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VOL.—46 No. 11
TWENTY-TWO PAGES
SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 1966
TWENTY-TWO PAGES
PRICE: 10 CENTS
Jury Picked But Snow
Prevents Murder Trial
A jury was painstakingly
selected Tuesday afternoon for
the first-degree murder trial
of Alexander “Peewee” Ross,
with the trial to start Wednes
day morning in Moore Coun
ty Superior Court at Carthage,
with Judge Robert B. Gambill
of North Wilkesboro presiding.
However, Tuesday night's
snow and ice storm called a
halt to court proceedings.
Ross, young Jackson Hamlet
NOT SERIOUS
Lt. Jim Parker
Hit By Sniper
Fire, Viet Nam
2nd Lt. James E. Parker, Jr.,
son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Earl
Parker, 165 N. Ridge St., re-
cevied a flesh wound, not
thought to be serious, from
sniper fire while in action in
Viet Nam on January 15.
The young Army officer,
who was fighting northwest of
Saigon near the Cambodian
border, wrote to his parents
about his injury, saying, in
part: “. . . As I moved out on
the road with the three engi
neers, the sniper opened up
again. I am now lying on my
stomach in a field hospital at
Di An with one of the sorest
rumps in Viet Nam. The bul
let went through . . . making
a clean furrow. It’s nothing
more than a flesh wound,
which should put me back
with my people within two
weeks or so. . .”
A letter sent home by Lt.
Parker, about combat in
Vietnam, was published by
The Pilot Decemberr 9.
Village Chapifel,
Pinehurst, Sets
Cultural Series
The Village Chapel in Pine
hurst this week announced a
winter and spring series of 10
Sunday afternoon cultural
events to take place at the
Chapel—six musical programs
and four lectures by outstand
ing faculty members of the
University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill.
Musical programs will be
given in the chapel itself and
the lectures, which will be
presented in cooperation with
the additional sponsorship of
Sandhills Community College,
will be in the adjoining Chapel
Hall. All events will begin at
4 pm and will last about an
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Dr. Ditzen Moving To
Pinehurst Residence
Dr. Lowell R. Ditzen, minis
ter of the Village Chapel in
Pinehurst, is moving his resi
dence to Pinehurst from Wash
ington, D. C., it was announced
this week by Chapel officials,
occupying the house which has
been vacated by Mrs. Louis
Melcher, widow of the late
Bishop Melcher, former Chapel
minister.
Dr. Ditzen will continue his
part-time work with the Na
tional Presbyterian Center, it
was stated, commuting regular
ly to Washington, but will
make his headquarters here.
Negro accused in the murde:
of Mrs. Lexie Smith of Pine
hurst last June 28, pleaded not
guilty, as a companion pleaded
guiity, when the case was call
ed for trial at the August term
The companion, John Tho
mas Ferguson, 18, received £
mandatory life sentence, while
the case of Ross, who has
become 18 since the crime, was
continued to a later term.
Since both had previously re
ceived two-year road sentences
for breaking, entering and
larcency, in Moore Recorders
Court, Ross was in prison camp
when the November term roll
ed around and, since it was a
heavy term, another continu
ance was allowed.
Term Cancelled
At first recessed for the day,
the entire remainder of the
court term became a casualty
of the snowstorm later as it
became obvious conditions
would not improve. Ross was
to be returned to the roads,
to await trial at the April
term. Ferguson, who had been
brought from prison to testify
in the case, would also go back.
The unexpected recess left
a large load of cases remaining
to be called, all of which had
to be continued, and raising
the possibility that Solicitor
M. G. Boyette might ask for a
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Ground Broken
For Structure
On S. W. Broad
Ground was broken Friday
for a new commercial and of
fice building at 177 S. W.
Broad' St., between the Allie
McIntQ,?lj antique shop. and.
the Daniels Building.
Jerry D. Rhoades of South
ern Pines, head of A. & R. In
vestments, Inc., the company
for which the building will be
constructed by B. Q. Perham,
local contractor, said that,
2,600 feet of the space have
been leased to tenants who
will be announced later, leav
ing 2,400 feet available for
small commercial or office
tenants.
To be of brick construction,
the building will have a flat
roof, with wide overhang
sheltering a walkway entirely
around the building. A park
ing area for 15 cars will be
provided at the south side of
the building, Rhoades said.
New Drug Rules
Starting Feb. 1
Some tranquilizers, sleeping
medications, and stimulant
drugs will be more strictly
controlled, under new regula
tions of the federal Food and
Drug Ad'ministration to be
come effective February 1, re
ports Charles R. Cameron,
secretary of the Moore County
Pharmaceutical Association.
Some prescriptions cannot be
refilled and others will be re
stricted to five refills or six
months validity, whichever
comes first, he said.
If any reader has an medi
cation which he has any ques
tion about, or which he finds
cannot be refilled, he should
consult with his physician for
information.
Site On 15-501 Is Chosen
For Area HI High School
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Sliders On SPCC's No. 5 Hole Have Long Pull Back Up The Hill
Sledding Is Fun! 'Grounded' School Bus Adorned With Snow
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BLUEPRINTS. WAITRESS TRAINING
College Announces New Courses
Three new courses are being
added to the educational pro
gram at .Sandhills Community
College. A class in intermedi
ate blueprint reading and two
classes to train waitresses
were announced by college of
ficials this week.
The blueprint reading class
will begin on February 7.
Classes will be conducted at
7 pm on Monday and Wednes-
Moore State Alumni
Set Dinner Meeting
Moore County alumni of N.
C. State University at Raleigh
will gather for a dinner meet
ing at Doug Kelly’s Holiday
Inn Restaurant, here, at 6:30
pm, Wednesday, February 2.
Coach Earle Edwards and
A1 Michaels, of the Athletic
Department, will be guest
speakers and will show a film
of the 1965 State-Duke foot
ball game.
All State alumni in the coun
ty are invited to attend.
day for eight weeks. Shirley
O. Wooster, Jr., architect, will
teach the class.
The courses for waitresses
will be taught at two levels.
One of the classes will pro
vide basic training for stu
dents who wish to become
qualified waitresses. Through
lectures and actual practice,
knowledge and skills neces
sary to success may be ac
quired. Final plans for the
course are being made.
Another course is being
planned for waitresses now
employed who wish to im
prove their skills. The class
will begin Monday, January
31. The class will meet at 3:30
pm on Mondays at Whisper
ing Pines Restaurant. Mrs.
Louise Ross, well known local
hostess, will teach the class.
Students interested in these
three courses may register at
the college office in Southern
Pines or by calling the Direc
tor of Vocational Education at
695-1471.
The Area III school advisory
council has selected a site with
a half-mile frontage on US
15-501, a mile to a mile and a
half south of the Pinehurst
traffic circle, for construction
of the Area’s consolidated high
school.
The Area III administrative
unit will include, under the
new merged county school
system, the Aberdeen and
West End districts of the old
county school system and the
formerly independent South
ern Pines and Pinehurst
school units.
A council delegation headed
by Joe Lennon of Aberdeen,
chairman, told the Moore
County board of education, at
a special meeting last week in
Area I Asks To Vote
On Supplemental Tax
Area I of the Moore County posed of the former Carthage,
school system plans to hold its
own vote for a supplementary
school tax of 30 cents per $100
of property valuation at the
earliest possible date. Area I
is an administrative unit com-
Metal Awning Ai Southern Pines Furniture Mart Was Storm Victim
Sandhills Hit Hard By Cold, Snow, Ice
The year’s first snowfall hit hauling it back up the long the Carolina S'oap and Can-
the Sandhills with paralyzing
force this week, accompanied
by sub-freezing temperatures,
closing schools, causing cancel
lation of many meetings and
other events and reducing traf
fic to a gingerly crawl with
many mishaps on the icy sur
face.
Some of the snow’s effects
can be seen in the photos
showing the, blanket of crusty
whiteness in which youngsters
frolicked—that’s Darlene Fer
guson of Aberdeen on the sled,
enjoying sliding at the South
ern Pines Country Club with
a group of other Aberdeen
young people. Several boys
were using a car hood as a
swift sled on the icy surface
and three of them are seen in
the distance, in top photo.
NO SCHOOL FRIDAY
Schools of the Moore County,
Southern Pines and Pinehurst
systems will all remain closed
Friday, school officials an
nounced this (Thursday) after
noon, after inspection of
dreets and bus routes and coh-
mltation with highway and
Weather Bureau officials.
Though melting today, weath
er men said, a freeze is ex
pected tonight and' streets and
highways may be hazardous
Friday morning.
No. 5-hole hill. Since the photo , die retail store on W. Pennsyl-
of the broken metal awning
was made, another of the same
type became a casualty—at
LOCAL TROOP IS
WINNER OF CUP
Boy Scout Troop 223 of
Southern Pinea was pre
sented the annual Storey
Cup award for over-all ex
cellence of its Scouting as
a unit of the Sandhills Dis
trict in 1965, at a court of
honor held at the Aber
deen School auditorium,
Monday night.
Making the presentation
was State Sen. Voit Gil
more, donor of the cup for
many years, in memory of
his late step-father, W. M.
Storey of Winston-Salem.
A small silver replica of
the cup was given to Dr.
R, Bruce Warlick, Scout
master of Troop 223.
Topping a long list of
rank advancements and
merit badge awards were:
Eagle rank with gold palm
to Robert Oakes of Troop
223; and Eaglei rank with
bronze palm to Colin
Short, Bunny Wallace and
Richard Craven, all of
Troop 206, Pinebluff.
vania Ave. Freezing rain and
sleet, falling on snow, had
packed to an unusually heavy
mass.
Starting shortly before 5 pm
Tuesday, the fine sleety flakes
were first scanty, then fell
heavily, continuing in varying
strength all that night and
much of Wednesday. Then
fine icy stuff, interspersed
with larger flakes and some
times freezing rain kept fall
ing from heavy grey skies,
turning to a standard fleecy-
type snowfall again Wednes
day night.
Today (Thursday) was a
diamond-bright day, clear and
fair, with blanket of white.
The cutting wind had died
away but the temperature
stayed shivery.
Despite chains and snow
tires, traffic was far from
normal, and caution was the
watchword. Street and road
scrapers did their best, but
thp iny underlayer stubbornly
defied their efforts. Going
was hard and bade fair to re
main so unless the weather
warms up.
Miraculously, no electric
power troubles were reported
due to the storm, and tele
phone problems were those
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Hunter Pace To
Be Conducted—
If Snow Melts
Officials of the sponsoring
Moore County Hounds were
undecided this morning wheth
er the Hunter Pace Day which
had been re-scheduled for
Saturday, January 29, could
be conducted as planned.
The event, which had at
tracted numerous out-of-town
and some out of state riders,
was cancelled because of wea
ther conditions at its first
cheduled time, last Saturday.
If the snow and ice of Tues
day and Wednesday melt fast,
officials said today, there is a
cance that the program can
continue.^aiso the Mid South
Schooling Show at Lakelawn
Farm' at 1:30 pm, Sunday,
which was cancelled, too, for
last Sunday.
In the Hunter Pace, with a
starting time of 2 pm at
Buchan Field behind Mile-
Away Farm; teams of two
riders start off at three-minute
intervals attempting to cover
a marked course in an ideal
time previously determined,
based on a normal hunting
pace.
Place, Time Set
For Bloodmobile
Places and times for the next
two collections in the Moore
County Blood Program were
listed this week by John Dibb,
of Southern Pines, county
chairman. They are:
At the Carthage fire station,
Monday, February 7, from
noon to 5:30 pm.
At St. Anthony’s School
auditorium. Southern Pines,
Tuesday, February 8, from 11
am to 4:30 pm.
The chairman urged that
persons in the two areas make
plans to give blood at those
times. He reminded that these
and other regular Red Cross
bloodmobile collections over
the county make possible the
obtaining of blood of all types
for patients in both the coun
ty’s hospitals.
NOT LAST COLLECTION
Hal Reaves, project chair
man for the local Jaycees, said
this week that the scrap paper
collection made by the Jaycees
last Sunday would not be the
last, as previously announced,
and asked local residents to
continue to save their papers
for a later pick-up. Jaycees
will use paper sale proceeds
for their community service
projects.
Vass-Lakeview, Farm Life and
Cameron school districts.
A similar tax proposal for
the entire county was rejected
in county-wide voting last Oc
tober 2, at the same time that
merger of the county’s three
school systems was approved.
Supt. Robert E. Lee said this
v/eek the Moore County board
of education has received and
endorsed a petition for such a
vote from the Area I advisory
council, and will present it to
the county commissioners at
their next meeting, probably
their regular meeting of Feb
ruary 7.
The commissioners will be
asked to approve the election
and set a date; then, if the
vote is favorable as expected,
to levy the requested supple
mentary tax ' for the enrich
ment of the program of Area
I’s schools. These are: elemen
tary, Carthage, Farm Life,
Vass-Lakeview, Cameron and
Pinckney at Carthage; high
schools. Union Pines and
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BUT PLAINTIFFS TO APPEAL RULING TO SUPREME COURT
School Merger Act Found Constitutional
The 1965 special act which
authorized the Moore County
vote on school consolidation
last fall may be ambiguous in
places but “to be ambiguous is
one thing, to be unconstitu
tional is another,” said Judge
Robert W. Gambill last Thurs
day in denying the petition in
the Southern Pines-Pinehurst
taxpayer suit.
Stating he found nothing
wrong with the act which
could not be corrected by leg
islative amendment, the judge
declined to void the act on
grounds of unconstitutionality
as petitioners had sought.
Counsel for petitioners J. D.
Hobbs of Southern Pines and
Dr. J. C. Grier, Jr., of Pine
hurst then stated their inten
tion of carrying the matter to
the State Supreme Court, aim
ing for the spring term. Said
Judge Gambill, “If you’re go
ing up, you ought to do it
right away. I assume there is
much planning to be done for
the consolidated school, and
this leaves things in a state
of confusion.”
'Problem Spot'
While acknowledging peti
tioners’ contention that ref
erences to “areas” and “dis
tricts” in the bill were con- ‘ their challenge on this point,
fusing, he said these could i Discovering by inquiry of the
easily be cleared up by legis- i f ^^at there was oMy
lative amendment and he : ^he ' remotest chance this
found only one real “problem up, since a newly
PEACH GROUP TO
TOUR SANDHILLS
When the National
Peach Council, of which
Clyde Auman of West End
is president, holds its 251h
anniversary meeting in
Charlotte, February 6-9,
two busloads of the pro
ducers; and others associat
ed with the industry, from
all over the United Stales,
will tour the Sandhills as
part of the program for
Sunday, February 6, the
opening day.
After stops at Gaddy's
Goose Pond, the Town
Creek Indian Mound, the
North State Orchard at
Ellerbe and the Sandhills
Peach Experiment Station
at Windblow, the visitors
will come here for lunch
at Sanders Whispering
Pines Restaurant on No. 1
highway, north.
The Southern Pines Re
sort Advertising Commit
tee will cooperate in guid
ing the two busses on a
tour of places of interest in
this immediater area.
Full details will appear
in next week's Pilot.
Carthage, that the council had
agreed unanimously on a tri
angular site of something over
100 acres, bounded by US 15-
501 to the west, the natural
gas pipeline to the north and
the Williams Road forming
the third side.
It contains 50 to 60 acres of
the “Williams Tract” property,
owned by Pinehurst, Inc.,
which will sell it at $1,500 per
acre; about 55 acres of the Gil
more tract, offered as a gift by
Senator Voit Gilmore; and
about eight acres of the Wil
liams Heirs property, concern
ing which negotiations are un
der way with no undue prob
lems foreseen.
Carefully Considered
The meeting was the sev
enth for the council since its
appointment by the new sev
en-member county board of
education last November, dur
ing which it has studied all
the sites previously consider
ed for the school, along with
others, and, Lennon said, has
carefully considered advan
tages and disadvantages of
each. They picked the site
which seemed to them best on
the majority of counts.
Said Chairman Lennon, “We
have taken our job seriously.
In considering various- sites
we had some limiting factors
to face, and we believe we
have come up with the best
choice.” Secretary Houston
Black of Southern Pines read
the written recommendation
pf the council, showing the
motion made by Dr. F. L.
Owens of Pinehurst, seconded
by the Rev. W. F. Carlson and
unanimously adopted.
The board, with Chairman
Jere McKeithen presiding,
commended the council on its
work and assigned Supt. Rob
ert E., Lee to work with them
on ensuing steps—working out
problems with the owner of
the Williams Heirs tract, tak
ing options, then moving on
with the topographical survey
and mapping, water and sewer
check and legal steps leading
to purchase, if all works out
well. The council said it will
employ a landscape architect
to work with the building ar
chitect from the start, making
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Time For Listing
Taxes Nears End
TTiroughout Moore County,
there is a last-minute rush to
list real and personal proper
ty for taxes, as the deadline for
this annual requirement ap
proaches. Listing is scheduled
to continue through February
1.
Mrs. Carolyn Vaughn is list
taker for property owners liv
ing within the Southern Pines
town limits and can be found
in the courtroom at the mu
nicipal building. A complete
list of the schedules of all,
township tax listers appeared
DAN HERRING IS INDIVIDUAL CHAMP
First Annual Pro-Am Golf Event
At Whispering Pines Successful
spot” but decided it was not
material. This was the section
dealing with a possible con
demnation procedure, should
this be found necessary to se
cure a site for the Area HI
consolidated school, and pro
viding for condemnation of
land up to 75 acres in the Pine
hurst school district. Since the
State constitution limits such
condemnation to 30 acres, the
plaintiffs had based part of
appointed advisory council was
working on a new search for a
site. Judge Gambill determin
ed also that—should it come
up—there is adequate legal
remedy in the form of injunc
tion.
other points of the petition
he dismissed as matters to be
worked out by the various
boards in agreement together.
His ruling was made in
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Ahoskie veteran Dan Her
ring captured the Whispering
Pines Golf Capital Pro-Am in
dividual championship with a
par-72 Sunday, despite a chil
ling wind that sent most scores
soaring.
Although handicapped by
the weather, this first tourney
of an expected annual series
was rated highly successful.
Herring, who had chipped in
for an eagle-3 on the difficult
540-yard 11th to take a two-
stroke lead, eked out a one-
shot victory when Mid Pines
assistant professional Frank
Picone bogeyed the 18th.
11 Under Par
In the pro-amateur division,
one of the hosts, Larry Beck,
led his five-man team to a
one-stroke victory over a team
headed by former Lefthand
er’s Open champion Thorne
Wood of Asheboro. The Beck
team’s net best-ball was a 61,
11 under par.
The tournament was sched
uled for 36 holes over two
days but a chilling, drenching
rain Saturday forced officials
to cut the event in half. Orig
inally, 42 teams entered, and
35 competed Sunday.
Herring’s victory, registered
on a 35-37 tour of the par 36-
36 layout, earned him $150.
Picone picked up $100. Pi-
cone’s card showed 35-38-73.
Top Money Winner
But the big money winner
was Beck, touring son of
Whispering Pines resident pro
fessional Avery Beck. He
earned $175 in the pro-am for
tying for third in the low proi
race. He shot a 35-40-75.
Amateurs on the winning
fivesome were Ed Seay, Dick
Sheran, Don Heppes and
Hayes McCulley, all of Whis
pering Pines. Food, whose
day’s work grossed $183, had
as partners Charles McFad-
den, Howard York and How
ell Liske, all of Asheboro, and
Fred Vest of the Host club.
Part of Wood’s earnings
came from his share of third
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THE WEATHER
Maximum and minimum
temperatures for each day of
the past week were recorded
as follows at the U. S. Weather
Bureau observation station, at
WEEB, on Midland Road.
Max.
Min.
January 20
42
19
January 21
48
19
January 22
47
32
January 23
47
32
January 24
47
32
January 25
42
41
January 26
42
25
January 26
26
24