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Savings and Loan
Invites Public to
Building Opening
Formal opening of the new
Southern Pines Savings and
Loan Association building, 205
S. E. Broad St., at the corner of
New York Ave., has been an
nounced for Friday, April 21,
from 4 to 9 p. m.
The public is invited to visit
the building—a striking modem
structure designed by Hayes,
Howell and Associates, local ar
chitectural firm—at that time.
Officers, directors and staff will
be on hand to welcome visitors.
Refreshments will be served.
The building has been occu
pied since February but a formal
opening was delayed pending
completion of certain details and
arrival of all furnishings.
The new home of the Savings
and Loan climaxes a steadily ex
panding and continuously suc
cessful history of the organiza
tion which was founded in Feb
ruary, 1922, and opened for busi
ness in March of that year.
Assets at the end of the first
year of operation were listed at
$22,310, as compared with assets
of $1,404,577 at the end of last
year. In the 15 years since 1945,
the assets grew to the 1960 fig
ure from $163,611.
L. L. Woolley is president; W.
Harry Fullenwider, first vice-
president and R. W. Tate, second
vice-president. Other members of
the board of directors are Dr. W.
H. Johnson, Miss Frances Swartz,
M. L. Farrior, H. M. Patterson,
Troy Geer, J. T. Overton, Harris
Blake, A. L. Burney and J. E.
Causey.
Mrs. Mary McL. McCallum,
who has been with the or
ganization since 1948, is secre
tary-treasurer, a post she has
held since 1951. Mrs. Ruth Hogan
is assistant-secretary-treasurer
and Mrs. Betsy Hitson is teller.
Further information about the
history of the Association and the
new building will appear in next
week’s Pilot, prior to the formal
opening.
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QUEEN OF SANDHILLS— Miss Frances
Ann Ehrhardt, center, sponsored by Pinehurst
School, was chosen Queen of the Sandhills at
the annual Pinehurst Volunteer Firemen’s dance
and beauty contest at the Pinehurst Country
Club last Friday night. Miss Karen Johnson,
right, sponsored by Southern Pines High School,
placed second and Ruby Louise Chappell, left,
sponsored by Carthage High School was voted
third place. Nineteen girls took part in the
contest. Miss Ehrhardt is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Herbert W. Ehrhardt, Jr., of Pinehurst.
(Hemmer photo)
Medal Presented
To Son on Behalf
Of Chief Newton
A medal of merit and accom
panying scroll, awarded' post
humously to Police Chief C. E.
Newton, who was fatally shot in
line of duty March 3, was pre
sented Wednesday afternoon to
his son, John Scott Newton, as
next of kin, in a ceremony at
the town hall courtroom.
The awards were made by the
National Police Officers Associa
tion of America, a nation-wide
organization that maintains the
National Police Museum at Port
Charlotte, Fla., where Chief New
ton’s name will be placed in the
Police Hall of Fame.
Making the presentation was
Police Chief Harold R. Franks of
Clinton, who is North Carolina
secretary of the Association.
Present also were Miss Mary
Scott Newton, Chief Newton’s
sister; Mayor R. S. Ewing, Town
Manager Louis Scheipers, Tax
Collector F. F. Rainey, Police
Chief Earl S. Seawell and Town
Councilmen H. H. Pethick and
Felton Capel.
An inscription on the framed
scroll states that the award is
made “in recognition of out
standing heroism, valor and mer
itorious service above and be
yond the call of duty.”
Louis Scheipers, Town
Manaj^er, Leaves June 1
LEBHARY WEEK
The Southern Pines public
library will join in a nation
wide observance of National
Library Week next week.
Mrs. Stanley Lambourne, li
brarian, reports.
Designed to promote read
ing and the use of public
libraries, the week has a
slogan: "Open wonderful new
worlds—wake up and read."
Posters and book displays
will be arranged at the li
brary and there will be a
window display at Barnum
Realty and Insurance Co.,
with theme, "Africa in Tran
sition."
Book jackets will be on
view in the library's art
gallery.
Adults and children not
now registered as library
users are urged to sign cards
and begin use of library faci
lities next week.
Bowling Tourney
Opens Saturday
The Sandhill Bowling Associa
tion’s first’ annual handicap
championship tournament (ABC-
sanctioned) will be held Saturday
and Sunday, April 15 and 16, at
the OK Bowl, from 9 a.m. to
midnight each day.
There will be teams, doubles
and singles matches. Any sanc
tioned league is eligible for the
competition.
WELL RECEIVED
“Night Must Fall,” the Thea-
tre-in-the-Pines production pre
sented three nights last week,
was enthusiastically received by
its audiences. A review of the
play, omitted from this edition
of The Pilot because of space re- [ home and off the school grounds
quirements, will appear next where their presence has become
week. ' a hazard to youngsters, he said
Mrs. Grove Named
PTA President;
Exhibits Viewed
Mrs. Albert Grove of Midland
Road was elected president of
the East Southern Pines Parent-
Teacher Association at the
group’s April meeting in Weaver
Auditorium Monday night. She
will succeed Max G. Rush after
installation with other officers,
at the May 8 meeting when a
fashion show will be staged by
Miss Loree Keen’s home econom
ics class.
Mrs. Grove headed a slate of
officers who were elected unani
mously. The other officers are:
Dr. W. Harrell Johnson, first vice
president; Miss Annie Margaret
Brewer (faculty representative),
second vice president; Mrs. Rob
ert Leland, secretary; and Mrs.
Charles Phillips, treasurer.
Monday night’s program con
sisted of open house in rooms of
the elementary and high school,
with teachers on hand to wel
come parents to exhibits on
science themes, correlated with
the teaching program.
Mrs. John McPhaul, junioi
science teacher, welcomed par
ents on behalf of students and
faculty.
During the business session,
Supt. Luther A. Adams made a
plea to parents to keep dogs at
Pre-School Clinic
Scheduled Tuesday
Parents of children to enter the
East Southern Pines school this
year were reminded today that
registration for these children
will take place at the elementary
school building Tuesday, from 9
to 11:30 a. m. A birth certificate
and immunization certificate
from a physician should be pre
sented at that time. Children
whose family names begin with
the letters A through K are ask
ed to come before 10 o’clock, the
others from 10 to 11:30.
90 Boys Report for Little League
A total of 90 youngsters will
participate in the local Little
League baseball program this
summer. More are expected to
register as opening games draw
near.
Work-outs have been conducted
the past two Saturdays with one
more remaining this Saturday,
These work-outs are being held
in an effort to set up the four-
team Little League, with 48
, J. . I to this program a Southern Pines
players and the four-team Minorleague Booster pin and a
Leape which consists of somelg^^^^j^ schedule, all
44 boys, and to divide them ac- ^hese donations will en
able the league to pay for insur
ance coverage for all the boys
and to help purchese more uni
forms needed for the Minor
League. The public will be notifi
ed when contributions can be
made, as the pins are not yet
available.
150 Students to
Sing, Cup Award
Set Friday Night
A chorus composed of 150 stu
dents of 10 Moore County high
school glee clubs will sing in the
Picquet Music Festival, sponsor
ed by the Sandhills Kiwanis
Club, at Weaver Auditorium at
8 p. m. Friday, directed by Dr.
Arnold Hoffman, state supervis
or of music. The public is invited.
There is no admission charge.
Nineteen selected members of
the Southern Pines High School
Glee Club will be among the
singers. William McAdams, di
rector of the local glee club, is
chairman of the festival.
Featured in the intermission
will be awarding of the first Ki
wanis Junior Builder’s Cup to a
senior from a Moore County High
school.
Students nominated by their
schools, with a resume of their
academic and extra-curricular
record to help in judging, are:
Charles Mac Long, Pinehurst;
Bonnie Callahan, Vass-Lakeview;
Robert Lee Kelly, Jr., Carthage;
ed some 70 uniforms for six of 'William Alex Brady, Abci(^en,
the eight teams. This was made .
possible through donations maefe (Robbins); Nancy Aumai,
by the Pine Needles Lodges and End; Judy Stanley, Came ion.
Country Club, The Mid Pines, (Continued on page 8)
Trimble Products Inc., the Lions
Club, The Dunes Club and indi
viduals who wished to remain
anonymous.
Plans are being made to offer
anyone who wishes to contribute
Jaycees to Hold
Driving Contest
For Teen-agers
The Southern Pines Junior
Chamber of Commerce will con
duct a Teen Age Road-E-O on
Sunday, April 23, on the parking
lot of the A&P store. S'. W. Broad
St.
This driving program, which
will be coupled with a written
examination, is designed to en
courage safe driving habits
among teen age drivers.
The local winner will receive
an expense paid trip to the State
Te-en Age Road-E-O in High
Point, June 10, 11. State winners
will compete nationally for sev
eral valuable college scholar
ships.
This is the first time this event
has been operated in Southern
Pines. It is hoped that it v/ill
prove successful and that it can
be included annually in the local
Jaycee’s program of activities for
teen agers, said Glenn L. Cox,
local high school principal,
is chairman for the event.
Albert F. Smith
Joins Police Dept.
Albert Fonda Smith, 23, began
work as a patrolman with the
Southern Pines police department
Monday night. He fills a vacancy
left by promotion of G. L. Wright
to sergeant and brings the de
partment up to its full seven-man
membership.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Claude F.
Smith, Sr., of Marston, the new
officer is a graduate of Hoffman
High School and had previously
i attended Valley Forge Military
Academy at Wayne, Pa.
On finishing school, he served
in the U. S. Coast Guard, 1955-59,
serving as a flight engineer on
B-24 bombers and C-54 cargo
planes, with an air-sea search and
rescue unit, in Alaska and the
Far East. After he left the service,
he worked with his father and
brother, Claude F. Smith, Jr., in
the family-owned Marston plants
making brooms, mops and mop
and broom handles.
Mr. Smith was married in
December to the former Pansy
(Pat) McLamb of Cumberland
who County. They are living at the
Allen Trailer Park here.
Louis Scheipers, Southern
I Pines town manager since Janu
ary 1, 1957, has resigned, effective
June 1, to become city manager
at Greenville, N. C.
His resignation, submitted by
letter this weekend, was accept
ed Tuesday night by the council
in regular meeting “vvith regret,
and appreciation for all he has
done for the town.” 'The town at
torney was instructed to. draw up
a resolution of appreciation for
his services. Selection of a new
town manager will be left to the
council to be elected in the May
2 election, present council mem
bers agreed Tuesday.
Mr. Scheipers, 40 yehrs old,
moved here with his family in
1934 from Lawrence, Mass., and
has lived here ever since except
for five years (1948-1953) when
he returned to Masachusetts.
He was employed by the Town
in April, 1953, as tax collector
and assistant clerk, remaining
through the change to council-
manager government one month
later. Soon afterward, he was ap
pointed administrative assistant
by th.3 new town manager, the
late Tom W. Cunningham, from
whom, during the next three and
a half years, he received inten
sive training in all phases of the
town’s administration. He was
appointed manager on Cunning
ham’s resignation at the end of
1956.
Courses Taken
Since that time, he has taken
various professional courses un
der the Institute of Government,
attending tax school, planning
Dr. J. S. Milliken
Succumbs at 70;
Rites Set Friday
Funeral services for Dr. James
Shepherd Milliken, 70, who died
unexpectedly early Wednesday
inorning at his home, 210 E. New
Hampshire Ave., will be held
at Emmanuel Episcopal Church
at 2 p. m. Friday, with the rec
tor, the Rev. Martin Caldwell, of
ficiating. Burial will be at Mount
Hope Cemetery.
Active pallbearers will be R. F.
Hoke Pollock, Burton Q. Perham,
Norris L. Hodgkins, Jr., Williain
Ed Cox, Jr., Dr. Robert VandeF-
Voort and Morris Johnson. Mem
bers of the Moore County Medi
cal Society will be honorary pall-
bears.
Dr. MiUiken practiced medi
cine in Southern Pines for 40
years, coming here in 1921, mak
ing him the longest-practicing
physician in Moore County. He
continued active in his profes
sion until his death, maintaining
an office in the building he owned StnTl
for many years at the corner of :5lOp nCFe
Pennsylvania Ave. and S. E.
Broad St. A few years ago, he
sold the building to the Town,
for use as the Information Cen
ter, but reserved office space in
it which he continued to use.
He was a former president of
the Moore County Medical So
ciety; a member of the North Car-
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school, finance school and others
related to his work, and has be
come one of the best and most
favorably known small-city man
agers in the State. He has turned
down several opportunities to go
to better-paying positions in larg-
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Cancer Campaign
Starts; ‘Caravan’
cording to experience and ability.
This season, the coaches and
commissioner have decided to
have a team from the Minor Lea
gue represent a team in the
Little League as a farm club.
This plan will give boys who play
in the Minor League a chance to
advance to the Little League dur
ing the season and will also eli
minate forfit games due to boys
attending summer camp and for
other reasons.
Team names are: Little League:
Dodgers, Braves, Cardinals and
Pirates. Minor League; Yanks,
Reds, Cubs and Tigers.
Last season the league purchas-
The coaches wil meet with the
commissioner next week to select
players for the various teams.
Any boys who have not been
out for the work-outs and who
plan to participate are a^ked to
meet at the local park Saturday
afternoon at 1:30, as this will be | fire station where Mrs.
the final try-out period. Kaylor is registrar.
Five Candidates
File for Council
With filing time in the town
election of May 2 slated to end
at noon, Saturday, five candidates
for the council and one each for
judge and solicitor of recorder’s
court had filed by noon today.
Filing for the council are in
cumbents Mayor R. S. Ewing and
Councilmen J. D. Hobbs and Fel
ton Capel. Also filing for the
council are Dante Montesanti and
Ronald Palazzetti.
Judge W. Harry Fullenwider
has filed for reelection to his
office and Howard Broughton for
the solicitor’s post.
Registration for the town elect
ion, for those persons not proper
ly listed on the town election
books, will begin Saturday at the
Grace
Older Persons’
Tax Exemption
Opposed by Town
PATSY McREE
EMMADAY COLLINS
Local Girls in ‘Miss Sanford’ Contest
Friday Night; Others in Event at Cary
A former homecoming queen
of Southern Pines High School,
Miss Emmaday Collins, and thq
current titleholder, Miss Patsy
McRee, are competitors for the
“Miss Sanford” crown in tomor
row night’s beauty and talent
contest sponsored by the Jaycees
of that city. Winner of the con
test is eligible for the Miss North
Carolina pageant this summer.
Miss McRefe also holds the
“Miss Moore County” title, won
last fall at the county fair in Car
thage. A member of this year’s
graduating class here, she is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. H.
McRee of 275 North May St.
For her part in the talent line
up, Miss McRee expects to sing
“I’m Just a Girl That Can’t Say
No” from the musical “Okla
homa.” Mrs. John A. McPhaul
will be her accompanist.
The daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Harold A. Collins of Young’s Rd.,
Emmaday graduated last year
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Town Attorney W. Lament
Brown, oh request of the town
council in regular session Tues
day night, appeared Wednesday
before the Joint Finance Com
mittee of the General Assembly
at Raleigh to represent the Town
in “vigorous opposition” to cer
tain tax proposals.
The one which earned tb-a
council’s most earnest condemna
tion was that allowing a $5,000
real property exemption for
owners 65 years old or older.
This would hit Southern Pines
harder than most towns becau.v?
of its large number of retired cit
izens, the council decided.
While meant as an inducement
to retired persons to move to
North Carolina, the effect would
be to cut down ad valorem rev
enue to the point the town tax
rate would be forced to shoot
skyward.
The council had already ex
pressed its opposition to the
proposal that sales tax exemp
tions be removed from munici
pal purchases. Another under
loonsideration was a franchise
tax on municipally owned util
ities, for which the towns would
later receive a refund.
Fund appeal letters are going
out this week in the Southern
Pines drive of the Moore County
chapter of the American Cancer
Society, Joe Montesanti, Jr., lo
cal chairman, reports.
Canvassing in the business sec
tion will be headed by J. D.
Hobbs, the chairman said. Plans
are being made for canvassing in
the residential areas.
The Southern Pines quota in
the county campaign is $1,400.
Checks should be sent to Mr.
Montesanti at Box 26, Southern
Pines.
Dramatizing the life-saving as
pects of the Cancer Crusade, a
white “Moosemobile,” sponsored
by the North Carolina Moose As
sociation knd carrying the Cancer
Society’s “sword of hope” across
North Carolina from Manteo to
Murphy, stopped here early
Wednesday afternoon.
This “cancer caravan” was met
at the town hall by J. Cecil Beith,
county chairman for the cancer
crusade; Mayor R. S. Ewing; F.
F. Rainey, town tax collector,
Emerson Humphrey, represent
ing the local Moose lodge; and
Mrs. Wade Walters, Jr., of Aber
deen, a cured cancer patient.
Mayor Ewing signed the “Sword
of Hope scroll” carried by the
Moosemobile.
ACTOR STRICKEN
WOMEN'S TOURNEY
The North and South Women’s
golf tournament will open at
^ Pinehurst Monday} to run
through Friday.
Pinehurst Play
To Open Friday
Opening of the Pinehurst Play
house production of “Bom Yes
terday,” scheduled for tonight,
has been postponed to Friday
night, after starring actor Louis
Filett collapsed during a rehear
sal this morning. Ed Bordo, res
ident character man, is taking
over the role. A story elsewhere
in today’s Pilot, stating that Mr.
Filett will appear in the play,
was printed in an earlier press
run this week and could not be
revised. The stricken actor was
reported not to be seriously ill
but unable to continue with the
part.