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VOL. 42—NO. 29
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SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 1962
General Griffin
To Speak June 11
On Civil Defense
Major Gen. Edward F. Griffin,
State Civil Defense director, will
speak to the people of the Sand
hills area at the East Southern
Pines High School building (Ac
tivities Room, 2nd floor, new
wing.) on Monday, June 11, at 8
p. m.
General Griffin’s subject will
be “Fall-Out Shelters and Food.’’
In addition, a film on radiological
defense will be shown.
General Griffin was appointed
to the position of State Civil De
fense Director by Governor Wil
liam B'. Umstead in March, 1954.
Under his direction. Civil De
fense in North Carolina has made
outstanding progress. Survival
Plans prepared under his super
vision have been cited as com
plete, operational and worthy of
national citation. They have been
used as a guide for other states.
Special invitations have been
issued to local, county and city
officials. The public is invited.
This program of Civil Defense
is sponsored by the 3230th Army
Garrison Unit, local Army Re
serve unit which is commanded
by Col. Jack H. Tribble of Aber
deen.
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Local Tennis Team.
Defeats Sanford
In Opening Match
The Sandhill Tennis Associa
tion’s team in the East Carolina
“B” League defeated the Sanford
team there Sunday afternoon 6-3.
All the Sandhill players were
from Southern Pines. They chalk
ed up victories in singles as fol
lows: Norris Hodgkins defeated
Lindy Mace 2-6, 6-3, 8-6; John
McMillan defeated Howard
Crutchfield 6-2, 6-2; Julian Pleas
ants defeated Ralph Jordan 6-0,
4-6, 6-3; George Little defeated
Philip Shope 6-3, 6-3.
Doubles victories were: Ray
Schilling and John McMillan de
feated Perry Holland and N. Cole
6-3, 6-2; Norris Hodgkins and
Voit Gilmore defeated Mace and
Reeves, 3-6, 6-3, 7-5.
Sanford won two singles
matches and one doubles, as fol
lows: Perry Holland defeated Ray
Schilling 6-3, 6-4; Walter Tenrple
defeated Harry Watson 7-5, 6-2;
Howard Crutchfield and Philip
Shope defeated Little and
Samuels, 6-0, 6-1.
The Sandhill team’s next match
in the series will be here Sunday
afternoon, June 17, against Chapel
Hill. On June 24, the local players
will journey to Wilson, and on
July 1, the Raleigh team will
come here.
Diplomas Presented to Senior Class of 1962
The Class of 1962 at Southern Pines High School received
diplomas last night at commencement exercises held in Weaver
Auditorium, hearing an address by Dr. James E. Danieley, presi
dent of Elon College, a valedictory given by Diana Nell Bridges
and a salutatory by Richard Gibson Seymour. On Sunday, the
class heard the commencement sermon, also in the auditorium,
by the Rev. T. R. Thrasher, rector of the Chapel of the Cross,
Chapel Hill.
Members of the class, pictured here, are, left to right: First
row— Linda Gray Whittington, Gloria Kathryn Hearn, Betty
Lou Ridley, Fay Marlene Reid, Sara Rosalyn Chandler, Jeanne,
Bachman, Gloria Ann Reynolds, Cynthia Lee Fowler and Betsy'
Jean Solomon.
Second row— Janice Marie Norton, Lynda Carolyn Pierce
Cathie Dianne Sandstrom, Mary Elizabeth Chappell, Diana Nell
Bridges, Mary Leigh Inman, Rebecca Leigh Shaw, Jane Marie
Wicker, Joan Eleanor Grover and Margaret Elizabeth Worth.
Third row— Peter Paul Blasko, Jr., Kenneth William Smith-
son, Robert Lamar Ryder, Robert Donald Madigan, Marvin
Ransom Cornell, Cecil Leon Hackworth, Carl Edison WaUace,
Jr., Frank Hale Staples and Larry Levon Michael.
Back row- Thomas Edward McKenzie, Kenneth Allyn Little,
Harold Johnson Williford, Dicky Edson Hoskins and Richard
Gibson Seymour. (Humphrey photo)
First Pinehurst
Summer Tourney
For Golfers Set
Golf, which has made Pine
hurst famed wherever the game
is played, comes up with its first
big summer tournament the
weekend of June 15-17 when the
first annual Holly Inn Four-Ball
Stroke Play Tournament will
bring top amateur pairs to vie for
the initial title.
Inaugurating the new policy of
year-round operation at Pine
hurst, the three-day tournament
will be played on courses Num
ber One and Number Three at
the Pinehurst Country Club. At
54 holes of stroke play for the
better ball of pair, the first 18
holes will serve as the qualifying
round with teams to be placed in
flights according to qualifying
score. Thursday, June 14, will be
a day of practice for contestants
(Continued on Page 8)
Student Driver Training to Begin
The student driver training pro
gram at East Southern Pines High
School will begin at 8:30 a. m.
Monday with a meeting of stu
dents in the multi-purpose room
of the school, Supt. Luther A.
REPLACING MISS MARY LOGAN
Miss Lester Named Supervisor For
Southern Pines, Pinehurst Schools
Miss Violet Abbie Lester, who
has been supervisor in Yadkin
County schools during the past
year, will replace Miss Mary Lo
gan as supervisor in the Southern
Pines and Pinehurst schools, it
was announced this week by
Supt. Luther A. Adams of South
ern Pines and Supt. Lewis Can
non Of Pinehurst.
Miss Logan has resigned to be
come dean of women at Mars Hill
College.
Miss Lester’s recent education
al experience includes service as
assistant professor of Education
at Newbery College, Newbery, S.
C., 1948-52; a grade teacher at
Elizabethtown School, 1952-56;
supervisor of Hamlet City
Schools, 1956-61; and the past
year in Yadkin County.
She has an A. B. degree from
Newbery College and an M. A.
degree in Supervision from the
University of South Carolina. She
has done further study at the Uni
versity of Florida, Appalachian
State Teachers College, Furman
University and the University of
South Carolina.
A joint statement issued t>y
Supts. Adams and Cannon reads
School Office Open;
Lost Clothing Held
The office of Schools Supt.
Luther A. Adams in the elemen
tary building will remain open
throughout the summer, from 9
to 5 each day, with the exception
of Wednesday afternoons and
Saturdays. Parents or students
with questions about school mat
ters are invited to visit the office
at any time.
Numerous clothing items lost
by children during the past year
are being held by the school
throughout the summer and can
be picked up by owners at the
office. Unclaimed clothing will be
given to needy families at the
end of the summer, before school
opens again.
MISS VIOLET A. LESTER
of such wide experience join our
staff. Miss Lester enjoys a splen
did reputation in the field of Su
pervision and comes to us highly
recommended by the State De
partment of Public Instruction.
The Southern Pines-Pinehurst
Units are delighted to announce
“We are pleased to have a person I her appointment to this position.”
Kelly Resigns Moore
Library Board Post
The resignation of J. Archie
Kelly of Eagle Springs from the
Moore County Library board was
accepted Monday by the county
commissioners with expressions
of regret, also of appreciation for
Kelly’s services rendered over the
years.
The resignation was tendered
by letter. The board in regular
session decided to postpone ap
pointment of a replacement until
a recommendation could be se
cured from the library board.
Joe H. Allen of Carthage was
reappointed to the county board
of public welfare for another
three-year term.
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 W E E B
studios on Midland Road.
Max.
Min.
May 31 ..
... 87
63
June 1 ...
.. 86
64
June 2 ...
.. 87
65
June 3 ...
.. 82
64
June 4 ...
.. 80
65
June 5 ....
... 82
66
June 6 ....
... 84
63
Adams has announced.
Ralph Foushee of the Junior
High School faculty will be in
structor for the course which in
cludes both classroom and be-
hind-the-wheel training.
Students who have reached age
16 are eligible for behind-the-
wheel instruction, while those
who have reached 14^ can par
ticipate in classroom work.
Ihe driver training program in
the local schools is given entirely
in the summer, so as not to con
flict with academic work.
Cars driven by young people
who have graduated from an ap
proved school driver training
course are subject to lower insur
ance rates than those driven by
others.
COURT OF HONOR
A court of honor for Boy Scouts
of the Moore District, for presen
tation of rank advancements and
merit badges, will be held at the
Vass Methodist Church, Monday,
June 11, at 8 p.m., it is announced
by C. Coolidge Thompson of
Pinebluff, district advancement
chairman.
Jaycees to Start
Business Section
Clean-up Project
Local Jaycees are launching a
paint-up, clean-up project Satur
day morning when members will
turn out to paint town park
equipment, including playground
devices, supports for tennis nets
and spectator seats at the tennis
courts.
Saturday of next week, the
young men plan to go from one
end of Broad Street to the other,
picking up paper and trash.
Other work is scheduled for the
following Saturday.
Purpose of the project, it was
stated, is to encourage mainte
nance of a clean business district
and park area, to make the town
more attractive for shoppers and
visitors, as well as for local resi
dents.
Gary Griffith is chairman of
the project.
Moore Commissioners
Again Questioned On
Hospital Fund Pledge
Two taxpayers visited the coun
ty commissioners Monday after
noon during their regular session
to ask some pointed questions
about their “letter of intent’’ to
give $45,000 in county funds to
the Moore Memorial Hospital
building campaign. The visitors
remained to take the board se
verely to task for dilatory meth
ods.
Wallace O’Neal of Pinehurst,
Fulcher Begins
Work As County
Forestry Agent
Benny Fulcher, 26, started work
June 1 as assistant Moore Coun
ty farm agent in charge of
forestry, one of the very few men
occupying such a position in the
State and the only one in this
part of North Carolina.
With its forests of pine and
hardwoods considered Moore
county’s greatest natural resource,
the county commissioners went
along wholeheartedly in accepting
the farm office’s recommendation
that such an assistant be hired.
Fulcher, a native of Augusta,
Ga., has been living in Troy for
the past 15 months, serving as
forester in the Uwharrie National
Forest. He had been with the U.
S. Forest Service since November
1958, working first at the
Savannah River plant at Aiken,
S. C., before moving to Troy in
February, 1961. He is at present
commuting from Troy, pending
finding a home at Carthage.
He took his B. S. in forestry at
the University of Georgia in
June, 1958, and was awarded a
six-month exchange fellowship
under the International Farm
Youth Exchange Pro^am, spend
ing several months in Finland
during which he lived with five
different farm families in various
parts of the country.
He was married in April, 1960,
to Dorothy Ann Tappan of
Athens, Ga., and they have a
seven-months-old son, David
Allen. She is also a graduate of
the^lUniversity of Georgia, where
she took her degree in home
economics. She also went abroad
under the International Farm
Youth Exchange Program, stay
ing with farm families in Scot
land.
Dr. Ligon To Speak at
Union Church July 1
Dr. C. K. Ligon of Fayetteville,
executive secretary of Fayette
ville Presbytery and former pas
tor of Brownson Memorial
Church here, will be the speaker
at the annual homecoming of
Union Presbyterian Church, be
tween Vass and Carthage, to be
held Sunday, July 1. The service
at 11:15 a. m. will be followed by
a picnic lunch.
Republican candidate for commis
sioner from District 4 and John
Buchholz of Southern Pines ex
pressed their shock at finding
that the gift letter of April 18
had never been noted in the min
utes, also that, in six weeks since
the pledge was made, the county
attorney had not been consulted.
They were even more upset to
learn that the commissioners had
had a meeting Tuesday of last
week (“Just a little budget meet
ing,” explained Chairman L. R.
Reynolds) and neither one had
been notified as they had asked
to be.
“It looks as though you don’t
want people to come to your cot
ton-picking meetings,” exploded
Buchholz, a big red-headed for
mer Marine sergeant who lost a
leg at Peleliu.
Chairman Reynolds took um
brage at his vigorous tone and an
nounced, “I’ll call the sheriff.”
At which Buchholz spoke even
more vigorously, “Go ahead and
call him.” Reynolds rose and left
the room, returning quietly after
a few minutes to resume his seat.
O’Neal was made welcome by
Commissioner W. S. Taylor,
whom he will oppose next No
vember, and said he wanted to at
tend all the budget meetings.
For Buchholz, it was a return
visit, as he had attended the May
meeting to ask “What funds will
be available for this $45,000 gift,
and how do you justify it in the
face of so many other needs?” He
had then challenged the legality
of the gift of public funds to a
private institution, and was told
the commissigners “had not con
sulted the county attorney” but
planned to do so.
The “letter of intent,” which
was announced not by the com
missioners but by the hospital in
reporting its $450,000 goal sur
passed, set payments at $15,000
per year for the next three years
“if financial conditions permit.”
Two of the commissioners, Rey
nolds and John Currie, are di
rectors of the hospital. The “letter
of intent” of April 18 was signed
by Reynolds and was attested by
Mrs. Estelle Wicker, county ac
countant, who signed as “acting
clerk” in the absence of the reg
ular clerk, Mrs. Audrey McCas-
kill, county register of deeds. The
letter was then turned over to W.
P. Saunders, hospital campaign
chairman, who had visited the
meeting.
O’Neal and Buchholz attended
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Many Books For
Young People
Added at Library
Over 100 new children’s books
have been placed on the shelves
of the Southern Pines Library, for
use of children and young people
during the summer, Mrs. Stanley
Lambourne, librarian, announced
this week.
There are picture books for
those unable to read and easy
books for beginners, the librarian
said. A diverse collection has been
assembled fqr the middle age
.group, including stories, of ad
venture, songs to sing, mus'ic-to
play, and books about occupa-^
tions, athletics, hobbies and ani
mals, as well as true stories and
fiction.
Teenage boys will find books on
big league baseball, submarines
and automobiles, while for girls
there are volumes on cooking,
needlework and painting and a
number of exciting fiction books.
There is no charge for a library
card to students in the local
schools, Mrs. Lambourne pointed
out. All young people are in
vited to go to the library^
register.
‘MISS CARTHAGE’— Bettye Louise McCas-
kill of Pinehurst, (center, with trophy) is crown
ed “Miss Carthage” Tuesday night by “Miss
North Carolina,” Susan Kay Woodall of Roa
noke Rapids, at the pageant sponsored by the
Carthage Jaycees. The winner will take part
in the 1962 “Miss North Carolina” Pageant in
July. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.
Hubert McCaskill of Pinehurst. At right is the
first runner-up, Frances King Phillips, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. K. W. Phillips of Carthage. At
left is the second runner-up, holding the trophy
given her also for being chosen “Miss Congeni
ality” among the pageant entries, Gayle Dawn
Brinkley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Brink-
ley of Carthage. The winner received $200, the^
first runner-up $50 and the second runner-:
^25. (Humphrey pb
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