VOL. 41—NO. 48
EIGHTEEN PAGES.
BUT MID-WEEK GAME NOT ELIMINATED
Moore Athletic Officials Agree
To Begin Basketball Games Earlier
The Moore County Administra
tive Athletic Committee, com-
pos-sd of superintendents and
principals met at the Elise High
School last Thursday night and
adopted an Athletic Handbook for
all Moore County schools.
To attain uniformity and
administrative control of the
athletic program, this group or
ganized in October, 1959, and sel
ected an Athletic Steering Com
mittee. C. E. Hackney of Rob
bins was elected chairman. With
C. Wade Mobley, T. H. Linger-
Piano Quartet to
Open Concerts of
1961-1962 Season
The first musical event of the
season will take place a week
from Sunday when the famed
“Piano Quartet” comes to South
ern Pines.
The ensemble of four brilliant
pianists will play at Weaver Au
ditorium on Sunday evening, Oc
tober 29, with curtain time at
8:30.
This IS the opening program of
the four concerts scheduled for
the season in the regular series
presented under the sponsorship
of the Sandhills Music Associa
tion. Tickets are for sale here at
the Barnum Agency; in Pine-
hurst by Wesley Viall at the
Carolina Pharmacy and in Aber
deen by Lee Buchan at Martin
Motors.
As in the past years, the Hol
lywood Hotel is cooperating with
the music group to 0(ffer a buf
fet dinner before the concert,
from 6:30 to 8. It is stated that
reservations should be ma-do in
advance.
Commenting on the program
for the coming concert, Leonard
Muddimer, president of the Mu
sic Association, said that he be
lieved it was admirably suited to
appeal to a wide range of tastes.
“The music,” he said, “includes
selections from the best in both
classical and contemporary mod
ern music. Critics have praised
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feldt, Glenn Cox and Lewis Can
non serving on the committee.
The handbook consists of “The
Sportsman’s Creed” and a code
of ethics for the player, coach, of
ficial and spectator. Other fea
tures of the handbook include a
section on each sport, with time
of game, admission tournament,
protests and make-up games cov
ered.
The group adopted the policy of
starting all basketball games at
7 p. m. in order that students will
get more sleep and rest. It was
further agreed that each team in
the county would play each other
twice, eliminating the need to go
a long distance to other counties
for games.
A request was made by one of
the school principals for all of his
school’s mid-week games to be
played on Wednesday afternoon
or eliminate the mid-week games
entirely. After much discussion,
the principals agreed to abide by
the rule of the majority and not
eliminate the mid-week games.
However, the group instructed
•the superintendents to appoint
committee consisting of stu
dents, parents, teachers and prin
cipals to study the mid-week
games and make recommenda
tions.
More emphasis is to be placed
on intramural sports in the fu
ture. A special committee of
coaches will draw up plans for a
County Track and Field Day for
a Saturday, next spring.
Mrs. Wood Again
Heads Chapter of
Easter Seal Group
Mrs. William Wood of Pine-
bluff has been reelected president
of the Moore County chapter of
the North Carolina Society for
Crippled Children and Adults, it
was announced this week.
Other officers named are: Mrs.
Graham Culbreth, vice president
and service chairman; Mrs. Wil
liam Allen, recording secretary;
George Hodgkins, treasurer and
Easter Seal campaign chairman;
and Kenneth Cox, publicity chair
man.
Named to the board of directors
are; Dr. H. A. Peck, Dr. William
F. Hollister, Dr. Emily Tufts,
Luther A. Adams and Frank R.
Gramelsbach. Other board mem
bers will be added.
<Mr. Hodgkins and Mrs. Culbreth
are members of the state bosird
of directors of the Society and
Mrs. Culbreth is on the state
camp development committee
which is making plans for con
struction of a permanent facility
for treatment of handicapped
children, near Southern Pines.
Work on enlarging the lake at
the camp site will begin next
week.
Try-Outs for Play
Set Sunday, Monday
“The Late Christopher Bean”
by Sidney Howard has been
chosen for its next play by Thea-
tre-in-the-Pines, the local ama
teur theatre group that draws its
m.embership from several com
munities of Moore County.
Try-outs for the play will be
held at the Southern Pines town
hall Sunday, October 22, from 3
to 5 p. m. and from 7 to 9 p. m.,
and also from 7 to 9 p. m. Mon
day.
Theatre-in-the-Pines presented
two successful productions during
the 1960-61 season here.
Housing Reported
Available Here in
Lower Rent Range
Numerous low-rental apart
ments and houses are available in
Southern Pines and this area, it
was stated this week by an own- ^
er listing this type of accommo
dations.
A story in last week’s Pilot,
stating that rental housing is in
extremely short supply here,
overlooked the existence of low-
rental facilities, be said. Plenty
•of places renting for $50 and $60
per month are available, it was
stated.
While this spokesman said that
he had been fortunate in rent
ing most of his units, he estima
ted that between 50 and 100 lowf
rental house or apartment facili
ties are available here. He point
ed out that because of lack of de
mand, many rental units had
been withdrawn during the past
few years. Some of these are now
becoming available,, he noted.
Realtors handling medium-
priced and higher bracket rental
property reiterated this week that
very little housing of this sort
remained available in Southern
Pines, attributing the shortage to
demand from military personnel
arriving at Fort Bragg in Reserve
and National Guard units called
up for Army duty.
Many of the men being sent to
Fort Bragg, they pointed out, are
professional people willing and
able to pay higher rentals and
preferring to live in such a com
munity as Southern Pines.
An agent quoted a lieutenant
who, when asked what rental he
had in mind, said that he expect
ed to pay up to $250 per month.
Defeating Frank Ross of West
Hartford, Conn., 2 and 1, this
morning, J. Wolcott Brown of
finals of the North and South
Senior golf tournament at Pine-
hurst, shooting for a repeat of
his 1958 victory in the event.
Facing Brown in his semi
finals match tomorrow will be
Dr. John Mercer of Fitchburg,
Mass., who.turned in a 3 and 1
defeat of John Jacobs of Canton,
Ohio, in this morning’s play.
Semi-finalists in the lower
bracket of the championship
flight are Robert Bell of Worth
ington, Ohio, who beat Walter
Pease of Plainfield, N. J., 1-up,
THE WEATHER
Maximum and minimum tem
peratures for each day of the past
week were recorded as follows at
the U. S. Weather Bureau obser
vation station at the WEEB
studios on Midland Road.
SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1961
Mineral Deposits
Of Moore County
Being Surveyed
Preliminary results of a state-
conducted mineral survey of
Moore County—the first such de
tailed survey to be made of any
county in North Carolina—were
outlined to the county commis
sioners at -a special meeting of
the boafcT in Carthage Wednes
day ^fternoon.
Making the report were Dr.
Jasper E. L. Stuckey, state geol
ogist, and J. F. Conley, geologist
working under Dr. Stuckey. Pres
ent for the occasion along with
the commissioners were two for
mer directors of the State De
partment of Conservation and
Development, W. P. Saunders of
Southern Pines and George Ross
of Jackson Springs. The geolo
gists were introduced by Mr.
Ross and Mr. Saunders expressed
appreciation for their work.
The Moore project is the open
er of an anticipated series of
mineral surveys of all the coun
ties of the state. Dr. Stuckey said.
This county was chosen for a be
ginning of the work because of
the wide variety of its mineral
formations and because of the in
terest of the commissioners, the
two former C & D directors and-
others.
Attending the meeting also
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Scout Fund Drive
Begins in Section
East of Railroad
With a goal of $2,500, the Boy
Scout fund drive in an area east
of the railroad tracks in South
ern Pines began this week, under
chairmanship of Ted Taws, with
a large corps of volunteer work
ers.
The campaign on the west side
of the railroad, but not including
West Southern Pines, began last
week with E. Earl Hubbard as
chairman and a goal of $1,000.
Both efforts are part of the an
nual Occoneechee Council fupd
drive in 12 counties of central
North Carolina, to provide funds
for expansion of Scouting activi
ty, for camping programs, for
professional Scout executives and
other purposes.
Similar campaigns are going
on throughout Moore County, or
will start before the end of the
month.
Working in the effort headed
by Mr. Taws are: Shirley Woost
er, Mrs. Leland Daniels, Mrs.
Robert Leland, David Sedberry,
Stanley Austin, Alwin Folley, W.
R. Bonsai, James Fields, John
Bigbee, Max Rush, James Pleas
ants, F. F. (Bud) Rainey and E.
J. Austin.
Norris Hodgkins, Jr., is advance
gifts chairman.
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PRICE: 10 CENTS
Highway Caution Plea
Made by State Patrol
RECORD-BREAKER—Medalist Egon Quittner of Rydal, Pa.,
uses Pinehurst Country Club putting green markers to illustrate
his five-imder-par 67 in the qualifying round of the North and
South Senior golf tournament Monday. The score, registered
on the championship No. 2 course, gave Quittner the medal and
set a record for qualifying scores in the 10-year-old event. The
Pennsylvania golfer was eliminated from the championship
flight Wednesday, losing 2 and 1 to Frank Ross of West Hartford,
Conn. Quittner, whose age is 62, shot an eagle, four birdies and a
bogey in his sizzling qualifying round. (Hemmer photo)
NORTH 8e SOUTH SENIORS
Bellf Ackerman, Mercer,
Brown Win at Pinehurst
today, and James Ackerman of
Princeton, N. J., whose match
this morning found him 2-up
Seagirt, N. J., went into the semi- over Arthur Dezendorf of Wash-
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Public Invited to Airport Ceremony
A celebration and dedication
ceremony is planned for the new
runway facilities added to the
Pinehurst - Southern Pines-Aber-
deen Airport, on Sunday, October
29, at 3 p. m.
The runway to be dedicated is
4,500 feet in length and 150 feet
wide and cost approximately
$144,000. The work entailed the
moving of 70,000 cubic yards of
earth and the laying of 8,850 tons
of asphalt.
Piedmont Airlines will have
four daily sei"vio3 flights, inclu
ding service to Raleigh and Nor
folk, in addition to the East-West
flights previously offered, after
the new runway facilities are
opened.
Included in this program are
national speakers, military units
from Pope Air Force Base, doz
ens of private planes and Pied
mont’s new F-27 Fairchild turbo
jet plane that will begin commer
cial use of the new runway. The
public is invited to attend the
dedication which will begin at 3
p. m. and will last for about an
hour. Aircraft will be on display
from 1 p. m. and guides will be
available, according to J. E.
Sandlin, acting chairman of the
Moore County Airport Commit
tee.
Voit Gilmore of Southern
Pines, director of the United
States Travel Service, is expect
ed to be master of ceremonies.
The principal speaker will be
James T. Pyle, deputy adminis
trator of the Federal Aviation
Agency. Other town and county
officials are expected to take part
on the program.
ington, D. C.
The championship flight has
been playing the No. 2 course at
the Pinehurst Country Club un
der cloudless skies this week.
Finals are scheduled for Satur
day.
Brown, who won the North and
South Senior title in 1958, is con
sidered a strong contender for
the 1961 championship. He has
held on all week, while other
former champs fell by the way-
side, including Pease, the 1959
winner who was eliminated in
today’s quarterfinals, and Tom
Robbins of Pinehurst, defending
champion who shot an 80 Mon
day and failed to qualify.
More than 300 senior golfers
are in Pinehurst to play this 10th
edition of the tournament, many
accompanied by wives who will
take part in the fourth annual
Women’s North and South Senior
tournament, starting Tuesday.
9th Death of
Year on Moore
Roads Listed
A Rockingham youth was kill
ed shortly before midnight Sat
urday when, helping push a stall
ed car on NC 211 a mile from
West End, he was struck from be
hind by another car.
This was Moore’s ninth high
way fatality of the year, accord
ing to the State Highway Patrol.
State Trooper E. G. Shomaker
said Benjamin Tillman Ease, 19,
was dead on arrival at Moore
Memorial Hospital in Pinehurst
of a fractured skull and other in
juries.
Three other youths, Eugene
Forbis, Edward Wall and John
Edward Smith, all of Rocking
ham, were helping push Forbis’
car but managed to jump clear.
The other car, driven by Spen
cer Morton, 20, of West End,
richocheted from the blow and
overturned on the highway,
throwing out its occupants, Mor
ton and James Pack, 19, of West
End. Both were hospitalized.
Morton’s car was demolished.
A third car was also involved,
the trooper reported. Coming
along behind Morton’s, an auto
driven by Jerry Vest of West
End hit the stalled Forbis car a
glancing blow but no personal
injury or damage resulted.
Shomaker said Morton’s car
apparently did not actually strike
the Forbis car at all, as it swerved
to the right to avoid it but could
not avoid Ease, who was crushed
between the left front of Morton’s
car and the right rear of, the,
stedled vehicle.
Morton, interviewed, Wednes-
, day at the hospital, told the of
ficer he had been following the
Rockingham car, had passed Vest’s
car and got back into line when
Forbis’ car, with the boys of Rock
ingham at the rear, loomed up
just ahead. His violent swerve
took him all the way across the
right-hand lane to the soft should
er and he lost control getting
back on the road. His car somer
saulted once or twice down the
highway, landing more than 300
feet beyond the tragedy site.
The car driven by Forbis had
run out of gas and some unidenti
fied person had pushed it a short
distance, leaving it and its occu-
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Sgt. J. S. Jones of the State
Highway Patrol, who heads Pa
trol operatiops in Moore, Lee and
Chatham Counties, today appeal
ed to motorists in this area to do
everything in their power to help
halt highway fatalities.
The appeal was made against
this background:
Thirteen persons killed in head-
on collisions alone in North Car
olina last weekend.
Three killed and nine injured
in a head-on, two-car collision in
neighboring Lee County.
One young man killed—the
ninth fatality of 1961 for Moore
County—near West End last
weekend (see separate story in
today’s Pilot).
“The head-on collisions that
took 13 lives in the state last
weekend were the result of two
avoidable errors by motorists,”
Sgt. Jones ^aid, “driving on the
left-hand side of the highway
and improper passing. Both er
rors are avoidable and we are ap
pealing to motorists to be care
ful—to stay on their own side
of the road and to pass another
vehicle only at the proper place
and speed.”
With days getting shorter and
highways frequently foggy in the
mornings, accidents are much
more likely to happen, Sgt. Jones
pointed out.
“Be careful!” was his warning
to all drivers in this area.
Brick Given for
Ball Park Project
Contribution of* 12,000 bricks
for dugouts and a concession
stand at the proposed official Lit
tle League baseball park on Mor-
ganton Road, given by the
Sanford Brick and Tile Co. of
Sanford, was announced today by
the league’s board of directors.
The announcement publicly ex
pressed the gratitude of the
directors and said that a letter
of appreciation will be sent to
company officials.
Joel Stutts, chairman of the
park committee, said *today that
the gift of bricks, as well as other
donations, will make possible
completion of the park this year,
with the exception of lights for
night play. Funds will be sought
soon for the lighting projects, he
said. A dance is being planned to
help with the fund-raising.
At a meeting of the league’s
board of directors Tuesday night,
contracts for fence advertisements
and construction plans, for the
concession stand were approved.
Nurses Aide Training
Course Siaris Nov. 6
• Persons interested in taking a
volunteer nurses aide training
course, to be given on Mondays,
starting November 6, are asked
to get in touch with Sister Vir
ginia or Sister Catherine at St.
Joseph of the Pines Hospital.
The course, which will run for
10 weeks, will be conducted in
cooperation with the Red Cross
program for care of the sick and
injured.
YOUNG DEMOCRATS
TO MEET FRIDAY
Young Democratic Club
members of Moore County
will gather at the courthouse
in Carthage at 8 p.m.'Friday
for their annual business
meeting and to hear W. W.
Staton of Sanford, Democratic
national committeeman, make
the main address of the eve
ning.
Arthur Rowe, Moore YDC
president, urges that all
members and other interest
ed persons, especially young
people, plan to attend.
Officers will be elected and
delegates neuned to the YDC
state convention.
A number of candidates for
^ state YDC offices are expect
ed to be present at Carthage.
FuUenwider Heads Industry Croup
W. Harry FuUenwider was sentative of the town council on
elected chairman of the newly
appointed and expanded South
ern Pines industrial Committee
at the group’s first meeting in
the conference room at the town
hall Wednesday afternoon.
The new chairman succeeds
Norris L. Hodgkins, Jr. Ward Hill
was elected secretary, succeeding
Mr. FuUenwider.
The committee, appointed by
the mayor, seeks to bring suit
able new industry to Southern
Pines, to cooperate with existing
industry and to sponsor projects
of benefit to the local industrial
and business community.
Present at the meeting yester
day were Mr. FuUenwider, Mr.
Hodgkins, Alwin W. Folley, Mx.
Hill, James D. Hobbs, the repre-
the group: W. S. Thomasson who,
with J. T. Overton, was named
merchants’ representative on the
committee; and J. Cecil Beith of
the Industrial Advisory Conunit-
tee appointed by Mayor John S.
Ruggles at the October council
meeting last month.
Mr. Thomasson reported yes
terday on plans for organization
of the Merchants Council sug
gested by Mayor Ruggles when
he made the appointment of Mr.
Thomasson and Mr. Overton.
Other members of the Indus
trial Advisory Committee are W.
J. Donovan, chairman; Edward
T. Taws, Jr., R. M. Cushman and
W. P. Saunders.
Mayor Ruggles is an ex-officio
member of the full committee.
County Fair Will
Open Monday. Run
Thru Next Week
The annual Moore County
Agricultural Fair will open Mon
day of next week, at Carthage,
to run through Saturday, spon
sored by the Carthage Jaycees
and featuring a variety of ex
hibits, events and entertainment.
Susan Woodall of Roanoke
Rapids, “Miss North Carolina” of
1961, is expected to be on hand
Wednesday night for the Moore
County Beauty Pageant, in which
“Miss Moore County High
School” will be chosen. Also ex
pected is Patsy McRee of South
ern Pines, last year’s winner of
the contest. Entries include girls
representing high schools around
he county.
The Junior Cattle and Dairy
Show, opening at 9 a. m. Tuesday,
is another highlight of the week,
when livestock grown by 4-H
Club boys and girls will be dis
played.
A bicycle will be given away
to some lucky child on Tuesday
afternoon, when all white school
children of the county will be ad
mitted free, and again on Thurs
day afternoon when Negro chil
dren are admitted without
charge.
The O. C. Buck Shows will pro
vide midway entertainment.
There will be a fireworks display
each night at 10 o’clock.
E. H. Mills Heads
Committee for
Bond Proposals
E. H. Mills, mayor of Pinebluff,
heads the Moore County Citizens
Committee to support the pro
posed 10 state bond issues which
will be voted on November 7.
The 10 bond proposals total
$61,665,000, largely to provide
buildings and other facilities for
growing state services. The 10 is
sues are listed separately, so that
votes can be cast for or against
each one.
No new registration is needed
for those persons who are proper
ly registered to vote in general
elections, but registrars are open
ing their books for new registra
tions through Saturday, Novem
ber 4.
Brochures explaining all 10 of
the bond issues may be obtained
from Mr. Mills.