Mi 'RoW/'i UiqhroU [GlqnJon E^ridor ■ccM Cai ilc5p Pvbc :onnii (*VaM '“^35 (rd« KIWANIS OFFICERS — Here axe the newly elected officers of the Sandhills Kiwanis Club for 1961 who will be installed December 28. At center is Dr. C. Robert VanderVoort, president. At left is Thomas R. Howerton, vice-president, and John Ponzer, treasure, is at right. The clu’j has a county-wide membership. Dr. Vander Voort lives in Southern Pines and practices dentistry in Aberdeen. Mr. Howerton is admin istrator of Moore Memorial Hospital. Mr. Pon zer is a Carolina Power and Light Co. execu tive. He is a former Kiwanis president. (Humphrey photo) PROPOSAL ENDORSED White Explains Railroad Merger To Kiwanis Club The proposed merger of the Seaboard Air Line and Atlantic Coast Line Railroads was endors ed by the Sandhills Kiwanis Club at its regular luncheon meeting Wednesday, after the club had heard plans for the merger dis cussed by Warren T. White, As sistant vice president of the Sea board. The club met in the Caro lina Hotel at Pinehurst. Mr. White saia that plans for the merger call for no reduction of Seaboard passenger service to this area. Because the Atlantic Coast Line has no grade steeper than one- half of one pier cent, Mr. White said that plans call for routing of through freight to and from Flor ida . over that line, but that this diyersion would be offset by rout ing over the Seaboard freight that now has to reach its destination by a circuitous route over the Coast Line. As much as 200 miles could be saved by routing this freight over the Seaboard, if the merger is consumated, he said. Mr. White also revealed that the merger plaiis call for concen trating at Hamlet all wheel re pair operations of the merged lines, as well as concentrating there all railway maintenance equipment. Also, he said, the merged rail road would maintain two transfer services on its system—one at Hamlet and one at Jacksonville, Fla. Mr. White later told a Pilot re porter that a newspaper story quoting the surveying engineers lor the nierget plan, to the effect that the merged railroad would mainly use the tracks of the At lantic Coast Line between Rich mond and Savannah, was untrue. He said this story evidently was (Continued on page 8) LOCAL SCHOOLS FEATURED In observance of American Educedion Week, November 6-12, The Pilot is cooperating with Southern Pines school officials in presenting today a two-page factual report on the local school system, in words and pictures, on pages 12 and 13. Further comment is found in an editorial on page 2. School officials who tell 'about the accomplishments, needs and plans of the South ern Pines school program, on the special pages, are N. L. Hodgkins, chairman of the board of education; J. E. Sandlin, vice chairman of the board: and Luther A. Ad ams, superintendent of schools. The photographs show typ ical activities at the schools of both East and West South ern Pines. Bank, Town Hall, Post Office to Close on Friday The post office, town offices and Citizens Bank and Trust Co. will close tomorrow (Friday) in ob servance of Veterans Day. The courthouse at Carthage will be closed Friday, but will be open Saturday morning as usual. Most stores and offices in Sou thern Pines and the Sandhills will remain open. The post office will be on holi day schedule, with no home de livery of mail and windows closed but with incoming and outgoing mail processed as usual in the post office. Veterans Day, better known to oldtirners as Armistice Day, orig inally commemorated the signing of the armistice in World War I, but now is a day for paying tri bute to the American veterans of all wars. Carousel Entry List Filled; To Begin Thursday The stage is now set for the best golf Carousel in the history of the event which is sponsored by the Southern Pines Ja'ycees. Early this week the entries reached the maximum of 100 two- man teams. This is a record num ber for the Carousel and tourna ment chairman Tommy Ruggles. said he still is receiving daily in quiries by telephone and tele grams from all over the country. “We are waiting to notify those who have entered at the last moment because we might be able to get some them in to fill a few anticipated withdrawals. We are just sorry that we can’t take everyone,” Ruggles said. “The response has been far great er than we.had figured and nat urally we are quite thrilled.” Prominent among the recent entries is Major Gen. William P. Fisher of McCluire AFB, New Jer sey, a native of Southern Pines who will be honored here with “Bill Fisher Day” on Wednesday, November 12. General Fisher ex pects to remain here through the weekend and play in the Carousel, teamed with Jack Carter of Sou thern Pines. The Jaycees now are going over (Continued on page 8) Vice President Richard M. Nix on carried Moore County with a majority of 293 votes over Sen. John F. Kennedy, in the race for U. S. President in Tuesday’s gen eral election, but every Demo cratic candidate for State and county offices, including Gover nor, U. S. Senator and Eighth District Congressman, was victor ious in Moore County. Here are some of the unofficial but complete Moore County re turns. For President Nixon 5815 Kennedy 5522 Nixon Majority 293 For Governor In the race for Governor, Terry Sanford of Fayetteville carried the county over Robert L. Gavin of Sanford by a small majority in comparison with former year majorities for the Democratic candidate. The vote: Sanford 5814 Gavin 5462 Sanford Majority 352 County Races In the county races the Dem ocrats won all offices, but by a little smaller majority than four years ago. County votes were as follows: ! State Sencile Sam J. Burrow, Jr. (D) 5911 J. Benton Thomas (D) 6054 Brason E. Davis (R) 4652 James E. Harrington (R) 4705 State House H. Clifton Blue (D) '6442 W. Clement Barrett (R) 4664 Judge, Recorder's Court J. Vance Rowe (D) unopposed 6574. • Solicitor, Recorder's Court W. Lament Brown (D) unoppos ed, 6496 County Surveyor Charles M. MacLeod (D) unop posed, 6450 County Commissioners District 1 John M. Currie (D) 6328 J. J. Pilson (R) ; 4591 District 2 T. R. Monroe (D) 6239 W. C. Garner (R) 4659 District 3 L. R. Reynolds (D) unopposed, 6334 District 4 j J. M. Pleasants (D) 6196 Harry H. Pethick (R) 4764 W. Sidney Taylor (D) 6212 Floyd T. Cole 4785 Board of Education District 1 T. Roy Phillips (D) 6221 Alex H. Thomas (R) 4519 District 2 J. A. Culbertson (D) 6225 Frank H. Trotter (R) 4673 District 3 R. H. Upchurch (D) unopposed, 6380 District 4 W. H. Matthews (D) unopposed, ^61 (Continued on Page 8) Trio of Winners in State and Nation jw ' JOHN F. KENNEDY President LYNDON B. JOHNSON Vice President TERRY SANFORD Governor VICTCJRIES ASSURED — With returns from less than 5,000 precincts over the United States not yet in last night, John F. Kennedy and Lyn don B. Johnson, Democrats, were assured elec tion as President and Vice President of the United States, over their opponents Richard M. Nixon and Henry Cabot Lodge, Republicans. With 269 electoral votes needed to win, Kennedy and Johnson were leading in 25 states with 338 electoral votes, while Nixon and Lodge led in 25 states with 185 electoral votes. The popular vote was extremely close, Kennedy having as of last night 50.2 per cent and Nixon 49.8 per cent of the approximately 66 million votes counted. Terry Sanford, Democrat, defeated Robert L. Gavin, Republican 686,985 to 571,966, as of Wed nesday night, for Governor of North Carolina, with some precincts yet to be heard from. Over 11,000 Set Moore Vote Record Moore County voters turned out in record numbers under sun ny skies on Tuesday. In the 12 hours between 6:30 a. m. and 6:30 p. m., more than 11,000 citizens trooped to the polls to help elect a United States President and Vice President, North Carolina Governor and Lieutenant Governor and many other State and county officers. A total of 11,337 votes was cast in the Moore County balloting for President and Vice President, according to complete but unoffi cial returns. The number can be compared with 10,508 votes for President in 1956 and 9,967 in 1952. There are about 16,000 names on the registration books of the 18 Moore County precincts, but many of these names, because there has not been a re-registra tion in several years, probably do not represent eligible voters. It is impossible to say, therefore, what proportion of the eligible voters went to the polls Tuesday, but with a total vote of over 11,000, 'that proportion must have been high. Largest vote of any county pre cinct was cast in Southern Pines: 1,788 for President and 1,767 for Governor. In Aberdeen—^largest vote ever cast there—the respec tive figures for these races were 'MOST GRATIFIED' Commenting on the results of Tuesday’s election in Moore County, W. Lamont Brown of Southern Pines, chairman of the Moore Coun ty Democratic Executive Committee, said. “I am most gratified at the outcome. I feel that it was a great team effort on the part of the Democrats of Moore County. All Democratic work ers are to be commended for the fine vote in this county.” Fisher Day^ Set Here for Wednesday AT SOUTHERN PINES LIBRARY 100 New Children’s Books To Be Placed in Circulation Next Week The Southern Pines Library next week will put into circula tion about 100 new children’s ’cooks, in connection with the ob servance of National Children’s Book Week, November li-19. Mrs. Stanley Lambourne, libra rian, said that th^ books will ap peal to all ages, from pre-school to teen-agers. Theme of the week, which is planned to increase interest in children’s books over the nation, is “Hurray for Books!” Announcement of the week will 'oe made in the schools, Mrs. Lam- bourne said. Children and young people are invited to visit the li brary next week to see the new books and others for all age groups. Mrs. Lambourne and the assis tant librarian. Miss Jane La- Marche, plan to attend N. C. Slate Library workshop for libra rians in Fayetteville, Tuesday through Thursday of next week. Mrs. J. P. Marley will substi-' lute at the library in their ab sence. Wednesday, November .16, wiil'- be “Bill Fisher Day” in Southern Pines. The community is preparing to welcome home Major General William P. Fisher who grew up in Southern Pines, graduated from high school here in 1928 and after graduating from N. C. State College, Raleigh, went on to a distinguished career in the U. S Air Force. His mother, Mrs. Elinor Fisher, is a Southern Pines resi dent. General Fishei now commands the Eastern Transport Air Force, MATS, at McGuire AFB, N. J. The Sandhills Kiwanis Club, the Southern Pines schools and town officials, old friends and in terested citizens will team up to host General Fisher’s visit to the Sandhills. Jack S. Younts of Southern Pines heads a commit tee of Kiwanians and others who are planning the day’s events. General Fisher expects to re main in Southern Pines through the following Sunday and is team ed with Jack Carter to play in the Go'lf Carousel, sponsored by the Jaycees, which will take place during the week-end. Members of the welcoming committee, in addition to Mr. Younts, are Luther Adams, W. T. Huntley, Voit Gilmore, Dr. R. Bruce Warlick, John Ostrom, GENERAL FISHER Mayor R. S. Ewing, Charles Swoope, City Manager Louis Scheipers, Jr., and Tom' Ruggles. General Fisher is expected to arrive at either Pinehurst-South- ern Pines Airport or Pope AFB and will go directly to an assem bly Wednesday morning at Weav er Auditorium to greet students at his old school. Attendance at the. regular luncheon meeting of the Sand- hilft Kiwanis Club, at the Holly wood Hotel, will follow, with a short prograrn scheduled there. At 1:15, to the music of the East Southern Pines High School Band, Kiwanians and their guest will parade to the town hall a block away from the hotel. Tentative plans call for the general to ride to the town hall in the 1924 model Southern Pines fire truck used in the community when he was a boy and which is still in running condition. At the town hall, about 1:30 p. m., with the public invited to at tend, General Fisher will be offi cially welcomed by Mayor Ewing, one of the town’s “golf clubs to the city”—presented here for sev eral years to visitors in place of the traditional key—will be give- en to him and he will address the audience. Though the Kiwanis Club is General Fisher’s primary host for the day, the town hall ceremony is being scheduled so that many more citizens will have a chance to see and greet him. High school classmates of General Fisher and old close friends are especially in vited to attend the Kiwanis luncheon as well as the town hall ceremony. After the town hall program, plans call for General Fisher to plant a tree, to be designated the “Bill Fisher Tree,” on the park grounds nearby. 1,339 and 1,332. The Republican majority by which the GOF carried Moore County in the Presidential race (293) was smaller than the ma jorities by which thk party took the county in 1956 (509) and in 1952 (376), with Dwight D. Eisen hower leading Adlai Stevenson in both years, while North Caro lina in both 1952 and 1956 went for Stevenson. Biggest Switch The biggest switch in the coun ty over the voting four years ago was in Southern Pines where four years ago Eisenhower receiv ed 1040 to 640 for Stevenson. In Tuesday’s election, Kennedy car ried the precinct, receiving 927 to 861. It was the first time in many years that Southern Pines voted for the Democratic candi date for President. Aberdeen gave a bigger majori ty this time. Four years ago Stevenson carried the precinct over Eisenhower 641 to 602. In 1952 Eisenhower carried the pre cinct by a few votes over Steven son. 10 Democratic, 8 GOP Kennedy carried 10 of the 18 precincts, Nixon eight. Kennedy (Continued on page 8) Tentative Okay Given Site For Edueation Office The county commissioners gave tentative approval Monday to the county board of education’s re quest that a tract of 28.99 acres of the old county home property be deeded by the county for the school system’s administrative and maintenance center. ■The tract, which lies east of the Reynolds Rest Home—^formerly the county home—fronts 1,000 feet on Highway 15-501. Supt. R. E. Lee told the com missioners that plans call for put ting on the tract an administrative bpilding, a shop for the school system’s maintenance and con struction crew and a garage for servicing school busses. A large area is needed for summer park ing of busses, Mr. Lee said. The approval was qualified to the extent that adequate water supply be found to serve the in stallation and assure fire protec tion and also that the board of education take only that portion of the tract that would be found needed for its purposes, after con- sulation with the buildings’ arch itect, T. T. Hayes, Jr., of South ern Pines as to where he would place the buildings. Supt. Lee said that considerable grading would have to be done (Continued on Page 8) Scouts to Flash Message by Lights If you see mysterious lights flashing along Midland Road, be tween Southern Pines and Pine hurst, Friday night, it will not be an invasion from Mars or even from some place on this planet. It will be Boy Scouts of Troop 873 transmitting a message by Morse code, using flashlights, from Al bert Tufts of Pinehurst, Inc., to Mayor Robert S. Ewing of South ern Pines. David Drexel, Scoutmaster of the troop, said that the message project would be undertaken to train the boys in night communi cations in case of a power and telephone breakdown or other emergency. He said the boys have been instructed to try not to dis tract traffic on the road and relay their flashed message when cars are not passing. Work of School Study Group To Be Told to PTA Work being carried on by the Southern Pines School Study Committee will be explained to members of the East Southern Pines Parent-Teacher Association at the regular meeting of the Assooiatii,n in Weaver Auditori um Monday at 8 p.m. Max Rush. PTA president, said that the presentation will take the form of a panel discussion by committee members. Thomas R. Howerton is chair man of the 11-member citizens group that is studying the South ern Pines school system to help determine its goals and needs. Scout Court of Honor To Be Held, Pinebluf f Douglas David announces there will be a Moore District Court of Honor, to be held under the lead ership of Dr. J. D. Ives, Monday night, November 15 at the Baptist Church in Pinebiuff. Troop 206 wiU be host and merit badges and other awards will be presented at the m.eeting.