Trophy
winneTs at the recent Elks-spon-
sored Mid-South Relays track
and field meet are pictured, Page
5, this section.
Miles
of new water lines are being in
stalled here, financed by a town-
voted bond issue. See Page 4,
Section 4.
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Thousands To Attend Stoneybrook
Races; Many Help With Planning
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stoneybrook is the big talk
around the Sandhills this
week—and a big day it prom
ises to be.
Estimates of the race crowd
that will converge on the
Stoneybrook Farm of Mr. and
Mrs. M. G. (Mickey) Walsh
on Saturday, April 12, range
up to 15,000.
For this 22nd annual Ston
eybrook Race Meeting, during
which some of the nation’s top
steeplechase horses and riders
will be on view, the gates will
open at 11 am, one hour earli
er than in former years.
The first of the six races is
set for 1 pm, also an hour
earlier.
St. Joseph of the Pines Hos
pital here again will receive
proceeds of the race meeting,
after all expenses are paid.
Traditionally, the pre-race
time is spent by many of the
visitors in picnicking around
their automobiles, strolling
over the extensive grounds
and enjoying an entertainment
program that this year will
include a parading of the
Moore County Hounds when
TASTE OF SPRINGTIME — A .young Irish thorough
bred on a training farm near Southern Pines, sampling
dogwood blossoms, symbolizes early April in the Sand
hills — the Stoneybrook races coming up on Saturday,
the House and Garden Tour set for Wednesday of next
week, and private grounds, public roadsides and woods
and fields breaking out in Spring flowers. The hunting
season of the Moore County Hounds has just ended
but the pack will be paraded at Stoneybrook as a new
feature of the pre-race program that will be enjoyed by
thousands of visitors.
Local Man, 21,
Is Fatally Shot;
Mishap Claimed
A 21-year-old Southern
Pines man was fatally shot
early Sunday and his brother,
27, who admitted the ..shooting-.
but said he was “playing” and
didn’t know the pistol was
loaded, has been released und
er $1,000 bond on a man
slaughter charge, by order of
Moore Coroner W. K. Carpen
ter.
Carpenter said Dennis Hicks,
of 310 Wisconsin avenue, died
of internal hemorrage while
being carried to Moore Me
morial hospital, a few minutes
after the shooting at 1:15 a.m.
at the home of his brother,
Ronald Reuben Hicks, of the
Murdocksville community near
Pinehurst.
Ronald Hicks said that
Dennis and his wife, with a
friend, Albert C. Hunt of 325
West Iowa avenue. Southern
(Continued on Page G)
L. L. TRYOUTS
Boys 9 through IZ years of
age were reminded this week
that try-outs for the local
Little League baseball teams
will continue at 9 am Saturday
and also at 5 pm, Friday,
April 18. The try-outs started
last Saturday morning and are
being held at the Little League
ball park on Morganton Road.
PROJECTS AHEAD NOTED
Retiring Mayor Cites
Council Achievements
Achievements during his
administration and some pro
jects initiated and pending
wereHisted in a farewell ad
dress by Mayor Norris L.
Hodgkins Jr. at the last regu
lar meeting of the present
Southern Pines town council
on Tuesday night.
Candidates for the council in
the April 28 primary and May
6 election were special guests
at the Council meeting and all
but two of the 17 attended and
spoke briefly of the reasons
why they sought the office.
Mayor Hodgkins will move
his family in June to Durham,
where he is now the city exe-
REGISTRATION
DATES LISTED
Dates of registration for
town council voting on
April 28 and May 6 were
reviewed at Tuesday
night's council meeting.
Books will be open in
the town hall courtroom
from 9 to 5 on April 18,
from 9 to 9 on April 19
and from 9 to 5 April 21
through 25. April 26 will
be challenge day.
Persons now on the mu
nicipal e>lection books
need not register.
cutive officer of First Union
National Bank. He was first
elected to the council in 1963
*nd was- elected mayor-by the
council in March 1964 to re
place the late W. Morris John
son, who had resigned to be-
(Continued on Page 6)
17 Candidates
To Face Voters
When filing time closed at
5 pm Friday, the list of South
ern Pines Town Council candi
dates remained at the 17 re
ported in last week’s Pilot.
They will go before the
voters in an April 28 primary
to reduce the number to 10
for another round of voting
that will choose five in the
May 6 election.
The 17 are: E. J. Austin,
Howard C. Broughton, Felton
J. Capel, George Edward
Cheatham, Mrs. Marquita
Daniels, Col. John Dibb, Mrs.
Helen Frye, James Hartshorne,
E. Earl Hubbard, George W.
Little, John Mallow, L. D. Mc
Donald, C. A. McLaughlin,
Dante Montesanti, Tony Park
er, Charles S. (Buster) Patch,
Jr., and A. Reynold Tucker,
Jr.
Man Drowns As
Tractor Turns
Over Into Pond
Charlie Malone, 47, was
found drowned Saturday
morning, pinned beneath an
overlurned tractor jn four feet
of water in a pond on J. A.
Christian’s farm bn Sanford,
Route 3.
Malone, a farm worker, was
employed by Christian and
lived alone on the farm in the
Horseshoe section of Moore
County, close to the Lee and
Chatham county lines.
Moore Coroner W. K. Car
penter ruled the drowning ac
cidental, and said it apparently
occurred late Friday after
noon when the front wheels
of the heavy industrial-type
tractor slipped off the farm
road crossing the dam, about
(Continued on Page 6)
Work To Start
On SNB Office
In T&C Center
Construction of a new, full-
service Southern National
Bank office will commence
this week at Town and Coun
try Shopping Center on U. S.
■^i^hway 1 between Southern
Pines and Aberdeen.
The $125,000 project was
announced today jointly by E.
Earl Hubbard, city executive
of Southern National Bank,
Southern Pines, and Voit GiN
more, developer of the shop
ping center.
The building will comprise
approximately 3,900 square
feet and will be located north
of Town and Country Cinema
directly on U. S. 1. Reliable
Construction Company of
Monroe is the contractor and
J. L. Williams of Matthews is
the architect.
Mr. Hubbard stated that
(Continued on Page 6)
EXPENSE REQUESTS CUT
25-Cents Special Tax
For Schools Approved
The Moore County commis
sioners Tuesday approved a
uniform cou.stywide supple
mentary school tax of 25 cents
on the $100 property valuation,
instead of the 30 cents the
the pack that hunts here all
winter will be displayed by
the joint MFH, W. O. Moss.
Music will be furnished be
fore and between races by the
Central High School March
ing Band, of Sanford.
Opening the racing will be
a colorful Invitational Fox
Hunters Relay in which three
teams of three amateur riders
will take part, in hunting at
tire and riding horses that
have been hunted at least six
times during the past season.
Featured among the five
subsequent races, usually hav
ing the outstanding entries of
the meeting, is the Sandhills
Cup which goes a grueling
three miles over timber.
The other races are: The
Yadkin, the Borden Cup, the
Stoneybrook Open Hurdle
College Courses
For Adults Set
Several new courses have
been added to the curriculum
of the Adult Education Pro
gram at Sandhills Community
College for the spring term.
D. L. Furches, director of
the adult education depart
ment announced that registra
tion for all classes will be held
through Friday of this week
from 8 to 5 pm in Room 108
of the Mary Luman Meyer
Building on the Sandhills
campus. Persons may also reg
ister tonight (Wednesday)
(Continued on Page G)
Commissioners
Back Drink Bill
Liquor-by-the-drink legisla
tion was endorsed by a 3-2
vote by the Moore County
commissioners at their meet
ing Tuesday.
The vote followed an earlier
unofficial endorsement from
the Southern Pines Town
Council, which on Tuesday
night gave a unanimous offi
cial endorsement.
At the county commission
ers meeting, W. S. Taylor and
Robert S. Ewing voted for the
bill and C. W. Purvis and
Floyd Cole voted against.
.Chairman John M. Currie
broke the tie with an affirma
tive vote.
Currie said that the bill
now before the General As-
(Continued on Page 6)
West End Plant Sets
House
An Open House to which I completed two phases
the general public is invited three-phase expansion
will be held on Sunday, April
13, from 1 to 5 pm, by the
1 to 5 pm.
Sandhill Furniture Company
in West End.
Guy A Walters Jr., vice
president and plant manager,
in announcing the open house
said that Sandhill, a division
of Stanley Furniture Com
pany of Stanleytown, Va., has
. pro
gram in the past two years. It
now has one of the most mod
ern furniture plants in the in
dustry, he said.
The West End plant manu
factures bedroom furniture as
well as being one of the larg
est producers of odd beds.
There are 475 workers em
ployed at the plant, which has
Regional Meeting Here Tonight
To Hear Pope On Zoo Proposal
E. N. (Red) Pope Jr., of | received the approval of the
Senate Wildlife Committee, of
which Senator William P.
Saunders of Southern Pines is
a member. A separate bill to
appropriate funds for such a
zoo also has been introduced.
Under provisions of the gen
eral zoo bill a site selection
committee will be named. The
Sandhills region is expected
to make a bid for the zoo, and
has the support of other coun
ties such as Scotland, Robeson
and Richmond.
The Southern Pines Jaycees,
headed by George W. Little,
is spearheading the zoq cam
paign, and coordinating efforts
of other organizations.
Raleigh, chairman of the North
Carolina State Zoo Commis
sion, will address a regional
meeting of interested citizens
at the Holiday Inn tonight at
8 o’clock.
Special invitations have
gone out to upwards of 100
people in Moore and surround
ing counties. The general pub
lic also is invited to attend.
Pope will present the find
ings of the State commission
in regard to the desireability
and feasibility of a zoo. His
talk will be illustrated with a
special slide presentation.
A bill to establish a State-
Zoo has been introduced in
the General Assembly and has
of a greatly improved productivity
with the installation of new
and modern machinery.
The new machinery area
covers 56,000 square feet, dou
ble the capacity of two years
ago with an additional 15,000
feet of dry lumber storage.
Within the area is a multiple
cutoff saw, the first of its kind
in the industry, capable of cut
ting up to 40,000 feet of lumber
in an eight hour period. An au
tomated rip saw line has also
improved the efficiency.
Space conserving methods
|-were used throughout the new
plant. Modern restrooms are
suspended from the 22-foot
ceiling, along with pattern
racks, which gives ample
working space on the floor for
the flow of material on roller
conveyors.
The case assembly depart-
(Continued on Page 6)
Jaycees Endorse Local
Option Drink Proposal
The Southern Pines Jaycees
at its meeting last week voted
to endorse the local option
liquor-by-the-drink bill which
was introduced in the General
Assembly a few days ago.
George W. Little, president
of the Jaycees, said that legis-
- Little, lators from this area have
will preside at tonight’s meet-,been advised of their endorse-
'ment of the bill.
Symphony Will Play In Pinehurst
April 18; Benefit Event Planned
county board of education had
urgently requested.
At the .'■ame time, they lop- ^'-o^^Phrook Open Hurdle
ped the county’s share in the Tanglewood. The Bor-
schoo’s’ requested current-ex- * again be run in
pense budget for 1960-70 to the ^n^l^ing a total
exact dollar level of $651,190 actual races.
■ - There will be girl
budgeted last year, a cutback
of $166,356, or more than 20
per cent.
The special tax, the first for
all areas of the county, was
adopted on motion of C. w!
Purvis, seconded by Robert S.
(Continued on Page 6)
see STUDENT
ROOMS NEEDED
Sandhills Community
College is asking persons
with furnished rooms or
apartments to rent to
students, when the fall
term begins in September,
to list them with the col
lege.
If there is a preference
for men or women lodgers,
that should be noted, as'
well as the type of room
or apartment.
The number to call is
692-6185, Extension 12.
jockeys
riding Saturday—two of them
in the Borden Cup.
Mary Ryan will be riding
on Gaelic Prince owned by
Mrs. Horatio de Luro of Louis
ville, Ky., Irene Osterlund on
Speedy Brush owned by Lila
Bozick of Southern Pines.
Southern Pines is buzzing
with activity. Owners and
trainers, riders and horses are
pouring into town to be ready
for the races. Every available
stall will be taken in a' few
days and almost every avail
able room.
In the Stoneybrook office,
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CHAMPIONSHIP SHOW
A report on last Sunday’s
Mid-South Schooling Cham
pionship horse show arrived
too late for use in today’s
Pilot. The results will appear
in detail next week.
Entries High In Saturday's Meet
The Sandhills Music Associ
ation will present the Nortii
Carolina Little Symphony as
its final concert of the season,
on Friday, April 18 at 8:30 pm
in the Cardinal Ballroom of
the Carolina Hotel in Pine
hurst. Dr. Benjamin Swalin
will conduct the orchestra he
has directed for many years.
To promote further interest
in the North Carolina Sym
phony, the Music Association
and the Sandhills Steering
Committee for the Ford Foun
dation Challenge Grant for the
Symphony, headed by Mrs.
Norris Hodgkins, Jr., and a
benefit committee composed
of Southern Pines, and Mrs.
Wallace O’Neal of Pinehurst,
are holding a benefit cock
tail-buffet dinner at the
Country Club of North Caro
lina at 6 pm before the con
cert.
Tickets for the “black tie”
cocktail-buffet will be $10 per
person and can be obtained
from Mrs. John Ruggles, 180
N. Bennett St., Southern
Pines. Reservations must be
made by April 14.
The concert at the Cardinal
Room will begin at 8:30. Sea
son ticket holders will be ad
mitted without charge and
non-ticket holders may pur
chase tickets at the door for
$2.
Featured soloist for the con
cert will be Daniel Domb,
cellist. Domb is a ■24-year-old
(Continued on Page 6)
Sixty-seven horses were en
tered in the five races of Sat
urday’s Stoneybrook Hunt
Race Meeting here, as the list
stood early this week.
Owners were asked to
scratch out by telephone by
noon today (Wednesday),
either with the National
Steeplechase and Hunt Asso
ciation or with M. G. Walsh of
Southern Pines.
Actually, the five races will
be six. The Borden Cup, sec
ond race on the card, has 27
entries and is expected to be
run, as it was last year, in two
divisions.
Here’s a summary of what’s
ahead for race-goers:
First Race—The Yadkin,
for three-year-olds and up,
about one and a half miles
over hurdles. Purse: $1,500.
Sixteen entries.
up, about seven furlongs on
the flat. Purse: $500. Twenty-
seven entries—expected to be
run in two divisions.
Third Race—The Sandhills
Cup (featured as the leading
race of the meeting), for five-
year-old and up, about three
miles over timber. Purse: $2,-
000. Six entries.
Fourth Race—The Stoney
brook Open Hurdle, for four-
year-olds and up, about two
miles over hurdles. Purse: $4,-
000. Eight entries.
Fifth Race—The Tangle-
wood, for three-year-olds and
up, about one mile and six
furlongs over hurdles. Purse:
$2,000. Ten entries.
Houses, Gardens To Be Viewed
Civic beautification projects
will benefit from proceeds of
the 21st annual House and
Garden Tour conducted
by the Southern Pines Garden
Club, Wednesday, April 16,
starting at 10 am and continu
ing throughout the day.
Interest in the event is high,
report Mrs. Norris L. Hodg
kins, Jr., and Mrs. Howard
THE
PILOT LIGHT
teachers—Out of state ' of North Carolina compare
Democratic headquarters last , with the national aveage? I
week came an interesting j would need to be convinced
news release, and the source that such a raise would help
of the item may be as reveal- ' us keep good teachers and/or
us gain more good
teachers. In other words, I
don’t think the national aver
age is the only thing to be
co’-'sidered.”
Such sentiment from Demo
cratic county chairman may
also reflect sentiment from
and the
ing as what it contained.
The news release said that
a large number of Democratic
county chairmen do not think
school teachers salaries should
be raised to the national aver
age, and some of them think
present pay is sufficient.
State headquarters had con- 'the general p-ublic
ducted a survey among county General Assembly,
chairmen and 59 had respond-,
ed. A majority—49 of them— DEANE—At one time C. B.
said they thought current sal- Deane of Rockingham was
aries were not sufficient, but | working on a book about
only 32 think the State should his experiences as a Congress-
boost pay to the national man from the Eighth District,
level. ' and of other activities in po-
One chairman replied, “I litical realms of the country,
question the national average It would be an interesting
when the income of our people document, and his public
is far below the national aver- and private papers would be
age.” Another said, “How invaluable to historians of the
does cost of living in the state i (Continued on Page 6)
Second Race — The Borden , —*
Cap, for three-year-olds and C. Brough^n, co-chairrnen for
'the tour during which six
houses and gardens—three of
them at the Country Club of
North Carolina—will be open
to visitors.
Tickets are available at the
Information Center and the
Shaw House starting point
Sports Banquet
Set For Monday
Tickets are available from
the sponsoring Blue Knights
Booster club members for the
annual East Southern Pines
High School All-Sports ban
quet to be held Monday, April
14, in the National Guard
Armory at 7 pm.
On another page of today’s
Pilot, there’s information, with
a photo, about the guest speak
er, Don Shinnick of the Balti
more Colts pro football team.
Western Auto’s
Celebration Set
The Southern Pines Western
Auto Associate Store, owned
and operated by Mr. and Mrs.
O’Neal Latzak, on Friday will
begin a grand opening celebra
tion in its new location at 290 I
S. W. Broad St., to run through
April 19 when five merchan
dise items will be given away.
A new feature of the store
is an automotive service de
partment at the rear of the
building. The new location,
provides much more space and
and can also be obtained at
stops along the tour where
Garden Club members will be
on hand to supervise opera
tions and welcome visitors.
The tour has had wide pub-
(Continued on Page 6)
WORLD WAR I VETS,
WIVES PLAN MEETING
All veterans' of World War
I, their wives and widows of
WWI veterans are invited to
attend a meeting of the local
post of the Veterans of World
War I to be held at the home
of S. L. Marshall in Manly at
2:30 pm, Sunday, April 13.
Open Forum Discussion Of N. C.
Bills To Be Held Here Monday
The Sandhills Young Dem
ocratic Club is sponsoring an
open forum discussion of some
important bills pending in the
North Carolina General As
sembly at its April meeting to
be held at 8 pm Monday, April
14, in the court room of the
Southern Pines Town Hall.
The discussion is a part of
a statewide program initiated
by Charlie Rose III, president
of the North Carolina YDC,
to keep the voters of North
Carolina informed of impor
tant legislation being intro
duced in Raleigh and to give
them an opportunity to ex
press their opinions on the
bills.
The following proposed bills
will be discussed during the
meeting: (1) a bill to tax mo
tion pictures based upon their
classification by the Motion
new lines of home furnishings
and appliances have been ad- , ..v,
ded, Mr. and Mrs. Latzak said, refusal by a driver to submit
Picture Association of Ameri
ca; (2) a bill relating to the
to a chemical test; (3) a bill
to increase the tax on liquor;
(4) a bill to make it a felony
to remove a child from this
state when a court has award
ed custody to another person;
(5) a bill to deal with punish
ment of persons engaging in a
sit-in; (6) a bill to lower the
(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.
April
2
Max. Min.
80 50
April
3
78
56
April
4
71
53
April
5
83
58
April
6
61
51
April
7
72
38
April
8
80
40