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VOL.—46 NO. 51
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SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1966
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Man Dies,
4 Others
Stricken
A man was found dead and
four members of his family
near death, unconscious or too
ill to help themselves, in their
rural home near Pinebluff
Monday.
Deadly fumes of carbon
monoxide gas from a heater
installed without vent, burn
ing “wide open” for several
hours with windows and doors
of the home tightly shut, was
blamed for the tragedy by
Coroner W. K. Carpenter.
Found dead in his bed about
5:30 pm was George Washing
ton Bethea, 58, an employee of
J. P. Stevens & Co. at Aber
deen and a part-time preacher.
Collapsed about the house were
his wife Maggie, 56, uncon
scious and near death; their
daughter Ruth, 20, son David,
13, and year-old grandson
Charlton, semi-conscious and
desperately ill.
Carpenter said the Negro
family had apparently gone to
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•OLD-TIMERS DAY'
Dooley Adams,
Other Riders
To Be Honor ed
F. Dooley Adams of South
ern Pines—whose record of
seven successive years as the
nation’s leading steeplechase
rider, 1949 through 1955, has
never been surpassed—will be
honored Saturday at the big
Aquaduct race track near New
York City.
The “Old-Timers Day’* event
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Humane Group
Accepting Calls
12 Hours Daily
The Humane Society of
Moore County, Inc., is now ac
cepting calls from the public
each weekday from 7 am to
7 pm at its administration of
fice in the Campbell House,
482 E. Connecticut Ave.
The announcement was
made last Friday by Raymond
E. North of Pinehurst, society
president.
He said the society will act
on inquiries but must limit ac
tivities to a reasonable extent
in collecting animals which
need care. Animals picked up
in public for society attention
will be handled through es
tablished veterinary channels.
North said.
The society’s office is being
manned by a staff of volun
teers.
OFFICERS NAMED
LONG-DISTANCE TO LOCAL — Tech
nicians of United Telephone Co. are shown
in the left background at 12:01 am Sunday
as they pulled the strings in an action that
put the rest of the Moore County areas
except Highfalls in the company’s extend
ed-area (free calling) system. The employ
ees’ act was the last in a series of prepara
tions for the change to the new service.
The pulling of the strings opened the
electrical system’s lines by removing inserts
in the frame. In the background at the
right, the man holding the telephone
is United’s president, E. W. Smail.
(Humphrey photo)
OFFICIALS ATTEND CUT-OVER SUNDAY
New EAS Phone System In Use
Doctor Closes
Office At Vass
Dr. R. J. Dougherty has an
nounced the closing of his of
fice at Vass on Monday of this
week.
Opening his office there in
1955, he has divided his time
between Vass and Southern
Pines, since that time.
Active in community affairs
at Vass, chairman of the Study
and Planning Committee of
the Vass Community Develop
ment Council and medical
advisor of the Vass Rescue
Squad, the Southern Pines man
was chairman of the Vass Red
Cross blood program for sever'
al years.
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Four employees of United
Telephone (5o. of the Carolinas,
Inc., each pulled a set of
strings at 12:01 am Sunday,
and mad'e every place in Moore
County a local call except
Highfalls.
The first call on the new
system was made immediately
afterward by John M. Currie
of Carthage, chairman of the
Board of Moore County Com
missioners. He dialed his home
number directly and talked
with his wife.
The switchover to the ex-
tended-area service took place
in the new addition of the
company’s office building on
West Pennsylvania Avenue at
the moment advertised'.
Witnessing with Currie were
representatives of the local
company headed by E. W.
Small, president; parent Unit
ed Utilities Co. of Kansas City
Mo., parent firm of United
Telephone; Northern Electric
Co., which supplied the equip
ment for the system; mayors
of Moore County towns; State
Rep. T. Clyde Auman; local
telephone company employees;
and Moore County radio and
press representatives.
The pulling of the strings
withdrew small picks from a
huge panel closing the lines
to put the new service into
operation. This switchover
action was performed by
New West Side School Auditorium
To Be Named In Honor Of Wilson
Dr. Warlick, lefl, Mr. David Wear Awards
David, Warlick Given
High Scouting Award
The presentation of two Sil-’ Council level, were J. Doug-
ver Beaver awards, for out- i las David of Pinebluff, cur-
standing service to Scouting i rently serving as district ad-
over a period of years, climax- j vancement chairman, and Dr,
ed the program of the annual r. Bruce Warlick of Southern
Sandhills District Recogni
tion Dinner” held last week at
the Aberdeen School cafeteria.
The Sandhills District, one
of two in Moore County, cov
ers the Southern Pines, Aber
deen and Pinebluff areas.
Recipients of the award,
highest in Boy Scouting for
adult volunteer work on the
' Pines, scoutmaster of Troop
223.
Both were Eagle Scouts as
boys, David in Sumter, S. C
and Dr. Warlick in Gastonia,
and have worked in many ca
pacities in Scouting practically
all their adult lives, David for
some 38 years and Dr. War-
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SCHOOL STUDY
WORK TO START
HERE THURSDAY
Teachers, parents and
all persons interested in
the local schools are re
minded by Mrs. Nolley
Jackson, project chairman,
that work will st,art on the
Area III Curriculum
Study Project at a meeting
in Weaver Auditorium,
Thursday (November 3) at
8 pm.
Volunteers are urgently
needed to take part in
studying and planning for
a wide v.ariety of academ
ic and other aspects of
the consolidation of the
Southern Pines, Pinehurst
and Moore County school
systems, Mrs;. Jackson
said.
United Telephone employees
Bill Williams, Mike Morrison,
Earl Irby and Bill Wilson.
The simultaneous actions
ended hours of preliminary
adjustments and testing. These
in turn, were the final mo
ments of two years of work.
Within the county, calls to
and from Highfalls (464 ex
change) only are subject to
long-dista,nce rates. Highfalls
is in the system of the Ran
dolph Telephone Membership
Corp., a rural cooperative.
Before the switchover.
United Telephone was host to
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'EDUCATION WEEK'
Public Invited
To See Schools
Parents and friends of stu
dents in the Southern Pines
schools and all persons in
terested in the schools are in
vited to visit classrooms dur
ing the nation-wide observance
of American Education Week,
November 6-12.
Mrs. Mary Jane Cameron of
the East Southern Pines ele
mentary school faculty is
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Congress^ State, Moore Co.
Offices In Tuesday Voting
The new school auditorium
now under construction at
West Southern Pines School
will be named in honor of the
school’s principal, H. A. Wil
son, according to an announce
ment by Dr. C. C. McLean,
chairman of the Southern
Pines school board. The local
board voted unanimously to
:iame the new structure the
H. A. Wilson Auditorium.
Dr. McLean stated, “I feel
that it is altogether fitting that
the new auditorium be named
in honor of Mr. H. A. Wilson,
who as teacher and princi
pal for the past 20 years has
rendered outstanding educa
tional service and leadership
to the school and community.
Albert Lutz, school board
member from the area, was
asked to inform Mr. Wilson of
the board’s action. Mr. Lutz
reported “Mr. Wilson accepted
the news of this honor with
great pride and humility. His
contribution to education and
to the service of his fellow
men has contributed greatly
to the growth of the school
and community. I am very
pleased that the board has
chosen this means of showing
its appreciation and the appre
ciation of the citizens of this
community.”
Mr. Wilson came to the West.
Southern Pines School from
Louisa County in Virginia, as
K. A. WILSON
a teacher of math and science
in 1946. In December of 1957
he was elected to the princi-
palship. At the time of his ar
rival the school had 10 ele
mentary teachers, six high
school teachers and an enroll
ment of 368 students. Today,
the school has 23 elementary
teachers, 11 high school teach
ers and 678 students. Addition
al classrooms and a modern
administrative building have
been built during Mr. Wilson’s
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Merger Of
Two Banks
Completed
A previously announced
merger of the (flarolina Bank,
with headquarters at Pine
hurst, and the Central Bank
and 'Trust Company of Broad
way and Sanford, in Lee Coun
ty, became effective Tuesday,
reports L. B. Creath of Pine
hurst, chairman of the board
of the new facility.
Total assets of the merged
bank are approximately $31
million and it will be the 26th
largest bank in North Caro
lina, he said. The increased
size of the bank and the in
creased lending limit of $185,-
000 to one individual or cor
poration will enable the bank
to render greater service to the
community, he pointed out.
The merged bank will be
known as The Carolina Bank
and will operate offices in
Aberdeen, Broadway, Carth
age, Pinehurst, Sanford, Vass
and West End. The home office-
will be located at 145 W. Main
St. in Sanford.
At an organizational meet
ing last night, officers of the
new board of directors were
elected. The combined boards
of the two banks, in neither of
which has there been any
change, “will work as one,” to
day’s announcement said.
The new officers are: L. B.
Creath, chairman of the board;
Winfred Shaw, president;
Harold Makepeace and J. M.
Taylor, vice chairmen of the
board; Wilbur H. Currie,
chairman of the executive
committee; M. B. Harper and
W. J. Morgan, senior vice pres-
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Key Club Will
Assist Voters
Members of the Key Club
at East Southern Pines High
School will give transportation
or baby-sitting services to local
voters on Tuesday, from noon
to 5 pm, free of charge.
Persons needing these ser
vices are asked to call 692-
2434, the number of the guid
ance office at the school.
The club, a boya’ organiza
tion sponsored by the 'Sand
hills Kiwanis Club, is giving
the services as part of a “(Jet
Out To Vote” civic service
campaign.
College YDC Group
Endorses Rep. Cooley
The Adlai E. Stevenson
Young Democrats Club of
Sandhills Community College
this week announced its en
dorsement of Congressman
Harold Cooley for re-election
to the House of Representa
tives from the Fourth District.
The students urge men and
women to exercise their right
to vote and are supporting the
entire slate of Democratic can
didates, the announcement
said.
JAMES GARDNER
Republican
FOR CONGRESSIONAL SEAT
HAROLD COOLEY
Democrat
Gardner, Cooley Battling
Moore County voters next Jonas a 13-vote majority in ap-
Tuesday will help decide
North Carolina’s hottest politi
cal battle—Republican James
Jardner of Rocky Mount vs.
Democratic US Rep. Harold D.
Cooley of Nashville, his neigh
bor, for the seat of the new
Fourth District in Congress.
This is a rematch of the 1964
fight which Cooley won by 5,-
083 votes of 141,857 votes cast.
The lineup of counties was
different—Moore was in the
Eighth District and gave pop
ular Republican Charles R.
Young Dems Set
Tour, Rally
For Saturday
A Democratic campaign
motor tour of Moore County
and a Moore County-wide
Meet The Candidates rally at
Sandhills Community College
are scheduled for Saturo'ay
under sponsorship of Young
Democratic organizations.
The tour is being sponsored
by the Moore County YDC and
the rally by the recently or
ganized Sandhills YDC, with
the college’s Adlai E. Steven
son YDC playing host for the
rally.
The participants in the car-
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proximately 1,100 votes cast.
It also was a presidential
election year, with the Gold-
water-Johnson fight pulling
to the polls many voters who
stay home on election day for
anything less than a presiden
tial contest.
The rearranging of the
Fourth District cost both Cool
ey and Gardner counties
which gave them majorities
two years ago: Johnston Coun
ty, which gave Cooley a 1,961-
vote majority of 15,939 ballots
cast, is out of the district now.
So is Davidson County,
which gave Gardner a majori
ty of 2,594 votes of 29,596.
The new Fourth District
counties besides Moore are
Montgomery and Orange.
Montgomery went to Demo-
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Moore County voters will
decide countywide races for
two posts on the board of
county commissioners and
county’s seat in the State
House of Representatives next
Tuesday.
Besides these they will help
decide contests for new 19th
District’s two State Senate
places, the Fourth District
post in Congress, one of North
Carolina’s US Senate posts,
and one race for associate jus
tice of the State Supreme
Court.
Voters in Mineral Springs
Township will decide a race
for constable between Demo
crat Luther Honeycutt and Re
publican O. R. Bailey.
The polls open at 6:30 am
and close at 6:30 pm.
The polling places in South
ern Pines are: the fire station
on East New Hampshire Ave
nue; the courtroom of the Mu
nicipal Center; and the Jack-
son Motors building in Pine-
dene on US 1 at the south edge
of town.
County Elections Board
Chairman S. C. Riddle of Car
thage reported “between 500
and 600” names were added
to the county registration
books before registration for
the general election closed last
Saturday.
Approximately 14,000 people
are registered with the Dem
ocrats holding, about a 3-1 ma
jority (but crossing of party
lines during general elections
cuts this strength to an unde
termined degree, political ob
servers say).
The county-wide election
contests run like this:
For the board of county com.
missioners:
—Democrat W. Lynn Martin,
Eagle Springs merchant and
farmer, elected two years ago,
is seeking his second term in
,the District Two seat. His op
ponent is Republican Floyd
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Ambulance Service
Started By Carpenter
W. K. Carpenter Jr. of Pine
bluff told the Southern Pines
Town Council Monday night
he was operating an ambu
lance service from a Pinebluff
base.
His report was made a few
hours before five of Moore
County’s six funeral directors
discontinued ambulance serv
ice.
J. D. McKeithan of Mc-
Keithan Funeral Home of
Southern Pines told the coun
cil his ambulance service
would continue operating. He
also said the funeral home was
getting a second ambulance,
scheduled for delivery No-
s'vember 15.
For emergency calls, Moore
County’s three rescue squads
are available—equipped to
give emergency treatment to
victims of heart attacks and
strokes as well as to victims of
injuries.
(Editor’s note: telephone
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DR. RUSSELL TATE
Democrat
ROBERT S. EWING
Republican
COUNTY COMMISSIONER RACE
Tate, Ewing Draw Interest
Legion Posl To Give
2 Flags To College
The public is invited to at
tend a ceremony on the cam
pus of Sandhills Community
College on Veterans Day (No
vember 11), when an American
flag and a North Carolina flag
will be formally presented to
the college by the Joseph G.
Henson Post of the American
Legion at Carthage.
The race between Robert S.
Ewing, 46, of Southern Pines,
Republican, and Dr. Russell J.
Tate, 33, of Vass, Democrat, for
the District 4 seat on the
Moore County Board of Com
missioners, is rousing more
county-wide interest—certain
ly more interest in the district
itself—than any other contest
on which the county’s voters
will check their choices next
Tuesday.
Young Republican Jim Gard
ner’s challenge to veteran US
Representative Harold Cooley
in the Congressional race has
set the voters talking and spec
ulating, too, but that contest
won’t be settled in Moore
County alone. Those candi
dates, by geography and the
goal they seek, are compara
tively remote.
In Moore County, commis
sioner candidates file from five
separate districts—newly reap
portioned this year to make
them more equal in population
—but the voting on the five is
county-wide. People in Camer
on, Highfalls, and West End
will also help decide who’s
going to represent McNeill
Township (District 4) in Car
thago.
This adds to the interest and
keeps the candidates on their
toes. Their pitch isn’t only to
the people in their own back
yards, though the populous
Southern Pines area contains a
lot of votes, and is getting a lot
of attention.
Races Compared
There’s a certain similarity
in the Ewing-Tate and Gard-
ner-Cooley races. The two Re
publicans, from their first fil
ing, have been cast in the role
of challengers, not only be
cause they represent a minor
ity party that has, for the most
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Services’ Phone
\umbers Listed
Here are the telephone num
bers for ambulance services
and rescue squads in Moore
County:
Carpenter ambulance serv
ice, Pinebluff—281-3151.
McKaithan Funeral Hojme
ambulance service. Southern
Pines—692-6262.
The following are to be call
ed on emergencies only:
Moore County Rescue
Squad, Saunders — Carthage
947-9635.
Moore County Rescue Squad
No. Two—Vass 245-7219 and
245-7826.
Moore County Rescue
Squad No. Four — Aberdeen
944-1121.
(Rescue squads dp not make
non-emergency calls, but
when such calls are received
they relay them to the proper
organization.)
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.
Oct. 26
66
50
Oct. 27
67
61
Oct. 28
72
41
Oct. 29
79
40
Oct. 30
67
44
Oct. 31
69
39
Nov. 1
74
50