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VOL. 41—NO. 22
TWENTY-FOUR PAGES
SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1961
TWENTY-FOUR PAGES
PRICE; 10 CENTS
Many Entries in
Elks Golf Tourney
Assure Full Quota
With invitations to the second
Annual Elks Amateur golf tour
nament—to be held here May 19,
20 and 21, sponsored by the
Southern Pines Elks Lodge—out
less than two weeks, some 70 en
tries have been received, reports
Dr. Boyd Starnes, general tourna
ment chairman.
Art Ruffin, last gear’s winner
of the tournament, who has since
become the N. C. State Amateur
champion, will return to defend
his title, Dr. Starnes said today,
and a number of other entries by
outstanding amateurs in North
and South Carolina and Virginia
have been received.
The tournament will be played
at the Southern Pines Country
Club. Others on the committee
are Richard Mattocks, Joe Steed,
Hollie Sisk and Morris Johnson.
Charles Marcum, golf profession
al, former Southern Pines resi
dent now living at Whispering
Pines, will be the tournament di
rector.
Dr. Starnes said that the com
mittee will try to limit entries to
136. There seems to be no ques
tion that the full quota of entries
will be reached, he said.
Last year’s runner-up to Ruf
fin, Bill Woodward of Robbins, is
expected to play again.
The tournament is open to all
Elks in good standing with their
lodges. Further details will be
announced.
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AT CEREMONY— L. L. Biddle II of Pinehurst speaks from
the porch of the “House in the Horseshoe” during Sunday’s
dedication of a plaque, visible on the house wall, beside the
doorway, honoring the late George H. Maurice for his work in
restoring the house for the Moore County Historical Association.
Several association members were seated on the porch in the
background and others stood in the yard as Mr. Biddle spoke.
Bullet holes from the Revolutionary War skirmish that took
place at the house can be seen in the wide, white-.painted boards
on the wall. (Pilot photo)
Plaque Dedicated to George Maurice
Board Will Hear
Tax Complaints
The county commissioners will
meet at the courthouse in Carth
age at' 10 a.m. Monday to sit as
board of equalization and review
as to tax valuations placed oh
property constructed during 1960
in McNeill, Sandhill and Mineral
Springs townships.
Persons having complaints or
questions about such valuations
are asked to come before the
board at that time.
A county official said this week 'year,
that the commissioners may meet
also Monday with County Attor
ney M. G. Boyette, to discuss
' legality of their recent ruling that
the county coroner must have
their approval before ordering
an autopsy in a case under his in
vestigation. (See letter and edi
torial on page 2, for background
on this subject.)
With some 40 to 50 persons at- ent on Sunday,
tending—^largely members of the I _ George Ross
Moore County Historical Asso
ciation—a bronze plaque or tab-
of Jackson
Springs, Historical Association
president, read tributes to Mr.
Maurice from editorials appear-
let affixed to the wall of the ,ing after his death in The Sand-
House in the Horseshoe” in I hill Citizen of Aberdeen and The
Deep River Township was dedi- r ^Lo a tribute to him
cated Sunday to the memory of Ralph W. Page and
George H. Maurice of Eagle
Springs who headed restoration
appearing in The Pilot. Mr. Ross
concluded by reading a prayer
wiiu iitfctucu resiurauun
work on the pre-RevolutionaryTndPo w ^ j ^
dwelling for the Historical Asso-p.' , ' Se
dation. The house is now an of^ iferSV S Tn
ficial state historic site admiric as president of the His-
nciai state nismric site, admin s torical Association
tered by the Historical Associa- ^Ir. Biddle said:
c“ '“pa”S“r *« Cicala a ..b-
Hlalory. Mr. Maurice died last' G^Se MauSe. '
... ia. j- a, (Continued on page 8)
As the persons attending the |
ceremony stood in the front yard
of the house—which was defend- , lldfiCtcd
ed in August, 1781, by Colonel j
Philip Alston, its owner, against j
the Tory raider. Colonel David 1 i rCSl(1011t
Fanning—L. L. Biddle, chairman
m
of a committee for the plaque
project, opened the dedication
ceremony by recalling that Mr.
Maurice “enjoyed doing difficult
tasks for the benefit of his fel
low man” and thanked all mem-
ibers of the committee for their
[help. Miss Ellen Maurice, Mr.
I Maurice’s daughter and a mem
ber of the committee, was pres-
LITTLE LEAGUE PLANS
Boys 9-12 years old will prac
tice Saturday afternoon in the
local Little League and Minor
League baseball program, before
they ar.e divided into teams. Boys
who are not registered are asked
to come to Memorial Field at
1:30, and those who are register
ed at 2:30. Eight teams are plan
ned. Players will be notified
about individual team practice
sessions.
Thomas Ruggles was elected
president of the Jaycees Wednes
day night, to succeed Dr. J. E.
Currie, Jr.
Other officers elected are:
George Morrison, first vice presi
dent; Richard Mattocks, second
vice president; Jerry Frazier,
secretary; and Robert Bishop,
treasurer.
New directors named are Carl
Acker, Jerry Daeke and Joe R.
Kimball. Dr. Currie automati
cally moves to state director.
The officers will be installed
in mid-May.
The new president is associated
with his father, John S. Ruggles
in the Barnum Realty and In
surance Co. He was chairman of
last fall’s successful Southern
Pines Golf Carousel, sponsored by
the Jaycees, and has been active
in other Jaycee projects. He was
recently married to Mrs. Bylle
Kellog Cooper.
!'LITTLE STEPS MAKE PROGRESS'
Mayor Makes ‘State of Town’ Report
LEAVING Monday morn
ing after a weekend 'visit
with her mother, Mrs. C. M.
Rudel of Pinehurst, Mrs.
Elizabeth Rudel Smith, treas
urer of the United States, was
starting for Raleigh-Dur-
ham Airport, to fly to Mon
treal, before returning to her
duties in Washington. The
weekend here was her first
visit to Pinehurst since she
assumed the U. S. treasurer's
post. Her signature is now
appearing oh new $1 bills
and will gradually supplant
that of Mrs. Ivy Baker Priest,
former treasurer, on all
paper currency. (Pilot photo)
Mayor Robert S. Ewing, presi
ding at the April town coun'-il
I meeting last week, present
ed a “State if the Town” report
coveiing accomplishments of the
past two years during which this
council has held office. The
meeting was the last regular
gathering of toe current council
before the town election May 2.
“While there has been nothing
big,” he said, “there has been a
progression of little steps which,
taken cumulatively, add up to
progress.
“Taken as a whole, the sum
mary shows we are not standing
without the servic-a of our town
manager or the fine citizens serv
ing without pay on various com
mittees to whi'ja they were ap
pointed. This is a tribute to the
collective effort that can be pro
duced when all work together.”
The biennum has ended, he
noted, with the Town in excellent
financial shape, tiie bonded debt
reduced by $100,000. Total debt
now stands at $663,000, of which
$494,000 is in revenue bonds and
$169,000 in geneial obligation
bonds. Borrowing capacity now
stands at $466,093, meaning that
if improvements had to he made
still nor slipping backwards, but or a major emergency should
on the contrary are growing by
leaps and bounds.”
For the smooth and (“fficient
operation of the town during a
period of much growth, he said,
“I am tPe last to take credit to
myself or even to this council, as
lit could not hive been done
arise, it could well be bandied.
The Town, he noted, is cur
rently a $350,000-per-year busi
ness, it with total property valua
tion of almost $8,000,000. Tax
rate is $1.75 p-sr $100 valuatmn.
For purposes of his review,
(Continued on Page 10)
$5,000 Goal Set
To Raise Funds
For Scholarships
The committee appointed by
Mayor R. S. Ewing to receive and
administer a fund in memory of
the late Police Chief C. E. New
ton, is seeking to raise $5,000 to
provide annual scholarships for
deserving Southern Pines stu
dents.
Decision to make the Newton
memorial a scholarship fund was
made by the committee Monday,
said Dante Montesanti, chairman.
The committee had asked for sug
gestions from the public as to
what form the memorial should
take.
With about $800 on hand and
pledges for several large contri
butions to come, the committee
plans to stage an intensive drive
to raise the balance of the needed
amount.
Interest from the principal of
the fund would be used to pro
vide a scholarship of $100 or more
annually to a senior at both the
East and West Southern Pines
High Schools, to help with col
lege expenses, Mr. Montesanti
said.
The awards would go to stu
dents who in the opinion of then-
teachers had done most to im
prove themselves academically
and otherwise during their junior
and senior years in high school,
the committee suggests.
It is hoped that the fund will
be large enough to provide a
scholarship at each school an
nually. If not, the scholarship
would be given to a student in
each of the schools in alternate
years.
Contributions to the fund may
be sent to tjie,. chairman or to
the town office.
11 Candidates for Town Conncil to
Be Cnt to 10 in Primary on Monday
LIBRARY WEEK
The public is reminded by Mrs.
Stanley Lambourne, librarian
at the Southern Pines pubhe li
brary, that this is National Li
brary Week, an observance set to
encourage reading and the use of
libraries. Persons are encouraged
to visit the library this week and
to become library patrons by
signing a registration card.
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AWARD— Jayne Anna Culbertson of Robbins receives from
Dr. Robert VanderVoort, president of the Sandhills Kiwanis
Club, the Club’s first Junior Builders Cup, an annual award to
be made to a Moore County high school senior.
(Humphrey photo)
Robbins Girl Wins Jr. Builders Cup
LIKE BARBECUE?
A chance lo fill up on barbe
cue—a favorite Tar Heel del
icacy—^will be given the pub
lic tomorrow (Friday), from
5:30 to 8 p. m., at the East
Southern Pines school cafe
teria in the basement of
Weaver Auditorium, when
the Jaycees will stage a bar
becue supper for benefit of
their civic projects including
the park playground equip
ment fund.
Persons who can't make it
to the cafeteria can order bar
becue for free home delivery
by calling 2-2831. Carl Acker
is chairman orf the supper
project for the Jaycees.
Jayne Anna Culbertson of Rob
bins, senior at Elise High School
there, was awarded the first
Junior Builders Award of the
Sandhills Kiwanis Club last Fri
day night.
Won in competition with seni
ors recommended for outstand
ing academic, church and com
munity records, from eight other
schools of the county, the award
was made during intermission in
the Picquet Music Festival in
which students from 10 high
school glee clubs took part. The
entire program took place in
Weaver Auditorium here.
For a reporl on the Music
Festival, see a story elsewhere
in today's Pilot.
Miss Culbertson is the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Culbert
son of Robbins. Her father is
chairman of the Moore County
board of education.
The other contestants, who were
introduced, were Joe (jarzik, Jr.,
Southern Pines; Charles Mac
Long, Pinehurst; William Alex
Brady, Aberdeen; Robert Lee
Kelly, Carthage; Bonnie Callahan,
Vass-Lakeview; Nancy Auman,
West End; Judy Stanley, Came-
MARSHALL TV SHOW
A television broadcast dealing
with the life of the late General
George C Marshall, who was a
winter resident of Pinehurst, will
be seen in this area on Channel
11, Durham, at 6:30 p. m Sun
day, it is announced by Station
WTVD The broadcasting will be
the last in a series of “Television
Teaching Aids” programs.
ron; and Donnie Hussey, West-
moore.
Dr. C. C. McLean of Southern
Pines, chairman of the Kiwanis
Club’s Boys and Girls Commit
tee, was in charge of the Junior
Builders award program.
Miss Culbertson is valedictorian
of her class and has held class,
club and school activity offices
throughout her high school years.
She has been the Robbins and
county Red Cross youth repre
sentative; she won a DAR citizen
ship award, was Moore County’s
representative to the Governor’s
Youth Conference and was voted
by her classmates most intellect
ual, most likely to succeed, most
talented and most popular.
Her record lists many church
and Sunday School activities in
cluding presidencies of District
and Sub-district Methodist Youth
Fellowship groups.
Residents of Southern Pines
will vote Monday, April 24, in
a primary municipal election, to
cut a slate of 11 candidates for
the five town council seats, to
10 who will then be candidates
in the regular town election
Tuesday, May 2. Five councilman
will be elected May 2, who will
then name the mayor from
among their number.
Local election laws require
that if more than 10 persons file,
as candidates for the council, a
primary must be held to reduce
the number to 10. Thus, only one
candidate will be eliminated in
Monday’s primary. Voters will
be asked to vote for five of the
11 names on the ballot.
There will be no primary for
judge and solicitor of the local
recorder’s court, as there are not
more than two candidates for
each post. Judge W. Harry Ful-
lenwider, incumbent, is unoppos
ed for reelection, while in the
solicitor’s race, John D. McCon-
elf, incumbent, is opposed by
Howard C. Broughton. Voting for
these posts will take place only
on May 2.
Filing time for council candi
dates ended at noon, Saturday—
and the 11th candidate filed at
three minutes to noon. Biograph
ical sketches of'^U 11 council can
didates appear on page 18. A
sample ballot also appears on
another page.
Four members of the present
■council are candidates for reelec
tion: Mayor Robert S. Ewing,
Mayor Pro-tem James D. Hobbs,
Felton J. Capel and John S. Rug
gles. Fifth member of the pres
ent council, Harry H. Pethick, is
not a candidate, as he has moved
his residence out of the City lim-
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Driving Cont0St
R0-S0t April 30
The Teen Age Road-E-O, a driv
ing contest for teen-agers sponsor
ed by the Southern Pines Junior
Chamber of Commerce, has been
re-scheduled for Sunday after
noon, April 30, at the A & P store
parking lot on S. W. Board St.,
Glenn Cox, chairman for the
event, has announced. It was
originally set for Sunday, April
23.
The driving skill test, coupled
with a written examination, is
designed to encourage safe driv
ing habits among young drivers.
Winner here will get an expense-
paid trip to the Staje Teen Age
Road-E-O at High Point, June
10 and 11. State winners will
compete nationally for valuable
college scholarships.
Further details will be announc
ed next week.
Women's N & S Golf
Semi-Finals Played
Semi-finals matches in the 59th
North and South Women’s Ama
teur golf tournament were be
ing played this morning, as Bar-,
bara McIntyre met Mrs. Alex
Walsh and Judy Bell played Bar
bara Williams.
I Miss McIntyre, of Lake Park,
Fla., is the defending champion.
The finals are schedulejj Fri
day.
DIANA TOLAR
FRANCES HARPER
FRIENDLY COMPETITORS are Frances Harper and Diana
Tolar, both college freshmen, 1960 graduates of the Southern
Pines high school, who are among a dozen contenders for the
“Miss Cary” title in that community’s Jaycee-sponsored beauty
pageant to be held Friday night. A student at Peace College,
Raleigh, Miss Harper is continuing her dance studies, following
her apprenticeship with the Martha Aden Studio here, as a
student of modern ballet at Peace. She will give an exhibition
of her dancing talent in the Cary pageant. Miss Tolar will make
her bid for the talent judges’ attention with a flapper act, in
which she will dance the Charleston, a favorite of the ’20’s.
She is in her first year at Meredith College, Raleigh.
N0W Branoh Bank
Giv0n Approval
By Commission
Approval of a new branch of
The Citizens Bank and Trust
Company, to be known as the
“South Broad Street Office” was
'granted at a meeting of the State
Banking Commission held yester
day.
N. L. Hodgkins, president, said
that plans for the branch would
be started right away and it was
hoped that the building could
be completed by early fall. Plans
include a drive-in window, ample
parking and naany other facilities.
The branch' will be located at
the corner of S. W. Broad Street
and Wisconsin Ave.
At the April meeting of the
Board of Directors, a five per
cent stock dividend payable on
May 1 to stockholders of record
on April 20 was declared in com
pliance with state banking laws
relative to this branch. This is
the second stock dividend de
clared during 1961 and will bring
the number of shares outstanding
to over 24,000. Total capital funds
of the bank are now approximate
ly $700,000.
MISS COLLINS
IS RUNNER-UP
Miss Enunaday Collins of
Southern Pines won the
judges' nod as first runner-
up, and the accompanying
$200 scholarship, in Friday's
Miss Sanford beauty pageant
at McLeod Auditorium, San
ford.
Assisting in the crowning
of Janet Hodges, the new
"Miss Sanford," was last
year's queen, Charla Mar
cum, of Southern Pines.
Funds N00d0d at
On00 to Assist
Ex0hang0 Stud0nt
Unless $1,000 is contributed in
Moore .County before May 1, Miss
Jane Harris Owen, who has been
chosen as an International Farm
Youth Exchange delegate , to
France, will be unable to make
the trip.
Persons interested in the pro
ject explained this week that a
portion of the enabling fund had
been raised, but that much more
is needed. Miss Owen, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Owen—her
father is the well-known former
Jugtown potter—is a student at
Pfeiffer College. The exchange
project would take her to France
to live with a French family this
Rummer.
The project is government-fi
nanced in part, but all exchange
delegates must be backed also by
locally given funds.
Contributions should be sent to
L. B. Creath at the Carolina
Bank, Pinehurst, with checks
made out to “North Carolina 4-
H Club Foundation.”
A Story about Miss Owen ap
pears on page 23.