V \V.'iri,
A British
visitor found her stay in the
Sandhills pleasant this week.
Feature, page 19.
College
costs are rising. “Community
colleges” help meet this problem.
See page 2.
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VOL.—44 No. 1
TWENTY-SIX PAGES
SOUTHERN PINES, N C,, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1963
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Suicide Ruled In
Prisoner’s Death
In Jail Cell Here
George Rogers, a 51-year-old
Aberdeen Negro who was arrest
ed here for public drunkenness
shortly after 1 p.m. Wednesday,
fatally hung himself with his belt
in a local jail cell about an hour
and a half later, Police Chief Earl
S. Seawell said.
Coroner W. K. Carpenter of
Pinebluff who investigated the
death and talked with other priso
ners in the jail, ruled suicide by
hanging.
Southern Pines Recorder’s
Court, in the courtroom which ad
joins the jail section of town
hall, was in session when the
death took place.
Rogers, who has a police record
dating back to 1933, was picked
up by Chief Seawell near the
Seaboard tracks, between New
York and Massachusetts Aves. He
was placed in jail by Sgt. L. D.
Beck and Patrolman C. L. Frye
and his cigarettes, matches and
a razor blade were taken from
him, as are the personal posses
sions of all persons jailed. He was
drunk but cheerful and otherwise
normal when jailed, the chief
said.
About 15 or 20 minutes before
he was found dead, Sgt Beck went
to the cells to try to quiet Rogers,
who had been shouting, asking
for his cigarettes, loud enough to
be heard in the court room.
According to a statement from
a prisoner in an adjoining cell
who could hear but not see the
Aberdeen man, Rogers called out
that he was “saying goodbye”
and the other prisoner then heard
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BAND BOOSTERS TO MEET
The Band Boosters Club, organ
ization of adults interested in the
East Southern Pines school band,
will meet in Room 107 of the high
school, at 8 p. m. Monday, Wil
liam McAdams, band director, has
announced.
OUTCOME DEPENDS ON WEST END VISIT
Two Successful Blood Collections Go
Far Toward Assuring Program Stays
Prospects appeared good this
week that Moore County will not
lose the Red Cross program that
supplies both the county’s hospi
tals with free blood of all types
from a center in Charlotte. But
the final test has not been passed.
Faced last week with the nec
essity that at least 434 pints be
collected in the year’s final three
visits of a bloodmobile to the
county, if the program were not
to be lost, the program seemed in
danger.
Then donors turned out in force
to give 160 pints in Pinehurst on
Thursday and a whopping 209
pints in Aberdeen the n-ext day.
Last chance to clinch the
hitherto lagging program is
ofiiered the county Wednes
day of next week/ November
27. when the bloodmobile
will be at the high school in
West End from noon to 6 p.
m.
J. R. Hauser of Southern Pines
BUSY SCENE— Typical of activity at the suc
cessful blood collections held in Aberdeen and
Pinehurst last week is this scene during the
bloodmobile visit to the First Baptist Church
in Aberdeen on Friday. Donors are giving blood
behind the white curtains in background. Men
seated in rear are waiting their turn to give.
In front, persons who have donated are served
refreshments by volunteers.
(V. Nicholson photo)
Hounds Go OutOnThanksgiving
The Opening Meet of the Moore
County Hounds will take place,
according to custom, on Thanks
giving Day.
Hounds will meet at the usual
time, 10 a.m., but the place of
meeting will be changed. Held for
several years at Pickridge, pres
ent residence of Mrs. Audrey
Kennedy, the gathering of hounds,
horses, horsemen, and friends will
take place this year on the big
field on Young’s Road, now the
property of W. Ozelle Moss, joint
master with Richard D. Webb.
The field lies beyond the home
place of Mr. and Mrs. H. W.
Walsh.
Chief reason for the change is
the greater visibility at the new
location, known in hunting circles
as “Enid’s Field.” Those follow
ing in cars will be able to see a
great part of the dragline, while
the riders will find a series of
newly-erected fences for their
entertainment.
The pack will be handled by
Mr. Moss, huntsman as well as
MFH, with a staff of three: Mrs.
Ginny Moss, first whip and hunt
secretary. Miss Wiffi Smith, who
has been employed at the Mosses’
Mile Away Farm, where the ken
nels ane situated, since she came
here last June, and William P.
Gilbert of Kenwood Farm.
DEVELOPMENT AWARDS MADE
County Men Named To SADA Posts
Two Richmond County commu
nities, Mountain Creek and Led
betters, were announced Monday
night as top winners in the rural
and village divisions, respectively,
of the 1963 community develop
ment program sponsored by the
Sandhills Area Development As
sociation.
Each was presented a plaque
and $100 cash award by Mrs. Wil
ma Key of Ellerbe, area program
chairman, with other prizes
awarded as follows: second, $75,
to Ashemont in Hoke County;
third, $50, to Dignus, in Lee; and
$25 each for honorable mention
to Glendon in Moore and Uwhar-
rie in Montgomery.
With only two villages com
peting, both in one county, only
one area award was made.
Certificates went to all 31 com
munities in the five member
counties which participated in the
program this year, which Mrs.
Key said represented a total of
2,704 families sharing in the re
wards of the competition.
New Officers
New officers -elected at the
annual Awards Night supper of
the Sandhills Area Development
association, held in the Carthage
High School cafeteria, were J. C.
Liles of Richmond county, mayor
of Hamlet, president, succeeding
Paul C. Butler of Southern Pines;
first vice-president, Bobby Jor
dan of Montgomery; second vice-
president, Neill McFadyen of
Hoke; secretary . treasurer, Dan
Gore of Richmond.
Activity Chairmen
Also named were chairmen of
the four main divisions of SADA
activity. Reelected were Mrs.
Key, of Richmond County to head
the growing community develop
ment, which through organization
of communities in all five coun
ties draws in the greatest portion
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CORRECTION
In the Colonial Stores adver
tisement on page 9 of today’s
Pilot, the price of turkeys should
read: “18 pounds and up, 33c lb.,”
rather than the wording that ap
pears in the ad. The change was
made by the company after the
section of the paper containing
the advertisement had been
printed.
COBB GIVEN 10-12 YEARS; HAMPTON FREED
Bennett Enters Manslaughter Guilty
Plea, Draws 15-17 Years In Prison
Three murder cases were dis
posed of with two defendants
drawing prison terms and the
third case dismissed, in last
week’s regular term of Moore
County Superior Court at Carth
age.
The grand jury handed down
murder indictments against Wil
liam Cobb, 24, of Carthage, Route
3; Marfrett Bennett, 30, of South
ern Pines and Rufus Hampton,
21, of Eagle Springs. All are Ne
groes.
Cobb was sentenced to 10 to
12 years in prison. Bennett, char
acterized by Special Judge Ed
ward B. Clark of Elizabethtown
as “a dangerous man,” drew a
term of 15 to 17 years. Hampton’s
case was dismissed on grounds of
self-defense.
Cobb and Bennett, tendering
manslaughter pleas which were
accepted by the State, admitted
the fatal shooting of their wives
as the result of family quarrels.
Cobb said his wife Barbara
Alice, 23, was advancing on him
with a rifle when he fired a shot
gun blast at her the night of No
vember 4. The young tenant
farmer of the Summer Hill com
munity admitted he had been
drinking at the time, but was
shown to have a good previous
record and character, as also did
his wife. Four young children
were left motherless by the slay
ing.
Bennett, who had a previous
court record, said his wife shot
him first the night of November
3, and was herself shot in the
tussle when he tried to get the
pistol from her. He said they had
argued over some money—some
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Theatre - in - the - Pines
To Meet Monday Night
Persons interested in Theatre-
in-the-Pines, Sandhills amateur
community theatre group which
has had several productions in
recent years, are invited to meet
at the town hall courtroom at 8:30
p. m. Monday. A reorganization
of the group is expected.
Time of the meeting was set
late so that persons attending the
Boy Scout Recognition Pot Luck
dinner in Aberdeen would also
be able to attend.
Further information can be ob
tained from Mrs. Karl Stuart or
from Miss Glenda Martin at Bar-
num Realty and Insurance Co.
Highland Trails
Development Now
Opening Streets
After extensive surveying and
planning, streets are being cut
through wooded areas in the
Highland Trails residential de
velopment on a tract of nearly
500 acres southeast of Southern
Pines.
Owned by Decca Development
Corporation of Southern Pines,
the traqt lies souyt of the
highway that runs from Bethesda
Road to the Fort Bragg Reserva
tion entrance. Spacious parkway-
style gateways are being con
structed.
Decca officers are Julian Wright
of Raeford, president; Kenwood
Johnson of Laurinburg, vice presi
dent; and Edwin L. Reaves of
Raleigh, secretary and treasurer.
Local and area stockholders in
clude John A. McPhaul and
Arthur Rowe, of Southern Pines,
and Wilbur Tinder of McCain.
John Townsend Associates of
Greensboro, engineers and land
planners, have designed the over
all layout of the development
which includes a variety of ter
rain.
Mr. McPhaul said this week that
plans call for opening of about
100 lots ranging in size from one
and a half to four acres, and
construction of two lakes of about
30 acres each in size. The head-
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Grand Opening Of
Cato’s Store To
Be Held Nov. 27
The grand opening of Catoc
store, in the former Patch build
ing at the corner of N. W. Broad
St. and New Hampshire Ave., will
take place Wednesday morning,
November 27, it was announced
this week by W. H. Cato, Jr., of
Charlotte, president of Cato’s
Stores, Inc.
TTie new local establishment,
selling ladies’ and children’s
ready-to-wear clothing, is one of
about 90 Cato’s stores opera
ting in the Southeast.
The grand opening of a similar
Cato’s store at Aberdeen, in the
location of the former Johnson’s
Discount Store on Sycamore St.,
will take place the same day.
Occupying the portion of the
former Patch building fronting on
N. W. Broad St., the local store ITaq/I
space is being remodeled and re- kjCd.1. OclXt? iTlVctU
decorated by Cato’s, including a
modern front with overhanging
marquee and new show windows.
Completely fluorescent - lighted,
the store is designed to give cus
tomers shopping ease and con-
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Moore Schools V^n;
Play Again Friday
Two Moore County high
school football teams, playing
in division championship con
tests, each won last Friday
night and go on this week to
district title games.
Aberdeen defeated Angier
26-14 here and wUl face Wel
don in a game at Cary Friday
night.
Playing at Ruffin, Carth
age won its game with Cobb
Memorial of Caswell County,
19-6, and takes on East Surry
High School at Mount Airy,
Friday night.
GEORGE R. ROSS
Ross Appointed
CHAMPS AND TROPHIES— The champions
of the 1963 Southern Pines Golf Carousel (wear
ing sweaters, center) receive their trophies at
the Southern Pines Country Club Sunday after
noon. At left, Fred Teeter, general chairman for
the event, presents trophy to Warren Bell of
Southern Pines, while Bell’s team-mate. Bob
Davies of Gettysburg, Pa., receives his from
Mayor W. Morris Johnson, at right.
(Humphrey photo)
Bell, Davies Win In Golf Caronsel
Two former college and pro
fessional basketball stars proved
their skill as amateur golfers
Sunday by capturing the cham
pionship trophies of the 10th an
nual Soutbern Pines Golf Car
ousel.
Warren Bell of Southern Pines
and Bob Davies of Gettysburg,
Pa., in the final round played at
the Southern Pines Country Club,
beat Bill Wilson of Southern
Pines and Harry Davis of Carth
age, 1 up.
In the lead from the start and
playing sub-par golf all the way,
the winners wound up the match
on the 15th hole.
Bell, owner and operator (with
his wife Peggy Kirk Bell, well
known golf professional) of the
Pine Needles Lodges and Country
Club, is a former Ohio State
cage star who played several
seasons with the Fort Wayne Pis
tons. Davies was All-American
for two years at his college, Seton
Hall, then played for seven years
with the Rochester Royals, mak-
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George R. Ross of Jackson
Springs, former legislator and
state official, is heading the 1963
Christmas Seal Sale of the Moore
County Tuberculosis Association,
it was announced this week by
Norman B. Caudle of Southern
Pines, association president.
Letters from Mr. Ross, explain
ing the TB Association’s work
and appealing for funds to make
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Holiday Closings
Noted; Pilot To
Publish Early
A general Thanksgiving holi
day will be observed over this
area Thursday of next week.
Post offices, banks, town and
county offices, ABC stores and
most private businesses and of
fices will be closed.
School holidays in Southern
Pines begin at end of school Wed
nesday and run to the regular
opening Monday, December 2.
The Pilot will be published
Wednesday. Advertisers and cor
respondents are asked to have
their copy in one day early next
week.
The State Highway Patrol cau
tions motorists about hazardous
traffic conditions during the long
weekend.
Troopers will be out in force
on the highways from 6 p. m.
Wednesday through midnight,
Sunday—the period used in tally
ing the holiday traffic accident
toll over the state and nation.
expressed his thanks this week
to all donors and volunteer work
ers at the Pinehurst and Aber
deen collections. But the county
blood program chairman voiced
his concern that many persons
who have promised to give blood,
on behalf of friends or relatives
who have used Red Cross blood
in hospitals, are still not making
good on their pledges.
In Aberdeen, he said, 43 per
sons on the “replacement list”
were notified before last week’s
collection. Only eight showed up.
In Pinehurst, the proportion was
even lower: 41 were notified, four
appeared.
“This proves again,” he said,
“that persons who fail to make
good on their pledges are the pri
mary cause of the program’s fail
ure over recent years. We will
continue to notify them and we
urge them to come forward and
make good their promise.”
The current emergency arose
after Moore County residents
used 518 more pints of blood than
were given in this county, during
the year ending last June. Until
last week’s two successful collec
tions, the program had continued
to lag badly.
Thanksgiving
Services Set
A community Thanksgiving
service will be held at the United
Church of Christ, Wednesday,
November 27, at 8 p. m.
Ministers taking part, listed
with their churches and parts in
the service, will be:
The Rev. Martin Caldwell, Em
manuel Episcopal—call to worship
and invocation; Pastor Jack Deal,
Our Saviour Lutheran, responsive
reading and Litany of Thanks
giving; the Rev. Carl Wallace,
United Church of Christ, welcome
and offering; The Rev. Maynard
Mangum, First Baptist, introduc
tion of speaker; the Rev. Arthur
Thompson, Southern Pines Meth
odist, speaker for the service.
Dr. Julian Lake, pastor of
Brownson Memorial Presbyteri
an Church, will be out of town.
Thanksgiving Day
On Thanksgiving Day a service
will be held at the Christian
Science church edifice on New
Hampshire Ave. at 11 a. m. At
1:30 p. m. that day. Radio Station
WEEB will broadcast a special
Christian Science Thanksgiving
program, “The Bible Speaks to
You.”
At Emmanuel Episcopal
Church, on Thanksgiving Day,
there will be a celebration of the
Holy Communion at 10 a. m.
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.
November 14 53 34
November 15 56 26
November 16 64 26
November 17 72 55
November 18 73 41
November 19 73 46
November 20 65 43
INDEPENDENCE OR CONSOLIDATION?
Citizens Group Seeking Survey On
How Best Meet High School Needs
(Editorial page 2)
A Citizens Committee to Study
Long-range School Planning is
being formed under the leader
ship of Dr. Charles Phillips, it was
announced this week.
Purpose of the group. Dr.
Phillips said, is to stimulate in
terest in the future of the South
ern Pines school system and to
arouse public opinion on behalf
of an independent survey to de
termine how the local schools can
best meet the needs of the com
munity and best serve the in
terest of local students in years
to come.
Members of the committee list
ed today by Dr. Phillips, who no
ted that others may be added, in
clude W. Lamont Brown, Charles
Cole, A. L. Folley, Dr. W. F. Hol
lister, Mrs. Watson Scott, Dr. R.
B. Warlick, Mrs. Edison Willis,
Jr., and Mrs. James Boyd.
All members of this group, he
said, have expressed interest in
having outside consultants survey
the local school system to help de
termine whether full educational
opportunities in the high school
can best be provided by remain
ing separate or by consolidating
with other high schools in the
area.
Dr. Phillips said he has found
much interest in such an inde
pendent survey.
Tentative plans include a meet
ing with the local board of educa
tion, not yet requested or arrang
ed, and a public meeting at
which the merits of the two alter
natives—independence or consoli
dation—would be debated and
discussed.