i
Urgent Advice
to the people of North Carolina
on the use of Salk polio vaccine
is given by a physician on page 2.
Girl Scout
Week is being observed over the
nation. For photos and news' of
local activities, see pages 5 and 8.
VOL. 42—NO. 17
TWENTY PAGES
SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1962
TWENTY PAGES
PRICE: 10 CENTS
Spectators Can
Watch Riders in
50-Mile Contest
The Second Annual Sandhills
50-Mile Ride will take place this
Friday and Saturday, with spec
tators invited to watch the start
and finish, to join the riders for
their festivities, and to watch
riders at highway crossings or
anywhere along the course.
Officials of the Ride, sponsor
ed by the Town of Southern
Pines in cooperation with the
Moore County Hounds, are; chair
man, Miss Page Shamburger; co-
chairman and Route master, Mrs.
W. O. Moss; official weigher, W.
O. Moss; assistant weigher. Ward
Hill; official starter, William
Stratton; timer and recorder, Mrs.
R. D. Webb; judges, Kent Miller,
William Gilbert, Gene Cunning
ham, Dr. J. I. Neal and Dr. C. C.
McLean; and spot judge. Miss
Betty Dumaine. .
Yellow arrows will be followed
on the first day, Friday. The start
will be at the scales at Mile-Away
Farms, off old U. S. 1, north of
Southern Pines. Horses and tack
will be weighed before and after
the ride. Starting time is 10:30 a.
m. with riders leaving at two
minute intervals. The contestants
will cross the No. 1 highway park
way approximately mid-way be
tween the Niagara and the Mid
land Road overhead bridge.
The first horses should be
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DIRECTORS—Here is the board of directors
of the Southern National Bank of Southern
Pines, whose names were announced today in
connection with the formal opening of the new
bank. Seated, left to right: Harold A. Collins,
W. Howard Matthews, J. Cecil Beith, Benjamin
W. Wicks, Joe Montesanti, Jr., and Dr. Williara
F. Hollister. Standing, same order: W. O. Moss,
J. Ed Causey, A. L. Burney, Frederick Taylor,
PUBLIC INVITED TO VIEW BUILDING
J. E. Sandlin, Garland McPherson, W. T. Hunt-
ley, Jr., Dr. Francis L. Owens, W. E. Kivette,
John C. Ostrom, Dr. Bruce Warlick and William
H. Gentry, Jr., who is vice president in charge
of the Southern Pines office of Southern Nat
ional. One member of the board, W. Lament
Brown, was not present when the photo was
made. (Humphrey photo)
Southern National Opening Today
Race Events Set
For Stoneybrook
Opening the 1962 steeplechsise
racing season in the South, the
Fifteenth Annual Stoneybrook
Hunt Race Meeting will be opera
ting for the benefit of the Moore
Memorial and St. Joseph of the
Pines Hospitals, Saturday, March
of the First Baptist Church, gave
an invocation.
The local bank is one of six
The Southern National Bank
is staging its formal grand open
ing today at the bank’s remodeled
building, corner of S. W. Broad
St. and New York Ave.
Following a ceremony at 4 p.
m., the public was admitted and
will be welcomed to inspect the
entire building, with its colorful
and newly installed facilities, un
til 9 p. m. The bank will open for
business at 9 a. m. Friday.
To mark the op.3ning. Mayor
Pro Tern J. D. Hobbs, acting for
Mayor John S. Ruggles who is out
24 of town, cut a ribbon and Hector
^ , iMacLean of Lumberton, Southern
Seven events bave .• 1 National president, spoke. The
with ftve races u er s Rgy Maynard Mangum, pastor
from the Hunts Committee of the
National Steeplechase and Hunt
Association. The highlights of the
program will be the 22nd running
of the Sandhills Cup over timber,
carrying a $1,500 purse, and the
Stoneybrook Opep Hurdle Race
also carrying a $1,500 purse. All
purses have been considerably
raised this year.
Donald D. Kennedy, chairman
of the local racing association
said that the grounds will be open
at noon with the official opening
of the race meet scheduled at 1:45
Among the pre-race features this
year will be the Children’s Race
followed by a Mule Race. Anoth
er popular pre-race event will be
an exhibition of trotters and
pacers.
Guests of honor this year will
be two Congressmen, Charles R.
Jonas and Mrs. Jonas and A. Paul
Kitchin and Mrs. Kitchin. Also
among the distinguished ' guests
who have accepted the invitation
of Mr. Kennedy are Lt. Gen. and
Mrs, Hamilton H. Howze and
Major Gen. and Mrs. T. J. Con-
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Southern National offices, inclu
ding the parent bank at Lumber-
ton and offices at Laurinburg,
Hamlet, Fayetteville and Hope
Mills. Officers from several of
these banks were present, along
with local directors and staff
members, to welcome the public.
A number of other visiting bank
ers also attended.
Welcoming the public and serv
ing refreshments inside are wives
of bank officers and women em
ployees of the teller, secretarial
and bookkeeping staff.
- Officers of the local bank are
William L. Gentry, Jr., vice pres
ident in charge of the Southern
Pines office; Dewey L. Ritter, Jr.,
Cashier; and William E. Samu
els, Jr., assistant vice president
and manager of installment loans.
In connection with the opening,
the bank is giving away a stereo
console phonograph.
The building has been remod
eled under direction of Hayes,
HoweU and Associates, local ar
chitectural firm. The main en
trance is on Broad St., with a
separate entrance; also on Broad
St., to the installment loan de
partment.
Walnut paneling; wall-to-wall
carpeting and recessed ceiling
lights are features of the inferior
construction and decoration.
Robbins Boy, 16,
Caught Soon After
Stealing Big Sum
A teen-ager who grabbed mon
ey from the till of a Robbins ser
vice station Wednesday morning
later found that he had taken
some thousands of dollars.
Chief Deputy Sheriff H. H.
Grimm said that Fred Norman
Garner, 16, of Robbins had $4,-
435 in bills, including 39 $100
bills, when caught a few miles
from town, some two and a half
hours after robbing Brown’s Pur-
ol Station.
The youth, who had not count
ed all the money and only knew
it was “an awful lot,” admitted
the impulsive theft, and told of
ficers he had started out to hitch
hike to Florida. Instead, he was
picked up hiding in a ^eld in the
Flint Hill Church section three
or four miles from Robbins by a
posse using the prison camp
bloodhounds.
He showed the officers where
he had hidden $1,134.94 in checks
and a 25-Galibre automatic pistol,
also taken from Brown’s station,
in a culvert in Robbins before
leaving town on foot.
L. A. Brown, owner of the sta
tion, said he was preparing a
bank deposit of station funds and
checks and also his “life savings,”
which he had with him in cash
for some special purpose. He said
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3,700 REGISTER FOR JOBS
Decision Awaited on
New Industry Plans
Antiques Fair to
Open Next Week
The Antiques Fair, beginning
Wednesday of next week at the
National Guard Armory on Mor-
ganton Road, will have 22 exhibi
tors in this, its fifth year.
The show, sponsored by the
Moore County Historical Associa
tion, will continue through Fri
day, with a surprise door prize
to be giveft away that night.
Co-chairmen with Mrs. Ernest
L. Ives are Mrs. Livingston L.
Biddle II of Pinehurst and Mrs.
H. A- Page, Jr., of Aberdeen.
Mrs. James S. Milliken and
Mrs. William B. Bodine are in
charge of publicity and Mrs. Jo
seph P. Marley is chairman of
the canteen, which serves home
made refreshments for the con-
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Citizens Bank Elects McKenzie to Post
Billy G. McKenzie has been
elected an assistant vice president
of The Citizens Bank and Trust
Company of Southern Pines and
will assume duties with the bank
on April 1, it is announced by N.
L. Hodgkins, president.
Mr. McKenzie will replace
George C. Hodgkins who has re
signed to accept a position as
vice president of a new Small
Business Investment Company
being formed in California.
Mr. McKenzie has been asso
ciated with The Carolina Bank of
Pinehurst for the past 11 years
and for the past year and a half
has been serving as cashier of
the bank’s branch in West End.
He is presently living in Pine
hurst and has been active in civic
and' community affairs. He is a
former Scoutmaster and holder
of the Scoutmaster’s key and has
been active in the Culdee Presby
terian Church where he is teach
er of the Men’s Bible Class.
Mr. McKenzie is a combat vet
eran, having served during World
War II with the 4th Division of
the U. S. Marines.
He is married to the former
Myra Elizabeth Church of Can-
New Air Service
Begun Today by
Piedmont Lines
Southern Pines, Pinehurst and
Aberdeen are receiving new Pace
maker Martin 404 Service for the
first time as Piedmont Airlines
starts Martin service into the area
today.
This step forward comes as a
result of Piedmont’s recent pur
chase of 17 of the 265-miles-an-
hour Martin 404’s as replacements
for its DC-3 fleet. The 17 404’s,
along with the eight F-27 prop-
jets already owned by Piedmont,
comprise the largest fleet of
pressurized, air-conditioned air
craft in the local service airlines
industry.
The “Pacemaker 404”'flights are
reflected in Piedmont’s new sche
dule being released today. More
Martin flights will be introduced
in later schedule revisions.
Here is a brief run down of
flights operating into Southern
Pines-Pinehurst Airport after
mid-March:
F-27 Flight 62, originates Knox
ville, terminates Norfolk, leaves
Southern Pines-Pinehurst Airport
10:26 a.m.; Martin Flight 454,
originates Cincinnati, terminates
Wilmington, leaves Southern
Pines-Pinehurst Airport 6:44 p.m.
Martin Flight 455, originates
Wilmington, terminates Cincin
nati, leaves Southern Pines-Pine
hurst Airport 12:14 p.m.; and F-27
Flight 65 originates Norfolk, ter
minates Knoxville, leaves South
ern Pines-Pinehurst Airport 7:55
p.m.
All the above flights wiU be
made via intermediate cities.
Third Candidate
Out for Coroner
A third candidate for the office
of county coroner in the Demo
cratic primary in May entered
the race this week, with the fil
ing of J. R. Cranford of Robbins.
Candidates who have previously
filed are W. A. Carpenter, Sr.,
of Pinebluff and E. R. Kerns of
Carthage.
Ralph G. Steed of Robbins, De
mocrat who has been coroner for
the past 10 years, reportedly will
not seek renomination.
Blue Knights in
District Playoff
By RONALD McCRIMMON
The Southern Pines High
School Blue Knights, Moore
County regular season and tour
nament basketball champions,
play their first game in the Dis
trict 4, Class 1-A playoffs against
Benhaven at 7 o’clock tonight
(Thursday) in the Red Springs
High School gym. Benhaven is the
Harnett County champion.
Winners of district playoffs
over the state will play in the
state 1-A tourney in Durham next
week.
Tonight’s Southern Pines-Ben-
haven winner will advance to the
semi-finals of the District 4 play
offs, to meet the winner of the
Orrum-Ellerbe game, Friday
night at 8:30.
Finals will he played Saturday
night at 8.
In opening games of the play
offs at Red Springs last night, the
Pinehurst Rebels, runners-up in
Moore County, were eliminated
by Angier, 54-37, and Clarkton,
defending district champion, beat
Red Springs, 55-49.
JOHN P, KENNEDY
Kennedy Says He’s
‘Running Hard’ in
Race for Congress
State Rep. John P. Kennedy of
Charlotte made it official Mon
day.
^ At a press conference at How
ard Johnson’s Restaurant, be
tween Southern Pines and Aber
deen, Kennedy launched his Dem
ocratic primary campaign fOr
Congress and told reporters he’U
challenge incumbent Paul Kitchin
for the nomination from North
Carolina’s new Eighth District.
I’m running for Congress, Srun-
ning hard, and running to win,”
Kennedy said.
The Mecklenburg legislator, a
veteran of two terms in the state
House of Representatives, called
for a “new, positive approach” to
national and international prob
lems, and assailed Kitchin’s Con
gressional voting record as “ex
traordinarily negative.”
“In the first session under Pres-,
ident Kennedy’s administration,”
the candidate said, “Mr. Kitchin
voted against the majority posi
tion of his party 67% of the time.
But this race does not involve
merely support of the Democratic
party. Even in the last two years
of the Eisenhower administration,
in foreign policy, where Eisen
hower generally received bi-par
tisan support, Mr. Kitchin sup
ported that administration only
15% of the time.”
“By whatever standards you
want to apply, this record is ex-
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• About 3,700 applicants from
Moore and other counties re
gistered during a labor survey
made here last week—a number
which sponsors of the survey for
an unnamed industry reportedly
found “highly gratifying.”
N. L. Hodgkins, Jr., of the
Southern Pines Industrial Com
mittee, said those in charge of
the survey said they are well
pleased with the results.
Whether this will meam the
actual decision of the industry
to locate here remained, how
ever, undetermined today.
The industry, said to be a
nationally known concern of high
standing in its field, manufactur
ing household wares and small
appliances, will build a plant and
employ about 600 people if it does
locate here. Name of the industry
is being withheld pending the
definite decision, which is ex
pected to be made next week.
A good many more men than
women applied during the sur
vey held Thursday, Friday and
Saturday at the National Guard
Armory, but this was evened up
by the fact that most of the
women would be immediately
available^ while most of the men
have jobs. The company has said
it will employ about 50 per cent
men, and 50 per cent women.
Few of the applicants were
skilled workers in the categories
desired by the company, but the
information is that unskilled
workers will be trained. Through
many of the applicants it was
learned information was gained
of skilled workers who might be
contacted if and when needed.
Company officials had emphaiz-
ed that the registration would be
considered as^actual job ai^lica-
tions, not merely as a count of
available workers.
The survey was conducted by
personnel of the Employment
Security Commission’s Sanford
office, assisted by company of
ficials. _ ‘
W. S. Thomasson, the Industrial
Committee’s representative on
the Southm Knes Merchants
Council, and Thomas Ruggles,
Jaycee representative on the
Council, assisted with the regi
stration at the armory.
A spokesman for the Industrial
Comimittee said that persons who
had missed the registration last
week would be given an oppor
tunity to make job applications
later. An employment office and
training program are expected to
be set up soon, once the final
company decision is made to
locate here. Until that office is
set up, further applications are
not being taken by the Committee
or the company, it was stated.
BILLY G. McKenzie
ton, they have two sons, Donald,
10, and Franklin, 8.
In making the announcement,
Mr. Hodgkins said that the di
rectors of the bank are extreme
ly pleased to obtain the services
of Mr. McKenzie.
Archeological Group
To Meet Here Friday
The Upper Cape Fear Chapter
of the Archeological Society of
North Carolina will meet at Ho
ward Johnson’s Restaurant, be
tween Southern Pines and Aber
deen tomorrow (Friday) at 7:30
p.m.
The Society, which has mem
bers from Moore County, includes
a number of east-central North
Carolina Counties. All interested
persons are invited.
Indian artifacts from this area
will be exhibted at the meeting.
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 W E E B
studios on Midland Road.
Max. Min.
March 8 49 25
March 9 48 33
March 10 57 35
March 11 51 38
March 12 66 43
March 13 65 35
March 14 57 31
OFFICIAL PARK—THE new baseball park
of the Southern Pines Little League, built to
National Little League specifications is ready
for play but not yet completed. Plans call for
grandstand, concession stand, dugouts and lights
for night games. Little League try-outs will
start Saturday. The park is located across from
the National Guard Armory on Morganton Road.
(Humphrey photo)
Try-Outs for Little League Teams to Begin
The Southern Pines Little
League baseball program will
begin the 1962 season with try
out activities Saturday morning
at the newly constructed Little
League Park on Morganton Road
near the National Guard Armory.
The local league is now offical-
ly.a franchised (member of the
National Little League With
headquarters at Williamsport, Pa.
All league play and operations
must comply with the strict rules
and regulations required by the
National Little League, to re
main a chartered member of the
organization.
The early try-out date will
afford all boys a chance to parti
cipate. An 18-game schedule has
been prepared by the rules com
mittee and approved by the
Board of Directors, to be an
nounced later.
It is hoped that additional fumds
wUl be raised which are needed
to complete the new baseball
park including lights, concepsion
stand and dugouts. “Little League
Day” in Southern Pines will be
Saturday, May 19, which will
mark the official opening of the
Little League baseball season.
Opening games will be preceded
bv the annual Little League
parade.
Local Little league managers,
player agent, lunpires and league
president will attend the North
Carolina Little League Confer
ence, scheduled Friday at Char
lotte. Marvin Bradford, Southern
regional director, will be the
principal speaker. League rules
and regulations, incorporation
procedures and discussion of
local league problems are a few
of the subjects on the agenda.
TRY-OUT SCHEDULE
Boys are asked to report
at the new Little League park
on Morganton Road at 9:30
each Saturday morning ac
cording to the following sche
dule and age groups:
Saturday. March 17 — 12,-
year-olds only.
Saturday. March 24 — 11-
year-olds only.
Saturday. March 31 — 10-
year-olds only.
Saturday. April 7 — O-year-
olds only.
A selection systemi which
is recommended and approved
by the National Little League
will be used. The official
scdiedule will begin May 19
and finish July 30. The sche
dule calls for a split season
with a July 4 all-star game.
Many boys have already re
gistered for Little League
participation. Others can re
gister Saturday. All must be
properly registered to take
part in league play.