: i New Kiwanis officers have been installed and several club members honored. Story, photo, page B. David Miller is winner of the Milliken award as most valuable SPHS football player, Photo, page 8. VOL. 43—NO. . 9 Assembly Preview Given To Club By Moore Legislator Budgetary issues will be of prime importance in the 1963 General Assembly, Rep. H. Clifton ! Blue told the Moore County Wild life Club Tuesday night. Also, i the State will have consideiable, balance on hand, “perhaps $90 or I $100 million, and there w ill be i just as many problems dividing , it up as if there were no surplus i at all.” Blue, who is expected to become Speaker of the House, was pro-' sented by Gen. R. B. Hill, to give ! the club his annual preview of legislative matters. “An effort will be made to re peal the food tax, but I doubt if it is successful,” he predicted. “An auto inspection law will also no doubt be considered. Utility laws and banking laws will take much attention. I feel also the Senate must do its own redistrict ing, as is mandatory in our Con stitution, or we will find some federal court handling down a decree.” Court Heform Rep. Blue said he hoped a start could be made toward court re form, as authorized by the people —^possibly in setting uniform costs of court throughout the State. Abolishment of the death penalty didn’t get far in 1961, but prob ably will be the subject of more debate. Matters he admitted were close to his heart, and that he would work hard to see effected, were more help for the mentally re tarded; full use of Kerr - Mills funds for “our senior indigent citizens”; and further advances made in the field of education beyond the high school. Community Colleges “We took some big steps for ward in quality education two years ago and now I would like to see our community college pro gram expanded, with an opportun ity for college training within (Continued on Page 8) EIGHTEEN PAGES SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARYIO, 1963 eighteen pages PRICE: 10 CENTS Aberdeen Businessman Seriously Hurt Today When Car Hits Tree J. D. Arey, Jr., president of J. D. Arey & Co., Aberdeen insur ance and real estate firm, was seriously injured when his car hit a tree at Bethesda Church near 14 Horses Die In Stable Fire At Pinehurst This was the scene at the Pinehurst race track last Friday morning after a fire starting between 12:30 and 1 a.m. the prev ious night had taken the lives of 13 harness horses and a pony in the stable of which a portion is shown here. All the animals were in winter training at the track. A digging machine (large wheel visible, with operator seated above it, in center of photo) had begun excavating one of several large holes in which the dead horses were buried on the spot, some of them badly burned and others asphixiated by smoke before firemen arrived The exact center section of the stable building (at about the location where the machine is at work) was apparently where the fire originated and was entirely burned away. Some of the rubble and twisted metal roofing can be seen at right, after it was pulled from the ruins. Seven horses all owned by the Columbus Stable at Jericho, N. Y., and trained by Skip Lewis March Of Dimes Drive Starting; Chairmen Named The annual fund drive of the Moore County chapter. National Foundation, is under way, with the list of community chairmen now nearly completed by Cam paign Chairman J. Frank Mc- Caskill of Pinehurst. The county quota of $7,460 and community quotas for this 1963 March of Dimes are the same as before, McCaskill said, noting that for the past two years Moore has fallen slightly short of the goal. He urged intensified efforts m view of the changes and oppor tunities seen in the Foundation’s work today. With polio now nearly elimina ted, though with many past vic tims still to care for, the Founda tion is emphasizing a three pronged program, mostly of re search, into three great cripplers —polio, birth defects and various arthritic conditions. Marking the 25th anniversary of the “President’s Birthday Ball” which began the first .March of Dimes in 1938, chapter leaders and directors meeting Friday night at the Carthage Hotel re viewed achievements of the past, as they envisioned the challenge of the future. Paul C. Butler of Southern Pines was reelected Moore chap ter chairman for his 21st term, and H. Clifton Blue of Aberdeen, (Continued on Page 5) Need For Mental Health Clinic In Area Discussed Dr. William Thomas, psycholo gist with the Mental Health Sec tion of the State Board of Health, told the Moore County Mental Health Association in an open meeting Tuesday night that his office stands ready to assist in every way possible in providing a Mental Health Center for the citizens of this area. Citing the need for one “mental health team” for every 50,000 per sons, Dr. Thomas quoted statistics showing how far Moore County citizens must now travel in or der to obtain mental health serv ices and how the needs of a large segment of our population are not being met because such serv ices are not available locally. The clinical team for a mental health center consists of a psy chiatrist, a psychologist, and a psychiatric social worker. Some of the 15 community mental health centers in North Carolina have a full time social worker, with a psychiatrist and psycholo gist available one day per week. Dr. Thomas felt that such an ar rangement would go a long way towards meeting the needs of Moore County citizens. (Continued on Page 8) Cause Of Bam Fire Poses Mystery State Investigators Aiding In Probe who lives in Southern Pines, were in the section of stable seen in right background. They included Mark Adios, a three-year- old whose sire was the famous Adios whose progeny have won more money than those of any other sire and hold 13 world harness racing records. At left is shown a corner of an equally long section of stable that stretched out of the photo at left, housing six other horses and a pony, in charge of John Edmunds, Pinehurst trainer who himself owned one of the horses and the pony. One was owned by his father, LeRoy Edmunds and four others by New York State owners: Sheila Schlamowitz, Bronx, N. Y; Art Foster, Savannah, N. Y.; Whitehouse Stable, Mount Vernon, N. Y.; and by Bernard Wezenter and Jim Lee, Bronx, N. Y. (jointly owned). Mark Adios was bought for $25,000 last November, Lewis said, at first estimating loss in his end of the stable, with “very little” (Continued on Page 8) -f- An investigation of the stable fire that killed 14 horses at tte Pinehurst racetrack early last Fri day morning was begun immedi ately by George Veno, chief of the Pinehurst Volunteer Fire Depart ment. Then fire investigators for the State Fire Marshal’s office were called in to assist in probing the blaze that drew expressions of disbelief and amazement Friday morning from horse trainers and owners, the firemen who fought it and aU who knew about what had happened the night before. As of this morning, results of PTA Will Have Panel Discussion A panel discussion on school problems and related subjects will take place at the J anuary meeting of the East Southern Pines Parent-Teacher Association, to be held in Weaver Auditorium at 8 p. m. Monday. Mrs. Albert Grove, president, said that the Rev. Carl Wallace will be moderator for the panel which will include four high school students and a member of the faculty. Rites Held For Former Local Resident Fatally Shot At Greensboro Saturday 1 oeiwvrirtcac frty tv/Tt*?!- nToth0r« Lighting Contest Winners Listed Winners of the business and residential Christmas lighting and decoration contests sponsored by the Southern Pines Junior Cham ber of Commerce were announc ed today by J. W. (Bill) Blue, Jaycee president: Business—^first, Steed Realty Co.; second, Barnum Realty and Insurance Co. Residential—first, Glenh Rarh- sey home on Crestview Road; second, home of the Rev. May nard Mangum on S. Ashe St. Cash prizes of $10 and $5 for first and second places were giv en in each category. Funeral services for Mrs. Edith Belle Martin, 43, Moore County native and former Southern Pines resident who was fatally shot in her home at Greensboro Saturday afternoon, were held Tuesday afternoon at the Vass Baptist Church. The Rev. J. D. Hales, pas tor, officiated. Burial followed at Johnson Grove Cemetery near Vass. The Vass service followed fun eral rites held Monday morning at the Bessemer Presbyterian Church, Greensboro. Clem William Martin, 58, es tranged husband of Mrs. Martin, is being held at Greensboro in connection with the case. A mem ber of the family told The Pilot that the shooting took place in tbs presence of their 15-year-old daughter, Shirley Anne, who, with another daughter, Brenda, eight years old, lived with their mother. A native of the Vass communi ty, Mrs. Martin was the daughter of Mrs. W. F. Evans, a resident of Rout.3 3, Carthage, near Vass. Before leaving Southern Pines more than 15 years ago, Mrs. Mar tin was the wife of L. C. (Nutt) Hall, from whom she was divorc ed and who now makes his home in Red Springs. They lived a number of years here. Their son, Leighton C. Hall, now a resident of Norfolk, Va., who was born in Southern Pines, was here for the funeral services and remained un til late yesterday. Mrs. Martin was employed by the Bates Nitewear Company of Greensboro. Martin was arrested later Sat urday afternoon at his home after witn