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VOL.—46 No. 12
EIGHTEEN PAGES
SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1966
EIGHTEEN PAGES
PRICE: 10 CENTi'
Peach Men
Of Nation
Will Meet
North Carolina will be host
to representatives of the na
tion’s peach industry in Char
lotte, February 6-9, at the 25th
anniversary meeting of the
National Peach Council. Some
600 persons are expected.
Clyde Auman of West End,
council president, announced
that the meeting will bring to
North Carolina as program
participants the top authorities
in the country on peach
growing, processing and mar
keting.
“These outstanding indivi
duals of the peach industry
will discuss for us the very
latest developments in all
phases of the industry,” said
Auman. The widely known
Moore County peach grower
who heads the council is the
county’s representative in the
General Assembly.
Headquarters for the meet
ing will be the Queen Char
lotte Hotel. Conference com
mittee meetings and work ses
sions for the board of direc
tors are scheduled to begin
Saturday, February 5. A tour
the following day will take
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LARGE GROUP
COMING HERE
On their Sunday tour,
an expected 70 persons in
two buses will come here
after visiting Gaddy’s
Goose Refuge, the Town
Creek Indian Mound, the
North State Orchards at
Ellerbe and the Sandhills
Peach Research Station at
Windblow.
First local stop for the
peach group will be Sand
ers’ Whispering Pines Res
taurant on No. 1 highway
north for a luncheon gath-’
ering. Then Ward Hill,
member of the Town’s
Resort Advertising Com
mittee, - and one or more
other committee members
will guide the buses on a
tour of this area, visiting
Whispering Pines, pro
ceeding via the airport
through the Knollwood
area of Southern Pines to
the “horse country” out
Youngs Road—then to the
Country Club of North
Carolina on for a visit to
Pinehurst.
Local hosts will then
leave the buses and the
peach men will head back
to Charlotte.
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TREASURES RESTORED— Mrs. John G. Mock at her
home Friday night happily identifies silver articles stolen
October 5, valuable for their sentimental associations as
well an intrinsic worth. Beside her is a large chest of ster
ling tableware, and, being held by Chief Deputy H. H.
Grimm, a silver tray and silver service. All were wedding
gifts. (V. Nicholson photo)
Man Jailed, Valuable
Stolen Silver Found
Plans Made For
Hunter Trials
Preliminary plans for the
29th. annual Hunter Trials,
sponsored by the Moore County
Hounds, have been announced.
To be held at the Scotts
Corner course on Saturday,
February 19, the trials are for
qualified hunters who have
finished a minimum of six
hunts during the current sea
son.
T. A. G. Moore of the Ot
tawa (Canada) Hounds will be
the judge.
Parking spaces for specta
tors, as well as tickets for the
Hunt Ball to follow the trials
that night, are available from
Mrs. W. O. Moss at Mile-Away
Farm here or Miss Page Sham-
burger of Aberdeen.
No Hunter Pace, But
Show Set For Sunday
The Hunter Pace Day spon
sored by the Moore County
Hounds and twice cancelled
because of weather conditions
(on Saturdays, January 22 and
29) has not been rescheduled,
MCH officials said yesterday.
However, the Mid South
Schooling Show, also twice
cancelled for the days follow
ing the Hunter Pace, is ex
pected to take place Sunday,
February 6, starting at 1:30
pm at Goffolly Farm, the place
of Mr. and Mrs. William A.
Goff on Youngs Road. There
are no entry or spectator fees.
Viall, White Certified
In Hunter Safety Work
Robert S. Viall and Frank J.
White, Jr., both of Pinehurst,
have been certified as official
Hunter Safety Instructors, in
a nation-wide program of
firearm safety education and
of the Hunter Safety Program
of the North Carolina Wildlife
Resources Commission.
A Fayetteville resident. Jack
H. Harmon, 37, was arrested
Friday in that city and
brought to Moore County jail
at Carthage, charged with
breaking into and robbing the
home of Mrs. John G. Mock of
near Southern Pines last Oc-
■tobfir , 5. Major items, of thg
haul, which totalled well over
$5,000, were recovered.
Course In Civil
Defense To Be
Presented Here
Tke Southern Pines Jaycees
will sponsor a Civil Defense
Adult Education Course, in co
operation with local schools
and the State Board of Educa
tion, February 21-25, it was
announced this week by Char
les Scott, Jaycee chairman for
the project.
To be taught by a represen
tative of the State Board of
Education—who was in South
ern Pines Tuesday to give a
preview of the course to the
Jaycees at their Holiday Inn
dinner meeting Tuesday night
—the course is open to the
public, free of charge. It is
called, “Education for Living
in the Nuclear Age.”
Classes will be held each
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PALSY DRIVE REPORT
Contributions to the United
Cerebral Palsy fund drive in
Moore County amounted to
$1,481.23 through Wednesday.
Mrs. Vivien McKenzie of
Pinehurst, treasurer, reports.
Chief Deputy H. H. Grimm
of the Moore County sheriff’s
department and SBI Agent
Gary Griffith, who had assist
ed Cumberland County offi
cers in making the arrest, Fri
day night took to Mrs. Mock’s
home the following sterling
silver items*, yvhich ..she identi
fied as hers: a chest contain
ing mure than 500 pieces of
flatware, valued at $2,100; a
six-piece tea and coffee serv
ice, valued at $1,145, and a
large inscribed tray, valued
at $725.
The officers took the val
uables back to Carthage to be
held for safekeeping, pending
search for the rest of the sil
verware, linens, jewelry and
appliances w'hich had jbeen
stolen by someone, who, in
Mrs. Mock’s absence from
home, cut a large pane from
her kitchen window-wall to
gain entry.
Chain of Circumstance
The case had been under in
tensive investigation for near
ly four months, with hardly a
clue developing. When final
ly some did, it was through an
almost accidental chain of cir
cumstances, arising from wide
distribution of descriptions of
the missing items among law
enforcement agencies over a
wide area. Some 500 handbills
had been printed and mailed
out, containing the descrip
tions with pictures of some of
the silverware.
Tuesday of last week, Cum
berland County officers went
to Greensboro on word from
police there that some items
stolen in a Cumberland Coun
ty break-in had been found
in a house being searched for
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Food Stamp Plan,
Now Authorized,
Will Help Many
The federal Food Stamp
Program, approved last week
by the U. S. Department of
Agriculture for Moore and six
other North Carolina counties,
cannot get into operation here
until March at the earliest, and
’t might be April or May, ac
cording to Mrs. W. B. Cole,
county director of public wel-
’are.
When it does get into opera
tion, though, she believes it
will turn out to be “one of
'he finest things that ever
happened to Moore,” far bet-
’er than the surplus commodi
ties program which was once
-considered here, but was turn
ed down.
Mrs. Cole said the new plan
vould operate on a more liber
al basis than the welfare pro-
tram as a whole, and' while
those on welfare will be
eligible, so will many others
not now eligible for welfare
payments. She cited the exam
ple of a household where one
or more people are regularly
employed, but where the in
come, in proportion to the
number to be fed, stretches out
very thin.
How It Works
Under the program, the
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Winter Hits Area Second Hard Blow;
Schools To Make Up Storm-Lost Days
G.O.P. MEETING
DATE CHANGED
Date of the Moore
County Republican Con
vention has been changed
to Tuesday, February 15,
it was announced this
week by David A. Drexel
of Southern Pines, chair
man of the county execu
tive committee.
The gathering will be
held in the Carthage mu
nicipal building, at 8 pm.
The meeting had been
previously scheduled for
Frid,ay, February 18.
HERE, AT CARTHAGE
Two Collections
Of Blood Slated
Generous donation of blood
at two collections to be made
in Moore County next week
will help assure that this valu
able program, serving both the
county’s hospitals, will con
tinue, John Dibb of Southern
Pines, county blood program
chairman, points out.
The collections are:
Monday, February 7, at
the Carthage fire station
from noon to 5:30 pm.
Tuesday, February 8, at
St. Anthony's School audi
torium here, from 11 am
to 4:30 pm.
Both collections will be made
by a bloodmobile from the Red
Cross distribution center in
Charlotte, in cooperation with
the Moore County Red Cross
Chapter. Blood of all types is
obtained regularly from the
center by the two hospitals,
and is made available to pati
ents with only a small hospital
handling charge.
School buses remained
grounded Wednesday by haz
ardous conditions on secondary
roads. In Moore County, only
the Southern Pines schools
and Sandhills Community Col
lege had resumed classes.
The Moore County and Pine
hurst schools, where most of
the students use the buses,
continued closed Wednesday.
Today, Thursday, schools of
all three systems are open and
all school buses are operating.
In Southern Pines, where
only one-sixth of the students
ordinarily come to school by
bus, the reopening brought
attendance of about 90 per
cent, said Supt. J. W. Jenkins.
Many of the students came on
foot, according to Jenkins’s
advice by radio, as this was
considered safer in most cases
than the family car.
In Pinehurst schools, 60 to
70 per cent use the buses, and
in the Moore County system,
about 75 per cent, coming over
long routes on rural paved and
unpaved roads. While the
Highway Department had done
a magnificent job of clearing
off main highways, many sec-
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CHILDREN PREPARE FOR SPECIAL CONCERT
Symphony To Play Next Week
Next week is Music Week
for the Sandhills when the
North Carolina Little Sym
phony comes to town.
There will be two concerts,
this year, both given under
the auspices of the Sandhills
Music Association.
The first will be on Friday,
February 11, especially for the
school children of the county,
in the Aberdeen School audi
torium at 1 pm; and the other
Saturday evening, Feb. 12 at
8:30, to be held in Weaver
Auditorium here.
The orchestra’s arrival brings
back to this area those two
popular and' talented people,
the director. Dr. Benjamin F.
Swalin, and his wife, Maxine,
who plays the celesta and is
the narrator for the children’s
concerts.
Also with the state group is
this year’s guest artist, Jay
Willoughby. Mr. Willoughby
will open his selections, follow
ing the intermission, with Han
del’s “Thanks Be To Thee”
and will sing several operatic
arias from Mozart, Verdi and
Thomas. The visiting artist for
four years played the lead in
Paul Green’s “The Stephen
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DR. BENJAMIN SWALIN
Director
Foster Story.” Two years ago,
he and the leading lady, in
costume, presented many of the
old songs at the Governor’s
Ball.
For those who have not sub
scribed to the concert series:
tickets are now on sale at the
JAY WILLOUGHBY
Guest Soloist
Barnum Agency on West Broad
Street, and will be sold from
the box office at the time of
the concert.
The evening’s program fea
tures the orchestra in the
works of Mozart, Haydn (the
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Penalty Waived
On Late Listing
Tax listing time ended Tues
day, but penalties will not be
enforced during the next few
days for persons filing late,
said Mrs. Estelle Wicker, coun
ty tax supervisor.
Weather conditions were so
bad during the last few days
of January that many were
prevented from filing in time.
These may see the regular list
takers lat their homes or go
to Mrs. Wicker’s office in the
courthouse at Carthage.
During the height of the
rough weather, she said, her
office listed taxes for many
who found it easier to get to
the county seat than to their
own list taker.
JOLLY WHITE GIANT— This big snowman, nearly
eight feet tall, was constructed by youngsters from the
Saylor St.-Knollwood Apartments area, in the sunny lull
between storms, last Thursday and Friday. The children
pictured are: kneeling, left to right, Lourdes Gruart, Alicia
Gruart, Susan Bulloch and Beth Adams: Standing, same
order, Hope Klingenschmidt, Michael Brogden, Lucinda
Brogden, Bobby Adams and Mark Bulloch. Pogo, the dog,
at left, belongs to the Brogdens. All this group helped
work on the snowman who had eyes made with charcoal
briquets, an orange for a nose and a smiling mouth cut
from a piece of wood. A wide red ribbon scarf and a straw
hat added to his charm. Largest portion of the snowman
is hidden by the children. The upper snowballs from which
he was made were so large they had to be raised on in
clined planks. (Pilot photo)
4 Rescue Squad Units Stay Busy
Meeting Snow Storm Emergencies
All four units of the Moore
County Rescue Squad report
ed a busy week, mostly using
their ambulances to take peo
ple to the hospital or doctor
who couldn’t get there in their
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own cars because of the snow.
Robbins
At Robbins, one victim was'
an 11-year-old boy injured
Saturday afternoon in a sledd
ing accident, the only such
accident reported in the coun
ty. Young Daniel Puckett, son
of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Puckett,
sledding with other children on
the Talc Mine Road, ran into
the side of a car, suffering
fractures of the ankles. He was
reported Tuesday at Moore
Memorial Hospital to be get
ting along “just fine.” The
driver of the car was held
blameless in the accident.
The unit’s former Army field
ambulance with four-wheel
drive also proved useful in!
Winter tightened its harsh
grip on the Sandhills over the
weekend, dumping new snow
Saturday on the icy covering
already there from the storm
■of last Tuesday and Wednes
day, and sending the mercury
plummeting Monday to a low
of 6 above zero.
It was part of a continuing
storm in the South and East
which weathermen termed the
worst of any January in 33
years. Despite rising tempera
ture in this area Monday,
which on Tuesday broke into
the forties, bringing with it a
slow gentle rain, the thick hard
crust of snow and ice diminish
ed little.
By Tuesday all the main
highways were cleared, secon
dary roads had reached a
slushy stage and traffic was
creeping out of the deepfreeze.
Today (Thursday), a bright
winter sun shone on a world
with plenty of snow patches
left but with all schools open,
and life on all levels pretty
well back to normal.
Section Was Blessed
With many hardships report
ed about the country during
six icebound days, this sec
tion found itself blessed.
There were no reports of
deaths, and few of undue suf
fering, attributed to the cold;
no major accidents; no fire
calls in the entire area from
last Tuesday until Monday;
no power failures other than
minor ones and no phone in
terruptions other than those
caused early in the week by
the overload of calls.
While many businesses,
mainly retail shops, restau
rants and hotels dependent on
transient trade suffered griev
ously, some others found busi-
ne§? better than ever. After a
couple of slow days, food
stores and drug stores found
business fine, and service sta
tions were busy all week.
Some stores, however, closed
for a day or more, or closed
early so their employees could
get home safely.
Throughout the week, local
police. State Highway patrol
men and rescue squad mem
bers did yeoman service in
getting nurses and other hos-
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Boy Scout Week
To Be Observed
Boy Scout units of the Sand-
ucciui District, like all other
supplementing the Kennedy °^Sa”izations over
ALLEN
IN DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY
GILMORE
Allen Of Montffomerv, Gilmore Of
Moore Announce For State Senate
This week brought announcements of two candidates for
the State Senate, from the new 19th District, in the 1966
Democratic primary to be held in May—J. F. Allen of
Biscoe in Montgomery County and Voit Gilmore of South
ern Pines, incumbent 18th District state senator. They are
the first candidates to announce for any elective office
on which Moore County residents will vote this year.
The 19th district is one of those approved by the General
Assembly during its recent special session for reapportion
ment of the State Senate and House and Congressional
districts. Counties in the 19th are Moore, Montgomery,
Scotland, Richmond and Davidson and the district is
scheduled to have two senators, running at large, with no
“rotation” agreement.
Moore County’s present district, the 18th, is composed
of Moore, Lee, Harnett, Hoke and Randolph Counties. Its
two senators are Gilmore and Robert Morgan of Lillington,
in Harnett.
Following are summaries of information about this
week’s two candidates.
ambulance, as it could negoti
ate treacherous roads and
driveways where the larger
vehicle might get stuck. If
went on numerous trips to
bring patients out to the Ken
nedy ambulance, also itself
making hospital trips to trans
port sick persons and one man
who broke his leg when he
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College Sets Games
Saturday, Wednesday
The Sandhills Community
College basketball team will
host the Pembroke State juni
or varsity cagers in the East
Southern Pines High School
gym, at 8 pm Saturday, Coach
Jim Reid announces.
Scheduled for next week by
the local college team is a
game with Gaston College, at
the Aberdeen school gym,
Wednesday, February 9, also
at 8 pm.
the United States, are prepar
ing to observe National Boy
Scout Week, February 7-13.
The Sandhills District in
cludes Cub Scout patks.
Scout troops and Explorer
posts in the southern part of
the county, excluding Pine
hurst. That community and all
the rest of the county are in
the Yadkin Trail District.
Boy Scout Week, featuring
displays and special programs
everywhere, serves to enhance
the pride of Scouting units and
to bring to general attention
the varied activities of the var
ious Scouting age groups, all
of which depend on public
generosity for operating funds.
Both the Moore County dis
tricts are included in the 12-
county Occoneechee Council,
with headquarters in Raleigh.
The council is now starting to
develop a proposed 2,000-acre
camping complex between Car
thage and Eagle Springs, in
Moore County.
POSSIBLE OPERATOR SOUGHT
Information Booth May Be Used
Allen
Allen is president of
the J. F. Allen Construction
Company and administrator of
Montgomery Nursing Home.
He is an elder in the Star
Presbyterian Church, clerk of
the Session, and has been
Sunday School superintendent
for 14 years.
He is past master of Biscoe
Masonic Lodge 437, member
of the Scottish Rites Bodies,
Oasis Shrirne Temple, Biscoe
Volunteer Fire Department,
Southern Pines Elk Lodge
1692, and William Reid Au-
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Gilmore
During the 1965 session of
the state senate, Gilmore was
a sponsor of legislation for the
issuance of road improvement
bonds, enactment of the UFE
better schools program, broad
er mental health services, in
creased highway safety and a
commission on the education
and employment of women.
A native of Winston-Salem
and hn honor graduate of
UNC-Chapel Hill, Gilmore
once lived at Old Mill Farm in
the Reedy Creek community
of Davidson County. His fam-
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The Resort Advertising
Committee is considering
opening an information booth
on Route 1 just north of town
for a three-month trial period
starting in late February,
Richard W. Davenport, com
mittee chairman, said this
week.
The purpose would be to
have information on the town
on the highway to aid travel
ers and also to encourage peo
ple to stay rather than travel
on South. The booth would
have a telephone and motels
and hotels could keep the
booth informed of available
accommodations in the area.
In addition to dispensing di
rections and information, this
service woud be given to trav
elers by the booth.
“Before proceeding with
this project we need to find
the proper individual or in
dividuals to staff this booth.
Tentative plans are to have it
open from approximately 3
pm to 10 pm, seven days a
week. Interested parties can
contact me at 692-2114,” Mr.
Davenport said.
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 27
31
22
January 28
50
20
January 29
24
16
January 30
20
8
January 31
38
6
February 1
52
19
February 2
39
33