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o 9 5 e Squirrel hunters face a simplified hunting season this year. A preview of seasons for various game appears )n page 9. Glvtdon Facts and myths about race differences are discussed by an authority who is an old friend of the Sand hills. Page 2. VOL. 43—No. 32 EIGHTEEN PAGES SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1963 EIGHTEEN PAGES PRICE: 10 CENTS NEW ASSOCIATION ORGANIZED Qualifying Will Start Saturday For 1963 Moore County Golf Tournament The annual Moore County Golf Tournament—being played this year under auspices of the re cently organized Moore County Golf Association—will open Sat urday at Whispering Pines Coun try Club with qualifying rounds to be played through July 7. ' I . JULIUS BOROS Boros Victory In National Open Pleases Sandhills Not looking or playing much differently than when he won his first National Open Golf Tourna ment at Dallas, Texas, 11 years ago, Julius Boros delighted his many friends and acquaintances in the Sandhills with a smooth swinging, steady victory over Ar nold Palmer and Jacky Cupit in the 1963 National Open playoff over the windy, tricky course of The Country Club at Brookline, Mass., Sunday. It boosted the year’s winnings for Boros, who began his career as a pro at the Mid Pines Club here in 1949, by $16,000 to $59,- 680, placing him second only to Palmer in money won this season. Boros shot a 70 at Brookline— one under par. Cupit was 73 and Palmer, sick with a stomach ail ment, 76. Since his second marriage in 1955, Boros has spent only a few weeks here each year. With a home in Florida, he still plays out of Mid Pines on the tourna ment tour—a connection that the (Continued on Page 8) Mrs. Younts On Committee For Conservatory Mrs. Jack Younts of Southern Pines is one of three members of a North Carolina Conservatory Committee appointed by Gov. Terry BanfoM and announced yesterday. Also appointed were Sydney M. Cone, Jr., of Greensboro, and Mrs. Carl T. Durham of Chapel Hill. All members were named for indefinite terms. Mrs. Younts has been a meni- ber of an advisory committee of 16 who have been active in pre liminary planning for a proposed Conservatory for the Performing Arts, toward which the General Assembly appropriated $325,000 for the coming biennium. A na tional foundation has been report ed willing to put over $1 million into the project on a matching basis. The conservatory would offer training in music, drama and bal let to talented young people of high school and college age. A site has not been chosen. Mrs. Younts said yesterday she had not been informed what the exact function of the new com mittee will be. Eligible to compete are men with playing privileges at any country club in the county, whether or not the entrant actu ally resides in Moore. ■Ibere will be a $5 entry fee, but no green fees, for the indivi dual match play event, in flights of 16, with prizes for winner, run ner-up and consolation winner in each flight. Dates within which other rounds in the tournament must be played are: First, July 8-14; second, July 15-21; third, July 22- 28. Finals are all scheduled for August 4. The Moore County Golf Asso ciation name was chosen and officers were elected at a meeting of golfers representing all sections of the county, held at the Pine- hurst Country Club June 11. The officers are: Peter V. Tufts of Pinehurst, president; Harry Davis of Carthage, vice president; Robert E. Strouse of Southern Pines, secretary; and H. L. Brink- ley of Carthage, treasurer. Appointments made by Tufts include: Tournament and Rules Commit tee—Donald Moose of Whisper ing Pines; Thomas Shockley of Southern Pines; and Clyde Man- gum of Pinehurst. Also: Kenneth Schroeder of Pinehurst, chairman of the Prize Committee; and Glenn Crissman of Ashley Heights in Hoke Coun ty, publicity chairman. 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. June 20 85 69 June 21 85 70 June 22 71 53 June 23 79 54 June 24 80 54 June 25 83 53 June 26 86 53 Postal ZIP Code To Start Monday; Numbers Listed Post office patrons throughout the nation this week are remind ed that the new ZIP Code system of addressing mail will go into effect Monday. , , . As announced in detail here by Acting Postmaster Jim Causey last week, each post office will have a ZIP Code number which should be placed after the town and state, when addressing mail or indicating return address. The ZIP Code numbers for post offices in Moore County are: Aberdeen 28315 Adder 28317 Cameron , 28326 Carthage 28327 Eagle Springs 27242 Glendon 27251 Highfalls 27259 Jackson Springs 27281 Lakeview 28350 Niagara 28388 Pinebluff 28373 Pinehurst 28374 Robbins 27325 Southern Pines 28387 Vass 28394 West End 27376 It is suggested that post office patrons clip this list for future reference. The ZIP Code system is design ed to speed handling of mail in post offices and therefore speed deliveries. 1 I. -41 NATURE KNOWS BEST — Moore County gardeners who struggle with land preparation, fertilizers, sprays and other techniques, not always successfully, to produce sxzmmer blos soms from sandy soil can look with amazement and envy on the flowers pictured here—holly hocks rising from a tiny patch of barren ground beside the wall of Crucedale Cleaners in Aber deen (left) and petunias “bustin’ out all over” from cracks in the brick sidewalk in front of the Wallace Bros. Department Store and the Moore County News office in Carthage. Ten- year-old Linda Cruce, daughter of A1 Cruce, Aberdeen.businessman, shows how the holly hocks she planted four years ago are flourishing with no attention whatever—spray, fertilizer or water—given to them. In right panel, B. C. Wallace poses with the broom he uses regularly to sweep sand back toward the building from the sidewalk to help the petunias maintain their precarious connection to the earth. When it’s dry, he waters them lightly from the drip pan of the store’s dairy display case. The flow ers reseed themselves each year from the side walk sweepings. Moral for gardeners—relax and let Nature do the work. Except, alas, it doesn’t always work that -way. (V. Nicholson photos) National Guard Gets High Rating During Training Units of the 2nd Tank Bn., in cluding Company C, the National Guard unit with headquarters at the armory here, received high ratings in all the phases of their summer field training at Ft. Stewart, Ga. In addition to the Raeford por tion of Headquarters Co., tankers of the battalion come from Red Springs, Rockingham, Laurin- burg, St. Pauls and Southern Pines. The battalion is command- by Lt. Colonel Paul Dickson of Raeford. Captain Ralph Horner of Pine hurst is commander of Company C, the local Guard unit. Major William J. Wilson of Southern Pines is battalion train, ing officer. Units of the battalion returned to their home communities Sun- (Continued on Page 8) Johnson Elected To Governing Board Of North Carolina Bar Association Lawrence M. Johnson, Aber deen attorney, was elected to the board of governors of the North Carolina Bar Association at the association’s 65th annual conven tion held last weekend in Ashe ville. Mr. Johnson was one of five men elected to the 15-member board for three year terms. Five are added each year as terms of five others expire. Those named, with the officers, form the gov erning body of the association. Others named this year were J. O. Talley of Fayetteville, O. E. Starnes of Asheville, A. T. God win of Gatesville and Allan A. Gwyn, Jr., of ReidsviUe. The late W. A. Leland McKeith- en of Pinehurst, later a superior court judge, served as president of the N. C. Bar Association in 1952-53. Moore county has not since provided an officer of the association. Mr. Johnson, who is 39, served as chairman of the Young Law yers Section of the association in 1956-57, and since 1959 has been chairman of its 30-member Legal Aid Committee, with one member from each judicial district, which I LAWRENCE M. JOHNSON secures legal counsel and repre sentation for persons needing such service and unable to af ford it. It has worked mainly with civil and domestic relations cases, but is now cooperating closely with a new Indigent De- (Continued on Page 8) TENNIS EVENT FOR YOUNG FOLKS SET The Sandhill Tennis As sociation. in cooperation with the town recreation program, will sponsor a tennis tourna ment for young people 10 through 18 years of age, July 8 through 12, with matches to be played from 4 p. m. to 9 p. m. Prizes will be given in four age divisions, for both girls and boys. Entrants are asked to register with Mrs. W. T. Hunttoy, 0X2-7464. Ken Propst of the high school faculty will be tourna ment director. (Full detlaUs will appear in next week's Pilot. Pine Falling On Wire Kills Power Pulpwood cutters who felled a pine tree against a 110,000 volt electric transmission line in Rich mond County, between the Bluett’s Falls hydro generating station and the West End sub station, were responsible for a power interruption over a large area of Moore County Wednesday morning. Starting at 10:35 a.m., the power was off for about 15 minutes in Southern Pines, Pine hurst, Aberdeen, Pinebluff, Car thage, Vass, Cameron and ad joining areas, said Ward Hill, manager of the local Carolina Power & Light Co. office. Some 8,000 customers were affected, he said. After the trouble was located, power from the Cape Fear steam electric plant of CP&L was switched to the West End sub station, until the “high line” from Bluett’s Falls could be repaired, Mr. Hill said. Miss Butler Works Week As Pagette In Raleigh Miss Jeanne Butler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Butler of Midland Road, spent last week in Raleigh, working as a “pagette” in the House of Representatives. Miss Butler, a 1963 graduate of Southern Pines High School, also was a pagette in the General As sembly for a week in April, dur ing the local school’s Spring va cation. Official Opening Of Mental Clinic Scheduled July 1 The new Moore County Mental Health Clinic, operating in ad vance of the official July 1 open ing date, is finding that the de mand for its services far exceeds expectations, according to Dr. Charles Phillips, chairman of the board of directors. The clinic will open officially Monday, receiving patients on physicians’ referrals, and begin ning Monday, July 8, persons de siring to apply directly for the services. The staff has been on duty for the past two weeks, establishing procedures and receiving as many patients as could be scheduled. Already appointments are being made two weeks in advance. “We will probably have to make plans for expapfion very soon,” said Dr. Phillips, “possibly within two or three months if things go on as they have begun. A very great interest and need (Continued on Page 8) Town Budget Approved, New Tax Rate Is S1.30 A town budget with a tax rate of $1.30 per $100 of property val uation, for the fiscal year start ing July 1, was adopted by the town council in a four-hour spe cial meeting held last Friday night. The budget, lists appropriations of $256,375 for the general fund, $90,027 for the water and sewer fund, and $97,632.50 for debt service, to pay principal and in terest amounting to $31,059.50 in general fund obligations and $66,- Bi-Racial Council Has First Meeting; Committees Named Holding its first session Mon day night, the newly appointed Southern ' Pines Good Neighbor Council organized an executive committee and sub-committees and set its regular meeting time as the third Monday night of each month at 8 p. m. Dr. Julian Lake, East Southern Pines Presbyterian minister who is chairman of the group, report ed that an harmonious and con structive session was held, in which various phases of civil rights were discussed. The bi-racial council, composed of five white and five Negro members, has the Rev. J. W. Peek, West Southern Pines min ister, for its vice chairman. Mrs. Iris Moore of West Southern Pines was chosen secretary. Tbs four-member executive committee is composed of the three officers and Mrs. Voit Gil more, an East Southern Pines rep resentative. The seven members of the council, other than the officers, each head a sub-committee con cerned with a field of interest in which the council may be active. These sub-committee chairmen are authorized to bring in other citizens from the community to work with them. They are: Robert M. Cushman, East Southern Pines, job opportunities;, James D. Hobbs, East Southern Pines, public accommodations; Harry Chatfield, East Southern Pines, health; Cicero Carpenter, Jr., West Southern Pines, educa tion; Edward Stubbs, West Southern Pines, crime; Mrs. Voit Gilmore, East Southern Pines, recreation; and Mrs. SaUy Law- horn, West Southern Pines, pub licity. The Good Neighbor Council was authorized by the town council last week, atfer a request for such a bi-racial group had been made to the council by a large Negro delegation, with the Rev. Mr. Peek as spokesman, at the June town council meeting. The five white members were appointed by Mayor W. Morris Johnson and the five Negro mem bers by the Rev. Mr. Peek. TO PUBLISH EARLY The Pilot will be published Wednesday next week, because of the July 4 holiday on Thursday. Correspondents and advertisers are asked to have their copy in a day earlier than usual. Several Methodist Churches In County Get New Ministers; Moore Native Here The Rev. Arthur L. Thompson, assigned to the Southern Pines Methodist Church to replace the Rev. Robert C. Mooney, Jr., who was sent to Lumberton, preached at the local church Sunday and moved here with his family today from Hamlet. The change was one of several made in Moore County by ap pointments of pastors announced Thursday at the annual North Carolina Methodist Conference, held in Greenville. The Rev. Mr. Thompson, a na tive of the Cameron community in this county, comes from the First Methodist Church of Ham let, where he has been for the past year. He had previously served six years at Long Memorial Church, Roxboro, and before that for five years at Grace Church, Wilming ton. The pastor is the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Thomp son of the Crane’s Creek Com- 573 in water and sewer fund ob ligations. Of the tax rate, $1.05 is designa ted for operating expenses of the town and 25 cents for debt ser vice. Town Manager F. F. Rainey, who prepared the budget, told the council that various revenue sources of the town are ample to balance tbs budget and continue to maintain a contingency reserve as has been the town’s practice for several years. The tax rate of $1.30 is reduced from a $1.75 rats in the fiscal year now closing. Responsible for the reduction is increased real and personal property valuations —which are taken from the coun ty tax books—after the county completed a professional reap praisal of all real estate during the past year. General fund appropriations, by departments, are listed on page 7, in the appropriation ordi nance adopted by the council. The allocation to the Fire De partment, $20,417, has been in creased because of the employ ment of two full-time profession al firemen and the proposed pur chase of a new small tank truck during the coming fiscal year. Also up is the Police Depart ment budget, $57,430, which al lows for the addition of another officer to the force (appointment of a Negro policeman to serve in West Southern Pines is expected) and tile purchase and equipping of a new police car. Pay Plan Adopted An employee pay plan that had been discussed at the regular June meeting of the council earli er last week was adopted Friday night. It provides for regular periodic incentive increases in pay for all town employees, within minimum and maximum limits set for vari ous jobs and on coiidition the em ployee’s work is satisfactory. Before it was adopted the plan was amended to provide that, upon recommendation of the man ager, an employee who has reach ed the highest pay listed for his job may be granted a further meritorious increase, if approved by the council. The full council attended the Friday meeting: Mayor W. Morris Johnson, Mayor Pro Tern Norris L. Hodgkins, Jr., and Council- men Felton J. Capel, C. A. Mc Laughlin and Fred B. Pollard. School Schedule For 1963-’64 Set Highlights in the schedule of the 1963-64 school year have been announced by Supt. Luther A Adams for the local schools. They include: Teacher-pupil orientation day (first day of school for students)— September 5. 'Thanksgiving holidays— School closes regular time, Wednesday, November 27; reopens regular time, Monday, December 2. Christmas holidays— School closes regular time, Friday, Dec ember 20; reopens Thursday morning, January 2, 1964. Spring and Easter vacation— School closes regular time, Friday, March 20, 1964; reopens, 'Tuesday, March 31. 'The 1964 end-of-school schedule will be: Examinations, June 3, 4, 5; Baccalaureate service, June 7; and graduation, June 8. Supt. Adams said that the school schedule may be useful to families who are planning trips or other activities during vacation periods. THE REV. A. L. THOMPSON munity between Vass and Came ron and is a graduate of Vass- Lakeview High School. A sister, Mrs. Jasper Blevins, lives on the (Continued on Page 8) 3 Boys Will Get Scouting Awards Three boys are scheduled to get the God and Country award, one of the highest in Boy Scout ing, after the 11 a. m. service at the Manly Presbyterian Church Sunday. They are: Warren Hannah, son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Han nah; Tommy Richardson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Eveleth Richardson; and Tommy Wilson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wilson. The awards will be presented by Richard Muse, Boy Scout ex ecutive. Preparation for the award, carried out in cooperation with the church, takes at least a year.