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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
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SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 1963
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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-
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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
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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-
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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
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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-
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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
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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.
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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
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