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A young West Southern Pines man has been appointed a deputy sheriff in Scotland County. See front page, Section 3. Text of the Town Council’s resolution on proposed liquor-by-the-drink legislation is on Page 3, Sec tion 3. VOL.—47 NO. 10 TWENTY-TWO PAGES SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1967 TWENTY-TWO PAGES PRICE: 10 CENTS J. R. BRENDELL, JR. IN AREA III Brendell Is Named Principal Aberdeen Principal J. R. Brendell, Jr., has been named principal of the Area III high school. He was picked for the post by the County Board of Edu cation on recommendation of the Area III Advisory Council. The action was taken at the board’s regular January meet ing. Brendell, 39, has served the county school system approx imately four years. The Area III school will be built on a tract on US 15-501 about two miles west of South ern Pines. It is scheduled to open in September 1968. Brendell will take office July 1 when the consolidation of the Southern Pines, Pine- hurst and Moore County school systems becomes effec tive. Before then, however, he will have a part in planning for the new school. The motion at the board (Continued on Page 6) ON FIRST DAY 20 Divorce Cases Taken Up By Court The regular civil term of Moore County Superior Court got under way this week at Carthage with the criminal term due to follow next week, both with Judge Walter E. Johnston, Jr., of Winston- Salem presiding. Twenty divorce cases, one with jury, and a number of motions in pending civil cases took up the first day of the term, with three cases called later for trial but settled or non-suited before going to the jury. With juries sworn in and plaintiff’s evidence given, counsel announced both plain tiffs in two cases against the same defendant would take voluntary non-suit. Wrongful death was charged in the auto fatality cases: N. A. McLeod, administrator of the estate of Isabelle M. Jackson, also of (Continued on Page 6) Preliminary Hearing Set In Williams Death Another traffic fatality may have been added to Moore county’s total of 15 for 1966 with the medical opinion, fol lowing an autopsy, that the death of John Cleveland Wil liams January 6 resulted from injuries suffered in an auto mobile accident of December 10. Coroner W. K. Carpenter of Pine bluff said the complete autopsy report would not be available for some time, but that the pathologist did give his opinion as to the cause of death. As a result, Carpentn said, he had Frank Wright, 36, of West Southern Pines 1o blame for the fatality and or dered Wright charged wilh manslaughter. Wright is free under $1,000 bail for appearance at a pre liminary hearing 'on the charge February 1 in Southern Pines Recogder’s Court. Police Chief Earl Seawell said the warrant was immedi ately issued. Williams, 42, also of West Southern Pines, was discharg ed last January 5 from Moore Memorial Hospital, and died suddenly the next day at his home, 580 South Gaines Street. He had been under treatment at the hospital for injuries to both arms and both legs, sustained when he was struck by Wright’s car. The autopsy ordered by the coroner revealed the cause of death to have been a pulmonary throm bosis, said to have originated in the injured left leg. Wright was tried December 14 in the Southern Pines court, pleading not guilty to charges of careless and reckless driv ing causing accident, property damage and personal injury. Hfe Was found guilty by Judge W. H. Fullenwider of exceed ing safe speed and ordered to pay costs of court. Testimony at the trial was that Murray Lewis Young, 60, had parked his car shortly af ter midnight near the street in the yard of a store at Gaines St. and Indiana Ave., to talk with Miles Threadgill, his pas senger, when Williams came up and asked Threadgill to get out and talk with him. They conversed for a while at the back of the car, then Threadgill went around the car to get back in. At that mo ment, Wright’s car came diag- (Continued on Page !6) '' ' 4 Ns ' CARDINAL BALLROOM — This first “full dress” picture of the new ballroom completed at Pinehurst’s Carolina Hotel shows how seating is arranged on the main floor to convert the room to convention use. The ballroom is in an addition built last summer, designed by Austin and Faulk, of Southern Pines, to increase convention facilities at the hotel. Seating for 350 on the ballroom floor can be augmented to 650 by placing chairs on the raised peri phery surrounding the floor, which is of inlaid wood. Carpeting of black with a design in varying shades of gold covers the floor of the periphery. The wallpaper is gold and light ivory, colors repeated in the central chandelier which measures 10% feet across. Eight switches control indirect lighting, from dim to high, and six spot lights can be trained on the stage. Several dances have already been held in the ball room, with a Valentine ball scheduled for February 14. (Hemmer photo) LLEWELLYN, MATTHEWS Two Students From Moore County Among Morehead Award Finalists Maytag Centers Will Have Grand Openings Formal grand openings of the Harbour-Maytag Home Laundry Center and the Southern Pines Maytag High lander Center, both located in a new building at the corner of S. E. Broad St. and E. Mass achusetts Ave., will begin Monday, to run through Sat urday of next week. Full details are in news items on page 6 of today’s Pilot and in advertisements on Page 3 of this section and on Page 7 of Section 2. Two high school seniors from Moore County are among the six nominees from Dis trict HI who h^ye been select ed as finalists in competition for 1967 Morehead Awards to study at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, it is announced by Roy Arm strong, executive secretary of the John Motley Morehead Foundation. They are: John Todd Lle wellyn, son of Mrs. Jean W. Llewellyn of 265 E. Illinois Ave., Southern Pines; and Larry Maxwell Matthews, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Mat thews of Route 3, Carthage. Llewellyn attends Southern Pines High School and Mat thews is a Union Pines High School student. The six finalists were select ed from a field of 23 nom.inees from 12 counties comprising District HI following inter views in Elizabethtown Satur day, January 14. Two alternate finalists were also chosen, neither of them from Moore. District HI is composed of Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Lee, Moore, New Hanover, Richmond, Robeson and Scot land counties. Henry L. Graves of South ern Pines, chairman of the Moore County committee which chose the two nominees from candidates recommended by high schools, said after TO BE SUCCEEDED BY BIGBEE Smail Leaving Phone Firm Post Paul H. Henson, president of United Utilities, Incorporated, the parent company of United Telephone Co. of the Caro lines, Inc., announced this week that E. W. Smail of Southern Pines, president of the local telephone company, had accepted an offer to move to Kansas City, Mo., the home base of the widely located utility firm. John M. Bigbee, vice presi- ' dent of the company, is slated to succeed Smail as president. In his new capacity, Smail will assist the executive vice president of operations in the overall supervision of the sub sidiary companies located in 19 states. The System serves about 1,500,000 telephones of which United 'of the Carolines, headquartered in Southern Pines, serves 40,000. Smail served as an enlisted man during World War II and when the war ended, he was stationed at the US Nkval Pre- Flight Training School prepar atory to receiving his wings as a pilot and his commission as an Ensign. After the war he completed his schooling in the School of Business of the Uni- this week’s announcement, “We are certainly proud of these boys who have enabled Mooi:e County to provide two of the six district nominees.” Each of the 10 Morehead' Awards Districts in the state is selecting six finalists to ap pear for interviews before the Central Morehead Selection Committee in Chapel Hill March 3-7. . A total of 52 nominees from 26 private preparatory schools on the Morehead Foundation’s selected list will also be in terviewed , at that time, in cluding Hoke Pollock, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Hoke Pol- (Continued on Page 6) Inspection Set On January 31 For Guard Unit The annual Army inspection of Company C, 2nd Battalion, 252nd Armor of the North Car olina National Guard here is scheduled for January 31. The inspectron will be made by officers from Third Army headquarters in Atlanta, Ga. They will check administra tive, training and mobilization records and procedures, and facilities and equipment here. Present for the inspection at the National Guard Armory here will be the Company C commander, Capt. Ralph L. Horner of Pinebluff, and 1st Sgt. Ralph B. Martin, Jr. of Company C. Battalion, brigade and 30th Infantry Division representatives are expected to be on hand. Up to this year the presence of everyone in the company was required at annual inspec tions. E. W. SMAIL versity of Chicago, the city where he was born. In 1948 he joined United Telephone Co. of Iowa, also operated by the United Tele phone System, and in April, 1950, he was transferred to Southern Pines as commercial superintendent. He held vari ous other positions with the company until 1960 when he J. M. BIGBEE vas elected president. He is married to the former Anne Cameron of Southern Pines and they have two chil dren—Ed, 14, and Cam, 12. Al though Smail will leave South ern Pines in March, Mrs. Smail will remain behind until the end of the sch'ool year when she and Cam will join him. Ed, (Continued on Page 6) 11 Guardmeu Are Promoted The promotions of 11 enlist ed men of Company C, 2nd Battalion, 252nd Arm'or of the North Carolina National Guard were announced this week by Capt. Ralph L. Hor ner of Pinehurst, the company commander. Promoted from private first class to specialist 4 were Rob ert H. Bruner of Carherbn, Route 1, Gayle L. Frye 'of Car thage, and Charles W. Oxen- dine, Kenneth R. Kearns and Grady C. Vanhoy, all of Aber deen, Route 1. ■ Promoted to private first class from private were Dalton H. Davis, Jr. of Robbins, Route 1; Wendell R. Seawell of Rob bins; James D. McKeithen and William E. Rounds II, both 'of Southern Pines; Jerry L. Frye of Bennett; and Thomas D. Garner of Cameron, Route 1. Historical Group Will Meet Monday The Moore County Histori cal Association will meet at 7:30 pm Monday in the Camp bell House here', H. Clifton Blue of Aberdeen association president, announced this week. The program committee of John A. McPhaul, Mrs. James Boyd and Mrs. W. G. Ferguson is arranging the program. The board of directors will meet at 7 pm. Blue said that work was progressing on the Antique Fair which will be held March 22-24 at the Southern Pines National Guard Armory. On the Antiques Fair Committee are Mrs. Ernest L. Ives, chair man, Mrs. N. L. Hodgkins Jr., Mrs. V'oit Gilmore, Mrs. Ger trude Page, Mrs. Charles T. Grier, Mrs. L. L. Biddle and Mrs. Pat Rainey. Mrs. L. D. McDonald has been re-appointed Antiques Fair cafeteria chairman. Blue said that the other members of the committee would be an nounced Monday night. Blue also said: “I am delighted with the interest being shown in the ac tivities of the Moore County Historical Association. “We welcome to the meet ing Monday night all people interested in the history and the work of the Association.” McPhaul said that refresh ments would be served at the conclusion of the program. Jaycees’ DSA Dinner Meeting Set For Friday The Southern Pines Jaycees’ Distinguished Service Award for 1966 will be presented Fri day night to a young man whose name will not be made public until he is introduced lor the presentation. The announcement will be made at the Jaycees’ annual DSA and Bosses’ Night dinner meeting at the Holiday Inn. The dinner will start at 7 pm. The Bosses’ Night portion of the program, honors Jaycees’ employers who support the goals of the Junior Chamber. The dinner meeting is an event of Jaycee Week which started last Sunday and con tinues through Saturday. The DSA presentation will be made by Barry Torrence, chairman for the event. The guest speaker for the meeting will be Micou F. Brown, a Raleigh business leader. Mayor Norris L. Hodgkins Jr. last week signed' a procla mation designating the period January 15-21 as Jaycee Week in Southern Pines. Proclamation The text of the proclamation follows: “WHEREAS, the civic bod ies and service organizations of our community and the de partments of the local govern ment recognize the great ser vice rendered to this commun ity by the Southern Pines Jay- vees, and “WHEREAS, The United States Jaycees and its affiliated state and local or ganizations have set aside the week of January 15 - 21, 1967, to observe the founding of the Jaycees and to commemorate such founding by the selection of an outstanding young man in this community as the re cipient of the Distinguished Service Award, and, “WHEREAS, this organiza tion of young men has contrib- (Continued on Page 6) ROAD PLANS REVEALED Highway Chief Says JVashington Caused GOP Rise Plans for the four-laning of US Highway 1 from the north end of the Southern Pines Parkway to Vass are in the preliminary stages. State High way Commission Chairman Joe M. Hunt revealed at Car thage Thursday night at a din ner meeting of the M'oore County Young Democratic Club in the Carthage Hotel. He also said that NC 211 is to be resurfaced between Aber deen and Raeford. Hunt added that 54 miles of secondary roads in Moore are scheduled for paving this, year. Open House Slated Sunday At New Home The public is invited to visit and inspect a new “Gold Me- dallron home in the Forest Hills area near Aberdeen, Sun day afternoon, January 22. Full details of the event .vill be found on Pages 2 and 3 of Section 3 of today’s Pilot. In advertisements appearing on those pages, the date of the open house is incorrectly giv en as January 21. Sunday, Jan uary 22, is the correct date. Southern Pines Firemen Elect 1967 Officers Peter C. Rapatas was re elected chief of the Southern Pines Volunteer Fire Depart ment last Thursday. Edward Parker was elected assistant chief, succeeding Fred McKenzie. Tony Parker was re-elected secretary-treas urer; George Wentland, elect ed company captain; and Har old B. Fowler, elected truck captain. Elected trustees were Joseph P. O’Callaghan, for three years; W. F. Chatfield, two years; and Hubert Cameron, one year. Bryan Poe was re-elected trustee for the Firemen’s Re lief Fund, and Lewis McNeill was appointed company chap lain. The officers for 1967 were named during the fire depart ment members’ annual elec tions meeting. The Fire Department an nounced Monday that the eight remaining weekly classes of the Fire School will be held through the next two months starting with a session at 7:30 pm Thursday at the fire sta tion. Four classes were held last fall in the 12-class course. The subjects covered were practice with rope and hose, the use of (Continued on Page 6) noting also that contracts total ling more than $1 million have been let to build the long- sought road from near Carth age to the Glendon area, the old Highfalls Bridge is being replaced, and curb-and-gutter- ing of several streets in Car thage has recently been done. The Commission chairman there to speak on party mat ters, told the standing-room- ‘Fuiid For Five’ Aid Drive WiU End January 31 A January 31 deadline has been set for contributions to the Fund for Five campaign that is seeking financial help for,the families of five boys burned in a Hoke County camping accident late last year. Four of the boys died and one survived, after hospitali zation. The fund is to help the families meet big medical and hospital bills. Dr. Boyd Starnes, chairman of a committee acting on be half of, the Southern Pines Elks Lodge which has led the fund drive in Moore County, said that the Raeford head quarters of the campaign has also set the January 31 dead line, so that the effort can be wound up and the m'oney turn ed over to the families. A full acounting will be made. Dr. Starnes said. Persons who want to give, in this area, can make checks to Southern Pines Elks Lodge No. 1692, designating them for “Fund for Five.” State Rep. T. Clyde Auman and State Highway Patrol Flight Sgt. A. R. Cope, pilot for flight Highway Patrol Plane Is Demonstrated Here Moore County’s State Rep. T. Clyde Auman of West End got a bird’s eye view of the traffic situation in the Moore County area yesterday. He was a guest on a flight of a State Highway Patrol plane. Patrol Flight Sgt. A. R. Cope was his pilot. Auman was one of many leg islators taking observation trips this month. The plane the Moore legisla tor rode in is one of two the patrol is using to show the lawmakers the contributio" the aircraft can make to tra/ fic safety and traffic law forcement. Every member of the ^967 General Assembly has been invited by the patrol to 'de on I a flight over critical traffic 'areas. The patrol flight ob- j server demonstrates to the leg- j islator the techniques used in I traffic control and how viola- I tions of laws governing mov ing roa* traffic can be spotted from ne air. Th/ patrol is prohibited by lawfnom using planes to de ter and apprehend certain tvoes of moving-traffie viola- ions but does use them to help :ontrol traffic at football games and other events and conduct searches for missing persons and fugitive felons. The patrol plane took off from and landed at Pinehurst- Southern Pines Airport for Auman’s ride. JOE M. HUNT Chairman, N. C. State Highway Commission 'only crowd he had not meant to mention roads and did so only incidentally, as he knew Moore County folks would be interested in current projects affecting them. Jerry Cole of West End, YDC president, presided over the meeting, for which some 200 dinners were served, with ‘people 'overflowing into the lobby for the program. The meeting was held to launch the 1967 membership campaign and was one of sev eral planned. President Cole said, to bring outstanding party members to the county and in the interest of party spirit. Responstoility Placed In his speech the Com mission chairman, famed for pulling n'o punches, tore into critics who placed responsibil ity for recent disasters on the party in North Carolina. He laid them squarely at the door of the Administration in Washington. The recent Republican up surge, he declared, was spark ed by “matters beyond the borders of this State. The peo ple were- mad at Washington and felt a growing desire to strike back.” Also, he added, “unless the national administration trims its sails and comes closer to the thinking of the people, you ain’t seen nothing yet.” He said the Texas confer ence of governors, including Governor Moore, had done much to influence the Presi dent and “we are already see ing signs of it. No More to Offer “The Republicans have been a minority party for years, they are still a minority party and they haven’t any more to offer than they ever did.” He listed outstanding Demo crats, “men of long service to this State,” who had been “swept down the drain” No vember 8, noting ■ that “they were swept away on a tide of resentment against Washing ton.” “We are still the party of youth and progress, of history and tradition—learning from both th'ough bound by neither —and we can be proud of our accomplishments in North Carolina. But we must step up our educational efforts and never take the new generation (Continued on Page 6) THE WEATHER Maximum and minimum temperatures for each day ol the past week were recorded as follows at the US Weather Bureau observation station, at WEEB, on Midland Road. Max Min. Jan. 11 47 29 Jan. 12 50 11 Jan. 13 61 26 Jan. 14 55 43 Jan. 15 54 48 Jan. 16 54 33 Jan. 17 55 23
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