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ftf A famous heckler visited the Pinehurst Country Club recently. He’s pictured on the Pinehurst page. A local business has been recognized for 40 years of continuous operation. Details, Page 1, Section 2. VOL.—46 No. 17 TWENTY-TWO PAGES NUMEROUS FAULTS FOUND County Should Replace Jail, Inspector States SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1966 TWENTY-TWO PAGES PRICE 10 CENTi The Moore County Jail has been found inadequate, unsafe and unsanitary by Leslie D. Smith, State inspector of cor rectional institutions, who rec- commends that a new jail be built. His report, following an in spection made March 2, has been submitted to Sheriff W. B. Kelly, with a copy to John M. Currie, chairman of coun- KAREN DUKE olksinger To End Season’s Series Friday Friday night (tomorrow) marks the last official concert of the season’s series of the Sandhills Music Association. Appearing at Weaver Audi torium at 8;30 pm will be Ka ren Duke, a folksinger widely known and applauded as an accomplished interpreter of this popular type of music. Miss Duke accompanies her self on the guitar, using her own arrangements as well as the standard compositions. The choice of songs ranges from work-tunes and love- songs to chanties and ballads. With the folksongs her speci alty, she has also included on her program selections from operettas, and songs both old and new, American and inter national. This artist comes by her musical talent naturally. Both her grandmothers sang, while her father is John Duke, well- (Continued on Page 6) Red Cross Seeks $14,000 To Aid Varied Projects March is Red Cross month, the public was reminded this week by Mrs. Audrey K. Ken nedy, volunteer executive sec retary of the Moore County Chapter. “In this month we are asked for funds to carry on the work of this humanitarian organi zation,” she said, “and Moore County is asked to give $14,- 000. We can do it with the help of many volunteers who are giving their time to sol icit. The local Chapter is deep ly indebted to them for their generous efforts.” The National treasury has been greatly depleted by all the disasters of 1965, she point ed out. Hurricane Betsy, the greatest disaster in Red Cross history, will cost $17,000,000. The vital Blood Program (Continued on Page 6) PTA Will See Film About Math The East Southern Pines Parent - Teacher Association will hold its regular monthly meeting on Monday, March 14, at 8 pm in Weaver Auditori um. The program for the eve ning will be the presentation of a film “Math for Tomor row,” said Mrs. Robert Leland, president. State - wide textbook adop tions in math will be changed this year, and the purpose of the film is to give parents an idea of the type of math pro gram that might be adopted to some degree here. Winning exhibits from the Science Fair will also be on display in the lobby prior to and after the meeting. Sgt. Smith Rites Are Held In California Funeral services for Staff Sgt. Marshall Ray Smith, 30, son of Master Sgt. and Mrs. Joe L. Smith of Southern Pines, were held at Westmins ter, Calif., Tuesday and burial with full military honors fol lowed there on Wednesday. Sgt. Smith was killed in action in Vietnam February 23. A full obituary appeared in last week’s Pilot. His wife and four young children live in California. The sergeant’s younger brother, the Rev. Donald Smith, of Route 1, Willard, attended the rites in California. Also sur viving is an older brother, James, of Charlotte. ty commissioners. Citing ap plicable statutes, it included full transcripts of them, im plying the power of the law to force action if needed. There was no intimation, however, that use of the jail should be discontinued at this time. One statute cited was 153- 49.1, which places respon.'i- bility on the commissioners to provide proper jail facilities. Currie read the report to the board in regular session Mon day but the matter was not discussed nor any action taken. In his report Smith stated he found the jail “in clean condition” and the jailer and sheriff “doing a good job with what they have to work with.” It has been generally believ ed the jail building is some where around 100 years old, but Mrs. Estelle Wicker, coun ty accountant, said this week her information is that it was built around the turn of the century. That it looks its age and much more is shown by the inspection report, where, checking the question, “When was institution built?” Smith had written, ”1800?” J. Ed Cockman, a deputy sheriff, is named as jailer in the report. Actually, Mrs. Cockman is listed as jailer on the county rolls, superintends the cooking and daily routine and receives the fees for the prisoners’ meals. The Cock- mans live in the apartment in the front part of the building and share responsibility for the jail. The inspector’s 14-point critique follows: 1. Recommend that someone be on duty whenever prison ers are held in this jail. 2. The- lavatories are in-bad condition and are not sanitary. 3. The cell area used for Ne gro women is located in the Negro male area. This is inad- (Continued on Page 6) Pinehursfs Carolina Hotel Starting Expansion Program Ground was broken Mon day at Pinehurst for an ad dition to the Carolina Hotel, greatly expanding and mod ernizing convention facilities at the famous resort establish ment. With necessary remodel ing and furnishings added, it is expected to cost some $300,- 000. William C. Sledge of the Pinehurst, Inc., staff, who has been working with architects Austin & Faulk of Southern Fines on the project, said an annex of steel and masonry construction will be built be tween the ballroom and the east (bedroom) wing, extend ing toward the rear, with a front entrance. The present enclosed con necting portico will be torn down and rebuilt as a lobby to SKETCH OF PROJECT—Here’s a bird’s- eye view, as drawn by the architect, of the proposed first unit of the veterinary research center here. The main building, at center, will contain offices, medical library, reception room, laboratories, surgi cal center and storage facilities. Beyond it, and at right, are stables. In left center, from main building to left edge of drawing, are small animal quarters. Funds For Building Veterinary Research Center Here Required Preliminary plans for the first unit of the veterinary re search center to be built near Southern Pines have been announced in connection with a campaign to raise funds for the $200,000 project. This understaking of the North Carolina Veterinary Re search Foundation was first revealed several months ago when the gift of about 20 acres of land for the facility was made by Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Moss of Mile-Away Farm, on the east side of No. i high way, a short distance north of Southern Pines. SANDHILLS GROUP SPONSORING Unique ‘House Of Treasures’ To Open Monday Mr. and Mrs. Tom O’Neil of 110 Highland Road are plan ning a Monday opening for their new House of Treasures on Midland Road, between Southern Pines and Pinehurst. They have leased the former Leaverne’s Grill building and have completely remodeled and redecorated it for the new business which will deal only in imported objects of art such as oil paintings, sculpture, wall plaques, pottery and numer ous other items. The objects to be handled by the business are fine re productions bf museum pieces and masterpieces in various creative media, Mr. O’Neil ;aid. The shop and its stock are unique in a very wide area surrounding the Sand hills, according to an investi gation he has made. A new roof has been put on the building, new windows in stalled and other improve- (Continued on Page 6) ing week at the branch office of the Citizens Bank & Trust Co. is a gold putter, embel lished with a diamond in the top, which will be presented to Governor Dan K. Moore next Thursday, March 17, as a start for the State Easter Seals fund campaign and to SCHOOL EVENT Putter For Governor, Golf Event To Boost Easter Seals, Camp Here On display during the com- publicize a statewide golf tour nament benefiting Camp Eas ter. Meanwhile, W. E. Samuels, Jr., president of the Moore County Easter Seal Society has sent out thousands of ap peal letters in Moore County, for the annual fund drive to aid the handicapped. The presentation and the Easter Week tournament are projects of the “Friends of Camp Easter,” a small group of Sandhills men who have banded together to help raise funds for the local camp for handicapped children and adults. Dugan Aycock of Lexington, president of the Carolinas Pro fessional Golfers Association, is cooperating with them in securing the participation of North Carolina clubs, and some 225 are already listed. Aycock and several of the “Friends of Camp Easter” will make the presentation of the unique putter at a press con ference to be held by Gover nor Moore at 2 p.m. at the Executive Mansion preceding the St. Patrick’s Day tea given by Mrs. Moore honoring the N. C. Society for Crippled (Continued on Page 6) Public Invited See Wrestling The public will have a chance to get a look at a flourishing new sport at East Southern Pines High School, when championship wrestling matches in nine weight class es will be run 'off in the gym at 10 am on Friday, March 18. Coach J. H. Smith, director of athletics at the school, is coaching the large group of boys and supervising the Open Wrestling Tournament now going ■on. “We expect some excellent matches, as the boys have worked hard to reach the fi nals,” Coach Smith said in an nouncing the event and ex tending a welcome to all in terested persons to see it, free of charge. —KILLED IN VIETNAM— Military Rites Honor Two Area Servicemen Al-C Fields Funeral services and grave side rites, with full military honors, were held Sunday af- tern'oon at Ephesus Baptist Church, Route 2, Raeford, in Hoke County, for Airman First Class Peter Whitman Fields, 22, who was killed in Vietnam on February 27. Burial was in the church cemetery. The body- had arrived at Charlotte, by air, on Saturday. Chaplain Rogers of Fort Bragg was in charge of the services and a Fort Bragg mil itary unit rendered the ap propriate honors. An obituary appeared in last week’s Pilot. Airman Fields was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Fields of Route 1, Aberdeen, and a graduate of Aberdeen high school in the class of 1961. He is survived by two bro thers, Franklin Fields of Aber deen, Carroll Fields of the (Continued on Page 6) Sp. 1-C Marosites Funeral services for Specialist First Class Bruce Marosites, 28, of West End Route 1, who was killed by enemy action in Vietnam March 1, will be held at 4 pm Friday at Our Saviour Lutheran Church, conducted by the pastor, the Rev. Jack Deal, followed by burial in Culdee Presbyterian Church cemetery near Pine hurst. Military honors will be ac corded throughout. A detail from the 82nd Airborne Divi sion, Port Bragg, will be in charge. A specialist in IBM, in which he had been given a training course at Washington, D. C. while stationed with the 82nd Airborne at Fort Bragg, Mar osites was sent to Vietnam last October with an administra tive unit. Soon after arrival he was attached to a South Vietnam outfit for the train ing of young recruits, then (Continued on Page 6) To help with fund-raising, the Foundation has issued a handsome brochure outlining the purposes and other details of the project. These brochur es and other informatio.n are available from Mrs. Haskell Duncan of Southern Pines who is director of the campaign headquarters, with address at P. O. Box 1378, Southern Pines. The former Gay Tate, Mrs. Duncan has long been as sociated with horse activities in the Sandhills. Miss Page Shamburger of Aberdeen is Sandhills area fund drive chairman. The appeal for funds is ex pected to reach out widely as the center eventually will serve a large part of the na tion with specialized labora tory and surgical facilities— the sort of services which ve terinarians and animal owners in this area now have to seek at a distance. The center is designed to deal with “non-'food-produc- ing animals,” large and small —largely expected to be (Continued on Page 6) Booth To Serve Ji Travelers Goes Into Use Today The Resort Advertising Committee was to move a small house trailer into place this morning, 'on the west side of No. 1 highway parkway, north of the city limits, to serve as an information booth for the traveling public. Richard Davenport, commit tee chairman, said that J. O. Jones—who with his wife, Mrs. Cay Jones are doing publicity work for the town—will man the booth from 3 pm to 10 pm daily. Information about Southern Pines will be available there and a telephone will enable the booth operator to locate motel or hotel accomodations for travelers, also receiving from these establishments in formation on their vacancies. The booth’s telephone number is 692-2244. Plans call for running the booth until the middle of May. If records of its use prove it valuable, it will be set up again next fall and also in the (Continued on Page 6) ■ '1 Lakeview Man Hurt In Wreck Ralph McCraney, 31, of Lakeview suffered serious head injuries Tuesday night when his car left the road and struck some pine trees at Manly. He is a patient at St. Joseph’s hospital. His 1961 Dodge was demolished in the wreck. State Trooper W. J. Tom- berlyn said McCraney was traveling north on US 1-A south of the NC 2 intersection, when he apparently applied brakes, slid off the side of the road 68 yards, struck one tree and ricocheted into another 35 feet away. The car spun around, its front end crushed back into the driver’s seat. McCraney has been charged with reckless driving. Council To Call For Clean-Up Week Here At request of the Town’s Parks and Parkways Beauti fication Committee, the town council decided at its meeting Tuesday night to designate a Clean-Up Week starting March 28, to help spruce up the community for the House and Garden Tour on April 13 and the Stoneybrook Steeplechase on the 16th. Details will be announced. MR. PENNY WITH GULISTAN George Penny Now In Public Relations Post George E. Paules, vice pres ident, manufacturing, for the Gulistan Carpet Division of J. P. Stevens & Co., Inc., has an nounced the appointment of a public relations director. George A. Penny of Garner, a veteran of over 25 years in press and radio news opera tions, has assumed duties of the recently created position. In addition to his experience as news repoiTer and editor. Penny has served as executive secretary of a Merchants As- (Contihued on Page 6) TO HEAR GRAHAM A group of Sandhills resi dents have chartered a bus to go to Greenville, S. C., Satur day to hear Evangelist Billy Graham who is conducting a crusade there. The bus will leave the home of Mrs. Robert Pearse on Midland Road at 1 pm. A few seats on the bus were available yesterday. $1 PER PUPIL Schools To Get Federal Funds For Libraries Approval of an appropria tion of $2,019 to Southern Pines schools under Title H of the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act was announced this week by Supt. J. W. Jenkins. Title H covers federal pay ments to schools for “school library resources, textbooks and other printed and instruc tional materials.” The superintendent said the allocation is based on $1 per student and that it include.s funds for St. Anthony’s Cath olic School here, on the same basis. 'The Episcopal Day School had been invited to participate also in the request for funds but chose not to make application because of the small number of pupils in volved. Mr. Jenkins said that all of the allocation to the Southern Pines public schools would be used to purchase additional school library books. Peach Blossom Race Set Sunday Moore County auto racing are included among some 50,- 000 this week anticipating Sunday’s Peach Blossom 500 stock car race at the North Carolina Motor Speedway, 10 miles north of Rockingham, on No. 1 highway. The race will start at noon, with a full 44-car field expected. As with the speedway’s in augural American 500 last fall, effects of the crowds attend ing are expected to be felt in to Moore County, as hotel and motel accomodations become scarce and traffic gets heavy before and after the event. 16-Year-Old Golfer Shoots Hole-In-One A 16-year-old Whispering Pines golfer, Bob MacKinnon, sunk his 5-iron tee shot on the 175-yard No. 4 hole of Whis pering Pines Country Club’s west course for a hole-in-one last Wednesday. A junior at Union Pines High School, Bob is on the school golf team. His parents are Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. MacKinnon of Whispering Pines. When Bob made his ace, he was playing with a classmate. Chuck Frye, and his brother, Billy. Campbell House Now In Use For Varied Purposes The former W. D. Campbell residence and estate on E. Con necticut Ave. which was given to the Town for public recrea tional and cultural purposes, is being widely used already, reported Councilman George H. Leonard, Jr., chairman of the committee planning and supervising use of the proper ty, at Tuesday night’s town council meeting in the muni cipal building. All the council members were present. Mayor Norris L. Hodgkins, Jr., Mayor Pro- Tem Felton Capel, and Coun • oilmen Leonard, L. D. McDon ald and Lee K. Smithson. Pres ent too, were Town Manager F. F. Rainey, Town Attorney W. Lament Brown and Mrs. Mildred McDonald, town clerk. Mr. Leonard said that both the town Information Center and the county Civil Defense office have moved into the Campbell residence, both now in charge 'of Col. A. M. Koster (Continued on Page 6) COOLEY WILL BE CANDIDATE Rep. Harold Cooley of Nash County announced at Washington today he will seek another term in Con gress from the Fourth Dis trict and said he will file within the next few days for the May Democratic primary. He said he was making a formal announcement principally because of the substantial change in the district's make-up effected by the Legislature. This year for the first time it will include Moore, Mont gomery and Orange coun ties, while losing Johnston and Davidson. "After my 32 years in Congress I imagine every body in my old counties expected I would be a candidate," he observed, "but I felt that in this in stance an official an nouncement was in order for the sake of the people of the new district." the new convention hall, which can be used also as a display space, auditorium or for large social gatherings. A periphery area 12 feet wide will .surround the central hall, which will be lower by two feet, with steps going down. A stage at one end, with elab orate lighting, sound equip ment and 'Other facilities will make possible the presentation of plays, films, lectures, con certs and other special events, it was explained. W. L. Jewell & Co. of San ford has the general contract for the annex totalling 22,000 .square feet, and bids on air conditioning, plumbing, heat ing and electrical contracts will be received Tuesday, bas ed on specifications of Ernest G. Myatt, mechanical engineer, of the firm of Ernest G. Myatt & Associates of Greensboro. Sledge said this is the first step in what is planned as a comprehensive program ex tending over the next four or five years, to include an in door swimming pool, air-con ditioning of all bedrooms, new heating plant, and other im provements. While there are no plans as yet to operate the Carolina on a year-round basis, Sledge noted that the new facilities will make possible the exten sion of the present, September- through May season at both ends, and the accommodation of conventions calendared for late and early summer. SATURDAY NIGHT Science Fair At School Will Be Open To Public Students at East Southern Pines schools will stage their annual Science Fair Saturday, March 12, in the cafeteria in the basement of Weaver Audi torium. The public is invited to .see the displays between 7 and 9 pm, Saturday. The exhibits will be judged and the win ners will be on view in the upstairs lobby of the auditori um when the PTA meets there Monday night. Junior and Senior Divisions of the Science Fair will show exhibits in two categories— Biological and Physical, all made by the students them selves. There will be a great variety of displays illustrating some phase of scientific stu dies, ranging from simple to complex. Prizes will be given in each division and winning exhibits will compete in a District Sci ence Fair at Chapel Hill March 19. OTHER ACTIONS TAKEN AT MEETING Board Approves For Bookmobile, The M'oore County commis sioners in regular session at Carthage, Monday, authorized the county library board to proceed with the purchase of a new bookmobile, to replace the present worn-out 1953 model. A complete bookmobile route schedule, for ifour months in advance, ap pears elsewhere in today's Pilot. Bookmobile patrons throughout the county are advised to clip and save it for regular reference. The Grocers To Hear Food Stamp Plan Meetings of retail grocers of Moore county for explanation of the Food Stamp program have been re-scheduled to March 23, when one will be held at 2 pm, another at 7 pm, at the courthouse in Carthage, announces Mrs. W. B. Cole, county public welfare direc tor. L. Harold Yontz, officer in charge of NCDA Consumer and Marketing Services, Wins ton-Salem, will explain the food dealers’ role in the pro gram, which will start in Mo'ore county April 1. One meeting has already been held, with a number of the grocers attending Monday. $14,000 Vehicle Work At Airport new schedule is based on "community" rather than "house" stops. On recommendation of Mrs. Eugenia R. Babylon, Sandhills Regional Library director, and Mrs. A. A. Vanore, board chdarman, the commissioners approved the purchase of an air-conditioned, fully equipped model at something over $14,- 000, better suited to the grow ing demand for service than a smaller one available at about $11,000. Also; said Mrs. Babylon, there was a possibility, which she had discussed with the Montgomery County Library board, that the new bookmo bile could serve both counties on a proportionate-cost basis. This would mean keeping it going full time, six days a (Continued from Page 6) THE WEATHER Maximum and minimum temperatures for each day of the past week were recorded as follows at the US Weather Bureau observation station, at WEEB, on Midland Road. Max. Min, March 3 63 45 March 4 63 56 March 5 56 45 March 6 49 27 March 7 46 17 March 8 45 23 March 9 57 20