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VOL. 48 — No. 4
/"ENTY-EIGHT PAGES
,SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1967
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AFTER PRESENTATION — Mr. and award made
Mrs. W. O. Moss, center, hold the Sand- Hoke Pollock,
hills Kiwanis Club’s Builders Cup, after it ley, Jr., 1967
was presented to them — the first such
SERVICE HONORED BY KIWANIS CLUB
to two persons — by R. F.
right. At left is W. T. Hunt-
club president.
(Bob Ewing photo)
Mr. and Mrs. Moss Win Cup Award
Mr. and Mrs. W. Ozelle Moss,
who have been prominently
associated with equestrian ac
tivities here for the past 30
years, are the 1967 recipients
of the Builders Cup, given by
the Sandhills Kiwanis Club for
unselfish community service.
The prestigious award.
which has been made previ
ously to six women and 27
men over the 41 years since
it was established, was pre
sented to the local couple at
the annual Ladies Night din
ner of the club, held Friday at
the Country Club of North
Carolina.
Young Victims’ Mother Charged
With Exposing Them To Danger
The mother of the two young
victims of a fire last week was
awaiting trial in Southern
Pines Municipal Recorder’s
Court today (Wednesday) on a
charge of leaving the children
exposed to fire danger.
The woman, Mrs. Eloise
Clark Council, 21, was served
Friday evening with the war
rant.. Her bail of $500 for ap
pearance for trial on the mis
demeanor charge was posted
shortly afterward.
Her children — James Ed
ward, 3, and Frederick, 2, died
in the fire that gutted the two-
Bulletin
Mrs. Eloise C. Council,
21, was sentenced to six
months in jail in a South
ern Pines Recorder's
Court trial ending at 1:15
pm today (Wednesday),
with Judge W. H. Fullen-
wider presiding.
Charged with leaving
her two young children
unattended and exposed
to fire . danger, she . had
pleaded not guilty. She
was not represented by
counsel.
After the sentencing,
she entered an appeal to
Superior Court and posted
$500 bond for appearance
at the January term, in
Carthage.
She is already on proba
tion in connection with a
Superior Court larceny
case.
HISTORY MEETING
Members and all interested
persons are reminded that the
Moore County Historical So
ciety will meet Thursday, De
cember 7, at 7:30 pm at the
Campbell House here. Mrs.
Ernest L. Ives will speak and
show colored slides of the
White House in Washington.
room apartment in the 200
block of South Hardin Street
about noon on November 28
after Mrs. Council had left to
go to a nearby store.
The cause of the blaze has
not been determined. Mrs.
Council said the heater was
not on at the time because it
had run out of fuel.
'M«ore County Coroner W.
K. Carpenter Sr. ruled last
weekend that the Council chil
dren’s deaths resulted from the
fire while they were lying un
attended.
The funeral services for the
victims were held at Pugh and
Brower Funeral Home Friday.
Burial was in Woodlawn Cem
etery.
Police Chief Earl Seawell
said Friday afternoon he had
decided to draw up the war
rant against Mrs. Council on
the basis of the findings in his
investigation.
The violation believed never
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Hamilton Joins
Telephone Firm
Richard L. Hamilton Jr., has
joined United Telephone Com
pany of the Carolinas, Inc. as
outside plant engineer.
A graduate of Southern
Technical Institute in Atlanta.
Ga., he has an Associate
Science degree in Electrical
Engineering. He has been em
ployed by Engineering Asso
ciates, Inc. of Atlanta for the
past four years.
He and his wife, Betty, have
one child and reside at 610
North May Street. They are
Presbyterians and Mr. Hamil
ton has been active in Scout
ing.
United Telephone Company
of the Cafolinas, serving areas
of North Carolina and South
Carolina, ha.5 its headquarters
in Southern Pines.
As always, both the recipi
ents and the club member
ship, aside from cup commit
tee, were unaware, until the
presentation, of the award
winners’ names.
R. F. Hoke Pollock made
the traditional presentation
speech, relating activities
which were the basis for the
award and not revealing the
persons’ identity until the end
of the talk.
Cited by the speaker were
the Mosses’ financial and oth
er aid to youth, their numer
ous acts of charitable and per-
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I Aberdeen Man
^ Is KiUed In
Truck Accident
j A 42-year-old Aberdeen man
was killed Friday afternoon in
! a truck accident near here.
! The victim was Johnnie Ri-
! ley Drakeford, State Highway
Patrolman J. F. Tomberlin re
ported.
The officer said Drakeford
was injured fatally when the
truck he was driving went out
of control on NC 2 between
Pinehurst and Southern Pines
and struck a tree.
He said Drakeford was
thrown by the impact from the
cab into the rear of the truck.
The truck was owned by
Pinehurst Lumber Co., the of
ficer said.
Drakeford suffered a broken
neck and internal injuries.
The truck was partially load
ed with cement blocks and ce
ment mix. The cargo was scat
tered along the road by the im
pact.
The officer said the vehicle
careened about 170 feet out of
control before hitting the tree
on the median strip of the di
vided road.
The funeral services and
burial for Drakeford were
held Tuesday from St. John’s
Church of Aberdeen.
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Firemen pour water onto flaming ruins at Car
thage A&P during Thursday blaze. Framework is
one of store's fallen roof supports. (Pilot photo)
Fire Sweeps Supermarket
Building In County Seat
Railroad Museum broke out about noon
Thursday and swept through
the A & P at Carthage, ihe
town’s only supermarket, leav
ing only the walls of the 11-
year old building and the ad-
Schooling Shows
On Area Slate
For Decembr
Tv^o special hunts and three
schooling shows are scheduled
for the Southern Pines-Pine-
hurst area this month.
The Moore County Hounds
Junior Hunt will be held De
cember 23. A Pinehurst Hunt
will be held by Hounds Decem
ber 28.
The Mid-South Horse Show
Association’s schooling shows
this month are for juniors and
seniors. The schedule:
December 27, starting at 1
pm, at Fox Run Farm, 765 E.
Connecticut Ave.
December 31, at 1 pm, Caro
lina Hotel show ring, Pine
hurst.
The first association show of
1968 will be held January '4,
starting at 1 pm, at Economy
Farms, Youngs Road.
A show will be held every
other week thereafter through
the winter in Southern Pines.
Meet Set Friday
Persons interested in a pro
posal that a museum of rail
roading be established at
Southern Pines are invited to
a public meeting in the town
hall courtroom here at 5 pm
Friday, December 8.
Those with knowledge of
the Seaboard Air Line’s early
operations or who have docu
ments or material bearing on
railroad history in this area
are particularly urged to at
tend.
State Sen. Voit Gilmore,
William C. Darden and Floyd
Sayre, all of Southern Pines,
first announced the proposal
last week and have done pre
liminary work on the project.
DSA Nominations
Asked By Jaycees
Nominations are being tak
en by the Southern Pines Jay
cees for the club’s annual Dis
tinguished Service Award, to
a young man of the communi
ty (age 21 through 35), for
community service, leadership
and personal progress.
Dr. H. David Bruton is Jay-
cee chairman for the project.
He said this week that nomi
nation blanks are available at
all bank offices in Southern
Pines. Nominations from the
public are invited.
Carthage A&P
Store Will Be
Replaeed Soon
The Carthage A&P super-
markel, heavily damaged by
fire last Thursday afternoon,
will be rebuilt immediately,
in a project expected to be
completed within 90 days, ac-
coraing to manager Ernest
Motteler.
A&P officials from Char
lotte were expected at mid
week to settle on a temporary
location in which the store can
be reopened, possibly within
the next few days.
The 12 full-time employees
have been temporarily trans
ferred to the Southern Pines,
Pinehurst and Sanford Storesi
but will be back at Carthage
as soon as there is a place
for them to work, Motteler
said.
The store will be rebuilt on
its present location Motteler
said.
The walls of the addition
will be used but the new part
will be incorporated in the
store building.
GOVERNOR'S SCHOOL COMMISSION
Dr. Ray Has Wide Responsibility
As Associate Director For Study
Dr. Richard S. Ray, dean of
instruction at Sandhills Com
munity College, who is serving
as one of the two as.sociate di
rectors of the Governor’s
Commission for the Study of
Public Schools in North Caro
lina, has responsibility for five
committees of the nine making
the year-long survey.
The Commission staff is
headed by Dr. Neill Rosser,
executive director, and the
other associate director is Jer
ome Melton who is on leave of
absence as superintendent of
the Haywood County Schools.
Dr. Ray’s responsibilities in
clude the Committee on Ele
mentary Education, the Com
mittee on Secondary Educa
tion, the Committee on Re
search and Innovation, the
Committee on Professional
School Personnel and the Com
mittee on Materials and Tools
for Instruction.
Aspects Considered
The various aspects of the
status of public education
which Dr. Ray and his com
mittees are studying include
the comparison of preschool
education in North Carolina
with that of other states; the
present status of special edu
cation in elementary and sec
ondary schools; the types of
vocational education needed
in junior and senior high
schools; and an evaluation of
special schools such as the
Governor’s School, the Ad
vancement School and the
Learning Institute of N. C.
Also under study by these
committees are the problems
of public school teachers in re
gard to demand, the salaries
and qualifications required by
the state, and consideration of
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joining new addition standing.
All the 25 to 30 customers
and employees got out of the
building safely and no one was
injured, Carthage Fire Chief
Archie Barnes reported.
Fifty-eight firemen of Car
thage, Aberdeen, Pinebluff,
Vass, Pinehurst and Robbins
battled the blaze.
The fire chief estimated the
loss at approximately $100,000
in merchandise and about $75,-
000 to the buliding and its fur
nishings.
Carthage Fire Chief Archie"
Barnes said the fire was dis
covered by meat-department
manager Jimmie Hunsucker of
Southern Pines when pieces of
ceiling started falling into his
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Bids
On Buildini
County Libi
The lowest bids on the con
struction of the new Moore
County Library in Carthage
were accepted Monday by the
Board of County Commission
ers by adoption of a motion to
that effect by unanimous vote
of the five members of the
board.
The action was taken at the
commissioners’ regular month
ly meeting in the courthouse.
John F. Faulk of Austin-
PLANS HERE TOLD
Rounds Gets
Book Award
“The Snake Tree,” a book
written and illustrated by
Glen Rounds of Southern
Pines, was an award-winner at
last Friday’s meeting of the
North Carolina Literary and
Historical Association in Ra
leigh.
Numerous awards for poet
ry, literature and history, giv
en by various groups and or
ganizations, are made annual
ly during this feature of North
(Carolina’s “Culture Week.”
The Rounds award—an en
graved gold cup for permanent
possession—was given by the
North Carolina Chapter of the
American Association of Uni
versity Women, in the field
of juvenile literature.
Mr. Rounds, a Sandhills res
ident for most of the past 30
years and writer or illustrator
—or both—of some 60 books
during^that period, was not
present to receive the award
himself, because of illness. It
was presented to his wife,
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BEST AT WHISPERING PINES —•
Shown here is the foursome that won the
third annual Golf Capital Pro-Am Tour
nament at Whispering Pines Country Club
last week, with tournament general chair
man Jim Eubanks (left). From the left
next to Eubanks are team member^ Frank
Brawley, Ed Seay and Dale Morey, the
amateurs, and pro Sonny Ridenhour. The
Ridenhour team won on the 19th hole in a
sudden-death playoff with three other
teams. The four were deadlocked with a
best-ball 62 each at the end of the regular
round Friday. (Robert S. Ewing photo)
Ridenhour Team Wins Pro-Am
The team of pro Stonny Ri
denhour of High Point won
the rain-shortened third an
nual Golf Capital Pro-Am
Tournament at Whispering
Pines Friday in a sudden-
death playoff with three other
teams.
All four completed the 18-
hole round with a 62 best ball
each.
Ridenhour’s quartet won
with a birdie on the 19th.
Playing with Ridenhour
were scratch player Dan Mo
rey of High Point, and Ed
Seay and Frank Brawley, both
of Whispering Pines.
The other teams in the tie
at the end of the regular 18-
hole round were: pro Avery
Beck of Whispering Pines
Country Club and amateurs
Bobby Edgerton of Raleigh,
scratch player, Roscoe Baker
of Kinston ^nd Hayes McCul-
ley of Whimpering Pines; pro
Joe MaplesS of Boone and
amateurs i Sa m Adams
scratch playeif, Guy Ciampa of
Whispering Pines and Fay
etteville, and Hugh McAllister
of Whispering Pines and Lum-
berton; and pro Jim Campbell
of Fuquay and amateurs Max
Matthews of Fuquay, Ed Com
er of Whispering Pines and
Lee Shaffer of Durham.
The latest edition of the an
nual Whispering Pines Coun
try Club tournament was
scheduled lor 36 holes origi
nally—18 holes Thursday and
the last round Friday. Rain
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Cheer Program
For Needy To
Be Conducted
The county-wide Christmas
Cheer program that provides
food baskets and other gifts
for needy families was an
nounced this week by Mrs.
Walter B. Cole, director of
the Moore County Board of
Public Welfare — and details
of the Southern Pines portion
of this program were made
public by the sponsoring or
ganization here, John Boyd
Post of the Veterans of For
eign Wars.
As for many past years, lists
of families and individuals
whose need is certified by the
Welfare Board are being fur
nished to sponsoring groups
and individual workers,
throughout the county.
The community chairmen,
in most communities including
Southern Pines, coordinate
Christmas giving to the needy
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WORK WANTED
Coach Twig Wiggins of the
Sandhills Community College
basketball team told The Pilot
this week that several squad
members plan to stay in
Southern Pines during the
Christmas vacation, December
10 to January 2, and would
like to have part-time work
during that period. Regular
basketball practice sessions
will be held, he said, but there
will be time for work, also.
Bloodmobile To
Collect Monday
The Moore County Red
Cross Chapter's last blood
collection in 1967 will take
place when a bloodmobile
from Charlotte visits the
fire station at West End,
Monday, December 11,
from 12 noon to 5:30 pmi.
The Charlotte center sup
plies both hospitals in
Moore County with blood
of all types, free ctf
charge. Col. John Dibb,
county blood program
chairman, said that a large
volume of blood is needed
at the West End collec
tion, as there will be no
more bloodmobile visits to
the county until late in
February, 1968.
Faulk Assoc
Southern Pil
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ready for o^
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provided.
The
509.82.
The accepted bids ani
ders: general construct!
DWe Contractors, Inc.,1
etteville, $85,481; plumi
Carroll & Gift Plumbinj
Heating Co., Sanford,
heating and air-conditior
King Roofing & ManufJ
ing Co., Sanford, $15,31
and electrical—Gene’s Elec^
Motor Repair, Lumberton, $
620.
The bids were opened i
last Thursday afternoon at a
special meeting of the coi|j|ji^
sioners but action was det
pending study by the arSf
tects.
Eight bids were submitted
for the general construction
contract, four for the plumb
ing contract; eight for the
heating and air-conditioning:
and six for the electrical.
The total cost of the library
including the costs of furnish
ings and the architects’ fees is
$156,939.90, Faulk’s report to ^
the commissioners said.
The report said $137,25^
been or is scheduled to
ceived, in county and
funds, leaving a balani
$19,684.90 still needed.!
ever, the funds for bj
the library have been al
The county has guarj
approximately $70,00(1
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Red Cross Lists
Area Servicemen
The Moore County Chapter
of the American Red Cross
announces that it is keeping
a list of the names, with both
military and home addresses,
of Moore County men who are
on duty with the armed forces
overseas. The chapter office
will be glad to add more names
and addresses to the list.
The office address is: 244 S.
W. Broad Street, Southern
Pines, N. C., 28387. The phone
number is 692-8571. Office
hours are between 9 am and
12 noon; and 1 pm and 4 pm
daily, Monday through Friday.
Mrs. Betty Drinkard, staff
secretary, stresses that the
Moore County home address of
overseas servicemen should
also be included.
Sandhills YDC Seis
Meeting For Election
A meeting for election of
officers has been set by the
Sandhills Young Democratic^
Club at the town hall.-'courL
room biei’e, 'I’hufsday evening,
December 14. Details will ap
pear in next week’s Pilot.
COUNTY SURVEY TO CONTINUE
Board Views Future Water Plans
The Board of Moore County
Commissioners Monday open
ed the door to eventually es
tablishing a countywide water
treatment and distributing
system under county authority
but left the matter such that
the county could move in any
other direction.
The matter was discussed
in terms of long-range plan
ning for the next 20 years or
longer.
This was contained in a mo
tion adopted by the commis
sioners Monday afternoon dur
ing the regular monthly meet
ing for December in the Court
house. The motion, made by
Commissioner W. S. Taylor of
Aberdeen,/ was that the en
gineers “foe instructed to pro
ceed with the study and evalu
ation o/ water res^^MU^with
the ov;er-all an
eventual
system
The
the co:
sent;
mur
agei
report of the study authorized
last spring by the commission
ers. The study is being financ
ed by a U. S. Farmers Home
Administration grant.
The findings were presented
by representatives of the sur-
Power Cuts Slated
In Pinebluff Area
Maintenance work in and
near Pinebluff Sunday after
noon, December 10, will cause
a power interruption from 1:30
pm to about 3:30 pm, on the
east side of No. 1 highway in
Pinebluff and along a rural
line to the Addor area, A. R.
Tucker, local Carolina Power
& Light Co. manager, has an
nounced.
Five - minute interruptions
will take place in a larger
area, at the beginning and at
veying firm of engineers, Hen-
ningson, Durham and Richard
son, Inc. of North Carolina,
at Charlotte. Ray Cathey and
Frank Cockinos appeared for
the company.
Having the county “go into
the water business” was one
way of handling an area-wide
system, Cathey said, and
another was under a water
resources authority whose
governing board would be
composed of representatives of
the communities participating
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THE WEATHER
Maximum and minimum
temperatures for each day of
the past week were recorded
as follows at the US Weather
B6reau observation station, at
,WEEB, on Midland Road.
Max. Min.
bvember 29 52 23
ivember 30 49 36
!mber 1 48 32
ber 2 47 24
kber 3 55 43
T 4 , 59 27
... 65 25