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VOL. 41—NO. 40
EIGHTEEN PAGES
SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1961
EIGHTEEN PAGES
PRICE TEN CENTS
Work Begins at New Holiday Inn Site;
Cottages Moved, Ground Broken Today
Work began this week at the
site of the proposed Holiday Inn
motel, restaurant and other facili
ties on the formef Southern Pines
Cottages property, No. 1 highway,
south.
Since the project was announc
ed in June by Gordon Simpson
of Sanford as a half-million-
dollar installation, the estimated
cost of the entire project has ris
en to $600,000.
E. L. Wynn of Richmond, "Va.,
owner of the Wynn Construction
Co., contractors for the job, has
joined Mr. .Simpson in a 50-50
partnership in ownership of the
installation. Mr. Simpson and his
wife, Mrs. Jeanne Simpson, will
be active operators of the motel
and restaurant. They formerly
owned and operated the Southern
Business School
To Open Session
Tuesday, Sept. 5
The second year of the South
ern Pines Community Business
School will begin on Tuesday
night, September 5, at 7:30 p. m.
at the Southern Pines High
School. Miss Martha Brookshire
of Robbins is the director. She
succeeds E. H. Cooper of High-
falls, who is now in Chadburn.
Due to the anticipated increas
ed enrollment, one or two addi
tional instructors are required.
Qualified instructors should con
tact Miss Brookshire at once.
Courses will be conducted in
beginner’s typing, advanced ty
ping, bookkeeping and shorthand
—subject to the demand of the
students.
The Southern Pines Communi
ty Business School is sponsored
fay the Southern Pines Industrial
Committee. Norris L. Hodgkins,
Jr. is chairman. Last Spring 116
students were enrolled in a simi
lar school.
The first meeting will be an or
ganization meeting to determine
the number of students, courses to
he conducted and the days of the
week that classes will be held.
Applications of students should
be submitted to Miss Brookshire,
Box 150, Southern Pines, prior to
September 5.
Purpose of the school is to in
crease the supply of qualified sec
retarial and other business per
sonnel for businesses and indus
tries now operating in this area or
those that might want to come
here.
Students in Moore
Schools Register
Wed., August 30
Approximately 7,000 high school
and elementary students in
schools of the Moore County sys
tem will report to their various
schools on Wednesday, August 30
at 8:30 a. m.
Under the new “quality educa
tion” program this will be teach
er-pupil orientation day. At this
time all pupils will report to the
school for assignment to rooms
and,classes; for the issuance and
procurement of textbooks and
supplies; for a review of the daily
schedule; and for assignment of
lessons.
School buses will operate on
this day, but students will return
home when the above activities
are completed. On August 31
there will be a full day of school
as students will have secured
textbooks and assignments the
previous day. High school text
book rental fee will be $4.50 for
this year. Other high school fees
and elementary fees will vary.
Under the present plan, the min
imum school day for all teachers
and principals will include 30
minutes before the opening of
school and thirty minutes after
the closing of school, unless
teachers are excused for any
county in-service education pro
gram. This extra time before and
after school can be utilized for
parent-teacher conferences as
well as teacher preparation and
planning.
Pines Cottages which they bought
from Mr. and Mrs. Frank DeCos-
ta in January, 1960. Mr. Simpson
is quality control manager with
the Roberts Company, Sanford
manufacturing firm. The Simp
sons, who have five daughters,
expect to move later to Southern
Pines.
Mr. Wynn, who was in South
ern Pines this week as work be
gan at the site, said that comple
tion is expected in about five
months. The contractor, who is
experienced in motel construc
tion, owns several truck termi
nals, between Ohio and Alabama,
all with motel facilities. He owns
a motel near Petersburg, "Va., and
has a part interest in a motel at
Tallahassee, Fla., and another at
Clearwater, Fla..
The Holiday Inn franchise, on
which agreement was reached in
June, is expected to be signed
next week. The franchise means
that the owners will have the use
of the Holiday Inn name and that
the facilities must meet certain
construction and other specifica
tions. The Holiday Inn franchise
has been granted to some 200 mo
tels and restaurants in 37 states.
Holiday Inn has been in operation
for the past nine years.
Local plans call for a 66-room
motel, a restaurant with three
dining rooms, a swimming pool
and other facilities. As at most
Holiday Inn installations, provi
sion is made for a service station
at the site, but further details on
this aspect of the project are un
available at this time.
Financing of the project has
been arranged through El-Ways,
Inc., Richmond finance and mort
gage company, Mr. Simpson and
Mr. Wynn said yesterday. Grover
P. Snow is the architect.
Here with Mr. Wynn this week
is Merrill Ittner of Richmond, su
perintendent of construction for
the Wynn company, who will re
main here throughout the work.
Mr. Wynn will be “in and out” as
the work progresses, he said.
Mr. Simpson and Mr. Wynn said
yesterday they hope to build sev
eral more motels within a 100-
miles radius of the Sandhills.
Ground was to be broken today
for sections of both the motel and
restaurant buildings.
During the past three days all
of the seven cottages scattered
over the projerty have been sold
and moved by the buyers. Sale of
the cottages was handled by Ken
nedy and Co., Pinehurst real es
tate firm, with Richard James in
charge. The larger restaurant
building, formerly occupied as a
home by the deCostas, will be
moved to a new location not yet
determined last night.
In addition to facilities former
ly announced, Mr. Simpson said
that plans are being made to in
clude a beauty shop in the new
installation, probably to be oper
ated by some local person. As
with all Holiday Inn motels, there
will be a dog kennel, with free
food for the dogs. Babysitters and
a physician will be on call.
Mr. Wynn said that all possible
construction materials will be
purchased locally.
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SUMMER SCENE— Cool and refreshing is
this spot below the dam at Thagards Lake, with
the old mill house visible in the background.
The quiet scene contrasts with bustling activity
throughout the Whispering Pines residential de
velopment, north of Southern Pines, which in
cludes historic Thagards Lake and the
newly constructed Spring 'Valley Lake, with
some 500 acres of total water area. Thirty-seven
houses have been constructed at 'Whispering
Pines and the owner and developer, A. B.
Hardee, is building about six houses per month.
An 18-hole golf course and new clubhouse will
■ open in October and construction of a shopping
center is planned for next Spring. Mr. Hardee
sees an eventual development of 500 homes.
Avery Beck, formerly with Kinston Coimtry
Club is pro at the new club, with Linwood
Harmond, who was at the Carolina Country
Club, Raleigh, for 10 years, as greens superin
tendent. The clubhouse was designed by Hayes,
Howell and Associates of Southern Pines and
is being built by L. P. Cox of Sanford. Ellis
Maples, Moore County native, designed the golf
(Humphrey photo)
Little League Starts
Drive For Ball Park
New Students at High
School Must Register
New students entering any of
the grades of East Southern
Pines High School are asked to
register at the office of Principal
Glenn L. Cox before September
1.
This request applies only to
students who have moved to
Southern Pines or have not pre
viously registered. Young people
who have completed the eighth
grade here this year have al
ready registered, Mr. Cox said.
The office is open each day ex
cept Saturday and Sunday, from
9 a. m. to noon and from 1 to 5
p. m.
All local schools will open Sep
tember 5.
course.
PROFITABLE SELLING SEASON EXPECTED
Tobacco Markets to Open Aug. 31
SHERIFF WARNS
LEAF FARMERS
With other markets of the Mid
dle Belt, tobacco markets at
Aberdeen and Carthage will open
on Thursday of next week, Au
gust 31.
'While auction sales of the gold
en leaf will begin Thursday, all
warehouses will be open earlier
in the week to receive tobacco
from farmers.
Three warehouses will be in
operation at Aberdeen: Planters,
operated by W. Fentress Phillips;
Hardee’s, operated by Hugh T.
Hardee, Sr., and Yank Howell;
and Aberdeen Warehouse, opera
ted by J. R. (Tom) Faulkner and
George Mabe.
At Carthage, sales will be con
ducted at two warehouses: Mc
Connell Warehouse, operated by
D. T. Bailey and Earl Innis, of
Reidsville; and 'Victory, operated
by G. Hoover Carter.
The McConnell warehouse was
sold to Bailey and Innis last year
by the Comer family, with E. L.
Comer of Carthage retaining an
interest in it.
All warehouses will be closed
on Labor Day, September 4.
Sales will continue daily ex
cept Saturday and Sunday.
Ponzer to Head Engineering Group
JOHN L. PONZER
The election of John L. Ponzer
of Southern Pines as 1961-62
than man of Tar Heel Section of
Till- Illuminating Engineering So-
i iet\ was announced at New York
Cit\ at the end of a two-day
meeting of the Society’s Council
m llie Barbizon Plaza Hotel last
The new officers for the Illumi
nating Engineering Society (lES),
\\ I )i Id-wide representative body
of the lighting profession and
leiognized authority on lighting
<-1.indards, will begin their term
Gtloberl.
Ml, Ponzer is industrial power
engineer, Carolina Power & Light
Co., Southern Pines. He is a na
tive of Arkansas and received his
technical training at N. C. State
College, Raleigh. He has been ac
tive in the lighting profession for
several years, having served on
the lES board of managers and
received state, regional and na
tional recognition for his contri
butions and accomplishments.
With tobacco curing in full
swing and tobacco markets at
Aberdeen and Carthage due
to open next Thursday, Sher
iff W. B. Kelly issued two
warnings to farmers this
week.
1. Keep your cured tobacco
locked up. Nearly every year
thieves take tobacco from
pack houses, though no theft
has been reported thus far
this year.
2. Watch out for "flim-flam-
mers" around tobacco mar
kets. Efforts to defraud leaf
growers of their hard-earned
cash, by some trick or meth
od of deceit, never cease.
"Beware!" says the sheriff.
Dr. Anderson Has
New Dental Office
George D. Anderson, Jr., Aber
deen native who graduated from
the University of North Carolina
Dental School in June and passed
the state examination in July, has
moved to Southern Pines and is
practicing dentistry here with his
offices located in the Causey
Building on S. W. Broad street.
Anderson is married to the for
mer Carolyn Bennett of Wades-
boro, and they have a two-year-
old daughter. He is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. George D. Ander
son of Aberdeen.
With yield per acre slightly down
but quality almost uniformly
higher, Moore County tobacco is
expected to provide the most pro
fitable selling season in history.
That is what everything indi
cates in advance of the August
31 Middle Belt opening which
will bring the greater part of the
crop to the Aberdeen and Carth
age markets, according to F. D.
Allen, county farm agent.
Allen saidi that Moore's yield
last year was 1,583 pounds per
acre. This year, it is running
from about 1,530 to 1,550. But,'
almost purely by accident and
nature’s tricks, it is much lighter
and brighter than last year—the
quality the buyers want and for
which they will pay the best
priced
Farmers selling early on the
Border Belt found tfaemselves
averaging 68 and 70 cents, where
as last year the average was 63
cents per pound. “They sold their
lugs at what their best tobacco
brought last year,” said Allen.
Prices probably won’t hold up
quite that high all during the
selling season, but the total is
expected to be much higher than
(Continued on Page 8)
Aberdeen Boy, 13,
Found Dead; Rites
Scheduled Friday
A 13 year-old Aberdeen boy
hanged himself yesterday about
1 p. m., after his mother had
sent him to his room as puhish-
ment for disobeying her in climb
ing up on a garage.
Whether th.9 death of James L.
Lambert, known as “Butch,”
was accidental or intended could
not be determined, and Acting
Coroner T. W. Prickett of Carth
age in a preliminary ruling said
only that it was caused by strang
ulation.
Graveside funeral services will
be held at 3 p.m. Friday at Old
Bethesda Cemetery, conducted by
the Rev. Brooks Patten, pastor of
Page Memorial Methodist Church,
and Dr. W. C. Neill, pastor of
Bethesda Presbyterian Church,
both of Aberdeen.
Surviving are the parents, Mr.
and Mrs. James J. Lambert; a
sister, Judith Elaine; two broth
ers, Jerald Wayne and Jeffery
Lynn, all of the home; the mater
nal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
Loman Hill of McColl, S. C.,
and the paternal grandmother,
Mrs. Bessie Jackson of Lakedale,
S. C.
The Lambert family occupies an
apartment on Main St. in Aber
deen, in a building that formerly
housed the offices of the late Dr.
Alex McLeod. The father, former
ly a collector for .an insurance
company, is unemployed.
Shortly after the boy had been
sent to his room, his father ar
rived home for lunch and Mrs.
Lambert went to get her son. She
opened the door and saw^ his
body hanging from the ceiling,
e --Tu - ji.- 1. .donated by two oil dealers.
Screaming, she seized him in her*
arms, pulled him down and
loosened the belt which was about
his neck.
The parents carried him out
doors and help came at once, but
artificial respiration, the use of
oxygen by ambulance attendants
and of a resuscitator for about 30
minutes failed to revive the lad.
Mrs. Lambert was treated for
(Continued on page 8)
A goal of $7,000 has been set
^by the board of directors of the
Southern Pines Little League, in
a drive to raise funds for con
struction of an official Little Lea
gue baseball park across from the
National Guard armory on Mor-
ganton Road.
The fund drive Svas announced
by Dr. W. F. Hollister, chairman
of the League’s board, after a
meeting of the directors Monday
night.
The campaign will include can
vassing for donations, which will
start soon, and benefit events.
Tentatively planned are a chicken
supper at the Southern Pines
Country Club (Elks Club), Wed
nesday, October 4, and a dance
some time this Fall, with pro
ceeds going toward the park
fund.
Donald S. Denoff, chairman of
the board’s finance committee,
said that the completed park
would be used for Little League
baseball only and that the board
plans to do “a complete job.”
Flaps call for lights to enable
night play, a fence around the
park and another fence between
spectators and the infield so that
players only will be on the field,
for the safety of other children
and to prevent confusion. Adver
tising space will be sold on the
outfield fence, to help pay for
the cost of the facilities.
Also planned are proper bleach
ers topped with a press box for
press and radio coverage of
games; a concession stand and
toilet facilities.
A company representative to
give professional advice on light
ing equipment was expected here
this week to confer with members
of the board. ' ,
Grading has been completed at
the site and t&e infield was being
sodded this week. Mr. Denoff said
that the completed park will pro
bably offer the only official
Little League field with grass in
field in the state.
Full compliance with all Lit
tle League regulations will enable
local Little League teams to take
part in district, state and national
playoffs, depending on their abili-
ty.
Location of an official Little
League park here means that
playoff contests could be held
here, it was pointed out.
It is expected that considerable
material and labor will be donat
ed as the project progresses, Mr.
Denoff said. Persons interested in
helping with services or materials
are asked to get in touch with
Dr. Hollister.'
Grading operations by several
heavy equipment owners were
either donated or provided at
cost. Fuel for the machines was
Poe Elected As Precinct Chairman.
THE WEATHER
Maximum and minimum tem
peratures for each day of the
past week were recorded as
follows by the U. S. Weather
Bureau observation station at the
WEEB radio studios on Midland
Road:
Max.
Min.
August 17
89
60
August 18
85
64
August 19
75
65
August 20
72
64
August 21
84
62
August 22
84
66
August 23
87
67
Bryan Poe was elected chair
man of the Southern Pines Dem
ocratic precinct committee Wed
nesday night, replacing the late
Judge D. E. Bailey.
Morris Johnson was elected to
membership on the committee for
the unexpired term. Both elec
tions were made by acclamation.
It was the committee’s first
meeting since the death of Judge
Bailey last May, and a memorial
resolution in his honor was
adopted.
Mrs. Hilda Ruggles, who as
vice chairman became acting
chairman on Judg.e Bailey’s
death, presided until the election
of the permanent chairman. The
meeting was held at the home of
Mrs. 'V'alerie Nicholson, secretary.
Long concerned over the size of
the county’s largest precinct and
over the separation of many
members of the Southern Pines
community by precinct lines
drawn many years ago, the com
mittee went on record as favoring
extending the boundaries of the
precinct to coincide with the
BRYAN POE
school district lines, then dividing
it into two precincts by a line ap
proximately in the center.
The full committee was present,
including Bryan Poe, Howard
Frye, Mrs. Hilda Ruggles and
Mrs. "Valerie Nicholson.
The park site, 400 feet square,
was leased for $1 per year from
the Town of Southern Pines, after
approval of the lease by the town
council.
Donation checks should be made
to Southern Pines Little League
and mailed to Shirley O. Wooster,
Jr., Country Club Drive, who is
secretary and treasurer of the
organization. Mr. Wooster is as
sociated with Hayes, Howell and
Associates, local architectural
firm.
For the past two years, the
Southern Pines Little League has
consisted of eight teams, allowing
participation of up to 100 boys in
the program. It is expected that
this system of wide participation
will be continued, with an all-
star team chosen to represent
Southern Pines in playoff con
tests with out-of-town teams.
A parking area and practice
field on the site are planned.
No Time Set For
Pateh’s Closing
No time limit has been set on
closing Patch’s Department Store,
Charles S. Patch said today.
Signs on the window of the
stone advertise a “going out of
business sale,” but, said Mr.
Patch, he cannot say now exact
ly when the store will close its
doors.
Patch’s Tog Shop, men’s fum^
ishings store, has moved out of
the Patch Building into the former
1 Hayes Book Shop location.