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LEAD TO ABERDEEN Paved highways from sev^n different directions and railroads from four directions lead to Aberdeen—the trading center of the Sandhills “AND YE SHALL KNOW THE TRUTH AND N. C. MARKET REPORTS COTTON, Middling 1-lnch 34.80 HOGS * . . - » . £ *»’k i .. THE TRUTH SHALL MAKE YOU FREE’*- '1 ’ ,4 EGGS, A large,—_r7.54 to 58 BROILERS ___21 -^4-^-2600 1 Volume 51; Number 24 Aberdeen, North Carolina, Thursday, February 18, 1954 2 SECTIONS - 12 PAGES 10c Per Copy; $3f00 Per Year SANDERS FAMILY—We don't know whether it was just a se ries of coincidences, or whether the Leonard and Lucy Sanders family is just partial to the let ter “L”. Anyway, the given name of each member of th^ family starts with an “L.” The children were born all in differ ent states. Here are the children and the states in which they were born: Linda, Alabama; Lucille, Georgia; Leonard (Bud), Tenn.; Libby, S. C.; and Larry, N. C. Mr. and Mrs. Sanders were born in Georgia. BENEFIT BRIDGE — Tnere will be a benefit bridge party at the Aberdeen Community House on Monday night, March 1, starting at 8 o’clock, spon sored by the Jaycees. Admission $1 per person. BUYING EQUIPMENT—Rich ard Wine Cellers, Inc., of Peters burg; Va., have bought the equipment of the Garrett and Company winery in Aberdeen and are moving it to their plant in Virginia. M. E. Sands of the Richards Wine Cellers was in Aberdeen today and told The Citizen that his company ex pected to buy Sandhill grapes this fall, paying the market price. He said that they would be glad to have the farmers con tact them now that they might get an idea how many grapes to expect from the Sandhills. They expect to have grape re ceiving stations throughout this area. FIRES—It seems like the grim reaper often comes in waves. During the past week it has waved its red and yellow flames over the Henry A. Page home stead, snuffing out the lamp of memory of a beautiful old manor; plus an ancient if less stately Slab Cabin on the old Southern Pines road—the Slab Cabin had its heyday in the late 20s and 30s as a popular dance hall and night spot—and an other one in West Southern Pines. Then a grass fire got out of control on U. S. No. 1 and left its mute evidence behind, near Hole-in-One Driving Range. During the Page fire a num ber of squirrels escaped from homes in the Corinthian columns of the front porch, and at least one was found burned inside. CAR THEFT—W. P. Whitlock who reported his car stolen from in front of Bryan Drug Co., last Wednesday, got it back again the next afternoon as the result of quick spotting by Cameron Police Chief Wood. It had been abandoned in Harnett County, on the Manchester road. No damage was found, although it was out of gas. ELECTION OFFICIALS—Pres sed with preparations to begin his duties as Superior Court Judge, Leland McKeithen did hot get * around to calling a meeting of the Moore County Democratic Executive Commit lee to recommend County Elec tion officials Monday. He con tacted the officers of the com Continued on last page SALES CARDS “It is important that all ..!«■ 'aprds which have not Agricultifcai Stabilisation and Conservation office be mailed Immediately,"gaiter I. Fields . of-the JtSC ©ffictf M Carthage urged this week. \ , He said this was ns^essary in order that the records for , Moore County farms might'be completed. Failure to return \ the sales cards, which have already been sent to all far mers, win result in an allot- - ment reduction. “It is re quired.” said Fields, "that these farms which d»>not re turn the cards be destricted seduced- swage allot ment for the year 19S4H ■ MMm '*-**»•• imi ****■ c ;-:V A Beautiful Home . . . Even Beautiful In Destruction! The home of the late Henry A. Page and Eva L. Page, one of the landmarks of Sandhill colonial-type architecture was completely destroyed by fire Saturday afternoon. The fire was discovered about 4 o’clock Saturday afternoon. Before the firemen could arrive the fire had such a head-start in the mansion-type 14-room structure that all the valiant efforts of the fire departments of Aberdeen, Southern Pines and Plnebiuff could not bring it under control. The home was first built by Mr. Page in 1887, a one-story structure. Sometime after the turn of the century the building was remodeled and enlarged into an elegant home with the stately colonial columns. Miss Mary Page, sister of the late Henry A. Page thinks the remodeling must have been done about 1905. Mr. Page represented Moore County in the State Legislature and served as Food Administrator for North Caolina during World War I. He died in July 1935. Mrs; Page died November 1. 1953. Not only the house but it^n m furnishings throughout were destroyed with nothing being saved. — Photo by Emerson Humphrey. Bethesda Men Of Church Form Organization At a meeting in the cabin of the Bethes ci a Presbyterian Church Tuesday night, a Men of The Church organization was formed and officers elected. With twenty-four in attend ance at the meeting, Frank Mc Neill was elected president of the organization. Other officers elected were: Richard Self, first vice president; Gordon Keith, second vice president; Russell Coble, secretary; Curtis Mcln nls, treasurer. John Sloan was asked to serve as program chairman for the next meeting and V. U. Grose, dinner chairman. The group voted to meet on the fourth Tuesday night of each Continued on last page Parade Features Boy Scout Week In Moore County Observance of Boy Scout' Week in Moore County was concluded Saturday with a 3-block-long parade in South ern Pines. This was Scouting's 44th birthday, and most of the Troops in the County were ful ly represented. Various officials from Moore District were in cluded in several of the auto mobiles provided by dealers, and two bands brightly conduct ed the parade from the South ern Pines Higli School down to Broad Street, then to Connecti cut Avenue and back again to Massachusetts, f r o m which point they returned to the school-—in three sections punc tuated by two passing freight trains. Continued on last page Aberdeen Teams Favorites To Win In County Tourney By GEORGE A. SHORT, JR. The curtain came down on the 1953-54 Moore County bas ketball season with Wednesday night’s games although Wed nesday’s contests had no bear ing on the pairings and seedings of the tournament which be gins Friday at Carthage. The athletic committej and coaches met Tuesday night at Carthage and pairings and seed ings were made for the tourna ment which promises to be a hotly contested event in both girls and boys competition. Aberdeen’s Devilettes, with a 12-1 record arc seeded first in girls’ play, followed closely by Robbins 13-4, Highi'alls 14-5 and Carthage 12-5. These four top seeded teams rate as the favor ites along with Southern Pines, who handed the Aberdeen Sex tet its lone county loss. Pine hurst is also capable of toppling any of the leaders as shown by her upset victories over Car thage and Highfalls. Cameron is very capable of disposing of any of the favorites as proven by her Continued on last page Carthage, Robbins Ami Pittebluff Pass Quotas In ’54 March Of Dimes Three additional Moore Coun ty communities this week re ported their 1954 March of D?mes quotas raised—Carthage, Pinehluff and Robbins. In Carthage Miss Bess Mc Caskill, chairman, reported $1,* 046.76 raised. The Carthage quota was $1,000. $40.15 of the ab&ve amount was raised by the colored people In Carthage. In Robbins, Miss Sallie Green Allison reported the $1,000 quota raised. In Pinebluff, Mrs. Phillip Mo ther reported the community’s $175 quota over-subscribed with some $225.00 in hand Monday. She said she hoped to reach the $236.35 amount raised in 1953. In Westmoore, H. L. Kennedy reported $255.00 raised to jnore than double the community’s $100 quota. » Seven Moore Towns Mu lei* ‘‘Finer Carolina’ Moore County towns and villages entering the Carolina Power & Light Company’s “Finer Carolina’’ contest for li'54 are: Southern Pines, Car t li a g e, Robbins, Pinebluff, Cameron, T.akeview and Vass. Aberdeen did nut enter the contest this year. FFA To Observe National Week February 21-27 Members of the Aberdeen High' School chapter of Future Farmers of America—as well as other chapters in Moore County at Vass - Lakeview, Cameron Carthage, West End and Rob bins—are preparing to observe National FFA Week, February 21-27. An account of the varied ac Continued on back page Finance And Loan | Company Opens Aberdeen Office The Sandhill Finance and Loan Co. began operations Mon day in Aberdeen, located in the building formerly occupied by the Aberdeen Jewelry and Gift Shop on Poplar Street, opposite Dr. Mcrilin’s ofl'icp. It is operated by Francis R. Harris, a former Aberdeen citizen. Mr. Harris, 'who has for the past several years been employ ed by the Cornell-Dubilier Elec tric Corporation of Fuquay Springs, is manager, and asso ciated with him in the business is Mrs. Mary Ellen Forsythe of Southern Pines. Prompt and confidential loan service is be ing offered by the company. J, B. McIntyre Suffers Fatal Heart Attack Here J hn Clack McIntyre, 53-year old Raeford theatre operator died of a heart attack in the Moore County hospital Tuesday altcmcon. He was in Aberdeen at the Aberdeen theatre with J. B. Ed wards, his brother-in-law when he sutiered the attack Tuesday afternoon. He was rushed to the hospital but died immediately after arriving there. Funeral services were held this i Thursday * morning in t he Raeford Presbyterian Church .with the Rev. W. B. Heyward, officiating. Burial followed in the Raeford cemetery. He A'as the son of the late D. C. McIntyre 'and Lilly Faulk McIntyre of Rowland. He came |p Raeford in 1935 and was owner and operator of Raeford Theatre. MORE—Hack page—this section Traffic Hampers Firemen In Page Home Fire Here Saturday Aberdeen, Pinebluff Lions Will Hear Eye Bank ’ Talk There will be a joint meet ing of the Aberdeen and Pine blutl lions elub.s this Friday night, Febiiiary 18 at 7 o'clock at tire Aberdeen Legion Hut. Guest speaker for the occa sion will be Dr. L. Byeriy Holt, , of Winston - Salem, medical j advisor to the Eye Bank for Restoring Sight. He will speak ■ and explain the Eye Bank pro gram through which people will their eyes to the Eye Bank upon their death. The Lions supper meeting Will begin at 7 o’clock and Dr. Holt is expected to start speaking about 7:15. A cordial invitation is extended any and all interested people to come out and hear Dr. Holt’s ad dress on the subject. Richard Self will be in charge of the program. Sandy McLeod Elected Master Pomona Grange Officers Elected At Farm Life Meeting Last Friday Night Sandy McLeod of Aberdeen j was elected master of the new ly organised Pomona Grange when about. 60 members of the Eureka, Narrow Ridge and Cam cron Granges gathered at Farm Life School Friday night. I The Pomona Grange is a | group drawing membership front the three Granges of the | county. Normally, a Pomona Gi'&hge meets four times a year. Other officers elected are: J. C. Stanley, Cameron, overseer; Mrs. Beulah Womble, Cameron, lecturer; Alfred Perry, steward; [ Ralph Thompson assistant stew I aid; M. O. Ball. Jackson Springs, ' chaplain; Mrs. W. E. Brown. Jackson Springs, treasurer; Mis. Louise Blue, Carthage, secre ! I Lury; Marvin Hartsell, Jackson Springs, gate keeper; Mrs. J. B •j McLeod, Cameron, Ceres; Miss • Mary Wallace, Jackson Springs. ■ Pomona for fruit; Mrs. Lee ' Smith, Jackson Springs, Porrw I na for flowers; Juanita Thomp , son. assistant lady steward. . | Executive committee mem , | bers named are: H. C. Russell, f! Jackson Springs, three - year .! term; J. B. McLeod, Cameron, : j two-year term; and D. J. Blue, | Carthage, one-year term. I j Pomona members and all oth . font, last page, this section .! Rev. John Miller To 1 Preach Bethesda Sunday . ! Rev. John Miller of Charlotte ; I but. who is on temporary duty ■; on the Peace College faculty in : I Raleigh will fill the pulpit at l j Betliesda Presbyterian Church this Sunday morning, Feb. 21 i at 11 a. m. Blanche Monroe Heads Cripple Children Drive Mr. Sloan, Mrs. Hallman To Head Drive In Aberdeen At a recent meeting of the Moore County Society for Crip pled Children in the home of Mrs. D. D. Shields Cameron in Southern Pines, Miss Blanche Monroe of West End, was unanimously elected Moore County Can^paign Chairman for 1954. Mrs. D. D. Shields Cameron, was re-elected secretary; Mrs. W, B. Cjole, Carthage, treasu'er. Comm i..it> • ifiaairirien for the 1954 drive have been announced as follows: Aberdeen—Mrs. L. L. Hallman and Mr. J. G. Sloan. Vass—Mrs. Jack Morgan. Addor—Mrs. Clyde Addor. Cameron—Miss Vera McLean and Mrs. Beulah McPherson. Carthage—Mrs. Wilbur Currie, Mrs. Walter Spivey and Mrs. James Hume, Jr. Eagle Springs—Mrs. Roy Wil MORE—Back page—this section McKeithen Will Hold First Court In Fayetteville The State’s newest judge, Special Judge W. A. Leland Mc Keithen of Pinehurst, will hold his first term of court at Fay etteville. He has been assigned to preside over the Cumberland County term starting next Mon day morning. Judge McKeithen, the first native son of the Sandhills to become a superior court judge in a number of years, was sworn in at Raleigh last Thursday fol lowing his appointment to the bench by Governor Umstead two days before. Fire Chief Smith' Calls On Public To Cooperate In the Page home fire Satur-. day, Jack Smith, Chief of the i Aberdeen Fire Department toldi The Citizen that the heavy traf fic greatly hampered the fire men in their efforts to fight the fire. In a prepared statement to The Citizen made following a meeting of the Fire Department Tuesday night to discuss the matter, Smith said: "The heavy traffic that crowded in from every direc tion made it almost impossi ble to receive any help from • our neighboring towns. Luck ily there was no wind, which was very much in our favor. , Due to the illegal parking there wps only one fire hy drant available and if there had been an injury it would not have been possible for an ambulance to get anywhere near the scene.-That makes it mandatory that something be done to ellrfifnate1 this condi tion in the future. We appre ciate your willingness to help and for the ones that offered their services we are deeply grateful. The Town has an ordinance covering this con dition but we are asking your cooperation instead of enforc ing it.” % Stoaith -SsM th^iiremen on duty from 4 o’clock Saturdays afternoon uhtil 5 o’clock Sunday afternoon and that they return ed to the scene on Monday and Tuesday in their efforts to final ly get the fire out. The only compensation firemen receive is, free city water. Chief Smith estimated the value of the house and furnish ings at $50,000. He estimated Continued on last page Vass Delegation Calls On Lockey For Road Work A delegation from Vass com posed of M. M. Chappell, E. Hoyt Caddell, E. L. Hedrick, H. Q. Jessup and J. F. Nicks called upon Highway Commissioner Forrest Lockey Tuesday after noon and requested that the road leading from Lakeview via the Edward Griffin lake con necting with the Lobelia-South ern Pines road be black-topped. Commissioner Lockey told the delegation that he would check, into the matter. He also re minded the delegation that funds for secondary road hard-: surfacing were very low. Architect’s Drawing Of New Eighth Division Highway Building The above is a picture of the architect’s drawing of the new Eighth Division Highway office headquarters to be erected in Aberdeen on Highway 1 just north of the Dairy Queen. The building will be 111 feet long, 37 feet on the south end and 42 feet on the north end where there will be an offset. There will be a total of 7,135 square feet floor space in the building with 4,285 square feet on the ground floor and 2,850 square feet in the basement. On the ground floor there will be 13 rooms plus two rest rooms and in the basement there will be five rooms with an outside entrance. 1; Highway Commissioner Forrest ing would be constructed by the 81 prisoners at a considerable saving , will be of brick veneer constructs start around April l. Division fmgj that the State .will start placing grounds as soon as the excavatioi completed, ire building to be' completed h* July building are Blberateln, Bowleg gad
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