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Are there
any more dreamers? We need
them, says an article on today’s
editorial page.
What will
become of the old Tyson house
in Carthage, a landmark for a
century? See page 11.
VOL. 41—NO. 37
SIXTEEN PAGES
SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 1961
SIXTEEN PAGES PRICE TEN CENTS
Marie Elizabeth Hurst 14-year-
old Southern Pines girl whose legs
were amputated below the knee
in 1955 because of a rare disease,
recently took up bowling, along
with her twin sister, Barbara
Jean, showing that the sport can
be enjoyed even by a person
with artificial limbs.
W. R. (Buddy) Winters, man
ager of the O K Bowl, where the
photo was made, said that this
picture is expected to appear in
three widely circulated bowling
magazines, t he “BPAA” maga
zine, “Southern. Bowler” and
Bequest Made to
Hospital in Will
Of Mrs. Jackson
A substantial bequest to Mooie
Memorial Hospital at Pinehurst
is made in the will of the late
Katherine Harley Jackson, wife
of H. Arnold Jackson of Pine
hurst, who is one of the hospital
directors. Mrs. Jackson, who,
with her husband, gave the Har
ley and Sheldon Jackson Mem
orial Emergency Service facilities
to the hospital, completed in 1957,
died May 2. Her will was proba
ted in Moore County and in Suf
folk County, New York.
In her will, after making a
number of personal bequests, Mrs.
Jackson directs that the remain
der of her estate, both real and
personal, be divided info two por
tions.
One of these portions—the will
does not indicate the value of
either portion in terms of dollars
—is set up as a trust fund from
which a niece will receive the in
come during her lifetime. Upon
the death of the niece, Adelaide
Harley Bujalski of Dallas, Texas,
the principal of this trust is to be
divided between Moore Memorial
Hospital and the Greenwich Hos
pital Association, Greenwich,
Conn., “in the ratio of their re
spective annual in-patient days
for the calendar year preceding
the date when they become en
titled to this bequest.”
Mr. and Mrs. Jackson, the will
states, contributed to both the
Greenwich Hospital and Moore
Memorial Hospital funds for con
structing, equipping, furnishing
and decorating an emergency
service for accident cases In both (Charge BrOUght
hospitals, these facilities are o “
known as “The Harley and Shel
don Jackson Memorial.”
Harley and Sheldon Jackson,
the will explains, were the sons
of Mr. and Mrs. Jackson. In May,
1941, Harley Jackson died as the
result of an automobile accident.
In July, 1943, Sheldon Jackson,
the will states, “who was a lieu
tenant and combat pilot in the
United States Army Air Corps,
died in the service of his coun
try while piloting his plane in
the South American tropics.”
The will states: “Because both
of our sons' died as the result of
accidents, it is our desire that the
Greenwich Hospital and the
Moore Memorial Hospital shall
always have funds available to
provide comfortable and attrac
tive furnishings for the Harley
and Sheldon Jackson Memorials
which we have established in
said hospitals, and for the pur
chase of the best medical and
surgical equipment obtainable, so
that the respective Emergency
Service for "Accident Cases shall
at all times be equipped tvO ren
der the finest medical and surgi
cal care and attention to victims
of accidents.
“Accordingly,” the will con
tinues, “I direct that the Green
wich Hospital Association and
Moore Memorial Hospital shall
always keep all property which
they may respectively receive un
der any provision of this my Last
Will and Testament separate
from their other funds and prop
erties, and shall separately invest
the same. . .”
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Marie Hurst
. in action at the O K Bowl
Amputations Don’t Stop Her From Bowling
“Bowling Illustrated.” jterans organizations, led by the
The twins are daughters of Mr. Elks Lodge, staged a chicken sup-
and Mrs. A. D. Hurst, 360 E. New
Jersey Ave. The Hursts’ other
children are Albert Donald, 11;
Jerry Vincent, 9; Richard An
thony, 7, and Charles Leo, two
and a half years old. Marie and
Barbara graduated this year from
per that, with other contributions,
netted over $1,000 to help with
the medical expenses of Marie’s
illness and operation. Later that
year, an Elks contribution and a
bicycle raffle conducted by the
Volunteer Fire Department cov
ered the expense of Marie’s first
St. Anthony’s elementary school pair of artificial limbs which cost
and will enter Southern Pines several hundred dollars. Marie’s
High School as freshmen in Sept- ! courage and cheerfulness, during
ember. I her painful illness and later, in
In March, 1955, after Marie’s adjusting to her handicap, have
operation earlier that year, local, been noted by all who know
civic, fraternal, church and ve- her. (Humphrey photo)
Manslaughter
After Accident
A coroner’s jury convening in
the courtroom at Carthage Friday
night found probable cause on a
manslaughter charge against
Tracy Everette Ritter, 20, of Rob
bins, Route 2, in the highway
death of a seven-year-old Siler
City boy, Gary Lynn Brewer, in
June.
Ritter was ordered held for
grand jury action at the August
term of Moore County Superior
Court under $2,500 bond, which
he made.
The case arose from a collision
of two cars June 18 on the How
ards Mill Road near Robbins. Rit
ter told the jury that he had stop
ped before entering from a side
road but did not see the ap
proaching car. The result was an
almost head-on collision.
Patrolman Tommy Clark said
both cars were demolished in the
crash and five injured persons
taken to Moore Memorial Hospi
tal at Pinehurst. The Brewer boy
was carried on to the N. C. Mem
orial Hospital at Chapel Hill
where he died five days later.
Others injured were his mother,
who was driving the car, and
five-year-old sister, whose skull
was fractured; also Ritter, who
suffered cuts and abrasions, and
his teen-aged brother, who had
a broken leg.
Coroner Ralph G. Steed of
Robbins presided over the in
quest.
WORK OF MRS. COMER PRAISED
Assistant Court Qerk Res^ning
Mrs. Rachel Comer, assistant
clerk' of Moore County Superior
Court since 1952, has submitted
her resignation effective Satur
day.
Mrs. Comer, who has served
during the past year as vice-
president of the North Carolina
Assistant and Deputy Clerks of
Court Association, was to have
been elevated to the presidency
at the annual meeting to be-held
at the Institute of Government,
Chapel Hill, this weekend. In
stead, she said, she is submitting
her resignation to the association.
C. C. Kennedy, Moore clerk of
court, to whom Mrs. Comer sub
mitted her resignation, said of
her, “It is hard to find words to
express my regret at losing her.
She has been invaluable in the
office and in her service during
court terms. She is a highly com
petent person as well as being al
ways pleasant and courteous, and
it IS hard to s.ee how we will get
on without her.”
Mrs. Bessie Beck, also an as
sistant clerk of court, and Mrs.
Daisy Riddle, deputy clerk of
court, will carry on the staff
work with the aid of a new clerk
whom Kennedy said he expected
to employ this week.
Mrs. Comer was first employed
OLD WAGONS TO BE IN PARADE
Farmers Day to Be Held at Robbins
A covered wagon drawn by
four oxen, a snappy surrey with
fringe on top—all kinds of rigs
right out of the history books and
picturebooks will parade at Rob
bins Saturday morning at the
sixth annual Robbins Farmers
Day.
Started in 1956 to show off a
few old rigs, the parade met with
such enthusiasm that it is now
an annual event and has grown
longer each year. This year, in
cluding wheeled vehicles and
single riders in fancy get-ups,
there are 125 entries, said Curtis
Hussey, official Wagon Master.
Each year, too, the interest has
grown, and last year there were
8,000 people on hand in the small
upper Moore County community
to view some of the methods of
transportation in common use 50,
75 and even 100 years ago.
Whole families ride in some of
the rigs and until you’ve seen a
covered wagon rolling along with
a dozen little faces grinning out
the back, you’ve missed a lively
chapter of North'Carolina history.
A wooded section near the
shopping district has been desig
nated “The Hitching Post” and
the parade will start there at 10
a. m., winding up there some
time later for a show of horse
manship and the award of prizes.
These will ge given by the Rob
bins Merchants association for
the “Best Rig,” “Oddest Entry”
and “Best Animal.”
It will be an all-day event for
old-time town-and-country hob
nobbing, with many prizes given
away by the sponsoring Mer
chants association, local organi
zations nad individual merchants
at their stores.
as clerk by the late Clerk of Court
John Willeox -in-19,48.. She 'was
then Miss Rachel Holder of Car
thage. She lOter married Richard
Comer and is nOw the mother of
three children.
Following Willcox’s death in
1949, she continued as clerk un
der his successor. Miss Ethel Dav
is. When Kennedy was elected to
the office in 1950, he elevated her
almost immediately to deputy,
and at age 21 she became the
youngest deputy clerk of court
in the State. Two years later, an
other promotion made her the
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Labor Survey For
Possible Industry
Set at Carthage
A labor survey will be conduct
ed in Carthage on Tuesday, Au
gust 8, for the purpose of receiv
ing applications for employment
by a manufacturing. firm which
is considering locating there.
Hours of the survey will be
from 8:30 a. m. to 6:30 p. hi. in
that part of the William Penn
Theatre building that has been
recently remodeled.
Representatives of the com
pany will be there to take the
names of applicants, both male
and female, and to hold inter
views. Experienced and inexperi
enced persons are needed. A
training program will be conduct
ed.
If ample labor proves available,
the plant will be in operation at
an early date. The plant will be
of modern construction and have
70,000 or more square feet of floor
space, it was reported in Carth
age.
The firm manufactures ladies’
sleeping wear and will employ
more than 200 persons when in
full production, the announce
ment said.
Most of the employees will
consist of women but there will
be a number of men working in
the plant.
The North Carolina Conserva
tion and Development Commis
sion in a release to the Carthage
Industrial Dvelopment body last
week rated the company as su
perior.
The State C & D has been
working with the local industrial
body for the past several weeks
in an effort to find sin industry
61 Youn^ People Here
ForTennisTournament
LOCAL SCHOOLS
OPEN SEPT. 5
Southern Pines schools
will open Tuesday, Septem
ber 5, the day after Labor
Day. the public was remind
ed today by Luther A.
Adams, superintendent.
New faculty members and
other details of school open
ing will be annoimced soon,
Mr. Adams said.
Clark to Defend
Singles Title in
Senior Tourney
The senior Sandhill Invitational
tennis tournament will start
Thursday of next week, running
through Sunday, August 13, when
the finals are expected to be
played.
Malcolm Clark of Southern
Pines, last year’s men’s singles
champion, is expected to be on
hand to defend his title.
Mrs. Raymonde Jones, how
ever, defender in women’s sin
gles, who won easily all three
times she played in the local
event, is not expected to return.
Her husband. Colonel Jones of
the XVIII Corps, has been trans
ferred from Fort Bragg to an
other State. The outstanding
French star will be greatly miss
ed, as she won many friends along
that might like to locate in Car- ^er trophies. Her duties as
thage.
Carthage citizens are elated at
the prospect of getting new in
dustry for the county seat.
Nomination of
McCaskill Made
Drama Group Active
In Park Recreation
The Theatre-in-the-Pines has
been sponsoring a children’s cre
ative drama group, meeting in the
afternoon at the town park in
cooperation with the municipal
summer recreation program of
which Miss Patti Hobbs is super
visor at the park.
Songs with autoharp accompan
iment, stories read aloud, panto
mime, games, make-up and mask
making are included among the
activities of the drama group. All
interested children are invited to
attend one of the sessions Friday
afternoon.
THE WEATHER
Maximum and minimum tem
peratures for each day of the
past week were recorded as
follows at the U. S. Weather
Bureau observation station at the
WEEB radio studios on Midland
Road:
J. Hubert McCaskill of Pine
hurst was nominated Friday by
the Moore County Democratic ex
ecutive committee to succeed J.
W. Causey of Southern Pines on
the county board of elections.
Frank Shamburger of Aberdeen
was designated alternate.
County Chairman W. Lament
Brown ofi Southern Pines presided
over the meeting. He said the
names would be forwarded to
State Party Chairman Bert Ben
nett for endorsement, and for
presentation to the State Board
of Elections, which will make the
appointment.
Causey resigned when he be
came acting postmaster at South
ern Pines March 31. McCaskill
has served previously on the
board.
,Final Class for
Training Drivers
To Start Monday
The third and final . student
driver training course of the sum
mer at East Southern Pines High
School will begin Monday, it was
announced today by Superinten
dent Luther Adams.
Registration will take place at
the principal’s office in the high
school building at 9 a. m. Enroll
ment will be restricted to stu
dents who will be 16 years of age
on or before July 1, 1962.
Ralph Foshee of the high school
faculty will be the instructor.
The driver training program at
East Southern Pines High School
is conducted only in the summer
vacation period and includes both
classroom and behind-the-wheel
training. Road training is con
ducted in the cooler parts of the
day, if possible, and' the sched
ule is adapted as much as pos
sible to accommodate students
who have summer jobs.
The program is part of the offi
cial student driver training pro
gram throughout the state. Au
tomobiles driven by graduates of
the driver training course are ac
corded a more favorable insur
ance rate than those driven by
young people who have not grad
uated from the course.
the mother of four left her little
time for tournament-playing out
she was an outstanding winner
wherever she went and this
spring was accorded the SLTA
ranking of No. 1 in women’s sin
gles in the South.
While actual entries have not
been received, Sam Daniels of
Reidsville, winner of the Saiid-
hill for several years, and a num
ber of others of his calibre are
expected to be on hand, main
taining the prestige of the Sand
hill as an outstanding tennis
event of the State lor the past 14
years.
Sponsored by the Sandhill
Tennis association in cooperation
with the summer recreation pro
gram, the tournament will have
Billy Megginson as director.
Work Begins at
Ball Park Site
Clearing and grading began
this week at the site of the pro
posed Little League baseball
park, opposite the National
Guard Armory on Morganton
Road.
The town council last week
leased to the Little League a tract
of land 400 feet square on which
will be located a regulation Little
League playing field, a practice
field, stands for spectators and
other facilities.
Plans for the park are now be
ing worked out by the Little Lea
gue board of directors.
>• Some 60 boy and girl tennis
players started arriving here
Wednesday, and were still com
ing in this morning—the largest
field in many years in the Junior
Sandhill Invitational tournament.
With 40 first-round matches
scheduled for today, play got un
der way early on the town courts.
Interruption came about 11
o’clock in the form of a rain-
'shower, which, however, cleared
up in about a half hour without
damage to the courts.
Several days of exciting play
are foreseen, with large spectator
galleries expected, especially Sat
urday and Sunday when semi
finals will take place.
An entry list of 61 includes 45
boys and 16 girls—the largest
feminine contingent in the 14-
year history of the junior tourna
ment. Only three entries—all boys
—are local, the rest coming from
over North Carolina with a
sprinkling from other states.
Defending their 1960 titles are
Buddy Jordan of Goldsboro in
junior boys’ singles, and Jane
Davenport of Greensboro in
junior girls’ singles. Earlier this
summer Miss Davenport won the
State Junior Girls Singles cham
pionship.
Seedings announced by Billy
M'Sgginson, tournament director,
were:
Junior boys’ singles (up to 18
years old)—No. 1, Buddy Jordan,
Goldsboro; No. 2, Larry Tanner,
Rocky Mount; No. 3, Ray Stall
ings, Goldsboro; No. 4, Jim Sloan,
Clinton, S. C.
Boys’ singles (15 and under)—
No. 1, Ed Parker, Raleigh; No. 2,
Billy Trott, Raleigh; No. 3, David
Jennings, Greenville, S. C., and
No. 4, Richard Holderness.
Greensboro.
Junior girls’ singles—No. 1,
Jan.3 Davenport, Greensboro; No.
2, Sally O’Rourke, Charlotte.
Girls’ singles—No. 1, Melinda
Wyrick, Greensboro; No. 2, Jane
Meschan, Winston-Salem.
Seedings in doubles events in
the four brackets will be made
Friday, and play in those events
will begin as the singles matches
get into quarterfinal rounds.
The visitors are being accom
modated largely in private homes,
^d will be entertained by local
young people at an outdoor sup
per and swimming party tonight
at the Southern Pines Country
Club. The tournament is spon
sored by the Sandhill Tennis as
sociation in cooperation with the
town summer recreation pro
gram.
The visitors include four from
one Winston-Salem family,
David, Rosalind, Jane and Joyce
Meschan, and an attractive pair
of twin girls from Raleigh, Ann
and Fran Lynch. Ray Stallings of
Goldsboro has a tennis-playing
twin Kay, who was runiier-up
in the Junior Sandhill last year,
but has a summer job and could
not come this year.
Local entries are Charles Mc
Laughlin of Southern Pines, in
boys’ events, and Charles Sneed
and Robert Pearce of Pinehurst,
in junior boys’.
COUNTY GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP
Woodwardy Chatfield to Play For Title
Max.
Min.
July 27
91
69
July 28
90
70
July 29
95
70
July 30
94
72
July 31
95
71
August 1
94
71
August 2
88
71
BY CHARLES ROSE
Two tournament veterans will
match shots Saturday morning
at the Southern Pines Country
Club in quest of the Moore Coun
ty golf championship.
The two. Bill Woodward and
Harry Chatfield, will tee-off at
9:30 a.m. in their 18-hole match
play final round. It should prove
to be a close match.
Woodward, of Robbins, is a
many-times past champion and
a slight favorite, as Chatfield, of
Southern Pines, has never won
a local county tournament, but
has won the first, second, and
third flight titles in the a'nnual
affair.
Chatfield advanced to the finals
of the championship flight in
high fashion as he downed three
tough opponents; Will Wiggs, 3
alist, 1-up, 19 holes; and Clyde
Mangum, 3 and 2, this past week.
Woodward downed upsetting
Tom Grey 1-up; Bill Wilson, Sr.,
3 & 2; and Robby Moreland 2 & 1
this week, to advance into the
finals.
Another match of importance
Satxirday will be the finals of
the first flight with a battle of
young golfers, in Topper Parks
and Auburn College golfer. Hill
Boswell, a summer resident here.
Parks defeated Charles Rose, one
up 22-holes, and Will Wiggs 4 &
3, to meet Boswell, who won
over Cecil Beith, 2 & 1, and Peter
Tufts, 3 & 2.
Results of the other matches in
the remaining nine flights are:
Second Flight— Eddie McKen
zie, another young golfer, defeat
ed Jack Carter, 1 up in 22 holes.
& 1; Joe Carter, this year’s med- Iwith a chip-in birdie.
Third flight— O. T. Parks over
Harry Davis of Carthage, 2 & 1,
for the finals.
Fourth— Max Forrest over
Chan Page, 3 & 2, lor flight win
ner.
Fifth— Lamonlt Brown over R.
H. Johnson, Sr., by default.
Sixth— Bill Wilson, Jr., anoth
er young golfer, won over Dr.
Alexander of Robbins, by default.
Seventh— North Lewis; of West
End over Ed Klingenschmidt, 4
& 2.
Eighth— Dan Farrell over Bill
Donovan, 2 & 1.
Ninth— Holly Sisk over Bert
Perham, 5 & 4.
Tenth— Bob Woodruff over
John Grover, 3 & 1.
Each winner won three matches
and the runners-up won two
matches, to reach the finals. The
tournament has been going on
since June 29.
Superintendents
To Attend Meet
The superintendents of Moore
County’s three school systems
plan to attend the North Carolina
School Superintendents Confer
ence opening Tuesday, August 8,
at Mars Hill College, Mars Hill,
and running until noon Friday,
August 11.
They are Luther A. Adams,
Southern Pines; Lewis Cannon,
Pinehurst; and R. E. Lee of Car
thage, superintendent of the
county school system.
Attending with Mr. Adams will
be his wife and older son. Tom
my. The two other Adams chil
dren, David and Libby, will stay
with their grandmother, Mrs.
Luna C. Wallace, at Albemarle,
during the time of the confer
ence.
During the conference, public
school administration, new school
laws and other matters will be
discussed and explained.