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assistance. Details, page 9.
VOL.—44 No. 11
DAN K. MOORE
Candidate Sees
More Jobs As Top
Problem In State
Speaking to the Sandhills Ki-
-wanis Club yesterday, at a Holi
day Inn luncheon meeting. Judge
Dan K. Moore of Canton, one of
the three candidates currently
campaigning for the Democratic
nomination for Governor in the
May primary, said that the num
ber one concern of his adminis
tration, if he is nominated and
elected, would be North Caro
lina’s need for more and better
jobs and job opportunities.
As one of the two top prob
lems of the state today, he listed
“the crisis on the North Carolina
farm,” proposing a “massive at
tack” through research not only
on the tobacco-health problem
but on other agricultural needs.
‘‘This will be expensive,” he
said, “but it will be the wisest
investment in the economic his
tory of North Carolina.”
Candidate Moore, whose humor
delighted the Kiwanians at sev
eral points in his appearance,
somewhat regretfully said he
would refrain from talking about
his opponents in the campaign, in
deference to the non-political pol
icy that the club imposes on vis
iting speakers.
However, he said, he felt justi
fied in outlining what he sees as
major problems in the state and
what he would propose to do
about them.
Judge Moore bore down hard
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TWENTY PAGES
SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 1964
TWENTY PAGES
PRICE: 10 CENTS
THOMAS HONORED— Dan Thomas of the
Southern Pines High School Blue Knights 1963
football team (second from left) receives from
Joe Garzik, commander of John Boyd Post,
Veterans of Foreign Wars, the VFW trophy
designating Thomas as the team’s most valuable
player. At left is Coach Bill Megginson. At
far right is John Sullivan, exalted ruler of the
local Elks Lodge which was host for the annual
football banquet last week. Between Sullivan
and Garzik is Enos (Country) Slaughter of Rox-
boro, former major league baseball player who
was guest speaker for the event. Attending
were coaches, school officials, cheer leaders and
football squad members and their dates. Letters
were presented to players earning them during
the past season.
(Humphrey photo)
Construction To Start In March
On Handicapped Children’s Camp
Construction will start in March
on the first phase of Camp Easter
in the Pines near here, with ex
pectation that the camp will open
June 15 to accommodate 40 to 50
children in its first session of
operation, it was announced this
week.
W. P. Davis of Southern Pines,
chairman of the camp building
committee, and other members
of the committee met in Charlotte
last weekend and the chairman
was auhorized to proceed with
arrangements for the work. The
campsite is north of the Kenwood
development, off the Carthage
road.
Other Sandhills residents on
the building committee are Mrs.
Graham Culbreth of Southern
Pines and Rep. H. Clifton Blue
of Aberdeen. They and Mr. Davis
are also members of the State
College Tnislees Pleased With Results
Of Florida Trip; Dr. Stone Moving Here
_ & 1 —Til YV 1 OrV I m
MUCH CHARITY CARE
Report Of Saint
Joseph’s Hospital
Reveals Progress
The annual report of St. Joseph
of the Pines Hospital, sent this
week to about 3,500 persons in
this area and 200 elsewhere, tells
in an eight-page brochure of ex
panding activity at the hospital
and extensive renovations under
way and planned.
In addition to 2,859 days of
authorized charity care rendered
by the hospital, more than $39,000
was absorbed as direct charity
work for unqualified welfare
patients, the report states.
In a message from th e hospital’s
Advisory Council, signed by Lee
Smithson, acting president (Char
les A. Paul has since been elected
president of the Council), tribute
is paid to the members of the
Nursing Order of St. Francis, the
Catholic organization which owns
and operates the hospital. The
trained service rendered by un
compensated members of the
Order at the hospital is given a
money value of $200,000 and it
is pointed out that it is the Order’s
policy “to serve all people who
need hospitalization or medical
treatment regardless of their
financial ability to pay.”
The message says that “with-
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Dr. Raymond A. Stone, pres
ident of the Moore County Com
munity College to be built on the
Pinehurst-Airport road, and two
members of the board of trustees
Robert S. Ewing of Southern
Pines and Dr. Charles Highsmith
of Troy—are expected to report
their findings from a study trip to
Florida, at a meeting of the board
of trustees next week. Thomas
T. Hayes, Jr., local architect, also
was with the group on the Florida
trip.
The president and the two trus-
Blue To Announce
For No. 2 N. C.
Post Next Week
H. Clifton Blue of Aberdeen,
Moore County’s representative
and Speaker of the House in the
General Assembly, said yester
day that he expects to make a
formal announcement of his can
didacy for the Democratic nomin
ation for lieutenant governor next
week.
It is expected that the an
nouncement, long anticipated
will be made at a press confer
ence in Raleigh.
Facing a battle for the nomina
tion from Robert Scott, son of
the late Governor and Senator W.
Kerr Scott, who has already an
nounced his candidacy. Rep. Blue
this week acknowledged the com-
netition as “formidable” but said
he has extensive assurance of
support from around the state,
from both conservative and lib
eral Democrats.
MRS. RAINEY HEADS WOMEN'S DIVISION
Boyette Named Moore Chairman For
Preyer Campaign; Feb. 13 Event Set
Moseley G. Boyette of Carth-
age, attorney and District Superi- ' *
or Court solicitor, will head Rich
ardson Preyer’s Moore County
campaign for the Democrat!'
gubernatorial nomination, it wa
announced this week by the Prey
er headquarters in Raleigh.
Assisting him in key posts on
the county’s Preyer for Governor
Committee, the announcement
said, will be Mrs. Pat Rainey as
women’s chairman; Nblley Jack-
son, finance director; and E. Earl
Hubbard, treasurer. All are from
Southern Pines.
The new chairman said that he
has received pledges of assistance
from many other Democrats
throughout the county.
Boyette’s first action as chair
man was to invite the people of
Moore County to hear and meet
Preyer when he visits Carthage,
Thursday, February 13, during
the 100-county campaign that was
kicked off Saturday in Greens
boro—the candidate’s home com
munity—^with a state-wide rally
attended by 7,500 persons.
In Carthage, Preyer will speak
at the courthouse at 2 p. m., fol
lowed by a coffee hour in the
tees visited several junior col
leges in Florida—the equivalent
of the new “community colleges”
111 North Carolina—and sat in on
a conference of college officials
and architects in Tampa, in con
nection with plnaning for the
Moore County institution for
which Hayes-Howell & Associates
of Southern Pines have been
chosen as architects.
The trustees came home over
the weekend, but Dr. Stone re
mained in Florida for further
conferences and was expected
back in North Carolina today. A
member of the trustee board said
Dr. Stone and his family are plan
ning to move to Southern Pines
this weekend and will be living
on E. Indiana Ave. College offices
on the second floor of One 96 N.
W. Broad St., the former Patch
building, are scheduled to open
next week.
Mr. Ewing said that the Tampa
conferences enabled the Moore
County group to get the benefit
of five years of experience with
two-year college construction and
operation in Florida. He said they
have much valuable material, in
cluding many photographs, to
present to the Moore college
board.
Mrs. Ewing and Mrs. Hayes ac
companied their husband's on the
Florida trip.
Vincent J. Daly,
Former Resident
Here, Convicted
Vincent J. Daly, a former resi
dent of Southern Pines, was con
victed in Washington, D. C. Wed
nesday on charges that he falsely
represented himself as a physician
and psychiatrist according to an
Associated Press report in this
(Thursday) morning’s daily news
papers.
The U. S. District Court jury |
also found him guilty of charg
es that he illegally possessed
and dispensed dangerous d’rugs.
The judge received the verdict
from the jury of eight women
and four men, and then announc
ed he would defer sentencing
pending a report from the proba
tion office, a customary procedure.
Daly, 43, contended during the
two-week trial that he had not
represented himself as a psy
chiatrist but as a psychologist. 'To
be a psychiatrist one must have
a medical degree. A psychologist
need not be a doctor.
As for the drugs, Daly con
tended that the drugs which
were sized by police at the time
of his arrest were in his north-
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REMINDER
Pianist Robert MacDonald
will be the visiting artist who
will appear on the stage of
Weaver Auditorium tonight
(Thursday). Curtain time:
8:30.
This is the second concert
of the annual series present
ed by the Sandhills Music
Association.
With an "all-comers" pro
gram, ranging from Mozart,
Chopin, Debussy, MacDowell
and on to Copland and his
suite, 'Tour Piano Blues," the
artist presents something for
everyone and, into the bar
gain, has an opportunity to
demonstrate his command of
the instrument as well as his
own widely acclaimed talent.
M. G. BOYETTE
Carthage Hotel where the pub
lic can meet and greet the candi
date. Further details will be an
nounced next week.
Mrs. Rainey, who is a member
of the Moore County Democratic
Executive Committee and a past
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BOOSTERS ELECT
Meeting Mondhy night at
Southern Pines High School, the
Band Boosters Club elected the
following officers: Eldon Thomp
son, president; Robert Henderson,
vice president; Mrs. Mary Mor
gan, secretary; and Mrs. Miriam
Levy, treasurer. The club is com
posed of adults interested in the
■ school band.
Wisler To Open
Auto Business
Construction began this week
on the sales office building of a
new business, Wisler Imported
Cars, located on No. 1 highway,
south, opposite Howard Johnson’s
Restaurant.
Ben Wisler of Southern Pines,
proprietor, said he will handle
new and used Volkswagens and
other automobiles. His son Mac is
helping him in the business which
is expected to be in operation by
February 15.
Mr. Wisler was formerly a
salesman for Phillips Motor Sales.
He and his family moved here last
September from West Virginia
where he operated an automobile
agency.
Mr. and Mrs. Wisler had lived
in Southern Pines during World
War II when he had a civilian job
with the post office department
at Camp Mackall. They have a
daughter, Nell Ann, at home and
another son, Ben, Jr., a student
at the University of West Virgin
ia. They live at 375 E. Illinois
Ave.
GOP Precinct
Meeting Slated
Republicans of North Southern
Pines Precinct will hold their
precinct meeting in St. Anthony’s
School auditorium, at 8 p.m.,
Tuesday, February 4, to elect of
ficers and transact other business.
Wallace W. O’Neal of Pinehurst,
who was elected' chairman of the
county executive committee Sat
urday, is expected to attend.
Starting at the western edge of
Southern Pines, Pennsylvania
Ave. is the dividing line between
North and South Southern Pines
Precincts, as far east as May St.
The line then runs north on May
to Connecticut Ave. and east on
Connecticut to the Fort Bragg
reservation. On the north, the
precinct includes the Manly and
Niagara areas.
Mrs. R. S. DuRant
Seriously Injured
When Hit By Car
Mrs. R. S. DuRant, 74, of 235 N.
Ashe St., was injured when
struck by an automobile near her
home about 6:15 Sunday and is a
patient at Moore Memorial Hos
pital.
A member of the family said
today that her condition remains
serious and listed her major in
juries as six broken ribs on the
left side and a slight concussion.
However, it was stated, she has
never been unconscious.
Mrs. DuRant, whose husband
is deceased, is the mother of Mrs.
Ralph Chandler, Jr., of Southern
Pines. She had been to the post
office and was on her way back,
within 20 yards of her home,
when the accident took place as
she started to cross Ashe St. about
60 feet north of the New Hamp
shire Ave. intersection.
Bill A. Hall, 36, of 275 N. Ashe
St., driver of the 1961 Anglia au
tomobile that struck Mrs. Du
Rant, told police that she appear
ed in the path of his car when
she stepped into the street short
ly after he turned north on Ashe,
from New Hampshire. He said
he applied his brakes and swerv
ed the car, but was unable to
avoid striking her.
According to Hall’s statement
to the police, he stopped at once,
also stopping a truck and asking
men in the truck to stay with
Mrs. DuRant while he ran across
the street and asked someone to
call an ambulance and the police.
The ambulance arrived soon, he
said, noting that Mrs. DuRant,
who had been covered with a
blanket, had not been moved pri
or to the ambulance’s arrival.
No charge was made against
Hall, the police report said.
,1/!
WALLACE W. O'NEAL
O’Neal Elected
County Chairman
For Moore GOP
Wallace W. O’Neal of Pinehurst
was elected Moore County Re
publican chairman at the biennial
county convention last Saturday
at the courthouse in Carthage.,
O’Neal won oyer two ^other can
didates, former County Chairman
C. Coolidge Thompson of Pine-
bluff and David A. Drexel of
Southern Pines.
Other officers, all incumbents,
re-elected for the two-year term,
were Mrs. B. F. Marley, Robbins,
vice chairman; James Hartshorne,
Southern Pines, secretary; and
Mrs. Merla S. Gaines, Route 2,
Carthage, treasurer.
Seventeen of Moore’s nineteen
precincts were represented at the
well-attended convention which
in addition to electing county of
ficers also chose delegates and
alternates to the 8th District and
State Conventions scheduled next
month.
O’Neal, who is an officer of
Biddle & Co., Pinehurst real es
tate and insurance firm, is wide
ly known throughout the county
as a result of his campaign in
1962 as a candidate for county
commissioner. He is a native Tar
Heel and a UNC graduate. A Ma
rine Corps veteran, O’Neal is ac
tive in business and civic affairs
in the Sandhills. He is a member
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board of directors of the North
Carolina Society for Crippled
Children and Adults, sponsor of
the camp.
Edmund J- Austin of Southern
Pines was chosen some time ago
as architect for the camp. Present
plans call for construction of four
large cabins for campers and a
central bath house.
A lake and lake-shore recrea
tion areas have been prepared
and will require little work be
fore the camp opens.
The camp will serve handicap
ped children from throughout
North Carolina. Similar camps
have been conducted by the
Easter Seal Society elsewhere for
a number of years, but the facili
ties here will give the Society its
own permanent installation for
the first time.
Bob Lassiter of Chapel Hill, ex
ecutive director of the Society,
will be director for the camp and
will live here this summer while
the camp is in operation.
Bob Paxton, formerly of Cor
nelius, is now living at the camp
site, in the former Anderson
house, as resident caretaker.
A sign indicating the road to
the camp has been placed by the
Carthage road, in Kenwood,, to di
rect the public to the site.
Purpose of the camp is to give
physically handicapped children
an opportunity for a camping
experience imder conditions es-
specially planned for their rehab
ilitation and enjoyment.
The camp’s policy will be to
employ as many local persons as
possible, it was stated.
TO DISCUSS DETAILS
College Agrees
To Make Survey
Of Local Schools
A representative of George
Peabody College, Nashville,
Tenn., will meet with the South
ern Pines Board of Education in
April to discuss details of a pro
posed comprehensive survey of
the local schools, Supt. James W.
Jenkins said this week.
The board recently wrote to ask
that a survey be undertaken by
representatives of the college.
The action followed a request
by the Citizens Committee for
Long-range School Planning that
a survey be undertaken by a
qualified impartial agency to de
termine whether the best inter
ests of students in the local
schools would be served by the
Southern Pines District remain
ing an independent “city” school
system or by consolidating with
the county system.
Mr. Jenkins said that the reply
from the college indicated the
study could not be started before
the early part of the 1964-’65
school year.
J. DOUGLAS DAVID
David Heading
Heart Campaign
J. Douglas David of Pinebluff,
Moore County tax collector, will
be chairman of the 1964 Heart
Fund campaign in this county, it
was announced this week.
The annual nationwide cam
paign, which supports the re
search, education and commimity
service programs of the Ameri
can Heart Association and its af
filiates and chapters, begins with
the opening of Heart Month, Feb
ruary 1. It continues through Feb-
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Commissioners Urge Senators, Jonas
To Get Behind Camp Mackall Proposal
. • 1 : uritVi hnard members be-
Meeting in special session at
Carthage Tuesday, the county
commissioners formally approved
efforts to have Camp Mackall re
leased by the Army for industrial
sites and sent letters to three
members of the U. S. Congress,
enlisting support in the project.
The letters went to Sen. Sam
Ervin and Sen. B. Everett Jordan
and to Rep. Charles R. Jonas who
is already active in support of
the proposal involving the 6,500-
acre tract lying just south of
Moore County.
The commissioners met pri
marily to award a contract for
purchase of a rural fire truck to
be assigned to the West End area,
but made no decision, after it de
veloped that Wayland Kennedy
of Robbins, chairman of the
county’s Rural Fire Department
committee, was unable to attend
the meeting. The committee had
indicated its chairman wanted to
confer with board members be
fore the contract was let.
The commissioners were unani
mous in approval of the Mackall
project which originated with a
Rockingham newspaper editorial
in December and was taken up
and endorsed by directors of the
Sandhills Area Development As
sociation. Charles M. Hazlehurst
of Southern Pines, the SADA’s
Industrial Development chair
man, heads the current effort to
push the project in the four coun
ties chiefly concerned—^Moore,
Hoke, Scotland and Richmond.
The Moore commissioners took
their Tuesday action on recom
mendation of Mr. Hazlehurst who
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$724 GIVEN
Mrs. Vivien McKenzie of Pine
hurst, Moore County treasurer for
the United Cerebral Palsy fund
drive now going on, reported this
week that contributions to date
total $724.
DIVIDEND RATE
First Federal Savings and Loan
Association of Sanford increased
its dividend rate, in 1963, from
four to four and one-quarter per
cent—not to four and one-half
per cent as was inadvertently
stated by The Pilot last week in
a story about the Association’s an
nual report to its members.
BENEFIT GAME
Basketball fans are reminded
that the North-South teachers
game, for benefit of the March of
Dimes, will be played in the
Aberdeen school gym, Thursday,
February 6, at 7 p. m. Competing
will be public school teachers
from the northern and southern
areas of the county.
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
■itudios on Midland Road.
Max. Min.
January 23 69 36
January 24 65 38
January 25 67 36
January 26 58 30
January 27 65 35
January 28 57 32
January 29 45 19