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VOL.—43 No. 42
EIGHTEEN PAGES
SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1963
EIGHTEEN PAGES
PRICE: 10 CENTS
Local Man, Vass
Resident Die In
Hoke Co. Wreck
Two Moore County men were
killed Tuesday night in an acci
dent in Hoke County seven miles
south of Raeford, when their car
crashed head-on into a ditch
bank at the intersection of two
rural paved roads.
Carl Cox Sarvis, 40, of South
ern Pines and James Franklin
Kimball, Jr., 29, of Vass, were
instantly killed when the 1956
model car went throught a stop
sign at an estimated 60 mph and
crashed into the bank, according
to the report made by Trooper
J. E. Dupree of Raeford.
Sarvis, of 130 E. Indiana Ave.,
was a native of Tabor City where
funeral services were held for
him this afternoon, conducted by
the Rev. James H. Johnson in
the Tabor City Baptist Church,
with burial in Forest Lawn
Cemetery there.
A plumber, Sarvis worked
largely out of this area, returning
here for weekends.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Ada Cooper Sarvis; one son, Carl
Sarvis Jr. of the home; one sister,
Mrs. Frances Sugg of Ayden;
three brothers, Vernon of Long
Beach, Calif., S. G. Sarvis Jr. of
Winston-Salem and Bruce Sarvis
of Tabor City; his mother, Mrs.
S. G. Sarvis of Tabor City and
one stepdaughter, Mrs. Cynthia
Fowler Williams of Charlotte.
Also held this afternoon, at the
Vass Methodist Church, were
services for Kimball, with the
Rev. David Moe officiating. Buri
al was in Johnson Grove Ceme
tery.
He is survived by his wife, the
former Bulah Hailey; two sons,
Jerry and Rodger, both of the
home; one daughter by a previous
marriage, Debby Kimball of
Jonesboro Heights; his mother,
Mrs. Margaret Kimball of Vass;
three sisters, Mrs. Alzada Mc
Creary and Mrs. Rebecca Wright,
both of Southern Pines, Mrs.
Peggy Prince of Grafton, Va.; and
two brothers, William Kimball
of Vass, Henry Kimball of Siler
City.
Harold F. Fore
Killed In Auto
Crash Saturday
Harold Fields Fore, 22, of Cam
eron, Route 1, was instantly kill
ed when thrown from an over
turning car early Saturday
morning on US Highway 1, about
two miles south of Cameron. This
was Moore county’s only fatal ac
cident of the Labor Day week
end.
Ronnie Mack Maples, 18, also of
Cameron, Route 1, driver of the
car, was taken to St. Joseph’s
Hospital with injuries reported
not serious.
Patrolman F. R. Wicker attrib
uted the accident to high speed.
He said the 1955 Chevrolet two-
door sedan, southbound at 1:30
a. m., was out of control for some
700 feet, about 350 feet on the
right-hand shodlder, then cross
ing to the left side, where it
rolled and somersaulted several
times across a pasture lo!.
Maples was able to get out of
the wrecked car and hitch-hike
to Vass, where he summoned
help.
Coroner W. K. Carpenter, rul-
' ing Fore’s death due to the acci-
dent, ordered Maples held for
grand jury action for manslaugh
ter. He has been charged with
excessive speed resulting in
death, with preliminary hearing
set for September 16 in Moore
recorders court.
Funeral services for Fore were
held Monday afternoon in the
Cameron Presbyterian Church,
conducted by the pastor, the Rev.
H. L. Wilson, assisted by the
Rev. A. C. ITivette of Laurel
Hill, former pastor. Burial was in
St. Andrews Cemetery.
Surviving are the parents, Mr.
and Mrs. C. H. Fore of Cameron,
Route 1; four brothers, Curtis, of
New York City; Glenn, of Ashe-
boro; Ervin, of Sanford, and
Clifton, of Carthage; and three
sisters, Mrs. Margaret Diffee of
Brunswick, Ga., Mrs. Mildred
Needham of Asheboro and Mrs.
Jean Kiser of Lakeview.
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MODEL T^— J. T. (Red) Overton of Southern
Pines is pictured with the 1922 Ford Model T
roadster he’ll display in a weekend gathering
of the N. C. Horseless Carriage Club here. He
and T. Roy Phillips of Carthage are the only
Moore County members of the club. This photo
was made when the club visited here in July,
1955. Mr. Overton, like all club drivers and
passengers, is dressed in a costume contem
poraneous with the model year of his car.
Judge Alfred Moore Grave Marker To
Be Presented By County Residents
A new marble marker at the
grave of Judge Alfred Moore at
Brunswick Town Historic Site
near Wilmington will be for
mally presented Sunday by a del
egation of Moore County people.
Father Harper Is
New Priest In St.
Anthony’s Parish
The Rev. John J. Harper came
to Southern Pin-ss last weekend
as new priest of St. Anthony’s
Catholic parish, moving into t’ne
rectory and saying his first mass
es at the church September 1.
He succeeds Father Francis M.
Smith, pastor for five and a half
years until August 1. An interim
pastor served during the montn
of August.
Father Harper, a native of
Syracuse, N. Y., graduated from
Mount St. Mary’s college and
.seminary at Emmitsburg, Md.,
where he was a fellow student of
Father Smith.
Assigned immediately to the
Diocese of Raleigh, he served as
assistant pastor at churches at
Whi*.3ville, Greensboro and Jack
sonville, then as pastor for five
years at Immaculate Conception
Church, Clinton; for four years
at St; Joseph’s Church, Kannapo
lis, and for the past three years
on a special mission work assign
ment out of Sacred Heart Cathe
dral at Raleigh.
In the summer of 1949 he spent
several weeks with Father Clar
ence Hill on the Apostolate Mis
sion trailer, which was stationed
for a time at Carthage and at
Pinebluff. This was his only visit
to Moore County before his ar
rival as parish priest.
LEADERS ASKED TO
BACK BLOOD EFFORT
J. R. Hauser of Southern
Pines, chairman ctf Moore
County's Red Cross blood
program that supplies blood
to both hospitals in the coun
ty, said this week that he is
sending out some 200 letters
to public officials, business
and civic leaders and other
groups, inviting them to at
tend a meeting "to determine
whether or not the program
should continue," at 8 p. m.,
Thursday, September 19, in
the high school cafeteria at
Carthage.
For the year ending June
30, Moore County residents
used 1,397 pints of blood—
518 more pints than were col
lected in that year from do
nors in this county diuring
periodic visits of a bloodmo-
bile ifrom the Charlotte Red
Cross center.
Unless there is a strong
response in support of the
blood program, Moore Coun
ty will lose it, Mr. Hauser
said.
Moore County was named for
Judge Moore (1755-1810) who
served as captain in the American
Revolution and later as attorney
general of North Carolina, judge
of the Superior Court and a Jus
tice of the Supreme Court of the
United Staies.
'The new grave slab, replacing
one that had been defaced by
vandals and exposure, was pur
chased-by the Moore County Bar
Association, cooperating in the
project with th« Alfred Moore
Chapter, Daughters of the Amer
ican Revolution, an organization
active in this county.
Going to Brunswick Town,
now a State Historic Site, on
Sunday will be J. Talbot Johnson
of Aberdeen, chairman of the
proyact for the county bar asso
ciation, and Mrs. Johnson; W. La-
mont Brown of Southern Pines,
immediate past president of the
bar association, who will make
the presentation address, and Mrs.
Brown; Mrs. M. G. Boyette of
Carthage, representing the DAR;
and Vance A. Derby, Southern
Pines, of the bar association.
The marble slab marker, meas
uring six feet by three feet in
size, lies flat over the gra/e. It
has been in place for some time,
but not formally presented or
dedicated.
The tomb marker presentation
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Old Autos Will
Parade Saturday
Over 100 members of the North
Carolina Horseless Carriage
Club, with about 50 antique auto
mobiles, are expected to spend
the weekend here.
They plan to stage a parade
through the business section be
tween 3 and 4 p. m. Saturday to
let the public see the vehicles—
up to nearly 60 years old—and
the period costumes of their driv
ers and passengers.
Hie, club will . be. headquarter
ed at Holiday Inn, coming in Fri
day from around the state, driv
ing the ancient vehicles they
have restored as nearly as pos
sible to their condition and ap
pearance when new. A 1904 Peu
geot and a 1904 one-cylinder Reo
are among the oldest cars expect
ed.
There will be Saturday and
Sunday luncheon sessions and a
awarding of prizes for various
vehicles and costumes, all at the
Byron Nelson’s Restaurant in
Holiday Inn.
CORRECTION
In a portion of the papers in
today’s press run, the continua
tion of the C. S. Patch - train
watching story, on page 14. con
tains a typographical error that
was corrected before the run was
completed. The uncorrected line
said that Mr. Patch’s train-watch
ing career began “June 1, I960.’’
It should read; June 1, 1900.
Mrs. J. C. Grier, Jr.
Heads Girl Scout
Program In Moore
At an organizational meeting
called by Mrs. Margaret Fields,
director of field services for the
new Pines of Carolina Girl Scout
Council, Inc., Mrs. John C. Grier,
Jr., of Pinehurst was selected
chairman of Girl Scouts in Moore
County. The meeting was held
here Wednesday of last week.
According to the plan of or
ganization of the new 19-county
Pines of Carolina Council, each
town will select its own troop or
ganizer to serve with the Moore
County chairman. The duty of
each troop organizer is to revital
ize, recruit, and further troop ac
tivity within her own town, ex
plains Mrs. A. N. Dercuin of
Pinehurst, field coordinator for
the new council.
The present service teams will
be contacted by Mrs. Grier in
order to put into effect working
plans of the new program. It is
necessary that they be selected
immediately to work out plans
with Mrs. Grier who will repre
sent Moore Neighborhood at the
October Council Meeting, it was
stated.
A definite date for the Septem
ber Monthly Neighborhood As
sociation meeting will be set as
soon as the selection of troop or-
agnizers is completed.
Handbook Available
For Moore County’s con
venience tba Girl Scout Book
mobile will be at town hall in
Southern Pines on Friday, Sep
tember 13, from 3 to 5 p. m. New
handbooks will be available for
the girls then at the usual price
of one dollar and leaders’ note
books for two dollars. New books
are necessary for both Girl
Scouts and leaders, Mrs. Derouin
said.
Mrs. Grier urges each leader
to #art her troop meeting now
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TOBACCO MARKETS
TO OPEN MONDAY
Tobacco markets at Aber
deen and Carthage are sche-
duledi lo start sales Monday.
September 9, with full slates
of buyers expected, following
a delay in opening all Middle
Belt markets, from September
3.
With a generally excellent
crop produced in this area
this year, farmers and ware
housemen are optimistic about
sales on the Moore County
markets, despite the down
turn in leaf prices over the
South earlier in the selling
season.
Three warehouses will be
operating at Aberdeen—Har
dee's, New Aberdeen and
Planters—and two at Carth
age—McConnell and Victory.
NOW GRANDSONS JOIN C. S. PATCH IN HOBBY
He’s Been Watching Trains For 63 Years
Charles S. Patch, lifelong prom
inent resident of this community,
is not only very likely the na
tion’s foremost train-watcher, but
he is bringing up his grandchild
ren to be train-watchers too.
The smiling gentleman with
his cane, frequently accompanied
by one, two and sometimes three
small boys, is as familiar a sight
at the local Seaboard passenger
station as the mail trucks or sig
nal lights.
Sometimes he awaits the
the train in leisurely fashion, sit
ting on the bench, with several
cronies who sit with him there.
Sometimes he peers down the
track as if awaiting an important
date—which he is; for he’s had
a romance going with the Sea
board Air Line for 63 years.
To be sure, he’s done many
other things in his life. For many
years he ran Patch’s Department
Store, family-owned business
founded by his father, the late
C. T. Patch. Charles Patch re
tired two years ago, at which
time the store building was sold,
but he continues to own and op
erate the Tog Shop, men’s apparel
store which he founded in 1922.
He served 20 years on the town
board, served as vestryman and
taught Sunday School at Emman
uel Episcopal Church, and did
all the things one expects of a
leading citizen in his native com
munity, though a stroke suffered
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TRAIN-WATCHERS— From left, Charles S. Patch with grand
sons Cephas, Michael and Richard Kobleur at the Seaboard
Railroad Station. (Photo by V. Nicholson)
County Commissioners
Clear W ay For College,
School Bond Flections
The Moore County commission
ers, in regular session at Carth
age Tuesday, formally approved
petitions for a $4 million bond
issue for a community college
and public schools, adopting a
resolution to that effect. 'They
Opening Day
School Count
Rises By 89
A total of 1,685 pupils register
ed this morning in the Southern
Pines school system, 89 more
than the 1,596 registering on the
first day one year ago, Supt. J.
W. Jenkins reported at noon to
day.
More students are expected to
register in the next week or two,
he said.
All the town’s school units
showed increases, as follows:
East Southern Pines
Elementary— From 735 to 754.
High School— From 274 to 312.
West Southern Pines
Elementary— From 446 to 477.
High School— From 141 to 142.
Catholic School
Has 120 Pupils,
One New Teacher
St. Anthony’s Catholic school,
opening Tuesday, during its first
three days reached an enrollment
of 120, largest opening-week en
rollment in its history. Twenty
to 30 more children are expected
to enroll within the next few
weeks, according to Sister Cath
erine Leonard, principal.
Tbs school is operated by the
Notre Dame Order, serving St.
Anthony’s parish of Southern
Pines and Sacred Heart parish of
Pinehurst. Enrollment is not,
however, restricted to Catholic
children.
Three of the former faculty
members have returned, inclu
ding Sister Catherine Leonard,
who in addition to serving as
principal teaches the third .and
fourth grades, also music in all
grades. Sister Helen Philip is
again teaching the fifth and sixth
grades, and Sister Barbara Ann
the seventh and eighth, also
French in all grades. New this
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also approved a bond Order sub
ject to a vote of the people.
Their action started the coun
ty on a series of legal steps in a
major educational venture.
These steps, outlined by New
York bond attorneys who have
approved the project, will cul
minate in a bond election Tues
day, October 29.
Accepted were three separate
petitions, one from the Moore
County school system for $1 mil
lion for construction of a commu
nity college plant and $2,195,700
for school construction; one from
the Southern Pines administra
tive unit, for $554,700; and one
from the Pinehurst administra
tive unit for $249,600. Both the
latter amounts are for school
construction projects over a peri
od of years to come.
The total of $4 million had
been agreed on by the three units,
with division of the schools’
share made on a per capita basis.
Officials Pieseni
M. G. Boyette, of Carthage,
county attorney, was present
with the commissioners and had
the bond order ready. Present
for the Moore County schools
were Jere McKeithen, board of
education chairman, Mrs. John L.
Frye of the board and Supt. Rob
ert E. Lee; for the Southern
Pines schools. Board Chairman
N. L. Hodgkins and Supt. J. W.
Jenkins, new this year and mak
ing his first visit to the county
commissioners; and for the Pine
hurst Schools, Supt. Lewis Can
non.
W. D. Sabiston, county schools’
attorney, who had drawn up the
formal petition^ which was then
put in requirea form by the New
York bond attorneys, also attend
ed the meeting.
Next steps are the advertising
of the bond order, with notice of
public hearing to be held in Car
thage September 16 at 2 p. m.,
when anyone may appear to
speak for or against the issue;
application to the Local Govern-
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Aberdeen Leads
Schools’ Growth
Moore County schools’ enroll
ment on Thursday of last week,
the first full day of classes, was
6,589 and is expected to increase
by several hundred during the
next 10 days to two weeks, ac
cording to Supt. Robert E. Lee.
Average daily attendance during
the past school year was close to
7,000.
A staff of approximately 280
teachers is in the classrooms.
The totals show Robbins with
986 to have the largest popula
tion among the county districts,
150 more than Aberdeen with 836,
the second largest. However,
Aberdeen shows the greatest
growth, with enrollment up 135
over last year.
All schools in Moore except
those at Southern Pines and
Pinehurst are in the county sys- j
tern.
Blue Knights To
Open Season With
Wadesboro Here
By STEVE HASSENFELT
The Southern Pines Blue
Knights open their season against
Wadesboro, a Class HI-A team,
Friday night, September 6, on
Memorial Field at 8 p. m.
Wadesboro is the only non
conference opponent in the 10-
game schedule.
After three weeks of hard-hit
ting practice under direction of
Coach Megginson, assisted by
Coach Kruger and Lou Manning,
the team is in top physical con
dition and ready to go. The final
practice session will take place
tonight (Thursday) under lights.
The Blue Knights are running
an I-formation, with an unbal
anced line to the right, this year.
Coach Megginson has plenty of
fast, experienced backs and plans
to use speed and deception in his
offense.
He is going to use both an of
fensive and defensive team. The
offensive line is light and fast,
while the defensive line is heav
ier and should be tough to han-
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New Hours Announced
By License Examiner
W. C. Poe, State driver’s li
cense examiner for this area, has
announced new hours—8:30 a. m.
to 5:30 p. m., with a noon to 1
p. m. lunch hour—at the three
locations he visits: Aberdeen
(lire station) on Monday and
Tuesday; Southern Pines (Infor
mation Center building) on Wed
nesday and Thursday; and Pine
hurst (fire station) on Friday.
FIRST PTA MEETING
Mrs. J. S. Hiatt, Jr., president
of the East Southern Pines Par
ent-Teacher Association, said to
day that the first meeting of the
group will be Monday, Septem
ber 16, rather than the usual
“second Monday” meeting date.
Details will be announced next
week.
OVER 300 ATTEND
Over 300 persons attended the
football season kickoff barbecue
supper staged by the Blue
Knights Booster Club at the
Southern Pines Country Club
last night. Booster officials today
thanked all who attended or help
ed in any way and pronounced
the occasion an outstanding
success.
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 29 88 62
August 30 88 69
August 31 88 64
September 1 84 64
September 2 84 61
September 3 87 61
September 4 84 67