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‘*ui4jhrQi\ - VOL.—44 No. 8 JTY PAGES SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1964 TWENTY PAGES PRICE: 10 CENTS STATE DEMOCRATS TO CONVEI 3 Candidates For Gove; Headquarters At YDC Democrats, old and young are I to attt expected to be on hand here from all parts of North Carolina Satur day afternoon and night for the installation of State YDC officials. Judge Dan K. Moore, Judge L. Richardson Preyer, and Dr. I. Beverly Lake, the three candi dates for the Democratic guber natorial nomination, plan to be here and set up headquarters at Holiday Inn, the center for meet ing activity. Governor Sanford is expected FORM PROVIDED Public Asked To Nominate Young Men For Award Local Jaycees again, asked the public this week to make nomina tions of young men from whom will be chosen the recipient of their Distinguished Service Award. Deadline for nominations is midnight, January 14. The award is conferred annual ly on a local man, 35 years of age or younger, in recognition of personal achievement, leadership and community service during the preceding year. The recipient is chosen after consideration of nominees, by a committee of citizens over the Jaycee age limit of 35, and need not be a Jaycee to receive the award. For the convenience of the pub lic in making nominations, a blank form, on which all regula tions and instructions are listed, appears on page 6. Cerebral Palsy Drive Continues Moore County is now taking part in the state-wide fund drive of United Cerebral Palsy of North Carolina, conducting in January the “53 Minute March on Cere bral Palsy,” as proclaimed by Governor Sanford—a name de rived from the fact that the crip pling affliction strikes some one in the United States on an ave rage of every 53 minutes. Funds collected provide diag nostic services, therapy and re search, 75 per cent remaining in this state. Co-chairmen of the coimty ef fort are Mrs. Dan McNeill and Mrs. Albert Grove, of Southern Pines, with R. F. Hoke Pol lock as honorary chairman. In Southern Pines, the drive is being conducted with a mail sol icitation. Holt Opens Truck Sales Agency Here Holt of Sanford has opened an International Truck sales agency at the Stancil Garage, on No. 1 highway, south, with James Howard as manager. The agency will handle the com plete line of International trucks of all sizes and will maintain a service department. Bill Stancil is parts and shop manager. The Holt agency has operated in Sanford since 1927. pH. STONE WELCOMED A letter is being sent to Dr. Raymond Stone of Raleigh, chos en last week as first president of the Moore County Community College, from the county commis sioners, welcoming him to his new post and expressing the board’s pleasure in his acceptance of the new office. The board vot ed at Carthage Monday to send Dr. Stone the letter. 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 ErB studios on Midland Road. :r The for tht son, o/ ganize presid Mrs. Sprin will I group i to be Armo) Hen Union tive a tant ' the g At YDC hold lie i) to 6 new at E the m: prea to I |r To Have jeting Here County YDC is host kt with J. Elvin Jack- |;hage, State YDC or- former Moore YDC is general chairman. |yn Blue, of Eagle oore YDC president, the welcome to the Installation banquet kt the National Guard pinning at 7 p.m. lall Wilson, former ity State representa- Iw a presidential assis- " White House, will be Ipeaker. ' p.m. the 1964 State &utive committee will seting which the pub- l?d to attend. From 5:30 1 r.. a reception for the . s will be held/ A dance i Inn is scheduled after |;t. % Middle District vice s cimong the officers led. For Tax ined; Local lule Given of real and personal for taxes continues |t Moore County, to ex- igh January, with all mers required to visit in the various town- 2 the end of the month. Township is the only county with two list s. Don J. Blue of :larthage, for property I a Town of Southern Mrs. Leland Daniels, [spwn property only, •iels is meeting the he town hall court- a. m. to 5 p. m. each H Wednesdaiyr anm j[er lunch hour is p. m. |03hing to list proper- jl^day afternoons or 'may see Mrs. Dan- ntment only, at her Ridge St. She will all on Wednesday L pro thri te: pro: list take: ships befi McNei' one in t; takers—! Route 3, outside Pines, a: Jr., for Mrs. public room fr ■weekdiv Saturdt)' from 1 Persoi ty on 1^1 on Satui iels, by i home, yc. not lisv morning A nevif feature of listing per sonal property this year is that owners biay, if they choose, list the item “household and kitchen furniture” at 10 per cent of the assessed valuation of their real properlJ ((house and lot). Other persona" property—such as guns, watches, jewelry and certain other belongings—must be item ized, as previously. A new listing of all property is being asked of all owners. Prop erty should be listed at “fair mar ket value” and the owner is then taxed at a rate of $1.05 (county tax) pen $100 of property valua tion, oi^lO per cent of the listed value. .OlHs applies to both real and personal property. , M MACKALL PROJECT— Charles M. Hazle- hurst of Southern Pines, left, chairmein of the Indkistrial Development Division of the Sand hills Area Development Association, talks with Congressman Chsules R. Jonas, center, and Richard Conder, Richmond County commis sioner, at Rockingham Monday, when Rep. FOR INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT Jonas and' area public officials and civic leaders pledged their efforts in trying to obtain the Camp Mackall Army training area for an in dustrial development site. Mr. Hazlehurst, re tired Seaboard Air Line Railroad official, is temporary chairman for the project. (Richmond County Jounal photo) Jonas Backing Camp Mackall Effort Congressman Charles R. Jonas of Lincolnton has joined forces with SADA leaders in the Sand hills and other civic organizations in an effort to release Camp Mack all—a tract of 6,542 acres lying just south of Moore County—^for industrial development. The proposal, first made in an editorial in the Richmond Coun ty Journal, afternoon daily news paper of Rockingham, reached the attention of the Congressman through the editorial and he has since obtained from the Depart ment of the Army headquarters information as to facilities and status of Camp Mackall, on which the Army has maneuver rights, and a statement that it is “essen tial to the military training pro gram of Fort Bragg and to the mobilization plans of the Depart ment of the Army.” Rep. Jonas pres.ented these facts at a meeting of interested area leaders called by the Rock ingham Chamber of Commerce in. Rockingham Monday, but said he was not discouraged by the negative response from the Army. He^aid he will continue to work on the project and cited the fact that he worked for three years to obtain release by the Navy of a Mecklenburg County site where there are now industries provi ding nearly 1,000 jobs. SADA officials will continue their consideration of the pro ject at a meeting next week, with expectation that a brochure will be prepared and that a hearing on the proposal will be sought eventually in Washington. March Of Dimes Continuing Need Told By Chairman A concerted effort will be put forth this year by the Moore County Chapter of the National Foundation-March of Dimes to urge everyone to take oral polio vaccine, said Paul Butler, chapter chairman, at the annual kick-off i si Bank of North Carolina which dinner lunching the 1964 cam- ^ss an office in Southern Pines, and Billy T. Woodward, manager Commissioners Refuse Banks’ Requests For Share Of County Money On Deposit Th.2 county commissioners re fused this week requests by two banks doing business in Moore County that they receive an equitable share of county funds now on deposit with other banks. W. H. Gentry, Jr., senior vice president of the Southern Nation- Dr. Ligon To Go To Atlanta As Minister Dr. Cheves K. Ligon of Fay etteville, executive secretary of Fayetteville Presbytery and for mer minister at Brownson Me morial Church here, will become pastor of Mount Vernon Presby terian Church, Atlanta, Ga., it has been announced. He plans to move to Atlanta with his family later this month. of the Robbins office of the Bank of B'iscoe, appeared before the commissioners at the January meeting in Carthage Monday, to .paign in the Carthage Hotel Satur day night. Another area in which an all- out effort will be launched, Butler said is in the field of birth de fects. Much has already been ac complished in this field by hos pitals and research laboratories throughout the country, however, much is yet to be done before the fight is won, he said. ^ IhXpcrimtJIll, A project which the Moore County Chapter will undertake this year is the awarding of a scholarship to some young man or woman to study physical therapy at a North Carolina hos pital, Butler told the meeting. Whether the scholarship can be carried out will be determined on how contributions come in during the 1964 March of Dimes drive now underway, he said. An encouraging report was pre sented by the chapter’s treasurer, C. H. Bowman, in which he stat ed there were no new cases of polio in Moore during the past year. The chapter did have to spend some money on cases from prior years, he noted, but as re sult of the county’s being free of (Continued on Page 8) TO SUPPORT BLOOD PROGRAM Mayor Names 25 To New Committee Mayor W. Morris Johnson has | discussed, at Douglas Kelly’s Hoi- Max. «Ih. January 2 51 ^6 January 3 67 34 January 4 59 32 January 5 58 27 January 6 66 28 January 7 63 49 January 8 50 43 appointed a permanent Southern Pines Bloodmobile Committee of about 25 members, with David A. Drexel as chairman, to stimulate support of the blood collection program throughout the year. The action followed last fall’s Carthage meeting of public offi cials and civic leaders from over th.2 county, when the mayor was named by J. R. Hauser, blood program chairman for the Moore County Red Cross chapter, to or ganize support for the project in Southern Pines. Most of the group named to the committee-^representing various ir/qgtries, businesses, civic and f.. I>Bnal organizations—attended :heon meeting, at which the program was explained and iday Inn Restaurant, on Tuesday. The blood program, adminis tered through the county Red Cross chapter, serves both hospi tals in the county, providing them with blood through the Red Cross center at Charlotte. Bloodmobiles from the Center visit the county periodically to collect blood that must equal the amount used in the county, if the program is to be retained. Until late last year, th2 program lagged badly and its loss to the county was threatened. Members of the new committee, who are being notified by letters mailed today, will meet with Mr. Hauser at the town hall at 4 p.m., Wednesday, January 15, to dis cuss their work. All interested persons are invited to attend this meeting. Graham Honored Station Service Edgar Graham of Jackson Springs, who retired Tuesday of last week after 20 year? as labor foreman for the Sandhill Agri cultural Research Stetion, was honored that day at a luncheon in the Tartan Room of Ballen- tine’s Restaurant in Raleigh. The hosts were Dr. H. Brooks James, dean of Agriculture of North Car olina State; Dr. Roy Lovvom, director of the College Experi ment Stations; Clarence Black, superintendent of the Sandhill Research Station; and staff mem bers and co-workers. The station’s work has been primarily with peaches, but it has also- done research on apples and other crops. In expressing his appreciation for loyal service rendered to the citizens of the State of North Carolina, Dr. James said, “If all state employees were as devoted to their work as Edgar Graham much more could be accomplish ed.” M. E. Gardner, former head of the State College Horticulture De partment, recalled that the station began with 40 acres of land at Eagle Springs in 1943. He and Dr. Otto Veerhoff, seeking some one to operate the station, chose Mr. Graham for the job. Dr. Veerhoff now of Washington, D. C., wired greetings to a “peach of a man.” Clarence Black, who planned the occasion, expressed his appre ciation to Mr. Graham who, (Continued on Page 8) COUNCIL MEETING The regular January meeting of the Southern Pines town coun cil will be held at town hall i Tuesday, January 14 at 8 p. m. make formal requests that their banks be designated county de positories, along with the two banks where county money is now deposited: the Carolina Bank (which has its headquarters at Pinehurst and four branches over the county) and the Citizens Bank and Trust Company of Southern Pines. No answer was given to the bank officials at that time, but each told The Pilot this week that he had since received a letter from Mrs. Audrey McCaskill, clerk to the board of commission ers, stating that she had been in structed to inform them that the commissioners had voted “not to add any additional depositories” to those already approved by the county. No reason for the decision was given in the letters. '' All the commissioners were preset at Monday’s, rdeetpg: Chairman L: R..'Reynolds, John M. Currie, Tom Monroe, J.-M. Pleasants and W.- S,'. Taylort ' =' In addition to requesting an ‘equitable share” of' all county funds on deposit, Mr. Gentry ask ed the commissioners for their decision on a recommendation of the Moore County Board of Edu cation (as voted by the educa tion board in a meeting Decem ber 16) that aU the county board of education funds now on deposit in the Citizens Bank and Trust Company be transferred to the Southern National Bank. Ultimate decision on such a transfer, by law, rests with the commissioners. No answer was given to Mr. Gentry by the commissioners on (Continued on Page 8) Amendments To State Constitution W ill Be Voted On January 14 Moore County voters will join others throughout the State Tuesday, January 14, in express ing “For’' or “Against” opinions on two proposed amendments to the North Carolina constitution. Polling places generally will be the sarrie as those used for last ALSO ON BALLOT Property Rights Dealt With In 2nd Amendment Although it has received near ly all of the pre-election atten tion, the “Little Federal” consti tutional amendment plan is one of two proposals that appear on bal lots that will be handed voters in their polling places next Tues day. The other proposal deals with the property rights of husbands and wives—and calls.for some ex planation prior to the voting. Voters will he asked to vote for or against constitutional amendments (plural) “empower ing the General Assembly to make the rights of husband and wife the same in each other’s property.” ■\^at does this mean? Though they are not detailed on the ballot there are three proposed changes involved. 1. One would remove from the state constitution (Article X, Sec tion 6) the words, “and, with written consent of her husband,” relating to a wife’s selling, con veying or bequeathing her own property. That is, a married woman would be given the legal right to dispose of her own prop erty without the "written consent of her husband. She now must have such consent. 2. Another would allow a wife to exercise rights conferred upon (Continued on Page 8) State, Town License Plates Now Available The public is reminded that State auto license plates are sold at the Farmers Supply Co., 104 E. Main St., Aberdeen, and Southern Pines town tags at the Informa tion Center. Aberdeen office hours are 9 a. m. to 4 p. m., Monday through Friday and 9 a. m. to 12 noon, Saturday. Hours at the Information Cen ter are 9 a. m. to 4 p. m. daily, except Wednesdays and Satur days when the Center is open 9 a. m. to noon. All auto owners living within the Southern Pines city limits are required to have town license plates. Fall’s county-wide voting on col lege and school bond issues. Per sons who were eligible to vote at that time can vote Tuesday. Polls will be open from 6:30 a. m. to 6:30 p. m. ’The polling places for the three precincts in the Southern Pines area will be: North Southern Pines, fire sta tion; South Southern Pines, town hall; and Pinedene—covering the area south of the city limits and about half-way to Aberdeen— Jackson Motors. First on the ballots to be hand ed voters is th.2 “Special Session Amendment” in which “For” or “Against” decisions are asked on the so-called “Little Federal” plan for organization of the Gen eral Assembly. The proposal would increase Senate membership from 50 to 70, provide for regular compulsory redistricting of the Senate, and reduce the number of members of the House of Representatives from 120 to 100. An explanation of the amend ment, with major arguments pro and con, appears on page 2. Second proposed constitutional amendment on which voters may indicate “For” or “Against” opin ions Tuesday involves several constitutional changes “empower ing the General Assembly to make the rights of husband and wife the same in each other’s property,” to quote the wording on, the ballot. An explanation of this proposal appears in a separate story on this page. This amendment normally would not have been presented to the people for a vote until No vember of this year, as its presen tation was approved by the regu lar 1963 session of the General Assembly. However, when the Little Fed eral amendment vote was author ized by the Assembly in October’s special session, it was decided to put the property rights amend ment before the people at the same time. Br,own Will Speak To Club On Europe Trip W. Lament- Brown, local attor ney, will speak on his trip to Eu rope last year, at a meeting of the Civic Club in the club building Monday, January 13, at 3 p. m. Mr. Brown, who is Southern Pines town attorney and solicitor of Moore County Recorder’s Court, visited several European nations, including the .'Soviet Union, with a group of North Carolina public officials studying legal and governmental proce dures. All interested persons are in vited at attend. The Civic Club is at the corner Of Pennsylvania Ave. and Ashe St. PROPOSED PLANT JOB APPLICATIONS Friday Last Day To Tiirii In Forms Tomorrow (Friday) will be the final day to turn in job api- plications in a labor survey be ing conducted by the Moore County Industrial Committee for a company reported to be inter ested in locating a plant in this area. Applications from both men and women are sought. The plant, reportedly a furni ture factory, is said to be consid ering a site near Aberdeen. Committee members reported that 984 applications had been re turned, through Tuesday after noon. Forms to be filled out by in terested workers are available at the following places and should be turned at those places: Aberdeen ■ and Rbekfish R. R. Co., Aberdeen. Carpenter’s ■ Red & White, Pine- bluff. Southern Pines Information Center, Southern Pihds. McRae’s Grocery, Vass. M. W. Harbour & Sons, Cam eron. Carolina Bank, Pinehurst. Belk-Cline Dept. Store, Rob bins. Marion Furniture Co., Carth age. Home rurhitufe -Store, West End. X 14 Highway Deaths In County, One In Town, In 1963 Fourteen highway deaths for Moore county in 1963 made the tally exactly equal to that for 1962, according to The Pilot’s un official count. Two fatalities resulting from a wreck of December 26 brought the total up from 12, which it reached three days before Christ mas. There is no count of the injur ed as yet, since the State High way Patrol has not made its re port. During 1962, there were 199. The tally this year, as last, re fers only to deaths on the public highways, not in the towns, and does not include one in Southern Pines. The community’s safety record, however, shows no pedes trian deaths for tbs year. The deaths were incurred in 12 accidents, 13 counting that in Southern Pines, as two of the ac cidents took two lives each. First accident of the year, last January 10, struck down two ped estrians, a man and wife, on US 1 between Southern Pines and Aberdeen. These were the only pedestrian deaths listed for the year. Ten of the auto accidents, and the on.2 in Southern Pines, in volved only one car, which went out of control because of skid ding, high speed, a blowout or other cause. Just one, that of De cember 26 which killed a young man and his infant niece, involv ed a collision between two cars. Injuries of other persons result ed in about half of the fatal ac cidents. Public Inviled To Coin Club's Supper Meeting The Sandhills Coin Club will have its first supper meeting on Thursday, January 16, at 7:30 p. m. at the Ashley Heights Com munity House. The Young Women’s Class of the Ashley Heights_,^ Rapti.st Church will Bippaji the food.