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VOL. 41—NO. 26
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Elks Golf
Event Has
Bi^ Field
More than 100 members of Elks
lodges in North Carolina, South
Carolina and Virginia—many
with wives or guests—are ex
pected here this weekend to com
pete in the second annual South
ern Pines Elks ^ Amateur Golf
Tournament, to be played over
the Country Club course.
Sponsored by Southern Pines
Elks Lodge No. 1692, the 36-hole,
medal play event had 110 entries
early this week, with 10 or 15
mor.3 expected, according to Dr.
Boyd Starnes, chairman of the
Elks committee. Charles Marcum
of Whispering Pines, golf pro
fessional who is a representative
of a golf equipment company,
will be the tournament director.
Ths course will be open for
practice rounds on Friday. There
will be a party for contestants at
the Country Club Friday at 6 p.
m.
Qualifying rounds will be play
ed on Saturday, with a bridge
and luncheon scheduled for the
ladies at the Country Club at 1
p. m. A driving and hole-in-one
contest is set for 5 p. m. There
will be a dance for all contes
tants, wives and guests Satur
day night.
Presentation of trophies to
winners and runners-up in all
flights will be made at the. Coun
try Club at 6 p. m. Sunday, fol
lowing 18 holes of medal play by
all flights.
Art Ruffin of Wilson, 1960 win
ner, will defend his title. Also
playing will be Bill Woodward
of Robbins, last year’s runner-up.
Among the outstanding ama
teurs entered are Cecil Thomp
son of Lumberton and Rock Zam-
miello of Gastonia. Among local
entries counted on for top per
formances are Barney Avery,
Clark Worth and Will Wiggs.
Perry Frye of Galax, Va., for
merly of Carthage, will play.
Hugo Germino, sports editor
of the Durham Sun is one of a
group of eight or 10 players from
Durham who are entered.
The course is in excellent
shape. Dr. Starnes said. Since the
tournament last year, greens have
been enlarged and recountoured,
with pin placements that make
for tough putting. Tees have
been lengthened.
Dick Mattocks is assisting Dr.
Starnes on the committee whose
other members are Morris John
son, Hollie Sisk and Joe Steed.
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SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY 18, 1961
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BATTERIES for the four local Little League
teams are busy this week warming up for
Saturday’s season openers. They are pictured,
catchers in front, pitchers in back. By teams,
they are, left to right, catcher named first:
Braves, Eddie Bushby and Pete Buchan; Cards,
Harold Wintori. and Teddy Nanopoulos; Dodgers,
Tommy Perry and Fordham Wicker; Pirates,
Richard Mallow and Ricky Johnson.
(Humphrey photo)
PARADE. CEREMONY, GAMES SET SATURDAY
Little League Day^ to Open Season
Red Gross Elects
Officers, Honors
Donors of Blood
Officers for 1961-62 were elect
ed and persons who have given
a gallon or more of blood were
honored at the annual meeting of
the Moore County chapter,
American Red Cross, held at
Howard Johnson’s Restaurant
Friday.
Attending the dinner meeting
were officers, directors, some of
the honored blood donors and
others.
A slate of officers and two
members of the board of direc
tors, who will all take office in
October, were elected, as present
ed by the nominating committee,
James D. Hobbs and C. H. Bow
man. Under a change approved
at the meeting, the officers will
serve for two years, rather than
one year as heretofore. Directors
serve staggered, three-year terms,
two of them coming up for elec
tion this year.
The new officers are: the Rev.
Martin Caldwell, reelected chap
ter chairman; Brig. Gen. L. W.
Miller, first vice chairman; Dr.
Harold Peck, second vice chair
man; E. Earl Hubbard, reelected
treasurer.
Dr. Emily Tufts of Pinehurst
and J. W. Morgan of Vass were
reelected to the board of direc
tors.
No nomination was made for
secretary, a post now vacant be-
(Continued on page 8)
The Southern Pines Little
League Baseball program will
mark its official opening Satur
day, May 20. Little League Day
activities will begin with a parade
featuring 104 boys in uniform,
queens, and high school band and
majorettes, at 10 a.m.
At 2 p.m. the Minor League will
open as the Reds take on the
Cubs. The Tigers will play the
Yanks at 3:30. There are four
Little League and four Minor
League teams, all playing in the
same program.
At 6 p.m., teams and queens
will be introduced by the league
commissioner, Frank Buchem, fol
lowed by a speech by Mayor
John Ruggles at 6:15. The mayor
will throw out the first ball.
Little League action will begin
at 6:30 as the defending Champ
ion Cardinals, coached by Joel
Stutts, will take on Shirley
Wooster’s Braves. James Pate’s
Dodgers wiU later meet the
Pirates who are coached by Eu
gene Sessoms. A roster of the
teams and other information ap-
I>ear in a full-page advertisement
in today’s Pilot.
Several hundred parents and
others attended the pre-season
games played last Saturady even
ing as all 104 boys participated.
It is hoped that parents and others
will continue to support the
Little League program by at
tending the games, said the league
commissioner and coaches who
also expressed theh" appreciation
WRONG HEAD
The headline, “Vass News,” was
inadvertently placed over the
Pinehurst news column on page
17. The Pilot regrets the error.
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WGKTH IT.'-Mike Michaels,
8th grade student, waves his $10
bill in triumph after he scaled a
greased pole to take possession of
the prize 'money pinned at the
top, during Saturday’s junior
high school track meet at Mem
orial Field. Winners of all events
in the meet are listed elsewhere
in today’s Pilot. (Photo by Nor
man McKenzie)
to all who have contributed to
th.e Little League.
“Although these contributors
are too numerous to mention,
they include The Elks Club, The
Pine Needles Country Club, Trim
ble Products Inc., Fletcher South
ern, The Lions Club, The Mid
Pines Club, June Blue, Donald
Denoff and others,” the statement
said.
Billy Megginson, who is the
high school coach and summer
recreation director, will umpire
the Little League games this sea
son.
Queens chosen by the teams
from girls their own age include:
Little League—Dodgers, Kathy
Shomaker; Cardinals, Terry
Crowley; Pirates, Gwen McKen
zie; Braves, Karen Danjels.
Minor League—^Reds (not yet
announced); Tigers, Sally Kim
ball; Cubs, Betty Lou Ridley;
Yanks, Brenda Lucas.
Kenneth Combs
Found Fatally
Shot in Truck
Kenneth Malcolm Combs, 44, of
West End, a carpenter for Wise
Homes, Inc., of Southern Pines,
was found fatally shot in his
pickup truck parked on the Lau-
rinburg Road in Scotland county
Tuesday about 3:45 p. m.
The truck had a load of pine-
straw in the back, which was on
fire.
A passing motorist saw the
blaze, stopped and pulled Combs
from the cab. He was unconscious
and bleeding from a pistol wound
on the right side of his head, and
died within a few minutes.
An ambulance and rescue squad
arrived quickly from Laurinburg,
also Sheriff B. P. Lytch Und Cor
oner Hewitt McDougal. The cor
oner said Wednesday morning
the death appeared to be suicide,
but the investigation was not
complete and he was not yet
ready to rule out the possibility
of foul play.
He said the death resulted
from a single shot from a small
.22 revolver, which was found on
the floor of the cab. It was iden
tified as Combs’ revolver, which
he was said to carry with him
habitually in his truck.
Combs’ papers and billfold,
containing a $1 bill, were found
on his person, and he was identi
fied also by a friend, John Chavis
of Laurinburg, a salesman for
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Young Musicians to Perform Saturday
The 12th annual Young Mu
sicians Concert, presenting ad
vanced pupils of Moore County
music teachers, will be held on
Saturday at 8:30 p. m. at the
Pinehurst Country Club.
This is a traditional extra per
formance sponsored by the Sand
hills Music association, rounding
out its concert series for the sea
son. The public is invited, with
out charge.
Dr. Charles Phillips president
of the association, will serve as
master of ceremonies. Mrs. Phil
lips is program chairman for the
concert.
Presenting a varied program of
works by composers ranging
from Chopin to MacDowell, from
Beethoven to Verdi and Liszt,
will be the following young pian
ists, listed with the names of
their teachers:
Southern Pines—Janite Bor
oughs (Mrs. Eugene Sessoms);
Janet Phillips (Mrs. Sara W.
Hodgkins); Andy Scott (Mrs.
Thomas R. Howerton); Clara
Willcox Harper (Mrs. C. R.
Mills); Terry Marie Smithson
(Sister Helen Philip, S. N. D.)
Aberdeen—Gloria Cruce (Mrs.
Theodore Webb); Linda Edwards
(Mrs. Nell Jones); Martha Wicks
(Mrs. C. H. Storey).
Robbins—Jackie Sue Beck
(Mrs. William F. Hancock).
Pinehurst—Ann Ehrhardt (Miss
Ann Hovis).
Carthage—Jane Caviness (Mrs.
H. G. Poole). Jane, a voice stu
dent of Mrs. C. G. Spencer, Jr.,
will also sing a solo number.
West End—Libba Johnson
(Mrs. John E. Bartley).
Vass-Lakeview—Chuck Priest
(Mrs. Kate H. Meinnis).
Cameron—Carol Parker (Mrs.
Warren G. Ferguson.
In addition there will be a
folk song by a trio composed of
Janice McLean and Sharon Blue
of Eagle Springs and Billie
Blanchard, guitarist, of Farm
Life, pupils of Mrs. C. L. Hensley.
Muddim-er Named
1961-62 President
Of Music Assn.
Leonard Muddimer, president
elect for the past year of the
Sandhills Music Association was
elected president for the coming
season Monday evening at the
annual meeting of the society.
President for the 1960-1961
season is Mrs. James Boyd, at
whose home, Weymouth, the
meeting was held. Mrs. Boyd
served as part-time president
during the past year.
Elected vice-president was Dr.
Harrell Johnson, a member of
the board for several years. Both
the treasurer, Mrs. John S. Rug
gles, and secretary, Mrs. Bill
Benson, were re-elected. The as
sociation also elected three new
directors: Drs. Charles S. Phillips
and William F. Hollister, and Mrs.
Audrey K. Kennedy.
Reports of the past year’s ef
forts show a credit balance in the
treasury and greatly increased
membership. Discussion of the
past concert series elecited the
general opinion that the choice
of programs had been satisfac
tory. A drop in attendance . at
several concerts was attributed
largely to conflicts with other
events.
Mrs. Charles S. Phillips, in
charge of the Young People’s
Concert to be held this Saturday,
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Newton Memorial Fund
Drive Slated Saturday
AHMED FORCES DAY
Armed Forces Day—Sal*-
urday. May 20—will be ob
served with "open house" at
Fort Bragg and Pope Air
Force Base.
The public is invited to see
many displays and demon
strations of military equip
ment going on at the two ad
joining bases that are less
than an hour's drive from^
Southern Pines.
Army and Air Force will
combine their efforts in a
mobility - airborne training
exercise starting at 3 p. m.
at the Sicily drop zone, to
include both airdrops and
airlandings of Army airborne
forces and equipment.
Complete programs for
both Fort Bragg and Pope
AFB displays and events ap
peared in last week's Pilot.
The Fort Bragg events run
tfrom 8 a. m. to 5 p. m. The
hours at Pope AFB are 10 a.
m. to 3 p. m.
An intensive drive to complete
contributions to the Newton
Memorial Fund will be conducted
Saturday, according to Dante
Montesanti, chairman of a com
mittee appointed by the town
council to collect and manage the
fund.
Money collected, which already
amounts to more than $1,200, will
be used for a project carried out
in memory of Police Chief C. E.
Newton who was fatally shot in
line of duty on March 3. Nature
of the project has not been final
ly decided by the committee.
Boy Scouts and members of the
BPO Does will take part in Sat
urday’s collection, receiving con
tributions at several locations in
the business section.
Contributions may also be sent
to Mr. Montesanti or to the town
office.
The chairman said that all do
nations should be made soon so
that the drive can be closed out
and work on the chosen project
can begin.
Golden Jubilee
Ending Friday
In Hoke County
Hoke County’s Sunday-throulgh-
Friday Golden Jubilee celebra
tion, marking creation of the
county 50 years ago, is continu
ing today with “Farmer’s Day”
featuring a farm equipment show
along Main Street in Raeford
and, this afternoon, a 4-H Club
stock sale, a beard-judging con
test and presentation of beard
awards at 7:30 p. m. tonight in
Armory Park.
Tlie park tonight will be the
scene of the fourth performance
of “Hoke’s Heritage,” an histori
cal pageant, at 8:15 p. m. The
final performance of this pageant,
with a cast of 250 Hoke County
people, will be given at the same
hour tomorrow (Friday) night.
Tomorrow is listed as “Ladies’
Day” on the six-day program,
featuring a Jubilee Belle fashion
show and tea at 4 p. m. in fee
Raeford Elementary school audi
torium.
A number of Moore County
people were honored guests at
Monday’s “Governor’s Day” pro
gram when Gov. Terry Sanford
reviewed an afternoon parad.e of
bands, floats and Army marching
units. The Southern Pines High
School Band was among the
musical organizations taking part
in the parade.
Monday also saw the first per
formance of the “Hoke’s, Heri
tage” pageant. Recognized by the
master of ceremonies at the pag
eant was Mrs. Frances Hoke Pol
lock of Wilson, formerly of Kin
ston, daughter of Confederate
General Robert F. Hoke for
whom the county was named.
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SVA Awards 4 Nurse Training Scholarships to Moore Girls
A record-breaking four scholar
ships for nurse’s training—and
possibly a fifth, if sufficient addi
tional contributions are received
—will be given this year by the
Sandhills Veterans Association,
an organization of Moore County
veterans of World War II whose
chief project for more than a dec
ade has been the nurse’s training
program.
This year’s scholarship winners
—who will receive a three-year
course of training at High Point
Memorial Hospital School of
Nursing—are: Linda Warren
Wellman of Southern Pines;
Gretchen Claire Sineath of West
End; Barbara Jo Chriscoe of
Route 1, West End; and Nancy
Ann Martin of Eagle Springs.
Barbara Sue Moore of Robbins
was named first alternate, with
a possibility that she may also
receive a scholarship if more con-
tri'outions are received.
The winners and alternates
were named Saturday by the
SVA selection committee, fol
lowing oral interviews of candi
dates. All applicants had pre
viously pased entrance require-
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SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS—Moore County
high school seniors in the front row are the
four chosen—and one alternate—to receive
nurse training scholarships from the Sandhills
Veterans Association. Left to ri^t Nancy
Martin, Gretchen Sineath, Barbara Chriscoe
Linda Wellman and Sue Moore, alternate.' Be-
hind them are membrs of the selection com
mittee and two SVA officials. Left to right:
Mrs. D. D. Gadd, Howard Matthews, Mrs. Ro
bert McMillan, B. C. Avery, Gen. R. B. HUl,
Robert S. Ewing and Mrs. Betty McLeod. AU are
members of the selection committee except Mr.
Avery, SVA fund drive chairman, and Mr. Ew
ing, SVA president. (Humphrey photo)
Clyde G. Council
Recovering WeR
After Accident
Clyde G. Coimcil of 160 E.
Delaware Ave., who lost his left
arm in an accident at his home
Sunday afternoon, was reported
in “excellent condition” at St.
Joseph’s Hospital this morning,
by the attending physician, Dr.
Francis L. Owens.
The physician said that he
would probably be able to leave
the hospital in a week or 10
days.
Mr. Council, who is advertising
manager of The Pilot and a jus
tice of the peace, was testing an
“air car” he had constructed
when the accident occurred. A
propeller blade flew off and
severed his arm at the elbow. In
surgery at the hospital, the arm
was further amputated between
the elbow and the shoulder.
The “air car” is a machine that
rises into the air by means of a
blast of air directed downward.
It was the propeller that creates
this blast of air that broke.
There was no one at home at
the time of the accident, although
by coincidence Mr. CoimcU’s wife,
Mrs. Ethel Council, was' on her
way home from the Pinehurst
Convalescent Home where she is
a nurse, and his two daughters,
Mrs. Frances Lundgren and Mrs.
Jean Richardson, were on their
way to Southern Pines from their
homes at Chapel Hill, for a
Mother’s Day gathering that had
been planned at the Council
home that day. Botlj. are nurses
and Mrs. Lundgren remained
here to help take care of her
father at the hospital.
Despite the severity of the ac
cident, Mr. Council did not lose
consciousness. He was able to
turn off the motor in the machine,
apply pressure with his right
hand on the artery in the severed
arm and to attract the attention
of a neighbor, Bernard Sobol, who
gave him first aid and rushed
him to St. Joseph’s Hospital. Even
after arrival at the hospital' he
had not lost consciousness.
The blow of the propeller blade
knocked him down and he was
brused and shaken up in addi
tion to the more serious injury.
Council Okays
Zoning Request
At a specieil meeting Tuesday
night, the town council adopted
an amendment to the zoning or
dinance that creates a new Bus
iness 4 district in the area bound
ed by W. Maine Ave., N. Hardin
St., W. Rhode Island Ave. and
McDeeds Creek, in ’W'est Southern
Pines, permitting operation of a
drive-in theatre in the district.
The change in zoning had been
recommended by the Planning
Board whose study of the propos
al followed a request from Frank
Buchan and associates who plan
to operate the theatre with
equipment purchased from the
Starview Drive In Theatre, now
no longer in operation, between ■
Southern Pines and Aberdeen.