Antiques Fair
of the Moore County Historical Society
is opening Thursday under direction of
Mrs. Watson G. Scott and will continue
through Friday.
Arbor Day
Arbor Day is Friday and pine trees are
available from First Union National
Bank. It is also St. Patrick’s Day, and
day of the Heart Ball.
Vol. 52-No. 19
THIRTY-TWO PAGES
BEFORE—In Waukegan, III, Gillette Street looked like this in 1962. Within a
seven-year span, the trees were gone.
AFTER—After disease hit the trees, the same spot looked like this. What a dif
ference a few trees make!
‘Save Elms’Is^ew Hope
As Arbor Day Approaches
BY C. W. WHITTEMORE
Caution reports that it appears
likely that the American elm
may yet be saved from the fate of
another native species, the
American chestnut. As
Kaltenbom would have said, that
should be “good news, indeed’’ to
all Easterners mature enough to
remember these stately shade
trees that canopied college
campuses, village streets and
even older city avenues in some
thirty states.
Caution poses the probability,
not certainty, that the Dutch elin
disease may be the eventual
loser in this battle of bark and
beetles which has been going on
since the first world war. And the
“caveat” comes from checking,
with more expert authorities, a
claim made in the current “The
Old Farmer’s Almanac” that
there now exists a “strain of true
American elm with a vascular
structure that localizes infection
so that the tree is immune to
Dutch elm disease.”
Since this ancient almanac is
now published by the magazine
YANKEE, and because even
transplanted loyalty demands
crediting a publication so-
named, the claim of “immunity”
might have remained un
challenged had not this sentence
arrived later in the same
paragraph: “It can be safely
predicted that disease-resistant
elm seedlings will be available
for planting by Arbor Day of
1972.” Now even a fungus
bearing beetle knows the dif
ference between “immunity”
and mere “resistance.” One is a
door closed and barred; the other
merely has rusty hinges.
So inquiry departed for the
Elm Research Institute, in
Waldwick, N. J., which the
almanac gave as the source of its
Young Denis
Rick Gilmore was named 3rd
Vice President of the Moore
County Democrats at a meeting
Thursday night, and will be in
charge of organizing young
voters in the county.
A sophomore at Sandhills
Community College, he is also on
the executive council of the
College Federation of Young
Democrats, and President of the
see Young Democrats Club.
He plans to organize a Teen
Dems Club in Moore, and has
already been about the Piedmont
working with young voters. He is
attending the State Student
Legislature in Raleigh today.
information, and also to a
research branch of the U. S.
Department of Agriculture,
which had furnished reliable
information for an article on the
chestnut blight printed in these
columns last fall.
From John P. Hansel,
Executive Director of the ERI
came the reply: “Ihe word
‘immunity’ as used in the
Almanac article was an editor’s
selection, whereas the word
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Aberdeen NCSU Alumni
Forbids
Junk Cars
Owners of junk cars in
Aberdeen who have not moved
them in thirty days face legal
action, the Aberdeen town board
agreed, and authorized Mayor
Taylor to take the action.
Town Attorney Lawrence
Johnson met with the Board. An
ordinance to establish ad
valorem tax discounts rates for
the Town of Aberdeen was also
approved.
'The Monday night meeting of
the Board of Commissioners was
presided over by Mayor J. M.
Taylor, with the following
Commissioners present: Robert
N. Page, HI, R. C. Tate, Vivian
W. Green, A1 Cruce and William
J. Bayliff.
Mr. Johnson stated that Mr.
and Mrs. Ralph C. MeInnis and
Mrs. Sylvia Donathan had
requested that the Board grant
them a quitclaim deed to that
portion of Pear Avenue which
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Form Chapter
BY GRAHAM JONES
Nuclear energy, twice used to
destroy cities, is now being used
to light urban centers.
That’s part of the atomic story
Ronald Leatherwood, a North
Carolina State Universsity
engineer, will be explaining to
Moore County N. C. State Alumni
and their wives in this area on
Friday, March 17th at 6:30 pjn.
at the Southern Pines Elks Qub.
There are 140 alumni of NCSU in
Moore.
The NCSU School of
Engineering, one of the nation’s
largest, and the Atomic Energy
Commission have joined forces
to help teach the explosive
lessons of nuclear power.
The N. C. Engineering
Foundation, an organization of
business and professional
leaders supporting NCSU, and
the Oak Ridge Associated
Universities are co-sponsoring a
statewide tour of “This Atomic
World.”
The demonstration, termed by
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SOUTHERN PINES, NORTH CAROLIN.
Stoneybrook
25th With Si
BY BETSY UNDAU
A 25th Anniversary is
something special and
Stoneybrook celebrates its 25th
running on y^ril 15 with bunches
of special somethings.
Actually, the biggest problem
worrying Stoneybrook Chairman
WUliam H. Frantz right now is,
how to find room at the
Stoneybrook track for the entries
and the spectators. A much
larger entry is expected this year
because Stoneyl^ook won’t be
competing with Middleburg for
Virginia horses.
At least 20,000 people attended
the Stoneybrook Race Meet last
year, and it gets bigger every
year.
In a word, Stoneytx-ook may be
suffering from an em
barrassment of riches. (Not
meaning cash, although the
purses have been increased some
$4000 over last years.)
Two new races are to be run,
according to Frantz. One, the
Diamondhead Plate, will be
sponsored by the Diamondhead
Corporation, owners of
Caldwell
Praises
New Act
The reorganization of higher
education in North Carolina will
benefit both the taxpayer and the
institutions, according to Dr.
John T. Caldwell, chancellor of
North Carolina State University.
Dr. Caldwell said the
reorganization will eliminate
unnecessary duplication of
educational programs in the
state and provide the best higher
education with the money
available.
He spoke to the Sandhills
Kiwanis Oub March 8 and noted
the new act will “centralize
much of the decision making
under those people best qualified
to evaluate the available assets
and statewide needs.”
Caldwell said that higher
education has become a big
business in North Carolina with
an annual budget of over $300
million dollars. North Carolina
State alone spends over $M
million, $30 million in state funds
and $23 million in federal funds
each year.
The act passed last October
brings ten separate institutions
of higher education into the
consolidated university and
places them under a single Board
of Governors instead of the
original ten boards of trustees.
Each branch will have a
chancellor and be under one
president. The parent Board of
Governors will have the powers
of the old Board of Higher
Education and the individual
boards of trustees. The act
recognized the need for local
boards to represoit each campi^
before the statewide board^ilnd
established 13 person boaora for
each branch. The local^ards
will include student body
presidents and will exercise
those powers delegated by the
parent board.
Caldwell said the act will
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PRICE 10 CENTS
Board Backs
Water Bill
of the proci
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Inn, and Pinecrest, Magnolia,
and Manor) within the village
Closes
ublic
boundaries of Pinehurst.
“Many of Uiose who have
purchased homesites at
Pinehurst, have done so on the
basis of knowing that sometime
in the future the recreational
facilities here would become
private and thereafter available
to members and registered
guests only. It is in recognition of
this commitment that we adopt
this policy at this time.”
That facility which will be
most affected at Pinehurst as a
result of this announcement is
the five 18-hole regulation length
golf courses, among which is
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MOO TO YOU—Those pure white cattle you’re seeing more frequently along the
North Carolina countryside are French by origin. The Cfiarolais (pronounced
shar-lay) breed now has become well established in the U. S. to join the popular
English breeds of Angus, Hereford and Shorthorn, as the major breeds on Tar
Heel farms, particularly in Moore County. (N. C. State University Photo) j
China Trip
By Nixon
Evaluated
BY NICHOLAS CHALTAS
The recent visit of President
Nixon to Red China and the
meaning of the rapprochement
between the United States and
the Communist rulers of the
Chinese mainland was the
subject of a talk in depth by the
Rev. Dr. Charles Lowry of the
Village Chapel, Pinehurst, at a
recent luncheon meeting of the
Southern Pines Rota^ Club
held at the Holiday Inn.
Dr. Lowry, who is a senior
active member, former
president and district governor
of Rotary, drew upon his wide
and Imowledge
Hogs Checked
For Cholera
*
Two federal veterinarians and
four livestock inspectors are
working in Moore County to he^
prevent cases of hog cholera
from spreading.
Talmage Baker, county ex
tension chairman, said “no new
cases of the virus have been
reported...and the federal agents
will be helping us prevent any
more.”
The federal veterinarians, Drs.
Jackson and Greco, are
operating from the County
Apiculture Building in Carthage
and are expected to be in the
area from four to six
Baker said the federal per
sonnel must inspect any hogs in TVT XT i
the quarantine area around High 1 V 6 W Xl6£lCl
Falls which are bound for
W. S. Taylor
be in the • i rri i
SV Taylor
THE
experience and knowledge of * iwr « -w-k
many years in the field of in- ™8rket. The inspection must be I
ternational relations, par- done on the farm within 24 hours UKJaLKA
of shipment to slaughter, i^)-
pointments for these inspections
can be made through the county
agents in Carthage (945-5371)
and must be done at least 48
hours prior to the inspection.
No permit is requir^ to move
hogs located outside the
quarantine zone to daughter.
County agents are requesting
any farmers with sick animals
notify them at once.
ticularly in the religious field. He
applauded Mr. Nixon’s trip as a
wise step in the right direction.
This dialogue between the two
nations, he said, was strongly
reconunended some years ago
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PILOT LIGHT
Felony Charges Lodged
Against Henry E, Brock
W. Sidney Taylor of Aberdeen
was nominated as director of
District Eight of the North
Carolina Association of County
Conunissioners at the recent
Spring district meeting in
Sanford.
Taylor, chairman of the Moore
County board of commissioners,
will succeed Frank Mcker of Lee
County. Commissioners present
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Sheriff C. G. Mmberly this
week reported the arrest of
Henry Elarl Brock, 31, of Car
thage, Route 2, on multiple
charges of forging and uttering,
also the recovery in Davidson
County of a truck and 10 power
mowers stolen in Moore, actually
before the owners knew they
were gone. The thieves, however,
got away.
Brock was arrested Sunday at
Robbins, but bond setting was
postponed while the felony
counts against him multiplied.
These amounted by Tuesday to
well over 20, with a number of
others anticipated, including
some from other counties,
Wimberly said. Bond will
probably be set this week for
preliminary hearing, tentatively
set for district court March 23.
Brock’s arrest followed an
investigation based on com
plaints of a number of mer
chants, both rural and town,
victimized by forged checks.
Five black men of the Faglp
Springs area, believed to have
been operating as a forgery ring,
are presently being held for
grand jury action, but Wimberly
said that Brock, a white man,
was apparently not linked to this
outfit.
A panel truck stolen Sunday
night from the property of the
High Falls Oil Co., and marked
with the company’s name, was
stopped later that night “on
suspicion” near Lexington by
Davidson County officers. As
reported later to Sheriff Wim-
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SANFORD—Duke president
Terry Sanford can count on
many old time friends to siq>port
him in his bid for the Democratic
presidential nomination but a lot
of others are committed to
Senator Edmund Muskie and will
remain committed.
A few days ago two former
workers in previous Sanford
campaigns met in the lobby of
the Sir Walter Hotel, and one
asked the other, “What about
Terry?” The reply was “I’m a
Muskie man.”
The first man then said, “I’m
also conunitted to Muskie,” and
he walked away leaving the
impression that he would stay
wi& the Maine senator.
A well known judge was heard
to remark, “Terry Sanford
appointed me and I will vote for
him, but I sort of wish he hadn’t
got into it.”
Sanford’s name will be on the
North Carolina presidential
preference ballot, along with
Senator Muskie,
and Rep. Shirley
The Southern Pines town
council Tuesday night gave
unanimous endorsement to the
$150 million Clean Water Bond
Bill, which will be the subject of a
statewide vote May 6.
The action was taken on
motion of Councilman A.
Reynold Tucker, as Mayor Earl
Hubbard and other councilmen
agreed with him that “this would
be a great help to us in our water
and sewer problems.”
Under the bill enacted by the
1971 General Assembly, $75
miUion would go for pollution
control and sewage treatment
and collection systems, $70
million would be utiliz^ as
grants for water supply system
projects and $5 million would be
held in a contingency fund.
Water and sewer funds would
be allocated to the individual
counties under a fcHmula based
on population-partly in direct
grants, partly as matching funds
for federal grants, with part of
tile water system funds left
available for use throughout the
state.
Moore County’s share of the
“Formula Allocation” funds has
been set at $385,999 for water,
$192,500 for sewer, to be applied
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Honor Student
Is Found Dead
BY VALERIE NICHOLSON
Charles Thomas Shockley, 20,
of 780 South Ridge Street, who
had been missing for a month
from Catawba College at
Salisbury where he was a
sophomore, was found Sunday
afternoon shot to death in woods
■ Off the Southern Pines Country
Club golf course, near his home.
He was the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas E. Shockley, and a
student of outstanding record in
the Southern Pines schools, at
Pinecrest High School and at
Catawba, where he was on the
dean’s list.
Coroner A. B. Parker ruled the
death due to a bullet wound in the
head, which he said was self-
inflicted. A .45 automatic was
found on the body, which lay
prone in a pine thicket some 150
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Storey’s Has
Record Crowds
Five thousand visitors have
thronged Storey’s, the area’s
newest fashion store, since its
formal opening last Saturday.
Wmners of “first customer”
gifts were Mrs. Mary Toerge of
Puiehurst and Joseph B. Mc-
Cutcheon of Southern Pines. Mr.
McCutcheon, an accountant,
received a polyester sports shirt
from Storey’s spring Arrow
collection.
Mrs. Toerge, who served as a
model during Storey’s preview
store showing, won jewelry from
Storey’s Trifari collection. Other
models at Storey’s were Mrs.
Paula Hicks, Mrs. Maxwell
Morrison,Mrs. Jim Reid, Jr. and
Mrs. Robin Ihiele.
The new store has departments
for women’s, men’s and
children’s apparel, bed and bath
and gifts. Charles Cole is general
manager of Storey’s.
^Wallace Robbms OppoSCS Voting New Voters
HELMS—Jesse Helms of
Raleigh, a newcomer officially to
the Republican party, is lining
up some old-line party mem
bers as his campaign aides.
Latest in the Helms comer is
James E. Harrington Jr., of
Pinehurst, who was named
campaign coordinator for Helms
campaign for the U. S. Senate
nomination. Harrington, who
recently resigned as president of
Pinehurst, Inc., will be
responsible for establishing and
coordinating activities of
regional and county
organizations for Helms. He has
been active in Republican party
affairs at various levels and was
a former campaign chairman for
Rep. Charles Jonas.
Earlier Helms had announced
the appointment of old-timer Sim
DeLapp of Lexington as co-
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On Liquor-by-the-Drink
J. C. Robbins of Aberdeen,
candidate for the N. C. House of
Representatives, said today that
he will oppose “any and all
legislation which would provide
for another vote” on liquor by the
drink.
His statement said:
“When I announced my can
didacy for the State House of
Representatives several weeks
ago I stated that I expected to
speak out forthrightly on the
public issues of interest.
“In discussing the issues with
the voters I find much interest
and concern over the possibility
of another vote on “liquor by the
drink” with only the resort
conununities being permitted to
vote.
“On November 5, 1971, only
five months ago, the people of
Moore County voted on this issue
and by a resounding majority
declared against legalized
“liquor by the drink” 5,549 to
3,526.
“I believe in majority rule and
if nominated and elected to the
State House of Representatives
will oppose any and all
legislation which would provide
for another vote on this matter
during my term of office.
“To enact legislation per
mitting a small percentage of the
voters in Moore County to
override and nullify the ex
pressed wishes of the county as a
whole is not the kind of
representation which our people
should have and I will be no part
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Mrs. Sam Riddle, executive
secretary of the Moore County
Board of Elections, said today
that 915 young voters have
registered since January 1.
Representatives of the board
have been visiting high schools
and Sandhills Community
College in an effort to register
more of the now eligible young
voters.
Mrs. Riddle said recent trips to
Pinecrest and Sandhills have
resulted in 277 new names on the
books. She said teams will also
visit North Moore and Union
Pines schools before completing
the drive.
She supplied the following
registration totals: Democrats,
561; Republicans, 233; In
dependents, 71; no party, 50.
The cutoff date for registration
is April 7 at 6:30 p.m. and
registrars will be available in the
Carthage office until that time.