9 The county commissioners had a busy day Monday. Reports from their meeting, page 8. Catidor Graduates of East and West Southern Pines Schools are named, pictured on page 20. VOL. 43—NO. 29 TWENTY PAGES SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 1963 TWENTY PAGES PRICE: 10 CENTS , MISS FLORA McDonald MRS. HUBBARD APPOINTED TO POST ‘Miss Flora’ To Retire June 30 After 30 Years As Moore Co. Home Agent The resignation of Miss Flora McDonald of Carthage, who has headed Moore County’s State- Federal Extension Service pro gram for women and girls during the past 30 years, was accepted with regret by the county com missioners Monday and Mrs. Jean McKinnon Hubbard of Mt. Gilead was appointed as her suc cessor. “Miss Flora’’—who has played a key role in improving rural living conditions over the three decades of her service—started work with the county July 1, 1933, as home demonstration agent. Recently, the title has been changed to home economics agent. She will retire June 30. Mrs. Hubbard, who is associate home economics agent for Montgomery County, will begin her work in Moore August 1. During July, the' assistant Moore agent, Mrs. Mary Braswell Mo mey, who was mar ried Sunday to Charles Mooney, will carry on the program, assist ed by community leaders in the county’s 20 F''me Demonstration Clubs which have a membership of 450 women. Expressing warm personal re gard and praise for the work of Miss Flora, when she appeared before them Monday—with Coun ty Extension Chairman Fleet Al len, to introduce Mrs. Hubbard— the commissioners directed that a formal resolution of apprecia tion for her services be drawn up by County Attorney M. G. Boy- (Continued on Page 8) Negro Policeman To Be Added To Local Department In a special meeting Tuesday night, the town council authoriz ed F. F. Rainey, town manager, to make provision in the 1963-64 budget for an additional member of the police department and the use of a police vehicle for pa trol duty. 'The new budget be comes effective July 1. Rainey said this week that he expects to employ a Negro to fill the post, in line with several in formal discussions held by coun cil members and with requests to the council from organizations and individuals in West Southern Pines. The motion approved by the council Tuesday night did not specify that a Negro be employed. Mayor W. Morris Johnson, who offered the motion, explained later that. Under the oouncU- manager form of government, the council puts full authority in hir ing and firing all employees in the hands of the manager. Rainey said that another police car would be purchased and that the Negro officer will have the use of a police vehicle with radio. He will be assisted in his work in West Southern Pines by other members of the department, when needed, the manager said. In adopting the motion ’Tues day night, all council members were aware, they said, that the manager plans to employ a Negro for the new job. Councilman Felton Capel of West Southern Pines has advo cated employment of a Negro policeman since he began his service on the council four years ago. He said such an officer could be particularly valuable in the prevention of juvenile delinquen cy and expressed the hope he (Continued on Page 8) School Tax Rate To Be Lowered; Supplement Paid At its regular meeting Wednes day night of next week, the Southern Pines board of educa tion is expected to recommend lowering the 50 cents per $100 of property valuation tax rate for the special supplementary school tax levied in the Southern Pines ad ministrative district. Supt. Luther A. Adams said this week he could not name the exact rate which would be named but said that it is expected the board will set the rate to bring in around the same amount of money (about $65,000) that the current rate has brought. The rate change is necessary because of an increase in the real property valuations throughout the county, after a professional appraisal. 'The county collects the special school tax, along with its regular taxes, and remits the pro ceeds to the school district. The board of education has no authority to set the special tax rate—this is done by the county commissioners — but the commis sioners have agreed to accept the recommendation of the educa- (Continued on Page 8) 3 6 Seniors Will Receive Diplomas In Graduation Exercises Tonight McCullen Named Assistant Agent Garland Dan McCullen, who graduated Saturday from the N. C. State College School of Agri culture, was appointed Monday by the Moore County commission ers as the new assistant agricul tural extension agent. He was presented by F. D. Al len. Moore County extension cha.”man, and succeeds C. E. “Pete” Lewis, who left May 1 to continue his studies. McCullen will work with Allen and Bennie Fulcher, assistant agent in charge of forestry, throughout the coun ty, and will have charge of the boys’ 4-H work. McCullen, 23, son of Mr. and Mrs. Stacy McCullen of Faison, Route 1, was reared on their Sampson County farm and grad uated from Hobbton High school. He worked his way through State College, serving as an attendant at the State Hospital at Raleigh during five years of studies. He has been married for a year and a half to the former Lois Johnson of Walstonburg. They have taken an apartment at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Lambert in Carth age. At their May meeting, the com missioners had officially conv mended Mr. Lewis “for the splen did work he has done in the county.” At that time, the board went on record as wishing him much success, noting on the rec ord, “We feel that the work he has done will bear fruit for years to come.” EAST AND WEST SOUTHERN PINES Birds Make Home In Traffic Signal laght A number of persons have call ed The Pilot this week to point out that a pair of birds have built a nest, now containing young fledglings, in the tubular shield on the west side of the traffic signal hanging over the intersection of N. May St. and E. Connecticut Ave. The birds seem unimpressed by the regular flashing on and off of the green light that forms the back wall of their precarious home, or by the traffic passing in both directions beneath it. Fire Damages Local Pharmacy Monday Morning Fire, which broke out early Monday morning in the Broad Street Pharmacy of Joe Monte- santi, Jr., produced terrific heat and dangerous black fumes. Full extent of the extensive damage done to the contents is as yet undeterminable. The only thing that seemed clear—though not stated—was the source of the blaze. From the scorched and half-burnt state of the cigar counter, it seemed pret ty certain that the fire must have started there. The fire was discovered by Mrs. Carrie Covington at 6:30 as she (Continued on Page 8) V COUNCIL MEET CHANGED Mayor W. Morris Johnson an nounced this morning that the regular June meeting of the Sou thern Pines town council is being changed from Tuesday, June 11, to Tuesday, June 18, at 8 p.m. in the municipal building. Two Boys Break Legs In Baseball Two boys in this area each broke a leg playing baseball this week. In a Babe Ruth League game at Memorial Field Wednesday night, Gary West broke a leg in three places sliding into a base. The Southern Pines team was playing Westmoore. Ronnie Currie of Pinehurst broke a leg in two places when his spikes caught in home plate after making a home run, with the bases loaded, in a Pony League game with Aberdeen. Pinehurst won the contest. AWARDS WINNER— Ralph C. Hendren, right, president of the graduating class of Southern Pines High School, is pictured as he received two of the several awards accorded him in the Honors and Awards Exercises held for the class Monday after noon. Here, he receives from W. E. Blackwelder savings bonds given as district and state Elks Youth Leadership awards. The Milliken Memorial Award, top honor given here annually, went to Hendren, as well as others noted in the accompanying stoiy. (Humphrey photo) HENDREN GIVEN MILLIKEN AWARD Many Students Accorded Honors Presentation of the Milliken dent, he also took part in the cer- Memorial Award to Ralph C. Hen dren, by Supt. Luther A. Adams, topped the list of awards made to Southern Pines High School seniors in a program in Weaver Auditorium Monday afternoon. Given by Mrs. James Milliken in memory of her late husband. Dr. Milliken and of his son, James Milliken, Jr., the award goes annually to the senior judged outstanding in both academic and extra-curricular activity. Hendren also won the Balfour Honor Key, presented by Miss Pauline Miller of the faculty; the School Service Award, for un selfish service to the school, pre sented by Principal Glenn Cox; and district and state awards in the Elks Youth Leadership Con test ($25 and $100 bonds), pre sented by W. E. Blackwelder. As president of the graduating class, Hendren was on the Other side of a presentation when he gave to the school, as the class gift, an electric clock and score- board for athletic contests at Memorial Field. The gift was ac cepted by Mr. Adams. As presi- Training For Student Drivers Slated Plans w.ere announced today by Supt. Luther A. Adams for the state-approved driver training program for students in the Southern Pines schools. To participate, a student’s 16th birthday must fall on or before July 1 of next year, 1964. Registration for the East South ern Pines program will be held Monday, June 10, at 9 a. m. in the high school’s multi-purpose room. Ralph Foushee of the Junior High Driver Education In County Schools Starts With commencement over in all Moore County schools, summer school started Monday in a number of them and driver edu cation classes were opened in all the white schools, said Supt. Rob ert E. Lee. C. E. Hackney, principal of Robbins schools, is heading the program, now given as a summer course because it could not be fitted into the regular teaching schedule during the school year. In the Negro schools driver ed ucation continues as a regular school course, taught by Mr. Solo mons, the part-time attendance officer. School faculty will be the in structor. In West Southern Pines, where J. C. Hasty of the faculty will be the instructor, registration will take place at 8 a. m., Monday, June 17, in the old high school building. ■ Two complete driver training courses are planned during the summer, enabling students to fit the training into employment or vacation plans. Each course will consist of 30 hours of class room work and six hours behind the wheel. Attendance requirements are strict, Mr. Adams reminded par ents and students. Three absences from the daily instruction Mon day through Friday, disqualifies a student for that course, he said. Automobiles driven by grad uates of an approved driver training course are granted low er insurance rates than those driven by non-graduates. Driver training is financed by a $1 charge paid annually by all pur chasers of vehicle license plates in North Carolina. Automobiles for this year’s courses in both East and West Southern Pines are being provi ded by Wicks Chevrolet Co., Aberdeen. emony transferring cap and gown to the Junior class president, Robbie Austin. Here are the other awards giv en Monday, with name of person making the presentation. American Legion Citizenship Medal, Jerry Bradley, by Dan R. McNeill, local Legion Post com- (Continued on Page 8) Thirty-six members of the Class of 1963 at Southern Pines High School are scheduled to receive their diplomas in com mencement exercises to be held tonight (Thursday) in Weaver Auditorium at 8:15 p. m. Members of the class are nam ed and pictured elsewhere in to day’s Pilot. Jean Dianne Fields is the first honor graduate (valedictorian) and Joseph Spurgeon Hiatt III is the second honor graduate (sal- utatorian). Both have parts on the program. Other, honor graduates, who have maintained a 90 or above average for the four years in high school, are: Lorraine Reba Beith, Ralph Connolly Hendren, Judith Annette Jones, James Lawson Ritchie IV and Dana Faye Tyson. Dr. Amos C. Dawson, Jr., of Raleigh, executive secretary of the North Carolina Education As sociation and former Southern Pines school superintendent, prin cipal and teacher, over the course of 22 years, will deliver the com- . mencement address. He will be introduced by Luther A. Adams, superintendent. Diplomas will be presented by N. L. Hodgkins, chairman of the board of education. J. E. Sandlin, vice chairman of the board, will bring greetings to the graduating class. The seniors will be pre sented for diplomas by Glenn L. Cox, high school principal. Th.s invocation will be given by the Rev. Carl Wallace, pastor of the United Church of Christ. The benediction will be pronounced by Father Francis M. Smith, pas tor of St. Anthony’s Catholic Church. The high school band will play the processional, reces sional and one other selection during the program. On Sun'day night, in Weaver Auditorium the seniors heard the commencement sermon preached by the Rev. Maynard Mangum, pastor of the First Baptist Church. Honors and Awards exercises, as reported in another story, were held Monday afternoon. ‘Strive For Excellence,’ Speaker Tells West Southern Pines School Graduates IKS, MEMORIAL PLAQUE — Pictured at last Thursday’s Memorial Day presentation to the Town by the Rotary Club of a bronze plaque “To honor the citizens of Southern Pines who served and sacrificed in past wars,” are, left to right: The Rev. Carl Wallace, club president, who made the presentation and offered a prayer of dedication; E. Earl Hubbard, co-chairman for the Rotary project; Mayor Pro Tern Norris L. Hodgkins, Jr., who accepted the gift on behalf of the town; and Harvey Scherr, Rotary com mittee member. Wording on the plaque noted its purpose, as quoted above, and includes the lines: “May we nourish in peace their spirit of patriotism.” (Humphrey photo) Diplomas were presented last night to 28 members of the grad uating class of West Southern Pines High School, in the 34th annual commencement exercises held by the school. The graduates heard an inspir ing address by Dr. Mary M. Townes, associate professor of Bi ology at North Carolina College, Durham, who is a graduate of the local school and a native of the Southern Pines community. She was introduced by H. A. Wilson, principal. The speaker challenged the graduates to “strive for excel lence in every aspect of life . . . “Stand tall, smile tall, live tall and think tall,” she said. “You have to prepare yourself. The world is not waiting for you with open arms. You have to put both hands forward and push . ..” Mrs. Saunders Honored A special feature of the pro gram was recognition of Mrs. O. J. Saunders who has complet ed 35 years of service as a teach er in the West Southern Pines School. In a surprise ceremony, she was presented a silver bowl by N. L. Hodgkins, chairman of the board of education, who prai&sd her long and valuable service here. Songs by the school glee club opened and closed the program and the group sang twice during the proceedings. Members of the graduating class and the valedictorian and salutatorian—Henry Andrew Wil son, Jr., and Barnell David Flow ers, HI—are named and pictured elsewhere in today’s Pilot. Diplomas were presented by P. I. York, member of the South ern Pines board of education. N. L. Hodgkins, board of ed ucation chairman, and Luther A. Adams, local schools superinten dent, spoke briefly during the program. The Rev. T. L. Parsons, pastor of Spaulding Chapel A. M. E. the invocation. In baccalaureate exercises held at the school Sunday afternoon, the Rev. E. S. Hardge, Jr., pas tor of Trinity A. M. E. Zion Church of Southern Pines, deliv- •ered the sermon, “Courage—^The Road That Leads To Success.” He told the audience that “God has set before each man life and death, blessing and curse: there fore choose life. In making maior decisions we need courage to look ourselves in the eye, courage to hope for better things and cour age to have faith in God,” he said. Sandlin Appointed Police Patrolman Jack Sandlin has been named a patrolman with the local police departm.°nt to fill a vacancy on the force, it was announced this week by Chief Earl S. Seawell. A native of Kentucky, Sand lin comes here from Laurinburg where he had been a member of the police department for four years. Recently he has been work ing with a trailer manufacturing company at Maxton. Sandlin and his wife, the for mer Ola E. Snelling of Laurin burg, are moving their trailer home to Southern Pines. They have two young children. May 30 May 31 June 1 June 2 June 3 June 4 Zion Church, Pinehurst, deliveredJune 5 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 82* 60 81 61 80 56 70 54 81 62 87 61 85 61

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