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tJ . •■ ■ * ...w AJ* ,'r i’ , • ■,^. y I' i‘.:. 1.^ I • ' ■■'’■ ^ ''"V'.f '' ’ A ‘ ' «> «) VOL, 40—NO. 45 Gavin Here Today, Makes Plea for 2-Party System Candidate Declines to Comment About UFE Plan Endorsement Robert L. Gavin, GOP guber natorial candidate, made a strong appeal for support of a two-party system in North Carolina, before a luncheon group of more than 100 persons at the Holly Inn in Pinehurst today. He said he believed from all signs that he saw across the state that he was going to win in No vember, largely thanks to the sup port of the “Citizens for Gavin” group which includes many Dem ocrats. He said that he is being subject ed to a great deal of abuse by his opponent, Terry Sanford, but means to keep his campaign on a high level. To a reporter who queried him before and after the luncheon, he said he preferred not to make a statement answering a story in today’s morning papers in which he was accused of having denied endorsement of the United Forces for Education’s educational pro gram, an endorsement the NCEA said it has in its files. Dr. A. C. Dawson, NCEA ex ecutive secretary and former sup erintendent of schools here, said ■he has in his files the letter of endorsement along with a ques tionnaire which was submitted to all primary candidates last Spring. Gavin said he would have to (Continued on page 5) TWENTY-TWO PAGES SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1960 TWENTY-TWO PAGES PRICE: 10 CENTS C) Republicans Plan Events James Harrington of Pinehurst, chairman of the Moore County Republican executive committee, presided at a well-attended GOP meeting in the courthouse at Car thage Friday night. Plans Were made for a series of rallies to be held throughout the county, the first to be at the Robbins High School cafeteria at 7 p.ni. Friday of this week. Moore Republican candidates will be present and there will be refresh ments. A bus to carry Moore County Republicans to ,Charlotte to hear Vice-President Nixon, GOP Presi dential candidate, speak, on Oc tober 3, iwill leave from the court house in Carthage at 3 p.m. that day. At times not yet set in October, A1 Snipes, GOP candidate for Congress from the 8th District, will visit throughout the county. Also expected is the state-wide Republican Caravan and other ral lies, according to information re ceived this week from the execu tive committee. BLUE KNIGHTS — The football squad of Southern Pines High School, shown, here with Head Coach Billy Megginson, right, and Assistant Coach J. W. Williams, Jr., left, go into their fourth game of the season undefeated and unscored-on, playing St. Pauls at St. Pauls at 8 p.m. Friday. The players are, left to right: Front row — Barry Blasko, Eddie McKenzie, Bob Ryder, Jack McDonald, Joe Garzik, Harold Williford, W. C. Morgan, Paul Chavez, Francis Dwight. Second row —■ Mr. Williams, Pat Dougherty, Barry Trent Johnny Bristow, Jerry Bradley, Norman McKenzie, Ricky Wil liams, Wally Wallace, Jerry Barnes, Mr. Megginson. Top row — Tom Strong, Dan Thomas, Ronnie Strickland, David Morgan, Chuck Johnson, Edgar Talbert, Lin Dunn, Phil McRee, LeRoy Chavez. Mr. Megginson’s dog “Pepper,” mascot. (Humphrey photo) Terry Sanford to Attend Rally in Carthage Oet. 14 A Moore County Democratic Rally will be held at the court house at Carthage with Terry Sanford as speaker, at 8 p. m. I'riday, October 14. Announcing the rally. County Democratic Chairman W. Lamont Brown of Southern Pines also an- ounced a finance committee for the campaign appointed by the County Executive Committee. This is headed by Forrest Lock; ey as chairman, working with E. Nolley Jackson of Sojithern Pines, Earl O. Freeman of Aberdeen and Pinebluff, Jack Morgan of Vass, H. H. Grimm of Carthage, John L. “Dink” Frye of Robbins and Wat son Scott of Eagle S^jrings. The committee will work to get up funds for the Democratic cam paign in Moore, also some for the state campaign and the visit of President Truman. Sanford will fly here direct from Rocky Mount Where he will lake part in the program there attending on President Truman’s Visit October 14. The date of Sanford’s visit to Moore, originally set for October 15, had to be changed recently by state headquarters because of numerous campaign pressures; and Chairman Brown says he is not sure yet just what other party County System Schools Closing Friday For NCEA Meeting; Local Schools Open Schools of the Moore County system will be closed Friday, when school officials and many of the teachers will be attending the 38th annual convention of the Central District of the North Carolina Education Association at Salisbury. Pinehurst and Southern Pines schools will remain in operation. From Southern Pines, the meet ing will be attended by Supt. Luther A. Adams, Miss Mary Log an, supervisor, and Mrs. John Mc- Phaul, Junior High School science teacher who Will take to the con vention for exhibition some teach ing aids used in her science Air Service to Start Saturday ’ Piedmont Airlines will resume its seasonal service to the South ern Pines-Pinehurst Airport Sat urday, October 1. The service has been suspended since May. Postmaster Max Rush said this week that in order for air mail to be placed directly on a Piedmont flight it must be in the post office by 1 p. m. This is the only one of the two Piedmont flights that will handle 1 direct air mail conveniently, Mr. Rush pointed out, as the other ilight is too early for direct air . ’ mail service. PIONEER HOMESTEAD TO BE RESTORED New Lake Under Construction at Whispering Pines & ' As if Thagards Lake, some two miles long, with six miles of wooded waterfront, weren’t enough. A., B. Hardee of Sandhill Properties, Inc., is busy creating a twin lake within hollering dis tance. Big esmth-moving machines have been at work since about September 1, scooping out a huge irregular oval on forested land adjoinihg property already de veloped, the two lakes to be the heart of Hardee’s Whispering Pines development on the Niagara Road, between Southern Pines and Carthage. Work is also starting on the construction of an 18-hole golf course between the two lakes, with a clubhouse to be built on a 65-foot knoll overlooking them both. Farms Acquired Three farms comprising some 460 acres were recently acquired by Hardee’s firm from the John Ray Estate, S. R. Ransdell, Sr., and Mrs. 'Thad Blue, to double the size of the fishing-boating swimming residential community started by the young Lexington promoter a year and a half ago. The new lake, to be christened Pine Lake, will spill into Thag ards, from which it right-angles with its foot only about a quarter mile from the older, and slightly (Continued on page 17) OLD JOHN RAY HOME — Ernest McCutchen, Whispering Pines engineer, is shown on porch of 18Ui century rural home which he plans to restore. Remaining of the original home are the exterior siding, weathered black; interior walls of heart pine, wide floor boards studded with handmade nails, enclosed stair case and hand-hewn ceiling timbers (now concealed) pegged into place. The chimney of handmade brick was added later. In rear* is glimpsed original old “kitchen,” with stone chimney. (Photo by V. Nicholson) classes. A spokesman for the Pinehurst schools said that no delegation would go to the meeting from Pinehurst. Supt. Adams said that a few other teachers may go from South ern Pines but that substitute teachers would be provided for all who attended, so that no teaching time would be lost. Moore and Seven other counties comprise the Central District. There will be a general session and meetings of 24 divisions and dpartments of the organization, for the purpose of professional improvement in various areas of teaching and administration. Boy Scout Fund Drives Launched In Communities Here are the community chair men and kick-off dates for the Moore County Boy Scout fund raising drive as announced by County Chairman J. A. McPhaul of Southern Pines: Aberdeen, Ed McCarthy, chair man, October 13. Cameron, John McPherson, the kick-off took place September 23. Carthage, A. L. Barnes, Sep tember 29. Pinebluff, Brady Brooks, Octo ber 4. E. Sandlin, Resort Interests Look To Good Season Ahead Operators of hotels, motels, golf clubs and other re&rt facilities at Southern Pines are looking for ward with optimism to the 1960- ’61 season, a survey by The Pilot revealed this week, but there were some expressions of a guard ed “wait and see” point of view, because of possibly doubtful busi ness conditions ahead. Generally, the outlook was seen as bright. One thing appears certain: never were resort interests here better prepared to make visitors comfortable in a wide variety of establishments, from' the simple to the luxurious. Additions and improvements to a number of the local facilities—including places to stay and golf courses—^have Southern Pines, J. September 28. Pinehurst, William October 27. Vass, A. L. Keith, October 13. Eagle Springs, Lynn Martin, September 30. R. A. Smoak is chairman in the Ashley Heights community where the kick-off will be October 5. Scouting in Moore County has grown in the last three years from over 40 cub troops and explorer units to 68 units with over 1,100 boys. Adult enrollment has grown from 300 to over 600 volunteer Scouters. Chairman McPhaul said that, “We are still reaching only 28% of the total boys between the ages of 8 and 18 who would like to be come scouts.” Cameron Report Reporting on the Cameron kick off, Mr. McPherson said that $55 was collected in less than ah hour’s time in a door-to-doqr cam paign, with pledges for much more. Mr. McPhaul praised the effort made there and said that he hoped equal enthusiasm will be shown in all the communities. Captains for the Cameron area are Mrs. Curtis WaU, Mrs. Johnny Kelly, Mrs. Joe Rilson and Mrs. Jessie Loving^ each with five workers to help in the drive. seen at right, is the squad’s Ewing Elected SVA President; Drive Planned Robert S. Ewing of Southern Pines was elected president of the Sandhills Veterans Association Monday night at a meeting when SVA members made plans for their 1961 Nurse Fund Drive to be held in February. The meeting was held at the home of Jere Mc- Keithen in Aberdeen. Mr. Ewing, who is mayor of Southern Pines, is an executive with Trimble Products, Inc. Other officers elected were: Dr. R. B. Warlick, secretary and treasurer; B. C. Avery, drive chairman; Jere McKeithen, as sistant drive chairman; and T. E. Shockley, publicity chairman. The outgoing president, Don Traylor of Southern Pines, auto matically became vice-president. The SVA is a group of World War II veterans who have annual ly since 1947 conducted a drive for funds to’ give one or more Moore County girls a scholarship for a full course of nurse’s train ing. Twenty-one girls have enter ed schools of nursing under the program, the graduates returning to work in Moore County. Miss Georgia Mae Joyce, this year’s graduate, is now employed at Moore Memorial Hospital. Plans were made Monday night for the annual fall outing of the organization, to be held at the Causey-Forrest lake near Lake- view. Dr, Warlick is picnic chair man. Next SVA meeting will be held at the home of Voit Gilmore of Southern Pines bn Monday, Oc tober 10. * Judge’s Order to Examine Prisoner Not Carried Out (Editorial, Page 2) A 49-year-old Greensboro man —a former resident of Robbins who according to court testimony was afflicted with arthritis and had an alcohol problem—remain ed in jail at Carthage from August 8 until Monday of this week, without receiving a medical ex amination that was ordered for aim on August 8 by Judge J. Vance Rowe of Moore County Re corder's Court at Carthage. Also ignored was the judge’s recommendation in a judgment uhat sentenced Norman Kennedy to six months in jail on a non-sup port charge, that he be admitted if possible to some institution for ireatmeni of alcoholism. The disregard of court orders came to light in Monday’s session of the court when Kennedy was brought before Judge Rowe on recommendation of Clerk of fcourt Carlton Kennedy who said relatives of Kennedy had been to Carthage to inquire about hiin and had brought in evidence that might tend to mitigate the non support charges against him. Such evidence, being hearsay, could not be admitted to the court, but was apparently taken into considera tion by the judge in suspending Kennedy’s sentence Monday, al lowing him to return to a job he said he had in Greensboro and directing him to pay $15 weekly support payments and pay the court costs in his case. Judge Rowe, obviously irked that his orders had been disre garded, did not attempt to fix blame for the neglect but remark ed that it seemed impossible to get a medical examination for a prisoner in the jail. The August 8 judgment had di rected that Kennedy be examined by the authorized county physi cian or a doctor employed by the county, before being assigned to work and that if he be found well enough to work that he be assign ed to the state prison camp for (Continued on page 8) c Sledge, Elected President of Moore YDC; Philpott Add resses Rally at Carthage Reaffirmation of faith in the Democratic party’s record and the state and national party tickets marked the annt^al Moore County YDC convention, held in the courtroom at Carthage Saturday night. Some 150 memebrs and out- of-county guests were present. Hon. H. Cloyd Philpott of Lex ington, the party’s candidate for lieutenant-governor, as keynote speaker, answered the Republican j gubernatorial candidate’s charac-i terization of the state administra-1 tion as “grifters, grafters and bos-; ses” with a challenge—“Speak up, Mr. Gavin, and tell us who they| are!” _ | Answering Robert L. Gavin’s charges of machine politics, he de manded th^t “names be named,” while he himself went do'wn the roster of great North C^olina governors, and described Terry Sanford as one who “will well fill their shoes.” He noted, however, “We agree with Mr. Gavin that our government could be more efficient. That is teue of all gov ernment, state and federal, and we could not serve the people well did we not continually work to do better. This is easier to say ARTHUR ROWE than to do. We have come a long way, we have a long way to go and we confidently accept the challenge of the 1960’s.” Philpott was presented by John A. Lang, Jr., of Carthage and Washington. 'The meeting opened with a welcome by DeWitt iWvis, president. Initial program feature was a 15-minute film strip pre- (Continued <m Pafe 1^ been made at a cost of many thousands of dollars. The three golf courses that draw more people to Southern Pines than any other single at traction—two within the city limits and one just outside—are reported in top shape: the best they have ever been. Mid Pines The town’s most extensive re sort facility—the Mid Pines Club, a resort hotel with adjacent golf course—has its formal opening to day, playing host to a medical _ group and a gathering of Blue Cross insurance personnel, with conventions to continue through October. Mid Pines went all-out on a re modeling and redecorating pr07 gram during the past summer, in stalling copper pipe to replace old piping throughout the building. Every bathroom was tiled and new tubs with showers and glass doors were installed. Every room was “done over.” Outside, the big parking lot was hard-surfaced with “black top.” On the golf course a program of re-seeding all greens with Tif- ton 328, the special Bermuda grass that is producing, good re sults in this area, was completed, with about two-thirds of the greens done this summer. The others had been previously seed ed. Ray Williamson is the greens- keeper. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cosgrove, the longtime operators of the Mid Pines, will again be assisted by their daughters and sons-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Weldon and Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Stevenson. Also returning are Ernie Boros, golf shop pro, and his assistant Tony Federici; Richard Daven port, in charge of reservations; Mrs. Charles Riggin, hostess in tne dining room; and Chef Bill Green of Pinehurst. (Continued on page 8) Lions Sponsoring White Cane Sale To Aid the Blind The Southern Pines Lions Club is conducting its annual white cane sale for benefit of the blind and the program of sight conser vation that is carried on locally and over the state by Lions Clubs. The Lions will offer member ships in the North Carolina State Association for the Blind, as well as white cane bangles for sale. The Association renders services to any blind and visually impaired person, if there is a need and there are no other resources avail able. These are some of the out standing services on which funds are expended: eye examinations, eye treatment or surgery, glasses and artificial eyes; to sponsor the Visual Aids Clinics, Memorial Hospital, Chapel Hill, North Caro lina; to co-sponsor the medical eye clinics in local areas, when these are essential for adequate eye care; for the Research Pro ject, Laboratory for Experimental Ocular Pathology, Memorial Hos- oital. Chapel Hill, North Carolina; the Eye Bank for Restoring Sight, Inc., of North Carolina; Glaucoma Detection Clinics, state wide; and prevention of blindness educa tional materials. All these services relate to prevention, other general services are: gift radios to shut- in blind: white cane walking sticks, drugs. X-rays and trans portation. Light Bulb Sale Not Authorized Dr. J. E. Currie, Jr., president of the Southern Pines Junior Chamber of Commerce, told The Pilot this morning that he had reports that youths of high school age had been selling light bulbs house to house in Southern Pines, representing the sale as a project of the local Jaycees. No such sale is being conducted by the Jaycees here. Dr. Currie said, pointing out that sale of light bulbs locally is an annual Lions Club project. Dr. Currie said that he had been informed the youths came from out of town and that he did not think any local high school boys were involved.
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