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Vol. 5^No. 32
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SOUTHERN PINES, NORTH CAROLINA WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14, 1972
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CAUGHT—The$e two juveniles were caught by the camera of Glenn M. Sides~as
well as by the police-as they littered the tracks of an oncoming train near the
Morganton Rd. overpass Saturday. The train was stopped after hitting the large
rock (far left) and the limbs and rocks (far right). The juveniles, 9 and 11, were
turned over to their parents by police, who said no action would be taken unless by
the railroad. Other such incidents have been reported in the past, but this is the
first spotted by the camera eye.
Aberdeen First $1 Million Budget
Employes Adopted by Town Board
Get Raise
The Aberdeen Town Board
gave their new police chief what
he wanted Monday night-and
approved a 3 per cent increase
for full time employes to become
effective July 1.
Police diief Jerome L.
Whipple appeared before the
Board and said he was concerned
about the condition of the police
car. Commissioner Bayliff,
moved,' seconded by Com
missioner Page, and the Board
appproved purchasing two
surplus patrol cars.
Ibey also agreed that three
sets of uniforms for the police
were to be laundered each week
for each police officer, paid for
by the Town. •
William L. Black was ap-
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Gypsy Moth
Threatens
The State
By Nell Joslin Styron
We are threatened with an
insect invasion from New
England and points north east.i
The advance guard arrived
last year and male gypsy moths
were captured in sex-lure traps
put out by the Department of
Agriculture.
It is not known if any females
hitchhiked too. The yellowish
white female has a two inch
wingspan, slightly larger than
the brownish male but she never
flies; her only functions are to be
fertilized and lay an immense
amount of eggs, 100 to 800 in each
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The Southern Pines town
council, in regular meeting
Tuesday night, officially adopted
the Town’s first million-doUar
budget, unchanged since ten
tative adoption May 22.
The total of $l,039,043-about 16
per cent greater than last year-
is based on a property valuation
of approximately $25 million,
retaining the tax rate at $1.50.
It recognizes inrawBM^ in
come-due mainly tF ‘Healthy
growth, the sales tax and last
year’s property revaluation-as
weD as increased outgo, the
inflationary trend prevailing in
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practically every department.
Five and a half per cent pay
boosts for all town employees
included in the budget are ac
tually, the council said, only
“cost-of-living” increases, and
they recognized this fiscal
squeeze on the workers again
Tuesday night with an increase
in their hospitalization benefits.
The Town’s share, of the
premiums will be increased, tbe
employee’s remain the same as
now, in increasing the room rate
benefit from $20 to $30 per day,
effective July 1.
, (Continued on Page 11-A)
Justice Planning Project
Gets Help with Grant
BY BRYAN GREEN
Projects such as the new
Moore County Jail which will
improve law enforcement are
hi^ on the list of priorities for
one man in Southern Pines who
doesn’t carry a badge or sit on a
town or county board.
He is Col. W. A. Peebles, head
of the regional Pee Dee Oiminal
Justice Planning agency, wdiich
received an $18,000 grant for
Southern Pines recently.
The agency has its office in the
Millikan building in Southern
Pines and is primarily concerned
with planning steps vtdiich will
improve law enforcement in the
four county area of Moore,
Anson, Montgomery and Rich
mond. _ .. .
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Clean Sweep Campaign
Is Called Big Success
Several thousand bushel sacks
of litter were picked up from
public roadway right-of-ways in
Moore County during the month
of May in the Clean Sweep
Campaign, according to Fred W.
Garrett, Beautification Coor
dinator for Moore County.
Garrett said that excellent
cooperation was obtained from
the local state highway depart
ment and the county extension
service. The state picked up all
litter which was collected
throughout the county by par
ticipating individuals and
organizations.
Among those organizations
cooperating and contributing to
the Clean Sweep efforts were the
Kiawanis Club of the Sandhills;
the Rotary Club of Carthage ; the
Jaycee clubs of Southern Pines,
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Mrs. Blue
Is Named
Alternate
Mrs. Carolyn Blue, recently
reelected Democratic Chairman
for Moore County, was named an
alternate delegate to the
National Democratic Con
vention at an Eighth District
convention Saturday in Concord '
at the Holiday Lin.
She was among three alter
nates to delegates Mrs. Jemima
DeMarcus, Rowan; William
Baker, Scotland, J. F. Allen,
Montgomery, and Charles
Hundley, Stemley. The other two
alternates are Banks Garrison,
Stanly, and Fred Mills, Anson.
Another Moore delegate to the
State convention was diosen to
be on the platform rules and
organization committee at the
State Convention at Dorton
Arena in Raleigh June 20. He was
H. Clifton Blue of Aberdeen.
Mrs. Blue called a caucus of
her delegation of 27 persons from
Moore who attended the con
vention in Concord at a 11:30 a jn.
luncheon and said she felt the
Moore group had (danned {their
votes well.
Seventeen elected delegates
plus thre> of their alternates
and severe other alternates
’ made up the Moore attendance.
Mrs. Blue said she thought the
convention went “very weU” and
followed party rules in its
representation.
The Eighth District is com
posed of the following 11 counties:
Anson, Davie, Cabarrus, Mon
tgomery, Moore, Richmond,
Stanly, Scotland, Union, and
Yadkin.
Hurricane
TimeHere
The warmer temperatures of
summer provide a mixed
blessing, for while they make the
out of ^ors and the beaches in
particular more attractive, they
also mark the start of the 1972
hurricane season, according to
the National Hurricane Center in
Miami.
Col. Alfred M. Roster, Moore
County Qvil Defense director,
says the area has not had a
hurricane strike in the ten years
he has been here, but that is no
guarantee one won’t hit this
year. Fayetteville, he said had a
“tough one” last year.
He says his office would
receive early warning messages
of an approaching hurricane and
would make them public via
radio and any other means
available as soon as they were
received.
Roster said the area has ex
cellent communications and
there are 23 mobile radios placed
in the fire trucks and rescue
squad vehicles in the county,
which will enable these units to
respond rapidly if needed.
Dr. Robert Simpson, director
of the national center, pointed'
out that if this year proves to be
an average season, 10 tropical
storms wifi form and six of &em
will become hurricanes. He
estimates about 60 persons will
be killed betweoi Texas and
Maine between now and Dec. 1,
and millions of dollars will be lost
in property damage.
Little can be done about the
property damage, but Civil
Defense officials have prepared
a series of safety r^es and
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Budget Set at $4,275,886
But Same Tax Rate Holds
Davis Says
Drug Use
Is Critical
BY RAY PERRINS
* “The drug problem in Southern
Pines is critical,” says Don
Davis, the Southern Pines
narcotics officer.
Accordmg to Davis, all kinds of
drugs are in Southern Pines and
are being used.
Not only is marijuana being
used in Southern Pines, but also
LSD and mescaline, as well as
cocaine. The number of persons
who are using drugs and are
arrested varies. Some months no
one is arrested, vdiile in other
months a half dozen or more are.
Davis said that during the New
Year’s holidays 14 persons were
arrested at one time.
The big problem of drugs now
in Southern Pines lies among
persons between the ages of 14
and 22. These are the ages of
most of the people who have been
arrested. According to Davis,
drugs are definitely being used
by Pinecrest students. He has
also had some reports of drugs
being used by some of the
children of the Middle School
age.
Why is there such a high rate of
drugs in Southern Pines? Davis
conunented on this by saying
that Southern Pines is hal^ay
between the big northern cities
and southern cities. Alot of drugs
come from large cities outside of
our state as well as Fayetteville,
Raleigh, Wilmington and
Charlotte. Since Southern Pines
is a resort town, people come
from all over the nation, and this
plays an important factor. The
college has also been a great
influence, with its students also
coming from many areas.
Although, according to Davis,
the drug problem at the moment
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Moore Ranks
22nd County
In ’70 Income
Moore County ranked 22nd
among the state’s 100 counties in
per capita personal income, G.
A. Jones, Commissioner of
Revenue, has announced for the
year of 1970.
As a result of the Tax Research
Division’s intensive study of
county personal income, the
Department says, Moore County
residents received in 1970 a per
capita income of $3,240.
The total personal income
amounted to $126,577,000, the
study showed, for an estimated
population of 39,069.
This county income report for
1970 is the fourth such income
study made by the Tax Research
Division. Other such studies
were made in 1958,1962, and 1966.
The personal income includes
nonmonetary income such as
food, clothing and lodging fur
nished by employers, “im-
pupted” rent and “imputed”
interest. With respect to
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THE
PILOT LIGHT
NATIONAL ELKS WINNERS—Dr. Jerry Smith of Southern Pines captured the
championship of the Elks Annual National Invitational Golf Tournament held
here during the past week. At left. Exalted ruler Ralph Martin presents the
trophy to Dr. Smith and at right. State President of the Elks John D. Sullivan of
Southern Pines gives a trophy to runner-up Kenneth Bowen. In background, left to
right are Charles Ruptic, Chairman of Special Events, Carlos Frye, President of
the Elks Foundation; Bob Watkins and Pete Piestrak, co-chairman of the tour
nament committee. (Photo by Emerson Humphrey).
DELEGATES"None of the
Eighth District Democratic
delegates elected in Concord last
Saturday is publicly committled
to a candidate after the first
ballot at the Miami convention.
North Carolina’s first ballot
votes will be divided between
Governor George Wallace, with
37, and Terry Sanford, with 27.
After that is when the delegates
will start choosing amd most of
the 48 delegates chosen last
Saturday were uncommitted.
There were three, however, who
said they favor l^ator George
McGovern with four others
leaning toward him. Two said
they favored Sanford and five
were leaning toward Wallace.
The State’s other 16 delegates
will be chosen at the State con
vention in Raleigh.
MISS SOUTHERN PINES—Lois Cowan, local entrant
in the Miss North Carolina beauty pageant in
Charlotte this week, poses in the emerald, pearl
trimmed evening gown in which she will appear in the
contest. A recent graduate of Pinecrest, she^nifw lives
in Pinebluff. The contest is sponsored by the Jaycees.
Miss Southern Pines
Starts State Contest
HUNT-There’s a . quiet
move underway by some
Democratic senators to try and
trim the committee appointing
powers of the next lieutenant
Governor, but Democratic
nominee Jim Hunt is busy get
ting commitments to leave the
power with him if he is elected.
The lieutenant Governor will
become a full-time officer in
1973. Among his duties is
presiding over the State Senate
and up to now he has appointed
committees and committee
chairmen. Some Senators feel
that since the Lieutenant
Governor is now such a big wheel
in the executive branch of
government that he should not
have such legislative branch
powers.
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Tonight Lois Cowan, Miss
Southern Pines, will begin the
rounds of competition for the ,
“Miss North Carolina” crown of
the Jaycees by appearing in
evening gown.
She will compete in talent
Thursday and swimsuit Friday.
Final event will be Saturday
night when the winner is selected
to attend the Miss America
pageant in Atlantic Qty.
Lois, the daughter of the W. C.
A&P Stores
Convert Here
.To Discount
Emory A. Simpson, Vice
President of the Charlotte
Division of A&P Food Stores
’ announced that A&P Stores in
the Southern Pines trading area
have converted to A&P W.E.O.
Stores, effective yesterday.
Mr. Simpson stated that A&P
Stores were closed Monday June
12 in order to reduce prices store
wide. Grocery, household, non
foods, frozen foods, produce and
meat prices were lowered to
enable housewives to save more
on their food and houseware
budgets.
Simpson stated that the W.E.O.
concept originated in one of the
• Company’s other Divisions and
proved to be such a success that
this new concept in pricing and
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Moore Golf
Qualifying rounds for the 31st
annual Moore County Golf
Championship will be held at
Pinehurst Country dub June
18th thru June 30th. All
qualifying rounds and matches
be played on Pinehurst no. 5
Course, from the front Tees. Any
resident of Moore County or
member of a golf club in Moore
County is eligible. Entry fee will
be $5.00, no Green’s Fee. Prizes
will be awarded for Medalist,
winner and runner-up in each
flight.
All players are asked to
register and pay entry fee at
Pinehurst Country dub before
qualifying and to turn in an in-
(fividual score card after play is
completed.
All players will be required to
use a caddie in uniform or a
motor Golf Cart during
Qualifying and in all * matches.
‘ Cowans, of Pinebluff, is believed
to be the youngest contestant af
17. She has just been graduated
from Pinecrest and will reach 18
on August 26, just before the Miss
America pageant which limits
girls to over 18. It begins Sep
tember 1.
An Air Force daughter, she is
the eldest of six children.
Mrs. Wayne Hicks is her
Jaycette chaperone for the week.
Lois’ father is anxiously
awaiting news of the pageant
from his station in Germany.
Lois told former Jaycee
president Wayne Hicks,
“Everyone has been so lovely to
me.”
Her green organza presen
tation gown was given by
Southern National Bank; another
evening gown was made by La
Couture in Raleigh from fabric
given by Rnitaway, Lie.; her 1972
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BY VALERIE NICHOLSON
The Moore County com
missioners Thursday, in the last
of a series of special budget
meetings, adopted a tentative
budget for 1972-73 totalling
$4,275,886, vdiile retaining the tax
rate at $1.25 per $100 vduation.
The proposed budget-based on
a property valuation of $180, up
an extremely conservative ^
million from last year-has been
placed on public inspection in the
county accountant’s office, with
expectation of official adoption
by the board in regular session
July 3.
The final figure was reached
only last Thursday following
some revisions made in behalf of
the schools, which added $15,000
in expected revenue to the total,
and shifted $75,000 from one
school budget to another.
The two boards met in har
monious and friendly spirit, gave
evidence of earnest effort to
grasp each other’s problems,
and, while the revisions came far
from eliminating those of the
schools, all the members ap
peared happy at the outcome.
Two objectives were ap
parently met, the saving of the
compr^ensive music program,
which had been gravely
threatened by a cut made by the
commissioners in the sup
plemental tax request, and the
very real possibility that con
tracts may be let on a new
building for Pinecrest perhaps in
six to nine months.
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Cycle Charge
Made Against
A. L. Cadwell
Arthur Lee Cadwell, 26, owner
' and operator of the Qiopper
Shop, a motorcycle business on
US 1, south of Southern Pines, is
in Moore County Jail at Carthage
charged with two counts of
receiving and possession of
stolen motorcycles, and two of
attempting to avoid, or avoiding,
telecommunication service.
Bond of the four counts totals
$10,400, which Cadwell has failed
to make, for preliminary hearing
June 29 in Moore district court.
In the meantime, an ex
tradition hearing has been set for
Thursday, on two motorcycle
theft warrants filed in the State
of (Miio.
Sheriff C. G. Wimberly said
Cadwell’s arrest followed
several months of investigation,
and may have tapped into
workings of a motorcycle theft
ring with contacts in several
states.
He said it was made when
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TOPS IN TENNIS—Chris Davis, the Number One
. Singles Player at East Carolina this year, reaches for
/ a high one on the ECU courts. He is the son of Mr. and
( Mrs. William P. Davis of Sandavis and The Village
i Green in Southern Pines. (Photo by Ross Mann).