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i4> An outstanding Australian senior golfer is enjoying his first visit to the Sandhills. See Page 5, Section 4. Uiqh toll! f RolrHwi Candor GIcndon luor / ✓ 1 iqreond tar^(|£ X V Cameron p}l , , LQkevio^'Vass f llerbe LOT A top award for community develop ment has been won by Vass. Story and photo are on Page 6, Section 1. VOL. 47 — No. 53 rWENTY-SIX PAGES SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1967 TWENTY-SIX PAGES PRICE: 10 CENTS I * I I jwr V ^ inaHMMr maSmSmSHUmlBaB^BBSKKHmlmr Ceremony Opens World Team Golf Event An impressive and memorable ceremony witnessed by several hundred persons at the Pinehurst Country Club, Monday after noon, opened a week’s activity in the first World Senior Amateur Team Golf Cham pionship in which four-man teams from 11 nations or other areas of the world are taking part. Play in the tournament be gins today, to run through Saturday. The scene above shows the team of each nation standing by its flag, each flanked by a white-capped and white-belted mil itary guard and colorbearer, who marched out with the flags and placed their stan dards in pre-placed sockets as an Air Force band (background) from Pope AFB furnished music. The line faces the Pinehurst Country Club building, out of the picture at the right. The nations or areas represented (not necessarily in the order in which flags are shown) are: the United States, Austral ia, Bermuda, Canada, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, Switzerland, and Zambia. (Bermuda is not a “nation” but has been so listed for the purposes of the event.) Grouped together to witness and take part in the proceedings were officials of the World Amateur Golf Council, sponsor of the tournament; The United States Golf Association; and Pinehurst, Inc. An elabor ate trophy in memory of the native of Ja pan who first suggested international sen ior team golf was uncovered by the vice president of the Japanese Golf Association as part of the ceremonies. Peter Tufts, a vice president of Pine hurst, Inc., was in charge of the elaborate preparations. The U. S. flag and the flag of the World Golf Council flew from the club’s tall main flagstaff. (Hall photo) Chamber’s Directors For 1968 Elected The election of members of I j the Board of Directors of the I Southern Pines Area Chamber | I of Commerce for 1967-68 was j announced this week by ' Chamber President A. Rey nold Tucker of Southern Pines following a tabulation of the votes, returned by mail by the chamber members. Elected to one-year terms were Garland A. Pierce, Rich ard Davenport, William Sam uels Jr.,William H. Gentry and Robert C. Bishop, all of South ern Pines, and James Harring- ! ton of Pinehurst. To two-year terms: Dante Montesanti, John Ostrom, Mrs. Katherine Muddimer, E. Ea.l Hubbard and Dr. R. J. Dougherty, all of Southern Pines, and George Penny of Aberdeen To three-year terms: R. (Continued on Page 2) Roadside Clean-up Will Be Held Over County Saturday F. IN VIETNAM CONFLICT 2 Moore Men Killed Two young Carthage men, ; near Kontum. A graduate of one a soldier, the other a Ma- Carthage High school,, he en- rme, died from enemy gunfire Jered service at Fort Bragg last week in Vietnam, accord- (last May 11, attended the ing to word received by their I Army Engineering School at I Fort Leonard Wood, St. Louis, They were Pfc. James Allen Mo., from July 15 to Septem- Colher, 21, a combat engineer ber 8 and was sent to Vietnam with the Army’s 299th Engi neering Battalion, and Pfc. Robert Matthews, Jr., 20, of the U. S. Marine Corps. Both had been in service only since last spring and in just a few weeks October 2. He had formerly re sided for a time in Southern Pines. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. I Patricia Carpenter Collier of Vietnam i Southern Pines; his mother, Mrs. John Speer of Carthage; Pfc. Collier died November | four brothers, Larry, of Car- 11 of wounds received whilelthage; Leon, of Carthage, en route to a construction site | (Continued on Page 2) Highwa y Project Hearing Slated C1 + «-» + « XJt w-u /~i ^ . - Senior Citizens Set Up Club At Campbell House Members and younger sup porters of the new Senior Citi zens Club for the Southern Pines-Pinehurst area elected chairmen during an organiza tional meeting Monday after noon in the Campbell House. Henry Babb of Southern Pines, temporary chairman, was elected regular chairman. Dr. Walter Sargeant of Southern Pines was elected 1 chairman of the membership committee; Russell Hubbard of Southern Pines, chairman of the advisory committee; and (Continued on Page 2) Plans Told For Chamber Dinner Southern Pines Area Cham ber of Commerce workers are polishing arrangements for the new chamber’s first annual dinner meeting, scheduled for November 28 at the Carolina Hotel in Pinehurst. A reception will be held at the hotel at 6:15 pm and the dinner will start at 7:30 pm. Thomas Connolly of Pine hurst and Earl Hubbard of Southern Pines are co-chair men for the event. The guest speaker will be Cecil H. Underwood of Wash ington, D. C., a vice president „„„ m muuie for government and civic af- County’s efforts for better ed- fairs, for Monsanto Co. . ucation and. has been chair- He^has a, deep background man of the West End school , committee. He is a longtime member of the N. C. Board of Juvenile Correction, currently serving as vice-chairman. Rep. Auman is the first to (Continued on Page 3) illilgjMVtaikiiiiMfiA T. CLYDE AUMAN Auman To Seek 3rd House Term From Moore Co. T. Clyde Auman of West End, Moore County represen tative in the General Assem bly in 1965 and 1967, has an nounced that he is a candidate for renomination for a third term, subject to the -Demo cratic primary in May, 1968. Rep. Auman, a farmer and peach grower, has agriculture and education as his major in terests, though he said he is in terested in everything that means progress for North Car olina and Moore County. In the peach industry, he has served in various offices, including president of the N. C. Peach Society and oh the national level as president of the National Peach Council, of which he is currently chairman of the board. He has been active in Moore I Saturday, November 18, . will be “C-Day” in Moore ! County—the second 1967 county-wide roadside clean-up by citizen volunteers fighting litter, for beautification. Scores of youths and adults are scheduled to begin at 9 am in their local communities un der the leadership of area chairmen who will welcome ;any assistance in addition to workers they already have re- 'cruited to collect debris and remove it to disposal places. | The area chairmen and I |meeting places for the local groups are: Whispering Pines, George N. jAdams, Administration Build- jing; Clarthage, Paul W. Boone, [Agricultural Building; Pine- Ibluff, J. Douglas David, Town Hall; Vass, Max R. E(lwards, Community House; Aberdeen, Bud Going, Aberdeen Lake; West Southern Pines, James E. | Pugh, Masonic Hall. i Also, East Southern Pines, William T. Huntley, Jr., park I at Town Hall; Pinehurst, Wil- | liam J. Wilson, school athletic field; Robbins, Henry Wil liams, Town Hall; and West End, Floyd T. Cole, Fire De partment on Main St. Pick-up sticks and bags to contain the litter are available to the area chairmen through David A. Sutherland on E. In diana Ave. Extension, at Bethesda Road intersection. Southern Pines. Litter teams should carry with them ap proximately a half dozen shop ping bags or old bushel bas kets in which to stack the de bris in vehicles, to facilitate unloading at the trash dumps, leaders say. It is estimated that 100 ve hicles and drivers for the trucks, trailers or station wag ons will be needed, plus around 100 adult supervisors. The mission is to clean up the roadsides and not to pick up the trash that an individu al has allowed to accumulate (Continued on Page 2) (Continued on Page 2) The State Highway Commis sion will hold a public hearing in the Town Hall Friday start ing at 11 am. The hearing is on the im provement of US 1 from the intersection of US 1 Bypass and SR 2080 (Old US 1 or May St) at Southern Pines north erly to the vicinity of the in tersection of US 1 and SR 1853 (George Blue Road) near Vass. In charge of the hearing will be Highway Commissioner John F. McNair HI of Laurin- burg and Assistant Chief En gineer R. W. McGowan of Ra leigh. A map is posted in the Moore County Courthouse at Carthage showing the location of the project. The public is invited to at tend the hearing and all inter ested citizens will be given an opportunity to be heard. BILL BLUE STEVE WICKS BLUE, WICKS REPRESENT COUNTY Morehead Award Nominees Chosen James William Blue, Jr., of Southern Pines and Steven Arthur Wicks of Aberdeen have been chosen as Moore County’s two nominees for 1968 Morehead Awards for study at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. Reynolds Lee Starnes of Aberdeen was named as an al ternate, in case one of the two is unable to continue in the competition. “Bill” Blue, senior at East Southern Pines High School, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. William Blue. “Steve” Wicks, an Aberdeen High School senior, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Wicks. The choices were announced by Henry L. Graves of South ern Pines, who for 14 years (Continued on Page 2) Pianist To Give Concert Tuesday In Music Series Alice Wilkinson, pianist, will play in Weaver Auditorium, Tuesday of next week, No vember 21, at 8:30 pm, as the second attraction in the 1967- 68 concert series of the Sand hills Music Association. A Beethoven sonata, two Chopin nocturnes and music by Bach, Debussy, Bartok and Paginini will be on the pro gram. Music lovers of the Sand hills are reminded by Associ ation officials that season tickets, at reduced prices, are still “a bargain.” Membership in the Association is not re quired for concert attendance, but memberships are welcome, as they furnish much of the base for the Association’s budget. A native of North Carolina (Continued on Page 2) JOHN A. CORBETT Corbett With First Union’s Local Office John Arthur Corbett, a 1962 graduate of the University of North Carolina, has been trans ferred from the Charlotte Marketing Department of First Union National Bank to the Theatre Group’s Comedy To Play Twiee This Week The Sandhills Playmakers, the newly organized commu nity theatre for the Sandhills area, will open their first sea son this week with two per formances of Oscar Wilde’s comedy, “The Importance of Being Earnest.” The play will be presented on Thursday and I Friday evenings at the Pine hurst School auditorium. Cur tain time is 8 pm. A feature of special interest in this production is the cos tuming. The play is set at the turn of the century, and “gay nineties” costumes have been designed and exeeute(i by Douglas Barger, an assistant in the Graduate School at the University of North Carolina. Mr. Barger has successfully caught the full flavor of the period in each of his designs, and his “Gibson Girl” gowns Meeting To Discuss Forming Moose Lodge Persons interested in organ izing a lodge of the Royal Or der of Moose, to draw its members from throughout the Sandhills area, are invited to a meeting to toe held in the Southern Pines municipal cen ter courtroom, Wednesday, No vember 22, at 8 pm. Harry Klabbatz, member ship chairman for the project, said that the new organization would be known as the Sand hills Lodge. He said that con siderable interest has been ex pressed in forming a new Moose Lodge for the area. All details will be explained at the meeting, he stated. CONTEST ENTRIES — Young ladies representing high schools of the county and Sandhills Community College (two from each) in the Golf Carousel Queen contest pose on the steps of Weaver Auditorium where the event —■ along" with a talent show and an appearance by Miss North Carolina — will take place at 8 pm Thursday. Left to right, listed by schools: Aberdeen, Bonnie Allred and Doreen Donovan; Pinehurst, Patricia Sheffield and Lynn Dunlop; Sandhills College, Susan Reaves and Pamela Monroe; Southern Pines, Pam Whitley and Janice Bor oughs; and Union Pines, Zada Lynch and Brenda Shelton. PARADE, ENTERTAINMENT THURSDAY Qolf Carousel Gets Started at 2 Clubs With entries running fewer r hills players, will see more than in some former years, but with skies sunny and a lively program of extra festi vities scheduled, the 14th An nual Southern Pines Jaycee Golf Carousel is getting start ed today. The event, bringing visitors from in and out of the State, and including also some Sand- Town Council Adopts Plan For New Suburban Commercial Zone At Meet KAROL'S KARDS New Shop Sets Grand Opening The grand opening of Karol’s Kards, a new shop at 110 W. Pennsylvania Ave., has been announced for Thursday, Fri day and Saturday of this week by Mrs. Lynn Thompson, the shop’s proprietor. There will be registration for a number of items to be given away at 4 pm Saturday, Mrs. Thompson said, and the store will be open until 7 on Thursday and Friday evenings. Specializing in greeting cards, party supplies and gift items, the shop also offers a gift-wrapping and imprinting service. • -^^-^^y^xx ^XXX VV llO bank’s Southern Pines Office bring a stunning grace to the where he will serve as com- j production, a spokesman for mercial loan officer. the Playmakers said. Mr. Corbett joined First] Appearing in major roles Union National in 1964 as a will be Tom Connolly of Pine- Management Trainee. He has hurst; Craig Renwick of Char- (Continued on Page 2) I (Continued on Page 2) mi I :r ♦' The Southern Pines Town Council at its November meet ing Tuesday night adopted a motion establishing a new Su burban Commercial Zone in ppt of the southern area ori ginally planned for the zone, left the other part Highway Commercial and the new plan open to subsequent amend ments. The action followed an hour- long public hearing that was a continuation of an original hearing held on the new zone plan October 30. The new zone covers the area from just north of Pine hurst Avenue on its eastern side, through the Jones Skat ing Rink property on the west to Midway Nurseries on the east side of US 15-501. The depth is 300 feet on the east side and 500 on the west side of the area, near the U. S. 1 Firemen Battle Morning Blaze (Pilot photo) Apartments Here Burn A fire discovered about 7:15 am today (Wednesday) gutted the historic two-story frame apartment house at 145 W. Connecticut Ave. The seven occupants, inclu ding the owners, Mr. and Mrs. Leighton Frye, and a 23- months-old boy, were awaken ed by neighbors or by the smell of smoke in time to leave the building. Frye, invalided in late 1965 by a stroke, was carried to safety by Raymond McLean, who rents a nearby cottage on the property, and apartment (Continued on Page 2) Union Thanksgiving Services To Be Held Union Thanksgiving church services will be conducted next week in both Southern Pines and Pinehurst. Because of a necessary change in plans, location of the Southern Pines service, to be held Wednesday evening, No vember 22, could not be an nounced before The Pilot went to press today. A stoiy elsewhere in today’s Pilot has details of the Pine hurst service at 11 am Thurs day (Thanksgiving Day) in the Village Chapel. intersection. The motion adopted formal ly provides that amendments, including a proposed extens ion of the depth to 600 feet on both sides, and requests for easement of restrictions on advertising signs, could be presented subsequently to the Planning Board. Under regular procedure, the Planning Board makes recommendations on re quests for changes, and the town council takes action on the recommendations. The entire area concerned in (Continued on Page 2) than 100 golfers competing in teams of two, over the South ern Pines Country Club and Whispering Pines Country Club courses, Thursday through Saturday. Tournament Chairman Ed Fitchett said there is no mixed (men and women teams) divis ion this year but that numer ous male golfers entered will be accompanied here by their wives. Practice rounds were being played today on the courses, and medal play will start Thursday. Climax of the event will be the awarding of troph ies at the Southern Pines CC Saturday. Harry Chatfield is tourna ment director. Open To ‘Public Entertainment festivities in connection with the Carousel start tomorrow (Thursday) and will feature two appearances by Miss North Carolina, Sarah Elizabeth Stedman of Ashe- boro — first, in a 4 pm busi ness district parade to include several high school bands, and again on Thursday at 8 pm (Continued on Page 2) FORMER BANK EXECUTIVE Samuels Named As First Manager Of Savings & Loan Association \tT rt o i_ T 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. Nov. 8 52 19 Nov. 9 65 26 Nov. 10 70 33 Nov. 11 68 34 Nov. 12 74 ' 39 Nov. 13 60 51 Nov. 14 60 35 W. E. Samuels, Jr., a former vice-president of Southern Na tional Bank, has been named manager of the Southern Pines Savings & Loan Association and assumed his new duties Thursday, J. E. Causey, presi dent of the association’s board of directors, has announced. Mr. Samuels is the first manager of the 45-year-old in- sitution which has always been managed by its directors, with the assistance of a fulltime secretary-treasurer. Employ ment of a manager, Mr. Causey said, was necesstiated by the growth of the business, which has been steady since it was organized in 1922, and which six years ago moved into a new building on S. E. Broad St. Two weeks ago, E. Earl Hubbard, formerly vice presi dent with the local office of First Union National Bank of North Carolina, succeeded Mr. Samuels as vice president and city executive of the Southern Pines office of the Southern National Bank of North Car olina. It was simultaneously announced that Mr. Samuels had been named city executive for a Southern National office the bank expects to open in 11 W. E. SAMUELS, JR. Clayton, to assume duties there early in 1968. Mr. Samuels’s resignation from Southern National follow ed last -week and, this week, Mrs. Ruth Hogan of Sanford who for several years has been ' secretary - treasurer of the Southern Pines Savings & Loan Association, submitted (Continued on Page 2)
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