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6 UiqhtaD ^ndor , . ircanol Cai Glendon qreand ^urtnoqc ^ ^^aqlc jpqs. Cameron p)! , , Wa^&jd tptevKji/'Vass ^llcrbe *' Pm VOL.—46 NO. 26 TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 1966 TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES PRICE: 10 CENTS AT COUNTY CONVENTION Court Clerk Candidate To Be Chosen Saturday Newly elected chairmen and vice-chairmen of M'oore’s 19 precincts, composing, with eight officers, the Moore Coun ty Democratic Executive Com mittee, face a large responsi bility Saturday. Holding its biennial meet ing following the county Dem ocratic convention set for 2 pm at the courthouse, the ex- RULES LISTED Registration For Voting To End Saturday Saturday will be the last day for registering to vote in the May 28 primary. Registrars will be at 19 pre cinct polling places over the county that day. They may be reached at their homes or places of business on other days. No new registration is ne cessary for persons properly listed on the books of the pre cinct in which they now re side. Voters in doubt are ad vised to check their status. Young people who will be 21 by the November 8 election may register now and vote in the primary. New voters eligible to regis ter are those who will have resided in the state one year by November 8 and in their precinct 30 days by that date. Voters are reminded that (Continued on Page 8) Gardner Visits County For Two GOP Occasions Republican Congressional Candidate Jim Gardner visited Moore County last Thursday, having lunch with a group of Republican women at the Country Club of North Caro lina and attending and speak ing briefly at an open house at the new GOP headquarters, 1131/2 N. E. Broad St. here. The open house—at which C. C. Thompson of Pinebluff, State House candidate and Robert S. Ewing of Southern Pines, county commissioner .candidate, also appeared— preceded the first of three po litical “training sessions” be ing held at the headquarters on successive Thursday even ings at 7:30. The next will be held tomorrow. May 12. At the CCNC luncheon, Mrs. Peter Tufts of Pinehurst agreed to serve as new presi dent of the Republican Wo men’s Club for the lower part of Moore County, reports David A. Drexel, county GOP chairman. Two delegates from Moore County attended the three- day National Republican Wo men’s Federation Conference in Washington last week—Mrs. James Garrison of Pinehurst and Mrs. Everett Cole of West End. ecutive committee will choose a candidate for clerk of su perior coutr. Their selection, replacing the late C. Carlton Kennedy on the party ticket, without opposition in either the pri mary or general election, will assume this important office for a four-year term. If long county tradition is followed, and if he does a satisfactory job, he will have the office for life. Midway of the term will come the period of greatest transition the office will have ever known. When State ad ministration of courts goes in to effect, the clerk and his staff (which will be consider ably enlarged) go on State salaries, the clerk being upped to $9,000. Kennedy’s salary was $$8,- (Continued on Page 8) Democrats Name Precinct Groups: 2 New Chairmen Precincts of this area report ed results of their elections held Saturday as follows (chairman, vice-chairman and secretary named first, in that order): NORTH SOUTHERN PINES —E. O. Brogden, Jr., Mrs. Hilda Ruggles, Sam H. Poole, Mrs. Margaret C. Blue, Paul C. Butler. All reelections ex cept for Sam Poole replacing Vance Derby, who has mived (Continued on Page 8) McCaskill Rally Slated Thursday All Moore County friends and supporters of J. Frank McCaskill of Pinehurst, candi date for county commissioner from District 2 in the Demo cratic Primary May 28, are invited to a rally on his be half, Thursday, May 12, 7:30 pm, at the community house next to the fire station in Pinehurst. In his campaign for the commissioner nomination, Mc Caskill is opposing W. Lynn Martin of Eagle Springs, in cumbent. District 2 consists of Min eral Springs and Bensalem Townships. Candidates file from districts but voting on them is county-wide. When Pinehurst Precinct Democrats met Saturday in their regular biennial meet ing, McCaskill’s candidacy was unanimously endorsed by those attending, a precinct of ficer reported this week. New Subdivision, Zoning Laws Adopted By Council The town council, in a pub lic hearing Tuesday night, re sumed from April 19, adopted ! a subdivision ordinance which Mayor Norris L. Hodgkins, Jr., said he saw as “a great step in progress for 'our town.” The hearing followed the council’s regular session. The recess had been taken to allow further study of the 17-page document by realtors, surveyors, subdividers and other interested groups, and the measure as adopted em bodied several changes and SWORN IN—Judge J. Vance Rowe of Moore Recorder’s Court administers the oath of office to Mrs. Bessie M. Beck as acting clerk of Moore Superior Court, to fill out the unexpired term of the late C. 'LEITCH MEMORIAL FUND' $15,000 Gift To Benefit College Library, Start Stevenson Project Sandhills Community Col lege has been given a substan tial sum of money in memory of two distinguished North Carolinians, Kenneth Worthy Leach of Moore County and his sister, Christian Leach Sham- burger of Star. According to Dr. Raymond Stone, president of the col lege, the gift of..$15,000 from donors who prefer to remain anonymous, will be used to es tablish The Leitch Memorial Library Fund” for the pur- Youth Award To Be Made During Music Festival Six young people have been chosen as their high schools’ candidates for the Junior Builder’s Cup award of the Sandhills Kiwanis Club, to be made during the intermission of the club-sponsored Picquet Music Festival taking place at Union Pines School, Friday, May 13, at 8 pm. The school is located between Vass and Carthage. Listed by schools, the candi- I dates are: A1 Trotter, North Moore; Mack Lathan, Aber deen; Kay Underwood, Pine hurst; Janice McLean, West (Continued on Page 8) chase of books on American history, American literature, and f'or the collection of vol umes of the history and litera ture of the Sandhills area of North Carolina. “Leitch” is the Scottish spelling of Leach. The donors also requested. Dr. Stone said, that the initial collection of local historical materials should be the acqui- (tontinued on Page 8) GULISTAN TO INCREASE PAY Vivian W. Green, per sonnel manager, southern operations, of the Gulistan Carpet Division of J. P. Stevens & Co., Inc., has announced that, effective June 6, there will be an upward adjustment in wage rates for all hourly- paid employees at the Ab erdeen plant. Employees were noti fied of their . new rates Monday, May 9, he said. "We also want to ex press our sincere appre ciation to our employees for their cooperation and loyalty," Mr. Green added. Pay increases have been announced recently by J. P. Stevens and several other companies manu facturing textiles and re lated products. Carlton Kennedy. With Mrs. Beck, to be sworn in also under her administration are, from left, Mrs. Daisy Riddle, Mrs. Eliza beth Underwood and Mrs. Rachel Comer, d'eputy clerks. (V. Nicholson photo) Mrs. Beck Takes Office As Acting Clerk Of Court Mrs. Bessie McDonald Beck, assistant clerk of Moore Su perior Court for several years, was sworn in as acting clerk last Wednesday afternoon, at the courthouse in Carthage, to fill out the unexpired term of the late C. Carlton Kennedy. Sworn in with her as depu ty clerks were Mrs. Daisy Rid dle, Mrs. Elizabeth Under wood and Mrs. Rachel Comer, all of whom had served as members of Mr. Kennedy’s staff. The full membership of the Mnore County Bar Associa tion was present. The clerk’s office was opened briefly af ter the funeral, at which the bar members served as honor ary pallbearers, and they and many county officials attend ed. The oaths were adminis tered by Judge J. Vance Rowe (Continued on Page 8) AGED IS AND 16 Two West Side Girls Run Away But Come Home Two girls who ran off from their West Southern Pines homes, and were sought by police as missing persons, have returned within the past few days, it was learned from Police Chief Earl S. Seawell. Barbara Jean Nixon, 15, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry E. Nixon of 1028 West New Hampshire Avenue, left home the night of Wednesday, April 27, after having been scolded by a relative for talk ing with some boys. Last Thursday, letters ar riving from Wadesboro inform ed the parents she was with her aunt and uncle there, and had entered school, but had decided she wanted to come (Continued on Page 8) Lious Make 3rd Camp Douatiou A check from the Southern Pines Lions Club for Camp Easter in the Pines was pre sented recently to Mrs. Mark Liddell, camp coordinator, by Dewey L. Ritter, Jr., chairman of the project for the club. The contribution represent ed proceeds of a variety show sponsored by the club, as well Hs the club’s annual contribu tion to the facility for handi capped persons, near South ern Pines. It was the third check given to Camp Easter by the club since the building fund was begun in 1963. COUNTY SYSTEM ‘Head Start’ To Operate Agaiu lu 9 Sehools The Moore County Board of Education, in cooperation with the Sandhills Community Ac tion Program, Inc. (SCAP), will sponsor a Head Start pro gram again this summer. An eight-week program was conducted last year, with over 400 pre-scho'ol children. This year’s program is expected to be larger and will offer many additional services. Medical and dental treatment will be provided, and funds will be included in the budget for purchasing eye glasses, the an nouncement said. T. H. Lingerfelt, principal of Farm Life School, will di rect this summer’s Head Start program. Plans include 27 classes at nine different cen ters. The centers wiil be in the elementary schools at: Aberdeen, Cameron, Carthage, Farm Life, High Falls, West- moore, Robbins, Vass-Lake- view, and West End. Parents intending to send their children to the Head Start program are urged to en roll their children with the principal of each school. Head Start programs will be coordinated by the SCAP of-" fice for Hoke, Lee, and Moore Counties. Over 1,000 children are expected to be servgd ir the three-county area. PROMOTION Ritter Moving To Laur inburg In Bank Post Bruce Williams, vice presi dent and manager nf Southern National Bank in Southern Pines, announces that Dewey L. Ritter, vice president and cashier has been promoted to vice president and assistant manager of Southern National Bank in Laurinburg. As a native of Pinehurst and longtime resident of the Sand hills area, Mr. Ritter has been active in community affairs and was president-elect of the Southern Pines Lions Club. He is a director of Cape Fear Chapter of American Institute of Banking and has for the past two years served as an in structor of the faculty. Mr. Ritter is married (Continued on Page 8) CITIZENS URGED TO GIVE BLOOD Residents of the Pine hurst and Aberdeen areas and all other interested Moore County citizens were urged this week by Col. John Dibb, Moore County bloodi program chairman, to give blood at two collections to be made next week: in the high school gym at Pinehurst, Monday, May 16, noon to 5:30 pm; and at the First Baptist Church, Aberdeen, Tuesday, May 17, 11 am to 4:30 pm. At the end of April, the chairman said, Moore County was 185 to 200 pints short of equalling the amount of blood used by patientsi in the coun ty's two hospitals which are both supplied by the American Red Cross blood center in Charlotte. Goal of the county pro gram is to provide through donations at least as much blood as the hospitals use, he explained. A bloodmo- bile from the center, un der medical supervision, will make the collections next week. BREWER COMING Little League Special Events To Open Season Festivities are planned' for official opening of the Little League baseball season here on Saturday. Operating again this year with four Little League teams and four “Minor League” teams, the program for boys 9 through 12 years of age will have a full season of games at the official Little League park on Morganton Road, op posite the armory. Events begin with a 10 am downtown parade, with play ers and “queens”—girls of the boys’s age group chosen by each of the teams. Minor League games are scheduled for 2 and 4 pm and the official opening ceremonies will take place at the park at 5:30. Scheduled to throw out the first ball is Tom Brewer of High Point, former Boston Red Sox player who was here for the Elks events last week- (Continued on Page 8) WILLIAMS NAMED 'COACH OF YEAR' I Knights Conference Track Champs INSPECTION DEADLINE The State mechanical inspec tion deadline for vehicles hav ing license plates with num erals ending in “5” will be May 31, owners are reminded by the Department of Motor Vehicles. IN GOLF TOURNEY—This foursome was among 28 players in the morning golf tournament at the Southern Pines Country Club for visiting former major league and Peach Belt baseball players and others tak ing part in Saturday’s Elks-sponsored events. Left to right: Gary Mattocks, local native now head football coach at Elon Col lege; Clyde Upchurch of Raeford, former Peach Belter; Bill Wilson of Pinehurst, for- SUPPER, BALL GAME AID BLEACHER FUND mer local ball player; and Phil Weaver, su perintendent of schools at Greensboro and former superintendent here. Weaver and A. C. Dawson of Raleigh, another former local superintendent, coached the Peach Belt’s team here in the 1940’s and perform ed the same function Saturday night for the team of old-time ball players that faced the East Southern Pines team and faculty in a benefit contest. (Humphrey photo) Hundreds Enjoy Benefit Events (More photos. Page 6, Sec. 4) Hundreds of Sandhills resi dents and visitors turned out Saturday to enjoy a chicken supper and unique benefit baseball game, both sponsored by Southern Pines Elks Lodge 1692 to raise funds for more spectator bleachers at Memori al Field. Dr. Boyd Starnes, co-chair man of the event with Len nox (Slim) Forsyth, said that 750 plates were served at the supper at the Country Club, including take-out orders. At tendance at the ball game—in which the East Southern Pines High School team and faculty beat an aggregation of visiting former Big League and Peach Belt League players, 8-5—was estimated at about 400. Dr. Starnes and Forsyth said that no figure can yet be given on total amount netted by the day’s events, as ticket sales reports, some from out of town, have not all been (Continued on Page 8) BY STEVE HASSENFELT The Southern Pines High School track team complete ly dominated the Central Tar heel Conference track meet held at St. Andrews College, Laurinburg, last Saturday afternoon. The Knights rolled up 97 points, with Wadesboro trailing at 33 points, Rohanen, who is the defending champi on, 27 points. East oMntgom- ery 23, West Montgomery 18, Aberdeen 15, Union Pines 8, Siler City 5, and North Moore with no points. The “Coach of the Year” plaque was presented to Coach John Williams of South ern Pines who well deserved the award. He has set up the conference met for the last two years and has spent numerous hours promoting the Southern Pines track team as well as the sport of track. Also honored was Maureen Hassenfelt of East Southern Pines High School who won the conference beauty pageant crown. She had previously been voted “Miss Track” by the Southern Pines squad. At St. Andrews, there were nine contestants. School principals were the judges. The Blue Knights will travel to Fayetteville Friday to participate in the District Meet. The teams in this meet consist of all the schools no matter what classification in this district. Winners of the first three places in each event go to the state meet in Raleigh. Double Winner Harry Webb was the only double winner in the meet. He set new conference record in the high jump and the high hurdles. The record of 5 feet 6 inches held by Baldwin of Rohanen quickly fell in the preliminaries which were held in the morning. Three South- (Continued on page 5) Quality Mills Asking For Job Applications Applications for jobs as sew ing machine operators and sewing machine mechanic trainees will be taken at the new Quality Mills plant on highway 15-501 near Carth age, starting Monday, May 16, the company announced to day. ■The plant is expected to be gin operations soon. A report on a trip a group of Moore County officials and civic leaders made to the Qual ity Mills plants at Mount Airy appears elsewhere in today’s Pilot. revisions they had recommend ed. It is a companion piece to the zoning ordinance adopted by the council after a long public hearing last Friday night, spelling our regulations for orderly development both within the town limits and in the mile-wide perimeter area. Zoning Requests The zoning ordinance, of which a map showing all 10 residential, commercial and industrial zones is an integral part, drew a number of criti cisms and requests for changes from an attorney, Harry Ful- lenwider—representing clients and also speaking his own mind — and from others as individuals, at the Friday hearing. Some of the changes were approved that night and action was not taken on others, pend ing consultation with adjoin ing landowners and other in vestigation. The zoning law provides channels by which the peti tioning landowners can come back with their requests. On some of the matters, the council can take action direct ly hy amending the new ordin ance, after their information is obtained. A detailed report on the hearing is being crowded out of today’s Pilot by lack of space. Questions raised at the zoning hearing will be review ed by The Pilot next week. On Tuesday night, the sub division law was read by Donald W. Bradley, project planner, noting revisions pro posed in a meeting of the in terested groups, which he had approved, and other changes in wording, sentence structure, ets., for, clarification of the meaning. One point of discussion was left unresolved, that of a 100- foot buffer zone required lor (Continued on Page 8) BY LIGHT FREEZE Tobacco Plants Might Be Hurt An unseasonable freeze Tuesday night caused fears in this area for the tobacco crop, but apparently the Sandhills peach crop came through un scathed. The therometer dipped offi cially to 31 in and around Southern Pines, and was also reported at 31 early Wednes day at West End. Clyde Au- man, veteran peach grower, said the peaches did nbt freeze, as if they had “they would have turned black in side.” The size of hickory-nuts now, they can’t take much cold, he said, but took this and “can take anything now pre dicted.” The trees are loaded and the fruit is having to be heavily thinned. With tobacco growers just having set out their plants during the past week or so, fears were felt that the young plants might, have suffered harm. BILL SCOTT Scott To Direct Town Recreation This Summer The Town’s summer public recreation • program—starting June 15 and running to Au gust 15—will be directed this year by Bill Scott, a High- falls native who is both a stu dent and a physical education instructor at Sandhills Com munity College. He will have three assis tants—two young men and a young woman to have charge (Continued on Page 8) 2 School Bands To Play Sunday The Elementary and Junior High Bands will present a concert in the East Southern Pines School courtyard be hind the high school building, at 3 pm, Sunday, May 15. The Junior High band will feature selections from Tschai- kowsky’s “Nutcracker Suite,” and will play “Glass Slipper,” taken from the story, “Cinder ella.” The Elementary Band will play Concert for Clarinet in B flat, with Don McCrimmon as soloist. The public is invited. There is no admission charge. 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. May 4 71 43 May 5 75 42 May 6 83 53 May 7 77 56 May 8 81 54 May 9 83 61 May 10 59 40
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