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VOL. 40—NO. 16
SIXTEEN PAGES
SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1960
SIXTEEN PAGES
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$280,000 in School Construction Needs
Here Told to County Commissioners
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John Howarth, chairman of the'get is made up.
Southern Pines school trustees,! The local officials listed as the
and Luther A. Adams, superin- j district’s primary need $105,000
tendent, appeared before the to complete another wing on the
county commissioners Monday to East Southern Pines High School
list school construction needs j building. The current year’s ap—
amounting to $280,000 for the lo-| propriation of $90,000 to South-
cal district. :ern Pines is being held to com-
The school officials explained ibine with a new appropriation
that this was not their formal re- before construction can begin,
quest for funds in the 1960-’61 i The other request was for
county budget, but that they $175,000 ^or a new high school
wanted to acquaint the county
board with needs well in advance
of budget-making time.
The county appropriates funds
for school construction, getting
separate requests from the South
ern Pines and Pinehurst admin
istrative units and from the coun
ty school system, before the bud-
Mrs. Richard Webb
Injured in Crash
Of Auto and Truck
J'^.'S. Richard D. Webb of
Young’s Road, near Southern
Pines, received a fractured pelvis
<^wd_^broken ribs when the Southern Pines runs 95 to 98 per
Ti_ there have been a
in West Southern Pines.
The new high school wing is a
pressing need, Mr. Howarth said,
pointing out that two classes are
being, held in church assembly
rooms this year and another in
tlie home economics building that
is not designed for classroom use.
Enrollment in the high school
is increasing each year, he said.
The commissioners, who had
heard Mrs. Walter Cole, county
welfare superintendent, tell them
earlier in the day that the Wel
fare Department had been called
in on school truancy cases at
West Southern Pines school,
questioned Mr. Adams about the
situation there.
’The superintendent said that
attendance at the schools in West
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Portion of Parkway Is
Zoned for Business Use
1959 Pontiac station wagon she
was driving was struck by a bot
tling company truck northbound
on May St. as Mrs, Webb drove
her car west into May St. from the
Delaware Ave. (Young’s Road) in
tersection.
Elease C. France of 1200 W. In
diana Ave., Negro domestic work
er who was a passenger in Mrs.
Webb’s car, received a broken
finger and head bruises.
At Moore Memorial Hospital to
day, the attending nurse said Mrs.
Webb’s condition is improving.
Mrs. France remained a patient at
that hospital until today, when
she went home.
Police Chief C. E. Newton and
Sgt. L. D. Beck, who investigated,
reported that Mrs. Webb told them
her brakes failed to work when
she approached the “stop” inter
section. The truck, property of
the 7-Up Bottling Co. of Raleigh
and driven by Garfield Carter,
22, of Fayetteville, hit the Webb
station wagon broadside, the highi
bumper of the truck crushing in'
(Continued on page 8)
number of chronic cases of tru
ancy which have been given at
tention.
Mrs. Cole had said it would be
of assistance to the Welfare De
partment if Southern Pines had
accepted an invitation to join the
county school system, in employ
ing Mrs. Edna Taylor as attend
ance officer for the Negro schools.
She said Mrs. Taylor was doing a
fine job in the county schools and
had taken a load off the Welfare
Department.
Mr. Howarth said that the local
school trustees had discussed the
matter but thought that there was
not much point in employing an
attendance officer to take care of
two or three per cent of the stu
dents.
The school dfficials said that
there is not so much trouble as
formerly with students staying
out of school to caddy on golf
courses. For some reason, Mr.
Howarth said, “that picture has
improved."
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OH. NO—NOT AGAIN!
GIFT ADMIRED — An 18th century secre
tary, pictured on the porch of the “House in the
Horseshoe,” is admired by Moore County His
torical Association members as it is being moved
in. Left to right: Mrs. William J. Harrington of
the Glendon Road, near Carthage, Mrs. Ernest
Ives of Southern Pines, Mrs. Charles T. Grier
of Carthage and Frank Horton of Winston-Sa
lem, antique furniture consultant at Old Salein,
who delivered the secretary to the historic site
in Deep River Township. (Pilot photo)
2nd Snow in Week Hits Area
A warm sun in clearing skies
this aftefnoon was melting this
area’s second snow blanket in a
week—a storm in which seven
an«J a half inches fell between
dawn and darkness Wednesday.
Unlike last week’s storm, in
which freezing rain and sleet pre
dominated on top of several
of March and for April remain
high, however, and operators of
hotels and motels are optimistic
for the remainder of the season
which runs well into May.
Utility interruption was at a
minimum in this week’s storm,
though telephones frequently
went dead because of overload-
by
iiiches ^ snow, Wednesday’s'ing of central equipment
blast at the Sandhills was almost i many calls.
^tirely a dry, powdery variety Many down town stores here
that created many scenes of beau- ^ closed early. Pew persons were
ty but soon packed down into an jout who did not have tire chains,
icy covering on streets and high- Many cars were left in the busi-
ways. A^ut dark, there was ness section and adjoining streets
some freezing rain but it was not and their owners walked or
Heavy and did not last through caught rides home,
the night.
There were no serious traffic
V accidents in this area attributable
to the storm, but police investiga
ted several minor collisions
around town and trucks and cars
had to be pulled out of ditches
in town and on the highways.
The snow started about 7 a. m.
Wednesday and came down so
heavily that school was called off
for the day. Today, the child) en
of the. Southern Pines, Pinehurst
^ and Moore County schools woe
out and it was learned early 1hi.s
afternoon that all three systems
will not have school on Frid ay
All schools hope to be back in
operation Monday.
Supt. Luther A. Adams of
Southern Pines said that 1his
week’s enforced vacation means
that schools here have lost a total
of five days. He said he would
i^.consult with the school board and
announce as soon as possible how
this time will be made up. ,
Resort interests in the Sand
hills have suffered heavily by the
storms of the past two weeks.
What was the best season in
years—for this time of the year—
has turned into the worst. Guests
here to play golf have left by the
hundreds and many reservations
Valuable Antique
Secretary Given
For Alston House
A valuable piece of furniture
believed to have been made in
Fayetteville about 1770 has been
presented to the Moore County
Historical Society by Mr. and Mrs.
William D. Campbell of New York
and Southern Pines and has been
placed in the historic Alston house
in Deep River Township! •
Mr. and Mrs. Campbell are now
at their home on E. Connecticut
Ave., while Mrs. Campbell is re
cuperating from an illness.
The antique secretary was re
cently delivered to the Alston
House—site of a skirmish during
the American Revolution — by
Frank Horton of Winston-Salem,
from whom it was acquired for
the Historical Society by Mr. and
Mrs. Campbell after their atten
tion was drawn to it by Mr. Hor
ton. Mr. and Mrs. Campbell have
long been interested in the pro
jects of the Historical Society.
Members of the Alston House
committee of the Society were on
(Continued on page 8)
Martin Ferguson Killed by Automobile,
Driver Facing Manslaughter Charge
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Rest Home Will
Open on April 1
An opening date of April 1 was
set by the county commissioners
Monday for the Reynolds Rest
Home to be operated at the re
modeled former county home
property on the Southern Pines-
Cartha^e road.
A tentative March 15 opening
was impossible because work has
not been completed and furnish
ings not aU purchased.
The home will be leased from
Martin Ferguson, 49, of N. May
St. was almost instantly killed
when he was struck by an auto
mobile driven by Roosevelt Vam-
per, 22-year-old local Negro,
about half a block north of the
Rhode Island Ave. intersection
with May St., at 7:50 p. m. last
Friday night.
Struck and injured by the 1954
Ford two-door sedan wei^ two
men who were walking with Fer
guson in the street, because of the
snow on the sidewalks. They are
Albert Cheatham, 52, in front of
whose residence at 645 N. May
the accident occurred, and Ray
mond Ritter, 34, of Manly. Both
Cheatham’s legs were broken and
Ritter sustained cuts and bruises.
The attending nurse at St.
Joseph’s Hospital, where Cheat
ham and Ritter remain patients,
said today that both are improv
ing.
Police Sgt. Earl Seawell and
Officer C. A. Wilson, who inves
tigated, reported that Ferguson
was dragged 132 feet while
caught face-down beneath the
car driven by Vamper and that
his chest was crushed. They said
he was in a dying condition when
removed from under the right
rear spring of the car, where his
body was caught, i
Cheatham, the officers said,
was knocked 30 feet and Ritter
eight feet, both into the snow that
bordered the street.
Vamper was charged with in
voluntary manslaughter, drunken
driving, speeding (he told the po
lice he was driving 45 miles per
hour) and having no operator’s
lic'ense.
In a hearing before Judge W.
Harry Fullenwider in Southern
Pines Recorder’s Court Wednes
day, Vamper was ordered held
for the grand jury on the man
slaughter charge and bond was
set at $3,000.
The car that Vamper was driv
ing was owned by John Robinson
of Youngs Road. Passengers at
the time were Vamper’s preg
nant wife, Verdell, and James D.
Harris of McCain.
Vamper stopped the car and
called police from a house near
by. In his statement to police he
(Continued on page 8)
Hearing Set on
Change in Street
Paving Procedure
An amendment to the Town’s
street improvement ordinance, on
which public hearing was direct
ed by the council Tuesday night,
would make possible surface
treatment of unpaved streets with
gravel and liquid asphalt, when
curb and gutter has been peti
tioned by adjoining property
owners but when funds are not
available to do the work.
The amendment would permit
the manager to “upgrade” unpav
ed streets in this manner, in prep
aration for permanent, heavier
paving and the curb and gutter
work.
As the Uw reads now, no un- pear at the end of this story. A
paved street can be given any 'number of persons at the hear-
♦ The town council, at its March
meeting Tuesday night, voted
unanimously to place the area on
both sides of the No. 1 highway
parkway—from Vermont Ave. to
Midland Road, to a depth of 550
^eet—in a new “Business IH”
zone. It was formerly in Residen
tial II zone.
All members of the council
were present: Mayor R. S. Ewing,
Mayor Pro Tem Jimmy Hobbs
and Councilmen John Ruggles,
Felton Capel and Harry Pethick.
Motion to adopt the zoning rec
ommendation of the Planning
Board was made by Mr. Ruggles,
seconded by Mr. Capel.
The action followed a public
hearing in which resolutions op
posing the re-zoning—from the
Town-appointed Parks and Beau
tification Committee and from
the Southern Pines Garden Club
—were read by Mayor Ewing.
Full texts of the resolutions ap-
kind of paving unless curb and
■gutter is done at the same time.
Property owners must pay
$1.25 a front foot when curb and
gutter work is done, but can pro
rate the payments over a 10-year
period. The town does the pav
ing work at its expense.
There is now a “priority” wait-,
ing list for curb and gutter and
paving as the town funds are not
enough to do at once all of its
share of these projects.
Under the proposed amend
ment, property owners who can’t
pay curb and gutter assessments
when they become due can waive
priority and go down on the list—
but can waive their priority only
once.
Pressure for a change in the
street improvement ordinance has
come from "West Southern Pines
where complaints have been
made frequently to the manager
and to the Council about the bad
condition of unpaved streets in
'the vicinity of the school.
Town Attorney Lament Brown
drew up the proposed amend
ment, designed to speed street im
provements but not require a
change in basic policy, after ex
tensive consultation with the
North Carolina Attorney General
and with the League of Mimici-
palities.
CONCERT MARCH 24
The third presentation of the
Sandhills Music Association’s se
ries will take place Thursday
night, March 24, at 'Weaver Au
ditorium, when Edmond Karlsrud,
bass-baritone, and Wolfgang Fet-
sch, pianist, will appear.
Students Chosen to Play with Navy
Band; Guardsmen to Stage Ceremony
William McAdams, music di
rector of Southern Pines city
schools, has announced that Dick
the county and operated by Mr. | Hoskins and Frank Staples from
and Mrs. John Smith of Robbins, j the Southern Pines High School
to accomodate 20 persons. iBand and David Funderburk and
* opo^"“°]^se event is planned ; John Dawless from the Aberdeen
at the time of opening to let the High School Band have been
public see the new facility.
'SCANDALS' POSTPONED
The “Scandals of the Sandhills”
chosen to play at the matinee per
formance with the U. S. Navy
Band at 3 p. m., Sunday, March
20. Funderburk and Staples play
VASE OF ICE — A fantastic
product of recent frigid weather,
is this vase of ice, with big icicles
beneath, produced by a bird-bath
fountain in the yard of Mr. and
Mrs. John Ruggles, 180 N. Bennett
St. The hoRow structure of ice
MRS. SMITH IMPROVING
Mrs. S. R. Smith, woman’s page
editor of The Pilot who broke her
, , 11 J i.1 1 1 ® on Wednesday of last
have been cancelled at hotels and was suitably decorated with roses j week, is improving at Moore Me-
%'motor courts. to make possible a “June ini mortal Hospital, after undergoing
Reservations for the remainder March” tag for this unusual photo. I surgery last 'Thursday.
was to be presented three nights
this week at Pinehurst has been
postponed to Wednesday, Thurs
day and Friday nights of next
week, at the Pinehurst school au
ditorium, because of this week’s
snow storm. (Photo on page 5)
Hoskins perform on the trumpet.
These young men were chosen for
this honor because of their musi
cal ability# poise, and deportment.
Thomas Ruggles, ticket chair
man for the Jaycee-sponsored
Navy Band concerts, has an
nounced that inclement weather
last week prevented the man
ning of ticket booths as scheduled
last Saturday, but stressed the
fact that there will be booths in
Southern Pines this Saturday,
March 12, for the convenience of
those who have not yet purchased
■their tickets. The booths will be
manned by members of the
Southern Pines High School Baqd
and local Jaycees—again, with
weather permitting.
A color guard of National
Guardsmen from the local unit
will present the colors at the
opening of both the evening and
matinee performances of the
Navy Band, according to word re
ceived from Dr. Joe Currie, chair
man of the reception and decora
tions committee.
Numerous responses to the re
quest by Jaycee President Paul
Boroughs for the largest Ameri
can flag in the Sandhills have
been received. It has not yet been
decided which flag is to be used.
'The flag chosen will be used as a
backdrop during the concerts.
Tickets for both concerts can
Board Discusses
Funds for Airport
A federal appropriation of $57,-
500 in funds for runway and light
ing improvements at the Pine
hurst- Southern Pines airport—
which was announced in Washing
ton last week—was discussed
Monday by the county commis
sioners at their regular meeting
in Carthage.
Commissioner W. S. Taylor of
Aberdeen said that he expected
the board would meet with the
Airport Committee, the advisory
group for the county-owned air
port, and discuss the county’s
plans to match the federal funds.
The money will become avail
able July 1 and the county has
two years from that date to put
up its dollar-for-dollar matching
funds.
It appears likely that the coun
ty will divide its appropriations
over two fiscal years and that
some funds, to meet additional
cost of the work beyond the pub
lic funds available, will be sought
from private sources.
ing expressed opposition to the
proposal and a few favored it.
One point raised from the audi
ence resulted in the council’s rec
ommendation that the Planning
Board make a study of the prob
lem of signs in the new business
zone and in other business zones,
too, and come back to the council
with a recommendation for an
other amendment to the zoning
ordinance.
Town Manager Loui^ Scheipers,
Jr., suggested that a recommen
dation might be made that would
not only limit the size of signs but
would allow signs only on the
grounds of the establishments
they would advertise.
There seemed to be general
agreement by the council that
limitation of signs, especially to
prevent erection of billboards
along the parkway, is desirable.
The sign amendment can not
be adopted, however, until^ the
Planning Board makes its recom
mendation, the Council calls for
a hearing and the proposal is ad
vertised for two weeks.
The point was made, however,
that the entire tract in the new
zone is owned by one property
owner, W. P. Davis, except for the
Mid Pines Lake, and that there
seems little likelihood that signs
would be erected in the immedi-
(Continued on page 8)
Innoculation
Fee for Rabies
Raised to $1.50
The rabies innoculation fee for
dogs was increased from $1 to
$1.50 by the county commissioners
at their regular meeting in Car
thage, because of rising costs of
the program.
Actually, board members point
ed out, Moore County dog owners
are getting the innoculations at
only half the price they paid years
ago when dogs were treated each
year at a charge of $1.
Now the shots last three years
for a cost of $1.50. Some counties
charge up to $3 for the three-year
shots, it was pointed out.
■Yeterinarians visit all sections
of the county each year, giving
the shots, as a public convenience
to dog owners.
front of the post office and the ,be obtained at Larry’s Men’s
Citizens Bank and Trust Co. in ! Shop on Pennsylvania Ave.
Huntley Buys
Sei;vice Station,
Leases to Talbert
Daniel B. Hancock, has sold his
Shell Service Station and recap
ping property, and plant, located
on U. S. Highway 1 between Ab
erdeen and Southern Pines, to W.
T. Huntley, Jr., of Southern Pines.
Frank Talbert who has been
operating the Recapping Shop for
several months has leased both
the service station and recapping
shop from Mr. Huntley. As soon
as the weather will permit, work
will be done to make the buildings
and grounds more attractive, Mr.
Huntley said, in announcing the
purchase.
Antiques Fair
Outlook ‘Best’
The “best response in any of
the three years it has been held”
was noted this week about the
Moore County'Historical Society’s
Antiques Fair, to be held at the
National Cruard Armory here
March 22, 2‘3 and 24.
Mrs. Ernest Ives, general chair
man, said that all but one of the
booths for visiting dealers has
been taken and that five dealers
entered here who were ex
hibitors at the recent big antiques
show in New York City.
PTA MEETING MONDAY
The March meeting of the East
Southern Pines Parent-Teacher
Association will be held at 'Weav
er Auditorium Monday, March 14, ,
at 8 p. m. C. S. Patch, Jr., presi
dent said that there will be a
speaker on a subject of interest
to parents and visitors.