VOL. 43—No. 35
TWENTY PAGES
SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, JULY 18, 1963
TWENTY PAGES
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Dr. Lake Feels
Good Neighbor
Spirit Growing
“Things are going very well;
our members are pleased; we
find many signs of cooperation
among those we talk with.”
That was the extent of the in
formal report given by Dr. Julian
Lake, chairman of the Good
Neighbor Council, on the meet
ing held Monday night. This was
the second meeting of the newly
formed committee appointed by
Mayor Morris Johnson to work
on the integration problems of
Southern Pines.
Dr. Lake described the meet
ing as a “reports and get-togeth
er” affair. Especially in such a
situation as this, he feels, there
is a need for those selected to
work on the problem of harmoni
ous relations between the races,
to become well-acquainted not
only with these problems them
selves but also with each other.
Though various members of the
committee have been chosen to
concentrate on selected areas
where problems might arise, “the
committee is definitely working
together,” the chairman explain
ed. “We must know each other
and cooperate in our various
tasks.”
He said that informal reports
had been given at the meeting
and all showed that most of those
closely concerned were aware of
the problems and willing to co
operate in solving them. As has
been noted in town, several in
dustries have already been “do-
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SANDHILLS PEACH QUEEN FINALISTS. From left, Annette
Thompson, West End, second runner-up; Harriet McRae, Polkton,
“Miss North Carolina Sandhills Peach Queen of 1962,” and
Mabel Saultz, Ellerbe Rt. 2, first runner-up. The girls made a
picture of patriotism as well as beauty, since by chance Miss
Saultz wore red. Miss McRae white and Miss Thompson a royal
blue. (Photo by V. Nicholson)
CD Office Publishes First Approved
Moore “Operational Survival Plan”
The “Moore County Operational^'
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PEACHES AND PIES. From left, Jennie Lou Crissman, Aber
deen Rt. 1 (Hoke county), second place winner, and Dorothy
Jean Hubbard, Mt. Gilead (Montgomery county) first place
winner, senior division, 4-H peach-pie baking contest at Sand
hills Peach Festival; and Jackie Caudle, Polkton (Anson county),
first place, junior division. Jackie who is 13, was bom in South
ern Pines, where her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Caudle, lived
until about 10 years ago. Dorothy Jean will move to Carthage
before August 1, when her mother will become Moore County
home economics agent. (Photo by V. Nicholson)
^Pretty Girls, Peach Pies In Sandhills
Festival; Anson Girl Crowned Queen
J. B. Thomas Of
Raeford, Former
Senator, Passes
J. Benton Thomas of Raeford
State Senator in four General
Assembly terms, died at Moore
Memorial hospital Monday. He
was 71 years old on July 4.
As senator in 1949, 1953, 1957
and 1961, he represented the 12th
senatorial district, which in
cludes Moore county. With two
senators from the district, Moore
and Hoke have alternated in pro
viding one of them.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday afternoon at his home,
conducted by his pastor, the Rev.
E. L. Moser of the Raeford Meth
odist church, assisted by the Rev.
W. B. Heyward of the Raeford
Presbyterian church. Burial was
in Raeford cemetery.
He served for many years as
chairman of the Hoke County
Democratic Executive committee,
and was a member of the State
Democratic Executive committee
at the time of his death.
He had extensive farming and
business interests and was a di
rector of the Bank of Raeford,
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Survival Plan,” detailed volume
giving facts and figures on the
program, organization facitities
and personnel of the Moore Coun
ty Civil Defense Agency, has just
been published, and copies of the
two-inch thick book will be dis
tributed to key personnel next
week, according to Col. Alfred M.
Koster, county Civil Defense di
rector.
Copies of the book will also be
available at libraries in the coun
ty.
The plan is the first one for
Moore to be officially approved
by the State of North Carolina
Civil Defense Agency and the
national headquarters. The pro
gram is of vital importance to
the county, not only in an emer
gency involving nuclear fall-out
or accidental explosions of naili-
tary weapons. It is equally im
portant as an operational plan of
survival, evacuation and needed
measures to be taken in disasters
such as the devastating forest fire
in Moore County last April^
Colonel Koster declared.
The publication of the officially
approved county program makes
possible the procurement of
matching funds from the Federal
Govemmeitt for operating ex
penses and equipment that can
be justified under existing nation
al Civil Defense policies.
Colonel Koster, who was ap
pointed Civil Defense director of
Moore County last November,
upon his retirement from the
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Be Wary Of Watching Eclipse-Don’t
Burn Your Eyeballs Out, Peck Warns
Civil Defense
Staff, Services
Listed In Plan
The complete Moore County
Civil Defense staff is listed for
the first time in the newly-pub
lished “Moore County Operational
Survival Plan.”
Headed by Col. Alfred M. Kos
ter, Civil Defense director, the
list includes the following citizens
named' as chiefs of the various
services, as follows:
R. A. Edwards, 'Vass, warning;
John L. Ponzer, Southern Pines,
communications; L. G. Scott,
Sanford, manpower (regional,
for both Moore and Lee); William
J. Wilson, Southern Pines, engin
eering and public works; Dr. J.
W. Willcox, Carthage and South
ern Pines, health protection; Mrs.
W. B. Cole, Carthage, welfare;
Rev. Richard P. Hayes, Robbins,
religious affairs; W. B. Kelly, Car
thage, police; Dr. R. L. Felton,
Carthage, emergency medical
care; H. L. Williams, Robbins,
fire; Donald G. McCluskey, Aber
deen, radiological defense; Wil
liam D. Stutts, Robbins, rescue;
William P. David, Southern
Pines, transportation; F. D. Allen,
Carthage, supply; R. E. Lee, Car
thage, emergency training;
Charles J. Smith, Robbins, war
den; L. R. Reynolds, Highfalls,
continuity of government; Robert
S. Ewing, Carthage, information.
“If it’s fine Saturday afternoon,
don’t look up to see how the
eclipse of the sun’s getting along.
One careless glance can cost you
your eyesight. “That’s the warning
issued by Dr. H. A. Peck of South
ern Pines, radiologist at Moore
Memorial Hospital, who is also
a student of astronomy.
“As for children,” says Dr.
Peck, “instructive for them as
the eclipse may be, they’ll be
safer watching it on TV. They’re
more likely to stare at the eclipse
with unshielded eyes than their
parents are. And the powerful
infrared rays to put it in language
even a child can understand will
fry the delicate retinas on which
eyesight depends.”
Dr. Peck told a Pilot reporter
that after the last total eclipse
seen in Australia, 170 people
were found to have suffered eye
damage, including total blindness,
through neglect of proper precau
tions for viewing the solar
phemomenon.
“Sunglasses or bits of colored
glass won’t screen out the dang
erous rays’ explained Dr. Peck.
“Field glasses and opera glasses,
unless fitted with special sun
filters are especially dangerous.
Even smoked glass shouldn’t be
trusted—a clear streak however
fine, or an insufficiently dense
coating Of smoke anywhere in
the piece of glass, will let the
Annette Thompson of Jackson
Springs, a statuesque blonde rep
resenting Moore county, was
named second runner-up for the
title of Miss North Carolina Sand
hills Peach Queen, at the third
annual Sandhills Peach festival
last Thursday night.
Harriet McRae of Polkton, a
pert and petite brunette from An
son county, won the coveted title
and diamond crown in the compe
tition of eight beautiful girls, held
at the East Montgomery High
school near Candor with a ca
pacity audience of some 350.
First runner-up was, Mabel
Saultz of Ellerbe, Route 1, a
sparkling brunette from Rich
mond county.
In a new contest for peach-pie
baking conducted among 4-H
clubs of the participating Sand
hills counties, Dorothy Jean Hub
bard, 16, of Mt. Gilead won in the
senior division and Jackie Caudle
13, of Polkton in the junior di
vision.
Dorothy Jean will move soon
to Carthage, as her mother will
be Moore county’s new home
economics agent starting August
1, succeeding Miss Flora McDon
ald, retired. Jackie Caudle is of
interest also in Moore county, as
she was born in Southern Knes,
where her family lived for 10
years. They moved back to the
home farm in Anson county in
1953.
In the senior division, Jennie
Crissman of Aberdeen Route 1
(Hoke county) placed second,
while Harriet McRae of Polkton,
also chosen “Peach Queen,” prov
ed her versatility by placing third.
In the junior group Betty Pope of
Raeford was second while Gay
McCall of Ellerbe was third.
The events were highlights of
an entertaining show, filled with
glamor and good fun, conducted
amid the delicious fragrance of
ripe Sandhills peaches, baskets
of which adorned the auditorium,
Jimmy Smith of Radio Station
WAYN, Rockingham, as master
of ceremonies kept the show mov
ing at a lively pace.
Appearing on the program were
T. Clyde Auman of West End,
president of the N. C. Peach
Growers Society, and Neal
Cadieu of Rockingham, Festival
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State Board ‘Favors’
Moore College Appeal,
With Two Reservations
^Ponders Questions
Dr. Ready
Sums Up
Obstacles
The following letter, sum
ming up points made by the
State Board of Education at
Moore’s presentation for a
community college, was re
ceived Monday by Senator W.
P. Saunders, Rep. H. Clifton
Blue and Jere McKeithen,
chairman of the Moore Coun
ty board of education.
Dr. Ready, former head of
the department of curriculum
studies and research with the
State Board of Education, on
July 1 became director of the
new State Department of
Community Colleges, created
by the General Assembly.
A leading educational au
thority of the State, he spoke
at the overflow public meet
ing at Carthage March 26
which got the “college ball”
rolling, and has since shown
deep interest in this county’s
application:
Gentlemen:
I first want to congratulate you
on the presentation made before
the State Board of Education. As
you know, this presentation made
a very favorable impression. The
State Board did not take any
formal action on your request
that a community college be ap
proved for Moore county, but
does expect to give an answer at
its August 1st meeting.
The only serious questions rais
ed by the members of the Board
concerned the organization and
support of public schools. The
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Of Financing And
Full Consolidation
The State Board of Education,
hearing Moore county’s appeal
for a community college last
Thursday morning at Raleigh, ad
mitted its strongest doubts were
on financial grounds.
It also dropped a strong clue
that its approval would come
more quickly if Moore’s three ad
ministrative units would get to
gether.
The financial doubts expressed
were based on several facts: (1)
that Moore county now spends
three per cent less than the State
average for current expense of its
schools; (2) that the consolidation
program is only now beginning
and has a long way to go; and (3)
that “Moore is not only a poor
county (in current expense appro
priations for its schools) but for
its college attendance would draw
on other counties just as poor or
poorer.”
The board needed reassurance
—which Moore school leaders
gave—that the county could build
and maintain a college plant
without slowing up or in any way
adversely affecting the progress
of the consolidation of secondary
schools.
One member, in commenting
on the low current expense rate,
added, “This doesn’t mean the
districts which have school tax
supplements.” He indicated it
would be helpful if a tax supple
ment could be voted in districts
which do not now have it.
Strong adAjice came from Dallas
Herring, chairman of the State
Board, referring to the schools’
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Moore Girls Tops In Pageant Finals
rays through.”
Overexposed and overdevelop
ed photographic film—the black
and white variety, not color film
is the safest low-cost filter, the
radiologist said. “Use at least two
thicknesses. Close both eyes.
Place the two pieces of film in
front of one eye. Open that eye,
keeping the other eye closed.
Take brief looks at the eclipse,
follow the same procedure each
time. Change eyes at each look.
You don’t have to pass up the
rare spectacle, however, just be
cause you don’t have two pieces
of semi-opaque film.
“Look at the eclipse indirectly,”
says Dr. Peck. “If the rays don’t
fall on your eyes. You’re safe.
Punch a small hole a third of an
inch is plenty in a piece of card
board. lYith your back to the sun,
hold the cardboard so that the
sun’s light is trained through the
hole and strikes a bigger piece of
cardboard placed about 10 feet
away. Or, if you have a card
board box or carton big enough,
you can make yourself a sunscope.
Punch a small hole in one end of
the box and fasten a piece of
white paper inside the other end.
Stand with the box over your
head and your back to the sun.
Maneuver until the light coming
through the pinhole strikes the
paper screen and you will see the
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All-Stars In State Little League
Playoffs At Greenville Next Week
The Southern Pines Little
League All-Stars, drawing a bye
in the first round of Area 2 tour
nament play, will travel to Green
ville Tuesday to meet a winning
team of that community in second
round play.
Two Greenville teams will
play the first round, the winner
to meet Southern Pines at 4:30
p.m. Tuesday. If they win, they’ll
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Moore county, lucky enough to
have three of its beautiful daugh
ters in the Miss North Carolina
contest, knew the pleasure and
suspense of watching one Of them
place as first runner-up, another
as third runner-up, in the final
judging Saturday night.
Many from Moore were present
at Greensboro to watch the glit
tering show, while others sat on
the edges of their chairs at home,
part of the television audience of
thousands all over the State.
They saw Molly Dotson—“Miss
Carthage”—chosen first runner-
up to Jeanne Flinn Swann, “Miss
Graham,” the winner, while Em
ma Holliday Collins of Southern
Pines, “Miss Sanford,” was named
third runner-up.
They were two of the five
finalists, chosen from 84 beautiful
girls, all winners in their home
counties or communities, and
among the five it was a toss-up
at the last as all had shown ex
ceptional beauty of fa(^ and fig
ure, poise, talent and charm.
“Miss Robbins,” Carolyn Wil
liams of West End, did not get a
chance to display her charms on
Saturday night, but as she par-
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LITTLE LEAGUE ALL-STARS at practice
session this week, harkening to counsel of
Coach Joel Stutts on winning that Greenville
game. In semi-circle from left, Calvin Atkins,
Eddie Allen, Clyde Mangum, Billy Strickland,
Mike Rainey, Larry Solomon, Don Deal, Allen
Smith, Ricky McDonald, Neil Dowd. Not in
photo, Eddie Bushby, Fred Hollister, Joe Jones,
Walter Harper and alternates Randy Arnold
and Phillip Wicker. (Photo by V. Nicholson)
Molly Dotson
To Be Honored
At Party Thursday
Brown-haired, green-eyed Molly
Dotson, the talented miss who
all but became “Miss North Car
olina”—and who in the minds of
many viewers more than earned
that jeweled crown — will be
honored Thursday at 8 p. m. at
a reception given by her proud
sponsors, the Carthage Jaycees,
at their “hut” on the fairgrounds.
Everybody’s invited to the cele
bration.
This will be the first chance for
Carthage and Moore county to
show their pride in Molly, as it
will be her first visit home since
the pageant at Greensboro. Im
mediately after it was over she
plunged back into her studies at
Woman’s College, where she is
working on her thesis for the
master’s degree in modern dance.
She’ll go right back there after
the party and work some more.
She’s trying hard to finish by
July 22, for her advisor will be
there only until then,” her moth
er Mrs. B. E. Dotson, told the
Pilot Wednesday. “She had a
hard time taking time out for
the pagenat and everything that
went with it.
But she was glad she did, for
she loved it all—she was thrilled
beyond words. As for being dis
appointed she didn’t win—^I
should say not! It was so wonder
ful coming through those elimin
ations, and being runner-up was
far more than she expected.
She did say she hoped to be
in the final 10—she might have
been disappointed not to be that.
After that it was all just a thrill.”
“She thought Jeanne Swann
was wonderful and was happy
that she won.”
As for Molly’s parents, they,
too, were “just as proud and
happy as could be,” her mother
said, despite the almost unbear- July 11
able suspense as elimination after July 12
elimination was held. '.July 13
Molly was something different July 14
Emmaday Enjoyed
Pageant, Made
‘83 New Friends’
Emma Holliday— “Emmaday”
—Collins was back home on
Country Club road this week, re
laxing, and re-living in memory
what she termed “the most excit
ing week of my life”—the “Miss
North Carolina” pageant, in which
she was third runner-up.
“It was the greatest thrill in the
world, and I’m happy as can be
at the way it came out. I had
already picked Jeannie Swann as
‘Miss North Carolina’ and I be
lieve she’ll make a great ‘Miss
America’ too. I truly hope so—
she’s a wonderful and truly
beautiful girl, with a great person
ality.
“I’m going to Fayetteville to
morrow to see her, when she is
the guest of honor, with a parade
and everything there.
“As for being disappointed I
wasn’t chosen—goodness, no, I
never expected to be in the fin
alists at all,” declared Emmaday
firmly. “If I hadn’t won a thing,
I would still have had the best
time in the world.
“I especially enjoyed meeting
all those fine friendly girls. We
really got to know each other,
and I feel I have 83 new friends,
in 83 different towns.”
Something else made the occas
ion very special for this dark
haired, blue-eyed beauty, a rising
senior at Converse College, who
went to the pageant as “Miss San
ford” after winning the Jaycee
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THE WEATHER
Maximum and minimum tem
peratures for each day of the past
week were recorded as follows at
the U. S. Weather Bureau obser
vation station at the W E E B
studios on Midland Road.
in the way of beauty contestants.
Besides her educational achieve-
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