Thoughts
for Spring and the Easter season,
in poetry and prose, appear on
page 2 today.
“’Uiqfifolft, .
Dogs
must be vaccinated for rabies.
See full schedule of county
clinics on page 7.
VOL.—44 No. 19
TWENTY-TWO PAGES
SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 1964
TWENTY-TWO PAGES
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FOUR INVITED
Candidates For
Governor To Be
At Stoneybrook
Four candidates for Governor—
three Democrats and one Repub
lican—^have been invited to attend
the annual Stoneybrook Hunt
Race Meet here on Saturday,
April 11, and two had accepted
by early this week, reports Don
ald D. Kennedy, chairman for the
event that is expected to bring
thousands of visitors to the Sand
hills.
The candidates are I. Beverly
Lake, Dan K. Moore and Richard
son I^eyer, Democrats; and Rob
ert Gavin of Sanford in neighbor
ing Lee County, Republican.
Acceptances have been receiv
ed from Dr. Lake and Mr. Gavin,
the chairman said, and “it is ex-
ppcted that Judge Moore and
Judge Preyer will also arrange
their busy schedules to be on
hand to share appropriate honors
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Registration For
First Graders In
Fall Set April 3
A pre-school registration for
children entering the first grade
of the East Southern Pines ele
mentary school in the fall of this
year will be held at the school
on E. Massachusetts Ave., Friday,
April 3. A child must be six years
of age on or before October 16
to enter school in the faU, points
out Supt. J. W. Jenkin s who
made the registration announce
ment today.
The following time Bchedule
will be followed: parents with
last names beginning with A-J
will be registered 9 - 10:30 a.m.,
and those beginning with K - Z
from 10:3(1- 12 noon.
Parents are requested' to bring
with each child, a birth certifi
cate, certificate showing evidence
of immunizations against small
pox, diphtheria, tetanus, whooping
cough and poliomyelitis, and a
completed admission form. These
forms are available in the super
intendent’s office, in the elemen
tary building on Massachusetts
Ave.
Plans for a similar registration
in West Southern Pines will be
announced.
CHURCHES TO JOIN
IN FRIDAY SERVICE
Six local churches and their
ministers, joined by two
clergymen from Pinehurst
will take part Friday in the
annual community Good Fri
day service, to be held at Em
manuel Episcopal Church this
year.
Based on the seven last
words of Christ, the service
will extend from noon to 3
p. m., with worshippers in
vited to attend any part or all
of it.
Participating will be the
local Baptist, Episcopal,
Lutheran, Methodist, Presby
terian and United Church of
Christ; and Bishop Louis
Melcher of the Village Chapel
and the Rev. Roscoe Prince
of the Community Church
(Presbyterian), both of Pine
hurst.
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WILLIE A. BURNS, 20
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PRESENTATION of winner’s prize in the Three-Year-Old
Pace is made by Mrs. Eugene C. DePasquale of Old Westbury,
Long Island, N. Y., and Little River Farms, between Southern
Pines and Carthage, to John Edmunds who drove the bay
gelding, George W. Knight, owned by Gray Brothers of East
Providence, R. I., to take both heats. The Pinehurst trainer and
driver repeated the performance in two other events Sunday,
driving different horses. (Hemmer photo)
SETTING RECORD AT PINEHURST
John Edmunds Drives Three Winners
John Edmunds of Pinehurst,
who owns, trains and drives har
ness horses at the Pinehurst
Track, set a record there Sunday
when horses he was driving won
both heats of all three events in
the first of two racing matinees
scheduled for the Spring season.
Calvin B. Blue, Jr.,
Russell Bullock To
Manage Lake Drive
Moore County co-managers in
the Lake for Governor are Calvin
B. Blue, Jr., and Russell Bullock,
tobacconists of Vass.
Gubernatorial Candidate Bev
erly Lake said, in announcing the
appointment of the Moore County
men to positions of leadership in
his campaign, “I am greatly pleas
ed to have these two fine gentle
men associated with my State
wide organization. I am confident
of being elected as governor of
North Carolina with their help,
and the assistance of others like
them..’’
Speaking of Dr. Lake, the two
Another program will be run
off on Easter Sunday afternoon,
March 29, starting at 2:30 p. m.
Some of the nation’s leading trot
ters and pacers are in training at
Pinehurst. Like last Sunday,
there will be a six-dash card.
Children under 12 are admitted
free.
The other horses Edmunds
brought in first Sunday, in addi
tion to George W. Knight, as no
ted under photo, each winning
both heats in the two-heat events,
were Berkshire Girl in the Clas
sified Trot and Ima Roya Knight
in the Classified Race.
Mrs. James Lambeth of Tren
ton, N. J., presented a prize for
the Classified Trot and Mrs.
George King of Greensboro made
the presentation following the
Classified Pace.
Berkshire Girl is owned by
Bernard Wezenter and Mr. and
Mrs. James Lee, all of the Bronx,
and Ima Roya Knight by Gray
Brothers of E. Providence, R. I.,
and Lintz and Bregenzer of
Cleveland.
Edmunds trained all three of
(Continued on P
County’s Seventh
Traffic Death Of
Year Takes Place
A 20-year-old Lee County Ne
gro, Willie Addison Burns, of San
ford, Route 8, late Friday night
became Moore County’s seventh
highway fatality of 1964.
Like several of the others,
young Burns was a victim of high
speed,' according to Coroner W.
K. Carpenter, who said the young
man was thrown from an over
turning auto, which rolled on top
of him and crushed him to death.
Carpenter ruled the accident
which occurred at 11:45 p. m.
in pouring rain, to have been
caused by high speed and order
ed that the driver John Henry
Battle, also 20, a Negro, of San
ford Route 8, be held for grand
jury action under a manslaughter
charge. Battle, not seriously hurt,
was taken to St. Joseph’s Hospi
tal.
Trooper R. R. Samuels investi
gated the accident, which took
place at the intersection of the
No. 1 highway parkway, north,
and the road to Manly.
He said the northbound car went
out of control on the merger
lane, and skidded, rolled and som
ersaulted for a distance of 427
feet. It flew entirely over the
highway it was attempting to en
ter, landing in a field on the oth
er side, the trooper said. A front
door, which had been ripped off,
was thrown 135 feet beyond that.
Johnson Is Appointed Postmaster;
Hodgkins Succeeds Him As Mayor;
Pethick Named To Council Vacancy
In ad-
'ogcam
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ork and
nding of
t far sur-
the other
'or. He was
h^’^ndidates to ad-
rch program to dis-
armful substance
removed from to
bacco products s&^that the State’s
cigarette industry Jpay continue
to prosper after the fepqrt by the
United States Surgeon' General
on the possible effects of smoking
on health.”
Blue and Bullock also stated
that they know Dr. Lake as a man
of ability and integrity, and that
“he will make North (ijarolina a
great governor.”
county co-manage^
dition to his al'
that will maki
better state
live, he haj
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ANTIQUES SHOW TO
RUN THRU FRIDAY
The 7lh annual Antiques
Fair, sponsored by the Moore
County Historicsil Association
for benefit of its restoration
and other projects, opened
yesterday at the National
Guard Armory on Morganton
road, to run through Friday,
drawing hundreds of local
residents and visitors to view
exhibits by outstanding deal
ers from several states.
The show is open from 10 a.
m. to 9 p.m. daily.
Attendance yesterdey ex
ceeded that of the show's first
day last year, said Mrs. F. F.
Rainey, executive director.
Highlighting the final day
on Friday will be the pre
sentation of an especially
handsome door prize, at 8:30
p.m., said Mrs. Ernest Ives,
general chairman.
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YOUNG CLINIC VISITOR— Jacqueline Morgan, six weeks
old, was too young to take her Sabin oral polio vaccine on a
sugar cube Sunday, so it was dropped directly into her mouth
by the physician attending the Pinehurst clinic, Dr. John C.
Grier, Jr., as her mother Mrs. U. G. Morgan of Pinehurst,
watched with interest. Similar scenes were enacted at seven
other clinics held over the county, as persons of all ages came
to school cafeterias to take the vaccine—an unprecedented
turn-out of 24,000 in all. (Hemmer photo)
24,000 Get Vaccine At Polio Qinics
In Moore Connty - 67% Of Population
+■ W. Morris Johnson will be
sworn in as acting Southern Pines
postmaster Friday, succeeding J.
W. Causey whose resignation was
announced last week.
Mr. Johnson resigned today as
mayor in order to take the job,
Norris L. Hodgkins, Jr., mayor
pro tern, succeeding him in the
town office. In a special afternoon
meeting of the council, the resig
nation was accepted and Harry
H. Pethick, a former councilman,
was named to fill the vacancy.
The mayor pro tern’s succession
to mayor is automatic, under the
local form of council-manager
government.
In a series of swift develop
ments this week, final action
clearing Mr. Johnson for the post
master position was taken when
he was formally approved by the
Moore County Democratic Execu
tive Committee. W. Lament
Brown, committee chairman, an
nounced the group’s decision last
night.
The new acting postmaster has
resigned, effective today, as man
ager of the Southern Pines Coun
try Club and was succeeded in
that position by Dominick T. Di-
fatta who has been assistant man
ager.
Mr. Johnson will have the title
of acting postmaster until a per
manent appointment is made,
pending satisfactory completion
of an examination.
Mr. Causey’s appointment was
as acting postmaster, and he has
held that title for the past three
years, without seeking to gain the
permanent appointment.
Mr. Johnson said today he will
(Continued on Page 8)
About 24,000 persons, from in
fants to the aged, took the first
of three immunization doses of
Sabin oral vaccine against polio,
at various clinics throughout
Moore County, Sunday after
noon.
One of 47 counties now partici
pating in this State program,
Moore County turned out 67 per
cent of its entire population, on
this one-day, three-hour, push to
stamp out the dread disease. They
flocked to school cafeterias in
droves, under sunny skies, many
from the neighboring counties of
V?"
AT MID PINES APRIL 1
Mrs. Jonas To Be Honored, Mrs. Davie
To Speak, Republican Women’s Event
Montgomery and Lee, which were
not participating in this particu
lar program, to receive their vac
cine-soaked sugar cubes.
Immunization certificates were
issued along with a reminder to
return again on April 19 and May
17 for the subsequent “feedings”
which will give protection against
two other types of polio virus
Carthage topped all clinics with
a tally of 4,882 “customers.” Ad
ditional vaccine had to be rushed
there from “Polio Central” at
Moore Memorial Hospital in Pine
hurst on two different occasions.
Other clinics experiencing a
heavy push were Southern Pines
with 4,164, Robbins with 3,400,
Aberdeen with 3,000 plus, and
Vass-Lakeview with over 3,000.
Additional vaccine had to be sent
to Vass early in the afternoon,
when it became apparent that
many from Lee County ' were
coming down to get the vaccine.
Other totals from participating
clinics were: Pinehurst, 2,107;
West End, 1,700; and Eagle
Springs, 1,600.
Manned by volunteers in each
community—and by medical
(Continued on Page 8)
Sun^
COUB
Mrs. Charles R. Jonas, wife of
the 8th District’s Republican Con
gressman, will be guest of honor
at a fashion show luncheon on
Wednesday, April 1, at the Mid-
Pines Club here.
Sponsored by the Republican
Women of Moore County the
event will be attended by 300 of
the party faithful. Mrs. Louis
Rogers of Charlotte, a Republican
National Committeewoman, and
Mrs. Robert Gavin of Sanford,
wife of the gubernatorial candi
date, are among the visitors ex
pected.
The main speaker on the pro
gram will be Mrs. Preston Davie
of New York City, vice chairman
of the New York County Repub
lican Committee.
Mrs. Davie and her husband, a
retired attorney, have had a cot
tage in Pinehurst for several win
ter seasons.
Long prominent in national and
New York affairs, she is a mem
ber of the RB-publican National
Finance Committee wd a mem
ber of the Finance Colnmitfee of
the State of New York. 'Mts.
Davie heads the board of trustees
of the Robert A. Taft Institute of
Government and is on the execu
tive committee of the Robert A.
Taft Memorial Foundation.
Mrs. Davie’s career of public
service includes many other ac
tivities at state and national lev
els. She is a member of the N. Y.
Commission on the World’s Fair,
and chairman of the Hospitality
Committee of the New York Pav
ilion at the Fair. During World
War il, she was chairman of the
Army Emergency Relief Civilian
Operating Committee and receiv-
(Continued on Page 8)
h*
PREYER AT ABERDEEN— A portion of the
group greeting Richardson Preyer, Democratic
candidate for Governor, at the Aberdeen town
hall Tuesday morning is pictured here. The
candidate is standing toward left rear of photo
in dark suit with hands at sides. Pictured, left
to right, toward right of picture from the candi
date, are: Mrs. E. T. McKeithen, Mrs. Frank
Mizell, both of Aberdeen; Miss Blanche Capelle,
Southern Pines, Eugene Johnson of Sanford,
one of several from Lee County; former State
Senator Wilbur Currie of Carthage, J. Talbot
Johnson, Aberdeen attorney; Nolley Jackson,
Southern Pines, of the Moore County Preyer
campaign committee; and Clinton Zimmerman,
Aberdeen. In the background, across end of
room, at left, are Highway Commissioner W.
E. Horner of Sanford, former State Senator J.
Hawley Poole of West End, Vance A. Derby
of Southern Pines, W. D. Sabiston of Carthage,
M. G. Boyette (head turned) of Carthage,
Pieyer’s Moore County campaign manager;
Jere McKeithen of Aberacen, W. C. (Ben)
Harris of Pinehurst; and Curtis Meinnis, Aber
deen town clerk. (Humphrey photo)
Moore, Preyer Campaign In County This Week
Democratic gubernatorial candi
dates Dan K. Moore and Richard
son Preyer were in Moore County
Tuesday—Preyer for three brief
informal early morning stops and
Moore for a more extended after
noon and evening round of cam
paigning.
Candidate Moore was greeted
by a welcoming crowd, including
supporters from West End, Aber
deen and Carthage, at Robbins
Crossroads Tuesday afternoon,
and toured around Robbins with
Clhief Deputy Sheriff H. H.
Grimm, his Moore County man
ager. He shook hundreds of hands
at the Amerotron plant, as well
as up and down the streets of
Robbins.
At Hillcrest Community store
three miles south of Carthage,
the Moore entourage was greeted
by around 200, who had come
from all over the county. Young
sters parading with posters added
a festive note.
Coming to Southern Pines,
Moore and two staffers who ac
companied him checked in at Hol-
MISS THE VACCINE?
GET IT SATURDAY
Persons who missed last
Sunday's polio immunization
clinics call get the Sabin oral
vaccine at the Moore County
Health Center in Carthage,
from 9 a-m. to 1 p.m. on Sat
urday, March 28.
Officials said this will be
the only chance to get Type
I vaccine during the public
program. Type 11 vaccine will
be given at more Sunday
afternoon, school cafeteria
clinics on April 19 and Type
III vaccine on May 17. Each
type protects agunst a separ
ate kind of polio.
Private physicians, of
course, can obtain all ihxee
types of vaccine for their
patients at any time.
iday Inn, where a conference of
personnel from other parts of the
state was held.
After supper, Grimm and Arch
ie L. Barnes of Carthage escorted
the candidate to various places
in and around Southern Pines for
an hour or two of greetings.
Preyer, who had spent Monday
night at the home of his brother-
in-law, W. C. (Ben) Harris, in
Pinehurst, met with about 45
friends and supporters, for a
breakfast session at Frye’s Mid-
(Continued on Page 8)
Sunrise Services
Scheduled Here,
Other Locations
Ralph Hendren, a freshman at
the University of North Cmolina,
who graduated last year from the
East Southern Pines High School,
will be the speaker at an Easter^
sunrise service at 6:30 a.m.,
day at the Southern Pines
try Club.
The Youth Federation, comp
ing members of the youth
at local Protestant churches, is in"^
charge of the service, which will
be held at Brownson Memorial
Presbyterian Church in case of
rain. The young people will have
breakfast there after the service.
The Glee Club, directed by Wil
liam McAdam.s, will sing an an
them. Jane McGoogan will ac
company them and will play for
hymns. Other members of the
Youth Federation will have parts
in the program.
Other Sunrise Services
Other Easter morning sunrise
services which have been brought
to The Pilot’s attention are:
At Old Bethesda Cemetery near
Aberdeen, 6:30 a. m.
At McDonald'’s Chapel near
Pinehurst, 6:30 a.m., and at Beulah
Hill Baptist Church, also near
Pinehurst, 6 a. m.
At Thagard’s Lake, Whispering
Pines (Yates-Thagard Baptist
Church, in case of rain), 6:30 a.
m.
At Cross Hill Cem.etery, Carth
age, 6 a. m. (Carthage Baptist,
(ihurch in case of rain.)
Banks, Public Offices
To Close Easter Monday
Banks over the county, town
offices here and the courthouse
in Carthage will be closed for an
Easter Monday holiday March 30.
Post offices will not close and
all services will continue as usual.
Numerous stores and offices
will be closed locally, including
The Pilot.
Democratic Committee
Endorses Cliff Blue
In its meeting yesterday to ap'
prove W. Morris Johnson for
acting postmaster here, the Moore
County Democratic Executive
committee endorsed' the candi
dacy of Rep. H. Clifton Blue of
Aberdeen for Lieutanant Gover
nor, in the Democratic Primary,
and urged other Democratic or
ganizations over the state to
endorse him also, reports W. La-
mont Brown of Southern Pines,
committe chairman.
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.
March 19 56
March 20: 49
March 21 55
March 22 60
March 23 65
March 24 71
March 25 63
Min.
29