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VOL.—44 No. 37
TWENTY PAGES
SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, JULY 30, 1964
TWENTY PAGES
PRICE: 10 CENTS
AT MANLY INTErtSECTION
3 Young Women Have Narrow Escape
From Death When Train Clips Auto
Three young women on their
way to work at the Proctor-Silex
plant were injured, two serious
ly, and all narrowly escaped
death when the automobile in
which they were riding was clip
ped by a Seaboard Air Line rail
road train at the Manly (N. C. 2)
crossing Tuesday morning.
The 1963 Chevrolet sedan bare
ly failed to make it across the in
tersection, headed west after
turning off the old No. 1 highway.
The Southbound mail-express
train. No. 5, on regular schedule
at 6:48 a. m struck the car on the
left rear. It spun about on the
rain-slick road, coming to a stop
facing the track about 150 feet
away.
Witnesses said the three girls
got out of the car, two of them
with bloody heads, shouting for
Given Foundation
Grants $30,000
To Hospital Here
A grant of $30,000, for the pur
chase of equipment, has been
made to St. Joseph of the Pines
Hospital here by the Given
Foundation of New York City
and Pinehurst, it was announced
today by Sister M. Virginia, ad
ministrator of the hospital.
A partial list of the equipment
to be acquired with the funds in
cludes electric food carriers for
all floors, motorized patient
stretchers and 12 electric “Hi-
Low” patient beds, the adminis
trator said.
She said that hospital officials
are pleased that the grant is com
ing at this particular time as reg
ular hospital funds are being
used for renovation and air con
ditioning of the entire building.
Some equipment -at the hospital
needs replacing and other items
need updating to keep services
akfeast with the best in hospital
care, she said.
Sister Virginia said that Eric
Nelson of Pinehurst, vice presi
dent and trustee of the founda
tion, was instrumental in making
application for the grant to St.
Joseph’s.
The Irene Heinz Given and
John La Porte Given Foundation
was established by the late Mr.
and Mrs. John L. Given, Pine-
(Continued on Page 8)
FROM REP. JONAS
JFK Inaugural
Available Free
Congressman Charles Paper
Jonas announced today he had
available for free distribution 500
copies of the late President
Kennedy’s inaugural address.
The address is reprinted on 15
by 20 Vz-inch heavy paper, is suit
able for framing and includes a
picture of President Kennedy.
The Congressman said he plan
ned to distribute the reproduc-
itons on a first come, first served
basis. Anyone interested in re
ceiving' a copy should drop a
note to Congressman Jonas at his
Washington office, 1010 New
H6use Office Building, Washing
ton, D. C. 20515.
help. At St. Joseph’s Hospital,
where a passerby took them, two
were later reported to be in seri
ous condition. These were Eunice
Poster, 20, and Ruby Honeycutt,
19, both of whom suffered head
wounds, facial cuts and possible
internal injuries, with Miss Fos
ter reportedly being the more
seriously hurt. Both are from
Vass.
The driver, Delia Yow, 20, of
Cameron, Route 2, was given
first aid and released to go to Incr
own physician at Sanford. She
was said to be not seriomly injur
ed
All three are employee-- at the
Proctor-Silex plant, which is a
half-mile from the crossing, en
N. C. 2, between Manly and Mid
land Road.
Nearby residents said the traT,
whistle was blowing and Pv'
crossing signal was in full action,
lights flashing and bell ringing,
before the impact. A “Ston” .sicn
is .placed in the middle of the
highway at the crossing.
After the crash, the train stop
ped south of the crossing and re
mained at the scene for 20 min
utes.
No charges were immediately
preferred pending full investiga
tion of the accident, being con
ducted by State Highway’ Patrol
man T. S. Clark.
Final Course In
Driving To Start
The third and final session of
driver training for young people,
in the East Southern Pines school
prograih, will begin Monday, to
run through August 21.
Ralph Foushee and John Wil
liams, high school faculty mem
bers who are the- instructors for
the program, will give both class
room and behind-the-wheel in
struction.
Students are asked to report
to the principal’s office in the
high school at 9 a. m. Most of the
students have been previously
been assigned to the course.
Driver training is mandatory
before a driver’s license can be
obtained at age 16.
Southern Pines-Pinehurst School
Merger To Be Discussed Aug. 11
At Open Meeting In Armory Here
The Southern Pines and Pine
hurst Boards of Education have
scheduled a public meeting in
the National Guard Armory at
7:30 p. m., Tuesday, August 11.
Purpose of the session is to ex
plain and discuss a proposed
merger of the Southern Pines
and Pinehurst administrative'
school units.
Invited to attend are the pa
trons of the East Southern Pines,
West Southern Pines, Pinehurst
and Academy Heights Schools, as
well as all interested citizens.
The meeting was announced by
the chairmen of the two boards
—^Dr. C. C. McLean of Southern
TRUSTEES CHOOSE NAME
It’s ‘Sandhills Community College’
' ’ 4 44,
FLAG COMES DOWN—Symbolizing the end of this sum-
er’s program at Camp Easter is this flag-lowering ceremony
conducted last week by the campers—note several in wheel
chairs watching in background. The flag ceremony was a daily
event during the six weeks the camp was operating this sum
mer. (Pilot photo)
OVER 100 CHILDREN TAKE PART
Camp Easter Qoses Summer Season
Recreation Pet Show
Scheduled Wednesday
Rain has been throwing a kink
into park block activities for
younger children in the town’s
summer recreation prograrri, but
a horseshoe pitching tournament
has been going on this week and
will be concluded tomorrow
(Friday).
A pet show which had been
planned for this week has been
postponed to Wednesda.y, August
5, said Miss Sandy Fitzgibbons,
supervisor of the park block pro
gram. All kinds of pets are eli
gible and prizes will be given in
several categories, such as most
unusual, prettiest, funniest and
others.
Friday is also the deadline for
signing up for a badminton tour
nament to be conducted next
week. All interested children
should see Miss Fitzgibbons at
the park.
Camp Easter in the Pines, off
the Carthage road north of town,
ended its third and final two-
week session for handicapped
children, Friday, closing a suc
cessful first season.
The-camp, .ta which many -loca.l
persons, organizations and busi
nesses contributed funds, materi
als or labor, is owned by the
North Carolina Society for Crip-
Robbins Events
Slated Saturday
Visitors to Robbins Farmers
Day Saturday are invited to
“come early and stay late,” said
Wayland Kennedy, general chair
man
Individuals and families plan
ning to be in the Grand Parade
with their old-time vehicles and
fancy mounts may come the day
before and camp out all night
if they wish. Facilities will be
available, with water and lights,
on the Jaycee baU park.
Following the parade at 10 a.
m., lunch may be bought at many
places. Homemade foods and
cold (drinks wiH be (Sold by church
and civic groups at stands during
most of the day.
Nine trophies will be award
ed for various categories of win
ning rigs and costumes in the
parade.
The Horse Show, starting at
1:30 p. m. on the high school ball
field, will last till 5:30 or 6
o’clock, featuring a wide variety
of horses in some 30 classes.
pled Children and Adults with
headquarters in Chapel Hill.
Director of the camp was Rob
ert A. Lassiter who has now re
signed as executive secretary of
the Society .and has been replac
ed by Herbjert L. 'Hawley. A story
about this change, with another
photo made at'the camp, appears
on another page of today’s Pilot.
Plans are to extend the camp
ing season to three months next
summer, said Mrs. Mark Liddell
of Southern Pines, south-central
area secretary for the state so
ciety.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sullivan
and family of Southern Pines
will move into the staff house at
the camp and will act as property
managers until next May, under
Mrs. Liddell’s direction.
During this period the Camp
Easter office will move to Lid
dell House on US 1 South, and
all Camp Easter business will be
conducted there Monday through
Friday, hours 9-5: Tel.: 695-5122.
This temporary Camp Easter
office at Liddell House will be
operated by Mrs. Liddell. The
south central area includes 11
counties — Stanley, Randolph,
Hoke, Scotland, Cumberland,
Richmond, Robeson, Harnett,
Moore, Chatham and Lee.
The Camp will serve a useful
purpose during the remainder of
the year, as handicapped adult
training will begin there this Fall.
During this year’s six week
camp, over 100 crippled children
attended. There were many inter
ested visitors from all over the
state who came to look at the fa
cilities.
Hearing Continued In
Case Of MH-30 Theft
A preliminary hearing in con
nection with the July 13 theft of
150 gallons of MH-30 tobacco
sucker control chemical, from
the Olin-Mathieson plant at Ab
erdeen, was continued to August
10, in Moore County Recorder’s
Court at Carthage, Monday.
The hearing was continued at
request of the State, in view of
new developments and for ad
ditional witnesses. All but 15
gallons of the 150 have been re
covered. Three men, as reported
in last week’s Pilot, have been
arrested.
“Sandhills Community Col
lege” it is!
By unanimous action, the Com
munity College board of trustees
chose that name for the college,
Monday night.
Each board member was asked
by Chairman H. Clifton Blue to
suggest a name. Several ballots
were taken before the name of
Sandhills Community College re- l
ceived a majority. Motion was
then made to name the college
and make the formal action
unanimous.
The Trustees also heard a
progress report on building plans
from the architects. The board
was told that contracts for con
struction could be let within two
months.
Sources of funds for construc
tion and operation of Sandhills
Community College were dis
cussed. Action by the State Ad
visory Budget Commission to ap
propriate $500,000 in state funds
is anticipated.
The Moore County Commis
sioners will be asked to hold a
public hearing on the question
New Pastor Of
Baptist Church
Assumes Duties
The Rev. John Dawson Stone,
who was called as pastor of the
First Baptist Church in May,
arrived in Southern Pines this
week and wiU conduct services
at the church on Sunday.
The Rev. Mr. Stone, with his
wife, Catherine S. Stone,
^ and two young daughters, has
rented the Lanier house at Man
ly. The church plans to sell the
former parsonage at 260 S. Ashe
St., it has been announced.
The church has been without a
regular pastor, since January
when the Rev. Maynard Man-
gum, former pastor, was called to
Elizabeth City.
A native of Durham, the new
pastor has Th. M. and B. D. de
grees from Southeastern Baptist
Theological Seminary at Wake
Forest and a B. S. C. E. degree
from Duke University, Durham,
where he graduated in 1955. His
wife is also a 1955 graduate of
Duke.
He comes here from Raleigh
where he has served as pastor
of Trinity Baptist Church since
completing his graduate* studies
at the Seminary in 1961.
of appropriating the full $1,000,-
000 from bond issue proceeds. In
terested citizens would be given
an opportunity to express their
views on the matter. Area enroll
ment projections and state wide
experience in community col
lege attendance have led college
officials to plan for 600 stu
dents instead of 400, as originally
thought adequate.
The possibility of capital gifts
was raised. A Memorials and En
dowment Committee—composed
of Chairman Blue, Robert S.
Ewing, N. L. Hodgkins, Sr., and
John F. Taylor—is developing
plans whereby gifts might be re
ceived. Raymond A. Stone, col
lege president, suggested that a
foundation be established to re
ceive endowment funds. Accord
ing to Dr. Stone, the primary ob
ject of foundation funds would
be to attract outstanding faculty
members to the college.
In personnel action, Mrs. Sarah
Helms of Aberdeen was elected
to a secretarial position with the
college.
Medical Buildings
At Pinehurst Are
Entered, Robbed
Extensive property damage
was done and varying amounts
of money stolen when three med
ical buildings opposite Moore
Memorial Hospital at Pinehurst
were entered and ransacked in
the early hours of Wednesday
morning.
Pinehurst Pblice Chief J. T.
Shepherd said that the three
structures entered were the of
fices of Dr. J. C. Grier, Jr.; the
Pinehurst Surgical Clinic, con
taining the offices of seven phy
sicians; and the new Pinehurst
Medical Center, with offices of
two physicians, a pharmacy, the
Mental Health Clinic, a surgical
and corset shop and an optician
office.
From the extent of the damage
and other evidence. Chief Shep
herd judged that more than one
person must have been involved.
Entry was made sometime be-
6
Pines and L. B. Creath of Pine
hurst.
Several weeks ago the two
school boards announced that
they were recommending the two
school systems be merged, and
emphasized that the patrons of
the schools and all citizens inter
ested in the educational needs
and facilities of the area would
be fully informed of the plans.
The program for the public
meeting will include explanation
of the proposed merger, the legal
aspects, proposed curriculum, the
teacher allotment, selection of
school board members, proposed
sites, financing and taxes, stu
dent transportation and other as
pects of the plan.
Following the formal presen
tation of the various aspects of
the proposal, efforts will be made
to answer all questions from the
floor, the announcement said.
“The audience-participation in
the discussion will help deter
mine the desires of the commu
nity on the important problems
concerning the education of the
children in the elementary grades
and high schools now and in the
years to come,” it was stated.
The proposed merger of the
Southern Pines and Pinehurst
units into one special “city unit”
will need legislation to provide
a vote on the matter by the peo
ple. Citizens of the two school
districts will make the final de
cision, it was emphasized.
A reception, to introduce the
Rev. and Mrs. Stone to the com
munity, is tentatively planned for
September. The event was delay
ed until then so that persons on
vacation or away for the summer
would be able to attend.
tween midnight Tuesday and
a.m. Wednesday, he said. He is
being assisted in the investigation
by the Moore County Sheriff’s
department and the SBI, but said
todhy there is nothing to an
nounce at this time.
Throughout the buildings, win
dows were broken, doors smash
ed, and drawers and files were
disturbed and ransacked, ap
parently in a search for cash.
Probably the hardest hit was
the Medical Center Pharmacy
where a cash box was broken
(Continued on Page 8)
McGoogan Named Association Trustee
S'
BOOSTERS TO MEET
'The Blue Knights Boosters
Club, an organization of adults
interested in the East Southern
Pines High School athletics pro
gram, will meet at the school at
8 p. m. Monday, John Mallow,
president, has announced. Old
and new members and all inter
ested persons are invited.
FROM ICELAND—A Scoutmaster and Boy
Scout from Iceland spent last weekend here,
returning with local boys who attended the
National Scout Jamboree at Valley Forge, Pa.
They are pictured here with a group of local
Scouts and leaders, at the Proctor-Silex plant
which they toured as a local place of interest,
on Stinday afternoon. Left to right, straight
across the picture: David Drexel, a local Scout
master; Wallace Gardner, Melvin Gardner (As
st. Scoutmaster), Don Roth, Don Westbrook, A1
Hurst, Hankur Haraldsspn from Iceland, Leo
Jellison, Arthur Jellison, Jimmy Reilly, and
Arnf innur Jonsson, the Scoutmaster from Ice
land. Mr. Drexel went-Monday to Camp Dur-
rant, near Raleigh, where the boys spent the
day, to see them off on the train for Trenton,
N. J., where a friend' of his met them. They
were then driven to Kennedy International
Airport whence they flew to Reykjavik, Ice
land, to return to their homes. (Pilot photo)
Duncan L. McGoogan, admin-1
istrator of Moore Memorial Hos
pital, Pinehurst,, has been elected
to the board of trustees of the
North Carolina Hospital Associa
tion for a term of three years
1964-67. 'The election took place
at the annual meeting held in
Durham recently.
Also elected to the post for the
same term were E. B. Crawford,
Jr., North Carolina Memorial
Hospital, Chapel Hill, and John
C. Blanton, Roanoke-Chowan
Hospital, Ahoskie. Mr. Crawford
was associated wtih Moore Me
morial some years ago in an ad
ministrative position.
For the past three years, Mr.
McGoogan has served on the As
sociation’s Council on Adminis
trative Practice, acting as chair
man during the past year. He
was chairman of District 5 of the
hospital association, an area
DUNCAN L, McGOOGAN
which comprises this section to
the coast.
Budget Adopted;
New Medical Care
Program Omitted
A 1964-65 budget totalling $1,-
563,917—with a $1.05 per $100 of
property valuation tax rate—was
adopted by the county commis
sioners in a special meeting at
Carthage . Monday afternoon.
The budget is based on an es
timated county-wide real and
personal property valuation of
$89 million.
Tuesday was the deadline for
adopting the budget, after a ten
tative budget, approved by the
board July 6, had been open to
public inspection for 20 days.
At Monday’s meeting, the bud
get was read by John C. Muse of
Sanford, head of the county’s
auditing firm and was immedi
ately adopted by the commission
ers.
The action was taken before
Joe H. Allen, chairman of the
county welfare board, and Mrs.
Walter B. Cole, welfare director,
who had been present from the
start of the meeting, could ask
the commissioners if they had
included in the budget $3,343
(Continued on Page 8)
Board To Study
County Zoning
At a special meeting in Carth
age Monday, the county com
missioners agreed to ask the
county attorney, M. G. Boyette
of Carthage, to furnish them with
information on count.y zoning
procedures.
Commissioner W. S. Taylor
brought the matter up, saying
that zoning was necessary to
protect the area of the Sandhills
Community College, on the
Pinehurst-Airport road) and also
in the area of the county’s three
consolidated high schools.
Other areas outside town limits
need protection in various ways,
he said.
The commissioners said they
hoped they could have enough
information by their regular
meeting Monday of next week,
to start planning for county zon
ing regulations.
THE WEATHER
Maximum and minimum tem
peratures for each day of the past
week were recorder as follows at
the U.S Weather Bureau obser
vation station at the W E E B
studios on Midland Road.
Max. Min.
July
23
85
71
July
24
82
69
July
25
83
69
July
26
84
67
July
27
78
64
July
28
84
73
July
29
85
73