Why
don’t power companies put their
wires underground? Is anything
being done about it? Front,
Section 3.
Will
U Thant take a second term as
secretary-general of the UN?
James Boyd reports on Page 6,
Section 2.
VOL.—46 NO. 33
WIFE, CHILDREN LIVE HERE
TWENTY-FOUR PAGES
SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 1966
TWENTY-FOUR PAGES
PRICE: 10 CENTS
Vietnam Wounds Fatal
For Sergeant Edwards
S-SGT C. M. EDWARDS
AT ROBBINS
Vanore Robbery
Loss Estimated
Over $20,000
Robbins police are investi
gating a robbery of Saturday
night in which thieves broke
into the home of Dr. and Mrs.
A. A. Vanore, removed and
pried open a small safe con
cealed in a cabinet table and
stole about $11,000 in cash, a
valuable collection of unusual
coins and currency, stocks,
bonds and other valuable
papers and several thousand
dollars’ worth of jewelry.
Mystery surrounds the theft,
as the Vanores'said only mem
bers of the immediate family
knew the safe was there and
Mrs. Bertha Hatley, their
cook, who has lived with them
for 21 years, said she had nev
er told anyone of it.
Police Chief D. B. Cranford,
estimating the loss as “well
over $20,000,” said any esti
mate would be only tentative
(Continued on Page 8)
Staff Sgt. Charles Milton
Edwards of 470 Midland Road,
wounded Friday in combat in
Vietnam, died the next day at
the Eighth Air Force Hospital
at Clark AFB, near Manila. He
would have been 26 years old
August 8. He had arrived in
Vietnam May 24.
His wife, Mrs. Shirley War
ren Edwards, received a tele
gram Saturday notifying her
of his wounding, and on Sun
day personal emissaries came
from Fort Bragg to tell her of
his death.
They are the parents of two
little girls, Stephanie Jean,
aged three, and Lisa Cheryl,
two. Mrs. Edwards also has
two sons by a previous mar
riage, to whom, she said, her
husband was a “real daddy.”
They are Michael Allen Layel,
13, and Mark Steven Layel,
nine.
Sgt. Edwards was a native
of Clarendon, Ark, and a grad
uate of Clarendon High
School, where he was an All-
State football player for three
years. He received offers of 11
(Continued on Page 8)
Allen Nominated For Senate,
Tate For Commissioner Post
EYES ON NOVEMBER—While Moore
County Democrats were voting in their
second primary Saturday, Republicans of
the area rallied near Eagle Springs, warm
ing up for the November elections when
they will challenge Democratic candidates
at the polls. Flanked by county commis
sioner candidates Bob Ewing (left) and
Floyd' Cole (right) are Congressional Candi
date Jim Gardner (second from left) and
C. Coolidge Thompson who seeks the
State House of Representatives seat for
this county. They are standing by Gard
ner’s big campaign bus which displays a
giant picture of him on its side.
(Photo courtesy of The Moore County News)
AT OUTDOOR POLITICAL RALLY
Republicans Greet Candidates
Moore County voters, com
ing out Saturday nearly as
sti'ongly for the Democratic
second primary as for the
first, handed victory to the
challenger in both runoffs.
Dr. Russell J. Tate of Vass
won the nomination for the
District 4 commissioner seat
over incumbent J. M. Pleas
ants of Southern Pines by an
unofficial 1,993 to 1,421.
And in the State Senatorial
nomination contest J. F. (Jeff)
Allen of Biscoe polled 2,259
votes, in Moore County, to an
even 1,000 for incumbent Sen.
Jennings King of Laurinburg.
Allen was also the district
wide winner.
Dr. Tate, a veterinarian who
had led Pleasants 1,830 to 1,-
637 in the first primary,
stretched his lead from 193 to
572 votes. He captured 12 out
of the 19 precincts, with his
home precinct giving him
nearly sohd support—329 to
19, while Pleasants won all
three precincts of his home
(Continued on Page 8)
POSTHUMOUSLY
Marosites Is
Honored With
Bronze Star
Posthumous award of the
Bronze Star Medal with “V”
Device has been made to
Specialist 4 Bruce L. Maro
sites, for heroism in the Viet
nam combat action that took
his life on February 28.
The Army decoration was
delivered to his widow, Mrs.
Louise Spangler Marosites of
Pinehurst, by an officer from
Fort Bragg. She had previous
ly received from the Army
the Purple Heart Medal for
wounds received by her hus
band in action.
Specialist 4 Marosites — a
native of Michigan who - had
(Continued on Page 6)
Two hundred adults and 68
children ate barbecued chick
en, heard political speeches
and enjoyed music at an old-
fashioned, county-wide rally
staged Saturday by the Moore
County Republican organ
ization.
The Arthur Williams pond
near Eagle Springs was the
scene 'of the outdoor festivi
ties, attended by Republican
Congressional candidate Jim
Gardner of Rocky Mount, US
Senate candidate John Shall-
cross of Smithfield, State Sen-
PROCTOR-SILEX APPEALING DECISION
NLRB Sets Aside Union Election
At Local Plant, Orders New Vote
In a decision and order-is—f and-ordered that a new eiec-
'sued last week in Washinb-
ton, the National Labor Re
lations Board set aside the re
sults of a union election held
AUTHORITY TO HEAR DELEGATION
Petition Protests Site Of Public
Housing; Pierce, Director, Resigns
complaints with a small dele
gation chosen to represent the
group, in the municipal build
ing Thursday night.
The petition stated that the
persons signing it believe that
the construction of the project
buildings at the East Southern
Pines site “would tend to dim
inish property values and up-
(Continued on Page 8)
ti'on be held.
The action was taken, the
NLRB said, because both the
company and the Southern
by employees of the Proctor- j Pines Industrial Committee
Silex Corporation electric iron I had engaged in unfair labor
plant here on August 25, 1964, practices prior to the election.
In addition, Proctor-Silex
was ordered to reinstate five
employees the Board said the
company had fired for their
! union activity, using some
I other pretext at the time. The
I company is required to post in
its plant a notice that it will
not discourage activity on be
half of the union, will not
threaten loss of jobs or 'other
reprisals for union activity,
(Continued on Page 8)
A petition signed by more
than 90 persons was presented
Saturday to E. Earl Hubbard,
chairman of the Southern
Pines Housing Auth’ority, pro
testing the proposed location of
40 of the Authority’s author
ized 100 low-rent public hous
ing units at the East Southern
Pines site which has been chos
en.
On Wednesday of last week,
Gai'land Pierce, executive di
rector for the Authority, sub
mitted his resignation, effec
tive July 15 (letter quoted
below).
The chairman this week
scheduled a private hearing—
with stenographer, attorney
and the project architect pres
ent—t'o discuss the petitioners’
Blood Program
To Start Year
Short Of Goal
The Moore County Blood
Program, which is operated by
the Mo’ore County Chapter of
the American Red Cross, nears
the end of its administrative
year, June 30, about 200 pints
short of its goal, Col. John
Dibb of Southern Pines, pro
gram chairman, said this week
The goal, he explained, is to
collect in the county, over a
year, as much blood as patients
in the county’s two hospitals
use during that year.
The chairman said he is
writing letters to mayors 'of
the county’s towns and to the
county commissioners, appeal
ing for support of the program
and the formation in each com
munity of a blood program
promotion committee com
posed of representatives of in
dustrial, business, civic club
and church groups.
In connection with this ef
fort, he said, Leo F. Walsh, Jr.,
is serving as assistant chair
man for the county, represen
ting the Jaycees who have
(Continued on Page 5 Sec. S'*
TAX RATE TO
BE INCREASED
The county commission
ers will meet at Carthage
jat 10 am Thursday, for
a session adjourned from a
special meeting Tuesday
afternoon, to take final
action on the 1966-67 coun
ty budget which goes into
effect Friday.
It was concluded Tues
day that an incre.ase in the
present tax rate of $1.05
per $100 of property valu
ation must be made if the
county is to meet neces
sary obligations.
How much the increase
will be—5, 10 and 20 cents
were all discussed—will be
decided Thursd.ay.
ate candidate Trosper N.
Combs of Laurinburg, M'oore
County Commissioner candi
dates Bob Ewing of Southern
Pines and Floyd Cole of West
End and State House candi
date C. C. Thompson of Pine-
bluff.
Gardner arrived in a red-
white-and-blue campaign bus,
accompanied by his staff, and
was met by an enthusiastic
crowd of supporters. In No
vember, he faces incumbent
Harold Cooley 'of Nashville,
whom he narrowly missed de
feating in 1964. ShallcrQss
seeks the US Senate seat held
by Sen. B. Everett Jordan,
Democrat.
The other Republican State
Senatorial candidate in the
19th District, James R. Tus-
(Continued on Page 8)
ON MEDICARE
St. Joseph’s
Clear; Moore
Soon Will Be
Both hospitals in Moore
County expect to be ready for
the start of Medicare Friday,
with full clearance on their
compliance with Title 171 of
the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Under Title VI, discrimina
tion of any kind on the basis of
race, creed or color is banned
if the hospital is to participate
in any federal financial pro
gram, including Medicare—
government payment of hospi
tal expenses for the elderly.
Sister M. Virginia, admin-
(Continued on Page 8)
TIED FOR LEAD
Four games into the second
half, the Cardinals and D'odg-
ers are tied for first place in
the Southern Pines Little
League with records of 3-1.
The Pirates are in third place
j with one win and three losses,
j and the Braves follow up at
0-4.
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Monday Will Be
General Holiday
Monday, July 4, will mark
a general holiday throughout
this area. Town offices will be
closed, as well as ABC stores
and most local businesses.
Processing of mail will con
tinue in the Post Office, but
office windows will not be
open and there will be no
home delivery.
At Carthage, M'oore County
Recorder’s Court, usually held
on Monday, is scheduled for
Tuesday, July 5, as is the reg
ular meeting of the board of
county commissioners.
The Pilot offices will be
closed on Monday.
%
JENKINS MAKES
SCHOOL PROPOSAL
In an article on the edi
torial p,age of today's Pilot
(page 2), James W. Jen
kins, superintendent of
Southern Pines schoolst
proposes that North Caro
lina's school term be ex
tended to 10 months and
that public school teachers
receive their monthl|y s,al-
aries for 12 months each
year.
The superintendent tells
why he feels these changes
^re essential and says’ the
people of the state must
and can find a way to pro
vide the extra cost.
He invites comments on
his recommendation.
DR. RUSSELL TATE
J. F. (JEFF) ALLEN
Compleie Moore Co. Results (Unofficial)
Democratic Second Primary, June 25, 1966
STATE
SENATORIAL
Co, COMMIS
SIONER
Allen
King
Pleasants
Tate
Aberdeen
259
121
196
187
Bensalem
84
21
39
64
Cameron
87
78
35
150
E. Carthage
136
48
99
92
'W. Carthage
263
109
184
198
Deep River
56
3
21
41
Eureka
45
26
8
63
Highfalls
78
3
52
47
Little River
28
33
9
59
Pinebluff
67
30
51
49
Pinedene
88
51
84
60
Pinehurst
151
56
76
137
Ritters
39
19
18
43
Robbins
117
13
34
96
N. Sou. Pines
214
152
236
143
S. Sou. Pines
118
89
142
73
“Vass
221
77
19
329
'West End
173
51
109
115
Westmoore
35
' 20
9
47
TOTAL
2259
1000
1421
1993
DAY AND NIGHT ON JULY 4
Thousands Expected, Many Events
Planned At Aberdeen Celebration
With a crack military band
leading the parade, with sky-
divers hitting the silk, with
salutes from military planes,
with addresses by top govern
ment officials, with $10 on top
of the greasy pole and a dozen
or more other contests, with a
30-minute display of fire
works, a beauty contest and a
street dance on tap, Aberdeen’s
July Fourth Celebration is ex
pected to attract thousands of
residents and visitors, says H.
Clifton Blue, general chairman
for the festivities. Full prep
arations are being made, he
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CAMP EASTER — W. E. Samuels, Jr.. W. P. Davis BLEACHERS — Forsyfh. Dr. Sfarnes. Supt. Jenkins NURSE TRAINING — Dr. Stone and Chris Shamburger
Passing The Bucks: It Was A Big Week For Fund-Raising In Sandhills
Presentations of checks
for civic and public service
projects have been in the
news spotlight lately in •
Southern Pines.
In photo at left, W. E.
Samuels, Jr., left, presi
dent of the Moore County
Chapter of the North Car
olina Society for Crippled
Children and Adults,
hands to William P. Davis,
chairman ■of the Camp
Committee of Camp Easter
in the Pines, a check from
the chapter that brings to
$4,000 the total given to
the camp by the chapter
since the camp opened in
1964. The funds came from
the chapter’s annual East
er Seal campaign. In the
background is a portion of
one of four new cabins
(each accommodating
eight campers) opened this
summer at the facility
which is owned by the NC
Society and which is now
in operation.
The three smiling local
men in the center photo
reflect the wide support
given to a project enjoyed
by hundreds of persons
who contributed to it. Len
nox (Slim) Forsyth, left,
and Dr. Boyd Starnes, cen
ter, co-chairmen of the
May 7 exhibition baseball
game and chicken supper
to raise funds for purchase
of additional spectator
bleachers at Memorial
Field, are presenting to
Supt. J. W. Jenkins of
Southern Pines Schools a
check for $765.58, repre
senting net proceeds of
the two events sponsored
by Southern Pines Elks
Lodge 1692. The co-chair
men expressed apprecia
tion to all who attended
the events and to those
who had helped in any
way to make them a suc
cess. The new seats will
be purchased through the
schools, as school football,
baseball and track teams
regularly use the field.
In the photo on right, J.
P. (Chris) Shamburger,
right, president of the
Sandhills Veterans Asso
ciation, presents a check
for $3,000 to Dr. Raymond
A. Stone, president of
Sandhills Community Col
lege. The money was rais
ed by the veterans in their
20th annual drive to pro
vide nurse training schol
arships for Moore County
girls. It will be used to aid
students in the Sandhills
College nurses education
program which starts this
fall on the campus. De
tails appear in a news
story. (All photos by
Humphrey)
noted.
First event of the day on
Monday will be the parade led
by a military band from Shaw
Air Force Base, which will be
gin at 10:30 am at Bethesda
Presbyterian Church and end
at Aberdeen Lake.
Next at 11:45, will come the
airplane salute by F-102 Del
ta Daggers from South Caro
lina, followed by sky-divers.
At 12 noon the formal pro
gram will take place with
Mayor Jack M. Taylor wel
coming the crowd, followed
(Continued on Page 8)
Safety Record
Made At Plant
It was a long time coming,
but the Gulistan Carpet plant
of J. P. Stevens & Co., Inc., at
Aberdeen, has set a new plant
record for safety.
At 1:30 pm Tuesday, June
28, the plant reached 1,000.000
man hours since the last lost
time accident.
It was November 10, 1965,
when plant personnel had to
begin all over again because
of a lost time accident occur
ring in the warehouse depart
ment.
J. Cecil Beith, plant mana
ger and chairman of the safety
program, issued a statement
congratulating the employees
for setting the new record.
Personnel Manager Ben
Price said that each employee
will be presented a set of
Stevens towels in celebration
of the event. Employees start
ed making their selection from
samples the minute the 1,000,-
000-hours mark was reached.
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 22
89
59
June 23
90
60
June 24
93
65
June 25
95
67
June 26
92
66
June 27
92
66
June 28
92
67