Visiting
hours at the two hospitals in
Moore County are listed on
page 3. Visitors are asked to
observe them.
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Scouting
organizations for boys and girls
are launching their annual
drives. Give generously! Details,
page 8.
VOL. 41—NO. 43
EIGHTEEN PAGES
SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1961
EIGHTEEN PAGES
PRICE TEN CENTS
Fairway Motor Court Sold to People
Moving Here From Binghamton, N. Y.
Sale of the Fairway Motor
Court, south of Southern Pines
on No. 1 highway, was announced
today by Mr. and Mrs. George C.
Davis who had owned and opera
ted the establishment since
March, 1958.
Purchaser is a corporation form
ed by two couples from Bingham
ton, N. Y., Mr. and Mrs. E. R.
Botnick and Mr. and Mrs. N. F.
Larsen.
The Botniks, now staying at
the motor court, are buying the
Joe Scott house at Crosscut Lane
and Hillside Drive in Weymouth
Height^ and expect to take pos
session at the end of the month.
The Larsens, who visited here
prior to purchase of the property,
have returned to Binghamton but
expect to move here to make
their home in four or five months,
Mr. Botnick said.
Mr. and Mrs. Larsen have a
son and daughter, both grown and
married, and several grand
children. The Botnicks have no
children.
M!r. Botnick said today that the
new owners plan to increase the
number of units at the Fairway
from the present 26 to 40, but that
this project probably would not
begin imtil next spring. They are
now making various improve
ments on the premises.
Mrs. Glenna M. Kasey, who has
Shockley Named
SVA President
The Sandhills Veterans Associa
tion initiated itheir 1961-1962 acti
vities Monday by electing officers
for the forthcoming year.
T. E. Shockley of Southern
Pines was elected president of the
organization, and Robert S. Ew
ing was elected secretary-treasur
er. Jere McKeithen of Aberdeen
assumes the post of Fund Drive
Chairman, to be assisted by Ward
Hill. Watson Scott was named
publicity chairman.
The SVA is a ^oup of World
War II veterans living in Moore
County, whose chief project is
conducting an annual fund cam
paign to provide nurse’s training
scholarships for qualified girls
graduating from high schools of
the cotmty.
One of the five scholarship
winners selected this year has de
cided not to pursue a nursing
career, so four girls from the
county will be entering High
Point School of Nursing this fMl.
Four others are now in training
making a total of eight Moore
girls who will be attending the
three-year course in 1961-62.
been manager of the motor court
since the Davises bought it and
who had previously managed a
motel for them in Durham, is re
maining as manager under the
new ownership. Both the Botnicks
and the Larsens, however, expect
to be in active touch with the
motel operation and will super
vise construction of the new
units.
During the more than three
years of the Davis ownership,
many changes and improvements
were made at the Fairway prop
erty. Two units were added, a
swimming pool was'built and the
motor court was extensively re
modeled and redecorated.
Mr. Botnick said that the two
couples who have purchased the
Fairway first came to Southern
Pines during a trip vjhen they
were looking for a motel to buy.
They said they ware so favorably
impressed with the motor court
and with the town, that they de
cided to settle here.
Davis Plans Build
Apartment House
On ‘Gertrude’ Lot
George C. Davis, who has sold
the Fairway Motor Coiut, has
purchased the former Gertrude
Apartments lot from the Case
estate and plans to build there
a modem building to contain
several apartments. The lot is on
the northwest comer of New
Haimpshire Ave. and May St.
A building permit for the pro
ject was granted today, listing an
estimated valuation of between
$45,000 and $50,000 for the pro
ject. Mr. Davis said he hopes work
can begin in about a month.
Complete details of the propos
ed stmcture are lacking at this
time, Mr. Davis said, but he noted
that the building will be fully air-
conditioned. There will be several
two-bedroom apartments, he said.
Before buying the Fairway
Motor Court in March, 1958, Mr.
Davis had owned and operated
a motel and two apartment build
ings in Durham.
The site is the former location
of The Gertmde Apartments, an
old building that was razed after
it was badly gutted by fire sever
al months ago.
Mr. Davis is now supervising
construction of his new house on
Valley Road—first home to be
built on one of the lots comprising
the former Highland Pines Inn
property.
MRS. CARL ACKER. JR.. RESIGNS
Mrs. Cameron at Information Center
Mrs. Raymond Cameron has
been appointed secretary at the
town Information Center, suc
ceeding Mrs. Carl R. Acker, Jr.,
who resigned. Mrs. Acker and her
husband, who is employed by the
State Highway Department, are
moving from the Knollwood
Apartments to a new home on
Saunders Boulevard, south of
Southern Pines.
The Information Center, loca-
)ted in the former office building
of the late Dr. J. S. MilUken at
the corner of S. E. Broad St. and
Pennsylvania Ave., serves as a
clearing house for information
about the town, both for visitors
and for persons who write in,
wanting to know more about the
community. It is supervised by
the Advertising Committee, a cit
izen group appointed by the town
council, of which George Pottle is
chairman. The committee directs
the town’s advertising program
in newspapers and magazines,
helps coordinate various events
that bring people here and in
general seeks ways to promote
Southern Pines as a resort and
residential center.
The Center itself is owned by
the Town which contributes
through the town budget the ma
jor portion of funds to carry on
its work. The Advertising Com
mittee functions without pay and
helps to collect from merchants,
hotel and motel operators and
others supplementary funds that
make possible, with town funds,
the operation of the Center and
the advertising program.
Enjoying her n<;w work at the
Information Center and gradual-
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MRS. RAYMOND CAMERON
At Information Center Door
ly getting used to being asked
anything from who the presi
dent of the Rotary Club is to
what the Town charges its resi
dents for water, Mrs. Cameron
says that, if mail is an indication,
there seems to be an increasing
interest in Southern Pines.
•'T cheeked back in last year’s
files and found that inquiries, so
far this month are running ahead
of those received a year ago,” she
said this week.
In addition to what she's learn
ing about Southern Pines, Moore
(Continued on page 8.)
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TRAFFIC CONTROL—Need for traffic con
trol at the S. W. Broad St intersection with the
old No. 1 highway and Morganton Road—^where
four traffic lights and two traffic “islands”
have been installed by the State Highway de
partment—is illustrated by this photo which
was made this week, looking north on old No.
1. The overhead railroad bridge is on the right
and the Shaw House is just out of the picture,
to the left. Cars in the background are making
a left turn from Broad St. eastward, to go over
the bridge. Cars at right are waiting, lined up
in the lane that sends them north on S. W.
Broad St. The lane on the near side of these
cars is for making a left turn into Morganton
Road, in front of the Shaw House. The car at
extreme left is parked and not part of the
traffic picture. Many favorable comments have
been heard on the new traffic control system at
this formerly dangerous and confusing inter
section. (Pilot photo)
Break-ins Keep
Officers Busy at
Several Locations
A rash of break-ins over the
county has kept the sheriffs de
partment working overtime this
week. '
Sheriff W. B. Kelly listed the
robberies as follows;
1. McRae’s Store at Vass where
entry was made through a side
window some time after 5 a. m.
Wednesday when the Vass night
officer last checked the place and
went off duty. Taken were two
shotgifns (one a single-barrel
Ivor Johnson, the other a double-
barrel, 16-gauge Ithaca), two
Johnson rods and reels, 40 to 50
cartons of cigarettes, 200 packs
of razor blades, three Swift picnic
hams, 20 to 30 cans of salmon, 12
cans of oysters and $4 to $5 in
change. Deputy Bob Edwards of
Vass and Chief Deputy H. H.
Grimm of Carthage are investi
gating.
2. The Phillips general store at
Cameron where an intruder was
surprised in the store between 2
and 3 p. m. Sunday as John Kelly,
an employee, went there to get
gasoline from the service station
part of the. establishment. The
intruder, described as a young,
dark Negro dressed in dark pants,
and tan coat and shirt, made his
getaway out the front door as
Kelly came in from ths back.
Missing was an old model .38
HOMECOMING AT
BETHESDA SUNDAY
Old Bethesda homecoming will
be held Sunday, September 24
with the service beginning at
11:15 a.m. in the historic old
Presbyterian Church, near Aber
deen.
Dr. Benjamin R. Lacy, Jr., of
Richmond, Va., former president
of Union Theological Seminary,
will deliver the homecoming ser
mon. Dr. Lacy, a native of
Raleigh, is one of the South’s out
standing Presbyterian ministers.
He served as moderator of the
Presbyterian Church in the Unit
ed States in 1950.
Following the morning worship
service the usual picnic dinner
will be spread at the noon hour.
E. T. McKeithen of Aberdeen
is general homecoming chairman.
The usual afternoon service
will not be held.
'The public is invited.
Reward Raised to
$500 in Theft of
Items From House
The $250 reward offered last
week for information leading to
arrest of the person or persons
who stole a large quantity of stor
ed household furnishings and per
sonal items from a house in the
Harris Crossroads commimity on
the Mt. Carmel-Pinehurst Road,
has been increased from $250 to
$500, Sheriff W. B. Kelly said this
special revolver with the letter
Dairy Firm Buys
Woodlyn Motel for
Substation Plant
The former Woodlyn Court Mo
tel property on US Highway 1,
between Aberdeen and Southern
Pines, has been purchased by
Montgomery Dairy Products, Inc.,
of Troy, which plans to build a
cold storage plant and milk dis
tribution substation serving this
area.
According to information from
Jere McKeithen of Aberdeen,
public relations representative for
the dairy products, firm, the main
building will be renovated and
moderniz.sd for use, while the cin-
derblock cottages in the rear will
be sold and removed from the
site.
The property, unoccupied for
some time, was bought from the
owner, Raymond Buckley, a res
ident of Massachusetts.
Airport Work Delays
Start of New Service
The long-desired air link from
the Sandhills to Raleigh-Durham
airport and points north will def
initely become a reality next
month, but because of delays in
improvements being made to the
Southern Pines-Pinehurst airport,
it is not likely to start October 1
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:
K cut in the butt plate and about
$15 in mixed silver. Merchandise
valued at from $15 to $20 was
gathered together by the thief but
was left in his hurry to depart.
Deputy Edwards is investigating.
The store is owned by Pete Phil
lips of Cameron.
3. The Garner Maness store and
service station south of Eastwood
on Highway 501, where Saturday
(Continued on page 8)
Patrolman Hurt
In Cycle Wreck
state Highway Patrolman R.
R. Samuels suffered painful in
juries, including three broken
vertebrae, Tuesday afternoon
when a motorcycle he was riding
went out of control and hit a
tree, throwing him violently to
the ground.
Pfc. Samuels, who lives on
Murray Hill Road, south of
Southern Pines, on his day off
mounted a motorcycle he was
keeping for a soldier friend, and,
with another motorcyclist friend,
went out for a spin to Pinehurst.
Unaccustomed to the vehicle, he
said he was unable to cut the gas
when they reached the curve at
the entry to the Pinehurst Coun
try Club.
He is in Moore Memorial Hos
pital.
Items taken are valued by the
owners at up to $1,000.
Stored in the house were fur
nishings and personal possessions
of Gurney Baines, a teacher at
the West End High School, and
his wife, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Willie Harris with whom they
are staying while they are build
ing a new home at Pinehurst.
Also in the house were a radio,
chinaware and linen belonging to
Mrs. Elizabeth McDaniels, sister
of Mr. Harris.
Mr. Baines added to his list of
missing items this week a chair
covered in orange plastic. Last
week’s list included a rifle, pistol,
tools, voltmeters, fireplace set,
silver tray, rugs and linens.
Many of the items were taken
between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Sun
day, September 10, while Mr.
Baines was in Carthage reporting
the first batch of stolen goods to
the sheriff.
Max.
Min
September 14 ...
86
69
September 15 ...
81
69
September 16 ...
72
48
September 17 ...
79
48
September 18 ...
68
55
September 19 ...
75
57
September 20 ...
81
67
TB Association to
Meet Thurs., Sept. 28
Dr. J. S. Hiatt, Jr., of Southern
Pines, president of the Moore
County Tuberculosis Association,
this week urged all members of
the Association and aU persons
interested in the problems of tu
berculosis to attend a meeting to
be held at the Moore County
Health Center in Carthage, Thurs
day, September 28, at 8 p. m.
Kiwanis Prepares
To Host 2-State
District Meeting
Members of the Sandhills Ki
wanis Club, which draws its
membership from throughout
Moore County, are busy this week
preparing to host the 41st annual
convention of the Carolinas Dis
trict of Kiwanis International.
The convention, to be attended by
Kiwanians and their wives from
North and South Carolina, will
open at noon, Wednesday of next
week, to run through Friday,
September 29, with the Carolina
Hotel at Pinehurst as headquar
ters.
Neill McKay of Southern Pines,
president-elect of the Sandhills
Kiwanis Club, is chairman of the
convention committee which has
been planning features of the
gathering for several months. Dr.
C. Robert VanderVoort of South
ern Pines is current president of
the host club.
Highlights of the convention
will be:
An 18-hole golf tournament at
the Pinehurst Country Club on
Wednesday, under direction of
Dr. E. M. Medlin of Aberdeen.
A skeet shoot at the Pinehurst
Gun Club Wednesday afternoon,
directed by James E. Harrington,
Jr., of Pinehurst.
A fellowship hour in the main
ball room of the Carolina, after
dinner Wednesday night, with
special events and music.
A business session and mem
orial service Thursday morning.
(Continued on page 8)
Lee Not Making
Trip to Russia
R. E. Lee of Carthage, superin
tendent of the Moore County
school system, will not make a
trip to Russia next month, with
a group of 40 U. S. educators, as
announced last week by the
Raleigh office of the North Car
olina Education Association. The
Pilot last week ran the announce
ment as made in Raleigh.
Mr. Lee could not be reached
for comment today but it was
learned from a reliable source
that he had declined to make the
trip because of the expense it
would incur for the county board
of education.
The group of school administra
tors making the trip will study
school programs and methods in
the Soviet Union.
as planned.
J. E. Sandlin of Southern Pines
and Aberdeen, a member of the
county airport committee, said a
definite anijiouncement should be
ready next week as to when Pied
mont Airlines will initiate the
new service which local citizen
groups haVe long sought.
At present, Mr. Sandlin said,
the improvements being made to
m.eet FAA requirements are
about two and a half weeks be
hind, and “we will need at least
10 days of good weather to sight
the goal.” Runways are being ex
tended to 4,500 feet, widened and
paved, and the lighting system is
being extended and brought fully
up to date—a $175,000 project in
all, financed half by the county,
half by federal funds.
The improvements wiU mean
the county-ownec^, airport will be
able to accommodate Piedmont
Airlines’ turboprop jets, neces
sary before the service can be
expanded. The airport has been
a seasonal (October-May) stop on
Piedmont’s east-west route since
1948.
The new service will begin as
soon as possible in October, and
will be duly publicized, with
routes and schedules, Mr. Sand
lin said.
October 29 is the new date set
for an official ceremony and pub
lic celebration, sponsored by the
Moore County Industrial Devel
opment committee, saluting the
establishment of the north-south
link.
BY NATIONAL ORGANIZATION
Allen Recognized For Rural Service
Fleet D. Allen of Carthage, 1 ^
Fleet D. Allen of Carthage,
Moore County’s' agricultural
agent, was one of six North Car
olina Extension Service workers
honored last week in New York
City by presentation to them of
Distinguished Service Awards in
recognition of their contributions
to the rural people of the state.
The awards were given by the
National Association of County
Agricultural Agents. The recipi
ents were honored at a banquet
last Thursday night during the
New York meeting.
Mr. Allen became Moore Agri
cultural agent in 1955, on the re
tirement of E. H. Garrison of
Carthage who had held the post
for many years. Mr. Allen had
been assistant agent in Moore,
before stepping up, on Mr. Garri
son’s retirement.
Among the Carthage man’s
achievements in this county, citedi
by the National Association as
basis for the award were:
Helping farmers of the county
increase broiler production from
seven million in 1953 to 30 million
in 1960.
Helping to organize a laying
hen co-op and working with an
Bidding on Patch
Building Staying
Open to Saturday
Exact fate of the Patch build
ing on which $35,000 was bid as
purchase price in an auction at
the courthouse door in Carthago
last Wednesday, will not be
known until noon, Saturday.
At that time, a 10-day waiting
period, during which higher bids
may be submitted, v/ill expire.
If no higher bid is received by
Clerk of Court C. C. Kennedy in
Carthage, the building will go to
Frederick J. Mahoney of Boston,
Mass., on whose behalf the
$35,000 bid was entered at the
auction by the Johnson and John
son law firm of Aberdeen.
Any new bid must exceed the
present bid by at least five per
cent, under North Carolina law.
If the bid is rsiised, the property
must be re-advertized for two
weeks before the sale becomes
final.
' Mr. Mahoney was here Tuesday
and inspected the building which
has housed Patch’s Department
Store since the structure was
built in 1909. Patch’s had been in
continuous operation, under ow
nership and management of the
Patch family, for 64 years prior
to its closing, week before last.
Charles S. Patch is the present
head of the firm and continues to
own and manage the separately
operated Patch’s Tog Shop.
The Boston man is expected
back here Friday. Lawrence McN.
Johnson of the Johnson and John
son firm said that if Mr. Mahoney
acquires ownership, he expects to
rent the building, but that there
is not at this time any definite
prospective tenant.
The sale was conducted last
week by Judge J. Vance Rowe,
trustee, to satisfy indebtedness of
the Patch company to the Sou
thern Pines Savings and Loan
Association which holds a first
mortgage on the building. The
Citizens Bank and Tnist Co. holds
a second mortage and a number
of judgments against the business
remain to be satisfied.
F. D. ALLEN
annual poultry show.
Work with 4-H Club members
and in livestock, forestry, past
ures, dairy and peach and peach
enterprises.
Blue Knights Playing
At Lumberton Tonight
The Blue Knights Of Southern
Pines High School play their first
conference football game tonight
(’Thursday) at 8 p. m. on Armory
I Field, Lumberton, facing Little
field High of near Lumberton. In
their previous two ndn-confer-
ence games, the Blue Knights
have lost one and won one. (Re
port on last Friday’s 7-6 defeat
of Seventy-First High School ap
pears elsewhere in today’s Pilot.)