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VOL. 48 — No. 13
TWENTY-FOUR PAGES
SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1968
TWENTY-FOUR PAGES
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DR. W. D. (BILL) JAMES
James Is
Candidate
For Senate
Dr. W. D. (Bill) James,
Hamlet physician who has
served two regular terms and
two special sessions in the
State Senate, announced this
week that he is a candidate
for State Senator from the
19th District in the May 4
Democratic primary.
Dr. James is filing for Seat
No. 2 in the five-county dis
trict which will send two sen
ators to Raleigh. The only oth
er announced Democratic can
didate is W. P. Saunders of
Southern Pines who has filed
for seat No. 1. The district is
compos'ed of Moore, Richmond,
Scotland, Montgomery and
Davidson Counties.
Sen. J. F. Allen of Mont
gomery County, incumbent in
Seat No. 2, has announced that
he will not seek reelection.
Sen. Voit Gilmore of South
ern Pines, holder of Seat No. 1,
is an 8th District Congression
al candidate. Both are Demo
crats.
An announcement from
Prentice Taylor of Hamlet,
campaign chairman for Dr.
James, said: “Dr. James looks
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1964 OPPONENTS
Blue To Work
In Scott Drive
For Governor
Former House Speaker H.
Clifton Blue of Aberdeen,
came out Saturday in support
of Lt. Gov. Bob Scott in his
race for the Democratic nomi
nation for governor. He had
announced earlier last week
that he would himself reek
no state-wide office in 1968.
Blue, who is editor and pub
lisher of the Sandhill Citi
zen, Aberdeen weekly news
paper, ran against Scott for
the Democratic nomination for
lieutenant governor in 1964
and was narrowly defeated in
a run-off.
Scott, Blue said, “has made
an excellent record as lieuten
ant governor. His record shows
he is fairminded and he ha,
demonstrated how the office
of lieutenant governor can be
a working office.
“I sincerely believe that he
will make a strong and inde
pendent governor, giving vigo
rous and progressive leader
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World War I Veis
To Meet On Sunday
The Southern Pines Barracks
of the Veterans of World War
I will meet Sunday at 2:30 pm
at the American Legion Hut
on W. Maine Ave.
All veterans of World War
I and their wives, also widows
of World War I veterans, are
invited to attend.
Car Collision
Takes 2 Lives;
Young Man Hurt
A nearly head-on collison at j
10 am Sunday, on NC 22 near
the Southern Pines water
plant, cost the lives of two
persons—Billy Wayne Deaton,
27, of Carthage, Route 3. vcho
was dead on arrival at Moore
Memorial Hospital, and Mrs.
Sandra Phillips Hammer, 18,
of Glendon, who died at the
hospital of massive injuries
Tuesday morning.
Roger Dean Hammer, 20
husband of Mrs. Hammer, re
mained in serious condition,
with head and body injuries,
a severe hip wound and bro
ken left leg.
The deaths of Deaton, mar
ried and the father of two
children, and Mrs. Hafnmer, a
1967 graduate of North Moore
High School, who was mar
ried in June, marked Moore
county’s first highway fatal
ities of 1968. following the first
fatality - free January in
many years.
State Trooper W. M. Gay
said that Deaton, traveling
toward Carthage, was in the
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Fox Fire Golf
Course Is Open
The new Fox Fire Golf
Course, about six miles south
west of Pinehurst is open for
play, Fox Fire Pro Wallace
Martin reported this week.
He said letters have been
sent to the club’s members in
viting them to start using the
18-hole, par 71 championship
course.
Martin said a temporary pro
shop is open pending comple
tion of the new shop due soon
and locker room facilities are
available to members and their
guests. ■
Martin, 45, was pro at Croas-
dail Country Club of Durham
for a year and a half before
becoming pro at Fox Fire.
Before going to Durham he
was pro at the Jack Tar Hotel
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SCOUT EXECUTIVE —
David Yount, a 27-year-old
native of Fayetteville, is at
work as the Moore Boy
Scout District’s new Scout
executive. He and his wife,
a registered nurse, live at
310 S. Ashe St. Yount plung
ed into his new job right
after graduating January 25
from Methodist College in
Fayetteville, completing the
standard four-year college
course in three and a half
years, with a Bachelor of
Arts degree in economics.
Sociology was his minor
field of study. Yount dur
ing his six years as a Boy
Scout earned his Eagle
Scout badge. He later serv
ed as an Explorer adult ad
viser for five years and won
his Scouter’s Key for his
leadership as an adult
Scouter.
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Stone Campaign Headqnarters Opened
Support for Dr. Raymond A. Stone, in
his candidacy for the Democratic nomina
tion for State Superintendent of Public
Instruction, came from town and county
officials and from Sandhills Community
College trustees, as the candidate, who is
on leave of absence as president of the
college, opened his campaign headquarters
in the Southland Hotel here, Monday morn
ing.
Pictured, left to right, are: Dr. Stone,
J. E. Causey of Lakeview, trustee; Mayor
Norris L. Hodgkins, Jr.; Robert S. Ewing
of Southern Pines, trustee and county com
missioner; and John M. Currie of Carth
age, chairman of the board of county com
missioners.
A. B. Swindell of Cary, campaign aide
to Dr. Stone, is working out of the new
headquarters, and Mrs. Nancy Reid, wife
of Jim Reid, physical education director at
Sandhills College, is the office secretary,
assisted by volunteer workers. The tele
phone is 692-7948.
Opposed for the nomination by two oth
er candidates—Dr. A. Craig Phillips of
Greensboro and J. Everett Miller of Ra
leigh—Dr. Stone is already waging an ac
tive campaign. He spoke to the Rocking
ham Rotary Club on Monday; attended a
farm meeting in Durham, Tuesday; and
will be in Charlotte all day Friday.
On Thursday night, a large rally will be
staged for him, by friends and supporters,
at Epsom School which he attended for
nine years in the rural community where
he grew up, between Louisburg and Hen
derson, near the Vance-Franklin county
line. (Humphrey photo)
Director Will
Leave Library
When the Sandhill Regional
Library Board of Trustees met
in Troy at the library Wednes
day, January 31. it was an
nounced that the director of
the three-county system, Mrs.
Eugenia R. Babylon of South
ern Pines, had resigned. She
came here from Jekyll Island,
Ga.. on January 1, 1966, to re
place Miss Hollis Haney.
Mrs. Babylon plans to be
married to Henry W. Parker,
a New York banker, in March
and will be living in both New
York City and Jekyll Island,
said a report on the trustees’
meeting.
Sam H. Poole of Southern
Pines, Sandhill Regional Li
brary board chairman, said
Monday that no successor to
Mrs. Babylon has been ap
pointed, but that several per
sons are under consideration
by the trustees.
D. W. Hurley, vice chairman,
presided last week, in the
absence of Mr. Poole who was
recovering from a recent ope
ration. Trustees present from
Moore County were Atwood
Whitman and Mrs. Sue Phil
lips; from Montgomery County
Hurley and Mrs. James Smith-
erman; Richmond County,
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Jaycee Program
Set For Monday
The “Bosses’ Night” dinner
of the Southern Pines Jaycees,
at which the club’s Distin
guished Service Award (DSA)
will be presented to an out
standing young man of the
community, has been resched
uled for Monday, February 12,
at 6:30 pm in the Southern
Pines Country Club.
Bill Suttles, a past national
president of the Jaycees, will
be the guest speaker.
The event, originally set for
January 13, \-as cancelled be
cause of the ice storm.
604 IN MOORE COUNTY UNITS
Boy Scout Week Starting Today
The 604 Cub Scouts, Boy
Scouts and Explorers in the
Moore Boy Scout District are
joining their colleagues
throughout America in special
observance of the 58th birth
day of the Boy Scouts of
America starting today (Wed
nesday) and continuing
through Tuesday. The boys
range in age from 8 (the mini
mum age for a Cub) through
17.
The theme of Boy Scout
Week is “Scouting rounds a
guy out.”
(Also see Boy Scout Week
display in Section Two, Page
Six.)
Friday is Uniform Day. All
Scouts, Cubs and Explorers
v/ill wear their uniforms com
memorating the actual birth
date of the national organiza
tion. It was February 8, 1910,
that the Boy Scouts of Amer
ica was incorporated formally.
Sunday is Boy Scout Sunday.
The Scouts, Cubs and Explor
ers will attend their churches
in uniform with their parents.
David Yount of Southern
Pines, the new Scout execu
tive for the Moore District,
said this week that displays
and exhibits are planned dur
ing the week.
Of all the men and women
working with the Scouts of
Moore County, only Yount and
S. C. (Tommy) Thomas, ranger
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Lane Project
Changed For
Rt. 1 North
A review of plans drawn up
by the State Highway Com
mission to widen Route 1,
north of the bypass, has re
sulted in an important change.
The two extra lanes which
were to have been added on
the left side (northwest) of the
road, going north, are to be
shifted to the other side.
The change of plan came
about largely through the ef
forts of residents of the area
who had requested such a
change at the public hearing
held at the Town Hall last fall.
Under the leadership of
Rowland R. McElvare, whose
property adjoins the highway,
conferences were held, attend
ed by other interested citizens
and also by two members of
Ihe State Highway Commis
sion: Assistant Chief Engineer
R. M. McGowan, and Mr.
Clegg, Attorney Hoke Pollock,
of the firm of Pollock and Ful-
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Hospital Honors
49 For Siervice
Moore Memorial Hospital
employees were honored last
Thursday night, at a banquet
hosted by officers and direc
tors of the Pinehurst insti
tution at the Whispering
Pines Restaurant.
Some 49 employees with a
total of 760 years of continu
ous service, received Service
Awards in the form of silver
pins on which was inscribed
“Service to Humanity, Moore
Memorial Hospital,” and the
number of years each had
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Mental Health Center Plans
Described; County Aid Asked
The Moore County commis
sioners were asked Monday for
financial help for the planned
Sandhills Mental Health Cen
ter and were told that con
struction should be under way
about mid-year this year.
The center, scheduled for
construction near Moore Me
morial Hospital, will be com
pleted 10 to 12 months later,
the commissioners were told at
their regular February meet
ing in the Courthouse at Car
thage. This would bring the
Welfare Dept.
Move Discussed
By Officials
The Moore County auditor
was authorized Monday to ar
range for rental of new quar
ters for the county welfare
department if the lease could
be arranged on terms of three
years at $300 per month.
Mrs. Estelle Wicker received
the authorization from the
board of county commissioners
during the board’s regular
meeting for February at the
courthouse. Mrs. Walter B.
Cole, county welfare superin
tendent, told the commission
ers that the building specified
was suitable for welfare of
fices. She and Mrs. Estelle
Wicker, county auditor, exam
ined this and other locations.
The building found suitable
for the welfare department is
owned by Lloyd McGraw and
is across the street from the
courthouse. Work on the build
ing. two stories high, is near
ing completion.
Mrs. Cole reported that fed
eral and state money would
pay 43 per cent of the rent
and 53 per cent of the charges
for heat and light and for
other services.
Mrs. Cole reported that the
owner had specified the $300
per month rental on the basis
of a five-year lease, or a flat
$375 per month on shorter
terms.
Commissioner W. S. Taylor
said the county might want
the building for five years but
the commissioners do not want
to be bound to that length of
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STEVENSON BUST
UNVEILING HELD
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest L.
Ives of Southern Pines
were at the White House
in Washington Monday
morning (February 5)—the
birthday of Mrs. Ives's late
brother Adlai E. Steven
son—for the unveiling of a
sculptured bust of the
United Nations ambassa
dor and two-time Presi
dential candidate.
The bust was to be sent
to the United Nations in
New York City, for per
manent display.
President Lyndon B.
Johnson spoke brietily at
the ceremony, in tribute to
Ambassador Stevenson
who died in London in
1965. Later, Mr. and Mrs.
Ives and other members
of the group had refresh
ments with Mrs. Johnson
in the White House.
Mr. Ives returned to
Southern Pines Tuesday.
Mrs Ives remained in
Washington to visit friends
and is expected back Fri
day.
FLAG PRESENTATION
Sandhill Post No. 134,
American Legion and Auxili
ary will meet in joint session
on Wednesday, February 14,
at the Legion Hall, at 8 pm.
Presentation of a new Ameri
can flag from the auxiliary to
the post will be made. The leg
islative program will be given.
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completion period in late
spring of 1969.
Duncan McGoogan, who
gave the information, said he
and Norris L. Hodgkins Sr. of
Southern Pines were appear
ing before the board to see
what help the county board
could give. McGoogan is ad
ministrator of Moore Memorial
Hospital, which will operate
the in-patient, 20-bed wing of
the center, and Hodgkins is fi
nance chairman for Moore Me
morial.
McGoogan said $125,086 of
the total estimated cost, $542,-
968, is still to be raised. The
federal government is putting
up $302,882—about 63 per cent
—of the total cost; the state
$50,000 (maximum for such a
project); and local matching
funds are providing $65,000.
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SAMUEL C. HARRISON
Harrison Named
Vice President
Of First Union
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Samuel C. Harrison, cashier
in the Southern Pines Office of
First Union National Bank, has
been elected a vice president
by the Bank’s Board of Di
rectors at a recent meeting in
Charlotte.
A graduate of the University
of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill and the NABAC School
for Banking in Madison, Wis.,
Harrison joined The Citizens
Bank and Trust Company of
Southern Pines as an assistant
vice president in 1962. He was
elected cashier in 1965. The
Citizens Bank merged wi.th
First Union National Bank in
1967.
Harrison, a native of Chapel
Hill, is single and 37 years of
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New License Plates
Deadline Is Feb. 15
Motor vehicle license plates
for 1968 must be di played
after midnight, Thursday,
February 15. the public was
reminded this week.
Plates can be obtained in
this area at the Motor Vehicl
es Dtepartment branch office
in the Farmers Supply Co. in
Aberceen. The cjffice hours
are 9 am to 5 pm, Monday
through Friday, and 9 am to
noon on Saturday.
The total available is $417 882.
The county has provided a
total of $30,000 in previous
budgets for the proposed cen
ter, which was conceived about
five years ago.
The site—cost-free — was
provided by Moore Memorial
Hospital in September 1963
by action of the hospital’s
board of directors.
McGooga 1 did not suggest a
specific figu.'e for fresh coun
ty aid.
The center will serve Hoke,
Montgomery and Richmond
counties besides Moore, Mc
Googan said, replying to a
question from the commission
ers. He said the combined pop
ulation of the four counties is
approximately 111,000.
McGoogan said the target
date for starting advertising
for bids is April 1. The bids
should be received about May
1, he continued, and the pro
ject should be under way by
mid-year.
The project leaders are ap
pealing to the people to raise
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No Passenger, Mail
Trains Are Running
A railroad strike hit the
Seaboard Coast Line Tuesday
and, since noon on that day,
no passenger or mail trains
have rolled by the local sta
tion, except for the north
bound Silver Meteor about
5:30 am today (Wednesday).
This was the situation at noon
today.
Freight trains are running
because of the country’s war
needs, according to the scanty
information received here.
Local railroad employees say
they had no advance notice of
the strike and don’t know
how long it will last.
According to news reports,
only the Seaboard and Mis
souri Pacific were affected,
today.
HELP IN SIGHT
College Asks
Restoration Of
Budgetary Cut
Sandhills Community Col
lege representatives Monday
asked the Board of Moore
County Commissioners to re
store to the college’s current
budget $9,880.55 the commis
sioners cut from the college’s
original request last spring.
They were told they could ex
pect $4,000 to $5 000 more.
The cut was made when the
commissioners were preparing
the county budget for 1967-68
(the current fiscal year). The
commissioners provided a
budget of $89,933 for the col
lege.
Mrs. Estelle Wicker, county
auditor, said extra money
could be expected because it
has been found that the coun
ty will have some surplus tax
money this year. She said that
$3,500 of the $4,000 to $5,000
extra could be added to the
college budget by next June
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FROM GOVERNOR TO PRESIDENT
Moore Co. In Disaster Request
PRIZED PHOTOGRAPH — New officers of the Adlai
E. Stevenson Young Democratic Club at Sandhills Com
munity College display a photograph of the late Ambassa
dor Stevenson, autographed to the student group by the
statesman’s son Adlai, Jr. Seated, left to right, Sidney Luck
and Jim Wilson. Standing, same order, Norman Dean,
Lynda Buchan and Tom McDuffie.
(SCC News Bureau photo)
AT SANDHILLS COLLEGE
80 Students In YDC
Eighty Sandhills Communi
ty College students are mem
bers of the Adlai E. Stevenson
Young Democratic Club this
term, according to Mack P.
Trent, chairman of the depart
ment of Social Sciences and
the faculty advisor for the
student club.
Organized last year, the
college YDC is named in
honor of the late United States
Ambassador to the United Na
tions and Presidential candi
date who had, over many
years, been here occasionally
to visit his si; ter and brother-
in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest
L. Ives.
Officers of the club were
elected at a meeting last
month. Sidney G. Luck, Sea-
grove, a US Marine Corps
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Governor Moore last week
requested President Johnson
to ceclare 21 North Carolina
counties, including Moore,
major disaster areas to help
them recover from the severe
sleet and ice storm of January
10-13.
The Governor’s request, with
essential documentation, was
dispatched as soon as evalua
tion of damage assessment re
ports was finished.
If the Governor’s request is
granted, the counties will be
eligible for federal financial
assistance, supplementary to
state and local government ef
forts, to alleviate damage,
hardship and suffering under
provisions of Public Law 875,
as amended.
Counties bordering Moore,
included in the 21. are Lee and
SCHOOLING SHOW
A schooling show of the Mid-
South Horse Show Association
will be held Sunday at Econ
omy Farm off Young’s Road,
starting at 1 pm.
Harnett.
“The storm, considered one
of the most devastating ever
experienced in this State,
caused great damage to pri
mary and secondary highway
systems, public utilities, busi
ness and industry. It also
brought hardship and suffering
to many of our citizens,”
Governor Moore stated.
In the 21 counties, total
storm damage to private pro
perty is estimated at more
than $15,000,000. Estimated
damage to public property is
$2,633,000.
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 31 49 43
February 1 50 40
February 2 64 34
February 3 54 27
February 4 59 23
February 5 55 24
February 6 58 26