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'S,' % m Valuable straining is offered in a new Mechanical Technology Course at Lee Center. See page 13. UKjhfal^ . Cof^Saqe . Comcroo p)| ■^larbe Child safety advice and an explanation of new school bus turn and stop rules appear on page 17. VOL.—44 No. 41 TWENTY-FOUR PAGES SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1964 TWENTY-FOUR PAGES PRICE: 10 CENTS No Protest Made On Plans To Up Cost Of College No protest was offered at a public hearing Tuesday night on the issuance of $1 million in county bonds toward construction of the Sandhill Community Col lege, but the county commission- eta said they would take about 10 days to make up their minds. About 25 persons were present at the hearing held in the Court house at Carthage on whether the full $1 million authorized by the taxpayers in a vote last Novem- bej^ should be issued for the col lege, in view of the fact that it is now definite an additional $500,000 will be forthcoming from the State. The nearest thing to a protest came from Jere McKeithen of Aberdeen, who said that as an individual, citizen and taxpayer he was for issuance of the full amount of the bonds, but as chairman of the Moore County Board of Education he could not alter that board’s position, taken before the vote last fall, that if the $500,000 then only tentative ly offered (in the event there should be a surplus of State funds this July) should be forthcoming, the county bond issue would be (Continued on Page 8) I SOFTBALL CHAMPS—Winner of the regular season title and also the post-season tournament, in the Church League adult softball program here this summer, was the First Baptist Church team. Left to right, across the picture regard less of rows; James Glasscock, Bill Deaton, Lewis McNeill, John Crowell, Mac Fowler, Mayor Norris L. Hodgkins, Jr., presenting tro phies, Ronald White, Jerry Wilson, Ken Little, Bill Rush (team manager) holding one trophy, Sherrill Rush, Richard Muse, the Rev. John Stone, pastor of the church. Bill Curtis, Jack Bowman and Bobby Watkins. Other members of the team, not shown, were J. D. Joyner and Dean Bridges. (Pilot photo) NORTH MOORE Randall To Speak At Open Meeting Of AA Saturday North Carolina Prisons Direc tor George Randall, currently president of the Correctional Ad ministrators Association, will ad dress an open meeting of Alco holics Anonymous Saturday at 6 p.m. in the community house at Aberdeen. The public is invited. The important part which AA has played in the prison system’s alcoholic rehabilitation program will be the topic of his talk.. A graduate of the University of Alabama and the University’s Law School, Randall worked with the FBI, 1932-1936. In North Carolina, he served as a representative from Iredell County in the 1953 and 1955 Gen eral Assemblies. Until August of 1955 he was assistant to the presi dent of Mooresville Mills. At that time he became consultant for the prison department. On July 1, 1956, Randall was appointed chairman of the Board of Paroles and in April of 1960 he became director of prisons. He is a past president of the Mooresville Rotary Club and a member of the Episcopal Church. Randall is married to the for mer Satie Graham of Sumter, S. C. The couple have two daugh ters: Martha, 16, and Rosemary, 9. Jaycees Awarded Honors For Work The United States Junior Chamber of Commerce has awarded the Southern Pines J^F" cees two achievement awards, according to Fred Teeter, presi dent of the local group. The Jaycee Chapter and In dividual Development award was given for extraordinary in terest and progress in promoting and administering the fundamen tals for sound chapter organiza tion; and instituting and conduct ing training programs for the de velopment of the individual members as leaders of their chap ter, community, state and na tion. The second award, the Jaycee Community Development award, was presented “for giving its membership and the public an increased awareness of local problems and thereby contribu ting to the overall development of the community.” t Teen Dems To Meet At Carthage Friday Night Officers will be elected at a meeting of Moore County Teen- Dems scheduled for the American Legion hut near Carthage at 7:30 p.m. Friday. An informal dance for members and their dates will follow the meeting. Jane Jackson of West End, president of the group, announc ed the meeting. Young people interested in becoming active in the club, which studies political questions and Democratic F^arty activity, are urged to attend. Contracts May Be Let Tonight On High School The Moore County board of education which received bids on construction of North Moore High school Thursday night of last week, will hold a special meeting tonight (Thursday) at the courthouse and may let con tracts at that time. Low bids received at last week’s jneeting totaled $976,- 922.47 for the general contract, plumbing, heating, sewage dis posal, electrical, kitchen equip ment, home economics and li brary equipment, and auditorium seating. Architects of Hayes-Howell As sociates of Southern Pines were this week working out the best combinations on the basis of sev eral alternate plans, also prepar ing to recommend trimming and cutting down, should this be found necessary. Construction costs not included in the bids are clearing and grading, now going on on the site on the Robbins- Highfalls Road, north of Carth age: science equipment, class room furniture, building of ath letic field and other miscellane ous items. North Moore, to serve the pres ent Robbins, Highfalls and West- moore school districts, will be the county system’s second consoli dated white high school, with target date for opening set for September, 1966. Amerotron Announces Wage Hike A five per cent general wage increase for production em ployees in its textile plants, ef fective September 14, was an nounced this week by the Amero tron Division of Deering Miliken, Inc. Affected' in Moore Counts’ will be employees of Amerotron’s plant at Robbins. In making the announcement, Robert M. Cushman of Spartan burg, S. C., president of the Amerotron, said, “This increase is in keeping with the long-standing policy of our company to insure that our employees are compen sated fairly and adequately. This is the second such general in crease which has been put into effect within the past 10 months.” Mr. Cushman is a former resi dent of Southern Pines. Amero tron also maintains, in Moore County, some of its offices and a warehouse and truck terminal, all at Aberdeen. GAVIN CANCELS TALK A scheduled appearance of Robert L. Gavin of Sanford, Re publican candidate for Governor, before the Sandhills Kiwanis Club yesterday was cancelled by the candidate because of conflict ing engagements. Club officials said an attempt will be made to reschedule the talk for a later date. PENICK HOME DEDICATION SET Formal dedication cere monies for the Bishop Ed-win A. Penick Memorial Home here have been scheduled for 3 pm, Saturday. Septem ber 12, it was announced this week by the board of direc tors. The home for the aging, a project cif the Episcopal Dio cese of North Carolina, is located on E. Rhode Island Ave. Extension and hast been in operation for several months. Details of the dedication 'will be announced. IN SUPERIOR COURT BLUE KNIGHTS Scrimmage Set Friday Night; Puhlie Invited By JOHN McLaughlin The Southern Pines High School Blue Knights are comple ting their second full week of preseason drills under the tute lage of head coach Tony Tren- tini and assistant coaches Larry Addleton and John Williams. All eyes in the Knight camp are focused on Friday, August 28, the date set for the Blue-White intrasquad scrimmage. The pro gram is scheduled to begin at 8 pm, at' which time local referees will give interpretations of rules which have been adopted for the upcoming season. Coach Trentini will introduce the 1964 team, and an hour’s scrimmage wiU be held. The pub lic is cordially invited. Fans are also reminded of the annual 'Blue Knights Boosters’ Kick-Off Banquet to be held Wednesday, September 2, at the Southern Pines Elks Lodge. Pro ceeds from this fund-raising event will be used to purchase in surance for the team, so your at tendance is urged. Coach Trentini has been well pleased with the enthusiasm shown thus far by the Blue Knights as the local squad pre pares for their season’s opener at Wadesboro on September 4. Monday Is First Day For Schools Of Moore System Schools of the Moore County system will open Monday, Au gust 31, for a half-day of “pupil orientation,” and Tuesday, Sep tember 1, will be the first full day of classes. The county system includes all schools in Moore, except those in the separate Southern Pines and Pinehurst administrative units. Buses will follow their regular routes Monday, when students will get their classroom assign ments, pay their fees, receive their books and get acquainted with their new rooms and teach ers. Cafeterias will go into oper ation Tuesday. The school’s opening was post poned for several days because of a late tobacco crop, but could not be postponed further without throwing the school calendar too late in the spring, according to Supt. Robert E. Lee. He urges as full a registration as possible on the opening day or days, as work will get swiftly under way once the schools are open, also teacher allotments for the year are based on attendance at the start of the term. Over 7,000 Students A total registration of more than 7,000 is anticipated in the system, for which 291 teaching personnel have been employed this year. Most of them are re turning after one or several years of teaching, though sohie of the former, teachers have re tired or gone elsewhere and 34 white teachers and 13 Negro teachers are new to the system. A list of county teachers appears elsewhere in today’s Pilot. The consolidation of Carthage, Farm Life, Vass-Lakeview and Cameron high schools in the new Union Pines School has shorten ed the list of high schools from 11 to eight and caused changes in some elementary schools. De tails of the Union Pines opening, including bus information, fees and schedules, appear in another story today. William C. Walton is the new principal at Union Pines, and W. L. Russell, Jr., of Aberdeen, prin- (Continued on Page 8) Commissioners Request School Hoards Hold Up Plans Till Survey Made Following meetings held in July and in August with the Moore County, Southern Pines and Pinehurst Boards of Educa tion, the county commissioners in a letter to all boards concerned last week stated their position that “only one white and one Negro high school should be constructed in the lower section of the county.” The commissioners reiterated Mrs. Williams Gets 5-10 Years Term Mrs. Reba Ann Williams, 24, of the Lost City community near West Southern Pines who was in dicted for murder in the second degree by the Grand Jury last week — pleaded guilty to man slaughter in Moore County Su perior Court at Carthage and the State accepted her plea. For the fatal shotgun shooting of her husband, Eli Williams, on a Sunday afternoon in May, she drew not less than five nor more than 10 years in Women’s Divis ion of Central Prison at Raleigh. The shooting occurred at their home. The young woman told of ficers later she “didn’t mean to do it.” A plea was accepted also from one of the three Hoke County men indicted for grand larceny in the theft of $2,700 worth of MH- 30, a high-priced tobacco spray, from the Olin-Mathieson Chemi cal Co. at Aberdeen. Jtunes Jones of Shannon, Route 1, charged with breaking and entering, larceny and receiving, pleaded guilty to receiving stolen goods valued at less than $200, which was ac cepted by the State. Jones, in whose car and on whose property a quantib/ of the stolen chemical was found, re ceived a two-year sentence sus pended for three years on proba tionary terms, and was directed to pay a $425 fine and costs. Of the fine, $325 was to be paid by the clerk of court to the Olin- Mathieson Co., while $100 was to go to Moore County for inves tigative expenses entailed by the crime. , Cases were continued against Joe Scott, also of Shfuinon, Route 1, who was similarly charged and Nat Hunt of Red Springs, RFD, charged with aiding and abetting. Most of the MH-30 was recover ed and the court directed that it be returned to the o'wner. Reynolds Case Continued ■Wiley Robert Reynolds of Rob bins, Route 2, against whom a true bill was returned on a man slaughter count in a car-truck fatal-accident case, pleaded not guilty when arraigned before the court and trial was continued to (Continued on Page 8) Physicals Slated For Junior Squad Physical examinations for all boys in grades 7, 8, 9 who wish to try out for the East Southern Pines Junior High School foot ball team will be given Monday, August 31, at 1:30 p.m. It is necessary that all boys participating in athletics have a physical prior to the beginning of the season. Interested boys are asked to meet with Coach John W. Wil liams in the Multipurpose Room at the school. Information on in surance, uniforms and practice schedules will be given at the same time as the physicals. PLEASANTS HAS SURGERY James M. Pleasants of 160 N. Ridge St., who had major surgery Tuesday morning at Moore Me morial Hospital, was in satisfac tory condition today, Thursday, according to a member of his family. A local insurance agent, Mr. Pleasants is a member of the board of county commissioners. THE WEATHER Maximum and minimum tern- peratures for each d'ay of the past week were recorder as follows at the U.S Weather Bureau obser- vation station at the W E E B studios on Midland Road. Max. ACn. August 20 81 64 August 21 89 64 August 22 90 71 August 23 86 73 August 24 92 72 August 25 89 71 Becks Face Palmer. Justa, In Benefit Golf September 5 Golf fans of this area are tak ing much interest in a Jaycee- sponsored benefit match at the Raleigh Country Club Saturday, September 5, in which the father- son pros at Whispering Pines. Avery Beck and' Larry Beck, will be playing against the great Arnold Palmer, alltime PGA lead ing money winner, and Ed Justa of Rocky Mount, one of North Carolina’s leading amateurs. The match will be a best ball for 18 holes. Palmer will conduct a clinic at 1 pm and the match will start at 1:15. Tickets are on sale at pro shops, with the price slated to jump after September 1. Proceeds will go to civic projects of the Raleigh Jaycees. Local Schools’ Teachers Listed; To Open Sept. 4 Faculty members of the South ern Pines District schools and plans for opening of the schools were announced this week by Supt. James W. Jenkins. Opening plans, applying to the schools of both East and West Southern Pines are: —A half-day session, 8:30 am to 12:30 pm on September 4, for all grades in elementary and high schools, for pupil orientation. School buses will run, but there will be no meal served by the cafeterias. —The first full day of school on Tuesday, September 8, from 8:30 am to 3:15 pm, applying to all grades except the first whose children will be dismissed at noon each day for the first two weeks of school. Thereafter, they will remain, like all others, until 3:15 each day—a change this year as formerly the first through third grades had been dismissed earli er. Cafeterias will operate on September 8 and thereafter. Here are the faculty lists for all the schools: EAST SOUTHERN PINES Elementary school teachers are; Principal, Don Moore; super visor, Miss Violet Lester; First Grade—Mrs. Alice W. Caddell, Mrs. Betty Foushee, Miss Mary J. Prillaman, Mrs. Jean B. Wal lace; Second Grade—^Mrs. Jean Bennett, Mrs. Lenora Glenn, Mrs. Jean Robbins, Mrs. John Wil liams; Third Grade—^Miss Edla Wicker, Mrs. Margaret Ann Wal- ser, Mrs. Margaret Monroe; Fourth Grade—Miss Rebecca Blue, Mrs. Bobbie C. Gutierrez, Mrs. Jean Jenkins. Also, Fifth Grade—Mrs. Eula Callaway, Mrs. Eva Frye, Mrs. Doris P. Wilson: Sixth Grade— Mrs. Kay Adams, Mrs. .(jrace Farrior, Mrs. Anna L. Flinchum, (Continued on Page 8) their plea that some way be found for the Southern Pines, Pinehurst, Aberdeen and West End districts to get together into one. They suggested that a sur vey be made to determine the best mode of operation of the four neighbor districts for the next 10 years, and that, if some workable arrangement is not reached, they would seek legisla tion for a vote of the taxpayers. By midweek just one board had replied, it was learned from Commissioner W. S. Taylor. This was the Moore County board, which stated its intention to pro ceed with construction of its Area HI school consolidating the Aberd'een-West End high schools, because, it was stated, last No vember’s vote to issue county bonds for this purpose constitu ted a mandate that can no longer be ignored. An option is held on a site on the Pinehurst-airport road just outside the Pinehurst school dis trict. Building plans have been delayed pending the merger talks. Southern Pines and Pine hurst, planning their own mer ger with a separate high school to be built on US 15-501, between the two communities, have shown no inclination to change their plan. While Southern Pines and Pinehurst have expressed will ingness to accept Aberdeen and West End schools into their unit, the Moore County school board has declined to consider this, as they say it would weaken their own system in numerous ways. The commissioners’ letter of (Continued on Page 8) REASONS CITED PARKING RULES TO BE ENFORCED Parking time limits in the business section -will be en forced by marking car tires, starting Monday, August 31, Police Chief Earl S. Sea-well announced ioday,| Enforement of the parking law has been suspended, be cause of lighter traffic, dlur- ing the summer months. IN NLRB ELECTION Union Rejected At Proctor-Silex Co. In an election supervised by the National Labor Relations Board on Tuesday, employees of the local Proctor-Silex plant voted 332 to 182 against making the International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers their bargaining agent. The voting took place at the plant by secret ballot, in morning and afternoon sessions, to ac comodate workers on different shifts. Larry Eubanks was the supervising official from the NLRB office at Greensboro.. Carlton Hooks of the Union headed a team of organizers which has been active here for several months. Ed Benkowski, Proctor-Silex plant manager, issued the follow ing statement after the election: “For a long while now the lUE Union AFL-CIO has been claim ing that it represents the employ ees of our company. It has been our belief that our employees do not generally desire to be re presented by this union, or any other union, and that after con sidering the matter from every standpoint, our employees would come to the conclusion, in their own judgment, that a union would not work out to their own best interests. “This whole question has now been decided in a secret ballot election conducted among our employees by the National Labor Relations Board. “The outcome of the vote was 332 against the Union and 182 for the union. We are, of course, deeply gratified at this demon stration of the attitude of our employees. “It is our intention to maintain our relations with our people in such manner as to continue to merit their loyalty and confid ence.” During the voting, three obser vers were on hand for both the company and the union. Thirty votes were challenged, but any revision in the vote could not affect the election’s outcome. The local plant, which opened in January, 1963, manufactures electric irons. Capel Urges New Sehools In Area Be Unsegregated Town Councilman Felton J. Capel of West Southern Pines, this week repeated and expanded his thoughts on proposed South ern Pines and Pinehurst high school consolidations, maintain ing that the question of racial segregation, if the merger takes place, should not be evaded. Capel cited economy factors, the Supreme Court school segre gation decisions and the need for federal Impacted Area school funds in stating his conviction that large new high schools should not be built in the South ern Pines-Pinehurst area on a racially segregated basis. His full statement follows: “Since our mayor, Mr. N. L. Hodgkins, Jr., has taken it upon himself to speak on behalf of the Town Council in attacking me for my stand on the proposed school merger, I feel that all the information should be given to the public. “Not once has any member of the Southern Pines or Pinehurst school boards appeared before (Continued on Page 8) Beal Firm Bids Low On Indiana Ave. Work N. C. Beal and Sons, Sanford contractor, was apparent low bid der, at $17,592; for .205 mile of widening and Resurfacing on East Indiana Ave., from S. May St., to Country Club Drive, when bids were received* Tuesday by the State Highway Commission in Raleigh. Bids will be reviewed by the Commission on September 3. The portion of Indiana Ave. in volved is on the state highway system as SR 2036. Col. Thorpe To Speak At Wildlife Club Meet Col. George M. Thorpe, presi dent of the Fort Bragg Fish and Wildlife Association, will be guest speaker at a dinner meeting of the Moore County Wildlife Club, at Doug Kelly’s Holiday Inn Restaurant Tuesday, September 1. Registration will be at 7 and the dinner at 7:30. Club members are asked to bring craft work items they have made, to be dbnated for sale at the club’s annual fund-raising Fall bazaar.
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