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VOL. 40—NO. 51
TWENTY PAGES
SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1960
TWENTY PAGES
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Nixon Carries County by Small Majority but
Sanford, All Other Democrats Win in Moore
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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
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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.