Methods
of paying doctor bills under So
cial Security by persons 65 or
over are explained, Page 8, Sec
tion 2.
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Farm.
ponds can be dangerous. An ex
pert gives safety advice in an
article appearing on Page 6, Sec
tion 2.
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VOL.—46 NO. 37
TWENTY-TWO PAGES
SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 1966
TWENTY-TWO PAGES
PRICE: 10 CENTS
NEW EVIDENCE FOUND
Man Freed Last Week
'
Facing Murder Charge
The testimony of a 12-year-
old girl played a part Monday
in Moore recorder’s court at
Carthage in the finding of
probable cause against Doug
las Garner, 43, of Carthage,
Route 1, on a charge of mur
der.
Garner, held in Moore Coun
ty Jail since July 12, had been
ordered last week by Moore
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Child Killed
In Wreck Of
Pickup Truck
An 11-year-old' Negro child,
Barry Lee Johnson, was crush
ed to death Saturday night
near Cameron when he was
thrown from the open rear end
of a pickup truck that wrecked
and the full weight of the
truck fell on him.
His sister, Margaret Ellen
Johnson, 13, was thrown clear
but was seriously hurt. She is
at Moore Memorial Hospital
with a broken arm and leg,
and probable internal injuries.
State Trooper R. R. Samuels
said the truck was driven by
the children’s adoptive mother,
Amy Ronnie Small, 45, of
Cameron, Route 1. Mrs. Small
and her husband, Billy West
Small, 41, and two passengers,
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Tufts, Ward Get
Lieutenants’
Commissions
Governor Moore announced
Saturday the appointment of
56 second lieutenants in the
Ncwth Carolina Army National
Guard, among them Robert W.
Tufts of Pinehurst and Charles
D. Ward of Southern Pines,
both assigned to the local unit.
Company C, 2nd Battalion,
252d Armor.
The new lieutenants receiv
ed their gold bars at gradua
tion exercises at Fort Bragg,
the site of the North Carolina
Military Academy.
These new officers were
members of the Academy’s
Class No. 8, and were commis
sioned after completing a 13-
month officer candidate pro
gram at Fort Bragg. The first
class graduated in May, 1958.
The academic program of
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Coroner W. K. Carpenter to be
released, since. Carpenter said,
investigation had failed to pro
duce substantive evidence on
which to hold him in the
death of ElHs Garner, 41, (no
relation), of Robbins.
However, last Thursday it
was announced new evidence
had been found and Douglas
Garner—about to pay out af
ter his conviction in an old
breaking and entering case and
leave the jail—was served with
a murder warrant and returned
to his cell. He pleaded not
guilty at Monday’s preliminary
hearing.
Reba Murphy, 12-year-old
Negro, testified she was play
ing with several younger
children, including her sister,
Patricia, in the yard of their
home near Manly when a man
she identified as the defend
ant approached them and ask
ed to use the telephone.
The child quoted Garner as
saying, “I have killed a man
and want to call the police,”
also that if they let him use
the phone he would “buy them
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SHOT IN HEART
Coroner Defers
Ruling on Death
Of Clacy Maness
The Moore County Sheriff’s
department is investigating
the death of Clacy Lewis Man
ess, 23, of Robbins, Route 1,
who was found Monday even
ing shot through the heart on
the porch of a home on' NG
705, near Robbins.
The young woman occupant
of the home, Mrs, Swannie
Freeman Hicks, arrived there
about dusk with her mother,
Mrs. Mamie Freeman of West
End, to find the youth lying
dead on his back, with his legs
hanging off the edge or the
porch. A .22 revolver \vas ly
ing by his side.
Deputy Sheriff I. D. Marley,
investigating with Chief De
puty H. H. Grimm, said Man
ess had been dead for several
hours when found, and Coro
ner W. K. Carpenter gave his
opinion he could have been
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Contracts To Be Let Soon
For Country Club Building
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NO MORE MUD!—A black asphalt base
is being rolled onto the town courts, on
which a green composition surface will be
applied, making tennis an all-weather, all-
Public Housing Plan
On Cast Side Cased
The Southern Pines Housing"*"
Authority this week reaffirm
ed its decision not to abandon
or move a proposed site for
low-rent public housing units
in East Southern Pines, but
made public some modifica
tions in the plan, in view of
objections made by residents
of the area who asked that the
site not be used.
In another development of
the past week, William T.
Huntley, Jr., who had been a
member of the five-man local
Housing Authority since No
vember, 1965, submitted his
resignation.
Mayor Norris L. Hodgkins,
Jr., who appoints Authority
members, said today that he
has not yet named a successor
to fill the vacancy and ex
pressed hjs . aRpreci^Ltion,,Jon
Mr. Huntley’s services. He said
the letter of resignation “went
into no details” of why Mr.
Huntley left the board.
The members of the Author
ity are E. Earl Hubbard, chair
man; Lt. Col. Frank M. Smith,
vice chairman; the Rev. R.
Martin Caldwell and T. R.
Goins, with the new vacancy
to be filled. Garland A. Pierce
is the Authority’s executive di
rector, whose resignation ol a
lew weeks ago has been defer
red until the latter part of Au
gust.
Explaining modifications in
the plan for the East Side site,
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Boosters Will
Meet Wednesday
Members of the Blue Knights
Boosters Club will meet Wednes
day, August 3, at 6 pm for a
covered dish supper and organi
zational meeting at the picnic
grounds of Southern Pines Coun
try Club.
Nominees for officers during
the 1966-67 year are Dan Kruger,
president; Harry Chatfield, vice
president; Mrs. John Buchholz,
secretary, and Jerry Thompson,
treasurer. Other nominations
may be made.
The club is an organization of
adults interested in the athletic
program at East Southern Pines
High School. New members are
welcome and may join the club
at the supper meeting.
Humane Association Organization
Planned For Early In September
“A humane society is as
much for the betterment of
people as the protection of an
imals,” a national official told
a group of citizens interested
in forming such an organiza
tion to serve Moore County.
Burton M. Parks, vice presi
dent of the Humane Society of
the United States, with head
quarters in Washington, D. C.,
met Friday night with a num
ber of Moore County residents
at Duncraige Manor, the home
of Lt. Col. and Mrs. Leon Bak
er in Southern Pines, to answer
questions and assist them in
getting started on a local so
ciety.
“I am convinced that rever
ence for all life, animal as well
as human, is one of the keys
to universal peace,” he asser
ted. “Yet out of more than
3,000 counties in the United'
States, o.my 10 per cent have
humane societies
Asked about including the
aged and children in the socie
ty’s concerns, Mr. Parks urged
that this move be taken, and
those attending seemed in full
agreement.
Citizens present in addition
to Colonel and Mrs. Baker and
Mrs. Parks included Miss Bet
ty Dumaine and Mr. and Mrs.
Raymond North of Pinehurst,
Mayor Pro Tern Felto,n Capel,
Dr. J. E. Currie, Dr. and Mrs.
Michael G. Walsh, Jr., and Mrs.
Valerie Nicholson, all of
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FREE MOVIE
A free movie is scheduled
for youngsters by the town
recreation program Friday
morning, compliments of the
Sunrise Theater. Movie time is
10 am.
REALTORS AGREE
WITH AUTHORITY
Representatives of eight
of the nine member agen
cies of the Southern Pines
Board of Realtors, meet
ing last week to hear a de
tailed .account of recent
actions taken by the
Southern Pines Housing
Authority, voiced full
agreement with the Au
thority in its decision to
proceed with a modified
plan for its East Southern
Pines public housing site
(see adjoining story). No
formal resolution w,as
adopted.
Presenting the position
of the Authority was Lt.
Col. Frank M. Smith, vice
. chairman, whose Pines
Realty firm is a member
of the Board of Realtors.
Other firms represented
were the Hobbs, Causey,
Parks, Hartshorne, Resort,
Barnum and Liddell Asso
ciates agencies. Steed
Realty was, not repre
sented.
PAPER DRIVE ENDS
Hal Reaves, Jr., chairman of
the scrap paper drive conduct
ed over several months by
Southern Pines Jaycees for
benefit of their civic projects,
has announced that there will
be no more collections. He
thanked all who saved paper
and gave to the project.
year-round sport here. One court was com
pleted last summer and the ather three
are being surfaced now.
(V. Nicholson photo)
'^^Hard Surfacing
Being Placed On
3 Tennis Courts
Three courts on th,e town park
are receiving an all-weather, all
year-round surface under an
$8,100 contract, to be financed
through public subscription sup
plementing $3,000 budgeted last
year and this year by the Town.
All but $300 of the needed
amount is in hand, including gifts
from individuals, businesses,
civic organizations and also the
school, which uses the town
courts for its tennis program.
Several other contributions are
in prospect, said Norris L. Hodg
kins, Jr., but will probably not
make up the full amount needed,
so he asks that anyone interested
in helping this phase of the com
munity recreation program do so
now. Mayor Hodgkins is heading
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Homecoming Set
At Summer Hill
The annual homecoming at
Summer Hill Baptist Church near
Carthage will be held Siinday,
July 31. Following the morning
worship service there will be a
picnic on the church grounds.
The Rev. Egbert Craven of
Reidsville will be the guest
speaker for services on Friday,
July 29, at 7:30 pm, on Saturday
night, also at 7:30, and at both
the morning and evening worship
services on Sunday. All members
and friends of Summer Hill are
invited and are asked to bring
well-filled picnic baskets on Sun
day.
Contracts will be let within
the next two or three weeks
for the new Southern Pines
Country Club building, which
1' expected to be completed
within a year and, when furn
ished and equipped, will cost
up to $300,000.
E. J. Austin of Austin &
I Faulk, architects, said his firm
is working now with low bid
ders to scale down the total
of low bids from around $235,-
000 nearer to $200,000.
The bids were opened last
Thursday afternoon, with low
bidders as follows: general con
tract, L. P. Cox Co., Sanford;
AFTER SCHOOL CONSOLIDATION
Teachers Here, At Pinehurst Given
Assurance They’ll Keep Their Jobs
All qualified teachers of ' the
Southern Pines and Pinehurst
schools will keep their jobs, if
they wish to, following county-
wide consolidation, of these two
city systems and the county sys
tem, Robert E. Lee, county su
perintendent, stressed in a state
ment issued last week.
He said, “we not only want
them but we wiU" need every
single one of them, and we urge
that they stay on the job.”
Effective date of . the full con
solidation is July 1, 1967. The
county board of education al
ready includes representatives'of
the Southern Pines and Pinehurst
districts.
Supt. Lee has given this assur
ance, he said, to a number of
the city unit teachers, who have
queried him in recent months, in
uncertainty as to whether they
would be employed following
consolidation. Sorhe had planned
Peaches Not Hurt
In Drought, Says
West End Grower
Peaches have hot been sub
stantially damaged by the lack
■of rain, in fact they may be
even better, says - Clyde . Au-
man of West End, well-known
Sandhills peach grower and
immediate past president of
the National Peach Council.
“The drought has cut down
on the size,” he noted, “but
the quality is as good as ever.”
There is no dry rot, and the
peaches are not' “water-log
ged” as is sometimes the case
with too much rain. ■ . . .
Now in the middle of the
season, Auman said grower^,
expect to have peaches until
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to move on elsewhere this year,
if their services would not'be re
quired after the merger next
year, he noted.
From somewhere, he said,
some teachers had received the
idea that, in the long school con
troversy now ended, their jobs
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ON THURSDAY
County Budget
Action, Zoning
Hearing Slated
The Moore County commis
sioners will hold a special
meeting in Carthage Thursday
for adoption of the 1966-67
budget, following a public
hearing on zoning set for 2 pm.
. The hearing will be on zon
ing of the area east of South
ern Pines and northeast of
Aberdeen, extending to the
Fort Bragg reservation (Hoke
County line) on most of its
length.
■ aSiuPsday is the deadline fbr
adoption of the budget" total
ling $2,018,910, which was ten-,
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plumbing, heating and air-
conditioning, Southern Pines
Plumbing & Heating Co.; and
electrical, Griffith Electrical
Co., Sanford.
W. Harry Fullenwider, chair
man of the building committee
for Elks Home of Southern
Pines, Inc., said fixtures, car
peting, furnishings and equip
ment will run the total cost up
to between $250,000 and
$300,000. Other members of
his committee, who have
worked together for the past
year on the ambitious new pro
ject, are Carlos Frye, Joe Mon-
tesanti, Jr., Ed Schumacher,
Larry Ryder and Tom Shock-
ley.
The new building, to be built
near the swimming pool, over
looking the 1st and 18th holes
of the main course and the 9th
hole of the nine-hole course,
will contain all the golfing and
club facilities of the Southern
Pines Country Club—a large
golf shop and office for the
professional staff, a golfers’
lounge with food service fa
cilities, opening on a terrace;
locker rooms and separate
lounges for men and women
golfers, each with its private
balcony overlooking the course.
With brick and stucco ex
terior and completely modern,
handsomely decorated interior,
it will be an “entirely contem-
pdrary” building, Austin said,
but with some traditional "fea
tures. One of these will be the
roof of heavy hand-split wood
shingles.
The present building, dating
back Jo the 1920’s and remod
eled several tirpes, will be
turned over wholly, to the
Southern Pines Elks Lodge No.
1692, \vhich now occupies only
the front portion.
"The new clubhouse repre-
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ON NO. 2 COURSE AT PINEHURST
Western Amateur Golf Scheduled
By GARRETT SUTHERLAND
The cream of amateur golf
will be in Pinehurst next
week for the 64th Western
Amateur Golf Championship,
to be played August 3-7 over
the Number Two Champion
ship course at the Pinehurst
Country Club.
This will mark the first time
the Western has been played
in North Carolina and only the
second time it has been played
on the Atlantic coast. James
(Billy) Key won it in 1958 at
Del Ray Beach, Fla.
Though the USGA and Met
ropolitan championships are
older, the Western is noted for
the m'ost grueling format in
tournament golf. After a two-
day 36-hole qualifyiyng round
(iS a day) on Wednesday and
Thursday, the low 50 players
compete in a final 36-hole
qualifying round on Friday.
'The low 16 then go into match
play, with the round of 16 and
quarter-finals Saturday, semi
finals and finals on Sunday.
Defending champion Bob
Smith of Pasadena, Calif., will
take on a stellar field inclu
ding current USGA champion
Bob Murphy of Nichols, Fla.
Twice Florida Amateur cham
pion, Murphy was recently
named “Florida Amateur of
the Year” and is the first re
cipient uf the New York
Downtown AG Amateur of the
Year trophy, the links equiva
lent to the Helsman trophy.
A strong contender is for
mer USGA and three-time
North-South champion Bill
Campbell of Huntington, W.
Va. Campbell has played on
four Walker Cup and the
Americas Cup teams, and cap
tained the 1956 Americas Cup
team. West 'Virginia state
champion (for the eighth
time), he was runner-up in the
1954 British Amateur and won
the Crump Memorial in 1965.
Also entered is the 1961
North-South titlist, four-time
Walker Cup and three-times
Americas Cup player Bill
Hyndeman of Huntington
'Valley, Pa., who captained the
1960 Americas Cup team, play
ed ■on the 1958 and 1960 'World
Amateur Team, and holds the
current Dixie Amateur title.
Top Western campaigners to
compete include Dr. Ed Upde-
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Gifts To Sandhills Gollege Exceed
$68,000, Not Including Campus Site
Sandhills Community Col
lege has received financial
gifts totaling m'ore than $68,-
000, according to W. E. Cov
ington, business manager of
the. College. The, ampunt of
the donations made up to the
end of the fiscal year (June 30,
4966), does not include-the vaL
uation of the 180 acres given to
the school for a campus, Mr.
Covvington said.
A breakdown of his- report
reveals that amounts of indiv-,
idual gifts have ranged from
$25 to $30,000. The college li
brary and the Student Schol
arship Fund are the most pop
ular with donors.
Sixteen civic organizations,
business firms and women’s
clubs have given a total of
$10,755 to Sandhills College to
use for student scholarships.
The College Library has re
ceived $15,075 for the purchase
of books, periodicals, records
MODERN INTERIOR—Shown here is
the interior of Sullivan’s Footgear, Inc., to
open Thursday, August 4. Located in the
old Southern Pines Pharmacy building at
the corner of N. W. Broad St. and New
Hampshire Ave., the structure has been
completely remodeled in the colonial 'Wil
liamsburg tradition. Note the padded cap
tain’s chairs, and the wooden shingles, used
on walls and center posts..
SULLIVAN'S FOOTGEAR IN REMODELED BUILDING
Shoe Store Sets Grand Opening Angnst 4
Southern Pines is about to
get a shoe store—one of the
most modern in North Caro
lina.
Sullivan’s Footgear, Inc.,
owned and operated by Charles
and' Max Sullivan, is scheduled
to celebrate its grand opening
Thursday, August 4.
Specialists from leading shoe
companies will be on hand to
assist anyone with special fitting
problems.
The store will carry 15 or more
major shoe lines.
“We will carry shoes for the
entire family,” Mrs. Max Sulli
van said, “with an especially out
standing line of children’s shoes.
A wide range of sizes will be
stocked in all lines.”
“We will have as many lines
as any store in North Caro
lina,” Mrs. Sullivan noted,
“shoes in all price ranges.”
The store is do,ne in a co
lonial Williamsburg theme
with “Williamsburg green”
the basic color.'
The semi-circular brick en
trance, highlighted by a co
lonial chandelier, leads to a
thick carpet, wall-to-wall
throughout the store. Even the
window display areas are car
peted.
Wood shingles are used lib
erally throughout. On the out-
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and other educational materi
als, a figure that does not in
clude the valuation of import
ant collections of' books' and
manuscripts presented to the
Library, by interested citi
zens.
The listing of donations also
includes- $30,530 in capital
gifts given to finance projects
and materials designated es
sential to. the educational fa-
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Dance To Follow Ham
Supper At VFW Home
A dance will follow the
ham supper, open to the public,
which will be sponsored by the
Auxiliary of John Boyd Post,
VFW, at the post home on N.
W. Broad St, Saturday, July
30, from 5 to 8 pm. Supper
tickets are available from Aux
iliary members or at the door.
Beck, Boros In
Money At Akron
Two Sandhills golf pros finished
“in the money” at the PGA
Championship Sunday at Fire-
, stone Country Club, Akron, Ohio.
Larry Beck, young Whispering
Pines touring pro, finished 71-79-
78-76—304 to capture $300. Beck
had a 31 on the back nine in the
first round of play, tying the
course record. He finished in a
four-way tie for fourth place,
after the first round, carding a
71, but finished much lower in
the field, the next day.
Julius Boros, well-known pro
playing out of Mid Pines Club
here, finished in a five-way tie
for sixth place, taking $5,000. He
was tied with Arnold Palmer,
Sam Snead, Doug Sanders and
Jack Cupit at 287, with Boros 69-
72-76-71—287.
ON VASS-CARTHAGE ROAD
Hand-Made Brick Will Be Made
At New Plant Opening August 1
The Sandhills is soon to be
a center of hand-made brick
production in the old colonial
Williamsburg tradition, says
Cecil Tellevast, president of
the almost-completed Pine
hurst Brick Company.
Located on the 'Vass-Carth-
age road, the 12-man opera
tion will produce brick in va
rious shades and blends. More
workers niay be employed
later.
• Capacity Will be 40,000
brick, per week, and it is esti
mated that there will be a five-
to-eight year supply of the par
ticular soil required on the
company’s eight-acre tract.
J. Elvin Jackson, chairman
of the 'Vass Industrial Commit
tee, worked with Mr. Tellle-
vast and Alec Thomas, secre
tary of the company, in bring
ing the industry here.
Shipping and banking will
be handled in 'Vass for the 6,-
076-square-foot plant, and
produetton is scheduled to
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THE WEATHER
Maximum and minimun;
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.
July 20
94
68
July 21
89
66
July 22
87
57
July 23
86
55
July 24
87
56
July 25
86
71
July 26
90
67