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YOU CAN HELP THE HANDICAPPED: BUY 1962 EASTER SEALS YOU CAN HELP THE HANDICAPPED: BUY 1962 EASTER SEALS VOL. 42—NO. 18 TWENTY PAGES SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 1962 TWENTY PAGES PRICE; 10 CENTS Stoneybrook Race Meet To Be Held Saturday Featuring the 22nd running of the Sandhills Cup, the Stoney brook Hunt Racing Association will open the 1962 steeplechase racing season here Saturday. Operating for the benefit of the Moore Memorial and St. Joseph of the Pines Hospitals, the one-day session offers a diversified pro- grami of turf, hurdle and timber racing on the thoroughbred train ing grounds owned by M. G. (Mickey) Walsh, just north of Southern Pines. Thousands of spectators are ex pected for the event. Estimates of Events Before Races Add to Day^s Program Pre-race events and activity as usual will play an important part in the 15th annual meeting of the Stoneybrook Hunt Racing As sociation here Saturday. With grounds opening at noon, many race patrons expect to arrive at the course for a picnic lunch, parking on the hilkide in reserved spaces, overlooking the track. Here is the pre-race schedule: The 82nd Airborne Division Band, from Fort Bragg, will play during the period before the races start at 2 p. m. and there will also be an exhibition by the crack 82nd Division drill team. At 12:30, there will be an exhi bition of trotters and pacers imder the auspices of the Pinehuret Trainers and Drivers Club, with explanatory commentary by Octave Blake, one of the leading owners of harness horses in train ing at Pinehurst. At 1:15, the Children’s race will be run, three furlongs on the fiat, for youngsters 16 years of age and younger. At 1:40, two Congressmen who will be attending the races with their wives—A. Paul Kitchin and I Charles R. Jonas—vnll officiaUy open the race meet in a military ceremony which will include a detail from the 82nd Airborne Division. On hand also as honor guests | will be Lt. Gen. and Mrs. Hamil ton H. Howze and Major Gen. and Mrs. T. J. Conroy, of Fort Bragg. General Howze is Com mander of the Strategic Army Corps and of Fort Bragg. Children's Race Mike Adams, who won the Children’s Race on his Smokey last year at Stoneybrook, at the age of nine and the youngest rider in the event, is entered again with the same horse Saturday. He is the son of F. Dooley Adams, formerly the nation’s leading (Continued on Page 8) Last Formal Hunt Slated Saturday; Gymkhana Sunday As a traditional feature of the Stoneybrook Races weekend, the last formal hunt of the Moore County Hounds will be held Sat urday morning, meeting at 10 a. m. at Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Webb’s Tops’l Farm, off Youngs Roa^ Another customary event of the Stoneybrook weekend will be the schooling horse show and gym khana to be held at the Lakelawn Farm of Mr. and Mrs. Dwight W. Winkelman, at 1:30 p. m. Sun day. The final Sunday afternoon horse show of the season will be held at the Carolina Hotel ring in Pinehurst April 1. Season tro phies will be awarded at this championship event. 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. total attendance run as high as 10,000 persons and race associa tion officials reported a record- breaking advance sale of parking spaces. The 100 $20-each parking space along the rail were sold out several days ago. Inquiries as to parking spaces on the hillside overlooking the course should be directed to the Association office in the McKen zie Building on New Hampshire Ave. General Admission tickets, which are unlimited, can be ob tained on the grounds. For the first time, this year, bearers of General Admission tickets may observe races from the center oval, using an indica ted gate and refraining from moving to and from the area after horses come from the paddock. On the day’s card are the Chil dren’s Race (entries noted in an other story); the Yadkin, a mile and a half over hurdles, with a $500 purse, for the William J. Kennedy Memorial Trophy; the Two Year Old Trial (not sanc tioned), three and one-half fur longs on the flat; the Mule Race (see details in another story); the Silver Run, about seven furlongs on the turf, for the C. Louis Meyer Memorial Trophy and a purse of $400; the featured Sandhills Cup, with entries listed below; the Stoneybrook Open Hurdle Race (see also details below in this story); and the ^Appalachian, about a mile and a half over hur dles, purse $400, the winner to re ceive the Sandy Woods Trophy, presented by Mr. and Mrs. Q. A. Shaw McKean. Donald D, Kennedy, race com- (Continued on Page 8) Electric Irons to Be Made at New Proctor - Silex Company Plant Will Employ 500-600; Building fo Start Soon Mrs. Pyem-ont, Miss McKenzie Winners In 50-Mile Ride Several weeks of negotiations were climaxed Wednesday after noon when Gov. Terry Sanford announced that the Proctor-Silex Corporation, a nationally known industrial firm, will build a large plant here for the n^anufacture of electric irons. A simultaneous announcement of the project was made at the Philadelphia, Pa., home office of the corporation, by its president, Walter M. Schwartz, Jr. The plant will have 110,000 square feet of fjoor space and will employ from 500 to 600 per sons. With the Governor when the announcement was made were three company officials who have worked for several weeks of plan ning and investigation with mem bers of the Southern Pines and Moors County Industrial Com mittees and with representatives of the State Department of Con- COMPANY OFFICIALS—Ward Hill of Sou thern Pines, second from right, who is a member of both the Southern Pines and Moore County Industrial Committees and district manager for the Carolina Power & Light Co., is pictur^ with three Proctor-Silex Company executives who have been active locally in planning for a new Proctor-Silex plant here. The officials are, left to right: Walter Corson, corporation secretary: Joe Fowler, Jr., of the industrial re lations division; and Kenneth E. Herrmann who will be manager of the new plant. March 15 56 42 Margh 16 : 57 36 March 17 54 33 March 18 55 27 March 19 64 28 March 20 71 46 March 21 77 41 The weather looked with favor on the Sandhills 50-Mile Ride this year. Both days were clear with the first day nearly too warm for the 30-mile winding trek to Pine- hiust and back. The second day was cooler and, though the judges and spectators condemned the wind, the riders declared the temperature was perfect. The Ride, sponsored by the Town of Southern Pines with isupport of the Moore County Hounds, began with 25 entries. Nine of the entries were juniors, <10 to 16 years old) and all junior entries finished the 50 miles. Twenty starters continued the second day and there were no dis qualifications under the strict Green Mountain Horse Associa tion rules which had been made slightly more lenient due to the difference in terrain and purpose. Perfect footing and hard sur face used only to cross highways helped explain why nearly half of the riders were repeats from last year. All horses completing the ride were thoroughbred or non-thoroughbred hunters. It is hoped that next year will bring in some Morgan and Arabian, Quar ter horse and Walking horse en tries, officials said. The results: (Continued on Page 8) 3,500 Attend Bank’s Opening ^ Officials of the Southern Na tional Bank of Southern Pines estimated this week that 3,500 persons attended the formal oi>en- ing of the new bank here last Thursday afternoon and evening. Many of the number registered for a stereo console phonograph giveii away by the bank. The win ner was Mrs. J. Talbot Johnson of Aberdeen. Local bank directors and offici als, and their wives, with other Southern National personnel, in cluding President Hector Mac- Lean of Lumberton, greeted visi tors at the bank, after a short ceremony held at 4 p.m. A red carpet was rolled out the front door and across the sidewalk. The new bank, |ocated in the former Welch building at the comer of S. W. Broad St. and New York Ave., is one of six Southern National offices in cen tral and eastern North Carolina. The parent bank is at Lumberton. Blue Knights of SPHS Playing in State Tournament (District tournament, page 16) By RONALD McCRIMMON Coach Billy Megginson’s Blue Knights of Southern Pines High School, with the District 4 Class A basketball championship salt ed away, headed for Durham to day to open their drive for the State Class A title tonight (Thurs day). The Knights, who won the dis trict tournament with a great victory over Clarkton, 56-51, at Red Springs Saturday night, will go into action tonight at 9, against VaUey Springs, the District 8 Class A champion, in the Durham High School gym. The winner of this game will play the Leland-Colfax winner at 9 p. m. Friday. Finals are scheduled for 9 p. m. Saturday, preceded by a consolation game. The Knights left for Durham late this morning, after a pep rally at the school. If they win tonight, they will stay in Dur ham, to eliminate the^ long trip home and back again tomorrow. Other pairings at Durham are Ayden vs Tryon and Warrenton vs Yadkinville. MERCHANTS TO MEET MONDAY A general membership meeting of the newly organ ised Southern Pines Mer chants Council will be held Monda;^. March 26. at 7:30 p. m., in the town hall court room. Garland Pierce, council chairman, reminded mer-. chemts and all interested per sons today. The board of directors of the group meets weekly, on Monday nights, and general membership meetings ' are scheduled once a month. Tryouts for Little League Continuing According to the Southern Pines Little League tryout sched ule, all boys who are 11 years of age are asked to report to the new Little League park on Mor- ganton Road for tryouts at 9:30 a. m. Saturday. All boys who have not yet registered to play Little League baseball may do so then at the park. The 12-year-olds who missed last Saturday’s tryout may report with the 11-year-olds this Satur day. All 10-year-olds are scheduled for tryouts Saturday of next week at 9 a. m. and all 9-year- olds at 2 p. m. the same day. Boys are asked to follow this schedule in order to give each boy a chance to show his ability, it was stated. 5 Democrats, 2 Republicans File For Commissioner Five Democrats and two Re publicans filed for county com missioner primary nominations this week, insuring at least two races for seats on the board in the November election. All are unopposed so far within their own parties. The Democrats are the incum bent (members of the board— Chairman L. R. Reynolds of Rob bins RFD, John M. Currie of Carthage, Tom Monroe of Rob bins, J. M. Pleasants of Southern Pines and W. S. Taylor of Aber deen. The Republicans are Wallace W. O’Neal of Pinehurst, filing as candidate from District 5 (Sand hills and Mineral Springs town ships) and Howard T. McNeill, filing from District 3 (Ritters and Deep River township). Details of Mr. O’Neal’s an nouncement are in a story on another page. If they are nominated in the primaries, Mr. O’Neal would op pose Mr. Taylor for the District 5 board, seat, and Mr. McNeill would oppose Chairman Reynolds, a veteran of more than 20 years of service on the board, in Dis trict 3. In the election of County com missioners, candidates file from the five districts but are voted on by voters of the entire county. Hospital Fund Reaches 26% of $450,000 Goal The $450,000 Moore Memorial Hospital Building Fund has rais ed $124,173 to date or 26 per cent of its objective. At a Primary Gifts report meet ing held last night in the Nurses’ Residence of the hospital, the fol lowing communities reported their total to date as follows: Aberdeen—$200 (one pledge); Carthage—none; Pinebluff—$1,- 000 <one pledge); Pinehurst— $23,567 (17 pledges); Southern Pines—$4,935 (nine pledges); oth er communities — $1,025 (two pledges). This brings the total to date for the Primary Gifts Divi sion to $30,727. The “hospital family’’ (board, staff, employees, auxiliary) have raised $88,696. Robert Cushman, corporate di- (Continued on Page 8) Attendance Up At Antiques Fair Attendance at the three-day Antiques Fair in the National Guard Armory on Morganton Road is higher than at last year’s show, it was reported at noon today by Mrs. Ernest Ives, a co- chairman of the event. The show, with 22 dealers ex hibiting a wide variety of antique furniture and other objects, open ed Wednesday morning and will run to 9 p. m. Friday. The clos ing hour tonight is 9 and the opening Friday morning is at 10. A door prize will be given away at the 9 p. m. closing hour Fri day. Dealers are commenting on the attractiveness of the general set up at the armory, Mrs. Ives said, saying they are pleased with the way items are displayed. The food booth is proving more pop ular than ever before, she report- •■jd. A number of visitors are com' ing from a distance, Mrs. Ives noted, some of them spending some time in the Sandhills and visiting other attractions in the area. The Antiques Fair is a fdnd raising project of , the Moore County Historical Association. Sale of Easter Seals Launched In Moore County The Easter Seal sale of the North Carolina Society for Crip pled Children and Adults has been opened officially by Gover nor Sanford and Moore County’s chapter of the Society is starting its annual fund campaign, with a $3,500 goal. Mrs. William Wood of Pine bluff, chairman of the Moore County Society, has annovmced the following county officers for 1962: Mrs. Graham Culbreth, Southern Pines, vice-chairman and service chairman; George Hodgkins, Southern Pines, treas urer and campaign director and Mrs. William Allen, Southern Pines, secretary; additional mem bers of the county board of direc tors are Kenneth Cox, Frank Gramelsbach, Luther Adams, Dr. Emily Tufts, Dr. H. A. Peck and Dr. WiUiam F. Hollister. Community Chairmen Mr. Ho(igkins has announced the following community cam paign chairmen: Mrs. Harold Peck, Southern Pines; Keith Wd- lock, Pinehurst; Mrs. Rannell Thompson, Aberdeen; Mrs. Wilbur Currie, Carthage; Mrs. Charles Cameron, Vass; Mrs. K. C. Blake, Jackson Springs; Mrs. M. D. Mc- Iver, Cameron; Mrs. Alton Mat thews, Lakeview; Mrs. J. D. (Continued on Page 8) Vandalism Ruins 1,500 Painting At Deering Place Vandalism that ruined an oil painting valued at $1,500 was re ported this morning by Roger Deering, artist who has a gallery and ptudio on Midland Road, be tween Southern Pines and Pine hurst. Mr. Deering said he discovered this morning that a metal object about six inches long had been thrown through the glass display case near the edge of Midland Road, in front of his house, pene trating the canvass of the paint ing. The act apparently took place some time during the pre- cedirig night. The ruined painting is a sea scape painted on the Maine coast, Mr. Deering said, and had been featured in a one-man show of his works in the Bronxville, N. Y., public library. It is 28 by 38 inches in size. The artist is accustomed to leave paintings on display in the glass case near the road, lighted at night. The vandalism, was reported to the sheriff’s office at Carthage, Mr. Deering said, but investiga tion had not yet begtm when he told The Pilot about the incident this morning. servation and Development, the Governor’s office, Carolina Pow er & Light Co., toe town council and other agencies and indiv- duals. The three officials are Walter S. Corson, company secretary; Joe Fowler, Jr., of Mount Airy, member of the firm’s industrial relations division; and Kenneth E. Herrmann, manager of the equipment division of toe Proc tor-Silex Baltimore, Md., plant, who will be manager of the new plant here. W. Harry Fullenwider is chair man of the Southern Pines In dustrial Committee and Robert M. Cushman is chairman of the county industrial group. “We have had complete cooper ation from many people,’’ said Mr. Fullenwider this morning, so many that I would rather not attempt to name them at this time. Not one person we have called on for help has turned us down. We are deeply grateful to them all.’’ The new nlant will be located off Yadkin Road (the road that runs from. Midland Road to Man ly) on a 19%-acre tract purchased from the Sandhill Lumber Co. and two private owners of small lots. The building will face the ac cess road to -the Trimble Prod ucts plant, set back about 130 feet from the road. The site will be served by existing nearby water, sewer, gas and electric po'ver facilities. Easement for a rail siding, to run in from the Seaboard Air Line tracks at Manly, will be available for the plant, if desired, Mr. Ful lenwider said. Construction is expected to be gin soon by the Daniels Construc tion Co., a South Carolina corpor ation with extensive operations in the South. The Proctor-Silex building will be constructed un- der direction of the company’s Greensboro office. A minimum amount of clearing ■nt the site is planned, Mr. FuUen- '»Hder said, with the company ex- necting to leave as many trees standing as possible and other wise to landscape the plant area. The tract purchased includes a small, spring-fed lake which toe company plans to develop as an employee recreation area, Mr. Fullenwider said. The original company from which Proctor-Silex grew was founded in 1883 as!a textile ma chinery manufacturing firm Through the years, expansion and reorganization have added other lines of production which now include toasters, coffee makers drink mixers, ice cream freezers! electric gardening equipment, a compact clothes washer and iron ing boards, as well as continued production of heavy industrial equipment. With headquarters at Philadel phia, the company has manufac turing plants at Mount Airy and Lexington, in North Carolina, and at Philadelphia, Baltimore, Chica go, Lansdale, Pa., Monroeville, Pa. and at Picton, Canada, and in Puerto Rico. The company is one of the na tion’s largest manufacturers of electric steam irons, toe product to be made here. Two weeks ago the company, in coooeration with the Employ ment Security Commission’s San ford office and local people,, con ducted a three-day labor survey in which about 3,700 persons made applications for work at the plant, though at that time the company’s nam^ and the exact nature of its product had not been announced. It is expected that plans will be announced soon for a personnel hiring and training program that will begirt before completion of the plant in July. Company offi cials said that training will con tinue in the plant after work be gins.
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