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Page Ift-A THE PUX)T—Southern Pines, North Carolina Wednesday, January 24, 1979 Sharon Anderson 4 Yvette Sheriff Schools Valerie Graham Patricia Fire Deaths (Continued From Front Page) (immunity Services Building. Fireman battled the flames for several hours before putting the fire out. According to Capt. Robert Patterson, from the information gathered both during the fire and after the fire with the help of Bob Adams, local agent for the SBI, it was determined that the fire was caused by an upright wall gas furnace. The investigation is con tinuing. In another fire on the Hoffman- West End Road the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ralin Matthews burned and was a complete loss. The Matthews received a smoke detector for Christmas and they both told Joe Adams, the fire marshal, that if it hadn’t been for the detector they never would have gotten out of the house in time. The Hoffman, Aberdeen, Pinehurst and Pinebluff fire departments answered the call, but due to a misunderstanding in the directions and having to back track they were unable to save the home. Funeral services for Valerie Patricia Graham and Sharon Yvette Anderson will be held today (Wednesday) at 3 p.m. at the Faith Missionary Baptist (Church in Southem\ ^es. The Rev. T.E. Flowers and the Rev. Dan Ferguson will officiate. Interment will be at Woodlawn Cemetery in Southern Pines. Valerie Graham was employed at the Personnel Department of the Pinehurst Hotel. She attended school in Southern Pines and the University of North Carolina. At the time of her death she was a student at Sandhills Community College. She was a member of the West Southern Pines Civic Club. Sharon was a student at Southern Pines Middle School and a former student at Wallace O’Neal Day School. She was a member of the Chorus at both schools and a member of the Literary Guild at the Middle School. The sisters were members of Faith Missionary Baptist Church in Southern Pines where they were active in the life of the church. Surviving are their mother, Sallie G. Anderson; two brothers, Brenton Clay Anderson and Marcus DePriest Anderson, all of New York, New York; two aunts, Dorothy G. Morris of Lynchburg, Va., and Mrs. Grace Lee of Southern Pines; and an uncle John Cliarles Cole also of Southern Pines. Town Plan (Continued From Front Page) include water distribution im- (MTOvements; fire hydrant in stallation and improvement; park acquisition and develop ment; sidewalk construction and street improvements. It will idso include commercial rehabilitation, neighborhood rehabilitation and beautifica tion; storm drainage and sewer improvements; and removal of dilapidated structures and abandoned vehicles. The program will attempt to acquire land and redevelop {H-esent [x-operties for the use ot parks. The Community Development Program will provide $1,451,333 and the town will contribute $182,117 with the largest amount being applied to street im- (x-ovement. Hie total cost of the {X-ogram amounts to $1,633,450 and will take place over a period of two years. There were few questions from those present at the last hearing with the exception of a complaint from Walter C. Cloffin that the town did not do exact^ly what they said they were going to do when his area was redeveloped. The area included in the new program goes from U.S. 1 to Pennsylvania Ave. and from Mid Pines golf courses to Glover St. Collins stated that the town should hear if request for funds is granted by i^ril 1. Ski Report APPALACHIAN (Blowing Rock, 295-7828) - Bose of 32-40 inchos. Powder primary surface with packed powder secondary surface. Four of eight slopes open. Six to eight inches of new machine made snow. SKI BEECH (Banner Elk, 387-2271)- Base of 15 to 60 inches. Packed powder surface. Six of 12 slopes open. Some new machine mode snow. CATALOOCHEE (Moggie Valley, 926-0285) - Bose of 15 to 35 inches. Powder surface. Four of six slopes open. Five (nches of new machine made snow. HOUND EARS (Boone, 963-4321)- Base of 25 to 50 inches. Powder surface. Two of two slopes open. MILL RIDGE (Banner Elk, 963- 4500) - Bose of 15 to 30 Inches. Powder surface. Four of five slopes open. Some new machine made snow. SAPPHIRE VALLEY (Cashiers, 743- 3441) - Base of 5 to 55 inches. Packed powder surface. Two of three slopes open. Five inches of new machine made snow. SEVEN DEVILS (Foscoe, 963-4061)- Bdse of 15 to 40 inches. Packed powder surface. Four of five slopes open. Four inches of new machine made snow. SUGAR MOUNTAIN (Banner Elk, 898-4251) - Base of 10 to 70 Inches. Powder surface. Nine of 12 slopes open. WOLF LAUREL (Mars Hill. 689- 4111) - Bose of 12 to 60 Inches. Packed powder surface. Three of 9 slopes open. OBER-GATLINBURG (Gatlinburg, Tenn. 615-436-5423) - Base of 2 to 24 inches. Icy surface. Four of 5 slopes open. SKY VALLEY (Dillard, Gal. 404- 746-5301) — Base of 10 to 48 inches. Packed powder surface. Three of 3 slopes open. Some new machine made snow. • Compliments of - CONTRACTORS GLASS & MIRROR 200 Garrett St. Phone 944-1463 Aberdeen, N.C. Break-Ins Aberdeen police are puzzling over a would-be thief who broke into three offices one night last week and stole nothing but a $6 flashlight. Instead, the intruder ransacked desks, overlooking some cash left in one of the offices. Entered were the offices of the N.C. Department of Transportation highway engineers, attoniey Lawrence Johnson, and Dr. Baker’s Clinic, all located on or near U.S. 1. Entry was made by prying open windows. Otherwise the Aberdeen Police Department reported a quiet week with only one larceny reported, a CB radio taken from a pick-up truck parked at an ab^doned business while the owner went out of town to work for several days. PILQT LIGHT (Continued From Front Page) (^vernor has called for in his budget message. But on the whole the ranks of state em ployes are not expected to in crease but by a small margin. Governor Hunt also is com mitted to a tax relief program and is also insisting on a tax rebate if there are surplus funds. SCHOOL£-Moore County is being allotted $20,678 from the $3.3 million in state funds which Governor Hunt promised for continued remedial instruction under the competency testing program. Announcement of the allocation was made after the results of the competency tests were made public, and Moore can spend its funds by employing one or more teachers or teacher aides. The allocation is based on a formula which calls for $118 per student who almost passed eittier the reading or math portion of the test. A school unit gets $117 for each student who was a moderate failure, and for each student who did poorly on the tests a sdiool system will receive $236. SUBSCRIBE TO THE PILOT. MOORE COUNTY’S LEADING NEWS WEEKLY. (Continued From Front Page) for still other items of equipment, he added. Photographs of the sheriff’s department taken the morning that Whipple took office were shown to the commissioners, along with the incomplete inventory materials. Whipple expressed particular concern about the missing communications equipment. “Someone out there has these radios, and they could feed us information that could lead us into death. One of my deputies could answer a call not knowing whether he’s going to be beat or mutilated. It really upsets me,’’ he said. Whipple then suggested that perhaps the county should consider changing frequencies to make this impossible. The new sheriff also complained of frustrations at not being able to get down to work because of the shortage of equipment, the inadequacy of the inventory and the problems involved in attempting to plan a new budget. “It’s almost February. In a few months it will be budget time. I don’t know what I need, because I don’t know what the department has. I would like to see if the county can account for this equipment,” he added. County Administrator Sidney Taylor and Finance Officer Estelle Wicker said that an inventory of fixed assets is taken every two years. Martin Chriscoe, assistant administrator, said that no report of missing equipment had been reported to him. Asked about the accountability of all radios in Moore Ckiunty, Sheriff Whipple replied that by law all radios, including those used for fire and rescue units, are accountable to the sheriff. “And they’re all accounted for, except those in the sheriff’s department,” he explained. Commissioner Tony Parker said he had talked with former Sheriff C.G. Wimberly and had been informed that he had assigned this duty (equipment) to Lt. Ritter. Parker noted that federal law requires an accounting of all serial-numbered equipment purchased through LEAA (Law Enforcement Assistance Administration) grants. In response to questions from Commissioner James Craven, Whipple said that he had received no help from the previous administration in coordinating the transition. The sheriff said he had talked to Taylor and Chriscoe about the problem and had learned that an inventory of equipment had not been taken since 1966. “Four years from now I would surely hope a new sheriff would not be confronted with this same problem. If the powers had changed properly, this would not have happened. Appropriate action shoidd be taken to recover this county property as soon as possible, and then he can go about the business of being sheriff,” Craven declared. Whipple indicated that he would prefer not tc go the indictment route and would be satisfied if the equipment were returned promptly. pother problem expressed was the lack of an inventory of confiscated property being held at the sheriff’s department and the lack of court orders on disposition of confiscated weapons. IVhipple said several firearms apparently had been ordered disposed of by the courts and some have been down there four or five years. “I hate to destroy one when we can use it,’’ he said. The sheriff was advised to check with the clerk of court to determine the procedures for destroying weapons as ordered by the court. Williams told Mrs. Wicker to place the sheriff’s name on the agenda for the next board meeting when he expects to have the equipment inventory problem resolved. Sandhills (Continued From Front Page) floor of the house. They are both gone now, and Sandhills Conununity College has approval to dispose of the property to benefit the mstitution. “The house has possibilities for an original and enterprising person to remodel and redecorate, especially for one who has an interest in historical places,” college authorities said. The Hayes family home was built more than a hundred years ago, and is associated with early times in the town. Mrs. Matchett’s father, Claude Hayes, owned a bookstore on Broad Street, and her mother, who was called Dell by friends, founded a style shop known as Mrs. Hayes Dress Shop. Mrs. Matchett and her husband, president of the Continental Life Insurance Company, still visit Southern Pines and keep in touch with longtime friends here. (Continued From Front Page) project coming up. “There are not enough gate receipts to support the teams, and we must get some help,” he stated. Mrs. John Monroe, the club’s President, announced to the board that they have a Blue Grass Festival and Barbecue coming up soon and hope to raise some money to apply to the debt, but that it would not come anywhere near covering it. Harris Blake added that “somebody is responsible for this debt. That local effort just can’t do it. This is not fair to Mr. McMillian (the schools prin cipal).” Responding to the group, Mrs. Lou Frye, chairman of the Board said, “it tears our hearts that we aren’t providing what the children need in the athletic ix-ogram.” 9ie explained that the board leaves the request with the County Ckimmissioners for funds for each year. “We have never received what we have asked for, so we have to start cutting our budget.” She promised they would do everything they could. This was immediately followed by requests from the North Moore Athletic Boosters Club, represented by Noah Key, its president. They requested funds for a softball field for the girls and a practice field for football. Key explained that they have four or five acres that could easily be developed for this use and that the timber could be sold to help defray the costs. He also named a number of other items that needed attention at the school, including bleachers for the visiting teams, enlarging the field house, lights for the baseball field and the tennis court and repaving the track. He also explained that there is a bad drainage (X'oblem on the home side of the athletic field. Key told of the work the Boosters Club had done during the year and that they would be debt free at the end of the year, having raised $7,000 this year. Mrs. Fry gave him the same response that she gave the Pinecrest Boosters. Graduation Earlier Other topics taken up at the meeting included the request of George Griffin to change the graduation date from June 12 to June 8 as June 8 was on Friday. R.E. Lee, Super intendent of the Moore Ckiunty Schools, endorsed the recommendation and it was voted to change the date. Board member Jack Reed made a motion to accept the present auditors, John C. Muse and Ckimpany, but John Sledge criticized the method used to select the auditors stating that it was not done according the laws of the school system. That all things should be bid on and it should be that way with auditors. It. was brought out that everything needs to bid on in a purchasing situation but not in the case of professional services. The board did vote to keep the auditors who have served the schools for a number of years. Wanda Hunt presented a report from the Long Range Planning pommittee, explaining that her committee, which in cludes Jack Reed and Vernon Davis and two County Com missioners, Arthur Purvis and James Craven, had toured ten schools since the last meeting to see if their requests for im- [x-ovements were well-founded. She reported that they did find the heeded improvements in eadi case, the one main request being for air conditioning in rooms that had none. She gave a detailed report on their findings in each school. Karl Stuart of E.J. Austin Associates presented the plans for the addition to the West End School. The board accepted the plan with the additional request that a safer driveway and im proved parking be attended to. The final business of the meeting was a discussion on the way schools and bus drivers are contacted during inclement weather. Lee explained that it was almost a split-second decision whether to hold classes or just to delay them. If one school closes, all of them close, but if it’s just a delay it’s iqi-to the individual principal to make the decision. He eiqilained that they use the sheriffs office and highway maintenance crews to keep them informed. Pilot Awards (Continued From Front Page) advertising are presented on the basis of layout, design, impact and originality. Sam Ragan, editor, won first place in editorials for an editorial on the statewide competency tests in the public schools. The North Carolina Press Institute opens Thursday afternoon and will continue through Saturday at noon. On Friday night the members of the Press Association will be the guests of Duke University at a dinner. On Friday at noon they will be the guests at a luncheon given by the University of North Carolina at Chapel HiU. .05 BIG GAME... >EWANTflDlS Fire Chief Pete Rapatas of Southern Pines Firemen volunteers, three of whom are women. The new fire department building, off Morganton Road is six months old. It contains offices, living quarters for up to four men, gym room, kitchen, lounge, and even fire extinguishers, which. Chief Rapatas said, “We had to pay for ourselves.” There seems to be one drawback to the new location. “Since we moved,” explained the chief, “our response time is not so good because the volunteers live on the other side of town from the new fire department.” There is a group system now in operation. It’s a pilot program to help with the response time. Three groups are involved: The first group consists of paid men and volunteers who leave directly for the fire. The second group comes to the station and gets on another truck which also (Continued From Front Page) “Public response to our free home inspections is not so hot,” said Chief Rapatas.” As soon as somebody dies in smoke or fire, people will call for home insp^tions and smoke detectors. “This lasts a week or two, and then fades out.” Chief Rapatas doubts that many people have smoke detectors in their homes. With the cold weather and rising fire possibilities, the chief advised that heating systems should be checked out to be sure they’re working correctly. The fiscal year budget of 1978 was $196,000, compared to $133,000 in 1966. A part of this budget is the fire district budget. The light bill at the hew fire department is about $1,000 a month. The jurisdiction of Southern Pines Fire Dept, extends four miles: as far south as Pinehurst Ave., as far west as Pinecrest High School and the Country Club of North Carolina, as far north as Skyline, and as far east as Fort Bragg Reservation. There is a mutual aid program with every fire department in Moore County. (Mike Saleeby, Jim Somerville and Christie Thompson are students at St. Andrews College who are serving as journalism interns at The Pilot). still happy, work.’’-Mrs. Happiness (Continued From Front Page) I like my Line Railroad. Peggy Ferris, Pinehurst housewife, and works .part-time in a ladies’ apparel goes to the fire. A third group''shop stands by for instructions. This ‘Yeah. You might as weU be. system is operational from 6 p.m. to 7 a.m. There are six fire engines in the department, one of which is a 1925 model, affectionately called, “Old Betsy.” Each fire truck has a medical box. A pickup truck is used for both fire and rescue. All ten paid men are EMT’s (emergency medical technicians) and certified in CPR (cardio-pulmonary resuscitation). Two paid men are CPR instructors. “We’re helping the general public,” says the chief. “We answer all rescue calls.” An “adult bum bag” is one piece of equipment used to help burned victims. There are eleven air-packs available for firemen going into smoke-filled buildings. It’s a state of mind. You might not get ahead in the world but that’s nothing to get upset about. It’s better than being depressed all the time. Your problems pass.”-Brian Walsh, Air Force, Biloxi, Miss. “It’s the same old thing every day. Every once in a while I get depressed. There should be more to get out of life. That’s the way it is. But I’m complaining, and then I think about what other people have to live with.”-Mrs. Brenda Walsh, Hilton Hotel hostess, Biloxi, Miss. “Oh yes. Being in love.”-Mr. and Mrs. Tillett, Stable Groom-Housewife, Taylortown. “Yes, My dad had a heart attack last Monday and he’s all but well .today.”-Harold Chamberlain, Carthage, Conductor with Seaboard Ckiast “Yes, I’m happy because I’m saved.’’-Melinda Cooper, Lakeview, Harris-Teeter employe. “Reasonably. Everything’s going along pretty well, but prices are going sky-high and wages are staying about the same.”—Roscoe Gordon, Southern Pines, sales clerk. “You’re dam right. I can talk, I can see, and I can walk.”-John MacPherson, retired Southern Pines resident. . “Yes, I’m happy with myself.’’-Martha Keith, student from Aberdeen. This survey was conducted by Mike Saleeby, Jim Somerville and Christie Thompson, students at St. Andrews Presbyterian College who are serving as journalism interns at The PUot). Lee Buchan says... Come by or call me for your transporta tion needs. Pines Motors 15-501 — Aberdeen Phone 692-8211 CP&L Expansion (Continued From Front Page) We print anything Names, clubs, teams, insults, compliments, gags, logos, over 250 novelty designs PRIMO T-SHIRTS 2 doors up from old SP fire dept. 692-7234 157 E. New Hampshire Sve. Southern Pines. N.C. Wholesale & Retail Bus No one was injured and damage was minor in an accident involving a school bus Tuesday morning. The bus was enroute to Sandhills Farm life School. Trooper J.T. Covington of the State Highway Patrol reported that the bus stopped on Rural Paved Road 1833 to pick up passengers and a man backed out of his driveway and struck the bus. property, over half of which is already zoned Industrial Light. About 17 acres remaining in the tract is zoned R-20 Residential, and this is the property CP&L wants rezoned. Hie acreage presently zoned for light industrial usage faces the highway and is adjacent to property occupied by a trucking terminal and a construction company. It is across the road from Sandhills Industrial Park. If the property is rezoned, the utility plans to purchase the land, now owned by several persons and entities and managed as a package by an out of town legal firm. Dorsett explains that CP&L needs the land to spread out from its present cramped quarters. The move does not represent expansion so much as %n effort to accommodate the company’s normal growth needs, he adds. The present 4.2-acre site simply is not large enou^. Hie firm has added a trailer to accommodate overflow offices and has rented downtown office space, and parking space is running out, according to Dorsett. “We don’t pollute, and we won’t be manufacturing anything there,” Dorsett said in defense of the rezoning request. “We feel that we would be good neighbors.” Plans call for construction of a warehouse facility later this year as the first step in the 10-year plan, provided, of course, the land is rezoned and purchased. The 1979 capital investment would amount to an estimated $900,000, and by 1980 the figure would climb another $400,000 to $600,000. An additional $3 million would be spent by 1988, the projected completion year. Dorsett says that an office building would be added later, along with facilities to accommodate mechanics, engineers, clerks, and the variety of employes serving the Central Division Headquarters. The division employs more than 200 persons, about 101 of whom are stationed at Aberdeen; annual payroll is about $2.4 million. By 1988 Dorsett expects that more than 180 division employes would be working from the headquarters complex and the payroll would approach $7 million. In addition to the warehouse, small shops and garage facilities, the complex is to include office space for administrative personnel and division accounting employes. Through this headquarters complex the division’s 200-plus substations and 1000-plus ndles of transmission lines would be maintained. The division coordinates a 6000-square mile area, extending to Fairmont, Rockingham, Wadesboro, Siler City, Sanford and Fayetteville. PFEIFFER COLLEGE CONCERT CHOIR Dr. Richard H. Brewer, Conductor -In A- Concert of Sacred Music At The Village Chapel Pinehurst, N.C. Sunday, January 28th 4:00 P.M. Free Concert All Are Invited (h nWftLWEEKOFTWE W5KU>- nwxios 1=3 SALE ^ Com. WaoA, *
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