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VOL. 43—No. 36
Blue Discusses
Politics, College
At Church Meet
Speaking before a joint meet
ing of the Men of the Church of
the Pinehurst Community and
McDonald’s Chapel churches last
Wednesday night, House Speaker
H. Clifton Blue of Aberdeen told
the gathering of Presbyterian
men that government was some
what like religion.
“You can’t go to church, get re
ligion, go back home, take up
your old sinful ways and expect
to be saved,” he said.
“It’s the same with govern
ment,” said the Moore County
legislator. “You can’t establish
good government, forget about it
and expect to keep it. Eternal vig
ilance is not only the cost of good
government, but of democracy
and liberty as well.”
Blue’s talk followed the annual
supper meeting of the two Men
of the Church organizations held
this year at McDonalds Chapel
on Linden Road, near Pinehurst.
The Rev. R. L. Prince is pastor of
both churches.
The Moore County representa
tive, who was also guest speaker
last year, as he did then gave a
commentary on governmental af
fairs and current events in both
Raleigh and Moore county.
Referring to the failure of the
General Assembly to re-district,
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SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, JULY 25, 1963
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PRICE: 10 CENTS
ARCHITECT’S DRAWING of Given Memorial Village Green
Library at Pinehurst, to be constructed on Story on Page
East across from the Holly Inn.
10.
General “Bill” Fisher Leaving EASTAF
For Deputy Command Post, Washington
Burney Sworn In
On Welfare Board;
Work Summarized
The Moor.9 County board of
public welfare, holding its July
meeting Tuesday at Carthage,
postponed election of a chairman
replacing Paul C. Butler of
Southern Pines, resigned, until
the full board could be present.
Joe Allen of Carthage served • - as
as acting chairman at the meet- Wisher completes his duties as
Dramatic Story
Of Global Airlift
Organization Told
(The Pilot is proud to record
the following Air Force-released
news, with background, of a local
boy who has made good in his
country’s service. The last big
story we had about him was on
a memorable local occasion, ‘ Bill
Fisher Day,” celebrated at the
time he visited his home town
and mother, Mrs. Elinor Fisher,
November 16, 1960).
When Maj. Gen. William P.
ing, at which A. L. Burney of
Southern Pines was sworn in as a
new member, succeeding Butler,
by appointment of the State
Board of Public Welfare.
The third member, Mrs. A. A.
Vanore, is on a European trip
and will not return until some
time in August.
Allen and the department di
rector, Mrs. Walter B. Cole, wel
comed the new member, as did
Mrs. Marie A. Jones, field repre
sentative of the State Board,
who was also present. In a dis
cussion of the new budgets and
reports on current cases, they in
cluded an overall summery of
the department’s work and recent
changes in the public welfare
program for Burney’s benefit. His
briefing did not have to be as
extensive as it might have been
for another appointee, as he had
served previously on the board
in 1949.
Mrs. Cole reported that during
July services jrendened to the
aged totalled 23; to children, 55,
and to the totally disabled, 30.
These were broken down as fol
lows;
Old Age Assistance—accept
anoes, 8; rejections, 2; revisions in
grants, 8; disposed of in other
ways, 2; terminations, 3.
Aid to Permanently and Total
ly Disabled—acceptances, 14; re
jections, 2; revisions in grants,
6;terminations, 8.
Aid to Families With Depend
ent Children—acoeptances 13; re
jections, 13; revisions in grants,
14; terminations, 15.
Eastern Transport Air Force
(EASTAF) commander at Mc
Guire AFB, N. J., August 1, he
will be able to look back on al
most four years of drainatic
achievement by his global airlift
organization.
Led by General Fisher since
Sep. 14, 1959, EASTAF is the At
lantic and Polar airlift arm of the
Military Air Transport Service
(MATS).
Composed of eight wings and
several smaller units in the
United States and Europe, and al
most 36,000 people, EASTAF
operator airlift missions around
the world.
Its primary area is from the
Mississippi River east to Saudi
Arabia. A special interest spot is
the Antarctic.
General Fisher will take up
new duties as Deputy Commander
of the Industrial College of the
Armed Forces, Washington, D. C.
Replacing him at the EASTAF
will be Maj. Gen. George S.
Brown, who is presently Military
New Police Car
Goes Into Use
The new Southern Pines police
car, a blue-green Ford sedan, was
delivered Monday and put into
immediate use.
This year, instead of trading
in the old car as before, last year’s
Ford Falcon was retained and
will he used by the new Negro
policeman when he is hired.
State AA Convention WillBring
1,000 To Sandhills Sept. 20-22
One of the largest Sandhills
convention crowds in years—with
coffee the favorite drink—is ex
pected to fill up all hotels, motels
and other accommodations for
miles around on the weekend of
September 20.
Headquarters for the three-day
meeting will be the Carolina
Hotel at Pinehurst, and the Sou
thern Pines Group will be host,
assisted by all others of the Sand
hills Inter-Group, including
Aberdeen, Angier, Clinton, Dunn,
Lumberton, Rockingham, White-
ville, Wadesboro, Fairmont,
Fayetteville, Hamlet, Laurinburg,
Sanford, Rowland, St. Pauls and
Fort Bragg.
Also assisting will be the Al-
Anons, the “ladies’ auxiliary,” of
which there are a number of
units scattered about the area.
An Inter-Group committee has
been hard at work for some time
on arrangements for the huge con
vention, which is expected to
bring at least 1,000 persons, pro
bably a good many more, into the
resort towns. A program of ex
cellent speakers, including some
of national fame, has been arrang
ed, and invitations went out this
week to all Groups of the State,
detailing the plans for September
20, 21 and 22.
Many reservations have already
been made, according to Joe P.,
of Aberdeen, general chairman—
who by AA rules is known by
no more name than this in his
AA connection. More specific
plans for the meeting will be an
nounced soon, he said.
MAJ. GEN, FISHER
Assistant to the Secretary of De-
f 0I1S0.
Under General Fisher, EAST
AF has undergone modernizations
of both equipment and missions.
Primarily engaged in routine
airlift of passengers and cargo
from the United States to over
seas bases when he took coin-
mand, EASTAF today has become
active as a vital element in U. S.
national policy.
Reason for today’s new image
of EASTAF is its ever-increasing
roles in support of joint exer
cises and maneuvers with other
armed forces units, its support of
the United Nations, and its quick
responsiveness to humanitarian
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Pet Show Tuesday;
Ribbons Awarded
At Hobby Show
A Pet Show for aU participants
in the town summer recreation
program Tuesday at 3 p.m. will
be the next in a series of special
events being held on the town
park each week with Miss Sandy
Fitzgibbons supervising.
In the Hobby Show for younger
children held Wednesday after
noon, Peter Papas counldn’t get
his pet ant to show himself but
won the ribbon for “most interest
ing hobby” anyhow.
“Raising an ant” was Peter’s
hobby, and he stirred and stirred
his container of dirt but his pet
ant was shy and stayed under
ground.
Second place went to Eddie
Howell with his football scrap
book and Pinewood Derby racer,
and third to Chipper Currie for
his arrowheads.
In the “best model” category,
winners were, first Mike McCor-
mac, with his seaplane and battle
ship; second, Doug McCormac,
with Army tank and airplane, and
third, Steve Bowen, with his jet
plane.
In the collections Bill Darden’s
rocks were judged best, Billy
Jenkins’ arrowheads second and
Tommy Wright’s stamps third.
Ribbons were awarded to all
winners. Judges were Glen
Rounds, Mrs. Stanley Austin and
Mrs. Thomas A. Bowen.
Little League
Loses Playoff,
Wins Consolation
The Southern Pines Little Lea
gue All-Stars lost their game, 8-3,
in the state playoffs at Greenville
Tuesday but stayed over to play
and win a consolation game and
actually had the time of their
lives.
In the Area 2 second-round
game against a Greenville all-
star team (Southern Pines drew
a first-round bye) both teams
collected eight hits each. How-
evjer, the local lads had a bit of
ibad luck in that three, out-of-the
park homers—by Billy Strickland,
Eddie Allen and Eddie Bushby—
came in with no runner on base.
The locals had bases loaded twice,
with runners left on each inning.
With no regrets ,the local boys
threw themselves with good
spirit into Wednesday’s consola
tion game, in which they downed
Warsaw 5-3 in the Greenville
park.
With coaches Joel Stuttz and
Woodrow McDonald, the boys
stayed at East Carolina College,
attended state Teer»-er League
playoffs also being held there,
and were entertained and feted
by the Greenville Lodge Tuesday
evening and the Greenville Elks
Club Wednesday, arriving home
weary but happy that night.
Bids Opened,
Action Deferred
On Union Pines
Bids were opened Tuesday
afternoon at Carthage for the
construction of Phase B of Union
Pines consolidated high school,
but the Moore County board of
education deferred action until a
meeting planned for next Tuesday
afternoon.
With 19 bids received in seven
categories, it is expected that at
that time decision will be made
as to which, if any, to accept, in
view of the funds presently avail
able.
It was pointed out that the bids
were fewer, and some of them
higher, than had been anticipated.
The county board had requested
$300,000 to be budgeted for this
phase of the construction of the
school, first unit in the county’s
consolidation program, now parti
ally completed on the Union
Pines Church Road.
Unless work can go ahead on
Phase B, said Supt. Robert E.
Lee, the school cannot go into use
in September 1964 as planned,
throwing the entire consolidation
program at least one more year
in arrears, unless a bond issue is
passed.
Categories covered in the bids
opened by Hayes & Howell,
architects, were: structural and
foundation, exterior walls, com
pletion of cafeteria, gymnasium,
music and dressing rooms, shop
and auditorium.
Commissioners
Formally Adopt
1963-64 Budget
The Moore County commis
sioners in special session at
Carthage Wednesday after
noon formally adopted the
1963-64 budget of $1,471,240,
along with the tax rate of
$1.05.
The budget, tentatively
adopted July 1, had to remain
open for 20 days under the
law, for possible protests and
changes. No changes were
made.
Also, no division was made
in the appropriation of $460,-
115 for capital outlay for the
three school administrative
units, whose budget requests
totalled nearly twice that
amount. Still being awaited
is a report on long-range
needs of the three systems,
which are being studied by
a joint committee, and a
decision on the amount to be
requested in a proposed bond
issue for school construction.
Peach Season At Peak
In Sandhills Orchards
Growers Will Host
‘Peach Party’ For
Governor Friday
With the Sandhills peach season
now in its peak. Governor Sanford
will host his annual “peach
party” Friday, saluting the gold
en abundance now pouring out of
the orchards.
The occasion will be the Gover
nor’s press conference to be held
in his office at 10:30 a. m.
Refreshments—naturally, pea
ches!—will be by courtesy of the
North Carolina Peach Growers
Society, said T. Clyde Auman,
president. Benificiaries will be
the Governor, an avid peach fan,
and members of the press.
Auman himself, busy night and
day selling peaches at his home
orchard here, will not be able to
go. He has delegated J. Hawley
Poole, prominent Moore and Hoke
County grower, to represent the
Society. ’The occasion will be the
first public appearance also of the
1963 Sandhills Peach Queen, 17-
year old Harriet McRae, dimpled
brunette beauty from Polkton.
Agricultural chairmen of Moore,
Montgomery and Richmond also
will be on hand, to boost the
rich crop which means so much
to their counties’ economies, and
is expected to gross a total of
$3.5 million this year in the Sand
hills area.
All along “Peach Alley” from
Candor to Ellerbe, with tribu
taries spreading out all through
the “peach triangle,” pickers and
packers in more than 100 orchards
are working like mad. From all
over North Carolina, the folks are
driving in, to buy the sweet juicy
freestone fruit by the bushel, for
freezing, for canning, for eating
with sugar and cream or just as
nature made them, sweetened
with summer sun.
"Tree-ripe” is the word for
them these days, and thanks to
modern shower-cooling and pack
ing methods, “tree-ripe” is also
the word for the way a large
portion of the 1,500,00 - bushel
Sandhills crop is being delivered
hundreds of miles away by truck
and train, to markets in met
ropolitan areas all up the eastern
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DR. ALSTON
Dr. W. M. Alston
Of Agnes Scott
Will Speak Here
Dr. Wallace McPherson Alston,
president of Agnes Scott College
in Decatur, Ga. will be guest
speaker Sunday morning at
Brownson Memorial Presbyterian
Church.
He has been president of Agnes
Scott since 1951 and prior to that
was pastor of the Druid Hill Pres
byterian Church in Atlanta, for a
period of four years, 1944-48.
From 1957-58 he was Moderator
of the Synod of Georgia and Mod
erator of the General Assembly,
Presbyterian Church, USA, 1961-
62.
He is author of three well-
known publications “The Throne
Among Shadows” 1945; “Break
Up the Night,” 1947; “Mirrors of
the Soul,” 1953. Dr. Alston has
also contributed to numerous
periodicals.
Dr. Alston holds B. A. and M
. A. degre.ss from Emory Univer-
' sity; D. D., Columbia Theological
Seminary; Th.Mj. anji Th(.D‘.,
Union Theological Seminary in
Virginia; D. D., Hampden-Syd-
ney College; LL.D., Davis and El-
kihs College; LL. D., Emory Uni
versity.
All Agnes Scott alumnae in this
area are extended an invitation to
be present at the service next
Sunday.
Molly Skips Studies For
Joyous Welcome Home
Carthage might have been
named “Mira” last Thursday
night—the village in Ireland
where, according to the song of a
homesick little girl, “everybody
knows my name.”
Molly Dotson, who sang the
poignant song from “Carnival” to
win first runner-up position in
the “Miss North Carolina” pag
eant, came home to be honored by
her friends and neighbors.
Clasping her hand or throwing
their arms around her, they greet-
5d in pride and joy the g^rl who
had, according to Mayor Luke
Marion, “put Carthage on the
map.”
The occasion was an open
house reception given by the Car
thage Jaycees, her sponsors in
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Rescue Unit No. 4 Takes Training;
Capt. Clayton Dunn Replaces Wells
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Moore County Rescue Squad
Unit No. 4, covering Southern
Pines, Pinebluff and Aberdeen,
with headquarters at Aberdeen,
said goodby to its chief organizer
and captain, Raeford Wells, last
Wednesday night, and welcomed
the new captain, Clayton Dunn.
At the meeting held at the
Aberdeen Jaycee clubroom, Fred
Flinchum presented a silver tray,
gift of the unit, to Wells. A
teacher and coach at Aberdeen
High school for the past four
years, he left this week for his
new job, principalship in Samp
son county.
Wells, who worked with the
county Rescue Squad leaders in
organizing the new unit last May,
“QUEEN MOLLY” AND HER FAMILY—
Rev. and Mrs. B. E. Dotson and brother Tom in
receiving line at Carthage Jaycees’ party for
first runner-up
pageant.
in “Miss North Carolina”
(Photo by V. Nicholson)
commended all the members—
now numbering 18—on their “un
selfish devotion” in giving their
time to the required training and
in service to their fellowmen. As
they bade him godspeed, he
wished them all success in their
work.
This was included in a short
business meeting, following which
members completing a standard
first aid course buckled down to
work, under instruction of A. B.
Parker and Max Edwards of the
Vass Rescue unit (No. 3). This
was followed by final tests Thurs
day and Friday, which means
that all but two or three of the
unit have now completed this
work. Most of them will start the
advanced first aid course next
week. Also this week, several are
adding to their training hours up
to the required 26, with service
at Moore Memorial hospital,
which includes duties ranging
from those of orderly on up to
active help in the emergency de
partment.
The unit’s ambulance is housed
in a building at Aberdeen, loaned
by the owner, Dave Hobbs, while
regular meetings are being held
at the Aberdeen fire station.
Several calls have been answered
this month, including carrying a
snakebite victim to a hospital, as
sisting in dragging operations
after two persons were drowned
in a Montgomery county lake,
and assisting in the search for a
young Pinebluff girl who had
strayed from home. (She was
later found.)
The unit expects to be up to
its full strength of 25 men within
a short time, and, when all its
members have completed their
required training, will be ready
for full - scale rescue service
whenever and wherever needed.
In the meantime, the unit is giv
ing such service as it is equipped
to do, and may be reached
through calls to any of its mem
bers or any Moore County police
or fire department.