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squads of Moore County among
most active of volunteer groups
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SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1969
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Special Meeting Planned
To Act on Motel Request
For Zoning Law Changes
A called meeting of the |
Moore Cot'jmty Commission-
* ers is expected to be held
Thursday, Sept. 11, to con-
sider a public hearing on whe
ther to permit the Motel being
operated on Midland Road
by Leaverne Maness to be
exempted from the zoning
laws.
Commissioners have re
quested transcripts of a
hearing by the County Zon
ing Board of Adjustments at
which the “request for vari
ance” from county zoning
^ was denied.
Copies will be sent to each
of the five county commis
sioners.
Commissioner W. S. Tay
lor said the consensus of
commissioners at a meeting
Tuesday was that three of
them — Taylor, Cole, and
Chairman Currie—would like
to hold such a hearing.
« He said Commissioner Bob
Ewing said making an ex
ception to the zoning laws
would be like opening a hole
in a dike.
Sanford Attorney Robert
L. Gavin appeared unexpect
edly before the Commission
ers at their Tuesday meeting
to ask for a public hearing
on a proposed zoning ordi
nance amendment.
Gavin told the board it
had the power to amend the
ordinance if it desired to do
so, provided it went through
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$100,000 Jewel Theft
Is Investigated Here
A $100,000 jewelry robbery
in Southern Pines is under in
vestigation by the Moore
County CID and local police,
who are being assisted by the
SBI and FBI.
CID Director H. H. Grimm
said the jewelry was stolen
i from the home of Mr. and
i Mrs. John Porteous on East
Indiana Avenue while they
County Line Decision
Rescinded by Board
The Moore County commis- those lines,
sioners, in regular meeting
Tuesday at Carthage, re
solved to ask the county
Board of Euucation to recon
sider its recent decision not
to allow any more Moore
County students to attend
school in Montgomery Coun
ty—but it was later learned
that the Board of Education
had already acted along
Commissioner W. S. Tay
lor said he had heard from
Mrs. John L. Frye, board
chairman, that in a telephone
poll the members had agreed
that their decision of August
26 came too close to the
opening of school, and they
would let matters stand as
they are for this school year,
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were away for the summer.
Grimm said he had talked
with Mrs. Porteous again on
Tuesday. He reported no
leads in the case.
A caretaker, checking the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Por
teous, had notified police and
an insurance company July
25 that the house had been
broken into, but it could not
be determined at that time
what, if anything, had been
taken.
It was not until Mrs. Por
teous returned here Thursday
after traveling abroad during
the summer that it was reveal
ed she had hidden a box of
jewelry in a closet before leav
ing.
Mrs. Porteous, the former
Jane Drexel of Southern Pines,
is preparing a list of articles
in the box, which she said
included heirloom pieces, also
a diamond ring, emerald
bracelet and other gifts from
her first husband, Harry
Vale, Jr., who died in 1964.
In addition to the jewelry,
only one other item, a 16-
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Town Gets Complaints on Dump
By MARJORIE RAGAN
Residents of Niagara and
Manly near the town dump
disagree with the Coiunty
Health Officer that there is
no air pollution in Moore
County.
“ ‘I smell that dump’ was
the last thing my wife said
last night,” said Leroy Snipes
of Niagara.
The dump, or by its more
attractive name, the sanitary
landfill, is located off the
US 1 by-pass on the western
side. All Southern Pines
trash and garbage is taken
there.
Others complaining about
the dump this week included
Robert Ferguson, an employe
of the Advance Mechanical
Service, who lives at Manly.
“Every dump that burns
in the county is a source of
air pollution,” Ferguson be
lieves.
Critics of the dump say it
draws dogs, flies, and rats,
and that sometimes fires
have “gotten away.”
City Manager Bud Rainey
thinks it unfortunate that
the dump bothers people, but
he points out that it is con
stantly cared for by two men.
He said the material at the
landfill that is burned is
chiefly pine straw and wood.
There is .a man in constant
attendance during the day at
the gate, he said, and no dif
ficult products such as auto-
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Markets Record Average in 70s
The Carthage and Aber
deen flue-cured tobacco mar
kets, opening with the rest
of the Middle Belt Tuesday,
both reported “fine opening
days” with averages consid
erably higher than last year.
At the three Carthage
warehouses. Victory, McCon
nell and New Farmers, the
average price paid was
$73.94. A total of 307,374
pounds were sold, with a to
tal of $227,466.16 paid to
growers.
At Aberdeen, the average
was $71.72, with total pound
age of 300,578 and total price
$215,589.18.
At Aberdeen, lour ware
houses are operating where
last year there were three,
Hardee’s, Planters, and New
Aberdeen. The fourth, Farm-
! ers Warehouse, was complet
ed last fall too late to take
part in the selling season,
j On both markets last year,
j average opening-day price
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FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL — Marsha Monroe stands
briefly at the open door of school. A first grader at Whst
Southern Pines School, she is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Donald Monroe of Eastwood.
(Photo by Emerson Humphrey).
Sandhills Will Open
Fall Term on Monday
9,407 Children Register
For Opening of Schools;
No Incidents Reported
A total of 9,407 Moore Coun
ty school children registered
for the 1969-70 school term on
Tuesday in the three high
schools and 16 lower grade
schools.
There were no incidents as
all of Moore schools were
completely integrated, both
students and faculty, for the
first time.
Supt. Robert E. Lee descri
bed it as “one of the best
openings we have had in years.”
The registration was better
than normal lor the first half
day, when it is generally low,
with enrollment in recent
years building up during sub-
I sequent weeks to the 10,000-
Education Leadership
Attributed to Moore
Sandhills Community Col
lege students, faculty and staff
will have a full week of ac
tivities September 8-12 which
opens the fall term of the
1969-70 school year.
The program of student ori
entation begins at 9 o’clock
Monday morning with an as-
serhbly Of all students at the
Town and Country Cinema on
Highway I between Southern
Pines and Aberdeen. John D.
Moore, director of student per
sonnel services, will preside
and welcome the students to
the College. Dr. Raymond A.
Stone, president of Sandhills;
H. Clifton Blue, chairman of
the Board of Trustees; Dr.
James J. Altendorf, dean of
instruction; and Harry Jones,
president of the Student Gov
ernment Association will speak
briefly. The main address will
be given by Judge W. Harry
Fulienwider of Southern Pines.
Following the noon until 1
o’clock interval for lunch, the
orientation program will con
tinue Monday afternoon, and
on Tuesday and Wednesday
mornings on the Sandhills
campus. During the three days
the students will be briefed on
the educational programs, ex
tra-curricular activities in
cluding Clubs, sports, music
and drama, and tour the five
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“We have long looked to
Moore County for innovation
and leadership in North Car
olina education,” Dr. Jerome
Melton, assistant State super
intendent of public instruc
tion, told a group of news
men at a special press con
ference at Pinecrest High
School last Thursday.
The conference, attended
by Pinecrest administrators
and . teachers and Moore
County school officials, was
held to acquaint news media
with the new facility and
teaching program.
Speaking of Moore’s lead
ership in education, Dr. Mel
ton called it “the cutting
edge'” for education in the
State and said that Pinecrest
will be a “show case school
for North Carolina,” and a
demonstration center for oth
er counties of “what educa-
Telephone Wire
Is Stolen Here
Over Weekend
The theft of a large
amount of copper wire, val
ued at several thousand dol
lars, from the United Tele
phone Company in Southern
Pines was under investiga
tion by local police and the
Moore County CID today.
The theft occurred over
the past weekend, but was
not discovered until Monday
morning.
This was the latest in a
series of copper wire thefts
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Carolina Opening
The Carolina Hotel in
Pinehurst will have an
"informal opening" on
Sunday, Sept. 14, with its
first convention of the fall
season — the North Car
olina Soft Drink Associa
tion — convening at that
time.
The formal opening of
the Carolina will be on
Oct. 16.
tion should be and will be in
the future.”
Dr. Melton said that Pine
crest represented the “ulti
mate in planning, in tech
nology and imagination in ed
ucation.” He praised Supt.
Robert E. Lee and the Board
of Education of the county
for getting an “involvement
of people” in the planning
for the school. He called it a
“blending of ideas and lead-
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student level.
Aside from school bus foul-
ups to be expected with the
complete reorganization of
schools, everything went
smoothly in Area HI, which
comprises about half the coun
ty’s students.
Registration was 1,604 at the
huge and uitra-modern Pine
crest High School, serving
Southern Pines, Pinehurst,
Aberdeen and West End at
tendance areas. With the con
solidation of seven high schools
into one, and the division of
lower schools into “elemen
tary” and “middle” schools
through Area HI, full inte
gration of students and facul
ty came to Moore County.
Schools of Areas I and H
were integrated in 1966, with
a stay in Area HI pending
Pinecrest’s completion.
“We expected no untoward
incidents and there were
none,” Lee said. He attributed
this to careful planning and
“the full cooperation” of stu
dents, teachers, parents and
staff — also the fact that “we
are now offering the finest
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ASC Nominees Given
For Elections Sept. 5
Candidates for election as
community committee mem
bers of Agricultural Stabiliza
tion and Conservation have
been named, according to'
County ASC Committee Chair
man Norman C. Cagle.
The elections are scheduled
by mail during the period Sep
tember 5-16 in ten areas.
“The ASC community com
mitteeman is a vital link be
tween the farmer and the men
in Washington who administer
the farm programs passed by
Congress,” Cagle said.
“I urge farmers to vote in
their community committee
elections for persons they be
lieve •will best represent them
faithfully and responsibly, and
who are well-informed about
our local and national agricul
ture.”
In each community a chair
man, vice - chairman, regular
member and first and second
alternates will be named. The
person with the largest number
of votes will be chairman.
First duty of the newly -
elected chairmen, vice-chair
men and member will be to
serve as delegates to the coun
ty convention, at which vacan-
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Charlie Byrd Quintette Opens
Sandhills Music Season Nov. 17
THE
PILOT LIGHT
TOBACCO AUCTION — This was an
opening day scene on the Aberdeen tobac
co market Tuesday. This picture was made
at the New Farmers Warehouse on the
Raeford road. Earnest Almond (second
from left) leads the sales, followed by
Auctioneer Lloyd Meekins of Raeford and
buyers from the various companies.
(Photo by Emerson Humhrey).
DEMOCRATS—Strong sup
port is coming in for Young
Democratic leader Jim Hunt o'
Wilson as the next State chair
man of the Democratic Party.
It’s generally accepted that
James Johnson, the Charlotte
soft drink bottler, will step
down from the post soon.
Several people have been ad
vanced as Johnson’s successor,
but Hunt is getting consider
able backing from a strong
element in the party that
wants the Democrats to pay
more attention to the young
voter. There is also need for
attention to better organiza
tion, these Democrats feel,
with a young man needed for
the job.
BALD HEAD — Governor
Scott’s decision on Bald Head
— or Smith Island — will pro
bably be made known in a
few days. State policy as well
as State money is involved in
deciding whether it will be
bought as a wilderness area by
the State or allowed to be de
veloped as a resort.
Pilot Light is in receipt of
a letter from Dr. B. W. Wells,
for 30 years head of the Bot
any Department at N. C. State
University and author of the
book, “The Natural Gardens
of North Carolina,” who ex-
press€:s the opinion that deve
loping the island off Southport
will turn it into a wasteland.
Dr. Wells, now 85 and still
active on his 150-acre tree farm
on the Neuse River north of
Raleigh, said that he had in
formed the Governor and Roy
G. Sowers, Jr., head of the
Department of Conservation
and Development, of his find
ings.
“The complete dominance of
liveoak (on Bald Head) is due
to the fact that it is the only
broadleaved tree which can
tolerate the salt toxicity, since
the leaves have a pubescence
on the under side which pre
vents the salt water from en
tering the stomata,” Dr. Wells
writes. Because of the loca
tion of the island at the end
of a major cape, he said, salt
water is blown in from either
side. “Any attempt to develop
the island into a resort will
have an insolvable problem in
plantings,” Dr. Wells said.
Other unfavorable condi
tions for development, he said,
are “the steep beach on the
northeast side, the treacherous
bottom of the shoal sands and
innumerable potholes of the
southeast side, the inevitable
removal of the seven ridges
which run the length of the
island will permit a hurricane
to sweep over the area.”
Dr. Wells said he had visited
Bald Head many times.
RUTH — In his current
newsletter. Congressman Earl
B. Riuth, Republican repre-
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The Charlie Byrd Quintette
will open the season for the
Sandhills Music Association
November 17, it has been an
nounced by President William
B. Crews Jr.
Byrd, the famous classical
and jazz guitarist who studied
under Segovia, will bring with
him a flutist, cellist, drummer,
and trumpet player.
“Charlie Byrd’s versatility
in the literature of the guitar
surpasses that of anyone else.
He ns a masterful jack of
all guitar trades,” says Willis
Conover of the Voice of
America.
Byrd has played with such
varied groups as the Woody
Herman band and the Nation
al Symphony Orchestra.
President Crews said the
concert will be held in the
Town and Country Theater for
the first time.
He expressed appreciation to
Voit Gilmore for helping ar
range the concert at the thea
ter and to Stewart and Ever-
ette Theaters Inc. of Char
lotte, whose local manager is
Bob Dutton.
“We operate as a non-pro
fit corporation and are de
pendent for our existence
from contributions which we
hope to receive during our
membership campaign which
will be launched in late Sep
tember,” Crews said.
Both season tickets and tic
kets to individual concerts
will be sold. Five concerts are
planned, to be held in Novem
ber, January, February, March,
and April.
Plans for the season will be
made at a meeting this week,
Crews said.
He has announced the fol
lowing committee chairmen:
Concert programs. Crews;
Membership, Mrs. Walter New
ton Jr.; Advertising and Pro
grams, Mrs. R. Edgar Fitchett
HI; Hospitality, Mrs. Voit Gil
more; Publicity, Mrs. Evelyn
de Nissof; Young Musicians
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Bookmobile Service is Expanded
A re-routing of the Moore |
County Bookmobile, with an I
expansion of service to several'
new areas, has been authorized
by the Library Board of Trus
tees. I
All areas of the county will |
be covered, in proportion to j
the density of population, with
the re-scheduling of the book-j
mobile on a twice-a-month
basis. I
Any Moore County person t
who has or obtains a library;
card and takes responsibility j
for returning borrowed mater- j
ials may borrow from any of j
the stops. They may return,
books to any of the stops or to
the Main Library in Carthage.
This courtesy is also extended
to holders of Montgomery,
Richmond, or Anson County
Library cards under the reci
procal arrangement existing
among the members of the
Sandhills Regional Library
system.
The bookmobile will carry
a lull line of books as before
and some representative phon
ograph records. The staff, Mrs.
Tennie Kelly and Mrs. Brenda
Frye, will also be able to ad
vise, through the main library,
about adult films, pamphlets
and other book and record
holdings.
Sandhill Regional Library
Director Vince Anderson said
that serving Moore County re
sidents directly from the book
mobile or the main library
make the library’s materials
more accessable to everyone.
The bookmobile is on the road
four days a week and the li
brary is open from 10 a.m. to
8 p.m. Monday through Thurs
day and until 6 p.m. Fridays.
All interested persons are
welcome to meet the book
mobile at the most convenient
place and see what is being
offered, Anderson said.
The new bookmobile sche
dule will include stops at the
new Southern Pines Housing
Authority projects off Morgan-
ton Road and Vermont Ave
nue; Sandhill Nursing Home,
Penick House, Addor, Taylor-
town, Jackson-Hamlet, Town
and Country Shopping Center;
areas which have not previous
ly been served.
The bookmobile will also
begin direct service to the
townspeople of Aberdeen,
Pinebluff, and Robbins, where
in the past it has only served
those town’s libraries.
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 27 84 64
August 28 84 53
August 29 88 55
August 30 . . 88 58
August 31 87 66
September 1 84 65
September 2 84 69
Rainfall — 1.22 inches rain
fall recorded from August 27
through September 2.