L 4. Tin Whistles Club members gathered Friday at Pinehurst to mark their golfing club’s 60th anniversary. Photo, page 21. VOL.—44 No. 18 TWENTY-FOUR PAGES SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 1964 TRAIL RIDE WINNERS— Mrs. Walter B. Fletcher of Char lottesville, Va., right, who placed first in the Senior Division of the annual Sandhills Trail Rides held here Saturday, and Bar bara Wadsworth, center. Junior winner, receive their trophies from Mayor W. Morris Johnson, as Mrs. W. O. Moss, representing the sponsoring Moore County Hounds, looks on. Both divisions rode a 20-mile marked course, despite rainy weather. Others plac ing in the Senior Division were; Mrs. Winthrop Pyemont, Fram ingham Centre, Mass., second; Miss Mary Stevenson of California, third; and J. T. Overton of Southern Pines, fourth. Awards were made at a supper in Pineholme on Youngs Road. Judges were Harry Huberth of Bedford, N. Y.; Richard D. Webb of Southern Pines, joint master of the Moore County Hounds; Miss Betty Dumaine of Pinehurst; and Dr. C. C. McLean of Midland Road. Timer was Miss Wiffi Smith. See another photo and details of the Junior Division on page 8. (Humphrey photo) Peaches Not Hurt By Light Freeze; Blossoms At Peak A light freeze of Wednesday night and early Thursday morn ing did no perceptible damage to Sandhills area peach blossoms, which are expected to be at their peak of springtime beauty this weekend, according to word from the “peach country.” Official low temperature for the night, as re corded by the U. S. Weather Bu reau station at Radio Station WEEB on Midland Road, was 29 degrees. There may have been some spotty damage but it was not im mediately apparent and, one grower said, “would just mean less culling later.” Of course if the temperatures stay low, or go much lower, it could be a different story. He re called a recent year when an April 16 freeze proved fatal to the entire crop. A prolonged spell of unseason able warmth this month has brought the blossoms near their peak several days earlier than usual, and some cold, he said, is good as it will hold back a portion of the crop. The West End- Eagle Springs area in Moore County and the Candor area in Montgomery are good places to go to see peach or chards in bloom. ‘Brigadoon’ Will Be Presented On Friday, Saturday The musical fantasy “Briga- doon,” Broadway success of a few seasons ago, will be presented Fri day and Saturday evenings at Weaver Auditorium with a cast composed of the East Southern Pines school glee club, plus tal ented men and women of this community. Curtain time is 8:15. The glee club members will dance, act and sing as a chorus for the musical, which employs this device for background color and plot movement as well as general gaiety and tunefulness. The musical play, by Lerner and Loewe, of “My Fair Lady” fame, tells the story of a Scottish village which, under a magic spell, reappears from the mists of the past for just one day every 100 years. A modern American young man who strays within its borders falls in love with a lass he meets therein. During its one-day-a-century existence the village, Brigadoon, is a lively place, filled with townfolk busy about their af fairs, but not too busy to extend a welcome to a stranger. But say ing goodbye to Brigadoon is a far harder thing. Carolyn McGoogan, a gradue.le of Flora Macdonald College who (Continued on Page 8) Antiques Show To Qro/ Polio Vaccins Will Be Given Residents Bring Hundreds Or County At 8 Locations Sunday Afternoon Here Next Week Hundreds of antique items, from furniture to jewelry, wiU be shown Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of next week in the sev enth annual Antiques Fair of the Moore County Historical Associa tion. The Fair has become one of the leading events of its kind on the eastern seaboard, a showcase for leading dealers of a dozen states. Visitors are expected to throng the National Guard Armory dur ing the three days of the Fair, be tween the hours of . 10 a. m. to 9 p. m. Proceeds of the event are used by the Historical Association for its restoration and other projects. Silver, china, crystal and many other items will be shown. Mrs. Ernest L. Ives is general chairman again this year with Mrs. Norris L. Hodgkins, Jr., as treasurer and Mrs. F. F. Rainey as executive director. Mrs. J. P. Marley and Mrs. W. Morris Johnson will be in charge of canteen that will serve refresh ments. They wiU have working with them many volunteers from Southern Pines, and there will also be volunteers from Aberdeen, (Continued on Page 8) County Library To Be Closed Fri., March 20 The Moore County Library will be closed Friday, March 20, in or der that the staff may attend a one-day training workshop for the personnel of the Sandhill Region al Library, comprised of the Montgomery, Moore and Rock- ingham-Richmond County Libra ries. The workshop on Library Serv ice for Adults, to be held in Rock- ngham, will be directed by Miss Frances Gish, library consultant from the North Carolina State Li brary and Miss Hollis C. Haney, director of the Sandhill Regional Library. : . .'uv;. VICTORY OVER POLIO— That’s the slogan printed on these cartons of frozen Sabin oral vaccine as they arrived here by air in prepara tion for Sunday’s administration of the disease preventative, on lumps of sugar, to thousands of Moore County residents of all ages. Left to right: E. G. Cook of Piedmont Airlines; Coun ty Commissioner W. S. Taylor of Aberdeen, representing the county’s official sponsorship of the vaccine project; Dr. Efhijy Tqftg of Pine hurst and Southern Pines,- president of the Moore County Medical Society; and Robert S. Ewing of Southern Pines, coordinatipg chair man for the program. (Humphrey photo) Completion Of Community College By September, 1965, Forecast By Planner CAUSEY RESIGNS AS POSTMASTER Acting Postmaster J. W. Causey of Southern Pines has submitted his resignation, he said this week, Causey who has served for the past three years, said he has nothing to announce now as to his future pQans. Formal acceptance of his resignation will not take place until a successor is appointed. It is expected a recommen dation for the post will be made soon by the Moore County Democratic Execu tive Committee. The Community College Board of Trustees was told Friday, that construction of the college could be completed by September, 1965. C. William Brubaker, nationally known community college plan ner who is a consultant with Hayes-Howell and Associates to develop the master plan for the college, on the Pinehurst-Airport road, stated that plans could be drawn by mid-summer and con tracts let to permit ample time for construction to be completed before the college is scheduled to open. Brubaker and T. T. Hayes ap peared before a called meeting of the trustees in the offices of the college here, outlining a time schedule for erection of buildings. Board Chairman H. Clifton Blue expressed pleasure at pro gress being made and urged arch itects, administrators and trustees “to work diligently to provide a college equal to the enthusiasm, interest, and support of the peo ple of this area.” J. E. Causey, of Lakeview, building committee chairman, re ported that a soil survey of the site would be completed this month. He also stated that a con- (Continued on Page 8) PLANS 'OFFICES' CLASS I-A BASKETBALL EVENTS Pinehurst Boys Win District Tourney, To Play In State Semi-Finals Friday Pinehurst High School boys, Moore County and District 4, Class 1-A basketball champions, won their first game in the State Class 1-A Tournament at Durham Wednesday night, defeating An drews High of Cherokee County, 62-51. The victory puts them in the semi-finals, facing Red Oak at 7:15 p. m. Friday. Whatever happens Friday night, Pinehurst will play again Satur- day night—in the finals if they 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 WEEB studios on Midland Road. Max. Min. March 12 70 37 March 13 70 35 March 14 58 38 March 15 66 38 March 16 63 32 March 17 71 37 March 18 67 44 win, or in a consolation contest if they lose. The finals contest is set for 9 p. m. Saturday. The consolation game, to determine third and fourth place in the State Tournament, is slated for 7:30. To reach the state tourney, Pinehurst defeated Cumberland Central 59-58, Tar Heel 65-53, and Boone Trail 63-55, in the District Tournament at Campbell College, Buies Creek. Boone Trail had eliminated Aberdeen from the District Tour nament with a 55-52 defeat in the semi-finals. Radio Coverage Joel Stutts of Southern Pines did a live play-by-play radio broadcast of the Pinehurst-An- drews game from Durham, over Station WWGP-FM of Sanford. Roland Hopper of the station’s staff did the “color” part of the broadcast. It is expected that they will team again to cover Pinehurst’s games on both Friday and Satur day nights. The Friday broadcast will start at 7 p. m. KIMBALL WATSON HARRY H. PETHICK Watson To Head County Cancer Drive; Pethick Elected President Of Chapter The appointment of Kimball Watson of Southern Pines to lead the American Cancer Society’s 1964 Crusade in Moore County was announced Tuesday evening at the annual dinner meeting of the county chapter, held at the Carthage Hotel. Harry H. Pethick, also of South ern Pines, was elected president of the Society, taking the place of Cecil Beith who served in that capacity for the past two years. Dr. Charles A. S. Phillips will again serve as 1st vice-president and medical adviser; Jack Morgan of Pinehurst and Vass, treasurer; and Mrs. Carolyn Watson, secre tary. Mr. Pethick, in naming the new chairman, said that “under the vigorous leadership of Mr. Wat son we hope to have our most successful educational and fund raising Crusade ever.” The goal for Moore County this year is $5,000 and the Crusade begins April 1. In accepting the Crusade post, the chairman called on everyone “to do his part in the fight against cancer.” He noted that the disease will eventually strike some 48,- 000,000 Americans now living, ac cording to present rates. “All of us,” he said, “either directly or in directly are destined to be touch ed by the suffering caused by cancer. 'Therefore all of us must unite against the disease.” He de fined “best conditions” as getting (Continued on Page 8) Rep. Jonas Hits Spending, Urges Policy Changes Rep. Charles R. Jonas of Lhi- colnton plans to set up “office hours” around the district, inclu ding all Moore County commu nities, if time permits later this year, he told an audience of some 350 persons who braved pouring rain to greet him at a dinner here Saturday night. The Eighth District Republican Congressman said that when first elected, he started “taking the of fice to the people” and found it mutually beneficial. Setting up his “office” in town halls, fire stations, country stores or anywhere people congregated, he would invite the people to icome and talk things over with him or just get acquainted. He told of many who came “just be cause they hadn’t seen a Con gressman before and wanted to see what one looked like.” Since the re-districting, and the election which made him repre sentative of the new Eighth rath er than the old Tenth, there just hasn’t been time, he said. “In 1962, we didn’t get to leave Congress till October, with hardly time to dp any campaigning, then last fall, with its multitudes of prob lems, we didn’t get off until Christmas Eve. So there’s been little opportunity for me to get out and see you. “I don’t know what the coming year will hold but if possible I will set up office hours at Carth age, Pinehurst, Aberdeen, Rob bins, Southern Pines, West End and other communities in Moore County, and invite each of you to come out and get better acquaint ed. “We will discuss your problems if you have any, and if you haven’t, I have some I’d like to get your help on,” he said. The speech in the Weaver Au ditorium followed a dutch dinner in the school cafeteria, sponsored (Continued on Page 9) JOHN R. INGRAM ASHEBORO LAWYER SCHOOL VACATION Spring vacation for students in the Southern Pines District schools will begin at close of class es Tuesday, March 24. They will retiun to school Tuesday, March 31. Ingram To Make Race For Seat In State Senate John R. Ingram of Asheboro, has announced his candidacy for the State Senate representing the counties of Harnett, Hoke, Lee, Moore and Randolph. Ingram is a native of Randolph County and a lifelong Democrat. His father, the late Henry L. In gram, was twice State Senator representing the counties of Har nett, Hoke, Moore, and Randolph during the 1930’s and was North Carolina Department Command er of the American Legion when he died in 1943. Ingram was graduated from the public schools of Asheboro as an honor graduate and attended the University of North Carolina, graduating from the School of Business as first in his class. While at the University, he was a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Scholastic Fraternity, Beta Gam ma Sigma Scholastic Business Ad ministration Fraternity, Phi Eta (Continued on Page 8) Pinehurst Lions Set Sale; Gifts Welcome The Pinehurst Lions Club will hold its annual rummage sale Friday and Saturday, March 27 and 28, at the Little Club, next to the Fire House in Pinehurst. 'Those having clothes or house hold articles to donate are asked to contact any member of the committee,'''wKich is composed of: Harris Blake, Ed Swaringen, Tom McKeii^je, Joe Wiseman and J. W. "Biinch” Sheffield. HARNESS RACING Trotting .races are scheduled for the Pinehurst Race Track, to start at 2:30 p. m. Sunday under auspices of the Pinehurst Driving and Training Club. (Further de tails in a news item on page 18 and an advertisement elsewhere in today’s Pilot). Moore County’s program to stamp out polio gets underway Sunday, March 22, with the first of a series of three “feedings” of the new Sabin oral vaccine. Sub sequent clinic days will be Sun days, April 19 and May 17. Eight polio clinics will be man ned Sunday by volunteers in the school cafeterias at Aberdeen, Carthage, Robbins, Pinehurst, Southern Pines, Vass-Lakeview, West End and Eagle Springs, be tween 2 and 5 p. m. Physicians say that every person from six weeks of age on up should take the vaccine, whether or not they have received other types of im munization such as the Salk vac cine. The vaccine is an odorless, tasteless liquid, three drops of which are placed on a sugar cube to be eaten. For the very young, it will be dropped directly into the mouth by the physicians in charge of each clinic. Three successive monthly ad ministrations will be necessary to immunize against the three known polio viruses. The vaccine is also effective against polio “car riers”—those persons who them selves may not get the disease but can transmit it to others. Sponsored by the Moore County Medical iSqciety of which Dr. Emily Tufts of Pinehurst is presi dent, and endorsed and under written by the Moore County Board of Commissioners, the pro gram. is designed to achieve 100 per cent participation by Moore County residents. The program is expensive, but all that will be asked is a 25 cent contribution for each dose, to help pay for the vaccine and other expenses. Doctors, purses, registered pharmacists and others are all donating their services. Need Not Pay However, it was emphasized by Robert S. Ewing, of Southern Pines, general chairman for the program., persons who feel they cannot pay even the 25 cents are (Continued on Page 8) Butler Urges All Take Oral Vaccine; Blood Unaffected Paul Butler of Southern Pines, who for many years has been chairman of the Moore County Chapter of the National Founda tion (“March of Dimes”) which has played an outstanding part in the fight against polio, this week urged everyone to take advan tage of the opportunity for im munization afforded by the coim- ty’s oral vaccine clinics. Mr Butler’s service with the county chapter goes back to the times when serious epidemics of infantile paralysis scourged this area more than a decade ago. The Moore County chapter is still helping to care for some of the crippled victims of those epidem ics, he noted, in stressing the im portance of immunization. Blood Not Affected Another statement in connec tion with the oral vaccine came this week from Jack R. Hauser of Southern Pines, chairman of the Moore County Red Cross Blood Program. He quoted m.edical authority in saying that taking the vaccine will have no effect on a person’s donating blood in the regular col lections that are made over the county to maintain the program that furnishes blood without charge to botn the county’s hospi tals. GROUP TO SUPPLY TRANSPORTATION Members of the Sandhills REACT team, composed of civ ilian band radio operators, have volunteered to supply free trans portation to Sunday’s oral polio vaccine clinics. Persons needing transportation are asked to call these numbers in communities over the county: Southern Pines 692-2831 Pinehurst 294-8022 Aberdeen . 944-1125 Vass-Lakeview 245-7642 Carthage 947-2791 Robbins 948-2421 West End 673-4824 Eagle Springs 974-1129

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