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VOL. 43—NO. 14
TWENTY PAGES
SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1963
TWENTY PAGES
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Dr. J. I. Neal, Prominent Veterinarian,
Fatally Stricken; Rites Held Tuesday
DB. NEAL
Veterans Launch
Drive To Provide
Nurses’ Training
Seven smiling Moore County
lassies in nurses’ uniforms are
depicted in this year’s Sandhill
Veteran’s Association letter of ap
peal for funds for nursing scholar
ships. The seven are all at High
Point Memorial Hospital school
for nursing, and upon graduation
will return to Moore County to
practice their newly acquired
profession.
In their final year are Elsie
Garrison of Pinehurst and Betty
Sue Black of West End. In her
second year is Barbara Jo Chris-
coe of West End, and the four
freshmen are Louise Chappell of
Carthage, Sandra Eastwood, of
Lake view and Carolyn Seawell
and Linda McNair, both of West
End.
In addition to these girls in
training, 18 other nurses have
been trained and have returned
to Moore County since the incep
tion of the program in 1946. Scho
larship recipients agree to return
to this county for a period of
eighteen months following their
graduation, and can enter any of
the hospitals, clinics or doctors’
offices to live up to their obli
gation.
A non-profit organization, the
Sandhill Veteran’s Association is
composed of a relatively small
group of World War 2 veterans,
headed this year by E. J. Austin
of Southern Pines. Screening of
applicants for this year’s schol
arships has already begun, with
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Funeral services were held
Tuesday afternoon at the United
Church of Christ for Dr. J. I.
Neal, 72, prominent retired veteri
narian, who died of a heart at
tack at his home on Midland
Road between Southern Pines and
Pinehurst, Monday morning.
The Rev. Carl Wallace, pastor
of the church, officiated. Burial
was in Buffalo Churchy Cemetery
at Sanford, the community where
Dr. Neal had practiced veterinary
medicine for 20 years before mov
ing to this area in 1935.
Distinguished in his profession
and famed especially for his skill
in the diagnosis and treatment of
the ailments of horses. Dr. Neal
was the founder of the Sandhill
Veterinary Hospital, located off
Midland Road near his home and
was active with the hospital, as
owner or partner, until his retire-
m.ent in May of this year.
He had been accorded numer
ous professional honors in public
recognition of an ability well
known to many residents of this
area whose animals he had treated
for 30 years or more. His practice
in this area began while he was
living at Sanford and its extent
prompted him to move here.
He was a past president of the
N. C. State Veterinary Medical
Association and was designated
“Veterinarian of the Year” by
that organization in June, 1958.
He was a member of the Ameri-
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Local Product In
‘N. C. Day’ Boxes
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Sachets made by Carolina Soap
& Candle Makers of Southern
Pines are among items to be in
cluded in some 800 gift boxjes to
be distributed to members of
the Sales Executive Club of New
York City 'Tuesday of next week.
More than 300 Tar Heels led by
Gov. Terry Sanford will meet
then with members of the club
in New York, to celebrate “North
Carolina Day.”
Items to be given away, all
made in North Carolina, range
from furniture and textile pro
ducts to handicrafts from the
mountains. A lot on the coast
will be top prize.
Mrs. Grew Hurt In
Hunting Accident
Mrs. John Grew, of Dover,
Mass, suffered serious injury
Wednesday when she was thrown
from her horse while hunting
with the Moore County Hounds.
Mrs. Grew, who has been oc
cupying Miss Betty Duinaine’s
guest cottage on her Linden Road
estate for the past two weeks,
,was riding her own horse, a rath
er green youngster, when the ac
cident occurred. 'The horse slip
ped at a fence entering the Tre-
mont Farms, throwing the rider
clear but heavily. Though much
shaken, Mrs. Grew remounted
shortly and rode on for a while,
then, feeling still imwell she pul
led out. The symptoms, slight
at first, seeming only the usual
muscle soreness, increased and,
on examination by Dr. Francis
Owens, she was immediately tak
en by ambulance to St. Joseph’s
Hospital where an operation was
performed, disclosing that the
spleen had been ruptured.
Though seriously ill and weak
ened by internal bleeding, the
patient came through the surgery
well and, at last reports, appear
ed to be holding her own.
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CHAMPION— Shown in action during Satur
day’s Hunter Trials at Scotts Corner, out
Youngs Road, is Wig Mallory, ridden by Edgar
Mills, judged champion of the trials and winner
of the Open Hunters Class.
(Humphrey photo)
Wig Mallory Top Hunter In Trials
ED DANIELS ILL
Ed Daniels of old No. 1 high
way, north, is a patient at Moore
Memorial Hospital. He had sur
gery Wednesday afternoon, fol
lowing another operation about
two weeks ago. Mr. Daniels is
trainer for the Lakelawn Farm
stable of Mr. and Mrs. D. W.
Winkelman.
Wig Mallory, a grey gelding
owned by Francis P. Sears, Jr., of
Hamilton, Mass., and ridden by
Edgar Mills of Malvern, Pa., was
declared the champion hunter of
the 31st Annual Hunter Trials of
the Moore County Hounds Satur
day afternoon, winning the
Stoneybrook Perpetual Trophy.
With some 150 horses entered
—many more than had been ex
pected—the seven classes of the
trials wiere conducted before a
large group of spectators, lasting
until darkness fell, because of
the increased number of entries.
Named the reserve champion
was Misty Mazarin, a chestnut
gelding owned by Mrs. William
Cooke of Charlotte and ridden by
Bill Cooke.
Eligible to compete in the I Delph. Charlotte. ('The class was
Championship Class were first
and second place winners in the
other six classes of the trials.
Entries followed a field master
over a special course. The Stbney-
brook Perpetual Trophy went to
the champion.
Judges were Mrs. Harry Hu-
hsrth of Bedford Village, N. Y.,
Delmar Twyman of Montpelier
Station, Va., and Miss Mary Mc
Cormick, junior judge.
Other results:
FIRST SEASON HUNTERS
(Mileaway Challenge 'Trophy) —
1. Windsor Boy, of Lauray Farms
Stable, Camden, S. C., and Bath,
Ohio. 2. Battle Mark of Mile-
Away Farms, Southern Pines. 3.
Blue d’Esprit owned by Gordon
Jonas Speaks At
Moore Republican
Dinner Meeting
A re-dedication to the princi
ples of Lincoln and the spirit of
the founding fathers was urged
by Rep. Charles R. Jonas at the
annual Lincoln Day dinner of
Moore County Republicans, held
Saturday night at the Carthage
school cafeteria.
Some 200 enthusiastic GOP
members of Moore, with a sprink
ling from neighboring coimties,
attended. The Eighth District
Congressman was accompanied by
his wife.
Mrs. Dorothy Marley of Rob
bins, vice-chairman of the ex
ecutive committee, presided,
while the chairman, C. C. Thomp
son of Pinebluff, presented the
party officers.
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Hannah Will Manage New Paint Store
DR. CHESTER AT HOME
Dr. P. J. Chester, who retimned
last week from Moore Memorial
Hospital to his home on Wey
mouth Heights, continues to
make progress in recovery from
a stroke, but is not yet having
visitors.
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
February 14 55 26
February 15 38 22
February 16 36 15
February 17 38 17
February 18 57 17
February 19 52 36
February 20 52 29
Raymond H. Hannah of South- 1
ern Pines has been appointed |
manager of the Sherwin-Williams 1
paint company branch store to be I
opened on S. W. Broad St., it j
was announced this week by J
L. Rutledge of Philadelphia, Pa.,
regional director of the company.
'The Sherwin-Williams store,
which will do both a wholesale
and retail business, will occupy
a portion of the new business
building being constructed by Le- L
land M. Daniels, Jr., at 705 S.
W. Broad Street. Opening
of the store is expected early in ,
April.
A native of North Carolina, Mr. i
Hannah lives at 1250 S. W. Broad
St. He and his wife, Mrs. Mary
Hannah, have three children,
Michael, 16, Warren 15 and Ellen
5. He was formerly associated
with a local super market and he
and his family are active in
church and civic affairs.
Mr. Hannah will undergo ex
tensive training including classes
at the Sherwin-Williams manu
facturing and research center in
Chicago and corporate headquart
ers in Cleveland, Ohio. He will
make a complete study of painting
Rounds Book Wins
William A, White
Award In Kansas
“Wild Orphan,” a book written
and illustrated by Glen Rounds
of Southern Pines, has won this
year’s William Allen White Chil
dren’s Book Award.
Offered by the William Allen
White Library at Kansas State
Teachers College, Emporia, Kan.,
the award consists of a medal and
$250. The winner is chosen by
the children of Kansas who vote
on a list of books compiled by
specialists.
Mr. Rounds said this week that
he expects to go to Emporia to
accept the award later this spring.
The award is considered of na
tional significance in the field of
juvenile books.
“Wild Orphan,” published by
Holiday House of New York City
in 1961, relates the experiences
of a lone young beaver. Much of
its content, in illustrations and
text, is based on material gather
ed by the local artist and writer
in the woods and swamps of the
Sandhills area.
Purpose of the award is to en
courage children to read more and
better books and to honor the
memory of a distinguished citizen
of Kansas—the late William Allen
White, nationally known editor of
the Emporia Gazette.
Mr. Rounds has written and
illustrated over 20 books, many
of them in the juvenile field,
during the past 25 years.
open to hunters who have not
hunted prior to this season. Sil
ver replica of trophy donated by
Mr. and Mrs. Eldridge Johnson.)
THOROUGHBRED HUNTERS
(Little Trip Challenge Trophy)—
1. Misty Mazarin. 2. Silver Re
serve of Willowind Stable, train
ing here for the winter. 3. Noble
Savage, Lauray Farms Stable.
(Horses in this class must be reg
istered with the American Jock
ey Club. Silver replica of trophy
dMiated by Mr. and Mrs. William
Gaff).
CHILDREN’S HUNTERS (Enid
Walsh Challenge Trophy)— 1.
Silver Reserve. 2. Double Gin of
Economy Farm, Southern Pines.
3. Contessa, Fairway Farms Sta-
blue, Greensboro. (Silver replica
of trophy donated by Mr. and
Mrs. T. E. Morton).
NON-THOROUGHBRED HUN
TERS (C. Louis Myers Challenge
Trophy)— 1. A. P. Release, Fair
way Farms Stable. 2. Something
EQue owned by Miss Janet Polk.
3. Nimrod owned by Mrs. E. O.
Smith, Jr.. Boston, Mass. (Silver
replica of trophy donated by
Mrs. Gardiner Fiske).
OPEN HUNTERS (Dwight W.
Winkelman Challenge Trophy)—
1. Wig Mallory. 2. Silver Reserve.
3. Pine Needles of Lakelawn
Farm, Southern Pines, the horse
that was the 1962 Hunter Trials
Champion. (Silver replica of tro
phy donated by Mrs. Lois Morin).
HUNT TEAMS—1. 'The Meck
lenburg Chestnuts: Some Fun
owned by Mrs. William Cooke;
Misty Mazarin; and On Time,
owned by White Hall Stud Farm,
Charlotte.
2. The Sedgefield Hunt Team:
Jefferson Square own^d by Bev
erly Crest Farms, Charlotte;
Counterman owned by Nathan
Ayers, Greensboro; Walk-the-
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Basketball Tourney To
Start Here On Friday
BY JOEL STUTTS
Excitement mounts among the
students of the 11 Moore County
High Schools as tournament time
is here, an event which climaxes
regular season play each year.
The 36th annual tourney will
tip off at Southern Pines Friday
evening at 6:30, continuing here
Saturday and Monday before
moving to Carthage Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday and Satur
day of next week. Three contests
Mrs. Rosa Jones,
Hospital Nurse,
Killed In Wreck ^
Mrs. Rosa McDonald Jones di
McCain, 32-year-old Negro regist
ered nurse who had been employ
ed at Moore Memorial Hospital
for the past four years, was killed
in an automobile accident Satur
day. She was the mother of two
young children.
The fatal accident took place at
the intersection of US 15 and a
secondary road, four miles north
of Laurinburg. Mrs. Jones was a
passenger in one of two cars
which collided. Three other per
sons were injured.
She is survived by her husband,
Marvin D. Jones, and two chil
dren, Faye, 10. and Donald, 5.
Funeral services were conducted
Tuesday at Mountain Grove
Church near Raeford. Burial was
at Fayetteville.
Mrs. Lalan Patterson assistant
dipector of nurses at Moore Me
morial Hospital, represented the
hospital at the funeral. Mrs. Betty
McLeod, director of nurses, was
unable to attend.
At the Services, Mrs. Ruth Bar
rett, head nurse in the Negro
division of the hospital, read a
resolution of respect and a me
morial tribute to Mrs. Jones.
Mrs. McLeod said this week
that Mrs. Jones had been “very
capable and pleasant and was
well liked by all co-workers. She
worked on all floors and was
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HIGH WATER STOPS
SEARCH OF RIVER
Rising waters of Deep Riv
er. swollen by recent rains,
this week forced a suspension
in searching the river for the
body of Bill Upchurch.
However, members of the
Robbins. Carthage and Vass
units of the Moore County
Rescue Squad are serving
daily patrol stints on foot for
eight miles along the river,
now three ifeet above normal.
They are hoping the turbu
lence will bring to light the
body of the 28-year-old High-
falls man. missing since he
wrecked his pickup truck on
the Highfalls bridge Satur
day night. February 9.
Aiding are numerous vol
unteer helpers of Highfalls.
where citizens reportedly
have goUen together a $100
reward for anyone finding
the body.
are slated for each evening with
the exception of the final day
when the two championship
games are played.
The Moore County Tournament
features a total of 22 participat
ing teams, boys and girls, and in
cludes some 330 players with a
total of 20 games during the
week-long affair.
The Pinehurst boys who won
the regular' season title will be
favored to win the tourney, based
on their undefeated 20-0 record
although anything can happen, as
was the case last year when the
Robbins girls finished in fourth
position in regular season play to
win the championship. The Aber
deen boys did likewise in 1961,
finishing in sixth position, but
carried home the top tournament
award. Robbins, Southern Pines,
High Falls, Carthage and Aber
deen were the closest competi
tor^ to Pinehurst during the ’62-
’63 regular season.
Thd West End girls, losers of
two of 2Q games, are regular seas
on champs and are top seeded in
tournament play. However Vass-
Lakeview, Farm Life, Carthage,
Pinehurst and Robbins girls are
expected to provide competition
needed to make the girls’ division
exciting with any of them capa
ble of winning the championship.
The conference wiU be repre
sented by Pinehurst boys and the
tourney runner-up or champion
(according to how Pinehurst fin-
ishe.s) in the State Class 1-A play-
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All-County Squads
Picked By Coaches
Coaches of Moore County high
schools picked alLcouuty basket
ball teams yesterddyi ■,
Boys—Marshall Lewis, Bobby
Norton and Butch Hardy, all of
Pinehurst; Ed Shields, High Falls;
Francis Warren, Southern Pines;
Jerry Beane, Westmoore; John
ny Freeman and Billy Steed,
Robbins; Wayne Lewis, Aber
deen; and John Darnell, Carthage.
Girls—Linda Blue and Carol
Bibey, Farm Life; Judy Myrick
and Carolyn Stutts, Carthage;
Pat Williams and Betty Garner,
Robbins; Geraldine Garner and
Frances Pusser, West End; Joyce
Jones and Sara Von Metzger,
Vass-Lakeview; Delores Up
church, Highfalls, and Patsy
Hunt, Pinehurst.
MOTOR LODGE PROJECT NEAR COMPLETION
RAYMOND H, HANNAH
and decoration methods and
materials, the company announce
ment said.
The new store will be a unit
in the company’s chain of nearly
1,700 locally operated paint cent
ers.
Saunders Gels Important
Posts, Urges Road Bonds
W. P. Saunders, 12th District
State Senator from Southern
Pines, has been appointed vice
chairman of both the Appropri
ations Committee and the Conser
vation and Development Commit
tee, of the Senate—^unusual hon
ors for a senator serving his first
term in Raleigh.
Sen. Saunders and Sen. Robert
Morgan of Cleveland County yes
terday issued a statement advo
cating a $200 million road bond
issue that would call for a state
wide bond election.
Moore County’s A Fine Place, Says
Hardee, Whispering Pines Developer
BY KATHARINE BOYD
A. B. Hardee, creator of that
amazing Whispering Pines de
velopment, near the airport, now
engaged in building the motor
court of the same name north of
town, is by way of paying this
section a big compliment.
'The local project is the last of
a twelve-long line of similar ven
tures, each one, according to re
ports, bigger and better. The Har
dees have lived for short times
in several of them but have never
put their roots down deep. Now,
with the sale of their Lexington
home, where they lived for the
past ten years, they have made
a big decision. They are building
a house on one of the three love
ly lakes at Whispering Pines Emd
are going to call it home.
And that decision on their part,
we venture to suggest, will prove
a piece of right good luck for this
neighborhood.
Why? A hunch, perhaps—a
hunch and a conversation.
The conversation happened on
a jaunt out to see how the new
Whispering Pines Motor Lodge
soon to be opened, was coming
along, and took place on Monday,
that day of crisp air and warm
sun, a good day for looking at ex
citing plans coming to life.
And it was an exciting scene
that met the eye back of that low
pine-crowned, dune-like ridge
just west of Route 1, where the
bypass comes back into it north
of Manly. Workmen were every
where, putting on the finishing
touches. Painters were hard at
work in the various units, elec
tricians trailsd their wires be
hind them, people in coveralls
were tinkering and polishing on
top of ladders or on all fours.
Just Looking
We had to watch our step,
poking around and quite clearly,
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Negro Schools' Tourney
Continuing At Carthage
The annual basketball tourna
ments of Moore County’s Negro
schools are being played at Car
thage where the West Southern
Pines girls were defeated 26-12
by the girls of Pinckney School,
Carthage, last night.
West Southern Pines boys play
their first game of the tourney
tonight (Thursday). Finals of the
tournamont are set for Friday
night.
Taking part are boys and girls
teams of West Southern Pines,
Academy Heights at Pinehurst,
Berkley at Aberdeen and Pinck
ney at Carthage.
Comedy At Playhouse;
Next Week: 'The Gazebo'
“Sunday in New York,” a com
edy which is reviewed on page 5
in today’s Pilot, opened the 10-
week season of the Pinehurst
Playhouse at Pinehurst Tuesday
night, to run through Sunday,
starring Holly Hill and John Hal
low.
“The Gazebo,” also a comedy
success from Broadway, will open
Tuesday of next week, to run
through the following Simday,
with Margaret Braidwood, Bruce
Hall and Miss Hill in leading
roles.
Robert Paine Grose is directing
for the Pinehurst Playhouse this
year. Donald Filippelli is the pro
ducer.
FRIDAY CLOSINGS
Banks of this area will close
Friday in observance of Washing
ton’s Birthday and post offices
will be on holiday schedules. In
Southern Pines, windows at the
post office will be closed and
there will be no home delivery
of mail, but incoming and out
going mail will be processed at
the post office.