Faculty
and staff members have been
added at Sandhills Community
College here. They are listed on
Page 1, Section 2.
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Glendon
^^Mteopqs. Cameron pji
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Aberdeen
A Moore
County man has been honored
with the State’s “Woodland
Owner of the Year” award. De
tails are on Page 7, Section 2.
VOL.—47 NO. 19
TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES
SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 1967
TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES
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Easter Season Marked
With Church Services
Local churches have sched
uled Holy Week and Easter
services as follows.
Lutheran; the Rev. Haskell
Duncan, minister of music at
First Baptist Church here; and
The annual Good Friday the Rev. Martin Caldwell,
community service will take
place at Emmanuel Episcopal
Church on Friday, from noon
to 3 pm, with eight Protestant
ministers of the Sandhills area
having parts in the tradition
al service based on the Seven
Last Words of Christ.
Persons attending only part
of the service are informed
that its divisions will take
place at 20 minutes past and
20 minutes until the hours
involved.
The ministers taking part,
listed by their churches, will
be: Dr. Julian Lake, Brown-
son Memorial Presbyterian;
the Rev. E. L. Barber, re
tired Presbyterian pastor; the
Rev. W. K. Fitch, Jr., Culdee
Presbyterian, near Pinehurst;
the Rev. A. L. Thompson,
Southern Pines Methodist; the
Rev. Robert Roschy, United
Church of Christ; the Rev.
Phillip Deese, Our Saviour
► SUNRISE SERVICES
Sunrise services have
been scheduled by several
churches of this area for
E,aster morning, Sunday.
March 26.
The only such service
being held in Soulhetrn
Pines, to which members
of all denominations are
invited, is that of Qur
^ Saiviour Lutheran Church
on No. 1 highw.ay park
way, south, at 6:30 am.
Other sunrise services
of which The Pilot has
been notified include
those of the following
churches: Beulah Hill
Baptist, near Pinehurst,
6:30 am; and these, alLaf
6 am: Manly Presbyterian;
I Old Bethesda, near Aber-
' deen; Ives Memorial Bap
tist at Pinebluff; union
service at Vciss Baptist
Church.
Emmanuel Episcopal.
Other Services
Other services have been
announced by local churches
for the remaining days of Holy
Week and for Easter Sunday:
Our Saviour Lutheran
Church the Rev. iPhillip W.
Deese, pastor—Thursday, Holy
Week Communion service at
7:30 pm; Easter Day, sunrise
service at 6:30 am on the
church’s parking lot.
Sunday School at 9:45 and
(Continued on Page 8)
Banks And Many
Stores To Be
Closed Monday
Southern Pines banks and
many other business places
will remain closed until
Tuesday morning after busi
ness hours this weekend in ob
servance of Easter Monday
Hoiwever, the Post Office,
some of the grocery stores
and restaurants will be open
as usual Easter Monday.
The Moore County ABC
stores and county and town
officials will be among those
observing the holiday.
Schools in the Moore Coun
ty system will close after
classes Thursday and remain
closed until Tuesday morning.
The Southern Pines city
schools started their longer
spring vacation after classes
last Friday afternoon. There
will be no more classes until
Tuesday morning.
Pinehurst city schools closed
after classes at 3 pm today
(Wednesday) and will reopen
Tuesday morning.
St. Anthony’s Catholic
School students started their
(Continued on Page 8)
SUITED FOR RESCUE — Some of the
12 members of Moore County Rescue Squad
4 are shown wearing new uniform jackets
given the squad last Wednesday by the
Sandhills Kiwanis Club, and the 1959 am-
■ bulance acquired by the squad last fall and
paid for from donations given in the cam
paign being held on behalf of the squad.
The photo was made shortly after Wed
nesday’s club meeting. Left to right: Club
Presid; nt W. T. Huntley Jr., J. C. Jones,
secretary-treasurer of the Advisory Com
mittee for the squad, George E. Paules,
committee chairman; A. B. Parker of Vass,
commander of the North Carolina Associa
tion of Rescue Squads; and Squad 4 mem
bers Lee Cole, Vernon Hall, Jack Flinchum,
Harold Laton and Sonny Guion, squad
captain. (Pilot photo)
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Here’s how Rescue Squad 4’s new home at Aberdeen looked last Thursday.
Completion is expected by May 1. (Pilot photo)
TO BENEFIT CAMP EASTER
EXPANSION PLANS BEING MADE
The Rev. R. W. McKewin Named
Administrator For Penick Home
The Rev. Robert Williams 1 zens.
McKewin, administrative di
rector of the Guardian Angels
Foundation of Elk River,
Minn., will become the admin
istrator of the Bishop Penick
Memorial Home in Southern
Pines on July 1.
The announcement was
made this week by Edward
H. Heyd of Salisbury, presi
dent of the Board of Directors
of the local Episcopal institu
tion.
Mr. Heyd also stated that
plans are now being made to
enlarge and develop the pres
ent facility on N. Ridge St.
to more than double its ca
pacity.
Guardian Angels Founda
tion operates a 60-room ex
tended-care facility for the
elderly and a large apartment
development for senior citi-
Gardner Sending
Questionnaires
Congressman Jim Gardner,
in whose 4th District Moore
County is located, said this
week that his Washington of
fice is sending out 145,000
questionnaires to residents oi
the district.
He said he is asking citi
zens of the district “to share
their opinions with me on
some of the major issues fac
ing the 90th Congress.”
Gardner also said he plans
to have all his county Con
gressional offices open with
in the next two months and
will visit the offices at the be
ginning of each month.
So far, offices have been
opened in Chatham and Ran
dolph Counties. No announce
ment has yet been made about
a Moore County office.
Mr. McKewin is a native of
Minnesota and a graduate of
the Breck School. Prior to his
study for the Episcopal min
istry, he graduated from the
University of Minnesota from
which he also received a Mas
ter’s degree. He and Mrs. Mc
Kewin have five children and
(Continued on Page 8)
Award Made To Gov, Moore
Launches ^Golf Week^ Drive
The Friends of Camp Easter
kicked off thtir 1967 Camp
Easter Golf Week campaign
Monday by presenting to
Governor Dan K. Moore,
at his press conference
in Raleigh, one of their “Mas
ters Master’s Master” certifi
cate awards — receiving from
the Governor his best wishes
and praise for their service to
the State’s handicapped per
sons.
The Friends are a group of
retired Sandhills residents un
dertaking various fund - rais
ing projects for Camp Easter
in the Pines, the camp for
handicapped children and
adults, near Southern Pines,
owned and operated by the
North Carolina Society for
Crippled Children and Adults.
The “Easter Seal Society,”
in Moore County and over the
State, is now conducting its
annual fund-raising drive.
Four of the eight members
of the- Friends were at the
Raleigh presentation — Jack
Hegarty, general chairman for
Camp Easter Golf Week, who
presented the certificate to the
Governor, Pat Jones, Henry
Harper and Lou Wanncmacher
who is a new member of the
Friends.
To be conducted in a gen
erally similar manner to the
first Camp Easter Golf Week
in 1966, this year’s event will
take place April 3-8, the week
of the Masters Tournament at
Augusta, Ga.
With the cooperation of Car-
CContinuefi on Page 8)
m
I
Western Union Office
Lists Holiday Hours
The Western Union Tele
graph Co. at 115 E. Pennsyl
vania Ave. lists the following
hours when the office will be
open over the coming Easter
weekend holiday:
On Easter Sunday—1 to 4
pm; on Easter Monday (March
27) 7:30 am to 6 pm.
Kiwanis Honors
Rescue Squad 4,
Presents Jackets
Moore County Rescue
Squad 4 was honored last
Wednesday b ythe Sandhills
Kiwanis Club for their volun
teer, unpaid services to the
Sandhills communities.
The meeting was the club’s
weekly luncheon at the Holi
day Inn.
Then the honor guests and
the others in the audience
■were told that slightly more
than $20,000 of the $25,000 goal
to help finance the squad’s
operations had been raised by
the squad Advisory Commit
tee campaign. The total in
cludes cash Already given,
pledges, and donations still an
ticipated.
Shortly after that, a gift of
uniform jackets with insignia
to the squad members from
the Kiwanis Club was an
nounced. The new jackets
were presented to Squad Capt.
Sonny Guion and his squad
colleagues. The six other
members were unable to at
tend because of work and busi
ness schedules.
George E. Paules, Advisory
Committee chairman and club
program chairman, told ihe
luncheon audience that, of the
funds raised in the campaign,
$10,000 was allocated to com
pleting the squad’s new head
quarters building at Aberdeen;
other funds were fabbed for
paying for the 1959 ambulance
that replaced an older model
no longer fit for service; $5,-
000 was set for a new “crash”
truck to replace the squad’s
present, worn-out veteran; and
$5,000 for everyday operating
(Continued on Pg. 7, Sec. 2)
All Council
Members File
For Election
All. the members of the
Southern Pines Town Council
filed this morning for the May
2 municipal election with Mrs.
Mildred McDonald, town
clerk, for two-year terms.
Up to the Pilot’s press time
today, no other people had
filed. The filing deadline is
noon April 1.
The incumbents are Mayor
Norris L. Hodgkins Jr., Mayor
Pro Tern Felton Capel, L. D.
McDonald, George H. Leon
ard Jr. and Dr. R. J. Dough
erty.
Also up for election are
the positions of judge (record
er) and solicitor of Southern
Pines Recorder’s Court. The
incumbents are Judge W.
Harry Fulknwider and Solici
tor Howard Broughton.
No one had filed up to early
afternoon today for those
positions.
If more than 10 candidates
file for the council seats or
more than two for the court
positions, a primary will be
held April 24.
The voting place will be at
the town hall.
The registration books will
open April 14 for seven day.s.
j The registration period will be
I 9 am to 5 pm daily except
I April 15. On that date the
j hours will be 9 am to 9 pm.
The registration office will
j not be open, however, on the
Sunday during that period.
April 22 is challenge day.
The election officials are
Mrs. Alma Jones, registrar;
and Mrs. Gertrude Stephen
son and Joe Garzik, judges.
ORCHARDS HIT HARD
Cold Damage Not
Fully Known, Say
Peach Produeers
Freezing weather struck the
Sandhills counties last week
end, severely damaging the
Sandhills peach trees which
had come into bloom earlier in
the week.
Estimates among peach
growers in Moore and the
other counties of the produc
ing area were that more than
half the crop was destroyed.
However, growers won’t
Directors Okay
Local Chamber
Budget Report
A report proposing a tenta
tive budget of $25,000 was
adopted Thursday by directors
of the new Southern Pines
Chamber of Commerce at a
meeting at Holiday Inn.
Bruce Williams, budget
chairman, presented the pro
posed budget which was de
signed to cover the chamber’s
first year of operation.
In other business, the direc
tors’ meetings were scheduled
for noon each Thursday at. the
Holiday Inn Restaurant until
further notice. A charter of
incorporation, submitted by
attorney R. F. Hoke Pollock,
(■Continued on Page 8)
3-DAY EVENT AT ARMORY HERE
Antiques Fair Opens With Party
Opening the 10th Annual
Antiques Fair, being held to
day, Thursday and Friday at
the National Guard Armory
here, was a preview “cham
pagne party” Tuesday night.
Fair officials reported at
tendance at the party of many
“paying guests,” who enjoyed
the exhibits, purchased items
and visited with dealers and
friends.
The Fair is sponsored by
the Moore County Historical
Association, for benefit of res
toration and other projects.
Twenty-one dealers from
seven states are represented,
displaying furniture, china,
crystal, glassware, silver, old
books and prints, paintings,
rugs, jewelry and other items.
Mrs. Ernest L. Ives is gener
al chairman with Mrs. Pat
Rainey as executive director
and Mrs. L. D. McDonald in
charge of the canteen which
operates during the Fair
hours, 10 am to 9 pm daily.
Horse Show Planned
For Paddock Monday
The next schooling show
of the Midi-South Horse
Show Association will be
held Mond,ay, starting at
1 pm, at The Paddock off
Bethesda Road.
know for another month ex
actly how much the damage
amounted to.
Some trees hadn’t come in
to bloom when the cold struck
but a precise estimate wasn’t
available.
The cold weather continued
during Saturday night and
Sunday but apparently added
no more than negligible dam
age to that caused by the
Friday night blow.
A light crop for the early
peach market was forecast as
a result of the cold wave.
■ The mercury reached 17 de
grees at its lowest early Sat
urday morning and stood only
a few degrees higher for about
two hours during that period
at the Sandhill Experiment
Station, the peach ersearch
Center just over the Moore
County line in Montgomery
County.
At the US Weather Bureau
observation station on Mid
land Road, the early Saturdaj^
morning low was 14.
Affected in the Sandhills
were not only the peach crop,
bringing in some $6 million
annually, but many related
factors — suppliers, workers,
shippers — bringing the total
sum at stake to an estimated
$50 million.
Only time will tell also,
growers said, if some trees
themselves sustained a killing
blow. This was the case in
1955, when, on March 26, a
lethal freeze struck. The en
tire crop was wiped out and
in the erisuing ' weeks thou
sands of trees were found to
be dead.
■* This was the first time this
had occurred in Sandhills his
tory, and happened because
the trees were hit just when
their sap was rising.
Other crops 'were affected
by this year’s freeze. How
much damage was done ap
ples and othfer fruits is still
to be determined. Some small
grains in Moore were knee-high
and had “jointed out,” said
(Continued on Page 8)
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f
LARRY H. FLINCHUM
J. J. LEDBETTER
THROUGH BLOSSOMS—Riders in the
Sandhills Trail Rides last Friday found
their marked course leading through this
Lake Bay section peach orchard whose
pink blossoms contrasted with white sand
trail and blue sky to form a scene of typi
cal outdoor beauty in this area. That night,
a severe freeze probably killed many of
these blooms as it did others over the
Sandhills. (Humphrey photo)
24 Participate In Trail Rides
Harry Huberth of Bedford, I p.ated in the rides over the
N. Y., with Mother Goose was
tops among the seniors and
Paul McGovern of Southern
Pines on Who Dat won the
top honors among the juniors
last weekend in the 1967 an
nual Sandhills Trail Rides.
The trophies and ribbons
were presented Saturday night
by Southern Pines Mayor
Norris L. Hodgkins Jr. at the
dinner at Pineholme which
capped the program.
A total of 28 entries partici-
Moore County countryside,
starting and finishing at Mile-
Away Farm. The seniors rode
20, miles the first day — Fri
day — and 30 Saturday, and
the juniors joined them Satur
day on the 30-mile last leg.
Half the entries were juniors.
Fourteen seniors made the
first day’s ride and 10 of them
completed the event on Satur
day.
The judges pick the winners
on the basis of the amount of
weight the horses lose during
the ride; the suitability of
horse to rider; and the time
spent in covering the distance.
The horse losing the least
amount of weight is consider
ed in the best condition. The
most any entry lost in last
weekend’s program was 65
pounds after the 50 miles, a
good figure, in the opinions of
the judges. (Some horses have
lost as much as 150 pounds on
such rides.)
Some of the juniors’ horses
lost no weight on Saturday’s
(Continued on page 5)
Revue, Show Set
By 4-H Members
The annual Moore County
4-H Dress Revue and Talent
Show will be held in the Car
thage Municipal Building,
Thursday, March 23 at 7:30
pm.
Approximately 70 Moore
County 4-H Club girls will
model outfits they have made
at the i Dress Revue ,according
to Miss Emma Jean Lawrence,
assistant home economics
agent.
The Dress Revue will be fol
lowed by the 4-H Talent
Show, with many young peo
ple taking part.
Judges for the Dress Revue
will be Mrs. Marjorie Brown,
Mrs. D. L. Furches, Mrs. Betsy
Cole, Mrs. Irene White, Mrs.
A. L. Keith and Mrs. Hattie
Kelly. Miss Lucille Mayes will
assist in judging the Talent
Show.
Fireman, Policeman Are Appointed
The Southern Pines police
force is back at full authorized
strength now, with 10 uni
formed officers including
Police Chief Earl Seawell, for
the first time since late last
summer.
The department’s officer
vacancy was filled by the ap
pointment of Larry H. Flinch
um, 24, of West End, Route 1,
as a patrolman. His appoint
ment was effective March 11
and was made to fill the
vacancy created by the resig
nation last October of Robert
Moore. Moore left the Police
Department to rejoin the State
Highway Patrol as a trooper.
Flinchum was a truck driver
for Textile Motor Freight at
the time of his appointment,
and had worked previously as
a driver and salesman for
Jesse Jones Sausage Co. He is
a native of Moore County and
a graduate of Farm Life High
(Continued on Page 8)
J. J. Ledbetter, a 37-year
old former Aberdeen police
man, has gone to work as a
fulltime fireman for Southern
Pines.
Ledbetter recently joined
the Fire Department after two
years with the Aberdeen Po
lice Department.
His appointment was an
nounced by Town Manager F.
F. Rainey. Rainey said Led
better fills the vacancy crea
ted by the resignation of
Floyd Frye, 30. Frye has ac
cepted a position with Ameri
can LaFrance Co. of Elmira,
N. Y., fire-truck and fire-fight
ing apparatus manufacturer.
He will cover Eastern North
Carolina for the company’s
service department eventually
from his home in Wedgewood
Development after in-service
training at Atlanta Ga.
Frye had served as a f>dl-
(Continued on Page 8)
Hearings Set
On Proposed
Zoning Changes
Public hearings on proposed
amendments to the town zon
ing ordinance were scheduled
for April 11 by the town coun
cil at a special meeting last
Monday morning in the town
hall.
The hearings will be held in
the town hall starting at 8
pm. The date is the same as
the regular council meeting
for April.
One proposed amendmenit
would enlarge permitted uses,
modify yard area require
ments and eliminate some
other requirements in the
Neighborhood Shopping Dis
trict classification.
The others propose adoptior
of a new larger-scaled zoning
map showing corrections,
amendments and modifications
of rezoned areas within the
city limits and in the one-mile
area just outside the corpor
ate limits lying in the juris
diction of the zoning ordi
nance.
The council approved a zon
ing change to permit the oper
ation of a business in a home
on Midland Road. A recom
mendation to approve the re
quest of Mrs. Bessie Kelly had
been made by the Planning
Board. Mrs. Kelly plans to
operate an employment agen
cy. (See story elsewhere in
today’s Pilot.)
THE WEATHER
Maximum and minimum
temperatures for each day ol
the past week were recorded
as follows at the US 'Weathei
Bureau observation station, at
WEEB, on Midland Road.
Mhx.
Min.
March
15
86
59
March
16
85
45
March
17
64
39
March
18
50
14
March
19
51
20
March
20
50
28
March
21
53
39