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PINECREST EDITION Anniversary celebration planned by Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Pine- hurst. See Teeing Off, Page 1, Section III. Uiqh Tails 7K II ' >Ay^Gl«ndon S^ndor / iJymq^od Lor^aqc ^ N ^^flu^lcopos Cameron Pi Lalc«vio/*VaS5 j tHerbc / IL01 Playboy’s Hugh Hefner has picture in Smithsonian. Thad Stem tells about it. Page 1, Section II. VOL. 49 — No. 41 FORTY-EIGHT PAGES SOUTHERN PINES, N, C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1969 FORTY-EIGHT PAGES Six Persons Die From Injuries In Auto Wrecks Traffic accidents took the lives of four persons, includ ing two children, in Moore County during the weekend. This brings to 13 the num ber of highway deaths in Moore County this year. Two of the fatal accidents were in Aberdeen and 11 on rural roads, according to State Highway Patrolman P. S. Clark. And just over the line in Richmond County, two Jack- son Springs, Route 1, resi dents were killed. Dead are: Stephenie Cra ter, nine, and Keith Crater, six, of Winston-Salem; Ervin Marl Jamerson, 18, of San ford, Route 7; and Jackie , McKenzie Barber, 17, of West End, Rou.te 1. The Jackson Springs resi dents killed were Powell L. Goins, 50, and Frank William King, 43. The two Crater children •were killed instantly when a car driven by ther mother, Mrs. Donna Johnson of Win ston-<Salem, was crushed un der a 15-ton dump truck Sat urday night at the intersec tion of US 1 and US 15-501. Aberdeen police said Mrs. Johnson drove directly into the path of the northbound truck. She was taking the children to Wrightsville Beach. The truck, loaded with sand, completely overran the front end of the car, parts of ■which were scattered all over the intersection. The little boy was thrown out, the lit tie girl crushed under the floorboard, and the mother pinned in the driver’s seat. The impact caused the truck to tip over, throwing its sand onto the highway, then righting itself again. The driver, Henry Bennett McLaurin of Wadesboro told police, “The car ■was right in front of me.” He was only slightly hurt. Mrs. Johnson, mother of the children, was treated for cuts on her body and leg at Moore Memorial Hospital and released. Coroner W. K. Carpenter of Pinebluff, called it “one of the worst (wrecks) I’ve ever seen,” and says he will call an inquest soon. He said there is one eye-witness to the crash, in addition to the two drivers. Ervin Marl Jamerson, driv er of a car which crashed down an embankment and burned on Highway N.C. 27, about 10 miles south of Rob- b 'i n s, Saturday afternoon, died of a fractured skull and other injuries. A passenger in his car, Ed ward Cranford of Biscoe, re ceived multiple injuries. He ■was first taken to Montgom ery Hospital at Troy by the (Continued on Page 8) PRICE: 10 CENTS ili iMI w Student Housing John D. Moore, director of Situdenl personnel at Sandhills Community Col lege, has issued an urgent request for information concerning suitable rooms and apartments in the area for rent to Sandhills stu dents this fain. Persons who have rooms or apartments available are asked ,to fist them with the ofilice of student per sonnel, phone 692-6185 ex tension 12 with informa tion as to the location, size, bathroom and other facili ties provided. Also the owner should state prefer ence as to whether men or women students are db- sired. The projected enroll ment figure for (the term beginning in September is approximately a thousand students. Many of them are dependent upon securing housing in nearby commu- ties. liW CID Probing Theft of Wire, Church Break-In Several cases of copper wire being cut from poles | were being investigated this week by the Moore County Criminal Investigation De partment. CID Director Herman Grimm also said he had a report that the Cool Springs Church had been broken into and a 30-place setting of sil ver, plus a projector and two record players were stolen. Grimm said that copper ■wire had been stolen near Glendon and near the Talc Mine at Robbins. Apparently it is being sold to junk deal ers out of the county. Among other cases being investigated by the depart ment was vandalism at the Foxfire Country Club where several of the golf greens were torn up. Grimm said they were also looking into a house break-in in the Lake Bay area where two rifles and a record player were stolen. 63 to Graduate At Sandhills Commencement Sixty-three young me-n and women will be awarded Associate Degrees in Arts or Applied Science, or diplo mas for completion of one year trade programs at the Sandhills (Community Col lege commencement Friday evening, August 22, on the college campus. The graduates represent 27 communities in Moore and a'djhining counties. H. Clifton Blue, chairman of the Board of Trustees, will extend a welcome to the friends and families at the program which will open with an invocation by the Rev. Joe R. Babb, minister of the Cameron Baptist Church. Dr. Raymond A. Stone, president of Sandhills, will introduce the com mencement speaker. Con gressman Earl Ruth, and will confer degrees upon the can didates, who will be present ed by Dr. James J. Alten- dorf, dean of instruction. (Continued on Page 8) Clothing Appeal The Southern Pines Jun ior Woman's Club is spon soring a project to fill the clothing closets at the Southern Pines, elementary and middle schools next year. The clothing in these closets is to be used by needy children attending these schools. The ages cif children who will be using them range fromi four 'to 14 years of age. Clothes, shoes, undergar ments — all sorts of wearing apparel—are badly needed. Anyone who wishes to donate is asked to call 692- 8263, 692-2071 or Mrs- L-i M. Goodwin at 692-2535. New Pinecresi High School io Open Sept. 2 (Photo by Emerson Humphrey) Pinecrest Edition A 24-page magazine section devoted exclusively to the new and unique Pinecrest High School is included in today’s edition of The Pilot. The newspaper staff has been working the past few weeks gathering the material to tell the story of the school which Governor Bob Scott call “a bold new venture in public education” which holds promise for “all in North Carolina.” The Governor’s letter, as well as statements and congratulations from Superintendent of Public Instruction Craig Phillips and other leaders in the State and county, will be found in this special “Pinecrest Edition.” There are many stories and feature articles, as well as a variety cf pictures, which will be of interest to parents, children and all citizens of Moore County. The Pilot had the cooperation of Pinecrest and Mcore County school officials, and is greatly in debted to Cy Lynn, director of oublic information at Pinecrest, in telling the story of the school, which opens on Sept. 2. It is, indeed, the “School of Tomorrow for Edu cation Today.” Extra copies of the “Pinecrest Edition” are available at The Pilot office. Four-Lane to Raleigh Is Aim of Bill Joyce Bill Joyce of Sanford, new' member of the State High way Commission in this dis trict, hopes to have. U. S. Highway No. 1 dual lane “all the way to Raleigh” within the next four years. He sees East - west High way 421 from Sanford to Greensboro as a “death trap” and hopes to see it improved. His third big project will be straightening out 15-501 from Sanford to Chapel Hill. The new commissioner says he hopes to get with the folks in each of the counties in his baliwick—Moore, Har nett, Chatham and Lee'—^and see exactly what they want. He cautions, however, that all projects are dependent on funds available. The Sanford tobacconist, recently appointed to the commission by Governor Bob Scott, says he has already talked to a number of per sons in Moore, County. They included Rep. Clyde Auman of West End, Cliff Blue of Aberdeen, Sid Taylor of Aberdeen, and John Frye of Robbins, He has had some corre spond e n c e. Commissioner Joyce said, about a Carthage by-pass, but has made no plans until he hears the wishes of more persons. Joyce thinks Highway No. 1 from Southern Pines to Sanford is in “real good shape.” “I’ll try to do what you folk want 'done,” he told The Pilot in an interview, saying he would be alert to the wishes of everyone. His office is in the “set tling down stage” right now, Joyce said. He expe'ets meet ings with many of the per sons in his area soon. Intangibles Tax ^hows Increase In Moore County Moore County and all of its municipalities got a heal thy increase in intangible tax receipts this week. Mrs. Estelle Wicker, coun ty auditor, reported that on Monday the county received a check from the State' in the amount of $270,112.79, an in crease of $51,731.14 over the $218,381.65 received last year. Town Manager Bud Rainey of Southern Pines said that the town received $41,406 this year as compared with $34,841 — or an increase of $6,565—last year, Aberdeen’s intangible tax receipts were up, although not as much — $9,800.43 this year as compared with $9,- 391,59 in 1958. The State collects the in tangible taxes and refunds them to county and munici pal governments. Carthage’s receipts were up slightly to $10,562.22, ov er the $9,121.35 of the last fiscal year. Robbins Town Clerk Mrs. J. V. Turbeville said the re cent receipts of $8,220.78 were “about $500 ahead of last year.” Over $62 Million In Retail Sales Shown in Moore Gross retail sales in Moore County for the fiscal year ending on June 30 amounted to $62,705,448. This shows a healthy in crease of $5,473,258 over to tal retail sales of $57,232,190 in the 1967-68 fiscal year. The figures are contained in an analysis of sales and use tax gross collections for each county in North Caro lina by the State Department of Revenue. Commissioner Ivey L. Clayton reported gross sales and use tax collections from Moore County for 1968-69 as $1,466,741.72. A breakdown of retail sales by various business J. B. TEAL THE PILOT LIGHT A DEATH CAR — This picture shows the car in which two children, Stephanie and Keith Crater were killed, shortly after the crash between the car and a truck in Aberdeen Saturday. The dumptruck and Rescue Squad No. 4 ambulance are in the background. BELK — The appointment yesterday of Irwin (Ike) Belk as Democratic national com mitteeman was a well de served recognition of the Charlotte department store executive for his service to the party and Governor Scott in last year’s campaign. Belk, a former State sena tor who also has ambitions for statewide office, was a hard worker for Scott in both the primary and general elec tion. He had thought about running for the office of lieutenant governor himself, but passed it up to work for Scott. It’s likely that he will be a candidate for that office at a later date. VICE CHAIRMAN — Moore County is still without a vice chairman of the county Democratic Executive Com mittee. When Sara Hodgkins moved away she was hon-, ored at a dinner in Aber deen, but Chairman H. Clif ton Blue ruled at the time that a quorum of precinct chairmen was not present. So the election of her succes sor was postponed. Thus far, however, no meeting has been called for that purpose. Leading candidate to suc ceed Mrs. Hodgkins as coun ty vice chairman is Carolyn Blue of West End. REAPPORTIONMENt — A big reason why the Re publican Party will be going all out to capture the Gen eral Assembly in the 1970 elections will be the desire to have' a controlling voice in legislative, reapportion ment in 1971, following the census next year. Meetings are being held across the State by Republi cans now to strengthen the party organization for the (Continued on Page 8) Morgan Details Watchdog Role For His Office Attorney General Robert Morgan, speaking on the “watchdog” role of his office for the public, told members of the Southern Pines Rotary Club at their meeting at the Holiday Inn on Friday of the work of various departments of the office. Special emphasis was giv en to juvenile delinquency and narcotics. ■Morgan pointed out that 49 per cent of the crime in 'the State is committed by the 13 to 18 age group, and he said that parents and the public are greatly under-estimating the extent of narcotics in the (Continued on Page 8) Teal Succeeds Kirby at Phone Company Here John W. Kirby, vice presi dent and general manager of United Telephone, Company of the Carolinas Inc. and Greenwood-United Telephone Co. with offices in Southern Pines, is being transferred to Bristol, Tenn. In addition to his present duties, Kirby will be a vice- president of United Inter- Mountain Telephone Co., with headquarters in Bristol. Jennings B. Teal, general commercial manager of Caro lina Telephone Co., a United Telephone System company with headquarters in Tar- boro, will succeed him in Southern Pines. Teal and his wife, Vicki and three sons will come to Southern Pines September 2. Kirby will go to Bristol some- tirne in September. Only last week, Kirby had been named a member of the Southern Pines Board of Di rectors of First Union Na tional Bank. He says he will resign from the board. (■Continued on Page 8) groups shov/ed the following: Food at $21,580,620, with a tax yield of $605,165.03, was the highest sales category. Second highest was auto motive at $9,907,867 in sales, and a tax yield of $138,496.16. Other groups were as fol lows: Retail sales with only 1 per cent sales tax, $1,274,729; auto and planes with IV2 per cent tax, $5,066,186; apparel, $2,017,281; furniture, $3,736,- 677; general merchandise, $8,- 628,113; building materials, $1,842,947; unclassified $9,- 318,789. The department reported $63,322.18 collected in the 1 to 3 per cent use tax, and $901 in licenses from Moore. Mecklenburg County leads in retail sales with $1,345,- 017,019 for the fiscal year. Camden County is at the bot tom with $2,900,651. Guilford showed $927,370,932 in retail sales, and Wake had $687,- 637,429. Other counties were: Hoke County, $15,442,658; Harnett, $74,251,290; Mont gomery, $31,446,624; Rich mond, $65,822,681; Randolph, $113,600,607; Lee, $73,353,960; Scotland, $44,972,220. Humane Society Sets Coohout 4s Fund Event The Moore County Hu mane. Society will hold its annual chicken fry cookout Wednesday, August 27„ at Southern! Pines Athletic Field. Both take-out and table service will be available, ac cording to L. D. McDonald, general chairman. Dinners will be served from 4 to 8 p.m. at $1.50 per plate. Net proceeds from the cookout will be used in fur^ therance of the work of the Humane Society, which main tains an animal shelter a't Vass under veterinary super vision. No public funds are re'- ceived by the society,. Mc Donald pointed out, its work being entirely supported from dues, contributions, and fund raising events such as the chicken fry cookout. The society has received at the shelter nearly 2,000 dogs, cats and other animals, many good homes under adoption of which have been placed in contracts. The society also carries out a program to reduce wild dog packs throughout the county, and all cases of cruel ty reported are carefu.lly in vestigated. The Humane Society also works toward passa.ge of state and federal legislation designed to protect animals. Kiwanians to Fight Drug Abuse BY MARJORIE RAGAN A major fight against drug abuse will begin in the Sand hills, October 1, when 10 com mittee chairmen of the Sand hills Kiwanis Club form a coordinating committee in a national program, “Operation Drug Alert.” “We will tie in with the na tional program 100 percent,” says J. C. Robbins of Aber deen, incoming president of Sandhills Kiwanis. “We hope the entire com- munitv will become involved in this program of education and concern,” Robbins said. The program’s objectives are: To educate as many peo ple as possible to the nature and consequences of the use and abuse of drugs, with special emphasis on pre-risk students in elementary and junior high schools ... to in hibit, reduce, or eliminate drug abuse within the com munity; and to safeguard the community against any further incidence of the problems. Kiwanis committees taking part in the program are public relations, programs and music, boys and girls work. Circle K clubs. Key clubs, vocational guidance, agriculture and con servation, international rela tions, public and business af fairs, and support of churches in their spiritual aims. Sponsored youth presidents and all other club officers and members Who can be of special value in carrying out drug education will take part in the program. The coordinating group will assume the major responsibili ty for the shape and scope of the club program. Incoming President Robbins said the nation’s program for “Operation Drug Alert” was mapped out at the recent con vention of Kiwanis in Miami, which he attended along with other local delegates. “Confusion, concern and alarm over the increasingly widespread acceptance of drugs by the young has (Continued on Page. 8) 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. August 13 81 66 August 14 86 '67 August 15 84 72 August 16 91 73 August 17 90 75 August 18 91 72 August 19 92 74 Rainfall— .85 inch, August 13-19.
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