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Should town
and rural people in Moore Coun
ty get to know each other better?
An editorial, page 2, says yes.
Pioneer peach
growers will be honored Tues
day. For schedule of events and
a list of the oldtirhers, see page 9.
VOL. 42—NO. 9
TWENTY PAGES
SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 1962
TWENTY PAGES
PRICE: 10 CENTS
Appeal Made for
Contributions to
County 4-H Fund
An appeal for contributions to
the 4-H Development Fund was
made this week by Mrs. Cornelia
Vann who has been named South
ern Pines chairman for the drive.
The local campaign is part of
a Moore County effort, headed by
George Ross of Jackson Springs,
in a state-wide attempt to pro
vide funds! for scholarships and
camping facilities for boy ana
girl members of 4-H Clubs. The
clubs are devoted to rural youth
education in farming, forestry,
home economics and other fields.
Mrs. Vann said that local con
tributions, payable to the 4-H De
velopment Fund, should be sent
to P. O. Box 882, Southern Pines
Donations to the fund are tax-
deductible, she said.
4-H Clubs are administere’
through the federal-state-counb
Agricultural Extension Service,
Leader of the girls’ clubs in Moore
County is Miss Mary Braswell,
assistant home economics agent
The boys’ clubs are directed by
C. E. Lewis, Jr., assistant agri
cultural agent.
There are 23 dubs, with an
enrollment of 1,100 boys and
girls,, in Moore County.
The state goal is to provide
scholarships for one boy and one
girl in each of the 100 counties of
North Carolina, and to greatly in
crease camping facilities.
The four 4-H camps now in use
can accommodate 5,000 young
people during a 10-week camp
ing season. Adequate camping ac
commodations for 20,000 are
needed.
‘Don Pasquale’ to
Be Presented in
English Jan. 27
A performance of Donizetti’s
comic opera, “Don Pasquale,"
sung in English by the National
Opera Company, will be presented
by the Sandhills Music Associa
tion, Saturday night, January 27,
in Weaver Auditorium. Curtain
time is 8:30 p.m.
“Don Pasquale,” an excellent
example of Italian “buffo” style,
will be the third attraction in the
1961-’62 concert series of the
Music Association. The fourth and
final attraction in the series will
be an appearance of the North
Carolina Little Symphony Orches
tra on Thursday, February 15.
The National Opera Company,
formerly Grass Roots Opera, has
appeared successfully in South
ern Pines before, under auspices
of the Music Association. It is
now in its 13th year of bringing
live opera in English to the
American public. In North Car
olina, the opera company’s home
state, and on national tours, the
young professional singers bring
this form of music theatre to
many towns and colleges that are
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AT FOOTBALL DINNER—High spot of the
program at the annual Elks dinner for Southern
Pines High School football players was the
Most Valuable Player award, the James S.
Milliken, Jr., memorial trophy. Left to right:
Head Coach Billy Megginson; Eddie McKenzie,
winner of tlie award; Joe Garzik, making the
presentation for the VFW; Assistant Coach John
WiUiams; and Gary Mattocks, Elon College
coach and Southern Pines native, guest speaker.
(Humphrey photo)
Point-to-Point Race Saturday Expected
To Attract Many Spectators to Course
The fifth annual point-to-point
race, sponsored by the Moore
County Hounds, will begin at 2 p
m. Saturday testing the abilities
of a large field of local horses and
riders and others coming here for
the event.
Starting place will be the same
as in former years: the “Buchan
field” reached by an entrance
through the Mileaway Farm of
Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Moss. The
farm is off old No. 1 highwsjy
(May Street extension), north of
Southern Pines. Mr. Moss is joint
master, with Richard D. Webb, of
the Moore County Hounds and
Mrs. Moss is secretary of the or
ganization.
Spectators in automobiles are
invited to view the race at start,
finish or a number of vantage
points along its eight-mile plus
course. There are no spectator or
entry fees for the event.
Condition of horses is checked at
start and finish of the race which
features a choice of courses—the
8.2 miles shortest distance, taking
the horses over the highest fences,
and longer routes, including one
with no jumps at all, optional for
less experienced riders.
Three senior riders receive
awards, along with winning
junior riders. Mr. Webb, of South
ern Pines and Greenwich, Conn.,
has twice won the top senior
award, giving him two legs on the
Enid Walsh challenge cup, pre
sented by Mr. and Mrs. Harley
Walsh of Southern Pines and
Como, Quebec, Canada. A third
win by Mr. Webb will retire the
trophy.
Two judges will be stationed at
Blue to Preside
At Press Meeting
Scheduled Tonight
H. Clifton Blue of Aberdeen,
editor and pubUshef of The Sand
hill Citizen, will preside tonight
(Thursday) at the opening session
of the annual Press Institute of
the North Carolina Press Associa
tion, to be held in Chapel Hill,
tonight through Saturday morn
ing. Mr. Blue, president of the
Association, will have a promi
nent part in other events on the
three-day program.
Clyde Council, Pilot advertising
manager, and Cad Benedict, as
sociate editor, will attend to
night’s session and other meetings
of the Institute tomorrow.
Tonight’s program, which will
include presentation of the an
nual Press Association newspaper
awards by Gov. Terry Sanford,
will be televised oh Channel 4,
Clrapel HiU, starting at 8:30 p.m.
The awards, ace not announced
until the presentations are made.
Pilot readers may find the pro
gram of special interest.
each of the nine “points” to be
passed during the race, as well as
start and finish. The finish will
be between flags in “Hobby
field” on the North side of
Youngs road, across from the for
mer Notre Dame Academy prop
erty, where it can be seen from
the road.
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SCHOOLING SHOW
An informal schooling horse
show is scheduled for 1;30 p. m.
Sunday at the Lake Lawn Farm
ring of Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Win-
kleman on Youngs Road. There
will be the usual four horseman
ship classes for young people and
a minimum of three adult Green
Hunter classes.
Judges for the show are Mr.
and Mrs. William Gilbert.
Eddie McKenzie
Winner of ‘Most
Valuable’ Trophy
Eddie McKenzie, backfield
player with the 1961 Southern
Pines High School football team,
received the James S. Milliken,
Jr., memorial trophy as most val
uable player on the team, during
the 15th annual testimonial foot
ball banquet at the Country Club
Saturday night.
The Southern Pines Elks Club
is host to the yearly affair. The
Milliken award is presented an
nually by John Boyd Post, Veter
ans of Foreign Wars. The winner
is chosen by vote of fellow team
members and is not known until
the presentation.
Attending the banquet were
football squad members, who
each received a gold football pro
vided by the Elks; Head Coach
(Continued on Page 5)
County Library
Board Considers
Merger Proposal
The Moore County Library
board is interested in a “Regional
Plan” of library development,
and will investigate its possibili
ties in company with boards of
the Montgomery and Richmond
County libraries.
Under the plan, the three coun
ty libraries would band togethei
for administrative purposes, ef
fecting savings and tapping
sources of state and federal aid.
Such a plan is said to enable each
to have a better library than any
one of them could on its own.
Moore is already operating un
der a “sharing” plan by which
a certified librarian. Miss Hollis
Haney, divides her time between
Moore and Richmond, running
both libraries with local staffs.
The Moore board, meeting Mon
day at the county library, decided
to invite the other two boards te
a supper meeting here early in
February, to pursue a study of
the plan initiated by the Rich-,
mond board several months ago
The meeting here has been ten-
tively set for Tuesday evening,
February 6.
No Decision
“This does not mean any deci
sion has been made,” said W.
Stuart Evans of Robbins, chair
man. “It simply means that we
are interested in finding out more
about the plan, what the benefits
would be and how, if we reach an
agreement, it could best be put
into effect. It would call for a high
level of cooperation and we would
have to see how this could be
worked out before presenting it
• •*
Company Plans Build
Big Shopping Center
to the county commissioners.”
The approval of the county com
missioners is required, as their
cooperation is the most essential
item. The plan would call initial
ly for an increased appropriation,
but for that, federal aid would be
immediately available alipost
equal to the amount of the in
crease, it was explained. Also,
savings in clerical work, purchas
ing power and the librarian’s time
would be effected through cen
tral administration.
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TO DISCUSS WORK OF THE LATE CHARLES MACAULEY
Two Boys to Speak at Archeology Meeting
WATCH OUT!
Motorists on Youngs Road
and at other places along the
course are warned to watch
out for horses during the run
ning of the point - to - pont
race that starts at 2 p.m. Sat
urday.,-The horses will cross
Youngs Road during the race.
Guide cars will be present to
lead strangers in automobiles
from the start to one or more
of the "points" and to the
finish line. "Horses
can't dodge cars," said a race
official. "Please stay out of
their way."
Final Appeal in
Seal Sale Made
Final appeal notices are goinp
out this week to persons who have
not yet contributed to the annual
Christmas Seal Sale of the Moore
County Tuberculosis Association
Stating that contributions are
running behind those of the pre
vious year, Forrest Lockey of
Aberdeen, seal sale chairman,
urged that gifts in any amount
be sent to the seal sale office, P
O, Box . 70, Pinehurst . , ,:
“We are grateful for the many
generous contributions that have
already been received,” he said.
Two 15-year-old Southern
Pines boys whose enthusiasm for
archeology have sent them scour
ing Moore County for evidences
of ancient Indians living in this
area will be the featured speak
ers tomorrow (Friday) night at
a meeting of the Uppier Cape Fear
Chapter of the Archeological So
ciety of North Carolina.
The boys are Bob Ganis
son of Warrant Officer and Mrs..
Joseph F. Ganis of 650 East
Indiana Ave. (his father has
been in Korea since September)
and Carlton Niessner, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Martin W. Niessner of
Pee Dee Road.
The meeting, one in a series be
ing held by the group formed last
year with members from a num
ber of east-central North Carolina
counties, will begin at 7:30 p.
m. at the Bel-Aire Restaurant,
three miles south of Fayetteville
on Highway 301.
The boys will discuss an arche
ological survey of Moore County
made by the late Charles Macau-
ley of Southern Pines about 30
years ago, as well as some of their
own findings. Portions of their
■personal collections of Indian arti
facts will be displayed, as we’l
as items from the Macauley col
lection.
Mr. Macauley, who wrote for
some time for The Pilot, died in
1953. His collection of artifacts
and copies of a pamphlet 'ne
wrote, “'Vanished Indians of the
Sandhills,” are preserved at the
Southern Pines Library and were
made available to the boys there.
The boys discovered a mutual
interest in archeology when they
were both students at St. Anth
ony’s School here. Both are now in
Southern Pines High School, Gan
is in the 10th grade and Niessner
in the ninth.
The spend most of their free
time, ^turdays and Sunday
afternoons, looking for artifacts,
finding their richest source of ma-
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PLANT CLOSES
The Watson - Williams Co.
which has been manufactur
ing wooden shuttles for tex
tile machines in a plant south
of Pinebluff on No. 1 high
way, ceased operations Fri
day.
Negotiations are going on ,
for sale of the business, with
hope that it may continue in
operation, according to Hu
bert Watson, general! mana
ger.
The company occupied the
building, which was con
structed by the Sandhills Bet
terment Corporation, on a
lease-purchase basis.
Participants in
PTA Variety Show
To Meet Sunday
The first group planning ses
sion for the fund-raising variety
show to be presented by the East
Southern Pines Parent -Teacher
Association Friday and Saturday,
February 9 and 10, will be held
in Weaver Auditorium at 2:30 p.'
m. Sunday.
Mrs. Albert Grove, PTA presi
dent, said that members of the
cast, the directors and all inter
ested persons are invited to meet
at that time to plan future re
hearsals, sequence of acts and oth
er matters.
Taking part in the show will be
talented adults who are volun
teering their services. Other
adults are invited to take part in
the show as chorus members, par-
Iticipants in “fill-in skits” and
otherwise. Everyone interested,
both persons with a special talent
and others, are invited to attend
Sunday’s meeting. PTA member
ship is not required to take part.
Persons organizing and direct
ing the show include Mrs. John
McPhaul, William McAdams, Mrs.
Fred Chappell, Don Moore, Mrs.
Pat Starnes and Mrs. Grove. The
PTA president said that she will
soon announce other committees.
The show will be the mam
fund-raising event of the PTA
year, with proceeds going to ev-
eral projects of benefit to the
schools. I
^ Plans for a “Town and Country
Shopping Center” project, with
an estimated eventual cost of one
and a quarter million dollars,
were announced this week by W.
M. Storey Lumber Co., to be lo
cated between Southern Pines
and Aberdeen, on Highway 1-15-
501.
A “Phase I” portion of the pro
ject, containing between 60,000
and 70,000 feet of floor space and
housing a proposed super market,
department, store, variety store,
drug store and other businesses—-
will be built first and, it is hoped,
will be in operation by the end of
this year, according to the an
nouncement by Alwin Folley of
the Lumber Company.
Also in the Phase I plan, but
in a separate building near the
highway, is a drive-in bank
structure.
Voit Gilmore of Sojithern Pines
is president of the W. M. Storey
Lumber Company. Mr. Gilmore,
who is director of the United
States Travel Service with
headquarters in Washington, D.
C., is the owner of the Howard
Johnson’s Restaurant and Motor
Lodge which are just north of
the announced location of the pro
posed shopping center develop
ment.
According to the plans an
nounced this week, the shopping
center would occupy a tract ap
proximately 900 by 1,000 feet in
size, immediately south of the
Howard Johnson’s properly and
including in its northeast corner
the existing Esso service station.
The connected Phase I build
ings would be set back from the
highway about 600 feet, running
some 700 feet in ^ north-south
direction and from 100 to 125 feet
deep, in an east-west dimension.
A. parking lot, about 700 by 350
feet in size, would be located im
mediately in front of the build
ings, toward the highway.
Between the parking lot and
the highway would be the exist
ing service station, a tentatively
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Band Boosters to Meet
At High. School Monday
The Band Boosters Club will
meet at 8 p.m. Monday in Room
106 of the East Southern Pines
High School building.
C. A. McLaughln, the band’s
publicity chairman who announc
ed the meeting, made an “urgent
plea” to all interested persons to
attend, whether or not they are
members of the club or have
children in school.
Lost School Days
Prevent Vacation
The three school days lost last
week (Wednesday through Fri
day) because of snow and sub-
freezing weather will be made
up by elimination of a planned
three-day Spring vacation, March
14, 15 and 16, Supt. Luther A.
Adams said t^ay. The plan is
subject to official confirmation
at the next meeting of the board
of education, he said.
Mr. Adams pointed out that the
proposed Spring vacation had
been scheduled more than a
month before Easter which falls
late this year, on April 22. The
school still plans to give students
a holiday on the Friday before
Easter and the Monday after
Easter, he said.
MAHOGANY FURNITURE COLLECTION
Millspaugh Wins Designing Awards
COLLECTORS—Carlton Niessner, left, and Bob Ganis examine
items in Niessner’s collection of Indian artifacts from Moore
County. Ganis has a similar collection. The 15-year-old archeo
logy hobbyists are looking at a “paleo axe” found in the Deep
River area, held by Niessner, and a stone hoe, found in the Little
River area, held by Ganis. “Projectile points” (arrow and spear
heads), hammer stones, other implements and pottery types are
included in the large display wliich is only partially shown here.
The smooth oval stone, with hole neatly drilled through it, at
lower left of photo, is a rare “atlatl” wei^t, used Indians
as a counterwei^t for leverage mi a wooden contrivance that
gave additional force when throwing a. spear. (Pilot photo)
Top awards in two classes of
mahogany 18th century furniture
reproductions went last week to
the Hickory Chair Co. of Hickory,
manufacturers, and to the furni
ture’s designer, Cedric Errol Mill
spaugh of Southern Pines. Mr.
Millspaugh also shared in the
honor of the “Best in Show”
award made to the company for
the two classes comprising its
“James River Collection,” all de
signed by the local man.
The awards, given by the spon
soring M£ihogany Association,
Inc., were presented at the Third
Annual Mahogany Evening of
Awards in the Palmer House,
Chicago. Mr. Millspaugh attend
ed the event.
The awards to Mr. Millspaugh
highest award for dining
room suite design and highest
award for occasional pieces de
sign.
Tangible evidence of the awards
are “obys”—carved mahogany
obelisks that are the symbol of
the competition. Mr. Millspaugh
received one of these, 20 inches
tall, bearing an engraved plate
designating his highest award in
each of the two classes, and one
also went to the Hickory Chair
Co. Both aije for permanent pos
session.
lir recognition, of the “Best in’
Show” award, the company also
received a much larger “oby” of
the same design, to keep and dis
play for a year, until another an
nual “Best in Show” winner is
announced.
The James River collection
features reproductions and adap
tations of 18th century furniture
in historic plantation homes
along the James River in Vir
ginia.
The competition is confined to
designers and manufacturers of
mahogany furniture.
About 500 furniture manufac
turers, representatives, retailers,
designers and decorators attended
the “Evening of Awards” dinner
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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
January 11 20 8
January 12 31 13
January 13 41 9
January 14 42 18
January 15 61 35
January 16 58 29
J?inuary 17 52 24