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VOL.—46 NO. 41
TWENTY-FOUR PAGES
SOUTHERN PINES, N. C-, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1966
TWENTY-FOUR PAGES
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DR. RICHARD S. RAY
AT COLLEGE
Dr. Ray, Local
Native, Chosen
For Dean Post
- Dr. Richard S. Ray, a native
of Southern Pines and a lead
er iii education in North Car
olina, has been appointed
dean of instruction at Sand
hills Coi^niunity College and
will assume his duties Sep
tember 1.
In announcing Dr. Ray’s ap-
pointrnent. Dr. Raymond A.
Stone, Sandhills College pres
ident, said the board of trus
tees and officials of the college
feel fortunate to have on the
staff an educator of such high
professional standing.
Now residing in Southern
Pines with his family. Dr. Ray
for the past two years has
been assistant superintendent
of the Fort Bragg Dependents’
Schools.
His undergraduate and grad
uate study was done at the
UnivetSity of North Carolina,’
Chapel Hill, -where he earned
a bachelor’s degree in 1955, a
master’s degree in 1958 and a
doctorate in education in 1960.
Dr, Ray has had extensive
teaching and administrative
experience in North Carolina.
He taught in the Brooks
School at Greensboro and
served as assistant principal
of the Whitaker Elementary
School and principal of the
Dalton Junior High School,
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BOLT HITS HOUSE
Boy Killed By
Lightning Near
Eagle Springs
Lightning struck the rural
home of John Jackson near
Eagle Springs last Wednesday
evening and killed Jackson’s
15-year-old nephew, Walter
Lee Brooks, who was sitting in
the living-room.
The boy was knocked to the
floor by the bolt, which ap
parently entered the chim
ney, said Coroner W. K. Car
penter. Jackson and the boy’s
14-year-old sister Joanne, who
were also in the room, were
momentarily stunned but oth
erwise unhurt. They said the
boy cried out as he fell, but
appeared lifeless within a few
seconds, the coroner reported.
A neighbor, James L. Spen
cer, heard the sharp crack of
the bolt as it struck, shatter
ing the chimney top, came
over at once and took the vic
tims to Moore Memorial Hospi
tal at Pinehurst. There, physi
cians pronounced the boy.
dead and confirmed that the
other two were not injured.
The bolt, striking during a
thundershower about 7:30 pm,
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Public Invited To
'Opportunity' Meet
The general public is invited
to attend a meeting of the
Moore County Economic Op
portunity Committee, in the
Agriculture Building at Car
thage, Wednesday, August 31,
at 7:30, pm.
The meeting was announced
this week by Bob Kelly, Moore
County coordinator for Sand
hills Community Action Pro-
' gram, Inc. (SCAP), the agency
which is administering several
projects in the federal “anti
poverty” effort in Moore, Lee,
Hoke and Montgomery Coun
ties.
No Bikes on Town
Sidewalks-Chief
Chief of Police Earl Seawell
today reminded parents that
there is a town ordinance
against children riding bikes
on the sidewalks.
He noted the danger of hit
ting pedestrians, especially the
elderly.
“We stop youngsters prac
tically every day for this of
fense,” he said.
“A letter is sent to the of
fender’s parents telling them
what happened, and asking
them to see that the practice is
stopped,” Chief Seawell ex
plained.
The Pilot has received sev
eral complaints recently from
elderly and other residents
about sidewalk bikers.
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Big Expansion Of Aberdeen
Gulistan Carpet Plant Set
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Elks Give Grid Squad Watermelon Party
A surprise feast of cold watermelon, pro
vided by local Elks Lodge No. 1692, was the
good fortune of the East Southern Pines
High School Blue Knights football squad
last Friday morning after a hot pre-season
practice session at Memorial Field. It’s ob
vious the boys enjoyed the unexpected
treat. At front left of photo are, left to right:
Dr. Boyd Starnes, publicity chairman for
the Elks; Tom Connolly, exalted ruler of
the lodge; Charles Rose (in second row), as-
sista,nt football coach; J. H. Smith, head
coach; and Dan Kruger, president of the
Blue Knights Boosters Club, an organiza
tion of adults interested in the school’s ath
letic program. The squad will divide up for
a “Blue-White game” Friday night, Sep
tember 2, and will open the regular sche
dule against Rohanen High of Rockingham a
week later, also under lights here.
(Humphrey photo)
GARNER MURDER TRIAL CONTINUED
It’s Easy To Get Into Trouble,
Case In Superior Court Proves
How a young man can get
into a lot of trouble, and even
nearly kill another without
halfway trying was exempli
fied in a case heard Wednes
day of last week in Moore Su
perior Court at Carthage.
Mike McKenzie, 21, of Rbck-
ingham, a member of the US
Navy, pleaded nolo conten
dere to a charge of assault
‘Adlai Stevenson YDC Of SCC’ Is
Chartered, Endorses Sam Poole
state officials of the Young Stevenson Young Democrats
Democratic Clubs of North Club of Sandhills Community ^
Carolina have issued a charter College” honoring the renown-
to the YDC of Sandhills Com- ed statesman and citizen of
munity College, a new mem- the world who had close per-
ber 'of the College Federation sonal ties with people of this
of Young Democrats, according area.
to Brayom Anderson, faculty The name was unanimously
club advisor. adopted by club members at a
with a deadly weapon in the
cutting of William Morris, 21,
■of Lumber Bridge, Route 1,
last February 12, which nearly
cost Morris’s life.
Testimony given by both
youths told the story: McKen
zie, hortip on leave, visited a
dance hall near Southern
Pines, saw a girl with whom
he had been to high school and
asked her to dance. He said he
hadn’t known she was married
until she told him so, adding
that she was separated from
her husband. Also, said Mc
Kenzie, he didn’t know Mor
ris, n'or that he was also at
the dance hall, until the girl,
the former Linda Gilliam of
Rockingham, Route 3, said,
“There he is.” Just then, the
sailor testified, Morris “rush
ed” him and hit him on the
head with his fist. Someone
thrust a switchblade knife into
his hand and before he knew
The campus organization recent meeting at which it j j^e had stabbed the other
will be named the “Adlai
GRADUATION
SET FRIDAY
Graduation ceremonies
at Sandhills Community
College will be held Fri
day at 3 pm in the court
yard of the science and
technology building on the
campus.
George E. Paules of Gul-
listan Carpet Division of
J. P. Stevens, & Co., Inc.
will address the 18 gradu
ates, college officials and
guests. The public is in
vited.
Details of the event ap
pear in last week's Pilot.
was also unanimously decided
toi support Sam Poole of
Southern Pines in his bid for
the presidency of the State
Young Democrats.
Sandhills College students
j last spring elected Jerry Chap-
I pell as chairman of the steer-
I ing committee for the campus
: club; Bill Goff, treasurer and
Carolyn Niles, secretary.
Meetings have been held reg
ularly during the summer
school session on the campus.
The “Adlai Stevenson YDC
of SCC” plans to send a large
delegation to the YDC State
Convention in Winston-Salem
j September 29 in support of
Mr. Poole for president.
The Southern Pines attor-
(Continued on Page 8)
'NOBODY IS SAD ALWAYS' OR . . .
Happiness Is 3 Ducks In A Pond
By RALPH HENDREN
The pond is no longer rip
ple-less.
Lost feet aren’t padding aim
lessly about the ice plant, and
the mournful melody has
broken into three-part har
mony with a rollicking beat.
Donald isn’t lonesome any
more.
Thanks to Sgt. and Mrs.
Donald Dunning, “Danny”
and “Doris” have brought the
melancholy duck back to hap
piness.
Now three pairs of webbed
feet explore the ice plant,
with Donald as usual happily
bringing up the rear. You
might even say indomitable
Donald was hen pecked. . . (er
.. . duck billed?).
Donald, readers may recall,
lost Daisy to a mongrel mur
derer, as reported by The Pilot
two weeks ago.
Both ducks resided at Mr.
and Mrs. W. H. Bowen’s City
Ice and Fuel Company on S. E.
Broad St.
And since the tragedy Don
ald had been completely lost
yDung man,
Morris said he left with
friends in his car, started driv
ing south and was intercepted
by Southern Pines police, who
found him bleeding and had
him taken to St. Joseph’s hos
pital. The a’odominal wound
necessitated an operation and
for a time his condition was
critical. He recovered in time,
though still suffering after
effects. His medical and
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Mrs. Harris To
Be First School
Nurse In County
Mrs. Nancy Smith Harris
has been employed as the
county’s first school public
health nurse, to go to work on
the opening of the county' the
A major expansion of oper
ations in Aberdeen by the
Gulistan Carpet Division of
J. P. Stevens & Co., Inc., will
begin soon.
In announcing plans for the
expansion, George E. Paules,
vice-president, manufacturing.
stated that in order to meet
the projected growth of sales
of Gulistan carpet in 1967 and
subsequent years, the addition
of more production facilities
would be necessary.
Ground will be broken with
in a few weeks to add a 60,000-
ON 'PEACE'
Season Tickets For
Knights Go On Sale
J. H. Smith, athletic director
at East Southern Pines High
School, announced today that
season football tickets for
games of the school’s Blue
Knights are now on sale.
Tickets can be obtained
from; Assistant Coach Charles
Rose, Principal Kirby Watson,
Parker Hardware, Hill’s Bar
ber Shop, Tate Hardware, Ma
sonic Temple Barber Shop,
Patch’s Tog Sh'op, the Style-
mart and Sir Richard’s.
schools Thursday, September
1, according to a joint an
nouncement made this week
by Supt. Robert E. Lee and
Dr. A. G. Siege, county public
health director.
Employed under a federal
grant to the Moore County
schools (ESEA Title 1), she
will be attached to the county
health department, working
with all schools of the county
system. These schools do not
include the separate Southern
Pines and Pinehurst adminis
trative units.
Mrs. Harris moved in June
from Monroe to Carthage,
where her husband, Capt. John
C. Harris, Jr., is the new su
perintendent of the prison
camp. They are parents of two
small boys, John III, aged six,
and Tim, aged five. ■ ■
While Mrs. Harris’ work will
be primarily with the schools,
she will work with other staff
'’Continued on Page 8)
Lions Sponsor
$50,000 Youth
Essay Contest
The youth of this area will
soon have an opportunity to
compete for a $25,000 educa
tional and-or “career assis
tance grant” through the in
ternational Lions Club.”
Clubs i,n this area and
throughout the world are
sponsoring the event.
Elmer Andrews, chairman
of this district’s Zone 3 Clubs,
including Aberdeen, Pinehurst,
Pinebluff, Southern Pines and
West End, announced the con
test locally.
The Lions are sponsoring a
world-wide essay contest for
the world’s youth on “the most
important world subject today
—Peace.”
The contest offers $50,000 in
total awards, including the
$25,000 first prize, eight semi
final world regional awards of
$1,000 each and travel expen
ses for the eight winners to
Chicago, Illinois in July, 1967.
At that time, the first prize
winner will be chosen from
eight. Also, more than ,
SLICK HIGHWAY
DANGER CITED
Similar warnings of
danger to motorists came
this week from a State
trooper ,and a police chief,
both of whom pointed out
that the recently re-sur
faced US Highway 1 be
tween Southern Pines and
Aberdeen is perilously
slick when it gets even a
little wet.
Reporting on two acci
dents occurring late Mon
day afternoon during a
light shower, both Slate
Trooper R, R. Samuels and
Aberdeen Chieif E. L.
Rich,ardson said it's get
ting to be a familiar story
—the "slipping and sE-
ding'' on the new asphalt
surface when it rains;
Signs warn motorists,
"Slippery When Wet,'' but'
some don't Jind out till too
late how true that is, the
officers said.
Injuries were slight in
the two accidents, also in
two others of Monday eve
ning.
20,000 local, district and mul
tiple district, awards will be
made.
“We are hopeful one of our
young people will win this
world-wide prestige award,”
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Parking Limils Will
Be Enforced Sept. 1
Shoppers and business peo
ple wil lhave to start worrying
about parking tickets again
next week.
A summer relaxation of
m.arking tires will end Thurs
day, September 1, when, says
Police Chief Earl Seawell, of
ficers will start enforcing
parking time limits.
Most business section park
ing places permit a two-hour
stay, although the time is
shorter in some locations.
Getting a ticket means a $1
fine to be paid at the munici
pal building.
Faculty Named For Local Schools
Supt. J. W. Jenkins has an
nounced the 1966-67 staff and
faculty of East Southern Pines
schools, with only a high
school science teacher and art
teacher yet to be secured.
The West Southern Pines
faculty, which is complete, was
also announced by Principal
H. A. Wilson.
Supt. Jenkins said he ex
pects the vacancies to be filled
well before the opening of
school August 31.
William T. Bright will con
tinue as director of instruc
tion for both the Southern
Pines and Pinehurst schools.
Also working with both city
units will be Miss La'Verne
Lefler, speech therapist.
Working with both the East
and West Southern Pines
schools as band director will
be Edward Rogers. Col. Charles
1. Davis will be ICT (Indus
trial Cooperative Training) co
ordinator.
In the superintendent’s of
fice, Mrs. Ruth R. Stevens will
continue as secretary-treasur
er. Kirby Watson is succeeding
Glenn Cox as high school prin
cipal, with Mrs. June Bright
as his secretary. Mrs. Lurline
S. Commander is returning as
librarian, and Mrs. Elsie P.
Boyle as assistant (elementary)
librarian.
EAST SOUTHERN PINES
Other East Southern Pines
teachers;
High School
Neil W. Meinnis, math; Cy
(Continued on Page 8)
Lunches, Milk Up
In Local Schools
Lunches in Southern Pines
schools will cost five cents
more this year, and the price
of milk has gone up a penny.
Student lunches will cost
30 cents and adult lunches 35
cents beginning in September,
and all cartons of milk not
served with a meal wiU be
five cents, acording to Super
intendent, J. W. Jenkins.
A recommendation for the
increase was adopted by the
(Continued on Page 8)
REQUESTED SEPTEMBER DATES RULED OUT
Will President Visit College?
Donald (right) and Friends
heard of his plight and rushed
to aid him.
Alton Scott of Charlton Mo
tel offered Donald free
lodging at his bachelors’ club
— composed of three drakes
who lost their loves to duck-
nappers.
But then the Dunnings
brought Danny and Doris.
tender-hearted friends j And the Robert Waldons of
Youngs Road want to let a
couple of their brood join the
Ice Plant Pond Clan.
There were many more.
Donald thanks everybody—
you’re all a bunch of old soft
ies. . .
And that’s exactly what
makes Southern Pines such a
terrific place to come home to.
Or have a duck pond in.
Although the White House
has turned down an invitation
or President Lyndon B. John
son to visit the Sandhills and
speak at a proposed formal
dedication of Sandhills Com
munity College, during the
period September 8-17, it has
not been ruled out that he may
come here later.
That’s the summary made
today by Dr. Raymond A.
Stone, president of the college,
on the outlook for a Presiden
tial visit.
“The situation has dimmed
somewhat, but we are still
hopeful,” he said.
Wide interest in the possi
bility of a Johnson trip to the
Sandhills was aroused early
this week when a speculative
story by Roy Parker, Jr.,
Washington correspondent, ap
peared in some state daily
newspapers. The story re
vealed Dr. Stone’s efforts, over
the past year or so, to line up
an appearance by the Presi
dent at the college dedication.
Dr. Stone confirmed this
here today, noting that Gov.
Dan K. Moore had joined in
the invitation for the proposed
September visit, that Congress
man Cooley had expressed en
thusiasm about the President’s
coming and that approaches to
the proposal have been made
in Washington through sever
al legislators, the Departrrient
of Health, Education and Wel
fare and through officials close
to the White House.
It was in the interest of ed
ucation, Dr. Stone said, that
he first thought of inviting the
President.
“Community colleges,” he
told The Pilot, “are a national
movement and attention is
focused on them all over the
country.”
A Johnson visit. Dr. Stone
believes, “would be a tremen
dous thing for the whole state”
and would turn the spotlight
as nothing else could, on ed
ucation, in North Carolina and
elsewhere.
The college president said he
is checking with Washington
“to see what the possibilities
still are.”
JAMES W. JENKINS
Supt. Jenkins
Leaving Oct. 1
For State Post
James W. Jenkins, superin
tendent of Southern Pines
schools lor the past three
years, has resigned effective
October 1 to become North
Carolina Supervisor of Early
Childhood Education with the
State Department of Public
Instruction at Raleigh.
This is a new consultant-
specialist post, to be concerned
with the policies, philosophy
and procedures of establishing
state-supported kindergartens,
and supervising both public
and non-public early child
hood programs. According to
Dr. Charles F. Carroll, state
superintendent of public in
struction, it will also entail
establishment and mainten
ance of liaison with colleges
and universities, pertinent di
visions of , the State Depart
ment of Public Instruction, and
with statewide groups interest-
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square-foot wing to the pres
ent Aberdeen buildings.
Contract for this construc
tion, which will be added to
the south end of the present
building, has been awarded to
Daniel Construction Company,
Greenville, S. C.
Design of the new facilities
was completed by Gulistan’s
engineering department under
the direction 'of Richard M.
Dorian, vice-president, re
search and engineering.
Tufted carpet manufacturing
facilities in Aberdeen will be
expanded by 50% of present
capacity, requiring installation
of additional tufting machines,
a shearing machine, a new fin
ishing range, a new boiler,
water reservoir, and other re
lated equipment. Finished
goods warehousing also will
be increased to provide for
customer service at the expect
ed higher rate of activity.
The entire expansion project
should be completed by Jan
uary 1, 1967.
In this announcement of the
expansion, Mr. Paules said,
“Gulistan enjoys a major posi
tion in the sale 'of carpet for
commercial installations, such
as hotels, motels, schools,
stores, hospitals, and office
buildings, a market that is
growing rapidly at this time.
The sales of (julistan Carpet
have for the third straight
year grown at a rate substan
tially greater than that of the
entire carpet industry. This
measure of acceptance of Gul-
(Continued on Page 8)
FOR TOBACCO WORK
County School
Pupils To Get
Extra Holiday
While schools of the Moore
County system will open
Thursday, September 1, e“
previously announced, an ex
tra day’s holiday will be
granted all pupils the day after
Labor Day because of the late
tobacco season, according to
Supt. Robert E. Lee.
'The decision was made by
the county board of education
following presentation of a
resolution of the Moore Coun
ty Farm Bureau Friday night,
urging a delay in the opening
until September 6.
A previous request of the
Farm Bureau for a postpone
ment, made at the board’s
regular meeting August 10,
had been turned down. At
Friday night’s special meet
ing, which the Bureau re
quested, this appeal was re
newed.
Farm Bureau representa
tives Lee Williams and C. B.
Hulse said that weather con
ditions, delaying the crop, had
caused a crucial situation, and
the farmers urgently needed
(Continued on Page 8)
INSPECTION DEADLINE
If your license plate number
ends in eight, the deadline for
having your car inspected ia
August 31, the State Motor
Vehicles Department reminds
the public.
Local, Pinehurst
Schools To Open
Pupils in Southern Pines
Schools will register August 31
for the fall term, while Pine
hurst students will report Sep
tember 2, for a half-day session
on each of the opening days.
Both schools will be closed
for the Labor Day holiday
September 5, but will not re
ceive the extra September 6
holiday scheduled for students
in county schools, according to
Superintendents J. W. Jenkins
of Southern Pines and Fred C.
Lewis of Pinehurst.
A faculty list and further
information about the Pine
hurst schools appear on today’s
“Pinehurst Page.” Similar in
formation for Southern Pines
is in a front page story.
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.
High
Low
August 17
91
70
August 18
92
72
August 19
92
71
August 20
91
70
August 21
88
70
August 22
91
71
August 23
91
69