VISITORS FROM ALASKA— The Rev. Lewis Hodgkins, his
wife, Barbee, and their daughter, Mary Faye, stand at the
Christmas-decorated doorway of the home of his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. N. L. Hodgkins on N. May St. (Pilot photo)
The Rev. Lewis Hodgkins, Minister
In Alaska, Here For Holiday Visit
Though he is being accused of
bringing ths current Sandhills
cold wave with him from Alaska,
the Rev. Lewis Hodgkins this
week has been enjoying the re
newal of old friendships and ac
quaintances in his native com
munity of Southern Pines.
Now a veteran of more than 10
years in the territory that has be
come the 49th state, Mr. Hodg
kins, with his wife and little
daughter, Mary Faye, is spending
a week with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. N. L. Hodgkins at their home
on N. May St.
' Tomorrow (Friday), he and his
family leave for New York City
where he will take Bellevue Hos
pital’s course in Clinical Pastoral
Care for the next 12 weeks. They
will then return to Anchorage,
Alaska, where he is associate rec
tor of All Saints Church.
Arriving here Friday of last
week, Mr. Hodgkins fiUed the
pulpit at Emmanuel Episcopal
Church on Sunday. For several
years he has been accorded mis
sionary status by the local church,
receiving special support from it
for his work in Anchorage.
He grew up in Southern Pines,
graduated from Duke University
at Durham and was ordained in
1952, following his graduation
from the School of Theology at
the University of the South, Se-
wanee, Tenn.
He was sent that same year to
Ketchikan, Alaska, as priest in
charge at St. Elizabeth’s Church.
During his four years there he
met his wife-to-be. Miss Barbee
Sherman of Ketchikan. Their
daughter will be six years old this
month.
Mr. Hodgkins served then for
three years as rector of St.
George’s Church, Cordova, Alas
ka.
^AL AT ARLINGTON
jiake M, Willeox,
Former Resident
Of County, Dies
Burial service with full mili
tary honors will take place Fri
day at 3 p. m. at Arlington Na
tional Cemetery, Arlington, Va.,
for Jake McLeod Willeox, 51, for
merly of Moore County, who died
suddenly Tuesday at his home in
Rockingham. He was a lieutenant
colonel in the U. S. Army Reserve.
He suffered a heart attack in
November and spent some time
at Moor.3 Memoi-ial Hospital, then
in the Veterans Administration
Hospital at Fayetteville, return
ing to his home shortly before
Christmas.
The burial service will follow
funeral services held this (Thurs
day) morning at Emmanuel Epis
copal Church here, conducted by
the rector, the Rev. Martin Cald
well, assisted by the Rev. John
W. Tucker of Rockingham.
He was a brother of Mrs. Wal
ter F. Harper of Southern Pines.
His wife, the former Bobbie Will-
cox of West End, is a daughter of
Dr. J. W. Willeox, Moore County
health officer, and Mrs. Willeox,
of 650 S. May St.
A veteran of World War II, Col
onel Willeox served in Africa and
the Southwest Pacific Theatre,
then in Europe where he was
with an antiaircraft unit in the
with the
Bond Increased To $76,000 In Legal
Action Involving Unfinished Motel
A bond of $2,500 made Decern
ber 10 by the plaintiff in an at
tachment proceeding in Moore
County Superior Court was up
ped to $76,000 last Thursday in a
hearing before C. C. Kennedy,
clerk of court, at Carthage.
The plaintiff corporation, Mur
ray Director Affiliates, Inc., of
New York City, represented oy
T. Lamar Caudle of Wadesboro,
was given 20 days, or until Jan
uary 16, to arrange for the un
usually large bond.
The attachment had been made
in connection with a $150,000
damage suit filed by Caudle for
his clients against E. L. Wynn of
Richmond, Va., trading as Coun
try Inns, Inc., claiming violation
of an alleged sales agreement
made by Wynn to sell them his
large unfinished motel property
south of Southern Pines on No. 1
highway.
Wynn, the contractor on the
motel project, had been a 50-50
partner in its ownership with
Gordon Simpson of Sanford, origi
nal developer of the project.
Later Wynn acquired full owner
ship.
Sale of the property by Coun
try Inns, Inc., to Bryon Nelson &
Associates of Petersburg, Va., was
recently recorded. In filing the
damage suit, Murray Director Af
filiates, Inc. secured a court order
freezing assets of $38,000 they
said were on deposit for Wynn
in the Albemarle Savings & Loan
Association.
Last week’s hearing was held
on motion of Wynn, represented
by Southern Pines attorney W.
Lament Brown, who asked the
increase in bond on grounds of
possible damage to his client re
sulting from the attachment pro
ceeding, as he said the funds were
necessary for completion of the
motel
The bond was set at twice the
figure of the sum attached, as is
required under the statute when
damage may ensue, and when the
attaching party has no assets in
the State which might be seized
to satisfy a claim, Kennedy said.
Caudle Protests
Notified of the h-earing by let
ter, Caudle protested the increase,
and asked that, if it were allowed,
his clients be given reasonable
time. To gain proper surety for a
bond of such extremely large
size, he wrote, they would have
to get up a complete financial
statement to present to the bond
ing company.
Caudle said that, because of the
holiday season, he could not be
present at the hearing, and for
the same reason could not make
contact with any of the officials
nor the accountant fo the plain
tiff corporation.
The legal actions are part of
numerous complex problems be
ing faced by defendant Wynn,
v/hich it is believed are now in
process of being worked out, to
the end that construction can be
completed by Wynn, who heads a
Richmond construction company,
and the tourist facility can be
turned over for operation by the
new ownership.
The 1862 Internal Revenue Act
provided for progressive taxation,
levies on incomes, and tax with
holding.
in
was twice decorated
Bronze Star medal.
Making his home at West End
following the war, he assisted in
organizing an Army Reserve unit
in Moore County and continued
active in it, the 3230th USAR Gar
rison Unit, until his final illness,
before and after moving to Rock
ingham from West End six years
ago.
He was descended from Scot
tish pioneers prominent in the
history of Moore County. The son
of George W. and Lula Chase Mc
Leod Willeox, he attended school
at Florence, S. C., where he made
his home with an uncle foUowing
his mother’s death, He graduated
in engineering from The Citadel,
Charleston, S. C., and worked in
dependently as an electrical en
gineer and contractor at West
End and after moving to Rock
ingham.
He joined the North Carolina
National Guard in 1939, was
trained at Fort Scrivin, Ga., in
1940 when the Guard was con
scripted for war, was commission
ed a lieutenant following an of
ficer training course at Fort Mon
roe, Va., in 1941 and was sent im
mediately overseas.
He was prominent in Masonry
and was a past master of the Ma
sonic Lodge at West End.
Surviving are his wife; one
daughter, Dana, and a son. Bill,
both of the home; five sisters,
Mrs. Robert Parker of San Fran
cisco, Calif., Mrs. C. F. Primm of
Montgomery, Ala., Mrs. James
Love of Demarest, N. J., Mrs.
Duncan McRae of Hatboro, Pa.,
and Mrs. Harper of Southern
Pines; and two brothers, George
Willeox of Fayetteville and Rob
ert Palmer Willeox of Raeford.
Bishop Fraser To Speak
At Dinner Meeting Here
The Rt. Rev. Thomas A. Fras.sr,
Jr.,. D. D., bishop coadjutor of
D.
North Carolina, will be the speak
er on-Wednesday, January 9, at
the regular dinner meeting of the
Men of Emmanuel. Bishop Fraser
will discuss the challenges which
the Church must face in the rap
idly developing urban areas of
the state.
All men of the parish and com
munity are invited to attend these
sessions which begin at 7 p. m.
and ar.2 held in the parish hall of
Emmanuel Episcopal Church.
Fe^st Of Lights
Battle of the Bulge. Later he also ^
served in the Middle East. He SeVYlCe Schedulcd
H. Cecil Horner
Of Robbins Dies
H. Cecil Horner, 46, of Robbins,
died early Wednesday. He is sur
vived by his wife, Mrs. Iline Speer
Horner of the home, six sisters,
Mrs. Henry Garner, Mrs. Robert
Seines, Mrs. John Singletary, Mrs.
Paul Boone, Mrs. Woodie Dow-
les and Mrs. Charlie Davis; and
two brothers, J. B. and Thomas
Homer, all of Star Rt, Robbins
Funeral services were conduct
ed this (Thursday) afternoon at
the Flint Hill Baptist Church by
the Rev. Amos Garner and the
Rev. Billy Matters. Burial follow
ed in Acom Ridge Cemetery.
Furneral Held At
Carthage Today
For E. C. Fry, 78
Edward Currie Fry, 78, of Car
thage, died Tuesday morning.
Funeral services were conduct
ed this (Thursday) afternoon at
the Carthage Methodist Chtirch
by the Rev. Robert Moore, the
Rev. W. S. Golden and the Rev.
O. J. Hagler. Burial was in Cross
Hill Cemetery.
Surviving are his wife. Pearl
Barrett Fry; four daughters, Mrs.
Wilson Stead of Altadena, Calif.,
Mrs. J. D. Arey, Jr., of Aberdeen;
Mrs. Donald Murray at Fayette
ville, and Mrs. Willard Lewis of
Randleman, Route 2; three sons,
Edward B. (Moss) of Carthage,
Douglas K. of Whittier, Calif.,
and FrankUn O. Fry of Carthage;
one brother, D. Carl Fry of Carth
age; and 15 grandchildren.
At Local Church
The traditional Feast of Lights
celebration, the climax of the
Christmas season, will be held at
Emmanuel Episcopal Church at
6 p. m. Sunday, January 6, pre
sented by the yoimg people of
the church, with the help of their
advisors, the music staff and the
Church School.
The theme of the pageant is the
coming into the world of the
Light of Christ as symbolized by
the Christ candle. From this Light,
after the Magi from the East come
to acknowledge the new-born
King, spreads the good news of
the Gospel, beginning with the
Holy Apostles and then being
transmitted to every corner of the
world as symbolized by passing
the Light to every member of the
congregation who takes the light
with him as he goes forth into
darkness.
The offering will go to fhe mis*
sion work of the Church. The
service is expected to last about
45 minutes.
Bank Pays Cash,
Stock Dividends;
Meeting Slated
A cash dividend of $1 per share
was paid January 1 by the Citi
zens Bank and Trust Company
and in addition the bank distrib
uted to its stockholders a divi
dend of 5 per cent, payable in
stock it was announced by the
bank this week.
Fractional shares resulting from
the stock dividend will be pool
ed and sold at the best price avail
able and the proceeds distributed
to the stockholders involved, it
was stated.
It was also announced by the
bank this week that the annual
meeting of stockholders wUl be
held at the Hollywood Hotel,
Tuesday, January 15, at 3:30 p.
m. Wives, husbands and other
guests of stockholders wiU be wel
come.
Brother Of Local
Resident Killed
In Traffic Mishap
James F. Stephens, of Route 1,
Raeford, brother of Mrs. Martha
Johnson of Southern Pines, was
killed in a traffic accident on U.
S. 15, south of Pittsboro, last Fri
day.
Mr. Stephens, listed as in his
70’s, was a passenger in a car
driven by Angus Thompson, 36,
of Raeford, which went out of
control, left the road and hit a
tree.
The driver and three children
in the car—the son, daughter and
a stepson of Thompson—^wers in
jured but not seriously. ’They
were taken to Lee County Hospi
tal at Sanford. Thompson told of
ficers his steering mechajusm
failed.
Funeral services for Mr. Steph
ens were held Sunday afternoon
at Bethel Presbyterian Church,
with burial in the Ferguson Cem
etery in Hoke County. He is sur
vived by two sons, James and
Willie Stephens, both of Route 1,
Raeford, and two sisters in addi
tion to the sister living here. ■
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NEWS
j By MRS. EHRMAN PICKLER
j Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Adaijns and
children, Deborah and Bill, of
Gnaensboro, were weekend; guests
of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. G.
Adams, Sr. '
Mr. and Mrs. Leon Wylie, Jr.,
and children, of Fayetteville, and
Mr. and Mrs. Leon Wylie, Sr.,
were dinner guests last Sunday of
Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Baggetts.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Howe and
sons. Tommy and Johnny, spent
the Christmas holidays in Buffa
lo, N. Y., with her parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Ferree of
Los Angeles, Calif., were dinner
guests of his grandmother, Mrs.
M. F. Butner, recently.
Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Carpenter
and children, Jimmy, Rachel,
Janet and Curtis, went to Atkin
son last Thursday to visit her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie Gray.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Howie and
family of Greensboro visited her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. G.
Adams, Sr., Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Leavitt of
Raleigh and Terry Brooks of Al
bemarle were guests Christmas
day of Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Leavitt.
Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Sessoms
spent Christmas in Charlotte with
their son and daughter-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. Marion Sessoms.
Michael Sessoms returned home
with his grandparents for a visit.
Sgt. and Mrs. T. E. Baggett and
children spent Christmas day in
Godwin with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Albert Baggett.
Lt. Col. and Mrs. J. E. Ussery
and children, Richard, Johnny
and Mary Margaret, of Edgewood,
Md., spent the holidays with her
mother, Mrs. J. R. Lampley, and
sister, Mrsi R. G. McCaskill, and
Mr. McCa^ill. Mrs. Lampley ac
companied them home for a visit.
Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Carpenter,
Sr., and Mri Ehrman Pickier at
tended the wedding of their niece,
Miss Ann Tarlton, to Jack Dow-
less, Jr., in ^nford last Wednes
day. I
Miss Linda Fay McCaskill of
Robbins spent several days last
week with her bousin Miss Nancy
McCaskill.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Anderson
and son, David, have returned to
their home in Winston-Salem
after sepnding the holidays with
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.
Doug as David, and Mr. and Mrs.
George Anderson.
Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Lampley
and children, ol Durham, spent
the weekend with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. 1. Collins.
Mrs. Ehrman Pi»kler had as her
guests Sunday night for dinner
Mr. and Mrs T. f. Tarlton and
daughter. Miss Linda Tarlton;
Mrs. E.^*«eitus( and Mr. and
Mrs. Leonard Tally and Miss Pat
Tally and John Tally, all of San
ford; Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Carpen
ter, Sr., Mr. and Mrs. Jack Dow-
less Jr. of Aberdeen, Mrs. O. C.
Adcox, Miss Marsha Carpenter
and Mrs. J. W. Pickier.
Spencer Adams observed his
third birthday at the home of his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W.
Adams. Guests included Amy
Carpenter, Lisa Morgan, Lynn
Davis, Ronnie Averitt and Joby
Adams. Mrs. Adams was assisted
by Mrs. John Carpenter in serv
ing birthday cake and ice cream
to the guests present.
On Monday afternoon at the
home of his parents Mr. and Mrs.
R. G. McCaskill, Mrs. McCaskill
honored her son, Douglas, when
she entertained for him on his
ninth birthday anniversary.
Games were enjoyed and gifts
opened after which Mrs. McCas
kill served birthday cake, ice
KEEP UP WITH LATE
VALUES IN PILOT ADS
ere; I and emonade to the fol-
lov, ! guests: Edward Davis
Gei) Parker, Stephen Carpen
ter! iMtchell Foushee.
The Rev. and Mrs. Julian
Scott and children. Melody ar
Warren, spent several days la
w.eek with their parents.
NOTICE
, "‘“ber 7209 lor the winner
o t= m Lizzie. If not claimed by Monday January
tiiA^6 iiave a Winner
I CRAIG DRUG STORE
fOHNSON DISCOUNT HOUSE
« Aberdeen, N. C.
tE STATEMENT OF CONDITION
« Southern Pines Savings
and Loan Association
-„^oulhern Pines. N. C..
as of December 31st, 1962
ASSETS
The A.ciation Owns:
Cash (Hand and in Banks
State 'North Carolina and U S
Govtment Bonds
Stock Federal Home Loan Bank
Mortgi Loans
My loaned to shareholders'for the' purpose
olaohng them to own their homes. Each
Ic secured by first mortgage on local im-
p*d real estate.
Share Ins
Ances made to our shareholders against
nrf A'^vances for Insurance, Taxes, Inc.
Office iiiture and Fixtures
Office Iding
Real Es: Owned *
Real EsI Sold Under Contract $
Other As
5 235,818.81
24,844.87
22,600.00
1,979,111.41
51,294.51
7,389.38
57,368.24
T\L
12,250.41^
$2,390'^^
Thjp Assoon Owes:
■' 'o Shartders
LIABILITIES
Funotrusted to our care in the form of
pamts on shares as follows;
$1,305,923.02
ol
otes Pale $2,075,073.02
155,000.00
Monorrowed for use in making loans to
mem Each note approved by at least
two-ls of entire Board of Directors as
requby law.
'ayable
Tocess
Profits
60,461.99
Spec
Oth(
Ta:
STAI
COUI
Rt
AssoJ
dul>/
best
382.07
51,487.97
surance Reserve ^
|r Contingencies 28,098.45
payment of any losses if
^ed. This reserve increases the safety
rength of the Association,
serve
Ilities (Advance Deposit for
etc.,)
200.00
19,924.13
$2,390,677.63
lORTH CAROLINA ss.
1 MOORE
?an, Secretary-Treasurer of the above named
before me this day, and
and be?&r®
Ruth S. Hogan,
.Secretary-Treasurer
subscribed before me, this 2nd day of January,
LETA McBRIDE, Notary Public
ion expires April 19, 1963.
OFFICERS
L. L. Woolley, President
^n-y Fullenwider, 1st Vice President
W. Tate, 2nd Vice President
DIRECTORS
Troy Geer
W. Harrell Johnson
Joe Montesanti, Jr.
H. M. Patterson
STAFF
J. T. Overton
W. S. Sargeant
Frances E. Schwartz
^Ruth S. Hogan, Secretary-Treasurer
B. Hitson, Assistant Secretary-Treasurer
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