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Vol. 52-No. 25
34 PAGES
SOUTHERN PINES, NORTH CAROLINA WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 1972
34 PAGES
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GIFT TO SCOTTS—Governor and Mrs. Scott admire the handsome hand-made
dulcimer which was presented to them Saturday night at the North Carolina
Symphony Ball as a token of appreciation of their contribution to the arts.
Looking on are C. C. Hope, president of the Symphony Society; Edd Presnell of
Banner Elk, who made the dulcimer; and at right, Sara Hodgkins, formerly of
Southern Pines who made the presentation. —(Photo by Bryan Green).
Symphony,Ball Hits New High;
Dulcimer Presented to Scotts
Ball, with Mrs. Belk and Mr.
Taws; Sam Ragan, new State
Secretary of Art, Culture and
History, with Mrs. Ragan, with
whom he edits The Pilot; and Dr.
Benjamin Swalin, Symphony
(Continued on Page 10-A)
BY VALERIE NICHOLSON
The 12th annual N. C. Sym
phony Ball-the fourth to be held
at the Country Qub of North
Carolina-drew more than 400
guests from all over the state,
and a few from other states, for a
brilliant and elegant occasion
Saturday evening.
It was also an occasion of
fellowship and warmth, of
shared interests levelling the
generations, as young and old
came together for the benefit of
the Symphony, in the love of
music and the cultural progress
of the state.
As they entered fi'om an April
world of mist and drizde-which,
however, kept few from making
the journey-the double doors
graced with huge golden musical
notes made of flower petals
opened to a magic world of
beauty and color.
Governor and Mrs. Scott again
served as hosts for what they
said was one of their favorite
events of the year, one of the
most worthwhile in u4iat it does
for the youth of the state.
They headed a receiving line of
Accreditation
Teams Visit
Slated Here
All elementary schools in Area
III will be visited within a two-
day period this week in u^ich the
visiting committee of the
Southern Association of Colleges
and Schools is in Moore County.
Purpose of the visit is to review
the self-evaluation and study in
udiich the schools have been
extensively involved, some of
them as much as two years.
Those seeking initial ac
creditation are the schools in
West End, Southern Pines and
Aberdeen. Pinehurst Elemen
tary and Middle Schools will be
evaluated for continued ac
creditation, having been ac
credited by virtue of the com
position whereby the two schools
were formed.
The visiting committee is
made up of 43 members and a
consultant, E>r. Johnny R.
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which other members were C. C.
Hope, Jr., of Charlotte, president
of the N. C. Symphony Society,
and Mrs. Hope; Mrs. Edward
Town Taws, Jr., of Southern
Pines, and Irwin Belk of
Charlotte, co-chairmen of the
Whispering Pines Lodge
Sale for $420,000 Asked
Sale of the Whispering Pines
Motor Lodge on US 1 north of
Southern Pines to Fryman In
corporated for $420,000 appeared
likely this week.
A hearing has been called in
Greensboro feder^IoSSSS&t court
for 2 p.m. on Tuesday, May 2, to
give creditors and stockholders
an opportimity to make ob
jections. If there are no ob
jections it is expected that the
sale willl be approved by the
court.
John A. McPhaul of Southern
Pines and his attorney William
D. Sabiston Jr., of Carthage filed
an application last week in
federal court asking permission
to sell the motor lodge to
Fryman, a North Carolina
corporation.
McPhaul has been serving as
trustee in bankriq>tcy for the well
known motor lodge facility. It
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Davis is Found Guilty
In Trailer Park Slaying
A Moore County jury Tuesday
at Carthage found Samuel Isaac
Davis, 41, of Robbins guilty of
murder in the second degree,
returning its verdict about 6 pm.
after more than two hours’
deliberation.
While it was out, another jury
was picked for another murder
trial, that of Patsy Ruth Pierce,
24, of Southern Pines. This jury
was then dismissed for the night.
In the Davis case, Si^jerior
Court Judge Robert A. Collier,
Jr., deferred sentencing of the
defendant, reportedly an or
dained Baptist minister, also a
builder and contractor, and
owner of the Davis Trailer Park
at Taylortown, where the fatal
shooting took place last
November 4. The victim was
Thomas Lee McLaughlin, 31, of
Norman, whose wife Minnie had
left home and, with their four
children, was occig)ying one of
Davis’ four trailers.
Presenting the State’s case
were Deputy Sheriff J. E. Cock-
man, Coroner A. B. Parker and
Dr. Robert L. Stuber, Moore
Memorial Hospital pa^ologist.
The defendant did not take the
(Continued on Page 9-A)
White Elephant Sale Set
For School Athletic Aid
Area Loses
Piedmont
Air Service
Moore County and the San
dhills towns have lost their fight
to retain Piedmont Airlines’
service.
Word reached here this week
that Piedmont’s petition to delete
the seasonal service to Southern
Pines-Pinehurst Airport has
been granted in a final decision
of the Civil Aeronautics Board,
which at the same time denied
the Sandhills’ counter-plea to
deny the petition and establish
year-round service instead.
Relaying the information to W.
Lamont Brown, attorney for the
Sandhills interests in ^e case,
the Washington, D. C., attorney
employed in the Sandhills case
said he had no details, but would
secure and send a copy of the
decision. By Wednesday mor
ning, it had not arrived.
The Sandhills Area Chamber of
Commerce spearheaded the
local action, a combined effort of
the Moore County com
missioners and the towns of
Southern Pines, Pinehurst,
(Continued on Page 10-A)
Schools
Complete
Budgets
It was a long hard night
Tuesday for the Moore County
Board of Education, as it
wrapped up the final drafts of its
three estimated budgets for the
coming fiscal year.
Going over the current ex
pense, capital outlay and sup
plemental tax budgets, item by
item, until nearly 1 am., the
ilward also planned for their
presentation to the county
commissioners, and, at the same
time, to approximately 200 ad
visory councilmen who have had
a ^are in building the budgets.
The presentation will take
place Monday, May 8, at 7 pm.
at Pinecrest High School, ^en
the Countywide Advisory
Council-composed of all 19
school advisory councils-will
hold their final sig>per meeting of
the year.
The local councilmen have
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Jordan Coming
U. S. Senator B. Everett
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TERRY IN TOWN—Terry Sanford brought his campaign for the Democratic
nomination for President to tfie Sandhills last week and is shown here talking to
Southern Pines Mayor Earl Hubbard while a young supporter carries a sign in the
background.—(Photo by Bryan Green).
Sanford Brings Campaign Here;
Causey Named Moore Manager
Former Governor Terry
Sanford president of Duke
University, brought his
“boomlet” campaign for the
Democratic nomination for
President to Moore County
Thursday afternoon.
From “boomlet,” he implied in
addressing about 100 supporters
at the Town and Country
Shotting Center, it could become
“booming” if he accomplishes
his immediate objective-
defeating Alabama’s Governor
George Wallace May 6, in the
State’s first presidential
preference primary.
If he doesn’t win he’ll with
draw, he declared, but if he does,
“We won’t be sending a message-
-we’ll be taking it to
Washington.” In this, he
Democrats Hear Cleirk
On Primary Vote Issue
Richard S, Qark, Monroe
attorney and Democratic
challenger for Eighth District
congressman, was the keynote
speaker Wednesday night at a
Moore County fund-raising
“Meet the Candidates” dinner.
In his address he charged the
Nixon administration with
broken promises, and the
Republican incumbent. Rep.
Earl B. Ruth, for a lack of
“positive leadership” and failure
to gain any real benefits for his
Band Concert
The Pinecrest stage band,
under the direction of Jerry
Mashburn, performed Tuesday
in the Capitol Heritage Festival
in Raleigh.
The band was one of 18 selected
for the annual Festival, which
district.
Assailing Ruth as “part and
parcel of an administration
which speaks with a forked
tongue,” Clark called for
“courage and plain hard work”
in the congressional job rather
than “meekly going along with
the powerful political leaders.”
He stressed the importance of
the May 6 presidential
preference primary vdien, he
said, “the eyes of the nation will
be on Nor^ Carolina. As the
most respected voice in the
South, let us be careful. If we
show that the leading Southern
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Mrs. Dana
N amed President
paraphrased a Wallace slogan,
“Let’s send a message.”
Also, Sanford reminded,
“When Governor Wallace was
trying to close a school door to
keep a black child out, in North
Carolina we were opening doors,
to the poor, the black, the
children in the schools, young
people in the conununity colleges
and adults needing more
education and training to get
better jobs.”
Sanford was presented by J. E.
Causey, Lakeview building
contractor, who the candidate
said had become his Moore
County campaign manager
“only minutes before.” This
Causey confirmed later, noting
that “we had talked about it but I
just now said yes.” But he left no
doubt he felt his man might truly
become “the next President of
the United States.”
Referring to his campaign,
sparked by college students and
spreading unpre&cttably in this
and other states, Sanford ad
mitted people wanted to know-
“What is Terry ig) to? What is he
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A reduced State budget and
space limitations will likely force
Sandhills Community College to
cut its enrollment next year.
Dr. Raymond Stone, Sandhills
president, said this week that
because of a $2 million reduction
in budgeted funds for the State’s
community college system that
the college was having to cut
back on its own budget as well as
on students.
“It appears likely that we will
have to modify our open door
policy on enrollment,” Dr. Stone
said.
This means, he said, that top
priority will be given to Moore
County students, with the second
priority assigned to students
from adjoining counties, and a
third priority to those indents
from other parts of North
Carolina.
Recently Sandhills received
from the Department of Com
munity Colleges in Raleigh the
request to cut its budget by two
percent, with a recommendation
of an additional three percent.
The requested cut amounted to
$32,(KX) for Sandhills.
Enrollment at Sandhills in the
Fall quarter last year was 1,909
for both on and off campus full
time students.
Dr. Stone explained that limits
on enrollment were based on
both space limitations and the
budget cut. “We’ve simply
outgrown our space,” he said.
There was an increase of 17
percent in enrollment this past
year, but the budget increase
was only 1.8 percent.
Dr. Stone said the difficult part
of the budget cut was in teacher
and staff salaries. They were
supposed to get a five percent
(Continued on Page 10-A)
Weather
Weathermen at the Sandhills
Research Station in Jackson
Springs are predicting continued
unseasonably cool weather
through Friday with highs
ranging in the upper 50’s to low
GO’S, with a few scattered rain
showers.
Temperatiu-es should rise a
little by the weekend and no frost
is expected.
They report all crops are doing
well and note the rainfall has
been slightly heavier than this
time last year and no crop
irrigation has been necessary so
far.
General Hill is Buried
In Native Statesville
If you see any white elephants
downtown in Southern Pines,
chances are that they are
gathering at Bamum Redty or
Tate’s Hardware.
The occasion for this gathering
is the annual auction of the Area
III Athletic Boosters Gub, with
CAMPAIGNER—Mrs. Margaret Harper of Southport
is shown here with Mrs. Gladerine Dean just before
departure on a handshaking tour of the Sandhills in
her campaign for the Democratic nomination for
Lieutenant Governor.
the proceeds of the ^ril 28 sale
to go toward relieving the out
standing debt in this area.
The bills ran up as the program
got underway in setting up
athletic programs in the
following schools: Southern
Pines Elementary and Middle,
Aberdeen Elementary and
Middle, West End Elementary
and Middle, Pinehurst
Elementary and Middle, and
Pinecrest High School. Athletic
Director John Williams has
expressed appreciation to the
people involved in getting the
auction underway. He said he
hoped the sale will be a big
success.
Mr. and Mrs. Vfilliam Gentry
and Gene Blackwelder have been
collecting items for sale at the
Realty Company and Tate’s
Hardware on Broad Street in
downtown Southern Pines.
“It’s not too late to take your
items that you no longer need or
want to either one of these
places,” Gentry said, “You’ll be
helping your spring cleaning,
and a worthy cause.”
Gentry, owner of a Welsh
Corgy pup-vdiich is still with its
mo^er, toough ready to leave-
has donated Zeno not only to
benefit the fund, but to find just
the right owner for him. It won’t
be for peanuts, either-Welsh
Cbrgies just don’t come that way.
Zeno is one of several valuable
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Jordan wiU bring his campaign opened on AprU 17 for a month- Ul JreniCK llOme
for reelection to the U. S. Senate
to Moore County Monday, May 1,
according to an announcement
by Herman H. Ckimm of Car
thage, his Moore County cam
paign manager.
Senator and Mrs. Jordan are
expect^ to spend Sunday night
at the Howard Johnson Motor
Lodge in Aberdeen and will have
Ix-eaMast at the restaurant at
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long program of musical and
dramatic performances, staged
this year on the grounds of the
State Archives and History-State
Library Building.
Last year more than 3,000
young people fi'om all parts of
North Carolina took part in the
Capitol Heritage Festival,
inaugurated by Governor Scott
as part of an expanded program
in the arts.
THE
PILOT LIGHT
‘MISS MARY’—She was
known as “Miss Mary” to
thousands of Tar Heels, but Mrs.
W. Kerr Scott had more than one
specie distinction. She was the
wife of one Governor and the
mother of another.
Mrs. Scott died from
pneumonia at Duke Hospital
Sunday night. Funeral services
were held Tuesday afternoon at
Hawfields Presbyterian Church,
where she and the late Governor
Scott were members.
“Miss Mary” remained in the
background, but as the wife of
the Governor she shared his
burdens euid gave him counsel.
Kerr Scott always talked things
over with “Miss Mary.”
One of the little known
examples of her counsel and
influence is that it was she who
proposed to her husband hat he
appoint Dr. Frank Graham to the
U. S. Senate. Governor Kerr
Scott took her suggestion and the
subsequent appointment made
political history in North
Carolina and the nation.
Among those attending the
funeral from Moore County on
Tuesday were Rep. T. Gyde
Auman, George Ross, and Sam
Ragan.
HARPER—Margaret Harper
of Southport, who has been
picking up steam and siq>port in
her race for Lieutenant
Governor, Ix'ought her campaign
to the Sandhills on Tuesday.
Escorted by Gladerine Dean,
she was conducted on a hand
shaking tour from the Holiday
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Tfie annual meeting of the
board of directors of the
Episcopal Home for the Aging,
located here, heard the Rt. Rev.
Thomas Fraser, Jr., say that he
was highly pleased with the
progress and status of Penick
Home, and elected officers for
the coming year.
The slate of officers includes
Mrs. Paul Dana, of Southern
Pines as president. Mrs. Dana is
the first woman to be head of the
Home since it was established in
1964. The meeting was held at the
Home on Saturday.
“I am extremely proud of the
Penick Home and the first-rate
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Funeral services for Brig. Gen.
Robert Bruce IBU, 81, who died
suddenly last We(taesday at his
home on Hill Road, were held
Friday at l^ownson Memorial
Presbyterian Church with the
pastor, the Rev. James R.
Dellert, officiating.
Full military honors were
accorded in the graveside ser
vice vrtiich followed at Oakwood
cemetery, in his native com
munity of Statesville.
General Hill had been feeling
fine, and had just returned home
from a fishing trip vhen he was
stricken. He and an old friend
had flown to Santee, S. C., vihere
they hired a boat, were well
looked after and made a splendid
catch. It had been a h£q>py oc
casion for them both.
Hunting and fishing, with
congenial companionship, were
major attractions vdiich had
brought the general to the
Sandhills on his retirement in
1950 from the Army Medical
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General Robert B. Hill
Clean Sweep Called For in May
During N.C. Anti-Litter Month
“Let’s give Moore County a
Gean Sweep in May”.
Fred Garrett, appointed by the
Governor as the Moore County
Beautification Coordinator, is
not talking politics but is em
phasizing the need for an anti
litter drive to be conducted in
May. Governor Robert W. Scott
has proclaimed May as Anti
litter month.
The Governor’s Beautification
Conunittee is promoting the
Anti-litter Campaign with a
program to be known as “Gean
Sweep ‘72”.
All areas of the county are
currently organizing for this
drive in cooperation with local
groups, service clubs, civic
groups, churches, boy scouts,
garden clubs and conununity
clubs.
Periodic proogress reports will
be issued as the “Gean Sweep
‘72” canq)aign progresses.
In proclafining May “Anti-
Litter Month”, Governor Scott
said:
WHEREAS, visual beauty is
an essential part of North
Carolina’s environmental quality
and the stewardship of a greener
and cleaner state is the
responsibility of every citizen;
and
WHEREAS, the protection of
our heritage of splendor is tied to
improvement of our total en
vironment; and
WHEREAS, the elimination
and prevwftioa of litter greatly
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