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Payments
from Social Security to Moore
County residents are increasing.
See the figures, Page 1, Sec. 2.
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Two boys
at Aberdeen have been awarded
the high Eagle rank in Scouting.
Story, photo. Page 1, Sec. 3.
VOL.—46 NO. 30
SCHOOL HELD
Airport
Business
Booming
L. C. “Buck” McKenzie,
the veteran pilot who owns
and operates Resort Air Serv
ice at the Southern Pines-
Pinehurst Airport, is, like a
lot of people in aviation, wor
ried about the shortage of
competent and trained person
nel that the burgeoning busi
ness demands.
And he’s doing something
about the problem.
At the airport, which Mc
Kenzie ieases from the county
and operates in all its func
tions for commercial and pri
vate traffic (he subleases to
Piedmont Airlines, for their
seasonal service). Resort Air
Service is running a Flying
and Ground School which is
prepared to instruct anybody
from a novice who has never
flown to experienced pilots
wanting to learn more about
the highly technical audio
visual equipment and sophisti
cated electronic devices that
are now routine, even in many
private planes.
There are four certified
flight instructors and four cer
tified mechanics. Resort runs
five airplanes of its own, in
cluding a 2-engine model that
can, says McKenzie, “go any
where in the nation, night or
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SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 1966
TWENTY-FOUR PAGES
PRICE: 10 CENTS
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New Laundrette,
Washer Sales
Offiee Planned
Plans have been announced
for a combination laundrette
and washer sales and service
establishment to be built on
the corner of Massachusetts
Ave. and S. E. Broad St. Work
at the site has begun.
Owners and builders are M.
W. Harbour and son Hayes of
Harbour Maytag Sales and
Service in Cameron.
The 40-by-70 foot brick
structure will house 30 Maytag
commercial washers and 12
dryers, according to Harbour.
No dry cleaning facilities are
planned at this time.
“The building will also con
tain a Maytag sales and service
department, located in the end
next to Massachusetts Ave.,
where we will have a display
room,” the owner said.
(Continued on Page 8)
,RALPH C, HENDREN
Hendren Joins
Pilot Staff As
News Assistant
Ralph C. Hendren, a rising
senior in political science and
journalism at the University
of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill and a 1963 graduate of
East Southern Pines High
School, this week joined the
staff of the Pilot as summer
assistant in the news depart
ment.
Hendren, a Whitaker Scho
lar at the University, has been
active in student government,
and served as a legislative in
tern in the 1965 General As
sembly, assigned to Sen. Voit
Gilmore, Rep. J. Henry Hil;,
Jr., and House Speaker H. P,
Taylor, Jr.
A member of Brownson Me
morial Presbyterian Church,
he is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Isaac E. Hendren of Midland
Road.
FROM 2 LOCAL SCHOOLS
Seniors Get Diplomas
East Southern Pines West Southern Pines
RUSH IS ON—J. B. McLeod and his daughter Sarah at
McLeod’s “Berry Orchard” on Carthage, Route 2 show
some of the fruits of this season’s bountiful crop which is
now coming in. In background are staked vines, youth
ful berrypickers and a busy farmstand, open every week
day morning for the next three weeks, as are many others
throughout the Cameron-Vass area. (V. Nicholson photo)
MARKET ASSURED FOR GROWERS
last week and the processing
of the succulent berries at
Vass was to begin this
week, according to N. M. Mc-
Keithan, president of Agricul
tural Products, Inc., a quick-
freezing concern.
McKeithan, who lives at
Aberdeen, and is the Sand
hills’ largest grower of dew
berries, said picking started
last week on his Vass farm,
where he has 50 acres planted
LOCAL RESIDENTS
Dewberry Sales In Area Start;
Freezing Plant At Vass Ready
Dewberry picking started to them. J. B. McLeod of Car-
Ithage, Route 2, second largest
grower with 16 acres, said he
also started picking last
week.
McKeithan and McLeod
teamed last summer to open
the processing plant at Vass,
which proved a success, with
around 150,000 pounds wash
ed, packed in 30-lb containers
and quick-frozen for shipment.
McKeithan later bought out
his partner and, with Mr. and
Mrs. Wayne Bailey of Chad-
bourn, incorporated the firm
as Agricultural Products, Inc.,
about two m'onths ago.
It is about the busiest place
in the Sandhills for around
three weeks.
The berries will be shipped
this summer, as last, to such
giant chains as A&P, Winn-
Dixie, Kroger, Piggy Wiggly,
Pillsbury Foods and others
who use them in jellies, jams,
cake and muffin mixes and for
many other purposes.
With about 25 growers in
the county, and a few in
neighboring areas, many are
sold also at roadside stands.
Moore County growers are
concentrated mostly in the
Cameron-Vass-Carthage area.
McKeithan said he buys also
from one Lee County grower,
Paul Harrington of Broad
way; John Tyner of near Hoff
man, in Richmond, and sev
eral between Fayetteville and
Autryville.
Though several growers, in
cluding McKeithan and Mc
Leod, have expanded their
acreage this year, the total
remains about the same as last,
since one old-time grower
went out of business, accord
ing to F. D. Allen, Moore agri
cultural agent. This was John
Graham, who raised berries
with his brother many years,
then following his brother’s
death found himself unable to
continue alone.
However, said Allen, pros
pects are excellent for con
tinued increase, now that a
ready market and processing
plant are close at hand, and
for this season, “it looks like
an excellent crop.” A slight
freeze in early May, coming
at blossoming time, apparently
did no harm to plants or fruit,
he said.
3 Win Honors
In Horse Show
At Devon, Pa.
Three local residents cap
tured championships in the
70th annual 10-day Devon
(Pa.) Horse Show which end
ed Saturday. It is the largest
outdoor show in the country.
Lloyd P. Tate of Starland
Farms on Midland Road won
best young horse in the breed
ing division with an unnamed
yearling. It was the first time
in the history of the show for
a yearling to win best young
horse. The father is Hill Prince
and the mare was Sherry-R, b^'
Eight-Thirty.
A filly from Turkey Hollo'v
Farm, owned by Robert L.
Brandt, captured first place in
the other - than-thoroughbred
division, according to mana
ger-trainer Skipper Webster.
Winning the Highlander
(Continued on Page 8)
Summer School Will
Begin Here Thursday
Registration is taking place
today (Wednesday) for the
summer school session to be
held at East Southern Pines
High School. Classes will be
gin at 8 am Thursday, Princi
pal Glenn Cox has announced.
The school will run through
July 22.
A corrective reading pro
gram for elementary school
children will also be conduct
ed.
Crippled Children To Benefit From
Shrine Cluh’s Fish Fry On June 17
Crippled children whose par
ents or guardians cannot pay
for hospital treatment will
benefit from the proceeds of
a fish fry to be conducted by
the Moore County Shrine Club
at Memorial Field here, Friday
June 17, from 11 am to 9 pm.
Tickets for the event are
selling at $1 or the fee may
be paid on the grounds. Floun
der “with trimmings” will be
served.
The event is part of a pro
gram conducted by Shriners
everywhere to raise funds for
the fraternal order’s 17 hos
pitals over the nation, in which
many of handicapped children
under the age of 16 get expert
erwise would not be able to
wise would not be able to
receive. A hospital in South
Carolina serves this area.
In this fish fry, the Moore
County Shrine Club is joining
in support of the Shrine motto,
“No man ever stood so straight
as when he stooped to help a
crippled child.”
Shrine hospitals also specia
lize in the treatment of burn
victims.
Seventy-eight East Southern
Pines seniors walked across the
stage of Weaver Auditorium to
emerge as graduates in cere
monies Friday evening.
The students marched in to
strains of Grundmar’s “March
Processional,” played by the
high school band, and the Rev.
A. L. Thompson, Methodist
pastor, pronounced the invo-
(Continued on Page 8)
Diplomas were awarded 25
West Southern Pines gradu
ates in commencement exer
cises in Weaver Auditorium
Thursday evening, June 2.
The high school glee club
opened the program with
“America the Beautiful,” and
the invocation was sung by
the Girls’ Ensemble.
Principal H. A. Wilson in-
(Continued on Page 8)
Pleasants Calls For Second
Vote In Commissioner Race
ABC Defendants Pay
Finesf Costs Tuesday
\
Judge J. Vance Rowe of
Moore Recorder’s Court im
posed fines ranging from $25
to $175 Tuesday against 15 de
fendants arrested the night of
April 22 in ABC raids on a
half-dozen Sandhills club-s.
The fines, totaling $1,075,
were considerably surpassed
by the court costs in each case.
No penal sentences were
handed down, even under con
ditions of suspension. In noting
that he himself thought the
fines rather light, Judge Rowe
said he agreed in part with
one lawyer’s plea that these
were no ordinary violators, and
the establishments they rep
resent are different from those
which ordinarily figure in
whiskey law violation cases—
these are establishments which
are assets to our county, and'
have done it a great deal of
good.”
However, said the Judge,
“As good citizens they must
respect and obey the law.
Someone is opposed to every
law we have, and we cannot
RECREATION TO
START JUNE 15
The town's summer re
creation program will be
gin Wednesday, June 15,
at 9 am. Bill Scott, direc
tor, reminded the public
this week.
Morning and afternoon
activities for younger
children will be conducted
on the park block and
there will be numerous
other features for young
people of all ages.
A full listing of activi
ties ,and the persons who
will be in charge will ap
pear in next week's Pilot.
JAMES B. LYERLY
Lyerly To Serve
Lutheran Church
During Summer
James B. Lyerly, a student
at Lutheran Southern Theolo
gical Seminary in Columbia, S.
C., has arrived here to supply
the pulpit at Our Saviour
Lutheran Church during the
summer months.
The Rev. Jack Deal, previ
ous pastor, has accepted a cah
to St. John’s Lutheran Church
in Concord, and left May 31.
Lyerly, whose home is Sal
isbury, received his AB from
Catawba College there and
taught for three years in the
Rowan County schools before
entering the seminary. He has
just completed the second year
of a four-year program there.
Lyerly, who is not married,
will be here through August,
residing in the Lutheran par
sonage at 355 E. New York
Ave.
Last summer he served
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
in Newport, Tenn. He is the
son of Mrs. Florence Miller of
Salisbury.
pick and choose which we shall
obey.”
He suggested that, “if we
don’t like a law, we should get
together and try to change it.”
Establishments represented
were the Whispering Pines
Country Club, Southern Pines
VFW Club, Mid Pines Club,
Pine Needles Country Club,
Southern Pines Elks Club and
the Dunes Club.
Defendants were the club
owners or managers (and VFW
post commander), and one to
three employees of each place,
who, according to testimony,
acted as bartenders, serving
mixed drinks and/or illegal
beer and’ accepting payment
for them.
At the opening of the special
session W. D. Sabiston of Car
thage, one of the defense at
torneys, asked for them all
that all the cases be tried with-
1 out sentencing, then all sen-
■ tences handed down at the
I end. This was agreed to by
'Judge Rowe and Solicitor W.
Lamont Brown as a time-
saver and speech-saver.
Few Speclalors
The ensuing trials took place
in a courtroom almost empty,
except for defendants, attorn
eys—who almost outnumbered
them—and ABC special agents
and other officers, sworn in as
State’s witnesses.
All the defendants pleaded
not guilty but put up no de
fense and none took the stand
in his own behalf. They were
tried in six separate groups,
one from each club, and all
counts were consolidated for
judgment.
Principal State’s witness in
each case was Jerry Oliver of
Charlotte, ABC special agent
who conducted the six-months
undercover investigation iead'-
ing to the raids. He testified to
dates and circumstances of the
purchasing of mixed drinks
and/or illegal beer at each
place, on from one to four oc
casions. Under cross-examina-
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S ^ f'-S
JAMES M. PLEASANTS
DR. RUSSELL TATE
Opponents In Runoff Vote June 25
MANY SUBJECTS OFFERED HERE
Summer Courses At College Can
Help Students Living In Area
'The Sandhills Community
College summer term will of
fer a complete curriculum of
courses, according to S. G.
Chappell, director of student
affairs.
Registration for the summer
term will be from 9 to 5 Mon
day, June 13, and classes wiU
start the following day.
Freshman and sophomore
college subjects include the
MUCH IMPROVED
Yates Poe, Jr.,
Transferred To
Moore Memorial
Yates Poe, Jr., who received
head injuries in a motor scoot
er accident May 29 and has
been receiving treatment at
Duke Hospital, Durham, was
transferred to Moore Memorial
Hospital at Pinehurst on Tues
day.
While he has shown much
improvement during the past
week and his condition is de
scribed as satisfactory, he is
not at present having visitors,
acording to his brother, Bryan
Poe, with whom he is associa
ted in operation of Poe’s Ser
vice Station here.
The accident took place on
Pee Dee Road, north of Mid
land Road, when Yates Poe
was riding alone on a borrow
ed m'otor scooter. The scene
was not far from his home in
Knollwood.
During the past week, after
he had regained consciousness
and the power of speech, he
said that the accident, in which
he was thrown from the ma
chine, striking his head, took
place while he was making a
U-turn, his brother reported.
COLLEGE FINALS
SLATED THURSDAY
The first commence
ment program of Sand
hills Community College
will take place at 10 am
tomorrow (Thursday) on
the campus on the Pine-
hurst-Airpart Road. The
public is invited.
A diploma will be pre
sented to Miss Jeanne
Waldman who transferred
into the second year of the
two - year academic pro
gram that began at the
college last-fall.
Recognition will also be
given to certificate hold
ers who h,ave completed
other courses at the col
lege since classes began.
Robert E. Lee of Car
thage, superintendent of
the Moore Countv school
system, will give the com
mencement address.
Further information about
Miss Waldman appears in
an item on Page 1, Section
3, of tod,ay's Pilot.
Pamela Anderson Is
'Little Miss S. P.'
Pamela Anderson, daughter
of Dr. and Mrs. George An
derson, was crowned winner
in the Little Miss Southern
Pines Pageant held Sund’ay in
Weaver Auditorium. Runners-
up, in order, were Sherry Lynn
Jewett and Jolynn Wallace.
Photos and more about the pa
geant are on page 3.
FISHER GETS 1ST ACE
Robert C. Fisher of Midland
Road, pinehurst, playing
Monday with his son, Giff,
made the first hole-in-one of
his long golfing career, at the
Country Club of North Caro
lina. Using a three-iron, he
aced dhe 188-yard eighth hole
of the CCNC course.
sciences, mathematics, English,
history, sociology, psychology,
French, Spanish, music appre
ciation, business courses and
typewriting.
The summer school session
affords opportunity for recent
high school graduates and stu
dents of other North Carolina
colleges to earn needed cred
its, Mr. Chappell pointed out.
Students spending the sum
mer at home in the area can
benefit by taking their re
quired and elective courses
during the Sandhills summer
term, he noted.
Recent high school gradu
ates who may have a def-
ficiency in subjects required
for admittance to universities
and colleges in the fall can
also benefit by summer study
(Continued on Page 8)
James M. Pleasants of
Southern Pines, who lost out
May 28 in his bid for renomi-
nation as Moore County com
missioner, announced Monday
he has called for a runoff
against the high man. Dr. Ru,3-
sell J. Tate 'of Vass.
A second primary June 25
has already been scheduled for
Moore (also Montgomery, Day-
idson, Richmond and Scotland
Counties) in the 19th District
senatorial race.
Pleasants, first elected to
the county commission in 1950
and currently serving as vice-
chairman, lost in the primary
by fewer than 200 votes. He
polled 1,637 to Dr. Tate’s 1,830
for the District 4 (McNeill
township) seat, with Mrs. Al-
thealia Hollister •of Southern
Pines coming in third with
832.
Pleasants was eligible to
call for the runoff because of
the fact Dr. Tate failed to win
a clear majority—over 2,250
of the 4,499 votes case.
The incumbent commission
er, who said at first he did not
plan to call for a second pri
mary, declared this week he
changed his mind because “so
many people talked to me
about it, and many of my good
friends whom I consulted
thought that I should do it. ’
Having a local contest on is
expected to bring out many
(Continued on Page 8)
13 Graduate At
St. Anthony’s;
Awards Are Made
A Southern Pines boy,
James Reilly, won three 'of the
five awards presented Thurs
day night to eighth grade
graduates of St. Anthony’s
Catholic school here. The
school is limited to the eight
elementary grades.
He won the general excel-1
lence award for highest aca
demic standing, and the math-,
ematics award, and the reli
gion award given annually by
the St. Anthony’s Woman’s
Club.
Robert Barrett of Pinehurst
won the award for excellence
in English, and Daniel Nicely
of Vass won the faculty award
for gcrod citizenship and serv
ice to the school.
The honors were presented
by Father John J. Harper, par-
(Continued on Page 8)
Moore GOP Sets
Barbecue, ‘TARS’
Meet For Youth
A county-wide barbecue -
rally to meet candidates in the
November electron and a youth
group organization meeting
were announced this week by
David A. Drexel, Moore Coun
ty Republican chairman.
Set for Saturday, June 25,
from 4:30 to 8 pm, ait the
Arthur Williams pond, off
Highway 211 near Eagle
Springs, the rally will have as
guests Congressional Candidate
Jim Garner of Rocky Mount,
U. S. Senator candidate John
Shallcross of Smithfield and
the candidates for county of
fices.
There will be refreshments,
entertainment, music and
speeches, Drexel said. Every
one is invited. There will be
a $1 charge to defray costs of
the supper (75 cents for chil-
(Continued on Page 8)
E. J. Austin Certified By National
Architectural Registration Group
Edmund James Austin, part
ner in the-Austin & Faulk ar
chitectural firm, of Southern
Pines, has been certified by
the National Council of Archi
tectural Registration Boards,
it has been announced.
The council, with headquar
ters in Washington, D. C., cer
tifies only a small proportion
of the nation’s architects, on
the basis of their professional
record and other qualifica
tions.
The object 'of the NCARB is
to promote high standards in
preparation for architectural
practice; to foster the enact
ment of laws on the practice of
architecture; to equalize and
improve the standards for the
examination of applicants for
state registration or license;
and to compile and transfer
records to facilitate architec
tural registration and licens
ing between states.
State architectural registra
tion boards are eligible to be
come members of the council
and these state boards utilize
its services. Architects are cer
tified as individuals, after
meeting the high standards of
EDMUND J. AUSTIN
the council, but are not, as in
dividuals, considered as “mem
bers” of the council.
Born in Pinebluff in 1918,
Mr. Austin is the son of the
late C. L. Austin, building
contractor, and Mrs. Minnie
B. Austin, now living here.
He married the former Nan
(Continued on Page 8)
Resurfacing Of
Highway Starts
Resurfacing work on US
Highway 1 between Aberdeen
and Southern Pines has been
started and is expected to be
completed by the first of next
week.
The entire width of the roar-
will be surfaced and a binder
material will be used over the
old concrete sections.
T. C. Johnston, in charge of
the Division Highway Office
at Aberdeen has requested
state engineers to change the
markings in front of Howard
Johnson’s restaurant.
Several people have com
plained that they were confus
ing as presently arranged.
A study is being made, but
Johnston could not say wheth
er it would result in any
changes.
NEW CHILDREN'S BOOKS
One hundred new children’s
books have been purchased for
summer reading and have
been placed on the shelves of
the Southern Pines Library,
Mrs. Stanley Lambourne, li
brarian, announced this week.
All children of the community
are invited to visit the library.
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.
June
1
Max.
71
Min.
44
June
2
77
41
June
3
83
47
June
4
84
54
June
5
84
58
June
6
88
57
June
7
89
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