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rs 5) J ^Page EIGHT THE PILOT—Southern Pines, North Carolina Mrs. William Tufts Dies at Pinehurst THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1961 Mrs. William Tufts, a resident of South. Thomaston, Maine, who has been spending winters in Pinehurst since the 1940’s died suddenly at her home in Pine hurst Wednesday. Funeral arrangements were in complete this morning. She will be buried in Sudbury, Mass. She is survived by one daugh ter, Mrs. J. H. Dipple, of Cleve land, Ohio, and three grandchil dren. Baptist Church Elects Deacons; Baptisms Noted Three new deacons were elect ed by secret ballot Sunday morn ing at the First Baptist Church at the close of the last service of a week-long revival meeting. The three men elected to serve three years each were: Jack L. Bow man, with the State Highway - and Public Works Commission di vision office; Glenn L. Cox, prin- ' cipal of the East Southern Pines High School; and Willis B. Rush, with the United Telephone Com pany of the Cafolinas. These men, along with the six active Deacons, already serving, will participate in a service of Ordination and Dedication at the Sunday eve ning sanctuary service on October 15. At the evening sanctuary serv ice last Sunday all those who came as candidates for Baptism during the revival were baptised and received into full fellowship of the church. Those baptised were: Linda Darden, Joel Paul Jones, Charles McLaughlin, John McLaughlin, Boyd Trent, Raoul S. Trudell, Susan Trudell, Gene Wilson, and Jerry Wilson. Fol lowing the observance of the or dinance of Baptism the new mem bers joined with the rest of the Church members present in the observance of the Lord’s Supper. Sunday, October 8 is Layman’s Day and will be observed in tb; church. Sunday night the pastor will continue g series of sermons on books of the Old Testament. COMMISSIONERS IN SESSION Board Won’t Let Mr. Leavitt Resign; Vass Area to Get Rural Fire Truck 4-H Scholarship Campaign Headed By George Ross George Ross of Jackson Springs has accepted the chaumanship of the Moore County 4-H Club De velopment Fund, it was announc ed this week by F. D. Allen, county agricultural agent. Mr. Ross, with the help of over 1,100 4-H Club Members in Moore County and many other support ers of the 4-H Club Program will raise $5,000 to provide college scholarships for deserving 4-H Members and to build camping facilities for 4-H Club members in this area. The Extension staff and the 4-H members of Moore County would like to thank Mr. Ross pub licly and pledge him their cooper ation in this project, Mr. Allen said. The year 1961 is the golden an niversary of 4-H Club work in Moore County and November 1 has been designated as a day to celebrate this 50th anniversary, the agent said. Further details will be announced. Mr. Ross retired several years ago to his home at Jackson Springs alter many years with the State, including service as director of Conservation and De velopment. He also served as di rector of state-owned farms, as di rector of rural rehabilitation dur ing the Depression and as senior marketing specialist in the De partment of Agriculture. Hodgkins Elected By Young Bankers Norris L. Hodgkins, Jr. execu tive vice president of the Citi zens Bank and Trust Company of Southern Pines, was elected sec ond vice-president of the Young Bankers Division of the North Carolina Bankers Association, during the two-day annual con vention of the organization, held this week at Greensboro. The Young Bankers Divisions was established in 1955 for bank ers under 40 years of age. New president of the group is Ted B. Sumner of Hendersonville who succeeded Allan T. Preyer, Jr. of Greensboro, son of Mr. and Mrs. Allan T. Preyer of Bethesda Road, near Southern Pines. In 1960, pine trees for pulpwood were cut in 775 of the 927 coun ties in 12 Southern states. Hard wood cordage for use by the na tion’s pulp and paper industry was cut in 723 counties of the re gion. Rural fire protection, refusal to take a county official’s resigna tion, acquisition of consolidated school sites, Spnday “blue laws' and other matters occupied the county commissioners Monday in addition to problems in welfEire and registration of vital statistics, as reported in separate stories in today’s Pilot. Henry Williams of Robbins, chairman and spokesman, and Fire Chief Frank Raylor of Sou thern Pines, both of the Rural Fire Protection Committee named by the commissioners, appeared with a group of citizens from Vass and nearby areas' to ask that the next fire truck bought for rural use be stationed at Vass to serve surrounding areas, especial ly the large unprotected Little River section. Vass firemen pres ent said that volunteers there would man the truck, noting that equiprtient now used by Vass on rural calls is so obsolete as to be dangerous. The newer Vass truck by law cannot be taken out of town. Petitions from residents in the Vass area were presented ask ing for the fire truck. The commissioners lent a sym pathetic ear to the plea and in dicated that, when money for a new rural truck is budgeted in 1962, it would probably be desig nated for use as suggested. The commissioners also asked the rural fire committee to in vestigate cost of collision insiu:- ance on all rural fire trucks in the county. Other members of the rural fire protection committee, not pres ent at Carthage Monday, are Ed Shields of Highfalls, Clyde Auman of West End and Hugh Jackson of Carthage. In the Vass and Vass area delegation were Fire Chief Buddy McRae, Assistant Assistant Chief P. T. Smith. Town Conunissioner J. E. Hudson, Mon roe Chappell, Charles Ray Pope, A. B. Parker, Jr. and John Wil liam Smith. Resignation Refused C. F. Leavitt of Pinebluff who has been the county’s delinquent tax specialist for/nany years and has been ill recently, told the board with tears in his eyes that he had come to the conclusion that the best thing for him to do would be to resign. A chorus of objections immedi' ately arose from board members who said they would not permit it. All praised his service to the county and Board Chairman L. R. Reynolds said, “As much as you’ve done for Moore County, there’s not a single person in the coimty who would object to keeping you on.’’ Mrs. Estelle Wicker, county ac countant, said that the tax office has been consulting Mr. Leavitt during his confinement to his home and continues to find his advice invaluable. Obviously moved, Mr. Leavitt expressed his gratitude for the board’s decision. School Sites County Schools Supt. R. E. Lee told the commissioners that the board of education is buying two consolidated high school sites, each for about $15,000—36 acres purchased from J. Lawrence Mc Neill of Raeford in the Union Church community and about 50 acres being bO'Ught from F. T. Brewer and Herman Russell in the Pleasant HiU community of upper Moore County. He added that good wells have been drilled on both properties—producing 25 to 30 gallons per minute at the Union Church site and 24 gallons per minute at the Pleasant Hill Site. The Union Church site is pro posed location of the first county consolidated high school, to serve the present Carthage, Cameron, Vass-Lakeview and Farm Life districts. Exampllons The commissioners took action to' exempt, on request of Pine hurst, Inc., business establish ments within one mile of the Pinhurst general office from the new state law prohibiting certain business activities on Sunday. On motion of Commissioner J". M. Pleasants of Southern Pines, the same exemption was granted to the Southern Pines Country Club. Any town or county may ex empt all or part of its territory from the new “blue law” which was apparently adopted by the 1961 General Assembly to strike commissioners formally commen ded F. D. Allen, county agricult ural agent, for the rural service award presented to him recently by the national association of farm agents. AU the commissioners were present. Chairman L. R. Reynolds and Commissioners John Currie, Tom Monroe, W. S. Taylor and J. M. Pleasants. 3 Welfare Workers Get Salary Hikes Of |10 Per Month Music Association, Entering 13th Year, Begins Drive For Membership, Tickets The county commissioners sign ed an agreement Monday with the board of public welfare that a special state fund for welfare ad ministrative purposes would be used to employ a full-time sten ographer, an additional public welfare worker and purchase of equipment—and also that three caseworkers in the welfare de partment would be granted sal ary increases of $10 per month each. The salary increase proposal had been turned down by the commissioners at their Septem ber meeting, when use of the $6,- 500 state fund, a special grant made to all counties of the state by authorization of the 1961 Gen eral Assembly, was first discused. In the morning session, Joe Allen of Carthage and Mrs. A. A. Vanore of Robbins, members of the Moore County Board of Pub lic 'Welfare, came before the com missioners to ask for a raise in salary of the three field workers of the department staff. Paul Butler, third member of the board, was not present, as he was out of the county. The request was based on the fact that it had been impossible to secure ap additional fieldl work er allowed the department on the salary of $290 a month as set by the commissioners. A desir able individual, however, was available providing the salary were raised to $300. But as it would not be just to employ a new worker at a higher salary than those already in such posi tions, the board of welfare strongly urges the commissioners to grant the raise for all three field workers. Mr. AUen pointed out that county welfare workers’ salaiies here are still lower than those of surrounding counties. Mrs. Vanore spoke feelingly of her doubt that it is reasonable to expect a col lege graduate (4 college years are required of a welfare field work er) to work for such a low salary. The commissioners questioned the board members closely and spoke with some feeling about the fact that Director of Public Welfare Mrs. Walter Cole, report ed to be in the hospital, was not present. Chairman^ L. R. Rey nolds of the Board of County Commissioners, spoke of the dif ficulty of salary raises in only one department. From his words and those of other commissioners it appeared in .the morning session that there was little sympathy for the idea. However, the board discussed the matter further at the end of the afternoon session. Realizing that the county would lose the entire $6,500 offered by the state unless terms of the welfare board’s proposed use of the money were ' met, the commissioners signed the agreement that includ ed the three salary increases. It’s time to go, with the Lucky Thirteenth!” This appears to be the slogan for the Sandhills Music Associa tion as the organization enters this thirteenth year of its exis tence. The drive for members and ticket sales started this week with the issuance of a letter, widely mailed, listing the attrac tions offered in the 1961-’62 con cert season. Signed by the presi dent, Leonard Muddimer, the drive chairman. Miss Katherine Wiley, and Shirley Wooster, membership chairman, the letter stressed the fact that the concert series “has been arranged so that there will be something which will appeal to the musical taste of everyone.” Listed are: October 29: Piano Quartet. November 20: Lucile Turner; folk song and blues singer, “Re flections in the Just-gone Past.” January ‘ 27: The National Opera Company presenting “Don Pasquale.” February 15: The N. C. Little Symphony, (including children’s concerts). In making its annual plea for community support, the Associa tion termed the music group “a civic organization worthy of the support of the citizens of the en tire Sandhills community, not only because it brings quality en tertainment usually obtainable only in larger cities, but for its value as an attraction to people mg in this area.” Besides the regular series of four concerts, the Association hopes to hold two special concerts for members and once more will present the regular two concerts for school children of the county and the annual Young Musicians Concert in May. With Dr. Charles H. Phillips in charge as program committee chairman, and the series well away to a good start, attention was turned to advertising and membership at an informal meet ing called on Monday by the president at the home of Mrs. James Boyd, in which several key members were brought together. The.sa included besides Mr. Mud dimer and the hostess Member ship Chairman Shirley Wooster and Publicity Chairman Edison Willis Jr. and Mrs. Willis, and Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Cozzens in charge of advertising in the in dividual programs. A highly satisfactory report was given by the latter, showing a greatly enlarged program book- lot, well-fortified with advertis ing matter. Mr. and Mrs. Cozzens, newcomers to the association’s executive body, were warmly congratulated on their success. Also Membership Chairman Wooster reported a most satisfac tory beginning has ^ been made with many renewals as well as new subscribers already listed. Further promotional effort was discussed with the publicity tee recommended that more em phasis be put on “items related to academic excellence” in news sent out from the school. This committee found that ig norance of local parents about school policies and about curricu lum was “beyond comprehen sion.” It recommended that an in formation sheet on admissions, transfers, curriculum and all phases of school life be sent an nually by the school to all parents of students or future students in the school. Patch’s Sale Will Be Held Thursday The second auction sale of the Patch Department Store building will take place at the courthouse door in Carthage\at noon, Thurs day, October 12. The sale was ordered after a first sale bid of $35,000 for the brick building here was raised to $36,750 by Attorney Robert N. Page III of Aberdeen, on behalf of an unnamed client. Bidding will start at that figure Thursday. Again, following the second sale, the bidding will remain open for 10 days during which time the offer can be raised by a bid ex ceeding the sale figure by at least five per cent. Patch’s, which operated as a department store here since 1897, in the various classrooms. At 12 noon the lay visitors will be served J,unch at the school, while the clergy and Sisters will attend a special luncheon at the Mid Pines. 'The closing general session, with Mr. Rivero and Sister Miri am as speakers, will be held from 4:20 to 5:30 p. m. closed the first week in Septem- who consider coming to or loca-; chairman, Mr. Willis. Study Committee’s Report Montgomery Man Killed, 4 Hurt In Moore Wreck A Montgomery County man was killed and four persons, in cluding two children, were in jured Wednesday night when their car swerved off NC 27 on the right-hand side one mile east of Robbins Crossroads and smash ed into an embankment. Pfc. Robert R. Samuels of the State Highway Patrol said Gar land Thomas Moore, 48, of Troy was pronounced dead on arrival at Moore Memorial Hospital, with severe head injuries. Admitted to the hospital were Shirley Ann at discount houses doing business Talberh 17, of Robbins, and Nar- in many kinds of general merch andise on Sunday. Special Meeting Set Before adjournment, the board set a special meeting for October 18 at 2 p.m. to receive from Dr. Jasper Stuckey, state geologist, a mineral survey of Moore County which the state has been prepar ing for some time. W. P. Saunders of Southern Pines, who was direc tor of the State Board of Conser vation and Development when the study was begun, and Geprge Ross of Jackson Springs, who was influential in starting the study, will be invited to attend. In the morning session, the cissus Eugenia Rouse, 16, and her brother, Gerald Elon Rouse, nine, of Eagle Springs, Route 1. Given first aid for minor hurts was (Continued from Page 1) some years ahead, as made by the committee, “raises the ques tion as to whether, within a com paratively few years, we shall not have a high school whose classes are large enough to meet the min imum for non-consolidated schools suggested by Dr. Conant in his well-known study.” The Southern Pines School Study Group will not be dissolv ed but will be kept in existence, under the chairmanship of Mrs. Joseph S. Hiatt, Jr., and wilt be available for such further studies as the Southern Pines Board of Education may suggest. The com mittees and their chairman will also be available to discuss with the board of education their find ings. "’'Tlie materidl assembled, from which the conclusions of the committee were drawn, will be placed at the disposal of the board of education for reference. The full study group consisted of three members appointed at a county-wide school meeting in Aberdeen in the spring of 1960— Mr. Beith, Mrs. McMillan and Mr. Cole. Four members were then sel ected by the PTA—Mr. Reid, Mr. Rush, Dr. McLean and Mr. How erton. And an additional four were appointed by the board of edu cation: Mrs. Hiatt, Mrs. Seymour, Dr. Johnson and the Rev. Mr. Caldwell. Many interested citizens were enlisted for committees and sub committees working under this group. A uniform procedure was util ized by all committees, the re port states: “Finding out what we have; deciding what we would like to have; and deciding what steps we should take to achieve what we would lik.3 to have.” The group’s report praises the cooperative attitude of the board of education and faculty through out the study. Many suggestions having to do with the day-to-day operation of the school were re ferred to the administrative staff “with a view to constructive cor rection and were received as | such,” the report states. Some highlights of the reports: High School—Curriculum and Extra Curricular: There is a teacher over-load in the fields of math and English I. It would be better if all teach ers, as much as possible could teach in their own field. Study halls should be discon tinued as such, and the time di vided and added to class periods— for supervised study. After taking care of the over load in Math and English, it would be advisable to look into other possibility of hiring a guid ance counselor. There is a dire necessity for more compositions in English. School should seek to show ber. The sales have been ordered to satisfy indebtedness to the Southern Pines Savings & Loan Association and other creditors. The first sals bid of $35,000 was made by Attorney Lawrence McN. Johnson of Aberdeen on be half of Frederick J. Mahoney, a Boston, Mass., businessman. BLOODMOBILE (Continued from page 1) vital for Moore to fall short.” Members of his committee are making a door-to-door canvass to secure the signing of pledge cards by persons aged 18 to 65. Trans portation will be provided, on a phone call to Dr. Dougherty’s of fice at Vass. Mrs. J. E. Causey is chairman for Lakeview, Jack Morgan for Vass, and other committee mem bers include Mr. and Mrs. Charles, L. Pope, A. L. Keith, Mrs. Charles Cameron, Hayes Harbour, Albert Cole, Mark Callahan, Mr. and Mrs. Lofton Beauchamp, Mrs. J. D. Matthews, Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Parker, Jr., Mrs. Ralph Nickens and C. R. McMillan. another Rouse brother, Vaughn Edred, aged three. Gerald Rouse told the patrol man his sister Narcissus was driv ing, but because of her serious condition Samuels said he had been unable to talk to her. In vestigation is continuing. During. World War I, two 30- car freight trains a month left Durham with tobacco for soldiers overseas. One train could carry 11 million sacks of Bull Durham. more recognition to students for academic excellence. More subjective testing in oth er subjects as well as English would improve student’s ability in composition and expression. Four years of one foreign lan guage should be offered in the High School. ■ Latin should be offered as one year course in the 8th grade and eliminate it in High School when necessary. It would be advantageous to students to offer Civics as an add ed social study. A course in Business Math should be offered. In English and Math it would be advantageous to group the children according to ability and interest. A course in Fine Arts should be offered as soon as practical. Physical Education should be offered, for those not participa ting in organized athletics, for two years, with anticipated in crease to four years. The extra-curricular activities are at this time well balanced. Possibly add extra-curricular activities for those students not participating now. Greater participation of stu dents in intramural athletics should be considered. Efforts should be. made to add more gymnastic equipment and personnel for instruction. The course of study compared favorably with other schools. There seems to be a need for more science preparation. 1st and 2nd graders show immaturity. 6th grades show poor reading habits and lack of English preparedness. No provision made for gifted child to advance in particular sub ject in which he is superior! Only ability grouping observed was in 3rd and 4th grade Reading. There is not sufficient time for guidance of slow child who needs additional help, or for child with defective speech. Junior High School: Ability grouping is system used. Room mothers not used to best advantage because no question naire has been sent to mothers to be filled out, showing training, talents, and interests. Major cause of failure is inabil ity to read and follow dirctions correctly. Spelling is a major weakness. No manual training or doihestic science offered. Physical Education is a popular department, under good supervi sion . “A” certificates held by all teachers, most of them having many years of experience. Staff would appreciate being relieved of some of their clerical duties. BUSTER MONROE (Continued from page 1) Patrolman A. F. Smith of the local polios, who was the first of ficer on the scene of the accident, said that Monros hada faint pulse beat when he arrived. He was re moved by ambulance to Moore Memorial Hospital soon there after. Funeral services will be con ducted Sunday at 2 p. m. at the First Missionary Baptist Church, West Southern Pines. Burial will follow in Morgan Cemetery at Laurel Hill, Monroe’s native com munity. He is survived by his father, Burrell Monroe, a town employee for many years; his wife, Alma; three children; and four sisters and five brothers, none of whom live in Southern Pines. OUTSTANDING (Continued from page 1) ily,” will be the speaker at the banquet to be held at the Mid Pines at 6:45 p. m. Capacity is limited to 200 and at midweek about half the seats had been sold. Arrivals on Saturday are expected to fin the dining room to capacity. Father Francis M. Smith, pastor of St. Anthony’s, is chairman of the convention, assisted by Mar tin Niessner, a director of the NCCIA, as vice-chairman. Par ish committees are working under Vice-Chairman Niessner to ex tend local hospitality to the guests. Assisting with the program has been Father Richard Allen of Raleigh, director of the Confra ternity of Christian Doctrine, an interparish organization which is providing workshop leaders. Opening with mass at St. An thony’s at 8 a. m. Saturday, the program will continue from 9:30 to 10:30 a. m. with short talks in the school auditorium, followed by individual workshops till 11:45 COUNTY ACTS (Continued from page 1) Such laxity, she said, had re sulted in much difficulty; there had even been occasions, she said, when funeral directors had been obliged to complete their duties without first securing the death certificate which it is required by law that they have. Forgetfulness or inaccuracy in the registfation of births has also, she said, re sulted in endless trouble. There were expressions of shock and incredulity from board members and Commissioner W. S. Taylor of Aberdeen wanted to know: “How did Moore County get in such a fix?” Asked for an explanation, Mrs. Mebane laid it on the line. While admitting that no state officer had actually been before the board until now, she stressed the fact that “our d.epartment has written your health director and this board many times in the past, urging just this action that you are considering now.” She said that Dr. J. W. Willcox, director of the county health department, had been approached both by let ter and in person more than once and “he always opposed it.” “We have known of this situa tion a long time and we have begged and plead and pushed, but we got nowhere. Finally, it was decided by the state depart ment that the situation must be rectified and they sent me down to see if something could be done.” She named several town ships in the coimty from which, she reported “no births or deaths have been registered for months.” Dr. Willcox, who was present, admitted that he had opposed the idea: it would require another clerk in the department, he said, a point Mrs. Mebane had also made. He stated that in the past, when Gordon Cameron, of Pine hurst, was chairman of the board, he had talked the matter over with him, but Mr. Cameron was also opposed. He quoted the for mer chairman as saying that he was in favor of keeping such jobs for “local people.” The motion authorizing the change in the registration of vital statistics was unanimously pass ed and the health director was told to proceed to secure a part- time clerk to have charge of this ssrvice—-“at once.” The change over is to be effected within 30 days. It is thought that the registra tion fees will amount to enough to pay the salary of the part-time clerk in the health department. In the matter of high school consolidation as it may affect the Southern Pines City Schools, the study committee reached the fol lowing conclusion: “That an appeal to school boards (throughout the county) be made to study educational trends and policies on the state and national level as they may affect future planning. The re sulting conclusions reacher might well affect the (Southern Pines School) Board’s approach to any ideas concerning the idea of pos sible consolidation and future planning.” Also in the “Law, Finance and Taxes” field, the committee rec ommended that the local board of education “participate in long- range financial planning with the two other school administrative units (in the county) and the board of county commission-ars.” This re port recommended annual puo- lication of a summary of the board of education’s operating budget. It stressed the import ance of the local school supple mental tax levy. ■The Public Relations Commit- OLD 0- STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKEY YEARS OLD .■m TOliC Nont PINT C'NUNt 'V/r, J7 ^BNJ,ruu "men 4/5 QUART 86 PROOF JAMES WALSH & CO. tAWRENCEBURC, KENTUCKY