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V vugK Pinehursi Golf Starts Friday, Saturday at 8 a.m., 1 p.m (EST) UiqhfoHL, j -^so, Pinehurst Gk>lf Starts Friday, Saturday at 8 a.m., 1 p.m (EST) VOL. 42—NO. 44 TWENTY-TWO PAGES SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1962 TWENTY-TWO PAGES PRICE: 10 CENTS * IB ^'fy< W. k/ 'iL.4 , A A f#) ~xf' f~ LAST GREEN—As seen from the roof of the Pinehurst Country Club, during this week’s 62nd playing of the Amateur Championship of the U. S. Golf Association, here is the 18th green of the famous No. 2 championship course at Pinehurst. The course, in top condition, has drawn praise from competitors in the tourna ment this week. (Hemmer photo) National Amateur Golf Goin^ Into Semi-Finals Friday; Smith Beaten The 62nd Amateur Champion- ; Royal Center, Ind., defeated An- ship of the U. S. Golf Association enters the tense semi-finals and finals phase tomorrow at Pine hurst with narrowing of the once- 200-strcng field to the four com petitors of the semi-finals. Results of this morning’s 5th round matches are: Homero Blancas, Jr., Houston, Texas, defeated 18-year-old David Marad of Milton, Mass,, 1-up. Labron E. Harris, Jr., of Enid, Okla., age 20, defeated Richard H. Sikes of Springdale, Ark., 1-up, 21 holes. Billy Joe Patton, Morganion, the only Carolinas golfer left in the fray, defeated John D. Me Key, Jr., of Orlando, Fla. James R. Gabrielson of Athens, Ga. defeated Robert Littler, Jr., of Athens, Ohio, 5 and 4. thony J. Culinane of Washington. D. C., 2-up. Paul Desjardins of Miami Shores, Fla., another 20-year-old, defeated Charles B. Smith of Gastonia who, with Patton, had been a white hope of Tar Heels for a North Carolina winner in the tournament. Downing Gray of Warrington, Fla., defeated James J. Colbert, Jr., Prairie Village, Kan., 3 and 2. So' this afternoon:, with The Pilot’s press time too early to get results, the matches being played are: Blancas vs. Harris. Patton Vs. Gabrielson. Coody vs. Newcomb. Desjardins vs Gray. The four winners will tee off at 9 a. m. tomorrow (Friday) Charles Coody, Jr., of Fort ^ (8 standard Sandhills time) for Worth, Texas, defeated Robert W. one 18-hole round and at 2 p.m. Allen of West Hartford, Conn., (1 EST) for the second round, to 3 and 2. play out their 36-hole matches. William K. Newcomb, Jr. of: The finals on Saturday will ' have the same starting times. If Patton is in the finals, the gallery is expected to swell, be cause of his following of Tar Heel fans. In any case, it promises to be two days of outstanding golf and strong spectator enthusiasm coming up. The spectator fee for the Friday and Saturday matches is $3.50 per person per day. There is a 50 cents per day parking fee on a lot in the Marshall Park area between the Village Chapel and the Coun try Club. The winner will receive a silver trophy and custody for the next year of the Havemeyer Cup. Top entries in the tournament, followed with interest throughout this week of play, have fallen by the wayside, including Dick Chap man, former Pinehurst resident; Deane Beman, Harvie Ward, Dick Davies, Bill Campbell, H. Dudley Wysong and numerous other players who entered as major threats in the event. $20,000 Awarded For Permanent Injury In Wreck A jury awarded $20,000 for a teen-age youth permanently crip pled in an automobile accident after a trial which continued through the entire civil term of Moore County Superior Court last week at Carthage. Charles B. Smith, now 19, of Vass, Route 2 had sued through “next friend” for the sum of $175,000 for personal injury in an accident of October 7, 1960. Through counsel he notified of appeal to the State Supreme Court, after motions to set aside the verdict as inadequate, and on errors, had been denied by Superior Court Judge Hubert E. Olive. Defendants in the case were Thomas Robert McCants of Dur ham, commandant of the Duke (Continued on Page 8) Special Term of Court Scheduled A special term of Moore Coun ty Superior Court will be held the week starting October 22, be cause of a backlog of criminal cases for which a number of de fendants are in jail. One is the murder case, in which Frank Yow of Carthage is charged with the butcher-knife slaying of June Sullivan. A bond was set for Yow but he has been unable to make it and has been in Moore County jail since the fatal ity May 11. His trial could not be reached at the August criminal term, and was continued along with a number of others. The grand jury will not be call ed as no new cases will be taken up, but will await the regular term in November, said C. C. Kennedy, clerk of court. Women Pilots of ‘Ninety-Nines’ to Meet Here Oct. 5. Plans were announced this week for the annual meeting of the Southeastern and Middle East Sections of The Ninety-Nines, na tion-wide organization of women airplane pilots, to be held at Pine Needles Country Club and Lodg es here October 5 through 7. The “fly-in” of most of the group will take place Friday, with planes arriving at Southern Pines-Pinehurst Airport. Saturday’s program includes a business meeting, golf tournament and banquet which is open to the public but requires reservations in advance. Speakers are Jerrie Cobb (see story on women’s pages today), leading candidate in the proposed women’s astronaut pro gram, and Louise Thaden, a lieu tenant colonel in the Civil Air Patrol who has won many tro phies and awards for flying ex ploits during the past 30 years and is a charter member of the Ninety-Nines. Active Sandhills members are Mrs. Estelle Bradshaw and Miss Page Sharriburger. Mrs. Peggy Kirk Bell, who with her husband, Warren Bell, own and operate Pine Needles, is an inactive mem ber of the group. Swimming at the Pine Needles pool, a fashion show and other events are on the program. The Ninety-Nines Club was formed in 1929 to coordinate the interests and efforts of women in the aviation field. MAYOR RUGGLES LEAVES HOSPITAL Mayor John S. Buggies re turned to his home this week from St. Joseph of the Pines Hospital where he had been a patient since August 3, ailter suffering a stroke. He is reported improving steadily and is permitted to go to his office at the Bar- num Realty and Insurance Co. for a short periodi each day. He may have visitors at his home, 180 N. Bennett St. County To Vote On Bond Issues For 2 Buildings The Moore County commission ers in a public hearing at Carth age Friday adopted a bond ordi nance calling for two issues of building bonds totaling $250,000, subject to a vote of the people at th.3 time of the general election Tuesday, November 6. One issue in the sum of $175,- OGO is for a building to house the county agricultural offices and the Moore County Library, while the other, for $75,000, is for a building for the county Depart ment of Public Welfare. The buildings ar.e to be located on sites already owned by the county, and the named sums are “outside figures” to include equipment also. The commissioners had no trouble securing approval of the Local Government Commission for th.2 bond issues, as Moore County has no bonded indebted ness for any purpose other than schools, and for schools, the debt on July 1 was only $165,000, since reduced by a $25,000 payment to $140,000. A $50,000 bridge bond issue dating back to 1926 was paid off last year. The new indebtedness would be taken care of easily within the present tax structure, without any tax raise, the commissioners affirmed. On hand to voice support of the bond issue for the long-wanted Agricultural Building, and to meet any protests which might arise (none did) was a seven-man delegation from the Moore Coun ty Farm Bureau consisting of S. R. Ransdell, Jr., president; J. D. Shields, secretary; directors J. J. Jeffries, Carr Paschal. John Bak er and Clarence Gordon, and Gaither Edwards, manager of the Production Credit Association, also F. D. Allen, farm agent, and Miss Flora McDonald, home econ- (Continued on Page 8) Sandhills Prepares To Welcome Eisenhower On Visit Saturday Plans Progress For Democratic Luncheon Community ticket chairmen for the September 29 luncheon meet ing of women Democratic workers in the fall election campaign are named in a story on the women’s nages of today’s Pilot. Mrs. F. F. Rainey heads the committee for the event at the Southern Pines Country Club. Mrs. Doris Crom- artie of Charlotte, vice chairman of the State Democratic Execu tive Committee, will be guest speaker. Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower is scheduled to arrive at the Southern-Pines-Pinehurst Airport Saturday, September 22 at 12:15 p. m. for a half day of politics and golf. He will be met at the airport by Rep. Charles R. Jonas of Lin- colnton, Republican candidate for Congress from the new 8th dis trict and other GOP leaders of the county and state. The former chief executive and World War II military leader is making the visit to the 8th Dis trict, which includes Moore County, specifically to boost Jon as’s candidacy in his campaign against Democratic Rep. A. Paul Kitchin of Wadesboro, for the November 6 election. From the airport. General Eisenhower will go to the Caro lina Hotel in Pinehurst where he and Rep. Jonas will be honored guests at a 1:15 p. m. luncheon sponsored by the Moore County Citizens Committee for Jonas, of which A. E. Rhinehart is chair man. Dr. Bruce Warlick of South ern Pines will be master of cere monies at the luncheon. Eisen hower and Jonas will both speak. Immediately following the luncheon. General Eisenhower and Jonas will go to the Pinehurst Country Club to watch the last portion of the final, championship round of the National Amateur Golf Tournament. It is reported that the general will watch from a golf cart—the only one permit ted on the course during the cur rent week-long ■ event. With Congressman Jonas for the airport reception will be: J. E. Broyhill of Lenoir, Republican national committeeman; Robert L. Gavin, of Sanford, Republican chairman of North Carolina; Coy Lewis, Jr., of Robbins, Eighth District GOP chairman; James E. Harrington, Jr., of Pinehurst, Moore County GOP chairman; and members of the Moore Coun ty Citizens for Jonas Committee. Members of the committee, in I A GENERAL EISENHOWER addition to Chairman Rhinehart include: Mrs. Kenneth E. Ferris of Pinehurst; Mrs. James D. Hobbs of Southern Pines, Robert E. Lea of Pinehurst, Donald Morrison of Pinehurst, Mrs. John C. Ostrom of Southern Pines; Dr. and Mrs. R. Eruce Warlick of Southern Pines and Gen. Ira T*. Wyche of Pinehurst. Other members will be added, Mr. Rhinehart said. General Eisenhower is expected to speak briefly to the crowd at the airport. He is coming to Pine hurst from Columbia, S. C. Four hundred persons are ex pected from throughout North Carolina for the Jonas luncheon, according to Moore County GOPj leaders. General Eisenhower plans to leave Pinehurst directly after the finish of the tournament. Among the committee chairmen in charge of various phases of the Eisenhower and Jonas’ visit are Airport Committee, W. F. Ritter of Robbins, Charles S. Patch, Jr., Southern Pines and Paul of Helms of Robbins, co-chairmen; Luncheon Committee, Wallace W. O’Neal of Pinehurst; Hospital ity Committee, Mrs. Thomas E. "^Ragan, Jr., of Pinehurst; Ticket Committee, Mrs. David Drexel of Southern Pines and Mrs. B. F. Marley of Robbins, co-chairmen; iTransportation Committee, Bill Weldon of Southern Pines, and Usher Committee, Miss Ruth Wells of Pinehurst. Members of the Teenage Re publican Clubs of Moore County j I will serve as ushers at the lunch- '; eon. I General ■ Eisenhower’s schedule is Eastern Standard Time, not the special daylight time in effect in Pinehurst during the week of the I golf tournament. I The former President’s interest j in golf is well known. He played frequently while President, his favorite Southern course being the Augusta National Golf I Club at Augusta, Ga. He has not visited Pinehurst since he entered politics in 1952 when he was elected to his first term in the White House. The Jonas-Kitchin race, liveli est in the state at the Congres sional level, features the rare sit uation of pitting two incumbent representatives against each oth er. In the current Congress, Jonas represents the former 10th dis trict, a part of which was lopped off in a redistricting to form the new 8th. Kitchin represents the old 8th which also lost some of its counties in the change. Re districting was due to the loss of one (Jongressional seat in North Carolina, because of a population drop in the 1960 census. Former President Harry Tru man will make a campaign visit to Charlotte some time next month in behalf of Congressman Kitchin. Kitchin fs working with the National Democratic Committee to arrange a date for Truman’s visit. Charlotte officials said that al though the Truman rally would be held in Kitchin’s district, party officials in the neighboring dis tricts of Rep. Basil Whitener and Rep. Hugh Q. Alexander would, be asked to participate. DEMO GROUP MEETING Members of Democratic pre cinct committees from thoughout Moore County are meeting at 7:30 tonight (Thursday) at the Carth age Hotel in Carthage, to discuss with County Chairman W. La- mont Brown fund-raising and other plans for the fall campaign. 175 GOING TO POPE AFB Air Force, Kiwanis Sponsor Kids’ Day GOP WOMEN TO MEET All interested women are in vited to attend the first meeting of the Sandhill Republican Wom en’s Club, to be held at 8 p. m. Monday in the Southland Hotel on New Hampshire Ave. (De tails in story on Woman’s Page). Hundreds of boys and girls and their families are exp.scted to visit Pope Air Force Base for the annual Kids’ Day open house scheduled for 10 a. m. to 1 p. m., Saturday, September 22, at the Tactical Air Command installa tion. The event is sponsored jointly by Kiwanis International and the United States Air Force. Moore County pai'ticipation, under direction of the Sandhills Kiwanis Club, will send some 175 seventh graders to Pope AFB said Dr. R. B. Warlick, president of the club. Meeting at the school here at 8:30 Saturday, they will be tak en to Pope AFB in supervised transportation. Dr. Warlick stress ed that parents wishing to take eligible children are welcome to go in their own cars. Students to go are chosen from seventh grades in schools throughout the county. Displays of aircraft, equipment and vehicles will be featured, while efforts are being made to arrange with Army officials for operation of a popular kiddies’ jump tower. A ‘flight-line taxi’ will transport visitors through the ramp area. The program also calls for sky diving demonstrations by sports parachutists. Selection of a boy and girl, re spectively, as honorary base com mander and as honorary WAF di rector for the day will be another feature. The open house will be held in the base operations area adja cent to Manchester Road. Band Boasters to Meet On Monday The first fall meeting of the East Southern Pines High School Band Boosters Club will be held at 8 p.m. Monday at the school, with all parents of band members and majorettes and other interested persons invited to attend. Mrs. J. L. Ritchie, president of the club, pointed out this week that the long effort to raise funds for the band’s new uniforms, ac quired last year, has been suc cessful and that the uniforms are now entirely paid for. At the Monday meeting a com mittee will be named to bring in nominations for new club officers. Woman Charged With Murder in Monday Shooting Probable cause on a charge of first degree murder was found Wednesday in South ern Pines municipal court against a 48-year-old Negro woman, Mar garet Stanback Godwin, for the fatal shooting of a neighbor, Ed gar Gibson, 38. Judge W. H. Fullenwider di rected that the woman be held without bond for grand jury ac tion at the November criminal term of Moore County Superior Court, Carthage. The killing took place Monday night at “Lost City,” small Negro community on the outskirts of West Southern Pines. * Deputy Sheriff J. A. Lawrence, presenting the state’s case, said th.3 woman had admitted to him that she shot Gibson with a .32 revolver “and kept on shooting, till the gun was empty.” When arrested later that night at the home of another neighbor, Rob Douglas, she gave him the revol ver and five empty shells Law rence said. Two of the bullets had hit Gib son, one in the upper left arm, the other penetrating his chest On the left side. He died en route to Moore Memorial Hospital in an ambulance. Lawrence testified that Mrs. Godwin told him she went out of her house about 9:20 p. m. to (Continued on Page 8) SCHOOL BANDS TO PLAY AT AIRPORT The East Southern Pines, West Southern Pines and Rockingham High School bands are expected to be on hand to welcome Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower when his plane from Columbia, S. C. arrives at the Southern Pines- Pinehurst Airport at 12:15 p. m, Saturday. Officials plan ning the Eisenhower visit es- tunate some 4,000 persons would be in the welcoming crowd. The combined bands will play "Hail to the Chief" and possibly other selections. Tobacco Sales Resume Ai Aberdeen, Carthage After a three-day sales holiday for all the state’s leaf tobacco markets except those in the Old Belt, the Aberdeen and Carthage markets in Moore County re sumed selling in their ware houses today. Both markets are in the Middle Belt. Large sales were expected because of the three-day break in operations called to ease congestion at to bacco processing plants. Economy Stressed In Message For County Officials The Moore County commission ers, who faced some stringent money problems at budget-mak ing time, have laid down strict economy rules for all county de partments, warning them to stay within their budgets and “to spend the county money as if it came from their own pockets.” A letter on the subject has been drawn up with the help and ad vice of Mrs. Estelle Wicker, coun ty accountant, and has been sent to all county department heads. The letter points out that the new budget is now in its third month and calls it “the most pain fully prepared and adopted budget in recent years due to increased cost and reduced revenue.” It will be necessary, said the letter, to follow certain proced ures, in order to stay within the budget as required by law. Department heads are request ed in the letter: to keep monthly expenditures well within one- twelfth of the fiscal year’s total budget; and to obtain two or more bids when purchasing equipment or large supply orders. (Items costing more than $100 must have prior approval of the commission ers whether or not they are in the budget). Girl Scouts Will Aid Lions Drive To Help Blind The Southern Pines Lions Club win take its annual White Cane Drive to local residents Saturday with the aid of Girl Scout Troop 82 whose members will be selling bangles and receiving contribu tions in the business section all day. S. E. Thomas, chairman of the drive for the local club, pointed out this week that the campaign is the chief state-wide fund-rais ing project of Lions Clubs and supports the N. C. Association for the Blind, the North Carolina Eye Bank, medical eye clinics, glau coma detection clinics, distribu tion of educational materials on prevention of blindness, provision of white cane walking sticks for blind persons and numerous other services, including eye glasses for needy persons. Girl Scouts expected to take part in the collection include Becky Austin, Stephanie Pollock, Carolyn Niles, Perry Davis, Donna Traylor, Ellen Bushby, Janet Phillips, Barbara Grove, Karen Wright, Glenda Maness, Mary Mc Millan, Janice Campbell and Susan Huntley. Mrs. W. T. Hunt- ley, Jr., is leader of the troop and Mrs. Ned Bushby is assistant. The campaign runs through the end of this month. Persons who wish to give directly may send contributions to Mr. Thomas at 210 Sheldon Road. 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 September 13 91 61 September 14 98 64 September 15 88 66 September 16 71 64 September 17 79 63 September 18 80 62 September 19 82 57