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oliiivv 'iGltndon Cal? Jnd^;i ' i^ps: f1 ^Qwr-'j/ Mttfbi 'Abef<i'«n bluf VOL. 48 — No. 6 THIRTY-TWO PAGES SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1967 THIRTY-TWO PAGES PRICE; 10 CENTS THREAT OF DELAY ENDED Board Assures Funds For County Library A danger of delay in con- I sufficient to complete the li- struction of. the new Moore j brary, the budget addition not County Library in Carthage to exceed $45,000. S. BENNETT ST. ‘if was eliminated quickly last Thursday morning by the county commissioners in a special meeting. They adopted by unanimous vote a motion to provide funds in the 1968-69 county budget DISTRICT POST J. Vance Rowe May Seek New Judge’s Office J. Vance Rowe, judge of Moore County Recorder’s Court for the past 33 years, said this week he is definitely considering running for dis trict judge under the new state court system, but has not yet made up his mind. He said he expects to announce his decision about the first of the year. Judge Rowe resides in Aber deen and has a law office in John F. Faulk of Southern Pines shortly afterward told the commissioners the assist ant state librarian had told him in a telephone call that the construction contracts would be approved by the State Library Board. Faulk, of Austin-Faulk Ar chitects, architectural firm handling the library plans, told the commissioners that the assistant librarian, Mrs. Elaine von Oesen of Raleigh, told him when he telphoned her that the county commiss ioners had voted the extra funds. The action of the board of county commissioners in the Carthage meeting was the re sponse to a letter from Mrs. von Oesen saying that the state library would net ap prove the county library building plans without provi sion for necessary initial equipment. Her letter, written to Sam Poole of Southern Pines, chairman of the Sandhills Re- Southern Pines. gional Library and Moore Judge J. G. Farrell of Aber- i County Library boards, said deen, who has served Aber- | it appeared that approximate- deen Recorders Court since its i ly $20,000 more was needed to ■1 inception in 1956, said at this point it is “not likely’’ that he will run, but will leave the question open until the first of the year. take care of the initial equip ment and fees. The low bids on the con tracts lor general construction, and plumbing, heating and Judge W. H. Fullenwider of I air - conditioning installations Southern Pines Recorder’s ^ were approved by the commis- Court said that the judge-1 sioners December 4 at their ship does not appeal to i regular meeting for the him, in view of the fact that month. 'They total $116,509.82. (Continued on Page 2) Forty-nine per cent of the total cost of the project is to be paid by a federal grant, but the contracts had to be approv ed by the state before the pro ject colud get moving. Con struction is scheduled to start by January 12, to comply with a federal requirement attach ed to the grant. The county is Mrs. Edythe E. Fairfield, 53, ; Paying the rest of the bill m of Allston, Mass., who arrived I funds spread over the 1967-68 Sunday to visit her daughter i uud 1968-69 budgets, and grandchildren for Christ- I Poole told the commissioners mas, was killed at 5:40 pm I Thursday he was not asking Tuesday in a collision on US 1, i for the extra money for initial midway between Southern equijment. The library s^sup- Pines and Aberdeen. Admitted to Moore Memorial Hospital with injuries termed not serious were her daughter, Mrs. Gladys Estelle Brewer, 30, granddaughter Sherrill Brew- Woman Killed In Collision On U. S. 1 South CHRISTMAS AT LIBRARY — This tree for the Southern Pines Library was dona ted and decorated by members of the Southern Pines Garden Club, under the direction of Mrs. Malcolm D. Kemp. Tues day afternoon, these girls made the library scene complete for a Christmas picture. Left to right are Elizabeth, Holly and Cathy Bishop, Vickie Scheipers, Ann Hicks and Amy White. In addition to the tree, the Garden Club provided and arranged numer ous other holiday decorations, using na tural materials, throughout the library. (Pilot photo) AT LOCAL GYM DEC. 27-29 Collej^e Tourney Set (Continued on. Page 2) Trinity Church Will Give Cantata Sunday The choir of Trinity AME er, 10. Her grandsons Dean | Zion Church will present Brewer. 6, and Allen Brewer, | “Love Transcending,” a 4, were given first-aid treat-1 Christmas cantata by John W. ment and released. Mrs. Brew- Peterson, in the church sanc- er and her children live at tuary on W. Pennsylvania Kelton Trailer Home on old Ave., Sunday, December 24 at US 1 Soulh. I 5 pm. Unhurt was Sgt. Luther ! Mrs. E. S. Hardge will direct Dennis Brewer 47, of Fort the cantata. The public is in- (Continued on Page 2) 'vited. REPORTS HEARD AT ANNUAL MEETING Eight colleges have teams entered in the Sandhills Col lege Invitational Basketball Tourney December 27-29, ac cording to Jim Reid, director of athletics at Sandhills. All games in the three-day meet will be played in the gymnasium of the East South ern Pines High School, the home court of the Sandhills Spartans. The host Spartans them selves are undefeated so far this season and hold the Mount Olive Tournament title. They won it last weekend and at the same time stretched their victory record to nine games. (See tournament story else where in today’s Pilot.) The tournament will begin at 2 pm next Wednesday. Other games that day are at 4, 7 and 9 in the evening. Two games are scheduled for Thurs- c ay at 7 and 9 pm On Decem ber 29 the consolation game gets under way at 7 pm with the championship game at 9. The Community College Conference was organized last fall and the Sandhills College meet is its first .tournament, Reid said. Trophies, now on display on the Sandhills campus, will go to the champion, runner-up and to the outstanding players. The Sanuhills Invitational Tournament is expected to bring some 500 visitors to Southern Pines and attract (Continued on Page 2) Collins Opens Realty Ageney The opening of the Harold i Collins Realty office at 116 NW Broad Street, Southern Pines, was announced today (Wednesday) by the owner, I Harold Collins Sr., a realtor I who has been living in South ern Pines for many years. The firm is a member of the Southern Pines Board of Real tors and the North Carolina Board of Realtors and the Na tional Association of Real Es tate Boards. It also is an ac tive licensed broker of the South Carolina Real Estate Board. Two licensed saleswomen are on the staff—Mrs. Lula L. (William H.) Foushee and Mrs. Katherine M. (Warren A.) Smith. ‘Miss S. P.’ Event To Be Sponsored Here By Jaycees The Southern Pines Jaycees this week announced plans to stage a Miss Southern Pines Pageant here on March 23, 1968, when an entry to repre sent this community in the Miss North Carolina Pageant next summer will be chosen. John Womack, chairman of the project for^ the Jaycees, said that a week-long sche dule of events is being planned in connection with the pageant, offering the contestants—who will be limited to 10 in num ber—“an enjoyable but hard working week.” Jaycee clubs throughout the state sponsor local pageants, to choose entries in the Miss North Carolina Pageant which is also sponsored by the Jay cees at the state level. The winner of that event is the official entry to represent the state in the Miss America Pageant at Atlantic City, N. J., in September. Categories of judging are the same at all three levels— local, state and national—and include swim-suit, evening gown and talent. The local (Continued on Page 2) New Colonial Store Project Starting Here The new Southern Pines store of Colonial Stores will be completed in approximately four months, a spokesman at the Raleigh office of Colonial said Tuesday. The site on South Bennett Street at the Morganton Road intersection is being pre pared. The store building will con tain approximately 15,000 square feet of floor space. The- outside parking area will cov er approximately 45,000 square feet. Southeastern Corp. of Chap el Hill is erecting the building. No plans for the present Col onial store on Broad Street and E. Connecticut Ave., after the new store is completed, have been made yet, the company said. The property was leased by Southeastern from Jack Carter of Southern Pines. Southeast ern in turn is leasing to Col onial. But the managing cor poration is Plaza Associates of Southern Pines. The partners of this company are Don Schaaf and Sam Longiotti, both of Chapel Hill. Longiotti heads Southeast ern and Schaaf heads Schaaf Construction Co. of Chapel Hill which is building the store. Longiotti said Tuesday the store will be brick and steel construction and one story high. Moore Area Peoph Will Have Long Christmas Holiday Moore County people will have a long weekend holiday for Christmas, and school and college students an even long er one. The county’s public schools and St, Anthony’s School of Southern Pines started the an nual Christmas-New Year’s va cation after classes ended at the regular mid-afterrioon Fire Damages Faison Home One of the most destructive of one-house fires took place Monday evening when the home of Mr. and Mrs. Holly Faison, 1245 West Pennsyl vania Avenue, was severely burned. The alarm calling on the town Fire Department for help was sounded at about 7:45 pm according to, Peter Rapatas, Chief of the depart- I ment. Rapatas said that the fire, which had started in the I basement, was already roar ing through the cinderblock I house when the firemen ar- j rived. The inside of the home I was completely gutted, he said, from basement to attic; comparatively little was saved. I A broken water-line, he said, I (Continued on Page 2) ' Pinehurst Community Foundation To Continue Work On Projects The Pinehurst Community Foundation, Inc., held its fifth annual meeting December 11 in the Village Chapel Hall. President H. M. Taylor i- ded and the following o ;rs were re-elected for the m- ing year: John M. Reeves, ch: nan; Harry M. Taylor, president; Warner L. Atkins, and Mrs. John E. Dixon, vice presidents, Walter G. Robins, treasurer; NOT SAME PERSON Mrs. Lena Williams of Eagle Springs, who is a nurse’s aide at St. Joseph of the Pines Hos pital, has asked The Pilot to state that she is not the Lena Williams who was sentenced to prison on a public drunken ness charge, in Southern Pines Recorder’s Court, as reported in last week’s Pilot—nor is she the Lena Williams whose name has appeared on other occasions, without an address given, in the published court record. Thomas J. Connolly, assistant treasurer; W. Fay Neville, sec retary; and John R. Burr, as sistant secretary. Re-elected to serve with the officers, as trustees, were: W. B. Foreman, Henry M. Justi, Jr,. Mrs. A. J. Lacey, Earle G. Christian, Adm. Thomas C. Ragan, and Richard S. Tufts. Attending the meeting, in addition to officers and trus tees, were many Pinehurst res idents who have been identi fied with and are active in connection with various com munity projects of the Foun dation. Reports were submitted and involved primarily the follow ing activitys: —Pinehurst and Taylortown Recreation Associations. The Foundation, in addition to pro viding financial assistance, has endeavored to give personal attention and help to the groups identified with these associations. —The Nurses Scholarship (Continued on Page 2) A, 4; jh''\ r, ! /*> c. + V' it 7 Local Scouts Win Top Eagle Rank At Court Of Honor Seven boys of Southern Pines Boy Scout Troop 223 were invested this month as Eagle Scouts, highest rank a Scout can achieve. The new Eagles are shown here in uniform with their parents behind them shortly after the ceremonies were held during the Troop 223 Court of Honor here. From left to right are Joe Robinson with Mr. and Mrs. Miles Robin son; Roy (Skipper) Berry with his mother, Mrs. Norma Berry, at his left side; Peter Gilmore with State Sen. and Mrs. Voit Gilmore; David Blake with Mr. and Mrs. El- wood Blake; Larry Beck with Police Sgt. and Mrs. L. D. Beck; Chuck Cole with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cole; and Bobby Warlick with Dr. and Mrs. Bruce Warlick. Dr. Warlick is in uniform also as scoutmaster of the troop. Rank advancements made at the court of honor were: to Life Scout, Gilbert and Kenneth Horrier; to Star Scout, Jim Guin, Bob Liddell and David Walls. Also, to First Class Scout, Joel Farmer and Carl Sellers; and to Second Class, Rafi Assad, Harrell Johnson and Bill Lindau. Special awards given were: Scout Life Guard, Larry Martin and Joe Robinson; and Gold Quill, David Blake. Ninety-four merit badges were awarded. The court of honor was held at Brownson Memorial Presbyterian Church which is the sponsoring institution for the troop. (Humphrey photo) OPEN NIGHTS Most of the downtown Southern Pines mer chants, after consultation among themselves, have decided to keep their places of business open until 8 pm each night this week, a spokesman for them told The Pilot. Stores report Christmas trade is good in Southern Pines and the merchants want to give the public the convenience of the ex tra shopping hours, it was stated. Churches Schedule Services Churches of Southern Pines plan special and regular ser vices and programs from to day through Christmas Day— Monday, December 25. A listing of local church events follows: First Baptist Church, the Rev. John Stone, pastor: Regular Sunday School and worship service at 11 am Sun day, December 24^ and at 7:30 pm. a Christmas Eve Candle light Service, with special music by the Primary and Junior choirs. The church’s Christmas Fellowship Supper, with special events, was held Wednesday of last week. Brownson Memo'ial Presby terian Church, Dr. Julian Lake, minister: A Christmas Pageant will be presented tonight (Wednesday) at 7:30 in the church sanctuary, to be followed by refreshments in the Fellowship Hall. Sun day School and regular 11 am worship service will be held Sunday and at 9:30 pm Sunday (Continued on Page 2) time today (Wednesday). The students will be vacationing through New Year’s Day. Classes open again at the regular hours (he morning of January 2. Sandhills Community Col lege students started their winter vacation last week. They’ll return to class January 2. Southern Pines banks will be closed Monday (Christmas) and Tuesday, giving employ ees a four-day “weekend.” Southern Pines Savings & Loan Association will be clos ed Monday and Tuesday also but will be open Saturday until noon. Aberdeen Savings & Loan Association will be closed all day Saturday, as well as Sun day, Monday and Tuesday. Taking a cue from the bank closings, most businesses and offices in Southern Pines will also be closed Tuesday, De cember 26, but will be open for a full day on Saturday of this week—many of them un til 8 pm. The Pilot will be open Tues day of next week, but will close Friday of this week, as well as Christmas Day on Monday. Southern Pines town and Moore County government of fices will be closed Monday and Tuesday also. But Southern Pines garbage collections will be made ©n the regular schedule. No session of Southern Pines (Continued on Page 2) Cheer Program Will Aid Many Needy Families Hundreds cf needy families and individuals throughout Moore County will be receiv ing gift boxes of food—and in some cases toys or clothing— this weekend through the an nual Christmas Cheer program of the Moore County Welfare Department, in cooperation with numerous local agencies and individuals. In Southern Pines, members of the sponsoring VFW post, assisted by the post’s Auxili ary, will pack and deliver an expected 60 to 75 food boxes, (Continued on Page 2) FROM ELECTRONICS TO DANCING Sandhills College Adult Courses dstration Set Jan. 4 For New An extensive and varied program of courses for adults will be offered next term at Sandhills Community College, D. L. Furches, director of Adult Education, announced this week. Registration for the classes will be held Thursday, Janu ary 4, from 1 to 4 pm and also 6 to 9 pm, in Room 116 of the Mary Luman Meyer Building. Courses to be offered during the winter term include: blue print reading, electronics, farm management, hospital ward clerk, housing develop ment, income tax, modern math for parents, nurses’ as sistant, religious education, beginning and advanced typ ing and photography. Also, beginning and advanc ed sewing, tailoring, beginning and advanced knitting, drapery and bedspread making, ceram ics, jewelry making, interme diate and advanced painting, beginning and advanced bridge and ballroom dancing. All of the courses are open to men and women 18 years of age or older, Furches said. Length of the courses vary. Some are free of charge and for some there is a. tuition fee. plus the cost of textbooks. Classes are scheduled for both daytime and evening hours and most will be held in classrooms in the Mary Luman Meyer Building and the Ad ministration Building. All courses will be taught by qualified instructors. Complete details may be se cured by request to the De partment of Adult Education, Sandhills Community College, Southern Pines. During the spring quarter, other courses are planned, including public speaking, reading improve ment, pottery making, begin ning painting, interior decora ting, and stenoscript. 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. Min Dec. 13 Max 65 Dec. 14 69 Dec. 15 61 Dec. 16 56 Dec.. 17 62 Dec. 18 61 Dec. 19 75 7a Oufi m A iv>
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