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i BUY A LILY Here Saturday To Help Crippled Children ) 0)1 ^•vo»*7 '^Vwuoua/ EASTER SEAL Funds Work All Year To Aid The Handicapped VOL. 43—NO. 17 TWENTY PAGES Arthur G. Black Fatally Injured In 1-Car Wreck Arthur Gilman Black, 30, of Eastwood, was fatally injured about 6 p. m. Sunday when he lost control of his car on a curve on NC 27, about two miles east of Robbins Crossroads. He was dead on arrival at Moore Memor ial Hospital. A passenger, William B. Black, 29, also of Eastwood, cousin of the dead man, was thrown from the car and suffered injuries which doctors said were not ser ious. State Highway Patrolman Rog er Davis quoted the injured man as saying he had begged his cousin to slow down, as they were hitting nearly 90 miles per hour. The car went off the road on the right, cut back to the left and ran up an embankment, then over turned. Coroner W. K. Carpenter ruled the death due to auto accident caused by high speed. Mr. Black had been employed (Continued on Page 8) SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1963 TWENTY PAGES PRICE: 10 CENTS Municipal Election Set May 7 For Council, Ofiicials Of Local Court W 'i. As,*. /*.;V-oe«)MSrC New Restaurant, Holiday Inn Open Byron Nelson’s Restaurant at the new Holiday Inn, just south of town on No. 1 highway, this week announced its opening, while the adjoining Inn is about 75 per cent open to occupancy of its 67 units. J. Ward Gilmore, restaurant manager, heads a staff of about 30 iJersons. D. G. Castro is head chef and Mrs. Pepe Leland is hostess. There are 16 waitresses. Restaurant hours are 6 a. ra. to 11 p. m. At Holiday Inn, Charles J. Thomas, manager, said that all units are ready, but that opening of about 25 pei- cent of them awaits completion of paving work. The entire Holiday Inn-restaur ant operation is owned by Byron Nelson & Associates of Peters burg, Va. A formal opening and oi>en house at both establishments will take place later, Mr. Thom as said. STEEPLECHASE racing will soon take the spotlight in North and South Carolina, opening officially at Camden, S. C., March 30 with the Carolina Cup Races and continuing through the Blockhouse races at Tryon, April 6; the Stoney- brook Hunt Race meeting here April 13 and a new meeting at Tanglewood Park, near Wins ton-Salem on April 27. Pictured above is Flying Cottage, (No. 6, right) last year’s timber racing champion and winner of the United Hunt Rac ing Association’s $1,000 timber division award, as he took a hurdle in the 1962 Sandhills Cup race which the big gelding won at Stoneybrook. Flying Cottage, now being groomed for the Camden meeting, is owned by J. Blan Van Urk’s Sugar Tree Farm, Unionville, Pa. At left in this photo is Jamaica Boy, second place win ner in the ’62 Sandhills Cup, owned by Burford Danner. Joe Aitcheson, Jr., is Flying Cottage’s rider and J. Shepherd is riding Jamaia Boy. Donald D. Kennedy of Southern Pines, com mittee chairman for the 1963 Stoneybrook races, says that plans for the local event are progress ing well. (Humphrey photo) Machinery for the biennial town election was set up by the council at its regular meeting 'Tuesday night, with voting to take place on Tuesday, May 7, to be preceded by a primary on Monday, April 29, if more than 10 persons file as candidates. Filing time for candidates will open tomorrow (Friday), the council decided, to run until noon, April 15. Complete instructions for filing are given in a legal ad vertisement about the election ap pearing elsewhere in today’s Pi lot. The primary, if held, would cut the number of candidates to 10. The council also called, for the same date, an election to name a recorder (judge) and prosecuting attorney for the Southern Pines Recorder’s Court. The offices are JOHNSON UNDECIDED RuggleSf Hobbs Not Candidates; Capely Pollard Will Make Race Police Checking Fire Damages At Catholic Church Coin Club Organizing; Meeting Set March 21 Coin collectors of this area are organizing the Sandhills Coin Club, with the first meeting set for Thursday, March 21, from 7 to 11 p.m. at the Aberdeen Legion Hut. All persons interested in this hobby are invited to attend and bring collections to display. Officers will be elected and regular meeting times set. THE WEATHER Maximum and minimum tern- 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 Max. Min. March 7 62 32 March 8 64 31 March 9 .. 63 38 March 10 . 62 42 March 11 . 62 41 March 12 74 53 March 13 78 54 Police this week continued in vestigation of minor damage by fire to the confessional booth and two altars in St. Anthony’s Catho lic Church, last Thursday after noon. The fires had gone out when discovered and are thought to have been set by a child. A parishioner entering the church about 6:15 p.m. smelled burned cloth and saw smoke hanging in the air. On investigat ing, she found places where fires had been set, but had gone out. She notified Father Francis Smith, in the rectory next door, and he summoned firemen and police. The pastor had been away from the rectory all afternoon. Police Chief Earl Seawell said indications were that someone had entered by the side door and picked up matches at the vigil candle stand, setting draperies of the confessional booth afire, then crossing to a side altar opposite the door, where the linen cover ing was partly burned. Fragments had fallen to the floor, damaging a considerable area and the altar itself was scorched and charred. The linen covering the main altar also had been partly burned, and some of the carpet on the left side. The small box of match es had been dropped there. It was recorded and tested for fing erprints. Saying he feels certain the fires were set by a child. Chief Seawell noted that if an arsonist had been at work, he would have used more combustible material and would have made certain that the fires continued to bum. TO BENEFIT HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 25 Dealers Will Have Displays At Antiques Fair Here March 20,21,22 Twenty - five antiques dealers!for a modest admission price the from nine states will display their | visitor may stay as long hs de wares Wednesday, Thursday and sired Mayor John S. Ruggles an nounced at the town council meet ing Tuesday night that he would not be a candidate for reelection in the forthcoming municipal pri mary and election, citing pres sure of business and necessity to limit his activity. Questioned after the meet ing, Mayor Pro Tern J. D. Hobbs said that he also would not be a candidate. He gave no reason for the decision. Councilman Felton Capel of West Southern Pines said he would run. He said that he had been endorsed as a candidate at a meeting of the West Southern Pines Civic Club Monday night and would accept the endorse ment. Councilman Morris Johnson said he was as yet undecided about running. Councilman Fred Pollard said he will be a candidate. In making his announcement. Mayor Ruggles said: “It’s been a real pleasure to be mayor and I’ve had a wonderful group of councilmen working with me. I want to express my gratitude to them and to the citizens of the community. We haven’t had any major disagreements during my term of office. I thank the visi tors who have come to meetings for their attendance and also the ministers of the community who have given invocations at each council meeting. The next meet ing will be my last. This is my swan song.” Immediately after the mayor made his announcement. Mayor Pro Tern Hobbs moved that Town Attorney W*. Lamont Brown draw up a resolution of appreciation and thanks for the mayor’s ser vice, to be presented to him from the other members of the coun cil at the April meeting. With the mayor abstaining, the resolution was unanimously adopted. Friday of next week — March 20, 21, 22 at the National Guard Armory on Morganton Road. The occasion will be the sixth annual Antiques Fair of the Moore County Historical Associa- ation, an event which draws large crowds from North Carolina and other states to look, to enjoy and to buy. Proceeds go to help fi nance the Historical Association’s restoration work and other acti vities. Mrs. Alice Bodine, executive director, said that all spaces were taken six months ago, and many more dealers have been turned down than could be admitted. Furniture, silver, glassware, crystal, linens, jewelry, lamps, paintings, ornaments and many “one-of-a-kind” items, at prices ranging from $1 to $1,000, will be displayed. The show will be open from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. each day, and A snack bar will be operated, selling coffee and soft drinks’ sandwiches, -hot dogs and home made cakes and pies. Mrs. Ernest L. Ives of Southern Pines is general chairman again this year, with Mrs. Henry Page, Jr., of Aberdeen and Mrs. L. L. Biddle II of Pinehurst as co-chair men. Mrs. Norris L. Hodgkins, Jr., of Southern Pines is treasur er. Easter Seal Sale In Moore Starts: ✓ Generosity Urged The Moore County Chapter of the North Carolina Society for Crippled Children and Adults opened its annual Easter Seal fund drive this week, announcing community chairmen and appeal- Mrs. Bodine, serving again as increasing generosity to executive director, wiU also ope rate the snack bar, assisted by Mrs. Hal Peck, Mrs. Hoke Pol lock, Mrs. Horace Cotten and Miss Helen Butler, all of Southern Pines. Mrs. Edward Schneider is in (Continued on Page 8) BOARD TO REVIEW 4 TOWNSHIPS MONDAY Property Valuation Complaints Due Friday In Office Of Tax Supervisor ComT>laint.!5 V)V Mr^rtTO nnun+Yr 4.U i__ Complaints by Moore County residents about valuations assign ed to their real property in the new, professional, county-wide appraisal should be filed by to morrow (Friday) in her office, Mrs. Estelle T. Wicker, county tax supervisor, said this week. Instructions to file complaints by that date went out to all tax payers with notices of their new valuations, she pointed out. Taxpayers questioning their new valuations (which are listed for tax purposes at 60 per cent of market value as determined by the professional appraisers) are first given an opportunity to look oyer their appraisal cards and discuss how the valuation was ar rived at. If they’re not satisfied. they can then apply to appear before the county commissioners (Sitting as board of equalization and review. Residents of four Moore Coun ty townships, will have an op portunity to make such com plaints to the county commission ers Monday. The session set for 9 a. m. in the courthouse at Carthage will be for residents of Ritter, Deep River, Little River and Green wood Townships only, said Mrs. Wicker. One or more other meetings will be set later for taxpayers in other townships to appear before the commissioners, she said. However, complaints from all townships should be entered by March 15. Pre-School Clinic Slated March 28 The pre-school clinic for chil-1 dren to enter East Southern Pines | school in September will be held Thursday, March 28, starting at [ 9 a. m., it was announced this ^ week by Supt. Luther A. Adams. Pau'ents are asked to bring chil dren to the elementary school building which fronts on E. Mass achusetts Ave. Children whose sixth birthday falls on or before October 15 are permitted by state law to enter school, Mr. Adams said. Application blanks for children to enter school should be filled out in advance of March 28, if possible, Mr. Adams said. These blanks are sent home by other children to those families known to have a child entering school this year, but other parents can get the blanks at the superintend ent’s office in the elementary school building. Information about immuniza tions and innoculations required A i.* WILLIAM P. TONEY Toney Elected To Local Bank Post ^ J* eVA TT of all children entering school:kins, president. the bank on April 1, it was an nounced this week by N. L. Hodg- will be given at the clinic, but the superintendent pointed out that the state law on polio vac cine has been changed to require that a child have three shots be fore entering school. Because of the interval requir ed between shots, parents are advised to plan to have the se ries started soon. All immunizations can be giv en by private physicians or ar rangements can be made to get them through the county health department. Mr. Toney will be at the South Broad Street office where his principal responsibilities will be in the field of installment loans. (Continued on Page 8) MENTAL HEALTH MEETING The Moore County Mental Health Association will meet Tuesday, March 19, at 8 p.m., in the Matheson Memorial Center near St. Joseph’s Hospital, D. L. Mc(Joogan, secretary, announces. All persons interested in the As sociation are invited. finance its expanding program of service to the handicapped. Sheets of Easter seals are being mailed out to many residents of the county. Others who want seals can obtain them from their community chairmen, listed be^ low or contributions can be mail ed directly to William E. Samuels, chapter treasurer, at the South ern National Bank, Southern Pines. Glenn Cox is directing the sale of small artificial lillies in the business section of Southern Pines on three Saturdays—March 16, 23 and 30—by members of the High School’s Beta Club. Luther Adams of Southern Pines, county campaign chairman, listed the Easter Seal community chairmen as: Southern Pines, Dr. H. A. Peck; Pinehurst, Keith Wed lock; Aberdeen, Mrs. N^^shall Donothan (for Junior Woman’s Club); Carthage, Mrs. Wilbur Currie; Vass, Mrs. Charles Cam eron; Jackson Springs, Mrs. K. C. Blake. Also, Lakeview, Mrs. H. A. Matthews; Pinebluff, Mrs. J. D. Mangum; Eagle Springs, Mrs. Roy Williams; Niagara, Mrs. Bob Dutton; Cameron, Mrs. Maxine Maples. In West End the drive shares in the Community Fund. “I am grateful,” Mr. Adams said, “to all former contributors and community chairmen in Moore County for their splendid (Continued on Page 8) Trail Rides Will Start Friday At Mile-Away Farms With elimination of the 100- mile endurance ride, because of lack of entries, the 1963 Sand hills Trail Rides, under auspices of the Moore County Hounds and sponsored by the Town of Southern Pines, begin tomorrow (Friday) with entries making the first 25 miles of a 50-mile pleasure ride. The 50-mile ride, like the 100- mile event, had originally been scheduled for Thursday, Friday and Saturday, but was compressed into two days, 25 miles each day at request of riders, when the longer ride was cancelled. Reason for the cancellation was the condition of horses in Vir ginia and other states as result of bad weather that had prevented winter exercise. Final event of the Trail Rides, the Junior Ride of 20 miles, will take place as scheduled on Satur day. Interested persons can watch the start of Friday’s ride, includ ing weighing of horses, at Mile- Away Farms at 9 a.m. The Friday group will have box lunches at Crystal Lake, Lakeview, arriving there from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p. m. The lunches are provided by the Town as part of its sponsor ship of the ride. Horses will finish at Mile-Away, from 2:30 to 3:30, on Friday. The Junior ride will start at (Continued on Page 8) held at present by Judge W. Harry Fullenwider and Howard C. Broughton. A primary in that election would be held also on April 29, if more than two candidates file for either office, to reduce the candidates to that number. Mrs. Alma Jones was named as registrar for the election and Mrs. John Stevenson and Mrs. W. S. Bushby as judges. The full council attended Tues day’s meeting: Mayor John S. Ruggles, Mayor Pro Tern J. D. Hobbs and Councilmen Felton Capel, Morris Johnson and Fred Pollard. Merchants Council. Appearing before the council on behalf of the Merchants Council, which he heads, E. Earl Hubbard outlined a proposal that the mer chants seek wider support from business, professional and in dustrial interests to make possible a budget of $15,000 to $20,000 yearly, permitting employment of a professional executive for the promotion of the local business community. Business activity here, he said, has not kept pace with the growth of the town. “We need the leadership only a full-time executive can give,” Hubbard said. He also asked the council to consider imposition of additional privilege and use taxes so that out-of-town companies coming here to do business would be tax ed as local businessmen are taxed when they operate in other towns. Such taxes could not be used to (Continued on Page 8) William P. Toney of Richmond, Va., has been elected an assistant cashier- of The Citizens Bank and Trust Company of Southern Pines and will assume his duties with Schedulcd TuCsday CRange Jn Curb, Gutter Law Asked Mayor John S. Ruggles pro posed at the town council meet ing Tuesday night that the street improvement ordinance be amended to permit hard-surfac ing of streets without also having to install curb and gutter and assess property owners for this work. A motion by Councilman Fel ton Capel proposed that the cotm- cil vote on the change at the next meeting April 9. It was adopted. The mayor said experience in Southern Pines has shown that satisfactory paved streets can be had without curb and gutter and that many people could benefit from paving who will not ask for it under the present ordinance because of the personal expense involved. Public Inviled To Bank Isi Anniversary 'Party' Marking the first anniversary of the opening of the Southern Pines office of the Southern National Bank, the public is invited to visit the bank on FWday. Cake and coffee will be serv ed there from 9 a. m. to 2 p. m. and again from 3:30 p. m. to 6 p. m., said William H. Gentry, Jr., vice president and manager of the local office. The bank here is one of six operated by Southern National whose headquarters is at Lum- berton. 'CLIFF BLUE DAY' DESIGNATED Vass Bond Voting Vass voters will go to the polls 'Tuesday, March 19, to ap prove or disapprove issuance of $16,000 in water bonds that would make possible improvements Of the town’s water system. The polling place at the fire station will be open from 6:30 a. m. to 6:30 p. m. Work to be financed by the bonds is completion of a water filter plant and pvunping station, using Little River as a supply. The new plant was authorized after the town’s wells failed and further drilling did not produce an adequate supply of water. Gov. Sanford, Other Notables To Join YDC In Honoring Rep. Blue March 23 H. Clifton Dliifi f\f A AAVk ivi • 1 •• ^ _ H. Clifton Blue of Aberdeen, this county’s representative in the General Assembly and cur rent Speaker of the House there, will be honored by the Young Democratic Club of Moore County with a testimonial din ner to be attended by Gov. Terry Sanford and other notables, Sat urday, March 23. The event will take place in the Carthage High School cafe teria, starting at 7 p.m. In recognition of the House Speaker who is serving his ninth consecutive two-year term in the General Assembly from Moore, the county commissioners have designated March 23 as “Cliff Blue Day.” Visiting participants in the pro gram, in addition to Governor Sanford, will include N. C. Sec retary of State Thad Eure and Brig. Gen. John A. Lang, Jr., of Washington, D. C., Carthage na tive who is Deputy for Reserve and ROTC Affairs, with the of fice of the Secretary of the Air Force. The dinner and program were announced this week by J. Elvin Jackson of Carthage, Moore County YDC president. Numer- our friends and associates of Rep. Blue, from in and out of Moore County, are expected to attend. A native of Moore County’s Lit tle River Township, formerly a part of Hoke County, Rep. Blue has been editor and publisher of The Sandhill Citizen, weekly newspaper, at Aberdeen, for the past 30 years.
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