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TILL CHRISTMAS
VOL,—44 No. 5
School Planning
Queries Get ‘No’
Vote By Parents
Questions Followed
Survey Request From
Citizens Committee
Results to date of a question
naire , circulated to parents of
East Southern Pines school chil
dren were announced this morn
ing by Supt. J. W. Jenkins.
The, questionnaire asked parents
to indicate “Yes” or “No” an
swers to one question asking if
they favored “an independent
survey Of biir school district for
the broad purpose of making re
commendations in terms of gener
al school planning;” and to
anothter question asking whether
parents favored “doing away
with the Southern Pines Admini
strative Unit as an independent
unit and having it absorbed into
the county school system.”
Full text of the questionnaire
appears in an editorial on page
2.
Mr. Jenkins listed replies as
follows:
Question No. 1 (whether to have
survey): Yes, 327; No. 694.
Question No. 2 (whether to join
the county school system): Yes,
116; No. 864.
The superintendent said that
the bulk of the questionnaires
were returned Wednesday, but
that more had come in this morn
ing. These are included in the
tabulation, he said, noting that
there will probably be others re
turned Friday.
Dr. C. C. McLean, chairman of
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Yule Decorations
Contest Not Held
The home and business Christ
mas decorations contest which
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SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1963
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PRICE: 10 CENTS
Fires Threaten Life, Cause Loss
Policeman Rescues Elderly Couple;
Family Loses All Their Belongings
LONG LIST— That looks like a mighty long
list that Santa is checking over as he talks with
four-year-old Jonathan C. Watson, son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. Kimball Watson, during the annual
Christmas party for children held by the Elks
Lodge at the Country Club Sunday afternoon.
More than 400 youngsters attended. A similar
party was held in West Southern Pines at the
school gym Saturday, with treats for all the
children. Bad weather cut attendance to less
than Usual there, but Santa was just as fascinat
ing as ever to the many who did attend.
(Humphrey photo)
Educators Hear
About Vocational
Study In Schools
About 100 school administra
tors, board members, school com
mitteemen, vocational teaches
and counselors were at the Carth
age High School auditorium Mon
day night to hear representatives
of the State Department of Pub
lic Instruction outline vocational
mas aacorations comesi, — - . .
has been conducted' by the Jay- programs available for the new
cees for several years is not be-j consolidated high schools of t e
. _ 1—1 Q Mfvirfi Gountv School System.
ing undertaken this year, a
spokesman for the organization
said this week.
However, the young men of
the local civic organization con
tinued another Christmas project
this season—putting up the large
lantern and scroll street decora
tions that are now on view in
the business section.
Decorations have been placed
in numerous public buildings and
private stores and offices. Deco
rations at the Library were placed
by the Southern Pines Garden
Club, with L. W. Miller in charge.
The Pilot Will Use
Cartoons By Zschiesche
The Pilot begins publication to
day of editorial page cartoons by
Bob Zschiesche who recently
joined the Greensboro Daily News
as staff cartoonist. (His last name
is of German origin and is pro
nounced “Zeechee.”)
The 35-year-old native of Illi
nois had worked for more than
10 years, with two years out for
Army service during the Korean
conflict, as assistant to Frank
King, creator of the Gasoline
Alley comic strip and Bill Perry
who does the Sunday version of
Skeezix and his friends.
The Pilot has used cartoons by
the two predecessors of Mr.
Zschiesche as Daily News car-
toonists-7-Bill Sanders and Hugh
Haynie
Moore County School System.
Dr Gerald James, director of
Vocational Education, presented
a vivid picture of the inadequa
cies of the high school curricu-
lums of this state. He stated,
"Out of 100 children entering the
first grade in the North Carolina
Public Schools, 48 drop out be
fore graduation, 52 graduate
from high school and only 19 of
this number enter college. The
small high schools of this state
have a curriculum designed to
help the 19 who will go to col
lege but do little or nothing for
the 81 who will also be citizens
of our communities. I congratu
late the Moore County Board of
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Correction Made In
Editorial's Errors
In an editorial in last week’s
Pilot, “Off Again, On Again Legal
Snafu,” it was incorrectly s^ted
that the speed limit on W.
Broad St., between Massachusetts
Ave. and Morganton Road, had
been lowered from 35 to 20 miles
per hour, prior to the many re
cent arrests of persons for speed
ing on that street.
Town Manager F. F. Rainey
told The Pilot after the editorial
was published that the speed
limit has long been 20 miles per
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Pilot To Publish
Monday Next Week
The Pilot plans to publish
its Christmas edition Monday
of next week, closing then
until Friday, December 27,
when the office will be open.
Advertisers and correspon
dents are asked to take note
of the advanced pubUcation
date and have their copy in
as early as possible.
News items for Monday's
paper should be given to the
Pilot Friday or Saturday, if
possible.
CHANGE IN AD
A change in the Colonial Stores
advertisement in today’s paper
was given to The Pilot after the
ad had been printed' in an earlier
press run this week. Prices of
turkeys in the ad should read
“18 lbs. and up, 33c lb.” and “10
to 18 lbs. 37c lb.,” rather than
the prices printed in the ad.
Three Candidates
For Governor To
Be At YDC Event
Reservations are coming in
from over the State for the an
nual NoHh Carolina Young De
mocrat Clubs’ installation ban
quet and accompanying events,
to be held Saturday, January 11,
with headquarters at Holiday
Inn here.
Democrats of all ages are ex
pected to attend, including the
three announced gubernatorial
candidates. Judge L. Richardson
Preyer, Judge Dan K. Moore and
Dr. I. Beverly Lake, who will
probably set up their separate
headquarters at Holiday Inn, ac
cording to J. Elvin Jackson of
Carthage and Vass, state YDC
organizer who is serving as gen-
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A local family that has had 4
more than a normal share of mis
fortune in the past six months
was dealt another heavy blow
Monday when a fire that gutted
their home on Aiken Road in the
Kenwood area of KnoUwood de
stroyed or damaged nearly all of
their clothing, house furnishings
and personal belongings.
The fire was discovered at the
Alex Chisholm home by neigh
bors who called the local fire de
partment just t>efore noon. It ap
parently originated from a fur
nace underneath the house, said
f ire Chief Joe Garzik.
The dwelling was empty at the
time. Mr. Chisholm, an electrician
who has been in and out of hospi
tals and imable to work for sev
eral months, was at the home of
his mother, Mrs. J. R. Chisholm,
in Manly. Mrs. Alex Chisholm
Was at her employment with
Proctor-Silex Company. , Their
three sons were in school—^Dun
can in the 10th grade, Johnny in
the 9th grade and Ronnie in the
first.
They lost all their clothing
except what they were wearing
and few household belongings
were saved. None of this was in
sured, although the house itself
was, it was reported.
There have been donations of
clothing, a source close to the
family said this week, and the
family does not now have a place
to put household furnishings. The
family has not asked for aid but
friends and neighbors let it be
known that help is needed.
Mrs. ■ Audrey K. Kennedy,
executive secretary of the Moore
County Red Cross Chapter, said
yesterday that no application had
been made for. clothing or other
assistance of the type rendered
by the chapter in cases of person
al disaster. However, she said, the
chapter would, as always, be
available to handle donations of
this sort on behalf of the family.
It was last June that a closet
in the Chisholm home caught fire
and burned up most of the fam
ily’s clothing Mrs. Chisholm is
a daughter of the late Causey
“Happy” Talbert who died in
July and who was widely known
as driver of the Carolina Hotel
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LAST CALL TO
HELP THE NEEDYl
John Boyd Post. VFW. will
deliver Christmas Cheer bas
kets of food, toys and other
items to needy families on
Christmas Eve afternoon,
starting at 2 p. mw. Hubert
Cameron, program chairman
has announced.
The post still needs funds
to help buy the large quan
tity of food used in addition
to food given by numerous
organizations and individu
als. Checks to the "VFW
Christmas ' Cheer Fundi"
should be mailed to local P.
O. Box 226.
The program is conducted
in cooperation with the coun
ty welfare department which
supplies the post with a list
of families and individuals
certified as needy.
Firemen Respond
To Other Alarms
In addition to the Allen and
Chisholm fires, reported in sep
arate stories, . local volunteers
have had two other calls in the
past six days.
Sunday at 3:15 p. m., the fire
men answered a call at Midway
in aid of the Aberdeen volunteer
fire department. The flames had
made too much headway before
the firemen could reach the small
Negro community between the
two towns, and a home and small
night club building were consum
ed.
About 1.2:30. p.. m.-Wednesday,
the department was called to 860
W. Wisconsin Ave. in West
Southern Pines where the home
of Mary Small was on fire. It
was badly burned out inside, be
fore the blaze was brought under
control.
Banks^ Stores, Public Offices To Have
Variety Of Holiday Closing Schedules
Public offices and private busi
nesses will have a variety of clos
ing times, in observance of the
Christmas holiday, next week.
All banks in the county plan
to close Wednesday (Christmas
Day) and 'Thursday.
In Southern Pines, numerous
stores and offices will close for
both Wednesday and Thursday.
However, some food stores, inclu
ding A & P and Colonial, will be
closed on Wednesday only. Drug
stores also will be closed only on
Christmas Day.
The local post office will be
closed only on CJhristmas Day,
but special delivery items and
perishables wiU be delivered that
day. Postmaster J. W. Causey
said that a window at the post of
fice win remain open to 4 p. m.
Saturday.
Mail volume is about the same
as last year, Mr. Causey said, but j Friday and
is running late and is expected to January 2.
surpass last year. Stamp sales
this holiday season are higher
than last, he said.
Alcoholic Beverage Control
Board stores in Southern Pines
and Pinehurst will both be clos
ed on Wednesday. In addition,
the Southern Pines store will
close Friday and the Pinehurst
store will close Thursday.
Town offices here, including
the Information Center and
Southern Pines Library, will close
for the holiday at noon Tuesday
and will reopen Friday morning.
County offices in the court
house at Carthage will have the
longest holiday—'Tuesday, Wed
nesday and Thursday.
The Moore County Library at
Carthage will be closed Tuesday
through Thursday.
Schools of the Southern Pines,
Pinehurst and Moore County sys
tems will close at end of school
reopen Thursday,
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+■ An elderly couple probably owe
their lives this Christmastime to
a young policeman who plunged
twice into their smoke-filled
apartment to find them Monday
night, becoming himself nearly
overcome in the process.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Allen, who
were uncppscious, were saved by
Patrolman A. F. Smith, 25, of the
local police department after a
bed in their apartment in the
Baber Building at 115 N. E. Broad
St. caught fire.
The officer was highly com
mended for his heroism by both
Town Manager F. F. Rainey and
Police Chief Earl S. Seawell.
Smith was cruising with Sgt.
L. D. Beck about 8:45 p.m. when
they saw smoke seeping from- the
windows of the upstairs apartment
over the Lee Powers Shop and
Parks Real Estate Agency. Radio
ing the police station, they first
ran to the back of the building to
find some way to get in, then,
when they could not. Smith went
up a side staircase from Broad
St. to the apartment.
Met by a dense wall of smoke.
Smith plunged into it and stum
bled over Allen, who lay on the
floor in the entrance hall. He
carried the aged man to the star-
case landing outside, where Allen
gasped, “My wife—get my wife.”
Back into the smoke Smith
went, groping from room to room.
Unable to breathe and becoming
ill, he was about to have to give
up when he found Mrs. Allen
near the bedroom door. He drag
ged her through the living room
to the outer door, where firemen
helped him get her outside, and
where he himself collapsed.
All were takes to St. Joseph’s
Hospital, where Smith received
emergency treament, and was
then allowed to go home.
Mr. and Mrs. Allen remained in
the hospital, where they were re
ported the next day to be feeling
“pretty good.” They were expect
ed to remain there for several
days. Mr. Allen is 78, his wife 74.
Their son. Bill Allen, lives with
them, but was not home at the
time of the fire.
Firemen found the feather mat
tress of one twin bed ablaze,
along with the bedclothing, in
cluding an electric blanket. Fire
Chief Joe Garzik said it was im
possible to tell whether the fire
originated in the blanket or had
some other cause. Only smoke
damage was done to the rest of
the apartment, and none to the
downstairs portion. The building
is owned by Frank Baber of
Sanford.
When the alarm sounded, most
of the firemen were at Dante’s
Restaurant, just about to sit down
to their annual Christmas season
dinner. After a half hour spent
MRS DANIELS TO LIST
PROPERTY FOR TAXES
In some of the Pilots from last
week’s final press run, a para
graph had been inadvertently
dropped from a story about tax
listing. The paragraph stated that
Mrs. Leland Daniels, Jr., of
Southern Pines has been appoint
ed by the county commissioners
to replace Mrs. Irene Mullinix of
Vass as tax lister for McNeill
Township real and personal
property within the Town of
Southern Pines only. Listing
property for taxes will begin
throughout the county, Thursday,
January 2. A majority of the
naners in the press run carried on duty, they returned to Dante s
fhf^ to enjoy thd, Mayrf meal.
M-SGT. HENRY L. WOOTEN
Full Military Honors Accorded Local
Soldier Killed In Trainmg Accident
. •. ji* _j» omi
PRESENTATION— H. Clifton Blue, center,
receives the Kiwanis Builder’s Cup from Dr. R.
Bruce Warlick, left, who made the presentation
address, and
president.
Lawrence McN. Johnson, club
(Humphrey photo)
Blue Awarded Kiwanis Builder’s Cup
Rep. H. Clifton Blue of Aber- ’
deen. Speaker of the House and
Moore County’s representative in
that body since 1946, was award
ed the Builders Cup of the Sand
hills Kiwanis Club, during the
club’s annual Ladies Night meet
ing at the Mid Pines Club, Friday
night.
The cup, given annually by
the club for many years, with a
few exceptions, honors the Moore
County citizen whose unseKish
public service has been given
during the preceding year, with
out thought of personal gain. All
Builders Cup awards, however,
also honor the service and ac
previous years.
Blue, who for many years has
been editor and publisher of The
Sandhill Citizen at Aberdeen and,
in recent years, publisher also of
The Robbins Record, was accord
ed an ovation by the more than
200 i>ersons present, as he rose
to receive the cup, following a
listing of his accomplishments by
Dr. Bruce Warlick in the manner
traditional with Builders Cup
awards—gradually revealing ad
ditional details without nan^g
the recipient until the introduc-
ition is finished.
I Stressed as the legislator’s lead
ing accomplishment and service
complishments of recipients over during the past year was his work
on behalf of Moore County’s re
ceiving one of the new State com
prehensive community colleges.
He was named to the board of
trustees of the college and recent
ly was elected chairman of the
board.
In accepting the cup, Rep. Blue
said that it represented the chal
lenge that lies before him in help
ing to make the college an insti
tution of which the people of
Moore County and North Caro
lina can be proud.
The Aberdeen resident has long
been active in many posts of ser
vice in his home town and over
the area and State in civic, church
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Military funeral and burial
rites were held for MjSgt. Hepry
L. Wooten of Southern Pines
Wednesday afternoon at the First
Missionary Baptist Church in
West Southern Pines.
Sgt. Wooten, a veteran para
trooper and jumpmaster of the
82nd Airborne Division was in-
'jured December 11 in a jump at
Fort Bragg and died December
14 at Walter Reed General Hos
pital, Washington, D. C., where
he had been flown by a special
Air Force plane from Fort Bragg.
Mrs. Wooten accompanied her
husband and was with ^ him
throughout his stay at W alter
Reed.
Sgt. Wooten entered the service
at age 18 and had completed 20
years of service in June, 1963.
Armed guards stayed with the
body from 11 a. m. Wednesday
until after burial, the guard
changing every 30 minutes. Mem
bers of the 82nd served as pall
bearers and paratroopers in jump
uniforms, with parachutes, lined
the streets on both sides from
the church to the cemetery, with
special armed guards on both
sides of the hearse.
Approximately 100 soldiers led
the funeral procession to the cem
etery where regular military pro
cedures were carried out. (Firing
of arms, folding of flag and pre
senting it to Mrs. Wooten, and
sounding of “Taps”) The empty
cartridge shells were given to the
son, Henry L. Wooten, Jr.
An Air Force helicopter landed
on the lawn of the Lawson Insti
tute School bringing two gener
als from Fort Bragg for the rites.
Siurviving are his wife, the for
mer Louise Goins, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Goins of
Southern Pines; two children,
Henry L. Wooten, Jr. age 14; and
Brenda Joyce, age 13, one broth
er, Joseph Wooten and four atmts,
Mrs. Martha Gibson, Miss Hazel
Dennis, Miss Ida Dennis and Mrs.
Dorothy Davis.
Sgt. Wooten was bom January
24, 1925, in Brpwnsville, Pa. A
career Army man, he was held in
high esteem by his military as
sociates and by the people of
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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.
Max. Min.
December 12 50 37
December 13 49 45
December 14 45 29
December 15 29 19
December 16 33 16
December 17 36 13
December 18 43 17