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Rescue Unit wins State awards,
heads for world meet in Ohio.
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VOL. 49 — No. 47
TWENTY-SIX PAGES
SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER I, 1969
rWENTY-SIX PAGES
PRICE: 10 CENTt
Cigarette, Drink Tax
May Cost You Nickel
Instead of 1-2 Cents
The State’s one-cent tax on
soft drinks and two-cent tax
on cigarettes went into effect
today, but if you buy these
items from a vending machine
they will in all likelihood cost
you, five cents more in this
area.
At regular grocery and
drug stores in the Sandhills,
however, the charges for a
pack of cigarettes and a bot
tle drink will be no more than
the tax imposed by the North
Campaign Opens
By United Fund
For $81,329.45
The United Fund campaign
for Moore County, with a goal
of $81,329.45, got under way
today.
Allen Jolly of Southern
Pines, campaign chairman,
said that he was confident the
United Fund of Moore, County,
Inc. would realize its goal this
month.
Unit chairmen already have
been active in their areas, or
ganizing volunteers and in
structing them in the various
duties for which they will be
responsible.
These chairmen will have
volunteers working under
them, throughout the county,
so that every citizen who
wishes to donate will be con
tacted through one of the di
visions. The chairmen are;,
Voit Gilmore of Southern
Pines and Thomas Shepherd
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Carolina General Assembly.
Lynwood Moon of Aber
deen, who operates the Mid-
South Vending Company as
well as the Aberdeen Coca-
Cola Bottling Co., said Tues
day, “Everyone I have' talked
to is advancing prices by five
cents.”
He did say that he thought
stores with the open-type
coolers will charge nO more
than the legal one-cent tax on
drinks.
The Pilot checked grocery
stores in the area and all of
those checked said that cig
arettes would be advanced
only two cents per pack and
20 cents per Cc-rton.
Changes were made in
vending machines, however,
to advance cigarette prices
from 25 cents to 30 cents, or
in cases where they were al
ready 30 cents to 35 cents.
Soft drink machines were
changed from 10 cents to 15
cents. Some places, however,
had been charging 15 cents
per bottle, and Moon said he
understood they would go up
another nickel.
As for Coca-Colas, Moon
said, “Our plant will pay the
tax On our products, and it
will be reflected in the
wholesale priced Retailers
will set the price at which
they will sell to consumers,
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Ward System is Proposed
For Town Council Voting
When Annexation Made
Members of the Town Coun
cil of Southern Pines are giv
ing consideration to a propos
al to set up wards for the elec
tion of council members and
the election of the mayor by
popular vote.
Mayor E. Earl Hubbard said
this week that annexation
plans by the town has raised
the issue of more, proportional
representation on the council.
He said the Council would
discuss at an early meeting
the possibility of changing the,
town charter so that six mem-
Two Killed in Moore
In Separate Wrecks
SALT DAMAGE REPAIRS — State
Highway Commission workers were paint
ing beams on the U. S. No. 1 Bypass bridge
at Niagara yesterday with silver colored
epoxy—not to make it more beautiful, but
to repair damage caused by salting the
highway during last winter’s ice storm.
The new technique has been found suc
cessful on the east coast, where there is
constant exposure to salt water. It is the
first time it has been used in this area.
— (Pilot Photo).
Morris Elected
Sandburr Club
New President
Dr. Walter Morris, Southern
Pines dentist, is the new pres
ident, of the Sandburr Club,
the booster club comprised of
area citizens who are enthusi
astic supporters of the athletic
teams and sports events of
Sandhills Community College.
The college fields, teams in
soccer, basketball, baseball,
track, cross country, golf and
tennis in inter-college compe
tition.
The election of officers was
held at the athletic banquet
Thursday evening on the
Sandhills campus which fea
tured a talk by Francis Essie,
forrner coach at Pfeiffer Col-
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Moore in Plea
For U. S. Funds
In Impact Area
Moore County educators,
and those, in other counties
near the Fort Brag.g area were
represented in Washington this
week by Fayetteville school
officials who made a plea for
impacted area aid funds.
They will asked Congress to
continue the funds in spite of
President Nixon’s proposal to
reduce' federal funds for the
education of children of per
sons at military installations.
Moore County has been re
ceiving $20,000 a year in such
funds, which have been used
for extra school supplies.
According to Edison Pow
ers, Assistant Superintendent
of Education, only about 5
percent of the pupils in Moore
schools are' the children of
military personnel.
In Fayetteville, as many as
half of those enrolled are
Army children. Fayetteville
expected $581,000 in inpacted
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Tax Cut Promised by Moore Board
If Local Sales Tax is Approved
If the one-cent additional
local sales tax passes in
Moore in the election to be
held November 4, the county
commissioners plan to roll
back ad valorem taxes by at
least 10 cents on the $100
valuation, and possibly more.
They told several mayors
and other representatives of
local communities, meeting
with them in special session
Tuesday afternoon, they felt
the sales tax would consti
tute a more equitable distri
bution of the tax burden,
now resting entirely on pro
perty owners.
Since proceeds of such a
tax in counties which adopt
it would be distributed
among the county and mu-
Heaton Retires
Lt. Gen. Leonard Dudley
Heaton, who retired on
Tuesday as Army Surgeon
General, will become a full
time resident of Pinehurst
this week.
Gen. and Mrs- Heaton
bought the home of the late
General George C. Marshall
in Pinehurst las,t year. In
recent months renovation of
the house has been umder
way in preparation for his
retirement, which was de
layed a year.
nicipal governments, they
sought the support of the
towns and others who would
reap benefits in helping get
the message across to the
people.
Those attending gave as
surances of their support but
said there were problems of
a complex issue to be set be
fore the people who, despite
a widespread “anti-tax”
mood, they believed would
reap positive benefits from
an affirmative vote.
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Street Work Sought
By Town From State
Extension of North East
Broad Street, work on East
Broad Street, curbing, and
widening of a narrow block
on West Pennsylvania are
among the projects the city
hopes to have the State
Highway Commission com
plete in the near future.
Around $87,000 in State
funds earmarked for South
ern Pines remains in a $200,-
000 contribution from a bond
issue, says City Manager
Rainey. He says the city has
been hoping for this work
for the past two ye'ars. He
says the North East Broad
Street road is a “real bottle
neck.”
New district Highway
Commissioner Bill Joyce of
Sanford discussed the needs
of the area with city officials
recently. He has said that he
hopes to give the people of
his district what they want,
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Two one-car accidents, one
occurring Sunday afternoon in
Pinehurst, the. other Monday
night near Robbins, left two
persons dead and three with
injuries ranging from serious
to critical. The cars, both
smashing against trees, were
totally demolished.
The wrecks pushed the 1969
fatality toll for Moore County
up to 20, with 12 involving
one vehicle only, which went
out of control because of high
speed or othe'r causes.
Speed was reported the
main factor in the wreck of a
1959 Thunderbird on Belle-
view Road, less than a mile
from the Robbins town limits,
which at 9 p.m, Monday cost
the, life of its young owner
and driver, Lee Roy Smith, Jr.,
16, of Robbins, a sophomore
at North Moore High School.
Seriously injured was his
companion, James Garland
Comer, 17, a senior at North
Moore and the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Adam Garland Comer of
Robbins.
State Trooper H. W. Mal
colm said the accident oc
curred when the car, headed
toward Robbins, went off on
the right and struck three
trees. Malcolm gave his opin
ion it was occasioned by high
speed and Coroner W. K. Car
penter ruled this to be the
cause,
Mrs. Thelma Maynor, 35, of
Raeford, Rt. 1, died Sunday
of massive head injuries with
in minutes after arrival at
Moore Memorial Hospital,
after the wreck in Pinehurst
of a car carrying three, hospit-
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bers would be elected from
separate wards or districts,
perhaps for staggered terms,
and that the mayor be elected
at large rather than by the
Council as is now the case.
Hubbard also said that most
of the public reaction he has
received regarding the annex
ation of eight areas adjoining
the town has been favorable.
An election on a proposed
bond issue of approximately
$2 million will be called fol
lowing final figures on costs
of additional services and ap
proval from the State Local
Government Commission,
Felton Capel, who until his
recent resignation from the
Council because of appoint-
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DDD Sunday
Direct distance dialing
will begin in Southern
Pines on Sunday, October
5.
"Spin a dial and span
the nation," says United
Telephone Company of the
Carolines, Inc., which
serves the area.
Other dates for direct
dialing include: Pinehurst
and Vass, December 7, and
Aberdeen, Robbins, Carth
age and Pinebluff, Janu
ary 11, 1970.
The Telephone Company
will host a kickoff lunch
eon for special guests to
introduce the new service
Friday at 12:15 p.m. in the
Holiday Inn, followed by a
guided tour of the South
ern Pines Central Office.
Dr. Moore Preaches at Bethesda
The first touch of fall was
in the air but the sun was
bright and warm and the
churchyard was filled with
people present for the annual
honfecoming last Sunday of
Old Bethesda Church near
Aberdeen.
Some came from distant
places but a majority of the
200 or more in the old church
were home folks and many of
them descendants of the
founders of Old Bethesda in
1790.
Dr. Ainsley Moore, president
emeritus of St. Andrews Pres
byterian College, was the
guest speaker. Recently re
turned from a world tour
which included a visit to the
Holy Land, Dr. Moore’s ser
mon text was “Does God Stand
By His Promise About Our
Burdens.” He gave a back
ground for the Psalms, inter
preting the cries and calls for
help from those ancients of
Israel. Everyone has a burden
of some kind, he said, and he
listed many of those of a public
and private nature which men
and women bear today.
Dr. Moore was assisted in
the morning worship service
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Queer Myths Abound
When Crickets Sound
BY MARJORIE RAGAN
The voice of the cricket is
being heard in the land.
And this pleasant seasonal
song is accompanied by many
myths. Among them is the
idea that he presages bad
weather ahead.
It is supposed to be good
luck to have a cricket on the
hearth; and desperate folly
to kill him.
However, it is wise to run
him away; crickets can dam
age clothing and other house
hold possessions.
According to the Encyclo
pedia Britannica, it is not a
myth that temperature can be
told by the cricket’s song.
“Cricket sounds,” the encyc
lopedia says, “are affected by
temperature; the North Ameri
can snowy tree cricket, Oecan-
thus niveus, is popularly
known as the “thermometer
cricket,” because a listener
can determine the approximate
temperature (Fahrenheit) by
counting the chirps in 15
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Mental Health Center
Will Open On Jan. 2
Opening of the. new and
complete Sandhills Mental
Health Center at Moore Me
morial Hospital is now slated
for January 2.
'While the' $546,000 building
is still expected to be com
pleted early in November, it
will take some time to install
proper equipment, according
to James Shinn, Hospital Ad
ministrator.
The facility, which will
serve some 112,000 persons in
Moore, Richmond, Hoke and
Montgomery counties, will
have three wings — for day
care patients, out patients, and
in-patient care. It was fi
nanced partly by Health, Ed
ucation and Welfare federal
funds of $350,000.
William W. Winborne III,
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MRS. AMELIA S. CAPEHART
Agent in Moore
To Get National
Service Award
Mrs. Amelia S. Capehart,
Moore County’s home eco
nomics extension agent, will
receive the Distinguished
Service Award at the annual
rnee'ting of the National As
sociation of Home, Economics
Extension Agents at Philadel
phia on Oct. 22.
Announcement of the honor
was made in Raleigh on Mon
day.
Mrs. Capehart has bee'n in
Moore County since, 1961.
Prior to that she had served
as Home Demonstration Agent
in Pitt County from 1941,
when she joined the Extension
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Taylor Cites History for Young
THE
PILOT LIGHT
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DINNER ON THE GROUNDS — A pic
nic dinner on the grounds was a high spot
of the annual homecoming at Old Bethesda
Church near Aberdeen on Sunday.
TAYLOR — Lt. Gov. Pat
Taylor, who is expected to be
a candidate for Governor in
1972, has come out for giving
the. vote to 18-ye'ar-olds.
An attempt to lower the
voting age to 18 has been
made in the past two sessions
of the General Assembly. Some
observers felt that the move
had a fair chance of making
it this year, until campus dis
orders by students stirred op
position from legislators.
Taylor, however, said that
his opinion on the issue had
changed and he is now in fa
vor of it. “We have the bright
est and best educated young
sters in this country’s history,”
he said, “and they haVe shown
a genuine interest in the is
sues.”
MOORE — Former Gover
nor Dan Moore refuses to
close the door on talk that he
might run for governor again
in 1972.
Only last weekend, in a
television interview in Char
lotte, the mountain man who
is now a lawyer in Raleigh,
said it was too early to talk
about his political future. He
did say “I don’t have any
plans at the present time —
but you never know what
might develop in the future.”
It would be an interesting
race if two former governors
are pitted against each other
in the 1972 Democratic pri
mary — Dan Moore and Terry
Sanford.
By then, of course, Moore
might be on the State Supreme
Court.
POTTERS — A potter’s mu
seum will be dedicated at
Seagrove Sunday at 2 p.m
with J. R. Page of Aberdeen
and C. K. Scarbrough, direc
tor of the, Mint Museum of
Charlotte as the speakers.
The museum is located in
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Today’s young people who
criticize their country as “ma
terialistic” should temper
their zeal with history lessons
and remember the progress
made in the past 20 years.
Lieutenant Governor Pat Tay
lor said in Pinehurst yester
day.
Taylor and Apollo Astro
naut Russell L. Schwichart,
pilot of the Lunar Module on
Apollo 9, were speakers at the
30th annual convention of the
North Carolina Independent
Telephone Association, Inc. at
The Carolina Hotel.
The young people speak of
“love,” the lieutenant gover
nor said, but seem to hate
those who differ with them.
Instead of wanting to destroy,
he said, they should concern
themselves with building
something better.
If the present generation in
power thinks about material
things, he said, it is because
it remembers the depression
of the thirties when President
Roosevelt cried “One-third of
the nation is ill-housed, ill-
clothed, and ill-fed,” and no
one could deny it.
He pointed to the progress
in the conquering of diseases,
such as polio; the betterment
of education; the, increased
Astronaut Welcomes Pat to Club
Apollo 9 Astronaut Russell
Schwichart consoled Lieute
nant Governor Pat Taylor yes
terday and welcomed him into
the society of flyers.
Taylor told a convention in
Pinehurst that he was late,
because he had just taken his
first solo flight from his home
in Wadesboro to the Southern
Pines-Pinehurst airport. It
took him an hour and 15 min
utes—whereas he had made a
previous trip by car in 55
minutes.
“If you have time to spare,
go by air,” Schwichart said
was a slogan in the flying fra
ternity.
He said he went up as Lun
ar Module pilot on Apollo 9
March 3, 1969 (the flight that
made final preparations for
the' moon trip) from Cape
Kennedy—and some 4 million
miles and over ten days later
landed some 200 miles from
where he started.
The red-haired, 35-year-old
astronaut, married and the fa
ther of five, added another
saying of the flyers:
“The family that flies to
gether, dies together.”
While On his March 3 space
flight, Schwichart took a walk
in space, took thermal sam
ples, and did some earth pho
tography.
His talk on future space tra
vels was accompanied by
slides.
status of the Negro; and the
employment of all but 3 per
cent of the populace.
“If we were, materialistic, it
was because people needed so
much,” he said. And as a re
sult, today’s young people, are
better looking, stronger,
smarter, better educated and
are bigger than any genera
tion in history or anywhere
else in the world, he said.
“And they have television
and transistors,” he added.
Taylor told the telephone
executives that since, they had
what amounted to a monoply
by government license, it was
their duty to give efficient
service as cheaply as possible
consistent with a reasonable
profit and with their excellent
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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.
Max.
Mini.
September 24
71
64
September 25
79
63
September 26
83
57
September 27
86
56
September 28
81
59
September 29
71
49
September 30
70
44
Rainfall from September
24 through
September
30
was .70 inches.