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A man
whose golf handicapping system
has become famous lives at Pine-
hurst. Page 1, Section 3.
Trees
and wires pose problems for util
ity companies. First of a series
of reports: Page 1, Section 2.
VOL.—46 NO. 32
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SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, 1966
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DOUBLE FUNERAL HELD
Man Held For Murder
Hangs Himself In Jail
A family quarrel erupted
into violence Friday afternoon
at Vass, ending in a dual trag
edy—first a killing, then sui
cide.
Mrs. Edna Hodges, 62, was
stabbed to death in her home
in the Moody Grass Hill sec-
BANKS REVEAL
MERGER PLAN
Directors of the Carolina
Bank, with offices in Pine-
hursit, Aberdeen, Carth
age, Vass and West End,
and the directors of the
Central Bank and Trust
Comp.any, with offices in
Broadway and Sanford,
have voted to recommend
the merger of the two
banks.
The merged banks
would retain the name. The
C,arolina Bank, with the
home office in Sanford.
Announcement of the
action of the two bojards
of directors was made by
Wilbur H. Currie of Car
thage, president of the
Carolina Bank, and S.
Winfred Shaw of San
ford, president of the Cen
tral Bank and Trust Com
pany in letters to the
shareholders Tuesd.ay.
Action of the two
boards, which was taken
Monday afternoon, is sub
ject to approval by a two-
thirds vote of the two
banks' respective share
holders and also .approval
by the State Banking
Commission and the Fed
eral Deposit Insurance
Corporation.
tion of Vass about 4 pm. Moore
County Coroner W. K. Car
penter said she had three
knife wounds in the back, and
a fourth in her throat which
proved lethal, as it severed the
jugular vein.
Her son-in-law, James Walk
er, 56, placed later in Moore
County Jail under accusation
of murder, was found about
midnight dead in his cell,
hanged by his own shirt. Car
penter, summoned by assistant
jailer Frank Badgett, pro
nounced Walker dead and em
paneled a jury, holdiiig an in
quest immediately. The ver
dict was death by suicide.
Other Charges
Sheriff W. B. Kelly said
other charges besides that of
murder would have been lodg
ed against Walker, including
one for felonious assault on
Mrs. Mabel Ray Mason, about
30, who is in Moore Memorial
Hospital with multiple knife
wounds. With her condition
rated only fair, physicians
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Meeting Set To
Discuss Forming
Humane Society
Republicans To
Rally Saturday,
Meet Candidates
County Republicans will
gather this Saturday to rally
‘round the candidates and pre
pare for the biennial Novem
ber bout with Democrats.
The site will be Arthur Wil
liams’s pond, 'off Highway 211
near Eagle Springs, from 4:30
to 8 pm.
Musicians will play, speak
ers will speak, politicians will
politick—and everyone will
eat; barbecue, according to
county Republican chairman
David A. Drexel.
GOP Congressional candi-
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'TARS' TO MEET
An organizational meeting
for the L’ower Moore County
TARS (Teen-Age Republicans)
will be held Thursday (tomor
row) at 7:30 pm in the GOP
headquarters office at llOVz
NE Broad St. District TARS
officials will be present and
refreshments will be served.
All interested young people
are invited.
Persons interested in form
ing a humane society for the
Sandhills area are invited to
attend an information and dis
cussion meeting to be held at
the town-owned Campbell
House (Information Center) on
E. Connecticut Ave., Tuesday,
June 28, at 8 pm.
itnty-is being arrang
ed by Mrs. Leon H. Baker of
Southern Pines and Miss
Betty Dumaine of Pinehurst.
Persons who have had experi
ence with humane societies
elsewhere are particularly
urged to be present.
A recent Pilot editorial sug
gesting that this area needs
an organization devoted to
better care and treatment of
animals drew an enthusiastic
response from several readers.
Several of the persons writing
letters to The Pilot and offer
ing their support are expected
to be present at the meeting.
“We are trying to get the
best advice we can on setting
up an 'organization here,” Mrs.
Baker said this week, “in
order to avoid mistakes which
have been made elsewhere.”
Officials of the American
Society for Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals are being
consulted, she said.
Senate^ Commissioner Races
In Second Primary Saturday
CEREMONY—Major Gen. Ivan Hardesty,
commander of the 30th Infantry Division,
North Carolina National Guard, presents
the Armor Leadership Award to Captain
Ralph Horner of the Moore County unit,
Company C. General Hardesty highly
praised the achievements of the company,
calling it “One of the best I have seen in
my years as commanding officer.”
(Humphrey photo)
Guard Wins Leadership Award
By RALPH HENDREN
“Attenshunnnn! Preee-
seennt Ahrrrms!”
Heels clicked smartly, sal
utes were knife-sharp, and ma
jors scurried about conspicu
ously as the three official lim
ousines slowly edged their
way to Pike Field entrance in
Fort Bragg.
The lead car stopped before
the reviewing stand and a cap
tain quickly swung open the
door. Major General Ivan
Hardesty emerged, alert and
obviously in charge.
He waited a moment for
Brig. Generals Kermit Guthrie
and Dan Edwards to appear,
and the. three marched,-briskly-
to the stand, surrounded by a
swarm of eager attendants.
Everyone remained rigidly
at attention as the 30th Divi
sion band played the national
anthem, and the command
“Present Arms!” echoed down
the rows of troops.
Citation Read
The 30th Infantry Division,
North Carolina National
Guard, awards ceremony con
tinued as a major stepped up
to the microphone and mono
toned the citation to Moore
County’s Company C, Second
Medium Tank Battalion,
252nd Armor:
“The purpose of the Draper
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Moore County Democrats
will choose Saturday their
candidates for a State Senate
position and for District 4
county commissioner, in a
second primary run-off for
which observers predict a
light vote.
Polling places will be open
from 6:30 am to 6:30 pm in
the county’s 19 precinct poll
ing places.
J. F. (Jeff) Allen 'of Biscoe
is running against Jennings
King of Laurinburg for the
Senatorial nomination, con
cluding what has reportedly
been one of the most expensive
campaigns in the state this
year.
In the first primary King
ran second, with Allen 990
votes behind. Voit Gilmore of
Southern Pines ran first and
was re-elected to one of the
two Senate seats accorded the
new 19th district, composed
of Davidson, Moore, Mont
gomery, Richmond and Scot
land (bounties.
On the county scene, incum
bent county commissioner J.
M. Pleasants 'of Southern Pines
will challenge Dr. Russell Tate
of Vass in a bout for the
District 4 seat. A three-way
race in the first primary May
28 ended with Tate leading
by 193 votes over Pleasants,
and Mrs. Arthealia Hollister,
the third candidate, receiving
823. Mrs. Hollister is also from
Southern Pines.
While candidates file for
commissioner seats from five
individual districts, voting on
them in county-wide.
The winner of the Demo
cratic commissioner nomina
tion Saturday will face Robert
S. Ewing of Southern Pines,
Republican District 4 candi
date, in the November elec
tion.
In the first primary incum
bent commissioner W. Lynn
Martin of Eagle Springs re
tained his District seat over
challenger J. Frank McCaskill.
Unopposed were J. M. Cur
rie of Carthage, Wiley Purvis
of Robbins, RFD and W. Sid
ney Taylor of Aberdeen.
Slightly m'ore than 4,300
Moore County votes were cast
in the first primary, some
1,500 less than two years ago
when Aberdeen’s H. Clifton
Blue ran for lieutenant gover
nor. Experienced 'observers
say they will be surprised if
more than 3,000 come out to
vote Saturday.
The Candidates
For State Senator, 19th District
J. F. (JEFF) ALLEN
J. F. (Jeff) Allen of Biscoe
is president of Allen Construc
tion Company and administra
tor of Montgomery Nursing
Home. An elder in the Star
Presbyterian Church,, he is
clerk of the Session and has
been Sunday School superin
tendent for 14 years.
He is past master of Biscoe
Masonic Lodge, member of the
Scottish Rites Bodies, Oasis
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JENNINGS G. KING
Jennings G. King, a Laurin-
I burg lawyer for over 35 years,
I is a graduate ■of Duke Univer
sity and the Duke University
Law School.
A practicing attorney, he
served in the North Carolina
House of Representatives in
1936, and as state senator in
1961 and 1965. He is chairman
of the Senate Committee on
Interstate and Federal Rela-
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For County Commissioner, District 4
J. M. PLEASANTS DR. RUSSELL TATE
Incumbent County Commis
sioner James M. Pleasants has
served on the commission for
16 years. He was first elected
in 1950 to become Southern
Pines’s first representative on
the board in 30 years.
Since that time he has held
several offices in the North
Carolina Association of Coun
ty Commissioners, and in 1956-
57 served as president of the
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Dr. Russell Tate, a veteri
narian, is serving his second
term as a member of the Vass
town board of commissioners
and is mayor pro tern there.
He is a native of Blowing
Rock and graduated from high
school at Hendersonville. Part
of his boyhood was spent in
Pinehurst with his uncle and
aunt, the late Mr. and Mrs.
Lloyd M. Tate, and he attend-
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TO PLAN EVENT
Final plans will be made to
night for the annual Little
League chicken fry benefit to
be held this year at the Elks
Club, director Jim Reid said
today. Watch The Pilot for the
date and time.
Members Of National
Guard Company Listed
Members of the local National
Guard Company, which draws
its personnel from over the
county, are:
Caplain
Ralph L. Horner.
First Lieutenant
Fred L. McKenzie.
Second Lieutenant
George T. Paris.
First Sergeant
Ralph B. Martin, Jr.
Platoon Sgt. & Master Sgt.
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COMMANDING OFFICER—Captain Ralph Horner, com
manding officer of the Moore County unit, is shown with
the Armor Leadership Award his men received Friday in
Fort Bragg ceremonies. This makes the third time the lo
cal unit has received the award for the best armor unit in
the 30th National Guard Division of more than 12,000
troops. Captain Horner retires this year after more than
20 years in the armed forces. (Humphrey photo)
WORK TO BEGIN
OPTIONAL PROGRAM
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Gifts Assure
Surfacing For
Tennis Courts
A total of $2,363.37 had been
received by this week in do
nations from individuals and
businesses toward the hard-
surfacing of three 'of the town
tennis courts, for which a cam
paign has been conducted for
the past month by the Sand
hills Tennis Association.
With several more gifts in
prospect and $3,000 in town
recreation funds, a contract
for $8,100 for the three courts
is expected to be signed this
week, said Dick Kobleur, STA
president.
The current town budget
and also the 1966-67 budget
just adopted, effective July 1,
both include $1,500 toward the
work, as the courts are used
in the town recreation pro
gram and also by the schools.
The STA undertook to match
the funds and even to 'over-
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SPiDER WEB—Steel framework is com
pleted on a new ballroom addition to the
Carolina Hotel in Pinehurst. Here workmen
are shown as they prepare to remove the
center beam, used only during initial con
struction. The 96-foot wide structure will
be supported completely by the exterior
walls. (Humphrey photo)
Registration
Of Pre-School
Classes Slated
Registration of pre-school
children whose parents want
them to attend the “summer
readiness program” of the
Southern Pines school system
will take place July 7 and 8,
from 9 am to 12 noon, Supt. J.
W. Jenkins has announced.
Registration will be in the
library of the East Southern
Pines Elementary School, for
children of both East and
West Southern Pines. All class
es, which will begin July 11
and run through August 19,
will be held in the same school
building, 8:30 am to 12:30 pm.
Eligible to attend are chil-
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‘Cherokee Trail’
Exercise Active
In Moore County
The Friendly Forces pres
ently camped in Moore County
—taking part in the Cherokee
Trail IX Army field training
exercise— are going all out to
win the good will of the peo
ple—this is necessary in the
type of war they are having
to fight today, leaders told a
rep'orter visiting their head
quarters at Carthage this
week.
It’s guerrilla-type warfare
and almost anybody might be
the enemy, or a spy. Fortunate
ly, said Lieutenant McGaugh-
ey of the Special Forces Psy
chological Operations (“Psy-
ops”), they have received won
derful cooperation from local
leadership and many indivi
duals.
“It’s really surprising how
many people call and tell us
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Qualifying Set
For 25tlv Miuofe
Golf Tournament
The Moore County Golf As
sociation has set the dates of
June 25 through July 3 , for
play of the qualifying round
for entries in the 25th anni
versary Moore County Golf
Tournament.
The tournarnent, held on one
of three courses in' the county
each year, will be played at
Pinehurst Country Club this
year, followed by play at
Whispering Pines - in 1967 and
at S'outhern Pines Country
Club in 1968.
All residents of Moore
County and non-residents
with membership at any Moore
Golf Club are invited to par
ticipate. Entry fee will be $5.
Engraved silver prizes will be
awarded for the winner and
runner-up in each flight and
each consolation flight winner.
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Public Hearing
Set July 12 .On
business Taxes
A public hearing will be
held ajt the next regular meet
ing of the Town Council, July
12, on the ad'option of an or
dinance establishing a uniform
business license taxation for
businesses operating in the
municipal limits.
“As it stands now,” said
Town Manager F. F. Rainey,
“Some businesses are taxed
and ■others are not. It isn’t fair
to burden ' some while others
pay nothing, so this will make
our policy uniform.
“Southern Pines is one of
the few towns its size which
does not have such a plan,” he
noted. Rainey said the tax
•would bring about $5,000 in
additional revenue to the, town
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'BICYCLE RODEO'
The town park will be the
scene of a “Bicycle Rodeo”
this Friday at 10 am, recrea
tion program director Bill
Scott said today. Children of
all ages are urged to bring
their bikes and compete for
prizes in an obstacle course
and races
MOORE COUNTY OFFICIAL HONORED
State Registers Of Deeds Elect
Mrs. Audrey McCaskill President
BIG CAROLINA FACILITY DESCRIBED
Addition To Hotel Progressing
The 22,000-square-foot ball
room addition to Pinehurst’s
Carolina Hotel is well on its
way to a September 1 comple
tion date, with erection of
structural steel, floor and roof
deck finished.
The hexagonal building of
rigid-frame steel construction
will also house facilities for 75
to 90 exhibits, in order to ac
commodate convention needs,
and will be attached to the
east wing and , existing ball
room of the hotel.
The 6,000-square-foot new
ballroom will serve both as a
lecture and meeting hall and
for dancing. There will be no
supports in the 96-foot span of
the room except the outside
walls. A center support, erect
ed during construction was
scheduled to come out this
week, according to John F.
Faulk of Austin and Faulk, Ar-
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Library Siory Hour
Conducted Tuesdays
Members of the Junior 'Wo
man’s Club are conducting a
story hour, open to all chil
dren from kindergarten
through third grade ages, at
the Southern Pines Library
from 10:30 to 11:30 each Tues
day morning. The program be
gan yesterday and will run
through August 23.
Stories are told to the chil
dren and they also draw, look
at books and tell stories them
selves. The first session Tues
day was well attended.
OPEN HOUSE SET
AT CAMP EASTER
Open House will be held
,at Camp Easter in the
Pines, the camp for handi
capped children and
adults, just north of South
ern Pines, Sunday from. 2
to 4 pm. The camp open
ed ],ast Sunday.
Visitors are invited to
see camp activities, tour
the facilities and hgve re
freshments in the big
lodge building.
Sunday's program will
be the only time during
the camping season when
the public will be invited
to visit, said Mrs. Mark
Liddell, coordinator and
director.
Mrs. Audrey McCaskill,
Moore County register of
deeds, was elected president
of the N. C. Association of Reg
isters of Deeds in annual con
vention at Wrightsville Beach
last week.
She was elevated to the of
fice from the first vice-presi
dency, and previously had
served as treasurer of the or
ganization.
It appeared that neighbor
ing Lee County would provide
the next president of the as-
sociatren, as J. Chandler
Eakes, register in Lee, was
elected first vice president.
The four-day convention
was highlighted with speeches
and discussion of matters of
statewide interest, with the
Uniform Commercial Code
which will go into statewide
effect July 1, 1967, as a major
topic.
Thad Eure, Secretary of
State, spoke on “Procedures
and Forms of the Uniform
Commercial C'ode,” a new
method of recording financial
transactions involving person
al property, already in effect
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Heatons Now In
Pinehurst Home
The Surgeon General of the
Army, Lt. Gen. Leonard D.
Heaton, and his wife moved
into their place on Linden
Road, Pinehurst, on Saturday.
Their recently acquired pro
perty was the former home of
the late Gen. George C. Mar
shall and Mrs. Marshall.
Mrs. Heaton plans to be in
Pinehurst about 10 days before
returning to Washington, D. C.
General Heaton returned to
Washington Sunday to attend
the opening of the Walter
Reed Institute of Nursing
when the first class of 95
young women arrived to be
gin training. Walter Reed and
the University ■of Maryland are
combining in this first Army
school of nursing for many
years.
General Heaton remains on
active duty, but he and Mrs.
Heaton expect to spend as
much time as possible in Pine
hurst, eventually making it
their permanent retirement
home.
MRS. AUDREY McCASKILL
in a nurhber of states and
adopted for North Carolina
by the 1965 General Assembly.
Mrs. McCaskill appointed a
committee to work with Eure
on disseminating information
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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 15 87 67
June 16 88 63
June 17 86 64
June 18 78 63
June 19 74 60
June 20 82 55
June 21 87 54