I
f
Superior Court
was in session last week at Car
thage. Reports oij a number of
the cases tried can be found in
several stories throughout to
day’s edition of The Pilot.
Feed the birds!
Though most of the sleet has
melted, it’s still slim pickings
for birds who were on a starva
tion diet for two weeks. Feed
them and watch. It’s fun!
VOL. 41—NO. 12
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SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1961
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PRICE: 10 CENTS
Budget, Taxation Biggest Problems
In N. C. Assembly, Rep. Blue Says
By REP. H. CLIFTON BLUE
As I leave for Raleigh to take
up my duties' as your representa
tive in the North Carolina Gener
al Assembly, I take this oppor
tunity for a little chat with the
people of Moore County.
While I was elected as a Dem
ocrat, I go to Raleigh as the repre
sentative of all the people and I
want the people regardless of
their party affiliation to feel free
6 Young People
Tried Here for
Hoax on Police
Six University of South Caro
lina students—four young men
and two young women—left the
Southern Pines Recorder’s Court
yesterday crestfallen and grate
ful, with charges against them
non-suited or with prayer for
judgment continued on payment
of costs in cases that attracted
much local interest, because of
the rare nature of the charges
against them—giving a false re
port leading to obstruction of jus
tice by taking a police officer
away from his duty.
In an attempted joke that
prove'd to be a hoax and resulted
in a state-wide police alarm, one
of the girls, Harriette Lipscomb
Morehead of Newberry, S,. C., had
left a note in the Richmahr Res
taurant on No. 1 highway, south,
of Sanford, saying that she and
the other girl, Susan Ann McLau-
rin of Myrtle Beach, S. C., were
being held by the four young mer
against their will.
Actually, the group was return
ing from having attended the in- TtrkiKvTif- K-*?-
auguration of President Kennedy ” Oy
in Washington, D. C., the girls
having gone to Washington on a
bus, but, having met the boys—
their fellow students in the Uni
versity at Columbia—in Washing
ton, they arranged to share the
expenses on a trip back to college
in the boys’ car.
All were originally charged
with the false report offense and
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and welcome to let me know how
they feel on the issues confront
ing oiir state.
Careful Attention
In Moore County, as in all coun
ties, we have people of divergent
views and opinions. I cannot, of
course, promise to follow any par
ticular person’s opinion, but all
views will be given due and care
ful attention. In the end, I will
have to assume the responsibility
of your elected representative and
vote the way deemed best for our
county and state, after careful
analysis of the many bills and is
sues coming up for a vote.
This will be my eighth consecu
tive term as your representative
in the General Assembly, Gover
nor Sanford will be the fifth g,, v-
ernor under whom I have served,
the others being Cherry, Scott
Umstead and Hodges.
I consider the upcoming ’61 ses
sion comparable to the ’49 session
which followed the election of
Kerr Scott in 1948. First sessions
of a new governor are generally
more interesting than the mid
term session. '
Education
The main issue in Sanford’s suc
cessful campaign for governor
was more adequate support for
our public schools. Moore County
supported him in both the primar
ies and in the general election. To
carry out the program of the
United Forces for Education
which he endorsed will require
additional taxes, unless we have
a sharp rise in business. I Ijavc
never relished increasing taxes. 1
have an open mind on the matter.
I feel that it will take more
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DR. sWalIN
MR. VELTEN
To Play Together in Violin Concerto
N. C. LITTLE SYMPHONY
Concert Set Feb. 16
Pinehurst Paper
Moore Co. News
Announcement is made this
week of plans to buy The Pine
hurst Outlook by the Moore
County News Publishing Co.,
Inc., of Carthage.
W. C. Plunkett and Nelson C.
Hyde, both of Pinehurst, are the
sellers. The Moore County News
Publishing Co., which publishes
a weekly newspaper at Carthage,
is owned by Mr. and Mrs. Robert
S. Ewing and Mr. and Mrs.
George H. Leonard, Jr., all of
Southern Pines.
The Outlook will continue pub
lication under dts own name and
will be printed at the Moore
County News plant in Carthage,
Mr. Ewing said.
Mr. Hyde, who has been active
editor of The Outlook, will con
tinue to write for The Outlook,
Mr. Ewing said. The Outlook’s
office in Pinehurst will be main
tained, with Miss Robin Fisher
of Midland Road, Pinehurst, re-* . A
sponsible for news collection and x-*®
some advertising work.
Tony McKenzie’ of Pinehurst
will do advertising work for both
State Alumni to
Gather Feb. 16
The Moore County Chapter of
the N. C. State College Alumni
Association will hold a meeting
at the Jefferson Inn in Southern
Pines, Thursday night, February
16, at 7:30 p.m., according to W.
Calvin Howell, president of the
group.
Earl Edwards, head football
coach at N. C. State College, will
be the featured speaker. Coach
Edwards will be assisted by sev
eral members of his coaching
staff, Howell said.
Tickets for the event may be
purchased from' members of the ' the News and the Outlook, it was
association. (stated.
Mobley Named Conference President
C. Wade Mobley, principal of
the Aberdeen District schools,
was elected president of the
Cape Fear Football Conference
at. its annual mid-winter awards
banquet held at Fairmont Mon
day night. Other officers elected
were Richard Rogers, principal of
St. Pauls School, vice-president,
and Glenn Cox, principal of Sou
thern Pines High School, secre
tary.
The banquet was held in hon
or of the 22 boys from the nine
schools who were selected for the
all-conference team at the end
of the 1960 season. Bill Murray,
head coach of football at Duke
University, was the featured
speaker.
Mr. Mobley was one of the
men who helped organize the
conference six years ago. During
this period he has served terms
as secretary and vice-president.
The Cape Fear Conference is
recognized as one of the best or
ganized football organizations in
the state. Schools in the confer
ence ' include: Southern Pipes,
Aberdeen, Carthage, Fairmont,
Hope Mills, Littlefield, Red
Springs. Rohanen, and Saint
Pauls.
Attending the meeting from
Southern Pines were Supt. Lu-
Next week the Sandhills Musict"
Association presents the North
Carolina Little Symphony Orches
tra in the third concert of the cur
rent series.
The concert takes place next
■Thursday night, February 16, at
Weaver Auditorium, with curtain
time set for 8:45.
The state orchestra comes here
for a four-day visit during which
it will make two appearances be
sides the evening concert. Arriv
ing Thursday in time to play the
first of two free concerts for
Moore County school children, at
1:30 in the West Southern Pines
gymnasium, the orchestra will re
peat the program for young peo
ple Friday-morning at 10. in the
Aberdeen school.
Announcement of the selections
to be played Thursday evening
was made this week as ticket
sales, to those not holding season
tickets, opened at the Barnum
Agency here and the Biddle Co.
agency in Pinehurst. In Aberdeen
tickets are on sale at the Glitter
Box and Martin Motors, under the
chairmanship of Mrs. Lee Buchan.
Opening with the overture to
the Rossini opera, “The Italian
Girl in Algiers,” the program in
cludes an early Mozart symphony.
No. 29 in A major, and the Bach
concerto for two violins in D
Minor. Selections from the works
of an English composer, Vaughn
Williams, of Honegger, Menotti,
and Strauss follow, and the eve
ning concludes with excerpts from
the Rogers and Hammerstein
operetta, “Carousel.”
The pre-concert buffet din
ner at the Hollywood Hotel,
it is announced by the Sand-
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GAME, CONCERT
TIMES CHANGED
Starting time for next
Thursday night's basketball
game in the school gym, be
tween Rosey's Major Leag
uers and The Little Nine—
sponsored by the Jaycees and
the Band Boosters Club for
benefit of the school band
uniform fund—has been mov
ed up to 7:30 p,m., to avoid
conflict between the game
and the concert by the North
Carolina Little Symphony
in Weaver Auditorium next
door. For the same reason,
start of the Little Symphony
concert- has been changed to
8:45 p, m. ifrom 8:30. The
change was made because of
possible noise disturbance
from the game, during the
concert.
Bids for County '
Farm Building To
Be Opened Today
MR. MOBLEY
ther A. Adams, Mr. Cox and
Coach John Williams. Head Foot
ball Coach Billy Megginson did
not attend because of pressure
of basketball coaching duties.
The two local student members
of the all-conference team, Joe
Garzlk, Jr., and Eddie McKenzie,
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Pilot Presented
By Gov. Sanford
The Pilot has won a first-place
award for editorial pages, second
place for features and an honor
able mention for advertising in
the annual contests of the North
Carolina Press Association.
Competition was among weekly
papers throughout the state. Sep
arate^ contests are held for semi
weekly and daily newspapers.
A plaque and scroll for the
editorial award and a scroll for
the features award were present
ed by Gov. Terry Sanford at the
opening session of the annual
Press Institute of the Association
in Chapel Hill last Thursday
night. Cad Benedict, associate
editor, received the awards from
the governor. Mrs. James Boyd,
editor, did not attend the pro
gram. She is convalescing from
a hip injury.
Entries in the weekly division
contests were judged at the Uni
versity of Michigan Journalism
School. Newspapers entering
were asked to submit four papers
of their choice from those pub
lished during the year October
1, 1959, to October 1,1960, in each
of these' categories: editorial
page, features, news coverage,
news photography and staff-de
signed advertising.
The editorial award was given
for make-up and content of the
entire editorial page, as well as
for the editorials.
Parade, Court of
Honor Scheduled
For Scout Week
Various events and activities
are taking place throughout the
area in celebration of Boy Scout
Week, February 7-13, it was an
nounced by John A. McPhaul,
chairman of the Moore' District,
Occoneechee Council, Boy Scouts
of America,
Under the national theme for
the 51st anniversary of the found
ing of the Boy Scouts of Ameri
ca, “Strengthen America . . .
Character Counts,” the Moore
District’s 1,299 Cub Scouts, Boy
Scouts, Explorers, and volunteer
leaders are involved in activities
with public officials and with
the community institutions that
sponsor Scouting units.
February 8, actual anniversary
date of the founding of the Boy
Scouts of America ,in 1910, was
highlighted by unit rededication
ceremonies to the principles of
the Scouting movement.
Parade
Scouting units from over Moore
County will take part in a parade
here at 11 a. m. Saturday and will
march to the bands of both East
Southern Pines and West South
ern Pines schools. The parade will
circle through the business sec
tion.
Window displays have been set
up for Scout Week in Southern
Pines, Pinehurst and possibly oth
er communities of the* county.
Among those in Southern Pines
are those at the Colonial Store
and Sandhill Drug Store.
Boy Scout Sunday, February
12, will be observed in churches
of all faiths ^in the Moore area.
“Boy Scouts, of America believes
that no boy can grow to success
ful manhood without a firm be
lief in God. As the Scout keeps
himself physically strong by
training, so he builds (himself
spiritually by practicing his re-
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Dealer in Marijuana
Nabbed at Home Here
UCENSE DEADLINE
MIDNIGHT. FEB. 15
Midnight a? Wednesday,
February 15, will be the dead
line for operating motor ve
hicles with 1960 slate license
plates and, in Southern Pines,
with 1960 town lags.
Both the Highway Patrol
and Police Chief C. E. Newton
said there will be strict en
forcement of the law requir
ing 1961 plates on vehicles
after that hour.
State plates can be obtain
ed at the sales bureau in the
Western Auto store on N. W.
Broad St. Town lags are on
scde at the Information Cen
ter, comer of S. E. Broad St.
and Pennsylvania Ave.
The county commisisoners are
meeting in Carthage this after
noon in special session to receive
and open bids on a proposed
county agriculture building, a
structure in Carthage that would
house agricultural agency offices
on the top floor and the county
library b?aow. Because of the
contour of the site, both floors
would be enterable from the
ground level.
The building has been designed
by Hayes, Howell and Associates
of Southern Pines and bids were
asked on a reduced plan that was
expected to cost about $150,000,
leaving out completion of the li
brary section and making other
reductions in original specifica
tions to cut costs.
With all commissioners in Car
thage for their regular monthly
meeting on Monday—Chairman
L. R. Reynolds, John M. Currie,
Tom Monroe, James Pleasants
and W. Sidney Taylor—the board
was visited by a Farm Bureau
delegation inquiring as to pro
gress with the building. In the
delegation were S. R. Ransdell,
Jr., president, and four directors
of the organization,, J. J. Jeffries,
W. W. Dalrymple, Frank Comer
and John Baker.
The delegation was informed
about the bid opening and was
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College Guidance
Head to Speak at
PTA Meet Monday
Roger Decker, head of the Flora
Macdonald College’s Vocational
Guidance department, will be the
speaker at Monday’s meeting of
the East Southern Pines Parent-
Teacher Association.
Mr. Decker’s talk, after the
regular business meeting which
begins at 8 p.m. in Weaver Aud
itorium, will be followed by a
question and answer and general
discussion period.
, Flora Macdonald, located at Red
Springs, is one of only 20 colleges
in the United States which has
vocational guidance department.
As department head, Mr. Decker’s
duties include the administration
of college aptitude tests.
A marijuana manufacturing and
sales operation with headquarters
here was broken Up Wednesday
after a month’s investigation and
undercover work, with arrest of a
soldier at his rented home at 98C
Lowe Ave. in West Southern
Pines.
Police Chief C. E. Newton said
that the man arrested and charg
ed with selling marijuana—a Fed
eral offense—is Keelant T. Elsey,
a Negro in his late twenties who
was originally from New Jersey
and who was married last fall to
a West Southern Pines resident,
the former Mary Helen Parker
Thomas. Elsey was assigned to
iduty at Fire Station No. 1 at Fort
Bragg.
Taken in the surprise raid
made at 2:20 p. m. yesterday, were
over 100 marijuana cigarettes.
Chief Newton said. Taking part
in the OF>eration were representa
tives of the agencies that had co
operated in the investigation—U.
S. Treasury Department, Army
Criminal Investigation Division.
State Bureau of Investigation.
Cumberland County sheriff’s de-
par,tment and Southern Pines po
lice.
Arrested at Fort Bragg yester
day was another Negro soldier,
Walter Martin of headquarters
company, 92nd Engineers, also ac
cused of selling marijuana believ
ed to have been obtained through
Elsey.
Airtight evidence against Elsey
was obtained Tuesday, Chief
Newton said, when Elsey sold to
an undercover agent 85 marijuana
cigarettes and a quantity of
ground marijuana, on the Fori
Bragg road, just out of Southern
Pines.
Chief Newton said that such
cigarettes retail at from $1 to $2
each. He described Elsey as a re
tailer whose business was getting
so big it could almost be rated as
wholesale.
There is some evidence. Chief
Newton said, that marijuana may
have been sold locally as well as
at Fort Bragg. The Chief said thal
persons in an abnormal and even
crazed condition have been picked
Up by police here without having
about them any odor of alcohol oi
other evidence that alcohol was
responsible for their condition.
Elsey was taken before a Fed
eral commissioner at Fayetteville
Chief Newton said, prior to trial
in Federal court there. It was not
known here today whether or not
he had been able to make bond.
Conviction on the charge can
carry a penalty as severe as 1C
years in prison. Chief Newton
said.
The Lowe Ave. house is in a re-
Collection of
Blood Slated at
Vass on Feb. 17
The Bloodmobile from Pied
mont Carolina’s Regional Blood
Bank at Charlotte, will be at the
Vass-Lakeview school gymnasi
um from 11 a. m. to 5 p. m., on
Friday, February 17.
The-Vass-Lakeview community
is 199 pints of blood behind in its
quota to the Blood Bank; there
fore it is hoped that a large num
ber of volunteers will donate
blood at the visit next week. The
quota will be 125 pints.
This will be the last visit of the
bloodmobile to Moore County un
til June 8 and 9 when it will be
in Carthage and Aberdeen.
Persons from other sections of
Moore County, who may not have
been able to give blood when col
lections were made in their home
towns, are invited to visit the
bloodmobile at Vass.
Dr. R, J. Dougherty is chairman
of the blood collection at Vass
with Mrs. J. E. Causey in charge
of recruiting donors in the Lake-
view area. Support has been en
listed throughout the Vass area
through churches, schools and
leading citizens.
Juke Box Robbed
At The Clam Box
The Clam Box, drive-in and
diner on US 1 about a mile south
of town, was broken into Sunday
night and the juke box was rifl-
led.
Deputy. Sheriff H. H. Grimm
said a door lock was broken, mote corner of the southwest sec-
open, the juke box broken into tion of town, a location chosen by
and an undetermined amount of
change, estimated at between $20
and $25, was taken.
Beith to Head Moore Cancer Drive
Operetta To Be
Friday, Saturday
Dates on the performances of
Humperdinck’s operetta, “Hansel
and Gretel,” to be presented by
Junior High students of the
Southern Pines School in Weaver
Auditorium, have been changed
to Friday and Saturday nights
(February 10 and 11) at 8:15 p. m.
Because of rehearsal time lost
during bad weather, there will be
no Thursday matinee, but tickets
purch’ased for that date will be
honored at the Saturday perform
ance.
The auditorium ij sold out for
Friday; however tickets may be
bought at the door Saturday.
J. Cecil Beith of Southern
Pines has accepted the chairman
ship of the Cancer Crusade for
Moore County, according to an-
announcement made this week by
David Ginsburg of Carthage,
president of the Chapter. The
Fund Drive will be held during
the month of April.
Mr. Beith, plant rhanager for
Karagheusian in Aberdeen, will
have a chairman in each town
throughout the county, these to
be named within .the next few
days.
At an organizational meeting
held last Thursday evening at
the Pinehurst Country Club, Mr.
Ginsburg of Carthage was re
elected president of the Moore
County chapter of the American
Cancer Society. He has been'ac
tive in this group for the past 16
years.
Others who will serve this
year are Dr. Charles Phillips of
Southern Pines, 1st vice-presi
dent and medical adviser; Dr. C.
R. VanderVoort of Southern
Pines, 2nd vice-president; W. J.
Morgan of Vass, treasurer; and
Mrs. Voit Gilmore of Southern
Pines, secretary.
Directors elected included
Jack M. Taylor'and Jere N. Mc-
Keithen, Aberdeen; the Rev. H.
R. Helrns, Robbins; Dr. Cheves
Ligon, Mrs. James S. Milliken,
Paul Butler, Dr. Phillips, Dr.
J, CECIL BEITH
VanderVoort and Mrs. Gilmore,
Southern Pines; W. J. Morgan,
Vass; Miss Flora McDonald and
Mr. Ginsburg, Carthage; and Dr.
Arch M. McKeithen, Cameron.
Mrs. Walter D. Hyatt of Pine
hurst was chairman of the nom
inating committee.
Dr. H. Max Schiebel of Dur
ham, president of the North
Carolina Division of the Society,
spoke to the group on recent ad
vances in cancer through re
search.
Elsey, Chief Newton thinks, to fa
cilitate his marijuana operations.
He was apparently manufactur
ing cigarettes at the house.
Students to Make
Up Another Day
Closing down of the Southern
Pines school system last Friday,
because of Thursday night’^ sleet
and ice storm, brought to three
the ,days that must be made up
before the end of the school year.
Supt; Luther A. Adams last
week announced the board of ed
ucation’s decision to make up
the first two storm-lost days of
the previous week by cutting
April 6 and 7 from a long Spring
vacation.
Mr. Adams said this week that
the board had not yet ruled on
when the third day is to be made
up, but that it, too, would prob
ably be cut from the Spring hol
idays which are to begin at the
close of school March 30. Details
will be announced when the
board makes a decision, he said.
MR. MENZEL DIES
As the Pilot went to press
this afternoon, news was re
ceived of the death of Harry
J. MenzeL prominent Sand
hills resident, at 3:25 p.m.
today in Moore Memorial
HospitaL Funeral plans had
not been announced, A full
obituary will appear in next
week's Pilot.