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SUPPORT EDUCATION!
PLAN TO VOTE FOR
BONDS, NOVEMBER 5!
VOL.—43 No. 50
TWENTY-TWO PAGES
SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1963
Seniors Will Get
Career, College
Guidance Tuesday
The annual vocational guidance
and college career day for Moore
County’s high school seniors will
be conducted Tuesday, November
5, according to Howard Brough
ton, chairman of the Sandhills
Kiwanis Club committee which
sponsors the program.
Most of the seniors in Moore
County’s high schools will parti
cipate in the program which is to
be held at the high school here.
Broughton said that represen
tatives of 29 colleges and univer
sities, several industrial educa
tion centers, beauty colleges, bus
iness colleges, nursing schools, and
other centers of learning would
be present for group and personal
conferences.
In addition there are a number
of business and professional
people in the Sandhills and ad
joining area who have volunteer
ed to discuss their vocations and
the opportunities that exist for
seniors who are now making
their plans for the future.
Individual lecturers will discuss
educational requirements, institu
tions offering the required courses
and estimated cost; opportunities
in the area, state and nation; op
portunities for advancement,
general working conditions and
pay scale; and the demand for
that particular type of vocation.
College and university repre
sentatives will outline the re
quirements for admission, costs,
and opportunities for scholarship
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PTA Will Sponsor
Marionettes Show
As its chief fund-raising pro
ject of the school year, the East
Southehn Pines Parent - Teacher
Association will sponsor a per
formance of the Nicolo Mario
nettes in Weaver Auditorium,
Monday evening, December 2.
One of the outstanding groups
in the American Puppet Theatre,
the Nicolo Marionettes will pre
sent here “The Emperor’s Night
ingale,” based on a Hans Chris
tian Andersen story.
The admission charge will be
small, to assure large attendance,
a PTA spokesman said. Further
details will be announced.
County Will Vote Tuesday On $4 Million
In Bonds For Schools,
BOOKS PRESENTED— North Carolina Sanatorium at Mc
Cain was the recipient recently of the Grace Ferris Memorial
Library, a collection of 100 books presented annually by Alpha
Xi Delta, national philanthropic sorority, to a hospital for treat
ment of tuberculosis. Shown here are, left to right: Mrs. Arthur
M. Dixon of Gastonia, a trustee of the Alpha Xi Delta Founda
tion, who made the presentation; the Rev. C. R. Hopkins, sana
torium chaplain; Mrs. Warren H. Vestal, president of the Char
lotte alumnae chapter of Alpha Xi Delta; and Joseph S. Lennon,
associate administrator of N. C. Sanatorium, who received the
gift which is named in memory of a sorority member who
showed notable courage and spirit as a tuberculosis patient
about 20 years ago. (Humphrey photo)
State Official
Tells Plans For
College Project
Preliminary studies are imder
way looking toward establish
ment of a broad curriculum in
the Moore County Community
College and four other colleges
which, it is expected, will be es
tablished in North Carolina to
open in the fall of 1965, said Dr.
1. E. Ready, director of the State
Department of Community Col
leges, speaking Tuesday night to
a gathering of some 250 persons
in the courtroom at Catrhage.
They were there in behalf of
the two bond issues on which
Moore County citizens will vote
Tuesday, November 5—$1 million
to build a two-year community
college and $3 million for public
school construction throughout
the county.
Conferences with members of
the North Carolina College Con
ference and with administrators
and teachers in many colleges of
the State have already begun,
looking toward development of a
curriculum to meet all needs of
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Phone Customers
To Be Notified
Of New Nmnbers
Southern Pines telephone cus
tomers will receive notification
within a few days of their new
telephone number assignments, it
was announced today by the
United Telephone Company of the
Carolinas, Inc. ’These new num-
’oers will go into effect at the
same time the telephone directory
is issued on March 1, 1964.
All Southern Pines telephone
numbers will change over to the
seven (all) digit numbering sys-
Youth Charged In
Robhery At Local
Episcopal Church
Police Chief Earl Seawell said
this week that a warrant has
been sent to Rocky Mount,
charging Marvin Bryant Riley,
19, of Durham, with the theft of
about $200 from the office of
Emmanuel Episcopal Church here
on October 1.
The local warrant is one of
several sent from various towns
and cities, after Riley reportedly
confes&sd: to Rocky Mount police,
who had arested him for break-
Golfer Repeats
Hole-In-1 Feat
George Hafeli, local golfer,
sunk his five-iron shot for a hole-
in-one on the 14th at the Southern
Pines Country Club Saturday,
while playing with a weekend
guest, Jim Smith of Dover, N. H.
—repeating a feat performed in
the company of Mr. Smith two
years ago at Fitchburg, Mass.
Also witnessing the ace were
the other two members of the
foursome, Barney Avery and Max
Forrest, both of Southern Pines.
tern and many numbers will be . . *
eh.n6»l compktely. Parly 1™
customers will experience a
IF BOND ISSUES ARE APPROVED
Community College
^ Election Day
All Three School Systems To Benefit
All three of the school
systems operating in Moore
County would share on a per cap
ita (per student) basis in the $3
million in school bond funds on
which citizens will vote Tuesday.
They are the Moore County sys
tem and the separate Southern
Pines and Pinehurst administra
tive units.
The county system’s share of
the $3 million will be $2,195,700,
to complete construction of Union
Pines High School (Area 1, Car
thage, Cameron and Vass-Lake-
view) on the Union Church Road;
to build a high school for Area
2 (Robbins, Westmoore, High-
faUs); and one for Area 3 (Aber
deen, Pinebluff and West End).
These three consolidated schools
will replace nine small high
schools of the county system.
The Southern Pines eind Pine-
units are not consolidating their
high schools.
Southern Pines will receive
$554,700, which will be mainly
used to complete the new West
Southern Pines High School plant
and to build a new primary
school in East Southern Pines.
Pinehurst will receive $249,600,
to be used in adding both ele
mentary and high school class
rooms and renovating parts of
the high school building, in
Pinehurst; and adding four pri
mary rooms and thoroughly ren-
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Rep. Blue Appeals For ‘Yes’ Vote
change in number which will in
volve the last four digits in ad
dition to the first three. However,
with but few exceptions one-party
customers will not be affected
except for the change of the first
two letters for digits, the an
nouncement said.
Customers who desire a better
grade of service which might
affect their number, or who wish
to make any changes in their
listing, are urged to contact the
telephone company prior to the
directory closing date, December
16.
VISITING SPEAKERS DESCRIBE PROJECTS
Mental Health Group Given Charter
About 20 members of the
Moore County Mental Health As
sociation attended a luncheon
meeting in the Holiday Inn Res
taurant Monday to witness pre
sentation of the association’s
charter and hear two visiting
speakers describe state-wide men
tal health activities.
David. Drqxel of Southern
Pines, president, received the
charter from Mrs. J. B. Spilman
of Greenville, executive secretary
of the North Carolina Mental
Health Association. The charter
certifies the Moore County chap
ter as a unit of the State and Na
tional Mental Health Associations.
Also speaking to the group was
Mrs. Annette S. Boutwell, pro
gram dipsetor for the southeast
ern region of the N. C. Mental
Health Association, who described
the “vast improvement in mental
hospital facilities in North Car-
Church there, that he has entered
and robbed many churches in
this and other states.
Chief Seawell, investigating the
local church robbery in which
the locked office was entered
mysteriously with no damage
done to the door or otherwise—
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Vass Rescue Unit To
Dedicate New Building
The new squad building of the
Vass Unit No. 2 of the Moore
County Rescue Squad will be
dedicated at 4 p. m. Sunday in a
oaremony conducted by the Rev.
Dan Norman, chaplain for the
unit. The Ladies Auxiliary will
serve refreshments. All interest
ed persons are invited, said Max
R. Edwards, unit captain.
'POWDER BOWL' GAME
An 11 a.m. parade of decorated
cars Saturday morning will pre-
Taxes Not To
Be Increased
Approval of the bond issues
totalling $4 million next Tuesday
will mean no tax raise for Moore
county. State Sen. W. P. Saun
ders, chairman of the county bond
issue steering committee remind
ed voters this week.
“Repayment of the bonds will
cost us less annually over 20
years than the pay-as-you-go plan
for school construction has been
costing up till now,” he stated.
“On pay-as-you-go, the county
commissioners have kept our
bonded indebtedness so low we
can now afford to improve all our
facilities, consolidate our county
high schools and extend our
education beyond' the high school
by adding our community col
lege.”
He reiterated the figures: $265,-
000, maximum bond repayment
figure per year, as compared with
about $460,000 now being appro
priated; $36,000 to be paid an
nually in maintenance for the col
lege; present bonded indebted
ness, $140,000, probably the lowest
in the State.
“We are in the best possible
financial shape for such a bond
issue and it’s good b.usiness for
our coimty,” Saunders addted.
‘We can’t afford to pass it up.”
The $4 million figure may be
greatly reduced later, as the State
has pledged $500,000 toward the
college construction cost of $1
million, provided State revepues
by next July 1 produce a surplus
of $2,500,000'. This surplus, he
said, he has learned from the
Department of Revenue is already
in hand.
“The two finest bequests we
as adults can make to our young
people are a Christian heritage
and a good education,” said Rep.
H. Clifton Blue of Aberdeen,
Speaker of the North Carolina
House of Representatives, to a
gathering of some 250 Moore
County citizens at Carthage Tues
day night.
“These are about the only
things we can leave them we cam
be sure no one can ever take
away,” he asserted.
Introducing the guest speaker.
Dr. I. E. Ready of Raleigh, direc
tor of the State Department of
Community Colleges, at a meet
ing in the courtroom in behalf of
county school and college bond
issues totalling $4 million, Blue
noted his personal feelings on the
opportunity to be offered.
issue proposals—the $1 million
for the community college, $3
million for the public schools and
the measure which will give the
county commissioners the oppor
tunity and privilege of employing
such taxes as are already being
levied' to provide and maintain
the facilities to be offered. Please
vote ‘For’ in all three places. This
is important,” he said.
“I hope we will all make the
decision in favor of more educa
tion for our boys and girls. I
have been tremendously impress
ed with the spirit of the people
who are working in this cam
paign—the fathers and mothers
working hard for a better oppor
tunity for their children, and the
men and women, many without
and children of their own who
are also working for the benefits
“I am tremendously interested they know will come to us all.
in the pasage of all three bond 1 (Continued on Page 8)
County-Wide Survey Shows Favorable
Reaction To Education Bond Proposals
At the final meeting of the
countywide bond issue steering
committee comprising steering
committees in all school districts,
held Tuesday night in the court
room at Carthage, a “straw poll”
based on reports from all parts of
the county was taken. It indicated
a favorable vote of some 92 per
cent for the $3 million in bonds
for school construction and $1
million for a community college,
on which Moore County citizens
will vote Tuesday.
Preliminary to the main ad
dress given by Dr. I. E. Ready, di
rector of the State Department
of Community Colleges, State
Sen. W. P. Saunders of Southern
Pines, county committee chair
man, called on reports from the
chairmen of local committees.
The totals came out to 3,020
persons contacted by personal
visitation. Of these, 2,782 were
“favorable,” 83 “unfavorable” and
155 “undecided.”
J. C. Robbins, Aberdeen and
Pinebluff chairman, estimated
“90 per cent favorable” in that
district.
School Board Chairman N. L.
Hodgkins of Southern Pines, re
porting for the committee chair
man, Mayor Morris Johnson, who
was out of the county at a meet
ing of municipal officials, de
scribed activities in behalf of the
bond issue and noted, “We have
found no organized opposition.
We think the bond issue will go
over well.” Brochures have been
published, distributed in many
places, and this week are going
out, with letters and sample bal
lots, to all voters, and taxpayers
within the school district.
Supt. Lewis Cannon of the
Pinehurst schools reported dis
tribution of literature, one public
meeting held and an atmosphere
of enthusiasm, adding, “Pine
hurst is a very educational com-
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Voting Hours:
6:30 to 6:30
Moore County voters will go to
19 precinct polling places Tues
day, November 5, to vote “for”
or “against” three propositions
that will appear in this order on
the ballot:
1. Issuing $3 million in county
bonds to pay for construction and
expansion of school buildings in
the Moore County system and in
the Southern Pines and Pine
hurst districts.
2. Issuing $1 million in county
bonds to pay for construction of
a two-year, comprehensive com
munity college.
3. Giving the county commis
sioners authority to appropriate
funds for maintenance of the col
lege, limiting any tax for this
purpose to four and one-half
cents per $100 of property val
uation. The commissioners have
issued an official statement say
ing that no new taxes will be
necessary, however, for this or
any other purpose in connection
with the bond issues.
Separate “for” or “against”
votes are possible on each of the
thre.9 propositions, a sample bal
lot shows.
Polls will be open from 6:30 a.
m. to 6:30 p. m.
During a registration period
that ended last Saturday, about
1,100 new names were added to
the general election books. Sat
urday of this week is challenge
day when the right of any person
to register and vote can be chal
lenged.
Local Polling Places
The three local area precinct
polling places are: North South
ern Pines, fire station on New
Hampshire Ave.; South Southern
Pines, town haU; and Pinedene,
Jackson Motors. A list of other
polling places in the county ap
pears below.
Steering committees on behalf
of the bond issues in all the
county’s school districts wound
up their formal program Tuesday
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olina” and suggested several' cede Saturday night’s “Powder
Bowl” touch football game be
tween teams of local high school
girls, at Memorial Field Saturday
night at 8 o’clock. There will be
a small admission charge for this
colorful annual event and the
public is urged to attend. Details
in High School News column on
page 20.
mental health promotion projects
that could be undertaken by the
local association.
Informally installed were the
previously elected officers of the
Moore County Mental Health As
sociation: Mr. Drexel; Mrs.
Donald Scott, vice president;
Reid Page, secretary; and the
Rev. Maynard Mangum, treasur
er. All are of Southern Pines.
Committee chairmen announced
at the meeting by Mr. Drexel are:
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County Clinic Operates Separately
Presentation of an official char
ter to the Moore County Mental
Health Association this week
turns attention also to the Moore
County Mental Health Clinic, a
joint county-state-federal facility
actively engaged in the counsel
ing and treatment of emotionally
disturbed and mentally ill per
sons, operating separately from
the Mental Health Association.
Located at the Matheson Me
morial Center (former Pine
Needles Clubhouse) near St. Jo
seph of the Pines Hospital, the
clinic sees persons seeking help,
by referral through physicians,
welfare department or other
agency, or by consultation with
individuals. Fees are charged on
a basis of ability to pay, except
for welfare patients.
A psychiatrist (physician with
special training in treatment of
mental illness). Dr. Harvey Horne
of Southern Pines, who also has a i
private practice here, is at the
clinic each Monday. A psycholo-j
gist, Dr. John Schopler of Chapel j
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IN CALIFORNIA
Dr. William F. Hollister of the
Pinehurst Surgical Clinic, who is
governor of the North Carolina
Section of the American CoUege
of Surgeons, is in San Francisco,
Calif., this week attending a meet-
infg of the nation-wide organiza
tion.
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Students Urge
Vote For Bonds
Some Moore County school
students, appearing on the pro
gram of the bond issue meeting
at Carthage Tuesday night, spoke
—and sang—their feelings on the
matter.
Two West End school girls,
eighth grader Judy Blue and
Dolores Brewer, a high school
junior, in brief speeches urged
that everyone vote for the bonds.
Said Judy, “Your choice on
Tuesday will affect all of our
future life. A' community college
in Moore county at $120 a year
will mean many of us c£in go to
college who could not afford the
$1,000 a year it would cost some
other place. It will mean a lot to
many adults, too, as there are
many who never finished high
school and want to do so.”
Dolores emphasized the need
for everyone to have the best
education possible to make his
way in the world of today, noting,
“There are many people in our
own community thirsting for
knowledge, denied it because of
lack of money. How can a person
without good education provide
for his family today?”
A quintet of high school stu
dents from Cameron— Myrna
Rice, Barbara Brown, Ray Denny,
Larry Rice and Warren Thomas,
Jr. — sang a song backing the
bond issues, with word’s by Mrs.
Warren Thomas.
GOOD NEIGHBOR
COUNCIL REPORTS
The Good Neighbor Coun
cil, local bi-racial group
working for the betterment of
race relations here, has made
a report to the citizens of the
town, reviewing its activities
and asking cooperation of the
public.
The full report appears on
page 8.
BERRA WELCOMED— Paying his annual
golfing visit to Pinehurst, Yogi Berra—who last
week signed a year’s contract to manage the
New York Yankees baseball club with which
he was a star catcher—was welcomed' to the
Sandhills and North Carolina by Rep. H. Clifton
Blue of Aberdeen, Speaker of the House in the
1963 General Assembly, with whom Berra is
shaking hands. At Berra’s left is State Rep.
Hugh S. Johnson, Jr., of Rose Hill in Duplin
County, who was a guest of Rep. Blue on a
visit to Pinehurst. Flanking the trio are the
McCaskill twins of Pinehurst—J. Hubert, left,
who recently became office manager of the
Pinehurst Country Club, where this photo was
taken, and J. Frank, right, for many years
manager of the Pinehurst Laundry. A1 Cruce
of Aberdeen,' another member of the group,
is not pictured.
(Hemmer photo)
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 24 70 57
October 25 73 60
October 26 75 62
October 27 82 55
October 28 80 55
October 29 60 43
October 30 61 36