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UiqhColL ylGI?ndoo VOL. 40—NO. 44 TWENTY PAGES Robert L. Gavin, Republican Candidate For Governor, to Visit Here Sept. 29 SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1960 TWENTY PAGES •3 MH. GAVIN Kid’s Day To Be Held October 1; Error Was Made Take it easy, sixth graders! You’ll have to wait another week. Kid’s Day at Pope Air Force Base —when the Air Force goes all out to welcome youngsters to inspect its equipment and facil ities—wiU be held Saturday, Oc tober 1, NOT Saturday of this week, as was announced in all the schools of Moore County. The special day is sponsored nation-wide by Kiwanis clubs, in cooperation with the Air Force, cUid in Moore County by the Sand hills Kiwanis Club. Through some misunderstand ing, Kid’s Day was being planned for this coming Saturday, with sixth graders from schools of the Southern Pines, Pinehurst and Moore County systems to be furn ished transportation for the sup ervised trip to Pope AFB. Other children, of course, are permitted to go, if accompanied by adults. The error in date was discover ed today, however, and word went out to all school officials of the county that October^ 1 is the day. Details of what’s planned at Pope AFB will be found in a story on page 12 of today’s Pilot. Plans for Moore County’s part in the event will appear in The Pilot next week. Robert L. Gavin, Republican can didate for governor, will make a flying visit to the Sandhills next Thursday, September 29. Plans for the quick campaign trip call for a “handshaking” session at the Republican campaign headquar ters in Southern Pines from 11 a.m. to noon Thursday morning, followed by a luncheon meeting sponsored by the local Citizens for Gavin group. "The announcement of Gavin’s visit was made jointly by Paul Dana, of Pinehurst, representing the Citizens for Gavin for Go\('i-- nor Committee, and James Har rington, county Republican chair man. The G. O. P. gubernatorial hope ful will meet local Republican of ficials at the campaign headquo r- ters in the old Carolina Theatre building on East Broad Street in Southern Pines. No formal p'-o- grarn is^ planned, but local citizens are invited to meet and talk with Mr. Gavin during his visit. Mr. Dana announced that invi tations were being mailed for a luncheon honoring Mr. Gavin. (Continued on page 8) Paul Dana Heads Gavin Connnittee Paul Dana, Pinehurst business man, has been appointed area fi nance chairman for the Citizens for Gavin for Governor Commit tee. The announcement of the ap pointment was made last week by Robert L. Gavin, Republican can didate for governor. “I am delighted that Paul has agreed to join our campaign,” said Gavin in making the announce ment. “I have known Paul for many years, and just to know that he is on our side is a big boost.” Mr. Dana wiU represent the Cit izens for Gavin for Governor Committee in the area centered around Moore County. The Cit izens group, a state-wide organi zation with headquarters in High Point, is working alongside the state Republican organization to elect Mr. Gavin. In accepting tlie appointment, Mr. Dana said, “I have not been active in politics in the state for a great many years, but I feel that this year we must all stand and be counted. Bob Gavin is a personal friend, and an outstanding candi date. I believe he will make an excellent governor, and I hope I can help him in the campaign.” PRICE: 10 CENTS Plans Affectinj^ Local Air Service Presented DURING OPEN HOUSE — Visitors to the Reynolds Rest Home on the Southern Pines- Carthage road (near the intersection of Route 22 with Route 15-501) enjoyed walking on the shaded lawn as well as seeing the interior of the building, during the open house held there Sun day afternoon. This view shows one of the re modeled porches with window-box type plant- ing by the steps and new shrubbery around the foundations. Beyond is the central portion of the building, housing kitchen and service facil ities, with living quarters for the operators, Mr. and Mrs; John Smith, upstairs. Further on is an other wing with porch like the one shown at left. (Humphrey photd) Legion to Install Officers; Sadler To Be Commander Charles J. Sadler will be in stalled as commander of Sandhills Post. American Legion, at a ladies night supper meeting of Legion naires and Auxiliary at Shields Cameron’s “Devil’s Creek Lodge” tformer Pine Valley Club),off thq old Southern Pines-Pinehurst (Morganton) road, Friday night. Assembly will be at 6 p. m'., supper at 6:45 and the meeting at 8. Other officers to be installed are: Dan McNeill, first vice com mander; Lloyd L. Woolley, adju tant; Edward Cox, finance offi cer; and A. R. McDaniel and Shields Cameron, service officers. Captain McDaniel is the retiring commander. Sam Richardson Honored by Kiwanians for 80th Birthday Members of the Sandhills Ki- , •' Members of the Sandhills Ki wanis Club had a hard time keep ing their fellow club member, Sam Richardson—who will turn 80 Saturday—from missing his own birthday party. Club members felt that a man who has been an outstanding cit izen of Southern Pines for more than a half century oughtn’t to pass such a milestone without recognition, but they learned that he was planning a trip to his na tive Maine, from which he came to Southern Pines in 1906, about the time his birthday was due. So it took considerable finagling to get him to the party Wednes day night of last week when a Kiwanis family picnic was sched uled at Pinebluff Lake. Once the big event was over, Mr. Richard son left for Maine the next day and will be away for his birthday this week. But the surprise was complete —and Mr. Richardson, pleased and | grateful for the recognition, re sponded in fine form with a series of entertaining stories based on odd and interesting incidents in his long career as merchant, peach grower, real estate man, and pub lic official. Some 70 persons were present for the occasion. ITie guest of honor was introduced by Voit Gilmore who served as master of ceremonies and presented the cake. Ralph Chandler, Jr., Ki wanis president, presided. For the first 15 years that Mr. Richardson lived in Southern Pines, he had a one-half interest in. Patch’s Department Store. He went into peach growing and, at the height of this activity, owned, managed or had an interest in more than 900 acres of orchards. He was one of the early develop ers of the Knollwood section (Continued on page 8) Rest Home Dedicated Official pride and pleasure in Moore county’s latest facility for its older citizens were'expressed in a dedication ceremony at the open house” formally opening the Reynolds Rest Home Sunday afternoon. The Home was unofficially opened last April and was licensed a few weeks later following in spection by the State Department of Public Welfare. It is located in the former Coun ty Home building on NC 22 three miles south of Carthage, renovat ed and modernized during the past year by the county at a cost of some $30,000. Leased to Mr. and Mrs. John Smith, formerly of Rob bins, it is operated by them as a private facility with capacity of 20, welfare-approved Moqre Coun ty men and women having pri ority. This doesn’t mean, though, that it’s a home for charity cases, and therein lies the main difference from the dismal old County Home, These are senior citizens made happy by their independence, who are there from choice, paying their own means or those provided by relatives. Social Security or re.^ tirement, supplemented when necessary by Old Age Assistance funds. The county and state wel fare departments have the respon sibility of supervision, to see that high standards of care, comfort and sanitation are maintained. “This is what we have wanted for years and it was worth wait ing for,” said Paul C. Butler, chairman of the county welfare board addressing the group as-, sembled informally under, a big tree in front of the building’s north wing. As president of the Stale Welfare Officers Associa tion, he has recently had occasion to visit such facilities in North (Ckintinued on Page 16) Flora Macdonald Home Site Will Get Recognition A monument marking the site of the plantation of Allan and iTora Macdohald will be unveiled in Montgomery County, Sunday, September 25, at 2:30 p. m., by the N. C. Society of Colonial Wars. The public is invited. The Macdonalds were among the last of the Colonial settlers to migrate to the Colony of North Carolina. Flora Macdonald, Scot land’s most famous heroine, re ceived international fame when in 1746 she assisted Prince Charles Edward Stuart to escape his would-be captors. She and her husband. Captain Allan Macdon ald, came to North Carolina in December, 1774. They were hon ored and feted guests in Wilming ton and Fayetteville and went on to visit her relatives in then Cum berland County, until they could find a suitable plantation. Allan Macdonald bought 475 acres plus another tract of 50 acres in what is now Montgomery County. The famous couple’s stay in Carolina was brief, but Flora hag been extensively recognized in the State. The Presbyterian col lege for women at Red Springs ia named in her honor. A monument honoring her stands in J^ayette- ville, and a highway historical mgrker has been erected on N. C. 1 ' (Continued on page 8) ' Oral arguments made to the'*' Civil Aeronautics Board in Wash ington, D. C., yesterday rein forced optimism that Southern Pines-Pinehurst Airport would become a stop on a new Pied mont Airlines route that would offer long-sought north-south ser vice between the local facility and Raleigh-Durham Airport. At the hearing, three major car riers agreed that Piedmont Air lines should carry the bulk of the passengers on the “Tobacco Route” between Norfolk, 'Va., and Knoxville, Tenn. Piedmont, Capital Airlines, and ^astern Airlines endorsed a Civil Aeronautics Board examiner’s recommendation that would give Piedmont the multi-stop route through North Carolina. Eastern, however, made some objections to the recommendation. The CAB examiner recommend ed that Capital be granted its re quest to give up the route and that Piedmont be given a new authorization to fly it. Eastern said it was generally in favor of the recommendation. But It asked the Commission to order the many local stops and let East ern handle the traffic between tne major cities. It also argued against a recom meiidation that Capital be al lowed to fly between the major cities in the area while disposing of its small stop obligations. Piedmont asked only that the examiner’s recommendation be followed by a quick decision by the Commission. It promised prompt inauguration of the new service. Piedmont now offers only an October-to-May, seasonal, East- West service at the Southern Pines-Pinehurst Airport. The pro posed new route would run through Southern Pines, Raleigh, Rocky Mount and Elizabeth City to Norfolk. Dr. Gwynn Will Preach at Old Bethesda Sunday Dr. Price H. Gwynn, Jr., will deliver the homecoming sermon at Old Bethesda Church near Ab erdeen Sunday morning, Septem ber 25 at 11:15 a.m. Dr. Gwynn is vice president and dean of Flora Macdonald College, Red Springs, and a leader in the Pres byterian Church. The usual picnic dinner will be spread at the noon hour on the tables in the grove. In the after noon, beginning at 2 o’clock, a song service will be held, featur ing a chorus of Sandhills men di rected by E. H. Poole. Services are held in Old Bethes da only on the annual homecom ing or on other special occasions. Dr. W. C. Neill is pastor of Bethesda, and Elder E. T. Mc- Keithen is homecoming chair man. The public is invited. | H. CLOYD PHILPOTT Philpott to Speak At YDC Meeting Saturday Night The annual convention of Moore County Young Democrats, to be held at the courthouse in Carthage at 7:30 p. m. Saturday is expected to be one of the best ill the club’s annals, with numer ous officials of the State senior pa^'ty and YDC attending. H. Cloyd Philpott of Lexington, party nominee for lieutenant- governor, will be the keynote speaker, reports Dewitt Purvis of Highfalls, club president. He has sent word he will be here despite his crowded schedule and the postponement of the meeting for one week, because of Senator Kennedy’s visit to the State, last Saturday. Mr. Philpott will be introduced by John Lang of Car thage and Washington, D. C. Also present will be Monroe Redden, Jr., of Hendersonville, state YDC president, and other late pfficers. They will attend a strategy meeting of party offi cials during, the day at the How ard Johnson Motor Lodge near nere, going on to the courthouse convention. Officers will be elected for the coining year, plans made for ac tivity during the campaign weeks and delegates elected to the state FDC convention in October. Cof fee and doughnuts will be served at the close of the meeting. An added feature of the convention will be the showing of a 15-min ute film strip showing Senator Kennedy discussing farm prob lems with Sen. Sam Ervin and Rep. Harold Cooley. Special invitation is being ex tended to county officials and nominees, Purvis said. Party fig ures to be present from Moore will include W. Lament Brown, county Democratic chairman; John D. McConnell, state party secretary; Rep. H. Clifton Blue, a member of the State Advisory Budget Commission, and "Voit Gil- (Continned on Page 8> STRENUOUS DAY FOR LOCAL REPORTER Kennedy: Confident, With a Long Way To Go EIGHT DECADES — One candle for each decade—that’s what is signified by the eight»candles on the big, elaborate cake that was part of the Sandhills Kiwanis Club’s surorise 80th birthday party for Sam Richardson of Southern Pines. Although Mr. Rich ardson’s sprightly sense of humor sparkled later in the program as he reminisced about his 54 years of life in the SandhiUs, he is pictured here in thoughtful mood, just before cutting the cake for Kiwanians and their wives. The event took place Wednesday night of last week at Pinebluff Lake, although Mr. Richardson’s actual birthday is Saturday of this week, September 24 Farmers Warned Of Leaf Thieves Theft of tobacco valued at $500 -rom- a pack house between Aber deen and Pinebluff Tuesday night brought a warning from the sher- uf’s department for farmers to secure their tobacco and be on he lookout for thieves. Deputy Sheriff J. A. Lawrence of Aberdeen said that Bob Rad- •iiff whose farm is about two and 'r half miles south of Aberdeen >n No. 1 highway, reported the S50(I loss. The tobacco, graded and ready lor market, was carried from the oack house across a field to a road and was apparently loaded into an automobile there. Some of the tobacco, evidently more than the car would hold, was left by the side of the road. By VALERIE NICHOLSON I flew with the press corps cov ering Senator Jack Kennedy’s jaunt into North Carolina Satur- j day. It was just about the most strenuous day of my life, leaving me with a new respect for presi dential candidates; how do they take it day after day and wind uf)—if elected—with enough strength left to take the inaugural oath? I’ve put in the time since recov ering from the haste, the jabs in the ribs, the jostling to the knees, the shouts and yells, the daylong frenzy* as we covered the State from Greenville to Greensboro- High Point to Charlotte to Ra leigh. It was worth it, for the look-in at the intense drama of a presi dential campaign—the feelings of thousands of people caught up in high excitement centering on one figure which, whether he makes it or not. is by now implicit in our nation’s history. Confident Memories center on the confi- dent, poised, athletic figure of .Tack Kennedy, exuding health I and vitality, his face .sun-bronzed beneath that mop of reddish hair, * SENATOR KENNEDY thick eyebrows bleached with sun over deep-blue eyes; his serious mien, breaking into sparkles as he senses a crowd’s welcome; in his economy of movement and low voice a feeling of strong per sonal discipline, as if he knew he had a long way to go and meant to make it in good shape to the end. In close prsonal contact, he ra diates a greater warmth than comes through on, television; his smile, almost shy, is friendly, the sense of deep sincerity and con viction strong. He has no showman’s tricks, on or off the platform; you sense he has resisted being told “how to act” to win a crowd—he’ll do it his own way or not at all. We took off from Raleigh-Dur ham airport a little past 7 a.m., 25 or 30 North Carolina news paper, radio and television people in a Piedmont Airlines turbo-prop plane. At Greenville the first thrill of a waiting crowd, eager and friendly, burst upon us; it swelled in numbers during the long wait—the Kennedy pleme, weathered in at Wai^hington, was 30 minutes late. Breathless Rush When it landed, we had our first experience of the breathless rush toward the plane, a relent less force which caught up the candidate as he emerged and swept him—and the rest of us— along. We saw for the first time what we were to notice aU day—the eagerness of people to touch and (Continued on page 8)