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THE PILOT—Southern Pines, North Carolina
THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 1962
Mrs. Jane Towne,
Winter Resident
Dies in New York
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Mrs. Jane Holabird Towne, 79,
a resident of Southern for
a large portion Of each year s
1929, died this morning at her
anartment in New York City
STshe was spending the sum
mer.
Funeral plans were not com
-niP+p at The Pilot’s press time,
Lt a service is to be Sato^
day in the Chapel of the Ctarcn
•of ^Heavenly Rest in New York,
with burial in Graceland Ceme
tery, Chicago, Ill.
Mrs. Towne’s son,
whose apartment at 243 E.
St in New York, is within a few
blocks of where his mother Uved,
told The Pilot by telephone this
morning that Mrs Towne had
been in declining health for sev
eral weeks and took a rapid turn
for the worse early toda^
she could be taken to a ho^pdal.
He and a granddaughter
Towne, Miss Jane Carey of Wash
ington, D. C., were with her when
she died.
Officer Injured,
Car Damaged in
Pursuit of Boy
$25 Reward Set
For Information
About Lost Man
B^i^^ai^an Holds Annual Reunion at
Skyvue Lodge Near Sanford, Sunday
Miss Carey is the daughter of
Mrs Towne’s daughter. Lama,
(Mrs. Calvert Carey) who died m
1933 Mrs. Towne’s immediate
survivors other than her son, are
three granddaughters and Hve
great-grandchildren.
“To^HOUSE and lake— The camera is “
the right out of the camera’s range, is proposed
SLatf clubhouse to be built by a purchasing group that now
has the property under option. Details in story
Born in Chicago, August 17,
1882 Mrs. Towne was the daugn-
ter of the distinguished architect,
William Holabird, and Mrs. Hol
abird. She had lived at Evanston,
Ill., and Washington, D. C^ be
fore coming to Southern Pines.
Her home here is at 540 Morgan-
ton Road.
MOSS
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recreation
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Interested for many years in
social service work, Mrs. Towme
was one of the founders of a well
known adoption agency, the
Cradle Society, at Evanston. She
was one of the original group
working in this area with the Ma
ternal Welfare Committee which
was founded nearly 30 years ago.
Afflicted with deafness for many
years, she was a member and re
gional official of the American
Hearing Society and was active
in its work. She was an active
member of Emmanuel Episcopal
Church here.
Fonjmany years Mrs. Towne
was a member of the Book Coni-
mittee of the Southern Pines Li
brary. She read widely and, in re
cent years had contributed Occa
sional book reviews to Miss Lock-
ie Parker’s "Looking at Books”
column in The Pilot. She was held
in affectionate regard by a wide
circle of friends in the Sandhills.
stop her car. She said he dis
mounted, slapped and hit her,
banged the car door against her
legs, and, when she got a tire
tool out of the back of her car
to fight him off, snatched it from
her and threw it away. When she
screamed and started blowing the
horn for help, she sa^id he snatched
the horn button off Jhe car and
threw it away too. She said he
was like a wild man, and when
she finally got aWay she went
toward the Adams house, and
Adams came and sent her home
with an employee driving.
She said she went then to the
Southern Pines police station
with her husband to swear our a
warrant, then to Moore Memorial
Hospital.
Dr Charles Phillips testified he
gave her emergency treatment,
that she had suffered superficial
contusions and /hr^ions on the
nose chest and shin, and that
when later she complained of
pains gave her X-rays ^t no
further injury was disclosed.
In recent years, Mrs. Towne had
spent her summers in New York
City where her son, an architect,
practices his profession. She had
formerly been a summer resident
of Chicago and Washington.
Moss on the stand dented that
he had assaulted Mrs. Pitts or
touched her in any way excep
to grab the tire tool from her
after she had hit him with it,
Susing a cut on his arm which
had to have four stitches.
TT ..iA Vio was out on his from memorial nciu, ....
p^ircising some lO-months-1 5th-grade-and-up youngsters to
Moore County Aberdeen Lake for supervised
being organized, Mr. ^egginson
said, and will be announced next
week.
Here are highlights of the rec
reation schedules;
East Southern Pines
Children in the first through
fourth grades will take part in the
town park program directed by
Miss Fobes who is a Southern
Pines High School graduate ^d
a rising senior at Greensboro Col
lege where she is majoring in
Christian Education.
In connection with this phase
of the program, Mr. Megginson
especially asked parents not to
send children under first grade
agK> to the park without adult su
pervision. The program is not set
up to permit the park playground
director to supervise children
under first grade age, he said.
Activities at the park. Miss
Fobes said, will be morning (9 to
12) arts and crafts, group games
and croquet; and
story hour at 2 p. m. and, 3-5, tod-
minton, horseshoes, volley ball
and hopscotch. -u k+t.
At Memorial Field, for the 5th-
grade-and-up group, activities
will include ping pong, archery,
horseshoes, croquet, volleyball
and badminton.
On Monday, Wednesday and
Friday mornings, at 9:30, the
school activities bus will leave
from Memorial Field, to take the
Pursuit of a car by local police
Sunday night wound up with the
poUce car wrecked, one
injured and the capture of the |
wanted driver near the HOke
County line by a State Highway
Patrolman. . . v.« «
The driver turned out to ne a
scared 15-year-old boy, a resident
of Hoke County, who had yielded
to an impulse to take a car from
the lot of his father’s service sta
tion and go for a spin.
By Tuesday of this week, no
charges had been brought against
the boy whose age classifies him
as a juvenile. For this reason, his
name was not released for publi
cation.
The car, weaving along Ben
nett street, caught the eye of Sgt.
L D. Beck and Patrolman A. J.
Benner who were cruising on
night duty. As they approached
the car got up speed and led them
up East New York avenue behind
the school. It circled the home of
Supt. Luther Adams, at the end
of the dead-end street, where the
police car brought up against a
tree. - , ,.
The officers sent out a radio
alert via the State Highway Pa
trol, and Trooper R. R. Samuels
picked up the car on Bethesda
'Road, pursued it to U S 1, along
old U S 1 to Aberdeen and then
out the Raeford road, cutting off
on a rural road near the county
line where the pursued car ran
into a ditch and stopped.
The youthful driver, termed a
good boy” and regular Sunday
School attendant, had been sup
posed to be with friends in South
ern Pines but said he went back
to his father’s service station on
US 1 after his father had gone
home for the night.
Patrolman Benner was treated
at St. Joseph’s hospital for a neck
injury. Some $400 damage was
done to the poHce car, according
to Chief Seawell.
A $25 reward has been offered
by relatives and friends for infor
mation leading to location of
mentally retarded Negro man who
is missing from the home of a
sister, Mrs. Shirley Gibson with
whom he lived in Jackson Ham
let, between Aberdeen and Pine •
*''^Money for the reward and for
other expenses of the search for
Williams was raised by donations
made in West Southern Rnes
churches Sunday. WilUams lived
in Southern Pines for many years,
moving to Jackson Hamlet about
three years ago. He is widely
known here.
Numerous leads in the mystery
of his disappearance have been
followed up by family and
friends,, all of them proving to be
unproductive. Though mentally
I retarded, Williams is considered
harmless.
Williams disappeared Sunday,
May 27, dressed for church in a
blue coat, light pants, white shirt,
blue tie, gray hat and black shoes.
He is described as about five feet,
six inches in height, weighing
about 150 pounds and having a
dark complexion. He had not been
known previously to stray from
his neighborhood.
Persons having information
should get in touch with the sher
iff’s department in Carthage, po
lice departments in any Moore
County town or James Livingston,
1182 W. New Hampshire Ave.,
Southern Pines, Telephone 692
6172.
The annual Bynum reunion was
held Sunday at Skyvue Lodge
near Sanford, summer place of
Mr. and Mr*s. E. B. Keith of San
ford.
Seventy-two persons were reg
istered, coming from Virgima,
South Carolina and various parts
of North Carolina. Dinner was
spread on long tables set up in
the breezeway.
secretary several
John Cameron of Asheboro pre
sided over the business session,
during which suggestions for fu
ture meetings were discussed and
officers elected, as follows: Frank
Bynum of Darlington, S. C., pres
ident and Joe B. Cameron of
Manly, vice president. Bessie
Cameron Smith of Vass was made
permanent
years ago.
“Senior clan rrffember prizes
went to Mrs. Mary M. Patterson
of Manly and J. M. McDonald of
Hamlet; to the person traveling
thi'‘ greatest distance to attend,
Mrs. Bertie C. Cox of Alexandria,
Va.; youngest child present, An
nette Derr, Richmond, Va.; other
prizes went to Diane and Skipper
Kerr. A gift was presented to Mr.
and Mrs. Keith as host and host-
€SS.
(iroup singing with Harold
Thompson of Jacksonville play
ing his electric guitar was en
joyed. J
The Keiths have issued a stand
ing invitation to the clan to hold
the annual meetings at Skyvue.
In 1940, U. S. agriculture used
about 50 basic farm chemicals.
Today it uses more than 200—^in
soma 45 to 50 thousand commer
cial applications.
1962 Peach Crop
Seen Under 1961,
But Quality Fine
The Potpourri
Market Square Pinehurst
IS NOT CLOSING
THIS SUMMER
Open Mornings
ALSO
Afternoons by Calling
Mrs. James Tufts ... CYpress 4-7331
MRS. JAMES W. TUFTS MRS. ROBERT KOHLER
BLUE
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he will be elected. The represen
tatives from North Carolina’s
100 counties elect the Speaker
they wish the day after convening,
in this case February 5. However,
since it is known that well’ over
two-thirds of the membership
have already given Blue their en
dorsement, no problem seems
likely,
old PUPS of the Moore County
pack md that two of the pups
had gotten in the deep
road directly in front of Mr .
Pitts’s car. eH said that she was
moving slowly but he was afraid
she did not see th® PUPS^ ^e said
everything he did from that
point on was to keep the pups
from being hurt and to get the
idea across to Mrs. Pitts.
Urged by a considerable group
of friends among the membership.
Blue consented a year ago to
seek the Speakership “if re-nomi
nated and re-elected,” as he said
it would be “presumptuous to
campaign for Speaker before I
was sure of being returned to the
House.”
He said he asked her, “Lady,
give me just three seconds to get
the pups out of your way, and
itot she answered, “You ge out
of my way right now or HI kill
you and your horse a.nd your
dogs,” and when he tried do ex
plain she backed up her car and
turned around. By then, he sa.id,
the pups had run around her caisj
and were in front of it again and
When the_ April-filing deadline
Teft him unopposed in both the
primary and general election, his
work began in earnest and in the
past few weeks he has crossed
and criss-crossed the State, meet
ing with House members. While
the primary cut down a few, it
brought in others to Blue’s advMi-
tage, and he has had the assist
ance of influential friends in all
counties in making contacts and
spreading good will. Reports
showed his candidacy to be on a
steady upgrade.
Blue’s 1963 term will be his
ninth from Moore, which first
sent him to the House in 1947
He has had opposition several
times since, but scored decisive
wins. His rise in the state’s gover
ning body has been impressive
and in 1959 he served as chair
man of the weighty Finance Com
mittee of the House, carrying with
it two years’ service on the State
Advisory Budget Commission.
During this busy year^ the 52-
year-old newspaper pubhsher
(Sandhill Citizen and Robbins
Record) is also serving as presi
dent of the North Carolina Press
association, and was chairman or
the 1962 Easter Seal campmgn ot
the State Society for r'nnr.icd
Children and Adults.
ana were m -o—-
he was forced to stop her again,
whereupon she started screaming,
ran around and got the tire too
out of her car, hit him on the
arm with it, and he snatched it
from her and threw it away. She
continued to scream, he said, and
started sounding her horn. He
admitted grabbing the horn but
ton off and throwing it away
Aberdeen Lake for supervised
swimming sessions, returning to
Memorial Field between 11:30 and
On Tuesday and Thursday
mornings from 9:30 to 12, Mr.
Megginson or Mr. Williams will
give tennis instruction at the mu
nicipal courts on the park block.
Another activity is Pony Lea
gue baseball which is sponsored
by the John Boyd Post, Veterans
of Foreign Wars and coached by
Mr Williams, playing games each
Tuesday and Thursday afternoon,
in a league with teams from other
towns of this area. The team, as
reported in another story in to
day’s Pilot, has won two games
and lost none, so far this season.
West Southern Pines
In West Southern Pines, nec-
Based on reports from growers
as of June 1, North Carolina
peach production is forecast at 1,-
250,000 bushels, the same forecast
as last month, but 250,000 bushels
or 17 per cent less than was pro
duced in 1961, according to the
N C Crop Reporting Service.
’This year’s peach prospects are
below last year due to mid-April
frost damage in low areas and to
unseasonally heavy death loss of
bearing trees from disease. Losses
in production from these causes
were only partially overcome by
an increase from young orchards
coming into production this sea
son. ,
In the commercial counties or
the Sandhills area, the crop is in
good condition. Harvest is now
under way on the early maturing
varieties, and quality of the crop
is fine, said the Reporting Serv
ice.
Father’s Day
Sunday!
Mrs. Pitts testified that at one
point Moss claimed to be a
“sheriff” and showed her a badge
to that effect. It was brought out
by questions of both the sohcitor
and Defense Counsel W. D. Sabis-
ton that the defendant, a large
property owner who has worked
over the years with law enforce
ment officers and in fire preven
tion and control, has been ap
pointed a special deputy (unpaid)
attached to the sheriffs dep^t-
ment, with county wide authority,
and carries an official badge.
in west
reaction activity will be concen
tratedl\at the school from 10 a. m.
to abouxW P- each day, moving
then to 'the “city lot” at the cor
ner of Stephens St. and W. Mich.
igan Ave. .
The arts and crafts period will
run from 10 a. m. to' 1 p. m. Other
activities on th eprogram have
been announced as;
10 a. m.—softball, baseball for
small boys, croquet and tennis.
11 a. m.—story hour, volleyball,
horseshoes baseball for small
boys, roller skating and tennis.
12 noon to 2 p. m.—ping pong,
checkers, shufflebowd, horseshoes
and tennis. .
2 to 4 p. m.—^basketball m the
school gymnasium.
4 to 6 p. m. (at city lot)—soft-
ball (Miss Steele in charge) and
baseball for adults^ (Mr. Wynn m
charge), also tennis.
Dooley Adams was in court but
was not called by either side,
answering some questions, how
ever, asked by the judge as to
Mrs. Pitts’ condition. He said she
showed evidence of a nosebleed.
Called by the State, Mrs. Pitts’
15-year-ol<i son Earl testified as
to his mother’s arrival home, and
PoUce Chief Earl Seawell said
she was upset and crying in the
police station, and showed him
liAw Vtiitton had been
CIVIL DEFENSE
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ualties. A large part of the state
has been subjected to a federal
shelter survey, assessing the shel
ter value of public and private
buildings offering protection.
A unique aspect of Civil De
fense was noted by General GriL
fin as applicable here. A
organized CD program in the
Sandhills, he said, would be a
‘•.‘drawing card” for this resort
area, encouraging visitors to stop
here. .
A film illustrating various Civil
Defense procedures was shovm
following General Griffin’s talk.
Public officials had been in
vited to the meeting. Among those
attending were H. CUfton Blue,
Moore County representative in
the General Assembly; J. M.
Pleasants of Southern Pines and
W S. Taylor of Aberdeen, mem
bers of tbs board of county com
missioners; and Mayor Earl Free
man, Police Chief Dees and other
officials, of Aberdeen. No mem
bers of the Southern Pines town
council or other local officials
were present.
Archdale
Ties - 1.00 -1.50
Belts- - LOO
Socks 59c to 1.00
Pajamas
' 2.99 - 3.99
Manstyle
STRAW HATS
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About 80 per cent of all VA
hospital mental patients returned
to their communities are_ under
VA social work supervision for
some time after they leave the
hospital.
ponce aiiv.. -
Crippled where Ihe horn button had been
1 ripped from her steering wheel.
The yearly number of VA men
tal patients recovering and leav
ing the hospital to return to their
communities has nearly tripled
within less than ten years and
'shows a steady increase.
WITNESS
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tion. Coroner Ralph G. Steed
plans an inquest to be be held
later in the week.
Funeral services for Sullivan
were held Wednesday atfernoim
at Bethlehem Baptist Church,
conducted by the pastor, the Rev.
Ernest Poston, iwth burial m the
church cemetery.
Surviving are his wife, the fon
mer Rozelle Fry; three sisters,
Mrs. Addie Lee McKenzie, Mrs.
Dorothy E. Sheffield and ^s.
Mary P. McKenzie, aU of Pine
hurst; and two brothers, Charlie
Sullivan of Carthage, Route 3,
and Archie Sullivan of Pinehurst.
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