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% 3uij] UujhraU [Gl^nJon cond CofwiaQt nm;cw P«rbc _ Cameron !» iora ^n.es Pin VOL. 41—NO. 38 SIXTEEN PAGES SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1961 SIXTEEN PAGES PRICE TEN CENTS % ^ « . - LITTLE LEAGUE CHAMPIONS. The win ning Cardinals team, from left, front row (kneeling), Mike Bohlander, Danny Crowley,^ John McLaughlin, Carl Sarvis, Larry Lyerly, Don Yow; back row, Harold Winton, Terry Michael, Teddy Nanopolous, Freddy Atkins, Joe Yow, Frank Phipps and Joel Stutts, coach. Story Page 9. (Photo by Emerson Humphrey) Toll-Free Service "Quality education; Set For Pinehurst, Aberdeen in 1962 Plans were announced this week for the provision of Extend ed Area Service between Pine- hurst and Aberdeen, to take place some time during the summer of 1962, according to Joe R. Kim ball, district manager of the United Telephone Co. of the Car- olinas, Inc. The new EAS (toll-free) calling area will be set up through coop eration of United with the Sand hill Telephone Co., Inc., of Aber deen. E. O. Freeman, head of the Sandhill Co., said he had been ready for some time to add the finishing touches at liis end, and "will be ready whenever United is ready to go.” Considerable new equipment must be ordered and installed here, which Kimball said would take several months or nearly a year. With EAS already in effect be tween Southern Pines and Pine hurst,- and between Southern Pines and Aberdeen, this will mean that all three of the commu nities will enjoy mutual toll-free calling privileges. This will be effected without a raise in rates, both Kimball and Freeman said. To gain access to the Aberdeen “office code” (WI 4) it will be necessary for United to change one group of Pinehurst numbers, those in the CYpress 4-4000 group. (Continued on Page 5) Crews Arrive for Broad St., Airport Paving Projects Eight or 10 pieces of huge earth-moving and cement-mixing machinery moved into the area Monday and were headquartered on a meadow on NC 2, a i short distance north of the Southern Pines-Pinehurst airport, ready to get to work in a few days. As many more pieces of equip ment will be rolling in later in the week, for use in the $156,000 air port improvement projeht for which grading is already under way. E. B. Sneeden, foreman for the New Hanover Construction Co. of Wilmington, supervising the erec tion of a small metal pre-fab of fice building on the tract Mon day, said the project should get moving within a couple of weeks, and, once started, would take about 60 days. The construction involves extension of the runway to 4,500 feet, and paving, to be followed by extension and mod ernization of the lighting system —approximately half to be paid by the federal government, the other half by the county with as sists from Southern Pines, Pine hurst and Aberdeen. In the meantime, Sneeden said, the asphalt-mixing ma chinery will be used in res'ur- (Continued on page 5) Miss Logan Will be Joint Supervisor, Mrs. Hodgkins in Full-Time Music Job Miss Mary Logan, former mu-f sic supervisor in the East South ern Pines elementary school, will become a full-time elementary supervisor of instruction for the Southern Pines and Pinehujist schools for the coming school year. Mrs. Sara Wilson Hodgkins, a former grade school teacher here, will return to the East Southern Pines school as public school mu sic supervisor and elementary glee club director. The sharing of Miss Logan with the Pinehurst qnit, enriching the instruction program in both schools, makes possible the em ployment of Mrs. Hodgkins to give Southern Pines the best- rounded music program in sever al years, said Luther A. Adams, superintendent. Both were made possible through the allotment of a new supervisor under Governor Sanford’s “quality education” program, with an assist from the (Continued on page 5) County Schools Add Supervisor Remedial Speech Mrs. Barbara Carter Blake of Pinehurst Has been added to the staff of the Moore County school system in the special education field, to work with children who have speech defects, it was an nounced this week by Supt. Rob ert E. Lee. A survey last spring ■ revealed 109 children in the county schools needing speech remedial work, and it is expected that actually there will be more. A maximum load for such a teacher is estima ted at 120 children. Mrs. Blake, fourth grade teach er at the Aberdeen school for the past eight years, atfer one year (Continued on page 5) Local Teachers Listed; Only Four New Names Under the i State’s expanded teacher-allotment program, the local schools are getting two ad ditional teachers, one at East Southern Pines and one at West Southern Pines, said Supt. Luth er A. Adams. These are in addition to the new supervisor positions, filled by Miss Mary Logan as joint ele mentary supervisor with Pine hurst, and Mrs. Sara Hodgkins in public school music. (See sepa rate story on this page.) West Southern Pines teachers will be announced next week. In announcing the East South ern Pine list, Supt. Adams said the problehis were far fewer fhis year. Turnover was very small, with only three resignations, and with the new salary schedule plus the tax supplement, he was able to fill the four open positions “very satisfactorily.” Language Laboratory ' The four new teachers: Miss Hazel 'Ayscue, returning after an absence of one year, teaching English and Spanish. Miss Ayscue is currently taking specialized training at East Caro lina College in methods and tech- (Continued on page 5) *1 % RUNNERS-UP—the Little League Pirates, from left, kneeling, Ricky Bohlander, Ralph McKenzie, Walter Harper, Richard Mallow; back row, Eddie Johnson, Larry Dougherty, Ronnie Bradley, Ricky Johnson, Mike Warlick and John Crowell, substitute coach. Not in photo, Eugene Sessoms, Garry Fuller, Allan Lyerly. Story Page 9. (Photo by Emerson Humphrey) Council Studies Privilege Taxes, Dumping Permits Commiltees Set To Explore New Revenue Sources The town council in regular s>3Ssion Tuesday night discussed two proposals; that a service charge be made, or permit re quired, for the dumping of out- of-town refuse in the, sanitary landfill; and that privilege li censes be imposed on all local businesses and' on out-of-town concerns doing business here ex cept those that are specifically exempt. Mayor John S. Ruggles ap pointed the councilman bringing up these subjects as chairman of special committees to study them further, ascertaining how other towns are handling the situations and what are the pertinent stat utes, reporting back later to the council, with recommendations. Town Manager Bud Rainey and Town Attorney W. Lament Brown were named members of both committees. If approved, both measures would require new ordinances or amendments to existing ordi nances. Both would be new rev enue sources for the Town. Refuse Dumping Councilman Morris Johnson, who brought up the matter of the refuse-dumping, said that every day, especially on Saturdays, cars and truck in numbers bring garbage and trash from out-of- town to the landfill on Morgan- ton Road, where it has to be buried or covered by town-paid men and machines. Much is hauled in by persons who collect garbage out of town for a fee. The landfill has become the dumping-place for a wide area, and Johnson expressed the ' (Continued on page 5) Lutheran Church Organized, Starts Building Plans A Lutheran congregation has been organized here under the leadership of a yoimg theological student, has chlled a full-time minister who will arrive in Sep tember and is mo'ving ahead with plans for building its church. Our Saviour Lutheran Church is the name which has beert chosen for Southern Pines’ first church of this denomination. With Jack Deal of Hickory, student at the Southern Seminary at Columbia, S. C., who is spend ing the summer here, members of the mission church went to Salisbury Saturday to visit Dr. F. L. Conrad, president of the North Carolina Synod, to receive his good wishes and approval of their plans. Formal approval is expected in September when a representative of the Lutheran Board of Missions will come here. For this, a membership of 60 is necessary, but with 47 enrolled already, and a number of others interested, it is expected that number will be surpassed. Church Council With the pastor as chairman. Luther A. Adams has been elected (Continued on page 5) Mrs. Mattocks Named Registrar Of Vital Statistics Appointment of Mrs. Mar garet B. Mattocks as regis trar of vital statistics for Mc Neill, Mineral Springs and Little River townships was made by the county commiss ioners Monday. Mrs. Mattocks is adminis trative secretary in the Southern Pines town office. Her work as registrar of vital statistics will be in addition to her town duties. She re places Louis Scheipers, form er town manager, who moved away in June. The vital statistics work for this area has been handled i in the town office since 1953, - and has been found to be a satisfacloi(y arrangement. Local Schools Open Sept. 5 PROBLEMS, PROBLEMS—Tournament Director BiUy Mteg- ginson really had ’em mostly caused by rain, Suring the Junior Sandhill last week. Above, watching the boys’ doubles late Sun day afternoon, he wonders if it is going to rain again (it did) and what the weather will be like for the senior tournament this week. He’s director for that one too. (Photo by V. Nicholson) Star-Studded List of Netters Here For Sandhill Invitational; Clark Defends Southern Pines welcomes' Thursday and Friday a small but outstanding group of adult ten nis players, here for theT4th an-' nual Sandhill Invitational. “Quality” is the word this time, with players of such calibre the first rounds should be as exciting as the Sunday finals. Who’ll be champion among the champions is anybody’s guess. Defending in men’s singles is Malcolm Clark of Southern Pines, the only local player ever to win the men’s championship in the Sandhill. He also won last year in doubles with Charlie Shaffer, Jr., of Chapel Hill, who is unable to be here fhis time because of a football injury. As seedings' and pairings were posted Thursday morning by Di rector Billy Megginson, it appear ed obvious Clark has a job ahead to hold onto his crown. The list of 22 men players in cludes the winners and runners- up of the State Open, the Garo- linas Championship and the Fort Bragg Championship, also the winner of the junior division of the Carolinas Championship play ed recently at Charlotte. At least eight in the field hold southern rankings. Seeded Players Against the competition, Mal colm could win no better than a No. 3 seeding. Top seed is C. W. Shackleford, Jr. of Danville, Va., University of Miami student who has won numerous Florida tour naments and was winner of the N. , (Continued on page 8) Full Plans Given; New School Wing To Be Occupied Tuesday, September 5, will be the first day of school for South ern Pines boys and girls. * School buses will operate on that date, but the cafeteria will not, as all grades wiU be dis missed at 12:30 p.m. Rooms and classes will be assigned, text books and supplies issued and assignment of lessons made for the first full day of instruction, Wednesday, September 6. Schedules are the same for both East and West Southern Pines schools. The first day will be especial ly momentous for East Southern Pines grades 6 through 12, who will have room assignments in the newly expanded high school building. Supt. Luther A. Adams said the junior high department, grades 7 and 8, will occupy the newly completed wing, which will overlap in some of its facili ties with the high school grades in the central section. The 6th and 7th grades will be moved into the high school’s south wing, leaving grades 1 through 5 full use of the elemen tary building. All Grades pn Campus This will be the first time in several years all grades wiU be on campus. Because of overcrowd ed conditions in the elementary school, some of the classes have •had for some time to be housed in educational annexes of nearby churches. The cafeteria and all other phases of the school operation will be in full swing September 6. During the first two weeks of school, the three first grades will be dismissed at 12 noon. There- s after, they will be dismissed with the second and third grades at 2:30 p.m., while grades 4 through 12 will remain until 3 p.m each day. Teacher Orienlalion The opening is expected to go (Continued on Page 5) Football Practice Meeting Set A sure sign of summer's ending—^here's word for the high school boys going out for football practice. Coach Billy Megginson asks that all meet at the high school at 7:30 p.m.. Monday when plans for practice will be made. He reminds the boys that they should get their physi cals within the next i!ew days. Junior Sandhill Tourney Success Despite Rains ■The Junior Sandhill Invitation al goes down in history as one of the most successful in years, despite raiq which drowned out nearly two days of play. A few showers on the opening day, Thursday, didn’t bother any body much, but it really set in to pour FFriday arid continued soakingly all that night. When the sun finally showed about, noon Saturday, drying off three courts by mid-afternoon, it looked as though the schedule would never get back on the track. Lois of Headaches (Continued on page 8) Newly Appointed Judge Copeland Will Preside at Criminal Term Next Week Special Judge J. William Cope land of Murfreesboro, a former State senator newly appointed to the bench by Governor Sanford, will preside over the regular criminal term of Moore superior court, which opens Monday at Carthage. Two manslaughter cases arising from highway deaths are slated for trial. Both involve fa talities of young people, in acci dents in the Robbins area. Lynda Carol Laney, young Robbins girl, has been previous ly indicted in the death of Bren da Brown,. 14, who was instantly killed when thrown from the car Lynda was driving last Dcember 3. The car containing several teen-agers went out of control on a rural road. Tracy Leroy Ritter, 20, of Robbins, is accused in a case to go before'the grand jury. He was driving a'car which was in a col lision Juhe 18, fatally injuring (Continued on page 8) FIRST GRADERS Parents are reminded that, to enter the first grade, a child must be six years old on or before October 16. ac cording to Supt. Luther A. Adams. To enter the second grade from a private school, stu dent must be seven years old on or before December 1. Truck Terminal, Airport Seen As Industry Factors The two questions most asked by industrial prospects are “Where is the nearest trucking terminal?” and “What kind of airport facilities do you have?”. Chairman E. H. Mills of the Moore County Industrial Devel opment committee told the coun ty commissioners Monday. Today these questions can be answered very satisfactorily, the Pinebluff mayor noted—“thanks to R. M. Cushman for the truck ing terminal, and thanks to you gentlemen for the airport.” Cushman, executive vice-presi dent of Amerotron, Inc., at Aber deen and a member Pf the indus trial development committee, took “strong initial action” which led to the recent establishment of the Standard Trucking Co. terminal at Aberdeen, reported Mills. The county commissionrs have gone all-out in the past year to get the airport improvement project under way at a cost of $156,000 (50-50 federal-county paid). Mills, reporting on work of the committee during the past fiscal year, said a number of prospects had been seen and entertained, and help had been given toward securing three industries—the Standard Trucking terminal, Watson -'Williams at Pinebluff and a new poultry industry at Robbins. He said the committee was working hard to overcome a general idea that Moore county, with its farhous resorts, doesn’t want industry—but they felt they (Continued on page 8)