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S' YOU CANT VOTE ON NOVEMBER 6 UNLESS YOU'RE REGISTERED VOL. 42—NO. 48 YOU CAN'T VOTE ON NOVEMBER 6 UNLESS YOU'RE REGISTERED TWENTY PAGES County Fair Will Open Monday For Week At Carthage The annual Moore County Fair will open at Carthage Monday, October 22 and run through Sat urday night, October 27, with six days and nights of exhibits and entertainment. The event is sponsored by the Carthage Junior Chamber of Commerce. There will be th-e usual large array of farm produce exhibited, as well as commercial displays by school, home and civic clubs, scout units, manufacturing firms and businesses. Highlighting the week long at traction will be the annual beauty pageant on Wednesday night, Oc tober 24 at 8:00 p.m., with the winner to be crowned “Miss Moore County High School of 1963.” Earl Barbour, Jr., is chairman of this feature event and expects 22 contestants, two from each of 11 high schools in the county. Those entered and their schools are: Carthage—^Marcia Tyson and Judy Brinkley; Aberdeen—Bobbie Holt, Lynda Russell; Pinehurst— Amelia Rose Ehrhardt, Linda Black; Vass-Lakeview—Linda G. Comer, Charlotte Anne Crockett; Cameron — Barbara Yvonne Brown, Margaret Ellen Hardy; Elise High — Betty Sue Garner, Janice Cagle; Highfalls — EUm- beth Anne Davis, Sylvia Alice Maness; Westmoore — Jane (Continued on Page 8) SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1962 TWENTY PAGES PRICE: 10 CENTS Park Plan Hearing Held Here Today Around 60 persons gathered at the town hall court room at 1 p. m. today for a public hear ing on Mrs. James Boyd’.s gift of 400 acres of land east of Southern Pines to the State for a nature preserve State park. The hearing was called by the State Department of Conserva tion and. Dev.elonment after re quests for it had been made from persons onposing creation of the park in an area east of Bethesda Road and south of Connecticut Ave. extension. Testimony at the h-earing came too late for a report in today’s Pilot. Presiding was Robert Scott of Haw River, chairman of the C & D’s Parks Committee. The other committee member attending was E. P. Evans of Ahoskie. Officials and oth-'^r interested persons attending and expected to be heard included; Tom Ellis, superintendent of State Parks; Andrew Jones assistant attorney general: John Allen, assistant to C. & D. dir-ector Robert L. Stal lings. Jr.; Conlev Moffett, chief naturalist with the Division of State Parks; Alfred Radford of the University of North Carolina, representing the North Carolina Academv of Science: and Dr. Frank Wood of Duke University representing the Nature Conserv ancy. a national non-nrofit group interested in preservation of wild life and nature conservation sites. OFFICE OPENS— Pictured outside the new Republican 8th District and Moore County campaign offic'^ on N. E. Broad St. are, left to right: James E. Harrington, Jr., county GOP chairman: Wallace O’Neal, Pinehurst, candidate for county commissioner; Mrs. Donna Spence, Town Given Honor For Pedestrian Safety By AAA Southern Pines received nation al recognition today as a “safe city” which had no pedestrian deaths during the year 1961, while cooperating in the pedestri an safety program of the Ameri can Automobile Association. Presentation of a framed scroll honoring the one-year achieve ment was made to Mayor John S. Ruggles and Police Chief Earl Seawell at the municipal build ing by Joe E. Ward of Lumber- ton, division representative of the AAA. ’The honor goes this year to only four towns in the eastern half of North Carolina, Laurin- burg, Rockingham, Hamlet and Southern Pines, also to approxi mately the same number in the (Continued on Page 8) Pinebluff, candidate for register of deeds; and Wilfred Weldon, Southern Pines, county com missioner candidate. The office is staffed daily by volunteer workers for public information on Republican candidates in the district and county election November 6. (Humphrey photo) Special Superior Court Term. Will Begin On Monday A backlog of 59 cases composes the docket of a special term of criminal cases to be held next week at Carthage with Special Judge William J. Copeland of Murfreesboro presiding. The grand jury will not con — RIVAL CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATES — Rallies For Jonas, Kitchin To Be Held In County This Week The red-hot 8th District Congressional race between Democrat A. Paul Kitchin of Wadesboro and Republican Charles R. Jonas of Lincolnton centers in Moore County this week-end. Mr. Jonas will have the stage on Friday and Mr. Kitchin on Saturday. Details in stories below. The unique contest involves two seasoned members of the House of Representatives in Washington, pitted against each other by reason of Congressional redistricting, One of them, after the Tuesday, November 6, election, will have to give up his seat in the House. Both are prominently mentioned as their party’s candidate for Governor of North Carolina in 1964. Each of them is working night and day in these pre-election weeks for a victory that will be highly influential on the winner’s career. Republicans in Moore County, as throughout the District, are throwing unprecedent ed energy, with considerable fanfare, into the Jonas campaign, frankly bidding for the Democratic votes needed by their candidate to win. Moore Democrats are stressing party loyalty, while working steadily and quietly to get out a vote they believe can carry this county for Kitchin—^provided a high proportion of registered party members go to the polls. Meeting, Supper Set At Westmoore Rep. Charles R. Jonas of Lin colnton plans a full day in Moore County tomorrow (Friday), culminating in a chicken stew supper and rally at Westmoore School. The free supper, with the pub lic invited, will begin at 6:30 p.m., to continue into the following rally. Westmoore School is about six miles out of Robbins on the road to Seagrove. The Republican Congressional candidate will begin his day with a tour of the Southern Pines business district, starting about 9 a.m. A visit to the Trimble Products vene as no new indictments will , , . . , , , . be sought. All the cases are old ? ^ scheduled for 11 to ones, which have been continued “= 5; another industrial or not been .reached for at least S'™' at the Sandhill Furniture Cor- Unemployment Office Moves To NG Armory A change in location for the weekly visit of the representa tive of the Unemployment Securi ty Commission to Southern Pines went into effect today at the National Guard armory on Mor- ganton Road. It was formerly in the Information Center building. Days and hours of the weekly visit remain the same: Thursday from 10 a.m. to noon. The space in the Information Center was needed for other purposes. Reid, Irvin Form New Partnership Jack Reid and James L. Irvin, both of Southern Pines, have formed a partnership as success ors to Paul Dana Associates of Pinehurst, it was announced this week. Each had been associated with the Dana accounting and au diting office for about the past 15 years. The new firm is known as Reid and Irvin, Accountants—Pine hurst, North Carolina. The former Paul Dana offices in the Village Court Building will be retained. Both partners are members of the N. C. Society of Accountants. A letter sent to clients and business associates by Mrs. Lou ise P. Dana, widow of the former head of the firm, said of the new partnership, “It was the wish of my husband that this be done, provided a satisfactory arrange ment between them and the fam ily could be worked out; and we are delighted that thip has been accomplished.” Mrs. Nancy C. Blue and Mrs. Mary C. Richardson, secretaries who were with the Dana office, remain with the new partnership. one term, some for as many as six terms, causing hardship for witnesses and defendants. IN SCOUTING POST — Richard Muse, a native of Carthage, has replaced Jack E. Starnes of Monroe as one of the two Boy Scout pro fessional executives now working in the Moore District which includes Moore County and a portion of Hoke County. With his wife and two chil dren, he is living in the Knollwood Apartments. Lewis Weskey, the other executive, is stationed at Carthage. Starnes had served in the Moore District since July. poration. West End. Mr. Jonas and escorting GOP o T -t Tvir <-■ T3 ii county leaders will have lunch at I Carthage from 1 to 2 p.m., will visit in the Eastwood community to clear them all off, as new cases ' are already stacking up for grand jury action and trial at the reg ular November term. Murder Case from 2 to 3 and will be at Amero- tron’s Robbins plant for the shift change, 3:30 to 4:30. From there they’ll go to the rally at West- One murder case heads the list, rnoore calendared for trial Monday, that j plans for the Moore County of Frank Young Yow, charged .Jonas visit—first appearance of with second degree murder in the i the candidate here since Former 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. October 11 86 54 October 12 86 56 October 13 89 57 October 14 84 62 October 15 83 59 October 16 83 60 October 17 84 55 District Dental Society Elects Dr. VanderVoort Dr. C. R. VanderVoort, whose home is in Southern Pines and who practices dentistry at Aber- de-'n, was elected vice president of the Third District Dental Soci ety at its annual meeting held in Durham Sunday and Monday. More than 200 dentists from the 22 counties in the district atten ded the gathering. DOGWOOD IN BLOOM Evidence of unseasonably warm weather of the past couple of weeks is a dogwood tree reported in bloom in the yard of Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Schmelzer on Gun Club road, across from the ball park. Petition Backs Chief Of Police Fired At Robbins I. S. Martin, police chief at Robbins for the past five years, was fired from his job by unani mous vote of the Robbins town board in special session Monday night, with no official reason giv en. Martin had been asked two weeks earlier by the board to re sign, but had declined to do so. October 15 had been given as the cutoff date for his services, so the J I. S. Martin, fired Monday night as Robbins chief of po lice, on Wednesday accepted the post of chief at Mt. Gil ead, in Montgomery County. He will report for duty next Monday. knife slaying of June Sullivan near Carthage June 11. Also listed for Monday: Augus ta Junior King, driving while drunk, careless and reckless driv ing; Vandell Nelson White, leav ing car unattended on highway, attempting to steal tire; William H. Wood, driving while drunk; Robert D. Asheley, driving while drunk, unlawful possession of seal-broken whiskey; Frank Bry an Cooper, driving while drunk; Harry Lee Hill, driving while drunk; Willie Sellers, driving while drunk; William Carlyle, (Continued on Page 13) President Eisenhower came to Pinehurst in September to en dorse Jonas and appear with him on a luncheon program—^were announced by James E. Harring ton, Jr., of Pinehurst, Moore GOP chairman. LUNCHEON FOR MRS, JONAS There will be a dutch luncheon for Mrs. Charles R. Jonas of Lincolnton, wife of the Republican Congressional candidate, at the Mid Pines Club, Wednesday of next week, at 12:30 p.m. Reserva tions should be made by calling GOP headquarters, 695-7783. dismissal was made effective im mediately. 'Though the resignation request had been unofficial, as it was not decided in open meeting and there was no record on the mtn- (Continued on Page 8) MANY AT HOMECOMING About 350 persons attended last Sunday’s Homecoming Day at the First Baptist Church, the Rev. Maynard Mangum, pastor, report ed this week. C. B. Deane of Rockingham, former Congress man and leading Baptist layman, was speaker at the morning ser vice which was followed by “din ner on the grounds.” The occas ion marked founding of the church at Manly in 1879. m. QUEEN— Dana Koshak of the Southern Pines High School senior class is crowned Homecoming Queen at halftime of the annual homecoming football game here Friday night. Joan Grover, last year’s winner, places the crown as David Miller, fullback who was the new queen’s escort, watches. Game details in another story. (Humphrey photo) REGISTRATION FOR VOTING CONTINUES Registration for voting in the November 6 election will continue during the coming week, to run through Satiu- day, October 27, with regis trars at polling places on Saturday of this week and next week. A new registration is being conducted in Moore County this year and all persons who did not register prior to the May primaries must register now to be able to vote Novem ber 6. Local polling places are the fire station for North South ern Pines precinct; the town hall for South Southern Pines precinct; and Jackson Motors for the new Pinedene Precinct which extends south about as far as Westbrook's Market. A separate registration on the Southern Pines municip^kl election books is being held, opening Friday and running through the 27th, with the registrar at the town hall, in anticipation of voting on four town bond issues only No vember $. Persons hitherto properly registered for town elections need not register again. Therapy Center Established At Local Hospital The Mathesop Memorial Center of St. Joseph of the Pines Hospi tal, providing recreational ther apy for handicapped children and adults, as well as for all interest ed persons, has been established by Mrs. Constance M. Matheson in memory of her late husband, George W. Matheson of Brooklyn, N. Y., and Southern Pines. Use of a large building near the hospital in Knollwood has been donated by the Sisters of St. Francis who own and operate the hospital. The building was once the Country Club associated with the Pine Needles Hotel which is now the hosptial. The center will use the entire building with ex ception of a portion in whici; the offices of Dr. R. J. Dougherty are located. Numerous individuals and or ganizations have already pledged cooperation and are active in operation of the center, Mrs. Matheson said, all volunteering their services in planning pro grams, teaching crafts or other phases of the unique project. It is hoped to make the facility a model for other small communi ties over the nation. Representa tives have been pledged or will be sought from local civic clubs, churches, and other interested or ganizations. A troop of Girl Scouts is active at the center. The help and guidance of or ganizations having special inter est in or projects for the handi capped is being sought, Mrs. (Continued on Page 8) SALES TO RESUME Selling on the Aberdeen and Carthage tobacco markets in Moore County, along with other markets of the Middle Belt, will resume Monday, ending a one- week sales holiday. 1,000 Expected At Local Rally T^e first political rally in the United States to be sponsored by Teen-Dems, the Democrats’ “un- der-21” organization, will be held here Saturday at 2 p.m. in be half of Rep. A. Paul Kitchin, Eight District congressman cur rently campaigning for reelection with many senior-party and YDC leaders helping. Tentative acceptances have been received from Governor Sanford and U. S. Senators Sam J. Ervin and B. Everett Jordan by the host Moore County Teen-Dem group, to join Rep. Kitchin on the program. Voit Gilmore of Southern Pines, director of the U. S. Travel Ser vice. will be the keynote speaker at the rally, to be held at the East Southern Pines High school with 1,000 or more expected. Master of ceremonies will be W. I.amont Brown of Southern Pines, chairman the Moore County De mocratic executive committee. The young hosts, most of them of high school age, are working enthusistically for a successful event for Democrats of all ages, who will be motorcading in from over the District and the State. General chairman Ralph Hen- dren, local high school senior who is Eighth District Teen-Dems chairman and rally coordinator, as well as acting chairman of the recently organized Moore County group (120 membership), lists the following on his program: Bert L. Bennett, State Democra- \tic executive committee chair man; Tom I. Davis, State party headquarters secretary and editor of the North Carolina Democrat; Rep. H. Clifton Blue of Aberdeen, (Continued on Page 8) Jackson Serves As Convention Clerk J. Elvin Jackson of Carthage, cresident of the Moore County Young Democrats, led a delega tion to the State YDC convention at Greensboro last week. By appointment from W. E. (Dub) Graham, Charlotte attorn ey and Moore County native who was the retiring state YDC presi dent, Jackson served as clerk of the convention. Attending from Moore in addi tion to the county president were Mr. and Mrs. Harold Blue of Eagle Springs, Dock Smith of Robbins, Leonard VonCanon of West End, H. Clifton Blue of Aberdeen and Hubert McCaskill of Pinehurst. Some 1,200 delegates attended. David Reid of Greenville was elected state president to succeed Graham. TUESDAY RALLY AT ROCKINGHAM An 8th District Democratic rally will be held in Rock ingham on Tuesday, October 23. A caravan from Moore County plans to travel to Rockingham, leaving Carth age at 4:30; the Carolina Bank, Pinehtust, at 4:50; and Southern Pines Municipal building at 5 o'clock: and ;from Taylor Motors in Aber deen at 5:15.
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