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Did you like to sample foods in grocery stores? Do you have trouble opening packaged food? Meet a kindred soul, page 2. 431 '^RolrU'* “’few iGl^ndon Cot^FiacK ^^^{iql«5pq5> Comiron pjl pin What’s your opinion on fallout shelters? Read and answer a questionnaire pre pared by high school students. See page 13. VOL. 42—NO. 13 EIGHTEEN PAGES SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1962 EIGHTEEN PAGES PRICE: 10 CENTS Hunter Trials on Saturday to Draw Big Field Entries Advance entries for the Hunter Trials of the Moore County Hounds—the 30th annual running of this event—are larger than in any previous year, it was report ed this week. The trials will take place at The Scotts Comer course, out Youngs Road, starting at 2 p.m. Saturday. Reserved parking places, as well £is reservations for the Hunt Ball to take place at the Moore County Club on Youngs Road Saturday night,^can be obtained by calling Mrs. War ner Atkins in Pinehurst or Mrs. W. O. Moss, secretary of the Moore County Hounds, Southern Pines. Entries for the Hunter Trials are coming in from New York State, Pennsylvania, Camden, S. C., Charlotte, Greensboro and Raleigh. Nine horses are being sent in from Raymond Firestone’s Lauray Stables of Camden and Bath, Ohio. The thoroughbred hunter class was won for the past two years by Blessington of Lauray Stables. Previous ■ years’ winners which are entered in this year’s Hun ter Trials in addition to Blessing- ton, are South Lark, owned by Mr. and Mrs. Warner Atkins of Pinehurst; Blythewood and Rapid Creek, owned by Miss Mary Swan Sprague; Little ’Trip and Pine Needles of the Lakelawn Farm ■of Mr, and Mrs. D. W. Winkel- man; and Richard D. Webb’s Victor Valiant and Hy Progress. ClJisses and trophies are: First Season Hunters — the Mile Away Challenge TVophy. (Continued on Page 8) ■ Si * ‘ ^ * I w T- '/r A 4h F k* ' * I -fj W Vi. '14.^ STOREY CUP PRESEN’TED—The Storey Cup, awarded an- • nually to the Moore County Boy Scout troop with the best record of general excellence in Scouting activities during the preceding year, was presented Monday night to ’Troop 864 of Manly, at a District court of honor in the Pinehurst school auditorium. Mrs. Voit Gilmore of Southern Pines is making the presentation, on behalf of her husband who gives the cup in memory of his step father, the late W. M. Storey of Winston-Salem. Frank Wilson, scoutmaster of the troop, standing sixth from left, holds a small replica of the cup that went to him personally as part of the award. The Scouts seem happy about the honor. A full report on the court of honor, which included other awards to Scouts and ■ adult leaders, appears on page 13. Other photos of award win ners and activities during National Boy Scout Week, February 7-13, appear elsewhere in today’s Pilot. Mr. Wilson is featured as “Scouter of the Week” in the “Scout-O-Gram” column on page “A.” Mr. Gilmore, donor of the cup, is director of the United States ’Travel Service, with headquarters in Washington, and was unable to be present for the occasion. The Scout be tween the scoutmaster and Mrs. Gilmore is Warren Hannah. Both he and Mr. Wilson wear the sash of the Order of the* Ar row, honor camping group into which they were inducted Monday night. . (Humphrey photo) Plans Outlined Fo«r 50-Mile Ride Here March 16-17 Plans for the second annual Fifty-Mile Ride, to be conducted In the Sandhills March 16 and 17, under the sponsorship of the Town of Southern Pines, with co operation of the Moore County Hounds, were discussed at the bi weekly meeting of the town’s Ad vertising Committee, of which George Pottle is chairman, last Friday afternoon. Miss Page Shamburger of Aber deen, who worked with' the Ad vertising Committee last year in preparation for the test of endur ance in horses and riders, said that the ride would be held to 50 miles this year, in consider ation of the horses and riders who are expected to enter, and that the Moore County Hounds would have the responsibility of laying out the course, weighing the horses and other details. The Moore County Hounds will also provide the ribbons for win ners, and the Junior trophy, with the Advertising Committee pro,- viding the Senior trophy and the printed invitations to participate, which will go out soon. An awards banquet, Saturday, March 17, will also be provided by the Moore County Hounds. There were 26 entries in the event last year—the first year that it has been conducted. Miss Shamburger told the Ad vertising Committee that it may eventually work out that there will be both a 100-mile and a 50-mile rkJe, to accomodate var ious groups of riders. This year, however, there will be only the 50-mile event. ‘Corridor’ Plan To Be Discussed At Fort Bragg The controversial plan for a “corridor” for military use, across Hoke County to link Fort Bragg and the Camp Mackall training area, is being proposed again. Property owners and other re presentatives from Hoke, Scot land, Moore and Cumberland Counties, as well as representa tive of news media, have been invited by Lt Gen. Hamilton H. Howze, commander of the 2tvni Corps and of Fort Bragg, to a luncheon at Fort Bragg Tuesday to discuss the proposal. In addition to the corridor, the proposal includes use by the Army of “small parcels of land required elsewhere for practice river cross ing operations,” a letter from General Howze said. The general’s letter does not make clear on what basis the Army proposes to use the corridor and other land—^whether to buy or lease it, but General Howze noted, “I am aware of the pro blems inherent in such an under taking and intend to seek a solu tion which will satisfy our re quirement with minimum incon venience to local landowners. . . ’The use of the land will be very carefully controlled to avoid damage to it or to crops growing on it. . . ” In the corridor proposal a few years ago, which was abandoned after strong protests from Hoke County officials and others, there was a plan for a firing range over the area. MERCHANTS TO MEET MONDAY NIGHT Southern Pines merchants will meet in the town hall coiutroom at 7:30 p. m. Mon day to organize a Merchants Council. W. S. Thomasson, who has . been serving as temporary chairman of the Coun^ to day urged all local merchants and all interested pe^ns to attend the meeting. A Merchants CounciL to work for general improve ment of the business section and better service to custom ers, was proposed last fall by Mayor John S. Ruggles, to be organized in connection with the Southern Pines Industri al Committee of which W. Harry Fullenwider is chair man. A nine-member board of directors, to be chosen from various types of businesses, will be named Monday night. Governor to Speak at School Rallies, Participate in Ground-Breaking 10,000 VISITORS Donald D. Kennedy, chair man of the Stoneybrook Hunt Racing Association, s^ this week that 104)00 out-of-town visiters are expected for the 15th annual Stoneybrook Steeplechase race meet to be held here Saturday. Much 24. "As many of these visitors could be potential residents," Mr. Xeiuiedy said, "it be hooves \u to accentuate local support of the race meet. "This wUl a. wonderful, time to entert^ friends," he added. Comedy Hit to Open Playhouse Season Tuesday The Broadway comedy hit, “The Marriage-Go-Round,” will open a 10-week season at the Pinehurst Playhouse in Pinehurst Tuesday. Curtaun time will be 8:15 the opening night and at 8:30 each evening to follow, through Sun day, February 25, according to a scheduled to be maintained throughout the season. Starring in Producer Donald Filipelli’s opening attraction will be the husband and wife acting team of Peter Hobbs and Parker McCormick, playing a married couple on tlw stage. Mr. Hobbs recently finished an eight-year run as star of the tele vision series. “Secret Storm” and both he and his wife have appear ed in leading roles On Broadway and in television. Appearing with-them in Pine hurst next week will bp Amette Jens who was the “pony girl” in the long ..off-Broadway run of “The Balcony” last season, and Bruce Hall who has been in six Broadway plays. Rocco Bufano is the director and Frank Schmidt the stage manager. Governor Terry Sanford, who will bring his campaign for Qual ity Education to Moore County on Tuesday of next week, has been assigned another stop on his itinerary. He will take part in ground breaking exercises for Moore County’s first consolidated high school to be built on the Vass- Carthage road. On Tuesday the county board of education let a cpntract to Lacy Oldham of Sanford for land cleai*- ing and excavation at the low bid of $8,335. Seven bids were sub mitted. Governor Sanford’s itinerary will be: Elise High School in Robbins, 1 p. m. Pinckney High School in Car thage, 2 p. m. Carthage High School, 2:30 p. m. Ground - breaking exercises at the new consolidated high school location near Union Church, 3:15 p. m. Aberdeen High School, 4 p. m. Governor Sanford is coming to Moore at the invitation of the Moore County Citizens Committee for Better Schools of which Dr. A. A. Vanore of Robbins is chair man. Dr. Vanore urges everyone to attend these rallies—parents, teachers, students, and all who feel that better schools are vital ly important. GOP Schedules Dinner Feb. 20 Precinct chairmen throughout Moore County have tickets for the Lincoln Day dinner to be held by Moore County Republicans in the Carthage High School cafeteria, Tuesday, February 20, at 7 p.m. Visiting speaker for the event will be Robert L. Gavin of San ford, Republican candidate for governor of North Carolina in 1960. James E. Harrington, Jr., of Pinehurst, Moore GOP chairman, said this week that tickets are selling weU for the event. CLOSED FEB. 22 'The Citizens Bank & Trust Co. of Southern Pines will be closed, 'Thursday, February 22, in obser vance of Washington’s Birthday. Fletcher Southern To Build Plant Addition, Move New Firm Here Credit Bureau to Serve County May Be Established Monday, February 26, at 7:30 p.m. in the courthouse in Carth age is the date set for a meeting to discuss the possibility of setting up a credit bureau for Moore County. Informal meetings, on th^ mat ter have been held in the county by representatives of various merchant groups. Towns and counties have credit checking bureaus which supply information to their members on customers seeking to purchase merchandise on credit terms, but no such operation exists in Moore County. At a recent meeting in the courthouse in Carthage, it was the gMieral opinion that no single town in Moore could expect enough members to support such a bureau, but that with the com bined membership on a county wide basis, there might be enough merchants, as well as the banks and other institutions to swell the membership, and make it self- supporting. Henry Williams of Robbins, a director in the North Carolina Merchants Association and man ager of Belk-Cline’s in Robbins, (Continued on Page 8) - 150-Unit Motel Proposed at Site On No. i, North Possibility of construction of a 150-unit motel—twice sis large £is any such facility now in this area —north of Southern Pines, was revealed at the town council meeting Tuesday night when Town Manager F. F. (Bud) Rainey told the council that a request had been made about running a water line to the proposed site. Location of the project is near the junction of old Highway 1 (from Manly) and the No. 1 high way parkway. The* council authorized the manager and Town Attorney W. Lament Brown to negotiate on specific terms under which a water line might be extended from the end of a six-inch main in Manly—the present terminus of the town’s water service in a northward direction. Rainey said that A. B. Hardee, who is developing Whispering Pines, is among the persons active in the motel project. He said a facility of the size proposed would use an estimated $900 worth of water per quarter. He said the developers proposed installing the water line at no cost to the town, expecting reim bursement in reduction of subse quent water bills as well as in fees from property owners tap ping on to the new line in the future. Rainey said the project includes a pitch and putt golf -course as well as a motel. 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 February 8 45 24 February 9 54 32 February 10 47, S4 February 11 44 18 February 12 51 32 February 13 47 27 February 14 , 72 35 Nurse Scholarship Drive Launched The Sandhills Veterans Associa tion began its annuEil drive to raise money for nursing scholar ships this week, according to T. E. Shockley of Southern. Pines, president of the organization. Eadi year, the Sandhills Veter ans Association, which is a small group of World War II veterans living in Moore County, has as its project the raising of funds to provide nursing scholarships to senior girls in the county’s high schools. The scholarriiips are out- ri^t grants for a three-year course at High Point Memorial School of Nurrihg, and include a monthly spending allowance of $15. In all, the awards are worth $1,00(), and cover the costs of a complete nursing education. Be* cipients of the scholarships are reqdir^ to return to Moore Coun ty to practice their nursing pro fession upon completion of their training. Thus far, 16 nurses have been made available to the hospitals Sw doctOT’s offices, in the area, and' si* are now in, school. Carolyn Williams and Cassie Gibson are in their final year of training. Betty Sue Black and Elsie Garrison are in their second year, and Barbara Chriscoe and Nancy Martin are freshmen, all at High Point. Last year, with the help of the Moore Memorial Hospital Auxil iary, and the Medical Auxiliary, enough money was raised to offer five scholarships. Only four girls accepted the o^Jortunity, and since the beginning of the school term, two have decided to pursue other careers. High school seniors interested in applying for these schedarships must first fill out application forms provided by the organiza- tioir, and indude a transcript of their high school record. They are then provided with transportation to Hi^ Point for psychological testing given by th^ nursing school. ’The results of these tests are then chedted by an especidly appointed group at Moore County citizens, who give the applicants an oral mtorview', and act as a selection committw to detennine which of the applicants will re ceive the scholarships. Thus far this year, 11 Moore Coimty seniors have indicated their interest in the scholarship program. All 11 met recently in the office of C. E. Powers, coun ty guidance counselor, to learn about the program, and to make app|lieation. Mr. Shockley, R. S. Ewing, dub secretary, and Betty McLeod, RN, presently practicing at Moore Memorial Hospital in Pinehurst, were on hand to brief the girls and to answer questions concerning the program. Any other interested seniors who wish to make application should inform Mr. Powers’ office or the Sandhills Veterans Associa tion through P. O. Box 894 in Southern Pines. ‘"The ^oimt of money raised in our drive determines the num ber of scholarships we can award,” Shockley said. “And with 11 applicants already, we have our work cut out for us.” Anyone wishing to make a donation to this drive c^ do so through Box 894, Southern Pines. Council Approves Return of Pond To Former Owner The town council voted Tues day night, with one member abs taining, to give E. H. Mills of Pinebluff a quitclaim deed, re turning to him the Swan Pond area which he had given to the town in 1952, to be used as a\pub- lic recreation area. The pond is located north of Midland Road and east of the No. 1 highway parkway. The full council was present for the regular February meet ing—Mayor John S. Ruggles and Councilmen Morris Johnson, Fel ton Capel, J. D. Hobbs and Fred Pollard. As explained by Town Attorn ey W. Lamont Brown, tlje council had no choice but to accede to Mr. Mills’s request that the pond and surrotmding area be returned to him, because his deed to the town contained an “automatic re verter” clause that stipulated Mills could have the land back if the town ceased to use it for pub lic recreation purposes. The pond area was used for these purposes for a year or two but was abandoned becesuse of (Continued on Page 8) Midnight Set as Deadline for Dog Law, Town Plates Midnight tonight (Thursday) will be the deadline for compli ance with two town laws. Police Chief Earl S. Seawell points out. Auto owners must have town license plates displayed on their cars by then and dog owners must by then have registered their ani mals and have a town tax tag at tached to the dog’s collar. ’The dog law went into effect January 1, with January set as a month for registration, with an extension granted to February 15. Undef-the new law, dogs run ning at large may be picked up and impounded by police unless the dogs are muzzled. Midnight tonight is also, the deadline after which North Caro lina state motor vehicle license plates must be displayed. Fletcher Southern’s plant on the Carthage road will be expand ed from 30,000 square feet of floor space to 45,000 square feet, to house machinery from the for mer W!atson-Williams textile shuttle plant to be moved here from Pinebluff, Edward T. Taws, Jr., president of Fletcher South ern, Inc., said today. About 30 employees will even tually be added, because of the expansion, to the 36 now employ ed here by Fletcher Southern, the company president estimated. He said he could not, say at this time when all the proposed moves would be completed but that con struction will start next week on the plant expansion work. It was announced Friday by Edward T. Taws, Sr., president of Fletcher Industries of Chelten ham, Pa., that Fletcher Industries had purchased the compete aissets of the Watson-Williams Manufac turing Co. which had been mak ing shuttles for textile njiachines at a plant on No. 1 highway, south of Pinebluff, until it closed re cently. The plant reopened Mon day, with 16 employees and will continue in operation until the move to Southern Pines is made. The Watson-Williams company has had a trade i;eputation for high quality broad loom shuttles for the past 130 years. Fletcher Southern, at its plant here manufactures neurow fabric shuttles and is the leading firm in the industry. The new company is known as Fletcher Shuttles, Inc., Watson- Williams Division. Edward T. Taws, Jr., of Soutfiem Pines has been elected its president. The building in which Watson- Williams was located at Pinebluff is owned by the Sandhills Better ment Association and is not in cluded in the purchase. There was no announcement as to whether the Association has a‘ tenant for the building after Fletcher Shuttles moves its oper ations to Southern Pines. Hubert J. Watson was president and treasurer of Watson-Wil liams. His son, J. Kimball Watson, was vice president and assistant treasurer. Mr. and Mrs. Hubert J. Watson recently moved to Southern Pines from Pinebluff and are living on E. Indiana Ave. Mr. and Mrs. J, Kimball Watson are also residents of Southern Pines. Little Symphony Giving Concerts Todays Tomorrow The Sandhills is welcoming the North Carolina Little Symphony, with two appearances scheduled here today and one in Aberdeen tomorrow, under direction of Dr. Benjamin Swalin, veteran con ductor of the orchestra. The or chestra’s visit is sponsored by the Sandhills Music Association. Negro school children from throughout the county gathered at West Southern Pines school this afternoon for one of the or chestra’s free children’s concerts. White children from all Moore Schools will hear the orchestra at 10:30 a. m., tomorrow in the Aberdeen school auditorium. Tonight at 8:30 in Weaver Au- ditoriunl, the Little Symphony will present the fourth and final concert in the Music Association’s 1961-02 series, playing works of Beethoven, Schubert and Wag ner, as well as selections from Broadway musical favorites. Featured as guest soloist will be the brilliant young violoncel list, John Thurman, who will play a Haydn concerto with the or chestra. TO ATTEND MEETING Supt. Luther A. Adams of Southern Pines schools will leave, tomorrow for Atlantic City, N. J.. to attend the annual meeting of the American Association of School Administrators, Fetamary 17-22.
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