( p (I SHOPPING DAYS TILL CHRISTMAS SHOPPING DAYS TILL CHRISTMAS VOL. 42—NO. 4 Manager Named Temporary Civil Defense Director Town Manager F. F. (Bud) Rainey was named temporary Southern Pines Civil Defense di rector by the town council Tues day night, pending choice of a permanent director by a com mittee of the council. The full council was present for the regular monthly session in town hall—Mayor John S. Ruggles, Mayor Pro-tem J. D. Hobbs and Councilmen Felton Capel, Morris Johnson and Fred Pollard. Mr. Rainey and Town At torney W. Lament Brown were on hand for the short session, also the town clerk, Mi's. Mildred Mc Donald. At last month’s meeting, Mr. Johnson and Mr. Pollard were empowered by the council to find and appoint a new CD director to replace John Buchholz who had resigned. Tuesday, the committee of two reported that they had been unsuccessful so far, although they had talked to several men. “We are trying to find a man interested enough to do the work,” Mr. Johnson said. “Evi dently, it’s going to be a big job There is a possibility that they will come up with an appwDintment before a special meeting that Maylor Ruggles said would be called later this month. Dog Registration Looking forward to operation of town’s new dog control law, adopted last month, the council heard from Manager Rainey that he has ordered special town tags to be given to dog owners when the register their animals. This registration will take place simul taneously with listing of property for county and town taxes during January. Although the law goes into effect January 1, Town At torney Brown said he thinks a grace period of 15 days could be granted for compliance. The coun cil agreed to authorize a news paper advertiseinent, explaining what dog owners will have to do under the new law. The full text of the ordinance will also be pub lished. Bicycles on Sidewalks Following Mayor Ruggles’s re port of complaints about bicycle riding on sidewalks, the council asked the manager to instruct police to enforce an existing ordi nance against this practice, also to stop the parking of bicycles in PARENTS WARNED Police Chief Seawell said today that the town's ordi nance forbidding riding bicy cles on sidewalks would be enforced, following com plaints to the police depart ment andi to the town coun cil. He pointed out that par ents will be held responsible for violations of the ordi nance by their children. such a manner as to obstruct the sidewalk, "rhe mayor’s personal suggestion to youngsters is that they park bicycles in the park (Continued on Page 8) THE WEATHER Maximum and minimum tem peratures for each day of the past week were recorded as follows at the U. S. Weather Bureau obser vation station at the WEEB studio? on Midland Road. Max Min December 7 59 33 December 8 47 31 December 9 44 24 December 10 45 34 December 11 . 52 40 December 12 58 49 December 13 48 48 TWENTY-SIX PAGES SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1961 TWENTY-SIX PAGES PRICE; 10 CENTS Pfc. Shomaker Transferred; Austin Assigned to County E. G. SHOMAKER Poole Reelected Head of Hospital; Staff Appointed H. G. Poole of Carthage was re elected president of Moore Mem orial Hospital Tuesday night at a meeting of the full board held at the hospital nurses’ home, N. L. Hodgkins of Southern Pines, chairman of the nominating com mittee, presented the same slate of officers as last year to serve for 1962. Mrs. John E. Dixon of Pine- hurst, vice-president; Ralph L. Chandler, Jr., Southern Pines, 2nd vice-president; Paul Dana, Pinehurst, secretary - treasurer; and John F. Taylor, Pinehurst, assistant secretary-treasurer. On the committee with Mr. Hodgkins were Wilbur Currie of Carthage and William P. Sledge of Pine hurst. Preston Douglas of Lumberton, hospital auditor, presented the audit report for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1961. He gave a comprehensive report on the institution’s growth last year and compared it with its progress during the past four years. He said the hospital has experienced a steady and continued growth and its position is sound finan cially. Auxiliary Report Mrs. Paul Dana of Pinehurst, new president of the Woman’s Auxiliary, gave a resume of vol unteer workers and their various duties in the hospital and told (Continued on page 8) I Pfc. Edward G. Shomaker of I the State Highway Patrol has been assigned to duty at Salis- I bury, effective tomorrow (Fri- I day), it was announced yesterday by Sgt. J. S. Jones of Siler City who has charge of Patrol opera tions in Moore, Lee and Chatham Counties. He will be replaced by Pfc. W. R. Austin who has been stationed at Ansonville.. This assignment is also effective tomorrow. Pfc. Shomaker, who has been in Moore County nearly 10 years, has been living at 374 W. Dela ware Ave. in the Knollwood apartments. His wife is the for mer Dorothy McQuay of Raleigh. They have a son, Edward, and a daughter, Katheryn. Personal information about Pfc. Austin was not available today, nor was it known where he will make his home. Sgt. Jones praised the work of Pfc. Shomaker during the years he has been assigned here. In March, 1960, Shomaker was chosen “Trooper of the Year” by his fellow patrolmen in the three- county district. Other law en forcement officers in this county praised the choice. A native of Alamance County, Shomaker is a graduate of Elon college in physical education. He is a veteran of three years of (Continued on Page 8) FUND-RAISING FIRM EMPLOYED At its meeting Tuesday night, the board of directors of Moore Memorial Hospited approved the employment of Ketohum. Inc., of Charlotte, a fund-raising firm, to aid in the forthcoming $400,000 building campaign. The amount is sought as the pub lic's contribution toward con structing a new wing fo rthe hospital at Pinehurst William P. Saunders, chairman ctl the drive, has been reelected to the board of directors, after an absence of several years from the board. Auto Equipment Being Checked By Patrolmen state Highway Patrol checking stations to inspect equipment of automobiles on the roads are be ing' set up at various places in the Moore, Lee and Chatham counties, Sgt. J. S. Jones, who heads Patrol operations in the three-county area, said. At the stations, automobiles will be stopped, and brakes, headlights, horn, stoplights, tail- lights, turn signals and other mechanical equipment will be checked. Onwers of defective ve hicles will be afrested or given a ticket to mail back to the Pa trol later with certification by a qualified mechanic that the de fects have been corrected. Sgt. Jones pointed out also this week that the Patrol’s recently announced campaign against drinking drivers is continuing. The campaign, he said, is a perma nent program, with special em phasis on the holiday period. Using both law enforcement and public education, the program is enlisting the support of civic, church and other groups. BOOK FAIR TO CLOSE A Book Fair at the East South ern Pines High School library, exhibiting 436 new books for readers of high school age, will close tomorrow, Friday. The pub lic is invited to view the travel ing exhibit during its last day here, from 8 a. m. to 4 p. m., said Mrs. Helen Dribble, librarian. It has been open to the public three days this week. Churches List Pre-Christmas Holiday Events A number of local church events and services for the holiday sea son have been announced to take place in the coming week. Following is a listing of such events through Thursday of next week. Programs and services to take place during the Christmas week-end, at all local churches, will be listed in next week’s Pilot. Events of the coming week: Brownson Memorial Presby terian Church, Dr. E. C. Scott, interim pastor: Sunday, December 17—Vesper Service with Chancel Choir; White Christmas offering will be received, 5 p.m. Monday, December 18—Youth Choir of 60 voices will sing; Joy Gift offering, 8 p.m. Social hour in fellowship haU following. Thursday-Sunday, December 21 -24 Youth Group will present living Nativity scene on Church lawn, 7-8 p.m. First Baptist Church, the Rev. Maynard Mangum, pastor: Sunday, December 17—Combin ed Adult, Junior and Primary Choirs; soloists, Mr. and Mrs. Frank West, oboeist and violinist from St. Andrews music faculty, 7:30 p.m. Carolling Caravan at 9. Emmanuel Episcopal Church, the Rev. R. Martin Caldwell, rector: Tuesday, December 19—Day School party at 4 p.m. Southern Pines Methodist Church, the Rev. R. C. Mooney, pastor: Wednesday, December 20—Cyd fashioned carol sing in the Church at 8:15 p.m. United Church of Christ, the Rev. Carl Wallace, pastor: Sunday, Decmber 17—^Youth Fellowship meets at 6 p.m. in fellowship hall to package and de liver White Christmas parcels; party to follow at Robert Leland’s. Friday, December 22—Church School party, 7:30 p.m. Bids to Be Asked on Home for the Ageing Many Arrested For Speeding on Streets of Town MR", McCASKiLL Frank McCaskill To Heatl March of Dimes in January “Moving forward from the suc cessful fight against polio, the 1962 New March of Dimes will support one of the most potent medical programs ever launched against chronic crippling disease,” J. Frank McCaskill, of Pinehurst said this week. Mr. McCaskill’s statement was' made as he accepted appointment by Paul Butler, chairman of the Moore County chapter of The Na tional Foundation, to direct the March of Dimes campaign in the county, January 2 through 31. Mr. McCaskill, who is manager of the Pinehurst Laundry, point ed out that the March of Dimes organization is now also attack ing crippling birth defects and ar thritis. He continued: “Fhmds are needed to support research for other preventives (Continued on Page 8) TO COLLECT FOR CHEER BASKETS Members of John Boyd Post. Veterans of Foreign Wars, will be on the streets Saturday, receiving donations for the post's Christmas Cheer food basket program. Harry Chatfield, chaimnan, said post members will be stationedi at the post office, the bank emd the ABC store. The post, in cooperation with the county welfare de partment, annually sponsors a distribution of food baskets to needy families at Christ.^ mas. The chairman urged that the public put non-perishable grocery items in barrels at local food stores and said the post also needs checks to pay for the rest of the food to fill the basketsc Checks shouldi be sent to Mr. Chaltfield at post office box 272, Southern Pines. Club Will Award Builders Cup For Service to Area Presentation of the Sandhills Kiwanis Club’s Builders Cup for “unselfish personal community service without hope of personal gain” will highlight the club’s an nual Ladies Night dinner meet ing at the Carolina Hotel in Pine hurst Friday. The event will be gin at 7:15 p. m. The person to receive the cup, the 28th such award to be given by the club to an outstanding cit izen of the county, will not be known until the award is made, even to the recipient or most members of the club. Last year’s cup winner was Voit Gilmore of Southern Pines who is now director of the United States Travel Service. Other re cent winners have been Mrs. T. A. Cheatham, 1959; John S. Rug gles, 1958; John F. Taylor, 1957; the late Sheriff C. J. "McDonald, 1956; and Richard S. Tufts, 1955. Community service over a period of years is considered in making the award. Entertainment, door prizes and other festivities are on the Ladies I Night prograni. Benefit Dances to Be Held at Armory WHEN TREE FALLS ON PHONE LINES Robbins Toll Service Out 4 Hours Telephone toll service in and out of Robbins was suspended about four hours 'Tuesday after a huge tree feU across lines between Robbins and Carthage. Joe R. Kimball, district mana ger for United Telephone Com pany of the Carolinas, Inc., said that the tree knocked down a pole, tore the cross-arms off it and dragged down the phone wires, at McLendon’s Creek, three miles out of Carthage on Highway 27. m. The tree fell about 10:30 a and service was restored at 2:30 p. m., after a United Telephone crew had repaired the damage. Apparent cause of the mishap, Mr. Kimball said, was the soaking rain that fell on this area for sev eral days, weakening the hold of the already leaning big tree’s roots in the soil. The roots came out of the ground when it fell, he said. Only the toll (long distance) service at Robbins was affected. Local service there went on as usual. BALL PARK BALL DECEMBER 21 Committees are at work on pre parations for a gala event of the holiday season in the Sand hills—the Ball Park Ball to be staged at the National Guard Armory here, Thursday night of next week, December 21, from 9 to 1. Dancing wiU be to the music of Bob Smith orchestra, featuring Miss Charla Marcum of Southern Pines, who appears regularly with the orchestra. Tickets may be obtained from Mrs. 'W. F. Hollister, ticket chair man, and are also on sale at the Style Mart Store, the Broad Street Pharmacy and Tate’s Hardware and Electric Co. Benefiting from the event wiU Ije the Little League baseball park now under construction op posite the armory on Morganton Road. A pony will be given away in connection with the dance. HERE’S “POPCORN,” the pony to be' given away at the Ball Park Ball, shown with Tommy GuUedge, son of Mr. and Mrs. Tom GuUedge of Little River Township where the pony is now stabled. Interested persons should see or caU Bill Smith at Jackson Motors for details. HOLIDAY BALL SATURDAY NIGHT A social highlight of the Christ mas season, drawing attendaiice from all over the county, wiU be the Holiday BaU of the Moore County Young Democrats, to be he\d at the National Guard Armory Saturday night. The Bass orchestra has been en gaged and there will be tables about the dance floor where par ties may enjoy themselves togeth er. These tables may be reserved upon request, according to infor mation, from J. Elvin Jackson, YDC president. Dancing is from 8 till 1. Tickets are in the hands of YDC members throughout the county, available to the public, and a large attendance is expected. This is a fund-raising event for YDC projects, and the first event put on by the club under its new ad ministration. Enforcement of speed laws on town streets has brought many defendants into Southern Pines Recorder’s Court, during the past three weekly sessions of the court. An intensive drive on speeding violations followed the Midland Road accident in which two young men were killed No vember 27. Police Chief Earl S. Seawell said that the town’s “speed watch,” an automatic clocking de vice, is- being used at various lo cations around the community. He also noted that officers are making arrests for through stop signs. In last week’s session of South ern Pines Recorder’s Court, Judge W. Harry Fullenwider began of fering defendants in speeding and other traffic cases a choice of paying a fine or walking every where they go for a one, two or four day period, in an effort to bring home to defendants and the public the seriousness of speed law violations. (Details are given in a report of last week’s court session, page 16. See also an editorial on page 2.) No More Local 'Waivers Chief Seawell also pointed out that at the request of the State, “from Governor Sanford on down” Solicitor Howard Brough ton of the local court has request ed that persons living in this area who are arrested for traffic law violations not be allowed to sign waivers and forfeit a posted bond later, so that they will not have to appear in court. This procedure, which has no legal validity, has been used in courts of this area and elsewhere, primarily .for the convenience of out-of-town and out-of-state mo torists, so that they would not have to remain in the area, possi bly waiting several days for trial in the once-a-week court sessions held by all three courts in this county. Local persons, however, had been allowed to sign waivers in some cases. Their presence in court for trial will now be de manded, Chief Seawell said. -4- Meeting at Christ Church in Charlotte, the Advisory commit tee of the Episcopal Home of the Diocese of North Carolina author ized the building committee to proceed with calling for bids' on the $300,000- project here as soon as the architect completes his plans. This is expected to be about the first of the year,. The home will be built on land that was formerly a portion of the Weymouth estate, east of Ridge St., opposite the Maine Ave. in tersection. Walter Hobbs of Charlotte, chairman of the Building com mittee, said the contracts would be let as soon as possible. It is hoped that this can be done in time to have a formal ground breaking ceremony on March 4, Louis H. Asbxiry of Charlotte, is the architect. He has had much experience in this kind of work, running ' having been the architect for sev eral church homes, including the extensive addition to the Metho dist Home in Charlotte. He is quoted as saying that he has every reason to believe that the plans will be completed by the first of the year, so that bids can be called for then. The committee at its Charlotte meeting also decided to proceed with such matters as removing the trees from the Southern Pines property, opening a street to the building site, and arranging for (Continued on page 8) PARTIES SLATED FOR CHILDREN The annual Christmas party of the Southern Pine;; Elks Lodge, to which children of the community are invited, will be held at the Southern Pines Country Club from 2 to 5 p. m. Sunday, December 17, 'With Santa Claus present and refreshments for all. Transportation to the party will be provided by the Elks for all childem unable to go otherwise. Persons seeking transportation are asked to call OX 5-9911. In cooperation with a West Southern Pines group, the Elks are also sponsoring a party at the West Southern Pines school gym, Saturday afternoon, from 2 to 5, with Santa expected to be presenL The annual Christmas chil dren's party of John Boyd Post, 'Veterans of Foreign Wars, will be held Sunday afternoon, December 24. De tails will be given in next week's Pilot. Theatre-in-Pines Camedy to Have Three-Night Run Sidney Howard’s comedy, “The Late Christopher Bean,” will open a three-hight run at the Pinehurst Playhouse in Pinehurst tonight (Thursday)—the first production of the season from Theatre-in-the- Pines, this area’s amateur com munity theatre group. Performances will be given to night, Friday and Saturday at 8:15 p. m. The Pinehurst Play house is the former Carolina Theatre building, now owned by Karl Andrews. Advance tickets are on sale at Barnum Realty and Insurance Co. The production is directed by Richard Castle of Fort Bragg, with settings by Karl Stuart of South ern Pines. In the cast are Doug las Runnels and Ellis Taylor, of Fort Bragg, Thomas Connolly of Pinehurst and, from Southern Pines, Kay Brezinsky, Jere Gil bert, Patti Frantz, Glenda Martin, Karl Stuart and Douglas Kelly. Among members of the produc tion staff are Carol Stuart, stage manager; Jackie Baldwin, Jane Wicker and Martha Ruth Camp, hand properties; Elils Taylor, Pat Taylor, Sharon McDonald and Karen Gramelsbach, working with Mr. Stuart on scenery; Kathy Gil more, Ann ^mith, Jane McPhaul and Kay Brezinsky, make-up; and James Hartshorne, box office. , The audience is invited to join the cast for coffee in the lobby, after each performance. “The Late Christopher Bean” is the group’s third production. A year ago, they presented “Light Up The Sky,” and last April,. ■Night Must Fall.” Both were well received. SCHOOL HOLIDAYS Southern Pines schools will be gin their Christmas vacation at the end of the school day Wed- nsday, December 20. Students will return to classes Tuesday morn ing, January 2. IN MIDLAND ROAD ACCIDENT Manslaughter, Driving Drunk Charged Jerry Wayne Lambert, 22, of Aberdeen, who was badly hurt in Southern Pines’ worst traffic acci dent of the year, has been charged with manslaughter in the deaths of two local youths in the acci dent of Monday night, November 27. A warrant was served on him Tuesday in St. Joseph’s Hospital by Police Chief Elarl Seawell, charging him with careless and reckless driving resulting in acci dent and causing the deaths of Robert S. Wicker, 20, and Ronald C. Benton, 19; also drunken driv ing, and failing to maintain proof of financial responsibility as re quired under the North Carolina law. He will be given a hearing ir, court as soon as he is able to ap pear, but remains a patient at SL. Joseph’s, recovering from multi ple fractures and other injuries received in the fatal accident on Midland Road, between Leak St. and Crestview Road.

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