Gov. Sanford’s
call for improved Negro employ
ment opportunity is praised in
an editorial on page 2.
iGlwdoo
News and comment
of special interest to Pinehurst
readers are found on Pages 12
and 13 of today’s Pilot.
VOL. 43—NO. 10
SIXTEEN PAGES
SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 1963
SIXTEEN PAGES
PRICE: 10 CENTS
Sears Will Open
Catalog Store
In New Building
Negotiations have been com
pleted for the location of a Sears,
Roebuck and Co. Catalog Sales
Store in Southern Pines, it is an
nounced by J. B. Hatfield, general
manager of the Sears Greensboro
mail order plant, whiqh will serv
ice the local store, and L. M. Dan
iels, Jr., of Southern Pines, who
will lease the space to Sears.
Site of the proposed new store
is 705 S. W. Broad St. The store
v/ill have an area of 5,000 square
feet, of which approximately one
half will be devoted to sales area.
The remainder of the unit will be
used for stock area, receiving fa
cilities, office space and other
non-selling activities.
The new store is scheduled for
opening on or about April 4, ac
cording to D. F. Everhart, Sears
catalog sales store supervisor for
this area.
The new Sears store will be as
completely staffed with local peo
ple as availability of qualified
persons permit, Mr. Everhart said.
The building to be constructed
by Daniels will be 100 feet square.
Sears will occupy a 50-foot front
age, the builder said. It was an
nounced several weeks ago that
a Sherwin-Williams wholesale and
retail paint store will have a 25-
foot frontage. Negotiations are
under way with a business to
occupy the other 25 feet of front
age, Daniels said.
“We are delighted to join with
Mr. Daniels in providing a new
and convenient shopping service
to our customers in this area,” Mr.
Hatfield said. “Our decision to in
vest in a catalog sales store in
Southern Pines is an indication of
our company’s faith in the future
of this area as a growing market
center. We regard our new store
here as a local unit, employing lo
cal people, and catering to local
needs. As a member of the local
community of merchants, we shall
strive to discharge our resjwnsi-
bilities of citizenship as fully as
any local merchant should.”
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Property Listing
For Taxes To End
Thursday of next week, Janu
ary 31, will mark the end of list
ing property for county and town
taxes, throughout Moore County,
without penalty.
Mrs. Estelle Wicker of Carth
age, tax supervisor, said again
this week that no extension of
time for listing is contehaplated.
Mrs. Irene Mullinix of Vass,
who lists McNeill Township prop
erty within the Southern Pines
city limits, will be at the Informa
tion Center building here, 9 a. m.
to 5 p. m., Monday through
Thursday, next week. Formerly,
during the January listing period,
she has been at the Vass town
hall on Thursdays. This week,
Mrs. Mullinix will be in Southern
Pines all day Friday and at the
Vass town hall Saturday from 9
a. m. to noon.
Real estate is being listed by
the county at 60 per cent of val
uations placed ..c by profes
sional appraisers. Taxpayers are
asked to list personal property
at market value. Tax valuations
will then be assessed at 60 per
cent of the market value listed.
A $300 deduction is allowed on
household and kitchen fmrniture
before the 60 per cent valuation
is computed.
JUNIOR WINNERS— Terry Lassen of San
ford, left, receives from Mrs. W. O. Moss his
award as winner of the Junior Point-to-Point
Race Saturday, riding Better by Far. At center
is second-placing Doris Wrenn of Sanford who
rode her Mrs. Ed. Third place winner, Barbara
Ritchie of Southern Pines, who rode her Rajku-
mar, is at right. (Humphrey photo)
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NEW HUNTER'S PACE EVENT PROVES SUCCESSFUL
Awards Made Saturday To Point-to-Point Race Winners
Young Man Faces
Larceny Charges,
Superior Court
Edward C. Patterson, Jr., 22-
year-old Route 2, Vass, resident,
faces grand jury action on two
counts of breaking and entering
and larceny at the regular term
of Moore County Superior Court
for trial of criminal cases, which
will start Monday at Csirthage.
Superior Court Judge Walter E.
Johnston, Jr., of Winston-Salem,
will preside.
Patterson was arrested Janu
ary 3 on a charge of breaking into
the Skyline Service Station on
US Highway 1, north of Southern
Pines, last September 28 and
stealing newly recapped tires val
ued at $230 and belonging to the
proprietor. Cliff Simpson.
The young man was arrested
January 10 on the second charge,
arising from a November 15
break-in of the residence of
Charlie Sandy, when two shot
guns and an Italian rifle, valued
at a total of $200, were stolen.
Both warrants were issued
early this month following weeks
of investigation by Deputy Sher
iff R. A. Edwards of Vass, asist-
ed by the SEI. Patterson was re
leased following each arrest, un
der $500 bond.
.These are two of 21 cases go
ing to the grand jury for bills
Monday, an unusually short war
rant docket which, for the first
time in many Superior Court
tearms, includes no murder or
manslaughter cases. Just one
manslaughter case, arising from a
fatal highway accident, appears
on the trial docket, with Joe
Louis McDonald, Southern Pines
Negro, as defendant.
In Two Cases
Winston E. Holder, 18-year-old
Vass youth, whose probation was
revoked December 10 and who is
Serving a two months’ road term
for assault on Vass police officer
James R. Grissom, is defendant
in two cases on the warrant dock-
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Moore County CD Key
Staff Named By Koster
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The happy scene shown here,
photographed by Emerson Hum
phrey at the Moore County Club
supper dance that followed Sat
urday’s Point-to-Point races
sponsored by the Moore County
Hounds, concluded a successful
day that was the highlight of
January equestrian events in the
Sandhills.
At left, in photo above, Mrs.
W. O. Moss presents to Robert S.
McDonald of Camden, S. C., his
award as co-winner of the fea
tured Hunter’s Pace event on the
afternoon program. At his left is
Ward Hill of Southern Pines,
master of ceremonies, presenting
a packaged award to the other co
winner of the Hunter’s Pace, Mrs.
Gloria King of Camden, S. C.,
and Houston, Texas. At right are
Miss Page Shamburger of Aber
deen and W. O. Moss.
Mr. Moss, joint master of the
TUFTS GIVEN
GOLFING HONOR
Richard S. Tufts, chairman
of the board) of Pinehurst.
Inc., was named yesterday at
Belleair, Fla., by the Ameri
can Seniors Golf Association
as winner of its annual
award to the "man who does
the most to promote the great
game of golf in the United
States." A former president
of the U. S. Golf Association,
Mr. Tufts has served on num
erous goUing committees and
for many years has directed
PinehursFt growth and de
velopment as one of the great
golfing centers of the worldk
Mpre about Mr. Tufts and
his ^bi^rent activity appears,
with photo, on page 13, one of
today's two "Pinehurst
Pages,"
Jonas Will Speak
At Event Feb. 16
Rep. Charles Raper Jonas of
Lincolnton, 8th District Congress
man, will be the featured speak
er at a Lincoln Day dinner to be
staged by Moore County Repub
licans Friday, February 16, it was
announced this week by Mrs.
Dorothy Marley of Robbins, vice
chairman of the county GOP ex
ecutive committee, who is chair
man for the event.
The dinner is scheduled for the
school cafeteria in Carthage at 7
p. m.
Tickets can be obtained from
any member of the executive
committee.
Moore County Hounds; Mrs.
Moss, first whipper-in and hon
orary secretary: and Miss Sham-
burger were all recognized at the
dinner for their efforts in origi
nating and developing the Point-
to-Point Race Day program here.
Location of Saturday’s events was
Buchan Field, at the Mosses’
Mileaway Farms, just north of
Southern Pines.
Mr. McDonald, well known
steeplechase rider, and Mrs. King
both rode horses owned by Mrs.
King, Life Saver and Miss Pop
pet. Their time in the Hunter’s
Pac.3 for the six-mile course was
exactly the 40 minutes set by a
trail-blazing rider who rode the
course Friday to determine an
ideal hunting pace. The ideal
time was not revealed until after
the actual event was held.
Placing second in the Hunter’s
Pace, with a time of 39 minutes,
were Miss Ellen Miska of Pitts-
boro and Mrs. Pat Van Camp of
Southern Pines.
In third place, at 43 minutes,
were Mrs. Bunny Deeds of Paoli,
Pa., and Miss Sheila Lenehan of
Sewickley, Pa.
Sixteen riders (eight teams)
took part in the Hunter’s Pace,
first of the type to be held here.
It was enthusiastically acclaim
ed and is expected to become a
standard event on the Moore
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CEREBRAL PALSY
DRIVE OPENING
Moor* County's fund drive
for United Cerebral Palsy of
North Carolina opens today,
with Mrs. Dan R. McNeill of
Southern Pines as county
campaign chairman and
workers in all towns of the
county.
The fund collection, used
for therapy and research, is
being concentrated in the
three days ending Saturday.
Details and a photo of
campaign workers appear on
page 8.
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Ewing At State
Board Meeting
Robert S. Ewing of Southern
Pines, one of two Republican
members of the five-man State
Board of Elections, attended a
meeting of the board in Raleigh
Monday.
The board considered proposed
election law changes to be re
commended to this year’s General
Assembly for legislation, especial
ly changes designed to prevent
voting frauds involving absentee
ballots.
P
Q ^Merry Widow^ Scheduled For Friday, Feb. 1
In this scene from tbs ever-
popular light opera, Franz Le-
har’s “The Merry Widow,” to be
performed here Friday, February
1, by the National Opera Com
pany, the ambassador from Mar-
ovia, right, pleads with the
Prince to dance with the fascin
ating widow.
The performance, sponsored by
the Sandhills Music Association,
as the third attraction in its 1962-
63 entertainment series, will take
place at Weaver Auditorium,
with curtain at 8:30 p. m.
Tickets are available at the
Bamum Realty and Insurance of
fice on N. W. Broad St., or may
be obtained at the door. A buffet
dinner at the Hollywood Hotel,
for which reservations are nec
essary, will precede the perform
ance.
The National Opera Company
(formerly Grass Roots Opera),
acclaimed for its performances in
36 states, sings all its roles in
English, to better fulfill its aim
of bringing good opera to people
in communities where live per
formances of such works are sel
dom heard.
T. CLYDE AUMAN
Auman Reelected
President Peach
Growers Society
T. Clyde Auman of West End
was reelected 'Tuesday for his
third term as president of the
North Carolina Peach Growers’
Society, Inc., while Don Huffman
of Lilesville was elected vice
president and W. D. Haywood of
Candor was named secretary-
treasurer.
The officers were elected by
the directors, who met following
the Society’s annual banquet at
the East Montgomery High School
near Troy. The banquet climaxed
the annual all-day meeting of the
peach growers.
This was the first time the of
ficers had not been elected by
the membership. 'Through a
change in the constitution and
bylaws adopted at the afternoon
business session, nine directors
were first elected, who then elect
ed the officers.
Another change was the drop
ping of the word “Mutual” from
the title of the Society, which is
this year observing its 25th anni
versary.
Adoption of the new constitu-
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Dr. Morrison To
Open Office Here
Mon., February 4
Dr. H. Maxwell Morrison, Jr.,
an opthahnologist, will take over
the offices of Dr. P. J. Chester on
N. E. Broad St., beginning Febru
ary 4, it was announced this week.
Currently serving as a lieuten
ant in the Navy Medical Corps,
completing a tour of duty at the
U. S. Naval Hospital, Charleston,
S. C., Dr. Morrison will practice
here one week per month until
about July 1 when his Navy serv
ice will be completed and he ex
pects to move here with his fam
ily.
As an opthalmologist. Dr. Mor
rison will specialize in eye exam
ination, treatment and surgery.
A native of Wallace and son of
Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Morrison of
that community, the physician re
ceived his M. D. degree from the
Medical School of the University
of North Carolina where he was
a member of Phi Chi Medical fra
ternity. His undergraduate work
was at Davidson College, David
son, where he was a Sigma Al
pha Epsilon fraternity member.
Dr. Morrison’s internship was
at the University of Alabama Hos
pital, Birmingham, Ala., and his
opthalmology residency at North
Carolina Memorial Hospital,
Chapel Hill.
His wife is the former Miss
Myrtle Boone Johnson, daughter
of Dr. and Mrs. C. T. Johnson of
Red Springs. Mrs. Morrison has
a a A. Degree in education from
Duke University, Durham, and
has been a teacher at Atlanta,
Ga., Fort Bragg and Chapel Hill.
The Morrisons have a daughter,
Mary Anne, 18 months old.
Dr. Chester remains a patient
at Moore Memorial Hospital. He
has been unable to practice since
suffering a stroke on December
16.
* Col. Alfred M. Koster of South
ern Pines, Moore County Civil De
fense director, has released the
names of the county’s civil de
fense key staff.
They are; deputy director, J. L.
McGraw, Jr., Carthage; chief, at
tack warning service, R. A. Ed
wards, Vass; chief, communica
tions service, John L. Ponzer,
Southern Pines; chief, engineer
and public works service, William
J. Wilson, Southern Pines; chief,
information service, Robert S.
Ewing, Southern Pines; chief,
manpower service, L. G. Scott,
Sanford; chief, fire service, H. L.
Williams, Robbins; chief, health
protection service. Dr. J. W. Will-
cox, county health officer, Car
thage and Southern Pines; chief,
emergency medical care service.
Dr. R. L. Felton, Carthage.
Chief, welfare service, Mrs. W.
B. Cole, Carthage: chief, police
service. Sheriff W. B. Kelly, Car
thage; chief, religious affairs ser
vice, the Rev. Brooks Patten,
Aberdeen; chief, radiological de
fense service, Donald G. McClus-
key, Aberdeen; chief, rescue ser
vice, William D. Stutts, Robbins;
chief, transportation service, Wil
liam P. Davis, Southern Pines;
chief, supply service, F. D. Allen,
Carthage; chief, emergency train-
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Education Funds
For Students Set
Up Through Trusts
An active program of student
loans is now underway using
funds left in trust for this purpose
by Dr. W. F. and Joan Scott Shel
don and Gordon H. and Ruth A.
Clark, it was announced this
week by N. L. Hodgkins, presi
dent of The Citizens Bank and
Trust Company.
Mr. Hodgkins said that a com
mittee of prominent citizens from
throughout the county has been
appointed by the bank to consid
er applications. All grants to date
have been made in the form of
loans although it is possible that
aid might be given in the fu
ture in the form of scholarships,
he said.
While funds available are lim
ited to the income generated un
der the trusts, it is expected that
'a number of young people can
be assisted, Mr. Hodgkins added.
Tlie purpose of the funds is to
aid needy and-or deserving
young people who are ambitious
and who show promise in obtain
ing an education which might
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Registration Of
Dogs Here Lags
Registration of all dogs owned
by persons residing within the
Southern Pines city limits is lag
ging, Town Manager F. F. Rainey
said today, urging all dog owners
to register their animals at the
police station in town haU before
the final deadline, February 15.
Dog owners must pay a fee of
$1 each for males and spayed fe
males and $2 for females. Regis
tered dogs must wear the town li
cense tag furnished when the fees
are paid.
A town ordinance prohibits
dogs running at large.
Today, only 162 dogs had been
registered, compared to a total
registration of 553 for last year.
All dogs must be re-registered
and receive new tags, the town
manager stressed.
The town tag must be worn in
addition to the county dog li
cense tag given to property own
ers when they list their property
for 1963 taxes, he pointed out.
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.
January 17
52
26
January 18
48
37
January 19
52
36
January 20
59
38
January 21
37
31
January 22
49
15
January 23
57
26