t Plan lo Altend the PEACH FESTIVAL At Ellerbe, July 19 Plan to Attend the PEACH FESTIVAL At Ellerbe, July 19 VOL. 41—NO. 34 SIXTEEN PAGES SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1961 SIXTEEN PAGES PRICE TEN CENTS Peach Festival Set Wednesday; SADA to Meet A Peach Festival sponsored by the North Carolina Mutual Peach Growers Society, coinciding with a meeting of the Sandhills Area Development Association, will be held at Ellerbe in Richmond County Wednesday of next week, with events scheduled from 2 to 8 p. m. The public is invited. A feature of the night program will be a “Peach Queen” contest, with entries expected from each of the seven counties in the peach-growing area: Moore, Lee, Montgomery, Hoke, Anson, Rich mond and Scotland. Harvest of peaches in the sev en county area is now at its height, with fruit for sale at road side stands bearing the “Approv ed Grower” signs used for the first time this year by the Peach Growers Society. The Sandhills Area Develop ment Association is an organiza tion of business, industrial and agricultural leaders of Moore, Lee, Montgomery and Richmond Counties. Fred Taylor of Pine- hurst and Troy is president. Ward Hill of Southern Pines is secre tary-treasurer. Here is a summary of the day’s activities next Wednesday: 2 p. m.—Assembly, Ellerbe High School; 2:15-2:45 p. m.—North State Packing facili-ies; 3-3:45—Peach Experiment Sta tion; (Continued on Page 5) ARTIST AND PAINTING— Milton (“Weese”) Kaylor is shown with his painting of the late Police Chief C. E. Newton, done from a photograph after the chief’s death in March. (V. Nicholson photo) Newton Portrait Presented to Town Hospital Observes 13th Anniversary; Many at Reception “Thirteen may be considered an unlucky number by some, but for us it was a lucky day 13 years ago when St. Joseph’s Hospital opened its doors,” said Mayor John S. Ruggles, making a con gratulatory speech to the Sisters of the staff at the hospital’s 13th birthday party Sunday afternoon. The occasion was observed with an “open house” with punch and cookies served in the dining room to some 150 guests. Mayor Ruggles in his brief talk said, “It was more than luck that brought the hospital here—God had a hand in it. Through the Sisters, their kindness and their nursing skills, St. Joseph of the Pines has in those 13 years be come a quality hospital, offering unsurpassed service.” Wishing the Sisters “many, many more years of service in our midst,” Mayor Ruggles, a mem ber of the hospital’s board of di rectors since its beginning, made the presentation of a special birthday cake, baked in the shape of the building, the former Pine Needles Hotel. The cake, given in behalf of the Advisory Council which is composed of laymen of several religious denominations, was baked by Mrs. R. J. Dough erty, wife of Dr. Dougherty, staff physician. Actually, St. Joseph’s began (Continued on page 8) An oil portrait of the late Po lios Chief C. E. Newton was for mally presented to the town council at the council’s July meeting Tuesday night. It has been hung at the east end of the room that is used as both council chamber and municipal court room. The portrait, painted by Mil- ton Kaylor, 29-year-old local res ident, was a gift of the artist and his wife, who were both present for the presentation ceremony. The portrait was turned over to the council by Dante Montesanti, chairman of the Newton Memori al Fund Committee, a group of citizens who were appointed by former mayor R. S. Ewing to col lect and administer a fund to be used for projects in memory of Chief Newton who was fatally shot in line of duty on March 3. The committee had accepted the portrait several weeks ago. At Tuesday’s meeting, Mr. Montesanti displayed the portrait before the council, saying that h' considered it a “further manifes tation of the esteem in which Chief Newton was held.” He ex pressed appreciation for the ar tist’s time and effort in painting the portrait. Mayor John S. Ruggles, accept ed the painting for the Town, “with appreciation.” At the end of the meeting, the mayor again thanked the artist for the por trait, saying, “The council joins me in deep appreciation.” The mayor also recognized the pres ence in the ^ audience of Miss Mary Scott Newton, Chief New ton’s sister, and John Scott New ton, his son. An engraved brass plate on the frame of the painting, which was read aloud by Mr. Montesanti, says: ‘‘To the memory of C. E. Newton, presented by Mr. and Mrs. Milton Kaylor.” The artist, who is employed by May’s Body Shop, paints as a hobby in his spare time. He is the son of Fire Chief and Mrs. Frank Kaylor who live at the fire sta tion where Mr. Kaylor is also res ident fireman. Mrs. Frank Kaylor was present for the ceremony. Reeves Reappointed lo State Ports Authority Reappointment of John M. Reeves of Pinehurst as chairman of the State Pcyts Authority has been announce|[ by Gov. Terry Sanford. Mr. Reeves, chairman of the board of Reeves Brothers, Inc., a New York textile firm, was fii'st appointed to the Ports Authority in the Hodges administration. Dr. Hollister Heads Newly Organized Board of Directors for Little League Dr. William F. Hollister was chosisn to head a 15-member board of directors for the South ern Pines Little League program in a meeting held Tuesday night at the municipal building. The newly organized board is set up in accordance with th.3 na tional official Little League reg ulations. It is the responsibility of the board of directors to govern, supervise and operate all func tions of the Little League pro gram. All its members are volun teers. The board consists of the eight coaches, commissioner, um pire, board chairman and other Individuals who are interested in the program. The elected officer? of the board are: board chairman. Dr. W. F. Hollister; league commis sioner, Frank Buchan; and secre tary and treasurer, Shirley Woo ster. The various committees ap pointed by the chairman are: Rules Committee: Frank Buch an, chairman: James Pate, John Crowell and Joel Stutts. Finance Committee, Donald Denoff, chairman; Bill Rush, Shirley Wooster, June Blue and Chris Shamburger. Publicity: Joel Stutts, chair man; James Pate and Shirley Wooster. Park Committee: Joel Stutts, chairman; Woodrow McDonald, Joe Kimball, John Crowell, Eu gene Sessoms and Shirley Woo ster. Individual board members oth er than coaches and commissioner are Dr. Hollister, June Blue, Joe Kimball, Donald Denoff and Chris Shamburger. Various other individuals who have an active interest in the Lit tle League have expressed de sire to help with the Little Lea gue program. Theatre in the Pines To Meet Tuesday Night Theatre in the Pines, the com munity theatre group that has drawn interest and membership from throughout the Sandhills, will have a general meeting in the town hall courtroom at 8 p. m. Tuesday. Officers will be nominated and plans made for fall activities of the group. All interested persons are invited. Invitations Out For Tennis Events Slated in August Invitations were mailed out this week by the Sandhills Ten nis Association for the Sandhills Junior Invitational Tournament, to be held at the municipal courts here August 3-6, and for the Senior Invitational Tournament, set for August 10-13. George H. Leonard, Jr., presi dent of the Tennis Association, said that 300 invitations went to players eligible for the Senior event and 150 for those who might play in the Junior tournament. Entry cards for local players who are interested in taking part in either of the tournaments can be obtained at the Information Center, corner of Pennsylvaia Ave. and S. E. Broad St. Special rates are being offered by three in-town hotels to play ers in the tourneys. The Elks have offered the use of the swim ming pool at the Country Club to Junior players during their stay in Southern Pines. The trophy won by Malcolm Clark of Southern Pines and Chapel Hill, last year’s men’s sin gles champ in the Senior tourna ment, will be returned for award ing to this year’s winner. Clark is expected to defend his title. The women’s singles trophy, re tired last year by Mrs. Raymonde Jones of Fort Bragg, will be re placed by a new trophy given by Howard Johnson’s Restaurant and Motor Lodge. Y Personal Property Can Be Attached For Taxes A resolution adopted by the town council Tuesday night au- tliorizes. levying on (attachment of) personal property on which taxes have not been paid for 1960 and prior years. The resolution BLCX)DMOBILE TO BE HERE FRIDAY Volunteer blood donors are sought by the Red Cross for a visit of a "bloodmobile" to St. Anthony's School here, from 10 a. m. lo 3:30 p. m. Friday (July 14). Quota for the st(^ is 125 pints, part of a Moore Coun ty annual quota that makes possible the program under which both the hospitals in the county can obtain blood of any type from the Red Cross Charlotte blood center. Members of the BPO'Does will assist with the local visit and will serve irefreshmenls lo donors. Registered nurses and a physician will be pres ent. The bloodmobile is making a stop today (Thursday) in Carthage. JOHN D. McConnell McConnell Named Special Judge of Superior Court John D. McConnell will be sworn in as a special Superior Court judge in a ceremony to take place at noon, Monday, in the office of Gov. 'Terry Sanford at Raleigh. He is one of four special judges authorized by the 1961 General Assembly and appointed by Gov. Sanford. The term of office is two years. Active in politics and public \ affairs for many years, Mr. Me Connell is a resident of Country Club Drive, Southern Pines, and maintains a law office in Pine hurst. He formerly practiced there in partnership with the late Superior Court Judge W. A. Le- land McKeithen of Pinehurst. Mr. McConnell, who was Moore County campaign co-manager for Gov. Sanford in last year’s pri mary and elections; has been secretary of the North Carolina Democratic Executive Committee. He served as solicitor of the Southern Pines Recorder’s Court for a two year term that ended in May. Appointive positions he has held in former years include at torney in the Middle District fed eral court, and administrative as sistant to the late U. S. Senator J. Melville Broughton, in Washing ton, D. C. He served in a similar capacity for Dr. Frank P. Graham when Dr. Graham was a United States Senator from North Caro lina. Mr. McConnell is a veteran of Navy service in World War II. He had previously practiced law in Durham, after graduation from the Duke University Law (Continued on Page 8) No Action Taken On Annexation, Zoning of Tracts Tom O’Neil of 110 Highland Road appeared before the town council Tuesday night to renew his request that 90 acres of his property adjoining Midland Road and Pee Dee Road be annexed to the town, provided that it be zoned as he had requested. At the June meeting of the council a public hearing on both the annexation and zoning was held. The council tabled the re quests at that time, after a dele gation of Knollwood residents had objected to zoning of the property at the corner of Midland and Pee Dee Roads for business purposes. The O’Neil matter was not on the prepared docket for this week’s meeting, so the council had to vote to hear him. They did not vote, however, to open the tabled business for official discussion and action. The zoning plan asked by Mr O’Neil would put his Little Nine golf course and Wedge Inn res taurant in a Residence III zone which permits hotels, restaurants, motels, clubs and hospitals (the areas of the Mid Pines Club and Pine Needles Country Club are in this zone). The plan would put the tract at the Pee Dee-Midland intersection in the Business zone which permits stores and businesses of most types, but not service stations or manufactur ing plants. This zoning plan was approved and recommended by the Planning Board before last month’s hearing. All the O’Neil property is now out of the city limits and not sub ject to any zoning restrictions. At this week’s meeting, Mr. O’Neil asked if the Town would like to have the taxes the proper ty would produce and said that if the re are objections to the an nexation, he would like to know what they are. (Continued on page 5) is concerned with personal prop erty only, not real estate. The resolution authorizes Mrs. Mildred McDonald, tax collector, to collect all delinquent personal property taxes for those years and “to direct execution to the chief of police or any other law ful officer of the Town of South ern Pines for the purpose of levy ing upon such personal property as said respective taxpayers may have, from which the claim of the Town of Southern Pines for taxes, together with the interest, penalties and costs, may be satis fied. . ” Town Manager F. F. Rainey said after the meeting that most taxpayers pay their taxes on real estate and personal property to gether and that the actions au thorized in the resolution would apply mostly to owners of auto mobiles who had not paid taxes on them for the years concerned. Also affected, he said, would be a few merchants, who are delin quent in payment of personal property taxes on stocks of goods in their stores. In the case of delinquent taxes on real estate in town—to which the new resolution does not ap ply—foreclosures are usually con ducted by the county, with the town collecting its back taxes from the buyer at the county tax sale, before he can get a clear title to the property. THE WEATHER I* *■1 liii V; i» •••• Maximum and minimum tem peratures for each day of the past week were recorded as follows at the U. S. Weather Bureau observation station at the WEEB radio studios on Midland Road: Max. Min. July 6 92 70 July 7 .88 68 July 8 84 68 July 9 80 60 July 10 83 56 July 11 81 55 July 12 89 66 Carter Medalist In Moare County Golf Tournament By CHARLES ROSE Joe Carter |ired a one-over-par 72 to head the qualifiers for the championship’ flight in the Moore County Golf Tournament at the Southern Pines Country Club He had nines of 36-36 for the 18 hole total. Runner-up for top honors was Hill Boswell, a summer res ident here from Auburn College where he plays first man on the golf team. He shot a 36-37 for 73. Carter won the SPCC title in 1952 and ’54, and he teamed with Jack Carter lor the Moore County Four-Ball Title in 1956 and ’58. In 1959, he reached the finals of the county tournament, but was beaten by Henson Maples of Pine hurst^ Other top qualifiers to watch for are many-times-champ Bill Woodward of Robbins, last year’s champ, Peter Tufts of Pinehurst, and strong, finishing Clyde Man- gum, Jr., secretary of the Caro lines Golf Association. Woodward and Mangum quali fied with 75 and 74 respectively. Pairings in the championship flight are: Top bracket—Peter Tufts, de fending champion, vs. Tommy Gray, 78; Bill Woodward 75, vs. Bill Wilson, 79; Hill Boswell, 73 vs. H. B. Chrissman, 78; J. More land vs. Cecil Beith, 79. (Continued on page 8) TELEVISION PRESENTED— Four of the residents of the Reynolds Rest Home, between Southern Pines and Carthage, are pictured around a television set presented to the home by the Southern Pines Elks Lodge. Ralph Wallace, exalted ruler of the lodge, is making the presentation to Mrs. John Smith who, with her husband, operates the rest home. The residents pictured, clockwise from the fight, are W. H. Mumford of Southern Pines, former county electrical inspector; Carey Stinson of Goldston; and John Frye and John Wood, of Moore County. Reynolds Rest Home, owned“by the county and leased to the Smiths, is one of eight boarding homes in Moore Coimty, all under supervision of the Welfare Department which enforces state standards of operation. This photograph dramatizes the state-wide observance of the “Special Week on Aging” proclaimed for next week by Gov. Terry Sanford. (Humphrey photo) ‘Special Week on Aging’ Proclaimed by Governor; County Joins in Observance Moore County is cooperating in the Special Week on the Aging being observed in North Carolina the week of July 16-22 by proc lamation of Governor Terry San ford to honor elderly citizens. This is the third year that the Special Week has been sponsored by the Governor’s Coordinating Committee on Aging, stated Mrs. Walter B. Cole, county director of public welfare. Services available for older persons in this county through public welfare include money grants to needy people who meet eligilfility requirements under law. There are several non-fi- nancial services to aged citizens. In June there were 424 per sons in this county receiving old age assistance. 'The average monthly grant was $45. For this group hospitalization is available where needed from a statewide pooled fund. A total of 39 persons were hospitalized from this fund in June. Boarding homes for the aged in North Carolina are licensed by the State Board of Public Wel fare. County departments of pub lic welfare assist persons in sel ecting the appropriate type of home to meet their needs. There are eight licensed homes in Moore County. Other services provided elderly persons through public welfare include counseling on problems; rehabilitative services to help older people retain or regain as much independence in living as possible; referral of aged persons to other community resources, cooperation with other State agencies in improving services to older people, and others. Mrs. Cole said that the opera tors of the boarding homes would welcome visits from people in the communities to the homes. •■‘Any suggestions you may have as to how oUr aging citizens may . be made happier in their own homes or in the boarding homes will also be welcome,” she said.

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