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VOL.—44 No. 29
TWENTY-TWO PAGES
SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 4 1964
TWENTY-TWO PAGES
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DR. J, S. FERGUSON
Commencemenl Speaker
THE REV. MARTIN CALDWELL
Baccalaureate Preacher
Record Class Of 62 To
Graduate Monday, SPHS
A record class of 62 seniors
will reaeive their diplomas at
East Southern Pines High School
Monday, with traditional exer
cises in Weaver Auditorium, at
8:15 p. m.
Dr. James S. Ferguson, dean
of the Graduate School and pro
fessor of History of the Univers
ity of North Carolina at Greens
boro, will give the commencement
Seniors Get
Many Awards,
Scholarships
At the Honors Day program for
East Southern Pines students,
held Wednsday afternoon in
Weaver Auditorium, the out
standing award—the Milliken
Memorial Award, given each year
for general excellence in academ
ic work and extra - curricular
achievements— was presented to
Julia McMillan, top honor stu
dent of the senior class, who will
be valedictorian at commence
ment exercises Monday night.
School superintendent J. W.
Jenkins presented the award,
which is given in memory of
James S. Milliken, Jr., a World
War II veteran who died soon af
ter the end of the war. He was
the son of the late Southern Pines
physician. Dr. Milliken.
The class gift, a spotlight for
the auditorium, was presented by
Ian Gouldsbrough and accepted
by Superintendent Jenkins.
Miss Polly Miller, who has
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address. The program will in
clude the valedictory by Julia A.
McMillan and the salutatory by
Richard N. Lewis, Jr., the top
honor graduates.
The Monday exercises will fol
low Sunday’s Baccalaureate pro
gram when the commencement
serrpon will be delivered by the
Rev. Martin Caldwell, rector of
Emmanuel Episcopal Church, also
at 8:15. He will be introduced by
Dr. Julian Lake, pastor of Brown-
son Memorial Presbyterian
Church.
The invocation and benediction
at Sunday’s service will be by
the Rev. Jack Deal, pastor of
Our Saviour Lutheran Church,
and the Scripture reading by the
Rev. A. L. Thompson, pastor of
the Southern Pines Methodist
Church.
The High School Glee Club will
sing two selections during the
progrtun and the piano proces
sional and recessional will be
played by Miss Geraldine Gil
more.
For the commencement exer
cises, the High School Band will
play the provessional and reces
sional, as well as two other
selections during the program.
The seniors will be presented
for their diplomas by High School
Principal Glenn Cox. Dr. C. C.
McLean, chairman of the board
of education, will hand out the
diplomas.
A special feature of the pro
gram is a tribute to Miss Polly
Miller who is retiring after more
than 40 years on the faculty of
the local schools. This tribute will
be delivered by N. L. Hodgkins,
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West Southern Pines Seniors Will
Receive Diplomas On Friday Night
ARLENA HUNTLEY
Valedictorian
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SONDRA NELSON
Saluiatorian
After hearing their baccalau
reate sermon by the Rev. J. Rich
ard Woodward of Henderson in
the school auditorium Sunday
afternoon, and having a Class
Night program Tuesday, 22 can
didates for graduation are sched
uled to receive their diplomas in
commencement exercises at 8 p.
m. tomorrow (Friday) at West
Southern Pines High School.
Making the commencement ad
dress in the school auditorium
will be Dr. James E Cheek, pres
ident of Shaw University at Ra
leigh.
The speaker will be introduced
by H. A. Wilson, principal of the
school. P. I. York, member of the
board of education will present
diplomas and Dr. C. C. McLean,
board of education chairman, and
James W. Jenkins, superintendent
of schools, will speak.
The invocation will be spoken
by the Rev. E. S. Hardge, pastor
of Trinity A.M.E. Zion Church,
West Southern Pines. 'The school
glee club will sing twice and a
girls’ ensemble will sing a special
selection. The program will open
with the processional and instru
mental music.
Dr. Cheek has been president of
Shaw University since last No
vember. He is a 1955 Shaw grad
uate who received a B. D. degree
at Colgate Rochester Divinity
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Town Recreation
Program To Start
Monday, June 15
The Southern Pines Recreation
Program will officially begin
Monday, June 15.
This year’s director, David Page,
will be assisted in East Southern
Pines by John McMillan, Sandra
Fitzgibbons and Bobby Watkins.
The West Southern Pines pro
gram, beginning the same day,
wiU be outlined in next week’s
Pilot.
John McMillan, a well-known
tennis enthusiast and player in
this area, will direct the tennis
program for all ages and will as
sist in other activities.
“Sandy” Fitgibbons, who wiU
complete her studies at East Car
olina College this quarter, will
supervise play for youngsters in
the park.
The baseball. Church League
softball, swimming and other
phases of the recreation program,
will be handled by Page, a South
ern Pines native who taught and
coached at Vass-Lakeview during
the past school year and will join
the East Southern Pines faculty
in the fall, and by Bobby Wat
kins, who is a rising senior at
Frederick College in Virginia and
an outstanding high school and
college athlete.
Last year’s director. Coach
John Williams, will be teaching
driver’s education this summer,
but will lend a hand with the
Pony League baseball team which
has already begun workouts.
In Church League softball, a
schedule has not been drawn up
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TO JUDITH MYRICK
RUMMAGE SALE
The local BPO Does will hold a
rummage sale, for benefit of their
civic and charitable projects,
from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m., Friday
and Saturday, at 130 E. Connect
icut Ave. This location is next to
the ABC store.
7th Scholarship
Granted By SVA
Surplus funds contributed' by
the public during the recent
county-wide, three-time admini
stration of Sabin oral polio vac
cine have made possible the
granting of a seventh scholarship
for three years of nurse’s training,
by the Sandhills Veterans As
sociation.
It will go to Judith Ann Myrick,
graduate of Carthage High School
and daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Howard Myrick of Carthage.
The county commissioners gave
their approval Monday for using
$1,000 of the $4,843 balance in
the polio immunization fund', for
the SVA scholarship. The six
other winners have been pre
viously announced.
The action of the commissioners
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GAVIN HEAVILY FAVORED BY REPUBLICANS
Preyer Leads In Moore Co. By 674 Votes;
Gilmore Wins State Senate Nomination
Voit Gilmore of Southern Pines
and Robert B. Morgan, Lillington
attorney, emerged victorious in
Saturday’s voting as nominees for
the State Senate in the new 18th
District.
The unofficial totals in the
five counties of Harnett, Moore,
Randolph, Hoke and Lee were as
follows:
Morgan ,the top man, with 13,-
831; Gilmore, second with 11,392;
John R. Ingram of Asheboro,
10,992; Charles Hostetler of Rae-
ford, 5,291, and Harry Register
of Sanford, 2,457. The voting in
Moore County, for the five candi
dates, is listed in another story
on this page.
Gilmore, a newcomer to elec
tive politics in the State, except
for service as town councilman
and mayor here, carried all pre
cincts of his home county of
Moore, and also led in Lee Coun
ty. He ran second in Randolph,
third in Harnett and fourth in
Hoke.
He recently stepped down as
director of the U. S. Travel Ser
vice in order to campaign for the
Senate seat, and waged a vigorous
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Gilmore Thanks
Primary Voters,
Pledges Efforts
After winning nomination Sat
urday as one of two Democratic
candidates for the State Senate
from the 18th District, Voit Gil
more of Southern Pines this week
pledged “hard work and imagina
tive effort for our progress.” His
statement to The Pilot follows;
“Throughout the primary cam
paign for State Senate I stressed
the challenge we face to create
higher per capita income along
with new job opportunities. We
need to persuade our young peo
ple to remain in this area and
share our promising future.
“I am most grateful for the vote
which has nominated me as a
candidate for State Senate. This
gratitude will be translated into
hard work and imaginative effort
for our progress.
“I will welcome the opportunity
to meet with groups and individu
als of our area to discuss prob
lems and opportunities. With
united effort, we can make our
District really grow.”
L
ON ELECTION NIGHT— Speaker of the House H. Clifton
Blue and his wife, Mrs. Gala Blue (center) are flanked in this
primary election night scene at his Aberdeen headquarters by
J. Elvin Jackson of Carthage, Moore County Democratic chair
man, and Mrs. Carolyn Blue of Eagle Springs, president of the
Moore County Young Democrats Club, two of the many sup
porters who gathered at the headquarters to follow the returns.
The candidate shows the strain of his election night vigil, which
found him running behind' one of his two opponents, Robert
W. (Bob) Scott. (V. Nicholson photo)
TRAILS SCOTT IN SATURDAY VOTING
Blue Ponders 2nd Primary Question
Trailing Robert W. (Bob) Scott made up his mind.
He was quoted as saying today
that it would be Saturday, or
maybe Monday, before he could
decide. He has been checking sup
port over the state since his un
expectedly severe setback in the
primary. Friday June 12, at noon,
is the deadline for making a deci
sion.
However sharply the state-wide
vote disappointed the candidate,
Moore County gave its favorite
son rousing support. Blue polled
4,902 of the 5,829 votes cast in
Moore in the Lieutenant Gover
nor’s race. The figures are offi
cial, as canvassed by the county
board of elections on Tuesday. He
won in every precinct in the
county. Scott was accorded 738
votes in Moore and Jordan 189.
by some 44,000 votes in the Lieu
tenant Governor’s race after Sat
urday’s Democratic primary, H.
Clifton Blue oN Aberdeen today
continued to ponder the question
of whether to call for a second
primary. Though Blue trailed
Scott, he ran well ahead of John
R. Jordan, Jr., the third candidate
on the ballot.
A spokesman at Blue’s Aber
deen headquarters said this
morning that the candidate—who
has been Moore County’s repre
sentative in the General Assem
bly for 18 years and was Speaker
of the House in the 1963 sessions
of the Assembly—^has not yet
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Option Signed On Tract For Aberdeen - West End School
The Moore County Board of
Education announced this week
that it has paid $250 on a six.-
months’ option to purchase a 55-
acre tract of land for $27,500, as
site for the proposed Aberdeen-
West End consolidated high
school.
The site is on the road from
Pinehurst to the Southern Pines-
Pinehurst Airport, about 1.2 miles
from the Pinehurst traffice circle
and about one and a half miles
toward Pinehurst from the col
lege.
Members of the Aberdeen and
West End School District Com
mittees and others gathered at
the location Monday morning to
inspect a large sign marking the
site, completed moments before
the photo above was made.
In the group are pictured, left
to right: T. J. Baldwin, Eagle
Springs; George Wood, principal
at West End; J. R. Brendell, Jr.,
Aberdeen principal; Marvin Hart-
sell, West End; and Mrs. Frank
McNeill, Lee Buchan and Joe S.
Lennon, al,! of Aberdeen. Mil.
Lennon is chairman of the com
mittee, comprised of the two dis
trict schoo]^roups, that chose the
site.
The si^e k)wned by Mrs. Nell
P. Moore of Durham and the
board of education has been deal
ing with Dr. Frank W. Woods of
Durham, her son-in-law who has
her power of attorney. The tract
adjoins the property of Mrs. C.
Louis Meyer, who gave the land
for the Moore County Communi
ty College.
The tract lies largely in the
present Farm Life School District,
a unit of the county system. The
county board of education admin
isters all schools of the county
except those in the separate
Southern Pines and Pinehurst ad
ministrative units.
Driver Training
Courses Of Two
Types Announced
Driver training courses for
young people—mjandatory before
16 to 18 year old applicants can
obtain a driver’s license — are
taking the spotlight this month.
Two separate programs are in
volved:
1. Students at East Southern
Pines School and their parents
are reminded' that the first of
three summer course sessions will
begin Wednesday, June 10, with
Ralph Foushee and John Williams
of the faculty as instructors. The
hours are 9 to 11 a.m. daily,
Monday through Friday, from
June 10 to July 3. Most students
have already been assigned to this
session or to the others—one in
July and one in August. Queries
should be directed to either of
the two instructors.
2. Another program, not open
to those enrolled in schools with
[driver training courses and de-
I signed' for young people who go
away to school or have dropped
out of school—ages 15 years and
nine months to 18—has been an-
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With about 5,80Q Democrats and
680 Republicans going to the
polls in Saturday’s primaries,
Moore County’s voting for Gover
nor nominees followed the gener
al pattern of state-wide results.
In the Democratic race for the
nomination for Governor, it was
Preyer first, Moore second and
Lake third. On the Republican
side, it was Gavin far in the lead,
with a scattering of votes for
Strong and then Bad'geley, in
th'rd place.
For Lieutenant Governor, how
ever, Moore County’s H. Clifton
Blue of Aberdeen, in the Demo
cratic primary, took 4,902 votes
of the 5,829 cast in this race.
Sicott, the state-wide winner by
some 44,000 votes, ran second in
Moore, with Jordan—as over the
state—a poor third.
In the RepublicEin voting on
Lieutenant Governor, Bell ran
four to one ahead of Flynt in
Moore.
Here are the official Moore
County results of all races in the
primaries, as canvassed by the
county board of elections on
Tuesday and listed by S. C. Rid
dle of Carthage, board chairman:
DEMOCRATIC
For Governor
L. Richardson Preyer 2,380
Dan K. Moore 1,706
I. Beverly Lake 1,639
Kidd Brewer 62
Bruce (Bozo) Burleson .... 16
R. J. Stansbury 13
For Lieutenant Governor
H. Clifton Blue 4,902
Robert W. (Bob) Scott 738
John J. Jordan, Jr 189
For Commissioner of Labor
Frank Crane 2,547
Frank Castlebury 1,237
John B. Warden, Jr 948
For Commissioner of Insurance
Edwin S. Lanier 3,297
John B. Whitley 1,019
John N. Frederick 565
For Stale Senator, 18th District
(Two voted for)
Voit Gilmore 3,633
John R. Ingrsimi 1,673
Robert B. Morgan 1,441
Charles A. Hostetler 1,308
B. Harry Register 200
For State House of
Representatives
■T. Clyde Auman 3,184
C. Wiley Purvis 2,397
For County Commissioner
(District 2)
W. Lynn Martin 2,591
T. R. Monroe 1,616
Billy J. Poley 674
Walter Matt Preddy 217
For County Surveyor
Paul S. Ward 2,705
Ben H. Wood 2,176
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Visitors Welcome
At Camp Easter
Good progress is being made
with construction of Camp Easter
in the Pines, the summer facility
for crippled children which will
open June 15, it was reported this
week by Mrs. Mark Liddell, sec
retary at the camp.
Persons who wish to see the
camp are urged to visit it in the
near future, as general visitors
will not be permitted after it
opens, she said.
Many donations have been
made to the facility, Mrs. Liddell
said, and public acknowledgment
will be made of these soon. The
camp is a state-wide project of
the North Carolina Society for
Crippled Children and Adults.
Reception On Sunday
To Honor Miss Miller
A reception >for Miss Polly Mill-
er. East Southern Pines school
teacher retiring after about 40
years on the faculty, will be held
Sunday, June 7, from 2-4 p. m. in
the Student Lounge at the school.
All friends, former students and
interested persons are invited.
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.
May 28 92 67
May 29 59 52
May 30 65 53
May 31 76 56
June 1 74 53
June 2 79 63
June 3 79 60