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SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1964
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PLENTY OF SHOVELS — Gold - painted
shovels wielded by several dignitaries were a
feature of last week’s ground-breaking cere
monies for Sandhills Community College. Left
to right: Dr. Raymond Stone, college president;
State Rep. H. Clifton Blue, chairman of the
board' of trustees; John M. Currie, acting chair
man of the board of county commissioners;
State Sen. W. P. Saunders, chairman of the
committee for a successful county bond issue
that is providing $1 million for the college;
John Reynolds, representing the State Board of
Education; Mrs. C. Louis Meyer, donor of the
college site; and Gov. Terry Sanford. Other
officials and special guests are in the back-
Commissioners,
Other Officials
Will Take Office
The Moore County board of
commissioners will be sworn in
Monday morning at the court
house in Carthage, with two fa
miliar faces missing. The board
will elect a new chairman and
vice-chairman at that time.
L. R. Reynolds of Highfalls, a
c on'missioner since 1933 and
I chairman since December, 1958,
I is reported resigning because of
ill health. His resignation may
be the first order of business for
ihe newly organized board, which
I will start work with only four
members.
Clerk of Court C. C. Kennedy
has the tough job of filling the
vacancy with an interim appoint
ment, pending the 1966 elec
tion.
Tom R. Monroe of Robbins
will be gone after being elected
to six two-year terms, when he
had already served part of the
term of W. J. Dunlap, who re
signed. Monroe was defeated in a
four-man Democratic primary
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ground. (Humphrey photo)
GOV. SANFORD DELIVERS ADDRESS
Community College Ground Broken
Ground was broken with seven' take the first step
golden shovels Wednesday after
noon for the Sandhills Communi
ty College, on the pine-forested
site where clearing and grading
operations had already begun.
Wielding the shovels were sev
en persons, including the Gov
ernor of this State, who had
played leading roles in establish
ment of the college for which
building contracts will be let in
December.
Governor Terry Sanford, ad
dressing the crowd of some 150
persons who braved wintry
weather to witness the historic
event, told them, “This is a con
crete example of the efforts we
have made to secure a break
through in educational opportu
nities for all North Carolinians.”
To those responsible for estab
lishing the institution, first under
the 1963 legislation for a state
system of comprehensive commu
nity colleges, Sanford said, “You
have pioneered. You dared to
The governor departed from his
prepared speech after the first
two paragraphs to emphasize the
need for continuing work in the
area of community colleges, call
ing by name Moore County’s two
new legislators-elect, Voit Gil
more (State Senate) and Clyde
Auman (House of Representa
tives) who were in the gathering.
Speaking directly to them, and
other area legislators who were
in the audience, he declared, “If
we are to have the proper caliber
of teachers and professors in com
munity colleges such as the
Sandhills, you need to provide in
this 1965 session the same kind of
leadership and vision as was pro
vided in 1961 and 1963.” Praising
the achievements of those pre
vious General Assemblies, with
praise for the leadership provi
ded by Rep. and House Speaker
H. Clifton Blue of Moore, he add
ed “Those advancements made
the way clearer but by no means
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Sandhills To Host Travel Writers
Arriving Here Friday For Weekend
Members of the town’s Resort
Advertising Committee gathered
last week to make plans for the
visit of about 40 members of the
Society of American Travel
Writers to Southern Pines and
Pinehurst this coming weekend.
Assisting the local group in
planning for the visit was Miss
Miriam Rabb of the State De
partment of Conservation and
Development.
Voit Gilmore, member of the
Advertising Committee and
chairman for the travel writers’
Sandhills visit, said that South
ern Pines, Pinehurst and the
State of North Carolina are joint
hosts for the project. In addition
to the resort attractions the
group will see here, the visit is
designed to emphasize the vari
ous means of transportation
which travelers can use to and
from this area.
The members of the visiting
group, many of whom will be ac
companied by wives or husbands.
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CEREMONIES SET
AT UNION PINES
Union Pines High School,
the first of the county school
system's three consolidated
high schools to be completedi,
will be dedicated in ceremon
ies to be conducted at the
school Sunday afternoon,
December 6.
The school is on the Vass-
Carthage road, in the Union
Church community. It went
into operation at the start of
the current school year.
Schedule for the afternoon's
events is: registration from
2:30 to 3 p.m.; program at 3;
and a guided tour of the faci
lities at 3:40.
The dedicatory address will
be made by Dr. Guy B. Phil
lips former head of the De
partment of Education at the
University of North Carolina,
Chapel Hill.
Sanford Salutes
Establishment Of
New College Here
Following is the full text of
Gov. Terry Sanford’s prepared
address at last week’s ground
breaking ceremonies for Sand
hills Community College:
Two years and nine months
ago I came to Moore County to
talk to school children about how
they could help North Carolina
achieve quality education. I also
joined some of you to break
ground where Union Pines High
School now provides that kind of
education.
That was a momentous day for
Moore County children. But it
also was a highly historic day for
all Americans. 'That was the day
John Glenn successfully orbited
the earth. I, like you, felt great
pride in the accomplishment as I
watched the rocket move out into
space. By television and radio,
we traced its progress and cheer
ed when the capsule was picked
up out of the Pacific. We had
launched an American into the
, space above us.
But John Glenn’s orbit didn’t
just happen. Man built upon
man’s knowledge. Frontiers of
^ new knowledge were forged.
I* Brain power had long before
been put to work. Research
scientists, engineers, biochemists,
technicians, and craftsmen col
laborated with statesmen, diplo
mats, social scientists, and poli
ticians to solve partially the
problem of man in space. The
answer is not complete but ad
vances continue to be made.
So it is with the launching of
Sandhills Community College.
M We are pioneering here today.
Shortly we will turn the earth
where a unique North Carolina
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IN APPRECIATION — Dr. C. C. McLean, chairman of the
Southern Pines Board of Education, presents to P. I. York, board'
member who resigned this week, an engraved desk pen set sym
bolizing the board’s appreciation of his “fine service” on the
board since 1959. (Humphrey photo)
MOVING TO PITTSBURGH. PA.
York Resigns School Board Post
P. I. York of West Southern ^ the Durham company for the past
10 years, first as an agent here
and, for the past 18 months, as
Pines, who has served as a mem- *
NEW CHURCH BUILDINGS— Topped by
a 30-foot steel cross and behind a brick-pillared
sign stand the new buildings of Our Saviour
Lutheran Church — the first two of four to be
constructed. The taller Fellowship Building at
left will be used as sanctuary until the proposed
sanctuary, behind the walled courtyard at
center, is built. At right is the Education Build
ing where folding walls make possible the con
version of a large assembly room into eight
classrooms. Another courtyard and another
Education Building, to the right, will complete
the construction program.
(Pilot photo)
ber of the Southern Pines board
of education since 1959, formally
presented his resignation this
week. Dr. C. C. McLean, board
chairman, has announced.
Mr. York told The Pilot that
he will leave Saturday for Pitts
burgh, Pa., where he will become
manager of the Pittsburgh Dis
trict of the N. C. Mutual Life
Insurance Co. of Durham. He
said that his wife, who is librar
ian at the West Southern Pines
School, and their two daughters,
will remain here, expecting to
join him in Pittsburgh at the end
of the school year.
The local man has represented
Lutheran Church To Be Dedicated
A service of dedication will be
conducted at 11 am Sunday for
new buildings of Our Saviour
Lutheran Church, off No. 1 high
way parkway, north of the Fair
way Motel.
(juest minister for the occasion,
said Pastor Jack Deal of the
church, will be the Rev. David
Johnson of Chicago, Ill., repre
senting the Lutheran Church’s
Board of American Missions.
A congregational dinner will
follow the service, in one of the
WHO WILL GET CUP?
Ladies Night Of
Kiwanis Slated
The annual Ladies Night meet
ing of the Sandhills Kiwanis Club
—at which a winner of the
Kiwanis Builders Cup, for ex
ceptional and unselfish commun
ity service, is usually announced
—will be held at the Carolina
Hotel in Pinehurst, starting at 7
p.m., Friday.
The winner is never revealed in
advance of the meeting. In only
a few years, since the award was
instituted more than 30 years
ago, has an award not been made.
Officials of the Carolinas Dis
trict of Kiwanis International,
which includes North and South
Carolina, will be guests for the
meeting.
new buildings. Pastor Deal said.
The congregation of the church
has grown from 17 persons who
attended an organizational meet
ing, at the Civic Club here in
February, 1960, to 140 members
today.
The facilities to be dedicated
consist of the first two buildings
of four in a proposed program
One is a Fellowship Building, to
be used now as the sanctuary of
the church until the actual sane
tuary is constructed. The other
is an Educational Building (the
first of two) with adjoining
church office, kitchen and rest
room facilities.
Folding walls permit the con
version of the main inner space
of this structure from eight class
rooms to one large room. It is
there that the congregational
Blue Knights Lose In
Regional Game Friday
Playing for the Mid-Western
Regional Class 1-A high school
football championship, the Blue
Knights of Southern Pines High
School were defeated, 21-2, by
Glen Alpine High School, at Salis
bury last Friday night.
It was the final game of the
season, leaving the local team,
coached by Tony Trentini, with a
record' of nine wins and three
losses. See another story on page
28 for details of Friday’s contest.
dinner will be held on Sunday.
Services have been held regu
larly in the Civic Club building
by Our Saviour Lutheran
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Holiday Decorations
Put Up By Jaycees
Christmas season decorations in
the Southern Pines business sec
tion were put up by the Jaycees,
Sunday. The new decorations,
strung at intervals across East
and West Broad Streets, feature
tinsel loops, centered with an
illuminated star. *
The Jaycees conducted a drive
among merchants to finance the
new decorations. For what they
look like, see photo elsewhere in
today’s Pilot. Merchants who con
tributed to the decorations fund
are also listed in today’s paper.
staff manager for Sanford, Fu-
quay and' part of Fayetteville,
working out of Fayetteville,
though maintaining his home
here.
Dr. McLean this week praised
Mr. York’s services on the board
of education which consists of
five members, all appointed by
the Southern Pines town council.
“He has served the town well
and has been a very good mem
ber of the board,” the chairman
said.
are associated with the Washing
ton Chapter of the Society of
American Travel Writers, al
though their places of residence
include also other locations along
the East Coast.
Plans for the writers’ weekend
include a special Seaboard Air
Line Railroad club car which de
parts Washington, D. C. at 4 pm
Friday afternoon. On the club
car, the visitors will be greeted
with information brochures on
the Sandhills.
In Raleigh the group will be
joined by Gilmore who will re
main with them for their arrival
in Southern Pines. Arriving here
about 10:30 pm the writers will
be met by local officials and
transported to their billets in
Southern Pines and Pinehurst.
(Both towns are providing ac
commodations.)
In Pinehurst the writers will
most likely be lodged at the Car
olina; in Southern Pines at the
Mid Pines, Pine Needles and per
haps at Whispering Pines.
Some of the writers will arrive
here Friday by air or automobile
and will be invited to meet those
arriving by train.
The writers have listed their
preferences in activities while in
the Sandhills, including tennis,
skeet shooting, riding and golf.
They will be offered the op
portunity on Saturday to view or
participate in the morning hunt
of the Moore County Hounds,
field trials at Hoffman and golf
at Mid Pines. An outdoor lunch
eon at Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Moss’s
Mile-Away Farm, headquarters
of the Moore County Hounds, is
planned.
A social hour and dinner will
be held Saturday evening at the
Mid Pines Convention Hall at
6:30, hosted by the State, to
which numerous Sandhills resi
dents with an interest in the re
sort program have been invited.
Sunday the group will be al
lowed the pleasure of any activi
ty they wish . . . golf, field trials,
a trip to Jugtown, and other at-
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‘Messiah’ Will Be
Sung At Pinehurst
Sunday Afternoon
The “Messiah,” a sacred ora
torio composed more than 200
years ago by George Frederick
Handel will be presented by the
Sandhills Community Chorus and
soloists in the Village Chapel at
• . „ Pinehurst, at 4 p.m., Sunday,
Appointing a successor in the | December 6.
Open to the public without
charge, the presentation will be
directed by William McAdams,
band director at Southern Pines
High School. The organist will
be William Stokes who is organist
at Brownson Memorial Presby
terian Church here.
The chorus of more than 60
voices is drawn from over Moore
County. Largely composed of
men and women who sing regu
larly with church choirs, the
group represents Southern Pines,
Pinehurst, Aberdeen, Pinebluff,
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local post will be the task of the
town council and the matter is
expected to come before the coun
cil at its regular meeting in town
hall, Tuesday night of next week.
COUNCIL TO MEET
The regular monthly meeting
of the Southern Pines Town
Council will be held Tuesday
night of next week, December 9;
starting at 8 pm in town hall. A
matter of top interest at the
meeting will be consideration of
appointment of a Southern Pines
Board of Education member to
replace P. 1. York. (See another
story about Mr. York’s resigna
tion).
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The Hounds Come Back Home To Weymouth
The Moore County Hounds re
turned to their old home at Wey
mouth on Thanksgiving Day, the
opening day of the hunting season
this year to celebrate the 50th an
niversary of the founding of the
pack. In a gesture of honor to
the founder, James Boyd, and his
brother, Jackson Boyd, who join
ed him as joint master in the
early days of the hunt, the open
ing meet was held at the Boyd
place.
Above are shown the pack at
the Weymouth gateway, the
huntsman, W. O. Moss, center,
joint master with Richard Webb,
with Mrs. Ginny Moss, first whip
and hunt secretary, at right. Miss
Wiffi Smith, second whip, sta
tioned at the left, was just out
of the picture.
The opening meet held in the
big pasture field of the Boyd
home-place attracted many fol
lowers and a large crowd of spec
tators. The occasion brought nos
talgic memories to those present
who had enjoyed hunting in the
past, among them Mrs. James
Boyd and Mrs. George Leonard,
each of whom had whipped-in on
the hunt staff for a period of
many years.
Advent Organ Recitals
To Start Here Friday
A special Advent series of
organ recitals will be held for
the second year, beginning this
Friday, December 4, at Brownson
Memorial Presbyterian Church
William Stokes, organist, will
play the first recital Friday, and
the third and last, on Friday,
December 18.
William Whitley, organist at
Emmanuel Episcopal Church, will
play on Friday, December 11, at
Brownson Memorial.
The half-hour recitals, from 12
noon to 12:30, are open to the
public.
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.
November 25 69 46
November 26 69 45
November 27 70 44
November 28 71 44
November 29 64 43
November 30 54 30
December 1 40 19
December 2 54 20