The new
bombings in North Vietnam have
a profound effect on the United
Nations, James Boyd reports.
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A native
of Southern Pines has attained
prominence in the Connecticut
city where he now lives. Page 1,
Section 3.
VOL.—46 NO. 34
EIGHTEEN PAGES
SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 1966
EIGHTEEN PAGES
PRICE: 10 CENItS
Housing Group Studies
Complaints About Site
The Southern Pines Housing
Authority has taken under ad
visement protests made at a
hearing last Thursday night
on one of its tentative housing
sites, but has taken no action,
pending a study of a tran
script of the hearing and a
visit here within a few days
by a representative of the fed-
FULL COMPLIANCE
Medicare Start
No Problem To
Area Hospitals
The start of Medicare Fri
day brought little change in
either Moore Memorial or St.
Joseph’s Hospitals.
Only five patients eritered
under the program at the Pine-
hurst hospital, and only one
was admitted at Southern
Pines, although there were
eight already in the hospital
who qualified for the benefits.
Both local hospitals were
authorized to start Medicare
Friday, complying fully with
Title IV of the 1964 Civil
Rights Act.
Moore Memorial Administra
tor Duncan L. McGoogan said
he expected no great influx of
elderly patients. “We have few
if any more people over 65
today than we did yesterday.
“I don’t expect any over
crowding here,” he said, “es
pecially since July is our next-
t’o-lightest month of the year.”
He urged Medicare patients
to bring their “Health Insur
ance” identification card. “This
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eral Department of Housing
and Urban Development, from
the Atlanta, Ga., regional of
fice, for consultation.
The Authority’s regular
monthly meeting date is Mon
day of next week and the five-
member group expects to
“give full consideration to all
pertinent factors relating to
site locations” at that time,
said’ Garland A. Pierce, the
Authority’s executive direc
tor. The Atlanta representa
tive is expected to make his
visit before the meeting, to
consult with the Authority on
site problems.
At a special meeting that
followed last week’s hearing,
the Authority declined to ac
cept Pierce’s resignation which
he had tendered June 22, to be
come effective July 15. Action
on the resignation was tabled
to the Authority’s August
meeting and Pierce said he
had agreed to continue in the
post into August.
In his letter of resignation.
Pierce said he felt that “fur
ther personal endeavors on my
part will not result in the early
fruition of an acceptible low-
rent housing program.”
At the special meeting last
week, the Authority decided
to reexamine the present pro
posed site locations for the
housing, to determine whether
any change or modification of
the plans for the sites would
be desirable. Pierce told The
Pilot this week.
The East Southern Pines
site on which protests were
made last week—by petitions
and by a large delegation ap
pearing at the Thursday night
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IN LITTLE RIVER TOWNSHIP
Housewife, 33, Sends 3 Children
Out Of Room, Then Kills Herself
A 33-year-'old housewife,
Mrs. Harriet Beatrice Gilmore,
took her life with a 16-gauge
shotgun about 9 p.m. Sunday
at her home on Cameron,
Route 1, in Little River Town
ship, aeording to Moore Coun
ty Coroner W. K. Carpenter.
Debra Jane Gilmore, aged
UNDERGROUND
WIRES COMING?
Public pressure and low
ering of costs are keys to
putting wires of utility
companies underground—
and the future is likely to
bring changes. The third
in a series of Pilot .articles
on overhead wires), trees
and related problems ap
pears on Page 1, Section 3.
nine, told Carpenter her
mother sent her and her two
little sisters from her bed
room, telling them to “go into
the living-room, sit down and
be quiet.” The little girl hold
ing six-months-old Mary Anna,
and Harriet Lee, two and a
half, obeyed. A few minutes
later they heard the shotgun
blast and Debra Jane put the
baby down and ran into the
bedroom, where she found her
mother dying, the coroner was
told.
The little girl then ran a
quarter of a mile to a neigh
bors’ house to telephone for
help. The Vass Rescue Unit
ambulance took Mrs. Gilmore
to Moore Memorial Hospital,
where she died soon after ad-
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“OUTSTANDING” FLOAT—Taking the
trophy for the “outstanding” float in the
parade of the Aberdeen July Fourth Cele
bration was this big ship replica, manned
by a “crew” of pretty girls and entered by
the Aberdeen Merchants Association.
Named' the “best” float in the parade was
the entry of Carolina Power & Light Co.
And the 1913 apparatus displayed by the
Pinehurst Fire Department was judged the
“most unusual.” (V. Nicholson photo)
Second Annual July Fourth Celebration
Crowds Enjoy Aberdeen Events
Fun and frolic, hot dogs and
hamburgers, sunshine and
speeches, pretty girls and
parachutes, flags and floats in
patriotic colors—they all add
ed up to a great big Second
Annual July Fourth Celebra
tion at Aberdeen.
Crowds lined the sidewalks
for the morning parade and
played in the park all after
noon, while cars choked the
streets and filled all parking
spaces.
One officer aiding with traf
fic estimated the noontime
crowd at more than 5,000, with
more coming all the time—and
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PATRIOTIC THEMES
Scott, Lang
Speak During
Celebration
Lt. Gov. Robert W. Scott
told a holiday crowd at Aber
deen Monday that it was “the
rebels and the squares who
discovered, put together,
fought for and saved this
country.” And John A. Lang,
Jr., of Washington, D. C., ad
ministrative assistant to the
Secretary of the Air Force,
noted that it is the “free-load-
ers” who want to enjoy the
benefits of freedum while de
clining to pay the cost who
give the greatest aid and com
fort to Hanoi and Peking.
Scott and Lang were noon-
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Budget Exceeds $2 Million^
Tax Rate Upped By 20 Cents
The Moore County commis
sioners, in their regular meet
ing Tuesday, adopted a tenta
tive budget for 1966-67 which
for the first time pushed past
the $2 million mark and neces
sitated a 20-cent increase in
the tax rate.
They had determined at a
special session last Thursday
that, hack away at the budget
as they might, they could no
longer hold the line on the
$1.05 tax rate in effect for the
past three years.
The final figure of $2,018,
910, based on the new rate of
$1.25, also reflects a boost in
net property valuation to $98,-
500,000—up $500,000 from last
EAGLE SPRINGS TO BE LEFT OUT
Commissioners Hear Full Plans
For Toll-Free Telephone Service
The Moore County commiS'
sioners Tuesday heard with
pleasure a progress report on
Extended Area Service, which
will go into effect in Moore at
12:01 a.m. Sunday, October 30.
Their pleasure was dampen
ed somewhat by learning that
Eagle Springs will be left out.
This made Commissioner W. L.
Martin, a resident of that
community, particularly un
happy, and he and his col
leagues queried closely the
reasons why.
Robert C. Bishop of the
United Telephone Co. of the
Carolinas explained that the
toll-free service is being set
up by exchanges, rather than
communities, through coopera
tion of and at considerable ex
pense by United and four
other telephone companies
WINS CROWN—Gail Gschwind, center above, won her
title and crown Monday night in the pageant climaxing
Aterdeen’s July Fourth celebration. The daughter of Mr.
ano Mrs. T. C. Gschwind, she is a rising sophomore at St.
Mary’s Junior College. At left is Judy Bailey of Vass, first
runner-up, and right, Jean Harrington of Aberdeen, second
runner-up. (V. Nicholson photo)
PRETTY GIRLS, POLITICS MIX WELL
Gail Gschwind Is ‘Miss Aberdeen’;
Cooley, Gardner Speak To Crowd
Pretty girls and politics are
an unbeatable combination for
interest and excitement, and
that’s what was served up to a
festive crowd of 1,000 in the
Aberdeen school auditorium
M'onday night.
The beauty pageant climax
ing Aberdeen’s July Fourth
celebration had been driven
indoors by a sudden shower.
I With Walter DeLong, pageant
I chairman, as emcee, 15 Sand-
j hills girls paraded in evening
I gowns on the stage.
I While the judges delibera
ted, General Chairman H.
Clifton Blue—who had said
earlier, “Politics and govern
ment are an integral part of
this day”—took the helm to
present, first, David Drexel,
Moore County Republican
chairman, then J. Elvin Jack-
son, Moore County Demo
cratic chairman.
Candidates Introduced
Each introduced his party’s
candidate for Fourth District
Congressman — both of them
arriving from 'other July
Fourth events about the State.
Each spoke briefly and warm
ly in appreciation of the local
celebration and the principles
behind it.
Jim Gardner of Rockv
Mount, presented by Drexel as
“your next Congressman.”
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Collections Of
Blood Scheduled
Carthage, Here
A bloodmobile from the Red
Cross center in Charlotte will
visit Carthage and Southern
Pines on July 13 and 14.
The Rescue Squad Building
will be the site in Carthage
ion July 13, from 12 to 5:30
pm. In Southern Pines, the
mobile unit will be stationed
at St. Anthony’s Catholic
School from 11 am to 4:30 pm
on July 14.
The Charlotte Red Cross
center supplies Moore Memor
ial Hospital in Pinehurst and
St. Joseph’s Hospital in South
ern Pines with blood of all
types free of charge.
Col. John Dibb of Southern
Pines, Btood Program chair
man, said the county is 200
pints short of its goal for the
year. This means the two hos
pitals used 200 more pints
than have been donated.
A recent statement by the
chairman on the aims and
problems of the blood program
included:
“In past years it (the pro
gram) has fallen short in
blood collections as compared
with the blood used in our
Moore County hospitals. This
means that we have been re-
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operating in Moore.
West End and Eagle Springs,
six miles apart, are both serv
ed by Central Telephone Co.’s
exchange at Candor. While
Central is cooperating to the
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year.
A 16-page version of the es
timated budget, showing de
partmental expenses and rev
enue sources, has been filed
for public inspection in the
Register of Deeds’ office as
required by law, with final
adoption to be made after 20
days 'or by July 28. A detailed
summary of the budget esti
mate appears elsewhere in to
day’s Pilot.
It shows increased estima
ted expenditures in nearly ail
departments, with no one of
them pinpointed as the actual
cause of the total rise. Greater
needs and increased demand
for services by an increasing
population are responsible, it
was noted.
Schools: More Than Half
Schools account as usual for
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Supreme Court Says
School Vote Valid
The North Carolina Supreme Court today (Wed
nesday) handed down an opinion affirming the judg
ment of Judge Robert W. Gambill in Moore County
Superior Court last January and confirming the con
stitutionality of the General Assembly’s act under
which voters last year approved consolidation of the
county’s three school systems.
The high court over-ruled all objections and ex
ceptions of the plaintiffs—J. D. Hobbs of Southern
Pmes and Dr. J. C. Grier, Jr., of Pinehurst who had
filed a “taxpayers’ suit”.
The lengthy opinion was written by Justice 1.
Beverly Lake, with all other justices concurring.
The ruling means that consolidation of the Moore
County, Southern Pines and Pinehurst school sys
tems can proceed without legal hindrance. A site nas
been accjuired and plans are pending for a consoli
dated high school to serve the former Southern
Pines, Pinehurst, Aberdeen and West End school
districts, off Highway 15-^01-211, between Southern
Pines and the Pinehurst traffic circle. .
A consolidated board of education has been apl
pointed and is already serving, as authorized undef
the act.
BUSINESS TAX
HEARING SLATED
^ The Town Council will
meet in regular session
Tuesday, July 12, at 8 pm
in the town hall, at which
time a public he,aring will
be held on the adoption of
an ordinance establishing
uniform business license
taxation for business opee-
rating within the munici
pal limits.
The tax would bring
about $5,000 in addition,al
revenue to the town each
year and most businesses
would be affected.
Also on the docket is a
public hearing on a Be-
thesda RoadI tract zoning
change — to "Residential-
Agricultural" (which per
mits keeping horses) in
the mile-wide perimeter
"outside" area.
TOBACCO FIELD DAY
Moore County tobacco grow
ers who want to attend the an
nual Tobacco Field Day at the
Clayton Research Station are
asked' by F. D. Allen, coun<y
extension chairman, to meet
at the Agriculture Building in
Carthage at 7 am Friday, July
8. The Clayton event will run
from 9 am to noon.
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 29
93
69
June 30
91
67
July 1
89
70
July 2
86
68
July 3
89
65
July 4
95
68
July 5
89
66
KILLED IN VIETNAM
Service Held Today
For S-Sgt. Edwards
^Story Hour^ Held In Library Garden
Children gathering at the Southern Pines
Librai’y Tuesday morning for the weekly
“story hour” conducted by members of the
Junior Woman’s Club frorq 10:30 to 11:30
am are shown in the garden adjoining the
library’s art gallery, as Mrs. Phil McBride
reads to them. The fountain in the fore
ground, with statuary, adds to the charm
of the setting. Mrs. McBride and Mrs. Jo
seph H. Smith (not pictured) were the club
members in charge of the story hour this
week. Members take turns in supervising
the summer program which is open to all
boys and girls from kindergarten through
third grade ages. Children in the photo
(not identified in order) are: Lynn Griffin,
Gary Griffith, Allison Warlick, Dan Jordan,
Susan Jordan, Mike Hartsell, Steven Hart-
sell, Susan Hartsell, Patricia Coffey, Ron
ald Edge, Rosemary McCone, Nancy Shev-
lin, Hope Anderson, Angela Price, Ellen
Banahan, Nancy Mitchell, Susan Mitchell.
(Pilot photo)
A graveside service with
full military hon'ors was held
this (Wednesday) morning at
Mt. Hope cemetery for Staff
Sgt. Charles Milton Edwards,
25, who died of wounds receiv
ed in combat in South Viet
nam.
Officiating were the Rev.
John D. Stone, pastor of the
First Baptist Church, and Coi.
Richard Bell, a Fort Bragg
chaplain.
Sergeant Edwards, whose
wife is the former Shirley
Warren of Southern Pines, was
wounded in action June 24,
and died the following day
after being flown to the Eighth
Air Force Hospital at Clark
AFB, the Philippines.
The service and burial here
were preceded by a funeral
service held in his native com
munity of Clarendon, Ark.
He was a veteran of eight
and a half years in the Army,
the last five years stationed at
Fort Bragg, until he was sent
to Vietnam where he arrived
May 24. He also served in the
Dominican Republic for six
months in 1965.
At Fort Bragg he was with
Co. B of the 325th Infantry. In
Vietnam he was with the
Eighth Air Cavalry at Kun
Turn.
Surviving are his wife; two
daughters, Stephanie Jean and
Lisa Cheryl, and two stepsons,
Michael Allen Layel and Mark
Steven Layel, all of the home
at 470 Midland Road; his moth
er, Mrs. Willa Mae Thomas,
and father, Thomas Edwards,
both of Clarendon, Ark.; and
two brothers, Forrest Ed
wards, with the U.S. Army in
Germany, and Guilford Ed
wards, of Stockgarder., Ark.
Elks Send Boys To Camp In Mountains
Spending this week and next week at the
Elks Boys Camp near Hendersonville, in
the Western North Carolina mountains,' is
this group of youngsters photographed
Sunday morning, before leaving for the
camp, after Elks Lodge 1692 had given
them breakfast and box lunches for the
trip. Twenty-one of the boys are sponsored
by the local lodge and four by individual
members. All come from the area of the
lodge’s jurisdiction in Moore and neighbor
ing counties. Shown with the boys at the
Southern Pines Counti’y Club (Elks Club)
are some of their parents and Elks officials
and camp committeemen including, left to
right in background, Archie Barnes; Tom
Connolly, exalted ruler of the lodge;
George Thompson, chairman of the Boys
Camp Committee; Cecil Hutchinson, Len
nox (Slim) Forsyth, Bert Perham, Joe Mat
thews, Joe Garzik, Jerry A.shton, Jim Irvin,
Don Hurst and Gene Blackwelder.
(Humphrey phc+o)