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9 A Uiql^ To Save your Pilot and all other old newspapers for collection by the Jaycees, Sunday, May 1. Put tied bundles on parkways. Glendlon haqa ^ %aql«5pqi Cotneron p)! E.llerb« ■LOT Welcome to the Sandhills, N. C. Auto dealers and wives, convening at Pinehurst’s Carolina Hotel. May your stay here be pleasant! VOL.—46 NO. 24 TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 1966 TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES PRICE: 10 CENTf EVENTS SET FOR MAY 7 Supper, Ball Game To Aid Bleacher Project; Former Stars To Play Extensive plans for a chick en supper, exhibition base ball game and general fund drive—all sponsored by South ern Pines Elks Lodge 1692 to raise $1,000 to buy bleacher that would seat from 250 to 350 more spectators at Memori al Field here-—have been an nounced by Slim Forsyth and Music Students To Be Heard In Annual Concert The annual Young Musici ans Concert, in which music teachers of Moore County pre sent their outstanding pupils in recital, will take place in the Pinehurst school auditor ium, at 8 pm, Saturday, April 30. There is rio admission charge and the public is in vited. The concert is sponsored, for the 17th year, by the SancJ hills Music Association. Duncan McGoogan of South- (Continued on Page 8) N&SGolfIn 3rd, 4th Rounds Defending Champion Tom Draper was eliminated from the 66th North and South Men’s Amateur Golf Tourna ment at Pinehurst Tuesday, in a second round marred by rain. In the second day of the historic tourney, a match of Sandhills interest was Dick Chapman’s 2 & 1 defda'f of Ed Tutwiler of Indianapolis, Ind., former Walker Cup player. Now of Palm Beach, Fla., Chapman lived many years at Pinehurst, ranging the world to capture some of the top am ateur titles. Draper was beaten by Edgar Wholey of North Providence, R.I., on the 20th hole. Also beaten was Bill Hyndman of Huntingdon Valley, Pa., a for mer North & South champ, 1- up, by Joel Hirsch of Chicago. Third and fourth rounds were being played today (Wed nesday). Winner and runner-up of last week’s 64th annual North and South women’s tourna ment are pictured on another page. Dr. Boyd Starnes, co-chairmen for the project. The events are set for Satur day, May 7—the supper at the Elks Club-Country Club cook- out area, from 4 to 7 pm (dirx- ners also .served “to go”), or in the Country Club in case of rain; and the baseball game at Memorial Field at 8 pm. Persons not attending either of these events or wishing to give additional funds may make a contribution to any of three persons heading a spe cial committee: Mrs. L. D. Mc Donald, Gene Blackwelder and John Buchh'olz. These three and others on the committee are expected to begin a solici tation of business places, starting Monday. Un.ique Contest Taking part in the unique exhibition ball game will be visiting former Major League players and former players with the once-thriving Peach Belt League in this area— teamed together to face a squad made up of East South ern Pines High School players, augmented by high school fac ulty and coaching staff mem bers. Additional special guests for the occasion will be two for mer local school superinten dents who have also coached athletic teams here: A. C. Dawson of Raleigh, now exec utive secretary of the North Carolina Education Associa tion; and Phil Weaver, now superintendent of schools at Greensboro. Announcer for the exhibi tion game will be Nick Pond of WRAL-TV, Raleigh. Invitalibns Acceffted Former Major Leaguers who have accepted the invitation to attend have been announced by Dr. Starnes as follows: Enos Sloughter of Roxboro (St. Louis Cardinals), Van Lingle Mungo of Pageland, S. C. (Dodgers), Tommy Byrne of Wake Forest (N. Y. Yankees), Ace Parker now assistant foot ball coach at UNC-Chapel Hill (Phila. Athletics and De troit Tigers), and Ray Scar- boro of Mt. Olive (Washington Senators). Efforts are being made to get several more. Dr. Starnes said. In connection with the ap pearance of the former Major League stars. Little League, (Continued on Page 8) I’.. « a Special Term Of Court Set Tuesday For 15 ABC Cases 5.500 CAMPING ON RESERVATION THIS WEEKEND Brown Honored For Service To Sconting ANNUAL DRIVE NOW GOING ON SVA Nurse Training Funds To Aid Sandhills College Program “Your sponsoring me has meant more to me than you know. Please accept this do nation from me with my deep est gratitude, hoping it will as sist someone else in the fu ture, as it did me.” Those were the words con tained in a letter received here by the Sandhills Veterans As sociation, sponsors of an an nual drive in Moore County to raise money to help train more nurses for the county. They were contained in a let ter addressed to Vance A. Derby, drive chairman, from Leatrice Simpson Beasley, the first nurse sponsored by the SVA more than 15 years ago. Since then, according to Derby, many girls from Moore County have benefitted from the generous donations of peo ple from Moore County and elsewhere, and all who have completed their training have returned to Moore County and practiced an average of one year each. This year, teaming with Sandhills Community College, the SVA, composed of 16 men from the lower end of the county, has changed the for mat of its program. All funds received will be turned over to the college to assist in the Bids Asked On No. 1 Resurfacing Project Bids have been asked by the State Highway Commission on resurfacing No. 1 highway be tween Southern Pines and Ab erdeen. The project calls for 2.5 miles of bituminous con crete binder and surface. Bids will be opened in Ral eigh on May 11 and must be submitted no later than 10 am that day. development of what Dr. Raymond Stone, college pres ident, hopes will be one of the finest two-year nurse training programs in the State. “We believe,” Derby said', “that those people who have loyally supported our program (Continued on Page 8) For his services to Boy Scouting—especially his work in selecting and acquiring land for the 2,000-acre John M. Reeves Boy Scout Reserva tion camping complex in Moore County — W. Lamont Brown, Southern Pines attor ney, has been saluted in a res olution of gratitude by the executive board of Occonee- chee Council. Mr. Brown, at right in above photo, is shown receiv ing a printed, framed copy of the resolution from R. Barry Beard of Sanford, president of the 12-county council, a Scout ing administrative area that includes Moore. A map of the reservation is in the back ground. Dramatizing the vast camp ing potential of the reserva tion—which is named for John M. Reeves of Pinehurst in rec ognition of a $50,000 gift to the camp and other support of Scouting—is an Occoneechee Council camporee being held there this weekend, with some 3,500 boys and 2,000 adults ex pected. Scouts and leaders from Moore County units will participate. Arriving on Friday, the campers have a full weekend program that includes camp fires, cooking their meals, an “adventure trail” hike that will take in historic spots on the reservation, and church services Sunday morning. When completed, the reser vation will accommodate 1,000 boys per week during the sum mer, or 10,000 for the summer (Continued on Page 8) ABC raiders cracked down Friday evening on six Sand hills establishments, arresting a total of 15 persons on var ious charges of whiskey and beer law violation, including over-the-bar sales by the drink, and’ in some cases by the bottle. The raiders, armed with search warrants and divided into six groups, entered simul taneously at 7:10 pm the Mid Pines Club, Pine Needles Country Club and VFW Post Home, in Southern Pines; and the Dunes Club, Whispering Pines Country Club and Southern Pines Elks Club, all outside the town limits. Heading the operation was Lee P. Phillips of Raleigh, di- Registration To Start Saturday For Voting In Primary May 28 Registration will open Sat urday, April 30, for the pri mary election of May 28, and continue through two more successive Saturdays, May 7 and 14. Challenge Day will be May 21. Persons already properly Hotel Contents Auction Slated Here Saturday Contents and fixtures of the Hollywood Hotel will be sold at auction Saturday, April 30, and demolition of the building, in preparation for an extensive garden apartment and town house project on the site, will begin on May 15, George Pot tle, co-owner of the property, has announced. Removal of the building, an outstanding local hotel for more than 50 years, and the new construction project were announced in detail several weeks ago. Saturday’s auction is sche- luled to begin at 10 am. Ac cording to the selling firm, Clem Long Auctioneers of Dayton, Ohio, the property cannot be inspected before Friday and the contents will be sold in piece-meal and lots, to suit all buyers. Payment must be made the day of the sale. Mr. Pottle .said it’s expected that the sale can be completed in one day. A demolition contract has been let to G. B. Cobb Son of Greensboro, with an esti mate that removal of the building will take about six weeks. Construction work on the new project will begin as soon thereafter as possible, Mr. Pottle said. SYSTEM LIGHTING SPECIALIST Ponzer Gets New Post With CP&L John L. Ponzer of Southern Pines, industrial power sales engineer for Carolina Power & Light Company’s Central Division and a recognized au thority on illumination and lighting, has been promoted to the position of system light ing specialist in the company’s home office at Raleigh. In his new post Ponzer will make available the most up- to-date information on illum inating techniques and new applications of lighting to ar chitects and engineers who design buildings in CP&L’s territory in North Carolina and South Carolina. Ponzer’s appointment will mark the beginning in the Ca- rolinas of a new concept in lighting service from an elec tric power company, said W. J. Ridout of Raleigh, CP&L general sales manager. Ridout announced Ponzer’s appoint ment, to be effective June 1. Ponzer has been honored three times by the Illumina ting Engineers Society of which he is a long-time mem ber and on whose board of managers he has served. Last year he received the Certifi cate of Meritorious Service from the Society’s Tar Heel Section, of which he is past Bands, Chorus To Be Heard At Union Pines The Union Pines High School Music Department will present its second annual Spring Concert Friday, April 29, at 8 pm in the school audi torium. Performing in the concert will be all the band students in the Area I schools (Camer on, Carthage, Farm Life, Vass and Union Pines) and the High School Chorus. There will be a small admission charge. The program will be pre sented in four sections—the beginner band, the chorus, the junior band, and the senior band. Council Affirms Former Decision In Stable Case (Related story. Page L Sec. 2) The town council, meeting .at 8 am Monday at the Municipal Building, made its vote of last week in a horse stable contro versy official, discussed its po sition and answered questions on the matter. The council had announced its decision not to revoke a permit for construction of a private stable in the Wey mouth Heights area, out of town, following a special meet ing last Tuesday night at which both sides had stated their case, through attorneys. A short report on this meeting appeared in last week’s Pilot and details of the hearing are in a story on Page 1, Section 2 today. However, since they had (Continued on Page 8) Reward Offered For Tools Taken From Motor Co, Newland W. Phillips, propri etor of Newland Phillips Mo tors on S.W. Broad St., today offered a $200 reward for re covery of auto mechanics’ tools stolen from the car agen cy Saturday night. The tools, personal proper ty of three mechanics, were valued for police at a total of at least $1,250. Although a break-in at the agency was discovered by Pa trolman Joe Davis at 11:10 Saturday night, nothing was found missing when the place was checked at that time, ac cording to information from the police department. The next day, a few items were found missing from the shop. When the mechanics came to work Monday, loss of the tools was revealed. Entry was gained by remov ing a pane of glass from a doer ■on the south side, Davis re ported. Police are continuing their investigation. Training Work Scheduled By GOP In Connty D. A. Drexel, Republican county chairman, has an nounced that a Precinct Edu cation Program will be con ducted in four sessions. The first of these sessions for volunteer workers will be held Thursday, May 5, at 8 pm at the county Republican headquarters located at 113’,i! N.E. Broad St. in Southern Pines. This meeting will fol low an Open House at whicii all registered Republicans are welcome, from 6:30 pm. Gardner May Attend It is hoped that James Gard ner of Rocky Mount, candidate for the United States Congress from the district including Moore County, will attend the Open House in the new head quarters. “The purpose of the train ing course is to instruct work ers from all precincts of Moore County in the winning of elec tions and the course could be (Continued on Page 8) registered in the precinct of their residence need not re gister again to be able to vote in the May 28 primary or next November’s election. Anyone in doubt about his voting sta tus is advised to check with a registrar. Southern Pines rei- dents are reminded that sep arate registration books are kept for county and munici pal elections. Polling places in Moore County’s 19 precincts will all be as before except in East Carthage precinct, where it has been moved from D. Carl Fry’s vacant store building to the Municipal Building. Registrars and judges have been appointed by the Moore County board of elections, (Continued on Page 8) Last Meeting On Stamp Plan Set A representative of the USDA’s Consumer and Mar keting Service, L. Harold Yountz of Winston-Salem, has announced that he will hold a fifth and last meeting to ac quaint Moore County grocers, who wish to be authoii'.:ed, with the Food Stamp Pro gram. The meeting is sche duled for 2 pm, Wednesday, (Continued on Page 8) ACTION DEFERRED TO MAY 10 * Opportunity Given To Study New Proposed Subdivision Ordinance JOHN L. PONZER chairman. In 1961 he received the Outstanding Lighting Award from the Tar Heel Sec tion and the same award from the Society’s Southeast Re gion. As a member of the Insti tute of Electrical and Elec tronic Engineers, Ponzer is currently secretary of that or ganization’s National Textile (Continued on Page 8) The , town council, continu ing last week a public hear- . ing begun two weeks before j on the proposed new subdivi - I sion ordinance, moved to defer action until their regular meeting of May 10, to give realtors, surveyors, engineers, attorneys for landowners and ■other interested groups oppor tunity to study the new law and make their recommenda tions. Representatives of these groups pointed out that the document of 32 pages (inclu ding exhibits) had been avail able in final form only since Saturday, with one copy at the town office and only a few others in circulation for them to .see. The council constituted the representatives where pres ent a “blue-chip committee” with John S. Rugglse, realtor, as coordinator, to meet v/ith Donald J. Bradley, project planner and author of the pro posed law, who v/ill then pre sent their recommendations to the planning board. "Something to Work On" Said Dr. R. J. Dougherty, newest councilman, “What we need is not just criticism but specific suggestions for changes—give us something to work on.” Councilman Capel moved for establishment of the committee, following sug gestions from the floor. Main particiipants in the floor discussion were Ruggles, former councilman and mayor, representing the ISouthern Pines Board of realtors; W. Harry Fullenwider, for sever al large property owners; sur- (Continued on Page 8, Sec. 2) SEN. JENNINGS KING King Launches Senator Drive Over District state Sen. Jennings G. King of Laurinburg, one of five candidates seeking the Demo cratic nomination to two state senatorial posts in the newly created, sprawling, five-coun ty 19th District, is launching a lively campaign. Tile Scotland County man, who served as senator in the 1961 and 1965 sessions of the General Assembly and fir.st had served in the House in the 1930’s, has been active in Moore County within the past week. In view of the fact that each of the five counties in the dis trict has a candidate, he is plugging his candidacy, in an extensive advertising cam paign, “for ■one of your two state senators.” Three of the five candidates are incumbent .senators; King (Continued on Page 8) FARMERS VOTE TODAY Cattle, pork and egg produc ers over North Carolina are voting today on whether to extend assessments they are levying on their products, to be used to promote their use. With a record of success in all three progarm, the assessments were expected to be renewed. Parents Asked Register First Grade Entrants Parents of children who will enter East Southern Pines Elementary School are re quested to register those chil dren on Monday, May 2, at the school, on E. Massachu setts Ave. Parents whose last names begin with the letters A-K are asked to be at the school for the registration between 8:30 and 10 am. Parents whose last names begin with letters L-Z are asked to register their children from 10 until 11:30. First grade teachers will be on hand to register the chil dren. Birth certificates and records of innoculations should be brought. The Moore County Health Department will furnish a doctor and' a nurse to give physical examinations to the children if the parents desire. Registration forms my be ob tained at the school office. The first grade rooms will be open during the morning for visitation. First graders will not attend school on May 2. A similar registration will be conducted for West South ern Pines elementary school on May 12. Details will be an nounced. rector of state ABC law en forcement, with his assistant, Otto Wells; District Beer and Wine Supervisor Stockard, of Graham; Floyd Martindale, Moore County beer inspector, with 10 state ABC snecial ag ents, Moore County ABC Of ficers C. A. McCallum and Ed Floyd, Moore Deputies Ed Cockman and Billy R. Deese and Constables L. F. Wood of Cameron and E. H. Campbell of Vass. Searching the places, the raiders seized a total of ap proximately 185 fifths of tax- paid whiskey, 102 partial fifths and 44 cases of beer contain ing 1,056 bottles and cans. Persons Identified While the searches were un der way. Director Phillips, McCallum and a justice of the peace, Hubert Nickens of Cameron, moved from club to club, carrying with them a State undercover agent, who identified persons he said had sold him whiskey or beer (at the Elks Club and Whispering Pines, unlicensed for such sale) one or more times during the past six months. Owners, operators and man agers were also identified, and charged with aiding and abet ting. Warrants were drawn up, arrests were made and bonds set on the spot. All those ar- from $100 to $500, for their appearance in Moore County- rested made bonds ranging Recorders Court in Carthage, at a special term set for Tues day, May 3. The raids, McCallum said, had nothing to do with “brown bagging” or private lockers, which became controversial issues recently throughout the ■ State as, first, a State Assis- (Continued on Page 8) VISIBLE HERE US AF To Drop Flares In May The U.S. Air Force has an nounced that it will conduct night training using high-in tensity illumination flares over Ft. Bragg’s Coleman Impact Zone on week nights from May 2-20, from 8 to 10 pm. The flares will be visible from points as distant as Fayette ville and Southern Pines, and will appear as slowly descend ing orbs of brilliant white light, the announcement said. The flares will range from 1.6 to 2 million candle power, and will be dropped from Air Force jet aircraft. Each flare will burn approximately two and one-half minutes as it floats to earth beneath a para chute. The flares will not be in jurious to the naked eye of the observer. TENNIS ASSOCIATION PROJECT Chairmen Named In Fund Drive For Surfacing 3 Tennis Courts The Sandhills Tennis associ ation has started a drive to raise $5,000 toward a total of $10,000, to provide all-weather surfacing and modern lighting for the three town courts which are presently unimproved. Co-chairmen of the drive are Norris L. Hodgkins, Jr., and Mrs. Voit Gilmore, assis ted by the following campaign chairmen: industrial, Ed Taws and Bill Messick; utilities, banks, Bill Samuels; business, Dick Kobleur, Jimmy Hobbs; civic clubs, George Little: West Southern Pines, Felton J. Capel; general solicitation, Rocky Bonsai, Mrs. Marie Smithson; hospitality and re sort businesses, Doug Kelly; special gifts, Mr. and Mrs. David Drexel, Dr. Charles Phillips; reporter, Valerie Nicholson. One court was surfaced last year with composition mater ial at a cost of $3,000, with new lights costing an addition al $800, of which $1,500 was paid by the Town and the rest Pinehurst Group To Meet Monday Night The Community Swimming Association, Inc. of Pinehurst will hold its annual stockhold ers meeting on Monday, May 2, at 8 pm in the multiple-use room of the Pinehurst School. raised by the association through subscription and spe cial gifts. It will cost considerably less per court to do the other three all at the same time, said Dick Kobleur, STA president. This will mean the courts will be available all year round, im pervious to weather and with great reduction in mainte nance costs, for use by local players and visitors, tourna ments, the school tennis pro gram and summer recreation program. The rest of the n_eded amount is expected to come from town recreation funds this year and next, and irom other sources. The two Sand hills Invitationals (adult and senior) have been cancelled this year to give the Associa tion opportunity to improve the courts. 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 20 73 57 April 21 82 57 April 22 80 61 April 23 78 62 April 24 83 55 April 25 80 58 April 26 76 59
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