Sen. Kennedy’s
religion is a campaign issue but
it should not be, says’ a Baptist
pastor quoted in an editorial on
Psge 2 of today’s Pilot.
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The Blue Knights
of Southern Pines High School
will open their 1960 football cam
paign against Laurinburg there
Friday night. See story, page 9.
VOL. 40—NO. 42
EIGHTEEN PAGES
SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8„ 1960
EIGHTEEN PAGES
Commissioners, School Board Loch
Horns Again on Clerk Pay Raise Issue
A request by the county board
of education to transfer funds
within the county school budget
to make possible a $25 per month
pay increase for three clerical
workers in the school system’s ad
ministrative office was turned
down by the county commission-
e;s at the regular meeting of the
commissioners at the courthouse
in Carthage Monday.
All of the commissioners were
present for Monday’s meeting:
Chairman L. R. Reynolds, John
M. Currie, T. R. Monroe, J. M.
Pleasants and W. S. Taylor. Rep
resenting the board of education
were Howard Matthews, Jere
McKeithen and T. Roy Phillips,
with Supt. R. E. Lee also present.
Mr. McKeithen was chief spokes
man for the education board.
The school board member said
that an item of $1,125 in the
general control section of the cur
rent expense budget for the
schools will not be usable this
school year, as it was appropriated
lor the salary of Mrs. Edna Tay
lor of Taylortown near Pinehurst
who was to have served the coun
ty as attendance officer for the
Negro schools. Mrs. Taylor, how
ever, went to Europe this summer
as a member of a federal commis
sion to study minority groups,
there and is planning to spend
several months there with her
daughter and son-in-law who is
an Army officer stationed in Ger
many.
Since the money could not be
used for its intended purpose, Mr.
McKeithen said, the board would
like to use $900 of it to give each
of the three school office clerical
workers an increase in salary of
$25 per month.
He pointed out that Supt. Lee,
who was granted a $2,000 salary
increase by the commissioners
after they had originally stricken
this item from the school budget,
had offered to make $900 of his
increase available to make possi
ble the $25 monthly increase for
the clerical workers.
“But we don’t feel that Mr. Lee
should be penalized to pay the
county office help,” Mr. McKeith
en said.
The board of education had
originally asked for about a $50
per month increase for the office
workers but this had been pre
viously denied by the commis
sioners. A compromise proposal
for a $25 increase had then also
been rejected. Monday’s request,
therefore was the third that had
(Continued on page 8)
PRICE: 10 CENTS
Volunteer Fire
Department at
Cameron Praised
Escaped Prisoner
Seen to Catch
North-Bound Ride
A prisoner who walked away
from a highway maintenance
gang in Southern Pines Wednes
day afternoon had not been found
by noon today, according to the
office of the prison camp at Car
thage where he had been confined.
The prison camp spokesman
said that Wade Hinson, an honor
grade prisoner serving a three-
year term for larceny, walked
away from a work gang in front
of Still Oldsmobile and Pontiac
Co., at the south end of Broad
St. about 3 p. m.
Hinson was observed by a wit
ness to have been picked up by a
north-bound automobile on May
St. not long afterward, so it is as
sumed he was quickly out of this
area.
Dr. Caldwell to
Address Alumni
Dr. John Caldwell, new chan
cellor of N. C. State College, Ra
leigh, will be the speaker at a
ladies night dinner meeting of
State alumni to be hqjd at the
Southern Pines Country Club
Friday, September 16, at 7:30 p.m.
The Moore County chapter of
the State College Alumni Assoc
iation is inviting State alumni
from Hoke and Montgomery
Counties.
Officers of the Moore County
group are Calvin Howell, presi
dent; Harvey Home, vice presi
dent; and W. B. Hill, secretary
and treasurer.
Official approval of the Cam
eron Fire District by the State
Rating Bureau is expected to re
sult in a reduction of about 20 per
cent in fire insurance .premiums
paid by residents of the district,
Kent Harbour of the Cameron
■Volunteer Fire Department told
the county commissioners Monday
in making a detailed report to the
board.
The district includes an area
within a three mile radius of the
fire department.
Mr. Harbour’s report, filed
with the commissioners in written
form as well as presented orally,
points out that the Cameron "Vol
unteer Fire Department was or
ganized and incorporated in the
fall of 1958. A fire house valued
at $3,000 was built with public
donations and volunteer labor and
in December of that year a fire
truck, purchased with county
funds, was delivered.
The department has been oper
ating since that time, although
not receiving, the official fire dis
trict approval until recently.
Additional equipment bought
through the efforts of the volun
teer firemen and others in the
community—where the sum of
about $3,000 was raised for this
purpose—includes: a 1950 two-ton
Dodge truck and pump, two aux
iliary tanks of 1,500-gallon and
1,000-gallon capacities, 300 feet
of hose; a $700 siren, three pack-
type pumps for brush fires and
other pieces of needed equipment.
There are 15 active firemen in
the department, the report notes.
The group meets twice each
month.
Since activated, the department
has responded to 14 fire'calls and
has saved much property. In ad
dition the firemen have helped
fire victims become settled after
their property was burned.
The commissioners went on
School Enrollment Up
By 132 Students Here
Contracts To
Be Let on New
Building Wing
An increase of 132 students in
the Southern Pines city school
system, as compared to the en
rollment at the opening of the
schools one year ago, was reported
this week by Supt. Luther A. Ad
ams.
The increase included 56 in East
Southern Pines schools—six in the
high school and 50 in the elemen
tary school; and 76 in ’(Vest Sou
thern Pines—15 in the high school
and 61 in the elementary school,
IN 'WASHINGTON — Sen. John F. Kennedy,
Democratic candidate for President, is flanked
by Tar Heels—two of them from Moore Coun
ty—in this photo made at the recent Kennedy
press conference with North Carolina newspaper
editors in Washington. Left to right: H. Clifton
Blue of Aberdeen, Moore County representative
in the General Assembly and editor and pub
lisher of The Sandhill Citizen; Sen. B. Everett
Jordan, North Carolina’s junior senator in
Washington; Senator Kennedy; and John D.
McConnell of Southern Pines, secretary of the
North Carolina Democratic Executive Commit
tee. For some of the comments Senator Kennedy
made at the conference, specificaUy on the re
ligious issue in the campaign, see an editorial
on page 2.
Reynolds Home
To Have Formal
Opening Sept. 18
The Reynelds Rest Home, coun
ty-owned home for the aging on
NC 22 three miles south of Carth
age, will have its official opening
Sunday afternoon, September 18.
“Open house” will be held from
3 to 5 p.m., with a dedication cere
mony scheduled for 3:30, said Mrs.
Walter B. Cole, county superin
tendent of public welfare. The
county commissioners, county
welfare board and welfare staff
will be on hand to assist in the
occasion, to which all interested
citizens are invited. Also taking
part will be Mrs. Mae Pemberton,
of the State Department of Public
Welfare steiff.
Mr. and Mrs. John Smith, who
manage the home under a lease,
and their guests will extend the
hospitality of the house. It is the
old ’"county home,” but operated
differently now, with guests who
pay their way from public or pri
vate income. It is also different
in aspect, as it was renovated and
modernized during last fall and
winter at a cost of some $25,000,
and is now one of the most at
tractive facilities of the sort in
this section.
The first guests were received
last April, it was licensed under
state welfare laws a few weeks
later and is now operated under
regulations of the State Depart
record as commending the Cam- j ment of Public Welfare, with a
eron fire department’s work. I capacity of 20 guests.
Moore Memorial Hospital Changes Visiting Hours, Rules
In response to requests of the
medical and nursing staffs, pa
tients, and families of patients,
Moore Memorial Hospital is this
week changing its visiting hours.
Visiting hours in the afternoon
are from 2:30 to 4:00 o’clock and
from 7:00 until 8:30 in the eve
nings. Morning visiting hours'
have been eliminated, the an
nouncement said, because most
diagnostic tests, operations, lab
oratory work, and a great portion
of the nursing care for patients
are done during the morning
hours. Doctors visit patients dur
ing this period and the 'general
activity at the hospital concerned
with morning care is always at a
high peak. The presence of visitors
often handicaps physicians and
hospital staff members from car
rying out their duties with regard
to patient care, it was stated.
The hospital has installed a vis
itor control center near the main
entrance at the elevator and a
clerk will be on duty during vis
iting hours. Each patient will
have two visitor permit cards.
One additional permit card will
be issued for patients in private
rooms only. Patients other than
those in private rooms shall have
no more than two visitors at any
one time. The additional card for
private room patients will be
given to the next of kin.
“Visiting sick friends is an es
tablished Southern social custom,”
the announcement of the policy
change said. “It is a good custom
and indicates interest and friend
liness. But, well intentioned vis
itors can create problems which
they do not intend sometimes.
Visitors who observe the approp
riate practice of visiting should
never smoke in a patient’s room,
should never sit on a patient’s
bed, should make the visit short,
should not be loud or boisterous.
It is always a good idea to wait
until the third day after a pa
tient’s admission to pay a visit.
This wait allows time for the pa
tient to become adjusted to new
and unfamiliar surroundings and
allows the hospital staff to per
form most of the tests that are to
be made, and in the case of sur
gery, permits the patient to re
cover sufficiently to receive vis
itors.”
During the serious flu epidemic
last winter, the hospital eliminat
ed visitors except for the next of
kin. The public cooperated in a
splendid way and doctors and
nurses all noticed how much eas
ier it was to care for patients
when there were fewer visitors,
the hospital’s announcement not
ed.
Children under 12 are not al
lowed to visit. The hospital re
quests that no children be left
unattended in the hospital lobby.
In the Children’s Department only
parents will be allowed to visit.
COUNCIL TO MEET | Leaf Sells High
The September meeting of the ”
Southern Pines town council will ^|; IRoOFC MarkctS
be held at town hall Tuesday,
September 13. at 8 p m. Opening Day
Moore County’s two Middle
Belt tobacco markets—at Aber
deen and Carthage—began sales
Tuesday with average prices of
better" than $60 per 100 pounds
reported for the opening day.
Sales are continuing this week
and will continue Monday
through Friday of each week un
til the end of the selling season
in November.
Sales in Aberdeen were listed
as 244,612 pounds for $148,190.13,
an average of $60.58 per 100
pounds.
Carthage reported about 150,-
000 pounds sold for an average of
around $62.
Three warehouses are operating
at Aberdeen and two at Carthage.
YDC to Convene
Sept. 24 Due to
Kennedy Visit
The annual convention of Moore
County Young Democrats, prev
iously announced for Saturday,
September 17, will be held one
week later, Saturday, September
24, DeWitt Purvis, of Highfalls,
YDC president, said this week.
The meeting wiU. be held at 7:30
p.m. in the courthouse at Carth
age.
Reason for the change, Mr. Pur
vis explained, is that Sen. John
F. Kennedy, Democratic Presiden
tial candidate, will be touring
North Carolina on September 17,
making it impossible for the
Hon. Cloyd Philpott of Greens
boro, Democratic nominee for
lieutenant-governor, to be at the
Moore convention as keynote
speaker, as planned.
Mr. Philpott will be in Car
thage for the September 24 gath
ering, Mr. Purvis said.
Officers will be elected at the
meeting and other business trans
acted.
Theatre in Pines
To Have Meeting
All persons in the Sandhills
who are interested in a communi
ty theatre are urged to attend the
next general meeting of the The
atre in the Pines which is set for
8 p.m., Monday, September 12, in
the courtroom at the town hall.
The amateur theatre group,
formed here during the past sum
mer, plans to hold try-outs this
month for parts in its first major
production, to be given in mid-
November.
At the Monday meeting, the
steering committee will report on
further developments about the
production.
Results of the first workshop
series will be seen Monday when
members of the workshop present
several scenes frorri 'William Inge’s
hit play, “Picnic.”
Among those participating will
be Carol Phillips, Jacqueline
Baldwin, Paul and Doris Bor
oughs, Mary "YonCanon Sisk,
Martha Ruth Camp, Jane Wicker
and Betty McCaskilL
First PTA Meet
Slated Monday
No formal program is planned
for the opening meeting of the
East Southern Pines Parent-
Teacher Association, Monday
night, September 12, said Max
Kush, president, in announcing
the event this week.
The meeting will be held in
Weaver Auditorium at 8 p. m.
Parents will have an opportuni
ty to meet and talk with teachers,
after the business session.
Parents who have not sent in
PTA annual membership fees (50
cents per person) with school fees
will be able to join at the Mon
day meeting.
Mr. Rush urged all parents to
become members. The organiza
tion, he said, is looking forward
to an active year.
Court of Honor
Set at Robbins
The September Moore District
Boy Scout Court of Honor will be
held Monday night, September
12 at 7:45 in the Robbins Elemen
tary School, according to an an
nouncement by J. Douglas David,
advancement chairman. This will
be the “fall round-up” meeting
as no court of honor was held in
August, he said.
Top award to be made at the
ceremony will be the Bronze
Palm to Scout Frank Staples of
Southern Pines.
Troop 74 of Robbins will have
charge of the program.
Merchants Urged
Send Replies on
Parking Problem
Joe Montesanti, Jr., chairman
of a citizens committee studying
parking requirements in the busii
ness district, said this week that
replies to a questionnaire sent to
Southern Pines merchants are
continuing to come in.
He said that the committee does
not plan a complete report to the
town council at the council meet
ing Tuesday night, as it is hoped,
that further replies can be obtain
ed before the committee’s final
report is drawn up.
All merchants who have receiv
ed the questionnaires and have
not yet answered the questions
and sent them back to town hall
are urged to do this at once.
Members of the committee, in
addition to Mr. Montesanti, are
H. M. Patterson, Sam Bozick,
William Heller and L. H. McNeill.
The committee was named by
Mayor Robert S. Ewing after
many merchants in the business
section expressed their opposition
to an Alternate No. 1 Highway
proposal that would have changed
parking on W. Pennsylvania Ave.
between Broad and Bennett Sts.,
from diagonal to parallel.
The mayor said at that time
that the long-range parking needs
of the town should be studied,
with consideration to obtaining
off-street parking places before
space for such parking becomes
unavailable in or near the busi
ness section.
The questionnaires ask:
1. Are present spaces available
adequate?
2. Would off-stree,t parking lots
two blocks from your business be
used by your customers and
clerks?
3. Is present system of tagging
cars for overtime parking satis
factory and if not what changes
do you recommend?
4. Do you think seasonal tag
ging of cars woi»ld be feasible?
5. Would you favor the instal
lation of parking meters?
6. If you feel that present
spaces are adequate, will you
pledge your support to keeping
your employees’ and your person
al vehicles parked on unrestrict
ed streets?
Space is provided for “addition
al comments.” Some of these com
ments, Mr. Montesanti said this
week, are interesting and should
prove helpful to the committee.
Mr. Adams said.
Local schools opened Friday for
a half day and began their first
full day’s schedule on Tuesday,
following the Labor Day holiday.
“This is a rather striking in
crease in enrollment,” Mr. Adams
said. “It bears out our anticipa
tion of a constant increase in the
local schools and seems to indi
cate that the school population is
growing faster than the town’s
population. It certainly indicates
our need for more classrooms.”
The superintendent said that
three sixth grade classes in East
Southern Pines are being housed
at the Presbyterian church educa
tional building and one class is
in the home economics building
on the ^chool grounds.
Norris L. Hodgkins, chairman of
the city board of education, and
Mr. Adams appeared before the
county commissioners Monday af
ternoon to thank the board for an
additional appropriation of $17,-
250 in capital outlay funds which
will make possible letting con
tracts the last of this month for
“Phase C” of the East Southern
Pines high school building.
Mr. Hodgkins told the commis
sioners Monday that the, compar
atively small additional amount'
“made a vast difference” by en
abling the contracts to be let. It
is hoped, the school officials said,
that the classes now out of school
buildings can be housed on the
campus before the end of the
current school year.
“We are particularly pleased,”
Mr. Hodgkins said, “that our bud
get could be increased without
taking anything from the other
schools of the county.”
The amount was appropriated
by the commissioners from funds
which had originally been budget
ed for a county agriculture build
ing, but which would apparently
not be used for that purpose in
the current fiscal year.
An enrollment of about 7,000
students was reported by Supt. R.
E. Lee in the schools of the coun
ty system which includes all
schools of the county except those
at Southern Pines and Pinehurst.
Bids Asked on
New Post Office
For Pinebluff
Postmaster General Arthur E.
Summerfield announced today
that advertisement has been post
ed to secure post office quarters
at Pinebluff on a monthly rental
basis for a fixed term of five
years. Specifications call for a
facility containing approximately
800 square feet of floor space, 80
square feet of platform space, and
3,000 square feet of parking and
truck maneuvering area.
According to the Pinebluff
postmaster, Mrs. Ethel R. Ed
wards, bids should be submitted
to Carl Bolt, assistant regional
real estate manager, Post Office
Department, 428 Federal Annex
Building, Atlanta 3, Georgia. In
terested biddet’s may obtain more
detailed information '^from Mr.
Bolt.
The present Pinebluff post of
fice is located in the rear of an
old building at the corner of No.
1 highway and Philadelphia Ave.,
a site which it has occupied for
more thaif 20 years.
Brockwell to Head Girl Scout Drive
Sherwood Brockwell, Jr., Of
Southern Pines has been named
chairman of the Girl Scout fund
drive scheduled to open Septem
ber 15-30 throughout Central Car
olina Girl Scout Council. The
council includes Moore, Lee,
Chatham and Harnett Counties,
with headquarters in Sanford.
■Volunteer workers, under the
leadership of Mr. Brockwell, will
seek to raise $15,300. This is the
basic amount necessary to main
tain the day-to-day operation of
the council and to meet its new
needs during the coming year.
The council’s priorities for next
year are recruitment of qualified
personnel, promotion of quality
program, and expanded camping
facilities.
“I have accepted the chairman
ship of this campaign," Mr.
Brockwell said, “because Girl
Scouting is for all girls from, sev
en to 17 years and the program
benefits both the girls and the
community.
“Through Girl Scouting,” he as
serted, “girls enjoy wholesome
recreation, form rewarding
friendships and develop practical
skills and healthy attitudes that
may weU determine the direction
their lives will take.”
The campaign theme is “’Honor
the Past—Serve the Future”
which the Girl Scouts have adopt
ed for their birthday years of
1960-1963. This period wiU begin
October 31, the centennial of the
birth of Juliette Low, the found
er of Girl Scouting, and will run
through the organization’s 50tb
anniversary year of 1962.