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VOL. 41—NO. 45
Soldier Arrested
For Selling Tep
Pills’ to Agents
Michael S. Southard, 24, a Fort
Bragg soldier living in Southern
Pines, was arrested yesterday for
selling “pep pills” here. Police
Chief Earl Seawell said this
morning.
Southard and his wife occupy
an apartment in a separate build-
inging at the rear of the residence
at 640 N. W. Broad St. He is as
signed to a hospital unit at Fort-
Bragg. The couple has no chil
dren.
The arrest of Southard and
other soldie'-s at Fort Bragg yes
terday climaxed months of inves
tigation by local police, SBI
agents and military authorities.
Other soldiers were arrested at
Fort Bragg, Chief Seawell said,
with the prospect that investiga
tion started here may lead to im-
covering sources of supply to
Southard and other alleged re
tailers of the stimulating capsules.
Though arrested at Fort Bragg,
Southard was returned to South
ern Pines because the drug sale
with which he is charged was
made here. He made bond for
appearance in the local Record
er’s Court next Wednesday.
The warrant for Southard
charges that on September 21 he
sold to two SBI agents posing as
customers “177 capsules of dex-
tro-ampbetamine sulphate, an op
tical isomer of amphetamine, hav
ing a stimulating effect on the
central nervous system. . .”
Chief Seawell said the cap
sules retail for from 10 cents to
20 cents each—sometimes much
higher at outlets such as truck
stops on highways.
Investigation leading to nego
tiations for purchase of the “pep
pills” from Southard by the SBI
agents have been going on for
the past two months, although the
officers have been suspecting that
drugs of some sort were being
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MOMENT OF JOY—Mrs. W. S. Jonker of
Lakeview, left, greets Mrs. Frank van Stokkem
of Rotterdam, HoUand, the sister she had not
seen in more than 40 years, at the Southern
Pines Seaboard Railroad depot Monday night.
At right is Mr. Jonker, retired carpenter who is
widely known in the SandhiUs, with Mr. van
Stokkem. The men were friends in their youth
in Holland.
(V. Nicholson photo)
Famous Baroness,
Other Notables
To Appear Here
The Baroness Maria Augusta
von Trapp, mother of the Trapp
Family -Sligers, will be the ban
quet speaker Saturday evening,
October 7, at the annual conven
tion of the North Carolina Cath
olic Laymen’s association to be
held here..
At an afternoon session on that
day another distinguished speak
er will be heard—Jose Ignatio
Rivero, editor of the Diario de la
Marina, last voice of journalis^’c
freedom to be heard in Havana.
Cuba, and published in exile in
Miami, Fla., since the spring of
1960.
Rounding out the outstanding
guest-speaker list will be Sister
Miriam, a Dominican nun who
taught in Catholic schools in Cuba
for 16 years, then when exiled
became known as the “Angel of
Miami.” Heading El Centro His-
pano, a refugee center, at Miami
during the past year, she has
aided thousands of refugees from
Cuba. She left Miami early this
month to enter Fordham Univer
sity, New York, for social service
studies. Her Saturday - morning
address here on October 7, made
by special permission of the
Mother Superior of her order, will
be her first in this country.
Announcement of the speakers
was made by the Rev. Francis
Smith, convention chairman*and
pastor of the host church, St. An-
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Large Apartment
House Planned by
New Corporation
Plans of a new corporation to
build “a large modem apartment
house for adult occupants” on a
12-acre tract at the N. W. corner
of the intersection of Indiana
Ave. and Bethesda Road were
announced today.
The announcemeni; was made by
made by Mrs. Martih Butler
Gentry of Country Club Drive,
president of PinehiU Estate, Inc,
a firm chartered to handle various
types of real estate activities.
Other officers of the corporation
are W. Harry Fullenwider, vice-
presidient, and Lt. Col. F. M.
Smith, secretary and treasurer.
The land purchased for the
project consists of tracts formerly
owned by Mr. and Mrs. John S.
Zelie, Jr., of Pinehurst and the
Grover Estate of Southern Pines.
The land adjoins the Halcyon
Drive tract recently opened as a
subdivision for private residences
by The Pines Realty Company
which is headed by Colonel
Smith.
The PinehiU Estate project is
the second new apartment house
to be announced within the past
week. One week ago, George C.
Davis, who recently sold the
Fairway Motor Court, said that
he plans to construct a buUding
to contain several two-bedroom
apartments at the former Ger
trude Apartments location on the
northwest comer of N. May St.
and E. New Hampshire Ave.
YDC ANNUAL
MEETING SET
Annual meeting of the Moore
County Young Democrats
will be held at the courthouse
in Carthage, Friday. October
20, at 8 pw m„ it was announc
ed today by Arthur Rowe of
Aberdeen and Southern
Pines, YD club president.
The annual election of offi
cers will take place and del
egates to the YDC State con-
yention in November wiU be
named.
Bill Staton of Sanford,
Democratic national oommit-
teeman from North Carolina,
will be the featured speaker.
Candidates for State YDC of
fices have been invited to at
tend.
Further details will be an
nounced.
THE WEATHER
Maximum and minimum tem
peratures for each day of the
past week were recorded as fol
lows at the U. S. Weather Biu:eau
obspvation station at* the WEEB
radio studios on Midland Road.
Max.
Min
September 21
87
59
September 22
88
52
September 23
92
58
September 24
93
63
September 25
94
63
September 26
93
63
September 27
90
64
Sisters Reunited
After Separation
Of Over 40 Years
Two sisters separated for 41
years had a joyful reunion Mon
day night, and are now enjoying
a long-planned, long-hoi^-for
visit.
Mrs. W. S. Jonker of Lakeview
and her “baby sister” Nelly-
Mrs. Frank van Stokkem of Rot
terdam, Holland—are together foi*
the first time since the Jonkers
left Holland in 1920.
Mrs. van Stokkem and her hus
band, retired chief steward of
the Holland-American Line, ar
rived by train Monday night from
New York City. Meeting them at
the Seaboard station in Southern
Pines were Mr. and Mrs. Jonker,
their son Ari and his wife, from
Eastwood, and several friends
and neighbors.
It was a heart-warming meet
ing. The sisters embraced with
tears and smiles. The husbands,
old friends from days of youth,
beamed, smiled and chatted. Mrs.
Ari Jonker pinned a corsage on
Mrs. van Stokkem.
Frank van Stokkem had been
in this country many times in the
course of his work, but never be
fore had been able to visit the
relatives here. For Mrs. van Stok
kem, it was the first visit to the
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Tentative Plans
For Dedication
At Airport Made
The Moore County Industrial
Development Committee and the
Moore County Airport Commis
sion are planning on a program
to dedicate the new hard-surface
runway at the Southern Pines-
Pinehurst Airport.
L. B. Creath of Pinehurst, rep
resen ta ting the Moore County In
dustrial Development Committee
and J. E. Sandlin of Southern
Pines, representing the Airport
Commission, are working togeth
er on the program.
It was originally scheduled for
October 1, but due to delays in
construction, has been changed
to Sunday, October 29. ‘j
In the morning there will be'
a “fly-in breakfast” of several
Aero Clubs. Mrs. Louise Smith
who is international president of
“The 99’s,” which is an organiza
tion of licensed women pilots, will
fly her Bonanza in for the dedi
cation and the Carolinas Chap
ter of that organization will meet
here that day.
The program has not been com
pleted, but through the coopera
tion of Voit Gilmore, a figure of
national prominence is expected
to be the speaker, Mr. Creath said.
Many dignitaries will also attend,
including Tom Davis, president of
Piedmont Airlines, which will in
augurate North-South service
from the airport.
PRICE TEN CENTS
Braj*^ Troop Bnild-Up
Impact Expected Here
DR. E. C. SCOTT
Dr. Scott to Be
Interim Minister
For Local Church
Blue, Ewing on
Bond Committee
Two Moore County men are
on the 32-member Steering Com
mittee named by Gov. Terry San
ford to open the drive for ap
proval of the $61,665,000 State
bond referendum in which citi
zens of North Carolina will vote
November 7.
They are State Rep. H. Clifton
Blue of Aberdeen and Robert S.
Ewing of Southern Pines. Both
are weekly newspaper publish
ers.
Rep. Blue, a Democrat, is
Moore County’s representative in
the General Assembly. Mr.
Ewing, former mayor of Southern
Pines and a former Republican
State treasurer, is now a Repub-1
lican member of the State Board!
of Elections.
The State Committee will be
aided by a much, larger Citizens
Committee for a Better North
Carolina.
Organizational meetings of the
two groups are being held today
in Raleigh.
TWO TRUCKLOADS TAKEN FROM SITE OF NEW MOTEL
White Cane Sale
Launched by Lions
Moore ASCS Officers
All Win Reelection
Officers of the Moore County
Agricultural Stabilization and
Conservation Committee for 1962
were reelected at a meeting of j
delegates from the county’s 10
townships at Carthage Thursday
of last week.
They are: Earl Martin, chair
man; Sam Dilling, vice chairman;
J. Melvin Thomas, regular mem-,
ber; James W. Shaw, first alter-
nate; and Paul T. Lamm, second:
alternate.
Community (township) commit-,
tees had been elected in previous ‘
voting by farmers of the county.'
The Southern Pines Lions Club
opened its annual White Cane
'Sale this week, to run through
October 7, for benefit of aid to
the blind and sight conservation.
I This drive is sponsored by the
more than 14,000 Lions in North
Carolina.
The North Carolina State As
sociation for the Blind is a Lions
project. It was organized by Lions
I in 1934 as a non-profit, state-wide
organization and is supported by
Lions through this one annual
fund raising project, the White
Cane Drive, each September.
I In 1960, through efforts of the
Lions and the generous response
of the citizens of North Carolina,
the State Association was able to
greatly expand its Prevention of
Blindness program. The Associa
tion is the only organization in
the state so structured as to en
able it to sponsor an extensive
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Robin Hood’ Larceny Case Proves Puzzling
ROBBINS TO COMPETE
Tom Robbins of Pinehurst will
compete in the 1961 USGA
Seniors golf tournament at Tulsa,
Okla. next week. Mr. Robbins,
several times North and South
Seniors champion at Pinehurst,
was the 1958 USGA Seniors
champion. He is exempt from
qualifying at Tulsa.
Why a well known Sandhills
man chose to take a large quan
tity of household goods, appli
ances and equipment from an un
locked but not abandoned build
ing near Southern Pines and give
part of the goods away—repeat
edly telling officers later that he
thought of himself as playing the
role of a Robin Hood—remained
a mystery to all concerned with
the case this week.
Thom McKenzie, 41, of the
J uniper Lake community out
from Pinehurst on the. Carthage
road, was tried in Moore County
Recorder’s Court Monday on
charges of breaking and entering
and larceny of goods owned by
Gordon Simpson and taken from
the main building of the South
ern Pines Cottages property
where Simpson and E. L. Wynn
of Richmond, Va., have begun
work on construction of a Holi
day Inn motel and restaurant.
Something of the perplexed at
titude of everybody who knows
the defendant was apparent in
Judge J. Vance Rowe’s judgment
after he had heard the evidence
in the case. The judge gave Mc
Kenzie a six months road term,
suspended on payment of $50 fine
and the court costs with the de
fendant to return the balance of
the articles taken (many had al
ready been recovered by officers
from him or from those to whom
he had given them, including
families McKenzie said were
needy) or, within 48 hours, to pay
Simpson the value of the articles
not returned, the value of each
article to be determined by Mr.
Simpson or Deputy Sheriff J. a!
Lawrence of Aberdeen.
The judge then wrote in his
book, “The court finds that there
was no actual breaking into the
building and it appears to the
court that the defendant was un
der a misapprehension as to the
status of the articles taken and
that he probably did not realize
he was stealing them. The court'
also finds that the defendant has
already returned most of the ar
ticles taken.”
Investigation was by Deputy
Lawrence and Chief Deputy H. H. I
Grimm of Carthage, after Simp- ^
son had called the sheriff’s office
Sunday, September 17, saying*
that a considerable amount of
furnishings and equipment had j
been removed from the building, j
The sta-ucture was formerly a,
hestaurant operated by Mr. and
Mrs. Simpson while they main
tained their home in Sanford. I
Plans now call for moving it from
the future Holiday Inn site.
Noting that some items had
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Dr. Eugene C. Scott will arrive
in Southern Pines tomorrow to
to begin serving Brownson Mem
orial Presbyterian Church as in
terim supply pastor. He will oc
cupy the apartment side of the
church’s manse, the Ward Hill
house that will be vacated by
the Hill family on completion of
their new home in Knollwood.
* Dr. Scott comes from Atlanta,
Ga., where he has continued to
make his headquarters since his
retirement in 1959 as stated clerk
and treasurer of the General As
sembly, an office he held for
about 25 years. During his retire
ment he has served as interim
minister at churches in three Ala
bama cities, Sheffield, Montgom
ery and Selma.
' Dr. Scott was an assistant sta
ted clerk of the General Assem
bly, with office in Dallas, Texas,
for about nine years before as
suming the stated clerk’s post in
Atlanta in 1935, succeeding the
late Dr. J. D. Leslie. Dr. Scott
had previously served pastorates
in Alabama and Mississippi.
He is a graduate of Southwest
ern Presbyterian University,
I Clarksville, Tenn. and received
a B. D. degree at Union Theo
logical Seminary, Richmond, Va.
He holds an honorary Doctor of
Divinity degree from Austin Col
lege at Sherman, Texas.
Dr. Scott’s wife, the former
Emma Foust of Clarksville,
Tenn., will remain at their home
in Atlanta, but will visit here
from time to time. They have
three married daughters and six
grandchildren.
It is expected that Dr. Scott’s
service here will last until a reg
ular minister is appointed by
Brownson Memorial. The church
has been without a regular minis
ter since the resignation of Dr.
C. K. Ligon several months ago.
An increase of some 15,000
j,troops at Fort Bragg before the
end of the year is expected to
have a varied impact on Southern
Pines and this area, fJayor John
S. Ruggles said today.
The impact will probably be
felt first in rental housing and
schools, the mayor said. In ad
dition, a large number of new
troops in the area can be expected
to affect recreation facilities, res
taurants and other businesses.
Mayor Ruggles said he had
talked by telephone this week
with Col. E. P. Smith, deputy
chief of staff at Fort Bragg, and
was told that between 7,000 and
8,000 additional troops will be
received during the month of Oct
ober and approximately the same
number more during November
and December, for a total of about
15,000 before the end of the year.
The Fort Bragg officer told the
mayor that members of units be
ing sent to Fort Bragg are be
ing urged not to bring dependents
because of a shortage of accomo
dations on the post, but that .
they are authorize to bring de
pendents if they wish.
This would indicate. Mayor
Ruggles said, that the influx of
new personnel will have an im
pact on this community and
others in the Sandhills.
The mayor said he requested
that he be kept informed of the
situation as it might affect Sou
thern Pines.
Units from the New York and
Philadelphia areas are among
those to be sent to Fort Bragg,
it was learned from other sources.
The Army men going to Bragg
include members of Reserve and
other units called up xmder the
Administration’s program to ex
pand the Army by some 100,000
men.
Attorney Raises
Bid On Patch’s;
Second Sale Set
Little League Benefit Supper Slated
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The Southern Pines Little
League board of directors have
completed plans for a chicken
fry supper to be held at the
Southern Pines Country Club
Wednesday, October 4.
The event is made possible
through the cooperation of the
Southern Pines Elks Lodge. All
proceeds will be us-ad for the
purchase of equipment needed to
complete the regulation Little
League baseball park on Morgan-
ton Road, opposite the armory.
All boys who plan to play in
or who have already participated
in the Little League program are
asked to meet with members of
the board of directors Saturday
at 9 a. m. at the town park be
hind the municipal building, to
help with the sale of tickets for
the chicken fry. Parents are also
invited to help with this project.
Tickets or information concern
ing this project may be obtained
from any of the following who
are active in promoting the Little
League program: Joe Kimball,
Bill Rush, Richard Johnson, Paul
Jones, Bill McDonald, Dr. W. F.
Hollister, Harry Klabbatz, George
Wentland, John Crowell, Bill
Smith, Woodrow McDonald, June
Blue, Morris Johnson, Jimmy
Hobbs, Frank Buchan, Frank Gar-
lin, Donald Denoff, Joel Stutts,
Lawrence McCrimmon, Shirley
Wooster, and S. E. Thomas.
Sledge Winner of
Morco Tourney;
To Have Banquet
The Morco Summer Golf Club
championship tournament of med-
I al play—54 holes—^wasi completed
'on Sunday on the Pinehurst
I Country Club Number Two
course. The winner was William
C. Sledge with a net score of 203.
Joel Hufford finished in second
place with a net score of 218, and
J. Hubert McCaskill finished in
third place with a net score of
219.
The three low gross winners
were Clyde Mangum, 213; Peter
V. Tufts, 227; and J. Frank Mc
Caskill, 250.
Thirty-two Morco members
participated in the tournament.
Prizes will be awarded to the
winners at the annual joint ban
quet of the Morco Summer Golf
Club and the Sandhill Ladies
Summer Golf Club, which will be
held at the Holly Inn in Pinehurst
tonight, beginning at 6 p. m. ’
Clerk of Court C. C. Kennedy
this week directed Judge J. Vance
Rowe, substitute trustee, to resell
the Patch Department Store
bmlding at the courthouse door
in Carthage at noon on Thursday,
October 12. The building, a South
ern Pines landmark built in 1909,
is on N. W. Broad St.
The order was given by reason
of raising the bid on the property
which was tentatively sold Sep
tember 13 to satisfy indebtedness
of Patch’s Inc. to the Southern
Pines Savings and Loan Associa
tion and other creditors.
With a deadline of noon last
Saturday for raising the $35,000
bid of September 13, Robert N.
Page III, Aberdeen attorney, en
tered a bid of $36,750 on behalf
of a client the attorney said he
was not at liberty to name. The
$36,750 bid represents an in
crease of the five per cent re
quired by law to reopen such a
sale.
In the October 12 auction,
which, like the former one, will
be conducted by Judge Rowe,
[any bid over $36,750 will be ac
cepted.
Lawrence McN. Johnson of
Johnson and Johnson, Aberdeen
law firm, entered the $35,000 bid
September 13, on behalf of Fred
erick J. Mahoney, a Boston, Mass,
businessman. Mr. Johnson said
this morning that it is possible
that Mr. Mahoney will re-enter
the bidding at the new sale.
Patch’s, which had operated as
a department store here since
1897, closed its doors the first
week in September.
Over 150 Moore Scouts
Attend Bragg Camporee
Over 150 Boy Scouts and Scout
leaders from Moore District at
tended the Occoneechee Council
Camporee held at Fort Bragg last
weekend. This was one of the
largest Boy Scout Camporees held
in the nation, with 4,000 boys
from the council in attendance at
Bragg’s Smith Lake area.
District Scouts attending were
from troops in Southern Pines
('ftoops 224 and 873), Manly, Farm
Life, McCain, West End, Pine-
bluff, Aberdeen, Pinehurst, Vass
and Eagle Springs.