VOL, 40—NO. 46
TWENTY PAGES
SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1960
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Officials Confer, Recommend Policy
On Medical Examination of Prisoners
(Ediloiial, page 2)
At the direction of the county
commissioners, County Attorney
M. G. Boyette has conferred with
Judge J. Vance Rowe and Solici
tor W. Lament Brown, of Moore
County Recorder’s Court, on pro-
Plea for Child
Welfare Worker
Made to Board
At their regular meeting in Car
thage Monday, the county com
missioners almost, but not quite,
shut the door on the Welfare De
partment’s often-repeated request
that a second child welfare work
er be authorized for Moore Coun
ty.
Mrs. W. B. Cole, welfare superin
tendent, after reporting on rou
tine matters in the morning ses
sion, asked Chairman L. R. Rey-
olds what decision the board had
reached on her request, made
earlier this year before the 1960-
’61 budget had been made up,
that another child welfare worker
be authorized.
Mr. Reynolds replied that the
board had decided the request
must wait until budget-making
time in 1961.
Mrs. Cole then renewed her
plea, pointing out, as she had
done on previous occasions, that
the federal government will pay
100 per cent of such a worker’s
salary for the first year. The
county, she said, would haye to
pay only 15 per cent of the sal
ary the second year and 35 per
cent for all succeeding years, un
der present laws. This compares,
she said, with the county’s hav
ing to pay about 60 per cent of the
salary of regular welfare case
workers.
A qualified person with 10
years of experience in welfare
work, now on leave from former
employment, is in the county and
available for the child welfare
worker post, Mrs. Cole said, but
noted that this worker would prob
ably not be available to Moore
County after the end of this year.
Mrs. Cole told the board that
the single child welfare worker
now working in Moore has a
“double case load,’’ about twice
the number of cases she should
be handling under the accepted
standard for this work. ■
Child welfare workers, she
pointed out, have to conduct long
investigations in connection with
adoptions, boarding home place
ments and arranging psychological
examinations for problem chil-
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Snipes, Candidate
For Congress, to
Speak October 7
A. M. Snipes, Republican candi
date for Congress, will be guest
of honor and main speaker at a
GOP rally in Eagles Springs this
Friday, October 7.
The rally, sponsored by the Re
publicans of Bensalem Precinct,
will be held at the Eagle Springs
elementary school. Supper Will be
served free of charge, beginning
at 7 p. m., according to Ernest
McKenzie, Republican precinct
chairman for Bensalem.
All Moore County Republicans
are invited to meet Mr. Snipes
and Republican candidates for
county offices.
The Eagle Springs rally is the
second Republican rally of the
fall campaign. The first, held in
Robbins last Friday night, saw a
large group of "‘upper-end’’ Moore
citizens who responded enthusi--
astically to talks from Drewry
Troutman, school board candidate
from Addor; Harry Pethick, can
didate for commissioner from
Southern Pines; and James Har
rington of Pinehurst, county GOP
chairman and candidate for the
State Senate.
Coy Lewis, Jr., of Robbins re
ported Jbn progress to date
throughout the eighth district of
which h^is chairidan. He is also
managing the Snipes campaign.
Arnold Gamer, county GOP
treasurer, presided over the meet
ing, which was sponsored by the
Robbins Precinct Republicans.
cedure designed to assure that
prisoners at the Moore County
jail receive physical or mental
examinations when such checks
are ordered by the judge of the
court.
The action followed the revela
tion in the court last week that
a prisoner for whom a medical
examination was ordered by
Judge Rowe on August 8 still had
not been seen by a doctor when
he was brought into court again
on Monday of last week.
Participants in the conference
said that a recommendation
would be made that the clerk of
court give to the sheriff a copy
of any judgment in which a
medical examination of a prisoner
is ordered, indicating that ’ it
would be the responsibility of the
sheriff’s office—which has charge
of the jail where a deputy sheriff
is jailer—to see that the examin
ation is made by a physician.
Coulity Library
Adds More Books;
Circulation Up
Business is booming, at the
Moore County Library in Carth
age, judging from the annual re
port made to the county commis
sioners in Carthage Monday by
Miss Hollis Haney, county libra
rian.
Increases in both number, of
volumes on the shelves and in
circulation were noted.
Circulation increases in various
categories, in the past year (July
to July), as compared to the pre
vious year, ran as high as 39 per
cent.
“The book collection continues
to grow slowly but steadily,’’ Miss
Haney reported, “toward the goal
of one book per person in the
county.
“In adding to the book stock,”
she continued, “we are also con
tinuing our attempt to build a
sound, well-balanced collection
of permanent value, while meet
ing the demand for books of cur
rent (if temporary) interest.”
Total circulation, the report
shows, increased by 9,076 vol
umes (29.7 per cent) in the past
year, as compared to the previous
year—17.6 per cent in the adult
category and 39.8 per cent in the
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Adlai Stevenson Will
Speak Here October 22
NEED IS GREAT
NEW BENSALEM CHURCH — Where the
100-year-old Bensalem Presbyterian Church
building was destroyed by fire in 1959, a new
$80,000 structure is nearly finished, a monument
to the industry and generosity of a devoted con
gregation. (Photo by V. Nicholson)
Music Assn, to
Present Series
Of 4 Concerts
There’s music in the air!
That’s what the Sandhills Music
Association claims in the letter
mailed this week to all and sun
dry, in this locality.
A glance at the list of events
planned for the season’s concert
series seems to bear this out.
There is music for everyone, from
the dance orchestra that opens
the series to the string quartet
and the program of classical
music sure to appear on this pro
gram.
The jazz outfit is the Glen Mil
ler Dance Band, famous for its
playing of the best dance music
and jazz as well as a vast range
of old favorites among the popular
tunes of the past decade or more.
This concert will be on November
1st.
In December the first member
ship concert will be held: the
Alden String quartet on Decem
ber 2.
Next month, on January 11,
Zita Carno, brilliant ypung pianist,
will be the artist. Following her
Town Hall debut last winter. Miss
Carno was hailed by N. Y. Times
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Bensalem Presbyterian Church Nears
Completion; Clan Monroe Meeting Held
Scottish pioneers hewed their
way through the wilderness to
found Bensalem Presbyterian
church in upper Moore county in
1790. A new frame church build
ing dedicated in 1859 served
exactly 100 years before it was
destroyed by fire in the spring of
1959.
Today’s congregation of some
200, including many descendants
of the original pioneers, faced dif
ficulties different but almost as
great as those of their forefathers
ag they shouldered with a will
the task of rebuilding.
A handsome brick structure of
colonial architecture, with Sun
day School annex,all in red brick
with white trim, has risen on a
site about 400 feet from that of
the old church. Working on the
“pay-as-you-go” plan, giving of
their means as they were able,
the men donating their labor, the
women working bn church sup
pers and other events, they have
erected an $80,000 building in
what remains essentially an iso
lated rural area. There is no debt.
They are busy now getting to
gether the $25,000 they estimate
GAVINS GREETED — Robert L. Gavin of
Sanford, center. Republican candidate for Gov
ernor, and his wife, the former Grace McNeill
Blue of Carthage, are greeted at Pinehurst last
Thursday when Mr. Gavin addressed a luncheon
gathering at the Holly Inn. Others in the photo,
left to right, are James E. Harrington, Moore
County GOP chairman; Albert Tufts of Pine
hurst; and, at right. Mayor Robert E. Ewing of
Southern Pines.
is still needed to complete the
sanctuary and put on finishing
touches.
Sons and daughters of the
church, many living in other
states, are making memorial gifts,
and other churches of the area, in
cluding those of differing denom
inations, have contributed to the
rebuilding of old Bensalem. Serv
ices are being held in the Fellow
ship Hall (in right wing—see
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Leonard Elected
President of New
Board of Realtors
The realtors of Southern Pines
have organized the Southern
Pines Board of Realtors with
George H. Leonard, Jr., as presi
dent.
Heretofore, the realtors of
Southern Pines have been mem
bers of the Sandhills Board of
Realtors, but it was felt that they
ould be more effective in this
resort community by forming a
board for only Southern Pines.
The new board has been recog
nized by the North Carolina As
sociation of Realtors and the Na
tional Association of Real Estate
Boards. These organizations of
realtors have a business code of
ethics, based on integrity, inform
ed and business-like operations,
and competent service to the com
munity. Infringements upon es
tablished ethics are subject to re
view and violation can result in
the cancellation of a membership.
The local realtors who are
members of the Southern Pines
Board are John Ruggles of the
Barnum Realty and Insurance
Company, A. L. Burney of the
Burney Realty and Building Com-
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Bloodmobile Will
Visit West End,
Vass Next Week
A bloodmobile from the Red
Cross center at Charlotte will be
at West End Tuesday of next
week from noon to 6 p.m. and at
the high school gymnasium in
Vass, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wed
nesday, it has been announced by
the local Red Cross office.
Mrs. Audrey Kennedy, execu
tive secretary of the Moore Coun
ty Red Cross chapter, said today
that she has been informed that
Moore County is 267 pints behind
its quota in the blood collections
which make it possible for the
two hospitals in this county to
obtain any type of blood on short
notice from the center in Char
lotte.
She urged that persons from any
part of the county who want to
give blood visit the bloodmobile
at Vass or West End.
‘Better Schools’
Official to Talk
To PTA Monday
Dr. Raymond A. Stone, execu
tive secretary of the N. C. Citizens
Committee for Better Schools, will
speak at the October meeting of
the East Southern Pines Parent-
Teacher Association, to be held
in Weaver Auditorium at 8 p.m.,
Monday, October 10.
Max Rush, PTA president, said
that Dr. Stone will give a brief
history of the State Curriculum
Study group, with emphasis on
its goals, findings and recommen
dations to date.
The Monday program will be
followed at the November meet
ing with a panel discussion of lo
cal school curriculum and other
problems by the Southern Pines
School Study committee, an 11-
member group headed by Thomas
R. Howerton.
The local committee will be
host to Dr. Stone for dinner at
the Jefferson Inn before the Mon
day night meeting.
Dr. Stone is local .unit consul
tant for the State Curriculum
Study Committee, the group mak
ing a study of curriculum
throughout the schools of North
Carolina. He is also chairman of
the legislative committee of the
North Carolina Education Assoc
iation, a post once held by Dr. A.
C. Dawson, former local schools
superintendent who is now execu
tive secretary of the N. C. Educa
tion Association.
Dr. Stone has a master’s degree
in education from the University
of North Carolina and has had ex
tensive teaching and administra
tive experience.
^ Adlai Stevenson will return to
Moore County Saturday, October
22, for his first visit in four and
a half years. Moore Democrats are
planning a big welcome for him
and State party leaders arriving
with him.
He will spend the weekend with
his sister and brother-in-law, Mr.
and 'Mrs. Ernest L. Ives, at their
Paint Hill farm near here, and
will speak at a big rally sponsored
’oy the Moore County Democratic
Executive committee.
Appearing with him at the
rally, set for noon at the Armory,
will be Governor Hodges, Gover
nor-Nominee Terry Sanford and
Eighth District Rep. A. Paul
Kitchin of Wadesboro, according
to the announcement by W. La
ment Brown, Moore Democratic
Committee chairman.
Voit Gilmore has accepted the
job of rally chairman, and is set
ting up committees to attend to
such details as lunch for at least
1,000 persons. These are expected
to include Democrats from neigh
bor counties and all over the
State.
The noon hour has been set in
deference to Stevenson’s wish for
“at least 24 hours of uninterrupt
ed rest” at Paint Hill Farm, his
favorite vacation spot for more
than 20 years.
Such -have been the pressures
of national and international fame
that he has not been able to visit
there since the spring of 1956.
Dr. Foster Opens Eye Clinic Here
Cole Campaigns for Commissioner
FLOYD T. COLE
Floyd T. Cole, Republican can
didate for county commissioner,
opened his active campaign this
week with the appointment of
William A. VonCanon of West
'End as his campaign manager.
Cole also outlined a three-point
platform, emphasizing coopera
tion with the county school board,
long-range planning, and a pro
gram of informing the citizens of
Moore County about the opera
tions of their county government.
“Education is our major prob
lem,” said Cole. "‘After all, two
thirds of the county budget af
fects the school system, and of
course the schools must look to
the commissioners for the money
to pay for improvements. It is
necessary that the commissioners
work closely with the county
board of education, to insure that
future educational needs are met.
“At the same time, we cannot
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MANY HEAR NIXON
More than 70 Moore County
citizens were among the thousands
on hand to greet Vice-President
Nixon on his recent trip to Char
lotte, Monday night.
Several private cars and a char
tered bus made up the caravan
from the county seat, leaving
shortly after 3 p.m. Monday. The
large delegation overflowed the
section, of seats reserved for Moore
County, at the Coliseum appear
ance of the Republican Presiden
tial candidate.
Among those making the trip
from Southern Pines were Harry
Pethick, Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Heyl, W. C. Hilderman, Miss
Susan Ewing, Ann and Mary
Sauser, Dickie and Carol Hoskins,
Mrs. Fred Hall, Mr. and Mrs. J.
Earl Parker, Mrs. Robert Leland
and Mrs. S. D. Fobes.
Aberdeen, Pinebluff, Eagle
Springs, Carthage, Robbins and
West End were als6 represented
in the overflow crowd.
Dr. C. B. Foster this week
opened the Sandhills Eye Clinic
in a new building at 660 S. W.
Broad St.
1 Formerly chief of Eye Services
at Womack Army Hospital, Fort
Bragg, Dr. Foster is a retired lieu
tenant colonel. He' and his wife,
the former Lucy Hull, daughter
of Dr. and Mrs. P. C. Hull of Char
lotte, have bought the former
Bert Premo home on E. Indiana
Ave. extension and are now liv
ing there.
Dr. Foster received his B. S. and
M. D. degrees from the Universi
ty of Vermont and served his in
ternship at Passaic, N. J., doing
post graduate work in ophthal
mology at the Brooklyn Eye and
Ear Hospital and Worcester City
Hospital, Worcester, Mass. At
Worcester he was resident-in
charge of the teaching program
and clinical assistant in the out
patient department.
He first entered the armed for
ces in 1941 and served in various
capacities in this country and ov
erseas, eventually becoming chief
of the Eye and Ear Section of the
3rd General Hospital. He was re
leased from active duty in the fall
DR. C. B. FOSTER
of 1945 and at that time began the
private practice of ophthalmology
in Charlotte. While practicing in
Charlotte he was on the staff of
Local Democrats
To Meet at Town
Hall Saturday
A meeting of Democratic work
ers will be held in the town court
room at 7:30 p. m. Saturday, and
a supply station for Democratic
materials and information will be
opened next week, both under
auspices of the Southern Pines
precinct committee.
All Democrats are asked to at
tend the workers’ meeting, for
exchange of ideas and distribu
tion of materials, said D. E. Bai
ley, precinct chairman.
The supply station will be in
the Montesanti Building on West
Pennsylvania Avenue, in the for
mer Montesanti tailor shop, next
door to The Little Shop.
The Saturday night workers’
meeting, originally set for Friday
night, was postponed because of
the Kennedy-Nixon television de
bate scheduled for 7:30 that night,
also because of the high school
football game.
Chairman Bailey urged pre
cinct members to make their plans
now to tune in on the upcoming
TV debates of presidential candi
dates, also to take part in party
events scheduled during October,
including the Aberdeen precinct
rally next Friday night, October
14, and the big Moore County
rally of October 22.
The local precinct will be host
to the October 22 rally, welcom
ing Adlai Stevenson and State
party leaders, and will hold no
separate event of its own.
FREE CHICKEN STEW
Kitchin to Speak
At Demo Rally in
Aberdeen Oct. 14
At a meeting of Aberdeen pre
cinct Democrats held at the Mu
nicipal building last Friday night
it was decided to hold a Demo
cratic rally at the Aberdeen Le
gion building Friday night, Octo
ber 14, beginnmg at 6:30.
A free chicken stew supper
wiU, be served and the public is
invited to attend.
Congressman A. Paul Kitchin
of Wadesboro will be the keynote
speaker. All the county candidates
on the Democratic ticket are be
ing invited along with people
from all over the county interest
ed in hearing the issues of the
campaign discussed.
Chairman H. Clifton Blue of the
the Presbyterian, Mercy and Me-1 Aberdeen Democratic precinct
morial Hospitals. He helped V> committee presided at the Friday
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