Get ready
to feed the birds, now that
winter is coming. Pointers from
an expert are noted on page 2.
Horses and pets
were shown by youngsters on
Thanksgiving. Horse Show re
sults, page 4. Pet winners, page 9.
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Communities in
Moore Win SADA
Awards for Work
Neil Cadieu Elected
President; Dr. Weaver
Speaks at Gathering
Two Moore County rural com
munities shared in cash awards
presented Tuesday night by the
Sandhills Area Development As
sociation as members of the As
sociation met here to elect officers
and review accomplishments of
the past year
In competition with a total of
22 communities in Moore, Lee,
Richmond and Montgomery Coun
ties, Glendon community of
Moore, won third place in the
“non-farm” division of the com
munity improvement contests,
while Juniper community of this
county took the runner-up, or
fourth, place in the farm division.
A distinction was made between
those rural communities in which
residents were primarily engaged
in farming and others (“non-
farm”) in which many of the
residents derived their income
from other sources than agricul
ture.
Meeting in the Southern Pines
School cafeteria for a dutch bcir-
becue supper, delegations from
the four counties elected a slate
of new officers presented by Paul
Butler of Southern Pines, chair
man of a nominating committee.
They were; Neil Cadieu of Rock-
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SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1961
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(Bob Madigsui photo)
School Band Displays New Uniforms. Director Bill McAdams, at Left
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Basketball Teams
To Open Schedule
Here on Saturday
By RONALD McCHIMMON
The Southern Pines High
Schodl Blue Knights and girls
basketball teams will open their
1961-62 schedule here Saturday
night with games against the Car
thage High School Bulldogs and
girls.
The games Saturday night
were originally scheduled for Fri
day but were moved to Saturday
because of examinations.
First game Saturday, like oth
ers throughout the season, will
begin at 7 p. m. The admission
charge is 50 cents for adults and
25 cents for students.
Following, is the complete
Southern Pines 20-game schedule
for the coming season;
Dec. 2 Carthage
Dec. 5 at Aberdeen
Dec. 8 West End
Dec. 15 at Highfalls
Dec. 18 Robbins
Dec. 20 at Cameron
Jan. 3 Westmoore
Jan. 5 at Vass-Lakeview
Jan. 9 at Pinehurst
Jan. 12 Farm Life
Jan. 16 at Carthage
Jan. 19 Aberdeen
Jan. 23 at West End
Jan. 30 Highfalls
Feb. 2 at Robbins
Feb. 6 Cameron
Feb. 9 at Westmoore
Feb. 12 Vass-Lakeview
Feb. 16 Pinehurst
Feb. 20 at Farm Life
We suggest that fans clip this
schedule for future reference.
Gifts to Hospital
Expansion Effort
Noted by Chairman
William P. Saunders of South
ern Pines, chairman of the Moore
Memorial Hospital fund raising
campaign, announced through the
hospital this week a gift of $5,000
by the Pinehurst Surgical Clinic
and a contribution of $2,500 by
Mrs. Mulford Horr of Pinehurst.
Mrs. Horr’s gift follows a similar
donation approximately a year
ago.
These gifts , will be applied to
the Building Fund as part of the
local effort to raise a total of
$800,000 which, when matched
with Federal funds, will enable
the hospital to complete the first
phase of its much needed expan
sion program. Upon completion
of the current project, the hos
pital will have a complement of
over 200 beds, in addition to mod
ern, well-equipped supporting fa
cilities.
Mr. Saunders called a prelim
inary meeting Wednesday after
noon at the Village Chapel in
Pinehurst of representatives
throughout the county who are
planning to assist him in his ef
fort to raise the necessary funds
to begin the building project next
year. '
Duncan McGoogan, hospital ad
ministrator, outlined the institu
tion’s aims and told of the “mas
ter development plan.” Funds for
the initial phase must be in by
June 30, 1962, in order to qualify
for consideration for the 1962-63
budget of the Medical Care Com
mission. Tbe campaign is sched
uled to end by May 1, 1962.
A chairman for each town in
the county is to be named, along
with supporting committee mem
bers.
THE WEATHER
Maximum and minimum tem
peratures for each day of the
past week were recorded as fol
lows at the U. S. Weather Bureau
observation station at the WEEB
studios on Midland Road
Max Min
November 23 70 38
November 24 63 49
November 25 61 34
November 26 64 30
November 27 61 41
November 28 50 33
November 29 47 21
Postmaster Tells How Public Can Aid
Efficient Handling of Holiday Mail
With 'Thnaksgiving a recent
memory. Postmaster Jim Causey
said today, “It’s Christmas every
day in the Post Office from now
on ”
He offered these helpful hints
on how to mail your Christmas
cards and gifts to insure prompt
and safe delivery before Decem
ber 25:
Use 4c postage on your Christ
mas cards. Sent by First Class
mail, they are sorted and deliv
ered first, and if you include
your return address on each en
velope, they will be forwarded in
the event of a change of address,
or if they are undeliverable, they
will be returned to you. Also, you
can write a personal message on
the Christmas cards sent by First
Class mail; whereas, only your
signature is authorized on cards
sent at the 3c, unsealed Third
Class rate. '
Avoid careless packing of your
gifts. Use strong cartons, wrap
in heavy paper, and tie with
sturdy cord. Mark packages con
taining breakable gifts, “Fragile
—Handle With Care.” Put an
extrh label carrying the recipi
ent’s and sender’s name and ad
dress inside every package.
“We can mafcs the 1961 ‘Mail
Early For Christmas’ campaign a
big success,” he continued, “if
we’ll all take a personal respon
sibility in planning Christmas
mailings so that cards and gift
packages going to most distant
points are mailed by December
10 and earlier, if possible. Christ
mas packages for local destina
tions should be mailed by De
cember 15 and be sure to mail
your Christmas cards for friends
and relatives in this area at least
a week before Christmas.”
CONCERT TONIGHT
Cile Turner of Bedford
County, Va., internationally
known singer of folksongs,
blues and original arrange
ments, wUl appear tonight
(Thursday), at 8:30 pun. in
Weaver Auditorium, as the
second attraction of the con
cert series sponsored by the
Sandhills -Music Association.
Appearing also will be a
male octet of Sandhills resi
dents, headed by Dr. R. Bruce
Waurlick and directed by E.
H. Poole, former director of
the Aberdeen High School
Glee Club.
Tickets are available at
Bamum Realty and Insur
ance Co. or at the door to
night.
Two Nominees for
Morehead Grants
Chosen in County
David Britton Funderburk of
Aberdeen and Bernard Earl Dot
son, Jr., of Carthage are Moore
County’s nominees for Morehead
scholarships at the University of
North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
Funderburk is president of the
Student Council at Aberdeen
High School. Dotson is a senior at
Carthage High School. The nom
inees are chosen for character,
superior ability, achievements,
motivation and promise. Finan
cial need or desire to attend the
University have no bearing on
the selections.
Henry L. Graves of Southern
Pines, chairman of the Moore
County Morehead Scholarship
Committee, said that the two
were chosen from 11 applicants
all of who are seniors in high
schools of the county.
Other members of the commit-
:ee who interviewed the appli
cants are Paul Butler and Mrs.
Gladys D. Graves, of Southern
Pines; Robert N. Page III, Aber
deen; and Robert E. Lee, Carth
age. The applicants were also in
terviewed by Charles Bernard,
the University’s director of ad
missions.
Moore County’s nominees will
go before a regional committee
whose members will interview
nominees from a number of coun
ties and eliminate some of them.
Those retained will face a further
.’limination procedure at the state
level.
The Morehead grants, among
the most generous in the nation,
provide a total of $5,100 for four
years, if the recipient stays in
good standing. The fund for the
scholarships was established by
industrialist John Motley More
head, an 1891 graduate of the
University who recently celebra
ted his 91st birthday at his home
in Rye, N. Y. There are almost
200 Morehead scholars in resi
dence at the University and more
than 100 have graduated since
the program began.
Applicants who fail to receive
a Morehead scholarship are giv
en every opportunity for other
scholarships, student loans or
other aid, at Chapel Hill.
Graves said that Mr. Ber
nard, after interviewing the 11
applicants from Moore County,
said that their rating was, in his
opinion, the highest of any group
he had talked to in many years.
Drive for School
Band’s Uniforms
Started by Club
The Band Booster Club’s town
wide campaign for funds to com
plete payment on new uniforms
for Southern Pines High School
band members and majorettes
began this week, reports C. Al
lan McLaughlin, the club’s pub
licity chairman.
He said that the canvass will
be made door-to-door in both the
business and residential sections,
in an attempt to pay off a balance
of some $1,400 due on the uni
forms that are already being
worn.
The club purchased 40 new
band uniforms, 11 majorettes’
costumes and a uniform for Bill
McAdams, the band’s director. Of
the total cost of about $3,500, the
club has paid off some '$2,100,
raised through donations and ben- j
efit events.
The campaign is expected to
last about three weeks, Mr. Mc
Laughlin said. The club is com
posed of parents of members of
the band and other interested
adults. Mrs. Jim Ritchie is presi
dent.
Many persons will take part in
the canvassing, said the publicity
chairman.
Band Member's View
A band member’s view of the
new uniforms, the band’s activi
ties and what music means to
young people is given in the fol
lowing item written for The Pilot
by its High School news corre
spondent, Dickey Hoskins, presi-
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Scouting Leaders
Will be Honored
At Armory Friday
The annual “pot luck” recogni
tion dinner of the Moore Dis
trict Boy Scout organization is
expected to attract hundreds of
adult leaders, parents of Scouts
and others to the National Guard
Armory Friday night at 6:30 p. m.
'Primarily, an affair to recognize
the leadership achievements of
adults involved in the District’s
Scouting program, the event will
include installation of the new
district chairman and district
commissioner. These offices are
now held, respectively, by John
A. McPhaul of Southern Pines
and Dr. J. C. Grier, Jr., of Pine
hurst.
Groups of adult leaders and
parents from the District’s terri
tory, which includes all of Moore
County and a portion of Hoke
County, bring picnic suppers to
the armory and spread them on
tables set up in the big drill
room. All friends of Scouting are
welcome.
Dr. Marcus E. Hobbs, dean of
the University and professor of
Chemistry at Duke University,
Durham, will be the visiting
speaker. Dr. Hobbs received his
A. B., A. M. and Ph. D. degrees
at Duke and has been associated
with that university in a number
of distinguished posts. His many
activities and honors in the fields
of science and education have ex
tended to state and national
scope, including military awards
for his contributions to defense
programs. He is a brother of Mr.
McPhaul’s wife, Mrs. Jane Hobbs
McPhaul, a member of the South
ern Pines schools faculty.
Dr. Hobbs wiM be introduced
by Dr. J. S. Hiatt, Jr., of South
ern Pines.
Hall Trentman of Raleigh,
president of Occoneechee Boy
Scout Council, of which Moore
District is a part, will install the
new district chairman and dis
trict commissioner who will be
announced at the dinner.
J. E. Sandlin of Southern
Pines, a former Moore District
chairman, is the overall chairman
of the event.
Two Younjg Men Killed,
One Injured In Wreck
CUT TREES ON
MIDLAND ROAD?
Mayor John S. Ruggles said
yesterday that "interested cit
izens" had called him to sug
gest that the town remove
the trees in the center section
that divides the two lanes of
Midland Road and plant the
strip in grass, as has been
done on the outskirts of Pine
hurst.
The suggestion was made
to him, said the mayor, as a
safety measure, foliowing the
traffic accident in which two
young men were killed Mon
day night when the automo
bile in which they were riding
collided with one of the trees
in the center section of Mid
land Road.
"I thought the public would
like to know about this sug
gestion," Mayor Ruggles said.
(The Pilot would welcome
comments in letters to ifs
"Public Speaking" columiu)
Aberdeen, West
End Collections
Of Blood Slated
Lions Club Will
Have Broom Sale
The Southern Pines Lions Club
will hold its broom sale on De
cember 4, 5 and 6. The brooms are
made by the blind workers
through Blind Industries of
Greensboro.
All Lions Club members will be
broom salesmen during the drive
and will sell the brooms door-to-
door throughout the Southern
Pines area. In addition, brooms
will be displayed and sold by
three local merchants who are
members of the Southern Pines
Lions Club: Hall and Carter Op
ticians, McNeill and Company,
and the Thomasson Furniture
Company,
The profits from this sale will
be given to community projects
supported by the Club and to
statewide blind assistance pro
grams. Members of the Southern
Pines Lions Club solicit the sup
port of this undertaking by the
entire community.
Junior High Opera to
Be Given Dec. 8 & 9
“Amahl and the Night Visitors,”
a one-act opera with words and
music, by Gian-Carlo Menotti,
will be presented by Junior High
School students at Weaver Audi
torium, Friday and Saturday,
December 8 and 9. Both perfor
mances will be at 8 p.m.
Tickets will go on sale Friday
of this week.
The opera was commissioned
especially for television and was
performed on Christmas Eve, 1951.
Admission price will be 50 cents
for adults, and 25 cents for stu
dents.
Theatre in Pines
Comedy Slated for
December 14,15,16
The Theater in the Pines, local
little theater group will present
“The Late Christopher Bean”, a
comedy in three acts, at the Pin
hurst Playhouse on December 14,
15 and 16.
The play will be the first of
the season for the Moore County
group. Last winter the players
presented “Night Must Fall,” a
mystery, and Moss Hart’s com
edy, “Light Up The Sky.”
“Christopher B.ean,” vyritten by
Sidney Howard, first opened in
Baltimore, Md. in 1932. Since
then it has become one of the
most enduring of contemporary
comedies, enjoying long runs in
New York City and Los Angeles.
“Bean” is set in Vermont with
(Continued on Page 5)
A bloodmobile collection unit
from the American Red Cross
blood center at Charlotte will visit
two Moore County communities
next week stopping at West End
Tuesday and Aberdeen Wednes
day.
At West End, the bloodmobile
will be stationed at the high
school gymnasium from 12 noon
to 5:30 p. m. In Aberdeen, the
location will be the Baptist
Church and the hours will be 9
a. m. to 2:30 p. m.
At both locations a volunteer
staff of doctors, nurses and aides
will be on hand to receive donors.
Quota for each visit is 125 pints.
Red Cross officials point out that
this county is running far behind
in blood donations that make pos-
sibJ.3 a program permitting both
hospitals in the county to obtain
blood of any type quickly from
the Charlotte center. At a recent
meeting of blood program leaders
here, officials said that the county
is in danger of losing the blood
crease.
Jaycees Sponsor
ing Contests
Light]
The Christmas lighting contest
that has been sponsored by the
Southern Pines Junior Chamber
of Commerce for several years
will be held this year.
Richard Mattocks and Milton
Kaylor, co-chairmen, said that the
Jaycees will again give prizes,
which will be announced, for the
most attractive dnd interesting
decoration in both residential area
and business section windows.
Judging will take place during
the week after Christmas.
^ A onq-car traffic accident on
Midland Road in Southern Pines
Monday night took the lives of
two young men and seriously
injured another.
Dying at the accident scene
were Robert Stacy Wicker, 20,
and Ronald Carlton Benton, 19,
both of Southern Pines. Taken to
St. Joseph of the Pines Hospital,
was Jerry Wayne Lambert, 22, of
Aberdeen, owner and driver of
the 1954 Mercury in which all
three were riding, according to
the police report.
Lambert’s condition was de
scribed as good this morning by
the attending physician who said
he was definitely out of danger.
His main injuries, the physician
said, are six or more fractures,
some compound, including breaks
in left leg, left foot, right leg at
kne.e and upper right arm. He
also suffered numerous cuts and
bruises.
Police Sgt. G L. Wright, who
investigated, with Patrolman
Charles Wilson, reported that
the automobile struck a large
pine tree in the center section be
tween the two lanes of Midland
Rd., when it left the road on a
curve, heading west, between the
the Leak St. and Crestview Rd.
intersections. He estimated the
car’s speed at 65 miles per hour
in a 35 mile per hour zone. The
Clash occurred about 9 p. m.
No charges have been brought
against Lambert, pending the out
come of his condition. He is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. James L.
Lambert of Aberdeen who lost a
younger son August 24 when
James (Butch) Lambert, 13, died
by hanging himself at the home.
Requiem mass for Robert Stacy
Wicker was sung this (Thursday)
morning at St. Anthony’s Cath
olic church ^by the pastor, the
Rev. Francis J. Smith, following
a rosary service Wednesday eve
ning at PoweU Funeral Chapel.
Burial was in Mt. Hope Ceme
tery.
He was the son of Mrs. Cecile
Gagne Wicker of N. Ridge St. ex
tension and the late Marvin
Wicker. He attended Southern
Pines High school and Edwards
Military Academy, and served in
the Navy during 1958-1959. Sur
viving besides his mother are one
sister, Jane Marie, of the home;
the paternal grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. Lonnie H. Wicker of
Pinehurst,
, and maternal grand-
.« J .. J ... mother, Mrs. Adelbert Gagne of
service if donations do not m-^onn. ^
Funeral services for Ronald
Carlton Benton were held Wed
nesday afternoon at the Powell
Funeral Chapel, conducted by Dr.
C. K. Ligon, executive secretary
of the Fayetteville Presbytery.
Burial was in Mt. Hope Cemetery.
He attended Southern Pines High
school until last year.
Surviving are his mother, Mrs.
Reed Bailey of Southern Pnies;
his father, James Benton of New
Bern; a sister, Mrs. Kenneth
O’Neil of Delhi, La.; a brother,
James Walton Benton of New
Bern; two half-sisters. Penny
Bailey and Petria Anna Bailey,
of Southern Pines; two half-
brothers, Tommy Brannon
and Bynum Bailey, of Southern
Pines; and his grandmother, Mrs.
Ida Soles of Southern Pines, with
“^whom he made his home.
DEATH CARS— Side by side at May’s Body
Shop, are the remains of two automobiles that
killed three young men here within three weeks.
At right is the 1954 Mercury that struck a tree
on Midland Road Monday night, killing Robert
S. Wicker and Ronald C. Benton and injuring
Jerry Wayne Lambert. At left is the 1953 Ford
that skidded off May St. about 1 a.m. November
9, killing its young driver, Clarence G. Odom,
Jr., of Route 1, Aberdeen. Force of the Midland
Road collision of car and tree Ccm be seen
from the wreck at right, with the depression
made by the tree clearly visible at left front
of the automobile. So violedt was the crash
that the motor was driven back into the passen
ger area and one cylinder head was torn com
pletely off. Both automobiles were rated “total
loss” in the police accident reports.
(Humphrey photo)