SIXTEEN PAGES
SOUTHER'PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 1964
SIXTEEN PAGES
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Dr. Raymond Stone Elected To
Moore’s New Community GolL
CAMPUS IS CHRISTMAS GIFT. The deed
i^and valued at approximately $40,000 is given
by Mrs. C. Louis Meyer of Pinehurst to rustees
of the Moore community college. Film left
above, Robert S. Ewing, N. L. Hodgkirj mem
bers of the trustees’s site committee; Board
Chairmai H. Clifton Blue; Mrs. Meyer; Jere
McKeillen, county board of education chair
man, an! John M. Taylor, trustee and commit
tee menber. (Photo by Humphrey)
100 Acres
Deeded As
College Site
Trustees of the Moore communi
ty college, in addition to choosing
a new president, last week be
came the owners of 100 acres of
beautiful wooded real estate,
which will become the college
campus.
Additional land is expected to
be given later, said Board Chair
man H. Clifton Blue.
The deed' to the land was in
effect a Christmas present to the
board and the people of Moore,
given by the owner, Mrs. C.
Louis Meyer, on December 24.
Meeting with Mrs. Meyer for
the presentation were Chairman
Blue; Jere McKeithen, chairman
of the county board of education,
to whom Mrs. Meyer’s original
offer had been made; John Tay
lor, N. L. Hodgkins and Robert S.
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danger, Deep-Freeze Oij New Years
^ye; Train Hits Car Iceliound On Track
Fie sleety rain freer.ing during
leate afternoon of New Years
kvereated a maximum of haz-
“rdrr drivers and pedestrians
j Ctht unaware were many
leolat work, who at close of
stepped out on a slick
^ass surface, or—after scrap-
‘■ag Vom their windshields-
■ fj
j highways
serted.
became practically de
serted.
Train Hits Car
On Broad Street in Southern
Pines, a car containing four
young airmen on holiday leave
from Pu^AFB' made it onto the
railroa^Hptk at the Illinois Ave.
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[leTields
[d In Accident
[Year’s Eve
lOllie Mae Fields, 59, of
bn, Va., brmerly of Sou-
Pines, wa killed Tuesday
lin in an accident caused
near Monure, in Chatham
■Fields, ■'ho had been em-
lin Waslngton, D. C. for
ber of -ars was on the
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Lstrdon For
mdrent Vote
J i
[s Sairday
kturday 'ill be the last
lot the listration period
ceding tlJanuaiy 14 vole
an amdment to the
Rate consution changing
Flhe generalooks may do so
at the regur polling places
from 9 a.ntill sunset. The
following Surday, January
11. will be lallenge Day.
First Baby,
First Twins
Of New Year
Moore county's first baby
of the New Year, in 'winning
this honor, missed by only 60
seconds being a 1963 tax ex
emption for her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Harlan Crabtree of
Walnut St., Aberdeen. It was
12:01 a. mu when their sev
en - pound, three - ounce
daughter arrivedi at Moore
Memorial hospital.
First twins of the year
came edong a short lime later,
born at 3:17 a. m. at St. Jo
seph's hospital to Mr. and
Mrs. Ronald McDonald of
1325 Highway 1, South,
Southern Pines. John Ingalls
McDonald weighed seven
pounds three ounces at birth,
and James Donahue McDon
ald seven pounds 12 ounces.
1 Critically Hurt
In Monday Wreck,
Jackson Springs
Ralph Steele, 27, of Jackson
Springs Rt. 1 is in Moore Me
morial hospital with critical in
juries, resulting from an automo
bile accident of late Monday
afternoon. Latest report on his
condition is that he is “showing
some improvement” and is ex
pected to pull through.
State Trooper J. F. Cardwell
said Steele was injured when a
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horeHistory of 1963
j ter trials’ chipionship. . . Aber
deen town brd votes to buy po-
I lice car radii
February !—Snow blankets
Sandhills. . tep. Charles Jonas
speaker at IpubUcan dinner at
Carthage. . .lx attacks dog at W.
Lamont Bren home. Southern
Pines.
March 7—avid Crockett wins
lorehflfid aard. . . Search con-
|mues for Bi Upchurch in Deep
liver despit rixmors he has been
Jen alive. .. Highway Commis-
pner J. feie Webb discusses
Ids with ounty commissioners
j. Pineh-st boys, Vass-Lake-
girls vin county basket-
l'<tourna:tint.
prch l-ij-Mayor John Rug-
^ ^ayoiJro Tern J. D. Hobbs
[ Shey not run for reelec-
pd tqwr luncil. . . West End
aiapprtgj school tax. . . Hol-
Jdtn ap-Jestaurant open.
Vh*! 21.5ffcss voters approve
Ve';' WysMplant bond issue
eo Ci iftiour, founder of
lOwBola Bottling Co.,
'^fcies^wes at 83. .. Rob-
Aberdeen, dies
OVpT-
Governor Sanford is speaker at
Moore YDC’s testimonial dinner
at Carthage on “H. Clifton Blue
Day” . . . Sandhills Firemen’s as
sociation meets at Robbins.
April 4—^Moore County Men
tal Health Clinic approved by
commissioners. . . Bill Upchurch’s
body found in Deep River after
seven weeks’ search. . . Mayor E.
O. Freeman, eight candidates for
town board nominated at Aber
deen caucus. . . County’s newest
rural fire protection truck arrives
at Vass, goes out four times in
first three days.
April 11—Thousands battle
Town of Pinebluff 25,000-acre
forest fire. . . Many build
ings burned, including several
barely saved from flames. . .
fund set up for victims by Red
Cross. . . Aberdeen^|d West End
high schools plai^^^kdation.
April 18—Wil
liams of Wj
Robbins”
. . . C;
Co. pi
$100,0
to
raf
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DR. STONE
State And Town
Tags Go On Sale
Thursday Morning
state and town auto tags
went on sale Thursday morn
ing, to continue through Jan
uary.
For this part of Moore
County, the branch office for
auto license plates is the
Farmers Supply Co. on South
Street, Aberdeen, a half block
across the railroad track.
Hours that plates may be
bought are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Monday through Friday, 9
a.m. to 12 noon on Saturday.
Under the new laws, appli
cants must fill in the back of
their application forms with
the nam.3 of their insurance
company, policy number and
date. The form must bear
the signature of the register
ed owner of the car, also the
date the signing was done.
In addition to the State
tags, cars of persons resident
within the town limits of
Southern Pines must also
carry carry town tags, which
are bought at the town office
in the Municipal Building
during regular office hours. 1
Labor Survey
Under Way For
New Industrv
•/
An out-of-state firm described
as a “high-type furniture manu
facturing industry” wants to lo
cate a plant in Moore county, and
will construct a building—^prefer
ably in the Aberdeen vicinity—
if no suitable building can be
found.
The firm is withholding final
decision pending a survey to find
out if sufficient labor is avail
able.
From January 1 through 10, a
labor survey is being made by
the Moore County Industrial
committee, which has placed ads
in local papers containing “infor
mation blanks” to be filled in.
One is in this issue of The Pilot
on Page 11.
Men and women interested in
a job are asked to fill out the
“information blank” and send or
take it to any of the following
places (where more blanks may
also be obtained if desired):
Southern Pines Information
Center; Aberdeen & Rockfish
Railroad Co., Aberdeen; Carpen
ter’s Red & White Store, Pine-
bluff; McRae’s Grocery, Vass;
M. W. Harbour & Sons, Cameron;
Carolina Bank, Pinehurst; Mar
ion Furniture Co., Carthage; Balk-
Cline Department Store, Robbins;
Home Furniture Store, West End.
Or you may give the blank to
your school child to hand to his
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Dr. Raymond A.
Leigh, of the State Eol
cation staff, has ac(j
presidency of the n^
comprehensive comr
lege, subject to the app
the State Board, it was
ed Tuesday by H. ClLfl(
chairman of the college
of trustees.
Dr. Stone, who is asrij
rector of the State Depa
Community Colleges an(J,i
ulum Research, was th,
mous choice of the l^jmen
board. Blue said.
The office was formally tl
dered to him at a meeting’
Southern Pines Friday, and
came to Aberdeen Monday to
veal his acceptance.
“We feel very fortunate r/j'
curing Dr. Stone to serve
ident of the Moore comn’/jJ
college during its formativ%f
od,” the chairman said,
familiar with the progra.vi'
comprehensive community
leges, having worked with
Commission for Education
yond the High School and othef
interested in the program. Undef
his leadership, I predict a first’
class comprehensive college, of j
which the people of this area and
the whole State will be proud.”
Dr. Stone commented, “I re
gard this opportunity as a great
challenge, and am looking for
ward to working with the trus
tees and the people of Moore in
the building of a college which
should be second to none in the
State.
“We in Raleigh have been in
spired by the attitude and actions
of the Moore citizens, in their
unified desire for a college, their
single-minded campaign toward
securing it and the confidence ex
pressed by their 7-to-l bond is- ^
sue vote in November.
“The potential is great for an
excellent college for this area,
one which will be a real pace set
ter for the State.”
Dr. Stone is expected to move
to the area about February 1 and
assume active operation of the
college project, starting with con
ferences with architects and the
planning preliminary to construc
tion. He said, “That is the first
big job,” and toward that end
will attend a national meeting in
Florida January 20 on communi
ty college construction.
The 36-year-old educator, rated
one of the most brilliant in the
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Happy New Year To Granny Bine
Observing 100th Birthday Jan. 1
It’s a very special New Year’s
Day this year for Mrs. J. C. Blue
of Carthage Rt. 3 and all her
numerous kith and kin.
It’s the 100th birthday of this
bright-eyed and smiling little
lady, who was bom January 1,
1864, on a farm four miles north
west of Carthage.
Sunday was the day of
“Granny” Blue’s “centennial cel
ebration,” and friends and rela
tives by the score came from far
and near to pay her honor, in the
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big white columned hoiuse at the
junction of the Southern Pines
and Farm Life Roads.
Her daughter-in-law Mrs. C.
B. Blue, with whom she lives,
had told her there was going to
be a party, and sure enough there
was a birthday cake with pale
pink roses and green leaves, a
flowing punch bowl and all kinds
of goodies.
But she had no idea, she said,
there would be so many.
“I don’t know what anybody’s
making a fuss over me for,” she
wondered, pretending to grumble.^
But her gentle smilej
went joyfully, and hg
were a-sparkle.
She was kept busj
help of her daughtq
grandchildren, find
which youngsterl
which descendant)!
they were great-gra
“great-greats” or
The oldest citizeJ
she’s outUved hed
brothers and sisteri^
and all their chiJl
years have brougJ
widening family^
dren, 38 great-g
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