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Hospitals make
news, because they deal with
people. For what’s going on at
the two hospitals in Moore
County, see pages 15 and 16.
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Adlai Stevenson
is where he is most needed, as
ambassador to the U N, says a
Pilot editorial on page 2. Read
more on the subject there.
VOL. 41—NO. 15
SIXTEEN PAGES
SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 1961
SIXTEEN PAGES
PRICE: 10 CENTS
ALL-COUNTY PLAYERS NAMED
Aberdeen Boys, Robbins Girls Win
High School Basketball Tournament
SCHOOL MAKE-UP
DAYS ANNOUNCED
Three days—April 5, 6 and
7—have been cut from the
planned Spring vacation for
students in the Southern
Pines schools, to make up
days lost this year when
schools were closed because
of snow and ice storms.
Supt Luther A. Adams
said the decision was made
by the board of education
this week. As the situation
stands now, the last day of
school before the Spring va
cation will be Thursday,
March 30. Students will re
turn to school on Wednes
day, April 5.
The vacation had been
planned to extend through
the week after Easter (April
2).
New Group Will
Start Workf For
Retarded Children
At a meeting held in the haP
of Emmanuel Church Tuesday
evening, an initial step was tak
en to meet the problem of the ed
ucation of mentally retarded
children in Moore County.
The Moore County Chapter
of the National Association for
Retarded Children was organ
ized, following an address by the
state executive secretary of the
society, Mrs. L. B. Bryant.
Elected president of the new
organization was Mrs. Donald R
Scott of 460 Morganton Road
Mrs. Scott presided at the Tues
day evening meeting, at which
other officers and directors were
elected, as follows: Secretary
Mrs. Paul King and Directors
Dr. Emily Tufts, of Pinehurst
Dr. Charles Phillips, and Dr. W
H Gentry, of McCain, the Rev
Martin Caldwell, the Rev. R. D
Spear, of Aberdeen and Mrs
Hubert J. Watson of Pinebluff'
Members of the steering coni-
mittee, many of whom were
present, are: Mrs. Marjorie Mar
shall, Mrs. Albert Grove, repre
senting the PTA, Town Manager
Louis Scheipers, Mr. and Mrs
Harvey Horne, Mrs. Joseph F
Ganis, Mrs. H. W. Allen, Schools
Superintendent Luther Adams
Mrs. R. D. Spear. Mr. Horne later
accepted the office of treasurer
Among the 25 people present
were five parents of retarded
children, while those directing
the effort include several ‘who
have had previous intensive ex
perience in this and related fields
of community endeavor. The sec-
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By JOEL STUTTS
The Aberdeen Red Devils, s
darkhorse, finishing in 6th posi
tion in the final Conference
standings, seemed to gain confi
dence with each win and captur
ed the boys’ championship in the
Moore County basketball tour
nament at Carthage.
The Aberdeen team which is
capably coached by Raeford
Wells, _ himself being a basket
ball star in the North State Con
ference, had plenty of troubh'
with a determined Westmoore
team in the first round as th('>
won by a 39-34 margin, then
looked much better as they elim
inated a strong West End team
51-47 in the second round of ac-
'tion. In the semi-finals Aber
deen dropped the Elise Bearcats
by a 35-34 margin. Elise of Rob
bins led the Conference most oJ
the season.
In the Championship game
Saturday night the Red Devils
played only for the good shot;
and made them count for a 39-
33 win over Coach Wallace’;
Carthage Bulldogs.
Pete Fields and Bobby Alpert
scored 10 points each for the
champions but were ably assist
ed by Buck Ritter, Jimmy Whit
lock and Melvin Williams. Jack
ie Phillips made 19 points for the
runner-up Carthage team. The
Carthage boys, which v/ere
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p*
Theatre In Pines
Cast Announced
Theatre in the Pines announces
the casting of its second produc
tion, “Night Must Fall,” a mys
tery by Emlyn Williams.
The leading roles will be play
ed by Mrs. 'Voit Gilmore of
Southern Pines and Tom Connol
ly of Pinehurst. In supporting
roles are Mrs. C. E. Millspaugh,
Miss Gary Sutherland, Ed Willis,
Miss Jane Wicker and Miss
Glenda Martin, all of Southern
Pines.
The production is scheduled
for Thursday, Friday and Satur
day April 6, 7, and 8 in Weaver
Auditorium, with curtain time at
8:15. Tickets will be available
soon.
Theatre in the Pines, an ama
teur community theatre group,
was organized last year.
First Service At
New Church Set
First service at the newly con
structed Highland. Baptist
Church, between Southern Pines
and Lakeview on No. 1 highway,
will be held Sunday morning.
The Rev. Lester English, pas
tor, said that there will be Sun
day School at 10:15 a.m. and
preaching at 11.
A revival will start at the
church at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, to
continue through the week with
services at the same hour each
evening. The Rev. W. D. Hud
son of Bladenboro will preach at
these services.
CLARY THOMPSON
SUCCUMBS AT 48
Clary Thompson. 48,
Moore County native who
had a notable career in
journalism and government
service, died Monday at
Bethesida N^val Hospital
Washington, D. C. Burial
with military honors took
place Wednesday in Arling
ton National Cemetery. De
tails are in an obituary on
page 14.
FATHER AND SON—Herbert J. Lahglois of Boston, Mass.,
is in the Sandhills, hunting with the Moore County Hounds
for the 23rd successive year—and this year brought^^ with him
his 13-year-old son, Herbert, Jr., to ride with him in the hunts.
Father and son are pictured here. (Humphrey photo)
HAS BROUGHT MANY PERSONS HERE
Boston Man Has Hunted With Moore
County Hounds Each Year Since ’38
The SandhiUs would suffer
serious loss if this area were tc
lose the Moore County Hound;
—that’s the opinion of a Boston
man who has come here yearly
since 1938 to hunt with the
Hounds.
Herbert J. Langlois, a Boston
Mass., police captain who has
had a lifelong hobby of riding to
Surplus Food
Plans Noted
First shipment of surplus food:
under the new government pro
gram to aid needy persons and
families, is expected in Moore
County March 15, Mrs. W. B,
Cole, welfare superintendent, re
ports.
Tihe food will be distributed tc
various parts of the county from
a central warehouse in Cartilage
Mrs. Cole said. Persons to receive
the food will be certified by the
welfare department.
Persons who are unemployed
partially employed or receiving
public assistance grants will be
eligible to apply for the food
items.
Further details of the program
will be announced.
HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION
Wellman To Write Vol. 2 Of History
Moore County’s historic restor
ations—as well as a Moore Coun
ty amateur photographer—are
quite able to hold their own.
That was the opinion expres
sed by those who attended the
Moore County Historical Assoc
iation meeting held at the library
Tuesday night, following a show
ing of slides of both local and
state subjects, shown by Miss
Mary Logan, member of the as-
Fireman's Ball To
Be Held Saturday
The 28th annual Firemen’s BaT
for benefit of the Southern Pines
Volunteer Fire Department, will
take place Saturday night at the
National Guard armory.
Dancing, for couples only, will
continue from 9 p. m. to 1 a. m
Dave Blum and his orchestra will
provide the music.
MANLY WELLMAN
sociation.
The program was part of an
evening’s affair which included a
meeting of association members
at which short reports were giv
en of the accomplishments of the
historical group during the past
year, followed, after the program,
by a meeting of the directors.
Mrs. Katherine McColl, vice-
president of the association, con
ducted both meetings.
Many visitors were on hand
to enjoy the fine photographs
and explanatory remarks made
by Mrs. Ernest L. Ives. The slides
included a series made by Miss
Logan of the Shaw House and
the Alston House, and also slides
of Tryon Palace and Old Salem
from the State Collection.
Two projects uppermost in cur
rent plans are the building of
the log kitchen at the Alston
House and the production of the
second volume of Moore County
story of the county up to recent
date.
Mrs. Ives reported, as to the
first, that the log cabin which
was to be moved to the Alston
House site had been examined
by W. S. Tarleton, in charge of
historic sites for the State De
partment of Archives, and ad
judged of too late a period for
this revolutionary home recon-
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hounds, bases his opinion on his
own experience over these many
years. He’s seen people com.e
here and settle because of the
hunting—and he’s been respon
sible foi' bringing some of them
to the Sandhills. Mrs. Marv
Doyle, who has a stable or
Youngs Road, is one.
One year, Mr. Langlois broughi
17 persons to Southern Pines foi
the hunting. In the past two dec
ades he thinks he’s probably in
troduced from 75 to .100 persons
to this particular pleasure of life
in the Sandhills.
Tuesday of this week was the
23rd anniversary of Mr. Lang-
lois’^ arrival in Southern Pines
He was on his way to Florida
that February 28, 1938, when he
got off the train here and look
ed up Jackson Boyd, who, with
his brother, the late James Boyd
were joint masters of the Moore
County Hounds at that time. Mr.
Langlois introduced himself, said
that the master of the pack he
hunted with in Massachusetts
had recommended he stop in
Southern Pines—and his long as
sociation with the Sandhills had
begun.
Jackson Boyd said he would
get the Massachusetts man a
horse and asked him to be ready
at 5 o’clock the next morning
“They don’t get out that early
these days,” Mr. Langlois said
this weiek—with both relief and
regret in his voice.
That started it. Mr. Langlois
was back each February until
last year, when he went to Ir#-
land to hunt in the late winter
But he was back here in the fall
when the Moore County Hounds
began to hunt again. And still
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Jaycees To Make
Extensive Survey
Of Community
The Southern Pines Junior
Chamber of Commerce has
launched a “comnjunity develop
ment project” in which it is en
listing public cooperation. Dr. J
E. Currie, president, said this
week.
In th,a project, of which George
Morrison is chairman, the Jay
cees are surveying 11 aspects of
the community: people, organi
zations, government, social agen
cies, churches, economy, tourists
appearance, health education
and recreation.
In each of these fields. Dr
Currie said, the Jaycees them
selves are making an inventory
and are also seeking public opin
ion on various matters in each ol
the fields.
It is in this opinion survey that
the Jaycees are appealing for co
operation.
A questionnaire asking opin
ions on various aspects of each
of the 11 fields of study appears
on page 12 of today’s Pilot. The
Jaycees ask that Pilot reader.';
clip this questionnaire, fill in an
swers and mail it to Mr. Morri
son, the project chairman, at Post
Office Box 314, Southern Pines
All persons living in the area
served by the Southern Pines
telephone exchange are eligible
to participate.
Most of the questions require
only checking a “yes” or “no”
answer. Dr. Currie pointed out,
but some must be answered with
reference to title and number, on
a separate sheet of paper.
The Jaycees ask that question
naires be returned by March 15
although they expect that it will
take almost three months to
complete the survey.
Dr. Currie said that the Jay
cees will welcome cooperation of
any sort, in addition to filling
out the questiohnaire. It may be
he said, that other organization;
or individuals have made studies
in the various fields the Jaycees
are surveying and would have
information valuable to the pres
ent survey.
"When the survey is completed
its results will be available for
any organization or individual
Dr. Currie said. The Jaycees feel
that the survey will produce in
formation that will be valuable
to the town in various ways in
the future.
3 County Postmasters
Replaced by Democrats
BIG DOINGS
COMING UP!
Enthusiastic reports were
received this week from per
sons planning the ttvo big
equestrian events to be held
this month—the Sandhills
100-MUe Ride. March 16-18,
and the Sloneybrook Hunt
Race meeting on March 25.
Entries in both events are
surpassing expectations.
More top horses than ever
before are reported entered
in the Stoneybrook races.
The 100-Mile Ride and ac
companying hospitality
events are being coordinated
through the Town's Adver
tising Committee, with
George H. Leonard, Jr., in
charge. He can be reached
through the Information
Center or Resort Realty and
Insurance Co.
Donald D. Kennedy, chair
man of the Stoneybrook
Hunt Racing Association,
has an ofilice in the McKen
zie Building on W. New
Hampshire Ave.
Full detciils of both events
will appear in coming edi
tions of The Pilot.
Uniform Benefit
Contest ‘Success’
The recent basketball game
played here between the local
Little Nine semi-pro team and
Rosie’s Major Leaguers, for ben
efit of the school band uniform
fund of the Band Boosters Club
was a “success in every way,” C
A. McLauchlin, Boosters Club
president, said this week. The
game was sponsored by the
Junior Chamber of Commerce.
“Not only was the game a suc
cess financially, producing
enough to purchase several uni
forms,” he said^ “but most of all
we appreciated the support oi
so many persons. If this cooper
ation continues, I know we can
reach our goal of a complete set
of new uniforms for all the band
members and majorettes. We
have several other fund-raising
projects planned.”
PANCAKE JAMBOREE
The. ■ Southern Pines Rotary
Club will serve pancakes and
sausage from 7 a. m. till 3 p. m
on Thursday of next week
March 9, at the Fellowship Hall
of the Church of Wide Fellow
ship. Tickets can be obtained
from any Rotarian. Proceeds will
go to the .club’s civic projects.
Sandhills Pine
Cones, Boughs In
Cincinnati Show
Although tentative plans, made
several months ago, for this area
to have a booth in the North
Carolina exhibit in the Ohio 'Val
ley Travel Show at Cincinnati
did not materialize, the Sand
hills will be represented at the
show by longleaf pine cones and
boughs. The show is taking place
March 4-12, -and is expected to be
seen by more than 100,000 po
tential tourists.
A box of cones and boughs was
sent to Cincinnati by Air Express
Monday, at request of the State
News Bureau, by Jeanie Butler
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Pau
Butler of Midland Road. Jeanie,
who will be 16 Tuesday, over the
past few years has built up a
thriving cone sales business, spe
cializing in shipping out the
unique big cones at Christmas
time, but also selling them
throughout the year.
The Travel Council of North
Carolina is sponsoring the North
Carolina exhibit. Several coastal
and mountain Chambers of Com
merce and Piedmont Airlines
will have booths in the show.
Services of three acting Re
publican postmasters were ter
minated Friday and three acting
Democratic postmasters were in
stalled when a represeiitative ol
the Post Office Department vis
ited Moore County.
At Aberdeen, Miss Edna Mau
rer, who has worked in the post
office since 1925 and was post
master from 1934 to 1958, took
over as postmaster from Mrs.
Evelyn Garrison.
At Carthage, Democrat Gilbert
Bailey replaced R. G. Wallace;
and at Robbins, A. H. Trotter
who said this week that he had
resigned to assist his son at th-e
Trotter Furniture Co., was re
placed by Arnold Swindell.
The acting postmaster in
Southern Pines, Republican Max
Rush, remains in office, but with
the expectation that he will be
replaced by Democrat J. W
Causey. Post office personnel
said that the three acting post
masters who were installed were
currently employed at their re
spective post offices and were
therefore qualified to take over
at once. Various checks must be
made of Mr. Causey before he
could be installed, it was ex
plained.
Before the Democrats can 'oe
confirmed, they must take ■■
Civil Service examination which
other applicants for the posts are
also privileged to take.
Confirmation of the three oust
ed acting Republican postmaster;
had been blocked—in the case oi
Mr. Trotter, for more than seven
years—by lack of this action in
Congress.
The three acting postmaster;
who were installed were endors
ed by their Democratic precinct
committees, the county executive
committee nad Rep. A. Paul
Kitchin, Eighth District Con
gressman.
DRIVE OPENS MARCH 1
Scott Heading Red Cross Campaign
Joseph I. Scott of Southern
Pines has been named chairman
of the 1961 fund raising cam
paign of the Moore County chap
ter, American Red Cross, it was
announced this week by the Rev
Martin Caldwell, chapter chair
man.
The campaign bega;n yester
day. Community chairmen
throughout the county will be
announced.
JOSEPH I. SCOTT
A resident of Southern Pines
since November, 1954, when he
came here to be associated with
the Eugene C. Stevens Insurance
Agency, Mr. Scott has been ac
tive in professional and civic or
ganizations. On January 1, 1958
he purchased the insurance busi
ness from Mr. Stevens, changing
the name to the ScoA Insurnace
Agency and Realty Company,
the firm he now heads.
Mr. Scott was president of the
Southern Pines Chamber ol
Commerce in 1957 and of the
Southern Pines Rotary Club
1957-’58. He was a member of the
Town Advertising Committee in
1958.
He is now serving as chairman
in a nine-county area for the
public relations program of the
N. C. Association of Insurance
Agents, Inc. He is a member of
the Southern Pines Board ol
Realtors and the local Elks
Lodge. Mr. Scott and his wife,
the former Margaret V. Clarke ol
Petersburg, Va., are members ol
the First Baptist CHurch.
Born in Nashville Tenn., Mr
Scott attended Southern Meth
odist University and Purdue Uni
versity. He was active in banking
and insurance fields in Peters
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Barton Becomes
New Manager Of
Belvedere Hotel
The Belvedere Hotel on V/
Pennsylvania Ave. has been leas
ed to Ken L. Barton who took
over active management of the
hotel last week. Mr. and Mrs. J
Addison Smith of Greensboro
are the owners.
As lessee-manager, Mr. Barton
succeeds Mr. and Mrs. Albert
Walker of Troy, whose leasing
of the hotel was announced last
December.
Mr. Barton will be assisted by
McHenry B. Clark, native of
Reidsville and a brother-in-law
of the late Robert Lee Hart who
for many years was a resident
of Southern Pines.
Before coming to Southern
Pines, Mr. Barton was with the
Daytona Plaza Hotel in Daytona
Beach, Fla. He had previously
been the owner and manager of
a credit bureau at Malone in
upper New York State. He is f
member of the Elks and a past
president of the Kiwanis Club at
Malone.
The new management plans
extensive renovations at the ho
tel, Mr. Barton said. These will
be supervised by Mrs. Leona
Maycock who is associated with
the Trade Winds Club and Motel
at Melbourne, Fla., and Lee’s Inn
and Motel at Highlands, N. C.
Facilities of the hotel will be
available to civic groups, Mr
Barton said.
Appalachian
Alumni To Meet
Moore County alumni of Ap
palachian State Teachers College
at Boone will gather at Howard
Johnson’s Restaurant, Monday
March 6, at 7 p. m. for a steak
dinner and the group’s annual
meeting.
Officers will be elected and a
new film, “Appalachian: Alma
Mater in the HiUs,” will be
shown.