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Your child’s
life may be saved because you
taught him traffic perils. Every
parent should read an article
on page 13.
Football
practice by the Blue Knights
has started. What’s the outlook
for this year? Photos and story
on page 17.
VOL. 41—NO. 41
Schools
Opening
Tuesday
Full information on opening of
the Southern Pines schools was
listed today by Supt. 'Luther A.
Adams.
Pupils in both East and West
Southern Pines schools will re
port at 8:30 a. m., Tuesday, Sep
tember 5, for teacher-pupil orien
tation.
The students will be assigned
to rooms and classes,- textbooks
and supplies will be given out,
the daily schedule will be review
ed and assignment of lessons
made. School busses will operate.
On the first day, students will
be dismissed at 12:30 p. m., except
for the first graders who, for the
first two weeks of school, will be
dismissed at 12 noon.
After the first two weeks, first
graders will be dismissed at 2:30
p. m.
Grades 2 and 3 will be dismiss
ed at 2:30 p. m, after the first
day, and grades 4 through 12 will
leave school at 3 p m. each day.
For the first time in several
years, all students in the East
Southern Pines schools will be
housed entirely in regular school
buildings, as completion of the
new “phase C” wing of the high-
school building has eliminated
the classroom shortage.
Where to Reiwrt
Here is where students should
report Tuesday, Mr. Adams said:
Grades 1-4 and Mrs. Callaway’s
5th grade will go to the elemen
tary building on Massachusetts
Ave.
Grades 5 and 6 will report to
the second floor of the “old junior
high wing”—the south wing of
the high school building on the
comer of May St, and Massachu
setts Ave.
Grades 7 and 8 will be on the
second floor of the new “Phase
C” wing, corner of May St. and
New York Ave.
High school students will occu
py the central portion of the high
school building.
Students to enter high school
who have not registered should
register at the high school office
in the central portion of the
building, before school opens if
possible. This instruction applies
largely to students who have not
attended school in Southern Pines
before.
First grade students must be
six years old on or before October
16, according to state law.
To enter the second grade from
a private first grade school, a
child must be seven years old on
or before D-ecember 1.
Today and tomorrow are teach
er orientation days in both the
East and West Southern Pines
schools. Being held are general
meetings of all teachers, elemen
tary and high school faculty meet
ings and conferences with princi
pals. Books are being issued and
health workshops held.
TWENTY PAGES
SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1961
TWENTY PAGES
PRICE TEN CENTS
Traffic Safety Ur^ed
For Holiday Weekend
NOW IT’S FINISHED— The full May St. facade of the
Southern Pines High School building is shown in this photo—
result of a six-year, pay-as-you-go plan for providing adequate
classroom space and other facilities. Under the gable at left is
the west end of the newly completed “Phase C” wing which
will house pupils for the first time when school opens here
Tuesday.
(Humphrey photo)
Reparters For
School Chosen
Two members of the senior
class will report East Southern
Pines High School news for The
Pilot during the coming school
year.
Dick Hoskins will handle news
of the school itself—elections,
club meetings and similar events.
Ronald McCrimmon will write
sports.
During the past year, school
news of both types was written
by Charles Rose who graduated
in June and is entering East Car
olina College. This year, after
consultation with school officials,
it was decided the work could be
handled more efficiently by two
persons.
Hoskins, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Dwight A. Hoskins, 501 E. Dela
ware Ave., is president of the
Student Council at the high
school. McCrimmon, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Herman L. McCrimmon,
240 E. New Hampshire Ave., is
president of the Senior High Fel
lowship at Brownson Memorial
Presbyterian Church. Both the
boys are lifelong residents of
Southern Pine^’
Show of Poultry,
Beauty Contest
Set For Saturday
Luther Paschall, chairman of
the Poultry Princess Contest, says
that Miss Sarah Margaret Old
ham, who is ‘"Miss Siler City
1961,” will direct the Poultry
Princess Contest at the Highfalls
School Saturday, September 2, at
11 a. m. The event is a highlight
of the annual Highfalls Poultry
Show, to be held Saturday morn
ing.
Miss Oldham was chosen in this
year’s Miss Siler City Contesi
sponsored by the Siler City Jay-
cees.
Mr. Paschal said that 41 girls
have already entered the Poultry
Princess Contest and there may be
more. This is the largest number
of contestants ever to compete in
the event.
Miss Dianne Monroe, “N. C.
Dairy Princess of 1960,” from
Rockingham will be one of the
judges.
The program for the morning
follows:
8:00-9:00, Entry of 4-H pullets
and broilers in show.
9:00, Judging of broilers and
4-H pullets.
9:00-11:00, Public to look at ex
hibits.
11:00-11:30, Parade of Poultry
Princess contestants.
11:30-11:45, Parade of runners-
up in Poultry Princess contest
11:45, Recognition of winners
(Continued on page 8)
Park View Hotel
Auction Sale Set
A Southern Pines landmark
will go up for sale by auction
Wednesday of next week, Septem
ber 6: the Park View Hotel, at
corner of Pennsylvania Ave. and
Ashe St.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Sadler
and Mrs. Helen Shea are the
owners. Hickory Auction Co., of
Hickory, is the selling agent.
The Park View, largely con
verted to apartments but having
also a number of single rooms,
has been in the same family since
the first structure, later enlarged,
was built on the site in 1909.
A more detailed description of
the property appears in an adver
tisement elsewhere in today’s
Pilot.
Electronic ‘Language Laboratory’ Is
Feature of Completed School Wing
The local schools’ six-year
Southern Pines High School pro
ject has ended with completion
of the $183,000 “Phase C” wing
which will be used for the first
time with opening of schools
Tuesday.
In addition to cost of the build
ing, for which Leslie Boney of
Wilmington was architect and the
L. P. Cox Co. of Sanford the gen-,
eral contractor, it is costing about
$25,000 to equip the new struc
ture.
The equipment includes a “lan
guage laboratory” the latest in
electronic installations and prob
ably the only such set-up in the
state with a completely built-in
St. Anthony’s to
Open September 5;
Has New Principal
St. Anthony’s School will open
Tuesday, September 5, with a
half-day schedule, 9-12:30 After
the first week, hours will be from
9 a. m. to 3 p. m. According to
registrations, there is an approxi
mate enrollment of 116 for the
school, which includes Grades 1-8.
Sister Catherine Bernard, who
has been the Superior there for
the past six years, has been as
signed to teach seventh and
eighth grades at St. Bernadette
School, Drexel Hill, Pa. Sister
Catherine has been in Southern
Pines for the past 17 years, first
as a teacher at the former Notre
Dame Academy, and then at Our
Lady of Victory before she was
appointed principal of St. An
thony’s.
Newly appointed principal of
St. Anthony’s is Sister Catherine
Leonard, who comes here from
Decatur, Ga., where she was for
merly assigned to teach seventh
and eighth grades at St. Thomas
Moore School.
Added to the teaching staff this
year is Sister Barbara Ann, who
will teach grades 7 and 8. She was
formerly a teacher at Holy Trin
ity School, Baltimore, Md.
Our Lady of Victory
Sister David Marie is principal
of Our Lady of Victory School in
West Southern Pines, which
opens Tuesday - with the same
schedule as that of St. Anthony’s.
and hidden wiring system. It is
costing about $9,800.
In this room, located on the
north-west corner of the s-ecoiid
floor, students with tape recorders
and a communications system
connected to a central desk, can
converse with their teacher who
can listen to each of them indiv
idually or they can play back
their own speaking.
The equipment for this‘room
due to arrive this week, had not
come in, but was expected soon.
Also loaded with modern equip
ment is the big home economics
room on the ground floor, south,
with several electric ranges (a gas
range also will be installed), sev
eral sinks and wooden cabinet
units, washing machine, dryer,
garbage disposal unit and dish
washer. Also in the room are five
sewing machines, big cutting
tables for dressmaking, irons,
ironing boards, book shelves, full
length three-way mirror and oth
er equipment.
Across the hall from the home
ec department downstairs is a
tContinued on Page 8)
Group Opposes Ending
Train Stop in Aberdeen
state Rep. H. Clifton Blue and
Mayor Earl Freeman, both of
Aberdeen, and W. Lament Brown,
attorney, of Southern Pines,
went to Raleigh this morning to
appear before the State Utilities
Commission to oppose the Sea
board Air Line Railroad’s plan to
eliminate a train stop at Aber
deen.
The train in question. Rep.
Blue said, is a northbound Sun
day morning train, arriving in
Aberdeen about 11 o’clock.
Further information was not
available this morning.
County, Pinehurst
Schools Now Open
Schools of the Moore County
system which includes all schools
of the county except those at
Southern Pines and Pinehurst,
opened with registration and
orientation day on Wednesday
and the first full day of school
today (Thursday).
' At Pinehurst, today is the
orientation day and tomorrow
will be the first full day of school.
R. E. Lee of Carthage is super
intendent of the county system.
Lewis Cannon is the Pinehurst
superintendent.
PHONE FIRM TO
MOVE OFFICES
United. Telephone Company
of the Carolines will move its
offices over the weekend
from 232 S. W. Broad St. to
its new building at 385 W.
Pennsylvania Ave.
A company announcement
said that regular office hours
will be observed at the Broad
St. location until noon, Satur
day. The office will open in
the new location at 8 a. m'.
Tuesday.
Announcement will be
made about a formal opening
of the new building.
Soap and Candle
Firm to Occupy
Vacant Location
Carolina Soap and Candle
Makers, manufacturing firm
which operates a plant on No. 1
highway, between Southern Pines
and Aberdeen,/ has leased the
former Mason Restaurant loca
tion on N. E. Broad St., Jack
Hicks, owner of the company, an
nounced today.
Mr. Hicks said that the lease
was signed with Lipe Industries,
Inc., of Hickory, owner of the
building. It was owned by W.
E. Blue, before it was sold at auc
tion several months ago. The
building also houses a barber
shop, news stand and several
apartments.
One of Carolina Soap and Can
dle Makers’ manufacturing oper
ations will be transferred from
the No. 1 highway plant to the
new location, to relieve pressure
on space, Mr. Hicks said; A line
of candles in glass holders of vari
ous shapes will be made in the
new shop. Mrs. Hazel Short of
Pinehurst will be manager. Plans
call for start of operations Tues
day of next week.
Later, Mr. Hicks said, provision
will be made lor a display at the
new shop, permitting visitors to
see the manufacturing process.
Possibly, he said, a retail outlet
will also be established there.
Carolina Soap and Candle
Makers—the trade name for Car
olina Company, Inc.—started op
erations here on a small scale in
1950. The company, manufactur
ing a wide variety of .soap and
candle products, has grown steadi
ly. It has a nation-'wide business,
selling wholesale to many gift
and specialty shops. There is a
retail outlet at the manufactur
ing plant. The company now em
ploys about 50 persons.
Car Lights To
Burn To Show
Safety Pledge
All motorists in this area are
asked to cooperate in the state
wide “Light Your Pledge for
Safety” project over the Labor
Day weekend, driving with their
lights turned on during that
period, day and night, as a symbol
that drivers are conscious of the
traffic safety problem and are
pledged to help prevent motor
vehicle accidents.
The “Light Your Pledge for
Safety” project was designated
by the N. C. Department of
Motor Vehicles, with the support
of various organizations.
The Southern Pines Jaycees,
with Bill Blue as proejct
chairman—along with other Jay-
cee units over the state— is co
operating with the project, urging
motorists to take part in the
unique demonstration.
Time for turning on lights is
the same period as that used for
official tabulation of weekend
traffic accidents—^from 6 p. m.
Friday to midnight Monday.
The project was announced in
Moore County by Sgt. J. S. Jones
of the State Highway Patrol
district headquarters in Siler City.
Also informing newspapers of the
project in this county was Judge
J. G. Farrell of Aberdeen, Moore
County safety coordinator.
Turning on car lights indicates
that a driver has voluntarily
pledged to comply with all safety
rules and regulations, it was ex
plained.
Tom Ruggles, president of the
local Jaycees, Isrought the cam
paign to the attention of the
Sandhills Kiwanis Club at the
club’s regular luncheon meeting
Wednesday, urging members to
cooperate in the project.
Youth Held For Shooting From Amhush
Cliff Simpson, about 45 of Vass, [jugular vein and carotid artery.
Route 2, proprietor of the Sky-; either of which would have most
line service station some six miles likely meant his death.
north of here on U. S. 1, narrowly
missed death when he was am
bushed and shot in the neck with
a .22 rifle at his place of business
Saturday night.
Some three hours after the
shooting, which occurred about
The officers—including Sheriff
W. B. Kelly, Deputies Edwards,
Marley and Lawrence, ABC Of
ficers McCallum, Cockman and
Floyd, State Highway Patrolman
Frank Swaim and Capt. Kenneth
8:30, members of a search party
of > With the bloodhounds—Pad start-
of Moore County officers appre
hended Charles Prevatte, 18, a
farm worker, hiding in a bam on
the Lake Bay Road about a mile
and a half away. They also found
his .22 in field nearby, where he
told them he had hidden it.
Prevatte, an Indian who came
from Robeson county to Moore to
do farm work last spring, was
placed in the Moore County jail
at Carthage pending a hearing to
be held in Moore Recorders Court
when Simpson is able to appear.
Prevatte is charged with secret
assault with a deadly weapon
with intent to kill.
Simpson is at St. Joseph’s hos
pital in serious condition but is
expected to recover. Doctors said
the bullet, entering the left side
of his neck, just missed both the
ed their search for Prevatte after
Simpson told them of an argu
ment which had taken place
about 7 p.m. He said several
people had been involved, he had
had occasion to knock Prevatte
down and the Indian youth had
left, saying, “I’ll be back.” About
an hour and a half later, Simpson
said, he went upstairs to visit
friends in the apartment over the
station, then as he was coming
down the outside stairway was
stunned by a shot from the dark
ness.
He fell to the ground, tempor
arily knocked out, but in a few
minutes was able to call for help.
Deputy Sheriff R. A. Edwards at
Vass answered his call and sum
moned the other officers.
Optimism Reigns
As Leaf Markets
Open in County
Tobacco markets at Aberdeen
and Carthage opened this morn
ing, with many growers on 'hand
to follow auctioneers.
While no figures on sales or
selling prices were available at
The Pilot’s deadline, there were
indications it was the biggest
opening in history at both Carth
age and Aberdeen.
At the two big warehouses at
the county seat, and three at
Aberdeen, spirits were high and
activity was at a peak.
All week warehousemen had
been preparing for the opening,
coinciding with the rest of the
North Carolina Middle Belt, at
McConnells and Victory Ware
houses at Carthage, and Planters,
Hardee’s and New Aberdeen at
Aberdeen.
They were anticipating record
sales of a crop described by farm
workers and tobaccomen alike as
the best quality ever grown in
Moore.
At Carthage, with two sales a
day. Victory 'Warehouse led off
with the first sale today, with
McConnell’s due to follow with
the second sale at 1 p. m.
With three sales a day at Aber
deen, Planters Warehouse had the
first sale, Hardee’s the second and
New Aberdeen the third.
After opening day, sales will
rotate daily in the two marketing
centers. The floor will be cleared
at each sale before the next be
gins.
THE WEATHER
Maximum and minimum tem
peratures for each day of the
past week were recorded as fol
lows at the U. S. Weather Bureau
observation station at the WEEB
radio studios on Midland Road:
Max. Min.
August 24 88 ' 69,
August 25 75 69'
August 26 86 66
August 27 , 87 66
August 28 90 72
August 29 93 72
• August 30 90 69
Every effort will be made by
highway patrolmen to prevent
traffic law violations, apprehend
law violators and maintain high
way safety during the long Labor
Day weekend that starts official
ly at 6 p. m. Friday and runs
through midnight Monday,^ Sgt.
J. S. Jones, who is in charge of
Highway Patrol operations in
Moore, Lee and Chatham Coun
ties, said this week. *
Said the Patrol sergeant:
“No doubt, many of you will
enjoy all or part of the Labor
Day ■ weekend driving ' on the
highways of North Carolina. We
are very anxious to have you
back with us safe and sound.
“The North Carolina Depart
ment of Motor Vehicles and the
National Safety Council predict
a high accident toll during this
period. Sound thinking and ad
vance planning may keep you
from being involved in an acci
dent.
“W.2 suggest that you take brief
rest stops when making a long
trip. Leaving a few minutes
earlier or reaching your destina
tion a few minutes late is by far
better than not arriving.
“You may encounter discourte
ous drivers who will irritate you
but do not let this upset you.
Courtesy is still contagious!”
Moore County is in a dangerous
traffic spot, Sgt. Jones pointed
out. Highways 1 and 15 carry
much north-south traffic from
the Washington, D. C., area and
points farther north, while High
way 211, which runs through
Eagle Springs, West End, Pine
hurst and Aberdeen, is a major
artery fpr traffic to and from
beach resorts, out of several
North Carolina Piedmont cities.
The annual'“big push” of mo
torists to enjoy summer’s last
long holiday weekend will bring
tragic death to at least 23 per
sons in traffic accidents on North
Carolina’s streets and highways,
predicts the N. C. State Motor
Club.
Highway fatalities will be
counted from 6 p. m. Friday
through midnight Monday, a 73-
hour period. The state’s Labor
Day traffic toll last year added
up to 21, but the motor club in
creased its estimate in view of
the fact that national highway
death records were shattered this
year for both the Memorial Day
and Fourth of July holidays.
Thomas B. Watkins, president
of N. C. State Motor Club and
the National Automobile Associa
tion, warned that the vast flow
of traffic — traditionally the
greatest of the year—will clog
roads leading to the mountains,
seashore and other resorts, and
m.ost of the state’s two million
motor vehicles will be on the
road.
The Highway Patrol’s entire 622
troopers will be out in full force
over the weekend in an effort to
hold down the traffic deaths.
General Holiday to
Be Taken Monday
In Sandhills Area
Most public buildings and pri-
vajte businesses, stores and offices
in this area will be closed Mom
day in observance of Labor Day.
The Citizens Bank and Trust
Co. and other banks of the area
will be closed.
Town offices and the public
library will not be open Monday.
At Carthage,' the courthouse will
be closed. The regular meeting of
the board of county commission
ers will be held Tuesday and a
term of Superior Court (see
another story) wiU also begin
then.
The local post office will be on
holiday schedule, with no home
delivery and windows closed but
incoming and outgoing mail will
be processed in the post office.
ABC stores in Southern Pines
and Pinehurst will be closed.
KICKOFF BARBECUE
The kickoff barbecue supper of
the Blue Knights Athletics Boost
er Club will be held at the South
ern Pines Country Club from 6
to 8 p. m., Wednesday, September
6. Tickets can be obtained from
football players or any member
of the club.