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« 545 athletes from two states took part in the first Mid-South Re lays here Saturday. See Page 4, Section 4. 3 of 6 places on the House and Garden Tour to be held here April 16 are pictured on Page 3, Section 4. VOL. 49 — No. 21 TWENTY-SIX PAGES SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 1969 'L a PROUD OFFICIAL — Jim Harrington, president of Pinehurst, Inc., is shown with the G. Lynn Nisbet clock, an award given annually to the organization that makes the most outstanding contribution to the development and promotion of the travel industry in North Carolina. The clock is on display in the lobby of the Pinehurst Gen eral Office. (Hall photo) Pinehurst Wins Travel Council's Award For Service To Industry Pinehurst, Inc., was the , clock was presented to Jim winner of the G. Lynn Nisbet Harrington, president of Pine annual award from the North Carolina Travel Council. The award is given to the organization that makes the ^ most outstanding contribution during the year to the devel opment and promotion of the travel industry in North Caro lina. The award in the form of a Village Names Commissioners For Services Commissioners for police, fire, roads, lakes and parks were appointed at an extra meeting of the Whispering Pines Village Council last Thursday. Councilman L. W. Leverton was appointed police commis sioner and was instructed to prepare the budget for the re mainder of the current year and the next fiscal year. Cecil Smith was appointed fire commissioner. The inter im appointments of Colonel V. McCollum as fire chief and Albert Martin and Gaither Ed wards as assistant chiefs were confirmed. They were directed to take possession of the fire (Continued on Page 6) hurst, Inc., at the 14th annual 'Travel Council banquet in Raleigh last Wednesday night. 'The clock is now on display in the Pinehurst general office. It was the first time that Pinehurst had won the honor. Principal speaker at the Travel Council business meet ing was Bob Howard, director of the Pinehurst Press Bureau, who spoke on “What Travel Agents Mean to Resorts.” Howard called for better packaging of North Carolina attractions and said there should be a reorganization of State advertising for Variety Vacationland. In the course of his talk, he gave as his personal view the idea that the “relationship be tween the resort and the agen cies is much like an octopus. The arms being the agencies and the body the resort. . . one (Continued on Page 6) 2 Decide Will File In Town Council Voting [. Two prominent Southern Pines professional men de cided this (Wednesday) morn ing that they will become candidates in the town council election. They are: — E. J. Austin, partner in the Austin-Faulk Associates architectural firm. — E. Earl Hubbard, execu tive in charge of the Southern Pines office of Southern Na tional Bank. Their filing, expected be fore the 5 pm Friday dead line, will bring the number of candidates to 17. Both men told The Pilot late this morning that they had just made the decision, in response to urging by friends and associates. There had been sneculation about both as pos sible candidates, but, as the end of filing time neared, it was thought they would not make the race. As it has for many years in town elections. The Pilot ex pects to publish a picture of each candidate, with biogra phical information, before the voting. Because there are more than 10 candidates, a primary will be conducted on Monday, April 28, to reduce the num ber to 10 who will then be subject to the choice of voters in the regular election on Tuesday, May 6. Five council members will (Continued on Page 6) CWENTY-SIX PAGES PRICE: 10 CENTS ON SITE — Members of the executive committee of First Union National Bank took part in ground-breaking exercises for the new building last Thursday. Left to right they are June Blue, N. L. Hodg kins, and R. Allen Jolly. The other member of the committee, William P. Saunders, was absent when the picture was made. (Humphrey photo) COLLECTION SET HERE APRIL 9 Blood Program’s Importance Told As the Moore County Blood Program prepared this week for a visit of a bloodmo- bile to the Proctor-Silex plant here Wednesday of next week, April 9, James F. Shinn, ad ministrator of Moore Memorial Hospital, told in a statement released through the Red Cross how important the program is to both physicians and patients in the hospital. The collection at Proctor- Silex is open to the public, as well as to plant employees, and wil be from 1 to 5:30 pm. Leo F. Walsh, Jr., acting county chairman for the Red Cross- sponsored program, urged blood donors to come and “bring several friends.” Walsh said that Moore County is more than 300 pints of blood “in debt” to the Red Cross blood distribution center at Charlotte, which serves both Moore Memorial (Continued on Page 6) Observances Of Easter Planned PEACHES UNDAMAGED Temperatures dropping to freezing or below on several recent nights have not dam aged the fruit potential of the trees now in bloom in Sand hills orchards, growers said to day. However, the next two weeks are called the most haz ardous period for the trees. Observances of the Easter season are extending thrc)ugh this week and into next week in this area, with emphasis on religious services before and during Sunday, April 6 — Eas ter Day. The public schools of Moore County closed for spring holi days at the end of classes Tues day and will open at the usual hour On Tuesday, April 8. To day (Wednesday) is the last day of classes at Sandhills Community College, with re- the public is welcome, s.uniptipn of ,<jlasses scheduled .^uprise Sexvipes for Wednesday, April 9. j Sunrise services in the area, Monday will be: a holiday of which The Pilot has been for many area residents, with notified, include: banks and public offices, as —At Our Savior Lutheran well as many private business- Church on No. 1 highway es and offices, closed for the south, at 6 am, outdoors near day. The Pilot office will be the church, with Pastor Phil- Championship Horse Show Slated Sunday The final, championship show in the winter-spring series of the Mid South Horse Show Association will be held at 12:30 pm Sunday at Dog wood Pasture, the estate of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Huffines, off Youngs Road, formerly the residence of the late Mrs. Audrey K. Kennedy. Young riders earned the right to compete by point totals amassed over the sea son. The show is open to the I public without charge. closed. Easter Monday, however, is not a holiday for the post of fice and business there, includ ing home mail delivery, will proceed as usual. Union Good Friday Service The annual three-hour “Preaching of the Passion” Good Friday service in which several churches of the area and their pastors join, will begin at noon Friday in Em manuel Episcopal Church on E. Massachusetts Ave., to run to 3 pm. Persons may attend portions of the service’, but are asked to enter or leave only during the reading of psalms or the singing of hymns. The service is based on the seven words of Christ from the Cross. In announcements of servic es, all churches emphasize that Area Joins In Mourning Eisenhower's Death This area joined the nation this week in mourning the death in Washington last Fri day of Dwight David Eisen hower, former two-term Pres ident of the United States and supreme allied commander in World War II. Residents of the Sandhills and Moore County, like mil lions of other Americans, fol lowed in the press and on tele vision the extensive commen taries on the life and achieve ments of the 78-year-old five- star general who proved to be among the most beloved of the nation’s historic leaders. And they saw and read about the imposing series of cere monies and tributes that cul minated in funeral services in Washington National Cathe dral on Monday and burial to day (Wednesday) at Abilene, Kan. Post offices were closed here as everywhere Monday in ob- (Continued on Page 6) LITTLE LEAGUE SETS TIMES FOR TRY-OUTS Try-outs for the several local Little League and Minor League baseball teams will be held at 9 am on Saturdays, April 5 and 12, and at 5 pm on Friday, April 18, it has been announced. Eligible are boys now at least nine years old, who will not be 13 before August 1, and who live east of No. 1 highway and-or at tend East Southern Pines schools. AT PINEHURST — The death on Fri day of Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower recalled his September, 1962, visit to Pinehurst that afforded many Sandhills residents an opportuni ty to see the famed wartime military leader in person. After a Republican luncheon at the Carolina Hotel, when he spoke on behalf of the Party and the Congressional candidacy of Charles R. Jonas of Lincolnton, Mr. Eisenhower from this golf cart watched part of the finals of the U. S. Amateur golf tour- nament on No. 2 course of the Pinehurst Country Club. Jonas is seated with the smiling “Ike” and standing by them is Kenneth Schroeder, PCC officer, who as a member of the 82nd Airborne Di vision in June, 1944, was in an advance force for the “D-Day” operation that General Eisenhower headed at Supreme Allied Headquarters. Hundreds of other persons greeted and cheered Mr. Eis enhower on his arrival earlier that day at the Pinehurst-Southern Pines Air port. (Hemmer photo) lip W. Deese officiating. —At Harrington Chapel Free Will Baptist Church in West Southern Pines, also at 6 am, sponsored by the host church of which the Rev. John W. Peek is pastor, the First Mis sionary Baptist Church, the Refuge Church of Christ and Trinity A. N. E. Zion Church. The Rev. Joseph Johnson, pas tor of Trinity Church, will (Continued on Page 6) Dossenbach’s At T&C Center Slates Opening Formal opening of the new Dossenbach Furniture Co. store in the Town and Coun try Shopping Center, between Southern Pines and Aberdeen, will take place at 10 am Thursday when Mayor Norris L. Hodgkins, Jr., of Southern Pines and Mayor Jack Taylor of Aberdeen are scheduled to out a ribbon at the big new establishment’s door. Located in a new building between the Macks store and the Sears, Roebuck & Co. cata log sales office, Dosse.nbach’s moved from a former location in Aberdeen. The new site per mits extensive improvements and expansion of the business. The store is one of several (Continued on Page 6) Pre-School Visit Set On April 11 The Pre-School Clinic will be held at East Southern Pines Eleme-^tary School on Friday April 11. Those children whose last names begin with A-J are to come, 8:30 to 10 am. Those whose last names begin with K-Z are to come at 10 to 12. To be eligible for fall en rollment in a North Carolina public school, a child must be six years of age on or before October 16, 1969. Please bring Ground Broken By First Union For Building A major expansion in South ern Pines, consisting of a new building costing $125,000, was announced this week by First Union National Bank. 'The announcement was made by N. L. Hodgkins, chairman of the board, and R. Allen Jolly, executive offi cer in charge of the bank’s Southern Pines offices. Construction has been start ed on the new building imme diately to the rear of the 600 S. W. Broad Street office. The -new .building- will house- the Installment Loan Department and Operations Department of the bank. It will also include a Board of Directors room which will be available for community meetings. A second drive-in window is also planned for the conven ience of customers at the 600 S. W. Broad Street office. Jolly said that a full line of customer services will be con tinued at the N. W. Broad (Continued on Page 0) Work To Start At Penick Home Work is scheduled to start next Monday on a $224,000 addition to Penick Memorial Home in Southern Pines by the DW(i Contractors, Inc., of Fayetteville. E. L. Cameron, Jr., president of the firm, was the 'low bid der on the project, with a bid of $224,608. The construction work is ex pected to be completed by Dec. 29 of this year. The contract was awarded on March 18. No estimate on the number of men employed On the job has been given, but ^the contractor estimated that 20 per cent of the bid price will remain in this com munity in wages paid, and 30 per cent of the bid will go into locally purchased matefi- als. Hayes, Howell and Associ ates are the architects for the addition. New Postoffice Needed Here As Mail Increases Volume of mail at the I ten - Southern Pines postoffice is mail increasing so fast that a new postoffice building may soon be necessary. This is the opinion of Law rence McCrimmon, new offi cer in charge at the postoffice, following a space and equip ment survey just completed for the Postoffice Department. McCrimmon told the De partment that in a recent nine-months period, revenue at the postoffice totalled $236,- 978.74. His survey covered the period July 1, 1967, to June 29, 1968. Receipts increased some $23,000 over the previous nine months. McCrimmon predicted an increase of 15 per cent for the rest of the year, to bring the current fiscal year’s volume to around $271,000 by July 1. Long a first class postoffice, the Southern Pines postoffice is housed in a building owned by the Postoffice department and built in 1937. Some addi tional space remains in the basement, but the entire build ing will soon be outgrown, he said. The new postoffice building is expected to be acquired within the next five years. It is believed that it will be leased, rather than owned by the Department, following the current trend. Postal receipts are up al most $100,000 from five years ago, McCrimmon said. Over a year - period, first class has increased 81,601 pieces. Activities at the postoffice now include service at two windows, four regular routes; and one auxiliary route. An average of 1,095 pieces of mail is handled each day. Delivery Added Delivery service is expected to expand this week in the Highland Trails development off Indiana avenue to 26 fam ilies. Service is also being of fered the Town and Country (Continued on Page 6) r LAWRENCE McCRIMMON Officer In Charge Students, Parents Will Inspect Pinecrest School Through April Pinecrest High School ad-1 gle Springs — Students, Wed., ministrators have set the fol lowing dates and times for of ficial student and parent vis itation over the coming month, in anticipation of the opening of the big new consolidated school next fall. Student orientation will in volve all students who will attend Pinecrest and present seniors in Area HI schools are also being invited. On the ap pointed days, students will leave their schools at 8:45 a.m. and be returned around 1 p.m. Transportation will be by bus. Parents are invited to tour the school at 7 p.m. on the named dates. Questions will be answered. Here is the schedule of visits: West End - Vineland - Ea- Shinnick To Speak At Sports Banquet Speaker for the annual sports banquet sponsored by the Blue Knights Boosters for East Southern Pines High School athletes will be Don Shinnick of the' Baltimore Colts pro football team, it has been announced. Open to the public, with tickets priced at $3, the ban quet will be held at the Na tional Guard Armory, Monday. April 14, at 7 pm. THE PILOT LIGHT SIGN—^Spotted on a car being driven around Southern Pines last ^^eek was a sign which read: “What New President?” BIRMINGHAM—The author of the article on the Sandhills which is scheduled to appear in Holiday magazine this year is best-selling author Stephen Birmingham. Birmingham, author of “Our Crowd” and several novels, was in Southern Pines recently for work on the maga zine story as well as to do re- u* j-j>i J ^ -- dLS> wcii clb lU ao re- ^ biography on John your child’s birth date,” the announcement said. Health, personal and Head Start forms have been mailed and should be completed and returned to the school immed iately. “If you did not receive a form please call the school office at 692-2357 and request one,” it was stated. P. Marquand, a one-time resi dent of this area. MORGAN—Attorney Gener al Robert Morgan was assign ed the job of negotiating the labor dispute involving cafe teria workers at the Univer sity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He said it didn’t take long to determine that the workers had a lot of just grievances. One of the complaints, and it is one that a lot of other State workers complain about, is the “temporary status” clas sification. One report received is that a woman had been kept On “temporary status” for five years. Under such a classifica tion workers are denied both benefits and raises. TAXES—Governor Scott’s tax program is not, at this stage, in real trouble, although there is no question that op position has strengthened to the cigarette tax. The public hearing before the Joint Finance Committee brought out a large crowd of farmers. But even before that opposition had been growing. Stronger opposition was also ! (Continued on Page 6) ' April 9 (8th and 9th grades) and Thurs., April 10 (10th, 11th, and 12th grades). Pa rents, Thursday night, April 10. Pinehurst-Academy Heights —• Students, Mon., April 14 (8th and 9th grades); and Tues., April 15, (10th, 11th, and 12th grades). Parents, Tuesday night, April 15. Aberdeen-Berkley — Stu- (Continued on Page 6) Wilson Resigns As West Side School's Head The resignation of H. A. Wilson, principal of West Southern Pines school for the past 12 years, was announced this week by Mrs. John L. Frye, chairman of the Moore County Board of Education. Wilson said he has accepted the position of director of stu dent aid and development at Mrs. Mabel McLean, Carthage native who is assistant to the president and director of student teaching at Barber Scotia College, Concord, was ap proved by the Moore County Board of Educa tion last night to succeed H. A. Wilson as principal in West Southern Pines. Her contract is effective July 1. Barber-Scotia College at Con cord. His resignation is effec tive with the end of this school year and he will assume his lew duties July 1. He has been associated with West Southern Pines, a 12- (Continued on Page 6) 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. March 26 63 27 March 27 .... 55 25 March 28 .. 28 March 29 75 44 March 30 69 48 March 31 . 59 37 April 1 70 28
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