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VOL. 43—NO. 9
Tourist Couple’s
Highway Death Is
Held Unavoidable
A tourist couple, returning to
their Long Island, N. Y., home
after a Florida trip, became
Moore County’s first highway fa
talities of 1963 last Thursday
evening.
Thomas B. Jackson, 63, retired
Bell Telephone Co. executive, and
his wife Isabelle, 67, of Valley
Stream, L. I., N. Y., checked into
the Pinehurst Motor Lodge on U a
1 between Southern Pines and
Aberdeen, late Thursday after
noon.
About 7:30 p. m., as they cross
ed the highway toward their mo
tel after having dined at Howard
Johnson’s Restaurant across the
way, they stepped in front of a
northbound car and were struck
down. Mrs. Jackson was instantly
killed, while her husband, taken
to Moore Memorial Hospital, died
Friday morning of severe head
injuries, without ever regaining
consciousness.
They were within a few feet
of the east side of the highway
when hit by the car driven by
Mrs. W. T. (Bill) Jackson of
Southern Pines, who collapsed
from shock and had to be taken
to Moore Memorial Hospital. Mrs.
Jackson, wife of the proprietor of
Bill’s Taxi Service here, is a long
time employee of United Tele
phone Company of the Carolinas.
The local woman was exonera
ted of blame in an inquest held
Friday afternoon at the Southern
Pines town hall by Moore Coun
ty Coroner W. K. Carpenter of
Pinebluff. On hearing testimony
of State Trooper R. R. Samuels,
who investigated the accident, the
coroner’s jury found the accident
unavoidable. Samuels said he
planned no further action in the
case unless there should be new
evidence.
No actual eye-witnesses to the
tragedy were found, but Trooper
Samuels, only witness heard at the
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SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 1963
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Sixteen persons were killed in I adults-except a boy of 12 and
15 traffic accidents on Moore j a girl of 10 who were killed in
FOX HUNTERS ORGANIZE—Officers of the
Moore County Night Fox Hunters Association,
a group organized at the Vass Community House
Friday night “to promote fellowship and sports
manship among the fox hunters of Moore Coun
ty’’ are shov.m here. Left to right: Dr. Russell
Tate of Vass, secretary and treasurer; Jesse
Maples of Cameron, president; and Lewis Gar
ner of Vass, vice president. Fourteen members
were present for the first meeting. Additional
hunters are welcomed by the group which will
meet at Vass on the first Thursday night of
each month. Hunters living in Moore County
or within five miles of its borders are eligible
to join. The Association plans to promote field
trials and bench shows of foxhounds and to
schedule hunts and barbecues. The sport of
night fox hunting—not to be confused with the
formal, daytime activity of the Moore County
Hounds—has a long and interesting history in
this area.
(Humphrey photo)
Crockett Chosen
As Finalist For
Morehead Grant
New Features To Benefit Spectators
At Point-To-Point Events Saturday
Mrs. Dan McNeill
Heads Cerebral
Palsy Campaign
Mrs. Dan R. McNeill has been
appointed Moore County general
chairman for the 1963 “53-Minute
March” of United Cerebral Palsy
of North Carolina, it was an
nounced this week by Dr. Henry
Jordan of Cedar Falls, who heads
the state campaign.
Luther A. Adams has been
named honorary chairman and
Mrs. Albert Grove co-chairman,
. the announcement said. Both are
from Southern Pines.
The 53-Minute March derives
its name from the fact that cere
bral palsy strikes on an average
of 53 minutes somewhere in the
nation.
Community chairmen, who will
be announced next week, will
conduct their collection of funds
to combat childhood-crippling
cerebral palsy, January 24
through 26, Mrs. McNeill said.
“We know how in the past cit
izens have given generously to
worthy causes,” she said. “We
hope they will open their hearts
again to provide funds for serv
ices to cerebral palsied children
and adults in this area and for re
search and education in medical
training at the national level.”
David Goodwin Crockett, son
of Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Crock
ett, Jr., of Lakeview, is one
of six nominees from the More-
head Scholarship District III who
hav.2 been chosen as finalists in
consideration for the 1963 More-
head Scholarships to the Univer
sity of North Carolina, it was an
nounced at Chapel Hill yesterday
by Roy Armstrong, executive sec
retary of the John Motley More-
head Foundation which awards
th.2 scholarships.
The six were chosen on Janu
ary 12 at Elizabethtown from 25
candidates of the 15 counties com
prising District HI. Crockett, a
senior at Vass-Lakeview High
School, was Moore County’s nom
inee.
Each of the seven Morehead
Scholarship Districts in the state
chooses six finalists who will ap
pear for interviews before the
Central Scholarship Commtitee
in Chapel Hill beginning Friday,
March 1. A total of 32 nominees
from th.2 16 private schools on the
Morehead Foundation’s selected
list will also be interviewed at
this time.
Those chosen by the Central
Scholarship Committee will be in
terviewed by the trustees of the
Morehead Foundation, and the
final winners will be announced
on television in the state on
March 5.
Horses from hunts at Charlotte,
Sedgefield and Raleigh will join
entries from Sandhills stables in
Saturday’s Pcant-to-Point races
sponsored by the Moore County
Hounds, it was announced this
Nearly 20 entries have been re
ceived for the featured Hunter s
Pgce, an event new to the Point-
to-P6int program here and at
tracting much interest among
riders of the area.
Riders in the Hunter’s Pace will
go out in pairs, the object being
not to ride the six-mile course in
Public Invited To
See County Garage
The public will have a chance
to inspect the nev/ Moore County
garage and maintenance building
Sunday afternoon from 2 to 5.
An invitation to an open house
at the structure was issued this
week by the Moore County Board
of Education. Refreshments will
be served.
The building is located on a
large site affording parking space
for all the school buses serving
th.e county. It was built by the
board of education’s own con
struction crew.
The site is off Highway 15-501,
near the junction with Route 22.
and the Reynolds Rest Home, for- |
merly the county home. '
DOG REGISTRATION
Dog owners living within the
Southern Pines city limits were
reminded this week by Town
Manager F. F. Rainey that their
dogs six months of age and over
must be registered and a fee paid
at the police station before the
end of January.
Many
N
Moore Co. Cbildren To Hear
C. Little Symphony Wednesday
the shortest possible time but to
ride it closest to an ideal time es
tablished the previous day by a
“trail blaz-er” who sets a proper
hunting pace, taking into consid
eration the condition of the ter
rain and other requirements. The
trail blazer’s time is not revealed
to the competitors until the win
ning pair is apnounced.
Proceedings '*will begin at 2 p.
m. at Buchan Field behind Mile-
away Farms, off the old No. 1
highway at Manly, just north of
Southern Pines. There is no spec
tator charge and the program has
been so arranged this year that
spectators will be able to see more
of the riding than ever before.
A public address system will be
set up, so that events can be bet
ter explained to spectators.
Announced this week as judges
are: Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Pugh
of West Chester, Pa.; Newt Mayo,
an owner who has horses here in
winter training; and Dr. C. C.
McLean. F. Dooley Adams will be
the starter.
The three events on the pro
gram are the Hunter’s Pace, an
Open Point-to-Point race and the
Junior Race.
A term of Moore County Su
perior Court for trial of civil cases
will begin Monday, January 21,
at Carthage, with Special Judge
Walter E. Johnson, Jr., presiding.
Tbe term was erroneously an
nounced as beginning this week,
in last week’s Pilot.
Ten uncontested divorce cases
are calendared for Monday, along
with motions in pending cases
and four cases for trial—Ralph B.
Stevens vs Clyde Allred, for dam
ages resulting from an auto acci-
ednt; Bill Goldston, Inc., vs. Sam
uel Gromley; John M. Lamb vs.
James Reece Lemonds; and H. E.
Hassenfelt vs. Motor Sales, Inc.,
and Newland W. Phillips, in
which breach of contract is giv
en as the cause of action.
Other cases calendared for the
VV^GGk 3XS.
1 Tuesday—Paul Albert Cagle vs
Elijah McArthur (to recover
land); Nezzie DeGraffenreid vs.
Daniel J. Walton, trustee, and
Modern Homes Construction Co.;
Billie Joe Brown vs. Calvin H.
Garner (auto accident); Esther
Ewing Godwin vs. Margaret L.
Godwin (to set aside deed); A. G.
MacPherson, DBA MacPherson
Co. vs. Robert G. Griffin and wife,
Ann N. Griffin and Denton Real
ty Corp. (perfecting of laborer
and materialmen’s lien); Nora
Cooper vs. William Cooper et als
(to set aside deed); Mrs. Pearl B.
Frye vs. Edwin Binney Frye,
Admr., et als (motion to be heard
and issue to be submitted to jury);
NC REA ex rel Randolph Electric
Mem. Corp. vs. Jesse V. Ritter et
ux (condemnation).
Wednesday—Harold Williams,
Admr., vs. J. C. Burns, alias Bud
Burns, et al (damages for cutting
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1962 Traffic Accident
Reports Show 16 Dead,
199 Injured In County
County highways or town streets
during 1962, according to reports
from the State Highway Patrol
and municipal accident records.
Fourteen of the victims died on
rural highways. Two were killed
in incorporated towns—a pedes
trian struck down by a hit-run
driver in Southern Pines and
another at Vass.
All the persons killed were male
Dixon Resigns As
Bank Executive
Sam W. Dixon of the Carolina
Bank, Pinehurst, has resigned his
position as vice president in
charge of loans and cashier of the
Pinehurst office, effective Febru-
arj' 8, according to an announce
ment from L. Bf. Creath, execu
tive vice-president of the bank.
Mr. Dixon has accepted a pos
ition as the executive head of the
newly organized First National
Bank of Boone, and will move
there with his family in February.
Personal Property
Being Itemized In
New Tax Listing
In the listing of property for
county taxes, going on daily in
all the townships of Moore Coun
ty, citizens are being asked for a
complete new itemization of their
personal property, Mrs. Estelle
Wicker, county tax supervisor,
pointed out this week.
The new listing of personal pos
sessions accompanies new valua
tions placed on all real estate—
land and buildings—in the county
over the past two years by pro
fessional appraisers. Most proper
ty owners have not yet been in
formed of these valuations, but
letters listing them at 60 per cent
of the “appraised current market
value” started to go out from the
tax supervisor’s office this week.
All the valuations should be out
bv the end of February, Mrs.
Wicker said.
Persons listing personal proper
ty are being asked to list it at
“fair market value”—that is, what
it could be sold for in a normal,
not a forced, sale.
the same accident.
And the lives snuffed out were
predominantly those of young
men. Ages of the victims of the
rural accidents, other than the
children, ranged from 17 to 37.
Three were in their teens, six in
their 20’s and three in their 30’s.
Most of them died in 10 one-
car accidents. Only three deaths
involved collisions between two
vehicles. The one-car wrecks fol
lowed a familiar pattern: “\vent
out of control and left the high
way ...” In most of these fatal
accidents, there was evidence of
speeding.
The fatalities included six pass
engers in wrecked cars.
One of the 1962 fatalities was
Trooper Henry A. Hight, Jr., of
Carthage, State Highway Patrol
man whose car struck a truck
making a left turn, while the
trooper was responding to an
accident call.
A total of 339 reportable acci
dents was investigated by the
Highway Patrol in this county
during 1962, involving, in addition
to the deaths noted, 199 non-fatal
injuries and property damage
amounting to $176,107.
Asked to comment on the 1962
Moore County traffic accident re
cord, Trooper R. R. Samuels of
Southern Pines, who is president
of the Moore County Law En
forcement Officers Association
said: . . ,
“You can never take safety for
granted. You have to work at it
every minute. You, as a driver,
must realize your responsibility,
not only to yourself and your
passengers, but to everyone else
using the highways.
, “The young driver, especially,
Every property owner gets a wake up to the fact that
BENEFIT GAMES FRIDAY
A basketball doubleheader and
community entertainment for
benefit of the March of Dimes,
will be staged by adults at the
Pinehurst school gym Friday,
.starting at 7:30 p. m., sponsored
I by the Pinehurst Lions Club and
Riders in the Hunter’s Paoe will! American Legion Post, in cooper
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S300 exemption bn what he lists
for household and kitchen fumi-
ture-and, if he is a farmer, farm
equipment and animals. This $300
is deducted. Mrs. Wicker said, be
fore the 60 per cent valuation is
figured. Thus if a person has
$1,000 in household and kitchen
furniture (which includes such
items also as silverware, china,
books and lawnmowers, as well
as stoves, refrigerators and other
appliances), the $300 exemption
would reduce his listing to $700
and the 60 per cent tax valuation
level would cut the figure again
to $420 in these categories.
In another column, and not
subject to any exemption, pro-
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when he takes control of a car,
he has to learn to control him
self—^not to 'yield to the tempta
tion to speed or commit other
traffic law infractions which may
seem minor at the time but could
result in a fatal accident.”
Jackson Named State YDC Organizer;
County Group Starting Member Drive
/-I -T F.lvin Jackson of Cart]
Two children’s concerts by the
North Carolina Little Symphony
under direction of Dr. Benjamin
Swalin will be given in the Sand
hills, Wednesday, January 23,
with all the schools of the county
represented in the audiences.
At 10:30 a. m., more than 1,000
children will hear the orchestra
in the Aberdeen school auditori
um. At 1:30 that afternoon, chil
dren from all the Negro schools
in the county will gather in West
Southern Pines for a similar con
cert.
In a departure from former pro
cedure, the orchestra will be play
ing for school children at a time
other than its regular visit to
Southern Pines as an attraction
in the Sandhills Music Associa
tion’s concert series. The chil-1 rooms.
dren’s concerts, however, are
sponsored by the Association.
All the students are studying
the music to be played, prior to
the programs, to familiarize thehi
with it and make the perform
ances more interesting. They will
sing two songs with the orches
tra—a North Carolina folk song,
“Old Tar River,” and an old Irish
hymn. They have been practicing
these in preparation for the event.
The numbers of children from
each school attending the con
certs are allotted in proportion to
total enrollment in the school.
The Aberdeen concert will be
broadcast as in former years by
Radio Station WEEB, enabling
numerous other youngsters to
hear it by radio in their class-
^Merry Widow’ To
Be Presented Here
Friday, February 1
It is bound to be an exciting
evening when the “Merry Wid
ow” hits the Sandhills!
This event is due to take place
Friday evening, February First,
when the gay lady will appear
with all her festive company at
Weaver Auditorium in Southern
Pines, as the featured attraction
of the third concert in the series
of the Sandhills Music Associa
tion. Curtain time is 8:30.
Those who may not yet have
purchased their tickets may pick
them up at tbe Bamum Agency
where they are now on sale; or
telephone for reserved seats (695-
7251).
The famous light opera by the
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MAKING PROGRESS
Dr. P. J. Chester of Southern
Pines, who suffered a stroke on
December 16, is making slow pro
gress toward an improved condi
tion, the attending physician said
today. Dr. Chester remains a
patient at Moore Memorial Hos
pital.
, The Moore County Young Dem-
I ocrats Club has launched its 1963
* membership drive with letters
sent out to members and prospec
tive members from J. Elvin Jack-
son of Carthage, county YDC
president.
To join the club, the letter
points out, a person must be 18
years of age or older, with no top
age limit. The annual membership
fee is $2, entitling each member
to receive The North Carolina
Democrat, state Democratic Party
newspaper which is issued every
six weeks. Membership also en
titles the holder to vote in any
YDC activity in the state.
“There is much work to be done
in building and improving our
county and state, as well as our
nation,” the letter says. '‘Only
through you can this building and
improving be donie. This club is
pledged to the aims of better gov
ernment. So jioin us and through
our combined efforts, these aims
can be made possible.”
Membership cards for persons
joining (both m-en and womeft are
eligible) will be mailed out
around the last of January, the
letter states.
Anyone not receiving a letter
and wanting to join is asked to
send the membership fee, with
name and full address, to Jackson
, at Box 372, Carthage.
J. Elvin Jackson of Carth
age, president of the Moore Coun
ty Young Democrats,,was appoint
ed State Organizer by the new
president, Dave Reid, at the in
stallation of YDC state officers for
1963 at Goldsboro Saturday night.
This is the highest appointment
made by the State YDC president
and carries with it responsibility
for growth and expansion of the
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Arey Reported As
Improving Slowly
J. D. Arey, Jr., Aberdeen busi
nessman who v/as injured last
Thursday morning when his car
struck a tree on Bethesda Road
near Aberdeen, was reported this
morning as gradually recovering
from the severe injuries he sus
tained. “It looks a lot more en
couraging than a few days ago,”
a member of the family said.
A patient at Moore Memorial
Hospital, Mr. Arey lost his left
eye and bones were broken
around his face and jaw. His right
leg and also ankle on the same
leg were broken. He had numer
ous lacerations on head, face and
throat.
There had been no apparent
cause of the accident in which
Mr. Arey’s station wagon left the
pavement and hit a large tree
standing very close to the road
way, opposite Old Bethesda
Church. It was stated this morning
that Mr. Arey has as yet given
no explanation of what happened.
U
11 STILLS CAPTURED
Eleven illegal .whiskey stills
wer.e captured by the Law En
forcement division of the Moore
County Alcoholic Beverage Con
trol Board in 1962. In an annual
report of the Division’s opera
tions, in last week’s Pilot, the
number was incorrectly listed as
four. The complete report, made
by C. A. McCallum, chief enforce
ment officer, appeared last week.
Service Award Of
Jaycees Scheduled;
Staton Will Speak
The local young man chosen for
the annual Distinguished Service
Award given by the Southern
Pines Junior Chamber of Com-
niercte 'will be announced Friday
night of next week at a dinner in
the Hollywood Hotel.
Jim Thomasson, co-chairnian
for the event, with Gary Griffith,
said that the occasion will mark
the local observance of National
Jaycee Week, January 20-26, and
will also be designated “Bosses’
Night,” with members bringing
their employers as guests.
William W. Staton, prominent
Sanford attorney, will be the
guest speaker. The dinner will be
preceded by a social hour from 7
to 8 p. m.
A committee of five local citi
zens, all over the Jaycee age lim
it of 35, is judging nominations
made by the public for the young
man, 35 or under and not neces
sarily a Jayoee, who will receive
the Distinguished Service Award.
One of the five will announce the
choice and present the award at
the banquet.
Nominees for the award are
judged on: contributions to com
munity welfare and betterment,
participation in civic enterprises,
leadership ability, evidence of
personal and business progress,
and cooperation with individuals
and civic organizations, all dur
ing the year 1962.
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 WEEB
J. ELVIN JACKSON
ABERDEEN GAMES FRIDAY
The Blue Knights and girls of
Southern Pines High School will
play the basketball teams of
Aberdeen High School at Aber
deen Friday. Time of the first
game is 7 p. m.
studios on Midland Road.
Max.
Min.
January 10
62
34
January 11
72
48
January 12
64
35
January 13
64
52
January 14
56
26
January 15
40
22
January 16
48
19