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LEAD TO ABERDEEN Paved highways from seven different directions and railroads from four directions lead to Aberdeen—the trading center of the Sandhills. “AND YE SHALL KNOW Volume 51; Number 40 Aberdeen, North Carolina, Thursday, June 10, 1954 SECTIONS - 10 PACtES (Section 1) 10c Per Copy; $3.00 Per Year -SANDHILL MUSINGS "A Chiel’s Among Ye Talcin' Notes, and Faith He’ll Prent It."—Burns. JUDGE McKEITHEN — The Duke University Law Alumni Association on last Friday night paid honor to its outgoing presi dent, superior court Judge W. A. Leland McKeithen of Pinehurst. Judge McKeithen, Duke alum nus of 'the class of 1936, who presided at the annual meeting of the Law Alumni Association, was made an honorary member of the order of COIF, national scholastic honorary society for lawyers. DICK SELF—Dick Self is the editor-in-chief of the “Men of Bethesda” church publication published monthly. Mimeograph ed, the front sheet of the newsy letter carries a printed etching of Bethesda Church with the words: “Men of Bethesda.” The June issue “off the presses” last week carried the folio numbers: "Vol. 1, No. 4.” NEW HOMES — Two new homes are going up at Aber deen, one inside the town limits and the other outside. The new home of Curtis Mclnnis and his bride is nearing completion on South Street opposite the home of Stewart Weaver. On Dogwood Drive between Highway 1 and the old highway Ernest Clayton and Mrs. Clayton are building a new home. We congratulate these couples on this under PATE — State Senator Edwin Pate of Launnburg and one of North Carolina’s wealthiest' men who was recently elected presi dent of the North Carolina Bankers Association said that when he became a candidate for the presidency of the Bankers Association that: “I owed so many banks that they were afraid to vote against me." JOHNSON — On last Sunday evening J. Talbot Johnson of Aberdeen spoke to a large crowd at Cypress Presbyterian Church east of Vass on his recent visit to the Holy land. On Tuesday night of this week he delivered a similar talk before the Bethes da Men of the Church. LIONS CONVENTION — The North Carolina Lions convention will be held in Raleigh begin ning Sunday evening, June 13 and continuing through Tues day, June 15. There are nine Lions clubs in Moore County. FISH FRY—The Guild of Page Memorial Methodist Church is sponsoring a fish fry, Friday beginning at 6 o’clock at the lake. Plates will be $1.00 each. Proceeds will go to the building fund, BARBECUE CHICKEN — The Bethesda Men of the Church feasted on some mighty tasty barbecue chicken on Tuesday night. Chief chefs were Elbert Garner and Jere McKeithen who left nothing undone to make the supper 100 per cent in every respect. Continued on last page i State Auditor Asserts State Dollars Well Used State Auditor Henry L. Brid ges told the Sandhill Klwanis club Wednesday that North Carolina is rendering a real ser vice with its tax dollars, and with that kind of solid govern ment the future is bright for greater development because of the confidence of the people in its governmental officials. “More value is received from the tkx dollar in North Caro lina than any other dollar spent in this State,” the official de clared. Reviewing the accounting sys tem for the expansion state gov ernment, Bridges said the sys tem is as good as can be devised, and through his office funds for 103 institutions, departments Continued on last page i;. '■. ■ a Ag, -.,v» Kenneth Garner, Jr., Drowns In Attempt To Rescue Nephew Court Ruling j Jr I Discussed By Lions Speaker j Harold Gavins, GOP Candidate For Congress Oiscusses Segregation j Sneaking before the Aberdeen j Lions Club Usl Friday night, ; Hamid* Gavin, ,">uhU: ,i attorney and Repllblii an i allduiule-. lyr ! Congress in Uie lilli diMt iei dis cussed the Supreme Courts rul 'd ie, abolishing see: eg a lion in jour public schools. | "1 don't think ('idler political j paity should claim the credit ! or be blamed for the ruling,” j said t'nc Sanford attorney, who j called attention to Hie fact that j the (.pinion was unanimous, be-, ling backed by both Lie Dem in atic and Republican appoin tee.;. “Kducation,” said Mr. Gavin, “was and is the solution to our racial issues.” Speaking of the Supreme Court judges he said: j "I feel like they are not too fa ' miliar with the conditions in i the South.” Funeral Services Held For 28-Year Old Veteran Sunday Kenneth M. Garner, Jr., 28 year old 'thrice-decorated World War II veteran of Aberdeen drowned at his home hear here about 12:15 last Friday when the boat in which he and hi.s two younger brothers, Leon 13 and Jimmy 7. and a nephew Allen Moon, 3, capsized. After the boat capsized iHue Allen Moon Was missing. The World War II veteran, an excel lent swimmer dived into the water in search of him and never came up until he was res cued some 30 minutes later. The others in the boat, I,eon Garner, Jimmy Garner and Al len Moon all survived the trage dy. It is thought that Kenny Garner must h.a v e suffered cramp or an heart attack while in the water. Of the four in the boat, only Kenneth and Leon could swim. When the boat capsized, Leon said that Jimmy, who could not swim managed to pull up and get on top of the capsized boat. He said that Kenneth when he got to the boat asked where Allen was, and then went under the water in search of Allen but did not come to the surface of the water again. Miraculous part of the trage dy was the manner in which little Allen Moon survived. Leon said thatwhen he first saw Allen Moen, Jh^J-tyear old son of Mr. arid Lynwood Moon, was several feet from the boat on his back kicking and floating toward the shore. Leon managed to get the boat ashore with Jimmy on it and picked up Allen who was then in shallow water and carried him ashore. Jimmy, ran to the house to call for help while Leon went back in the water in search for Ken neth. v— (Garland Pierce Nonied President 'IS. (!. Poshmislers I Southern Pines Postmaster j Oarlaml - Pierce was 1:11:1111 | mousiy elected Resident of ; the North Caroiina Postmast ers Association at the annua! |. convention held this week at | Fontana Dam. This is a distinct honor to j come to Mr. Pierce in heitu; \ selected to head tiiis stale as | sociation. j Teen-Age Roadeo I To Be Held Here I A Moore County teen-age roadeo sponsored by the Aber | decn Junior Chamber of Com merce and the U. S. Air Ground I School at Southern Pines foi ! boys and girls between the ages of 16 and 20 will be held ii: Aberdeen sometime soon accor ding to an announcement made j today by Dan Edgar Hancock , chairman of the eomittee. j Others serving on the Aber deen Jaycee roadeo committee are, Lee Buchan, E. H. Poole j Russell Batchelor, Roy Smith I Elbert Morrison and Graham Brasington. The roadeo will probably be | held at the Aberdeen lake and j Edgar,., Hsuiconk Uie^ boy; ariuglrL to prac.Jce up m; the event. Complete details will be I announced soon. I • But he cautioned the group: I "We must listen to the Supreme j Court. . . . Lasting and perma j nent change ior the better is I not accomplished over-night.” ! Going back to the Supreme j Court decision he said: "Its the first step, gentlemen, its com | ing.” I Gavin w a s introduced b y 1 Broad us Caudle, his cousin of j Aberdeen. j Seawell To Speak I It was announced that Her j bert F. Seawell, Jr., prominent J^arthage attorney would be the ;» eaker at the annual . dies j night banquet to be held ’on Continued on last page ! County Commissioners Oust Charlie Vest As Constable | A constable appointed by thr county commissioners May 1 U. serve, Ritters township was uu i ceremoniously denuded of au ' thority by the same board, at ; t h e commissioners’ monthly l meeting held Monday at Carth ! age. The appointment of Charlie Vest to the $75-a-month part time job was rescinded by un animous action of the commis sioners because, they said, hi was “exceeding his , authority trying to take over the patrol man's job and trying to covei just about all of the highways “He was also, they decided using some very questionable methods in so doing. They said they_had complaint.' he had gone far afield inti other townships in making ar rests, and even into Chathun county. Tin; action followed a report by t oinnii.s.sioncr I,, it. Reynolds on a visit lie had liad from a Robbins lady, a highly respected member of the community and a person of sedate habits, whom Vest had arrested for dyunken driving and speeding 80 miles per hour. Immediately after the arrest tin.' lady liad rushed to visit | Commissioners Reynolds and i Tom R. Monroe, also Patrolman, i J. F. Swain, making three trips to the patrolman’s home before she could locate him. To all of these, she proved her sobriety to their satisfaction. - Monroe substantiated the story as also did Swain, summoned from the courtroom and em ! phasizing that he spoke only as j a private citia iv and not in an i official capacity. I Continued on back page Dr. R. F. Mobbs of Aberdeen arrived at the scene about 20 minutes after the boys got ashore and after two or three dites discovered the body and brought it ashore. Every effort was made for about 2*2 hours Continued on last page Roseland Daily Vacation Church School To Open The Roseland Daily Vacation Church School will be conduct ed at the Roseland Methodist Church June 14-18 from 9-11 o’clock. All of the boys and girls in the community are urged to attend. Rev. and Mrs. W. A. Tew will both teach in the school. Potatoes And Tomatoes From The Same Bush J. O. SPEARS, center above is shown holding a handful of small green tome toes picked from the Irish potato bush before him. In his‘Irish potato patch back of his ho at 515 Chapin read tomatoes are growing on several of the bushes. The roots of the bushes are bearing potatoes. Others In the picture in addition to Mr. Spears are: Gloria Hulak, Margaret Ann Hulak, Eugenia Owens, Cicil Overtjy, Mrs C. L. Wicker, Jr., Mrs Walter Hulak, Mrs. J. O. Spears, Mrs. A. C. Owens, A. C. Owens and Mrs. Bohert Overyby.—Cltlxen photo. ■a.,** Methodists" New Sunday School Building ! The air ve picture of the new Sunday school budchng just oomph ut; by me P^ge Memorial I Methodist Church and located between Highway i and Poplar street. This new addition was i added on to the Sunday school building across f-oni tne Methodist Church, and is 70 feet long and 4! feet wide. The addition, constructed with biick and slag blocks, has six class rooms, three I toilets, a utility room and a hall. The old building to which the new addition was attached has ; also been remodeled and renovated, all at a cost of approximately $30,000. The building is I beautiful and conveniently arranged and can be colored front a side back door as shown in the I above picture or from the front, facing Poplar stre-M. Members of the building committee were: i f D Shamburger, chairman, Mrs, Forrest Lackey. Mrs. R S. Gwyn. Mrs. Mack Wallace, Morris I Greer, Leo Arey. D. P. Troutman, Ralph Chapman and E. B. Satterwhite—Citizen photo._ George II .White [29, Of Pinebluff Dies Of Leukemia Funeral Services Held Wednesday For Young' Husband And Father A young husband and father George H. While, living in Pine bluff, succumber Monday nigh at Duke Hospital, Durham, t< | the dread, disease leukemia. Hi j had been in failing health foi | some time but diagnosis o: | leukemia was made only twc weeks before his death, i Funeral services for George H I White, 29, were held .Wednesday 1 afternoon at Pinebluff Baptisl church, conducted by the Rev Ray Gosn< 11 of Ashley Heights former pastor of the church, as sisted by the Rev. Jack Ewart Cunlinued on last page Years Heaviest Rains Sweep The Sandhill s |Man, Woman Killed, Baby injured In Auto Wreck Monday OPERATION 13.11’ACT J “Operation I m p a c t,” in I which anto drivers volunteer ! | to sign pledge cards stating (hat thev will follow all safety , | laws while driving for a cer i I tain period of time has made : I considerable h e a d w a y in •| Moore County, according to | Captain McDonald of the U. S. i ! Air Ground School at South | ern Pines where 100 percent of ; the personnel have signed up. In Aberdeen Captain .Mc Donald said that lli had | signed up, in Southern Pines, ! 58: in Vuss, 121: in Pinehurst, 12; and in Carthage, 00 Justice Ervin Named Senator; • Higgins Justic e ! On Saturday. June 5, Gover nor (. I instead named Samuel J. ; j Kevin, Jr., Associate Justice of j tile.State Supreme Court 1,0 the : United State., Senate to till tlie ! vacancy caused by the death 'cl ! Senator Clyde it. Hocy on May 12. Ervin has served lies party and state in many ways hereto fore lie represented 11 u l k e County m the Noith Carolina | General Assembly, served as Su perior Court Judge and for 'about, a year as Congressman . j following, the death of In c | brother in December lli-ia. hi 1 1048 Governor Cherry named I him to the Supreme Court. | Ervin is expt-etcif to be pamed by the State Dcmoer.uie Execu tive Committee to run in the I fall election for the two years j I of the unexpired term of the j late Senator Iloey. This is ex j pected to be a mere formality. W. P. Saunders of Aberdeen and a member of the State I Democratic Executive Commit tee told The Citizen Wednesday ! . that he was "UtO percent’’ be ■ hind the Ervin appointment. Saunders attended high school in Morganton with the new Senator and also the University Continued on last page kiuutiiuj it i mca ft uiuaii And Archdale Man Died In Wreck Here A man and a woman were killed and a small child was injured when a late model Hud son, racing north from Hoke into Moore county on NC High way Tfi Monday afternoon, failed to make a curve and overturned'. Thrown from the car as it turned over and over in a wheat field to the left of the road were Mrs. Michael Valen, 33, of Southern Pines; William Parks, 49, of Archdale, and Mi chelle Lynn — “Mickey,” Mrs. Valeo’s 11-month-old daughter. Mrs. Valen and Parks died within a few minutes without regaining consciousness, before they could be taken to a hos pital. Mickey was taken to Moore County Hospital, where for a time her injuries could not be determined. Later in the week she was reported much improved and it was believed she would recover satisfactorily. Hit'll speed was assigned by tlie investigating patrolmen, C. (; Wimberly and E. G. Sho maker, as the cause of the wreck, the worst in Moore coun ty in many months. It is be lieved that Parks was driving the ear. which was practically demonlirhed. The accident, which took place about 4 p. m. some four miles south of Aberdeen, was the first fatal one on the Moore highways this year. One other fatality has been recorded, with in Southern Pines city limits. Mrs. Valen was the former Miss. Evelyn (Tillie) Frye, a native . of Pinehurst. She was orphaned when a baby and her mother, by ironic coincidence, Continued on last page Very heavy rains drcnchei tlic countryside in this scelini early last night, providing we! i'u!iii) relief from the hat, drj spell, but causing eonsiderubh damage in many areas. Approxi mately 2';> inches fell be twee i 8:30 and 10 o’clock, with south ern Moore County, Hoke anc 'Cumberland Counties geltim In Aberdeen damage resultet in a number of places, wit) ; trees also blown down by tin | high winds. A wash-out occur i red under about 30 feet of triad of the Norfolk and Southcn m ar the Aberdeen Lake dam Lightning is reported to iiavi struck the home of F. L. Mc , Continued on last page TWO DAYS OF COURT Two days of recorders cour will be held next week, accord j ing to a custom of increasing frequency. Cases already in the. pendins file will be heard Monday, wlii!< all new cases of the week wii be scheduled for Tuesday, Judgi J. Vance Rowe announced a this week’s court term. North Carolina will run its public schools for the term beginning this fall on the same basis as before. The State Board of Educa tion made that already ap parent fact very clear at a meeting held in Raleigh last Thursday. There can be no t u r n to non - segregated schools, it said, until the U. S. Supreme Court adds to its historic statement of principle the answers to such vital questions as when and how. The board’s first meeting since the big decision in Washington also brought these developments: 1. A policy of continuing to allot money from the State’s $50,000,000 school building fund provided the projects la Speech Improvement Classes Will Be Conducted For Moore Children Registration day will be Sat urday, June 19 at the Health i Center in Carthage, where child - I ren will be given hearing tests i and physical examinations. 1 This school is for all Moore ! County children who need extra s help in learning to speak clear “ ly and understandably. : Parents may notify Miss Mon l roe or Mrs. Cameron for trans portation. mmwmA'nin r. - ...mmmn mido muiuuf ui vv ir End and Mrs. Shields Cameroi of Southern Pines will teach ii the Speech Improvement SchOo which is, sponsored by the Nortl Carolina League for Cripple( Children and supported by thi Easter Seals Contributions. Thi year the class will be held in thi West End School building fo six weeks beginning June 2 through July 30. ■umii. o ....innmm.mm m W. P. Saunders! Resigns From I Robbins Mills | | Alfred H. Grant Assumes Duties Of Retiring Official At a special meeting of the Board of Directors of Robbins Mills, Inc., held in New York on Thursday, June 3, the resigna tions of Karl Robbins, chairman of the Board of Directors and W. P Saunders, Murray Kramer and T. Edmund Beck, members of the board were accepted. The vacancies on the board caused by these resignations are not to be filled at the present time. § m The board as now constituted consists of Malcolm G. Jones’, chairman of the board and president; Philip E. Doblin, exe cutive vice president in charge of sales; Norman Tarnoff, vice president; Edward Schenker, treasurer and secretary; and Frederick H. Brandi, president of Dillon, Read and Co. Mr. Saunders in addition to resigning from the Board of Di rectors also resigned from his duties as executive vice presi dent in charge of manufactur ing. His former duties will be assumed by Alfred H. Grant, general manager of the manu facturing division of Robbins Mills Inc. Mr. Kramer continues in his capacity as vice president and division sales manager of the*fhit goods of Robbins Mills, Irw. Mr. Saunders told The Citizen Wednesday that he had no im mediate plans for the future, indicating that he had quite a bit of “fishing and hunting” that he hoped to try and catch up with. Continued on last page t R, E. Lee Thanks Chief Phillips In a letter to Chief of Police ! Archie Phillips of Aberdeen, R. E. Lee, principal of the Aber deen Schools last week expres sed his appreciation for the fine protection given the school | children mornings and after noons crossing the highway. Said Mr. Lee: •'I am writing this letter to express my sincere appreciation for the service that you have rendered our school. Many stu dents and faculty members have expressed their appreciation for your work in making it safe for our children to cross the high way each morning and each j afternoon. I ‘ You have been courteous, de pendable, and sincere and it has been a pleasure working with you. “With all best wishes. Since rely, R. E. Lee.’ No School Changes This Year—State School Board stead 1 meeting stead 1 meeting question will be permanent and will be usable in either a segregated o r unsegregated system. 2. A halt to the work of de vising a formula for allocating half of the $50,000,000 in school bond money. “Until the situation (the segregation pic ture) is further clarified it hardly will be possible to for mulate an allocation policy for *w~* money,” Governor Um told reporters after vith the Board of mucation. The second 25 mil lions of the bond money is to be distributed mainly,oh a basis of need. 3. A halt to the old of listing names of building money located.
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