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f k i V VOL.—44 No. 3 TWENTY-FOUR PAGES SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1963 TWENTY-FOUR PAGES PRICE: 10 CENTS OFFICERS TO BE INSTALLED Moore County Young Democrats Host State-Wide Meeting Here January 11 Moore County Young Demo-1 yDC president. crats will be hosts at the annual Installation Banquet of the new ly elected state YDC officers, it is announced this week by David E. Reid of Greenville, State YDC president and Mrs. Carolyn Blue of Eagle Springs, Moore County Christmas Cheer Chairmen Listed For Moore County Community chairmen for the county-wide Christmas Cheer program that is coordinated an nually by the Moore County Wel fare Department were annoimc- ed this week by Mrs. Walter B. Cole of Carthage, welfare direct or.. Working through these chair men, some of whom represent organizations that handle the food and toy distribution in their towns and nearby areas, persons donating can be sure items reach families screened by the welfare department and certified as needy. In Southern Pines, Hubert M. Cameron (for the VEW) is listed as chairman. M. B. Pleasants will head the Aberdeen prograni and Mrs. James Tufts is listed as chairman for Pinehurst. Other chairmen are: Carthage, G. K. Suggs. Jackson Springs, H. C. Carter. West Ehid, Mrs. Everette Cole. Pinebluff and Adder, W. K. Carpenter, Jr. Vass and Little River, A. L. Keith. Cameron, Mrs. Merle S. Gaines. Glendon, Mrs. Richard Dowd. Parkwood and Putnam, Mrs. O. T. Parks, Sr. Eagle Springs, J. C. Gomer. High Falls, Mrs. Mildred Frie- sen. Lakeview, Mrs. Max Edwards. Robbins, the Rev. W. A. Crow. Mrs. Cole asks that organiza tions or individuals planning to give to the cheer funds get in touch with the chairmen early so that distribution can be properly planned. The joint announcement stated that Southern Pines will be the site on Saturday, January 11. El- vin Jackson of Carthage, cashier at the Carolina Bank in Vass, has been named general chairman. Mr. Jackson is State YDC organ izer and a past president of the Moore club. The party conclave will be the first state-wide event since the State YDC Convention in November, and is expected to attract Democrats, old and young, from over the state. Major state wide candidates are expected to attend. The affair will be held at the Holiday Inn with the banquet slated for the National Guard Armory. Jackson said that the principal speaker and other details will be announced in a few weeks. A meeting of the new officers is ex pected for the afternoon. Other events will include a pre-banquet reception and a dance following the installation. Officers to be installed include: Blue Named Chairman By College Trustees END OF HUNT— This was a portion of the scene at end of the opening meet of the Moore County Hounds on Thanksgiving Day. Horses are steaming in the humid air and, at left, hounds gather around W. O. Moss, joint master, for the reward of meat that follows a drag hunt. Cars of spectators line the fence in the background. Fox hounds are meeting regularly Tuesday and Thursd'ay mornings and fox or drag hounds meet Saturday mornings at the discretion of the masters, Mr. Moss and Richard D. Webb. (Humphrey photo) president, Tom Gilmore, Julian; ‘PloTirivnrv national committeeman, Zeb B. CJGIJWl J. Study Group Sets Local Objectives Medical Society Elects Dr. Tufts 1964 President Dr. Emily Tufts was named president of the Moore County Medical Society for 1964 in an nual elections held last week. Dr. Tufts, who lives near Pine hurst, has offices in Southern Pines. Other officers elected are: Dr. Edward M. Sipple, vice-presi dent; Dr. Frank D. White, secre tary-treasurer Dr. William F. Hollister, delegate; and Dr. Du- wayne D. Gadd, alternate dele gate. Five new physicians settling in this area during the past year have joined the Society as fol lows: Dr. Louis B. Daniel, ortho pedist; Dr. Clifton Davenport, general medicine; Dr. Charles J. Hartsell, Jr., anesthesiologist; Dr. Harvey D. Horne, psychiatrist; and Dr. H. Maxwell Morrison, opthomologist. Mail Early. Asks PM; Yule Rush On The advent of December mark ed the start of one of the biggest races in town-^the annual race against time at the Southern Pines post office as its Christmas mail rush went into high gear. Acting Postmaster Jim Causey noted today. He eXiPects December’s mail volume to follow the national trend and establish a new volume record for the month. “Early mailing gives us time to get gifts and cards in the hands of addressees in good condition with less chance of damage or de lay due to human error,” he said. “Our 18 employees need public help to run this race against time. Patrons of the Southern Pines post office can assist us by shop ping and mailing right now and by using ZIP Code numbers in both return and destination ad- desses.” Alley, Waynesville; college vice- president, Charlie Wineberry, Wake Forest College; Eastern Dis trict vice-presidents, Vinson Lef- Ipr and Mrs. Carolyn Watkins, both of Burgaw; Middle District vice-presidents Willis Foster, Lex ington, and Mrs. Carolyn Blue, Eagle Springs; Western District vice-presidents, Wiley Teal, Wadesboro and Mrs. Betty Mor row, Waynesville; secretary. Lane C. Brown, HI, Chapel Hill; and treasurer, Lonnie Carey, Burlin- ton. Miss Joyce Lathan, Raleigh, has one year to go as National Com- mitteewoman. David Reid, will serve on the state committee as immediate past-president. Welfare Board’s Two New Members At First Meeting Two now members of the Moore County Welfare Board— Mrs. Warren Thomas of Cameron and J. B. Edwards of Aberdeen— were welcomed as the board met in Carthage Tuesday of last week. The new members were added under authority of new state leg islation that permits county wel fare boards to be expanded from three to five members. Mrs. Thomas was appointed by the county commissioners and Mr. Edwards by the State Depart ment of Welfare. Welcoming the new members were the three who have been previously serving on the board —Joe Allen of Carthage, Mrs. A. A. Vanore of Robbins and A. L. E'urney of Southern Pines, as well as Mrs. Walter B. Cole, the coim- ty welfare director. Mrs. Cole outlined the functions and duties of a welfare board member and the work of the de partment in the county. Theatre-in-the-Pines Group Slaies Mealing Members of Theatre-in-the- Pines, Sandhills community thea tre group, have set a meeting at the Southern Pines Country Club, Thursday of next week, Decem ber 12, at 8 p.m. Interested persons are invited to attend. The group has present ed several dramatic productions in recent years and will make preliminary plans for further ac tivity. In their first meeting at the town hall Sunday night, members of the recently formed local Citi zens Committee on Long-Range School Planning agreed: That there should be an objec tive outside survey on whether the East Southern Pines High School can best serve the commu nity by remaining an indepen dent, small school or by consoli dation with other high schools of the area. That a meeting to discuss this and other school problems with the Southern Pines Board of Edu cation should be arranged. That the Board of Education should be asked for its own ap praisal of the pros and cons of high school consolidation. And that committees within the new planning committee collect facts and figures pertaining to various aspects of school opera tions. Named to head these studies were: Dr. W. F. Hollister—a compara tive curricular study to determine whether the local high school curriculum could be improved through consolidation. W. Lamont Brown—a study of school control—that is, the mech anics and legal problems of how school districts and school boards are set up and changed. Charles Cole—A financial ap praisal committee, to study prob lems of school financing. Dr. Charles PhiUips, who took the lead in organizing the school planning committee, presided. Now is the time, he said, to an alyze and discuss the local schools, before money from the recently approved county bond issue for school construction is spent. He said he had talked with numerous citizens. Many felt, he said, that the local school is ex cellent but that the door should not be closed to consolidation—as it would be closed for some time to come if the approximately $300,000 available to the East Southern Pines schools from the bond issue is used to build a new elementary school. That amount, he said, would build about 25 per cent of a consolidated high school. “I’m not in a position to say that what the school board is do- (Continued on Page 8) Elderly, Infirm Man Dies As Blaze Destroys West Southern Pines Home An elderly, infirm Negro died Sunday night in a fire which gut ted the two-room house in which he lived alone, at 338 S. Stephens St. in West Southern Pines. The charred body of John Oates, exact age tmknown but said to be past 70, was found be side his bed after Southern Pines volunteer firemen brought the fire under control. The firemen, responding to the 'alarm about 10 p. m., found the flames too far advanced for them to be able to enter. Oates, who was infirm but able to get about, was apparently asleep when the fire began. Moore County Coroner W. K. Carpenter, ruling the death caus ed by burning, said he found no evidence of foul play. The small house had no electricity and was lit by kerosene lamps. Whether the fire was caused by a lamp or had some other origin could not be determined, the coroner said. Neighbors reported the fire. Oates was a former town em ployee and had last worked for the town at the municipal dump. He had formerly done construc tion work. A brother, Carlton Oates, is a West Southern Pines resident. SCHOOL SINGERS, BAND TO PERFORM The annual Christmas con certs by the East Southern Pines School Band and Glee Club will take place in Weav er Auditorium. Monday, De cember 9, as program for the December meeting of the Parent-pTeacher Associ^ion, to begin at 8 p. m. William McAdams, director of both groups, said that a variety of music and songs will be presented. Mrs. J. S. Hiatt, Jr. PTA president.^ urges parents of students to attend. She said that all other interested per sons are welcome. There is no admission charge. Hearing Set On Bennett Street Parking Proposal Prominent on the docket of the December meeting of the town council, Tuesday of next week in town hall at 8 p.m., is a public hearing on a proposal to estab lish two-hour parking on the east side of Bennett St., between Pennsylvania and New Hamp shire Aves. At present, unlimited parking is permitted in this block. The change was requested by officials of the United Church of Christ, at the November meeting, who told the council that unlimit ed parking often prevents access to the entrances to the church and its educational building. Councilmen looked with favor on the proposal but set a public hearing to see if there are any objections. Codification Of Code Authorized In a special meeting at town hall Monday afternoon, the coun cil accepted a low bid of $3,100 by the Municipal Cbde Corpora tion of Tallahassee, Fla., for com piling and printing a complete codification of the town’s ordi nances. There was one other bid der, at $3,150. 'The council had budgeted $3,- 500 for the purpose in its budget for the current fiscal year. The basic amount of the bid in cludes 50 copies of a code book up to 200 pages in length. Additional pages and copies can be provided at extra cost. 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. West End Blood Donations Save County Program Donation of 109 pints in a blood collection at West End Wednes day of last week assures continu ation of the Moore County Blood Program, J. R. Hauser, chairman, said this week. He expressed his thanks and appreciation to donors at the West End and other recent col lections which have caught up the slack in the lagging program, to the extent that it will not be withdrawn from the county. However, the chairman warn ed, support must continue in 1964, in order to assure that both hos pitals in the county continue to receive blood of all types from the Red Cross center at Charlotte. Next collections, he pointed out, will be February 17 in Carthage and February 18 in Southern Pin.2s, the details to be announc ed. Bird Dog Trials Scheduled Friday Drawings take place at Pine hurst tonight for the 8th annual Carolina Amateur Field Trials, a two-stake event for bird dogs to be run over contiguous courses of the Sandhill Wildlife Area at Hoffman. Trial headquarters are in Pinehurst at the Holly Inn where drawings will be held at 9 p.m. First stake, the Amateur Der by, is scheduled for 8:30 tomor row morning, the Amateur All- Age following immediately upon its conclusion. Heats are 30 min utes in the Derby and one hour in the All-Age, with all entries handled by members of the Car olina Field' Trial Club. • Trophies will be given for three places in each event. Win ners in each stake gain a leg on perpetual trophies, which are re tired after being won three times by the same owner. Judges will be Hoover Black, of Charlotte, R. W. McGraw of Newtown, Pa., and James W. Tufts of Pinehurst. Rep. H. Clifton Blue of Aber deen, Speaker of the House in the 1963 General Assembly, was elected chairman of the board of trustees of the Moore County Community College at the first meeting of the board, held at Car thage Wednesday night. Dr. W. E. Alexander of Robbins was elected vice-chairman, J. C. Robbins of Aberdeen secretary and N. L. Hodgkins of Southern Causey Replaces Saunders In Post On College Board J. E. (Ed) Causey of Lakeview, building contractor who is a mem ber of the Vass-Lakeview school committee and has been active for many years in Moore County school affairs, has been appoint ed a member of the new board of trustees for the Moore County Community College, replacing State Sen. W. P. Saunders of Southern Pines, who declined to accept the college post to which he had been named by the county commissioners. The appointment was made by the commissioners at their regu lar meeting in Carthage Monday, after they received a letter that Senator Saunders — who headed the recent successful campaign for the $4 million county bond is sue for the college and for schools —had written to L. R. Reynolds, county board chairman. The letter listed no reason for the Saunders decision, but asked that he not be appointed. “Moore County is very fortunate in hav ing many individuals who could more worthily serve this posi tion,” the -letter said. “You may count on me at all times to be of any assistance in any rnatters pertaining to the good of the county in the future, as in the past,” Senator Saun ders’s letter said, in part. “I do want to say again that in the over thirty years I have been privileged to live in Moore Coun ty, I don’t know of any one thing that will contribute more to the betterment of our young people and future citizens of our county than the operation of this commu nity college for our. area of the state.” The full board of trustees, which met for the first time last night, is listed in another story in today’s Pilot. D. A. COCKMAN Moore Boy Wins National Honor D. A. Cockman, son of Mr. and Mrs. June A. Cockman of Rob bins, was named National Poul try Winner at the National 4-H Club Congress being held in Chi cago, November 30-December 6. He will be awarded a $500 Schol arship to the college of his choice. Starting with 100 chicks on the Poultry Chain, Cockman, in seven years of 4-H Club work, has helped develop the project into a broiler enterprise with a total house .capacity of 27,000, said Garland A. McCullen, associate agricultural extension agent in Moore County. Cockman is expected to return from Chicago by plane on Friday. Dr. McLean Named Chairman Of Local Education Board, Succeeding Hodgkins December 1 December 2 December 3 December 4 Min. Ave. 48 24 52 24 49 38 49 22 (Last week’s record not available) Dr. C. C. McLean was unani mously elected chairman of the Southern Pines Board of Educa tion yesterday, following the res ignation as chairman of N. L. Hodgkins who is continuing as a member of the bostrd. Mr. Hodgkins resigned from the chairman’s post because of his recent appointment as a mem ber of the board of trustees of the Moore County Commimity College, he told other board mem bers, meeting at the office of Supt. James W. Jenkins. Dr. McLean, who is a partner in operation of the Sandhills Vet erinary Hospital, off Midland Road between Southern Pines and Pinehurst, has been a mem ber of the board since February 15, 1961. Board members receive their appointments from the Southern Pines Town Council. At yesterday’s meeting, board members expressed appreciation for Mr. Hodgkins’s “outstanding work” as chairman, especially during intensive planning for the future of the local school system, in recent months. “The members of the board feel quite fortunate in having a man of Dr. McLean’s integrity, ability and devotion to assume the posi tion of chairman,” said Supt. Jenkins. Other members of the board are Mrs. Walter Harper, R. F. Hoke Pollock and P. I. York. Yesterday’s meeting was set at 5 p. m.. to .avoid conflict with the first meeting of the college trus tees at Carthage last night, per mitting Mr; Hodgkins to attend both meetings. ' Pines, treasurer. Nominations were made from the floor and all elections were by acclamation of the 12 trustees —four appointed by the county commissioners, four by the three boards of education (Moore Coun ty, Southern Pines and Pinehurst) and form by Governor Sanford. All are Moore County citizens except three gubernatorial ap pointees representing Hoke, Montgomery and Richmond Counties which will also be serv ed by the college. In accomplishing their task of building and getting into opera tion the first of the newly author ized state network of comprehen sive community colleges, Fred L. Eason of the State Board of Edu cation staff, who had come from Raleigh to meet with them, told the trustees they were operating “in a goldfish bowl.” “The -eyes of the whole State are upon you,” Eason said, “for you are the first—^you are setting a new pattern. This is probably the most exciting development in education in North Carolina that I can remember—I envy you the chailleng.q.” Eason works closely with Dr. I. E. Ready, director of the State Department of Community Col leges, in the Department of Cur- jriculum Studies and Research, which Dr. Ready also heads. Most action, it became clear— including the choice of an archi tect and making of building plans, and decisions regarding curricu lum—would have to wait on the selection of a president, who would serve as the board’s chief administrative officer. Three ap plications have already been re ceived and more are expected. Once the president is chosen, applications for other posts would be channeled through him. The college treasurer will also be treasurer to the board, but until there is such an officer, Eason said it was good for the board to choose a treasurer from its own number, as there would be cer tain State expense moneys to be handled. The State Board will soon set up a budget for this pur pose. The board members serve with out pay but travel and certain other expenses in connection with their work are State-paid. Blue appointed N. L. Hodgkins of Southern Pines, John Taylor of Pinehurst and Robert S. Ewing of Southern Pines to a commit tee to confer with Jere McKeith- en, chairman of the Moore Coun ty board of education, on the background and proceedings rel ative to the gift of a site by Mrs. C. Louis Meyer, and to Ccury on •w-ith remaining details of the transaction. On advice of Eason to go and look at other colleges to get ideas on buildings, problems and pro cedures, the board scheduled a trip to Wilmington Cbllege to be made in the near future. The full board was present, in cluding J. E. Causey Of Lakeview, appointed by the county commis sioners Monday to take the place of State Sen. W. P. Saunders, who declined to serve. With eight years as the normal term for trustees, the first ap pointments run in staggered terms so that every two years three members will be going off and three new appointments made, one in each of the four trustee groups. Commissions were distributed to the trustees for terms as fol lows: Appointed by county commis sioners: J. E. Causey, Lakeview, two years; Dr. W. E. Alexander, Robbins, four; L. L. Marion, Jr., Carthage, six, and J. C. Robbins, Aberdeen, eight. Appointed by boards of educa tion: John Taylor, Pinehurst, two; Dr. A. A. Vanore, Robbins, four; Robert S. Ewing, Southern Pines, six, and N. L. Hodgkins, Southern Pines, eight. Appointed by Governor San ford: Rep. Tom Hunter, Rocking ham, two; Dr. Charles Highsmith, Troy, four; Paul Dickson, Rae- ford, six, and H. Clifton Blue, Aberdeen, eight. FORUM TONIGHT Art Buchwald, sprightly col umnist of the European and American scene, will open the Pinehurst Forum’s program series in the Pinehurst Country Club tonight (Thursday) at 8:45 p. m.
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