6 1^' 9 V VOL. 43—NO. 11 Council Awards 2 Contracts For Bond Issue Work Meeting in special session at town hall last night, the council awarded two contracts, one for sewage treatrront plant additions and one for sewerage system ex tensions, both to be financed with bond issue funds approved by the voters last fall. A contract for additions to the sewag.3 treatment plant, to in clude an additional sludge diges ter, was awarded to Eastern Con struction Co. of Greenville, low bidder at $125,888. A second and separate contract for extensions to the sewerage system was awarded to D. R. Al len & Son of Fayetteville, low bidder at $66,496.30. Bids had been opened a week ago and were tabulated by Paul Van Camp, engineer for the town, who appeared with his son, Stephen, at last night’s meeting, to present the tabulation of bids and consult with the council about the work to b.3 done. It was made clear that a hitch may arise in connection with the contract awarding, because East ern Construction Co., low bidder on the plant additions, had also bid $88,666 (third lowest bid) on the sewer system extension work, enclosing a letter reserving the right not to take one contract un less it were also awarded the oth er. Mr. Van Camp explained that this is known as an “informal bid,” not fully complying with the request for bids as published by the Town, but that it was not rejected at the bid opening ba- cause he thought it should be brought to the attention of the council. As compared to Eastern’s $125,- 888 bid on the sewage treatment plant work, the next lowest bid on this job was $171,000' by Re public Contracting Co. of Colum bia. S. C. Other bids ran as high as $184,000. Members of the council were unanimous in disapproving the awarding of both bids to Eastern, when that companv had actuallv bid third lowest on one of the contracts, although it was ex ceptionally low on the other. The motion to award the con tracts. therefore, stipulated that, if Eastern will not accept the $125,888 sewage treatment plant contract alone, this contract is to bp awarded to Republic. Councilmen agreed that this would be the right decision, even (hough the combination of Eastern and Republic on the two contracts would run more than $20,000 over what Eastern’s cost would be if Eastern got both contracts. Bids on the sewerage system extension work ran from Allen’s low of $66,496.30 to a high of $102,016.20. Anv company taking either of the jobs, it was pointed out, will be under bond to perform the services required. EIGHTEEN PAGES SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 1963 EIGHTEEN PAGES PRICE: 10 CENTS PRESENTATION— The Rev. Martin Caldwell, right, receives from Mayor Pro-Tern J. D. Hobbs the Distinguished Service Award plaque, given by the local Junior Chamber of Commerce. (Humphrey photo) The Rev. Martin Caldwell Chosen For Jaycee Distinguished Service Award Pinehurst Woman Found Not Guilty Of Embezzlement A jury that was-out only 10 minutes this morning found Mrs. Mariam L. Dietenhofer of Pine hurst not guilty of embezzlement, in Moore County Superior Court at Carthage. Mrs. Dietenhofer and her daughter, Paulette, were in the courtroom when the verdict was brought in. Trial of the case had occupied the court most of Wed- Moore Legislators Face Assembly; Blue Slated For Speaker Of House Walter E. The Rev. Martin Caldwell, 34- year-old rector of Emmanuel Episcopal Church, was given the Distinguished Service Award of the Southern Pines Junior Cham ber of Commerce, at a dinner meeting in the Hollywood Hotel Friday night. The award is made annually in January to a resident of Southern identity is kept secret, even from the Jaycees themselves, until the cres.^ntation is made. Friday night’s dinner also was an observance of “Bosses’ Night,” when the young men of the or ganization are hosts to their em ployers. Many of these were pres ent and were introduced. In addition, the occasion mark- Pines under the Jaycee limit age|ed local observance of National of 36 and recognizes contributions to community welfare, evidence of leadership ability and person al business or professional prog ress, during the preceding year. The winner is chosen, from nom inations made by the public, by a committee of leading citizens beyond the Jaycee ago and his Jaycee Week, January 20-26, dur ing which national and state achievements of the young men’s organization are reviewed and brought to public attention. Speaker at the Hollywood din ner was James C. Greene of Ra leigh, an attorney who is found er and president of the James C. Greene Co., an insurance adjust ing firm with an office here. He related, from personal experi ence, the fascination of the hob by of investigating family back grounds, telling his audience that they would be amazed at the in- Moore Memorial Limits Visiting Because of the prevalence of Asian flu in nearby counties, vis- , teresting associations the mem- I iting is being temporarily limited bers of even an average family T' -sday, with Judge , Johnston, Jr. of Winston-Salem, | presiding. Mrs. Dietenhofer had been charged by Miss Mary A. Mur- i phy of Southern Pines with con verting to her own use securities ■ valued at $3,922 which Miss Mur phy had placed for sale with a local brokerage firm, Dietenhofer | & Hartfield, prior to the death of Herbert J. Dietenhofer, the de fendant’s husband, on December 20, 1959. The firm no longer exists. The State, with Lawrence M. 1 Johnson of Aberdeen as special prosecutor assisting District Sol icitor M. G. Boyette of Carthage, based its case on the fact that Miss Murphy had placed the se curities for sale with the Dieten hofer firm and that, after her husband’s death, Mrs. Dietenhof er as administrator had closed out the firm, but no reimbursement had been made to Miss Murphy for her securities. The defense, handled by W. D. Sabiston, Carthage attorney, nev er denied that the securities were placed with the firm for sale, that they were sold and that the money remained wih the firm. However, the defense said, fol lowing Mr. DietenhofePs death, an account was set up for receipts and disbursements of the firm’s funds, with a special administra- toi’. Claims were paid as far as the funds would go, it was stated, but all funds had been disbursed before Miss Murphy pujt in her claim. Mrs. Dietenhofer, as widow, was not personally responsible for | the firm’s funds, under the law, [ the defense said, and it was stated that she had told Miss Murphy there were not sufficient funds to pay the clairri. The jury found that there was (Continued on Page 8) SEN, W. P. SAUNDERS REP. H. CLIFTON BLUE Man Killed By Skid On Icy Highway; 6 Hurt In Another Wreck Saturday Ice forming on the highways in freezing rain Saturday morning cost the life of a middle-aged Negro man on Midland Road near Pinehurst, Moore County’s third highway fatality of 1963. Moore Memorial Hospital with serious injuries. He suffered com pound fractures of the left leg. State Trooper Robert R. Sam uels said Headen told him they had just passed a car when they Whalen Irvine Cagle, 53, of the | hit the slick place. However, Taylortown community near Samuels said, no other car was Pinehurst, driving toward South- j there when he arrived, and if orn Pines from Pinehurst, was! there was another car, apparent- killed when his car hit an icy j iy it did not stop, spot and skidded off the road to! U® found the accident was crash against a tree in the center, caused by the road conditions, parkway. | and no law violation was involv- His passenger, Luther Carroll was demolished. Alexander Headen, 28, also of j ^h® occupation of the dead man Taylortown, was admitted to i^erer. ' Funeral services for Cagle were Playhouse Reveals Shows For Season Attractions to be presented by the Pinehurst Playhouse during the 10-week season opening February 19 were announced this week by Donald Filippelli, pro ducer, who is now in Pinehurst. They are: February 19-24, Sunday in New York; February 26-March 3; The Gazebo; March 5-10, Come Blow Your Horn; March 12-17, Gigi; March 19-24, Tunnel of Love. Also; March 26-31, The Pleasure of His Company; April 2-7, Every body Loves Opal; April 9-14, Dial M for Murder; April 16-21, The Miracle Worker; and April 23-28, Champagne Complex. 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. at Moore Memorial Hospital, D L. McGoogan, administrator, said this week. Until further notice, visiting will be limited to members of the patient’s immediate family, and only one person may visit at a time. Visiting hours will continue to be from 2;30 p. m. to 4 p. m. and from 7 p. m. to 8;30 p. m. This is a precautionary measure to safeguard the health of pa tients, Mr. McGoogan said. All citizens are asked to cooperate in this endeavor to speed the recov ery of patients and at the same time prevent Moore County from having a widespread problem, with influenza. “To be successful, this effort will require the cooperation of every person,” the administrator pointed out. State CD Group To Visit Moore Progress continues to be made in setting up a master plan for Civil Defense in Moore County. Developments during the past week included a visit by Col. A. M. Koster, county CD director, to the State Civil Defense offices in Raleigh to arrange a visit by State authorities to Moore County. This has been tentatively set for February 25, when it is expected they will confer with local staff leaders and view possible sites for a headquarters location and fall out shelters for the public. The greatest immediate need, according to Colorisl Koster, is to locate a suitable building in Car thage, where Civil Defense head quarters might be set up. This headquarters would be the nerve conter of the county operation in an emergency. The main commu nications center will be located at this site. have had in the past. The hobby, he said, enables a person “to see | life as a fulfillment of which you are a part.” j Mr. Greene substituted as speaker for W. W. Staton, prom-[ inent Sanford attorney who had been expected but was unable to | at'ond because of illness in his lamily. Gary Griffith and Jim ’Thomas- son were in charge of the affair for the Jaycees. Mayor John Ruggles and May or Pro-Tern J. D. Hobbs were guests and the presentation of the Distinguished Service plaque and certificate to the Rev. Mr. Caldwell, who has been rector of: Emmanuel Church since April, 1956, was made by Mr. Hobbs. I He cited especially the rector’s, accomplishments as president of; Moore County Red Cross Chapter, ■his work as executive secretary of the Moore County Alcoholic Education Committee, his serv-1 ice on the boards of directors of i (Continued on Page 8) | HERE SHE COMES! Tomorrow night the MER RY WIDOW hits town! The gay lady and her satel lites of the National Opera Company will lake the stage at Weaver Auditorium Fri day, (Feb. 1} with the curtain scheduled to rise at 8:30. This is the third concert in the series sponsored by the Sandihills Music Association. Tickets are still on sale at the Barnum Realty Office and will be available at the auditorium box office, as long as they leist. The demand for seats to view the revival of the famous old Broadway show has been great, reports Mrs. John S. Ruggles and Miss Glenda Martin, in charge of ticket sales. A special pre-concert buf fet dinner is being served at the Hollywood Hotel from 6:30. Tables should be reserv ed. ABERDEEN-PINEHURST New Free Phone Service To Start Friday Morning The new “extended area” tele phone service that will permit toll-free dialing both ways be tween Aberdeen and Pinehurst will begin at 12:01 a. m. Friday, marking completion of the exten sion of this service around the Southern Pines - Pinehurst-Aber deen triangle. The project was carried out jointly, at no increase in rates, by United Telephone Company, of Southern Pines, and the Sandhill Telephone Company, of Aberdeen. New directories are being dis tributed this week throughout the service areas of these two firms and also the Pinebluff Tele phone Company. A spokesman for United said that there are numerous number changes in Pinehurst and also some in Southern Pines and rec ommended that the directory be consulted by anyone placing a call and that the full number as given in the directory be used. The complete number is essential in inter-town dialing. The public was requested oy slips attached to the new di rectories not to use them before 2:01 a. m. Friday. held at the Baptist church in Taylortown Wednesday afternoon. He was highly regarded in the entire Pinehurst community. He'before the Moore County Educo Two members of the 1963 North Carolina General Assembly who live in Moore County will be among the state’s lawmakers going to Raleigh next week for opening of the Assembly on Wed nesday in the new Legislative Building. They are H. Clifton Blue of Aberdeen, starting his ninth term as Moore’s representative in the House of Representatives and an unopposed candidate for election as Speaker of that body; and Wil liam P. Saunders of Southern Pines, retired industrialist and former director of the State De- oartment of Conservation and Development, who is beginning his first term as one of two sena tors from the 12th District— Moore, Harnett, Hoke and Mont gomery Counties. The other sena tor is Robert Morgan of Lillington m Harnett. All are Democrats. After his anticipated election as Speaker on Wednesday, Rep. Blue is expected to be sworn in by Sunerior Court Judge John D. McConnell of Southern Pines, with numerous friends and as sociates from Moore County on hand to witness the occasion. The Assembly is slated to convene at noon, Wednesday. Gov. Terry Sanford wiU deliver his Biennial Message to the As sembly at noon on Thursday of next week, February 7, in a joint session in the Hall of the House. The Senate and House will con vene separately that day at 11:30 a m and senators will then join their House collegues for the ad dress bv the Governor. The Governor’s Budget Message will h.T delivered at 10:30 a. m. Friday, February 8. Rep. Blue spoke twice before ■'foo'-e County groups this week, outlining issufjs which he feels will nredominate in the 1963 Gen eral Assembly. On Monday night he spoke had been employed by several Pinehurst firms and individuals, in various capacities. His uphols- ering and other work was well regarded by all for whom he had performed these services. He is survived by his wife, one daughter, two grandsons, three Club at its regular monthly meet ing held in the Cameron school cafeteria. On Wednesday at noon ''o spoke before the Sandhills Kiwanis club at its weekly lunch eon meeting held at the Carolina Hotel in Pinehurst. Aftor discussing state issues at sisters and three brothers, one of the Kdwanis meeting. Blue com- whom is Hazel Cagle of Taylor-' town, verger at the Village Chapel, Pinehurst. Six Injured An accident described as a r.early head-on collision about 1:45 a. m. Saturday, on US High way 1 north, near Dunrovin, sent six persons to the hospital, with injuries believed not serious. Willie Lee Haynesworth, 34- year-old Southern Pines Negro, driver of the northbound car, was admitted to St. Joseph’s Hospital. (Continued on Page 8) Dr. Anderson To Open Dental Office Monday After almost five months out of his office recuperating from multiple injuries received in an automobile accident near St. Pauls last September, Dr. George D. Anderson, Jr., will reopen his dental office on S. W. Broad St. Monday. Dr. Anderson had just returned from a year’s duty with the armed forces when his accident happen ed last September. ented briefly on thb Kiwanis’ theme for the meeting. “The Free Enterprise System Within A De mocracy.” Blue told the group that: “Our nation has grown strong and great as a democracy through the free enterprise system. “There is a responsibility that goes hand in hand with free en- (Continued on Page 8) Changes Made, Planned For Conn. Ave. Safety January 24 27 8 January 25 37 9 January 26 33 22 January 27 45 28 January 28 29 11 January 29 39 9 January 30 43 30 COUNTY BOARD MEETING Moore County commissioners will convene for their regular monthly session at 10 a.m. Mon day in the courthouse at Carthage.; early in December in which the An investigation of traffic safe ty conditions on E. Connecticut Ave. Extension, from Southern Pines to the Fort Bragg Reserva tion line, has resulted in addition or replacement of warning signs and markers, as well as other ac tions and recommendations. Results of the investigation and recommendations for action are included in a report to T. G. Johnston, Jr., division engineer at the Aberdeen Highway office. A copy of the report was furnished to Town Manager F. F. Rainey. The “reinvestigation” of safety conditions on the road was rnade after 14 traffic accidents had tak en place along the two and one- half miles between January 1, 1960, and October 31, 1962, in volving two fatalities, 10 injuries and over $16,000 in property dam age. The period studied did not in clude a one-car fatal accident driver and only occupant of a car was killed when his vehicle struck the same tree as that hit by a car when two young men were killed in October, 1960. A recommendation to clear the right of way of all shrubs, weeds, trees, overhanging tree limbs and other obstacles which reduce sight on curves and grades and which might hide private drive ways or other intersections, was included in the report. Most noticeable of the changes already made on the stretch of road has been substitution of a solid white edge line on the high way, replacing a “skip” edge line, for the entire distance and con tinuing into the city limits to the May St. intersection. The report noted that there had been enough warning devices along the road “for the most or dinary of drivers” but pointed out that “it appears we must go be yond the bounds of acceptable usage and provide treatment of extreme nature.” In line with this finding, warn ing signs have been increased in size to 30 by 30 inches, with 24 by 24 “advisory safe speed mark ers.” Curve delineation markers with fluorescent stripes are being used, replacing delineator “but tons,” a number of which, the re port noted, had been damaged by vandalism, as had other safety devices in the area. Ten of the 14 accidents in the period studied occurred within one mile eastward from the town limits, the report noted. Eleven of the 14 accidents occurred in the first six months of the years in the period covered; 11 took place on Saturday, Sunday or Monday and; 10 in dusk or darkness hours. Thirteen of the 14 involved speeding, drinking or both. The report suggested that con sideration be given to some re location of the alignment of the highway and, if complete reloca tion is impractical “then it may be possible that some of the worst curves may be straightened and sight distances improved.” “Total realignment” of the road and “strictest enforcement” of traffic laws are cited in the report as the “true solution” of the E. Connecticut Ave. Extension prob lem, but the report said realign ment seems to be eliminated by right of way costs and the rela tive lowness of the average traf fic count which was listed as 750 daily near May St. and about 500 daily at the town limits. In regard to more law enforce ment, the report says that it is doubtful whether Southern Pines supports a police force suitable in size for the constant attention that the road should receive, “nor can the Highway Patrol spare a patrolman for the lengthy duty involved.” Tufts Named As Non-Playing Head, Walker Cup Team. Richard S. Tufts, chairman of the board of Pinehurst, Inc., was named this week as non-playing captain of the 1963 U. S. Walker Cup team which will play Great Britain’s best amateur golfers at Turnberry, Scotland, May 24-25. Numerous golfers who have played in Sandhills tournaments, including last September’s Na tional Amateur at Pinehurst, were named to the 10-man team by the U. S. Golf Association. The player roster: Deane Beman of Arlington, Va.; Charles Coe of Oklahoma City; Richard Davies of Pebble Beach, Calif.; Bob Gardner of Es sex Falls, N. J., Downing Gray of Pensacola, Fla.; Billy Joe Patton of Morganton; Richard Sikes of Springdale, Ark., Charles Smith of Gastonia; and Dr. Edward Up- degraff of Tucson, Ariz. Alternates nanaed were: Wil liam Hyndman, Huntingdon Val ley, Pa., Homero Blancas, Jr., of Houston, Texas; and Dudley Wy- song of McKinney, Texas. At the same USGA meeting in New York, John M. Winters, Jr., of Tulsa, Okla., was reelected president. Mr. Tufts is a past president of the organization. LISTING ENDS The period for listing real and personal property for taxes with out penalty ends today, Mrs. Estelle Wicker, county tax super visor, reminds the public. No ex tension period has been authorized by the county commissioners.

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