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Vol.—43 No. 38
TWENTY PAGES
SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1963
TWENTY PAGES
PRICE: 10 CENTS
IN SUPERIOR COURT
MR. CAMERON
Cordon Cameron
Longtime County
Official, Dies
Gordon McGregor Cameron,
75, longtime Pinehurst, Inc., of
ficial and former chairman of the
Moore County board of commis
sioners, died Monday evening
soon after his admission to North
Carolina Memdriai hospital at
Chapel Hill.
He had suffered a fall about 5
p. m. down some steps in a
Southern Pines store which frac
tured his skull. Rushed to Moore
Memorial Hospital at Pinehurst,
he was immediately transferred
to North Carolina Memorial Hos
pital and taken there by ambu
lance.
His 25 years’ service on the
board of commissioners, most of
those years as chairman, had
made him one of Moore county’s
best-known and best-loved citi
zens. First elected in 1933, he de
clined in the spring of 1958 to run
for reelection, serving until De
cember of that year.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday afternoon at the Pine
hurst Community Church, in
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Orphan Youth, 16,
Facing Trial For
Forgery of Checks
A long docket awaits Resident
Judge John D. McConnell of
Southern Pines at the term of
Moore County Superior Court, to
start Monday at Carthage, for
trial of criminal cases.
Judge McConnell will preside
in his home county during the
next six months, including next
week’s term the two civil terms
tarting September 2 and Sep
tember 9, and the November
criminal term.
Up for grand jury bills are two
forgery counts against James
Boggs, who has been in jail since
his arrest last May, when he was
only 15 years old. (He became 16
in June.) County authorities said
there was no other place to hold
the boy, an orphan, who admitted
he left the home of an uncle and
lived “in the woods,” coming out
to cash several $10 checks he
forged on Carthage merchants.
Boggs’s mother and father, Eve
lyn and Henry Boggs, were both
victims in separate murder cases
occurring in the county within
the past few years.
The only case involving a capi
tal offense is that of Johnny
Johnson, 18-year-old Hoffman
soldier, indicted by the Moore
County grand jury in April on
charges of rape and carnal know-
RECEIVE TROPHIES—Pictured at end of
the Moore County Golf Tournament, at the
Whispering Pines Country Club Sunday, are
left to right: Mike Cheek, 14-year-old medalist
and the consolation winner in the champion-
ship flight; George Hafeli runner-up for the
championship; Harry Davis, president of the
Moore County Golf Association, sponsoring or
ganization; Bill Woodward, 1963 champion; and
Avery Beck, pro at Whispering Pines.
(Humphrey photo)
MANY TROPHIES AWARDED SUNDAY
Community College Is
Authorized In County;
Bond Election Planned
Last week’s allocation of one of
the state’s proposed community
colleges to Moore County was a
subject of primary interest and
considerable discussion at Mon
day’s August meeting of the
board of county commissioners in
Carthage.
After hearing reports of county
officials in the morning session,
th ecommissioners met after
lunch with three of the five mem-
Woodward Wins Moore Golf Event
Football Practice
For Blue Knights
Starts Next Week
Bill Woodward of Robbins de
feated George Hafeli of Southern
Pines, 2 and 1, Sunday to add
another Moore County golf cham
pionship to the string of these
titles he has acquired over many
years.
The championship match, con
solation matches and others in
ledge of a minor. He was released i seven flights were played at the
under $10,000 bond and returned | Whispering Pines Country Club,
to Army service. Principal state’s north of Southern Pines. The
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Many Enter New
Kiwanis Tourney
Entries have been coming in
well for the first annual Invita
tional Golf Tournament for Ki
wanis Chqritie^ to be played at
Whispering Twines Country Club
August 17 and 18.
Only a few vacancies remain
in the field of 200 for the 36-hole
event, it was stated. A $15 entry
fee covers green fees, social
hour and dance. Applications
should be sent to P. O. Box 6152,
Raleigh.
The tournament is sponsored by
the Sir Walter Kiwanis Club of
Raleigh. Details will be given
in next week’s Pilot.
tournament has extended over
several weeks.
Consolation winner in the
championship flight was 14-year-
old Mike Cheek of Whispering
Pines who had been the tourna
ment’s medalist, with one-over-
par 73 when the event began
several weeks ago.
In ceremonies held at 6 p.m.
Sunday, preceding a picnic sup
per for contestants' and guests,
engraved silver trophies were
awarded flight winners, runners-
up and consolation winners. Tro
phy winners who were not pres
ent can pick up their awards at
the Whispering Pines pro shop.
Here are results for the other
seven flights in the tournament;
1st—B. E. Dotson, Carthage,
over Glenn Crissman, 4 and 3.
East Southern Pines High
School Coach Bill Megginson an
nounced plans for pre-school
football drills starting next week,
inviting all interested boys in
grades 9 through 12 to try out
for the squad.
Here’s the schedule for next
week:
Wednesday, August 14—Equip
ment to be given out at the field
house between 2 and 4 p.m. Phy
sical exams to be made by local
physicians at the office of Dr.
R. M. McMillan at 8 p.m.
Thursday, August 15—Practice
begins, with four sessions daily.
Backs, ends and centers will
work out from 7 to 8:30 a.m. and
again from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Line
men’s workouts will be from
8:30 to 10 a.m. and again from
5:30 to 7 p.m.
Junior high football practice
for boys in grades 7 and 8 will
begin after school starts Septem
ber 5.
A feature announced by Coach
Megginson as of interest to all
boys going out for football will
take place Monday, August 12,
at 8 p.m. in the multi-purpose
room of the high school: a film of
last fall’s East Carolina-Lenoir-
Rhyne football game. All inter
ested youngsters and adults are
invited.
First game of the ‘63 season for
the Blue Knights will be a non
conference contest with Wades-
boro here Friday night, Septem
ber 6.
Consolation winner, W. W. Wel
ker, Whispering Pines.
2nd—John Marcum, S. Pines,
over W. Lester, S. Pines, 1 up,
19th hole. Consolation winner,
Lester Bradley, Siler City.
3rd—Dexter Morse, Whispering
ing Pines, over Roland Johnson,
Robbins, 6 and 5. Consolation
winner, Marshall Ragsdale, Whis
pering Pines.
4th—Stanley Smith, S. Pines,
over George Wirtz, Carthage, 2
and 1. Consolation winner, Billy
Megginson, Whispering Pines.
5th—Percy Reeves, Whispering
Pines, over Donald Morse, Whis
pering Pines, 3 and 2. Consola
tion winner, Darrell Matthews,
Whispering Pines.
6th—E. H. Poole, Aberdeen,
over M. F. Creem, Pinehurst, 1
up. Consolation winner, W. L.
Batchelor, Aberdeen.
7th—Bobby Von Canon, West
End, over L. C. Thomas, Camer
on, 5 and 4. Consolation winner,
Ken Cox, Aberdeen.
Carolina Soap and Candle Co. Opening
Downtown Retail Store Here Monday
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
August 1
92
65
August 2
91
66
August 3
97
65
August 4
96
71
August 5
91
71
August 6
92
66
August 7
97
72
BRYAN POE
Poe Named To Fill
ABC Board Post
Bryan Poe of Southern Pines
was named Monday to fill the va
cancy, caused by the death of
J. V. Healy of Southern Pines, on
the Moore County Alcoholic Bev
erage Control Board.
The board directs operations of
the ABC sales stores in South
ern Pines and Pinehurst, as well
as the ABC law enforcement staff
headed by C. A. McCallum of
Carthage.
Mr. Poe, a Southern Pines na
tive who has been in the service
station business here for nearly
20 years, is a member of the
town’s Planning Board and a
Democratic precinct chairman.
The appointment was made by
joint action of the county com
missioners, board of education
and board of health, as required
by law, meeting at Carthage
Monday.
Other members of the board are
James W. Tufts of Pinehurst,
chairman; and C. M. Patterson of
Carthage. L. J. Hinson of Pine
hurst is supervisor for the board.
Mr. Poe was on vacation in
Florida this week and no immedi
ate date was set for his being
sworn into his new office.
Sandhills Tennis
Tournament Starts
On Local Courts
The 15th annual Sandhills In
vitational Tennis tournament for
adult players which starts to
day on the town courts, with fin
als Sunday, has shaped up as
one of the finest of the series,
with a new senior division adding
special interest.
The seniors (45 and up), will
play Saturday and Sunday at the
Pinehurst Country Club. In the
field of 11—with several mare en
tered for doubles only— Sam
Daniel of Columbia, S. C., is No.
1 seed, and Fred West of Raleigh
is No. 2
Daniel former three-time win
ner of the Sandhills trophy, is
currently No. 1 in seniors in his
home state, while West is No. 1
in North Carolina.
The men’s singles division will
be without a defender, as word
came Wednesday night from Mal
colm Clark, local champion, who
is teaching summer school in New
Jersey, that he had been unable
to get away and could not at
tend. Clark, a Sandhills “reg
ular” from the tournament’s early
days made a clean sweep in 1962,
winning the singles and sharing
trophies in doubles and mixed
doubles.
In his place, Ed Hudgins of
Greensboro is topseeded among
the 22 entries, with Buck Archer
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Carolina Soap and Candle
Company will open a retail sales
store Monday at 127 W. Pennsyl
vania Ave., Jack Hicks, presi
dent, said today. It will be known
as The Bazaar.
The location is the building
owned by Mrs. H. L. Brown and
formerly occupied by Austin
Business Machines. Carolina Soap
and Candle leased the building
several weeks ago and has had its
Auditing Department there. This
department, in charge of Mrs.
Peggy Johnson, has now moved to
the former Stevens Building on
N. W. Broad St., the south half of
which has been leased from its
present owners, Mr. and Mrs. J.
D. Hobbs. Claude Thomas of
Rockingham, company treasurer,
is located in this building.
The new retail location, which
will also feature a display of can
dle hand-dipping and a fountain
in the center of the store, is be
ing' extensively remodeled. Low
openwork brick partitions have
been built, to divide displays. The
plate glass front has been divided
by wooden strips to simulate col
onial-style windows. Eddie Cheat
ham is in charge of construction
and maintenance for the com
pany.
The company has not had a lo
cal retail outlet since its main
plant on No. 1 highway, south,
was destroyed by fire last spring.
, Now employing 125 persons,
the company has reached a new
peak of output and employment,
Mr. Hicks said. It has a nation
wide retail store and mail order
business.
Its other local locations are:
—The former Holliday Restau-
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Group Continuing
Study Of County’s
School Bond Needs
The committee named by the
county commissioners several
weeks ago to study a proposed
bond issue for construction of
new school buildings will meet
here tonight.
The committee is trying to for
mulate suggestions to be made to
the county commissioners as to
total amount of a proposed bond
issue and hw this amount would
be divided among the ccmnty’s
thre.9 school systems—^Moore
County, Southern Pines and Pine
hurst.
On the committee are: W. S.
Taylor of Aberdeen, represen
ting the county commissioners;
th.3 board of education chairmen
and superintendents of each of
the three school systems; and
H. A. Brogden of the John C.
Muse firm of Sanford, the
county’s auditors.
The chairmen and superinten-
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Registration Set
For New Students
Glenn L. Cox, principal of East
Southern Pines High School, an
nounces that the high school of
fice will be open beginning Mon
day, August 12, for registration
of new students.
Any student that has not regis
tered for the 1963-64 school year
IS asked to come by the office pri
or to the opening of school. Office
hours will be from 9 to 12 and 1
to 5.
It is important that all students
register so that schedules can be
arranged prior to the September
5 opening of school.
Nearly all students who attend
ed school here during the past
school year are already register
ed, Mr. Cox said.
bers of the county board of ed
ucation and County Schools Supt.
R. E. Lee. The education board
has served as steering committee
for the college project and form
ally presented the county’s appli
cation for a college to the State
Board of Education recently.
All the commissioners were
present: Chairman L. R. Rey
nolds, John M. Currie, Tom Mon
roe, James M. Pleasants and W. S.
Taylor. Appearing for the board
of education were Jere McKeith-
en, chairman, Mrs. John L. Frye
and W. H. Matthews. Not present
were T. Roy Phillips and Roland
H. Upchurch.
The commissioners authorized
a formal resolution, that was to
be drawn up by County Attorney
M. G. Boyette, commending the
board of education for its work
in obtaining the community col
lege for Moore County and the
progress made with the project
to date. When Mr. McKeithen
heard this, he said, “we don’t be
grudge one ounce of the energy
we have put into it.”
In another formal action, the
commissioners commended the
work in the 1963 General Assem
bly by Moore County’s two legis
lators, House Speaker H. Clifton
Blue and Sen. W. P. Saunders.
The legislators’ help with the col
lege project was recognized.
Reporting on allocation of the
college, which was formally ap
proved by the State Board of Ed
ucation in Raleigh last 'Thursday,
Mr. McKeithen told the commis
sioners that the county is now au
thorized to call for a bond elec
tion to finance construction of
the college.
Under the j.egislation authoriz
ing the community colleges, he
pointed out, a county getting a
college must construct the build
ings. The state will furnish the
buildings and the state and fees
from students will pay the oper
ating costs. Maintenance and in
surance must be continued at
county expense. Operating costs
are therefore expected to be der
ived: 65 per cent from the state,
20 per cent from students and 15
per cent from the county.
A $1 million cost has been es
timated for the college and will
probably be the amount called
for in a bond election.
However. Mr. McKeithen
pointed out these circumstances
in connection with the proposed
bond issue may lower the cost to
the county:
—No matter what the amount
of the bond issue, the county need
sell bonds only in the amount
needed to do the work.
—The General Assembly ap
proved legislation allotting up to
$500,000 in matching funds to any
county building a college, pro
vided there is a surplus permit-
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I
Pinehurst Power Cut
Now Slated August 14
An interruption in electric
power in Pinehurst which had
been scheduled for Wednesday
afternoon did not take place be
cause of the funeral for Gordon
M. Cameron.
The interruption is now sched
uled for 2 p. m., Wednesday, Au
gust 14, to last about 45 minutes.
Reason for the power cut by
Carolina Power & Light Co. is
replacement of lightning arrestors
at the West End sub-station.
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JUNIOR WINNERS—C. A. McLaughlin
(right), president of the Ssmdhills Tennis As
sociation and James W. Jenkins (left), new
superintendent of schools, presented trophies
Sunday, at conclusion of the Sandhills Junior
107 BOYS. GIRLS SET RECORD
Invitational Tennis Tournament. The girls are
Jane Davenport (left), winner, and Lynn
Chance, runner-up, in the Junior Girls division.
The boys are Clinch Belser (left), winner and
Sam Smithyman, runner-up, in Junior Boys.
(Humphrey photo)
Upsets Feature Junior Tennis
Cain Assigned To
County As Trooper
state Highway Patrolman Ger
ald Lee Cain has been assigned
to Moore County, stationed at
Carthage, according to Sgt. J. S.
Jones of Siler City. Cain replaces
Patrolman Roger Davis, who was
transferred to Wilson August 1
after serving one year in Moore.
The new patrolman, who had
his 21st birthday July 29, has
completed his 14 weeks’ course
at Patrol School at the Institute
of Government, Chapel Hill. The
Moore County position is his first
with the Patrol and for several
weeks he will be riding with the
older troopers, gaining experi
ence and learning the county.
A native of Bladen County, he
is married and the father of a
three-weeks-old son. His family
will move to Carthage as soon as
he finds a home.
Teen-agers swarmed into town
last week—107 entries in the
Junior Sandhills Invitational ten
nis tournament, an unprecedent
ed number in the 15-year history
of the event.
Lights were on each evening
at the town courts, in order to
complete the big schedule of sin
gles and doubles in the junior
boys’, boys’, junior girls’ and
girls’ divisions.
i A light shower Wednesday eve
ning only benefited the courts
and from then on, it was perfect
tennis weather, fair and hot. A
number of parents attended with
their children, and others came
for the weekend matches.
Seeded players fell like nine
pins. In the all-South Carolina
junior boys’ finals. Clinch Bel
ser, unseeded, of Columbia, beat
third-seeded Sam Smithyman of
Greenville, 7-5,7-5. This was Bel-
ser’s year. While he was ranked
No. 3 in his home state last year,
to Smithyman’s No. 1, he had al
ready this summer won the South
Carolina High School and Jaycee
singles trophies.
In boys’ singles, Johnny Zam-
belli of Goldsboro, No. 2 seed,
beat Allen Lassiter of Winston-
Salem 3-6, 6-4, 8-6.
Redheaded Jane Davenport of
Gre.ensboro, returning for her
fourth year in girls’ and junior
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Mrs. McColl's Condition
Reported 'Comfortable'
Mrs. Katherine McColl of
Southern Pines remains at her
second home, 1001 West Main St.,
Bennettsville, S. C., where she is
receiving medical care. Although
weak at times, she continues to
enjoy her family, friends, mail
and newspapers. Her condition is
comfortable, reports her daugh
ter, Mrs. George Kerr, of Ben
nettsville.