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VOL.—46 No. 8
MOORE JOINS
Authori
County
The Moore County
sioners faced up Mondd
fact that political re-di|
may soon become the|
lem, as it is now the
of the General Assem|
A letter was read
meeting from John T.
sey, general counsel o|
C. Association of Coun|
missioners, informing
that Moore is one of
ties which are “vulner^
it has five voting
ranging from a I'ow oi|
NEW DISTRICTS
Changes Co
Up In Specij
Assembly
If present re-district:
are approved as ex
next week’s special
Assembly session, Moi
ty will find itself no
part of the “Fightingl
but in a new Fourth
ional District, orientl
ward' instead of west
Only one of its old
trict neighbors, Mo:
remains in the prop:
district, otherwise co:
Wake, Nash, Oran;
dolph and Chatham.
In State Senate rea
ment Moore will be
entirely new line-up
two senators with
Richmond, Montgomi
Davidson.
Only in the House,
Moore, with a nea:
population figure, r(
single representati’
there likely be no c.
State Senator Voi
of Southern Pines,
attended mahy’hieeti^ITgs of the
special re-districting | commit
tees, trying to work ejut nearly
unsolvable problems j under a
court-deadline whiplfash, and
Rep. Clyde Auman i of West
End will both be on'hand for
the special session,, opening
Monday and expecte^ to com
plete its work in thijee days.
Object of the re-dis,tricting is
to equalize as nearly as possi
ble, the population o:f the var
ious “one man-one vote” rul
ing.
Though the Seriate and
House reapportionmeint strug
gles caused cries of anguish all
over the State, it was the Con-
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SNTY-TWO PAGES
SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 1966
TWENTY-TWO PAGES
PRICE: 10 CENTi
LIONS SPONSORING
Variety Sh ow
Jan. 13 Will
Aid Two Funds
Two well known
fund campaigns wi 11 benefit
from proceeds of a pi ofessional
variety entertainmen t program,
the Ken Griffin Show, which
will be sponsored hf ;re by the
Southern Pines Lions Club, at
8 pm on Thursdaj’ of next
week, January 13, Weaver
Auditorium
To benefit are: Ca
in the Pines, the
Sandhills
handicapped chiL
adults, near here
swimming pool fund
d
mp Easter
camp for
Iren and
and the
of Samar-
cand Manor, the state school
for girls, near Eagle Springs.
Camp Easter is con tinning its
building program a id $32,000
is sought for the poij)! fund, to
be matched, if that
donated, by an equ
of state funds.
Featuring Kei I
“America’s great tL
ionist,” and from 4(’*
acts of skill, cc'
mystery, the sho^*
local sponsoring Li-
suitable for the ec 1
Further details apt
advertisement elsij
today’s Pilot.
amount is
al amount
Griffin,
ng illus-
50 other
dy and
say the
, will be
e family,
ar in an
here in
ets
ing
night
of
Wildlife Club’
First 1966 Me^
Set for Tuesda}?
next week, January n, is the
new year’s first mee ting of the
Moore County Wildlife Club,
at Howard Johnsor’s Restau
rant, with registratic m at 7 and
dinner at 7:30.
Howard N. Butleif of South
ern Pines, president! said that
the club, which promotes con
servation of naturallresources,
welcomes new memljers. Reg
ular members are ujged to at
tend and all interes
are invited.
\ght For
icting
|county population to a
29.66 per cent.
I were asked to support
fegislation which would
ke, but not require, that
[■district the county on a
one vote” basis—or,
Irnative, face the pros-
all county commission-
Jidates running at large,
(istricting were under-
the goal would be to
fce, as nearly as pos-
Ithe population of the
foting districts,
pecial session of the NC
Assmebly will open in
|h Monday, January 10,
lich a similar equaliza-
/ill be sought for Con-
State Senatorial
Jtate House of Representa-
listricts. The action is be-
under pressure of a
Supreme Court decision. ..
first reaction was voic-
ay Commissioner Wylie
pis, who wanted to let
gs rock along on the theo-
lat no immediate threat
posed. However, county
luntant, Mrs. Estelle Wick-
jtold them, “One county
Islow) is already in the
[(Continued on Page 8)
allege Trustees
[eelect Officers
11 officers of the board of
stees of Sandhills Commun-
College were reelected at a
leting of the board last
ek. They are: H. Clifton
chairman; Dr. W. E.
exander, vice chairman; J.
Robbins, secretary; and N.
Hodgkins, treasurer.
Other members of the board
are J. E. Causey^ Paul Dick
son, Robert S. Ewing, Dr. Chai-
les Highsmith, Thomas B. Hun
ter, L. L. Marion, Jr., John F.
Taylor and Dr. A. A. Vanore.
The board heard a report on
the college’s progress and' pro
blems from Dr. Raymond A.
Stone, president. The “sum
mary statement” of Dr. Stone’s
report appears on The Pilot’s
editorial page today.
'MARCH OF DIMES'
GETTING STARTED
The annual fund-raising
"March of Dimes" campai
gn of the Moore County
chapter. National Founda
tion, will get under way
next week with the hold
ing the kickoff supper at
7:30 p.m. Monday at the
Carthage Hotel, said J.
Frank McCaskill of Pine-
hurst, county campaign
chairman.
Officers and directors of
the chapter will attend
along with community
campaign chairman, and
election of officers will be
held. Campaign literature
will be distributed, and a
film will be shown.
Having played a major
role in nearly eliminating
polio as a national health
menace, the National
Foundation now directs its
major effort at both the
causes and results of birth
defects—a challenging field
of research that demands
equally generous, support
from the American people,
the chairman said.
m
/
Board Considers Employing
Manager For Moore County
W M - 'l
Errpldyment of a county
manager before this year is out
v/as seriously discussed by the
county commissioners in reg
ular session at Carthage, Mon
day.
The suggestion followed a
preview of matters facing
them in 1966-67 — mounting
problems along with the prog-
gress which is being made on
many fronts.
The suggestion of a county
manager was made by Com
missioner J. M. Pleasants of
Southern Pines and Chairman
John M. Currie of Carthage
concurred with, “Many people'
have spoken to me about it. It
may be this year 1966 is the
tim.e for it. Moore county is
moving ahead fast. We’re not
wealthy but I think we can
support a county manager
Negroes A ski n ^ Sha re
In Work With County
r
WELCOMED AT SCHOOL — Ten of the
11 Mexican young people who are visiting
in Southern Pines (one of the group, Michel
Lauteaud, was out of town with his host
family) were welcomed at the East South
ern Pines schools, Wednesday, touring
and speaking in all classrooms of the ele
mentary , grades and visiting Spanish,
French and Latin classes in the high school.
Greeting them on arrival at the elemen
tary school was the hall bulletin board in
background of photo, prepared by a group
of fourth graders who, like all fourth grade
students in the school, are starting, this
year, an eight-year coordinated program of
Spanish language studies. With U.S. and
Mexican flags and young people depicted
as ‘‘good neighbors” across the border of
the two nations, the bulletin board sym
bolized the purpose of the Mexicans’ visit
—the promotion of international friendship
and understanding. Supt. J. W. Jenkins,
High School Principal Glenn Cox and
several faculty members and student
organization leaders conducted the Mexi
cans on various parts of their school tour.
Pictured are: front row, seated, from left—
Enrequeta Gonzalez, Victoria Mendez,
Rosalinda Fasen, and Maria Del Pilar
Quintana. Standing, same order: Jose Luis
Abrego, Teresina Spinoso, Begona Arteta,
Cristina Hilda Goddard, Antonio Velez
(group leader), and directly in front of him,
Rosa Marina Villegas.
(John Short photo)
A delegation of Negro lead
ers from all parts of Moore
County, headed by the Rev.
M. M. Bell of Carthage, ap
peared Monday before the
county commissioners to re
quest participation by mem
bers of their race in all phases
of county government.
Stating they preferred to
Mexican Young People To Leave Tuesday
Eleven Mexican students,
winding up their four-week
stay in Sandhills homes, are
busy this week with many
activities.
Today (Thursday) they were
guests of the Army at Fort
Bragg, visiting the John F.
Kennedy Special Forces Cen
ter, and honored at a luncheon
party. They were also to see
a paratroop drop, weather per
mitting.
Tuesday, they visited Mt.
Olive Junior (College, where
Dr. and Mrs. Jose Infante and
their son, a student there, were
hosts. Dr. Infante, a refugee
from Castro’s Cuba, taught
Spanish last year in the East
Southern Pines High school,
and this year "heads the
Spanish department at Mt.
Olive.
Wednesday, the group visit
ed many classrooms in the
East Southern Pines Schools
(photo above). Last week, they
were guests of the Sandhills
Kiwanis Club, sponsor of the
student exchange project, at
their luncheon meeting Wed
nesday at Holiday Inn, and
that night were entertained by
Dr. and Mrs. W. F. Hollister
at an old-fashioned brunswick
stew supper at their home.
They also visited the J. P.
VIOLINIST, PIANIST
Ciompi, Withers
Will Play Here
On January 15
Saturday evening, January
15, a week from this Saturday,
marks the third concert in the
season series of the Sandhills
Music Ass'oeiation.
On that date two outstand
ing artists. Violinist Giorgio
Ciompi, and Pianist Loren
Withers will take the stage at
Weaver Auditorium to present
a program chojen from the
best in classical music. Curtain
time is 8:30.
Both artists are members of
the Duke faculty: Mr. Ciompi
as “artist in residence”; while
Mr. Withers heads the piano
section. Both have an impres-
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OPEN HOUSE. GUIDED TOURS SET
M persons
North Moore High School To Be
Dedicated In Sunday Ceremonies
Dedication of North Moore
High School, Moore county’s
newest school facility, will be
held Sunday at 3 pm with Dr.
Amos Abrams of Raleigh as
guest speaker.
Open house and guided
tours will follow the program,
when the public will be giv
en a close look at the ultra
modern plant, built on the
“campus plan,” with six sepa
rate buildings on varying lev
els, connected by breezeways.
The beauty, originality and
efficiency of the design by
Hayes-Howell & Associates,
architects, of Southern Pines,
have won statewide attention.
The school, second unit of
the Moore County system’s
consolidation program, opened
in September with some 500
students, located on the
Robbins-Highfalls Road about
midway between the two
communities. Supt. Robert E.
Lee will preside at the dedi
cation program in the audi
torium, and C. Edison Powers,
assistant superintendent, will
present Dr. Abrams, who is
editor of the North Carolina
Education Association maga
zine “Education” and assistant
to the NCEA executive di
rector, Dr. Amos C. Dawson,
former superintendent of
Southern Pines schools.
Jere McKeithen of Aber
deen, chairman of the county
Doard of education, will rec
ognize distinguished guests.
Principal C. E. Hackney will
give a welcome and the Rev.
G. T. Sturch, pastor of the
First Baptist Church of Rob
bins; will offer the dedication
prayer.
J. H. Garner will sing “The
Builder” as dedication hymn.
W. M. Puckett, chairman of
the Area H advisory council,
will head the service of dedi
cation. Jerry L. Jones, band
and choral director, w’ll direct
the processional.
Registration will open at 2
pm before the program starts
at 3.
'CHEER' PROGRAM
Welfare Head
Voices Thanks
For Generosity
Mrs. Walter B. Cole of Car
thage, director of the Moore
County Department of Public
Welfare, this week voiced the
department’s thanks, for gen
erosity to the copnty-wide
“Christmas Cheer” program in
which hundreds of needy fam
ilies received food boxes, toys
and other gifts under direction
of cooperating individuals and
organizations.
In her statement of grati
tude, Mrs. Cole said:
“The Moore County Depart
ment of Public Welfare would
like to express its appreciation
for the wonderful way each
community in the county re
membered those less fortun
ate during the Christmas Sea
son.
“This is a most worthwhile
service rendered by the com
munities at Christmas time
and our sincere thanks to you.
The families who were remem
bered have expressed their ap
preciation and best wishes to
civic groups, churches, each
individual person and especial
ly the Christmas Cheer chair
men, who had a part in mak
ing their Christmas a happy
one.
“Without the help of inter
ested organizations and indi
viduals the Welfare Depart
ment could not function to the
best advantage in administer
ing to people we attempt to
serve. We sincerely appreciate
your many services all during
the year and wish for each of
you a happy and prosperous
New Year.”
Stevens & Co. Gulistan Carpet
plant at Aberdeen.
There has been plenty of
fun for the eight girls and the
three young men during the
holidays, both at events plan
ned in their honor and in shar
ing the social life of their host
families and the young people
of the households during
Christmas and New Year’s.
They themselves are now
busy on party plans, for a real
Mexican fiesta, to be given
Saturday night for their hosts
and others who have contribut
ed to the pleasure of their
stay here.
They will leave Tuesday by
bus from Fayetteville, for
Winston - Salem, Pittsburgh,
Pa., and Alleghany College,
Meadville, Pa., where they
will remain for two weeks.
After sightseeing visits to
Niagara Falls, New York City
and Washington, they will re
turn to Mexico February 13.
Materials Stolen
At College Site
Workmen at the Sandhills
Community College, prepar
ing to tile floors 'of the new
classroom building under con
struction on the Pinehurst-
Airport Road, found the other
day that 48 cartons of tiles and
17 five-gallon cans 'of tile ce
ment were missing.
The Moore County sherriff’s
department is investigating
the loss of the light-brown
rubber tiles, which cost $18
per box, and the cement, $8.75
per can—a total value of over
$1,000.
They were among numerous
types of building and finishing
materials stored in the build
ing, and Deputy Sheriff Law
rence Buie said they might
have been taken as long as a
month ago, and not missed un
til needed. Windows were not
placed in the building until
sometime in December. A
check is being made to see if
other items are missing.
seek their goals by petition
rather than by demonstration,
they specified health, welfare,
education and police as areas
of particular interest, dealing
extensively with Negroes,
where they felt employment
of Negroes would be benefi
cial.
Felton J. Capel, mayor pro-
tem of Southern Pines, related
the experience of Southern
Pines in the employment of
two Negro policemen, who he
said are doing a go'od job and
filling a long-felt need. He
emphasized the value of Ne
gro police officers in work
ing with young people and
prevention of juvenile delin
quency.
Delegation Listed
Members ■of the delegation,
in addition to the Rev. Mr.
Bell and Mr. Capel, included
J. B. Ritter of Robbins, James
T. Pattishaw of Cameron,
Charlie Ray of Jackson
Springs, G. D. Stafford and
Mrs. Tarba T. Brown of Car
thage, and the Rev. W. F.
Carlson of Aberdeen.
Mrs. Brown is a former su
pervisor of the Moore County
schools, who retired last year.
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and that it will pay off.”
'Big Business'
With a $1,757,000 budget this
year, Moore is “big business”
now and the board agreed that
“it takes more time almost
than a man can spare from
making a living to serve con
scientiously as a county com
missioner.”
Currie had noted that one
regular meeting a month
“would hardly do” any more,
and that the board should have
two regular meetings, in addi
tion to the special meetings
lately ■often found essential. He
said, “The right man in the
job would take a lot of our
headaches off of us.”
On proposal by Commission
er W. S. Taylor of Aberdeen, a
study will be made of the ex
periences 'of North Carolina
counties, of size comparable to
Moore, which have employed
county managers. A decision
is expected to be reached by
budget-making time, so the
manager’s salary may be bud
geted.
Problems Foreseen
Some of the problems fore
seen for the immediate future
were detailed by Currie as
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DSA DEADLINE
Deadline for making nomin
ations for the local Jaycees’
Distinguished Service Award,
to be made to some young man
(21-35) of the community, will
be Monday, January 10, the
public was reminded today by
Jim Thomas, chairmaun of the
award program and banquet to
be helc'^ January 18. Nomina
tion blai^s, with full instruc
tions, can've obtained by. call
ing 692-2182.
COUNCIL TO MEET
The January meeting of the
Southern Pines Town Council
will be held in the municipal
building, Tuesday, January 11,
at 8 pm. Town council meet
ings are open to the public and
all interested persons are in
vited.
GIFT TO CAMP — William P. Saunders of Southern
Pines (left) is shown presenting a sizable check as his
personal contribution to the camp’s continuing building
program to Judson C. “Pat” Jones, chairman of Friends of
Camp Easter, a recently organized fund-raising committee
for the camp. Other members of the “Friends,” who are
retired or semi-retired Sandhills residents, present for the
occasion were Jack Rees, Lawrence A. Kempf, John J.
Hegarty, Walter J. Kelly and Henry G. Harper, comprising
the entire membership of the group. Mr. Saunders, a mem
ber and former director of the N. C. Department of Con
servation and' Development and a former state senator,
was chairman of Camp Easter’s original building fund
campaign which put the camp into operation in the summer
of 1964. He has served in numerous other public and
private leadership and advisory posts, at state and county
levels, since his retirement from a long career as a textile
manufacturing executive. Last week, he was one of nine ,,
mendj^^ireaur^nted by Gov. Dan K. Moore to the N. CX
AtJ^^H^^^Hjljj^^ory Committee, valh terms expiring
^kuAphrJjH. photo)
Cerebral Palsy
Fund Campaign
Starts In Moore
The annual Moore County
fund - raising campaign for
United Cerebral Palsy of
North Carolina opened this
week with Harold Collins of
Southern Pines as chairman
and Voit Gilmore, also of
Southern Pines, co-chairman.
Mrs. Dan McNeill of South
ern Pines, advisor, said that
the State organization, of
which the Moore County cam
paign is a part, is an affiliate
■of United Celebral Palsy As
sociations, Inc., a recognized
national health agency.
The funds collected are used
for diganostic, treatment,
counseling and educational
services and for a national re
search program supporting
scientists and medical author
ities in efforts to discover the
causes of cerebral palsy and
to develop a preventive or
cure.
Cerebral palsy, which af
fects one out of every 300
babies born in the United
States and a total of some
600,000 persons, according to
information from UCP, is caus-
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Man Threatens
To Kill Self-
And Then Does
John Edward Jordan, 36, pf
West End, a service station
employee, came home from
work at lunch time Wednes
day, told his wife he was going
to kill himself, went into a
back bedroom and shot him
self through the forehead, ac
cording to Moore Coroner W.
K. Carpenter.
The grief-stricken wife, who
had left the house’ after her
husband spoke to her, to get
gas for the car, told the coro
ner that her husband had made
such threats before, but that
she hadn’t believed him then
and didn’t believe him this
time. She came home in a few
minutes to find the body lying
between the bed and a dresser,
where he had fallen after a
shotgun blast through the fore
head. His .410 shotgun la^be-
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2 Babies Born
On January 1
The New Year was 12 hours
and four minutes old before
Moore County’s first baby was
born. Little Mister 1966, who
arrived at four minutes past
no'on Saturday at Moore Me
morial hospital, was young
William Nathan Martindale,'
son of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Mar
tindale of Robbins.
There was a little Miss 1966
too, who arrived at 9:27 pm,
January 1, also at Moore Me-
memorial: Cindy Marcelle
Crutchfield, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Jerome Crutchfield,
Jr., of West End.
Mothers and babies were all
reported doing well, and plan
ning to go home Wednesday or
Thursday.
HAS 87 LIVING DESCENDENTS
Mrs. Nannie Foster, Oldest Moore
County Resident, Succumbs At 105
Funeral services will be
held Friday for Mrs. Nannie
Walden Foster, who died M'on-
day at the age of 105, at her
home in the Taylortown com
munity.
She was believed to be
Moore County’s oldest resi
dent. Born November 12, 1860,
in slavery days, near Carth
age, she spent most ■of her life
in the vicinity of Carthage and
Pinehurst. Her husband, Todd
Rufus Foster, died 45 years
ago. She leaves 87 living des
cendants.
She worked as a midwife for
many years, until failing eye
sight forced her retirement,
but she remained quick-witted
and active until her final ill
ness, keeping in good spirits
“with song and prayer,” accord
ing to members of her family.
As she had done since passing
the century mark, she cele
brated her 105th birthday last
November with a dinner serv
ed to relatives and friends,
0 came by to congratulate
j^eA^rid wish^er well.
p)
i chili
Carrie Gilchrist of Pittsburgh,
Pa.; Mrs. Oppie McLean of
Syracuse, N. Y., Mrs. Laura
Thomas and Mrs. Clara Kel-
lum of Taylortown and Harvey
Foster of Florida. AUq surviv
ing are 21 grandchildren, 47
great- grandchildren and 14
great-great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held
at 2 pm Friday at the Church
of God and Christ at Taylor
town, conducted by Bishop J.
L. McKeithan of Vass, follow
ed by burial in the Taylortown
community cemetery.
THE WEATHER
Maximum and minimum
temperatures for each day of.
the past week were recorded!
as follows at the U. S. Weather
Bureau obsp:i/ation station, at
W®EB,'«fiMidland Road.
I^ecember 29 61 29
December 30 68 42
pecember 31 67 42
(January 1 74 54
January 2 71 50
Jeumpry 3 68 55,
ry 4 59 37j
ary 5 50 39