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Politics was a top conversational topic as county officials met in Ral eigh last week. See Page 3, Sec tion 2. LOT Award winners in the popular Pine- hurst Junior Golf program this summer are pictured, Page 6, Section 2. VOL. 47 — NO. 41 TWENTY-FOUR PAGES SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1967 TWENTY-FOUR PAGES PRICE: 10 CENTS STARTING AUGUST 28 F. M. Sayre, Jr., Will Be Chamber Executive Appointment of Floyd M. | Sayre, Jr., 37, as executive vice president of the Southern Pines Area Chamber of Com merce was announced today by A. Reynold Tucker, cham ber president. He will assume I his duties on August 28. j Mr. Sayre comes to the Sandhills area from Jackson- i ville, Pla., where he has been ; serving as district manager for i Florida and Georgia for the i Chamber of Commerce of the | United States. In that position, I he was responsible for assist ing local and State Chambers 1 of Commerce to organize com munity development and pub lic affairs programs. The Southern Pines Area Chamber of Commerce serves Aberdeen, Southern Pines, Pinehurst, and Whispering Pines from its offices at 105 S. E. Broad Street in Southern Pines. More than 180 area firms and professionals are members. In accepting, Mr. Sayre said, “The opportunity to assist in developing a new operation is rare. The challenge is one to which I am truly looking for ward. This is an area of un limited leadership which can produce programs of lasting results and great importance (Continued on Page 2) -A 'Medallion Homes' To Be Seen Sunday Two new homes which have been accorded the “Gold Me- dalliion’' designation by the Carolina Power & Light Co., in the Southern Pines area, will be open to the public for inspection frorti 2 to 5 pm on Sunday, August 27. Complete details, in adver tising and a news item, will be found on Pages 1, 2 and 3 of Section 3 of today’s Pilot. MR. SAYRE 'CHALLENGE' BASIS John M. Reeves Makes Gift To UNC Hospital A challenge gift of $125,000 by a Pinehurst philanthropist has put new life into a move ment to establish an all-faiths chapel at N. C. Memorial Hos pital in Chapel Hill. John M. Reeves, chairman of the board of Reeves Bros. Inc., New York-headquarter ed textile firm, and former chairman of the N. C. Ports Authority for nine years, has pledged half the cost of the $250,000 chapel if matching fqnds are provided. The North Carolina Depart ment of American Legion has authorized its commander, (Continued on Page 2) COLLEGE-COMMUNITY PROGRAM Theatre Group To Be Organized Sandhills Community Col lege will have a varied pro gram in drama and all phases of the theater designed to in terest all people in the area as well as the students of Sand hills College. Plans call for a series of dramatic productions with participants from the commu nity and the college; a two- term course, “Introduction to the Theater,” which will be offered in evening classes; and an organized theater group to be called the “Sand hills Playmakers.” According to Dr. Richard S. Ray, dean of instruction, the program will include training and experience for men and women interested in acting, costume design, stage settings, (Continued on Page 2) 6th Defendant Sentenced In Area Robberies Lonnis Troublefield of Rich mond, Va., last week became the sixth man to be sentenced in Moore County Superior Court on charges arising from grand larcenies from apparel shops in this section in 1965 and 1966. The case was heard during the August term for trial of criminal cases, in the courthouse at Carthage. Troublefield, arrested in connection with the January, 1966, robbery of Louise Gar- nier’s Country Club Fashions on Midland Road, had been out on bond and had come to Car thage twice previously for trial with other defendants, returning home when the (Continued on Page 2) Lennon Is Named To Committee By ‘Health Careers’ District HI of Health Ca reers for North Carolina has announced the appointment of Joseph S. Lennon to the Ad visory Committee of District III. The advisory committee for Health Careers is composed of five hospital administrators, a member of the medical pro fession, a member of the nurs ing profession and one educa tor. Health Careers for North Carolina is a community ser vice and an educational pro gram of the North Carolina Education and Research Foun dation, Inc. Its purpose is to inform young men and women about career opportunities in the health field and to give them information on the edu cation and training required, including scholarship assist ance. Mr. Lennon is associate ad- HIT THAT LINE — East Southern Pines High School candidates for football line jobs hit the charging machine in practice last week. Line Coach Neal Satterwhite, at left, supervises the drill. Helping to hold down the platform, at right, is Vernon Crumpler, school basketball and tennis coach, who was an interested visitor at the practice ses- (Pilot photo) (More football pictures on another page) 'GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY' SEEN 8th District Republicans Slate Convention Here On September 9 South central North Carolina Republicans, from the newly- formed Eighth Congressional District, will assemble here for a special district conven tion on Saturday, September 9. The convention, necessitated by the recent Congressional redistricting law, will elect new district officers, including a chairman, vice chairman, secretary, treasurer and fi nance chairman. . . ^ GOP State Chairman Jim rnimstrator of the North Caro- i Holshouser of Boone, in calling lina Sanatorium at McCain, a the convention, said that “we (Continued on Page 2) 'HUSOM EVENT TODAY' A chicken supper benefiting ' qjj the road.” the Humane Society of Moore —^ County, with proceeds going to help finance operation of its animal shelter, is scheduled from 4 pm to dark today (Wednesday), at the Elks Club-Country Club cookout area. There will be musical entertainment. Take-out plates will be available. cannot afford to wait until the regular district convention in mid-February to get the show IN NEW BANK — C. Bion Sears of Whiteville, right, chairman of the execu tive committee and vice-chairman of the board of directors of the Southern Nation al Bank of North Carolina is pictured in a corner of the main lobby of the new South ern National central home office building in Lumberton, as he greets two visitors from Southern Pines, before Sunday’s ce remonies dedicating the new building. At left is Louis Stanfield, loan officer at Southern National’s office here, represent ing the local bank branch in the absence of W. E. Samuels, Jr., city executive and vice president, who was on vacation. At center is Miss Gail Lea, a teller in the lo cal SNB office, who wears the rosette and ribbon identifying her as one of the nu merous hostesses who helped show the new structure to the public on Sunday. Each hostess was presented a silver tray as a souvenir of the occasion. The young ladies were either beauty queens or bank employees, from the 19 towns and cities in which Southern National operates a total of 31 banking offices. Mr. Sears is the for mer president of - the First National Bank of Whiteville, which merged with South ern National in June of this year. FIRM HERE DESIGNED LUMBERTON BUILDING ‘SNB’ Central Office Dedicated (More bank photos, page 7) Gov. Dan K. Moore and Sarah Stedman of Ashe.boro, the current Miss North Caro lina, jointly cut a wide blue ribbon Sunday afternoon, at the formal opening and dedi cation of the new home office building of the Southern Na tional Bank of North Carolina, in Lumberton. The ribbon-cutting conclu ded an outdoor ceremony at the main entrance of the mon umental structure which is four floors tall and has 60,000 square feet of floor space. Its cost is placed at “just about one and a half million dollars” by a spokesman for the archi tects, Austin-Faulk Associates, of Southern Pines. The ceremony’s invocation was given by Dr. F. S. Ches- son of the First Baptist Church, Whiteville, and a dedicatory prayer was spoken by Dr. Robert F. Sloop of the First Presbyterian Church, Lumberton. State Senator Hector Mac- Lean of Lumberton, president of Southern National—which now has 31 offices in 19 towns and cities, including an office (Continued on Page 2) Store Robbed Of Drugs, Cash Local police, aided by the SBI, are investigating a break- in and robbery at the Town Clenter Pharmacy, of Saturday night or Sunday, when a quantity of drugs and also of ash were stolen. Chief Earl Seawell said en try was made through prying open the glass double-door at the front of the store, a num- jer of bottles and small jars )f various drugs were taken ind around $200 in bills. Also under investigation to- lay, the chief said, are break- ins with destructive vandalism in classrooms, probably done by juveniles, at both the high -chool and elementary school iii West Southern Pines, tak ing place some time Tuesday night. AT WASHINGTON Richardson Wins Medals Running in the first Nation al AAU Junior Olympics Track and Field Champion ships at Washington, D. C., yesterday (Tuesday), Tommy Richardson, 17, of East South ern Pines High School, added two more medals to his col lection of athletic trophies. The Southeastern 880-yard relay team, on which Richard son ran as anchor leg, placed third in competition with the 11 other regional teams. In the 100-yard dash, Rich ardson competed as the South eastern champion and placed sixth with a time of 10.3 sec onds. The winner’s time in this event, which also pitted 12 regional champions against (Continued on Page 2) CIRCUS ON FRIDAY Friday will be circus day in the Sandhills, when the Sells & Gray 3-ring show will have 2 pm and 8 pm perform ances on a lot between here and Aberdeen. Full details can be found on Page 6, Sec tion 3. He added, “We have a gold en opportunity to elect a Re publican Congressman in the new district, but we must be gin now, not in February.” The convention will be held at 3:30 p.m. at the Whispering Pines Motor Lodge on No. 1 highway, north. Holshouser (Continued on Page 2) Jim Harrington Heads Stickley Drive In Moore James E. Harrington,. Jr., of Pinehurst .will serve as Moore County campaign chairman of the Draft Stickley for Gover nor Committee, it has. been announced by Marcus T. Hick man of Charlotte, state chair man of the Republican group. The committee is urging the nomination and election of John Stickley, of Charlotte, a longtime Republican leader, as N. C. Governor. Mr. Harrington, a former GOP precinct, county and Congressional District chair man, is president of Pinehurst, Inc. In accepting the appoint ment, he said, “I urged Jack Stickley to run for Governor in the 1964 election. I think he is ready now and I know the State of North Carolina is ready for him.” 'Campbell Caboose' To Have Dance Saturday Sandhills young people who will enter any of the four grades of the Southern Pines or Pinehurst High Schools were reminded today by the recently organized “Campbell Caboose” youth recreation group that an outdoor dance for the organization’s mem bers only will be held at the tennis courts on the grounds of the Town-owned Campbell House, Saturday, August 26, from 8 to 11 pm. In case of bad weather the dance will move to the audi torium of St. Anthony’s School on N. Ashe St. The “Campbell Caboose” recreation project is sponsored by 11 churches of the South ern Pines and Pinehurst com munities. County Officials Go To State Convention Two Moore County commis sioners attended the annual convention of the N. C. Asso ciation of County Commission ers held at Raleigh last week. Robert S. Ewing attended Monday and C. W. Purvis Tuesday. Mrs. Estelle Wicker, county accountant and tax supervisor, and H. A. Brogden of the staff of John C. Muse, county audi tor, with Mrs. Brogden, at tended for the full period, Sunday night through Wed nesday morning. All Moore County^s Schools To Op en Friday, September 1 Administrators and princi pals of the Moore County School system are already at work, teachers will begin their work next Wednesday (August 30) and pupils of all the county’s schools will re port Friday, September .1. The opening day will be a half-day, “Teacher-Pupil Ori entation Day,” when boys and girls will get acquainted with their new teachers and class rooms, and receive their text books and first assignments. School buses will run their regular routes but cafeterias will not be open. The first full day of school v/ill be Tuesday, September 5, PROVING HARD TO FILL Seven Vacancies Remain In Moore Teacher Staff Ten days before the opening of the Moore County schools which provide 446 teaching positions, only seven vacan cies remained—but the teach er supply seeniied to have dis appeared. “We started recruiting teachers last fall, had some excellent success and I believe right now we are in as good shape as any system in the State but I’m beginning to wonder if those seven teachers we’re looking for exist at all,” said Associate Supt. C. Edison Powers, Tuesday. Still lacking are a band teacher for Southern Pines, math-science teacher for ■ North Moore, first grade teacher for West End, first and third grade teachers for Robbins Primary school, and a first - second combination teacher for Westmoore. If they are not found by the opening of school Septem ber 1, Powers said, “We have some stand-bys we can call on to get us started and there wilt be no classroom without a teacher.” However, efforts are contin uing to have a full staff em ployed by opening day. Also being sought is a (Continued on Page 2) BOOKS ARE FREE ROBBINS VOTERS TURN DOWN ABC Robbins voters defeated establishment of ABC stores Tuesday better than 3-to-l, with 319 votes against the proposition to 104 fox it. The election direw a turnout of about 80 per cent of the 526 registered voters, of whom 98 added their names during a re gistration period marked by active campaigning on both sides. Church leaders organiz ed as "Citizens Concern ed Fcr the Future of Rob bins" led the opposition, while proponents of the issue, forming “Robbins Citizens For Legal Con trol'’ worked more quietly. The Robbins Merchants Association issued a state ment taking a neutral stand. Students Face Numerous But Uniform Fees School fees will be uniform this year throughout the Moore County system, according to Associate Supt. C. Edison Powers, but all fees are not paid by all students. Some are applicable according to what a school offers and the pupils want. Textbooks are free in both high and elementary schools. Lunch Prices • < . School lunch prices will also be uniform, unchanged from those charged in the Moore (Continued on page 5) following the weekend and the Labor Day holiday on Monday. The calendar thereafter shows the first holiday to be Friday, September 29, when school personnel will attend the District NCEA meeting at South Rowan High school; the second, Wednesday, Octo ber 11, when teachers attend the District NCTA meeting at High Point; Thanksgiving hol iday, November 23-26; Christ mas holiday, December 21- January 1; Easter holiday, April 13-22; and the ending of school Wednesday, June 5, when all commencements will be held. This is the first school year of Southern Pines and Pine hurst consolidation with the county system, and it is also the first in which the calendar is uniform throughout all the county’s schools. The long Easter or spring holiday, with later closing in June, traditional in Southern Pines, has been adopted by the county system, but—as has been the case in Southern Pines—if weather or other conditions force “make-up days,” they will be made up during this period, said Supt. Robert E. Lee. . The Easter holiday, compris ing five school days, is made longer by virtue of two week ends. Aside from the uniform com mencement date of June 5, school-closing activities, such as . baccalaureate exercises, will be left up to the individ ual schools and may vary. Teachers will continue to work through Friday, June 7, the final three days of the school year constituting an “evaluation'period.” An extra week of state-paid (Continued on Page 2) PUBLIC INVITED TO ART EXHIBIT Summer Graduation Exercises Set Friday At Sandhills College Sandhills Community Col lege Commencement Week fes tivities are marking the close of the 12-week summer school session. Formal graduation exercises Will take place at 8 p.m., Fri day, August 25 when 41 stud ents will be awarded Associ ate Degrees in Arts or Applied Science and diplomas. John M. Reynolds of the N. C. State Board of Education will give the commencement PLEASED — Mrs. Estelle Wicker of Carthage, Moore County’s tax supervisor and county accountant, smiles as she displays the framed certificate honoring her as the outstanding tax supervisor of 1967 in North Carolina. (V. Nicholson photo) 'OUTSTANDING TAX SUPERVISOR' Mrs. Wicker Honored Mrs. Estelle T. Wicker of Carthage, Moore County tax supervisor and county accoun tant, was honored by the N. C. Association of Assessing Officers last week at Raleigh as “outstanding tax supervisor of 1967.” The tribute and presentation of a certificate were made by J. M. Brothers, Wake County tax supervisor and president of the association, at the as sociation’s annual banquet. The Assessing Officerls’ or ganization met Sunday night, August 13, through last Wed nesday morning, at the Sir Walter Hotel, in conjunction with the N. C. Association of County Commissioners, as also did the state associations of County Attorneys and County Accountants. Some of the con vention sessions were held jointly and others, including the banquets, were held separ ately. Each of the three affiliated associations named its out standing member of the year, (Continued on Page 2) address. During the week, an exhibit of varied types of work done by students in the summer session art classes will be on view in the college library. Mrs. Jeanne Hastings, head of the college art department, said that visitors may view the exhibition from 8 in the morning until 10 in the eve ning this week. The college campus is on the Pinehurst- Airport road. The Student Government Association, headed by William H. Wilson, Jr., of Southern Pines, sponsored a commence ment dance Friday evening, August 18 in the Southern (Continued on Page 2) R. Monger Named College Trustee Ralph Monger, Jr., of San ford was appointed last week by Gov. Dan K. Moore to the board of trustees of Sandhills Community College here. He replaces Dr. Charles Highsmith of Troy whose term has expired. The Governor can appoint four of the 12 board members, each to staggered eight-year terms. PASSES BAR EXAM John B. McMillan, son of Dr. and Mrs. R. M. McMillan of Southern Pines, is among the 179 persons—out of 296 who were exahiihed—who passed the recent': State Bar examinations, it has been an nounced by the State Board of Law Examiners. He completed his studies at the University of North Carolina Law School at Chapel Hill this year. 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. August 16 83 58 August 17 83 58 August 18 88 66 August 19 90 70 August 20 89 70 August 21 81 57 August 22 77 56
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