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“Quality Education” program.
Gov. Sanford lists them, page 2.
VOL. 41—NO. 42
SIXTEEN PAGES
SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER ,7 1961
SIXTEEN PAGES
PRICE TEN CENTS
ON USE OF FUNDS
Commissioners,
Welfare Board
Fail to Agree
A small windfall in state funds
earmarked “for administrative
uses” with which the Moore Coun
ty department of public welfare
planned to raise the salaries of its
staff will probably instead, by
wish of the county commissioners,
go for equipment the department
has not asked for and neither
wants nor needs.
The commissioners, in regular
session Tuesday, told Welfare
Board Chairman Paul C. Butler
and Welfare Supt. Mrs. W. B.
Cole they couldn’t approve the
raises because, unless the other
courthouse staff employees got
raises too, “it would cause a lot
of discontent.”
They made other revisions in
the welfare department’s plan
which Mr. Butler and Mrs. Cole
protested in vain. Yet, since ap-,
proval must be made jointly by
the welfare board and commiss
ioners, said Mrs. Cole, “it looks
as though We will have to do it
their way or refuse to accept the
money.”
The fund, totaling $6,500, re
presents an expeinsion of the state
welfare appropriation made by
the General Assembly, which
granted the same amount to each
(Continued on page 8)
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Applications For
Business School
Remaining Open
Applications for the business
and secretarial school being spon
sored by the Southern Pines In
dustrial Committee can still be
made, stud Miss Martha Brook
shire of Robbins, director of the
school. Applications should be
sent to Box 150, Southern Pines.
In an organization session
Tuesday night at the local high
school, 53 persons attended. Since
then more applications have come
in. The school is sponsored by the
Southern Pines Industrial Com
mittee, to increase the quantity of
competent secretarial personnel in
this area.
Plans now call for classes to be
held on Monday and Thursday
nights at the Southern Pines High
School, with the possibility there
will be a Wednesday night sess
ion also. Students will have one
class a week, from 7 to 10 p.m., for
about 15 weeks, choosing the
night each week that is most con
venient to them.
To be taught are shorthand, be
ginners’ and advanced typing and
bookkeeping. There is a possibili
ty that there will be,a class in
business law, if enough applica
tions for it are received.
Miss Brookshire, a school teach
er at Robbins, should be address
ed at the Southern Pines post
office box number.
CONFERENCE CENTER OPENS— “The
Terraces,” conference center of the Episcopal
Diocese of North Carolina—the former D. W.
Winkelman home at Massachusetts Ave. and
Weymouth Rd.—opened this week, for its first
season of operations. A group of 26 young men
who are entering the ministry came here for
their examinations before being ordained. Pre
sent to officiate were Bishop Richard Baker and
Bishop Coadjutor Thomas Fraser. The group
was here from noon Tuesday until Thursday
afternoon. Sleeping accommodations and meals
are provided at the center for which Mrs. Harry
Menzel is hostess. A portion of the group, with
the conference center in the background, is
pictured here. Bishop Baker stands second from
the left in the front row, holding a paper in
his hand. At his right is Bishop Fraser. At
far right of photo is the Rev. Martin Caldwell,
rector of Emmanuel Church, Second conference
at the center, a meeting of the officers of the
Episcopal Laymen of the diocese, will open
Friday afternoon, to run to Sunday afternoon.
(Pilot phpto)
County Free of
Road Accidents
During Weekend
Although traffic accidents
brought death to 20 persons over
the long Labor Day weekend in
North Carolina—three fewer fa
talities than predicted—^Moore
County escaped not only fatal ac
cidents but any serious traffic
mishap.
Local police, the sheriff’s de
partment at Carthage and the
State Highway Patrol all report
ed a quiet weekend, with no traf
fic accidents of any consequence.
There was good cooperation in
this area with the “Light Your
Pledge for Safety” campaign in
which Tar Heel motorists were
asked to drive throughout the
weekend with headlights burning.
Jaycees in Southern Pines,
other Moore County towns and
throughout the state sponsored
the campaign in cooperation with
the State Highway Patrol and
other groups.
“We feel that the campaign was
effective in helping control traf
fic accidents,” said Bill Blue,
chairman of the campaign for lo
cal Jaycees, “and we would like
to thank all motorists who co
operated.”
Innes Indicted;
Trial Scheduled
For Next Week
Andrew Roderick Munroe In-
n.es, former cashier of the Caro
lina Bank at Pinehurst, was in
dicted on embezzlement charges
by a federal grand jury in U. S.
Middle District Court at Greens
boro, Thursday of last week.
He is scheduled for trial during
a term of federal court to open
Monday at Rockingham.
Innes, who resigned from his
position with the bank in May,
was charged with embezzling $2,-
000 while employed at the bank.
The indictment charges that he
embezzled $1,000 about March 14
and $500 on each of two dates,
March 27 and March 31.
Three counts of the indictment
charge embezzlement. Three oth
er counts charge that he made
fals.e entries to cover up abstrac
tions of bank funds.
ASC Commilteemen
To Be Chosen Monday
Moore County farmers will go
to township polling places Mon
day to elect committeemen who
will help administer the Agricul
tural Stabilization and Conserva
tion program during the coming
year.
Polling places will be open
from 8 a. m. to 6 p. m. in the
10 townships of the county.
TOBACCO SELLING
HIGH IN MOORE
I
Opening day sales at the
Aberdeen, and Carthage to
bacco markets last Thursday
brought averages of over $60
per 100 pounds, with top
prices reported as high as $75
at Aberdeen and $73 ai Car
thage.
Growers and warehouse
men are reportedly well sat
isfied with sales on the mar
kets during their first week
of operations.
No Bid Accepted
On the Park View
Highest bid offered yesterday
afternoon when the Park View
Hotel went up for auction was
$26,500. It was not accepted by
the owners, Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Sadler and Mrs. Helen Shea.
Bidding started at $15,000 and
rose to $26,500. At that point, bid
ding was suspended while a late
arriver at the scene inspected the
large apartment-hotel building at
the corner of Pennsylvania and
Ashe Sts. On completing his in
spection, however, he made no
higher bid.
The owners reserved the right
to refuse any bid. It was a pri
vate auction sale, contracted for
by the owners, so there was no
obligation to sell.
Hickory Auction Company was
the selling agent.
TO PLAY LAURINBURG HERE
Blue Knights to Open Season Friday;
Coaches Speak at Booster Cluh Event
By RONALD McCRIMMON
The annual football kickoff
barbecue supper, held at the
Country Club Wednesday night
and sponsored by the Blue Knight
Athletic Booster Club, was a suc
cess with a paid attendance of
231.
Tomorrow night' the Southern
Pines High School Blue Knights
play Laurinburg at Memorial
Field. Kickoff time is 8 o’clock.
Laurinburg has played one game
this season defeating McColl, S.
C., 7-0. Last year at Laurinburg
the game ended in a deadlock 0-0.
After the supper. Coach Billy
Megginson gave the starting line
up and explained the single wing,
the Knights’ offensive formation.
and the series of plays that the
team will use. He urged everyone
to attend the games and to sup
port their team.
Assistant Coach John Williams
explained some of the major vio
lations that the players often
coinmit and the penalties. Dem
onstrations were given so that the
spectators would have a better
understanding of the rules.
The cheerleaders, headed by
Joan Grover, led the crowd in
several cheers. Everyone seemed
to have a very enjoyable evening
along with the fine barbecue.
Tonight at 7 o’clock a pep-
rally will be held at the athletic
field. Afterward the football team
will have a warm-up session.
Everyone is invited to attend.
Frances Phillips
Chosen For New
Poultry Princess
Miss Frances Phillips of Car
thage was crowned Moore Coun
ty Poultry Princess for 1961-1962
out of a field of 41 contestants at
the annual Highfalls Poultry
Show ^Saturday. Miss Martha
Carter, who was Poultry Princess
of 1960-1961 crowned Miss Phil
lips for the new reign. Miss Mary
Lou Troutman of Addor, was run
ner-up.
Winners in the broiler show
were:
Six Week Class
1st Place, Dan Dunlap, Jr. of
Route 1, Carthage; 2nd Place, Ed
die J. liiomas of Route 3, Carth
age; 3rd Place, Eula Thomas of
Route 3, Carthage; and 4th Place,
Mary Thomas of Route 3, Carth
age.
Seven Week Class
1st Place, Billy Harris of Route
I, Carthage; 2nd Place, Mrs. J.
W. Seagrove of Vass; 3rd Place,
J. C. Stanley, Jr., of Route 2, Car
thage; 4th Place, Barbara Prses-
ley of Star Route, Carthage.
Eight Week Class
1st Place, Mary Cockman of
Route 1, Robbins; 2nd Place, D.
A. Cockman, Jr., of Route 1, Rob
bins; 3rd Place, Jo Ann Baxley of
Route 2, Carthage; and 4th Place,
J. C. Stanley, Jr., of Route 2, Car
thage.
Mrs. Mary Cockman of Route 1,
Robbins, won the grand champion
prize in the broiler show.
4-H Club Members entering
their pullets in the show all re
ceived blue ribbons and won first
prize. These were judged by the
Danish system of judging, mak
ing it possible fo^ all exhibitors
to receive prizes based on the
jobs they had done, said F. D.
Allen, county agricultural agent.
The show was sponsored ny
many businesses in Moore, Chat
ham and other nearby counties.
Youths Arrested
For Big Theft
Of Food Items
Moore and Lee County officers,
working together last weekend,
solved a hreak-in and tobbery at
a country store near the county
line, returned practically all the
stolen goods to their owner and
rounded up four Lee County
youths who admitted the theft,
declaring they did it because
their household needed food.
Freed under $500 bond was
Jimmy Walston, 19. Apprehend
ed Saturday night, and remain
ing in Moore County jail for lack
of bond were two brothers, Rich
ard Cole, 22, and Jimmy Cole, 21.
The fourth youth, 15-year-old
brother of Jimmy Walston; was
turned over Tuesday to Randolph
County officers who wanted him
for running away from a juvenile
detention home in that county.
All the boys live at the home
of Mrs. Margaret Walston, moth
er of Jimmy Walston, in the
Swann Station section of Lee.
They were caught, however, after
they had tried to outrun pursuing
Lee officers, ditching their car
and taking refuge in a home in
the Olivia section of Harnett
county late Saturday afternoon
and night.
Jimmy Walston and one of the
Coles had been working in tobac
co in the White Hill section of
Moore, and had visited the store
and service station of H. H. Wil
moth in that section a couple of
times. On this slim lead plus a
“hunch,” Chief Moore Deputy
Sheriff H. H. Grimm, following
the report of the robbery of the
Wilmoth place Saturday morning,
secured the aid of Sheriff Holder
and several of his officers in Lee
and visited the Walston home.
Grimm said the country .store
had been practically cleaned oul
of edible items, plus cigars and
cigarettes, and that just about all
the missing items were found in
a refrigerator at the Walston
home or in a bam, covered over
with straw. Mrs. Walston said
she didn’t know where the boys
had got them.
None of the wanted boys were
at home and the officers scatter
ed to look for them, Grimm and
Lee Deputy Floyd Smith search
ing on the Moore side of the line,
(Continued on page 5)
Elnrollment Rises in
Local School System
Wk
PTA Sets First
Meeting Monday
Parents of students in the
East Southern Pines schools were
reminded today by Mrs. Albert
Grove, president of the Parent-
Teacher Association, that the first
PTA meeting of the new school
year will be held in Weaver Au
ditorium at 8 p. m. Monday. Reg
ular meeting time for the organ
ization is the second Monday
night of each montlr.
The faculty will be introduced
and refreshments will be served
in the cafeteria after the meeting.
DR. ALBERT D. BELL
Pastor Assigned
To Newly Set Up
Lutheran Church
The congregation of the newly
organized Our Savior Lutheran
Church of Southern Pines wel
comed its new pastor. Dr. Albert
D. Bell, last Sunday morning.
Pastor Jack Deal, who served
the church during the summer
months, has returned to his stud
ies at the Lutheran Theological
Southern Seminary in Columbia,
S. C.
Dr. Bell, longtime pastor of
several churches of another de
nomination, is a member of Trini
ty Evangelical Lutheran Church
in Rocky Mount, now serving in
Southern Pines under direction
of Dr. F. L. Conrad, President of
the United Evangelical Lutheran
(Continued on Page 8)
An increase of enrollment of 85
students in the Southern Pines
schools was reported this morn
ing by Supt. Luther A. Adams.
The figure includes 51 in the
white schools and 34 in the Ne
gro schools. Total enrollment was
1,521—937 in East Southern Pines
and 584 in the West Southern
Pines (Negro) schools.
With enrollment of several
more students expected in the
next few days, the final figure
will probably be an increas.s of
between 90 and 100 students as
compared with the enrollment of
the last school year.
R. E. Lee, superintendent of
the county school system, report
ed a total enrollment of 6,370 on
o.pening day, slightly up from last
year.
However, Mr. Lee said that the
enrollment would not be known
accurately until the end of the
first month of school. Agricultural
work keeps enrollment down in
rural schools at this time of year,
he explained.
Estimated enrollment in the
Southern Pines schools was con
siderably higher than the final
figure, Mr. Adams said. An edi
torial in today’s Pilot, written
and printed before the final fig
ures were available, quotes the
higher figure.
Mr. Adams said the local schools
have gotten off to a fine start.
“The attitude of the faculty and
students is conducive to what we
hope will be our finest school
year,” he said.
Superintendent
Makes Requests
Two requests -were made by
Schools Supt. Luther A. Adams
today to parents and the public.
He gsked that parents not let
their cWldren go to school before
8 a.m.,^as there is no supervision
for grounds and buildings before
that hour. School opening time
is 8:30.
Dog owners were requested to
keep their pets off the school
grounds—tied up if necessary. Six
children were bitten by dogs
during the past school year and
dogs already this year have been
reported as threatening to attack
children on and around the school
grounds, he said.
It is impossible for school of
ficials, the police or the county
dog warden to meet the dog pro
blem without the cooperation of
dog owners, especially those
affording parents an opportunity
to talk with their children’s new I living within a few blocks of the
teachers. ' school.
AWARDS OFFERED TO BOYS. TROOPS
THE WEATHER
Maximum and minimum tem
peratures for each day of the past
week were recorded as follows
at the U. S._ Weather Bureau ob
servation station at the WEEB
radio station on Midland Road:
Max.
Min
August 3i
91
68
September 1
90
71
September 2 .. ..
92
71
September 3 . ..
93
71
September 4
93
70
September 5
92
70
September 6
88
79
Scouting Launches Recruiting Drive
Scouting units in the Moore
District are joining a nation-wide
recruiting program for new mem
bers of Cub Scout, Boy Scout and
Explorer organizations for boys
aged eight and up, it was an
nounced this week by John A.
McPhaul of Southern Pines, dis
trict chairman, and Dr. J. C.
Grier, Jr., of Pinehurst, district
commissioner.
The program opened Septem
ber 1, to run through December
31.
Boys interested in joining Cub
Scout, Boy Scout or Explorer
units are asked to send name,
parent’s name, full address and
date of birth (day, month and
year) to Box 64, Southern Pines.
The program is known as the
Moore District Scout Round-up,
said Charles C. Riddle, Scout ex
ecutive for the district. Scouting
leaders of the proper age group
will get in touch with boys send
ing in their names, addresses and
ages, he said.
Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts and
Explorers in units over the coun
ty are each being asked to recruit
one new member, with an em
broidered patch to wear on his
uniform as reward for success. A
unit award will go to the Cub
Pack, Scout Troop or Explorer
Post that recruits six new mem
bers. Recruiting of 12 new mem
bers, or increasing, membership
100 per cent, by any Scouting
unit will,bring a “Round-up Su
per Award” which is free admis
sion to the Carolina-Virginia
football game at Chapel Hill on
December 2.
“Scouting’s role in strengthen
ing America was never more im
portant than it is right now,”
said Mr. McPhaul. “The first line
of our nation’s defense lies in the
character of its people and that
of the on-coming generation. This
is the reason for the Scout slogan,
‘Strengthen America — Character
Counts.’ All boys should have the
opportunity to become part of the
Scouting movement.”
Catholic Schools
Here Integrate
Grades 4 thru 8
Racial integration of the fourth
through eighth grades in the
Catholic schools of Southern
Pines took place with the open
ing of the two schools this week.
The schools are St. Anthony’s on
N. Ashe St. and Our Lady of Vic
tory on W. Pennsylvania Ave. in
West Southern Pines.
St. Anthony’s school formerly
had an all-white enrollment and
Our Lady of Victory was and re
mains aU-Negro.
All Negro children in the Cath
olic schools’ fourth through
eighth grades, numbering 13, now
attend St. Anthony’s in integra
ted classes* said Sister Catherine
Leonard, principal of St. An
thony’s. The Negro children in
the first through third grades at
tend Our Lady of Victory.
St. Anthony’s School, which has
students in the first through
eighth grades, has a total enroll
ment of about 120, some of whom
have not yet returned to South
ern Pines from spending the sum
mer in the North. At Our Lady of
Victory, the enrollment is about
30, with one sister teaching first
and second grades and another
teaching the third grade.
Four white families have re
moved six children from St. An
thony’s School because of the in
tegration move. Sister Catherine
Leonard said.
The integration procedure was
carried out to make more effi
cient use of available teachers
and classroom space in the two
schools, she stated. Two Sisters
at the small Our Lady of Victory
school would have had to instruct
pupils in eight grades if the
Negro children had been confined
to that school, it was pointed out.
Transferring them to St. An
thony’s made possible the instruc
tion of the 13 fourth through
eighth grade pupils by the St.
Anthony’s faculty.
The Negro children taken into
St. Anthony’s are only those who
hav« previously attended Our
Lady of Victory School, Sister
Catherine Leonard said, and are
fully qualified to meet the stand
ards of St. Anthony’s.
COUNCIL TO MEET
Regular meeting of the South
ern Pines town council will be
held at the town hall Tuesday at
8 p. m. The Planning Board’s rec
ommendation of approval of the
Smith subdivision in Weymouth
Heights is one of the items to
come before the council for ac
ceptance or rejection.