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V ■» f , p \ » I d J • -0, * Jdt 'W Miss Mary Page last survivor of a distinguished family and Aberdeen’s oldest resident, is dead at 92. An obitu ary is on page 9. Want To Help save the Battleship North Car olina as a permanent state mem orial? Details of the project appear in story on page 11. VOL. 41—NO. 27 TWENTY PAGES SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY 25, 1961 TWENTY PAGES PRICE TEN CENTS D. E. Bailey, Former Council Member, Magistrate, Dies; Rites Set Saturday Dempsey Ernest Bailey, 71, known familiarly as “Judge Bailey” because of his long serv ice as justice of the peace, died Wednesday night at Moore Mem orial Hospital after suffering a heart attack at his home earlier that day. He served on the town coun cil from 1957 to 1959 and as town treasurer, an appointive office, during the 1959-61 term. He was a charter member and elder in Brownson Memorial Presbyteri an Church, where he had served for many years as assistant Sun day School superintendent, and was chairman of the Southern. Pines Democratic precinct com- inittee. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 3 p. m. at Brownson Memorial Presbyterian Church, conducted by Dr. C. K. Ligon, former pastor, with burial in Mt. Hope Cemetery. Deacons of the church will serve as active pall bearers an'd elders as honorary pallbearers. Mr. Bailej/ was born at Vass, the son of Dempsey J. Bailey and Catherine McQueen Bynum Bailey, and was connected with many pioneer families of this area. He attended school at Vass and at Durham, graduating at Durham High school in 1907, and became one of the country’s first RFD mail carriers, serving West Durham in this capacity for .two years. He then entered railroad work, in which he was employed with various railroads for a total of 44 years, most of the time as sta tion agent at Southern Pines. For a few years before World War I he worked with Bernard Leavitt doing telephone work in Moore county, returning to railroading about .19 Retiring in 1955, Mr. Bailey retired at the same time as jus tice of the peace after 24 years’ service in Southern Pines. Dur- (Continued on page 8) DEMPSEY E. BAILEY Gen. Hays Speaks To Kiwanis Club Lt. Gen. George P. Htys of Pinehurst, retired Army officer, spoke to the Sandhills Kiwanis Club Wednesday, at the club’s regular luncheon meeting at Wedge Inn on Midland Road. General Hays, highest ranking retired officer living in the Seuid- hills, discussed war and post-war events in Germany. After commanding a division in Europe in World War II, General Hays was deputy to Gen. Lucius Gjay, military governor in Ger many, and subsequently was de puty to U. S. High Commissioner John J. McCloy. He remained in Germany until 1952. General Hays discussed the background of the war. Allied strategy, pegotiations with the Soviet Union after the end of hostilities and the dramatic Ber lin air lift during which he was in Berlin and in which he had a key role. The speaker was introduced by Paul Dana of Pinehurst. Artists League to Open Rolls to New Members Juue 1 The Sandhills Artists League, organized recently by 10 charter members, will begin to accept new members, up to a total mem bership of 25, June 1, Mrs. Alwin Folley, chairman, announced to day. The chairman said that the league is preparing for use by its members a large room offered to it by Mr. and Mrs. Robert Steam’ at Midland Grafters on Midland Road. The room was formerly the loom room of Anglow Tweeds, the firm occupying the building bfore it was sold to Midland Grafters last year. Charter members of the group, in addition to Mrs. Folley, are Mrs. Dorothy Easley, Mrs. Roy Grinnell, Mrs. Max Forrest, Mrs. Marion deCosta, Mrs. Julia Turn er, Mrs. William Wadsworth, John (Continued on page 8) Junior Champ Day To Stress Fitness Set For Saturday East Southern Pines S( ’nool children, aged nine througli 13 will compete Saturday at Mem orial Field in a “Junior Champ Day” sponsored bj- th3 Junior Chamber of Commerce. Starting at 9 a. m. and contin uing throughout the morning,, boys and girls will go through a series of physical fitness tests, compiling point scores whose totals will determine a boy and girl “Junior Champ,” each of whom will receive a prize. John Williams of the High School coaching staff will direct the contests, assisted by a Jaycee committee and several high school students. The event, first of its kind to be held here, was announced by Tom Ruggles, Jaycee president, who said that it is part of a Youth Fitness program sponsored by the Jaycees throughout the state. Jaycees on the committee include Norris Hodgkins, Jr., Glenn Cox, Wilbur Creed, Bill Booker,^Dalton McNeill and Karl Stuart. Purpose of the program is to create interest, in physical fitness and familiarize the young people with various physical skills. The entire state program is being carried out in cooperation with the state and national physical fitness programs. Mr. Williams said that events will include push ups, sit ups, 50- yard dash, squat-thrust, standing broad jump, soccer ball punt and softball throw. Judging will be on a point scale that is being used over the state, in which allowance is made for age differences.' For example, he said, to score 100 points in push-ups, nine- year-plds must do 26; 10 and 11- Iyear-olds, 29; and 12 and 13- year-olds, 37. TOP HONOR STUDENTS— —Patricia Ann Gordon-Mann has been chosen valedictorian of the graduating class at South ern Pines High School and Joe Garzik, Jr., salutatorian, on the basis of their academic records. They are pictured on one of the benches on the school campus. The valedictorian and salu tatorian at the West Southern Pines High School will not be announced vmtil the commencement exercisesi. (Pilot photo) Newton Fund Far Short of Goal; Plan To Use Money To Aid Youth Outlined The use of the Newton Memori al Fund as a discretionary fund for the chief of police to use to help deserving boys and girls in trouble, or heading that way. Dr. Tufts Will Move Office Here Dr. Emily Tufts, pediatrician with office at Pinehurst, has an nounced that she will move her .office to 660 S. W. Broad St., Southern Pines, June 1. She will continue to maintain her home at Pinehurst. Dr. Tufts has practiced in Pinehurst since 1954. The Broad St. location is a new building ad joining the Thomasson Furniture Co., formerly the office of Dr. Clarence B. Foster. Hassenfeli To Be With Courts & Co. Col. Harold IE. Hassenfelt has gone to the home office of Courts & Company in Atlanta for train ing in tecoming a registered rep resentative with the New York ■ Stock Exchange. Upon cCmpletion of his train ing, he will return to Southern Pines to be associated with the local Courts & Co. office which is headed by John A. McPhaul. PRESENTATION of' trophies followed con clusion of the Southern Pines Elks Amateur Golf Tournament here Sunday. Left to right: Dr. Boyd Starnes, tournament committee chair man; Will Wiggs of Southern Pines, runner-up in the championship flight; Ralph Wallace, exalted ruler of the local Elks Lodge, who pre sented these and many other trophies, to partici pants; and Art Ruffin of Wilson, winner of the tournament for the second successive year. (Humphrey photo) found favor with the fund com mittee at a meeting held Wednes day morning at the Town Hall. The fund is being collected in memory of Police Chief C. E. Newton who was fatally shot in line of duty March 3. Dante Montesaniti, chairman, told the committee that stepping up the drive over the weekend had raised the fund by only about $200, for a total of $1,400. B.P.O. Does and Boy Scouts collected most of the added amount in the business section Saturday. The sum of $5,000 was estimat ed necessary for 'the two proposed $100 scholarship or incentive awards, to be made in both the East and West Southern Pines schools in recognition of unus ual effort and prbgress'. These would be paid out of interest from the memorial fund. And, the committee noted, there seemed no immediate prospect of reaching the $5,000. goal. The suggested discretionary fund would benefit young peo ple who might not even be in school, who are in trouble with the law or who for other rea sons need a lift over a rough spot. Mrs. Valerie Nicholson, report- ter, who suggested the special fund for police use, told the group that “these were the kids the Chief worked with most,” and (Continued on page 8) Local Schools Schedule Events of Graduation Commencement plans for EasU^ and West Southern Pines High Schools have been announced. Baccalaureate Each of the schools will have its baccalaureate service on Sun day, June 4, opening three days of graduation activities. In East Southern Pines, Dr. F. L. Conrad, Sr., president of the North Carolina Lutheran Synod, will preach the baccalaureate sermon at Weaver Auditorium ak 8:15 p. m., marking the first oc casion that this service has not been held in a local church. The speaker for the West Southern Pines baccalaureate service will be Dr. Julius T. Douglas, pastor of St. James Presbyterian Church, Greens boro. Tbe service will be held at 4 p. m. in the school auditorium. Graduation Exercises W. H. Plemmons, president of Appalachian State Teachers Col lege at Boone, will be the com mencement speaker in Weaver Auditorium, East Southern Pines, at 8:15 p. m., Tuesday, June 6. The West Southern Pines grad uation exercises will be held Monday, June 5, at 8 p. m., in the school auditorium, with Dr. Ho bart Jarrett, chairman of the Hu manities Division of Bennett College, Greensboro, giving the address. Honors and Awards East Southern Pines will have an honors and awards program in Weaver Auditorium at 1:30 p. m., Tuesday, June 6. Elementary Commencement In West Southern Pines, there will be an elementary school graduation program, Tuesday, June 6, at 2 p. m. in the school auditorium, when eighth grade graduates will receive certificates from Mrs. T. T. Brown, Moore County schools supervisor. Details of all programs will appear in The Pilot next week. Council to Meet To Adopt Budget Mayor John S. Ruggles has caUed a special meeting of the town council for 8 p. m. Friday in the council chamber of the municipal building to consider and adopt a budget for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1962. The budget has been prepared by Town Manager Louis Scheip- ers, Jr., who will leave his post here June 1, to become city mana ger of Greenville. Mr. Scheipers’s budget message will be presentd to the council with the proposed budget Friday night. MEMORIAL DAY In Southern Pines and throughout Moore County, post offices aiul banks will be closed Tuesday, May 30, for Memorial Day, a federal holiday. Also closed in Southern Pines will be the town of fices, but the courthouse at Carthage will remain open. A general closing of stores and offices here is not antici pated. Service Planned By Vets’ Groups On Memorial Day The John Boyd Post 7318 and Auxiliary to th.a Veterans of For eign Wars and Sandhill Post 134 of the American Legion and Auxiliary, together with mem bers of National Guard Company and many Boy Scoqts, will hold a public memorial service at Mount Hope cemetery on May 30 at 6 p. m. to honor deceased veterans of all wars. The service will be held at the grave of Jesse James Polston, World War I veteran whose death was the most recent of any veteran buried in the cemetery. The National Guard will sup ply a firing squad and color guard for the ritual to be con ducted by officials of the VFW and Legion. A Boy Scout will be stationed at each of the 61 vet erans’ graves in the cem.etery and will place a poppy on each grave, all of which will be deco rated with flags. Members of Moore, County Barracks, Veterans\ of World War vf another organization of veterans, are invited to attend. Persons taking part in the ritual will have a rehearsal at the site at 6 p. m. Sunday. T|ie service at the cemetery is an annual eilent conducted by the two local veterans’ groups on Memorial Day. This day was first set apart for 'the recognition of the Civil War dead, from both Union and Con federate armies, by the National Commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, General John A. Logan, who issued an order in 1868 naming the 30th of Ma^ as a day to be honored. From a day to honor the dead of one war, it has now become a day to memorialize all those who served in the Spanish Amer ican War, the World Wars and the Korean conflict. PLAN TO MAKE IT NATIONAL EVENT Ruffin Wins 2nd Elks Tournament Firing a hot 69-68-137—10 strokes under runner-up Will Wiggs of Southern Pines and three under par—Art Ruffin of Wilson copped his second suc cessive title Sunday in the two- year-old, highly popular South ern Pines Amateur Elks Golf Tournament. Wiggs shot 74-73-147 to gain second spot in the championship flight, followed by Cecil Bailey of Asheboro and Bill Purcell, Southern Pines, third and fourth, each with 154’s, and Frank White of Pinehurst and Mac Wakefield of Morganton, each with 155’s, for fifth and sixth places—all trophy winners. Trophies galore were passed out when the 109 participants laid down their clubs late Sun day afternoon—six trophies in | ment is sponsored by Southern the championship flight and more to winners and two run ners-up in 11 other flights taking part in the 36-hole medal play event over the Southern Pines Country Club No. 1 course. Elks officials announced as the tournament ended that plans are being made to make the event a national tournament next year, invi ting Elks from over the na tion to compete here. Suc cess of the two three-state tourneys warrants the ambi tious national plan, they said. Playing were Elks members from North Carolina, South Car olina and Virginia. The tourna- Pines Elks Lodge No. 1692. Dr. Boyd Starnes, chairman of the tournament committee, this week voiced his pleasure in the success of the tournament which opened with practice rounds Friday, went on through qualify ing rounds and a series of social events, some for visiting wives, and wound up Sunday. Credit for the clock-work functioning of the tourney goes to golf pro Charles Marcum, of Whispering Pines, ,Dr. Starnes said, thanking also all members of the tournament committee— assistant Dick Mattocks, Morris Johnson, Joe Stpsd and Hollie Sisk. Local golfers won top trophies (Continued on Page 8) May St. Project ‘Problematical’ R. J. Hughes of 225 N. Bennett St., said this week that what he intends to do with an area of land he has cleared, off S. May St., near the overhead railroad bridge, is “problematical.” He said that various delays are hold ing him up in plans which he declined at this time to reveal. Mr. Hughes said he has cleared an area of 250,000 square feet on land that he owns. Pines taken down were sold for poles and pulp'wood. Leukemia Fatal to Beloved Vass Girl Bonnie Callahan, 18, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Mack Cal lahan, who would have gradua ted June 6 as valedictorian of her class at Vass-Lakeview High School, died Wednesday after noon at Duke Hospiltal after a few daYs’ critical illness. She was a victim of leukemia. However, she attended school until about two weeks ago, went to Washington with her class and took part in the music festival of Moore County high schools held at Southern Pines early this month. Funeral services will be held Manly Church io Have Student Summer Pastor Dick Love, a senior at Col umbia Seminary, Decatur, Ga., will' move to Manly on May 28 to be the minister at the Manly Presbyterian Church during the summer. Mr. Love will preach Sunday mornings at 11 and eve nings at 7:30. He will occupy the manse in Manly. BONNIE CALLAHAN Friday at 3 p. m. at Vass Meth odist Church, conducted by the pastor, the Rev. T. Fant Steele, Jr. assisted by the Rev. Ed Du pree of Yates-Thagard Baptist Church, with burial in Johnson Grove cemetery. Boys of the senior class will serve as active and honorai-y pallbearers and the girls as flow er bearers. She was acknowledged the most brilliant, beloved and tal ented member of her class, loved also by the whole Vass commu- nJly, which has been plunged in to sadness by her death. She was a member of the Methodist church, a mdrqber and soloist with the adult choir, an officer in the Methodist Youth Fellowship, and had assisted, in the music direction of both the Methodist and Presbyterian va cation Bible schools for their past two seasons. At school, she had been nom inated for the Jaycees Junior Citizen award, was secretary of her class, a member of the Beta club and glee club, and served as official scorekeeper for all the athletic contests. She was the 1960 Moore County high school spelling champion, and talented in art as well as in music, did much of the poster work and other art work for the school. Surviving are her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mack Callahan; one sister, Amy Jo, and one brother, (Continued on page 8)
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