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lO Golf remains popular in the Sandhills during the summer. See the Pinehurst page and a new column on golf, page 5. HU! UiqhFalj, ptvbc Pro and con comments on life in the Soviet Union, by Paul Green, dis tinguished Tar Heel writer, appear on page 16. VOL. 42—NO. 33 .v-:' SIXTEEN PAGES Peach Queen To Be Chosen at Meeting Of SADA July 12 Montgomery County will be host to the quarterly meeting of the Sandhills Area Development Association next Thursday, July 12, with an afternoon tour touch ing many points of interest, and ending with the annual Sandhills Peach Festival. The Festival, at which the 1962 Peach Queen will be chosen, will be held at the East Montgomery High school at 7:30 p. m. as a joint project of SADA and the N. C. Mutual Peach Growers Society. Everyone is invited, with par ticular emphasis on the five SADA counties—^Moore, Mont gomery, Lee, Hoke, and Rich mond .There is no charge for any ! part of the program except the! supper, to be held at the East j Montgomery High school at 6 p. I m. ' The Festival to follow will con sist of a Parade of Peach Queens and the crowning of the 1962 Queen by her predecessor. Miss Jean Lee Brower of Wadesboro. Neal Cadieu, Jr., of Rocking ham, SADA president, wiU give a summary of progress by the as sociation. For the tour, the group will meet at 2 p. m. at the East Mont gomery High School, between BLscoe and Candor, and will pro ceed as follows: Steeds Nursery, Candor; Town Creek Indian Mound, Mt. Gilead; Onville-Thicketty Creek Commu nity Building; Taylor Mobile Homes, Troy; Aileen Mills Co., Biscoe; thence back to the high school for supper. The tour pomts have been sel ected by the host committees to stress the areas of especial SADA interest—^travel and recreation, industry, agriculture and commu nity development. The Peach Festival program will be in charge of T. C. Auman of West End, president of the N. C. Mutual Peach Growers Society. ‘•Peach Princesses,” or candidates for the title and crown of Peach Queen, will come from the five main peach-producing counties. Selections of two from each coun ty are being made by a commit tee headed by Floyd Haywood of Candor. Early this week, candidates from Moore and Hoke had not been announced. SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, JULY 5, 1962 SIXTEEN PAGES PRICE: 10 CENTS - todge . { ‘i tT' jtli."!- situ:: OFF TO CAMP!—Twenty-two boys from the area of the jurisdiction of the Southern Pines Elks Lodge are shown at the Country Club early Sunday morning, as they left for two weeks at the Elks Camp near Hendersonville, sponsored by the local lodge. They had break fast at the qlub and were given packed lunches to eat on the way to camp. Adults connected with the program, in the background, are, left to right: Walter Harper, Gene Blackwelder, Don Jones, Cecil Hutchinson, Jerry Ashton, Archie Barnes, George Thompson who is camp committee chairman, J. Elsie Webb of Ellerbe and Rockingham who is district highway com- issioner and who brought boys from Richmond County, Stanley Austin, Jim Ervin, Jeny Daeke who is not a committee member but who helped with the trip and Joe Matthews who is exalted ruler of the lodge. Committee members not pictured are Joe Kimball and Emerson Hum phrey. Some members of the group pictured here drove the boys to Hendersonville in their automobiles. (Humphrey photo) Airport Zoning Hearing Slated A public hearing is scheduled to be held at the August county commissioners’ meeting in order that any resident of the airport area may understand fully the zoning restriction due to be es tablished there and make his ob jections, if any, known. Brought before the Commis sioners at their meeting in Carth age Monday, the matter was pre sented by M. G. Boyette, County Attorney. Mr. Boyette said that the ordinance governing oUch county zoning restrictions had been drafted and was ready to place before the people. A notice of the open meeting would be carried in all county papers, he said, 15 days before the meeting. CP&L Office Will Move Temporarily District offices of the Carolina Power & Light Co. will be moved Saturday to the former Patch Department Store building, to re main there t'sVo or three months during renovation of the com- oany’s present location at 251 N. E. Broad St. Ward Hill, district manager, said that the move would begin after the regular 1 p. m. closing time”' SatuVdk;^ and that the office will be open for business in the new temporary location Monday morning. The former Patch building, va cant for several months, is now owned by a corporation, 176 N.W. Broad St., Inc. which has made extensive efforts to find a tenant, preferably a department store, for the location. The building housing the CP&L offices on N. E. Broad St. is own ed by the Ralph Chandler estate. Mr. Hill said that work planned includes alteration of the front, lowering the ceiling and rear rangement of partitions in the back portion of the structure. POLICE CHANGES SQUARE DANCE JULY 14 A square dance, for benefit of the park playground equipment fund, will be sponsored by Sou thern Pines Jaycees on the A&P store parking lot, starting at 7 p.m., Saturday, July 14. A week’s yacation at the beach and $50 cash will be giyen away. Music will be by the Carolina Cardinals, with Nick Crotty calling the figures. ALLEN SWORN IN Joe H. Allen of Carthage, Moore County Welfare Board member who was reappointed by the Moore Board of County Commis sioners,. was sworn in by the clerk of Superior Court, C. C. Kennedy, Monday. He has served for the past three years. IN ALLEGED ASSAULT Civil Suit Entered Against Moss A civil suit for a total of $25,000 in actual and punitive damages has been filed in Moore County Superior Court against W. O. Moss, widely known horseman and stable owner, by Mrs. Jen- nette G. Pitts, who claims that Moss beat her ‘‘brutally, inhu manly, maliciously and without provocation” on May 28, accord ing to the complaint. Both principals to the suit live at Manly, where Moss, one of Moore county’s largest landown ers, owns and operates Mile- Away Farms. He is joint master of thd Moore County Hounds. Mi^; Pitts, suing as a pauper, claims $15,000 actual and $10,000 punitive damages, with execution of the judgment against the per son of the defendant. The alleged incident was the subject of criminal action in the Southern Pines Recorder’s Court June 13, at which time Moss was acquitted. He denied having struck or touched Mrs. Pitts ex cept to take from her a tire tool with which she struck him on the arm. A physician testified to hav ing treated Mrs. Pitts for bruises and abrasions on the face and body. The meeting of Moss and Mrs. Pitts is said to have taken place about 6:30 p. m. May 28, on a road near Manly, when Moss, riding a horse is alleged to have stopped Mrs. Pitts who was driving an au tomobile on her way to a baby sitting appointment. E. L. Gavin, Sanford attorney, is handling the case for Mrs. Pitts. Moss’s attorney in the Recorder’s Court case was W. D. Sabiston of Carthage. Wright Resigns, Wilson Promoted, Jackson Named Police Department personnel changes effective July 1 were an nounced this week by Chief Earl Ssawell. Following the resignation of Sgt. Gerald L. 'Wright, Patrolman Charles Wilson, who has been with the department three years, was promoted to sergeant and William Jackson, Jr., formerly with the Aberdeen police depart ment, was appointed to fill the vacancy on the local force. Wright resigned to accept em ployment with Proctor-Silex, the company building a large elec tric iron manufacturing plant here. He is now taking a training course at the Mount Airy Proc- tor-Silex plant. Pines Realty Adds Insurance Service A fire and casualty insurance service has been added by The Pines Realty Co., F. M. Smith, owner, announced today. The new organization, whose offices remain at 115 W. Pennsyl vania Ave., in The Pines Realty Building, will be known at The Pines Realty and Insurance Co. Mr. Smith and Mrs. Ida Baker Scott, who is associated with the company, are both licensed in surance agents. Guard Unit Tops In Its Battalion Moore County’s National Guard company attained a “superior” rating of 95.97 points—highest of any company in its battalion— during the recent two-week sum mer encampment of the 30th Di vision at Fort Bragg, James E. Harrington, Jr., of Pinehurst, company commander, has been informed. The rating resulted from ins pections of the local company and others in tbs' battalion by a Reg ular Army officer who is a West Point graduate. The battalion’s overall rating was the highest of any of the combat units in the di vision, Harrington said. The Moore County unit, with headquarters in the armory on Morganton Road here, is Company D, 2d Medium Tank Battalion, 196th Armor. 2 Injured, One Critically, in Lake Bay Wreck Moors County’s worst accident reported for the holiday period was a wreck shortly past mid night this (Thursday) morning, when a car carrying two young soldiers back to Fort Bragg went off a curve at Lake Bay in Little River township, hurtling down an embankment and wrapping itself around a tree. The driver, identified by his dogtag as Curtis R. Litton, was pinned beneath the steering wheel. With head and chest in juries and multiple other hurts, he was rated in critical condition at St. Joseph’s Hospital. The other youth, William R. Hill, 18, attached to the Service Company garrison, suffered mul tiple bruises and abrasions but was not believed seriously hurt, the hospital said. According to Trooper Tommy Clark, investigating, it took a half hour or so to free Litton after a wrecker had arrived and had righted and lifted the demolished car. No identification was found for him other than the dogtag, and Hill said he had just “caught a ride” with Litton and did not know him, nor to what unit he belonged. Tentative Budget Runs Short in Allotment of School Building Fnnds A 1962-63 tentative county ; budget that lists total require ments of $1,420,043 was adopted by the county commissioners Monday, with the expectation by board members that revisions will be made in the budget’s school capital outlay (construc tion) allotments to the county and Southern Pines school systems. 20 days. Its final adoption must by law take place on or before July 28. Although the county’s estima ted property valuation is up a half million dollars to $52% mil lion, to provide a net tax take of $780,971, the county’s non tax sources (largely ABC funds and intangible taxes) are expect- - CApeUt- The budget was placed on file to provide $639,072—down in the office of the register of deeds in the courthouse where it can be examined by th.s public for Austin Property Annexed to Town Two requests for annexation of property by the town were con sidered by the town council in a special meeting last Tniursday afternoon. On petition from Stanley Aus tin, his property on Morganton Road, just south of the city limit, was formally annexed. Another petition was presented by a group of Kenwood residents, asking annexation of a large por tion of that development which borders Knollwood and the Carth age road. The council, however, could not act on that petition because three needed signatures of property owners were not affixed to it. Reynolds Honored For Long Service As Commissioner The North Carolina Association of County Commissioners has pre sented to L. R. Reynolds of Rob bins RFD, chairman of the Moore County board of commissioners, a certificate recognizing more than 25 years of service to county government as a commissioner. Presentation of six such certi ficates to county commissioners, nine to county accountants and four to county attorneys was a feature of the 55th annual con vention of the Association held recently at Morehead City. Mr. Reynolds was a member of the board for many years and has been chairman since the re tirement of Gordon Cameron as board member and chairman several years ago. 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 ori Midland Road. Max. Min. June 28 78 65 June 29 78 59 June 30 79 61 July 1 93 65 July 2 78 67 Juy 3 89 66 July 4 83 68 Tufts Leading Golf Qualifiers Peter Tufts of Pinehiirst leads the qualifying round for the Moore County Golf Tournament with a 71. Other top qualifiers to date— Topper Parks, 73, and Tommy Grey, 74. Pairings will be made on Sun day, the last day of the qualifying round, and match play will start Mortday morning at the Pinehurst Country Club. . Qualifying was over the No. 3 course at Pinehurst. There is a record entry list of 64 players. Golf Bag to Be Given Tonight Yesterday’s July 4th Little League All-Star game that was to have been played by two teams of outstanding players from the four teams in the League did not take place and. will not be rescheduled, it was announced today. Technicalities in Little League regulations were cited as reason. The lady’s golf bag to have been given away at the game will be presented tonight (Thursday) about 7:30 p.m., between two Minor League games which were postponed from last night, at the Little League park on Morganton Road. RECREATION FEATURES A doll show for younger chil dren (under 10) at the town park at 2 p.m. Wednesday and an archery contest for older children (10 and up) Monday afternoon at Memorial Field are special features of next week’s munici pal recreational program. Other activities of the program will con tinue as usual. RANGE WARNING All persons are warned to stay off the Fort Bragg and Camp Mackall ranges unless on official business. Ranges are in daily use and a hazard exists due to artil lery and small arms firing and unexploded ammunition. Anyone observing shells or unexploded ammunition on civilian property is requested to call Sgt. Craven, Telephone 281-3013, Pinebluff, for removal by experienced per sonnel. from last year’s $746,520 estimate. Result of this is that this year’s total budget requirements are un der last year’s—$1,420,043 as com pared to last year’s $1,520,020 All departments of county Der ations are feeling the pinch. Member Absent Main reason for delaying a de cision on revision of the capital outlay allotments in th.° two school systems was the absence from Monday’s meeting of one of the commissioners, John M. Currie. All others were present: Chairman L. R. Reynolds, Tom Monroe, J. M. Pleasants and W S. Taylor. After N. L. Hodgkins, chair man of the Southern Pines school board, and Robert E. Lee, county school superintendent, told the board that each of the school sys tems couldn’t let building con tracts on projects for which bids had already been opened, unless the commissioners gave them more money in their capital out lay allotments, the commissioners agreed, without a vote in the ab- senc.- of Mr. Currie, that some thing would have to be done to increase each of the allotments. And apparently the only source of additional money would be the fund being held toward construc tion of a building to house agri cultural agency offices in Carth- ^se—-a fund from which the com missioners have “borrowed” in former years to satisfy school building needs. . 'The question not settled Mon day was how the $73,500 remain ing in the agriculture building fund (from which about $15,000 had already been taken to balance the General Fund budget) is go ing to be divided between the Southern Pines and county sys tems. As outlined by Mr. Hodgkins and Mr. Lee, here is how the capi tal outlay picture stood in each of the systems Monday: Southern Pines On the basis of bids already opened for work on a new West (Continued on Page 8) Student Driving Course to Begin Second half of the summer auto driver training course at East Southern Pines High School will begin Monday, Supt. Luther A. Adams annoimces. Students wishing to take the course will register at the multi purpose room in the new wing of the school at 8 p.m. They must be 16 for behind-the-wheel train ing and 14 for classroom work. Automobiles driven by grad uates of this officially approved course are subject to lower in surance rates than cars driven by non-graduates in the same age group. BEAUTY CONTEST FEATURED Pinehurst Celebration Set Saturday & J-t ... I • -« ^ ROTARY INSTALLATION—The Rev. Carl Wallace (ri^t, front) who was installed Friday night as president of the Southern Pines Rotary Club during a dinner meeting at the Country Club, exchanges gavels with Robert M. Leland}, outgoing president who becomes a member of the board of directors. In the backgroimd, left to righti .are: John McPhauI, treasurer; Robert Bishop, di^ctor; John Harden of Greensboro, public relations firm head and author, who was the dinner speaker and, as Rotary district gov ernor, installed the officers; L. D. McDonald, secretary; and Marvin Cornell, vice president. Arthur Rowe, a third new director, was not present Mrs. Carl Wallace, for the Rotary Anns, responded to a welcome by E. J. Austin and installed the incoming Rotary Ann president, Mrs. Hollie Sisk. Jim Perkiiispn spoke the in vacation and delivered an in memoriam tri bute. to the late James Lindsley who was a club member. (Humphrey photo) Attendance from throughout this area is expected Saturday (July 7) at Pinehurst’s all-day Community Day celebration, fea turing the “Miss Pinehurst Swim ming Pool” contest at 3 p.m, along with numerous contests and sports events, all taking place at the Recreation Park. Picnic limc'hes will be available during the day from a stand undrfr supervision of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Lewis and Mr. and Mrs. John McKenzie. Following is the complete sche dule of events; 10:00—Bubble gum blowing contest, sack race, 3-legged race, sponsored by Senior Girl Scout TYoop 69. 11:30—Swimming races and diving exhibition, sponsored by Pinnehurst Recreation Associa tion. 1:00—Water contest, sponsored by Pinehurst 'Volunteer Firemen. 2:00—Tricycle race, bicycle race, sponsored by Carolina Bank. 3:00—Bathing beauty contest— “Miss Pinehurst Swimming Pool” and “Prince and Princess of the Wading Pool,” sponsored by Com- mimity Swimming Association. 6:00—Watermelon seed spitting contest, sponsored by Pinehurst Lions Club. 7 K)0—All-Star softball game, sponsored by A. B. Sally, Jr., Post of American Legion. 9:00 —■ Dance (round and square), “Nick” Crotty and The Carolina Cardinals. Presentation of prizes for junior golf winners and drawing for $100.00.
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