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VOL. 42—NO. 42
14 Tar Heels, 5
Alternates Win
Berths In Tourney
Preparations continue for the
62nd Amateur Championship of
the U. S. Golf Association, to be
played at Pinehurst the week of
September 17, with finals planned
for Saturday, September 22.
Full details of the toumanaent
will appear in next week’s Pilot.
More than 2,000 golfers over the
nation played 36-hole rounds at
designated! courses in various
areas, to qualify for the berths
in the 200-man starting field.
Thirteen entries are exempt from
qualifying.
North Carolina golfers played
their qualifying rounds Wednes
day over two Charlotte courses,
102 of the 165 entries turning in
scores. Fourteen entries and five
alternates were chosen.
The group included five Sand
hills players, none of whom won
a berth in the tourney. With their
scores, they were: Clyde Mangum,
Southern Pines, 156; Joe Carter,
Southern Pines, 163; Barney
Avery, Southern Pines, 167;
Peter Tufts, Pinehurst, 182 and
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TWENTY PAGES
SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1962
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Mayor Recovering
Well From Stroke
Mayor John S. Ruggles is re
covering excellently at St. Jo
seph’s Hospital, wher.2 he was
taken August 3 after suffering a
stroke.
Rated for a time in critical con
dition, and unable to speak, he
has recovered his faculties, is up
for a while every day and has
been taken for short rides by his
wife.
He en,ioys seeing guests but is
still restricted as to their num
ber and the length of time they
may stay, so as not to become
overtired. His recovery is expect
ed to be complete and he will re
turn home within three or four
WG0ks
Some visitors he particularly
enjoyed were his son, Capt. Jack
Ruggles, who has been stationed:
at Erlangen, Germany, for the
past three and a half years, and
the captain’s wife, Nadine, a na
tive of France, whom he married
overseas last year. They were
her.° for nearly two weeks en
route to Fort Sill, Okla., where
Jack will attend an Army school
before going on to his next as
signment, that of military advisor
to Army Reserve units at Beau
mont, Texas.
The mayor’s brother, Edward
Ruggles, and Mrs. Ruggles were
here from Raleigh several times
to visit him.
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DEATH SCENE— The dark shadow under
the timbers which form a cross in right fore
ground shoivs where Jordan Livingstone, 84,
died Friday afternoon. The long timber in fore-
m::.
ground of photo fell across his chest. The piled-
up bricks and masonry lie where fellow workers
threw them to release his body.
(V. Nicholson photo)
Raymond Tart To
Face Grand Jury
In Holder Death
A coroner’s jury Tuesday night
recommended that Raymond Tart,
62, be held for grand jury action
under $1,000 bond in the fatal
shooting of Jackie Alvin Holder,
22, at Vass late Saturday night.
Comer Ralph G. Steed, presid
ing, handed down his ruling that
Holder ■ died... of internal hemorr
hage from a shotgun wound at
close range in the left lower
abdomen.
Tart testified the wound was
made when his shotgun went off
as he was struggling to get it
away from Holder at Tart’s home,
where he lives alone, in the Vass
“mill village.’’
Deputy Sheriff R. A. Edwards
said Tart called him about 11 p.m.
to report the shooting and hand
over the gun, and that he went
to Tart’s home and found young
Holder lying dead on the kitchen
floor.
Other witnesses were Vernon
Scarboro, Holder’s father-in law,
and Felton Frye, neighbors, and
employees of Jones, Inc., at Vass.
Testimony was that Holder,
PTA MEETING TO j Aged Man Killed
WELCOME TEACHERS When Wall Of Old
The Southern Pines PTA
will honor the new teachers
at its first meeting of the sea
son, to be held Monday at 8
p. m. at Weaver Auditorium,
said Mrs. Albert Grove, presi
dent.
The new teachers will be
introduced, and a social hour
will be held at which a warm
welcome will be given to
both the new andi returning
teachers.
There will be little busi
ness at this meeting, other
than school announcements,
and comments ifrom Supt.
Luther Adams on the opening
and progress of school.
Parsonage To Be
Seen On Sunday
Members and friends of Our
Saviour Lutheran Church will in
spect the remodeled and renova
ted church parsonage at 355 E.
New York Avenue., from 3 to 5
p. m. Sunday.
The house was purchased by
Scarboro and Frye went to Tart’s; the church several months ago
home as he was getting ready for j and is now occupied by the Rev.
bed, that there was some drinking
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Schools Open With Record Enrollment
Opening enrollment in the
Southern Pines schools, fastest
growing, in the county, was 1..609,
a gain of 115 over last year’s fig
ure, according to Supt. Luther A.
Adams. The schools here opened
Tuesday.
“Every opening day in the three
years I’ve been here has added
enough children for at least three
new classrooms,’’ the superinten
dent noted.
Most of the gain was in the
East Southern Pines schools,
which enrolled 280 in the high
school as compared with 228 last
year, and 735 in the elementary
grades versus 701 last year. Total,
1,015, over last year’s 929.
In West Southern Pines, high
1.700.
County System
Opening-day enrollment in all
schools of the Moore County sys
tem Wednesday of last week to
taled 6,527, it was reported by
Supt. Robert E. Lee.
This was 157 more . than the
opening-day enrollment of 6,370
one year ago, and showed an in
crease of nearly 2,000 over that
of 10 years ago, which was 4,546.
Catholic Schools
The two Catholic parochial
schools here— St. Anthony’s in
East Southern Pines and Our
Lady of Victory in West South
ern Pines— also opened Tuesday.
St. Anthony’s opened with an
enrollment of 110, about 10 per
cent Negro children, ■ starting the
second year of racial integration
school enrollment moved up from ; at the school. The Negro children
last year’s 139 to 141, the elemen
tary grades from 426 to 453; the
total from 565 to 594. All the fig-
are in the fourth through eighth
grades. Negro parochial pupils in
the first through third grades at-
ures are expected to increase con- ^ tend Our Lady of Victory school
siderably during the next few Both schools are staffed by the
weeks. Total enrollment at the ' Sisters of Notre Dame. Sister
end of last school year went over
Mrs. Capehari Honored
For 20 Years As Agent
Mrs. Amelia S. Capehart,
Moore County Negro home econ
omics agent, has been awarded
Catherine Leonard is the St. An
thony’s principal. Sister David
Marie, formerly with St. An
thony’s school, is the principal at
Our Lady of Victory.
CENTER TO OPEN
The Southern Pines Informa-
a silver hostess tray for her 20 | tion Center at the corner of
years of s^ervice as Negro home Pennsylvania Aye. and S. - E.
agent in Pitt County," 1941-1961,
before coming to Moore County
a year ago. The award was made
by the Home Demonstration
Clubs’ County Council, reports
Broad St. will open September
17, with Mrs. Raymond Cameron
continuing in charge. Mrs. Cam
eron has been going to the cen
ter once a week during the sum-
Miss Flora McDonald, Moore mer to answer mail inquiries
County home economics agent. I about the town.
Jack Deal, pastor of the church,
and his farnily. Work done in
cludes addition of a study, bed
room and bathroom and general
renovation. A kitchen range, re
frigerator and washing machine
Church Collapses
Jordan Livingston, 84, a deacon
in the Mt. Olive Bible Church of
God on South Gaines St., West
Southern Pines, was killed Friday
afternoon when the old structure
collapsed as he was helping tear
it down to make room for a new
church building.
He was one of several volun
teer workers from the congrega
tion, with one hired helper, who
had been working on the project
all week, hoping to complete it
by the weekend.
The roofing had been removed,
leaving the bare rafters upheld
by timbers and partially demol
ished brick and masonry walls.
Livingston was standing at a cor
ner when a rotten timber beside
him gave way. The rafters tum
bled down, leaping outward and
pushing the walls with them with
a crash, in a cloud of dust.
The timber caught the aged
man across the chest as it fell
ed him and his body was crushed
beneath heavy bricks and mason
ry.
His fellow workers, who had
jumped aside and were unhurt,
feverishly pulled the debris from
their friend’s body and a neigh
bor called an ambulance. He was
dead on arrival at Moore Mem
orial Hospital.
Livingston had long be>sn a re
spected citizen of West Southern
R. Tufts Resigns
4s Chairman Of
Airport Committee
The Moore County commission
ers in regular session Tuesday,
accepted with regret the resigna
tion of Richard Tufts of Pine
hurst as chairman of the Moore
County Airport committee, a post
he has held since the committee
was formed more than 25 years
ago.
They appointed Albert Tufts,
brother of Richard, to member
ship on the board while naming
J. E. Sandlin of Southern Pines
permanent chairman. Sandlin has
been a board member for several
years and recently has served as
acting chairman.
Tufts gave as the reason for his
resignation the fact that he plans
to spend all his summers away
from now on.
Chairman L. R. Reynolds presi
ded at the meeting. Attending
were Commissioners John M.
Currie of Carthage, Tom Monroe
of Robbins, and W. S. Taylor of
Aberdeen. Commissioner James
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Hearing Set On
Bond Proposals
The county commissioners
have set Friday, September 14, at
10:30 a. m. for a public hearing
on the proposed issuance of $250,-
000 in county building bonds. The
hearing will be held in the com
missioners’ regular meeting room
in the courthouse.
The bonds, to be issued subject
to a vote of the people, would
provide $175,000 estimated as the
cost of a combined Agricultural
Building and Moore County Li
brary, and $75,000 for a County
Welfare Building.
Application was made to the
Local Government Commission
following a special meeting of Au
gust 23 for permission to issue
the bonds subject to the County
Finance Act.
The commissioners expressed
the hope that all preliminaries
could be cleared away in time for
the election to be held Tuesday,
November 6, the date of the gen
eral election. This would save the
cost of a special election, estima
ted at ' $3,000.
Youth Hurt 111 Death
Try Escapes Hospital
TOBACCO MARKETS
HAVE GOOD START
Successful operations dur
ing the first five days of the
Middle Belt tobacco selling
season have been reported
from auction warehouses in
Aberdeen and Carthage, the
two Moore County Middle
Bell markets.
Opening last Thursday and
operating then and Friday,
the markets resumed sales
Monday, to continue each
week for the next two or
.three months.
The controversial sales of
untied (primarily inferior
grade) leaf in the first five
days of operations brought
down average prices paid last
week and ecurly this week.
Both Moore markets reported
averages cif between $55 and
$80 per 100 pounds during
the first few days of the sell
ing season, including both
tied and untied tobacco sales.
$175,000 Damage
Suit Calendared
For Coming Week
Two weeks of civil court opened
Tuesday at Carthage with Superi
or Court Judge Hubert E. Olive
of Lexington presiding.
Only a few cases were calendar
ed for trial this week which was
shortened by the Labor Day holi
day, and it appeared likely that
the calendar for the second week
would be preempted by one case.
This automobile accident case
has been allotted four days of
next week, and, though other
cases are calendared in case this
suit does not come to trial, this
week the word was that batteries
of lawyers were ready for ac
tion and that the case will be
heard in full.
This is the $175,000 personal
injury suit of (Charles B. Smith
by next friend vs. Eddie Martin
Simpson and Sarah Elizabeth
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Lamon Fonville, 16-year-old
I Negro boy, escaped his guard at
Moore Memorial Hospital Monday
night and since then, up until this
morning, had successfully eluded
his pursuers, including many
Moore County officers and prison
camp staffers, with their blood
hounds.
The Negro youth, who was
taken to the hospital after he
tried to hang himself early Fri
day morning in Aberdeen jail, is
in physical danger as long as he
evades the law, physicians said.
He dislocated his neck in the
suicide try and was placed in
traction for two days. Then a
plastic collar was placed on his
neck which, doctors said, should
have remained there for at least
two weeks. But, on climbing out
of a first-floor bathroom window
at the hospital, clad only in his
hospital nightgown, he unhooked
the collar and dropped it outside
the building.
Fonville was being held in the
Aberdeen jail for questioning
about a csife robbery which he
later confessed after his suicide
attempt.
Hospital authorities say he
should return there immediately
or otherwise seek medical aid, as
without the collar he risks re
injuring his neck severely, per
haps causing permanent damage
or, if pressure on the spinal cord
results even death.
Deputy Sheriff J. A. Lawrence
and Aberdeen Officer D. M. Win-
free nearly caught him Tuesday
night, when they went to the
home of his uncle 'Thornton .Alls-
brook, on the Laurinburg Road,
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Here’s Blue Knights’ Starting Lineup;
First Game Set Friday, Laurinburg
were installed.
All interested persons are invi- Pines and from 1929 to 1944 was
ted.
CORRECTION
The telephone number given in
an advertisement of the French
Restaurant at Pinehurst, on page
12, is incorrect. The number
should be: 294-9642.
an employee of the Town, work
ing with the streets department
and refuse collection department.
His son, James, has also been
long employed by the Town and
is janitor of the Town Hall.
The senior Livingston moved
here from his native Anson coun-
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By HAL HASSENFELT
The Southern Pines Blue
Knights are looking forward to
their opening game of the season
with the Laurinburg Fighting
Scots at Laurinburg Friday night.
Coach Billy Megginson has put
the squad into a full two weeks
of hard hitting practice to be pre
pared for the season’s opener.
with the backfield averaging 157
pounds to bolster a single wing
offense.
The probable starting lineup
for Friday night’s game, Coach
Megginson announced, will be
Senior Johnny Bristow (150 lbs.)
playing tailback, who is also a
defensive ace. Junior Dan Thomas
(154 lbs.) will occupy the wing-
back spot and do most of the
There have been no serious injur- I punting. Sophmore Hal Hassen-
ies and the team is in perfect felt (150 lbs.) will play blocking
condition.
They are running from an un
balanced line, depending primari
ly on speedy running attacks
mixed in with numerous passes.
Nine lettermen are returning,
SVA Nursing Scholarship Winners Graduate
Two Moore County girls, who
three years ago started their
nurses training under the aus
pices of Sandhills Veterans’ Asso
ciation Scholarship, were among
the graduating class Friday eve
ning at the High Point Memorial
School of Nursing Commence
ment Exercises.
Carolyn Williams and Cas-ie
Gibson, both of West End paitici-
pated in exercises hell at the
Wesley Memorial Methodist
Church, in High Point, with iv-
ception in the church pailoi
Carolyn Williams expects to
pursue her education at lh(> Uni
versity of North Carolina, seek
ing a B. S. degree in nui sing, and
Cassie Gibson plans to return to
Moore county to enter the nurs
ing profession. Both girls were
praised highly by Miss Biugess,
director of the School ol Nur.sing.
who said that she expec ted them I
to. pass their state examinations j |
handily. ‘.'You veterans in Moore
county can be proud of those
girls,’’ she said in a telephone in
terview ’Tuesday.
The freshman class, entering
the school September 11, wiU in
clude four more Moore county
girls under the SVA program.
They are Louise Chappell of Car
thage, Linda McNair and Carolyn
Seawell of West End, and Sandra
Eastwood of Lakeview. They will
join three others, Elsie Garrison,
and Barbara Sue Black, who will
be in their third year, and
Gretchen Smith, who will be in
her second year.
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back. A new addition to the team
is Senior David Miller (175 lbs.)
who will start at the fullback
position.
The line will average a tight
170 lbs. Returning starters are
Seniors John Wade (160 lbs.), left
end; Norman McKenzie (185 lbs.),
left tackle, and Jerry Bradley
(212 lbs.) right tackle. Sophomore
Bryan Trent (173 lbs.) will be
playing right guard. Senior Pat
Dougherty (160 lbs.) and Junior
Lin Dunn (145 lbs.) are compet
ing for the center position.
Breaking into this year’s lineup
is Sophomore Larry Btradley (145
lbs.) as left guard, also Sopho
more Lynn Daeke (130 lbs.) and
Freshman Harry Webb (148 lbs.)
trying for the right end posi
tion.
Others expected to see a lot of
action are Juniors Bobby Ganis
and Charles Suttles, and Sopho
more David Jones.
The squad’s six s^aniors are
backed up by four juniors, 10
sophomores and one freshman.
In case of injuries players from
junior varsity will advance.
Coach John Williams, in charge
of junior varsity, is training
freshmen for varsity play. They
are expected to gain playing ex
perience and be prepared for next
season’s action.
Assistant Coach Dan Kruger has
been a big asset in boosting the
team’s spirit. He has been with
the team only a week and is do
ing a great job with the linemen.
Roger L. Davis
Now, With Patrol
In Moore County
Trooper Roger L. Davis went
on duty Tuesday, stationed at
Carthage, bringing the number of
State Highway Patrol members
in Moore County to the full com
plement of six.
Davis, 22 years old, recently
completed the Patrol’s basic
training school in Chapal Hill. He
replaces Pfc. Henry H. Hight, Jr.,
who was killed in an automobile
accident in May. Hight had been
stationed at Carthage.
A native of Durham, Davis is
a graduate of Hillsboro High
School in Orange County. His
wife, Mrs. Nancy R. Davis, also
from Durham, and their daugh
ter, Karen Lynn, three months
old, are with him at Carthage.
Sgt. J. S. Jones of Siler City,
who heads District Highway Pa
trol operations in Chatham, Lee
and Moore Counties, was intro
ducing Trooper Davis around in
this area Tuesday.
Republican Clubs
Sponsoring Rally
Three Republican clubs of this
area will sponsor a free dinner
and county-wide rally at the
Aberdeen school cafeteria, Sat
urday, September 15, from 6:30
to 8 p. m.
The event is announced as
“for all the family” and also for
all political faiths: “Republicans,
Democrats and Independents are
invited.”
Speakers will be announced
later.
Sponsors are the Republican
Women’s Club of which Mrs. Wil
liam R. Bonsai III is president;
the Young Republicans Club,
Steve Van Camp of Southern
Pines, president; and the Teen
age Republican Club of which
Miss Dawn Leland is president.
All three of the club officers are
residents of Southern Pines.
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.
August 30 91 62
August 31 92 61
September 1 93 63
September 2 94 69
September 3 91 68
September 4 90 67
September 5 91 72