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VOL. 43—No. 31
TWENTY PAGES
SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1963
TWENTY PAGES
PRICE: 10 CENTS
•3-UNIT PROJECT-
Elks Approve
Plans For New
Country Club
Members of the Southern Pines
Elks Lodge on Tuesday night ap
proved the basic plan for a large
new Elks Home-Southern Pines
Country Club building that will
replace the present Country Club.
% The project, which has been in
the making for more than a year,
with the local Edmund J. Austin
firm as architects, foresees raz
ing and removal of the present
club and construction of a one-
story structure with 26,000 square
feet of floor space.
Lodge officials and the archi
tect were authorized Tuesday to
proceed with further develop-
ment of the plans and the financ
ing and construction of the build
ing.
W. Harry Fullenwider, chair
man of the building committee,
said that the new club is design
ed to serve the three obligations
that have been taken into consid
eration in operation of the pres
ent building by the Elks Home of
Southern Pines, Inc.: 1—^To local
^ and visiting golfers. 2—To Elks
* and visiting Elks. 3—To the com
munity in general.
A triple-unit building to meet
all these needs has been design
ed, he said, including an assem
bly and banquet hall accommo
dating up to 500 persons, to help
in meeting the community’s short
age of adequate facilities for con
ventions and other large gather-
ings.
“ Design of such a multiple-func
tion building is difficult and has
not yet been completely worked
out, Mr. Fullenwider said. He
said it could not be predicted at
this time when the building will
be completed.
Jewelry Store
Window Smashed,
Items Removed
Local police are investigating
a bold robbery of the show win
dow of the Honeycutt Credit
Jewelry store, 120 S. W. Broad
St. in which the window was
smashed with a large piece Of
rock and cement between 2:30 and
2:50 a. m. Wednesday.
Taken from the window, Police
Chief Earl Seawell said, were
12 sets of white and yellow gold
rings, some with stones, valued
at from $39.95 to $200 per set; a
Benrus watch, $74.95; a diamond
tie clasp, $36; and nine ladies’ and
men’s watches valued at $14.95
each.
Patrolman J. L. Davis, who
had checked the property on his
night rounds 10 or 15 minutes be
fore, found the smashed window
at 2:54 a. m. Chief Seawell said.
Another break-in, reported to
police Monday, took place at Hol
iday Inn-Byron Nelson’s Restau
rant some time Friday or Satur
day.
A thief or thieves entering
through the furnace room re
moved a lock to the restaurant
store room door and took some
meat, one case of cooking sherry
and four cases of beer. Chief Sea
well said.
Chicken Fry To Benefit
Little League Baseball
Tickets are on sale at a number
of business locations and by more
than 100 Little League players
for a fried chicken dinner to be
served from 5 to 8 p. m., Thurs
day, June 27, at the Elks picnic
area on the Country Club
grounds, for benefit of the Little
League baseball program.
Tickets can be obtained at
Style Mart Store, Sandhill Drug
Co., Western Auto, Powell’s Serv
ice Station, Southern National
Bank, Elks Club and ABC store.
FAMILY KILLED IN CRASH—Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas E. Ribble of Albequerque, N. Mex.,
and their daughters, Linda, 16, and Pat, 14, were
killed in the crash of a small private airplane
on the Robbins-Highfalls road in upper Moore
County late Sunday afternoon. The family,
on a vacation trip, was reported en route from
Crescent Beach, S. C., to Richmond, Va. High
way Patrol members are pictured examining
the wreckage. Return of the bodies to New
Mexico was arranged by a brother of the dead
man, Ira Ribble of Albequerque, who flew
here. He also authorized an autopsy, requested
by the investigating FAA and Coroner W. K.
Carpenter, on the body of his brother, who was
the pilot. No cause of death other than the im
pact of the crash was found. The Robbins rescue
squad, Highfalls fire department. State High
way Patrol and county officers rendered assis
tance in various ways. Stanley Stewart and
members of his family, in their car 300 feet
away, were eye-witnesses of the crash.
(V. Nicholson photo)
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.
June
13
85
59
June
14
92
66
June
15
91
67
June
16
69
65
June
17
68
62
June
18
77
62
June
19
83
61
Austin Firm To
Design Clubhouse
For Development
The Edmund J. Austin archi
tectural firm of Southern Pines
has been chosen to design the
clubhouse of the Country Club of
North Carolina, Inc., John C. Os-
trom, chairman of the house com
mittee, said this week. Comple
tion of the club’s construction is
expected in about a year, he said.
'The Country Club of North
Carolina is the private residen
tial-club-golf course development
on the former Watson’s Lake
property that lies within the
Southern Pines-Pinehunst-Aber-
deen triangle.
Chartered early this year by 41
leading North Carolina residents,
the club project includes 283
building lots, many of which have
been sold. A limited number of
club members are being admitted
from throughout the state. Some
from this area have already been
chosen:
Mr. Ostrom said that work on
the clubhouse project is just be
ginning and that details, inclu
ding ultimate cost, are therefore
not available at this time.
In a prospectus issued by the
Country Club of North Carolina,
Inc., and Royal Dornoch Golf Vil
lage, Inc., the corporation that
bought more than 1,100 acres, in
cluding the country club and res
idential sites, $500,000 is allotted
to the clubhouse part of the pro
ject. A swimming pool, pavilion,
boat docks and tennis courts were
included in the tentative plans
for the clubhouse area.
Location of the club is on high
ground overlooking the south
west shore of the 60-acre lake.
Construction of the golf course,
designed by Ellis Maples of
Whispering Pines, is moving
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TLORA McDonald
DAY' DESIGNATED
In appreciation of "her long
andi faithful service to Moore
County," the county commis
sioners at a special meeting
on Tuesday, designated Fri
day, June 28, as Moore Coun
ty Flora McDonald Day.
The occasion will recognize
Miss Flora McDonald of Car
thage who will retire June 30
’atfter 30 years of service as
Moore County home econom
ics agent.
"Miss Flora" will be hon
ored at a reception, given by
the County Council of Home
Demonstration Clubs that
night at 8 o'clock in the
courthouse. All Home Dem
onstration Club members and
their families, including for
mer club members, co-work-
ers of other organizations and
close friends of the home
agent are invited.
Second Student
Driver Class To
Begin July 24
Ralph Foushee, driver training
instructor for East Southern
Pines schools, said this week
that there will be only two stu
dent driver training courses this
summer. Three were given last
year. -
One course, with 34 students
enrolled, is now going on daily,
Monday through Friday. It began
June 10.
The second and only other
course of the summer will begin
Monday, July 24, with registration
at 9 a.m. in the multipurpose
room of the high school building.
The courses are open to boys
and girls who will be 16 by July
1, 1964.
A West Southern Pines course,
with J. C. Hasty as instructor,
began Monday.
Tentative
Tax Rate: $1.05;
School Rates
County
>5;
Drop
Some idea of what town and
county residents face ip the way
of tax rates was indicated this
week by officials.
In a special meeting at Carth
age Tuesday, the county com
missioners set a tentative tax rate
of $1.05 per $100 of real and
personal property valuation—
reduced from the former $1.70
rate, in view of a 1963 property
valuation of $85 million as com
pared to last year’s $52 million.
The rise in valuation followed
a professional reappraisal of all
real property in the county and
a re-listing of all personal pro
perty.
In Tuesday night’s Southern
Pines town council meeting.
Mayor W. Morris Johnson asked
Town Manager F. F. Rainey what
he thought the local rate will be
for the coming year. Rainey, who
is now working on the budget—
to be discused in detail with the
council in a special meeting at
7:30 p.m. Friday—said he could
say the rate “will not be over
$1.30’’ (per $100 of property valu
ation). 'This is compared with a
former $1.75 rate.
Supt. Luther A. Adams told
The Pilot this week that the
Board of Education of the South
ern Pines District has recommend
ed to the county commissioners
that the special supplement^
school tax in this district—which
has been 50 cents per $100 of
valuation—^be reduced to 35 cents.
This would, said Adams, bring in
about $70,000, on the basis of a
school district property valuation
of about $21 million—some $4,000
to $5,000 more than the 50 cents
tax brought in on the basis of
the former valuations.
Growing school needs justify
the added revenue, the superin
tendent said. The commissioners
are pledged to accept the local
school board’s rate recommenda
tion.
Thfe Pilot learned unofficially
that a 25 cents rate (down from
30 cents) is being considered for
the special supplementary school
tax in the Pinehurst District and
a 22 cents rate (also down from
30 cents) in the Aberdeen District.
Also unofficial at this time are
school capital outlay allocations
by the commissioners: $344,688
for the county system ($507,580
had been asked); $87,117 for the
Southern Pines system ($302,000
had been asked); and $39,165 for
the Pinehurst system ($69,000 had
been asked).
Good Neighbor Council
Set Up To Ease Race
Tension In Community
A 10-member Southern Pines
Good Neighbor Council has been
named, to improve racial com
munication and consider racial
grievances. Its members are list
ed below.
This is the nucleus of the ^oup
to which, it is expected, additions
Members
Named
Members of the Southern
Pines Good Neighbor Coun
cil are:
NEGRO MEMBERS
The Rev. J. W. Peek
Mrs. Sally Lawhome
Mrs. Iris Moore
CicMo Carpenter, Jr.
Edward Stubbs '
WHITE MEMBERS
Dr. Julian Lake
Mrs. Voit Gilmore
Harry W. Chatfield
Robert M. Cushman
James D. Hobbs
Negro members were nam
ed by the Rev. J. W. Peek,
president of the West South
ern Pines Civic Club. While
members were named by
Mayor W. Morris Johnson.
The civic club president
and the mayor met at 9 a. m.
Wednesday, after (formation
of the council had been au
thorized by the town council
Tuesday night.
Dr. Lake was named chair
man of the group and the
Rev. Mr. Peek, vice chairman.
First meeting of the group
is scheduled for Monday
night.
;?•
Formal Opening
For Holiday Inn,
Restaurant Set
The formal grand opening of
The Holiday Inn and Byron Nel
son’s Restaurant, located on No.
1 highway, south, will take place
Saturday from 2 to 6 p. m.
Both the Holiday Inn, of which
C. Thomas is innkeeper, and the
restaurant, with Dave Castro as
manager, have been in operation
since their completion earlier this
year, but the formal opening bias
been deferred.
Town officials have been es
pecially invited to attend and TV
personalities and out-of-town dig
nitaries will be on hand.
Accommodations in the 65-unit
Holiday Inn will be on view, as
well as the large restaurant and
dining rooms.
i t
TO COMPETE FOR 'MISS NORTH CAROLINA'
Molly Dotson Wins *Miss Carthage* Title
Miss Molly Dotson of Carthage
(second from right) wais crowned
“Miss Carthage,’’ Saturday night,
by Miss Bettye Louise McCaskill
of Pinehurst, last year’s winner
of the title. Watching were Miss
Judy Brinkley of Carthage (left),
first runner-up, and Miss Frances
Jayne Sharpe of Olivia in Harnett
County, second runner-up.
The crowning concluded the an
nual “Miss Carthage” Pageant,
sponsored by the Carthage Jay-
cees, and sends Miss Dotson to
Greensboro next month to take
part in the “Miss North Carolina”
Pageant—the second Sandhills
girl to become eligible. Miss Em
ma Holliday Collins of Southern
Pines will enter the pageant as
“Miss Sanford,” a title she won
a few weeks ago.
Miss Sara Louise Bambauer of
Carthage was named “Miss Con
geniality,” chosen by the other
girls taking part.
Miss Dotson, a 1962 graduate of
Agnes Scott College, is a graduate
student in modem dance at Wo
mans College, Greensboro.
All contestants were judged on
a talent presentation (Miss Dotson
danced and sang), and appearanc
es in evening dress and bathing
suit.
The other contestants were:
Miss Mary Grace Owen of Sea-
grove, Miss Marjorie Carlanne
Foushee of Sanford and Miss
Betty Sue Gamer of Robbins.
Miss McCaskill and Melvin
Williams of Aberdeen entertained
with songs. Lee Kinard, Greens
boro TV announcer, was master
of ceremonies. O. D. Wallace,
Jaycee president, welcomed the
audience. Charles Snipes was
contest chairman.
The winner and runners-up all
received trophies, as pictured, and
Miss Dotson received a $200 c^h
award. (V. Nicholson photo)
Council Adopts
Town Pay Plan;
Fills Vacancies
At its meeting Tuesday night,
the town council tentatively ap
proved a new municipal em
ployee pay plan for incorporation
into the 1963-64 budget now be
ing prepared by town manager
F. F. Rainey.
The new plan, the manager
said, would cost about $3,000
more per year in wages and sal
aries. It sets up a system of more
frequent incentive pay increases
for qualified employees and lists
minimum and maximum salaries
or wages to be paid for each town
job. Hourly wage rates are in
creased.
Rainey said a balanced budget
can be worked out if the plan is
adopted.
The council added the man
ager’s salary to the plan, setting
a minimum of $6,000 and maxi-
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will be made.
The council was authorized at
a meeting of the town council
Tuesday night, attended by some
75 persons, most of them Negro
residents of West Southern Pines.
The action followed a request
for such a council, made by the
Rev. J. W. Peek, president of the
West Southern Pines Civic Club
and spokesman for the Negro del
egation at the meeting.
He asked that the council be
named “to peacefully meet the
demands of the time and work
toward the ending of discrimina
tion, on the basis of race, in our
community.”
All the council members were
present: Mayor W. Morris John
son, and Councilman Felton Capel
(Negro member from West
Southern Pines), Norris L. Hodg
kins, Jr., C. A. McLaughlin and
Fred B. Pollard.
The vote on the Good Neighbor
Council was unanimous.
Councilman Capel proposed also
a resolution that it be the official
position of the council that all
citizens in Southern Pines be ac
cepted on the basis of merit, with
out regard to race or creed, in all
matters pertaining to the town.
Mayor Johnson pointed out, in
the discussion, that the town has
no ordinances that discriminate
against Negroes and that Negroes
have been appointed to most of
the town’s official boards and
committees.
Councilman Hodgkins sugges
ted that the motion be amended
to show that non-discrimination
be the “continuing” position of
the town, indicating that the res
olution erAbodied no change in
policy. 'The suggestion was ac
cepted by Mr. Capel and the res
olution was imanimously adopted.
Mayor Johnson asked the Rev.
Mr. Peek how many members he
thought the Good Neighbor Coun
cil should have and the civic
club president said it could be
any reasonable number, but he
thought they should be equally
divided between the two races.
In a short discussion of the
point, it was brought out that the
number should not be so large as
to ba unwieldy.
At the conclusion of the (jood
Neighbor Council discussion,
Mayor Johnson said, “We all,
white and Negro, have friends
among the other race, and we
want to work together.”
The Civic Club spokesman re
plied: “We don’t want disturb
ances, marches and strikes. Peo
ple who think should get together
and work peacefully to prevent
such occurrences.”
Before the council voted on
authorizing a Good Neighbor
Council, Mr. Capel said, “We
should move immediately. We
are behind other towns in this
respect. We can attribute our
past success in racial relations
in Southern Pines to the fact that
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TO BEGIN NATIONALLY JULY 1
New Postal ‘ZIP Code’ Explained
ZIP Code, the Post Office De
partment’s revolutionary new
system of improved mail dispatch
and delivery, goes into effect na
tionally on July 1.
Southern Pines’s five-digit
“ZIP Code” is 28387, Acting Post
master Jim Causey announced to
day.
“Everyone in Southern Pines
will use this ZIP Code on all cor
respondence to speed mail deliv
eries and reduce the chance of
mis-sent mail,” he said.
Postmaster Causey stressed the
importance of all citizens of
Southern Pines learning this city’s
ZIP Code and using it in their
return address on all correspon
dence. In answering mail, he said,
ZIP Codes taken from return ad
dresses on incoming mail should
be used.
“The ZIP Code is literally the
last word in mail addressing,” Mr.
Causey said. “It should FOLLOW
the city and state in addresses.”
He cited this example of the
proper use of ZIP Code:
J. W. Causey
Acting Postmaster
U. S. Post Office
Southern Pines, N. C. 28387
If you get your mail at the Ni
agara Rural Station, Your ZIP
Code number is 28388.
ZIP Codes for other post offices
in this area include: Aberdeen
28315; Pinehurst, 28374; and
Lakeview 28350.
“The new Zip Code plan,” the
postmaster said, '‘for the first time
will permit the Post Office De
partment to short-cut repeated
address reading. The address on
mail must often be read as many
as eight or ten times by postal
employees, to get it to the prop
er destination,” he said. “Each
handling slows the process of
mail dispatch and adds to the
opportunity for human error.
With ZIP Code, a clerk needs
only to glance at the code to
know immediately to what na
tional area, state and post office
the letter is destined, and to
speed it on its way, cutting up to
24 hours off the time between de
posit and delivery.”
Mr. Causey said that when ZIP
Code is in full swing, the United
States will have “the most mod
ern system of mail distribution
and delivery in existence.”