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VOL.—43 No. 40
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SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 1963
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GOOD NEIGHBOR COUNCIL REPORTS:
Majority Of Business Places Here
Willing To Serve, Regardless Of Race
A majority of public accomoda
tions in Southern Pines—restau
rants, motels, drug stores and
other facilities—are willing to
serve the general public, regard
less of race. Dr. Julian Lake,
chairman of the town’s bi-racial
Good Neighbor Council, reported
after Monday night’s regular
monthly meeting of the group.
Nine of the council’s 10 mem
bers were present for the dinner
Council To Hear
Revised Bids On
Library Projects
At a special meeting set for
4 p.m. Friday, the town council
will review revised bids on an
addition and remodeling at the
Southern Pines Libarary.
At a recent bid opening, bids
were found to run considerably
beyond the $25,000 in bond issue
funds available for the work.
Town Manager F. F. Rainey
said today that E. J. Austin,
architect for the project, has con
ferred with bidders and that
amounts have been brought down
to a level at which contracts can
probably be let.
Also coming up at the special
session will be zoning matters, in
cluding a public hearing on a
recommendation of the Planning
Board that an area on Clark St.
(the street running parallel with
the Seaboard Railroad north from
the end of N. W. Broad St.) be
zoned as Business II, permitting
a proposed construction business
warehouse there. The property is
owned by Dr. L. M. Daniels.
500 Loss Set
In Robbery At
Local Elks Club
A robbery at the Elks Club in
the Southern Pines Country Club
building early Saturday morning
resulted in loss of about $1,500 in
cash. Chief Deputy Sheriff H. H.
Grimm said this week. The sher
iff’s department is being assist
ed by the State Bureau of Inves
tigation.
Mayor W. Morris Johnson, Elks
Club manager, said the amount,
including Friday night receipts
and petty cash on hand, could not
be immediately determined.
Entry was gained through
breaking a front window of the
lobby, then through two heavy,
locked doors, leading first into
the Elks Club, then into the game
room, apparently with a crowbar.
In the game room a series of
built-in cabinets were broken
open, one of them yielding the
money box. The amount taken
consisted mostly of bills, with $40
or $50 in silver, also several hun
dred pennies from a cash register
Except for two boxes of cigars,
nothing else was missing.
Johnson said the money had
been placed in the box, which
was put into the locked cabinet,
pending a bank deposit to be
made Saturday.
Working in the investigation
are Deputies Grimm and J. A.
Lawrence, and SBI Agent Gary
Griffith, assisted by local police.
meeting Monday. Dr. Lake re
turned from his vacation to at
tend.
'The council was appointed two
months ago to promote inter
racial harmony by opening chan
nels of communication and work
ing to eliminate greievances voic
ed by Negroes in local race re
lations .
As evidence of other progress.
Dr. Lake said reports at the meet
ing showed that all industries
within the city limits have been
visited by a representative of the
council and that all are accepting
job appilcations and are employ
ing qualified personnel, without
regard to race. Downtown busi
ness establishments are also co
operating in the field of extending
job opportunities for qualified
Negroes, he noted.
Officers of the council, in addi
tion to Dr. Lake, are the Rev.
J. W. Peek, vice chairman and
Mrs. Iris Moore, secretary. Dr.
Lake, the Rev. Mr. Peek, Mrs.
Moore and Mrs. Voit Gilmore
serve as an executive committee.
Other members of the council,
with the fields of race relations
in which they are concentrating
their work, who attended Mon
day’s meeting and made reports,
are: Robert M. Cushman, job op
portunities; J. D. Hobbs, public
accomodations; Harry Chatfield,
health; Cicero Carpenter, Jr.,
education: Edward Stubbs, crime;
and Mrs. Voit Gilmore, recreation.
Not present was the 10th member,
Mrs. Sally Lawhorn, publicity
chairman, who is out of town.
Atiempied Break-in
Was Unsuccessful
An unsuccessful attempt to en
ter the Style Mart men’s wear
store, corner of Pennsylvania
Ave. and S. W. Broad St., was,
made early this morning. Police
Chief Earl Seawell said today.
At 2:20 a. m., the chief said.
Officers A. F. Smith and Jack
Sandlin discovered that the glass
in one side of the store’s front
door had been broken. Apparent
ly because the door has a dou’ole
lock, no entry was actually made,
it was determined by the store’s
proprietor, C. A. McLaughlin, and
Chief Seawell who were summon
ed by the officers.
Local Schools To Open
Sept. 5; Faculty Named
SOFTBALL TROPHIES— End of a successful
first season for the Church Slow Pitch Softball
League was marked by awarding of trophies at
Memorial Field last Wednesday night, after the
Methodist team, already winner of the regular
season championship, clinched the tournament
title by defeating the Lutherans, 5-4. A detailed
report appeared last week. Left to right: Bill
Megginson, coach and player, Methodists; the
Rev. A. L. Thompson, pastor of Southern Pines
Methodist Church; Mayor W. Morris Johnson
who awarded trophies; Pastor Jack Deal of Our
Saviour Lutheran Church, also on active player;
and Jack L. Hobbs, coach and player for the
Lutherans. Teams representing seven local
churches took part in league competition, spon
sored by the town’s summer recreation program.
Picture of winning squad appears on page 10.
(Humphrey photo)
Autopsy Ordered
In Drowning Of
Miss Tliomasson
Miss Lula Gertrude Thomasson,
57, who made her home with a
brother on Cameron, Route 1,
near the Cameron school, drown
ed Monday morning in a farm
pond on their home place.
Her shoes, glasses, dentures and
sweater were found neatly laid
out on the bank of the pond
where she was found floating,
face down, in water only four
feet deep.
Moore County Coroner W. K.
Carpenter of Pinebluff pronoun
ced the death due to drowning,
but declined to make a ruling in
th.2 case pending a thorough in
vestigation. Assisted by Deputy
Sheriff R. A. Edwards, he spent
most of the next two days talking
with the brother, other members
of the family and neighbors, and
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BOTH ON PINEHURST'S NO. 2 COURSE
CGA Weekend Tourney Draws Stars;
USCA Qualifying Scheduled Tuesday
Slate Alumni To Hear
Carroll Wed., Aug. 28
North Carolina State alumni of
Moore County will gather at the
Whispering Pines Restaurant
on No. 1 highway, north, Wednes
day, August 28, at 7 p. m. for
their annual Wolf Pack dinner
meeting.
Wallace Carroll of the college
will be the speaker. All N. C.
State alumni in this area are in
vited.
The coming week will see some
outstanding golf over the No. 2
course at Pinehurst, as two lead
ing events of the North Carolina
golfing year are run off there.
Starting with practice rounds
yesterday and today, a field of
160 Tar Heel golfers will tee off
tomorrow (Friday) in the 3rd An
nual North Carolina Amateur
Site For Proposed
New Mental Clinic
Being Discussed
Meeting Monday afternoon, the
board of directors of the Moore
County Mental Health Clinic dis
cussed plans for a proposed new
clinic building, but reached no
conclusion on a site for the new
structure. Dr. Charles Phillips,
board chairman, said after the
meeting.
Since opening two months ago,
the clinic has been located in the
Matheson Memorial Center which
occupies a portion of the former
Pine Needles clubhouse building
near St. Joseph of the Pines Hos
pital. The center, which is hos
pital property, was made avail
able to the clinic free of charge
by Mrs. Leon Baker, director of
the center which conducts a pro
gram of therapy and recreation
for retarded children and other
handicapped persons.
The clinic board has been con
sidering a plan to move from the
center to a building that would
be constructed with state and
federal funds, without charge to
the county, if land is donated to
the county for that purpose. The
center is less suitable for clinic
purposes than a building designed
for that purpose would be, the
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AT WHISPERING PINES— Lester Kelly of Greensboro
(right), winner of the first Kiwanis Charities golf tournament at
Whispering Pines, shakes hands with the runner-up Clarence
Alexander of Raleigh. (Humphrey photo)
Lester Kelly Wins Kiwanis Golf
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.
Miuc.
Min.
August 15
85
58
August 16
86
58
August 17
91
57
August 18
96
64
August 19
94
65
August 20
90
64
August 21
90
65
Lester Kelly of Greensboro
knocked in a 20-foot putt to win
the first Whispering Pines Invita
tional Golf Tournament for Ki
wanis Charities in a sudden-death
playoff with Raleigh’s Clarence
Alexander, at the Whispering
Pines Country Club Sunday.
First round leader Ken Cooper
of Raleigh skidded to a 78 after
a fine 67 Saturday. He finished
fourth. Third was D. M. Keith of
Durham. Reid Towler of Raleigh
was fifth, and Larry Parker of
Charlotte sixth.
Kelly started Sunday three
shots behind. Alexander was five.
Kelly shot a par 72, and Alexan
der a 70 to tje at 142. On the
first hole of the playoff Kelly
sank his putt and Alexander miss
ed.
'The 36-hole event, played in 10
flights with a field of 200, was
sponsored by the Sir Walter Ki
wanis Club of Raleigh.
A party and dance were held
Saturday night at the new Whis
pering Pines Restaurant on No. 1
highway, north.
Trophies and golf merchandise
were presented to winners.
Carl Hash, Local
Resident Missing
3 Weeks, Sought
A photograph of Carl Hash,
local man whose whereabouts has
been unknown to his family and
friends since July 29, has been
sent to the State Law Enforce
ment Officers Bulletin for publi
cation next week. Police Chief
Earl S. Seawell said yesterday.
Hash, a carpenter employed by
Leland M. Daniels, Jr., local con
tractor, before his disappearance,
went to work on July 29 but did
not return home and has not been
seen here since, Chief Seawell
said. His wife and three children
are continuing to live at 720 S.
E. Broad St.
Chief Seawell said Hash’s un
explained absence from home
was put on the State Highway
Patrol radio soon after it was re
ported and that other leads have
been followed in attempting to
locate the missing man.
There is no reason to suspect
foul play, from the information
he has received, the chief said.
Championship of the Carolina
Golf Association, to wind up
Sunday. Starting times and pair
ings were posted at the Pinehurst
Country Club today.
On Tuesday of next week, 66
golfers from North Carolina and
South Carolina and a few other
states will complete for 8 places
in the 63rd Amateur Champion
ship of the United States Golf
Association, to be played Septem
ber 9-14 at the Wakonda Club,
Des Moines, la.
More than a dozen Sandhills
players are entered in the Car
olina Golf Association event. They
are Joe Carter, Tip Eddy, John
Marcum, Eddie McKenzie, O. T.
Parks, Jr., O. T. Parks III and
Paul Williamson, all of Southern
Pines; Mike Cheek (14-year-old
medalist and consolation winner
in the recent Moore County Golf
Tournament), Donald Morse and
Robert Morse, all of Whispering
Pines; and Raymond E. North,
Clifford F. Smith and Peter V.
Tufts, all of Pinehurst.
Clyde Mangum, Jr., of South
ern Pines, who as executive sec
retary of the Carolina Golf As
sociation, is a key figure in stag
ing the week-end tourney, will
be this area’s only entry in next
Tuesday’s qualifying for the
National Amateur.
Billy Joe Patton of Morganton,
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Teachers in th« Southern Pines
City Schools will report for
meetings on September 3 and 4
at 9 a. m., Supt. James W. Jen
kins announced today.
Students will report on Sep
tember 5, Thursday, at 8:30 a. m.
to be assigned to rooms and class
es, secure textbooks and review
schedules. Assignments of lessons
will be made. School will be dis
missed at 12:30 p. ,m. Busses will
County System’s
Pupils To Begin
Term Wednesday
Next week will see the opening
of all schools of the Moore County
system, with some 9,000 pupils at
tending school for a half-day
Wednesday, and classes in full
time operation Thursday and Fri
day.
Administrators started their
new year last Thursday and held
their conference at Carthage
Tuesday of this week.
Teachers will report for work
Monday, and will put in the two
days before the pupils arrive in
meetings and preparation for the
fall term.
On Wednesday, designated Pu
pil Orientation Day, school buses
will run their regular routes and
the morning will be spent by stu
dents in getting acquainted with
their new teachers and class
rooms, distribution of books and
the issuing of the first lesson as
signments. The session will end
about noon.
On Thursday, the first full day
of school, the cafeterias will be
open.
The maintenance staffs are al
ready at Work,'having Started last
Thursday on their job of getting
the schools ready for the opening.
The first holiday will be ob-
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WELCOME RAIN!
Heavy rains early Tues
day afternoon and late Wed
nesday afternoon ended a
drought of ne»ly a month in
the Sandhills, providingi a
welcome soaking for Rome
gardens and farm crops.
A severe electrical storm
accompanied the Tuesday
rainfall.
Precipitation measured 1.38
inches on Tuesday andl 2.10
inches on Wednesday, accord
ing to records of the U. S.
Weather Bureau observcdion
station at the WEEB radio
studios on Midland Road.
Fall Classes To
Begin Sept. 3 At
Education Center
Registration for Fall classes at
Lee County Industrial Education
Center will be held on August
29 and 30 with a full schedule of
classes beginning on September
3, it was announced today by W.
A. Martin, director.
Students will be offered train
ing in Machine Shop, Automotive
Mechanics, Air-Conditioning and
Refrigeration, Welding, Drafting,
Electronics 'Technology, Agricul
tural Business, Mechanical Draft
ing and Design.
Training for the trade courses
will be completed in one year,
while that for technical courses
will require 18 months.
Students in the Trade curri
culum as well as those in the
Technical courses will have some
mathematics and physics. It will
also be possible for special stu
dents to take a single subject, if
this is required for a particular
need, Mr. Martin said.
The school day will be from 8
a. m. to 1:30 p. m., five days a
week. Information may be secur
ed by writing to the Director, Lee
County Industrial Education Cen
ter, Route 2, Box 27, Sanford, or
by calling Sanford 775-4249.
operate.
Friday, September 6, will be
the first full day of school with
the cafeterias beginning opera
tion. For the first two weeks, first
graders will be dismissed at noon
each day. Children entering first
grade must he six years of age
on or before October 16, Mr. Jen
kins pointed out.
State law requires that all chil
dren shall have been immunized
against diphtheria, tetanus and
whooping cough and vaccinated
against smallpox prior to enterig
school. Also it is required that
all children shall be immunized
against poliomyelitis between the
ages of two months and six years,
and on entering school shall show
evidence of having been vac
cinated by presenting a certificate
from the vaccinating physician
or other authorized person.
The textbook rental fee for
high school students has been re
duced from $6 to $5 for the 1963-
64 term.
Mr. Jenkins announced the
complete faculty of the East
Southern Pines schools as fol
lows, noting that the West South
ern Pines faculty members would
be announced next week.
Elementary and Junior High
Elementary and Junior High
Principal, J. D. Moore.
Supervisor, Miss Violet Lester.
First Grades—^Mrs. Jean Wal
lace, Miss Mary Jane Prillaman,
Mrs. Betty Foushee, Mrs. Alice
Caddell.
Second (Qirades—MrA Diana
Megginson, Mrs. Jean Bennettt,
Mrs. Jean Robbins, Mrs. Carolyn
McGoogan.
Third Grades—Mrs. Edla Wick
er, Miss Peggy J. Blue, Mrs. Mar-
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Season Tickets
To Be Available
Season tickets for the Southern
Pines High School “Blue Knights”
football games will be available
this year for the first time. The
tickets will sell for $3.75 for
adults and $1.25 for students for
the five home games.
Prices at the gate for individ
ual games will be $1 for adults
and 50 cents for students.
Tickets will be on sale begin
ning Monday, at Hobbs Insur
ance Agency on N. W. Broad St.,
and at the high school..
The local team will play five
home games: September 6,
Wadesboro; September 13, Lau
rel Hill; September 27, St. Pauls;
October 18, Rowland; November
1, Robbins. The full schedule ap
pears elsewhere in today’s Pilot,
Brown Among Officials
Planning Visit Europe
W. Lamont Brown, town attor
ney for the Town of Southern
Pines, was listed this week as one
of 34 North Carolina state, coun
ty and municipal officials who
will visit six Western and Central
European countries on a trip
starting September 20 and end
ing October 10.
The tour, part of the People-
to-People Good Will Travel Pro
gram, will include Moscow, War
saw and Budapest, as well as
cities in England, Belgium and
West Germany. The group will
confer with public officials in the
various places visited. 'Th-e trav
elers will pay their own expenses.
Home Offered To Orpha n Makes Probation Possible
A Moore County couple’s offer
to take orphaned, 16-year-old
James Boggs into their home, to
work at their store and service
station and continue in school,
has made probation possible for
the youth who pleaded guilty to
forgery, in Moore County Superior
Court last week.
Suggested by Solicitor M. G.
Boyette and allowed by Judge
John D. McConnell who heard the
case, the probation extends for
five years, the judge suspending
a sentence to two years in prison,
on condition of the boy’s good
behavior and restitution to Car
thage merchants of the money he
got by forging six $10 checks in
May.
The arrangement was worked
out by Probation Officer Cecil
Shoaf to whom the couple—who
had known Boggs as a child and
had been in court when his case
was heard—made the offer. The
probation officer had previously
searched unsuccessfully for sever
al days, aided by businessmen and
two ministers, to find such a home
for the boy who had already spent
several years in a state training
school and whose mother and
father had each been murdered
within the past few years.
Leaving the home of an uncle
last spring, he had bought an old
car with $10 he had saved and
lived in it in the woods near
Carthage, while continuing to at
tend school. He told arresting of
ficers that he forged the checks
to buy food. He was then 15.
Boggs remained in jail at Car
thage from May until his case
came up in court last week, be
cause no place else could be found
for him to stay. The state training
school had refused to admit him
again, because of his previous re
cord there.
Officers, judges, court officials,
welfare personnel and all who
have had contact with the case
have been struck by the tragic
circumstances of the boy’s life,
but were unable heretofore to
work out any lasting solution.
Unless the couple had made their
offer of a home, he would have
had to go to prison.
“I believe there is a good ma
terial in the boy,” Probation Of
ficer Shoaf said this week, “and
that he will make a good citizen
if he has a chance. I believe he
is going to do his best.”
James is one of four children
in the ill-fated family. An older
brother is in the Air Force over
seas. Two younger sisters were
placed in Welfare Department
foster homes several years ago.