A new
kind of State Park is now being
developed near Southern Pines.
It’s explained on Page 1, Sec. 2.
TH
ILOT
Local
school budget requests, made to
the county commissioners last
week appear on Page 3, Sec. 2.
VOL.—46 NO. 31
BUT IT'S ADOPTED
TWENTY-FOUR PAGES
SOUTHERN PiiNES, N. C. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 1966
TWENTY-FOUR PAGES
PRICE: 10 CENTS
Town Budget Protest
Cites Segregation At
Golf Facilities Here
The 1966-67 Southern Pines
budget was passed by the
Town Council last night over
protests from Mayor Pro Tern
Felton Capel and some 70
members of the West South
ern Pines Civic Club who at
tended the council’s regular
June meeting in the municipal
building.
Center of the controversy
Council Makes
Appointments
To Town Boards
In addition to considering
and adopting a 1966-67 budget
in a four-hour meeting last
night, the Town Council dealt
with a long agenda ranging
from a report of the Fire
Study Committee to approval
of a beer-and-wine permit.
All members of the Council
were present, Mayor Norris L.
Hodgkins Jr., Mayor Pro Tern
Felton Capel, Dr. R. J. Dough
erty, George H. Leonard, Jr.,
and L. D. McDonald.
They approved an on-prem
ise beer-and-wine permit for
the 5 O’clock Club on S. E.
Broad St. The application had
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was the Publicity Department
appropriation and its relation
ship to integration of local
golf courses.
The department, which
handles town advertising, is
financed by taxes and by do
nations from local businesses.
Members of the group felt
they should not have to pay
taxes to benefit a club where
they did not have the rig’nt
to play.
In both a formal, written
protest and in oral statements
they cited the Southern Pines
Country Club which is owned
by the Elks Lodge, Pine Nee
dles and Knollwood Fairways
as examples. Mid Pines has
voluntarily opened its course
to Negroes.
While the Southern Pines
Country Club is not within
the town limits, the reasoning
was that it benefits from re
sort advertising paid for from
.Publicity Department funds.
But the Council passed the
budget as it stood, with Capel
voting no. As proposed, 1966-
67 will see general fund ex
penditures of $419,535; water
and sewer expenditures of
$236,460; and debt service fund
expenditures of $90,345.
Most budgetary increase was
due to an average across-the-
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FOR CRIPPLED CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
‘Rain Or Shine’ Benefit Fish Fry
Set Friday By Moore Shrine Club
Crippled children will ben
efit from the proceeds of a fish
fry to be conducted by the
Moore County Shrine Club at
Memorial Field, Friday, June
17, from 11 am to 9 pm.
The event will be held “rain
ROBERT L. ROYSTER
Royster Starts
Work With CP&L
Division Here
Robert L. Royster has been
appointed industrial power
sales engineer for the central
division of Carolina Power &
Light Company, W. B. Mc-
Gowen, division sales manager,
has announced.
Replacing John L. Ponzer
at the central division office
here, Mr. Royster assumed
his new post this week, com
ing from Raleigh. Mr. Ponzer,
as previously announced, has
been promoted to system light
ing specialist, working from
the company’s home office in
Raleigh.
Mr. Royster will work out
of Southern Pines in represent
ing CP&L to industries which
use electric energy as power
for industrial manufacturing
processes, lighting, heating,
and cooling.
The central division which
he will cover embraces the
Sanford, Maxton, Rocking-
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CAMPAIGNING
Opponents in the two races
going before Moore County
voters in the June 25 Demo
cratic second primary are
stepping up the pace of their
campaigns this week. Voters
will choose between James
M. Pleasants and Dr. Russell
Tate, for District 4 commis
sioner, and between Sen.
Jennings King pf Scotland
County and J. F. (Jeff) Allen
of Montgomery, for state
senator.
HISTORIC MOMENT—Dr. Raymond A.
Stone, center, president of Sandhills Com
munity College, confers an Associate In
Arts degree on Miss Jeanne Waldman, se
cond-year student who is the first gradu
ate of the college’s two-year academic pro-
or shine.” Flounder “with
trimmings” will be served at
$1 a plate.
The event is part of a total
Shrine program to raise funds
for 19 hospitals for underpriv
ileged crippled children and
three institutes for severely
burned children throughout
North America. The hospital
at Greenville, S. C., serves this
area.
From its first meeting of 11
Masonic friends in New York
City in 1871, the Shrine has
grown to its present strength
of more than 850,000.
These “nobles” are members
of 168 Temples throughout
Canada, Mexico, the Canal
Zone, every state in the union
and the District of Columbia.
The Greenville, S. C. hospi
tal is supported largely by the
four Temples in the Carolinas
—Hejaz in Greenville, Omar
in Charleston, Sudan in New
Bern and Oasis in Charlotte,
with which the local club is
associated.
President of the local club
is L. R. “Pete” McRae of
Lakeview.
ARC Swimming
Classes Planned
Dr. John C. Grier, Jr., Moore
County Red Cross chairman of
Safety Services, has announc
ed that swimming and water
safety classes will be held
throughout the county this
summer for beginners, ad
vanced beginners and inter
mediate swimmers, and in
junior and senior lifesaving.
Interested persons should
register for the classes at the
Red Cross office on S. W.
Broad St.
Dr. Grier requests that any
persons qualified to teach the
Red Cross courses call him at
295-6166.
gram. H. Clifton Blue, right, trustee chair
man, presented the diploma. Seated be
hind podium is R. E. Lee of Carthage,
county schools superintendent, who was
commencement speaker. Behind Dr. Stone
is Dr. W. F. Banaghan, dean of instruction.
(Humphrey photo)
As College Completes First Academic Year
One Graduates, Others Honored
The Sandhills Community
College commencement, Thurs
day morning of last week,
was held in the sunflooded
courtyard of the Science and
Technology Building.
The colorful ceremony mark
ed the close of the school’s
first academic year, the award
ing of an Associate in Arts De
gree to Sandhills’ first and
only graduate. Miss Jeanne
Waldman, and the recognition
of the 234 persons who this
COLLEGE EXTENDS
REGISTRATION
Registration for summer
courses at Sandhills Com
munity College, which was
scheduled for Mond,ay of
this week, is: being extend
ed through Friday, June
17, the college announc
ed today.
Place of registration is
the personnel office on the
campus, off the Pinehurst-
Airport road. The hours
are 9 to 5» daily.
A complete curriculum
of couirses is offered, with
numerous subjects that
may be of value to recent
high school graduates who
need credits for college ad
mittance or to students; in
other colleges seeking
credits, it is pointed out.
FOR PRE-SCHOOLERS I \
I I
Pinehurst Sets
Summer Classes
Registration will begin Tues- |
day at Pinehurst School for
a summer readiness program
to prepare pre-school chil-1 {
dren for the first gradf
Registration will continut-
through Friday, from 8:30
a.m. until noon daily.
Classes, beginning June 27
and continuing through Aug
ust 5, will last from 8.30 a.m.
until 12:30 p.m., under the di
rection of Donald Mallard',
Pinehurst Elementary School
principal.
In addition to the pre-achool
readiness program, a rernedia’
reading program for high
school and 8th grade students
who need help in this area has
been scheduled. Three separate
classes of one hour and 15
minutes each will be held
daily. ,
Plans for a similar program
to be held in Southern Pines
will be announced next week.
year earned certificates for the
completion of one or more
courses in the varied educa
tional, professional, and voca
tional programs of the college.
Procession
The program began with a
procession of members of the
faculty, in full academic garb,
who marched to their seats to
the cadence of organ music
played by Mrs. Dorothy Mc
Donald, organist of the Com
munity Church in Pinehurst.
Guests and spectators were es
corted by Sandhills students
selected to be ushers because
of their high academic stand
ing, Mrs. Elva Thomas, Eller-
be; Elsie Rannels, Southern
Pines; Costella Jackson, Pine
hurst; Jerry Brown, Aberdeen;
and Robert Coffin, Southern
Pines.
The invocation was present
ed by the Rev. Robert W.
Roschy, minister of the United
Church of Christ (Church of
Wide Fellowship Congrega
tional).
H. Clifton Blue of Aber
deen, chairman of the Board
of Trustees of Sandhills Col
lege, welcomed the assem
blage and spoke briefly on the
history of the school, its de-
velopment from the “dream’
of foresighted citizens, its im
portance to all of the people of
the area, and its promising fu-
tOre.
Lee Speaks
Dr. Raymond A. Stone,
president of Sandhills, intro
duced the commencement
speaker, Robert E. Lee of Car
thage, superintendent of the
Moore County school system.
Mr. Lee stressed the import-
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Church Launches
Big Remodeling,
Repair Project
The United Church of Christ
(Church of Wide Fellowship—
Congregational) has launched
a $30,000 remodeling project
that ranges from the new light
ing fixtures now being hung
in the sanctuary to a new cha
pel that is in the preliminary
planning stages.
The project calls for the
entire building to be steamed
and sanded and new mortar
put in. According to J. D.
Hobbs, chairman of the Board
of Trustees, the type of cement
used some 30 years ago when
the church was built event-
I ually cracks and loosens, and
I water begins to seep in. In-
I stallation of new mortar will
I waterproof the building.
I Outside trim on the building
I will be painted and the roof
I will be inspected. All this is
i scheduled for a September 1
I completion.
Preliminary plans call for
I a room in the education build-
I ing to be converted into a
chapel. Now only in the plan
ning stages, this will be super
vised by Austin and Faulk,
Architects.
AT FORT BRAGG THIS YEAR
Guard Unit Training
By Staff Sgt. T. Ed Rowland
30th Division
Information Section
For the first time in three
years, Southern Pines National
Guardsmen are almost at home
for their annual two weeks of
field training, now in its sec
ond week.
Company C, 2nd Battalion,
252nd Armor, with the other
units in the 'battalion and the
1st Battalion, 252nd, are at
nearby Ft. Bragg and are
working closely with infantry
men of the 30th (Old Hickory)
Infantry Division, their parent
at
organization.
Previously they trained
Ft. Stewart, Ga.
“We like Bragg for the con
venience of home,” said Staff
Sgt. Lonnie M. McKenzie of
Route 3, Carthage, who is a
tank commander. “But that’s
about all,” he added.
Captain Ralph L. Horner of
Pinehurst, the company com
mander, echoed the comments.
“We can’t shoot here” wa.s
his chief lament during a brief
break in training early in the
week.
The commander—who’ll re
tire from the Guard next
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W. S. JOHNSON
Awards Won By
Lions Of Zone;
Johnson Honored
Four of the five Lions Clubs
in Zone 3 won honors last
week at the Lions District 31-
F convention in Winston-Sa
lem—and W. S. (Bill) Johnson
of Southern Pines, who has
been zone chairman during the
past year, was awarded the
C. J. Wiggs, Jr. Memorial Tro
phy as the outstanding Lion in
the District.
Zone 3 includes clubs at
Southern Pines, Pinehurst,
Aberdeen, Pinebluff and West
End. All five clubs were rep
resented at the convention of
the district which includes 45
clubs with some 1,400 mem
bers, in 10 counties. The con-
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PLANT ACTIVE
Freezing of dewberries has
begun at the Vass plant of Ag
ricultural products, Inc. The
berries are packed in 30-pound
containers and quick-frpzen
for shipment to numerous food
products companies. A detailed
dewberry story was in last
week’s Pilot.
No Town Tax Bills
In June, But Can Pay
Persons may pay town taxes
in June and receive a discount
of two per cent, but no tax
bills are being sent out in
June, Town Manager F. F.
Rainey said this week.
The bills are expected to go
out in July, when taxpayers
are entitled to a one and one-
half per cent discount.
A number of persons known
to be interested in paying their
taxes in June have been noti
fied, the manager said.
Town Recreation
Program Begins;
Scott Directing
The town recreation pro
gram under the direction of
Bill Scott begat! today with
activities in the town park. A
physical education instructor
and student at Sandhills Com
munity College during the
past school year, he will re-
,urn to Elon College for his
senior year in the fall.
Scott’s assistants will be
Bill Daughtry, a rising junior
at UNC, Chapel Hill; Rick
Johnson, recent graduate of
Southern Pines High School;
Steve Hassenfelt, a rising
senior at the high school, and
Janet Howard, a junior at Ap
palachian State Teachers’ Col
lege, who will be in charge of
general activities for younger
children at the park block.
The proposed schedule of
events in the park, which will
be open Monday through Fri
day from 9 a.m. until noon,
and 2 to 5 p.m., is as follows:
Tennis: Monday, 2-3 p.m. for
youngsters eight and nine
years old; Tuesday, 10-11 a.
m. for 10 and 11 year-olds; and
Wednesday, 10-11 a.m. for
those 12 years and over.
Basketball: Tuesday, Wed
nesday and Friday from 11 to
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Officers Plan
Benefit Dinner
Members of the Moore
County Law Enforcement Of
ficers Association are selling
tickets to a chicken dinner to
be prepared and served at its
lodge near Carthage, Sunday,
June 26, starting at 12 noon
and continuing as long as nec
essary to accommodate the
public.
Proceeds of the event will
be used for further improve
ments and additional facilities
at the lodge. The tickets are
selling at $1.25 for adults and
75 cents for children under 12.
The lodge is located off
Highway 15-501 near the
Moore County Schools garage,
south of Carthage.
Hospitals Expect
Federal Approval
For Medicare Work
Both St. Joseph of the Pines
Hospital here and Moore Me
morial Hospital at Pinehurst
are within sight of their goal
of complete clearance under
Title 6 of the Civil Rights Ac^.
Administrators of hoth hos
pitals said this week they ex
pect to receive final approval
before the July 1 deadline for
RESCUE SQUAD
TO CELEBRATE
The public is invited to
attend the fourth anniver
sary celebr.ation of the
Moore County Rescue
Squad No. 2., of Vass, Sun
day, June 19 at 2 pm in
the squad building.
ARTHUR D. TENER
FILLS VACANT POST
Tener Given
Appointment
As Inspector
Arthur D. Tener, for 17 years
the office manager of South
ern Pines Warehouses, Inc.,
will begin Monday as the new
town building inspector, ap
pointed by Town Manager F.
F. Rainey.
He replaces Jon Merkel, who
resigned May 13 to return to
private business.
Mr. Tener, a resident of Ni
agara, is originally from Pitts
burgh, Pa., and is a graduate
of Pittsburgh School of Ac
countancy. He has lived in
North Carolina since 1939, and
is married to the former Irene
A. Parker, formerly of Pine
hurst.
During World War H he en
listed' in the U. S. Maritime
Service where he attained the
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Medicare, possibly within the
next few days.
Under Title 6, discrimina
tion of any kind on the basis of
race, creed or color is banned,
if the hospital is to participate
in any federal program with
Medicare looming as the larg
est and most immediate. With
millions of elderly people be
coming eligible for hospitali
zation, largely at government
expense, on July 1, it is ex
pected all hospital accommo
dations will be needed.
In North Carolina, at latest
report, fewer than half the
hospitals had been approved,
some were failing in compli
ance and the rush was on to
get official clearance through
on the others before the end
^ of June.
I Sister Mary Virginia, ad
ministrator of St. Joseph’s said
the hospital has received un
official word it has been ap
proved and, she added, “We
have read it in the papers,”
but one final form remained
to be filled out before the ap-
j proval could become official.
' All requirements have now
been met and official word
should arrive at any time.
Duncan McGoogan, Moore
Memorial Hospital Adminis
trator, said that hospital is in
approximately the same situ
ation. “The final step was a
15-day self-study, and we
have submitted our report on
that. Only a few formalities
remain and we hope they will
be completed within a few
days,” he said.
Both “Administrators said,
“Our compliance is complete
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Mrs. Comer Is
Assistant Clerk
Of Moore Court
Mrs. Rachel Holder Comer
has been appointed assistant
clerk by Mrs. Bessie M. Beck
acting clerk of Moore County
Superior Court.
In this office she succeeds
Mrs. Beck, who was assistant
clerk before her appointment
by Resident Judge John D.
McConnell as acting clerk fol
lowing the death of C. C. Ken
nedy May 2.
Mrs. Comer, like Mrs. Beck,
went to work in the clerk’s of
fice in 1950, the same year in
which Kennedy was later
elected clerk. Promoted to
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Firemen’s Group
Will Convene At
Vass Next Week
The 40th Annual Conven
tion of the Sanhills Firemen’s
Association will be held in
Vass on Wednesday, June 22,
with the Vass Volunteer Fire
Department of which W. Pres
ton Boggs is chief, as hosts.
There are approximately 45
departments in this association
and the attendance of members
[and their families is expected
(to number 500 or more, from
a wide area in central and
eastern North Carolina.
With P. T. Smith as general
chairman for the convention,
a full schedule has been ar
ranged, features of which will
be a parade, water fights, beau
ty pageant, fashion show, and
a dance, in addition to the re
gular business meeting. “Miss
North Carolina” is expected.
Registration will begin at
10 a.m. at the Fire Station, and
from 12 to 1 o’clock a “chick
en ’n dumplin’ ” lunch will be
available to visitors and the
Dublic at the Community
House, next door to the Fire
Station. Ladies of the Church
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NEW BUILDINGS—A portion of the recently completed
unit of four cabins and a bathhouse, doubling the capacity
of Camp Easter in the Pines, is shown here in its attractive,
pine-shaded setting overlooking the lake at the facility for
handicapped persons near Southern Pines. ,
(Humphrey photo)
WITH DOUBLED CAPACITY
Camp Easter To Open
Camp Easter-In-the-Pines
will open its third season Sun
day, using for the first time
a recently completed four-cab-
in-and-bath-house unit, ac
cording to Mrs. Mark Liddell,
camp coordinator.
The camp, located just north
of Southern Pines and owned
by the North Carolina Society
for Crippled Children and
Adults, Inc., with headquarters
in Chapel Hill, will have three
sessions for children of 11
days each beginning June 19,
July 3 and July 17, and one
session for adults, also 11 days,,
beginning July 31. The camp
is operated for handicapped
persons from throughout
North Carolina and can now
accommodate 'about 60 at each
session.
“We will open with the best
facilities and staff in Camp
Easter’s history,” said Mrs.
Liddell.
A bus load of campers will
arrive Sunday from Charlotte
and surrounding areas, accom
panied by Mrs. Martha Wil
liams and other Mecklenburg
County volunteer workers, as
well as press and television
representatives.
Full Program
The camp for the handicap-
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Wages Increased
By Quality Mills
A general wage increase
averaging 5 per cent for all
workers has been announced
by John E. Woltz, president of
Quality Mills, Inc., of Mount
Airy and Carthage.
The increase will affect some
850 employees, about 50 of
them in the firm’s new Carth
age location.
Employment there will in
crease as machinery for the
plant is received and installed.
A formal opening for the new
operation will be scheduled
later.
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.
June 8 88 65
June 9 88 68
June 10 79 66
June 11 78 61
June 12 80 49
June 13 89 50
June 14 84 62