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THE PILOT—Southern Pines. North Carolina THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1964 J. W. Page, 96, Former Area Resident, Dies; Burial Today At Old Betliesda CHAIRMAN THANKS DONORS Jesse W. Page, 96, died Tuesday in Charlotte, where he made his home with his son J. W. Page, Jr., and his family. He was the father of Channtng N. Page of Southern Pines. Funeral services were held this (Thursday) morning at the Harry and Bryant Funeral Home Chapel in Charlotte. Graveside services and burial followed at 2:30 p. m. at Bethesda Cemetery near Aber deen, with the pastor of the Pres byterian Church in Candor, of which Mr. Page was a member, officiating. His grandsons served as pallbearers. ■ One of the pioneer peach grow ers in the Sandhills section, Mr. Page was born in Cary. He and his family lived in Eagle Springs during the years when he was ac tive in the peach growing indus try. He and his wile, who died about 12 years ago, moved after his retirement to Charlotte, where Mr. Page originated the Golden Years Club, a group of senior cit izens, of which he was president at the time of his death. Surviving, in addition to the two sons already named, is a third son, Lewis Page of Nogales, Ariz.; 10 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. EARTHQUAKE (Continued from Page 1) model, was bouncing around like a small boat on a stormy sea. I could see people across the park ing lot coming out of their apart ments. My daughter, Terri, was sitting on the couch, and I guess m.y wife, Jean or I had unconsciously told her that God was causing this because she kept asking, “Why doesn’t God stop? Doesn't He know someone could get hurt?” She was crying. Then it stopped. Just as it had started, without warning. Jean relaxed her grip on the mirror, and we went to the back door. All our neighbors were out of the apartments. Some held back tears, others smiled, some just stared. This was the first experi ence for all of us and we didn’t know how to react. All of us gath ered into little groups and started discussing the previous three minutes, and honestly, we didn’t really know how bad things were. We had fared well. Our buildings didn’t have any cracks. There was no electricity, but this really didn’t shake us. For the next hour we just talk ed. I tried the phone and it was dead. My transistor radio had no stations and this started me to wondering. What happened to the stations downtown? About 6:50, AST, a station broke in and an nounced that it was Civil Defense, operating on em.ergency power, and that there was extensive damage to Anchorage. Those of us in the Air Force knew that we would be needed. We were right. An Air Police truck came around broadcasting that all personnel were to report to duty. My neighbor, Ron Reiger, and I dressed, gave our wives the keys to one of our cars and told them to put blankets, food, water, clothing and medical supplies in it and to get out, if a tidal wave resulted. When I got to my office, it was completely demolished. Fluores cent lights had fallen from the ceiling. .The building, also used to house our single airmen, had sep arated in some sections by as much as 18 inches. Luckily there were only minor injuries. This is miraculous in that the building is three stories and had over 200 personnel quartered there. Naturally the base lost a lot of communications, buildings and other facilities, but the major damage was in downtown An chorage. The new J. C. Penney building, a magnificent structure, was a mass of broken, twisted concrete. The 14-story McKinley building was twisted on its foun dation and is now leaning about two feet. It looked as if it were made of clay and had been hit and shatter ed, but remained intact. One of the arterial roads from the base to Anchorage, ”C” street, had heaved in two places and was rendered useless, by giant chasms. On 4th Avenue, in the main busi ness district, a two block area had sunk at least one floor. You could now walk into the balcony of one of the theatres from street level. Giant buildings had been rear ranged as if they were a “play town.” Turnagain, a fashionable residential area, was almost com pletely destroyed. Radios all over Alaska v^ere tuned in to our local stations. Fear for news of loved ones was agonizing in that the rescues had just started and news releases were sporadic. The rescue work was dangerous as buildings tot tered on the edge of chasms. Some looked completely undam aged except for sitting in a 10- foot hole. There is little sense in repeating details of this as by now you have read the newspaper reports, seen pictures, seen and heard TV and radio accounts. Bnt one thing that cannot be printed, photod- graphed or spoken is the way in which everyone responded to the less fortunate. Loss of heat, elec tricity, homes, forced people on the mercy of their neighbors and, like good Samaritans, all opened their hearts and homes. I’ll be leaving Alaska soon. I’ve been here four years. Others from the Southern Pines-Pinehurst area are here. We love the country. A new frontier, popu- R. Burnette, Jr. Age 29, Dies Here Of Heart Attack *A ™ TRANSPORTING EYE— Elmer Andrews, chairman of the Raymond Burnette, Jr., 29, died Tuesday morning following a heart attack at his home on Saunders Boulevard. He was an employee of the North Side Ser vice Station, and moved here from Cameron a few months ago. Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at • Piney Woods Baptist Church, where he was buried in the church ceme tery. Surviving are his'wife, the for mer Shirley Cashwell; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Burnette of Cameron, RoUte 1; two daugh ters, Wanda Kay 'und Beverly Sue, and two sons, Raymond Lee and Ricky Lyfih, all ef the home; two brothers j. Robert and James Burnette, both'of Ciameron, Route 1; one half-brother, Bruce Medlin of Southern Pines; afid two sis ters, Mrs. Lee Marks and Mrs. Freddy Carlyld, both of Cameron, Route 1. ' Eye Bank committee for the Pinehurst Lions Club, who has been responsible for signing of about 100 “eye wills,” delivers a packaged eye to State Trooper R. R. Samuels, one of several troopers traveling in relays to a hospital in Winston-Salem where a patient was awaiting eye transplant surgery. Andrews is X-ray technician at Moore Memorial Hospital where the photo was made. Lions Clubs have aid to the blind and sight conservation as a continuing project. As it happens. Trooper Samuels is a member of the Aberdeen Lions Club. (Hemmer photo) $5,000 Skyline Station Fire, 7 Other Alarms Keep Vass Firemen On the Run WOODS FIRES (Continued from: Page 1) said it was believed that all of them started from the train. Two of the fires were control led by the Pinebluff Fire Depart ment, before they attained much size. The third larger, was spotted by the fire tower here and men and equipment were dispatched to it. Also arriving quickly were the Aberdeen and Crestline trucks and rural trucks from Robbins, West End, Cameron and Vass. Clarendon Gardens at Pinehurst, which got its own truck after last year’s great Disaster Fire, sent it over. Rescue Squad members of the Sandhills and Vass units assisted in directing traffic and doing various other chores. Starting around 10 a. m., the fire was under control by late afternoon. Forest Service person nel stood by till well after dark to prevent further outbreaks. On Easter Monday, the Forest Service and local firefighters, in continuing wind and cold, fought idifficult blazes on the River Road near Carthage and near the talc mine, north of Robbins. Also on Monday, Ranger Wick er kept a continual check on a fire near the Moore-Richmond County line, which, however, was stopped by Drowning Creek from coming into this county. A fire which gutted the second floor of the Skyline cafe and service station building on US Highway 1, causing damage esti mated' at around $5,000, was the worst in a series of fires which kept the Vass volunteer firemen on the move last week. In seven days, from Monday to Monday, the department went out on eight calls, said Chief P. T. Smith. The rural fire truck was used on all but one of them, plus other equipment. He said the rural fire truck “really paid its way,” as without it, damage would probobly have soared to $25,000 or $30,000. As it was, he estimated a total of some $8,000 damage was caused by the fires. In the Skyline building, own ed by Cliff Garner, the second floor apartment occupied' by Charles Sandy, father-in-law of the owner, was burned out in a fire which started in the kitchen shortly after midnight, early Fri day morning. 'The building was unoccupied. Practically all fur- Easter Seal Fund Lagging; Need Great For New Camp Project, Bine Reports H. Clifton Blue, of Aberdeen, Easter Seal chairman for Moore County, reported last week that contributions for 1964 are run ning behind last year’s. Total re- eived amounts to around $1,900 as compared to $2,700 for 1963, he said. “We in Moore County are particularly enthused and in terested in the special project in our county for this year. Camp Easter in the Pines,” he said, urg ing all who have not already made their contribution to do so without delay. The construction of the camp IS now in full swing with the foundations laid for four cabins and a bath house. Wells are be ing dug and the administration house is almost completed. The dining hall and kitchen unit is almost ready for occupancy, in June of this year, by handicap ped children from over North Carolina. “The North Carolina Society for Crippled Children and Adults is grateful for the cooperation and support of all the people and or ganizations who have contributed to this very worthwhile project,” Mr. Blue said. But, the need for more funds is still very great and the work has only just really be gun. Won’t you help with your donation?” Great Books Club To Meet Here April 9 The Great Books Club of Sou thern Pines will meet next Thurs day, April 9, at 8^ p.m. in the Southern-Pines Library. In the absence of discussion leader, David Drexel, Mrs. Eman uel Sontag will lead the discussion on Francis Beacon’s “Novum Organum.” LEGAL NOTICES STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF MOORE 3 Break Ins Reported In Past Week; Man Arrested For Robbery At A & P nishings were destroyed. Wall, floors and ceilings, also part of the roof, were extensively dam aged, but the firemen, assisted by the Cameron rural firemen kept the blaze confined to the second floor. Mr. Sandy, who lived alone in the apartment was a patient at Moore Memorial Hospital at the time of the fire. He has been un able to work for several months. Friends say that he has not ask ed' for help but that donations of household goods and clothing would be appreciated. Other calls of the week for the Vass department included three house fires and three woods or brush fires, including the large forest fire south of Pine- bluff on Easter Sunday. The house fires were: Monday of last week, George Blue home at Vass, $300 estimated damage; Friday night. Rice home destroy ed in White Hill section near Lee County line; and Easter Mon day morning, unoccupied home at Lakeview, small damage done. Three local break-ins during the past week were reported to day by Police Chief Earl S. Sea- well. About 7 a.m. this morning, the chief discovered that the front window of Radio Joe’s Radio and TV Service store on N.E. Broad St. had been smashed. Joe L. Smith, proprietor, said he could discover nothing missing but a transistor radio taken from the show window. Also entered last night, through a window, was the United Tele phone Company of the Carolines office building on W. Pennsyl vania Ave. Chief Seawell said that an un successful attempt was made to open a safe and that several of fices were ransacked, with desk drawers opened and papers strewn about. However, the com pany reported nothing missing. Man Arrested John Lee (Sonny) Douglas, Jr., of Charlotte, is in Moore County jail under $5,000 bond, awaiting grand jury action at the April 27 term of Moore County Superior Court, on charges of breaking and entering and larceny filed against him in connection with a break- STELLA WILLIAMS LAZAROFF, Plaintiff -vs- WALTER JOSEPH LAZAROFF, Defendant IN THE SUPERIOR COURT NOTICE in at the A&P Super Market on 1 investigation. S. W. Broad St., early last Sunday morning. Probable cause against Doug las was found by Judge W. Harry Fullenwider yesterday in a Sou thern Pines Recorder’s Court hearing. Chief Seawell said that the A&P break-in was discovered by Sergeant Wilson while on patrol in the area about 1 a.m. Sunday. Wilson stopped to investigate a white 1963 Ford parked back of the super market. A man near the car ran and evaded capture, but 329 cartons of cigarettes which had been taken from the building were found in the car and close by. Entry had beer^gained through a vent in the flat rear portion of the building’s roof. Another man is believed' to have been involved and a second arrest is expected, the chief said. Douglas, owner of the car, was arrested after he had reported the car stolen, to Charlotte police. Meanwhile, it had been traced to his ownership by police here. SBI Agent Ceiry Griffith of Southern Pines is assisting in the The defendant, WALTER JOSEPH LAZAROFF, will take notice that an action entitled as above has been commenced against him in the Superior Court of Moore County, North Carolina, and that the purpose of said action is to obtain an absolute divorce, dissolving the bonds of matrimony between plaintiff and defendant on the grounds of two (2) years’ separation. And the said defendant will take further notice that he is re quired to appear at the Office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Moore County, North Carolina, and answer, demur, or otherwise plead to the Complaint of the plaintiff in this action within Thirty (30) Days after the 30th day of April, 1964, or the plain tiff will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in said Com plaint. This 2nd day of April, 1964. /s/ C. C. KENNEDY, Clerk of the Superior Court, Moore County, N. C. a2,9,16,23.c Shrine Club Plans Activities; Ladies Night To Be Held Mrs. VanAlstine Dies; Resident Here Since 1959 MacHarg Wins ’64 Tin Whistles Title PEACH CROP (Continued from page 1) or weakened by the bitter cold. While azaleas are filled with buds and the dogwood is begin ning to blossom, they do not ap pear to have widely been hurt. Some apparent cold damage to azaleas, however, has been re ported by homeowners to The Pilot. The Sandhills peach industry, carried on by some 150 growers on 10,000 to 12,000 acres of orchards brings an annual return of some $2.7 million to $3.5 mil lion to this area. Economically, however, it has importance far beyond the actual rate of return, because of numerous related businesses and industries. It is expected this will be de clared an agricultural disaster area, opening up federal loans and other aid to hard-hit growers who cannot obtain needed credit elsewhere. Actually, said Auman, peach-growing today is a phase of diversified farming. Because of its hazardous nature, and the cost of even starting a crop, few farmers today put all their eggs into the peach basket, though for some it is the most important basket. Since last year, federal crop insurance has been available to peach growers but not many have taken advantage of it so far, as it reportedly repays a loss only on a break-even basis, without taking expected profit into ac count. Mrs. Otie Lortz VanAlstine, 74 of 1052 N. Leak St., died Monday at Moore Memorial Hospital, fol lowing a stroke suffered on March 11. Surviving are her husband, Robert L. VanAlstine of the home; three sisters. Miss Norma Lortz and Mrs. Paul Jameson, of Valparaiso, Ind., and Mrs. Ed ward T. Jewett of Council Bluffs, Iowa; and a nephew and foster son, George E. Lortz of Raleigh. Miss Lortz and Mrs. Jewett ar rived here today. Born in Williamsburg, Iowa, Mrs. VanAlstone and her hus band, a retired insurance adjus tor, moved to Southern Pines from Ottumwa, Iowa, in January, 1959. Mrs. VanAlstine attended the local Christian Science church, where she was Second Reader, and was a member of the Civic Club. No funeral service is being held. The family requests no flowers be sent but that anyone wishing to remember Mrs. Van Alstine may contribute to the First Church of Christ Scientist in Southern Pines. David P. MacHarg of Pine hurst is 1964 champion of the Tin 'Whistles Club with a three- day total of 215. Leading the field by fourteen strokes this week, he had 74 on Number Three Course, 71 on Number Two and scored 34-36-70 on Number Five. Runner-up is John F. Pottle of Southern Pines, posting 37-37-74 for an over-all 229. He scored a first round 78 and a second round 77. Twenty-three strokes off the pace to take third place is the 1963 champion, Peter V. Tufts, who scored 41-39-80 for a 238 total. The Tin Whistles, men’s golf ing club at the Pinehurst Coun try Club, recently observed its 60th anniversary. Moore County Shrine Club held its monthly dinner and business meeting Monday at the Holiday Inn. Henry Williams from Robbins, president, outlined business activ ities and social events proposed for the coming year, to be acted upon at a meeting of the officers, directors and committee chair- lated by some of the greatest peo ple in the world. There will be major restoration requir^ for most of the Anchorage area, but these spirited people don’t look back—just ahead—and a new Anchorage will grow -with a big ger and brighter futiuei SPHS Track Team. Wins Two Meets By STEVE HASSENFELT The East Southern Pines High School track team this season has run two successful meets against Lumberton (March 18) and Ro- hanen (March 23), winning 74-24 and 59-41, respectively. Southern Pines will compete with 14 other teams at an invita tional meet at Carolina Military Academy, Maxton, Saturday. Coach John Williams has high hopes for the team this season. Mrs. Pritchett’s Father Succumbs Pre-School Regislering Slated Friday Morning Parents of children to enter the first grade of East Sbuthern Pines schools in the fall are re minded that a pre-school regi stration will take place at the elementary school on Massachu setts Ave. Friday morning. Children with family names beginning with A through J are to come from 9 to 10:30 and those with K through Z names, from 10:30 to noon. The West Southern Pines pre school registration was held March 10. STONEYBROOK (Continued from Page 1) and Mrs. Audrey K. Kennedy. Mrs. Mary Doyle and Mrs. Has kell Duncan comprise the com mittee on trophies this year, and special arrangements are being handled by Miss Nancy Sweet- Escott, Mrs. Charles L. Harper and Col. Alfred M. Koster. Mrs. Miriam Rabb of Raleigh, travel editor for the State of North Carolina, Chris Wood of the National Hunt Racing Asso ciation of New York, and Mrs. Al fred M. Koster of Southern Pines have provided publicity. Dinner Dance April! 10 As Stoneybrook is as important a social event as it is a sports spectacular, the committee in charge of entertainment has been busy with plans for a dinner dance on Friday night, April 10, at Whispering Pines the Dobbs House Restaurant, on No. 1 High way, north, which will be the first affair of a weekend of festivities. On Satxuday, after the races, there will be a gathering at the Southern Pines Country Club for Stoneybrook Ajssociation mem bers. Mrs. Audrey K. Kennedy heads the committee for the social fes tivities, assisted by Miss Betty Dumaine, Mrs. William Frantz, Mrs. Donald D. Kennedy, Mrs. William A. Goff, Mrs. James W. Tufts, Mrs. John Storey Smith, Mrs. John C. Ostrom and Mrs. Charles Phillips. On race day, the gates wiU open at noon for pre-race picnic par ties and entertainment program, with races starting at 2 p. m. Full details will be given in next week’s Pilot. men. Past President Noble Ed Caus ey reported on the fine show ing made by Moore County Shrine Club and other various Shrine bodies in North Carolina in their contributions to the Shrine Hospital for Crippled Chil dren and the three new Shrine Hospitals established for the treatment of cases involving se vere burns. A calendar of Moore County Shrine Club activities will be pre pared for posting in the hotels and motels in the Moore County area for the benefit of visiting Nobles. A cordial welcome is also extended to their ladies to attend meetings designated as Ladies Night. H. C. Huckaby, 83, died Tuesday morning at his home in Griffin, Ga., following a heart attack. He was the father of Mrs. J. U. Pritchett of Southern Pines, who left Tuesday for Griffin, with her daughter, Nona; to attend the funeral services there. The Huckabys had celebrated their 58th wedding anniversary on Thursday. Surviving, in addition to his wife and daughter here, are three other daughters, one son, eight grandchildren, four great-grand children, two brothers and two sisters. NORTH CAROLINA MOORE COUNTY The undersigned, having qual ified as Co-Executors of the Es tate of Mollie E. Burgess, deceas ed, late of Moore County, this is to notify ’all persons having claims against said Estate to pre sent them to the undersigned at the office of The Citizens Bank and Trust Company 132 N. W. Broad Street, Southern Pines, North Carolina on or before the 2nd day of October 1964, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make im mediate payment. This the 1st day of April 1964. The Citizens Bunk and Trust Company of Southerri Pines and Rose Poe Fields, Co-Ex ecutors of The Estate of Mol lie E. Burgess, Deceased. A 2,9,16,23c Carthage Voters Give Bond Issues Approval Carthage citizens approved by a two to one majority Tuesday a $370,000 bond issue for improve ments to the water and sewer sys tems, in which there were 252 votes cast out of a registration of 470. The vote for water improve ments was 176 for and 73 against; for sewer improvements, it was 164 for and 81 against. The April meeting will be a CT TDCIPDW'CI Ladies Night with the time and 2> place to be announced. Horse Show At Sanford Slated The Sanford Charity Horse Show has been announced for Saturday and Sunday, April 18 and 19, at the Bolick Stables, Lee Ave. Extension, Sanford, spon sored by the Junior Woman’s Club for benefit of Sanford Youth, Inc. The show features 47 classes, scheduled for Saturday morning, afternoon and evening and Sun day afteroon. Mrs. Charles L. Harper of Southern Pines will judge the hunters. Full details and entry blanks can be obtained by writing Box 804, Sanford, N. C. Piedmont Reports March ‘Best’ Month Piedmont Airlines, which serves the Southern Pines-Pine- hurst Airport, reports its best month in March, in terms of pas sengers boarded, since its opera tions began here. Through Monday, there had been 266 passengers using the service in and out of the airport. The March “quota” was 175. April 25 will be the last day of the seasonal service at the air port. Piedmont’s new summer schedule, which does not include stops here, goes into effect April '26. (Continued from Page 1) ridor on both sides. In the wait ing room, a concrete screen pro vides privacy. Similar improvements will take place on the third and fourth floors, said Sister Virginia. Slow ing up the entire remodeling pro gram has been the fact that the '75-bed hospital has been operating at capacity all winter, and for almost the first time in its his tory, patients have had' to be turned away because there was no room. A great improvement, in the view of the administrator, will be the piping of oxygen to each room in the hospital. The oxygen will be stored outside the build ing and conducted to each room through a hidden piping system, needing only to be plugged in to be used. Wide enclosed fire escapes at each of the building, at the rear, will also be added', on recommen dation of State fire authorities, built so that the hospital, tallest building in the Sandhills, could be evacuated in a matter of minutes. It has a complete sy stem of fire stairs and fire doors, fine for ambulant patients but not suitable for those confined to beds or wheelchairs. First floor changes and im provements are costing about $150,000, said Sister Virginia, with the terrazo floors alone— necessitated by the aged condi tion of the wooden floors—cost ing some $40,000. Improvements to the second' floor cost about $20,000 and the fire escapes will i be about $10,000 each. 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