VOL. 39—NO. 36
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SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, JULY 30, 1959
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CHAMPIONSHIP PLAY STARTS WEDNESDAY
Softball League Playoffs Begin
Monday; Ghosts Are League Winners
$5,000 Collected
For Fieldhouse At
Memorial Field
Construction of a new athletic
field house at Memorial Field is
expected to get underway soon,
according to Bill Thomasson, who
led a drive to secure funds for
the new building.-
Thomasson said this morning
that some $5,000 is on hand for
the construction. Some people
who made pledges have not ful
filled them, he added, urging that
they do so as soon as possible.
The new building, to be located
adjacent to the quonset hut that
now houses dressing room facili
ties, will contain a huge shower
room, locker room, and a ladies
restroom. It will also be roughed
in to contain some other facilities
to be installed as funds become
available.
To be constructed of concrete
blocks, the new building, is ex
pected to be ready by fall, hope
fully by the opening of the foot
ball season, Thomasson said. The
first game is in the first week of
September.
Funds were secured through
public donations. Last fall a drive
was started after some townspeo
ple were informed by Irie Leon
ard, former football coach and
principal of the high school, that
the facilities were sorely needed.
Thomasson headed a committee
of about a dozen people that
drummed up enough interest to
raise the $5,000.
Plans for the structure were
donated by the local architectural
firm of T. T. Hayes and Associ
ates, and bids have already been
received. Thomasson said more
information would be available
next week.
Knollwood Airport
Improvement Seen
With Federal Help
The possibility of Moore Coun
ty obtaining Federal funds for
construction of paved runways at
Knollwood Airport are very good,
an engineer with the Federal
Aviation Agency said here Mon
day,
W. L. Mayfield, who works out
of the District Airport Engineer's
office in Charlotte, said that the
airport probably would qualify
for Federal funds easily if match
ing funds are made available by
fhe county.
The meeting, held in the Mu
nicipal Building, was attended by
Mayor Robert Ewing, who is also
chairman of the county’s indus
trial development committee;
Sidney Taylor of Aberdeen, a
member of the Board of County
Commissioners and the airport
committee; L. C. McKenzie, who
operates the airport on a lease
basis, and Town Manager Louis
Scheipers, Jr.
The airport, Mayfield said, is
already in the National Airport
Plan which is a distinct advan
tage, and has facilities that many
other airports, receiving help do
not have. He mentioned the fact
that there was sufficient land for
enlargement and improverhent of
the runway, and it was already
public property, thus eliminating
the problem of having to pur
chase land.
Mayor Ewing said that it was
the desire of town and officials
and the industrial committee to
look to the future development of
the field, particularly in view of
the fact that Piedmont Airlines
is expecting to begin direct serv
ice to Raleigh in the next few
years. He said that paved run
ways would be an important step
in the developm.eni of the airport
to put this area on a competitive
basis with other areas in the at
traction of new industry and
more tourists.
Taylor is making a report on
the meeting to the Commission
ers.
; Shaughnessy playoffs in tire
summer softball league here be
gin Monday, according to Inc
Leonard, director of the summer
program.
The regular season ends to
night, he said, and the fourth
team will be decided. Three, the
Galloping Ghosts, the Moose
Lodge and the'Cions, are already
assured of berths. The battle fo^i
the other spot is being waged be-^'
tween the VFW and the Manly
Presbyterian Church entry.
Tonight the VFW meets the
Lions Club in a regular game.
If the VFW wins, that team will
enter the playoffs. If it loses,
however, then a game must be
played between the VFW and the
Moose to determine the four%
team.
Leonard said that the Ghosts,
with a 12-0 record for the sea
son, would be awarded a plaque
at tonight’s game for winning the
regular season championship. The
plaque is being presented by the
Town Recreation Department.
The playoffs Monday night be
gin at 7:30 when the Moose team.
No. 2, meets the Lions, No. 3.
Following that the Ghosts, No. 1,
plays the winner of the VFW-
Manly battle.
On Tuesday night the order re
verses, with each of the teams
required to play its opponent in
a test two-of-three series.
The remaining two teams will
then play a best two of three
series, beginning Wednesday
night, for the championship.
Other standings to date have
the Moose Lodge with a 9-3 rec
ord, the Lions with a 4-7 record,
VFW with 2-9, and Manly with
2-10.
Coroner Planning
To Hold Inquests
Into Two Deaths
Coroner Ralph Steed said this
morning that he might hold an
inquest tomorrow in the death of
Harold Gene Sheffield, 17, who
was found dead early last Thurs
day morning on Highway 27
about three miles from the Rob
bins crossroads.
He said also that an inquest
into the death of Ralph Medlin,
Southern Pines imliceman who
was killed Monday night of last
week in a corridor of Moore
Memorial Hospital after , threat
ening several people with a gun,
would probably be held next
week.
In both instances. Steed said,
he was attempting tc secure fur
ther information.
Sheffield, of Route 1, Eagle
Springs, was struck by an auto
driven by Constable Oscar Bailey
of West End. Bailey told State
Highway Patrolmen J. A. Me
Colman and Thomas Clark that
he did not see the boy lying in
the road until it was too late to
stop. The incident occurred about
3:30 in the morning.
SAVINGS BONDS
GOING AWAY GIFT of a fishing rod and reel and a tackle
box was presented Irie Leonard, former Coach and principal n't
Southern Pines High School, by some of the students last week.
Making the presentation, which cape as a surprise as a couple
hundred other friends of the popular coach joined in a picnic
at the Southern Pines Country Club, is,Robert Woodruff. Others
in the picture are, from left, Glen Marcum, Bob Ryder, Joe
Garzik, Butch Ryder, Chuck Ward and John Marcum.
I (Humphrey photo)
TRUSTEE TO BE APPOINTED
Mrs. Busbee Declared Incompetent
BySp ecial Jury This Afternoon
Mrs. Juliana Busbee, who with
her late husband, Jacques Bus
bee, found and managed Jugtown
Pottery for some 40 years, was
found incompetent to manage her
affairs at a hearing this after
noon.
The finding was made by a
jury composed of six men and
six women. Carleton Kennedy,
Clerk of Superior Court, pre
sided at the hearing, which be
gan at 2 p.m. and was over about
3:30.
The actual issue submitted to
the jury, sifter some eight wit
nesses had been heard, was: “Do
you find the said Juliana Busbee
incompetent, from want of un
derstanding, to manage her af
fairs by reason of mental weak
ness, age, or disease of old age?”
Among the eight witnesses tes
tifying were Dr. Clement Mon
roe and Dr. A. A. Vanore, both
of whom said they had observed
Mrs. Busbee for some time and
both of whom said that in their
opinions she was incompetent.
Mrs. Busbee also took the stand
and said she was amused by the
testimony of those preceding her.
Kennedy said he would appoint
a guardian or a trustee for Mrs^
Busbee, as required by law when
such a finding is made, “after I
have given the matter more
thought, prpbably in a day or
two.” He gave no indication who
that person might be.
Clerk of Court Kennedy order
ed the hearing Monday after a
complaint had been filed 'in his
office by H. F. Seawell, Jr., attor
ney for Jugtown, Inc., on behalf
of Mrs. Isabelle B. Henderson of
Raleigh, one of the organization’s
members.
The order was accompanied by
a summons for a jury of 12 who
were also appointed. They were
to return a verdict of “whether
In Moore County, sales of E or not Mrs. Busbee is incomiie-
and H. Savings Bonds for the ' tent from want of understanding”
month of June were $27,567.80, i to handle her affairs,
and for the year to date $177,-1 The petition for tlie hearing,
457.25. This is 47.7 per cent of the which was filed- earlier this
county’s quota for 1959. month, alleged that Mrs. Busbee
Lightning Hits Courtroom
Court officials and attendants in Carthage are accustomed to the
unusual happening during the Monday sessions and causing some
delay in the proceedings. There have been all sorts of them, from
wrecks on the traffic circle that surrounds the courthouse to near
births in the audience.
The one that will be longest remembered, however, occurred
Monday at the height of an electrical storm.
Solicitor W. Lamont Brown was questioning a woman who was
being tried on a charge of driving drunk. Just as he got to the cli
max of his vigorous examination an awesome bolt of lightning
struck a walnut tree behind the nearby Carthage Hotel and then
the lightning skipped over to the courtroom, jumped around the
room about a minute, then disappeared.
Brown reported he was considerably jarred. Judge J. Vance
Rowe, though a bit->shaken by the whole business, ordered that 1;he
session go on as usual.
The woman on the stand, one attendant reported, just smiled. The
attendant figured she had Ijeen telling the truth and wasn’t worried
at all.
•'“had for some -time been suffer
ing old age, mental unsoundness,
and is now mentally defective to
transact business of any kind and
has been in such condition sever
al months. .. from want of under
standing (she) is unable to man
age her affairs.” '
Tbs ^tition also points out
that two physicians of the coun
ty, not named in the petition but
known to be Dr. Clement , Mon
roe of Pinehurst and Dr. A. A.
Vanore of Robbins, have express
ed opinions that Mrs. Busbee was
incompetent to manage her af
fairs and in their opinions, she
would remain in such condition.
Further, the petition stated,
there are “certain business mat
ters” of Mrs. Busbee that require
attention, that at present “she is
and has been subjected to domin
ation by those who are securing
(Continued on page 8)
Police Force Gets
Two New Members;
Seven NowOnDuty
Additions Bring
Force To Full
Complement
Police Chief C. E. Newton an
nounced today that two new po
licemen had joined the force and
pulled their first tours of duty
last night.
The two are Allan James Ben
ner, formerly of Carthage, and
Odis Claudelle Bridges, former
ly of Wadesboro. They replace
Harold Stamper, who resigned
earlier this month to enter pri
vate business in Oklahoma, and
Ralph Earl Medlin, who was slain
last week in a corridor at Moore
Memorial Hospital after terroriz
ing several people there with a
gun.
Chief Newton said that the ad
dition of Benner and Bridges to
the force brings the complement
to the full seven, of which he is
included. Others are sergeants
Luther Beck and Earl Seawell,
and officers Wesley Thompson
and Charles Wilson.
Benner, whose age is 30, is a
native of Devon, Pa., and grad
uated from the high school in
Berwyn, Pa. He entered the
Army in 1951 and served part of
his two-year enlistment at Fort
Bragg.
When he was discharged in
1953 he went to live in Carthage
and was employed at a hosiery
mill in Star. He was employed
there six years.
Married to the former Audrey
Brown of Carthage, they have
one child.
Bridges, 24, was born in Wades
boro and graduated from the high
school there in 1954. He served in
the Air Force from 1955 until
December, 1958, as an air police
man at Webb Air Force Base at
Big Springs, Texas. Aftejr his
discharge in December he be
came a member of the police
force in Midland, Texas, and
stayed there until June 24.'
He is married to the former
Betty Rose Cook of Wadesboro
and they are parents of one child.
Commissioners Adopt
$Million Plus Budget
ALSO TO COMPLETE M. A. STUDIES
Gary Mattocks Joins East Carolina
Grid Staff As Graduate Assistant
Gary B. Mattocks of Southern"^
Pines, former East Carolina Col
lege quarterback, has been add
ed to the football coaching staff
at East Carolina as graduate as
sistant coach.
The Emnouncement, made by
by Dr. John D. Messick, East
Carolina College president, and
Dr. N. M. Jorgensen, director of
athletics, said that Mattocks will
be working to complete his stud->
ies lor the M. A. degree in addi
tion to assisting head football
coach Jack Boone in coaching as
signments.
Mattocks joins three other East
Carolina alumni in strengthening
the Pirates’ football coaching
crew. Frank H. Madigan and Wil
liam B. McDonald have been as
sistant coaches for the past two
years, and George M. Tucker
comes from Davidson to the East
Carolina campus September 1 to
begin his duties as an assistant.
Native of Southern Pines where
he made outstanding contribu
tions to six-man football. Mat
tocks first entered Duke Univer
sity upon high school graduation,
but left to begin military service
at the end of his freshman year.
Following his armed forces ex
perience, as a paratrooper, Mat
tocks resumed his college work
at East Carolina and for three
years had a successful career on
the gridiron for the Pirates.
Since his graduation from East
Carolina in February, 1958, Mat
tocks served as a member of the
physical educatidn staff of the
Fayetteville YMCA and during
the past school year he was on
the coaching staff of the Hamlet
high school. The new assistant
reports on September 1 to join
Coach Boone and the
coaching staff.
Two Being Held
For Trial On Tire
Stealing Charges
Two people have been arrested
and are in Moore County jail
awaiting trial on charges of steal
ing some $3,000 wortfi of tires
from the Quality Oil Company
of Eagle Springs in June.
The two are Isinore Locklear,
39, of Maxton, and Robert Lee
Lowry, 30, also of Maxton. They
are being held under $5,000
bonds for the August 17 criminal
term of Superior Court.
Sheriff Wendell Kelly said an
other person is still being sought
in the theft.
The tires were located by
Montgomery County officers,
who had kept a night-long watch
on the hiding place, which they
had discovered. It was located
12 miles west of Troy.
While maintaining their look
out, the Montgomery County of
ficers, assisted by several from
Moore County, saw two men
brought to the hiding place in a
car driven by a woman. The men
became alerted to the officers’
presence, however, and managed
to get away. The woman also
drove off but was picked up later
parked on the highway a short
distance away.
Lowry and the Locklear wom
an were given preliminary head
ings and ordered held under the
$5,000 bonds. The other person,
football still unidentified, is being sought.
Sheriff Kelly said.
No Changes Are
Made From
Tentative Figures
The Board of County Commis
sioners, in a called meeting Mon
day, adopted the 1959-60 budget
calling for expenditures of more
than one million dollars, not all_
of which comes from county
taxes. It remained unchanged
from tentative budget estimates
made about a month ago.
Biggest item in the budget is,
as usual, funds to build new
schools and operate those in ex
istence. The commissioners allo
cated a total of $270,000 for new
construction, of which $140,000
goes into the county system,
$90,000 to Southern Pines sys
tem, and $45,000 to the Pinehurst
system. The total for capital out
lay of the various administrative
units was $285,841, of which
$228,463 goes to the county unit,
$36,596 to Southern Pines, and
$20,782 to Pinehurst.
The Commissioners also con
tinued in effect special assess
ments for three schools, each
based on $100 property valuation:
Southern Pines, the largest, has
50 cents; Pinehurst has 30 cents;
and Aberdeen also has 30 cents.
One other special assessment,
10 cents on each $100 property
valuation, will be collected for
the West End fire protection dis
trict.
Here are some of the major
items in the budget (the total
figure relates to operation of the
entire department, including sal
aries): county commissioners,
$6,000; sheriff’s office, $34,000;
dog warden, $8,000; register of
deeds, $16,000; courthouse and
grounds, $17,000; listing and as
sessing, $16,000; elections, $3,000;
coroner, $1,000; fire warden, $9,-
633; jail operation, $12,000; coun
ty library, $16,189; rural fire pro
tection, $11,000; county account
ant’s office, $9,000; heating and
air conditioning the courthouse,
$32,100; agriculture building,
$108,000; and water and sewer
line, $’7,500. There was also an
item of $200 in the budget, the
smallest appropriation of all, for
capturing stills.
The $108,000 appropriation for
the agriculture building actually
was carried over from last year.
There had been approximately
$118,000 appropriated in the last
budget but funds were used for
other purposes, leaving $1Q8,000
when the year ended.
Included in the budget also
was $48,206 for the operation of
health services in the county, of
which $29,520 is for salaries.
In the welfare budget the
Commissioners allocated $25,000
for hospital care of certified pa
tients, a total of $19,995 for Old
Age Assistance, $7,660 for Aid
to the Blind, $7,605 for Aid to the
Permanent and Totally Disabled,
$12,906 for Aid to Dependent
■Children, and $1,500 for medicine'.
Cost of administration in the
department was set at $37,490.
Most items in the welfare bud
get are supplemented and, in
some cases, more than matched,
by Federal and State funds.
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Youngster JIurt
Doing Back Dive
At Aberdeen Lake
Tommy Evans, ll-year-old
grandson, of Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Van Camp of Southern Pines,
tried a back flip off a diving plat
form at Aberdeen Lake this morn-
and wound up in the hospital with
an injured vertebra.
Tommy, it was reported, hit
the bottom of the lake with con
siderable force and complained
later of pains. He was examined
by Dr. H. M. Caddell who sent
him along to the hospital for X-
rays. An ambulance from Powell
Funeral Home was pressed into
service.
Mr. Van Camp said Tommy was
feeling pretty good this afternoon.
Tommy’s parents live in Dur
ham and he has been here visit
ing his grandparents.
Polio Vaccine In
Short Supply At
Health Clinic
Dr. J. W. Willcox, Moore Coun
ty health officer, said this morn
ing that Salk polio vaccine is in
critically short supply in his of
fice.
Dr. Willcox said that though
the county has had no incidence
of polio this year the threat ex
ists. One little boy from the Mid
way community was admitted to
Duke Hospital recently with a
questionable diagnosis of polio
but was returned to his home
after being hospitalized seven
days. The youngster. Dr. Willcox
said, had not received Salk shots.
State law requires that health
departments give the shots only
to children between the ages ot
two months and six years, and
Dr. Willcox said his agency could
meet those demands. Ordinarily
only those who are indigent re
ceive the shots from the health
department.
A spokesman for the U. S. Pub
lic Health service said Wednes
day, according to wire reports,
that shortages of polio vaccine
reported in some areas of the na
tion may continue for four or
five weeks. He said that despite
efforts of the government to
spread available supplies of Salk
vaccine to needy areas, ''‘not
enough has been produced to
meet heavy demands.”
One local doctor said this
morning that he had not had any
unusually heavy demands for the
shots and that he could provide
them on the ordinary demand
basis.
Area Development
Meeting Slated
Here In September
Directors of the Sandhills .Area
Development Assoaiation, a four-
county organization, met here
last Thursday to lay plans for a
kickoff meeting this fall.
Robert Ewing, Mayor of
Southern Pines and a mover in
the organization, said that Tues
day, September 15, had been ten
tatively selected as the date for
a full meeting of representatives
from Moore, Montgomery, Lee
and Richmond Counties. He said
a goal of at least 100 delegates
from each county was anticipated
for the meeting.
The meeting will be held in the
Southern Pines high school audi
torium at So’clock. In addition to
explaining the idea of area devel
opment, Ewing said, officers will
be elected to guide the associa
tion through the first year. '
Craven To Head
State Highway
Employees Group
Thomas Craven, right-of way en
gineer in the Eighth Highway Di
vision, was elected president of
the division unit of the North
Carolina Highway Employees
Association at a meeting held
last week in Sanford.
Craven lives in Southern Pines.
Other officers elected were Z.
V. Tolar, also of Southern Pines,
vice president; and Miss Jean
Morton of Aberdeen, secretary-
treasurer.
Chief speakers for the meeting
were Otis Banks, executive sec-
ret2iry of the employees associa
tion, who spoke on benefits gain
ed by the group during the last
session of the Legislature, and
Ervin Dixon, official with the
State Highway Department, who
spoke on benefits of a bi-weekly
pay period for state highway per
sonnel.
The district is composed of
Moore, Lee, Montgomery, Chat-
jham, Hoke, Richmond, Randolph
and Scotland Counties.