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VOL. 40—NO. 24 I TWENTY PAGES SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY 5, 1960 TWENTY PAGES PRICE: 10 CENTS i HAPPY MOMENT — Miss Charla Marcum holds the official Miss America golden trophy and a spray of red roses after being crowned Miss Sanford by Miss Lynda Lee Mead, the current Miss America. At left is Dr. Jim Hulin, outgoing president of the Sanford Jaycees, sponsor of the contest last week. Miss Marcum is now eligible for the “Miss North Carolina” contest whose win ner will go to Atlantic City to compete in the national Miss America event. (Photo by courtesy of The Sanford Herald) SOUTHERN PINES MUSIC TEACHER Charla Marcum Is Miss Sanford 2 School Board Members to Be Named by Council Most important item of busi ness docketed for the regular meeting of the town council at town hall Tuesday night of next week is appointment by the coun cil of two Southern Pines city boaid of education members. The terms of John M. Howarth, board chairman, and Dr. Vida C. McLeod are expiring. At the close of last month’s council meeting. Mayor Robert S. Ewing reminded council mem bers of the appointments to be made this month and urged them to sound out public opinion and think carefully about the matter before the May meeting. Other board of education mem bers are Norris L. Hodgkins, Har ry J. Menzel and P. I. York of West Southern Pines. Terms are on a staggered basis and only two of the five are ex piring this year. Louis Scheipers, Jr., town man ager, said that the council is ex pected to discuss the matter of Pennsylvania Ave. parking, in which the State Highway depart ment is asking that parallel park ing be designated on Pennsyl vania, between Broad and Ben nett Sts., to replace the present diagonal parking, as well as other parking system changes. 11-Year Allocation oi School Funds Defended By LOIS BYRD Sanford Herald City Editor Miss Charla Anne Marcum, a Southern Pines brunette with a flashing smile and a throaty voice, sang and played her way to the Miss Sanford title Thurs day night of last week in McLeod auditorium at Sanford. ^ Precision timing and an almost " professional rendition of two ori ginal blues numbers, “Love Sick,” and “Fool That I Am,” for which she wrote both music and Robbins People Named in Suit by « 5> Union Organizer A union organizer filed a $450,- 000 suit at Greensboro yesterday on claims his rights were violated by threats of violence and death from a group which gathered around him “with the connivance and encouragement” of officials of Robbins and a garment com pany there. Robert Oliver of Reidsville filed ^ the suit to U. S. Middle District Court. Named in the action are the mayor of Robbins, John Frye; two policement there, Roy Alex ander and I. S. Martin; the South ern Garment Co. and its presi dent, William Friedman; Lewis Davis; and Harrison Freeman. Davis is identified in the suit as a supervisory employe of the # garment company. Freeman is identified only as a resident of Moore County. lyrics, tipped the scales in favor of Miss Marcum, a private music teacher in Southern Pines. A shimmering Miss America crown was placed on her dark head by Miss Lynda Lee Mead, Miss America of 1960 at the cli max of the Jaycee-sponsored con test that kept an overflow audi ence of 1,200 in rapt attention and turned out to be first-rate entertainment, as well as a beau ty pageant. First runner-up was Miss Pa tricia Louise Gaines of Goldston, sophomore at Stratford College, Danville, Va., and second runner- up was Miss Claudia Arpatia Harmon of Sanford, student at Peace College. Miss Marcum will represent Sanford in the Miss .North Caro lina pageant to be held in Char lotte in July. She was presented a golden trophy, a $500 scholar ship, $300 in gifts donated by local merchants, and a week’s vacation for two at Miami Beach, Fla. Mrs. Charles Marcum, mother of the winner was the only mem ber of her family present for the climatic award. “I am so ex cited I can barely believe it,” said Mrs. Marcum^ backstage as she hugged her daughter. ■ Charla plans to use her prize (Continued on page 8) COURT OF HONOR A court of honor for Boy Scouts of Moore County units will be held at the Vass Community House, Monday, May 9, at 7:45 p. nn, J. Douglas David, district advancement chairman, has an nounced. PTA Officers to Be Installed at Monday Meeting A slate of new officers headed by Max Rush, president, will be installed at the regular meeting oI the East Southern Pines Par ent-Teacher Association, in Weaver Auditorium, at 8 p. m. ivionday. Retiring President C. S. (Bus ter) Patch, Jr., said that it is hoped a representative of the State PTA can be here to conduct the installation. On the program is a fashion show to be staged by Miss Keen’s home economics students. Re freshments in the cafeteria will follow, under direction of Mrs. Donald Denoff’s hospitality com mittee. At last night’s ham supper, Mrs. Albert Grove, co-chairman, reported, about 400 persons were served and some 475 tickets sold. The supper, in the school cafe teria, is one of the PTA’s main fund-raising projects. LITTLE LEAGUE ORGANIZED — Ricky Bohlander, o]^e of the 88 boys who are playing on local Little League and Minor League teams, sells the first season ticket to Mayor Robert S. Ewing, left. Looking or) are three of the league’s coaches. Left to right Joel Stutts, Eugene Sessoms and Frank Buchan. Boys on the teams wiU be selling the tickets—rwhich cost $1 and cover the full season’s games—throughout Southern Pines Saturday. For details of' the league and the season schedule, see a story elsewhere in today’s Pilot. (Pilot photo) Bookmobile Off Road Next Week The Moore Coimty Library’s Bookmobile wiD be off the road during the week of May 9 through 13 for major repairs. During this one week, the County Library in Carthage will oe open for public use every day, from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. Elks Tournament Trophies on View Trophies to be presented to , winners in the first annual Southern Pines Invitational Elks goif tournament are on display ill the windows of Steed Realty Co. and Scott Realty Co., Other trophies which are being engraved will be put on display at the Barnum Realty and Insurance Co. when they are ready. The tournament, for which Dr. Boyd Starnes and Joe Steed are co-chairmen, will be played over the Southern Pines Country Club course May 21 and 22, with Elks from North and South Carolina and Virginia taking part. ROY CAMERON DIES Roy Cameron, familiar Moore County figure who had been a wsmd of the county for many years, was found dead Monday morning near a woodland path in the Lake Bay section northeast of Southern Pines. See story else where in today’s Pilot for details. Senator Jordan Visits in Moore The campaign trail of U. S. Senator B. Everett Jordan brought him into and out of Moore County Tuesday. He arrived at Southern Pines on an early train from Washing ton and went to Pinehurst for breakfast with the N. C. Dental Society which was holding its an nual convention there. Accompanied by his brother, fo'mer State Senator Henry Jor dan of Cedar Falls, he joined some 30 friends for luncheon at the Carthage Hotel and remained for a handshaking session in the lobby before leaving for Salis bury in the afternoon. Attending the luncheon at Car thage were E. J. Bairns, W. D. Sabiston, H. L. Thomas, Robert E. Lee, Wilbur Currie, Wilton Brown, Stowe Cole, Charles Sin clair, Jack Williams, Dave Gins- burg, J. L. McGraw, J. L. Mc- Graw, Jr., Jamie C. Loy, Herbert Poole, L. L. Marion, Charles Mac Leod, Charles Frye, C. C. McCas- ' kill, Jesse' Crabtree, D. Gilbert SEN. B. EVERETT JORDAN Frye, E. H. Garrison, Jr., E. O. Brogden, J. D. David, Dan Mc Donald, S. C. Riddle, A. L. Barnes, Earl Moore, J. E. Sand lin, Kin Sugg, Jackson Rea, D. K. Muse and W. C. Croome. Dr. Phillips Head Of Health Group; Institute Success The annual meeting and elec tion of officers of the Moore County Mental Health association were held Tuesday night at the Southern Pines town hall, im mediately preceding the third and final session of the association’s highly successful Mental Health Institute. Dr. Charles Phillips of South ern .Pines was reelected president, with the Rev. James Jones of Pinehurst first vice-president and Mrs. Lloyd P. Tate of Pinehurst, second vice-president. Miss Mary Logan and William Graham, Jr., both of Southern Pines were re elected secretary and treasurer (Continued on page 8) Ross Re-Elected To Presidency of Historical Assn. George Ross of Jackson Springs was reelected president of the Moore County Historical Associa Visiting the county commission ers Monday on behalf of the Sou thern Pines board of education’s school building (capital outlay) fund requsts for the 1960-’61 year, local school officials presented the commissioners with four different ‘Tag Day’ Set to Raise Funds for Maternal Welfare Posters of a smiling baby, little green and white tags with the same baby on them being sold from a table in front of the post- office and another in front of the bank—these will be the signs in Southern Pines on Saturday that Tag Day and the fund drive of the Moore County Maternal Wel fare Committee is in full swing. Another sign might be—accord ing to the hopes of the sellers— tile return to their homes after a stroll on Broad Street Saturday morning of a whole lot of town- folks minus the jingling change they started out with in their pockets —not to mention the fold ing money. According to annual custom, the drive workers will be station ed at tables down town. At the bank the table will be in charge of Mrs. Claude E. Reams, who will have Mrs. Ward Hill, Mrs. Eugene Stevens, Mrs. R. E. Rhodes, Mrs. Lament Brown and Mrs. cieorge Leonard working with her. Mrs. L. T. Avery, at (Continued on Page 8) Tom Ruggles Is Hewlett Chairman Tom Ruggles, young business- Uon ai its annual meeting held n>i>" and civic leader, has aecept- last Thumdav night at the House. Others reelected were Mrs. Katherine N. McColl of Southern Pines, Mrs. Albert Tufts of Pine hurst and Dr. C. G. Spencer of Carthage, vice-presidents; Mrs. L. T. Avery and Norris L. Hodgkins, Jr., of Southern Pines, secretary and treasurer respectively. The officers were elected by the board of directors from among their number immediately after the regular meeting, at which the membership elected the directors (Continued on page 8) Hospital Charity Funds Run Short Rising hospital costs—going up about five per cent per year—are making it increasingly difficult for hospitals to care for welfare patients and others who can’t pay their hospital bills, the county commissioners were told at their meeting Monday. Moore County’s payment of $12 per day to the hospital lor indi gent patients was compared to the actual cost of $18.50 per day lor caring lor them last year—a cost that has already risen to $19 this year. The hospital came out $8,000 short on these patients last yesir, said the delegation, composed of John Taylor of Pinehurst, presi dent of the hospital; Tom Hower ton, administrator, and Paul Dana, treasurer. This was in addition to the $78,- 000 it went in the hole on medi cally indigent patients—those who aren’t on welfare but can’t pay their hospital bill. They supported the request of the department of public welfare for an additional full-time case worker, asking that she put in at least a half-day a week investiga- SMITH WINS N 8t S Charlie Smith of Gastonia de feated Peter Green of Franklin, Mich., 5 and 3, to win the North gnd South Amateur Golf cham pionship at Pinehurst Saturday. Details on page 14. BANKS TO CLOSE TUESDAY The Citizens Bank & Trust Co. here and other banks throughout the county will close Tuesday, May 10, for Conferedate Mem orial Day, an official state holi day. ting hospital patient cases. The loss on the welfare patients occurred despite funds from the Duke and Reynolds Foundations and Medical Care Commission, supplementing the payments by the county. They asked that the commissioners support the N. C. Hospita!^ Association’s reqii'est for “pool” funds in the 1961 General Assembly—noting that in Vir ginia and South Carolina, the State pays 100 per cent of hospi tal costs of charity patients. Pines of Addison Hewlett’s cam paign for U. S. Senator. Since completing his Army ser vice two years ago, he has been associated with his father, John S. Ruggles, in the Barnum Realty and Insurance Co. of Southern Pines. He is active in the South ern Pines Jaycees and in Emmsm- uel Episcopal Church, and was re cently appointed to the town zon ing adjustment board. He is un married. Appeals Made in Cancer Campaign Contributions to the Moore County unit of the American Cancer Society can be made to local chairmen, to postmasters or to the county chairman, David Giiisburg of (Carthage. Mrs. J. S. Miliiken, Southern Pines chairman, said that about $200 had been given here—consid erably short of the goal—but that appeal letters were still being sent out. She urged that local gifts be turned in to her as soon as possible. Dr. Hoffman to Lead Music Festival The Aberdeen High School au ditorium will be the scene of the Picquet Music Festival at 8 p .m. Friday. Members from all the high school glee clubs in the county will participate in this event which will be conducted by Dr. Arnold Hoffman, super visor of Music, North Carolina Department of Education in Ra leigh. The Sandhills Kiwanis Club is sponsoring the festival. There is no admission charge. Between 200 and 220 voices will make up the chorus which will sing eight or nine numbers dur ing the evening. Rehearsals are being held all day today at Aber deen. Previously, the Kiwanians have sponsored competition between the various glee clubs in the schools of Moore County. How ever, this year, at the suggestion of the music teachers of the schools, a non-competitive pro gram was arranged. More student participation is expected in this type of program. The Picquet Music Festival is held in honor of the late Charles i 'T?: DR. ARNOLD HOFFMAN W. Picquet, a charter member of the Sandhills Kiwanis Club and long recognized as an ardent mu sic lover and leader throughout the county. Joseph W. Beach, Jr. (Continued on page 8) tabulations and charts, to show that the Southern Pines school district has not been getting more than its share of the county’s cap ital, outlay funds in the past 11 years. The county board of education has published and circulated this year and for several past years a compilation of figures to show that the Soythern Pines and Pinehurst separate administrative school units have received con siderably higher capital outlay funds, on a per capita (per stu dent) basis, than has the county school system which includes all other schools in the county. At the meeting Monday, John Howarth, local board of education chairman, and Luther A. Adams, superintendent, countered the charge: Over the past 11 years, the Southern Pines city schools have received from the county, for buildings, $850,848.76 and the Aberdeen District alone, a unit of the county system, has received ' $873,082.34—some $20,000 more than Southern Pines. The amount received by Aber deen was 18.6 per cent of the tptal amount of capital outlay allocat ed to all county schools during the period. For Southern Pines, the amount received was 18.2 per cent of the total. What Aberdeen received gave it 22.8 per cent of the county school system’s entire capital out lay expenditures over these years. And on a per capita, per year basis—the one used by the county board of education in its report— the figure for Aberdeen was $68.18 and for Southern Pines $70.94. However, the listing showed that schools of the county system, excluding Aberdeen, received dur ing the period $2,348,162 in capital outlay funds—which in per capita terms was $36.57 per pupil per year. The point of this, Mr. Howarth told the commissioners, is that the county board of education has in sisted that the proper way to al locate capital outlay funds is on a per capita basis—yet, he point ed out, “they have not done that within their own,system.” He cit ed the $68.18 per capita figure for Aberden, as compared with the $36.57 figure for the rest of the county system’s schools. Enrollment figures were pro duced to show that: In the 11 years, there has been in aU the schools of the Moor<! ' County system an increase of 890 pupils—14.7 per cent. (Continued on page 8) Democrats Will Meet Saturday Democrats will meet Saturday afternoon in' the 18 voting pre cincts of Moore County to elect precinct committee members and officers. Joe C. Thomas, Southern Pines precinct chairman, has announced the local meeting for the library at 2:30 p. m. The Aberdeen meeting will be in the American Legion build ing at 1:30 p. m. West End Democrats will meet at the school there at 2:30. The East Carthage meeting will be in the comrhissioners’ room of the courthouse at 2 and the West Carthage gathering in the courtroom at the same hour. The Democratic County con vention will be held at the court house in Carthage at 2 p. m., Sat- uiday, May 14, W. Lament Brown, Moore Democratic chair man, announced this week. Mother's Day Ser^ce At Elks Club Sunday The Elk’s Club is holding its annual Mother’s Day service Sun day at 3:30 p. m. at the Southern Pines Country Club. Eugene Mc Kenzie is chairman of the event and there will be a speaker. 'The public is invited. ROSES IN BLOOM The rose gardens at the South land Hotel on New Hampshire Ave. are in full bloom, Mrs. Bun ny Harrington, hotel proprietor, reminded interested persons to day. The gardens are an annual object of interest in the business section.
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