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VOL. 42—NO. 30
EIGHTEEN PAGES
SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 1962
EIGHTEEN PAGES
It’s Clear Sailing
For Rep. Blue as
Speaker of House
Clear sailing ahead is indicated
this week for Rep. H. Clifton Blue
of Aberdeen on his way to the
most important milepost yet in
his political career.
The Speakership of the 1963
House seemed virtually within
his grasp when, on Wednesday
morning, his only opponent with
drew.
Rep: Tom Woodsird of Wilson,
the other participant in the con
test which has waxed more in
tense within the past few weeks,
phoned Blue to annoimce that he
was quitting. “We just don’t have
the votes,” he said
Woodard, an old friend as well
as opponent, pledged support to
the Moore representative, who re
sponded with a cordial statement
as follows:
“I appreciate Tom Woodard’s
candid and forthright statement
withdrawing as a candidate for
Speaker of the 1963 House. He was
an honorable, able and worthy
opponent. I appreciate his assur
ance of support and corporation
and look forward to working with
a united House membership, if
elected in February.
“I deeply appreciate the untir
ing efforts of my supporters in
the contest during the past
several months, and feel that I
could not have had a more faith
ful or energetic group working
with me.”
Governor Sanford at a press
conference Wednesday expressed
his approval, noting that he was
“satisfied Mr. Blue will make an
outstanding Speaker.”
Blue, however, pointed out that
that there is no absolute certainty
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CLUBHOUSE
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o ver Thousand Acres
Under Options For
Private Development
A much-rumored large real es
tate transaction and development
project reosived its first public
recognition Tuesday night when
a discussion of possible town
water service to the John Warren
Watson estate property, between
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Witness Jailed,
Others Queried
In Fatal Stabbing
One material witness has been
jailed and others are being ques
tioned in a homicide of Monday
night which Sheriff W. B. Kelly
described as “one of the most con
fusing crimes I can remember be
ing handled by this department.”
Dead of a stab woimd is June
Sullivan, 55, instantly killed by
a butcher knife which pierced his
right chest while he was in the
back yard of his home oh US 15-
501 about two miles south of Car
thage.
There were several witnesses to
the stabbing but, said the sheriff,
“all of them were drinking and
they all deny having stabbed him
or knowing who did.” The wit
nesses include Frank Yow, of Car
thage, who was found still in the
yard when officers arrived there
about 9 p. m., and is being held.
Two or three other men had al
ready left for home.
Mrs. Sullivan who was in the
kitchen at the time, said she did
not know what happened in the
yard.
Chief Deputy Sheriff H. H.
Grimm is heading the investiga-
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ON WATSON PROPERTY— The forest-bordered tranquility
of Watson’s Lake, on the large tract that is under option for
purchase by a group of private developers, is shown in the
left-hand photo. The swimming area on the north shore of the
lake is at left. Beyond the float is one arm of the large lake
that runs to the-northeast. The picture was taken from a small
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point of land that juts out from the boathouse location on the
north shore. At right above, is a large sign erected by the option
holders at the site of their proposed private clubhouse on high,
wooded ground overlooking the lake’s southwest shore.
(Pilot photos)
Moss Acquitted
On Charges of
Beating Woman
W. O. Moss of Mile-Away
Farms, ■ at Manly, well known
horseman and joint master of
Moore County Hounds, was ac
quitted in Southern Pines Record
ers Court Wednesday of an assault
charge brought by Mrs. Jeannette
G. Pitts of Manly.
In addition to the charge of
assault on a female. Solicitor
Howard Broughton had the war
rant amended to add “resulting
in painful injuries and causing
complainant to flee from a place
where she had a right to be.”
Mrs. Pitts testified to a brutal
beating she said had been ad
ministered by Moss without pro
vocation on the evening of May
28, but Moss denied nearly every
particular, giving testimony in
almost exact contradiction. Judge
Harry Fullenwider ruled that the
evidence was such as to leave
“reasonable doubt” of a criminal
act.
Before rendering his verdict,
the judge recessed court for about
10 minutes while he re-read his
16 pages of notes taken during
the trial of two and a half hours.
Both principals are longtime
residents of the Manly area,
having lived there about 30 years,
but said they had not known
each other before the incident of
May 28. Mrs. Pitts said she knew
Moss “by sight” but had not pre
viously spoken to him.
Mrs. Pitts testified that she was
going to babysit at the home of
Dooley Adams, another well-
known horseman of the area, and
that on a dirt road between the
Stoneybrook and Gay . Tate
estates. Moss, riding a horse,
blocked the road, forcing her to
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BY HIT-RUN DRIVER
Young Man Killed on Street Here
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Paul Spencer Smith, 23-year-
old married man and father of
two young children, of Carthage,
Rt. 3, was killed by a hit-run driv
er on North May street about
10:30 p.m. Saturday.
Walking along the edge of the
street in the 800 block, he was
struck and tossed some 85 feet
nearly into an intersection. With
neck broken, leg broken and oth
er injuries, he was dead on arrival
BALL PARK AND TENNIS BALLS
Two Sports Program Benefit Dances
To Take Place in Area Friday Night
Party-minded couples in the
Sandhills have their choice of two
gala dances, with live music and
other features, tomorrow (Friday)
night. Both of the events will be
staged for benefit of popular ath
letic programs and both, despite
the conflict in date, promise to be
well attended.
Spring Ball Park Ball
At the National Guard Armory
here. Bob Smith’s Orchestra from
Fayetteville will play from 9 to
1, for the Spring Ball Park Ball,
a fund-raising event for the local
Little League baseball program
in which more than 100 boys are
taking part.
Funds to complete the official
Little League ball park on Mor-
ganton Road is the program’s
chief current need. Bill Smith at
Jacksoh Motors is chainrian of
the event.
A set of ladies’ golf clubs, with
bag, will be given away during
the dance and five cases of Coca
Cola will be given as a door prize.
Numerous adults connected
with the Little League program
are selling tickets or tickets may
be obtained at the door.
Tennis Ball
The Tennis Ball at the Pine-
hurst Country Club, running from
9:30 to i:30, will have music by
the Frank Jefferson Orchestra
from Raleigh. Sponsors are the
Sandhill Tennis Association and
the Pinehurst Tennis Club, both
of which draw membership and
support from throughout the
Sandhills. Both programs will
benefit from the proceeds.
Tickets in Southern Pines are
available from Mrs. Norris Hodg
kins, Jr., Mrs. Ted Taws and
Mrs. William Bonsai III; in Pine
hurst from Mrs. Joel Hufford,
Mrs. Francis Owens and Mrs.
Peter Tufts. Tickets may also be
obtained at the dbor.
Table reservations rnay be
made through Mrs. Bonsai In
Southern Pines and Wallace
O’Neal in Pinehurst.
There will be entertainment at
11 p. m.
2 BLOODMOBILE
VISITS SLATED
The Red Cross Bloodmobile
will visit Moore county twice
next week, Tuesday at West
End and Wednesday at Aber
deen.
At West Endg the unit will
be stationed at the school gym
from 12 noon to 4:30 p. m.
At Aberdeen, where the
Jaycees are sponsoring the
visit, it will be at the school
cafeteria from 9 a. nu to 2:30
p. m. with a quota of 125
pints.
Blood donors old and new
are badly needed^ and those
from neighbor communities
are invited to attend at one
place or another, donate
blood and build up their
credits against future need.
Local doctors and nurses will
assist the Bloodmobile staff,
and local volunteers will be
in attendance.
Federal Agent
Patch Attacked
At Fayetteville
Richard M. Patchy Southern
Pines native who is a federal un
dercover narcotics agent, has had
many narrow escapes—one of the
narrowest Wednesday morning at
Fayetteville.
The 30-year-old agent got into
his car, parked in a narrow alley-
way in a slum area, to be grabbed
from behind by someone who
had apparently hidden in the
back seat. Slugged, he managed
to grab his pistol and fire, just as
he was stabbed in the shoulder
by an ice-pick.
The attacker fled and it was
some time before Patch could get
help. Taken to Cape Fear Valley
hospital, he was later reported “in
satisfactory condition.”
Cumberland Sheriff W. G.
Clark said he had put all his depu
ties on the case which is “com
plicated by the fact that we don’t
know if it was a simple robbery
attempt, or the outgrowth of one
of his cases.”
The 30-year-old agent, son of
Mr, and Mrs. C. S. Patch, lives
in (Greensboro, attached to the
narcotics division, of the U. S,
Treasury Department. A notable
disguise artist, he has been active
in many major cases, including
several recent ones in the Fort
Bragg area.
at St. Joseph’s Hospital.
While no one apparently saw
the actual impact, according to
Police Chief Earl Seawell, nearby
residents hearing it rushed out in
time to see a car stop, then start
up again and speed on its north
bound way.
With only a few shattered frag
ments of a broken headlight for
clues, local police have worked
intensively on the case ever since.
Appeals for information concern
ing the car were broadcast and
many leads have come in. Each
one has been followed but the
search has been fruitless so far,
except for turning up one stolen
car, hidden in the woods near
Eastwood, missing from Fort
Bragg since May 6.
Service stations and garages in
the vicinity and Fort Bragg have
been alerted to look out for a car
with damaged right front and
broken headlight.
Smith, a truckdriver, is surviv
ed by his wife, the former 'Treva
Himt, and children Carl James
and Janet Fay, of the home, also
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. F.
Smith of Carthage, Route 3.
Other survivors include five sis
ters, Mrs. Mack Callahan of Vass,
Mrs. Ted Waddell and Mrs. James
Yow of Albemarle, Mrs. Paul Gar
ner of Carthage Route 3 and Mrs.
C. E. Hardy of Cameron, Route 1;
one brother. Bill, of the home,
and his maternal grandparents,
Mr .and Mrs. G. W. Chrisman, of
Sanford, Route 6.
Funeral services were held
Monday afternoon at Yates-Thag-
ard Baptist church, with the pas
tor, the Rev. Ed Dupree, assisting
the Rev. Billy Metters of Red
Branch Baptist Church. Burial
was in Rocky Fork Christian
Church Cemetery hear Sanford.
Town Recreation
Program to Have
Many Activities
The summer municipal recre-
atin program, with a wide varie
ty of activity for children and
young people, will begin Friday,
Town Manager F. F. (Bud) Rain
ey has announced.
Bill Megginson, high school
coach, is director of the entire
program, assisted in East South
ern Pines by John Williams,
school coach and physical educa
tion instructor, who will super
vise play and athletic activities
for older children at Memorial
Field, and by Miss Arden Fobes,
supervisor of the program for
younger children on the town
park block.
In West Southern Pines, Joe
Wynn, high school coach, will di
rect the program, with Miss Cora
Steele as assistant.
The entire town program will
run through August 15, Monday
through Friday each week. The
East Southern Pines hours are
from 9 a. m. to noon and from 2
to 5 p. m. In West Southern Pines,
activities run more or less con
tinuously from 10 a. m. to 6 p. m.
The adult softball program in
East Southern Pines, which is a
part of the recreation program, is
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Dr. Lake Accepts
Call as Pastor
For Local Church
After 15 months without a pas
tor the congregation of Brown-
son Memorial Presbyterian
Church voted Sunday to issue a
call to the Rev. Julian Lake, D.
D., pastor of the First Presbyteri
an Church of Winston-Salem. Dr.
Lake has accepted the call.
A pulpit committee composed of
Mrs. Claude Reams, Mrs. R. M.
McMillan, Gen. R. B. Hill, Huston
Black and Lamont Brown has
been seeking a pastor since early
1961 when Dr. Cheves Ligon, then
pastor, announced his resignation
to accept the secretaryship of the
Fayetteville Presbytery.
A graduate of Davidson College
in 1928, Dr. Lake received his
Bachelor of Divinity degree from
Union Theological Seminary in
1931. H.3 has also received an hon
orary Doctor Of Divinity degree
from Davidson College in 1945.
He has served as pastor of Pres
byterian churches in Warrenton,
Va., Rock Hill, S. C., Bristol,
Tenn., and Winston-Salem.
His wife is the former Elizabeth
Gilmour, whose father was for
many years pastor of the First
Presbyterian Church in Wilming
ton and Spartanburg, S. C.
They have four children, a son
now associated with the Interna
tional Business Machines Corpo
ration; a daughter, now married
and living in Richmond, Va.; an
other son, who is entering David
son College this fall; and a sec
ond daughter, who is 13, and will
enter school in Southern Pines in
the fall.
Dr. Lake has indicated that he
will be available to preach his
first sermon here August 19.
Southern Pines and Pinehurst,
was docketed for the regular
town council meeting.
Town Manager F. F. (Bud)
Rainey read to the council a let
ter from a Raleigh representative
of a “group buying the Watson
property,” asking for an appear
ance before the council Tuesday
night to discuss possible town
water service there.
The manager told the council
that the representative was un
able to appear as scheduled, so
no action was taken Tuesday.
Though the letter did not go in
to details, it is known that the
898-acre Watson property, as well
as several adjoining tracts total
ling more than 200 acres, are un-
under option to a large group of
North Carolina business and pro
fessional men who pro,pose to
build a private country club and
golf course there and to develop
home sites for members of the
group.
The Watson property, known as
‘ Sunny Sands,” went on the mar-
TENNIS HERE SUNDAY
The men’s team of the Sandhill
Tennis Association will play a
match with Chapel Hill on the
municipal courts here at 2 p. m.
Sunday. There is no admission
charge. The public is invited.
George Little is the local team
captain.
GENERAL GRIFFIN SPEAKS HERE
Civil Defense Preparedness Could
Save Many Lives In Nuclear Attack
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Mrs. Steed Heads
Realtors’ Board
In elections held recently by
the Southern Pines Board of Real
tors, Mrs. Julia Steed was named
president to succeed Li. Col. F. M.
Smith.
J. I. Scott was elected vice pres
ident, the office that Mrs. Steed
had held for the past year. G. H.
Leonard, Jr., was chosen as sec
retary-treasurer, succeeding Mr.
Scott.
All officers will serve for the
coming year.
Mrs. Steed, first worhan to be
president of the realtors, is the
wife of J. N. Steed, division su
perintendent of Carolina Power
& Light Co. She is active in civic
affairs, served on the board of
the Chamber of Commerce, when
there was a Chamber here, and is
a member of Brownson Memorial
Presbyterian Church.
The Steeds have three children:
J. N. Steed III, a graduate of The
Citadel who is a teacher, at Hoff
man; Suzanne, who will graduate
from St. Andrews College in
August; and Judith,, a student in
Southern Pines. .
Civil defense is a vital part of
the total defense of the nation—
more valuable than any other de
fense, in its ability to save lives
in a nuclear attack—^Major CJen.
Edward F. Griffin, State Civil
Defense director, told a group of
about 50 persons meeting in the
multi-purpose room of the high
school Monday night.
Without Civil Defense prepara
tion, General Griffin said, there
could be 80 million casualties in
a nuclear attack on the United
States. With preparation, casual
ties would be “a mere fraction”
of that number. Ninety-five per
cent of the American people can
withstand nuclear attack if prop
erly prepared, he averred.
Col. Jack H. Tribble of Aber
deen, commander of the 3230th
Army Reserve unit, sponsor of the
general’s appearance here, presi
ded and welcomed those attend
ing. General Griffin was intro
duced by- Col. R. F. Hoke Pollock
of the 3230th who cited the
speaker’s distinction in three
fields of endeavor—as an attor
ney, as the World War II com
mander of the 113th Field Artil
lery and as director of Civil De
fense in North Carolina, since 1954.
General Griffin, he said, is a
past president of the National As
sociation of Civil Defense Direc
tors and in 1960 was advisor to
the NATO Council on Civil De
fense.
Radioactive fallout, carried by
winds for long distances from the
site of a nuclear explosion, would
cause the greatest number of cas
ualties in a nuclear attack. Gen
eral Griffin said. North Carolina,
he pointed out, is surrounded by
important targets, making fallout
the primary threat to the state.
Even in heavy fallout, he said,
48 hours in a shelter will save
lives—and, for persons not actual
ly at tbs place of a nuclear ex
plosion, there would be one to
several hours to get in shelter, be
fore the radio-active particles,
carried aloft by an explosion, set
tle to the earth again.
He cited as five life-saving
rules: know the warning signals,
know and be a part of a local
emergency plan, know first aid
to save lives when professional
medical care is not abailable,
know the “Cbnelrad” emergency
radio frequencies (640 and 1240)
and construct a home fallout shel
ter, to contain two weeks supply
of food, a battery radio and medi
cal supplies.
North Carolina, General Grif
fin said, has CD directors in all
its 100 counties and 270 municipal
directors. The state has 7,000 ra
diological detection instruments,
and over 33,000 trained o,perators
for them (15,000 operators are
needed). Available in North Car
olina are 35 emergency, 200-bed
hospital units and emergency
medical supplies for 70,000 cas-
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ket, with Biddle & Co. of Pine
hurst as exclusive agents, follow
ing Mr. Watson’s death several
months ago. The price at that
time was listed as $450,000 for the
main tract and $16,000 for addi
tional tracts.
Price involved in the current
option has not been revealed but
the option is known to cover the
entire 898 acres, not simply the
main ^ lake tract. The property
contains fine stands of large pine
and other timber.
The option was taken in April
for 90 d§ys, with a privilege of
extension to Octdber 1. Because
of the numerous members in the
purchasing group and efforts to
obtain adjoining acreage, it is
reasonable to suppose that the op
tions will not be exercised in the
near future.
There seems, however, to be no
doubt that the purchase will go
through. Visitors to the property
report clearing and surveying
operations going on and a large
sign, “Club House Site,” has been
erected on high ground overlook
ing the southwest shore of the
lake.
The purchase would include the
large rustic “cottage” and a boat
house located north of the main
body of the lake, near the swim
ming beach and picnic grounds
that have for several years been
open to the use of approved
“members” who also can have
fishing rights.
There has been no official an
nouncement of details of the new
project either from any spokes
man for the group or from the
Pinehurst agents.
Army Warns About
Live Firing Area
Live firing is being conducted
in the vicinity of Camp Mackall
and the Sandhill Wildlife Area,
residents and visitors to those
areas were warned by the Army
this week.
The firing will continue through
June 25.
Barricades are erected or guards
are on roads that are closed, the
announcement said. All persons
are requested to comply with
warning signs and instructions of
guards.
The following roads are closed
during the firing period: Gardner
J^rm Lane, Strosberg Lane and
Old Rifle Range Road, including
Scotland Lake Lane and the Ang
ling Fire Lane.
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.
June
June
June
June 10
June 11
June 12
June 13
Max. tffiln.
7
84
61
8
83
56
9
85
60
10
85
55
11
86
58
12
84
67
13
80
67