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THE PILOT—Southern Pines, North Carolina
THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 196S
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TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS— The Pine-
hurst “Rebels” are pictured with their regular
season and Moore County Tournament trophies
after their victory in the tournament finals
Monday night. Left to right: Coach Roger Pascal,
Butch Hardy, Bobby Norton, Marshall Lewis,
Jimmy Dietenhofer, Marty McKenzie and Bill
McDonald. The Rebels play their first game in
the District 4 Class A Tournament Thursday
of next week, at 7 p.m., in Red Springs.
(Hemmer photo)
BASKETBALL
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Southern Pines High School ath
lete, were leading Farm Life by a
20-9 score at half time. The Farm
Life team came within two points
with four minutes to play, but
were never able to overcome the
Vass-Lakeview lead. Willard Blue
is coach of the outstanding Farm
Life team.
The Blazers played almost
errorless basketball thoughout
the tourney with Jean Jones,
Joyce Jones and Sarah Von
Metzger providing the offensive
spark.
In the championship game Mon
day, Jean Jones collected 13
points, Sarah Von Metzger had 9
and Amy Callahan scored 4, for
the championships, while Linda
Blue featured Farm Life’s offense
with 12 tallies.
The Vass-Lakeview girls, while
coming from the fourth seeded
position to win the championship,
also were awarded the sportsman
ship award while tieing with
Cameron girls who also were
awarded a sportsmanship cup.
The boys’ sportsmanship award
went to the Elise team from Rob
bins.
Here are results of tournament
action beginning with quarter
finals Thursday of last week
(all games at (larthage).
Thursday
In the first game Thursday
evening of last v/eek, the South
ern Pines boys defeated Aberdeen
by a 62-47 score. Robert Mc-
Crimmon’s 21 points sparked the
Blue Knights win, along with
Hal Hassenfelt’s 16 and Frances
Warren’s 11. Aberdeen was paced
by Wayne Lewis who collected
20. This win advanced the Blue
Knights to the semi - finals.
The second game of Thursday’s
action saw Farm Life’s girls drop
High Falls by a 42-22 score. Linda
Blue with 17 points and Carol
Bibey with 11 were offensive
leaders for the winners and De-
lores Upchurch made 12 for High
Falls.
Clifford Kennedy with 13 points
and Billy Steed with 12 paced
the Robbins boys to a 56-34 vic
tory over Farm Life to advance
to semi final play. Fields had 10
points for the losers.
Friday
The Vass-Lakeview girls open
ed last Friday’s action with an
impressive 37-26 win over Rob
bins. Joyce Jones and Annie
Callahan were offensive stand
outs for the Blazers and Pat
Williams was high scorer with
16 points for Robbins. This win
advanced Vass-Lakeview girls to
the semi-finals.
In the second game, an overtime
period was necessary for the Car
thage boys to down High Falls
by a 61-59 score. Bobby Myers
tallied 24 points to lead Carth
age including the winning basket
with five seconds to play. Larry
Mashburn topped High Fall scor
ing with 21 points as Ed Shields
and Glen Caviness also scored in
double figures. This victory en
abled Carthage boys to advance
to semi-final play .
The last game played Friday
of last week was a semi-final
contest between Farm Life and
Carthage girls, with Farm Life
moving into the finals by scoring
a 28-25 victory. Linda Blue was
leading scorer for Farm Life with
12 points as Judy Myrick ac
counted for 10 points for Carth
age.
Saturday (Semi-Finals)
With Farm Life’s girls advanc
ing to the finals Friday of last
week, the remaining three semi
final games were played Satur
day of last week to determine
championship pairings.
The Robbins boys demonstrated
outstanding ability by scoring
an impressive 55-35 victory over
Southern Pines. The Bear Cats
held a one-point lead at half time
but outscored the Knights 12-3
and 20-10 in the final two quart
ers to gain the 20-point margin
of victory. Robbins offensive
play was headed by Billy Steed
who scored 13 points, Joe Buff
tallied 12 and Clifford Kennedy
accounted for 10. Frances Warren
collected 12 points for the South
ern Pines quint.
Joyce Jones, Jean Jones and
Sarah Von Metzger were offensive
stars leading an inspired Vass-
Lakeview girls team to an upset
victory over No. 1 seeded West
End who were also regular sea
son champs. Vass-Lakeview was
one of the two teams to defeat
West End during season play, for
an 18-2 record. Vass-Lakeview,
which held a two-point lead at
half time, maintained the lead
throughout the contest with the
final count being 44-40. Geraldine
Garner paced West End’s girls,
with 13 points.
The Pinehurst boys continued
to appear the team to beat as
they gained entry into the finals
with an impressive 63-32 victory
over Carthage in the final game
of semi final action. The Rebels
held a 30-12 half time lead.
Leading Pinehurst’s unbeaten
squad which had already gained
a berth in state play off action,
were all county’s Bobby Norton
with 21 points, Marshall Lewis
with 17 and Butch Hardy who
tallied 12. Gerald Brown led the
Carthage quint with 11.
AT STATE MEETING
Civil Court Term
To Begin Monday
The regular term of Moore
County Superior Court for civil
cases will be held starting Mon
day, March 11, with Judge Walter
E. Johnson, Jr., of Winston-
Salem scheduled to preside.
Uncontested divorces scheduled
for the opening day are: Bertha
Elizabeth Pope vs. Melvin Marcus
Pope; Mildred E. Tyner Thomas
vs. Rex Junior Thomas; and
Charles Elliott vs. Alice Carolyn
Edmonds Brown.
Also set for Monday are mo
tions in a half - dozen pending
cases, and eight trials. Ten cases
set for trial Tuesday, nine for
Wednesday and and 11 Thursday,
including one contested divorce
action William Jack Lovell vs.
Ira Lou Gray Lovell.
A reminder from the Treasury
Department points out that start
ing this year refunds on income
tax returns can be taken in U.
S. Savings Bonds.
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TWO YOUTHS
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Ewing’s except in a few instances
where the youths differed as to
whether they had beaten Dowdy
in the house when, as they claim
ed, they had come in and found
him asleep on a couch, or had
dragged him outside before the
beating took place. It is probable
that both versions were correct
as at the first hearing, others had
reported scuffling sounds and
blood on the floor while the
autopsy had indicated that the
head blows had been given when
the victim was unconscious.
Following the reading of both
sworn confessions by Chief Sea-
well before Judge W. Harry Ful-
lenwider in Recorder’s Court
yesterday, probable cause was
found and the defendants were
remanded to the Moore County
jail to stand trial at the forth
coming term of court.
The charge of murder against
Eli Williams Jr., was dismissed.
A sentence of 30 days which he
had been given last week for
carrying a concealed weapon was
reduced to seven days, which he
had already served and he was
released.
SBI Agent Gary Griffiths and
members of the local police force
assisted in the investigation.
COMMISSIONERS
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dition to Dr. Phillips, these were:
the Rev. Carl Wallace, Southern
Pines minister and president of
the Mental Health Association;
D. L. McGoogan, association sec
retary and administrator of Moore
Memorial Hospital; and Mrs.
Walter Cole, county director of
public welfare.
Dr. Phillips said physicians of
the county consider a mental
health clinic the country’s “num
ber one need” in the medical
field.
The clinic would be set up un
der the county health depart
ment, with a five-member board
of directors.
While the tentative budget is
set up with Moore County paying
half the cost and the state half,
it was stated that legisiation an
ticipated in the General Assemb
ly may make possible the receiv
ing of $2 from the state for every
$1 appropriated locally.
Troops To Attend
Churches To Mark
Girl Scout Week
Girl Scouts of this area are
planning numerous activities in
observance of National Girl
Scout Week, starting Sunday, and
the anniversary of the founding
of Girl Scouting, on Tuesday,
March 12.
On that day, in the multipur
pose room of East Southern Pines
High School, a film, “This Is Girl
Scouting,” will be shown at 3;30
p.m., under auspices of Troop
129. Parents and friends of troop
members are invited to attend.
Mrs. J. E. Sandlin is leader of this
troop and Mrs. W. H. Johnson,
assistant leader.
Attendance of troops at church
services is a feature of Girl Scout
week. Six Southern Pines units
will attend services at various
local churches Sunday and two
more on the following Sunday,
March 17.
Troops, leaders and the church
es they will attend Simday are;
no, Mrs. J. H. Aldridge, St. An
thony’s Catholic; 10, Mrs. John
McPhaul, First Baptist; 82, Mrs.
W. T. Huntley, Jr., United Church
of Christ; 129, Mrs. J. E. Sandlin,
Our Saviour Lutheran; 109, Mrs.
William Bonsai III, Southern
Pines Methodist.
Attending Emmanuel Episcopal
Church on March 17 wiU be a
Brownie Troop led by Mrs. Wat
son Scott and Troop 104, led by
Mrs. J. E. Mallow.
Civic Club Will Hear
Blue; Public Invited
H. Clifton Blue of Aberdeen,
Moore County’s representative
and Speaker of the House in the
General Assembly now in session
at Raleigh, will address a meet
ing of the Southern Pines Civic
Club at 3 p.m. Monday, March 11.
The public is invited to join
club members to hear Rep. Blue
who will discuss various aspects
of the General Assembly’s 1963
proceedings. The Civic Club is at
the corner of E. Pennsylvania
Ave. and Ashe St.
Powers Elected
Guidance Group
Vice President
C. E. Powers of Carthage, di
rector of guidance for the Moore
County school system, was elect
ed president-elect of the N. C.
School Counselors Association at
a convention of the North Caro
lina Personnel and Guidance As
sociation in Durham, Saturday.
The president-elect is slated to
assume the presidency of the
group at the annual spring meet
ing next year.
Others from the Moore County
schools attending the convention
were Mrs. Ruth Jane Trivette,
Aberdeen; W. F. Ritter, West-
moore; and Fredrick Lutz, Pinck
ney School, Carthage.
The theme of the 36th annual
convention was “The Counselor
and Mental Health.” The con
vention opened Friday and ended
Saturday. Some 400 school guid
ance counselors attended.
The Moore County system in
cludes all schools of the county
except those in the separate Sou
thern Pines and Pinehurst dis
tricts.
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MISSING MAN
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the sheriff’s office said this morn
ing that a rumor that Upchurch
had been seen in Biscoe Saturday
night had been thecked out and
found to be untrue.
Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Gibbs of
Carthage, where he manages the
Gulf station a block from the
courthouse, told Chief Deputy
Grimm they are certain Up
church came to the station, drunk
and barefoot, on February 9, as
a passenger in a big car with two
Negroes.
Mrs. Gibbs, who was helping
her husband close up, went to see
what they wanted and the white
man got out of the car and stagg
ering; asked her how far it was to
Norwood.
She told him and gave him a
map. He got into the car on the
right side, and the three drove
off west, in the direction from
which they had come.
When the Gibbses heard later
about the wreck, they wondered
if there might be some connec
tion. but none was established
until last week when Robie Ash-
burn of Carthage, whose wife is
Upchurch’s niece, showed them
some photos. Gibbs said he’s
“pretty sure” it was the same
man. Mrs. Gibbs was positive it
was.
Bob Purvis of Highfalls, broth
er-in-law of the missing man,
after hearing Gibbs’s story went
to Norwood in Stanly County
with photos. “I showed the pic
tures everywhere. Nobody could
provide the faintest clue,” he told
a reporter.
Mrs. Mildred Friesen, Up
church’s sister, said, “If it was
Bill, it isn’t like him to stay gone
so long. We don’t know what to
think.”
Purvis also said “I believe he
is in the river.”
Bill Stutts of Robbins, Moore
County Rescue Squad chief, after
Sunday’s search, called off furth
er efforts, for now. He said, “We
have done everything we could.
There isn’t anything else we can
think of to do. We have dragged
the river time and time again
and have combed the woods for
miles along each bank.”
Since the search began, valu
able assistance was also secured,
through the Moore County Civil
Defense office, from the U. S.
Army’s Special Forces in Fort
Bragg, which sent expert divers
and a helicopter. Moore Rescue
Squad workers were from the
Robbins,' Carthage and Vass units.
Sunday brought members of
19 organized squads from North
and South Carolina to join the
local units in an all-day search.
The river was searched again for
some six miles to Glendon Bridge
and the woods along the banks
as far as Carbonton, a dozen miles
away.
Also assisting were the Cen
tral Piedmont Civilian Band
Radio Club, the State Highway
Patrol and the Highfalls Volun
teer Fire Department.
Women of Highfalls and Rob
bins provided coffee and sand
wiches for the 250 to 300 men
working up and down the river.
Listed With FBI
Upchurch was listed this week
by the Moore County sheriff’s de
partment in the SBI’s “Missing
Persons” file.
“Listing him as a ‘missing per
son’ doesn’t mean we feel sure
he is alive.” said Chief Deputy
Grimm. “We have no real evi
dence the man Mr. and Mrs.
Gibbs saw was actually Up
church. But were going to do
everything we can to find out if
he is alive, and if so, where.”
Three Trail Rides
Will Leave From
Mile-A way Farm
Mile-Away Farm, owned by
Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Moss, will, be
/Starting point for the three trail
rides to be conducted next week
under auspices of the Moore
County Hounds and sponsorship
of the Town of Southern Pines.
The rides are planned for three
divisions, taking place Thursday,
Friday and Saturday of next
week:
Division A—A 100 mile endur
ance ride extending over the three
days, 40 miles on each of the first
two days and 20 miles on the last.
Division B—^A 50-mile pleasure
ride, 15 miles on each of the first
two days and 20 miles on the last.
Division C—^A junior event for
riders under 21, 20 miles On the
last day (Saturday).
A sterling silver trophy and
three ribbons will be presented in
each of the three divisions.
Spokesman for the Moore Coun
ty Hounds said this week that en
tries by northern horse owners,
especially in the 100-mile event,
had been cut down because bad
weather has prevented their ex
ercising their animals and they
do not consider them in condi
tion to enter the rides.
Places at which spectators can
watch the riders will be announ
ced next week.
Credit School To
Begin On Monday
First session of a Consumer
Credit and Collection Course will
open at the Municipal Building
here Monday night under the
instruction of Sterling S. Speake
of the Educational Division of
the International Consumer
Credit Association, St. Louis, Mo.
Another session of the school will
be from 7 to 10 p.m.
C. Gilmer Parrish, manager of
the Credit Bureau of Moore
County, which is sponsoring the
school, said that local business
men doing a consumer credit
business, with bankers and other
credit and collection personnel,
are invited to attend. The only
cost is a small enrollment fee.
Speake is a graduate of the
University of Texas School of
Business Administration and has
had several years experience in
the consumer credit and collec
tion field. For six years he was
on the staff of the University of
Texas, Division of Extension, as
a credit specialist. Since 1953, he
has been conducting credit
schools.
Further information can be
obtained from the Credit Bureau
of Moore County in the Informa
tion Center building.
Services Held
Today For Miss
Minnie Pleasants
Miss Minnie Dora Pleasants, 87,
of Aberdeen, died Wednesday
morning at Moore Memorial Hos
pital after several years of de
clining health.
Funeral services were held this
(Thursday) afternoon at Page
Memorial Methodist Church, of
which she was a longtime mem
ber. Officiating was the pastor,
the Rev. Brooks Patten. Burial
followed in Old Bethesda ceme
tery.
She was born in Wake county,
the daughter of Joseph David and
Martha Winifred Hamilton Pleas
ants, and moved with her family
to Aberdeen in 1902. She remain
ed unmarried and devoted her
self to her parents until their
deaths many years later. Her deep
love for her family was one of
her most outstanding traits.
Surviving are one sister, Mrs.
W. C. Mclnnis, and foster sister.
Miss Nora Norris, both of Aber
deen. A number of nephews and
nieces also survive, of whom
three reside at Aberdeen, 'Mrs.
W. H. Wright, with whom she
made her home until her last
illness, Mrs. Mary Christopher
and Curtis Mclnnis.
West End District To
Vote Saturday On Teix
Residents of the West End
school district will vote Saturday
on whether a supplementary tax
can be levied in the district for
school purposes.
Polling places at the fire sta
tions in both West End and Eagle
Springs will be open from 6:30
a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Supplementary funds could be
used for additional teachers or to
increase pay of teachers. 7116 sup
plement would also be necessary
in case there is a consolidation of
the West End and Aberdeen
school districts, as Aberdeen dis
trict now has a supplementary
tax.
Charles A. Pitts
Buys Tract North
Of Midland Road
Purchase of a 271 acre trad
and a part of the Southern Pines
watershed, nprth of Midlanc
Road, has been made by Charles
A. Pitts of Manly from W. Ozelk
Moss.
The sale to the new owner was
held up for a time because towr
restrictions, covering the whole
watershed area, had to be liftec
in view of the possibility that the
land would be used for a gob
course and other resort types oJ
development.
Formerly a part of the Barboui
estate, the land is rolling, watered
by three streams, and well-for
ested. It adjoins the Lloyd Tate
and David Drexel properties
Price paid was said to be upwards
of $100,000.
Mr. Pitts, who lives in the
large white house on the hil
east of the high road in Manly
expressed himself as very pleased
with his new acquisition. He is
busy at present thinking about it
mulling over possible uses to
which it may be put.
According to the tentative plans
discussed at the town hearing or
the" watershed question some
months ago, these would be ir
line with the general recreationa]
development of this area as weli
as the new owner’s special inter
ests.
Men Of Church Tc
Rally On Sunday
Registration For Vass
Bond Voting Will End
Registration of new voters in
a Vass -water bond election will
end Saturday at 9 p.m., at the
fire station.
Persons properly registered on
the Vass municipal election books
need not register again, said Mrs.
Irene Mullinix, town clerk.
The election, in which citizens
of Vass will vote for or against
an ordinance authorizing $16,000
in bonds to help finance improve
ment and extension of the water
system, will be held March 19.
Miss Bessie Cameron is regis
trar.
The annual spring rally of Dis
trict Six, Men of the Church ol
the Fayetteville Presbytery wil
be held this Sunday at Camf
Monroe near Laurinburg.
Registration and fellowship wil;
begin at 5 p.m. and the assem
bly at 5:45. Marshall Donaldsor
of Bethesda Presbyterian Church
Aberdeen, will give the invoca
tion with the devotional led by
Ray Hensley of Pinehurst.
Ben Wicks, chairman of the
Men’s Council of District Six is
in charge of the Presbyterian
Youth Conference. In charge oi
Dallas Men’s Convention are Dr
John C. Grier and Harris Blake
of Pinehurst.
Guest speaker for the rally will
be the Rev. M. Stan Bell, assis
tant to the president of St. An
drews Presbyterian College a1
Laurinburg. Clyde Auman ol
West End will give the closini
prayer.
Internal Revenue collections
rose from $7.4 billion in 1941 tc
$45 billion in 1945, the height ol
World War II.
Revenue measures pertaining to
World War I caused receipts to
rise from $809 million for fiscal
1917 to $3.7 billion the following
year.
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