THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4,1960
THE PILOT—Southern Pines, North Carolina
Page NINETEEN
Dame Flora
Joins ‘‘Hip Club”
In Fall at Skye
Dame Flora MacLeod, eighty-
one-year-old chief of the Clan
MacLeod, has suffered a broken
hip in an automobile accident
near her home on the Isle of
Skye.
Dame Flora, who had just left
home on the first stage of a jour
ney to the United. States, was
described by doctors as “com
fortable.”
The distinguished Scottish lady,
chief of the Clan MacLeod, and a
Dame of the British Empire, has
been a frequent visitor to Moore
County, as the guest of Mr. and
Mrs. J. Talbot Johnson of Aber
deen.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnson, Mr. and
Mrs. E. T. McKeithen, Mrs. Paul
P. McCain, and others from the
Sandhills have visited Dame
Flora at Dunvegin, the castle on
the Isle of Skye which is the her
editary stronghold of the Mac
Leods. One of the oldest inhab
ited castles in the British Isles,
parts of Dunvegin date back at
least as far as the 11th century,
with dungeons built deep down
into the solid rock beneath the
present dwelling place.
INTENSIVE INVESTIGATION
2 Arrested in Alleged Auto Theft
Raeket for Sale of Parts of Cars
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Chopped-up parts of a. car’
found deep in the woods in Lit
tle River township last Thursday
sparked a round-the-clock inves
tigation which culminated Mon-
,day in the arrest of two men for
auto larceny.
It may also bring to light a
practice for which the older man
has long been under suspicion,
according to Chief Deputy Sheriff
H. H. Grimm, of stealing cars at
long distances for the purpose of
selling parts, while destroying
or otherwise disposing of the
rest.
Grimm and Deputy R. A. Ed
wards were assisted by Lee and
Harnett County officers in their
investigation, Ed^waird Johnson,
44, of Sanford, was picked up by
Sanford police and is being held,
to answer charges in Lee Superi
or Court before being turned over
to the Moore County officers.
Johnson has remained silent
under the accusations but, said
Grimm, the other man, Claybourn
West, 22, of Bunnlevel, after in
tensive interrogation, gave a
written statement in which he
revealed the practice in which he
said he assisted Johnson.
The abandoned chassis, found
with two car seats ripped out and
lying beside it,, provided one,
clue. All serial numbers had been
cut off—but one. It led to identi
fication of the car a^ a Ford Fair-
lane stolen in Onslow County
Tuesday night. A yellow trailer
seen in the vicinity Wednesday
was .found to have been rented
from a Bonnie Doone concern. The
front end of the car—fenders, ra
diator, bumper and windshield—
were found to have been sold to
a Sanford body shop.
Grimm said the body shop
owner apparently bought the
parts lipnocently, and is coopera
ting fully with police. ,
H.9 said that Johnson, an auto
mechanic who formerly operated
his own garage at Lillington, ap
parently followed the practice of
finding out certain parts needed
by garage or body shops, saying
that he had such parts available
or could get them, then stole a
car to get these specific parts for
which he already had a sale.
West told police that the parts
of the stolen car which weren’t
sold, or'left in the woods in Little
River, were thrown into the river
near Lobelia.
Soldiers, 2 Young Vass Women, Draw
Prison Terms for Car Theft Incident
Two young Fort Bragg soldiers had done so, but that the women
County Teachers
Report on Work
In Language Study
In the Elementary Library of
the Aberdeen School, all teachers
who are experimenting in the
teaching of a foreign language to
elementary children met for a dis
cussion of methods, materials and
scope.
Lawton Wiles, representative of
Encyclopedia Britannica Films,
gave a demonstration on using
filmstrips in conjunction with the
record player. This is one of the
most accepted methods of presen
tation and accentuates the fact
that “hearing and saying” are the
important factors in learning con
versational French or Spanish.
Each teacher gave a brief res
ume of accomplishments this year.
All agreed that pupil interest is
high, and that the learning in
volved is well worth the time
spent. Mrs. McPherson, director
of elementary instruction in the
Moore County School system gave
and two young women of Vass,
putting up no defense whatso
ever, were convicted of auto lar
ceny Tuesday in Moore Superior
Court and received prison sen
tences.
Pfc. Roger M. Ferguson, 23, and
Pfc. James M. McGrath, 21, re
ceived 18 to 24 months, while Re
becca J. Albertson, 22, and Vir
ginia M. Vance, 29, were sen
tenced to six months in Woman’s
Division of Central Prison.
Following the trial, in which
the only testimohy was that of
Sgt. Earl Seawell of the Southern
Pines police for the State, Judge
Frank M. Armstrong asked Act
ing Solicitor W. D. Sabiston to,
talk to them about submitting a
lesser plea, possibly for a misde
meanor rather than a felony.
Later Sabiston reported that he
had insisted they weren’t guilty
and would not plead ,to anything,
while the boys said they “didn’t
feel they were guilty of anything
either.”
The four, who were without
counsel, sat silent as Sgt. Sea-
well testified about finding them
drinking beer in a Southern
Pines restaurant within an hour
after receiving a phone call from
Vass about the missing car. It had
been driven off from a dance pa
vilion, and Constable L. F. Woods
informed Seawell two men and
two girls were thought to be in
it. Seawell said that, when ques
tioned, the women said they had
thought it was the soldiers’ car,
while one of the soldiers told him
it “belonged to the girls.”
'The police had found the car,
property of Robert Wayne Tin-
gen of Fuquay-Varina, parked be
hind the restaurant.
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magazines pertaining to research
that has been done in the past
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language study in all grades.
Guests present were C. Wade
Mobley, principal of the Aberder #
School; C. E. Powers, guidarice di
rector, and R. E. Lee, Superinten
dent of Moore County schools.
RIGHTS OR RITES?
Some motorists and pedestrians
are stubborn enough to insist on
their “rights” even if it means
their last rites. Major Charles A.
Speed said this week. That’s why
Motor Vehicles Department rec
ords list over 225 pedestrian fa
talities every year, he declared.
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