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VOL.—49 No. 22
TWENTY-TWO PAGES
SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 1966
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FRANK McCASKILL
W. LYNN MARTIN
McCaskill vs. Martin
In Commissioner Race
A political race bound to arouse much county-wide in
terest was initiated during the past week when incumbent
county commissioner W. Lynn Martin of Kagle Springs and
Frank McCaskill of Pinehurst, seeking his first elective
office, both filed in the May 28 Democratic primary as
candidates for county commissioner from the new District
2 composed of Mineral Springs and Bensalem Townships.
Mineral Springs is the township that includes Pinehurst
and West End. Eagle Springs is in Bensalem. Martin now
represents Bensalem and Sheffields, the two townships in
District 2 before recent reapportionment. Sheffields, in
cluding Robbins and occupying the extreme northwest
corner of the county, is now in another district. Though
candidates for county commissioner file from five dis
tricts, voting on them is county-wide. There is one other
county commissioner race so far: between incumbent
James M. Pleasants and Mrs. Arthealia Hollister, in Dis
trict 4 (McNeill Township, including Southern Pines). Fil
ing time for county offices will close at noon, Friday,
April 15.
Frank McCaskill, Pinehurst
businessman and civic leader,
has been active in Democra
tic politics for many years,
and is currently serving as
Democratic precinct chairman
in Pinehurst.
A native of Biscoe, McCas
kill moved to Pinehurst in the
spring of 1918. He is a gradu
ate of Pinehurst High School,,
attended Atlantic Christian
College and has been active in
local and county civic affairs
for many years.
He is a charter member and
past president of the Pinehurst
Lions Club, a charter member
of the Elks Club in Southern
Pines, and has served as fund
raising director for the March
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Elected in November, 1964,
when he defeated Republican
Robert G. Holden, 6,487 votes
to 4,410, W. Lynn Martin won
the Democratic nomination as
county commissioner in May
of that year when he ousted
incumbent Tom R. Monroe of
Robbins, getting 2,591 votes
to Monroe’s 1,616, in his first
try for elective office.
A farmer and merchant at
Eagle Springs for many years,
Martin is now serving as act
ing RFD mail carrier out of
Eagle Springs. He says he has
cleared his service as com
missioner and his candidacy
with the Post Office Depart
ment.
Martin is a Baptist and a
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'AN ORGANIZED APPROACH'
High School Students To Choose
Courses For Next Year’s Study
With more than seven
months of the school year
completed, students at East
Southern Pines High School
are making plans for the f966-
Registration Of
Students Is PTA
Subject, Monday
The regular monthly meet
ing of the East Southern Pines
Schools Porent - Teacher
Association will be held Mon
day, April 18, at 8 pm in
Weaver Auditorium.
Glenn L. Cox, principal, will
be in charge of the program,
which will be concerned
with the registration of pupils
in grades 8-11 for courses for
the 1966-67 school year.
Registration materials list
ing available courses and
other information will be dis
tributed to students on Friday,
April 15. It is hoped that par
ents and students will study thi
material and bring it to the
meeting on Monday night.
The materials will be discus-
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67 school year
Using the theme “Education
al Growth Through Careful
Planning,” Principal Glenn L
Cox, with the other members
of the staff, will be spending
the next nine school days dis
cussing student plans for next
year
By setting up an organized
approach to the registration
for courses, it is hoped that
students, parents, and teach-
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ZONING HEARING
SET FOR MAY 6
The council, meeting
Tuesday night, set a pub
lic hearing on a proposed
new Southern Pines com
prehensive zoning ordi
nance for Friday, May 6,
at 7:30 pm, in the munici
pal building.
The ordinance, approv
ed last Friday night by
the Planning Board after
certain changes were re
commended, comprises 12
proposedi land use zones.,
in town and in the mile
wide perimeter area over
which the Town has zon
ing jurisdiction.
AMATEUR GOLFERS
2 North-South
Tourneys Set
At Pinehurst
The 64th annual North-
I'outh Invitational for Ladie
3 set for April 18-23, and the
'6th annual North-South Invi-
ational for Men, April 25-30
3oth the golf tournaments for
mateurs will be played on the
'lumber Two championshii
ourse at the Pinehurst Coun
ry Club.
Defending champion Bar
bara Mclntire of Coloradc
Iprings, Colo., faces one of the
Wrongest fields ever in the
adies’ tournament. Included
ire such names as Marge
3urns of Greensboro, Tish
’reuss of Pompano Beach,
^la., Nancy Roth Sims of Hol-
ywood, Fla., former national
unior champion Sandra Post
if Canada, Mrs. George Train-
ir of Rochester, N. Y. and her
laughter Anne, and Helen Si-
jel Wilson of Gladwyne, Penn.
More than 140 entries have
Deen received for the men’s
tournament, including 10 play-
;rs with Walker Cup experi-
mce. They are last year’s run
ner-up Don Allen of Rochester
Pa., Bill Campbell of Hunting-
ton, W. Va., Dick Chapman of
Palm Beach, Fla. formerly of
Pinehurst, Ward Wettlaufer of
Atlanta, Ga., Charlie Smith of
Gastonia, Dale Morey of High
Point, Billy Joe Patton of
Morganton, Dr. Ed Updegraff
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Officials Urged
Start Planning
For New Conrts
With the new State courts
administration due to become
effective in this district , and
county December 1, 1968, it
isn’t too soon to start making
preparations, the Moore Coun
ty Bar Association advised the
county commissioners last
week.
W. Lament Brown of South
ern Pines, Bar Association
president, presented to the
commissioners a resolution
adopted by the legal group,
offering to assist in any way
it could, and proposing that
they appoint a planning com
mittee.
A committee of five to seven
members, comprising county
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Cox Resigns As
SPHS Principal,
For Added Study
Glenn L. Cox, who has been
principal of East Southern
Pines High School for nearly
six years, is resigning to study
for an Advanced Principal’s
Certificate at East Carolina
Graduate School, Supt. J. W.
Jenkins has revealed.
Announcement of a succes
sor in the post will be made
soon, the superintendent said.
Mr. Cox already has a mas
ter’s degree in education. The
further year’s study he said
in a letter to Mr. Jenkins, will
allow him to do more work in
Elementary Education, “a
field in which I have become
quite interested.”
He added, “My experience
here will mean a great deal to
me in the future.”
Mr. Cox is married to the
former Doris Perry. They have
two sons, Jacob, a first grad
er, and Perry, five years old.
He expects to begin his stu
dies at East Carolina on July
13.
“I am sorry to see Mr. Cox
leave the Southern Pines
school system,” Supt Jenkins
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AT WEAVER AUDITORIUM HERE, SATURDAY EVENING
Choral Society’s Concert To Benefit Camp Easter
Appearing Saturday, April
16, at 8:30 pm, in Weaver Au
ditorium will be the Charlotte
Choral Society. The perform
ance of this talented group of
over 100 members, noted for
their appearances as “The
Singing Christmas Tree,” is
sponsored here by the South
ern Pines Rotary Club.
Proceeds will be contributed
by the club to Camp Easter in
the Pines for use at this local
facility for the physically han
dicapped.
Tickets can be obtained
from any of the Rotary Club
members.
John McPhaul, genei'al
chairman, reports much inter
est in the concert.
The Choral Society’s mem
bers are engaged in many oc
cupations, from chief surgical
nurse to stockbroker.
Several are choir directors.
Weekly rehearsals during a
nine-month season enable the
chorus to achieve the musical
perfection that audiences have
learned to expect.
The a cappella choral group
began as a handful of interest
ed musicians gradually build
ing to its present force. Their
“Singing Christmas Tree” per
formances are given each year
to benefit Charlotte Observer
charities.
They have sung also with
the Charlotte Opera, the Char
lotte Symphony, at the North
Carolina Trade Fair, the N.C.
State Red Cross Conference
and for other charities. Each
season, they present concerts
at several of the colleges in
the State.
Director is the Socicety’s
founder, Mrs. Alice Hulbert
Berman, who is a graduate cf
the Westminster Choir College
at Princeton, N.J.
NEW COUNCILMAN—l)i II .1 Ui)Ugh'ity is sworn in
by Mrs. Mildred McDonald, clerk, as a new member of the
Southern Pines town council, to fill out the unexpired term
of Lee K. Smithson, who resigned for business reasons.
Dr. Dougherty has practiced in Moore county since 1956,
with offices in both Southern Pines and Vass. He has been
serving as a member of the Southern Pines board of edu
cation, resigning to accept the council appointment.
((V. Nicholson photo)
MRS. POPHAM
TO TURN 100
Mrs. A. Fleming Pop-
ham of Pinehurst will be
come 100 years old, Tues
day of next week, April
19, making her, so far as
known, Moore County's
only living centenarian.
A winter resident of the
Sandhills for a half cen
tury or more, she has
made it her permanent
home for several years,
living with her daughter,
Mrs. 'Victoria Popham Me-
sick.
With her for the occas
ion next week also will be
her son, Lewis C. Popham
II, his wife and their son,
Lewis III, of Goshen, N. Y.
Another daughter, Mrs.
Howard Woolverton, is a
resident of Lewiston,
Maine. There are three
grandchildren and nine
great-grandchildren.
There will be no formal
observance of the occas
ion, but friends are invit
ed to call during the day.
DINNER SET HERE
McPherson Elected To
High Post At College
Garland McPherson H has
been elected president of the
Student Government Associa
tion at Louisburg College for
the coming academic year
1966-67. He is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Garland McPherson,
of Southern Pines.
As president of the Student
Government Association, Mc
Pherson will serve as presi
dent of the Men’s Student
Council. He is also editor of
the student newspaper at the
college which is located at
Louisburg.
Oasis Shrine
Visitations
Are Planned
The Shrine is coming to
Southern Pines on Friday,
April 15, Ambassador Joe C.
Thomas, a local Shrine mem
ber has announced.
Thomas said that there will
be a dinner held at Doug Kel
lys’ Holiday Inn Restaurant
for all nobles in the Southern
Pines area, plus committees
from Laurinburg, Wadesboro,
Rockingham and Monroe
handling the visitations to
their towns. Oasis Temple Di
van will also be in attendance.
The dinner will be at 7 pm and
all nobles are urged to attend.
There will be four parad'es
on Saturday as the Oasis Tem
ple with headquarters at Char
lotte, brings a caravan of uni
formed Nobles of the Mystic
Shrine to four towns. The par
ades will take place at 10:30
am in Rockingham, 12 noon in
Laurinburg, 3:30 pm in Wades
boro and 5 pm in Monroe and
will feature bands, trick ve-
hiclesi, clowns, and a large
group of uniformed marchers.
Thomas quoted H. Ed Aus
tin of Charlotte, potentate of
Oasis Temple, as saying, “The
purpose of these parade-visi
tations is to share our fun
with our members as well as
with the public.
“We like to think of it as
i ‘fun with a purpose,’ for there
is a real purpose back of this
great fraternity. The Shriners
support 19 hospitals for under
privileged crippled children
and three Institutes for sev
erely burned children through
out North America. We just
want to share our good times
and acquaint you with our hos-
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Stoneybrook Race Meet To
Attract Thousands Saturday
Record attendance is anti
cipated for the Stoneybrook
Hunt Race Meet to be held
Saturday, April 16, at the
course near Southern Pines,
with gates opening at noon for
picnicking and a pre-race en
tertainment program. The
first race is set for 2 pm.
A larger crowd than last
year, when an estimated more
than 10,000 persons saw the
races, is expected, said' Donald
D. Kennedy, chairman of the
executive committee. Fifty
psrVing spaces have been add
ed to meet increased demand,
ne saiu, but some spaces are
still available from the race
association office in the Camp
bell House on E. Connecticut
Ave., telephone 692-6873. Gen
eral admission tickets will be
available at the gate.
VETERINARY PROJECT ENDORSED
Council Names Samuels
To Board Of Education
William E. Samuels, Jr., was
appointed to the Southern
Pines board of education by
the town council in regular
session Tuesday night, to fill
nut the unexpired term of Dr.
R.J. Dougherty, who was sworn
in as a new town councilman
last week.
The term would normally
end June 1, 1969, but under
provisions of the Moore Coun
ty school consolidation act
(unless invalidated by the
State Supreme Court) will end,
with other city unit board
terms, when county wide con
solidation becomes effective
July 1, 1967.
Mr. Samuels, a vice-presi
dent of the S'outhern National
Bank, who moved here from
Laurinburg when the branch
bank opened in March, 1962,
was unanimously appointed by
the council, following nomina
tion by Councilman George H.
Leonard, Jr.
A former Boy Scout execu
tive, he is active in Scouting
here and was cubmaster of the
pack sponsored by Brown,son
Memorial Presbyterian Chur
ch. He is a deacon in the
church and chairman of the
finance committee, and is pre
sident of the Moore County
chapter, N.C. Society for
Crippled Children and Adults.
Mrs. Samuels is also active in
community affairs and is cur
rently president of the Junior
Woman’s Club.
Report on Fires
Appearing before the coun
cil by special invitation were
District Forester James A.
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Tucker Relieves
Hill, On Leave
From CP&L
A. R. Tucker, former resi
dent of Southern Pines, has
been appointed acting local
manager for Carolina Power
& Light Company in Southern
Pines to relieve W. Ward Hill,
who is on temporary leave be
cause of health reasons.
The announcement was
made by F. C. Lennon, San
ford district manager, who
supervises the management of
the local offices.
Tucker, who became associ
ated with the power company
in 1946, was made local man
ager for the company in War-
renton in 1948. A year later he
was moved to Siler City. In
1954 another promotion made
him local manager of the
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Piedmont Service To
End Here April 23
Piedmont Airlines will end
its seasonal service to the
Southern Pines-Pinehurst Air
port after its flights on Satur
day, April 23, an official of
the company told The Pilot.
It is expected that the service
will be resumed in the fall.
Piedmont operates in a
nine-state area, plus the Dis
trict of Columbia. Service is
discontinued here during the
summer months, because of
insufficient boardings to make
it practical.
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Commissioners
Refuse Bank’s
Deposit Request
The county commissioners
met Tuesday morning in a
brief special session, and re
turned to their meeting room
Tuesday afternoon to sit as a
board of equalization and re
view.
In the latter capacity they
had only a couple of cases to
consider, and adjourned to
meet again as a board of equal
ization and review at 10 am
Friday, April 29. At that time
they will hear any further cit
izen complaints on county
taxes.
The special session was held
to give an answer, as promis
ed at their regular meeting
April 4, to the request of the
Southern National Bank
branch office in Southern
Pines that the bank be desig
nated a county depository. The
answer was no.
In the vote taken, before
Bruce Williams, vice-president
and general manager of the
bank, and J.E. Causey of Lake-
view, chairman of the board of
directors. Commissioners C.W.
Purvis and W.L. Martin voted
yes and Commissioners W. S.
Taylor and J.M. Pleasants vot
ed no. Chairman John M. Cur
rie cast the deciding nagative
vote. '
Commissioner Taylor, ex
plaining his unfavorable vote,
asked that his request be re
corded for another vote on the
matter, to be taken as first or
der of business after the new
board is sworn in the first
Monday in December, as the
matter could then be consid-
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Race meet proceeds, after
expenses, will go to St. Jo
seph Hospital.
Five races are on the card—
plus a new relay race which is
likely to attract much interest
and will add to the variety of
the program.
Feaured as usual in this 19th
annual Stoneybrook meeting is
the Sandhills Cup, being run
for the 26th time, as its origin
in Sandhills steeplechasing
anticipates the holding of the
races at the Stoneybrook Farm
of Mr. and Mrs. M.G. (Mickey)
Walsh. The Sandhills Cup is
three miles over timber for a
purse of $3,000.
The other races are: The
Yadkin, one and a half miles
over hurdles; The Silver Run,
seven furlongs on the turf;
The Stoneybrook Open Hurdle,
always attracting outstanding
entries, about one and three-
quarter miles; and The Tangle-
wood, also about one and
three-quarters miles over
hurdleL
The qvfality of entries in all
the races is good, said Mr.
Amory L. Haskell, pres
ident the United Hunts
Racing Association—who
has been called "the
grand old man of steeple-
chasing"— died early
Tuesday in New York
City. An obituary appears
on page 3.
Kennedy. “Every race is well
filled,” he noted.
Entered in the relay race are
four, three-member teams v/ho
will pass v/hips o horseback,
as human runners do batons,
in their competition.
Hunts entering teams are the
local Moore County Hounds
(Joint MFH Richard D. Webb,
Miss Margaret “Wiffi” Smith
and Harry Huberth), the Tri
angle Hunt of Raleigh, the
Sedgefield Hunt of Greens
boro and the Shakerag Hounds
of Atlanta, Ga., each team in
distinctive hunting attire.
Enterlainm.ent
Entertaining during the pre
race program—when picnics
are enjoyed around the hund
reds of cars parked on the
gentle slope overlooking the
steeplechase course—will be
the “Fighting Scots,” a 72-
member high school band from
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Laurinburg. This musical
‘Tickets Ran Out’
For Garden Tour
“Tickets have run out in all
the houses—we’ve got a real
good crowd—they’re flocking
here from all over.”
This was the enthusiastic
late morning bulletin from a
member of the sponsoring
Southern Pines Garden Club
on today’s 18th annual House
and Garden Tour.
The spokesman, at the W. D.
Campbell house where the
tour started, reported well
over 400 tickets sold there
alone.
Many visitors took time out
to lunch at the Shaw House,
where Garden Club members
and' assistants served a special
buffet.
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ALL ABOARD!—What can compare
with a free ride on a firetruck? W. O. Moss,
joint MFH of the Moore County Hounds,
took these happy children for a spin on the
Mile-Away Farms truck which is a remod
eled veteran of service with the Southern
Pines Fire Department many years ago.
The happy event took place at the Fox
Run Farm of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Black,
E. Connecticut Ave., during a recent Mid
South Schooling Show there. Because of
woods fire danger, Mr. Moss kept the truck
close at hand wherever he went, with Mile-
Away’s vast forest acreage in mind.
(Humphrey photo)
Congressional
Candidates Here
Two candidates for Con
gress from the new Fourth
District which includes Moore
County were to be here to
day.
Rep. Harold Cooley of Nash
ville, incumbent Congress
man who has opposition in the
Democratic primary in May,
was to spend the day in
Moore, visiting Carthage,
Southern Pines and Aberdeen.
Scheduled to speak to the
Sandhills Kiwanis Club at the
club’s luncheon meeting in
Doug Kelly’s Holiday Inn Res
taurant was James Gardner of
Rocky Mount—a “non-politi
cal” appearance, according to
club rules.
Gardner, unopposed for the
nomination, will face the Dem
ocratic primary winner in
November.
In a “get-acquainted” swing
through the district’s new
counties, Cooley was to meet
the public for two hours in
each of the three Moore Coun
ty towns.
Housing Loan
Gets Approval
A telegram from U. S.
Senator B. Everett Jor
dan received today by the
Southern Pines Housing
Authority and made' pub
lic as The Pilot -went to
press said that the De
partment of Housing andi
Urban Development has
approved a $1.3 million
federal loan to the Au
thority for construction of
100 low rent homes here,
30 of which will be for the
elderly.
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
April 6 61 30
April 7 68 31
April 8 66 36
April 9 61 45
April 10 58 38
April 11 68 31
April 12 81 48