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VOL.—47 NO. 7
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SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1966
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Memorial Fund Started
For Fire Victims’ Kin
Money is being raised for a
memorial fund for the families
of Ashley Heights youths who
were burned in a camping ac
cident last November 19 in
Ashley Heights.
Only one of the youths sur
vived. He is Harry Lee Thorn
burg, 13, of Raeford, Route 3.
The others, who died of their
Maj. Carl Young
Dies In Vietnam;
Burial Set Here
Major Carl L. Young, 36,
whose wife, Mrs. Mary Louise
Young and three daughters
live in Southern Pines, died at
Bien Hoa, Vietnam, December
24, the Army has announced.
According to information
reaching the family through
personal emissaries from Fort
Bragg, Monday morning. Ma
jor Young died of heart fail
ure attributed to a complica
tion of illnesses for which he
had previously been hospital
ized. He had, however, return
ed to active duty with the 68th
Assault Helicopter Company,
before his death. He was fatal
ly stricken at night, in his
quarters.
The body is expected in
Southern Pines within two
weeks for burial with military
honors in Mount Hope Ceme
tery.
Mrs. Young is the daughter
of Mrs. Colin M. Smith of 570
E. Indiana Ave., where she
and her daughters have made
their home since Major Young
was sent to Vietnam last May.
The children are Carla, 9;
Shannon, 7; and Tracey, 5.
Major Young had spent
several leaves here, was fond
of this community and plan
ned to make his home here
eventually, Mrs. Smith told
The Pilot.
He was a native of Washing
ton, D. C., where his parents.
Ml. and: Mrs. Joseph Young,
now live. Also surviving are a
brother. Major Robert Young,
in Army service at Fort Ruck
er, Ala., and a sister, Mrs. Al
fred Kroeger of New Canaan,
Conn.
Going to Vietnam last May
with the 1st Air Cavalry Di
vision, Major Young had been
in combat about a month
when he first became ill. He
was hospitalized in Japan for
about three months—the first
of several periods of hospital
ization which alternated with
active duty. Just prior to his
death, he was back on combat
duty, flying in helicopters.
Two tropical diseases and ty
phoid fever were named as the
afflictions for which he had re
ceived treatment.
Major Young was a veteran
of Navy service in World War
11, when he enlisted under the
regulation age. A graduate of
the University of Maryland,
he entered the Army and was
commissioned after attending
Officer Candidates’ School.
He served a year in Korea
and at other stations and had
been in Germany for a tour
of duty from which he return
ed last March. He held Army
Commendation Medals for ser
vice in Germany and at Fort
Rucker, Ala.
burns, were Clarkson F. Allen,
Jack Crissman, Harry Duke
Pickier and David Womble.
Each was 13. All were school
mates in Raeford Elementary
School.
D. R. Huff, Jr., a leader of
the fund-raising project, says
the program was started with
out the knowledge of the five
families. He reported it was
begun after several people
said they wanted to make con
tributions to help relieve the
financial burdens created for
the families by the accident.
Contributions can be mailed
to Fund for Five, P. O. Box
299, Raeford.
Huff, Ralph Strother and the
Rev. Vance Baucom compose a
committee that will supervise
and adriiinister the memorial
fund.
The money will be disburs
ed to the families in propor
tion to the amount of the hos
pital expenses incurred! in
the treatment of the victims.
If the memorial fund exceeds
the medical expenses, the sur
plus will be divided equally
among the four families who
bore funeral expenses.
Huff is a neighbor of the
families. He also is chairman
of the Hoke County Board of
Education. Baucom is pastor of
Shiloh Presbyterian Church.
People in two of the youths’
families are members of Shi
loh church. Strother is a dea
con of Ashley Heights Baptist
church. Members of three of
the youths’ families attend
that church.
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Industrial, Business, Other
Projects Show 1966 Progress
FUN ON A DODO — Youngsters play
on the nonflying T-33 jet in the Municipal
Center Park in Southern Pines. On the
ground are Erica Danak, 8, and her brother,
Zachary, IOV2, of 345 E. Pennsylvania Ave.
On the plane are, left to right, Mark
Lowstuter 12, of 350 N. Leak St.; David
Duffer, 11, of 255 W. Delaware Ave.; and
Billy Bright, 11, of 200 N. Ashe St. The
town moved the Air Force gift plane last
Thursday from the Little League baseball
park. It was put there after arriving in
the fall. Town Manager F. F. Rainey said
last Friday the tail opening will be sealed
shut because sharp edges inside cut children
crawling through the opening. He also said
the plane will be sunk about two feet into
the ground and given a fixed ladder for
the convenience of the youngsters.
(Pilot photo)
Moore Crime,
Violence Took
Yule Holiday
Crime and violence also took
the three-day Christmas holi
day in Moore County, a check
with law enforcement officers
reported.
Southern Pines Police Chief
Earl Seawell reported “one or
two’’ people were arrested
for alleged public drunken
ness. That constituted the
weekend’s total of violations
of the law in town.
The community also went
through the weekend without
experiencing a reportable traf
fic accident.
In the county, the report
from Sheriff W. B. Kelly Tues
day morning for the Christ
mas weekend was “No shoot-
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Local Schedule
For Tax Listing
In January Set
Tuesday morning of next
week, January 3, will see list-
takers at designated places in
all of Moore County’s town
ships for the annual listing of
real and personal property re
quired by law from all proper
ty owners. The listing period
runs through February 3.
Names of all the list-takers
were published in The Pilot
last week and schedules of
where they will be and when
are being posted in public
places like post offices and
stores around the county.
Mrs. E. J. Vaughn, who will
list property within Southern
Pines only, said that she will
be at the Municipal Center
courtroom daily Monday
through Friday, 9 to 1 and 2 to
5, except on Wednesdays
when Southern Pines Record
er’s Court is in session there.
Her Saturday hours will be
from 9 am to noon.
She said that she will take a
lunch hour from 1 to 2, so that
working people will be able to
list their property during the
noon to 1 lunch hour.
Mrs. Don J. Blue of Route
3, Carthage, is the list-taker
for property in McNeill Town
ship outside of Southern
Pines.
Tobacco Meeting
Slated Monday
The annual Moore County
tobacco meeting will be held
Monday in the courthouse at
Carthage starting at 7:30’ pm.
S. D. Hawks, a tobacco spe
cialist at North Carolina State
University will discuss tobac
co varieties, fertilization, irri
gation, diseases, soil fumiga
tion and sucker control and
mechanization.
County Extension Chairman
F. D. Allen said farmers can
bring their individual produc
tion problems to the special
ist’s attention for discussion at
the meeting.
Field Trials
To Open Monday
The Pinehurst Field Trial
Club celebrates its golden an
niversary with the 50th run
ning of the four-stake Pine
hurst Field Trials Monday
through January 6.
Run concurrently with the
Pinehurst trials, the Pointer
Club of America, also head
quartered at the Holly Inn,
will hold its trials over the
Sandhills Wildlife Manage
ment Area near Hoffman.
Drawings for both trials will
be held at 9 pm Sunday at the
Holly Inn.
LICENSE PLATE
SALES TO START
The sales of 1967 auto
and truck license plates
start next Tuesday at 9 am.
in Aberdeen at Farmers
Supply Co., 104 E. Main
St.
Mrs. N. A. McGill, license
contract agent i!or the
State Department of Motor
Vehicles at the Aberdeen
branch, said Tuesd.ay the
sales: hours will be 9 am
to 5 pm Mondays through
Fridays; and 9 am to noon
Saturdays.
Other details will be an
nounced in next week's
edition of the Pilot.
Most Places
To Be Closed
Next Monday
Next. weekend will be an
other long holiday for gov
ernment employes and most
Southern Pines businesses,
since the New Year’s Day hol
iday falls on Sunday this year.
Monday will be a school day
again for students of the Dub
lie and private elementary and
high schools. Sandhills Com
munity College will resume
classes Tuesday morning.
Moore County and Southern
Pines municipal government
offices, and the county’s three
state ABC liquor stores will
be closed all day Monday.
Town government offices also
will be closed all day Satur
day, as they were Christmas
Eve.
The Southern Pines Post
Office will offer no carrier
service, except for special de
livery mail, on Monday. The
Post Office will maintain win
dow service for customers un
til 12:30 pm Saturday.
The Citizens Bank and Trust
Co. and Southern National
Bank in Southern Pines also
will be closed Monday. Each
will be open as usual Saturday
until noon.
The year 1966 was one of
progress for Moore county,
with new industries and busi
nesses coming in, expansion
of existing plants, educational
and recreational achievements
and steps taken by county and
municipal governments open
ing the way to further prog
ress in the future.
Quality Mills, Inc., opening
its new $600,000 plant at Car
thage last June, within weeks
announced plans to double its
payroll of 160. Taylor Mobile
Products, Inc., started manu-
Housiiig Authority Gets
Convenience Certificate
College’s Nurse
Training Course
Given Approval
Sandhills Community Col
lege officials have been noti
fied that the Associate Degree
Nursing Program, initiated
last fall, has been approved
for reasonable assurance of
accreditation.
The notification of the ap
proval of the application by
the college was received with
in a few days of the visit here
by a committee of the Nation
al League for Nursing, the of-
fical agency designated by the
U. S. Office of Education to
accredit schools of nursing
throughout the country
Miss Louise Bryant, consul
tant on Associate Degree
Nurses Education for the N.
C. State Department of Com
munity Colleges accompanied
the committee during its sur
vey at Sandhills College.
According to Dr. Richard S.
Ray, dean of instruction at
Sandhills, and Henry I. Rahn,
director of technical-vocation
al education, approval of the
two-year nurses program by
the National League of Nurs-
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The Southern Pines Housing
Authority’s way for acquiring
land for its public housing pro
ject is clear now.
Authority Executive Direc
tor E. R. Hubbard reported!
Tuesday the State Utilities has
issued the organization a Cer
tificate of Public Convenience
and Necessity.
This gives the Housing Au
thority the right to acquire
land and secure it for the
public domain. The Housing
Authority will buy only vacant
land for the sites for the con
struction of the 100 low-rent
units in the public housing
project.
The State Utilities Commis
sion order granting the certi
ficate explains that “a housing
authority must do these two
things before it may institute
a proceeding for the taking of
the certificate was held last
November 23 in Raleigh before
Utilities Commission Chair
man Harry T. Westcott, who
presided; and Commissioners
Clarence H. Noah and John
W. McDevitt.
The application was opposed
by C. M. McLaughlin and
George Little, both of South
ern Pines. They expressed op
position to the site chosen for
the local project.
Appearing on behalf of the
Housing Authority were Hub
bard; E. O. Brogden Jr., at
torney; E. Earl Hubbard,
chairman of the Authority’s
commissioners; Mayor Pro
Tern Felton Capel; and Coun
cilman L. D. McDonald.
The order says, following a
statement of pertinent infor
mation: “. . . It is therefore
ordered that a Certificate of
Public Convenience and Neces-
property under the right of' sity be, and the same is here-
eminent domain pursuant to” i by, granted to the Southern
the Public Works Domain Pines Housing Authority for
Law: I the development, construction,
maintenance and operation of
-— Obtain a Certificate of ^qq (j^elling units of low-rent
PubUc Convenience and Ne- housing, as set forth in the
cessity from the North Car- application in this docket,
olina Utilities Commission. , , ,, ,
I “It is further ordered that
, — Adopt a resolution de- this order shall constitute the
claring that the acquisition of Certificate of Public Conveni-
the property described is in the ence and Necessity herein
public interest and necessary, above granted.”
for public use. | document also orders
Hubbard said the local'that copies be transmitted to
Housing Authority will start the Southern Pines mayor, the^
acquiring property soon for the ' Housing Authority, at
planned public housing.
The State Utilities Commis
sion issued the certificate in
an order dated December 22.
A public hearing on the Hous
ing Authority’s application for, ties Commission.
ON COUNTY HIGHWAYS, TOWN STREETS
1966 Accidents Took 15 Lives
In 51 weeks of 1966, Moore
county’s auto fatality toll add
ed up to 15 persons—neither
the worst nor the best record
of recent years.
They died in 12 accidents,
one of which took three lives,
another two. The victims in
cluded two children, seven
other young people under 21,
one young father and one
mother of seven.
Ten fatalities are listed by
the State Highway Patrol as
taking place in the county, on
rural roads or highways, while
three were in the city limits of
Southern Pines and one in
Aberdeen. One, occurring in a
car-train collision at Vass, was
on private property and has no
official county or municipal
listing.
Twn of the dead were ped
estrians, while three others—
in what was surely the coun
ty’s most mysterious and sen
sational of accidents — were
struck while lying on a high
way side by side.
Seven were driving their
cars, five of these dying in one-
car wrecks, one in the colli
sion with the train and only
one in collision with another
car.
US 1, on which many high
way fatalities have occurred
in former years, was this year
the scene of only one, a pedes
trian’s death. The Vass-Camer-
on area was the worst hit,
with five of the 12 fatal
wrecks—four on rural paved
roads, one on a private road.
NC 211 and NC 705 figure in
two each.
Ages of the victims ranged
from three to 77. In just one
accident was mechanical fail
ure—bad brakes—seen as the
most likely cause. High speed
was assigned as the cause in
three accidents, guessed in
three or four others. Inquests
cleared the drivers in the two
pedestrian deaths, and the
driver striking the three
youths in the road was held
by coroner’s ruling not at fault.
An inquest is yet to be held
in the head-on collision.
At least seven persons were
seriously injured in the acci
dents, to be added to the long
list of those sustaining minor
to critical hurts in non-fatal
wrecks throughout the year.
The 51-week death toll:
January 8—Raymond Dar
rell Brown, 19, Robbins, in
one-car wreck on NC 705 just
off 211; brake trouble believ
ed cause.
January 14 — Roy William
Webster, 30, West End, Rt. 1,
and Billy Joe Newman, 20,
Pinehurst; one-car wreck in
Southern Pines.
February 24—John Thomas
McNeill, 18, pedestrian, on US
1 at Aberdeen, struck by
truck, then by car; driver of
truck cleared of blame, driver
of car not found.
March 3 — Charles Edward
Williams, 33, Cameron, Rt. 1;
one-car wreck on rural paved
road near Cameron.
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Charlotte Boy
Wins Junior
Golf Tourney
A 16-year-old Charlotte boy
won the 19th D'onald Ross
Junior Golf Tournament Tues
day at the Pinehurst Country
Club.
He is Davis Williams.
Williams shot 73, one over
par and finished a stroke
ahead of runnerup Ken Mc
Donald of Wilmington, Frank
Walters of Florence, S. C., and
David Weavil of Winston-
Salem. McDonald was award
ed second place after a match
ing of cards.
McDonald shot 38 and 36 for
his 74; Walters, 35 and 39; and
Weavil, 40 and 34.
Peter Pottle of Southern
Pines and Linville shared fifth
place with Jay Overton of
Sanford, Joe Patton of Mor-
ganton and Robert Chapman
of Spartanburg, S. C. Each
had 75.
The ninth annual Father
and Son Holiday Tournament
opened today with Junior Golf
Tournament competitors and
their dads competing.
McConnell’s
Condition Is
‘Very Good’
Superior Court Judge John
D. McConnell of Country Club
Drive was reported this morn
ing (Wednesday) in “very
good” condition at North Car-
ilina Memorial Hospital in
Chapel Hill.
Judge McConnell is under
treatment for injuries suffered
December 12 in a two-car col
lision three miles north of
Ramseur.
His attending physician said
this morning that the judge
has “improved progressively’"
since he was admitted to the
Chapel Hill hospital December
14. He was transferred there
from Randolph Memorial Hos
pital in Asheboro.
The physician said Judge
VIcConnell “can get up and
iround” now and spends much
of his time in a wheel chair
Tudge McConnell suffered a
fracture of the left hip and a
fracture of the left knee in
the accident.
torney of record, and C. A.
McLaughlin and George Little.
The order was signed by
Mary Laurens Richardson,
chief clerk of the State Utili-
WHEN BAD WEATHER STRIKES
Here’s How To Check On Schools
Moore County school offi-'
cials advised parents and stu
dents to listen to radio stations
or watch television telecasts
when they want to know
whether their schools will be
closed when bad weather
strikes.
“Do not telephone school of
ficials,” they advise.
Decisions on whether schools
will be closed or remain open
are made by school authorities
in late afternoon before the
day concerned; or early in the
morning of the day concerned.
The decisions are made after
consultations with the State
Highway Department and US
Weather Bureau, among other
agencies.
The school authorities list
these stations covering Moore
County which will broadcast
or telecast information about
school closings:
Radio: WEEB, Southern
Pines (990 on the dial); WWG-
P, Sanford (105.5 FM, 1050
AM); WPTF, Raleigh (680);
WGWR, Asheboro (1260); and
WJRM, Troy (1390).
Television: WFMY, Greens
boro (Channel 2); WRAL, Ra
leigh (Channel 5); WT'VD,
Durham (Channel 11); and
WGHP, High Point (Channel
8).
The Moore school authori
ties said Southern Pines Sta
tion WEEB probably will be
the first to get information
concerning closing and open
ing of county schools.
If no announcement is
made, schools will operate as
usual.
Radio stations usually make
such announcements more
frequently than television sta
tions.
School officials need unin
terrupted telephone service
while they are trying to get
information to decide whether
to close schools. This is why
they do not want pupils and
parents to telephone them for
information. Calls tie up the
lines and delay the officials’
getting the information they
need. This in turn delays their
decision-making.
Officials ask parents and
pupils to get the information
about school closings and
openings from the broadcast
ers or from neighbors.
facture of mobile classrooms
and other trailer units in July
at their new plant near South
ern Pines, and by mid-Sep
tember planned expansion. A
smaller industry, Pinehurst
Brick Co., started August 1
making handmolded - type
brick near Vass.
Existing plants announcing
expansion plans were the Gul-
istan Carpet Division of J. P.
Stevens & Co. at Aberdeen;
Sandhill Furniture Co., (a di
vision of the Stanley Com
pany of Virginia) at West End;
and Carolina Soap Sz Candle
Makers, Southern Pines, which
imported a quantity of new
machinery and will build a
new building to house it.
Through cooperation of five
telephone firms. Extended
Area Service came to Moore
County October 31, with the
switching center in a $500,000
annex built by United Tele
phone Co. of the Carolines
here.
Sandhills Community Col
lege completed a $2,500,000
plant, added a fourth building
(shop and automotive) and a
College Residence for its pres
ident, and has another class
room building on the drawing
boards. Early in December
President Raymond A. Stone
was inaugurated and formal
dedication of the buildings
took place.
County school consolidation
progressed with acquisition of
a 120-acre site and plans under
way for the third and last high
school, expected to cost $2.5
million. Construction of a
$225,000 elementary school at
Highfalls, replacing one burn
ed in 1965, is under way.
A $60,000 improvement pro
ject (half county funds, half
federal) has expanded use of
the county-owned airport.
The county opened its first
sanitary landfill, the first of
five which are planned.
At Carthage, a $400,000
water pumping and treatment
system was completed, helping
to bring' the new industry
(Quality Mills). Robbins is
building a new sewage treat
ment plant and Aberdeen
voters approved a $310,000
bond issue for theirs.
The county commissioners
reapporti. ned voting districts
and, under a new zoning law
and board, are proceeding with
zoning on a section-by-section
basis. They bought a new $14,-
000 bookmobile, also their
eighth rural fire truck, sta
tioned at Pinebluff.
At Southern Pines, the town
council pushed community
planning and beautification
and enacted a new zoning or
dinance, including the one-
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AT CARTHAGE
IN MOORE COUNTY DURING 1966
10 Top News Stories Recalled
What were the 10 top news
stories in Moore county in
1966?
Here is one selection, not
necessarily in the order of
importance:
1— Growth of the Sandhills
Community College to take its
place among established edu
cational institutions of North
Carolina, in its own completed
plant, with inaugural and de
dicatory rites and recognition
of benefactions of Sandhills
residents.
2— Termination of the Moore
County Schools’ consolidation
struggle, with superior court
first, then Supreme Court,
giving the green light on Area
HI school.
3— Extended Area Service
effective countywide through
cooperation of five telephone
firms.
4_Industrial development-
coming of Quality Mills, Inc.,
and Taylor Mobile Products,
with major expansion of ope
rations and plant at J. P.
Stevens (Gulistan Carpet Di
vision), the county’s largest
employer.
5— Ambulance crisis — five
out of six funeral homes quit
ting service, county’s efforts
to fill gap, initiation of a new
private service and' recognition
of importance of Rescue Squad
units.
6— Upsurge of Republicans
in November 8 general elec
tion, with two GOP commis
sioners elected, Cooley ousted
by Gardner for Congress; ris
ing strength seen in most pre
cincts.
7— Desegregation of most
schools, with no major pro
blems.
8— Triple highway death
near Robbins—three youths
killed as they lay motionless
on road at early-morning hour,
for no reason that could be
found.
9— Completion of Camp
Reeves, giant step toward de
velopment of 2,056-acre Oc-
coneechee Boy Scout camp
serving 12 counties.
10— Reapportionment of vot
ing districts by county com
missioners.
There are plenty of other
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Moore YDC To
Hear Highway
Chief Jan. 12
Joseph M. Hunt, Jr., chair
man of the State Highway
Commission will be the guest
speaker at a dinner meeting
of the Moore County Young
Democbratic Club on Thurs
day, January 12 at 7 pm, at
the Carthage Hotel in Carth
age, according to an announce
ment by Jerry Cole, club pres
ident.
Cole said that tickets for
the dinner will be $2 each and
that those wishing to attend
could purchase a ticket in ad
vance. Those unable to attend
the dinner and wishing to
come for the speaking are in
vited to do so, said Cole.
“I believe that Mr. Hunt will
have a message that the peo
ple will want to hear,” said
Cole of West End, who heads
the Lee County Unit of the
State Prison Department.
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.
Dec. 21
Dec. 22
Dec. 23
Dec. 24
Dec. 25
Dec. 26
Dec. 27
Max.
Min.
58
24
61
32
55
37
41
26
41
14
48
13
. 49
22