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VOL. 48 — No. 9
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SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1968
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SCHOOLS CLOSED TODAY
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Frigid Rain Ices Area |
Roads, Stalling Traffic
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Rain falling in subfreezing
weather glazed streets and
highways from North Caro
lina’s mountains to coast Tues
day, cancelling many activi
ties, stalling motor traffic and
producing an epidemic of ac
cidents in Moore County.
Pupil Absence
Runs High, But
No ‘Epidemic’
No “flu epidemic” is seen at
present in Moore County
schools, thouffh absence caus
ed by illness is greater among
both pupils and teachers than
is usual at this time of year,
it was learned this week from
Kirby Watson, assistant super
intendent in charge of attend
ance.
Reports from all principals
on Monday attendance showed
1,246 pupils absent because of
colds or flu. This is an average
12 per cent of the total, as
compared with the five per
cent considered normal for
this time of year, Watson said,
noting that only 13 teachers—
again, more than usual—^out of
around 400 were absent for
the same reasons.
He said, “Naturally we are
concerned and are keeping a
close eye on the situation.
However, we do not feel there
is cause for alarm.” Condi
tions are nothing like those re
ported from certain other
Southern states, where schools
are being closed because of an
epidemic of Asian and other
types of influenza.
From the principals’ re-
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TRAFFIC DEATH
Manslaughter
Hearing Held
Ronald Owens McKenzie,
27, of West End, Route 1,
waived preliminary hearing
on a manslaughter charge call
ed Monday in Moore County
Recorder’s Court, and was
bound over under $2,500 bond
for appearance at the January
22 criminal term of Superior
Court.
The case had been pending
for more than a year, since
McKenzie’s arrest following an
auto accident of November 28,
1966, near Vass in which Mrs.
Gladys Oakley of Oameron,
Route 2 was killed in a head-
on collision between McKen
zie’s car and hers.
Court officials said the long
lapse of time was caused by
the fact that McKenzie, who
was only slightly injured in
the accident, was ill for some
time after that; then the inves
tigating trooper was in the
hospital; and later, after Mc
Kenzie’s -ecovery, there were
difficulties in getting a capias
served on him. It wa) found
also the warrant har to be
changed.
Public and private schools
except Sandhills Community
College, cancelled classes for
today (Wednesday). The start
of the college’s classes was de
layed until 11 am because of
icing on roads.
The county school officials
sent students home about an
hour earlier than usual Tues
day when patches of ice were
found on some school bus
routes. The icing started short
ly before noon in the Sandhills
and continued building up un
til late Tuesday nights.
Southern Pines town work
ers sanded some main thor
oughfares, including Broad St.,
to help keep traffic moving,
but many motor vehicles came
to helpless rest on the sides of
streets and roads throughout
town and the rest of the coun
ty.
Some 18 vehicles were re
ported stranded by icing on
the pavement of East Indiana
Avenue and its eastward ex
tension by early last night,
and many more were immo
bilized for the same reason
between Southern Pines and
Fort Bragg along E. Connect
icut extension.
Police Chief Earl Seawell
reported many traffic acci
dents occurred in town be
cause of the icing but no one
was injured seriously.
All roads leading to Fort
Bragg were reported almost
clear by 7 am Wednesday but
maximum 25 miles per hour
speed was advised.
The weather was warming,
though slowly, and rain con
tinued falling in this area this
morning, bringing promise of
clearing of streets.
Among the events cancelled
Tuesday night were schedul
ed meetings of Southern Pines
Boy Scout troops and the
West Montgomery-East South
ern Pines High School basket
ball games at East Southern
Pines School’s gym. A new
date for the basketball games
will be set.
However, the Town Coun
cil’s regular meeting for Jan
uary was held Tuesday night
as scheduled. (See separate
story elsewhere in today’s Pi
lot about the council meeting.)
A fellowship dinner meeting
at First Baptist Church sched
uled for tonight also was call
ed off because of the weather
conditions.
Temperatures in this area
hovered about a half dozen
degrees below the freezing
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26 Moore People On Gilmore Committee
Twenty-six prominent Moore
County citizens comprise a
“Gilmore for Congress” com
mittee announced this week by
State Senator Voit Gilmore of
Southern Pines, Democrat
seeking the 8th District’s seat
in the U. S. House of Repre
sentatives.
Chairman of the group is
Dr. William F. Hollister, of
Midland Road, a surgeon and
a founder of the Pinehurst
Surgical Clinic.
Several of the committee
were photographed with' Sen
ator Gilmore during an organ
izational meeting at Southern
Pines last Saturday, as shown
above.
Seated, left to right, they
are: General R. B. Hill and
Mrs. William Laslett, of South
ern Pines; Gilmore; Mrs. Caro
lyn Blue of Eagle Springs; and
Dr. Hollister.
Standing, left to right: Wil
liam P. Saunders. Jr., Southern
Pines; Frank McNeill, Aber
deen; Thomas C. Darst, Jr.,
Pinehurst; Monroe Chappell,
Vass; Carthage Mayor L. L.
Marion, Jr.; J. E. , Causey,
Lake view; Woodrow McDon
ald, Southern Pines; Micajah
R. Wyatt Pinehurst; Southern
Pines Mayor Pro Tern Felton
Capel; Samuel H. Poole, South
ern Pines, president of the
North Carolina Young Demo
cratic Clubs; and James F.
Wilson, Jr., Manly, a student
at Sanahills Community Col
lege.
Other members of the Moore
County Gilmore for Congress
committee are: Miss Flora Mc
Donald and Wilbur H. Currie,
Carthage; A. L. Burney, South
ern Pines; W. N. (Jack) Up
church. Highfalls; Fred Taylor,
Vass; Mayor John L. Frye,
Robbins; Jerry T. Cole, West
End; the Rev. Martin Caldwell,
Southern Pines; George Ross,
Jackson Springs; Mrs. N. L.
Hodgkins, Jr., Southern Pines;
and Charles H. Fry, Carthage.
Mrs. Blue, of Eagle Springs,
is also a co-chairman, with
Mayor James B. Garrison of
Albemarle, of Senator Gil
more’s district-wide campaign
in the 10 counties of the 8th.
“Our group’s great concern
is for effective representation
in Congress by a person with
the proven experience and
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USDA Official
May Enter Race
Against Gilmore
Democrat Voit Gilmore of
Southern Pines may get oppo
sition from a U. S. Department
of Agriculture career man for
his party’s nomination for the
Eighth Congressional District
seat in the U. S. House.
An Associated Press report
from Washington quoted “per
sons in a position to know”
last weekend as saying Horace
D. Godfrey, a Union County
native, may run. Godfrey’s
legal residence currently is
Wake County but, the AP re
port said, Godfrey is changing
it to Union County. Union re
one of the counties placed in
the new Eighth District form
ed by the 1967 General Assem-
(Continued on Page 2)
19 Signs Stolen
From- Homes Are
Found In Woods
Nineteen signs bearing
names or house numbers of
home owners were found
Thursday afternoon in woods
bordering Young’s Road, Po
lice Chief Earl Seawell report
ed.
He said a woman, who was
not identified, found the signs
in a single pile and notified
the Police Department.
Seawell said they were cov
ered with some straw and had
been stolen from in front of
homes and farms in and near
Southern Pines during the
past month.
Some, he said, had cost the
owners as much as $50.
Seawell said several other
similar signs reported stolen
have not yet been found. No
arrest has been made yet, he
said, but the investigation is
continuing.
The reason for the thefts
hasn’t been determined, he
said.
The Police Department last
weekend was notifying own
ers of homes and farms whose
signs had been found.
Bi
BOB SCOTT SAYS
HE'S CANDIDATE
Lt. Gov. Robert W.
(Bob) Scott of Haw River
this (Wednesday) morning
announced his candidacy
for Governor of North
Carolina, in next May's
Democratic primary.
His wife and five chil
dren, his mother, Mrs. W.
Kerr Scott, widow of the
late Governor, and num
erous Democratic ctificials
were present for the occa
sion, at the Sir Walter Ho
tel in F.aleigh.
Already in the race as a
Democratic candidate for
the nomination is J. Mel
ville Broughton, Jr., of
(Raleigh, also the son of a
former Governor.
The two announced Re
publican candidates for
Governor are John L.
Stickley of Charlotte and
Fourth District Congress
man James C. Gardner of
Rocky Mount.
TOM O'NEIL — For 60 Years An Information Man
Veteran Newsman O^Neil,
81 Last Week, Stays Active
By Mary Evelyn de Nissoff
Though retired after 48 years
with the “working press”—35
with the Associated Press in
New York and 13 with Golf
World magazine—^Tom O’Neill
retains to the highest degree
the newspaperman’s keen in
terest in people and happen
ings.
Extra ingredients in the
make-up of this almost typi
cal example of a competent
journalist are the intellect
which probes to the heart of
the matter, the so-called nose
for news, or the sense to sense
a story in the making, and a
passion for accuracy. Add to
these a healthily developed
sense of humor which helps
newsmen straddle the narrow
fence between madness and
rationality in the hectic world
of mass communication.
The editor emeritus of Golf
World, Tom became 81 without
fuss and fanfare, on January
2. He and his wife, the former
Mary Alice Crowley of Salem,
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Application For
County Building
Grant Rejected
The Moore County commis
sioners have been notified that
their aoplication for a federal
grant toward a $300,000 Nei-
borhood Facility building has
been turned down. The appli
cation was filed with the U.S.
Department of Housing and
Urban Development.
The building was wanted
for offices for agencies serv
ing the county, such as public
welfare.
Lack of funds in the current
budget is given as basic rea
son for the turndown, John
T. Edmunds, assistant admin
istrator of the program at
HUD’S. Atlanta. Ga.. offie“
wrote that the proposal could
be resubmitted for consider
ation on or before April 1, for
next year’s budget.
HUD provides two-thirds
of the cost of such a facility.
The Moore County bid had
been for $200,000, to which
$100,000 in county funds
would be added over a two-
year period.
The commissioners had bud
geted $50,000 toward the
county’s share this year.
Edmunds wrote that the
proposal had been analyzed
and rated in accordance with
their priority ranking system,
including such factors as the
low-income families to be
served and “the scope, depth
and responsiveness of the pro
posed service program to meet
the,se needs.”
The fact that the applica
tion was not approved, he said,
“does not mean that your
proposal is not valid or need
ed; it is simply a matter of
limited fund availability.”
Rush Succeeds
Dalrymple As
Draft Chairman
W. W. Dalrymple of Carth
age, longtime chairman of the
Moore County Selective Ser
vice Board, has retired. Max
G. Rush of Southern Pines was
elected to succeed him as chair
man and Charles J. McDonald
Jr., of Carthage has been ap
pointed to fill the vacancy on
the board, it has been an
nounced.
Dalrymple, member and
chairman of the draft board
for the past 12 years, while
still active and regularly at
tending meetings, retired be
cause of a new law making
such retirement mandatory at
the age of 70.
McDonald, his nephew and
son of the late Sheriff Mc
Donald, was appointed to the
board by joint selection, under
the law, by the county chair
man of elections (Sam C. Rid
dle), clerk of court (Charles:
McLeod) and chairman of the
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Leonard Succeeds McDonald
^n Council; Housing Talked
The resignation of L. D. Me- Councilman C. A. McLaugh- ill since last September. He
Donald from the Town Coun- lin was elected to succeed Me- has been in St. Joseph of the
cil was announced Tuesday Donald as treasurer. The vote Pines Hospital since Decem-
night, and former Councilman was unanimous. ber 7. A hospital report said
George H. Leonard, Jr. was McDonald in his letter of J'®
elected by majority vote of resignation delivered to May- expected this (Wednesday)
the council to fill the vacancy, or Norris L. Hodgkins Jr. ear- morning. His wife said his
This was done at the coun- jy last week said the condi- condition generally was fair
cil’s regular meeting for Jan- tion of his health forced him shown im-
uary at the Municipal Center, to resign. McDonald has been
United Fund In
Area Proposed;
Meeting Slated
A Moore County-wide meet
ing is being called by the
Sandhills Area Chamber of
Commerce on January 16, to
determine the extent of inter
est in organizing a United
Fund.
The meeting will be held at
7:30 pm at the Holiday Inn in
Southern Pines. This will not
be a dinner meeting.
As one of its objectives for
the 1967-68 Program of Work
of the Sandhills Area Cham
ber of Commerce, the business
community of the area asked
the chamber to look into the
matter of organizing a United
Fund.
Since early November a
committee, appointed by A.
Reynold Tucker, 1967 presi
dent, has investigated the pros
and cons of establishing a
United Fund and the feasibili
ty and acceptability of such a
Fund in the county.
George E. Paules, vice pres
ident of manufacturing, Gulis-
tan Carpet Division of J. P.
Stevens and Co., Inc., in Aber
deen, chairman of the com
mittee, reported to the cham
ber’s Board of Directors that
his committee was satisfied
that there is a definite need
for a United Fund. He said the
committee also believed there
was sufficient evidence that it
would succeed.
The committee also reported
that in order for the fund to be
successful it would need to be
established on a county-wide
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G. H. LEONARD, JR.
Earth-Turning
For New County
Library Slated
Ground-breaking for the new
Moore County Library will be
held Thursday at 11 am. on
the site at the corner of Dowd
and Saunders Streets, one
block from the courthouse,
with Chairman John M. Currie
of the Moore County commis
sioners tossing the first offici
al shovelful. The public is in
vited.
Besides the commissioners,
the Moore County and Region
al Library boards of trustees,
also the county and regional
staffs. Friends of the Moore
County Library and the archi
tects will be represented, ac
cording to Sam H. Poole of
Southern Pines, county and
regional board chairman.
The event will mark the be-
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WILDLIFE POSTS
Town Car, Dog
Tags Available
Southern Pines motor ve
hicle tags and town dog license
tags can both be obtained
from a representative of the
town office, in the municipal
center courtroom, each week
day but Wednesday, officials
reminded the public this week.
These are the days when
Mrs. Carolyn Vaughn is in the
courtroom for county real and
personal property listing, dur
ing January. County dog lic
ense tags are issued by Mrs.
Vaughn when dogs are listed
on the tax sheet by property
owners.
On Wednesdays, when court
is held in the courtroom, both
town auto tags and dog licens
es can be obtained in the main
administrative office at the
center.
I
Moore County
GOP Sets Meet
A convention of Moore
County Republicans has been
called for January 26 at the
Carthage Municipal Center by
County Republican Chairman
David Drexel of Southern
Pines.
Drexel said the meeting will
start at 7:30 pm.
He said officers of the coun
ty GOP Executive Committee
will be elected and delegates
to the Republican district and
state conventions will be chos
en at the meeting.
All Moore Republicans are
urged to attend.
. WILLIAM MULIG
Mulig Assumes
Position Witb
Carolina S&C
William Mulig has been
named director of the
Soaps, Toiletries and Private
Brands Division of Carolina
Soap & Candle Makers, ac
cording to an announcement
today by Jack Hicks, presi
dent.
Mr. Mulig comes to the local
I manufacturing company with
a background in soaps, deter
gents and- toiletries at Lever
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Morehead Nominees
To Face Interviews
James William Blue, Jr., of
Southern Pines and Steven
Arthur Wicks of Aberdeen,
Moore County’s two nominees
for Morehead awards (full,
four-year scholarships) at the
University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill are among 23
District III nominees from 12
counties who will be inter
viewed by a selection commit-
' tee at Elizabethtown, Satur-
[day.
Six “finalists” who face fur
ther interviews in Chapel Hill,
[will be selected Saturday in
each of 10 districts over the
I state.
Smith Promoted,
Shotwell Named
Joseph O. Earley, Jr., of Al
bemarle, wildlife protection
supervisor in District Six, has
announced the promotion of
Moore County Wildlife Pro
tector Charles J. .Smith of
Robbins, to Wildlife Patrol
man. He will be stationed at
Matthews.
Smith is being succeeded by
Protector Larry Shotwell of
West End, who recently com
pleted work at the Wildlife
Protection Training School,
University of North Carolina,
Chapel Hill.
Patrolman Smith is one of
nine wildlife protectors being
promoted to patrolman as part
of the Wildlife Resources
Commission’s stepped up pro-
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McLaughlin nominated Bill
Johnson to fill the unexpired
portion ol McDonald’s two-
vpnr term, which will end
when the 1969 council is elec
ted. McLaugalin’s grounds for
his nomination were that
Johnson finished sixth (be
hind McDonald) in the May
1967 council election.
McDonald and Leonard were
elected in 1965 to their first
terms on the town governing
body. Leonard was defeated
for re-election last May.
Leonard was sworn into of
fice by Mrs. Mildred McDon
ald, the town clerk. Moments
later, at 9:45 pm, he made the
first official act of his return
to office. He made the motion
to adjourn the council meet
ing. The motion was adopted
unanimously.
All the councilmen attended
the session. But getting Leo
nard from home to town hall
to be sworn into office ran
into difficulty created by the
icing put on the streets by the
freezing, rainy weather.
When he couldn’t get his
own car moving from his
home on Fairway Drive, a
town police cruiser was dis
patched. But the police car
slid on the ice into immobili
ty. A service station tow
truck was sent to the Leo
nard home. But it, too, lost
the conflict to the ice. Then a
regular automobile equipped
with lugs was sent into action.
It succeeded in getting Leo
nard to the town hall.
Leonard also was McDon
ald’s choice for McDonald’s
seat on the council.
Leonard and Johnson were
the only people nominated for
the vacated position after
Mayor Hodgkins invited nom
inations from the floor. The
move to fill the post was
made after the council accep
ted McDonald’s resignation,
on motion of Dr. R. J. Dough
erty. The council also adopted
Dr. Dougherty’s proposal that
a resolution stating the thanks
of the city for McDonald’s
“fine work on the council” be
drawn.
Leonard was nominated to
the vacant seat by Dr. Dough
erty.
'The vote on the choice to
fill the position was made by
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Civil Court Term
Will Open Monday
Six uncontested divorces,
nine motions in pending suits,
two default and inquiry pro
ceedings and four cases for trial
are calendared for Monday,
opening day of the regular
civil term of Moore County
Superior Court at Carthage.
Judge James G. Exum, Jr.,
of Greensboro will preside.
This will be the first term
in Moore for which the jury
was drawn under the new
state courts system, in which
many categories of citizens
formerly exempted are ex
empt no longer.
MOORE MEMORIAL - SCO PROJECT
Openings For 2 Students Remain
In New X-Ray Technology Course
A two-year course in x-ray
technology, under the auspices
of Moore Memorial Hospital
and in ' affiliation with the
Sandhills Community College,
is being offered at the hospi
tal, in a school approved by
the Council on Medical Edu
cation of the American Medi
cal Association.
Begun last week, the class
has two students, but there
is room for two additional
students.
Dr. Edward M. Sipple, radi
ologist at the hospital, said
that “with the considerable
shortage of x-ray technicians
throughout the country, we
feel that our school will fill
a definite need in Moore Coun
ty. One adyantage a techni
cian has, who has trained in
an approyed school, is that he
can find employment in any
hospital in the United States.”
Applicants for the course
must be high school gradu
ates. Most of the training will
be done in the x-ray depart
ment at Moore Memorial, but
courses in anatomy, physiolo-
Ky, physics and English will
be given at the college as part
of the required training.
The textbooks and regular
tuition for the courses taken
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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
Bureau observation station, at
WEEB, on Midland Road.
Max Min
January 3 51 32
January 4 59 43
January 5 54 23
January 6 35 22
January 7 39 32
January 8 36 12
January 9 33 16