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0 Advice about water safety, from the American Medical Association, appears on page 13. Gkndon j pll i-Vosi f Pin The war in Vietnam is the top concern of UN Secretary - General U Thant. Report, page 14. VOL.—45 No. 28 TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY 27, 1965 TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES PRICE: 10 CENTS TOM WICKER N. C. NATIVE Wicker To Give &)mmencement Address Here Tom Wicker, Hamlet native and fomer local resident who is now chief of the Washington Bureau of The New York Times, will give the commencement address at East Southern Pines High School, Supt. J. W. Jenkins an nounced today. Graduation exercises, wi^ de tails to be announced later, will take place in Weaver Auditorium, Thursday, June 10, at 8:15 p.m. Mr. Jenkins also said that the baccalaureate sermon will be de livered by Pastor Jack Deal of Our Saviour Lutheran Church, also in the auditorium, at the same hour, Sunday, June 6. Mr. Wicker, who is a nephew of Miss Gussie Cameron of South ern Pines, worked here for several months as executive secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, after his graduation -from UNG at (Continued on Page 8) West Side Finals Speakers Named Speakers at graduation exer cises and baccalaureate services of West Southern Pines High School were announced today by H. A. Wilson, principal. Miss T. Lorraine Cumbo of Ra leigh, guidance consultant with the State Department of Public Instruction, will deliver the grad uation address, Wednesday, June 9, at 8 pm, in the West Southern Pines School auditorium. Preaching the baccalaureate sermon at 4 pm, Sunday, June 6, also in the auditorium, will be the Rev. Julius Douglas of Greensboro, who has been pastor of St. James United Presbyterian Church there since 1946. Miss Cumbo, who has degrees from North Carolina College and Boston University and studied two additional years at Harvard, has taught at St. Augustine’s Col- (Continued on Page 8) COLLEGE TO GET $568,013 GRANT A grant of $568,013 has been made to Sandhills Com munity College by the U. S. Office of Education, under the Higher Education Facili ties Act, officials of the col lege learned this week from Congressman Charles R. Jonas in Washington. Dr, Raymond A. Stone, president, said that the col lege has not yet received di rect confirmation from the Office of Education. Children To Get ‘Head Start’ In Entering School Project Head Start, a kinder garten program for children en tering school next fall, will be operated on a tuition-free basis this summer in all elementaiy schools of the Moore County sys tem. This system includes all schools of the county except those in the Southern Pines and Pinehurst city administrative units. Unofficial approval was given the Moore County application, submitted last April, this week by telephone from Washington, with word that the official ok will follow promptly, said C. Ed ison Powers, assi.ctant superin tendent. The project will be spon sored nationwide by the Office of Economic Opportunity of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. A federal grant of $56,000 will be rhade for the Moore schools’ program, which will pay for a director, teachers and teacher aides, instructional supplies, a hot lunch for all, field trips and car pool transportation for pupils without other means of trans portation. Letters have been sent to par ents of all children who have re gistered to enter the county schools next fall offering them the opportunity to give their children a “head start” on their actual schooling. Powers said. Preparations are being made to enroll some 300 to 400 children. While the program was initial ly designed for children from culturaly deprived homes, whose difficulties when entering school frequently slow them down all the way and produce many of the later “dropouts,” the Moore plan as approved is for all the children, from every lev el, who are preparing to enter school. Powers said. Mrs. Beulah C. McPherson, who is retiring after many years’ service as teacher, elementary supervisor and director of in-i struction in the Moore County (Continued oh Page 8) Various Closings Scheduled Monday Post offices, banks and the courthouse at Carthage will be closed Monday for the Memorial Day holiday, with private offices and businesses having no stand ard closing pattern. The post office will be on holi day schedule, with no home de livery and windows closed, but mail dispatched as usual. Also to close will be the South ern Pines municipal building and town-owned public library. Postmaster Morris Johnson re minds the public that post office windows wiU be closed after 12:30 p.m., each Wednesday during June, July and August. TWO-TIME CHAMP — Larry Dempsey of Greensboro successfully defended his 1964 title in last week’s 5th annual National Elks Ama teur golf championship conducted here. He is receiving his impressive trophy from Bob Strousfe, tournament chairman, left, and Gaither Edwards, exalted ruler of the local sponsoring Elks Lodge 1692. (Humphrey photo) LOCAL LODGE'S TEAM WINS TROPHY Dempsey Keeps Title In Elks Golf Larry Dempsey of Greensboro hits and sells pills with abandon. The pharmaceutical salesman made a shambles of the fifth Na tional Elks Amateur golf cham pionship here Thursday through Saturday, last week, winning by 12 shots, leaving only fond mem ories of fun and golf for the re mainder of the record entry of 290 players. Perfect weather gave an assist to the aim of Elks Lodge 1692, which sponsors the event to give the area a boost as a tourist Mec ca as well as a golf center. Dempsey shared the lead after round one with R. J. Flecken- stein of Hamilton, Ohio, both with 73 scored at Southern Pines Country Club. Championship flight contenders moved to tight Mid Pines Club for the second day of play and Dempsey emerg ed with a three-stroke lead on another 73. Fleckenstein skied to 84 and out of contention as Jim Chatfield, Charleston, W. Va., moved into second place at 149. By the first nine of the last round Saturday, Dempsey had the title in his pocket, turning two under par en route to 68, three under for the Southern Pines layout and low round of the tourney. Chatfield and amaz ing senior golfer Joe Petrock, of Ormond Beach, Fla., tied second at 226 and the West Virginian won the runnerup trophy by scoring a birdie with a 12-r.5ot putt on the second hole of a play off. Eighteen flights were contested with five trophies awarded in each. For the first time in the event, the local lodge was made eligible in team competition and Chicken Fry June 2 To Aid Little League A fried chicken supper for benefit of the local Little League baseball program will take place Wednesday, June 2, starting at 5:30 p.m., at the Southern Pines Country Club. Tickets are $1.50 for adults and 75 cents for children. They are being sold by Little League play ers or can be obtained through Bill Smith at Jackson Motors. All proceeds will go for Little League expenses which are met by sponsoring firms, contributions from individuals and fund-rais ing events. walking off with the trophy were local members Tip Eddy, George Hafeli, Carlos Fry and Jim Besley. Once again the Durham lodge won the in-state attendance tro phy with more than 30 contest ants and the Gary, Ind. lodge, with more than 20 playing, won the out-of-state trophy. 'There were numerous interest ing sidelights of the tournament. One attention-getter was the (Continued on Page 27) DING IVISION PUBLIC RECEPTION, JUNE 2 N. L. HodgkinSy Retiring From School Boardy To Be Honored Norris L. Hodgkins, retiring June 1 as a member of the Southern Pines board of educa tion after about 28 years on the board, will be honored with a reception given by the board of education at the municipal build ing, Wednesday, June 2, from 4 to 6 p.m. The public is invited. A resident of Southern Pines since 1935 and president of the Citizens Bank and Trust Com pany since 1940, Mr. Hodgkins served as chairman of the board for several years, stepping down from that post When he was named a member of the board of trustees of Sandhills Community college. William McAdams of the school faculty and Mrs. Duncan McGoo- gan are program co-chairmen for Wednesday’s event which will in clude musical and other features. Mrs. Walter Harper of the board of education is general chairman of arrangements. Dr. Raymond J. Dougherty was appointed by the town council last week to fill the vacancy re sulting from expiration of the term of Mr. Hodgkins and his decision not to accept reappoint ment. LONG CAREER— Forty-three years of association with North Carolina State University, as a student and official, is the record of Edward W. Ruggles, Southern Pines native who is pictured here near the 1911 Building where he spent time as a student and now has his offices. He has been director of the Division of General Extension for 31 years. The sign by which he is standing reads—“1911 Building — Extension Division.” N. C. STATE EXTENSION DIRECTOR Edward W. Ruggles, Local Native, Is Honored With Pre-Retirement Dinner Edward W. Ruggles, Southern Pines native who will retire June 30 as director of the Division of General Extension at North Car olina State University, Raleigh, was honored at a dinner in the Faculty Club of NCS, attended by more than 200 friends and as sociates, Thursday night of last week. Going to Raleigh from South ern Pines for the dinner were his brother John S. Ruggles, and Mrs. Ruggles, and Mrs. Ruggles’s mother, Mrs. Walter Edwards, and coming from Kingsport, Tenn., was another brother, Al bert Ruggles, with his wife. All three of the brothers, with the ir wives, returned to South ern Pines, after the event, to spend the weekend here. Mr. Ruggles, the first and only full-time director of general ex tension, has been with the uni versity since 1926. He initially was employed as an instructor of electrical engineering and in 1934 was named director of the (Continued on Page 8) 60th Anniversary Of Opening Being Observed By Bank The Citizens Bank and Trust Company of Southern Pines is marking the 60th anniversary of its opening here, N. L. Hodgkins, president, said this week. The official, who has been pre sident since 1940, recalled that the bank opened for business. May 22, 1905, and moved into a new brick building three years later. The building is pictured elsewhere in today’s Pilot. The bank’s present main office on N. W. Broad St., which has been remodeled several times, was built in 1924 and a new branch office on S. W. Broad St. was built and opened in 1962. The bank has shown a steady growth, Mr. Hodgkins said, noting that total resourcss have risen from $52,000 in 1907 to $11,063- 000 in 1965 — more than doubled in the past decade. The 1955 re sources were listed as $4,145,000. The bank, including its two loca tions, now has a staff of 24 per sons. No formal observance of the 60th Emniversary is being held. Ten years ago, the bank issued a (Continued on Page 8) HEARING SET JUNE 2 Legislators Back County-Wide Vote On Consolidation Service Set At Cemetery Sunday A memorial ceremony for de ceased war veterans will be held in Mount Hope Cemetery, Sun day, May 30, at 5 p.m. The local VFW and American Legion posts and their auxiliaries are in charge, to be assisted by Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts. Graves of all Veterans will be decorated The public is invited. Location of the ceremony will be the grave of the late Louis Scheipers, Jr., local veteran of Air Force service in World War II and former Southern Pines town manager. 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 May 20 87 60 May 21 83 62 May 22 87 62 May 23 91 61 May 24 87 63 May 25 82 65 May 26 89 67 Moving swiftly and giving their solid support, Moore County’s two state legislators. Sen. Voit Gilmore and Rep. Clyde Auman, backed up by Sen. Robert Morgan of Harnett County (this district’s other senator), are pushing action on legislation that would make possible a county-wide vote on consolidation of Moore’s three school systems into one, and also a vote on a county-wide special supplementary school tax. Details of the proposals, and the reasoning supporting them, ate given in a statement by Senator Gilmore, appearing on this page. Gilmore told The Pilot that the bill, being prepared by the Institute of Government at Chapel Hill, would be pul in the hands of the county commissioners, for their study and) approval, Friday. Plans call for its introduction in the General Assembly on Tuesday, June 1, with a pub lic hearing scheduled on it, in the Legislative Building at Raleigh at 10 aun., Wednes day, June 2, before the House Education Committee. The room in which the hearing will be held will be posted in the building's lobby, he said. Probably also to be incorporat ed in the bill are provisions of another bill introduced in the House by Rep. Auman Monday, making it possible for the Moore County Board of Education to build and operate a school in the Pinehurst School District and to allow Pinehurst School District voters to vote on merging with the county school system. Both of these provisions would be needed only if the county-wide consolidation proposal were voted down. The site that would be ac quired' under such a bill would be for a consolidated Aberdeen- West End high school—a pro posal that has been superceded by the county-wide merger plan. Moore county’s legislators, headed for Raleigh, met Monday morning at the Carthage court house in a hastily-organized ses sion attended by about 40 coun ty residents, intent on one ob jective—to secure a committal for legislation on the county wide school consolidation vote. They weren’t worried about Rep. Clyde Auman of West End, well known to be in full sym pathy with the vote. Their principal concern was Sen. Voit Gilmore of Southern Pines, who was known to have been under strong opposing pres sures in his home district and in Pinehurst. It had been a rugged weekend for both legislators, as the school legislation proponents and op ponents all put pressure on them. “We just want to know one thing: what are yoii going to do?” was the demand made on the senator at the Monday meet- (Continued on Page 8) BY COUNCIL. BOARD Puhlic Meeting On School Plans Slated Saturday A public meeting will be held Saturday, May 29, at 2 pm in the National Guard Armory on Mor- ganton Road, to discuss proposed legislation for a county-wide vote on school system consolida tion and special supplementary school tax, said Dr. C. C. McLean, chairman of the Southern Pines Board of Education and J. W. Jenkins, superintendent of South ern Pines District schools. Accepting invitations to attend the meeting, it was stated, are State Sen. Voit Gilmore, State Sen. Robert Morgan of Harnett County; and Chairman John M. Currie of the board of county commissioners. Other commis sioners have been invited and may attend, also State Rep. Clyde Auman of West End from whom a definite commitment to attend had not been received this morning. The meeting is jointly spon sored by the board of education and the town council. Mayor Norris L. Hodgkins, Jr., said to day. The mayor. Dr. McLean and (Continued on Page 8) ^Action Necessary Now’ Sen. Voit Gilmore Explains Proposed School Legislation Following is the full statement made this week by State Sen. Voit Gilmore of Southern Pines on legislation dealing 'with the county's schools, to be introduced in the General Assembly at Raleigh: “Differing viewpoints concerning the future of Moore County schools have continued unresolved so long that the safety and educational advantage of many Moore County children are in jeopardy. “Action is necessary now. The General Assembly may adjourn by mid-June which means that any legislation needed to help unsnarl the situation must be introduced promptly. “After countless meetings with Moore County citizens who propose various solutions of the school issues, I find no common ground on which patrons of the present three school systems seem able to meet and agree. The County Commissioners, in their continuing effort to reconcile differences, have found the same. “To resolve the differences the County Commissioners on May 11 adopted and forwarded to Senator Robert Morgan, Repre sentative Clyde Auman and me a resolution asking for legislation to authorize the commissioners to call a county-wide vote on whether or not to merge the Pinehurst, Southern Pines and county schools into one county-wide unit and whether or not to authorize a special school tax of up to thirty cents. At a meeting with Rep. Auman and me on May 24 they reaffirmed their request for this legislation. The Commissioners indicate they have in mind a seven-member school board, six to be elected from designated school districts and one at-large, for four-year, staggered terms. Should the proposed vote be held in the FaU, as expected, the seven members would be appointed to serve until their successors are elected on a non-partisan basis at the next general election. “The commissioners also have indicated their feeling that on the baUot the thirty cents school tax should not be made a condition of consolidation but rather be made a separate item. In other words, it would be possible for voters to approve con solidation but turn down the special tax. In this event, individual school districts would be authorized to continue present school supplement taxes or adopt new ones. “At the request of the County Commissioners I will join with Senator Morgan and Representative Auman in the introduction (Continued on Page 8)
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