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& :r- MAKE SURE YOU'RE REGISTERED—VOTE IN BOND ELECTION MAKE SURE YOU'RE REGISTERED—VOTE IN BOND ELECTION VOL.—43 No. 47 Big Subdivision’s Plans Approved By Town Council Meeting in regular session at town hall Tuesday night, the town council formally approved the Planning Board’s previous ac ceptance of the big Knollwood Fairways and Knollwood Village subdivision now under construc tion off Pee Dee and Midland Roads. The Planning Board had met with the owner and developer of the project, C. A. Pitts of Manly, Thursday of last week. Members of the council looked over a map of the subdivision before going into session Tuesday, hearing the report of the Planning Board and discussing the project with Town Manager F. F. Rainey. Formal approval in the meeting was taken without further discussion. The full council was present: Mayor W. Morris Johnson, Mayor Pro Tern Norris L. Hodgkins, Jr., and Councilman Felton Capel, C. A. McLaughlin and Fred Pollard. The law requires that all sub division plans, in town or within one mile of town, be approved by the council, to make sure that proposals for streets, utilities, lot (Continued on Page 8) Japanese Golfers Playing Seniors; N & S Events Set The Carolina Hotel at Pine- hurst, where conventions have been conducted in recent weeks, formally opened to the public to day (Thursday) and several golf ing events are enlivening the start of the fall resort season. Taking place today and tomor row are the annual U. S.-Japan Seniors Goodwill golf matches, played over the championship No. 2 course. The eight members of the visiting Japanese team are at the Carolina. They are playing against 16 members from the American Seniors team, eight playing today and eight on Fri day. Last year the matches were played at Hakone, Japan. Following on the golf calen dar will be the North & South Invitation Seniors tournament, starting Monday of next week, to run through Saturday, and the North and South Women’s Invi tation Golf championship, Octo ber 22-24. 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 October 3 83 47 October 4 81 41 October 5 73 43 October 6 72 49 October 7 79 39 October 8 82 67 October 9 85 46 TWENTY-TWO PAGES SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1963 TWENTY-TWO PAGES PRICE: 10 CENTS New Home of Pinebluff Volunteer Fire Department Club Will Honor Yeomans Memory In Library Work The Southern Pines Garden Club will assume the design and planting of the garden-patio which is a feature of the new li brary addition plans, it was an nounced today by John Ostrom, chairman of the fund-raising committee. This project is to be carried out by the club as a gesture of grat itude and recognition to the late Alfred B. Yeomans, “for all he did for this town,’’ in the words of the club president, Mrs. R. M. McMillan. The committee, with its time limit extended this week to Octo ber 21, is engaged in raising $7,- 500 by private subscription to supplement $25,000 in Town of Southern Pines bonds voted last fall for an addition and remodel ing work at the town-owned li brary. The garden plot is located at the back of the library, between the proposed new stackroom wing, and the present building. While exact plans have not yet been decided on, the garden- patio will feature the fine mag nolia tree that now stands in this space and there will,be benches for those who enjoy reading out- (Continued on Page 8) Dr. Johnson In District Office At a luncheon Monday at the Mid Pines Club, Dr. W. Harrell Johnson of Southern Pines was installed vice president of the Third District Dontal Society, one of the officers elected that morn ing. Another local dentist. Dr. George D. Anderson, was earlier elected to membership in the So ciety, which held its annual meet ing over the past weekend at Mid Pines. Funeral Held For Ralph W. Page. 82, Noted Columnist, Former Area Leader I 4 Ralph W. Page, a leader in the development of the Sandhills area many years ago, died in Temple Hospital, PhiladeSlphia;, on Sunday morning, October 6. Funeral services were held yesterday (Wednesday) afternoon at the Village Chapel, Pinehurst, with Bishop Louis C. Melcher, minister at the Chapel, officia ting. Burial was in the Walter Hines Page family plot in Old Bethesda Cemetery, near Aber deen. Surviving are his wife, the for mer Leila Tuckerman; a son, An derson, of Chestnut Hill, Pa.; four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. A daughter, Cary, died in February, 1933. Mr. Page had been in increas ingly poor health for the past three or four years during which he and Mrs. Page spent the maj«r part of each year in the guest house of their cousin, Mrs. Henry Page, Jr., situated on the site of the old family home in Aberdeen. Early in June they re turned to their home in Chest nut Hill, near Philadelphia. It was from here that Mr. Page wa.s rushed to the hospital when he suffered a severe relapse and re turn of the emphysema from MR. PAGE which he had been suffering for several years. A tracheotomy was performed, bringing only tem porary relief; death followed within a few days. Ralph W. Page, whose eighty- second birthday was on October 2, was the son of Walter Hines (Continued on Page 8) AT WHISPERING PINES Governor Will Attend C.&D. Board Meeting Members of the North Car olina Board of Conservation and Development, the state's most widely influential pol icy-making body, have schedi- uled a meeting at Whispering Pines Motor Lodge and Res taurant for Friday and Sat urday of next week. Gov. Terry Sanford is ex pected Friday afternoon (Oc tober 18) to ^tend a banquet of the group that night. Busi ness sessions, all held in the Whispering Pines Restau rant's conference room area will run through Saturday and the group will breeik up on Sunday. Whispering Pines ^ficials said all 60 double rooms of the motor lodge have been booked for the gathering, but an exact coimt of the num ber attending has not been received. Whispering Pines Post Of fice Will Open November 1 Effective November 1, that rapidly growing residential-rec reation development north of Southern Pnies will have its own post office—“Whispering Pines, N. C.” The Whispering Pines business office reported this week it has been informed by C. B. Gladden, regional director of the Post Of fice Department at Atlanta, Ga., that Whispering Pines has been designated as a sub-station under the postmaster at Carthage. It will, however, have its own ad dress, “Whispering Pines, N. C.” and a post office location with regular hours, offering all postal facilities. Designated officially as clerk in charge at the new office is A. B. Hardee, president of Sand hill Properties, Whispering Pines developing firm. It is expected that a sub-clerk will be appointed for service in the post office. Location of the office will be announced when approved by the Post Office Department, before the opening date. The hours will be 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday. Mrs. Thomas Named To Moore Welfare Board Mrs. Warren Thomas of Cam eron was nominated by the coun ty commissioners Monday as their choice for one of two new mem bers to be added to the three member county board of public welfare. Another member will be chosen by appointment of the State Wel fare Department. The commission ers suggested for the state agen cy’s consideration the names of J. B. Edwards of Aberdeen, a for mer member of the board, and Leslie Gordon and Billy Johnson both of West End. The county welfare boeu’d had previously voted to expand to five members, as permitted under new legislation. ^Dedication For Pinebluff Fire Station Slated The new Pinebluff fire house, built almost entirely by contri butions and the work of the vol unteer firemen, will be dedicated Saturday with a program at 2 p. m., followed by an “open house” till 5 p. m. and a dance at 8. The public is invited to all events, free of charge. Guest speaker at the dedication program will be Curtis Flanagan of Farmville, secretary of the N. C. State Firemen’s association. “This is our way of thanking all who have h.slped us in this project,” said W. K. Carpenter, Jr., fire chief. “The new station will be dedicated to the Town of Pinebluff and the service of its citizens. It will be their prop erty.” Sp>3cial invitations have been sent by Mayor E. H. Mills and Chief Carpenter to the com- misisoners and town officials, all member departments of the-Sand- hills Firemen’s Association and to all donors in the fund campaign sponsored since last winter by the Pinebluff Volunteer Fire Depart ment. Contributions ranging from $1 to one gift of $2,500, and proceeds of benefit events, have totalled approximately $6,500, with some building materials also given. The fire house is still uncompleted and it will take about $3,000 to finish (Continued on Page 8) Spanish Group On October 19 Opens 4-Concert Series One of Spain’s most popular and exciting song and dance com panies, Jose Molina’s “Bailes Espanoles” will appear at Weaver Auditorium Saturday night, Oc tober 19. The program is the first in a series of four concerts which the sponsoring Sandhills Music As sociation promises as among the best they have presented in recent years. Howard Broughton, Association president, announced this week that ticket sales and subscriptions to memberships have been satis factory. He urged those who had received letters—and also those who had not—outlining the sea son’s program to mail their checks to Mrs. John S. Ruggles, treasur er at the Bamum Insurance Agency on N. W. Broad St. The opening program is a first for this area. As a departure from the usual tpye of Association (Continued on Page 8) , Rei^istration For Voting In County Bond Election Will Start Saturday Registration of new voters—or those who have moved from one precinct to another within the county since they last voted—will open Saturday at Moore County’s 19 precinct polling places, prior to the community college and school bond election to be held November 5. Registration will continue through October 26, with regis trars at the polling places on the three Saturdays—the 12th, 19th and 26th. Books will be open at registrars’’ homes or places of business on other days. Challenge Day, when the right of any per son to be registered can be chal lenged, will be November 2. S. C. Riddle of Carthage, chairman of the Moore County board of elections, pointed out that all per- Officials State No Increase In Tax Needed To Pay Bonds The county commissioners on Monday issued a statement that the county can afford the two proposed bond issues totaling $4 million and that taxes would not have to be raised for school purposes during the repayment of the bonds. The statement pointed out steadily increasing property valua tion in the county, recalled the history of the present “pay as you go” plan of school financing and said that the proposed college Emd three consolidated high schools would aid the county in competing for new industry and in its general progress. Signing the statement were all five commissioners; L. R. Reynolds, chairman; John M. Currie, Tom Monroe, J. M. Pleasants and W. S. Taylor. The complete statement follows: “With the up-coming $4,000,000 community college and school bond election on November 5, we feel that as county commission ers of Moore County we should make the following observation and statement; “In 1943 the taxable property in Moore County amounted to $26,000,000. In 1962 this had grown to $52,000,000, and during the last five years, we have averaged a $2,000,000 growth in taxable property each year—which shows that Moore County is growing at a fairly rapid rate. We are now taxing on oirr new revaluation for 1963, which is $85 million. This figure re presents 60% of the total valuation of our property and oUr tax rate for 1963 is $1.05. “Three years ago the county commissioners were informed at a joint meeting of the three school boards, the County school board, the Southern Pines school boEu-d and the Pinehurst school board, that they had unanimously decided that it was necessary to either have a bond election or ask the county commissioners to increase the tax rate 35 cents on the $100 valuation for capital outlay to build consolidated schools in the county and to improve the two city units, which would roughly bring $450,000. The commissioners, after much deliberation, decided to go on the pay-as-you-go plan. The County board has erected Union Pines School for the Vass, Cameron, Carthage and Farm Life districts but still lacks some $200,000 having enough money to complete this building for the fall. 1964, opening. “The county is well balanced in most fields, but we do think that a community college and three completed consolidated high schools will put us in a much better position to compete for new industry and the up-building of the county in general. "Speaking from a tax position, we think that Moore County can afford this bond issue of $4,000,000 and still leave us in a position to borrow additional money if an emergency should arise. The tax rate of $1.05, which we think is reasonable, would not have to be raised for school purposes during the repayment of these bonds." sons now properly registered on the county’s general election books in the precincts where they reside need not register again to be eligible to vote in the bond election November 5. He urged, however, that anyone in doubt as to his status check with his registrar. Mr. Riddle also reminded the public that a completely new reg istration of voters was conducted in Moore County last year and that formerly registered persons who did not re-register prior to the May, 1962, primary, or the November, 1962, election would not be qualified to vote Novem ber 5 unless they register again. Registrars in the two pre cincts that include the town of Southern Pines—North Southern Pines and South Southern Pines — ask all voters living in the town lim its to remember that registra tion on the municipal election books, which cover in-town elections only, does not qual ify a voter to take part in any county, state or national election, including the bond voting November 5. It is anticipated that the bond election—on $1 million in bonds for a community college and on $3 million in bonds for school construction and expansion throughout the county—will draw out numerous voters not hitherto registered. There are three pricincts in (Continued on Page 8) COUNCIL ENDORSES BOTH BOND ISSUES The five members of the Southern Pines town council, at their regular meeting Tues day night, unanimously en dorsed the proposed commun ity college and school bond issues on which citizens of the county will vote November 5. The formal action was taken on motion of Council man C. A. McLaughlin who diistributed to the other coun- cilmen brochures and infor mation prepared by the bond issue steering committee and explained various aspects of the proposals. He also read to the council a statement by the county commissioners (appearing in full elsewhere on this page) that it would not be necessary to increase county taxes be cause of the bond issues. $I MILLION PROPOSED COST OF COLLEGE EXPLAINED Commiissioners Told That Outlook Is Good For Getting $500,000 From State Next Year To Help Build CoUege State Sen. W. P. Saunders told the county commissioners Mon day that the prospect of Moore County’s receiving a state appro priation of $500,000 to help build its community college is exel- lent—but that even if the ceunty didn’t get this assistance, the col lege would be “the best thing that Moore County could buy.” Sen. Saunders, chairman of a steering committee for the pro posed $1 million bond issue for a community college and $3 mil lion issue for public school con struction, appeared with R. S. Ewing, vice chairman, at the com missioners’ regular monthly meet ing, to ask that they go on record with a statement that the county could handle both bond issues without increasing taxes. There was no hesitation on the commissioners’ part. ’They pro duced a formal statement signed by all five board members (ap pearing on this page)f giving the background of the county’s school financing problems and conclud ing that the present tax rate “would not have to be raised for school purposes during the re payment of these bonds.” Smiling, Sen. Saunders said, “That’s what people are asking and that’s all we want to know.” Blue, Saunders Raleigh-Bound Moore County’s two members of the General Assembly—Speak er of the House H. Clifton Blue of Aberdeen and Sen. W. P. Saunders of Southern Pines—^will be in Raleigh Monday for open ing of the sp-eeial session called by Governor Terry Sanford. The session was called to con sider two measures—a bill to re district the Senate according to the present constitutional provL sion; and a constitutional amend ment, to be submitted later to a vote of the people, providing for what the governor called “a more workable plan of redistricting to operate automatically in the fu ture.” Local Plans For School Bond Funds To Be Told At PTA Meeting Monday Night The Southern Pines board of education will make its first public announcement of what it proposes to do with the more than half million dollars the local school unit will receive if the county’s voters approve a $3 mil lion school bond issue November 5, at the regular meeting of the East Southern Pines Parent- Teachers Association, at 8 p.m. Monday, in Weaver Auditorium. Mrs. J. S. Hiatt, Jr., PTA presi dent, said that N. L. Hodgkins, Sr., board chairman, and J. W. Jenkins, superintendent, are ex pected to be present to tell the board’s tentative plans for use of the bond funds for school con struction and expansion, site ac quisition and other capital out lay purposes. All interested persons are wel come to attend, she said, pointing out that the meeting will be held in Weaver Auditorium—not in the high school multi-purpose room as previously annoimged— because of anticipated wide in terest in the bond money plans. After the business session, the meeting will be devoted to ex planation of the school’s program for the first through sixth grades, with Don Moore, elementary school principal, and Miss Violet Lester school supervisor, in charge Later, all rooms of these grades will be open for visits by parents or others who are interested, with the teachers there to further ex plain the work done in these grades. As to the half million dollars that the county may get from the state—which could mean that half of the proposed $1 million bond issue for the college would not have to be sold—Sen. Saun ders pointed out that the 1963 General Assembly had authorized such a payment for each of the first five community colleges to be set up by counties, provided that the state has a surplus of at least the required $214 million at the end of the fiscal year on June 30, 1964. He said that reoent reports from the State Revenue Depart ment indicate that the State al ready has a surplus of $214 mil lion and that, barring some eco nomic catastrophe, the required surplus next June seems certain. He pointed out that Moore County’s application for allot ment of one of the five colleges to be set up in the first two years of the program was the first to be accepted. “This is a golden opportunity,” he said. Why $1 Million? Sen. Saunders also read to the (Continued on page 8) CONTRACrr AWARDED The town council Tuesday night awarded a contract to pave about 15 blocks of streets—large ly using “surface treatment” on roadbeds already prepared by town labor—to the Riley Paving Co. of Carthage which bid 40 cents per square yard for surface treatment and 45 cents for sand- asphalt.
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