Want Ads
this week are on pages 9, 10 and 11 in
Section C. Deadline for all want ads is
Tuesday noon. News, Section A,
Editorials, Section B, and Pinehurst
page. Section C.
LOT
Election Boxes
total 11 this year, and an election judge,
James Hartshome of North Southern
Pines precinct, says volunteer help is
needed in counting ballots. See ballots
on other pages.
Vol. 52-No. 26
38 PAGES
SOUTHERN PINES, NORTH CAROLINA WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 1972
38 PAGES
PRICE 10 CENTS
Carolina Soap and Candle
Move Works to Oshkosh
Dr. Clement R. Monroe
Dr. Monroe
Is Honored
At UNC-CH
Dr. Qement R. Monroe of
Pinehurst was among five
persons who received
Distinguished Service Awards
from the University of North
Carolina School of Medicine in
special ceremonies last Wed
nesday night in Chapel Hill.
The awards were started in
1955 on the 75th anniversary of
the founding of the UNC Medical
School to recognize those who
contributed importantly to the
establishment and early growth
of the four-year medical school.
It is designed to honor alumni
and friends whose distinguished
careers and unselfish con
tributions to society have added
luster and prestige to the
University and its Medical
School.
Others receiving the award
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The Carolina Soap & Candle
Co. will be moved to Oshkosh,
Wis., sometime within the
coming year, but will continue to
operate in ^uthern Pines “at
least until the end of 1972,” ac
cording to an announcement
made Tuesday to the employees
by company officials. The retail
store on West Pennsylvania Ave.
will remain.
Hal Goucher, subsidiary
president of Lenox, Inc., (rf
Trenton, N. J., which bought the
locally owned company in
January 1970, and F. M.
Gallagher, corporate comp
troller, made the announcement,
made a one-day visit, to make
the announcement.
They said the move was oc
casioned by the phenomenal
success of the company, which
must be expanded, and that
expansion is more economically
feasible in Oshkosh, where they
have three other plants, than in
Southern Pines.
They said the announcement
was made as early as possible in
view of the good relationship
which had existed with the Town
and its people and the high
esteem in which they hold their
local employees, numbering
around 175. They said they
wanted to allow all the time they
could for the adjustment to the
move, and had offered em
ployment in Oshkosh to any of
their employees here who want
to make the move.
George Kecatos, former plant
manager of Carolina Soap &
Candle Co., has gone to a new
position at Moore Memorial
Hospital, and was replaced a
week ago by E. A. He^r, who
came here from TPeatenr
BY VALERIE NICHOLSON
The Moore County com
missioners Monday officially
endorsed the Oean Water Bonds
Act, on which Tar Heels will vote
Saturday, and heard a nroject
outlined which, aided by the
Act, could greatly benefit a large
portion of this county
This was a regional sewer
system which would serve the
Southern Pines-Pinehurst-
Aberdeen area, where, the
commissioners were informed,
the need for pollution control is
rapidly becoming crucial.
Charles Baker, engineer with
the Charlotte consulting firm of
Henningson, Durham &
Richardson, which in 1968^9
prepared a countywide water
system plan and feasibility study
for this county, said that, should
the voters approve the Clean
Water Bonds Act, the federal
bills now before the Congress
should pass as expected, up to 90
per cent of the costs could be
financed by state-federal funds.
Even if the federal bills should
fail, availability of the state
bonds would mean 6040 per cent
financing, he said.
The lower part of the county
Firemen Week
Gov. Robert W. Scott has
proclaimed May 7-13 as
Firemen’s Week in North
Carolina and commended its
observance to our citizens.
The Governor commended the
30,000 volunteer firemen serving
in more than 900 departments for
their “unselfish efforts and
achievements.”
Close to 12 Thousand Votes
Expected Here Saturday
Clean Water Bonds 1
Endorsed by County
was termed “ideal” for such a
project, with gravity feeding
most of the lines to the treatment
plant to be located on Drowining
Oeek, vhere the effulent would
be disposed of in a pollution-free
state as the result of advanced
treatment methods.
Bob Helms, county planner,
said he asked the Charlotte firm
for such a study after top water
resources personnel of the state,
holding a “brainstorming”
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Mrs. Pitts
Foimd Dead
By Gunshot
Mrs. Patricia Pitts, 22, was
found dead Tuesday evening,
with a gunshot wotuid in her
chest, in her mobile home in the
Country Acres Trailer Court
near Aberdeen.
Coroner A. B. Parker said a 22-
cal. foreign-made pistol was
found on die bed beside her. A
note was also found, but its
contents were not disclosed.
Her little girl, about 18 months
old, was in the trailer with her,
but was taken home by friends,
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Moon of the
Raeford Road, who discovered
the body and notified Sheriff C.
G. Wimberly about 8p jn. Parker
said Mrs. Pitts had apparently
been dead about a half hour when
found.
Her husband, Earl Pitts, was
reportedly on a business trip to
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SPRING—The serenity of Clarendon Gardens is
captured in this shot of azaleas by the lake, showing
that spring is here, even though it doesn’t always feel
that way. (Bryan Green photo.)
Harrington Accepts Post
As VP at Sugar Mountain
James E. Harrington Jr.,
former president and chief
executive officer of Pinehurst,
Inc. has accepted the position of
vice president at Sugar Mountain
Company in Banner Elk.
The annoimcement was made
today by Dr. Thomas H.
Brigham, president of the
steadily growing resort.
“We are especially fortunate to
have a man of Jim Harrington’s
experience and ability join our
executive staff,” Brigham
stated.
“His vast knowledge of the
resort development and
management business will be of
significant value to us during our
present period of growth and in
future operations.”
Harrington, a native of
Southern Pines and a graduate
of Virginia Military Institute has
had some 23 years experience in
resort and hotel operations and
related fields. He served for four
years as secretary and treasurer
of Pinehurst, Inc. before being
appointed president of that
corporation.
While at Pinehurst, he served
as president of the Sandhills
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Sandy Lett
Sandy Lett Named
SGA Head at SCC
A petite blonde coed from
Sanford has been elected
president of the Student
Government Association at
Sandhills Community College,
the first girl to ever seek the
office.
Miss Sandy Lett, the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. P. D. Lett and a
graduate of Broadway High
School, won in the run-off contest
with David Bailey of Southern
Pines. The run-off also resulted
in the election of Phillip Han
cock, Southern Pines, as Judicial
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Jordan Here
Incumbent Senator Everette
Jordan brought his campaign to
Aberdeen, Southern Pines, and
surrounding areas Monday.
While in the area, he spoke to
students at Sandhills Community
College.
Among the senator’s recent
statements to the press was an
answer to the statement of Nick
Galiafianakis that he was
possibly trying to hold the seat
for someone else. He said, “I
want to get it over and get it over
good. I’m running for six years
and expect to serve it out.”
He said his health has never
been better.
Historians
I Hear Sawyer
Earl Hubbard of Southern
Pines was reelected president of
the Moore County Historical
Association at the annual
meeting in the Shaw House last
Wednesday.
Other officers elected were
Mrs. John A. McPhaul, vice
president; Miss Lena Stewart,
second vice president; Mrs.
Joseph P. Marley, secretary;
and Ronald Christie, treasurer.
New directors named were J.
W. Causey, Ronald Christie, Mrs.
John McPhaul, Mrs. Lewis J.
Marchetti, Mrs. Walter M.
Newton, Jr., and Mrs. H. C. Tate.
Principal speaker at the
meeting was Richard Sawyer,
who talked about the House in the
Horseshow (Alston House),
which was acquired by the Moore
County Historical Association in
1950 and was recently turned
over to the State for operation
and maintenance. Sawyer said
that the Department of Art,
(Mture and I^tory, which now
holds title to the property, will
through Archives and History
place a full time manager and a
grounds maintenance man on the
property. Plans are also un-
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Pinehurst
Will Host
Physicians
Physicians from across North
Carolina attending the 118th
annual State Mescal Society
meeting here in Pinehurst on
May 20-24 will focus on some of
the most compelling topics in
Medicine today: Innovations in
surgical management, plans for
health care of &e future and how
patients can escape from drug
addiction.
I^eakers at the annual session
will come from throughout the
State and will include many from
out of state.
The first meeting of the House
of Delegates, always a highlight,
will convene at 2 pm. on Sunday.
The House of Delegates is the
policy-making body of the State
Society.
Official action of the State
Society will come out of the
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THE
PILOT LIGHT
SANFORD—The Terry San
ford campaign for President
picked up steam last week with
the endorsement of Governor
Bob Scott and former Governor
Luther Hodges.
Scott’s backing came after
Senator Edmund Muskie took
himself out of the North Carolina
presidential preference primary
race. It was the same with
Hodges.
In Moore and other Tar Heel
counties the late-blooming
Sanford organization was getting
busy, with newspaper ad
vertisements, letters, telephone
calls and door4o-door visits to
roll up a vote for the former
Governor and now president of
Duke University. The Moore
County committee is headed by
J. E. Causey, with many others
including Dr. Raymond Stone
and Sam Poole actively engaged.
WALLACE—Terry Sanford is
not under-estimating the
strength of Alabama (iovemor
George Wallace in North
Carolina. He knows that Wallace
ran second in the presidential
race of 1968, picking up about 32
percent of the total vote.
Last week Sanford said that he
realized that Wallace has sup
port not only in Eastern Carolina
but all over the state. He hopes,
however, that vigorous cam
paigning on his own part the
final days before the primary on
Saturday will cut away the
Wallace support.
(Continued on Page 10-A)
CONTENDERS—Main challengers in North
Carolina’s first Presidential primary are Terry
Sanford and George Wallace, pictured here. Shirley
Chisholm, who has campaigned here, Henry M.
Jackson, and Edmund S. Muskieytfho decided not to
enter, are also on the ballot. President Richard Nixon
and Paul N. McCloskey, Jr. are on the Republican
Primary ballot.
OFFICIAL NONPARTISAN
COUNTY BALI
FOR BOARD OF
on the ballot make a
square at the left of his
2. If\gi^ tear or deface or wrrongly mark this
ballot, return it to the Segistrar get another.
FOR COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION
DISTRICT NUMBER TWO
(VOTE FOR ONE)
□ JACK REID
□ JOHN MILTON SLEDGE
DISTRICT NUMBER THREE
(VOTE FOR ONE)
□ HARRIS BLAKE
□ JAMES P. BROWN
□ W. K. PITCH, JR.
DISTRICT NUMBER SIX
(VOTE FOR ONE)
□ KENT HARBOUR
□ CHARLES G. HORNE, JR.
□ JUSTTS REIVES
DISTRICT NUMBER SEVEN
(VOTE FOR ONE)
□ W. HOWARD MATTHEWS
□ MBS. CHARLES R. POPE
□ DANA H. SMITH
□ DEBORAH (DEBBIE) WILLIAMS
General EUection May 6, 1972
Chairman, Moore County Board of Elections
Weather
Skies will be clear to partly the low to mid fifties,
cloudy this weekend, so voters
can dash out sometime to the Rain will continue on and off
polls without getting wet. throughout today with tem-
So forecasts the weatherman, peratiu'es in the low to upper
He says temperatures will be in 70’s.
United Nations Report
The Secretary-General Begins to Speak Out on Vietnam
BY JAMES BOYD
Near the beginning of April,
1972, North Vietnam launched a
major offensive against South
Vietnam with fighting on all
fronts. President Nixon im
mediately responded by in
creasing the bombing, including
the use of giant B-52s hitting
Hanoi and Haiphong. Thus once
more the world was faced with a
war that seemed to have no end.
And once more millions of people
the world over, including
Americans, looked to the United
Nations for some kind of
response and action.
At his first press conference on
10 February, 1972, Secretary-
General Waldheim took an
almost neutral stand on the war
saying in effect that the only
useful role he saw for the United
Nations would come after the
battle was over in an effort to
rebuild the shattered country
through “reconstruction and
rehabilitation”. Since that time,
negotiations came to a halt in
Paris because the United States
felt there was no use to continue
the talks .until the other side
showed a willingness to
negotiate. Several weeks later
came the sudden massive
escalation by North Vietnam.
The Secretary-General was in
Paris at the time on an official
visit, at the invitation of the
French Government. After a talk
with President Pompidou on
April 7, during which the wor
sening situation in Vietnam was
discussed, he reported to the
press that “we are always ready
to offer our good offices if the
parties concerned, all the parties
concerned, so wish. This is an
absolutely essential pre
condition. I think that there is hot
much of an opportunity for the
United Nations for Oie time
being.” But he added, in answer
to a question as to whether the
United Nations could take the
initiative that “this will depend
on future developments.”
This statement about a
willingness to use “good offices”
was headlined in all European
papers. Thus the Secretary-
General was surprised, on
returning to New York, to learn
that there had been almost no
mention of his offer in the United
States. In the meantime, the
situation on the ^ound and the
air in Vietnam had vastly
changed, facing the Nixon Ad
ministration with various critical
alternatives, none of which of
fered an easy or attractive
solution.
Consequently, the Secretary-
General called a press briefing
on ^ril 25, 1972 ostensibly to
report on his trip to France,
England and Latin America but
in fact as a way to continue to
voice his concern about the in
creasingly dangerous situation in
Vietnam.
For the first time in his four
months in office, he became
almost aggressive, voice rising
in pitch, fists pounding the table
as he hammered out his views.
This was no passive, neutral civil
servant waiting for nations to
come to him. Mr. Waldheim was
Moore County voters will be
faced with nine ballots in the
party primary elections on
Saturday, May 6.
There’s a record number of
names on three party primary
ballots-Democratic, Republican
and American-plus a vote on two
state bond issues.
A record number of voters-
close to 12,000-also has been
predicted. There are 17,484
registered voters in Moore
County.
Chairman Angus M. Brewer of
the county Board of Elections
said'that poUs would be open
Saturday from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30
p.m. He said all arrangements
have been made for voting and
the tabulating of returns after
the polls have closed.
The Board of Elections met on
Monday to certify absentee
ballots, permitted fiiis year for
the first time in more than 40
years in primary voting. Less
than a hundred applications for
absentee ballots had been made
in the county for the primary.
A runoff election, or second
primary, is expected in several
races. This election would be
held on June 3.
Brewer said that because of
the large number of ballots this
year that extra boxes had to be
constructed. They were made for
the Board of Elections by the
carpentry class of Union Pines
High School.
For the first time in North
Carolina there will be a
presidential preference primary.
On the Republican ballot will
the names of Richard Nixon and
Paul N. McCloskey Jr. On the
Democratic ballot are the names
of Terry Sanford, George
Wallace, Shirley Chisholm,
Edmund S. Muskie and Henry M.
Jackson.
There are six candidates for
the Democratic nomination for
Govemor-H. P. (Pat Taylor),
Hargrove (Skipper) Bowles Jr.,
Wilbur Hobby, Reginald A.
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Landfill
Is Open
The county’s third sanitary
landfill, serving the High Falls-
Robbins area, opened to the
public Monday morning, and the
fourth-near West End-is due to
open on or about July 1, the
Moore County commissioners
learned with gratification at
their regular meeting Monday.
The new landfill is located off
RPR 1484, near Buffalo Oeek,
about one mile west of the High
Falls-Robbins Road.
Others are. No. 1, off NC 5
between Aberdeen and
Pinehurst, serving the Sandhills
area, and No. 2, between
Whispering Pines and Niagara,
serving those communities as
well as (Tarthage and Union
Pines.
The commissioners com
mended E. Floyd Dunn, chief
county sanitarian, on the process
made through his arduous and
time-consuming labors in
selecting and acquiring the sites
for the county and getting the
landfills staffed, equipped and
into operation.
They de' 4ed that four land
fills, servin^^ • .ost of the county,
were enough, and “scratched” a
fifth from their plans for the
foreseeable future. No. 5, which
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prepared to take action “whether
the parties like it or not”.
“I made my position clear in
Paris and in London,” the
Secretary General said strongly,
face reddening. “I said that I
deeply regret the new outlx-eak
of hostilities in that area and that
this problem, in my opinion, can
only be solved through
negotiations. I shall not fail to
repeat this opinion whenever the
situation arises. ...I also offered
mv good offices to all parties
concemed...the good offices of
the U. N....and I shall go on
offering good offices whether the
parties like it or not (here he
pounded the table with his fist). I
can tell you this in all frankness.
Perhaps some of you are
thinking: well he is so naive that
he is making a proposal of this
kind? He should know that it will
not be accepted. Well, I am not as
naive as that, but I think it is my
duty to offer good offices because
the day will come...when some
Governments will say ‘why did
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