VOL. 40—NO. 26
TWENTY-FOUR PAGES
SOOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY 19, 1960
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• Terry Sanford, Governor Candidate,
To Speak at Carthage Friday Night
MR. SANFORD
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Sanford Leading
In Moore, Poll of
228 Voters Shows
By VALERIE NICHOLSON
A pre-primary poll of Moore
County voters on the gubernatori
al campaign revealed last week
that more than half of them
hadn’t made up their minds.
With Democrats who would
declare themselves, Terry San-
<1 ford was far in the lead, though
Seawell was gaining in strength.
Lake had few votes, though there
were hints of “hidden strength”;
Larkins barely scratched.
The poll included 228 register
ed voters queried at random in
various precincts, covering most
parts of the county—Southern
Pines, 75; Carthage, 43; West End,
24; Vass, 17, Aberdeen, 18; Cami-
j^eion, 15; Robbins, 18, and Pine-
* hurst, 12.
Of these, 188 said they “didn’t
know”; 10 did know but prefer
red not to say. Of 90 remaining,
80 were for Sanford; 25 for Sea-
well; five for Lake; one for Lar
kins and seven for the Republi
can candidate, R. L. Gavin.
The “don’t knows” appeared
about evenly divided among those
^ who were seriously studying the
•'situation, and usually found
themselves torn between two; and
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Mar ley Elected
Lions President
Joseph P. Marley was elected
president of the Southern Pines
^ Lions Club for the coming fiscal
year at the regular meeting last
Friday night. He will succeed Joe
Carter, current club president.
Elected to serve with Maurley
are Calvin Howell, first vice-presi
dent; John Langford, second vice-
president; C. H. Bowman, third
vice-president; Harvey Home, sec
retary; Davis Worsham, treasurer;
Ed Willis, tail twister; BUI Bo- SUPERIOR COURT
dine, lion tamer; the Rev. Mai- A crowded term of Moore
v#colm Anderton, chaplain; Douglas County Superior Court for trial
Kelley; Charles Cole, Bill John- cf civil suits wiU open at Carth-
son, and the Rev. Maynard Man- age Monday, with Judge F. Don-
gum, directors. aid Phillips of Rockingham on
The new officers wiU assume the bench. Several divorce cases
their duties at the first regular ai'e included on' the Jight calen-
meeting in July. dar. I
Young Musicians to Play Saturday
^ The Sandhills N^usic Associa-
^"tion will present its Hth annual
Young Musicians Concert at the
Pinehurst Country Club at 8:30
p.m. Saturday, May 21.
Outstanding pupils of 13 Mciore
County piano teachers wiU petr
form. Also appearing on the pro
gram will be Graham Farrell of
Aberdeen, student of Dr. William
Newman at the University of
North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
Co-chairmen for the event are
Mrs. WiUiam F. Hollister and Mrs.
N. L. Hodgkins, Jr. N. L. Hodg
kins, Jr., will be master of cere
monies.
There is no admission charge.
The program will be the con
cluding event of the 1960 season
of the Sandhils Music Association
which brought four attractions to
county-wide audiences in Weaver
f|(Auditorium.
Terry Sanford of Fayetteville,
will bring his campaign for gov
ernor to Moore County Friday
evening May 20.
He will leave Sanford for Moore
County about 6 p.m., and will
make stops along Highway 1. He
is scheduled to arrive in Aber
deen about 6:45 p.m. and after
meeting as many people as possi
ble there in the brief time allow
ed, will leave for Carthage where
he will speak m the courthouse
at a rally to which the public is
invited at 8 p.m.
Following the Carthage rally,
Mr. Sanford will return to Sou
thern Pines where he wiU be at
a coffee hour at the Southern
Pines Country Club at 9:30 p.m.
John D. McConnell of Southern
Pines and Mrs. John L. Frye of
Robbins, Sanford co-mangers in
Moore, are requesting all his
friends and supporters to come
out and meet and talk with their
candidate.
The Friday visit will be San
ford’s first to Moore County since
he officially announced his cand
idacy for governor. Early this
year he attended a meeting at the
Legion Building in Carthage.
Brown Reelected
Moore Democratic
Party Chairman
W. Lament Brown of Southern
Pines was reelected Moore Coun
ty Democratic chairman at the
executive committee meeting
held following the county con
vention in the courtroom Satur
day afternoon.
Elected to serve with him dur
ing the coming biennium were
Bess McCaskill, Carthage, first
vice-chairman; T. Roy Phillips,
Carthage, second vice-chairman;
Voit Gilmore, Southern Pines,
third vice-chairman; Mrs. Estelle
Wicker, Carthage, secretary, and
June Brewer, Robbins, treasurer.
All were reelections except that
of Mrs. Wicker. She succeeded
Mrs. W. G. Brown of Carthage,
who asked that she not be renom
inated this time. All were by ac
clamation.
Attendance at the convention,
about 100 persons, was somewhat
smaller than usual It was, how
ever, filled with peace, harmony
and hope, as Chairman Brown,
presiding, presented the prospect
of “a great year for the party.”
With 15 out of 18 precincts re
porting, conditions looked good
over'the county.
A number of county officials
were recognized and several took
the occasion to speak briefly on
pertinent matters.
John Currrie, only county com
missioner attending, commented
that “we haven’t been dragging
our feet. Since 1950, our property
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STREET SCENE—When Addison Hewlett, second from right,
was in Southern Pines Monday, he found an interested listener
in C. N. Page, former mayor, left, during a conversation at the
Patch’s Department Store corner on Broad St. Between Mr.
Hewlett and Mr. Page is Tom Ruggles, local manager of the Hew
lett campaign for the Democratic U. S. Senatorial nomination.
At right is Jack Ashby of Raleigh, volunteer Hewlett campaign
worker, who was driving the candidate for his stops in Aberdeen,
Southern Pines and nearby areas. (Pilot photo)
Hewlett Campaigns Here for Senate,
Shakes Many Hands in Business Area
Addison Hewlett, candidate for
the Democratic nomination for U.
S. Senator in the May 28 primary,
shook a lot of hands in the South
ern Pines business section Mon
day afternoon, smiling and greet
ing people on the street and in
stores, in the friendly homespun
way that has become a trademark
of his long, intense, statewide
campaign.
The speaker of the State House
of Representatives in the 1959
General Assembly was piloted
around Southern Pines by Tom
Ruggles, his local campaign man
ager. With them, but remaining
in the background, was Jack Ash
by of Raleigh who said he consid
ered himself typical of 90 per cent
of the Hewlett campaign workers
—an unpaid volunteer who wants
to help the man from Masonboro
Sound near Wilmington, for per
sonal reasons of friendship.
“I think this gives the campaign
an enthusiasm that couldn’t be ob
tained in any other way,” he said.
Mr. Hewlett, who visited around
Aberdeen for a while before com
ing to Southern Pines, didn’t go
into an elaborate spiel when
meeting local people. He intro
duced himself quietly, said he
hoped he’d have the vote of the
person he was speaking to, and
passed out brochures telling about
his life, and his service in the
Democratic party.
“I’m Ad Hewlett,” he said to
one man leaning against a car in
front of the Hayes Book Store,
Democratic candidate for U. S.
Senator in the primary. I hope
you’ll vote for me.”
“If you come up to West Vir
ginia where I live and run, maybe
I would,” the man replied.
‘Well, urge your North Carolina
friends to vote for me, then,”
Mr. Hewlett said.
The West Virginia man didn’t
give back the Hewlett brochure.
Service of Two
Education Board
Members Praised
Resolutions of commendation
and appreciation, prepared on di
rection of the town council and
feigned by Mayor Robert S. Ewing,
were sent this week to John M.
Howarth and Dr. Vida C. Mc
Leod whose terms of office on the
Southern Pines city board of edu
cation will end May 31.
The resolution sent to Mr. How
arth—a member of the board for
22 years and its chairman for the
past eight years—recognizes his
‘dedication to the cause of educa
tion in the Southern Pines School
District far beyond what his du
ties would normally require or
what the public would expect of
a citizen serving in such capaci'
ty.”
Dr. McLeod, a board member
since 1951, in the resolution sent
to her, was praised for her “ded
icated service to the youth of the
Southern Pines community.”
At the council’s meeting last
week, the council named Mrs.
Walter F. Harper and Joseph E.
Sandlin to four-year terms on the
city board of education to fiU the
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Antique Cars to
Be Seen Saturday
At Meeting Here
Some 25 to 30 old model cars
will roll into Southern Pines
about 2:45 p. m. Saturday, bring
ing members of the Antique Au
tomobile Club of Thomasville and
the Piedmont Antique Automo
bile Club.
The group will be welcomed by
a committee of the Jaycees and
by J. T. Overton of Southern
Pines who is a member of the
Antique Automobile Club of
North Carolina and the Horseless
Carriage Club.
After arrival, the old cars wiU
be driven around the business
section and then go to Memorial
Field for contests and judging,
either between the Minor League
baseball games scheduled for that
afternoon or on another part of
the field.
The group of club members will
be entertained at dinner by the
Jaycees and will spend the night
here.
The Thomasyille and Piedmont
clubs are local units of the larger
N. C. Antique Automobile Club
v/nose members in a larger cara
Census Shows Gain of
912 Here in 10 Years
\
Moore County’s
THE FIGURES
Preliminary census totals . lor
]V(oore County and its principal
towns, as compared to the count
10 years ago, are:
MOORE COUNTY
1960
36.557
1950
SOUTHERN PINES
22,993
1960
5.184
1950
CARTHAGE
4,272
1960
1,167
1950
ROBBINS
1.185
1960
1,295
1950
ABERDEEN
1.158
1960
1.515
1950
PINEHURST
1,603
1960
1,084
1950
1,016
Elks Golf Event
Expected to DravT^
Over 100 Entries
Ninety entries had been receiv
ed by Tuesday in the first annual
Southern Pines Invitational Ama
teur Elks Golf Tournament to be
run off this weekend at the
Southern Pines Country Club.
Dr. Boyd Starnes who is co-
chairman of the event with Joe
Steed, said 100 or more entries
are expected by Saturday. Elks
from North and South Carolina
and Virginia will take part in the
36-hole, medal play, event. Any
Elk in good standing from the
three states can enter.
Outstanding local golfers who
are entered include Bill Wood
ward of Robbins, several times
Moore County champion; Joe
Carter, Carlos Frye and Will
Wiggs. Others known in this area
include Cecil Bailey of Asheboro,
Rock Zammiello of Gastonia and
Perry Frye of Galax, Va.
Dale Morey, Walker Cup play
er from Morganton, has indicated
his interest in the tournament
and hope that his schedule would
allow him to be here, but! his
entry fee had not been received
by "ruesday.
The qualifying 18 holes of
medal play will take place Satur
day. That night, tournament play-
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Count Up, But
2 Towns Lose
Moore County, Southern Pines,
Pinehurst and Robbins have gain
ed population over the last decade,
while Aberdeen and Carthage
have lost, accordihg to prelimi
nary census returns lor the coun
ty and its principal towns. The
count for other towns and for
rural areas was not immediately
available.
The Southern Pines gain of 912
—better than 20 per cent since
1950—was less than expected. The
Knollwood area has been annexed
to the town since the 1950 census.
The county’s gain was about 10
per cent.
Aberdeen’s 10-year loss of 88
was explained there as result of
persons moving out of the city
limits. The same explanation was
advanced to account, in part, for
the loss at Carthage.
The preliminary returns left no
explanation for the county’s pop
ulation increase than that it
would be found in the smaller
towns or rural areas.
This, too, was unexpected. Re
cent figures quoted by officials of
the Moore County school system
show a very small gain in the pre
liminary rural schools of the sys
tem over the past 10 years.
Pinehurst’s population gain in
the decade was only 68.
And Mr. Hewlett didn’t stop smil- i van of cars, have visited here in
'past years.
their teachers are; Gail Lea of
Farm Life School—Mrs. C. L.
Hensley; Johnny Marsh of Cam
eron—Mrs. Warren G. Ferguson;
Nancy Tate of Southern Pines—
Mrs. C. R. Mills; Libba Johnson of
West End— Mrs. L. R. Sugg.
Margaret Jane Brady of Aber
deen—Mrs. C. H. Storey; Adri
enne Montesanti of Southern
Pines—Mrs. Theodore R. Webb;
Sharon Kennedy, Gayle Stutts,
Jackie Beck and Franklin Han
cock, Jr., all of Robbins—Mrs. W.
F. Hancock.
Patsy CaUahan of Vass-L^e-
-view school—Mrs. Kate H. Mc-
Innis; Cathie Sandstrom of Sou
thern Pines—^Mrs. O. A. Dickin
son; Mary Leigh Inman of South-
Pines—^iss Charla Anne Mar
cum; Judy Phillips of Carthage—
Mrs. H. G. Poole; Debbie Prince
of Pinehurst—Miss Ann Hovis;
t u , Linda Edwards of Aberdeen
Students who will play and j Mrs. James Long.
County Schools
To Start Summer
Program June 6
Schoolfe of the county system
will begin a summer program on
June 6, at the Carthage High
School with C. E. Hackney, prin
cipal of Elise High School, serving
as director.
English I, English II and Eng
lish III will be offered for make
up credit in two, three-weeks split
terms with Mrs. Emma Womack
serving as instructor.
Algebra I will be offered as a
make-up course with Algebra II
and Algebra III offered in the
new course category. W. S. Evans
will be the Algebra instructor.
The students will be in class 75
hours for make-up subjects and
150 hours for the new courses.
Classes will meet from 8 a.ili.
to 1 p.m., five days per week.
Registration will be on June 6
from 8 to 9 a.m. The summer
school committee composed of C.
E. Hackney, T. H. Lingerfeldt, T.
N. Frye and C. E. Powers will as
sist with the registration.
The cost for a make-up coimse
will be $18 and $36 for a new
course.
Interested parents and students
should contact the local guidance
counselors or principals for more
information.
The county school system in
cludes all schools of the county
except those of the Southern
Pines and Pinehurst separate ad-
' ministrative imits.
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SANFORD BRICK & TILE CO. OFFICE
Thomas T. Hayes, Jr., Local Architect,
Honored for Design Sanford Building
An awards iurv of throp nation- itprtiiral firm
An awards jury of three nation
ally prominent architects chose
five entries for recognition in the
Honor Awards Program of the
South Atlantic District of the
American Institute of Architects
at its meeting in Winston-Salem
Saturday.
First Honor Award went to ar
chitect Thomas T. Hayes, Jr., of
Southern Pines, for an office
building in Sanford, built for the
Sanford Brick and Tile Company
by contractor L. P. Cox Company
of Sanford, N. C.
Mr. Hayes,, a native o^ Sanford
who has been in ^Southern Pines
since 1952, is a partner in Hayes,
Howell and Associates, local arch
itectural firm
Members of the Jury of Award
were: Ralph Rapson, dean of the
School of Architecture at the
University of Minnesota, Hugh
Stubbins, architect of Cambridge,
Mass., whose works have won in
ternational acclaim, and Gordon
Bunshaft of New York City, who
has received numerous awards for
the design of many of the recent
prominent buildings in that city.
The jury made the following
critique of the award winning en
try by Mr. Hayes: “This small of
fice building impressed the jury
with its strong overall concept,
its quiet and sympathetic use of
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School Programs
To Be Presented
Tonight & May 26
The coming week offers two
entertainment programs by stu
dents of the East Southern Pines
elementary and high schools.
Tonight (Thursday), the high
chooi glee club and school bands
will present a program in Weaver
Auditorium at 8 p. m., under di
rection of William McAdam.
Groups to perform include the
Beginning, Intermediate and
High School bands, the glee club
and three fourth-grade classes
who will play tonettes.
Spring fiesta
Pupils in the second through
eighth grades who have been tak
ing part in the elementary
school’s Spanisl^ language pro
gram during the past school year
will present “Spring Fiesta,” with
a Spanish and Mexican theme, in
Weaver Auditorium at 8 p. m.
Thursday of next week. May 26.
Miss Mary Logan, supervisor of
Southern Pines schools, is direct
ing this program which will in
clude singing and dancing;
Bailey Named Chairman
Local Precinct Group
D. E. Bailey, retired justice of
the peace and former town coun
cilman, now serving as town
treasurer, is the new chairman of
the Southern Pines Democratic
precinct committee.
He was elected at the biennial
organization meeting of the com
mittee held last Thursday night.
Reelected were Mrs; Hilda E.
Ruggles, vice-chairman, and Mrs.
Valerie Nicholson, secretary.
Other members of the commit
tee are Howard Frye and Bryan
Poe. I
Festivities to
Open Season of
2 Ball Leagues
The approximately 100 boys
who are taking part in Southern
Pines Little League and Minor
League baseball will open their
season Saturday with an all-day
program that starts with a par
ade through the local business
section at 10 a. m.
Led by the high school band,
members of the four Little
'League and four Minor League
teams will display the official
uniforms purchased for them by
sponsoring commercial firms.
Boys taking part are all nine
through 12 years of age.
First games of the season. Cubs
vs. Tigers, in the Minor League,
v/iil be played at 2 p. m. at Mem
orial Field. At 4 p. m., another
Minor League contest, Reds vs.
Yanks, is scheduled.
Mayor Robert S. Ewing will
lead off the evening ceremonies
with a talk at 6 p. m., with
Charles McLauchlin, one of the
Little League players, scheduW
to speak at 6:10.
Minor League players will be
introduced at 6:15 and the eve
ning’s ball-playing will be offi
cially opened with a pitch from
Mayor Ewing to Police Chief C.
E. Newton at 6:20.
Two Little' League games are
scheduled: Braves vs. Cardinals
at 6:30 and Dodgers vs. Pirates at
8. •
Queens Chosen
For the festivities Saturday,
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Names Added to
Seawell Committee
^ Membership of the Moore
County committee heading the
campaign of Malcolm B. Seawell
for the Democratic gubernatorial
nomination was incompletely
listed in information furnished to
this newspaper last week.
Full membership of the group,
which is headed by Harold A.
Collins of Southern Pines, is: D.
E. Bailey, Howard C. Broughton,
Brady H. Brooks and John A. Mc-
Phaul, all of Southern Pines; L.
L. Biddle II, Pinehurst; and Dr.
F. H. Underwood, Carthage.
Also: Mrs. W. A. Leland Mc-
Keithen, Pinehurst; Mrs. Howard
C. Broughton, Mrs^ Harold Col
lins, Mrs. J. S. Milliken, Mrs.
Henry Graves, and Mrs. John H.
McPhauI, Southern Pijnes; and
Mrs. F. H. Underwood, Carthage.
In Pinehurst, Mr. Biddle is
chairman of the Seawell cam
paign. Mrs. McKeithen is chair
man of the Women’s Committee.