J. Vance Rowe in the cases of four West End teen-agers charg ed with malicious destruction of property in breaking 32 windows from the West End High School building recently. The boys are: Donald Farmer, 16; Guy McNeiU, 17; Harold Hunley, 16; and Larry Pusser, 16. They were ordered to pay the costs and the full cost of repair ing the windows. Putting the boys under super vision of the probation officer for the next two years, .Judge Rowe also directed, as terms of continuing judgment: that they be of good behavior for two years, that they stay away from the school grounds until rein stated in school (three were ex pelled for this term and one sus pended for two weeks), that they use every effort possible to ob tain work and keep themselves occupied in their work until re instated in school, and that dur ing the next six months they not operate a motor vehicle off their own premises at night, unless with written permission of the probation officer. If they violate the terms of probation. Judge Rowe warned, they will be given prison terms. Judge Rowe lectured the boys on the meaning of responsibility and said he was giving them a chance to make good. If they don’t, he said, they will have no body but themselves to blame. Savings & Loan In New Building 'The Southern Pines Savings and Loan Association on Monday moved its offices from a location on N. E. Broad St. to its newly constructed building on the cor ner of S. E. Broad St. and New York Ave., Lloyd L. Woolley, president of the association, re ports. The building is completed ex cept for a few details but all furniture had not been received this week. Mr. Woolley said that a formal opening would be held at the new location within 30 days. The building was designed by Hayes, Howell and Associates, local ar chitectural firm. Telephone number at the new location is 695-6222. The office hours are 9 to 4, Monday through Friday^nd 9 to 1 on Saturday.
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