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tax informabiBi from the In
ternal Revey® Service—first
of a series reports—is on
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A report
on the new Sandhills Invita
tional Basketball Tournament,
played here last week, is on
Page 3, Section 1.
VOL. 48 — No. 8
EIGHTEEN PAGES
SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1968
EIGHTEEN PAGES
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MAKING PLAIS
Gilmore of Souther
date for the 8th D
gressional nominat
mary, is flanked b
— Stite Sen. Voit
Pines (center) candi-
trict Democratic Con-
n in next May’s pri-
Mrs. Carolyn Blue of
Eagle Springs and Mayor James B. Garri
son of Albemarle, who were announced
this week as co-chairmen of his campaign,
as they check over a map of the 10-county
district which includes Moore.
IN NEW 8TH IjlSTRlCT
Mrs. Blue, Garrison
Head Gilmore Drive
Mrs. Carolyn Blue of Eagle
Springs and Mayor Jaimes H.
Garrison of Albemarle will be
co-chairmen of State Senator
Voit Gilmore’s campaign for
Eight District Congressman,
the candidate has announced.
Both experienced in political
campaigning, Mrs. Blue and
10-county organizatiorf of catn-
paign committees now being
formed. Gilmore, a Democrat
and a Southern Pines resident
is the only announced candi-
'BOSSES NIGHT'
date for the Eighth District
seat.
“Two such able and well-
known people give my cam
paign a fine start for 1968,”
Gilmore said. “Mrs. Blue and
Mayor Garrison know our area,
its people and its issues. They
are practical business people
Mayor Garrison wilHdir2i4_g.[ y,hn resiparr'tho value of a
■rTor
SIX 2-HOUR SESSIONS AT SCO
Young Man To
Be Honored At
Jaycee Program
Bosses’ Night, the annual
banquet-meeting of the Jay-
cees and their employers, will
be held at the Southern Pines
Country Club, Saturday, Jan
uary 13, at 6:30 p.m., accord
ing to Charles Scott, local
president.
A feature of the evening
will be the announcemerft of
Southern Pines’s outstanding
young man of the past year.
A committee headed by ’ Dr.
H. D. Bruton is can\lassing
businesses, clubs and or^ni-
zations to determine w'hich
young man — 21 through 35—
has contributed most to the
community during the year.
Evidence of leadership abil
ity and evidence of personal
or business progress are also
considered in the judging.
Bosses’ Night is an annual
feature of Jaycee chapters
throughout the nation. It is
dedicated to the employers
who support the Jaycees a^nd
recognize the value of the or
ganization.
Project Chairman Guy Wal
ters said the speaker for the
evening will be Bill Suttle, a tal Farm Planning; Jahuary
past National president of the i 31, Farm Labor; February 7,
Jaycees.
The ma.ster of
dollar and who share my be
lief in sound government.”
Garrison, 42, is serving his
second term as mayor and pre
viously was Albemarle’s mayor
pro-tern four years. He is presi
dent of South Central Oil Com
pany of Albemarle, 'secretary
of Royal Chemical Company,
and currently is vice president
of the N. C. Oil Jobbers As
sociation.
Garrison was chosen Albe
marle’s young man of the year
in 1956 and has served as
president of the city’s junior
and senior chambers of com
merce. A Democrat and a Pres
byterian, he is married to the
former Betty Hearne of Albe
marle. They have two children,
a son. Banks, at St. Andrews
College and a daughter, Jane,
at Albemarle High School.
Mrs. Blue is employed by
Quality Oil Company of West
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Playmakers Set
Auditions For
Friday, Jan. 5
The Sandhills Playmakers,
community theater group
sponsored by Sandhills Com
munity College, will hold au
ditions Friday, January 5, for
roles in the second production
of this season.
Two reading sessions will
be conducted the first at 4 pm
and the second at 7:30 pm. All
persons interested in drama
may attend either or both
sessions which will be held in
Room 110 of the Mary Luman
Meyer Building at the college.
According to William Wat
son, chairman of the Depart
ment of English and Fine Arts
at the college and director of
the Playmakers, the second
production will consist of
three one-act plays dealing
with man’s conflicts with
modern society. They will be
presented February 21 and 22
in the Pinehurst School audi
torium.
The three plays are:
Malcolm Marmorsten’s con
temporary religious play,
“Will The Real Jesus Christ
Please Stand Up?,” with roles
for six men and two women.
William Saroyan’s realistic
tragedy of social' injustice,
“Hello, Out There!,” having
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Murder Charged
In Shooting Of
High Point Man
A High Point man employ
ed as physical director at a
Winston-Salem YMCA was
fatally shot early Sunday
morning at the Hole in the
Wall, a night spot near Aber
deen, in an incident which re
mained mystifying early this
week.
Deputy Sheriff J. A. Law
rence said Willie Hubbard
Verbal, 42, of Aberdeen, Route
1, is charged with murder in
the shooting of Carlton Phil
lips Bell, 30, of High Point.
There are allegedly five eye
witnesses, Lawrence said.
The seven Negro men had
been at the Hole in the Wall,
which is located in woods west
of Bethesda Road, until about
5:30 am, Sunday, when the
manager said they had be
come contentious, and he put
them out and closed up the
place, Lawrence said. The ar
gument continued outside, cul
minating in the shooting, ac
cording to fhe deputy’s report.
The witnesses said Bell ran
off into the woods, and some
time later, around 7 am, they
heard him groaning and found
him where he had collapsed in
a clump of trees, the officer
said they told him.
Verbal took Bell to Moore
Memorial Hospital, the others
following, and all remained
until the deputy arrived, Law
rence said. Bell died at 2:20
pm despite intensive efforts to
save him, which included sev
eral blood transfusions. Coro
ner W. K. Carpenter said he
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Farm Management Course Slated
By F. D. ALLEN
County Extension Chairman
Moore County farmers are
invited to participate in a tele
vision discussion course,
“Managing the Farm Busi
ness,” beginning January 10 at
Sandhills Community College.
Six two hour sessions will be
held, at 2 pm each Wednesday,
on the following topics: Jan.
10, Planning Changes in Farm
Practices; January 17, Enter
prise Budgets; January 24, To-
for the evening will be Del-
mar McAdams of the local
club.
discussions should get in, touch
with the county agent’s office
in Carthage or the Adult Edu
cation Department at Sand
hills Community College, lor
further information and en
rollment procedure.
We will follow up the tele
vision presentations with dis
cussions of actual farm situa
tions. Moore County Agricul
tural workers will -be there to
assist farmers with their prac
tical exercises after the TV
presentations.
Moore County farmers
need to improve their manage-
Farm Leasing Arrangements; ment skills so they can make
and February 14, Family better economic decisions.
Farming Agreements,
j Farmers and others interest
ed in these Farm Management your farm business.
economic
These courses will give man
agement tips for improving
LARCENY CASES
3 Youths To
Face Superior
Court Action
Probable cause was found
against three youths in Moore
Recorders Court at Carthage,
Tuesday, on charges of a series
of felony robberies committed
during December. They made
bond of $2,000 each for their
appearance at the January
criminal term of Superior
Court, in Carthage.
The three, all of whom
pleaded guilty, were Kenneth
Rick Hare, 19, of Maple Shade,
N. J.; Claude A. Fitch, 18, of
Burlington; and Billy Wayne
Warden, 19, of Kernersville
rfd!
They had been living with
six other students, not in
volved in the robberies, in a
house in Southern Pines while
attending Sandhills Communi
ty College. All three have now
left the college without wait
ing for official action by au
thorities there, it was learned.
Southern Pines Police Chief
Earl Seawell gave testimony
at the hearing regarding the
robberies, which he said were
solved by the police depart
ment in cooperation with the
Moore County sheriff’s de
partment headed by H. H.
Grimm, chief investigator. No
total estimate was made as to
the amount of property taken
but he said it was well over
$200, the felony amount, in
each case. Only about half the
loot was recovered, found in
the students’ house.
Seven robberies were in
volved, Seawell said, of which
six were from cars of hotel
guests, locks of which were
I slipped open in guest parking
; areas in Southern Pines and
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RICHARD S. TUFTS
Tufts Given
Service To
Sports Award
Richard S. Tufts, chairman
of the board of Pinehurst, Inc.,
who is known internationally
for his many contributions to
amateur golf, was named Sat
urday for the Service to Sports
Award given annually by the
Atlantic Coast Sports Writers
Association.
No man has served as chair
man of more committees of
the United States Golf Asso
ciation, of which he was pres
ident in 1956 and 1957. He is
acknowledged world-wide as
an authority on the rules of
golf and helped write and ne
gotiate; the present code.
Development of the Caro-
linas Golf Association into one
of. the largest district associa
tions, with membership of ap
proximately 240 clubs and 9,-
000 individuals, is credited to
his guidance. He took over as
secretary - treasurer of the
association in 1933 and served
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Firms, Homes
Get Prizes For
Decorations
steed Realty Co., in the
commercial division, and the
J. W. Causey home at 710 S.
Ridge St., are winners of $15
first prizes in the annual Jay
cees’ Christmas decorations
contest.
Placing second in the two
categories — commercial and
residential—and winning $10
prizes, were Management, Inc.,
on the old No. 1 highway ac
cess road in Pinedene, and the
Dante Montesanti home at
345 Country Club Drive.
Two honorable mentions
were designated in the com
mercial division — the Fancy
This shop and Sullivan’s Foot
gear.
Residential honorable men
tion went to these homes: A.
C. Palmer, 355 N. Ashe; G. W.
Bruning, Fairway Drive; C.
J. Thorpas, Inverness Road
(for the door); and R. E. Irby,
690 Kensington Road.
The awards were announced
by Charles Bennett and Kes-
ter Woody, co-chairman of the
contest for the Jaycees.
I
County Board
I Seeks Ambulance
Service Plan
The Moore County commis
sioners Tuesday started work
to maintain ambulance service
in the county.
They named two of their
number to see what they could
do to keep W. K. Carpenter
Jr. of Pinebluff, operator of a
private service, in business
until a new plan could be
put in action.
They adopted a motion to
ask Dr. Robert S. Myers of
Pinehurst to determine what
it would take to maintain an
ambulance service and to give
recommendations to the coun
ty commissioners at an early
date.
The action was taken at the
board of county commissioners
regular meeting for January
in the courthouse at Carthage.
This followed receipt of a
letter from Carpenter saying
that he would have to discon
tinue his service February 1
because it was financially im
possible for him to continue.
Board Chairman John M.
Currie of Carthage delegated
Commissioners Robert S. Ew
ing of Southern Pines and W.
S. Taylor of Aberdeen to con
fer with Carpenter as soon as
possible to see what it would
take to keep Carpenter operat
ing until a substitute operation
could be worked out.
Ewing and Taylor planned
to talk with Carpenter this
week about it.
McKeithan Funeral Home of
Southern Pines has the coun
ty’s only other ambulance ser
vice. The other funeral homes
discontinued their ambulance
services in October 1966 be
cause of financial difficulties.
Carpenter instituted his at
about the time the five funeral
homes went out of the ambul
ance business.
However, reports to the
commissioners in previous
meetings have said the bulk
of the ambulance work has
fallen on the county’s four
rescue squads, which were or
ganized to handle emergencies
only. Their constitutions say
they cannot charge for their
services.
Commissioner C. W. Purvis
of Robbins said Tuesday, as
he has said before, that Car
penter’s difficulties are based
on a “lack of business” be
cause people call on the res
cue squads for ambulance ser
vices. Rescue squad leaders,
on the other hand, say they
do not know until they arrive
(Continued on Page 2)
New Registration
Needed For County.
Official Reports
The Board of Moore County
Commissioners was told Tues
day a new registration would
have to be held and the loose-
leaf registration system esta
blished before the next pri
mary, scheduled lor next May
4.
S. C. Riddle Sr. of Carthage,
GARDNER TO RUN
FOR GOVERNOR
Republican Fourth Dis
trict Congressman James
C. Gardner of Rocky
Mount, at a news confer-,
ence in Raleigh this morn
ing, announced that he
would be a candidate for
Governor this year.
His decision assured
a E.epublican primary, as
John L. Stickley of Char
lotte is a previously an
nounced candidate ifor the
gubernatorial nomination.
Yule Outlook Bullish
At Fox Hollow Farm
Thomas Morton of Fox Hol
low Farm, Young’s Road, got,
among other things, a lot of
bull for Christmas — about
1 300 pounds of it, to be almost
exact.
The bull , is a 26-months-old
purebred Aberdeen-Angus and
was a present from Mrs. Mor
ton to her husband. She
bought it from Monocacy
Farms at Frederick, Md.
The gift promptly joined the
Fox Hollow Angus herd of one
other bull and approximately
60 cows.
Smith Baby Is
First For 1968
In This County
Moore County’s New Year
baby was a boy, born at Moore
Memorial Hospital at 1:14 pm,
Monday, to Mr. and Mrs.
James P. Smith of Carthage,
Route 2. Weighing five
pounds, 10 and a half ounces
at birth, he is reported “doing
fine.” There are three other
children in the Smith family.
Runner-up for New Year
honors at Moore Memorial was
another boy, born at 3:43 pm
to Mr. and Mrs. Harold Mc-
Fadyen of Ellerbe, Route 1. He
weighed six pounds, 12 ouhees
at birth, is also doing fine and
has four brothers and sisters
awaiting his arrival at home.
chairman of the county board
of elections, said this at the
commissioners’ regular meet
ing for January at the court
house in Carthage.
The commissioners decided
to hold a special meeting by
mid-Januaiy on the matter
after Commissioner C. W. Pur
vis of Robbins said he wanted
a week to think about it be
fore the board acts one way
Or another.
The 1967 state act requires
counties to convert to the
loose-leaf registration system
by January 1, 1970, from the
old bound-book system.
“But January 1, 1970, will
be here before the next elec
tion after 1968 (primaries and
general election),” Riddle said.
He said the realization of the
significance of this came to
him recently as he was re
reading the election-law
changes enacted by the 1967
General Assembly.
Mrs. Estelle Wicker, county
auditor, told the commission
ers the county would be “in
trouble” if it had to call a
special referendum in 1969,
for example, before converting
to the loose-leaf system.
Riddle said registration for
the May primaries would start
March 30.
He told the commissioners
he would have to know soon
whether the loose-leaf registra
tion would be made this spring
so that he could tell the State
Board of Elections Chairman
Alexander Brock in time to
order the .special stationery, in
cluding loose-leaf binders.
Riddle said 15,567 people are
now registered for voting in
the county.
He estimated the cost of
equipment and supplies at ap
proximately $3,800 and of pay
for the office work at approx-
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Historical Society Purchases Lot
On Morganton Rd. Near Shaw House
The Moore County Historical
Society has purchased valu
able property across from the
Shaw House, at the intersec
tion of S. W. Broad Street and
Morganton Road, it was learn
ed this week from the presi
dent, H. Clifton Blue of Aber
deen.
He said the directors had felt
for some time that modern
business was “crowding in too
close on the Shaw House,” af
fecting the aesthetic value of
this restoration project of the
society, where a tea room is
operated on a seasonal basis,
with an old-fashioned garden
on the grounds.
The sum of $30,000 was paid
by the Society for the proper
ty, now containing Lane’s used
car lot, office and poolroom.
An adjoining abandoned ser
vice station is not included in
the purchase.
Several members of the so
ciety made substantial contri
butions which were added to
treasury funds to make the
purchase possible.
Blue said there are no im
mediate plans for use of the
lot other than to have it
cleared off and made sightly
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STARTS SUNDAY
Headlines Summarize 1967 Moore Co. News
I*
Many headlines reported
much news in Moore County
during 1967—good newSj bad
news, joyful news, sad' new.s,
with honors for some individu
als and disaster or tragedy lor
others.
In choosing the headlines to
follow, from county papers
published during the year, an
effort has been made to select
those summarizing news af
fecting many persons, rather
than a few.
Not listed, for lack of room,
are the war deaths, most of
the accidental deaths and oth
er personal tragedies, and the
crimes.
No dates are used, but the
headline record for each
month moves chronologically
through each weed’s papers.
In summary—1967:
JANUARY
Moore County commis
sioners designate all four
banks in county as depositories
. . . Moore Memorial Hospital
receives $50,000 gift for inten
sive care unit . . . Page Sham-
burger of Aberdeen becomes
first woman to fly new Air
Force RF-4 . . . John M.
Reeves is new chairman of
Pinehurst Community Founda
tion.
Southern Pines council en
dorses optional “liquor-by
drink” for possible legislation
. . . J. R. Brendell named Area
III school principal. . . Sisters
of Providence take over ad
ministration of St. Joseph Hos
pital from Sisters of St. Fran
cis.
Reynolds Mill area citizens
start building home for burn
ed-out family. . . Carolina Ho
tel opens new Cardinal Ball
room and convention facilities.
Coach John Williams wins
Southern Pines Jaycees’ “Dis
tinguished Service Award’ ’. . .
Mrs. William C. Walton, Earl
G. Harbour are Carthage Jay
cees’ “Outstanding Young Edu
cator” and “Outstanding
Young Farmer”. . . Dr. W. F.
Hollister honored at dinner for
20 years’ service as surgeon in
Sandhills.
FEBRUARY
Mrs. Bessie M. Beck resigns
as assistant clerk of superior
court, is honored for 16 years’
service as assistant and also as
clerk. . . Sam H. Poole install
ed as State YDC president. . .
J. D. Arey, Jr., injured 'when
car strikes same tree, fractur
ing same leg, as three years be
fore.
Commissioners request leg
islation postponing school
board election from April,
1967, to May 1968. . . Emergen
cy Civil Defense communica
tion system approved for
Moore by federal agency. . .
Mark Liddell nominated by
President for Southern Pines
postmastership.
Snow blankets Sandhills. . .
Troop 223, Southern Pines,
wins Storey Cup. . . County
; school offices move to new
Administration Building. . .
Prison camp escaper nabbed at
(Continued on Pg. 5, Sec. 3)
Postal Rate
Increase Set
Increased rates for all class
es of mail except parcel post
and international mail will go
into effect Sunday, January 7,
Postmaster Morris Johnson
reminded postal customers to
day.
“Even with the new rates of
six cents per ounce for the
'first class mail and 10 cents
per ounce for all air mail,
postal service is still a real
bargain,” Johnson declared,
“For six cents, you can send a
letter to any of the 50 states,
to any,United States territory
or possession, to Canada or
I Mexico, or to an American
serviceman stationed any-
I wnei'e m the world.”
Johnson pointed out that the
new rate for post cards will be
five cents and for air mail post
cards, eight cents.
He said the added cent in
the letter rate is a 20 per cent
increase compared to a 24 per
cent boost in the rates for
mailing newspapers and maga
zines and a 34 per cent hike
for advertising circulars, “oc
cupant” mail, and other ma-
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POSTHUMOUS AWARD — Mrs. Patricia
C. Collier of Southern Pines, center, holds
the Purple Heart Citation presented pos
thumously with the medal, which she is
wearing, to h^r husband, Private First
Class James A. Collier, who died of wounds
ceived during enemy action the Re
public of Vietnam last year. The presenta
tion was made at Fort Bragg by Captain
R. E. Childs, chief AG Casualty Branch, ^
XVIII Airborne Corps and Fort Bragg. At
right is Mrs. Ruby Cai^nter, mother of
Mrs. Collier. The PinaJ^fceart Medal re
cognizes wounds re(|^^^^^ combat.
,.Arnjy photi
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.
December 27 49 28
December 28 .v ,44 35
December 29 ^ 47 26
December 30 48 24
December 31 1 41 29
January 1 9 .... 43.^,. 34
Januai-y '2