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VOL.—47 NO. 23
TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES
SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 1967
TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES
PRICE: 10 CENTS
DANGER CALLED 'EXTREME'
Fires Keep Firemen
Busy; Burn 11 Acres
At least nine brush fires
flared in the dry fields and
woods between noph Tuesday
and 4 am today (Wednesday),
but town and state firefighters
checked them before they
could spread beyond six acres
in the worst case.
Eight of the fires were along
AT PINEHURST
8 Former N-S
Winners Enter
67th Tourney
Many of the nation’s out
standing amateur golfers are
expected for the 67th North
and South Invitational Ama
teur Golf Championship, to be
played April 24 - 29 over the
championship number two
course at the Pinehurst Coun
try Club.
A total of 136 entries has
been received. Those who
must qualify will play Satur
day on the number five course.
The low 128 will start match
Second round and quar
ter-finals of the North-
South Women's golf tour
nament at Pinehurst
were being played today.
Story and photo on an
other page.
play on the number two
course, Monday.
Third and fourth rounds of
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French Diplomat
Says French, US
Goals Are Mutual
(Photo on another page)
A French foreign service
officer said last Wednesday
that the only differences that
exist between the United
States and France now are in
the ways each is implement
ing principles and goals they
have in common.
Gerard de la Villesbrunne,
counsellor of the French Em-'
bassy in Washington, D. C ,
made the statement in a
speech to 109 members of the
Sandhills Kiwanis and South
ern Pines Rotary and Lions
clubs and their guests at a
luncheon at Whispering Pines
Restaurant.
Speaking English fluently
with a slight British accent,
Villesbrunne said that France
is interested in achieving per
petual world peace and in de
veloping the underdeveloped,
which also are US goals.
He said, ‘We disagree over
things that are not principles.”
Explaining controversial ac
tions of French President
Charles de Gaulle and his gov
ernment, Villesbrunne said
France gave diplomatic rec
ognition to Red China as the
United States recognized Red
Russia in the 1930’s. He said
the French do not like Red
China’s way but view the sit
uation realistically.
France walked out of
NATO militarily, but remains
an active member of the North
Atlantic Treaty Alliance, he
said.
He said France left the
NATO military because she
felt that NATO had served its
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I the Seaboard Airline Railroad
tracks from Manly to Aber
deen and apparently were
caused by hot carbon tossed
out by a passing northboui I
diesel . locomotive, Tra^ 3
Wicker, Moore County fore t
ranger for the North Carolii i
Division of- Forestry, said th 3
morning.
Most were in three general
locations—three in the Mid
way community at Aberdeen
and the others near Sand
hills Bonded Warehouse and
across the road from it near
a warehouse owned by Ed
Causey; one at the railroad
overpass on S. May St.; and
another nearby behind Red’s
Esso Service Station.
The other blaze—the larg
est—hit the woods and brush
in nearby woods near the Al
ston House property. Wicker
said it burned about six acres.
Six state forestry men work
ing with a tractor and a power
wagon contained it by plow
ing out a fire lane around the
area.
He said it apparently was
started by a stroke of light
ning during the night before
and smoldered unnoticed un
til it flared up about noon
Tuesday.
The area was near the 500
acres burned by a blaze two
weeks ago, he said.
The other burns were much
srrialler than the Big Woods
burn north of Carthage. The
three at Midway were check
ed by residents of homes when
the blaze reached their yards
from the railroad track areas,
he said. Firemen of the Aber
deen and Crestline depart
ments with state forestry men
extinguished the fires. Wicker
said' the bums covered only
small' patches of brush.
Wickfer said sparks from a
northbound train were the in
dicated causes because the
^irst blaze along the railroad
tracks occurred at about 4:50
pm Tuesday at Aberdeen, and
the others northward flared
out afterward.
Southern Pines volunteer
and professional firemen were
kept busy periodically from
late Tuesday afternoon
through early this morning by
the brush and woods fires at
Manly and the S. May St. rail
road area.
Fire Chief Pete Rapatas led
a force of 13 fire fighters—
most of them the same men on
each occasion—into the fights.
About 5 pm Tuesday they
went on their first call of the
grind and save the Sandhills
Bonded Warehouse on N.
May St. at Manly. The fire
was close to the building
when they stopped it. The
burn covered about two acres.
A half hour later they sped
to the railroad overpass on S.
May and knocked out a brush
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BETWEEN RACES — This striking panoramic view—
photographed between races at Stoneybrook Saturday, as
officials and attendants performed various duties on the
course—indicates the vast throng attending. In far back
ground are hundreds of cars in the main, reserved park
ing area. In right background is the judges’ stand and
race headquarters, flanked on each side by cars in the “in
field” parking places, new this year. Spectators in fore
ground are typical of Stoneybrook crowds—varied in age
and attire. Note baby carriage at right center and group
of habited Catholic Sisters at far left. Full reports on the
races and other aspects of the gala occasion appear below.
(Humphrey photo)
IN 1967 STONEYBROOK STEEPLECHASE
Thrifty Imp, Polar Drift Win Top R aces
Sixteen-year-old Mike Adams
of Southern Pines rode
Thrifty Imp to victory Satur
day afternoon in the gruelling
Sandhills Cup race three miles
over timber in the 20th annual
Meeting of the Stoneybrook
Hunt Racing Association.
Imp’s time was 6:19.8 minutes.
Curtis Chavis, also of
Southern Pines, was the only
other of the five starting
riders who finished. He rode
Twin Peaks to the official
second place. Winjake came in
behind Thrifty Imp but rider-
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less. Bill Miller was riding
Winjake in second place close
behind Adams when he was
thrown at about the half-way
point. The other spills were
the favorite, Junipero; and
Candy Man Ed, who fell at the
first hurdle, throwing BSrelay
Tagg.
In the next race, Chavis
rode Polar Drift to victory in
the twomile Stoneybrook
Open Hurdle, the program’s
richest event with its $2,500
pursfe. Polar Drift swept in
ahead of Sandhill Flight,
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which Pierre Biger had ridden
in the lead from the start to
about the halfway point.
, Impeach finished behind
Polar Drift but riderless after
falling at a hurdle and throw
ing Tagg.
' The ' winner’s share of the
Stoneybrook Open Hurdle
piirse was $1,635.
The Sandhills Cup purse was
$2,000, with $1,300, the win
ner’s share.
Thrifty Imp is a 7-year-old
chestnut mare owned by Ralph
Fields of Richmond, Va., and
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Firemen's Ball Ticket
Sale Starts Saturday
Southern Pines volunteer
firemen will be selling tickets
Saturday in front of the local
post office to the Fire Depart
ment’s 34th annual Firemen’s
Ball.
The dance is scheduled for
May 13, starting at 9 pm, at
the National Guard Armory.
The admission charge is $3
per couple.
The dance will continue un
til 1 am May 14.
PUBLIC INVITED TO EVENT
YDC Groups To Host Candidates
For Municipal Offices April 29
The Moore County Young
Democrats Club, the Sandhills
YDC and the Adlai Stevenson
YDC will combine in sponsor
ing a municipal “meet the
candidates” rally at Aberdeen
Lake on Saturday evening,
April 29, beginning at 6 pm
with free hot dogs and soft
drinks available for every
body attending.
The public is invited.
Officials of the three YDC
groups made plans for the
event in a meeting at Holiday
Inn here last Thursday night.
Chaiijman Elvin Jackson of
the Moore County Democratic
Executive Committee was
named to preside at the Aber
deen gathering.
All the municipal candidates
in the county—both Democrats
and Republicans—will be in
vited to attend and speak
briefly—for a minute or two
All municipal elections are
conducted on a non-partisan
basis.
Invited are the candidates
for mayor, town commissioner
or town council in Aberdeen.
Cameron, Carthage, Pinebluff,
Robbins, Southern Pines and
VasH.
Jerry Cole, president of the
Moore County YDC, Mrs.
Carolyn Blue, president of the
Sandhills YDC and Dennis
Cameron, president of the
Adlai S ,evenson YDC will
have brief parts on the pro
gram. T'he Stevenson club is
compos id of students at Sand
hills Community College.
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SPILL — Impeuch tumbles and his rider, winner Polar Drift but Impeach’s effort
Barclay Tagg, jumps clear after taking the
brush hurdle during the 2-mile Stoney
brook Open Hurdle Race last Saturday af
ternoon. Tagg suffered a minor cut. Im
peach got up and came in second behind
didn’t count since he didn’t have a rider
at the finish. Pierre Biger rode Sandhill
Flight to second place. Impeach is owned
by A. Smith Bowman, Jr.
(Humphrey photo)
Stoneybrook Fans
Out In Record Number
Southern Pines’ most popu
lar annual attraction—the
Stoneybrook Steeplechase—
was more popular than ever
this year. The event also is a
benefit for St. Joseph of the
Pines Hospital.
It also was very orderly.
Don Kennedy of Southern
Pines, the chairman of the
race meet committee, said
Monday the attendance was 20
per cent greater than last
year’s.
On the point of order,
Moore County Sheriff Walter
B. Kelly said not a single ar
rest had to be made. He and
some of his deputies and state
highway patrolmen were on
duty all through the after
noon at the Stoneybrook
Farm’s track, from noon till
the last fans left the grounds.
Kennedy said the newspa
per estimates, which ranged
from 8,000 to 12,000, were
“much lower” than the num
bers of the fans.
He also called the 20th an
nual Meeting the “finest races
we’ve ever had.”
As for the spectators: “I was
just awfully proud with the
way the spectators conducted
themselves.”
He did have one serious crit
icism about some of the par
ents in the places near the of
ficials’ tower:
Some children were roaming
free—in danger of being rid
den down by horses and
mules.
He said he had to personal
ly tackle some children to
keep them from running into
the paths of horses.
Kennedy said the Moore
County Rescue Squad Four of
Aberdeen, on standby duty all
during the day,' “did a won
derful job.”
He also said the same about
the Southern Pines Jaycees,
headed by President Jerry
Hardister. One of their jobs
was keeping the heavy incom
ing and outgoing traffic flow
ing smoothly.
Every one of the approxi
mately 570 reserved parking
places were filled. General ad
missions totalled approximate
ly 600 people. (Reserved-park
ing payments covered general-
admission charges. All people
in a single car tabbed for a
reserve space were admitted
without further charge.)
All 1,575 steeplechase pro
grams available for sale were
sold.
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The most unsung job of the
steeplechase was being done by
the Boy Scouts of Aberdeen
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trained by Mike Adams’s fath
er, F. D. (Dooley) Adams.
Polar Drift, a 4-year-old
gelding, is owned by Mont
pelier Stables of Montpelier
Station, Va., and was trained
by T. M. Bunn Jr.
The seven-furlong turf Sil
ver Run was won by Principio
Second, an 8-year-old gelding
owned by Mrs. Nancy F.
Sweet-Escott of Southern
Pines. Robert McDonald rode
her to the victory.
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Principio Second’s victory
gave Mrs. Sweet-Escott per
manent possession of the C.
Louis Meyer Memorial Tro
phy, since it was the third
time one of her horses had
won the Silver Run of the 14
times it has been held on the
j Stoneybrook programs.
Mrs. Sweet-Escott’s Trouble
Maker Second won in 1958
and 1959. McDonald rode
Trouble Maker to the 1959
win, and A. Flood was the
reinsman the year before.
The 1966 Silver Run was
won by Mrs. G. H. Bostwick’s
Market Center with Biger rid
ing. The first, in . the 1954
Stoneybrook, was won by Ex
tra Points, owned by L. H.
Nelles and ridden by F. D.
(Dooley) Adams.
Mrs. Sweet-Escott was the
only owner whose entries won
the Silver Run more than
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LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON — 16-year-old Mike Adams
rides Thrifty Imp at Stoneybrook farm last Saturday with
his father, F. D. (Dooley) Adams of Southern Pines, lead
ing the mount moments after the boy rode the 7-year-old-
stallion to victory in the gruelling 3-miles-over-timber
Sandhills Cup at the 20th annual Stoneybrook Steeple
chase. Mike’s father was America’s top steeplechase rider
each of the five years from 1951 through 1955. He is now
a trainer. Mike Adams’ name bears the designation “Mr.”
in the steeplechase programs because he retains amateur
standing. (Humphrey photo)
Plans For Merger
Of Citizens Bank,
First Union Told
Plans for merger of The
Citizens Bank and Trust Com
pany of Southern Pines and
the First Union National Bank
of North Carolina were an
nounced this week by N. L.
Hodgkins and C. C. Cameron,
the banks’ chief executive
officers.
Mr. Hodgkins is president
of Citizens Bank and Mr.
Cameron is chairman and
Registration
For Town Vote
To End Friday
Registration for the May 2
town election, when five town
councilmen and recorder’s
court officials will be chosen,
will end at 5 pm, Friday, in
the municipal center.
Saturday is challenge day,
when the right of any voter
to be registered can be ques
tioned.
No new reg'stration is re
quired by persons who are al
ready properly registered on
the town’s books. However,
it is pointed out by town of-
ficals that registration on the
county books, for a general
election, does not qualify a
person to vote on tow.n offices.
There are nine candidates
for the five town council posts:
the five incumbents — Mayor
Norris L. Hodgkins, Jr., Mayor
Pro Tern Felton Capel, Dr. R.
J. Dougherty, George H.'Leon-
ard, Jr., and L. D. McDonald
—and four challengers, Mrs.
Laland Daniels, Jr., William
S. Johnson, C. A. McLaughlin
and Jerry D. Rhoades.
Voters elect five councilnien
and those five elect the mayor
and mayor tern.
Informaion about the candi
dates will appear in next
week’s Pilot.
AT COLLEGE
Duncan Named
Instructor
In Religion
Dr. Raymond A. Stone, pres
ident of Sandhills Community
College, has announced the
appointment of Haskell A.
Duncan of Southern Pines as
instructor in religion. The
courses in religion will be
added to the curriculum at the
college beginning with the
1967 fall term. The new de
partment is made possible by a
previously announced gift of
$15,000.
Mr. Duncan is minister of
education and music at the
First Baptist Church here. He
was graduated from Laurin-
burg High School and earned
his Bachelor of Arts Degree
in Music at Catawba College.
In 1965 he was awarded a
Bachelor of Divinity Degree
from the Southeastern Baptist
Theological Seminary at Wake
Forest. He is a native of Lau-
rinburg.
Dr. Stone said that Dr. Sam
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School Library
Club Is Active
The East Southern Pines
High School Library Club is
celebrating National Library
Week, April 16-22.
Gay posters made by the
members decorate the library
and the school bulletin boards.
New books have been pro
cessed and are on display. On
Monday, the Elementary and
High School teachers were
honored at a tea in the libra
ry-
The week will be climaxed
by the North Carolina High
School Library Assistant’s an
nual convention in Charlotte
this weekend.
The local school’s club will
be represented by Brenda
Stevenson, secretary; William
Dean, treasurer; and Lela Wil
son, Patsy Talbert, Brenda
Revell and Danny Sheffield.
The group will be accom
panied by Miss K. Helms,
guidance counselor, and Miss
L. Commander, librarian and
advisor to the group.
president of First Union.
The Citizens Bank and Trust
Company was established in
Southern Pines in 1905. It now
has two offices in Southern
Pines and has total resources
in excess of $12 million. First
Un’on Bank has its home
office in Charlotte and is the
third largest bank in the
state with resources of nearly
$700 million. It now has 97
offices in 45 communities
throughout the state.
Merger plans have been ap
proved by the directors of
both banks and must now
have the approval of the
stockholders and the U. S.
Comptroller of the Currency
in Washington. It is expected
that the actual merger will
take place around July 1, the
announcement said.
Mr. Hodgkins started that
the management and directors
had “examined the merger
from many viewpoints and
felt that it would be very
beneficial "to the customers,
stockholders, and personnel of
The Citizens Bank and Trust
Company.”
The management of the
Southern Pines bank will re-
ma’n the same, Mr. Cameron
sa:d. Mr. Hodgkins will be
come chairman of the South
ern Pines board of directors
and an advisory member of
First Union’s general board of
diiectors.
Norris L. Hodgkins, Jr. will
be an executive vice president
of First Union and chief exe
cutive offices of the Southern
Pines bank. He is now the
Citizens Bank’s executive vice
president.'
Other officers of The Citi
zens Bank will retain their
present positions after the
merger; E. Earl Hubbard, vice
president; ‘Samuel C. Harri
son, cashier; William P.
Toney, assistant vice presi
dent; Wm. Durward P. Grady,
assistant cashier; and Leo F,
Walsh, Jr., assistant cashier.
The present members of the
board of directors of The
Citizens Bank will continue to
serve. They are: John M.
Bigbee, D. A. Blue, Jr., C. H.
Bowman, William P. Davis,
Dr. Joseph S. Hiatt, Jr.,
James O. Hobtls, N. L. Hodg
kins, Norris L. Hodgkins,
Jr., John M. Howarth, E. Earl
Hubbard, Dr. W. Harrell John
son, Dr. C. C. McLean, Dr.
R. M. McMillan, J. T. Over-
ton, George E, Paules, R. F.
Hoke Pollock, George W. Pot
tle, and William P. Saunders.
Stockholders of The Citizens
Bank and Trust Company
will receive two and three-
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Airline Will Suspend
Service On April 29
Piedmont Airlines of Win
ston-Salem will suspend its
seasonal service to the South
ern Pines - Pinehurst Airport
after Saturday, April 29, the
company announced this
week.
The action continues Pied
mont’s normal schedule which
provides service here, Octo
ber to May. It is planned to
resume service in October, the
announcement said.
'Poppy Day' Set Here,
Pinehurst, Saturday
Members of American Le
gion Auxiliaries in Southern
Pines and Pinehurst will be
selling simulated poippies made
by disabled war veterans, in
both towns on Saturday of
this week, April 22. ■
The annual Auxiliary pro
ject benefits the veterans
and their families. An appeal
for generous support of the
sale, especially in view of the
war in Vietnam, is being made
by officials of both organiza
tions.
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.
April 12 70 41
April 13 73 47
April 14 77 58
April 15 83 56
April 16 84 57
April 17 88 56