1 r ^ ; A local Boy Scout received the high Eagle award here Monday night. Story and photo, page 12. Why did VOL. 42—NO. 52 the Democrats lose the 8th District Congressional election? What now? Editorial, page 2. TWENTY PAGES SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1962 TWENTY PAGES PRICE: 10 CENTS Kaylor Resigns From Town Post; Koster Heads CD Mrs. Poltle Replaces Mrs. Rounds On Local Library Trustee Board Two appointments to town posts, the resignation of a long time town employee, authoriza tion of a Christmas bonus and a discussion of traffic safety near the East Southern Pines schools occupied the town council during a brisk and busy on.a-hour session at the municipal center Tuesday night. The appointments were: 1. Col. Alfred M. Koster, re tired Army officer, to replace Town Manager F. F. Rainey as Southern Pines Civil Defense di rector. Colonel Koster, recently appointed Moore County CD di rector, will also administer the local program, working from a county CD office being supplied by the town free of charge in the Information Center building at the corner of S. E. Broad St. and Pennsylvania Ave. 2. Mrs. George Pottle to fill the unexpired term of Mrs. Glen Rounds on the Library board of trustees. A letter of resignation from Mrs. Rounds, who was nam ed to the board earlier this year, was read by the manager and was accepted, with regret, by the council. Kaylor Resigns Another letter of resignation was read also: that of Frank Kay lor, chief of the local volunteer fire department and resident fire man at the station on New Hamp shire Ave. where he and his wife, Mrs. Grace Kaylor, make their home. Mr. Kaylor receives fire alarm calls there, operates the siren and looks after the depart ment’s equipment. In the letter, Mr. Kaylor set his date of resignation as December (Continued on Page 8) Booklet On Civil Defense Available At Local Office A booklet furnishing facts the public should know about a nu clear bomb attack and what the individual can do to protect him self and his family is available at the recently opened Moore County Civil Defense office in Southern Pines, Col. Alfred M. Koster, county and local CD direc tor, announced this week. The booklet, which also de scribes the national defense pro gram, is titled “Fallout Protec tion; What to Know and Do about Nuclear Attacks.” The office is located in the Town Information Center Build ing, with entrance at 110 E. Penn sylvania Ave. It is open Monday through Friday, from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. Colonel Koster, a recently re tired Army officer whose home is in Southern Pines, is now con ducting the county program large ly from this office which is the administrative center for the pro gram. The Operations Center of Moore County Civil Delense will be lo cated in the basement of the courthouse at Carthage. CD op erations would be directed from there in case of an emergency. Colonel Koster said, noting that he expects to spend part of his time there during normal CD op erations, after the courthouse center is set up. Lutheran Church Organized Here Sunday With 92 Members This historic scene—it’s not often that a new church is organized—shows members of Our Saviour Lutheran Church, with guests, after a special service held at the Civic Club Sunday. A total of 92 persons—men, women and children—were officially received into membership of the church which has grown in the past two years from a group of about 20. Clergymen shown here, in white robes, who took part in the service, are Dr. F. L. Conrad of Salisbury, president of the North Carolina Synod of the Lutheran Church (in back, at right) and the Rev. Jack D. Deal (top, at left) who has been called as the church’s pastor. Dr. Conrad preached and officiated at the organizing service. A dinner was served at the Civic Club, where the congregation is meeting pending construction of their own building off No. 1 highway, just south of Southern Pines. (Humphrey photo) Reid Page Buys Braebum Hall, Plans Expansion R>eid A. Page of Southern Pines has purchased Braeburn Hall on No. 1 highway, south, from Mrs. Arthur Atherton, it was announ ced this week. Mr. Page, who heads Reid A. Page and Company, a realty and mortgage loan firm operating both in this area and at Colorado Springs, Colo., said that he will take over the well known trans ient guest house and motel estab lishment on January 1. A resident manager will operate it for him, he said, noting also that he plans to expand the facilities. Mrs. Atherton has owned and operated Braeburn Hall for more than 12 years. She and her late husband built the large two-story main structure in 1949, six months prior to his death. The property includes three and a half acres of land. The main building contains, in addition to owner’s living quarters, 13 pri vate rooms, each with bath. Four separate motel units, some with housekeeping facilities, are loca ted nearby. Furnishings are in cluded in the sale. There is a swimming pool between the main building and the highway. Mr. Page has started construc tion of a modern masonry and glass building, with about 450 square feet of floor space, on the northeast corner of the property, to be used for his real estate of fice. He now has offioa space in (Continued on Page 8) COUNTY AGENTS OFFICE MOVED The Moore County Agri cultural agent's office has been moved to the third floor on the south endtof the court house in Carthage. This is the space formerly occupied by the ASCS office. F. D. Allen, county exten sion chairman, said that the new location gives an office to each of the agricultural workers, increasing the effi ciency of the department andi also making possible better services to the public. Opening Hunt Slated On Thanksgiving Day With Thanksgiving Day comes the Opening Meet of the Moore County Hounds, bringing the of ficial start of fox ana drag hunt ing in the Sandhills by this pack. Hounds wiU meet, according to W. O. Moss, huntsman of the pack and Joint Master with Richard Webb, at ten o’clock Thursday (Thanksgiving Day) morning. The meet will be held on the grounds of Seven Stars, residence of Mrs. Audrey K. Kennedy (the former Harold Collins home); this is the first large entrance-way to the right of Young’s Road. First whip, as always, is Mrs. Moss—Ginny, to so many. Among others who will be taking turns filling the positions of second and third whips is Mrs. Susan Fuller Burke, who comes back to Moore County this year after a long absence. Mrs. Burke, a leading horse-woman, who has ridden many show winners, was a prize pupil, as a small girl, of Mrs. Moss and started hunting with the local pack back in the Thirties. Back on her whip’s job again here, this year, will be Mrs. Ray mond Wolfe, Jr., the former Sandy Glynn: also Ed Daniels, manager of Dwight W. Winkle- man’s Lakelawn Farms Stable, Eddie Kearns, now in charge at the Goff Farm; W. Beverly Gray, stable manager fur Mrs. Mary Doyle’s Economy Farm; and sev eral others not yet arrived for the season. Word from Huntsman—M.F.H. Moss is: “Hounds are in fine shape and ready to go. Anybody who doubts that ought to have seen them run that big red fox we viewed last Tuesday.” UNC Glee Club To Sing Tuesday In First Coneert Of Musie Association SCHOOLS HAVE 4-DAY VACATION General Holiday Set Next Thursday; Pilot Will Be Published Wednesday A general holiday will be ob served throughout this area on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday of next week, with banks, post of fices, town and county offices, ABC stores and most private stores and offices closing. A holiday for local school chil dren will begin at the end of classes Wednesday and extend to Monday morning, Supt. Luther A. Adams said today. The Pilot will be published on Wednesday of next week, so that staff members can have a holi day on Thursday, the regular publication date. Advertisers and correspondents are asked to have their copy in a day earlier than usual. 'The State Highway patrol cautions motorists about the hazards of crowded holiday high ways. 'The N. C. State Motor Club predicts 23 North Carolina highway fatalities from 6 p.m. Wednesday through midnight Sunday, November 25, the 102- hour period for the official traffic death count. The first concert of the Sand hills Music Association series takes place next Tuesday, No vember 20, and, by the looks of things, bids fair to get this sea son’s series off to a rousing start. The North Carolina Univer sity Glee Club will take the stage, with curtain time set, be it noted, for eight o’clock, (8 p. m.) in Weaver Auditorium. The chorus of sixty-some mem bers is under the direction of Dr. Joel Carter, and will include, this year, one undergraduate lady- R. H. Mullis To Join McPherson In New Company Roscoe H. Mullis, Southern Pines resident, was notified this week that he had been granted his certificate to practice in North Carolina as a certified public ac countant. Mr. Mullis is a graduate of the University of Georgia and suc cessfully passed the examinations as a CPA in Georgia in November, 1961. He has been granted a North Carolina certificate after estab lishing his residence here for a period of one year. During the past year, Mr. Mullis, who is Moore County’s second CPA in public practice, has been associated with Garland McPherson, C.P.A., who has main tained his office in Southern Pines for the past 17 years. Mr. Mullis will continue in his present position until Januai-y 1, 1963, at which time he will become a partner with Mr. Mc Pherson. After that, the firm will be known as Garland McPherson and Company, Certified Public Accountants. Mr. Mullis is married and lives at 230 Crestview Road with his wife and young son. member. Miss Rosalind Boyette, of Thelma. A program sure to please all tastes has been selected for the Sandhills event. Th.a full chorus will sing folk music, including rollicking sea chanties, toe tripping calypso melodies, and several spirituals, of which one will be an arrangement of the old song, “Norah.” ‘This is true folk music,” the director states and those who have heard the Charleston Folk- singers sing it in the old Dock Theatre (or Mrs. E. T. McKeith- en sing it right here) will fer vently agree. “Norah,” of course, stands for “Noah,” Gullah-style. The Glee Club’s serenaders will (Continued on Page 8) Blind-Made Items Go On Sale Here A wide variety of useful house hold items, toys and other things —all made by blind persons in their homes—^went on display this morning in the vacant shop in the old Carolina Theatre building, where they may be purchased by th.3 public. Many are suitable for Christmas gifts. The show and sale which run through Saturday are sponsored by the Southern Pines Lions Club, with wives of club members as sisting, as part of the club’s con tinuing project of sight conserva tion and aid to the blind. Joe Carter is chairman of the club’s Committee for the Blind. Miss Irene Beaudin, state super visor of home industries for the blind, arranged the local exhibit. 'The Home Industries Division of the State Commission for the Blind makes it possible for many blind persons to produce salable items and help support them selves in spite of their handicap. 6 CHURCHES SET UNION SERVICE A Union Thanksgiving Ser vice with six local churches parlicipating. will be conduct ed at Emmanuel Episcopal Church Wednesday, Novem ber 21. at 8 p.m. The Rev. Jack Deal of the newly orga nized Our Saviour Lutheran Church will be the preacher. Churches taking part will be First Baptist, Emmanuel Episcopal. Our Saviour Luth eran, Southern Pines Meth odist, Brownson Memorial Presbyterian and United Church of Christ. The public is invited. Funeral Conducted For Y^oun^ Cousins Killed By Hij^hway Accident About four miles and four hours separated two one-car ac cidents of early Tuesday morning, one of which caused the death of two young cousins, the other in juring a brother of one of the victims. All were from Cameron, Route 1. Both were one-car wrecks, al most identical, on U.S. Highway 1, north, and in each case the investigating officers said there was evidence of high speed. Both cars were demolished. James Thomas (Jimmy) Lane, 15, was believed instantly killed, and Franklin Odell Medlin, 21, fatally injured when they were thrown from the car in which they were riding, about 4:40 a.m. Award For Help To Handicapped MR. HARRISON S. C. Harrison Elected To Post At Citizens Bank Samuel C. Harrison of Chapel Hill has been elected an assistant vice president of The Citizens Bank and Trust Copipany of Southern Pines and will assume his duties with the bank on De cember 3, it was announced this week by N. L. Hodgkins, presi dent. Mr. Harrison will have respon sibilities in loans and operations at the main office of the bank, Mr. Hodgkins added. He will be moving here from Richmond Va., where he has been associated with The First and Merchants National Bank for the past five months. Prior to that he had been with The Bank of Chapel Hill for near ly five years and was elected as sistant cashier in 1960. Mr. Harrison is a native of Chapel Hill and graduated from the University of North Caro lina in 1954. He is single and will be living in the apartment adjoin ing the Barnes residence in Knollwood. In making the announcement, Mb'. Hodgkins said, “Increases in all phases of our business have made it necessary for us to add to our official staff this year. We are extremely pleased to find a ca pable and experienced man to fill this position.” Golf Carousel Starting Today With 128 Teams The 9th annual Southern Pines Golf Carousel, sponsored by the Jaycees, listed a total of 128 teams, 96 in the men’s division and 32 in the mixed division, as qualifying began this morning, with players teeing off at seven- minute intervals on both the Sou thern Pines CC and Pine Needles CC courses. Sixteen teams will be in the '’hampionship flight this year. Winner and consolation trophies in all flights will be presented at 5 p.m. Sunday at Pine Needles. Match play begins Friday and continues through Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Kosten of Pine Needles are tournament directors. Bill Harvey of Greensboro and Reid Tolar of Raleigh, last year’s champs in the men’s division, are defending their title. Players have registered from a dozen states, including Connecti cut, Florida and Michigan. About 20 per cent are from the Car- olinas. Social events include a pre dinner party tonight at the Sou thern Pines CC and a dance Sat urday night at the National Guard Armory, The dance is open to the public. Mrs. Culbreth Gets Mrs. Graham Culbreth of Sou thern Pines received an award for Distinguished Service to the Handicapped last Friday night during the annual convention of the North Carolina Society for Crippled Children and Adults, in the Sir Walter Hotel, Raleigh. The award, several of which were made to persons over the state, recognized many years of services to the handicapped through the Easter Seal program and, in the case of Mrs. Culbreth, also particularly recognized her work on behalf of Camp Easter in the Pines, the camp for crippled children to be constructed by the Society near Southern Pines. Attending the convention from Moore County were Mrs. Cul- beth, who is a director of the State Society and Moore County service chairman; William P. Davis, also a State director, Mrs. Davis and two children; Dr. H. A. Peck, member of the State and County Societies’ Medical Board, and Mrs. Peck; and Mrs. William Wood of Pinebluff, retiring presi dent of the county organization. Patrol Checking Improper Mufflers state Highway Patrolmen in Moore County are cracking down on improper auto mufflers. Sev eral of the troopers said here this week that there seems to be an unusual number of them these days. A drive against the fancy, noisy mufflers a year or so ago was effective in diminishing them almost to the vanishing point. But they are easy to get, easy to in stall and appear to exercise great fascination for young drivers. at Skyline a few miles north of Southern Pines. State Trooper R. R. Samuels said the car, traveling north, went off on the right and overturned two or three times in a field. Lane’s body was found some 50 feet away, while Medlin was 18 feet from the car. He was taken to St. Joseph’s Hospital, where he died at 5:45 p.m. with out regaining consciousness. Already in the hospital, where he had been admitted about 1:30 a.m. Tuesday, was Samuel Rich ardson Medlin. 34, brother of Franklin. Vass Night Officer J. R. Grissom said his car went off on the right near the northern city limits of the town of Vass, and traveled along the shoulder, over turning several times, for a total distance of 498 feet. Medlin was taken to the hospital in the am bulance of Moore County Rescue Squad No. 2, of Vass. He was found to be painfully but not seriously hurt. He has been charged with careless and reck less driving, causing accident and personal injury, for trial in Moore recorders court November 26. Franklin Medlin was married, and worked as a well, digger. There was no identification either on Medlin or young Lane and their identities were established by the State Highway Patrol through the car registration, which was in the name of Med- lin’s mother, Mrs. Frances Lane Medlin of Cameron, Route 1. Lane was a student at Cameron High School. Double funeral services were conducted this (Thursday) after noon, at Piney Woods Christian Church by the Rev. Bruce Chris topher, the Rev. W. D. Hudson and the Rev. O. L. Norment. Bur ial was in the church cemetery. James Lane is survived by his mother, Mi^. Gertrude Medlin Crisp; one brother, Stephen J. Lane of the home; four sisters, Mrs. Joan Hennings and Mrs. Dar- lena Marion, both of Route 2, Cameron; Mrs. Doris Fore and Mrs. Peggie Lusby, both of Route 1, Cameron; his grandmother, Mrs. K. M. Medlin of Route 1, Cameron; and one half sister, Ter ry Lee Crisp of the home. Franklin Medlin is survived by his wife, the former Linda Smith; his parents, Curtis and Frances Medlin of Route 2, Cameron; three brothers, Curtis Ray, Jen nings Charles and James Anthony Medlin, all of Route 1, Cameron; four sisters, Mrs. Carlton Hardy of Asheville, Mrs. Barney Comer of Route 2, Vass, Mrs. Thomas Cox of Cameron, Route 1, and Judy Medlin of the home, and his grandmother, Mrs. K. M. Medlin. Chest X-Ray Unit Now In Carthage Moore County’s chest x-ray survey, which began November 1 at Vass and has continued with visits of a N. C. State Board of Health mobile unit to nearly aU towns of the county, is conclud ing with a stop in Carthage to day, Friday and Saturday, from 10 a. m. to 4 p. m. each day. An x-ray is recommended for every person who is 15 years old or older and who has not had an x-ray in the past year, to reveal unknown cases of tuberculosis or other chest adnormalities. No un dressing is required. The county health department and the Moore County Tubercu losis Association are cooperating in bringing the survey unit to Moore County. Anyone, from any part of the county, can visit the unit in Car thage. 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 November 9 63 50 November 8 65 35 November 10 61 41 November 11 68 45 November 12 67 40 November 13 57 38 November 14 57 33

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