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SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1961
Many Residents
Oppose Cutting
Midland Trees
Sandhills area people don’t
want the trees in the center of
Midland Road to be cnt.
That’s the conclusion to be
drawn from many calls to Mayor
John S. Ruggles and from letters
and calls to The Pilot, this week
Last week, the mayor asksd The
Pilot to publish a suggestion that
had been made to him: that the
trees be cut, to help prevent such
accidents as the one in which two
local young men w-ere killed early
last week, when their car struck
a tree in the center section. He
said he’d welcome comments and
The Pilot invited readers to ex- I
press .their opinions in letters to
the editor.
“The result,” Mayor Ruggles
said today, “was as I expected.
Sentiment is predominately for
not cutting the trees. In fact, I
was surprised that as many as
two persons did say they would
like to see the trees cut down. Of
course, I myself want to keep the
trees.”
The Pilot received no letter
favoring getting rid of the trees
but did get a number of letters
from persons who want to keep
them. Several of these, with The
Pilot’s own editorial, appear on
page 2.
Other letters received by The
Pilot, too late for printing in “The
Public Speaking” on the .editorial
page, which goes to press Tues
day, follow;
From S. B. Richardson, South-
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WRECK SCENE— Havoc wrought by a truck
when it struck an Aberdeen and Rockfish rail
road train yesterday is partially shown in this
photo. The truck is in left background. Rail
road cars were derailed, some cars lost their
wheels and a long section of track was tom up.
(y. Nicholson photo)
ON ABERDEEN & ROCKFISH RAILROAD
Train Wrecked When Hit By Truck
Public Can Help
Post Office With
Yule Mail Rush
Expressing appreciation for the
public’s cooperation in sending
Christmas mail early, Postmaster
J. W. Causey today asked that all
cards and packages for distant des
tinations be mailed by December
10, that local packages be in the
mail by December 15 and that lo
cal cards be mailed at least a
week before Christmas, to insure
timely delivery' and efficient
handling.
He also asked that Christmas
seals and stickers be put on the
back of packages and envelopes
and pointed out that transparent
ce,llophane tape placed over ad
dress labels on packages will in
sure that the label is not defaced
or lost.
The local post office has so far
not been authorized to stay open
any extra hours, said the post
master. No extra employees are
being taken on for the '‘Christ
mas rush,” but regular employ
ees are working overtime.
The volume of mail, incoming
and outgoing., is heavy and in
creasing every day.
MONEY PROBLEM
Is there some Canadian winter
resident or visitor who would be
willing to trade U. S. money for
a number of Canadian coins that
have been dropped into The
Pilot’s self-service newspaper
vending machine? The Pilot does
does not have enough of these
coins to red&sm them at a bank.
A truck struck an Aberdeen
& Rockfish train btoadside at a
rural road crossing two miles
southeast of Aberdeen Wednes
day at 9:15 a. m., derailing seven
cars and sending the truck driver
and a companion to the hospital.
Some 400 feet of track were rip
ped up.
None of the train’s crew of five
Robert Gavin to
Speak Wednesday
Robert L. Gavin of Sanford,
Republican candidate for gover
nor of North Carolina in last
year’s election, will be guest
speaker Wednesday night of next
week when the Men of Emmanuel
Episcopal Church have their
monthly dinner meeting in the
church’s parish hall.
Mr. Gavin, an attorney who
waged a vigorous if unsuccessful
campaign for the state’s highest
office, will speak on the relation
ship of politics and religion.
Interested persons who are not
members of the Men of Emmanuel
are invited to attend, up to the
capacity of the parish hall. Those
wanting to attend the dinner,
which begins at 7 p.m., are asked
to make reservations by calling
Leonard Muddimer at the church
office on Friday or Monday after
noon. Persons who wish to come
only for the speaking should plan
to arrive about 7:45 p.m.
men was hurt.
At Moore Memorial Hospital,
it was reported that Walter Rog
ers, 27, driver of the truck, and
David Rogers, 17, did not show
signs of serious injury. Both are
Negroes, employed by the McNair
S&cd Co. of Laurinburg.
The truck was one of two own
ed by McNair Farms heading to
ward Route 211 from Laurin
burg on their way , to Vass to pick
up a load of shavings. The driver
of the second truck saw the col
lision and took the injured men
to the hospital. The front end of
their six-wheeled panel truck was
demolished.
TTie accident occurred within
sight of 211, as the southbound
freight passed the crossing on
a straight stretch of track be
tween open fields. The truck hit
the rear end of the 50-foot-Jong
engine, knocking off its back
trucks and causing the airbrake
to function, though the engine it
self remained upright.
Behind the engine, though, two
coal cars and two tank cars piled
up, one of the co^ cars spilling
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PTA to Hear Band, Glee Club Monday
The annual Christmas program
of the school band and glee club
will be presented at the Decem
ber meeting of the East Southern
Pines Parent-Teacher Association
to be held in Weaver Auditorium
at 8 p. m. Monday.
Both the band and the glee
club, each under direction of Wil
liam McAdams, will present a va
ried program that will feature
Christmas music.
Mrs. Albert Grove, PTA presi
dent, urges all parents to attend.
The PTA has a membership of
more than 500.
UGHTS GO UP!
Twenty-four large Christ
mas lighting devices for the
business section were install
ed on power poles this week
and about half of them were
turned on >tor the first time
Wednesday night.
Twelv6 of the decorations
are five-feet-tall "English
lantern" devices, with glow
ing simulated candles. The
other dosen are "scroll and
bell" decorations, with tinsel
and several light bulbs, that
are even larger.
Thomas Ruggles. president
of the Jaycees who sponsored
a fund drive to buy the
lights, said that response to
the lights has been good. He
again expressed appreciation
to all who had contributed to
the thind.
McPHAUL REELECTED DISTRICT CHAIRMAN
Scout Leaders Honored For Year’s Work
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3 Registrars of
Vital Statistics
Named For County
The county commissioners have
appointed three registrars of vital
statistics.
This move apparently concludes
a series of actions that saw the
registrations of births and deaths,
county-wide, turned over to the
county health department, on re
commendation of the State Board
of Health, and then taken from
that department, after Dr. J. D.
Willcox, county health officer,
said that his office was not pre
pared to handle the task and that
he did not want to have anything
to do with it.
As matters stand now, these are
the registrars;
Mrs. Margaret B. Mattocks of
Southern Pines, for McNeill,
Sandhill, Mineral Springs and
Little River townships. (Report
edly 90 per cent or more of the
birth and death registrations in
the county are handled by her,
because her territory includes the
county’s two hospitals.)
Edward B. (Moss) Frye of
Carthage, Greenwood and Deep
River Townships.
Mrs. E. W. Hunsucker of Rob
bins, for Sheffield, Ritter and
Bensalem townships.,
Physicians turn birth and death
certificates over to registrars of
vital statistics who make copies
for permanent files in Carthage
and Raleigh.
VFW Makes Appeal for
Needy’s Cheer Baskets
it;.
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.
Max
Min
December 1
67
36
December 2
66
38
December 3
67
37
December 4
67
40
December 5
63
53
December 6
63
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Farmers to Vote on Market Quotas
Moore County tobacco, cotton r.aferendum next year on market
and peanut producers will go to
the polls on Tuesday, December
12, to vote in an important refer-
Men and women scouters of
the Moore district, more than 800
strong, crowded into the National
Guard Armory Friday night to
eat “potluck” supper at gaily
decorated tables, hear an account
of fine progress during the year
just ending, install new officers
and chairmen for 1962 and ap-
pjaud a brilliant and erudite ad
dress by one of the State’s top
educators. Dr. Marcus E. Hobbs.
John A. McPhaul of Southern
Pines was installed as district
chairman for his second term. In
his progress report for 1961, he
noted that Moore had made a
healthy contribution to the for
ward march which has made the
12-district Occoneechee Council
one of the top councils of the na
tion. With 14 units added during
the past year, Moore (with Mc
Cain in Hoke county also inclu
ded- in the district) now has a
total of 80 units, serving more
than 1,350 boys. This number is
expected to reach 1,450 by the
year’s end—“Yet,” said McPhaul.
“we can do better, and we wiU.’
1962 Officers
Installed along with Chairman
McPhaul were vice chairmen Jim
Perkinson and Ted Taws of
Southern Pines, Edward McCar
thy of Aberdeen, Richard Self
endum.
Producers will vote on whether
programs of price support and
marketing quotas will continue
on tobacco and cotton for the next
three years: 1962, 1963 and 1964.
They will also vote on whether
to continue assessments for the
support of Tobacco Associates and
the North Carolina Peanut Grow
ers Association.
Tobacco growers will decide
whether to continue marketing
quotas with a high level of price
supports and a penalty assessed
against non-compliers; or whether
they want no marketing quotas,
with no penalty on non-compliers
and no price support on the 1962
crop. If marketing quotas are dis
approved, there will be another
ing quotas for the following three
years.
Unless a large number of to- --^q uo oenei, tiiiu vvc w..a.
bacco farmers go out arid vote in noted that still only one of
this referendum, the issues in
volved could be voted out, points
out F. D. Allen, Moor.e County
agricultural agent.
In 1939, when tobacco quotas
were voted out the average price
of tobacco dropped to 15.3 cents
per pound as compared to 22.6
cents per pound in 1938; a 30 per
cent reduction in price, reflecting
a 60 per cent increase in acreage
and production, without controls.
If quotas were voted out this
year and prices reduced by 30 per
cent for the 1962 crop, farmers
would receive an average price
of 45 cents per pounds for the
1962 tobacco crop.
“I believe every farmer can
see how ipuch this referendum
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of Robbins, Ralph Dodge of Mc
Cain and J. Douglas David of
Pinebluff; Dr. J. C. Grier, Jr.,
longtime district commissioner
reappointed for another term, and
(Continued on page 21)
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W. LAMONT BROWN
Brown Will Head
Bar Association
In Coming Year
W. Lament Brown was elected
president of the Moore County
Bar Association Tuesday night,
succeeding R. F. Hoke Pollock.
Both are Southern Pines resi
dents.
Other officers elected by the
attorneys of the county for the
coming year are; M. G. Boyette of
Carthage. vice-president; Law
rence McN. Johnson of Aberdeen,
secretary-treasurer; and three
members of the executive com
mittee, Mr. Pollock, Robert N.
Page III of Aberdeen and W. D
Sabiston of Carthage.
The attorneys met at Dante’s
Restaur^t for their dinner and
business session.
Reviewing accomplishments of
the Bar Association during the
past year, the attorneys noted:
That, at the Association’s re
quest, a telephone had been in
stalled by the county commis
sioners in the hall adjoining the
courtroom in Carthage, for the
convenience of judges and law
yers.
A photocopy machine, recom
mended by the Association, has
been put into operation in the
register of deeds office at Carth
age, proving a time-saver in mak
ing certified copies of certain
papers.
An act of the General Assem
bly, recommended by the Asso
ciation, gives the coiinty commis
sioners authority to change the
charges for filing various types
of papers in the register of deeds
office, although the commission-
.3rs have not yet exercised this
right. (See item elsewhere in to
day’s Pilot, indicating that the
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* John Boyd Post, Veterans of
Foreign Wars, has begun its
Christmas cheer basket program,
placing barrels for food dona
tions in grocery stores of the
community this week.
Harry Chatfield, chairman, said
that the post this year is not un
dertaking to repair and distribute
toys and other non-food items,
but will concentrate its efforts on
the baskets.
Cash donations are always
needed, he pointed out, to sup-
plemsnt grocery store collections.
Checks should be made payable
to “VFW Christmas Cheer Fund”
and sent to Mr. Chatfield, Box
272, Southern Pines.
Last year the post distributed
about 75 large food baskets to
needy families. Most of the fam
ilies aided were on a list suppli
ed by the county welfare depart
ment which coordinates Christ
mas giving over the county with
its list of certified needy families.
Commissioners
Look With Favor
On Ag Building
Meeting in Carthage Monday,
the county commissioners gave
tentative approval to a plan to
construct an agriculture building
in the county seat, eliminating
former plans to include space for
the county library and a large au
ditorium in the structure.
The building, which would
house all the agricultural agency
offices at Carthage, has been un
der discussion for several years.
Plans were drawn early this year
for a building that would cost
about $230,000 which the commis
sioners decided was more than
they could put into the project.
The county has about $95,000 on
hand, drawing three per cent in
terest, earmarked for the build
ing..
Pressure for a decision was put
on the board Monday by a dele
gation of some 50 Moore County
Farm Bureau members who
crowded into the small meeting
room. Their spokesman. Bureau
President S. R. Ransdell, Jr., of
Aberdeen, Route 1, told the com
missioners that the Farm Bureau
does not oppose a county library
but that “we need this building
now.” He said that many farmers
can’t visit agricultural agency
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JIW«8D
1
four eligible boys in the district
is a member.
Progress has been made in
camping and participation in oth
er activities, in leadership train
ing—48 leaders were trained last
ynar—-and on other Scouting
fronts.
Presiding over the district’s an
nual “Recognition Dinner” was
R. M. Cushman of Southern Pines
and Aberdeen as banquet chmr-
man. Conducting the installation
was Wallace Wood, who has re
cently come to Raleigh from At
lanta, Ga., to become the new
Occoneechee executive. He will
succeed John Shutt January 1
when Shutt wEl, go to a National
Council post.
Kiwanis Will Hear
Jonas Friday; Cup
Award Set Dec. 15
Congressman Charles R. Jonas
of Lincolnton, North Caro
lina’s only Republican represen
tative, will be the speaker at a
meeting of the Sandhills Kiwanis
Club, to be held at the :?inehurst
Country Club at 12:15 p. m. Fri
day.
The Friday meeting replaces the
regular Wednesday luncheon
meeting of the club this week.
There will be no Wednesday
meeting next week either, because
on Friday night of next week,
December 15, the club will hold
its annual Ladies Night, occasion
for the awarding of its Builders
Cup, for civic service, to som.e
outstanding citizen of the county.
The regular Wednesday lunch
eon schedule will be resumed De
cember 20.
County Has New
Negro Home Agent
Mrs. Amelia Capeheart began
work Friday as Negro home eco
nomics agent for Moore County,
filling a post that has been va
cant since the resignation of Mrs.
Eva Crawford in September.
Mrs. Capeheart, a widow, is a
native of Orange County and has
over 20 years experience in Ex
tension Service work.
At their meeting Monday, the
county commissioners authorized
the employment of a secretary for
her office, on a trial basis.
Since the resignation of Mrs.
Crawford, the county council of
Negro Home Demonstration clubs
has been keeping the home eco
nomics program in operation.
Mrs. Capeheart was interview
ed by the commissioners in a
special meeting last month.
AWARD— Among Scout leaders honored at the Moore Dis
trict’s recognition dinner was Frank Wilson, scoutmaster of
Troop 864, Manly, who was designated the outstanding scout
master in the district during the past year. He is pictured with
his son. Tommy, a member of the troop, and holds the certificate
he received. On wall in the background is a portion of a large
chart showing the administrative organization of Scouting in
the district. (Humphrey photo)
DAVID REAPPOINTED
J. Douglas David of Pinebluff
was reappointed Monday by the
county commissioners as county
tax collector for the coming year
The commissioners accepted his
tax settlement showing 97.03 per
cent of 1960 taxes collected to De
cember 4, for a total of $826,-
351.19.
Tickets Sell Well For
Opera Friday. Saturday
Students in the East South.3rn
Pines J unior High School are put
ting finishing touches on their
production of “Amahl and the
Night Visitors,” a one-act opera
which they will present Friday
and Saturday nights in Weaver
Auditorium at 8 p. m.
Tickets for the event have been
selling well, the school reports.
PLAY SCHEDULED
Theatre in the Pines will pre
sent a comedy, “The Late Chris
topher Bean,” at the Pinehurst
Playhouse December 14, 15 and
16. Details and a rehearsal scene
photo, page 18.