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SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1966
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PRICE: 10 CENTi
AT ARMORY NEXT WEEK
Crowds Expected For
Annual Antiques Fair
Old treasures, great and
small, including many fascin
ating rarities, will feature the
ninth annual Antiques Fair of
the Moore County Historical
Association, to be held here
next Wednesday, Thursday
and Friday.
The sparkle of silver, the
gleam of old glass, colors of
furniture, rugs, jewelry, lamps,
books and paintings will fill
Cherokee Trail
Field Training
Exercise Begins
Cherokee Trail VIII, an end-
■of-course field training exer
cise of the U.S. Army Special
Warfare School at Fort Bragg,
began yesterday and will in
volve nearly 5,000 Ft. Bragg
soldiers in the seven - county
region in the Uwharrie-Sand-
hills area of North Carolina,
including Moore County.
The 10-day exercise began
when 10 student special forces
detachments parachuted into
the mythical country of Pine-
land.
The exercise centers around
the mythical countries of
Pineland and Satilla. Pine-
land is an emerging country
struggling to become a demo
cratic nation but has certain
internal problems. Guerrilla
bands, supported by the coun
try of Satilla, are carrying on
a fight against the government.
Pineland has asked for aid
in combatting the guerrillas
and in response, the United
States has sent counterinsur
gency experts—in this case,
members of the Counterinsur
gency Officers’ Course of the
Special Warfare School.
Cherokee Trail is not a man-
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Grocers To Hear
Explanation Of
Food Stamp Plan
The United States Depart
ment of Agriculture’s Consum
er & Marketing Service has
scheduled two special meet
ings, Wednesday, March 23 at
Carthage to explain the Food
Stamp Program to retail food
merchants in Moore County.
All grocers in Moore County
who did not attend one of the
grocer meetings earlier this
month are urged to attend one
of the meetings next week, the
announcement said.
The program is scheduled to
begin April 1.
According to Harold Yountz,
Consumer & Marketing Serv
ice program official at Win
ston-Salem, the meetings will
be held at 2 pm and 7 pm, at
the Moore County courthouse
in Carthage. Food store oper
ators may attend which ever
of the two meetings is more
convenient.
Yountz said the meetings
were scheduled after he re
ceived numerous inquiries.
“Many grocers were unable
to attend meetings earlier this
month,” Yountz said, “and be
cause of the importance of
their attending, these special
meetings have been sched
uled.”
Must Be Authorized
Yountz pointed out that gro
cers cannot accept food cou
pons from eligible low income
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the National Guard Armory
from 10 am to 9 pm daily.
All 25 generous-;:ized exhi
bit spaces have been taken by
leading dealers from Massa
chusetts to Florida, according
to Mrs. Ernest L. Ives, general
chairman. Most., have been
coming year after year, while
some are new, including
Shaker Antiques of East Aur
ora, N.Y., Townsend Antiques
of St. Pauls and The Court
yard Shop of Southern Pines.
Several dealers are distin
guished by their specialties,
such as flatware, cut glass, art
glass, books and prints, primi
tive paintings and others.
Dealers tell the committee
they like to come here because
of the crowd from several
states, at this time when re-
s'ort hotels of Pinehurst and
Southern Pines are full. Other
antique lovers are drawn from
many miles around, to see and
to buy.
The canteen will be operated
this year by Mrs. L. D. McDon
ald of Southern Pines, assisted
in the supplying of home-
cooked foods by Mrs. Jere Mc-
Keithen of Aberdeen and Mrs.
Charles T. Greer of Carthage.
Three new members have
been added to the Fair com-
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Parents Learn
Of ‘New Math’;
To Have Course
Interest of parents in the
“new mathematics” and their
efforts to understand it re
ceived a boost with the show
ing of an explanatory film at
Monday night’s meeting of
the East Southern Pines Par
ent-Teacher Association in
Weaver Auditorium.
Also, it was announced by
E. Earl Hubbard, first vice
president, a course on this
subject can be offered through
Sandhills Community College
and a show of hands indicated
that more than the minimum
number required to give the
course are interested.
An organization meeting will
be announced and the most
convenient evening hours set
for the instruction .
Mrs. Robert Leland, PTA
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY!—Marking the 47th
anniversary of founding of the American
Legion, the nation’s oldest exisiting organi
zation of veterans of service in the armed'
forces, members of Sandhills Post 134 of
Southern Pines gathered, with the post’s
Auxiliary and guests, at Howard Johnson’s
GARDNER WILL
RUN IN FOURTH
James C. Gardner of
Rocky Mount announced
at a press conference in
Raleigh Wednesday that
he will be a candidate for
Congress from the new
Fourth District which in
cludes Moore County. He
is a well known Tar Heel
Republican.
Gardner, who resigned
recently as a North Caro
lina Republican chairman,
ran against the incumbent
representative, Hemocrat
Harold Cooley erf Nash
County, in 1964 and was
beaten by only 5,084 votes,
in the "old" Fourth dis
trict. Cooley has an
nounced his candidacy for
this year's nomination and
election.
David A. Drexel, Moore
County Republican chair
man, and several other-
leading Republicans of the
county went to Raleigh to
attend the conference
when Gardner announced.
Legion Observes *
Organization’s
47th Birthday
The 47th anniversary of the
American Legion was observ
ed by Sandhill Post 134 with a
banquet Tuesday evening at
the Howard Johnson’s Restau
rant Golden Door. Members
of the Legion Auxiliary were
guests, and over 40 attended.
■The Auxiliary presented a
birthday cake to the group.
Col. Alfred M. Koster, di
rector of Civil Defense for
Moore County, was the invited
speaker, and addressed the
group on services rendered by
this volunteer organization in
both peace and war. Pie was
introduced by Mrs. Veta E.
Gorman, chairman of Civil
Defense for the Legion Auxil
iary. Presiding was Mrs. D. E.
McDonald of Southern Pines,
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Golden Door for a “47th birthday” dinner,
Friday night. A portion of the group is
shown here, with veterans of both World
War I and World War II visible. Col. A. M.
Koster, county Civil Defense director, who
was guest speaker, is directly behind the
table decoration of flags and flowers.
(Humphrey photo)
COURSES, INSTRUCTORS LISTED
Registration For Spring Quarter
At College Scheduled March 23
Registration for the spring
quarter will be held Wednes
day, March 23, in the Science
and Technology Building on
the campus of Sandhills Com
munity College, according to
Sidney Chappell, director of
Plans Start For
Celebration At
Aberdeen Jnly 4
Meeting Thursday night of
last week, some two dozen
Aberdeen citizens started for
mulating plans for the com
munity’s second annual July
Fourth celebration.
With H. Clifton Blue presi
ding as general chairman, sev
eral committees were named
to start work on the project.
Others in attendance at the
meeting were Forrest Lockey,
Jr., Jere N. McKeithen, Jimmy
Guin, Tbad Mull, Gordon
Keith, J. K. Bridger.s, R. E.
Oldham, Sgt. William G.
Martin, Floyd Dunn, Frank
McNeill, Roy Smith, Walter
DeLong, Tommy Gschwind,
Ed Wicker, Curtis Meinnis, A1
Cruce, Lawrence Wicker
Hugh Styers, Jack Flinchum,
Sonny Guion and Clayton
Dunn.
The group is planning a full
day beginning with a parade
in the morning and concluding
with a street dance that night.
Other high-lights of the pro
gram will be a beauty pageant
under direction of the Aber
deen Jaycees and fire works.
There will also be a series
of special events and enter-
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-BEGINNING MARCH 30—
Pilot To Publish On Wednesdav
Starting with the edition of
March 30, The Pilot will be
published on Wednesday of
each week, except for the us
ual occasional change of pub
lication day on or near such
holidays as Thanksgiving or
Christmas. The present publi
cation day is Thursday.
The change is being made
because The Pilot believes
both advertisers and readers
will be better served by the
paper’s coming out earlier in
the week.
As to advertising, the week
end “specials” of both food
and department stores usually
go on sale on Thursday, mean
ing that shoppers will know
a full day earlier than here
tofore what is being offered
at the stores.
As to news, readers will
have more advance notice of
upcoming weekend events,
while still having full cover
age of events of the previous
weekend and of the entire
week preceding the Wednes
day publication.
“Deadlines” on both news
and advertising copy will be
advanced, in order to make
the Wednesday publication
possible.
No classified advertising
will be accepted after 3 pm
Tuesday and the deadline will
be 5:30 pm Tuesday for dis
play advertising, news and
photos, with the exception of
obituaries and highly signifi
cant or startling spot news
items which will be taken up
to 10:30 am Wednesday.
The cooperation of advertis
ers and news correspondents
is asked in making this change
that The Pilot thinks will
work to their advantage as
well as to the advantage of
readers and shoppers.
Solicitation of display ad-
vei’tising will have to begin
on Thursday and Friday of
the' week preceding publica
tion. Those businesses that
are able to place advertising
that far in advance are asked
to cooperate in having it
ready.
Correspondents in other
towns, school correspondents
and regular news sources are
all asked to have their copy
in a day sooner than has been
their custom.
The Pilot office will continue
to close all day Saturday.
COUNTY ZONING
HEARING SLATED
A public hearing on zon
ing propos.als recommend
ed to the county commis
sions by the Moore Coun
ty Planning Board will be
held Tuesday, March 22,
in the courtroom of the
courthouse in Carthage, at
2 pm.
These first county zon
ing proposals cover an area
from and including the
Southern Pines-Pinehurst
Airport, south and west,
through the Sandhills
Community College prop
erty to Highway 15-501.
The zoning would regu
late land use in the area,
as proposed by the plan
ning board of which How
ard Butler of Southern
Pines is chairman. County
zoning was authorized in
Moore by action of the
1965 General Assembly,
Redistricting
Of County Will
Be Considered
When the county commis
sioners convene in Carthage
for a special meeting Tuesday,
they are expected to take up
the matter of redrawing the
boundaries of Moore County’s
five voting districts, to make
them more nearly equal in
population, as authorized by
the last special session of the
N. C. General Assembly.
Under the present system,
the five commissioners each
file from a separate district
but are elected in county-wide
voting. This system is ex
pected to continue after redis
tricting.
Under the new law, the
commissioners are also priv
ileged the change the voting
system so that all five would
both file and be elected at
large. However, they are said
to prefer the other method.
All five commissioners seats
will be filled in this year’s No
vember election, but there
after board members will
serve staggered terms, under
legislation approved by the
1965 General Assembly.
Art Exhibit Set
At School Here
In connection with National
Art Month (March), grades 1
through 8 of the East South
ern Pines School will have an
art exhibit in the lobby of
Weaver Auditorium and the
cafeteria in the auditorium’s
basement, beginning at 8 pm
on Monday, March 21.
Mrs. Barbara West, art sup
ervisor in the Southern Pines
and Pinehurst schools, will
direct the exhibit.
The public is invited.
student personnel.
Students now enrolled in
classes and persons desiring to
begin courses with the spring
term should register that day,
as classes for the new period
will begin on Thursday, March
24.
Those interested in starting
college work now may secure
information on the courses in
the curriculum by contacting
the Office of Admissions.
Courses Listed
The college will offer cours
es in business, economics, Eng
lish and history in evening
classes in the Science and
Technology Building on the
campus, according to Dr. Will
iam F. Banaghan, dean of in
struction.
Courses, the credit hours,
days of week and time of
classes and instructors are:
Typing I, 3 hours, M-W-F,
7:00-8:25 pm, Mrs. Lillie Solo
mon.
Accounting I, 6 hours, M-W-
F, 7:00-9:05 pm, Joe McCut-
cheon.
Business Law I, 3 hours, T-
Th, 7:00-8:15 pm, W.B. Crews,
Jr.
Economics II, 5 hours, T-Th,
7:00-9:15, M.R. Wyatt.
American Lit. I, 5 hours, M-
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Formal Opening
Of New College
Building Slated
The completed Science and
Technology Building on the
campus of Sandhills Commun
ity College will be officially
opened Thursday, March 24, at
8 pm in a brief ceremony that
will include a formal “ribbon
cutting”. The two-color ribbon
green for the pine trees and
white for the sand, will be
snipped by H. Clifton Blue of
Aberdeen, chairman of the
board of trustees.
Other trustees, members of
the staff and faculty of the
college, students, members of
the board of county commiss
ioners, and other prominent
citizens of the community who
have aided in establishing the
educational center will parti
cipate in the important event
on the campus off the Pine-
hurst-Airport road.
The Science and Technology
Building opened its doors last
month to classes in physics,
chemistry, biology, zoology,
drafting and other sciences.
Next Thursday, following the
early morning ceremony, all
of the classes in the college
curriculum will begin the
spring quarter on the campus.
According to Dr. Raymond A.
Stone, president, the program
will be brief so that all stu
dents may get to classrooms
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Action Speeded
By Council On
New Zoning Law
Meeting in special session at
the town-owned Campbell
House on E. Connecticut Ave.
Tuesday night, the town coun
cil set public hearings 'on two
documents involved in long-
range planning and speeded
up action on a third—the com
prehensive new zoning ordi
nance that will control land
use in town and in the mile
wide perimeter belt in which
the town has zoning authority.
The entire council was pres
ent, Mayor Norris L. Hodg
kins, Jr., Mayor Pro Tern Fel
ton Capel and Councilmen
George H. Leonard, Jr., L. D.
McDonald and Lee K. Smith-
s'on.
Meeting with them were
Ralph Chandler, Jr., chairman
of the Planning Board and
Joe C. Thomas, Jr., chairman
of the Zoning Board of Ad
justment. Also present were
Town Manager F. F. Rainey,
Town Attorney W. Lamont
Brown and Mrs. Mildred Mc-
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Hollywood Hotel
Will Be Removed,
Apartments Built
The Hollywood Hotel, a
landmark of this resort com
munity since its construction
in 1912, will close April 30 and
be torn down as soon there
after as possible. Several
“garden apartment” and “town
house” buildings will then be
constructed on the site—a
project estimated to cost at
least $500,000.
Announcement of these
Blue Will Not
Run For State
Senate In’66
H. Clifton Blue of Aberdeen
said this week that he would
not become a candidate for
State Senator from the 19th
District, in the May Democra
tic primary. He implied that
he would not run for any off
ice this year.
Blue served as representa
tive from Moore County in the
General Assembly for 18 year.?
and was Speaker ■of the House
in 1963. In 1964, he unsuccess
fully sought the Democratic
nomination for lieutenant gov
ernor. His statement follows:
“To the many people who
have offered support and urg
ed that I become a candidate
for State Senator in the 19th
district I am most grateful.
“I have considered it a great
privilege and opportunity to
serve my county and state in
the General Assembly for 18
years.
“But having already accept
ed several obligations beyond
my newspaper responsibilities
I have decided not to become
a candidate fOr the State Sen
ate in 1966.
“However, my interest in
good government and public
affairs remains unabaited and
I hope that by 1968 I will find
myself in a better position to
consider further participation
in public service.”
AT RACE OFFICE — At the Stoneybrook Race Meet
Committee’s office in the town-owned Campbell House on
E. Connecticut Ave., announcements of the event are ad
dressed by, left to right, Mrs. A. E. Rhinehart, Mrs. Michael
Hines and James Hartshorne, all of Southern Pines. Reser
vations for parking spaces at the April 16 races are now
being taken at the office. (Cay Jones photo)
AMONG PRELIMINARY EVENTS
Relay Race New Feature
Of Stoneybrook Meeting
A relay race on horseback
will be an innovation of the
annual Stoneybrook Race
Me.et April 16 at Southern
Pines.
The Moore County Hounds
have invited six other fox
hunting groups to join the
pre-race competition.
Teams of three men and wo
men will pass whips as run
ners pass batons in relay
races on foot. All will be in
regular hunting attire.
Groups Invited
The groups invited by
Moore County Hounds are:
Mecklenburg Hounds of Chai'-
lotte; Triangle Hunt Of Ral
eigh; Camden Hounds of Cam
den, S. C.; Aiken Hounds of
Aiken, S. C., Sedgefield
Hounds of Greensboro, and
Tryon Hounds of Tryon.
The race will be at seven
furlongs over the flat track at
Stoneybrook Farm.
Pre-race entertainment also
will feature the Fighting Scots
Band of Laurinburg—72 mem
bers strong and clad in kilts.
The band, playing bagpipes
along with more conventional
band instruments, is returning
a second year because it turn
ed out to be such a favorite
of the race-goers. James M.
Stokes, director of instrument
al music at Laurinburg High
School, is the band conductor.
Spaces Available
Reserved parking spaces for
the Stoneybrook races still are
available by calling the race
office at Southern Pines 692-
6873.
Sales, Use Tax
Colleetions Up
According to figures releas
ed this week by the North
Carolina Department of Rev
enue, gross collections of state
sales and use taxes in Moore
County during the year Feb
ruary, 1965 through January,
1966, amounted to $1,125,449.
The amount collected in a
similar period, one year pre
viously (1964-65) had been
$1,038,940.
The increase amounted to
$86,508—that is, 8.33 per cent.
MEDICARE BLANKS
Blanks on which persons 65
years of age or older can ap
ply for Medicare health bene
fits are available at the South
ern Pines post office, the pub
lic was reminded today. March
31 is the deadline for signing
up.
changes came this week from
George 'W. Pottle. He and his
brother, John F. Pottle, own
the hotel and block-long site
on E. New York Ave., between
Ashe and May Sts. The Pottles
will be the developers in the
apartment project.
Auction Scheduled
First step in this biggest
change to take place in the
downtown area of Southern
Pines in many years will be
a public auction of all the
hotel’s furnishings and equip
ment, on April 30, the official
closing day. The auction will
be conducted by the Clem
Long Hotel Auctioneers of
Dayton, Ohio, a firm specializ-
in this sort of sale.
Bids on demolishing the
building are being received,
Mr. Pottle said.
The hotel now has 25 per-
.manent residents. In recent
years, it has been operated
the year around, providing
rooms, apartments and meals
to permanent residents, large
ly elderly people, although
continuing also to take some
transient guests.
Up To 60 Units
■ Tentative plans call for up
to 66 dwelling units in the
apartment and town house
project. The “garden apart-
rnents”, will be multi-family,
two story buildings and. the
“town house” units will be
single - family, contiguously
built structures, all carefully
grouped on the large site to
provide convenience, open
areas and parking space.
Retained as architects is the
firm of Collins & Kronstadt,
Leahy, Hogan and Collins, of
Silver Springs, Md., chosen
for the project, said Mr. Pottle,
because of their extensive ex
perience in residential apart
ment work.
1925 Addition
The main portion of the
Hollywood was built by the
late John L. Pottle, grand
father of the present, owners
and his son, Frank, their
father, also now deceased. An
addition of 30 rooms was con
structed in 1925, to bring the
building to its present com
plement of 75 guest rooms.
“We feel that there is a
need here for the type of
housing we plan to build,”
said Mr. Pottle, “and that the
community will be best served
by removing the hotel which
has served its purpose well
for many years. 'We are trying
to look ahead and do what is
best for Southern Pines in the
long run and I think we have
rnade the right decision,” he
added.
CAMP EASTER ON TV
Mrs. Mark Liddell, coordin
ator for Camp Easter in the
Pines, will appear on a live
television program, the Bette
Elliott Show, on WRAL-TV,
Raleigh, at 9 am, Tuesday,
March 22. Using a three-di
mensional model, she will dis
cuss various aspects of the
camping facility for handicap
ped children and adults, near
Southern Pines.
NEWS MEDIA PEOPLE RECOGNIZED
Hospitality Education Important,
Expert Tells Development Group
t-. j. . .
Noi’th Carolina’s new com
munity colleges and technical
institutes can play a vital role
in development of the tourist
business and should be used to
the fullest in this capacity,
members ■of the Sandhills
Area Development Association
heard Friday night from a na
tionally known authority in
the field.
Richard L. Almarode, coor
dinator of hospitality educa
tion for the State of Florida
and, through Florida State
University, for its system of
junior colleges, was guest
speaker at a banquet of the
.-ix-county SADA held at
Sanders’ Whispering Pines
Restaurant.
Delegations were there from
Moore, Lee, Richmond, H'oke
and Montgomery Counties, and
the newest member, Scotland,
which joined only a few
months ago.
McFadyen Presides
Neill McFadyen 'of Raeford,
SADA president, conducted
the program of what was bill
ed as “News Media Apprecia
tion Night,” recognizing as
guests of honor some 15 men
and women of press and radio
who have cooperated in furth
ering the program of the sev
en-year-old organization.
Mayor Norris L. Hodgkins,
Jr., of Southern Pines welcom
ed the gathering to the Sand
hills resort area, in which, he
noted, the tourist business is of
prime importance.
Almarode, a resident of Tal
lahassee, Fla., who under aus-
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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 10
60
25
March 11
68
27
March 12
74
39
March 13
70
48
March 14
75
44
March 15
70
45
M^ircli .16
58
39