‘Silent Spring,’
the new book by Rachel Carson,
is creating a national sensation.
Excerpts and an editorial, page 2.
■LOT
More photos
from the Eisenhower visit and
the National Amateur golf tour
nament appear on pages 8 and 17.
VOL. 42—NO. 45
TWENTY-TWO PAGES
SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1962
TWENTY-TWO PAGES
PRICE; 10 CENTS
Action, Not Words, Set As Democratic
Theme As Precinct Committees Meet
“Short on speech-making but
long on action”—that was the
theme sounded by Moore County
Democratic Chairman W. Lamont
Brown to about 50 persons re
presenting nearly all the county’s
precinct committees, attending a
supper meeting at the Carthage
Hotel Thursday night of last
week.
The meeting opened Moore
County’s Democratic campaign in
the Eighth District Kitchin-Jonas
fight, and in the county against a
partial slate of Republican con
tenders for offices now held by
Women Democrats
To Hear Leaders
In Party Saturday
Democratic women from
throughout Moore County will
meet at the Southern Pines Coun
try Club at noon, Saturday, for a
luncheon to be attended by sev
eral North Carolina party offici
als, with Mrs. A. Paul Kitchin of
Wadesboro, wife of the 8th Dis
trict representative and Congres
sional candidate, as guest of hon
or.
The part that women can play
in campaigning for candidates in
the November election will be the
theme of the meeting. The speak
ers will include Mrs. J. Henry
Cromartic of Charlotte, State
Democratic vice chairman; Mrs.
Democrats.
Unified Support
Unified support for the entire
Democratic slate was the keynote
—the kind of support. Chairman
Brown said, which means work
to get out the full Democratic
vote, and to keep all registered
Democrats lined up for the party.
It also, he said, means work to
see that all voters are properly
informed as to just who is running
on the Democratic ticket, and who
on the Republican. 'The chairman
castigated the frequent practice
of Republican candidates of not
mentioning party in their adver
tising, and billing themselves as
candidates of and for “Republi
cans, Democrats and indepen
dents.” Only Democrats are
running for the Democrats, he
declared, “and they are not
ashamed to say so.”
Lockey Heads Commillee
A finance committee has been
set up, which Forrest Lockey of
Aberdeen has again agreed to
head, to secure funds for State
headquarters and county cam
paign expenses, with hopes to
get the job done within two
weeks. Working with Lockey are
a dozen committee members cov
ering all parts of the county.
The Young Democrats will co
operate with the senior party in
working to increase the registra
tion and get out the vote. They
will set up a county campaign
headquarters at Carthage and will
staff a Democratic party booth at
the Moore County Fair. Campaign
Democratic vice tiiaiiiiian, , j
Herbert McKay of Chapel Hill,! materials may be secured either
N
C. Democratic national com
mitteewoman; William W. Staton
of Sanford, national committee
man; and Mrs. John L. Frye of
Robbins, first worhan candidate
for the Moore County board of
education.
Mrs. F. F. Rainey of Southern
Pines is general chairman of the
event. Ticket sales are headed by
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Sanford Center
Offers Technical
Training Courses
Four important technical
courses leading to higher skills
and better paying jobs will begin
immediately without tuition cost
at the Lee Industrial Education
Center in Sanford.
These courses will be offered in
Machine Shop, Technical Draft
ing, Air Conditioning-Refrigera
tion and Automotive Mechanics
four nights a week; Monday,
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
from 7 to 10 p. m.
The courses are 1,440 hours in
length and are certified by the
State of North Carolina leading
to a diploma issued by the state.
Registration for the courses be
gan Monday of this week, but
eligible students will be accepted
if application is made within the
next 10 days. Interested persons
should get in touch with W. A.
Martin, director of the center, as
soon as possible.
This program is being offered
to qualified applicants who are
unable to attend the Lee Center
during the day program. The only
cost is for books and supplies.
A new building has been com
pleted near Central High School
with every modern facility for
technical education.
from the Carthage headquarters
or Chairman Brown’s law office
(Continued on Page 8)
Mrs. Merrill To
Head Girl Scout
Fund Drive Here
W. R. Bonsai III, county chair
man for the Girl Scout fund
drive, has announced the ap
pointment of Mrs. Mildred Mer
rill as chairman of the drive for
Southern Pines.
Mrs. Merrill has been active in
scouting for many years as a
scout hers-elf and then leader of
a local troop for seven years. She
attended lEMith Macy TVaining
School in Westchester County,
New York, and the Girl Scout
National Convention in San Fran
cisco, Calif., in 1955.
Mrs. Merrill has appointed Mrs.
Sherwood Brockwell as chairman
for the residential fund drive
with Mrs. W. T. Huntley, Jr., as
her co-chairman. Mrs. George
Matheson is, treasurer and Mrs.
J. W. Smith, Jr., will do publicity.
Mr. Bonsai is chairman of the
drive in the business district.
The drive will start October 7.
Solicitation will be by letter and
house-to-house canvass. Letters
will go out in the mail this week,
Mrs. Merrill stated. The goal for
Southern Pines is $4,000.
There are 200 girl scouts in
Southern Pines, in 10 troops;
three Senior troops, four Inter
mediate troops, and three Brown
ie troops, with a fourth in the
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— 400 Attend Luncheon —
Eisenhower Visit To
Area Provides Boost
To Jonas Candidacy
/
In a visit of a few hours to the
Sandhills Saturday afternoon.
Former President Dwight D.
Eisenhower received a rousing
airport welcome from thousands
of Moore Countians, delivered a
mighty boost to the 8th District
Republican Congressional candi
date, Rep. Charles R. Jonas, made
front-page headlines when he
cast doubts on the value of the
nation’s race-to-the-moon pro
gram in an address at a Pinehurst
luncheon and whizzed around the
Hi
AT AIRPORT— When Gen. Dwight D. Eisen
hower arrived at Southern Pines-Pinehurst Air
port Saturday, he was besieged by a crowd of
onlookers that surged around ropes to get close
to the former President who took time to shake
hands with many of the throng, paying special
attention to the children. He stands in this
photo with Rep. Charles R. Jonas of Lincolnton,
8th District Republican Congressional candidate
(wearing glasses), whose campaign he came
here to support. At extreme left, with head
turned, is James E. Harrington, Jr., of Pinehurst,
Moore County GOP chairman.
(Humphrey photo)
WEEKEND CAMPOREE SCHEDULED
Boy Scout Finance Campaign Begins
DOG THAT BIT
GIRL IS SOUGHT
Donna Traylor, Girl Scout
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Don
Traylor of Weymouth Road, was
bitten by a dog at the A & P store
Saturday, when she tried to help
the animal after it had gotten its
foot caught in a door.
Donna was at the store to re
ceive contributions for aid to the
blind in the local Lions Club’s an
nual White Cane Drive.
Mr. and Mrs. Traylor are
anxious to get in touch with the
owner of the dog, which was
freed and ran off and cannot be
accurately described, to ascertain
if the animal had been properly
vaccinated for rabies.
Any owner of a dog that came
home Saturday with an injured
foot is asked to get in touch with
them. Mrs. Traylor can be reached
during business hours at the Aus
tin Business Machine Co. on W.
Pennsylvania Ave.
About 40 persons met at the
Southern Pines Country Club at
7 a. m. today for the annual
kickoff breakfast that launches
the local Boy Scout finance cam
paign. All will be active workers
in the effort.
E. Earl Hubbard is the commu
nity drive chairman for Southern
Pines. Assisting him are Bill Gen
try, general drive chairman; Jim
my Hobbs, special gifts chairman;
Bill Samuels, auditor; Emerson
Humphrey, publicity chairman;
and David Drexel, arrangements
chairman.
Wallace Wood of Raleigh, Oc-
coneechee Council Scout execu
tive, said that the organization
and cooperation shown in pre
parations for this year’s local fi
nance campaign has been greater
than at any time in the history
of Scouting in Southern Pines.
Camporee at Bragg
Boy Scout units from Moore
Vance A. Derby
Opens Law Office
Vance A. Derby of Southern
Pines today announced the open
ing of an office for the practice
of law at 133 N. W. Broad St., in
the Citizens Bank building.
Mr. Derby, a 1962 graduate of
the Univehsity of North Carolina
Law School, is a native of Tar-
boro and grew up in Charlotte.
After service in the Coast Guard
in World War II, he attended Bre
vard Junior College and the Uni
versity of North Carolina, gradu
ating from the University in 1950
with a degree in journalism.
After working in New York
City, Washington, D. C., and
Waynesville, he came to South
ern Pines in 1956 and was news
editor of the Pilot until he left in
1959 to enter law school. He and
his family lived in Chapel Hill
while he was enrolled there, re
turning a few weeks ago to their
home on Saylor Street.
Mr. Derby’s wife is the former
Bayra Mitchell of Woodbury,
N. J., also a graduate of UNC.
Their four children are Judy,
Penny, Tom and Katie.
i County are expected to take part
in the coming weekend’s “Fit for
Tomorrow” Occoneechee Council
Boy Scout Camporee at Fort
Bragg which will bring together
some 5,000 Scouts and leaders
from the 12 counties of the coun
cil.
The encampment will run from
Friday evening through Sunday
morning. Some 500 individual pa
trols will prepare meals over
their own fires.
Lewis Waskey, Moore District
Scout executive stationed at Car
thage, will be in charge of the
Moore delegation, with Jack
Starnes of Southern Pines, the
district’s other executive, join
ing the group on Saturday.
The program will feature com
petition in Scouting skills and
military demonstrations and dis
plays. At 8 p. m. Saturday, there
will be a gala campfire for all the
campers.
Bloodmobile Will
Collect In Moore
Twice Next Week
A Red Cross bloodmobile from
the Charlotte center will make
two stops in Moore County next
week.
On Monday, collections will be
made at the Elise High School
in Robbins, from 12 noon to 5;30
p.m.
On Tuesday, the collection will
be at the Vass-Lakeview High
School gym from 11 a.m. to 4:30
p.m.
Donations of blood at periodic
visits of the bloodmobile make
possible the program under which
the two hospitals in the county
obtain blood of any type from the
Charlotte center.
Dr. R. J. Dougherty is chairman
of the Vass collection, with Moore
County Rescue Squad No. 2 res
ponsible for the distribution and
collection of donor pledge cards.
Adams Will Head
Moore Society For
Crippled Children
Luther A. Adams, superinten
dent of Southern Pines schools,
was elected chairman of the
Moore County Society for Crip
pled Children and Adults at the
annual meeting of officers, board
members and other interested
persons, Thursday night of last
week. He succeeds Mrs. William
Wood of Pinebluff who was nam
ed to a reorganized Advisory
Board.
Other 1962-’63 officers elected
were: Mrs. Graham Culbreth, vice
chairman; and W. E. Samuels,
treasurer. Both are from South
ern Pines.
Mrs. Culbreth, who is service
chairman for the Moore County
Society and a member of the
board of directors of the North
Carolina Society for Crippled
Children and Adults, Inc., was
also named to handle public re
lations for the Moore group dur
ing the coming year.
The dinner and business meet
ing was held at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Horace Cotton of South
ern Pines. Mrs. Cotton is outgoing
treasurer of the county organiza
tion.
Members of the reorganized
Advisory Board who have accept
ed appointment, in addition to
Mrs. Wood, are; Norris Hodgkins,
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Old Bethesda To Have
Homecoming On Sunday
The annual homecoming at Old
Bethesda Church near Aberdeen
will be held Sunday, September
30, with the Rev. Ernest L. Barber
of Raleigh, as the speaker.
The Rev. Mr. Barber is a former
pastor of Bethesda Presbyterian
Church, Aberdeen.
The homecoming service will
begin at 11:15 in the morning.
There will be special music by
a group from St. Andrews Col
lege, Laurinburg.
At the noon hour the usual
picnic dinner will be spread on
the tables in the grove. There will
be no service in the afternoon.
No. 2 course at Pinehurst in a
golf cart to enjoy several holes of
play in the Harris-Gray cham
pionship match of the National
Amateur tournament.
Observers of all political per
suasions agreed that it was a red-
letter day for the area.
Republicans, including State
GOP Chairman Robert Gavin of
Sanford, Moore Chairman James
E. Harrington, Jr., of Pinehurst
and numerous other party offi
cials and supporters, had
toiled day and night for several
weeks to assure success of the
occasion. They could not con
ceal their pride and pleasure at
the outcome. There was no
doubt they had struck a telling
blow for the GOP in the all-out
campaign being waged by Con
gressman Jonas against Rep. A.
Paul Kitchin of Wadesboro for
the Congressional seat of the
“new” 8th District.
Press, TV and radio coverage
of all phases of the Eisenhower
visit was extensive, with many
of the photographers and report
ers in Pinehurst for the golf tour
nament doubling on the political
story.
At the Southern Pines-Pine
hurst Airport, where the Eisen
hower plane from Columbia, S.
C. (where the general had already
appeared and spoken earlier Sat
urday) landed, at exactly 12:15 p.
m., a portion of the crowd (esti
mated at from 2,000 to 4,000 per
sons) broke around one end of
the guard ropes and swamped
the former President and his foim
companions, ^ making arrange
ments for introductions to local
officials and committee members
almost impossible.
The high school bands from
East and West Southern Pines and
Rockingham, played in the back
ground as highway patrolmen
and other officers attempted to
clear a path for Gen. Eisenhower
and Congressman Jonas through
I a distance of some 30 feet from
j the plane to a waiting micro-
' phon.3.
I In his words of greeting, almost
inaudible because of the sur
rounding din, Gen. Eisenhower
noted that he had not been in
North Carolina for a long time
and, as he repeated wryly at the
following luncheon, he was not
here to do a lot of politicking but
to help get Rep. Jonas elected to
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CEREMONIES FOLLOW VICTORY OVER GRAY AT PINEHURST
USGA Head Says Harris Has ^Heart Of Champion*
A week of golfing upsets, with
unexpected losses and wins ga
lore, closed Saturday afternoon
on the 18th green of Pinehurst’s
No. 2 championship course when
20-year-old Labron E. Harris, Jr.,
of Stillwater, Okla., sunk a five-
foot putt that clinched his 1-up
victory in the 62nd Amateur
Championship of the U. S. Golf
Association.
The runner-up was Downing
Gray, 24, of Warrington, Fla., who
had been 5-up on Harris at the
end of the morning’s 18 in the
36-hole finals match. Harris, play
ing as erratically in the morning
as had Billy Joe Patton whom
he beat 3-up in the 36-hole semi
finals on Friday, set the intense,
concentrated Gray down with a
brilliant performance, winning
five straight holes as the after
noon round began.
Gray defeated Charles Coody
of Fort Worth, Texas, in the semi
finals Friday, also 3-up, while
most of the hundreds of persons
in the gallery followed the Harris-
i (Continued on Page 8)
NCWGA Tourney
Set At Pinehurst,
Starting Monday
The 17th annual championship
of the North Carolina Women’s
Golf Association will take place
at Pinehurst next week, with the
course open for practice on Satur
day and a better ball of pair
event scheduled for Sunday. The
tournament is open to all mem
bers of clubs in the Association.
Registration will close at noon,
Monday, when the qualifying
round will be played. The tourna
ment will be at match play in
flights. There will also be: team
play, low gross; team play, low
net; low putts; and senior tourna
ment for players over 45 years of
age.
First round matches in all
flights will be played Tuesday
and there will be a driving con
test with two divisions.
Wednesday’s schedule calls for
second round matches and first
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IT’S IN!— Labron Harris, Jr., drops his putter
and throws his arms in the air in a dramatic,
spontaneous gesture of triumph as he holes the
five-foot, 18th-green putt that spelled a 1-up
victory for him Saturday in the National
Amateur golf tournament at Pinehurst. His
defeated opponent, Downing Gray, stands at
right, as Gray’s caddie, Charlie Armstrong of
Taylortown watches at left. Harris’s caddie was
Clyde Vamper of Southern Pines.
(Hemmer photo)
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 20 80 57
September 21 68 42
September 22 70 48
September 23 73 57
September 24 71 47
September 25 77 47
September 26 77 56