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Southern Pines, North Carolina 28387 Wednesday, July 4, 1979 48 Pages " Budget Extras Added; Split Vote Approval FACING THE FOURTH — Pinebluff got a jump on other communities by celebrating the Fourth of July on Sunday and among the events, which attracted a large crowd at the town lake, was the pie eating contest (above). The celebration was topped off by fireworks Sunday night. - (Photo by Glenn M. Sides). School Building Action Asked; Critical Needs Are Described The Moore County Board of Education issued a position paper in response to the County Commissioner’s fiscal disregard toward Uje a,Jicols, in a'called meeting Monday night. Budget cuts were also made by the Board, following executive session. The position paper, which Superintendent Lee said was written by Dr. Bill Walton, re flects the belief of school board members that not enough money was allocated fpr the long-term building needs of the schod. In fact, no money was allocated to this purpose. “We view with alarm your failure to take any official action on our long range plan for capital improvement,’’ the paper, which ‘Birdie Festival’ Plans Have Variety Of Events Entertainment, sports, crafts, lots of good food and bargains galore. Something for every taste, according to Marty Foster, cohainnan with Linda Hub bard of the Sandhills Birdie Festival. They invite you to bring your family, your friends, your date to any and all of the events that mark the conclusion of the Birdie Festival Golf Open begun earlier this year by Par Travel CouncU of the SandMlls Area Chamber of Commerce. Festival week begins with “Wine, Weymouth and Song,’’ an afternoon of light music by the Moore County Choral Society and Tom Martin’s Jazz Group from the piazza at Weymouth Center, sponsored by Friends of Weymouth. Two concerts on the Pepsi-Cola Carillon follow on Wednesday, July 24. One will be held at 12 noon at the SouOiern Pines Park, (Continued on Page 12-A) Grant Sought By County To Help New Plant Here Moore (bounty Public Works Director Parker Lynch has been authorized to apply for a $40,000 Industrial Development grant through the Farmers Home Administration. The money will be used to supplement an Environmental Protection Agency grant to help build water and sewer lines to the ARO Corporation. Lynch ai^eared before the Moore County Board of Com missioners last week to request passage of a resolution per mitting his office to complete the application. Approval was readily given. ARO, the county’s newest major industry, is building a plant on U.S. 1 north of Southern Pines. The $7.5 million facility will produce part of the Bryan, (Continued on Page 12-A) THe PILOT LIGHT DEMOCRATS-The chairman of the State Democratic party. Senator Russell Walker, will meet Moore County Democrats at a breakfast scheduled for 7:30 a.m. on Thursday, July 12 at the Holiday Inn. Moore Chairman Phillip Jackson said that all Democrats are invited to the breakfast gathering. HUNT-Govemor Jim Hunt is seen as gaining points in the way he has handled the truckers strike in North Carolina. While some of the truckers lashed out at the Governor for calling out the National Guard to see that trucks were able to enter and leave oil terminals at Greensboro and Charlotte the public generally has applauded his actions. Governor Hunt also went to the produce fields and markets in Duplin and Sampson counties and helped to get produce moving to markets again. At the same time the Governor has shown a willingness to listen and to help the truckers in ob taining many of their objectives. REPUBUCANS - Many Re publicans already have chosen up sides in the 1980 Presidential nomination race. Some (rf the top party leaders, however, such as former Governor Jim Holshouser of Southern Pines are still biding their time. Holshouser has been (Continued on Page 8-A) will be sent to the Commissioners, said. “As you are aware, these capital needs have been weU documented and hiuidreds of cur school patrons and other citizens have indicated to you their desire that these needs be accommodated. “At this time the Board of Education has not attempted to establish a number one priority, but rather has said that the ne^ at Cameron, Robbins Elementary and West End are all critical.’’ Cameron school, the Board writes, is 55 years old. The second floor was abandoned two years ago and “the fire marshal has repeatedly expressed concern over the deteriorated Land Use Study Set For Moore Preparation of a coiuity land use plan will be given first jM^iority by (^1 Dean, the Ap palachian State University senior who will begin a six^nonth internship in Moore County on July 16. The 23-year old Raleigh man will be working with the County Planning and Zoning Board and Zoning Administrator Tony Carlyle while undertaking the land use study. Once this work is complete. Dean will work in other administrative capacities for the county. Carlyle said Dean will take an overall look at the county’s present land use, taking into consideration such factors as develojxnent, resources, water and sewer lines, and land availability, and will make recommendations for land classification. The study is not directly tied to (Continued on Page 12-A) electrical system and the wooden floors that for years were treated with oil. “Structural engineers examined the building and found floors that had dropped, brick side walls that had bowed out, (Continued on Page 12-A) Tim Maples Signs With Baltimore Tim Maples, the 18 year-old son of Virginia Maples and Duncan E. Maples, signed a one- year contract with the Baltimore Orioles on Sunday. He will report to the Orioles Farm Club in Bluefield, West Virginia on Monday, July 9 to begin training. “I’m relieved it’s all over,’’ he said Tuesday. A bunch of pressure went with it. I figured it was my only chance to go pro and I’ll learn more than in college.’’ Maples was the only high (Continued on Page 12-A) BY FLORENCE GILKESON In a meeting punctuated by mild fireworks and last minute amendments, the Moore County Board of Commissioners on Monday officially aK>roved an $8,325,040 budget and a 50-cent tax rate for 1979-80. It was a split vote, the first budget action in more than 20 years that was not a unanimous decision of the board. The day-long meeting was marked by a walk-out by (Toroner James Andrews, disgruntled because a request for a pay in crease and other assistance was turned down. His action was interpreted as a resignation although no official letter was presented to the board. The board also approved, again 3-2, an amendment providing funding to Par Travel and Sandhills Arts Council, plus additions to Sandhills Com munity College and the Soil Conservation Service in January, with the understanding this will be done if funds are available at that time. This total is $103,500. Later in the day the board went a step further and took action toward the purchase of the Law Enforcement Officers lodge building, which senior citizens in the Carthage area have been using as a feeding site. The group was evicted by the LEO Association on Friday because the county had taken no action to buy the property. Commissioner Carolyn Blue made the motion to approve the budget and the tax rate, and Commissioner Arthur Purvis made the second. In voting ap- iroval they were joined by (Chairman Lee Williams, while Commissioners Tony Parker and James Craven cast the dissen ting votes. Parker declared that he had committed himself to a 48-cent tax rate. “I still believe we could have it (4ftcent rate). I believe we could have changed some things such as the sanitary landfill; the schools are over- funded, and we never got an answer on mental health. What with inflation the way it is, we should have done something to hold to a no-increase tax rate,” he said. “I know we could have got that 48-cent tax rate. We really have a 51.5 percent tax rate because of what we did this morning. We’ve (Continued on Page 8-A) Fourth Festival Slated; Green Aberdeen Speaker Moore Students Score Above State Averages BY JENNIFER CALDWELL Moore (bounty students are superior to their peers across the state, reveaL scores released by the State Board of Education last week. County students in the first, second, third, sixth and ninth grades were tested in the Spring in reading, mathematics and language arts, including spelling, and in many cases scored above the national average. All North Carolina students took the same test, the California Achievement Test, used for the second year in the “Annual Testing Program,” which measures the progress of in dividual students. Individual students in Moore County are doing quite well, the scores reveal. In every case they scored above the state and regional (Southeastern) average. North Carolina students as a group scored above the national average in first and second grades, and at the national average in third grade. In sixth and ninth grades, however, Iheir scores were below the national average. This trend reinforces data reported in last week’s Pilot that (Continued on Page 11-A) Parades, speeches, music, games and fireworks are on tap for the Fourth of July celebration in Moore County. The biggest festival will take place at Aberdeen where Lt. Gov. Jimmy Green will' make the Independence Day address. The other princip^ speaker will be Secretary Sara W. Hodgkins of the State De partment of Cultural Resources. Parades and other festivities are scheduled at Carthage and Whispering Pines. H. Clifton Blue, general chairman for the Aberdeen Fourth of July festivities, promises an, event-filled day tomorrow for the 15th annual observation of the holiday, which centers around Aberdeen Lake. The first event will begin at 10 a.m., in a mile-long “Run for Fun” around the parade course in downtown Aberdeen. All contestants will receive certificates for finishing the W.E. Greer Is Given S&L Post One of North Carolina’s top financial managers, W. Ed Greer of Raleigh, has been named as the new President of Sandhills Savings & Loan Asociation, Inc. Greer, currently president of the State Employes Credit Union, will assume his duties in Southern Pines during the month of August. The State Employes Oedit Union is the third largest in the world, exceeded only by the Pentagon and Navy Federal. Former Governor James E. Holshouser, Jr., chairman of the board of Sandhills Savings, in announcing the appointment said: “Mr. Greer’s tremendous background in expanding and merging will be a great asset as we at Sandhills Savings move forward with our plans for ex pansion. “When Mr. Greer joined the State Employes Credit Union in 1960, it had $4 million in assets and 13 employes. Today, it boasts $336 million in assets and 270 employes in 22 branches.” Greer, 55, serves as chairman of 'the North Carolina Credit Union Association, and has been considered one of the most sought after financial managers in the state. Said Greer, “My years with the State Employes Credit Union have been most satisfying, but I am looking forward to the new challenge of operating an ef ficient and ej^anding savings and loan. My wiJEe, Aurelia, and I are looking forward to life in the Sandhills area.” The Greers haire three children and four grandchildren. He is an elder in the First Presbyterian Church in Raleigh. Lt. Gov. Jimmy Green race. The parade will begin shortly afterward, at 10:30, led by the Pinecrest High School Marching Band. Appearing in the parade will be the Ft. Bragg color guard, merchant’s floats topped by Miss Aberdeen contestants, and local politicians. There are more than 100 entries in the Parade. The crowd will cross US 1, which will be monitored by police officers, for the formal speaking ceremonies at 11:30, which will take place at Aberdeen’s Shamberger Park. Lt. Gov. Green and Secretary Hodgkins will speak. Also attend- Hing will be the chairman of the state Democratic party. Sen. Russell Walker, all of the Miss Aberdeen contestants, the chair man of the county Republican (Continued on Page 12-A) All Offices Closed For July 4 Holiday Independence Day will be an occasion to celebrate Wednesday, with most public offices and agencies, banks and private businesses closed ip observance of the national holiday. Federal, state, county and municipal, offices will be closed for the Fourth of July. In Southern Pines the post office will receive incoming mail, will lx»x and dispatch mail, but will offer no window service or home delivery. The Fourth is a bank holiday, and all area banks and other financial institutions will be closed. Retail businesses will be (Contini^d on Page 12-A) Hodgkins, Owens Winners Of Rotary Annual Awards The top Rotary award-the Four-Way Test-was presented Friday night to Sara W. Hodgkins, Secretary of the State Department of Cultural Resources, and Dr. Francis L. Owens. Presentations were made at the Southern Pines Rotary Club annual banquet, at which new officers were installed, at the Pinehurst Country Club. President Felton Capel made the presentations after the citations were read by Phillip Brown, chairman of the awards committee. Other members of the committee were Royal Boston, Herbert Punchard and Jerry i^de. Browr. said that the “Four Way Test Award is given in the Sandhills area of Moore County (Continued on Page 12-A) Skylab Falling—Where Will You Hide? BY JENNIFER CALDWELL The Fourth of July traditionally brings a night full of fireworks, which delight young and old alike as they burst brilliantly across the sky. This Fourth of July there is another object in the sky, that is more curious than any foecracker and may make a bigger boom when it comes down. The Pilot took to the streets before the Fourth and asked people where they thought Skylab would fall; and, if it fell in the Sandhills, where would they hide? “There’s no place to hide Straw Bachman because it’s going to go through two floors. There aren’t any six- floor buildings in Southern Pines so I’d probably go outside and watch for pieces so I could duck,” said Deah Straw. “I guess I could hide in my basement,” said Mrs. Harold & ^ ' Jones Bachman. “I’d dig a hole,” said Mose Jones. “It’s going to fall in the eastern part of the Atlantic Ocean,” said John F. Malone. “If it lands on us. we’ll find out. I wouldn’t '' ^ Malone Carrol Calfee Gina Carrol said she’d hide “In a tree. ” Aimee Calfee said she’d hide “Under the slide.” Glen Rounds said “There’s only one thing that I’m con- (Continued an Page 11-A) WIN ROTARY AWARD — Winners of the annual Southern Pines Rotary Club “Four Way Test” Award were Sr'a W. Hodgkins, shown at top receiving the award from Club President Felton Capel, and Dr. Francis L. Owens (center bottom). With Dr. Owens is Capel and Phillip Brown (left), chairman of the awards committee.—(Photos by Emerson Humphrey).
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