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Vol. 52-No. 50!
34 PAGES
SOUTHERN PINES, NORTH CAROLINA WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1972
34 PAGES
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Golf Hall
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Plan Made
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Golf Hall of Fame
Corporation Buys
700 Acres Here
For $1 Million
TOTAL REGISTRATION BY PRECINCTS
Registration totals in Moore County reached 18,655 as of
October 9, the Moore County Board of Elections reported. By
precincts, they are as shown here. More than 11,000 are
Democrats and more than 5,000 Republicans.
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Rassie Everton Wicker
Mr. Wicker ScOUtS
Dies Monday Honor
Leaders
Rassie Everton Wicker, 80, of
Pinehurst, author, scholar,
historian, scientist and engineer,
died Monday at Moore Memorial
hospital after a long period of
failing health, and a short illness.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday afternoon at the
Pinehurst Community church,
conducted by the pastor, the Rev.
R.L. Prince, with burial in Old
Bethesda cemetery hear
Aberdeen.
(3) A native of Cameron, who as a
boy attended only the small
village school, he secured ad
mission to N.C. State University
through comprehensive
examination, and graduated in
1919 with a degree in civil
engineering.
He was employed for many
years as an engineer by
(Continued on Page 10-A)
The annual Boy Scout
Recognition Dinner, held
Thursday night at Union Pines
school, was greatly enhanced by
the “new look” of Scouting, seen
in a year of many changes.
One thing has not changed-the
appreciation and honor accorded
the unit leaders, with awards
made to many of the men and
women who work hard at making
the program a success.
Ibis was the main purpose of
the meeting, attended by some
200 adult Scouters, who, seated at
tables by units, enjoyed
“potluck” dinners in fellowship
together.
For the first time, this was a
biracial occasion, as the great
(Continued on Page 10-A)
Next WeekVeterans Week
Proclaimed By Gov. Scott
Gov. Bob Scott has proclaimed
October 23-29 as Veterans Week
in the state and Mayor Earl
Hubbard said, “long before this
Nation achieved its In
dependence, the men of the
Carolinas banded together to
defend their families against
hostile forces; and the men of the
Old North State fought for their
country’s independence and in
all succeeding conflicts in which
this Nation has been engaged;
“The sons and daughters of the
City of Southern Pines and Moore
County have served our Nation
with honor and distinction with
many having made the supreme
sacrifice so we may enjoy life as
free and independent citizens;
“Now, therefore, in recognition
of veterans of aU wars, the living,
the dead, and those who are
prisoners of war and missing in
action in Southeast Asia, I
(Continued on Page 10-A)
Investors from Southern Pines,
Fayetteville, and Raleigh have
announced a land purchase of
approximately $1 million in
Southern Pines.
Sandhurst Development
Company, Inc., was formed by
die ^vestment group to acquire
the land, nearly 700 acres
southeast of Southern Pines,
fronting Bethesda Road and East
Indiana Avenue Extension.
W. W. Crowell of Fayetteville,
president of the corporation,
reported that the property will be
developed for residential homes
over a 15 year period with at
target date of February, 1973 for
completion of the first section.
According to Crowell the
corporation’s board of directors
will also serve as a management
group because of their
professional skills in real estate
and flevelopment.
In addition to Crowell,
members of the executive
committee include: Tom
McLean and Donald W. McCoy of
Fayetteville; William H. Gentry
of Southern Pines; and R.F.
McCoy of Laurinburg.
Also on the corporation’s board
of directors are W. Harry
Fullenwider and R. F. Hoke
Pollock of Southern Pines.
A major portion of the property
was acquired from the Union
Trust Co., Stanford, Conn.,
trustee for the Francis H.
Robinson Estate. Robinson was
(Continued on Page 10-A)
For Helms
U.S. Senate candidate Jesse
Helms today announced the
formation of a Moore Counly
“Qtizens for Helms” committee.
The group will be the official
Helms organization in Moore
County. Melvin Pervis of
Whispering Pines will serve as
coordinator of the conunittee.
Those appointed to the com
mittee were Chub Seawell and
Herman H. Grimm of Carthage;
Roland Johnson and James H.
“Jimmy” Garner of Robbins;
Mrs. Diane Caldwell of
Whispering Pines; E.H. Mills
and Mrs. Judith Hopkins of
Pinebulff; Dr. QarenceFoster of
Southern Pines; and Dr. William
F. Hollister of Pinehurst.
In announcing the ap
pointments, Helms said he was
(Continued on Page 10-A)
Builder’s Cup
The Kiwanis Builder’s Cup will
be awarded Friday night, Oc
tober 20 at the annual Ladies
night of the Sandhills Kiwanis
Qub.
Deadline for reservations is
Oct. 17, and tables of eight or ten
are available. They may be
reserved by calling Mike Currie,
692-6500, days, or Joe Mc-
Cutcheon, 295-6535 at night. The
affair will be held at the Elks
Club.
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E. Aberdeen
557
105
11
4
461
215
1
677
W. Aberdeen
960
285
23
12
1158
122
1280
Bensalem
427
536
53
2
883
135
1018
Cameron
563
168
24
3
675
82
1
758
E. Carthage
587
129
16
6
601
137
738
W. Carthage
1054
188
22
8
1,118
154
1272
Deep River
123
35
5
147
16
163
Eureka
342
457
21
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819
12
831
High Falls
253
148
29
2
402
30
432
Knollwood
454
209
34
11
556
150
2
708
Little River
198
28
8
1
155
78
2
235
Pinebluff
368
132
14
8
471
51
522
Pinedene
524
354
36
2
20
920
16
936
Pinehurst
1039
555
39
12
1293
350
2
1645
Ritter
322
239
21
514
68
582
Robbins
644
566
94
4
1203
105
1308
N. So. Pines
1125
482
47
29
1558
123
2
1683
S. So. Pines
1024
287
26
13
804
546
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Vass
553
112
35
4
643
58
3
704
West End
626
172
12
1
3
610
204
814
Westmoore
226
732
41
959
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Commissioners Get Tough
On Ad Valorem Tax Pay
The®Mo?r™cSf com-
missioners have adopted a “get solveSSSffSiis yea?96.32
ough” policy toward those ^ tLes have
taxpayers who have failed to pay V pollected
their ad valorum taxes this year. „ . ... „
The commissioners, m^ting^ This comp^es with a 96.K
in special session Thursday, °
instr^ted Countv Tax Collector Last year’s figure is a November
Soy wall?” to wS t;
collecting the names remaining
on the insolvent list for collection , J^^^sday s special session was
using the two available means held to accept the tax settien^nt
and report back to them in from auditor H.A. Brogden. 9n a
Novem^r motion by Robert Ewing,
The term “insolvent” indicates seconded by Lee WiUia^, the
that no nronertv is owned which commissioners accepted the 1971
canbesddfor ataxUen,andtS settiement as presented.
county can either attach
property or garnishe wages to
obtain the due taxes.
The commissioners, led by
In other business, the com
missioners awarded the contract
for heating oil to the R.G. Smith
Oil Company of Carthage at the
Chai^;;n Sid Ta^^^^ ^«te ? 13.99 cents i«r gallon The
Wallace to use both methods to (Contmued on Page 10-A)
THE
PILOT LIGHT
CONTRIBUTIONS — Reports
filed in Washington last week
reveal that the American
Medical Association is making a
heavy investment in the cam
paigns of four North Carolina
Republicans-Jesse Helms, a
candidate for the U.S. Senate,
Earl Ruth, Jack Hawke and
James Martin, all candidates for
the U.S. House.
As of the reporting date Helms
had received $13,000 from the
AMA, Hawke and Martin had
been given $9,000, and Ruth had
received $3,0()0.
A spokesman for the AMA was
quoted as saying that candidates
receiving their support are
chosen by doctors at the local
level. “In North Carolina, the
Medical Political Action Com
mittee (Medpac) makes the
decisions, contribuutes money
locally, and then asks the
national AMA for additional
money.”
FIRST ZOO — The Ark was
the first zoo. Dr. Clement
Monroe, Pinehurst physician,
told the Fayetteville Woman’s
Club last week.
“North Carolina will have a
beautiful zoo,” Dr. Monroe said,
“and it is anticipated that it will
open in 1975 with special features
for children.”
Dr. Monroe said that the most
important purpose of the Zoo is
education, but it will also add to
the income of the state by
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Dr. Mudgett
Dies Sunday
Dr. William Chase Mudgett,
distinguished physician who was
instrumental in promoting and
developing Moore Memorial
Hospital, died at his home at 1109
Island Drive in Del Ray Beach,
Florida Sunday following a long
illness.
Funeral services were held
yesterday (Tuesday) in St.
Paul’s Episcopal Chiu-ch in Del
Ray Beach, with private in
terment following.
Dr. Mudgett moved to Del Ray
from Southern Pines on his
retirement in 1946.
He was born at Hopkinton,
N.H. He attended the New
Hampton School for boys, the
Tilton Conference Seminary, and
Dartmouth College for two
years, after which he transferred
to the University of Maryland for
his Doctor’s Degree.
He served as an interne at
Springfield, Mass, and then
became a member of the staff.
He next became special surgeon
at Keith Emergency Hospital at
Glouster, Mass, and on January
1, 1908 came to Southern Pines,
where he conducted a hospital of
his own.
He became interested in
organizing a larger hospital with
better facilities and helped raise
funds and enthusiasm for Moore
Memorial Hospital. He became
chief of staff but later returned to
private practice.
(Continued on Page 10-A)
New Officers
The North Southern Pines
Democratic Precinct held a
special meeting Monday night,
(October 16, to elect new officers
because of the resignation of the
chairman, first vice chairman
and second vice chairman.
Old officers were George
Little, chairman; Nancy Reid,
first vide chairman; and Tony
Parker, second vice chairman.
Newly elected officers are
Jack Barron, chairman; Betsy
Lindau, first vice chairman;
E.O. Brogden, second vice
chairman; David Salmon, third
vice chairman; Jim Reid,
secretary-treasurer; and Jack
Reid, Hope Brogden, Doris
Parker, Phillip Ellen and Bobby
Levy, directors.
3 Charged
In Breakin
At Pilot
Three 17-year-old boys are out
on $1,000 bond after being
charged by Southern Pines police
with breaking, entering and
attempted robbery of The Pilot
Thursday night around 10:30.
Pilot employe Glenn M. Sides
discovered on entering from the
front of The Pilot a young man
leaving the office of the.
Associate Editor. Sides followed
him to the back, where two other
boys were near the back door.
At knife point. Sides drove the
three to the advertising office,
which has only one door and no
windows, while he called police.
He said two of the boys were
(Continued on Page 10-A)
Collett
Remarks
On Hall
BY NICHOLAS CHALTAS
“The game called golf truly is
old and honorable. The Scots
were already addicted to it long
before Columbis discovered
America.” So stated Don Collett,
president of Pinehurst, Inc., and
of the projected World Golf Hall
of Fame, who was the luncheon
guest speaker of the Southern
Pines Rotary Club at the Holiday
Inn.
Mr. CoUett, obviously sym
pathetic toward and
knowledgeable of the subject of
golf, spoke with unrestrained
enthusiasm about the new Hall of
Fame which now is in the final
planning stage and construction
soon will begin in Pinehurst.
Briefly he described the location,
the architectural design, possible
(Continued on Page 10-A)
Burglary
Charges .
Are Made
Ralph “Pete” McCoy, 48, of
Manly is being held in Moore
County jail without bond,
charged with the capital crime of
first degree burglary.
Sheriff C.G. Wimberly said
McCoy was apprehended Sunday
night in the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Styers at Manly, where
officers arrived to find Styers
holding him at gunpoint.
Styers, an employee of
Aberdeen Bottling (i)., said he
and his wife were awakened
sometime around midnight by
sounds from their living-room,
and that he took his gun and
entered the living-room, where
he found McCoy. He held the gun
on the man while calling
(Continued on Page 10-A)
BY JOHN DERR
In the spring of 1941, Grantland
Rice, then dean of America’s
sportwriters, Fred Corcoran,
PGA Tournament Manager, and
several other golf writers stood
under the big tree by the first tee
at the Augusta National Golf
Club and decided, once again,
that it was time golf had its own
Hall of Fame.
In mid-summer of 1974 their
dream will become a reality with
the grand opening of the World
Golf Hall of Fame, overlooking
the fourth green of the famed No.
2 course at Pinehurst Country
Club, Pinehurst.
What Rice and Corcoran
wanted to see, and what many
golf writers, officials and fans
before and since have dreamed
of, is to become a reality, as
learned to day through an an
nouncement by William H.
Maurer, president of the
Diamondhead Corporation,
owner of Pinehurst, Inc. Building
plans for the World Golf Hall of
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TEACHER — Carl Hill,
occupational and com
mercial education teacher
at Union Pines High school
and recent winner of the
Moore County “Teacher of
the Year” award, has won
the District 8 competition
for Teacher of the Year
held Saturday in
Rockingham. He won over
five other outstanding
teachers. He competes
today in Raleigh for the
state title.
United Fund Gets Boost
From Quality Mills Staff
At the end of the second week
of its campaign, the United Fund
of Moore County has received
contributions and pledges
amounting to $16,649. 'The goal,
for support of eleven agencies in
the county, is $98,000.
Quality Mills of Carthage has
already announced 100 percent
participation by its some 225
employees, according to Bob
Royster of Carolina Power &
Li^t Co, chairman of the in
dustrial division. Royster ex
pects the bulk of the industries to
report their contributions to him
near the end of the month.
Of $11,630 received in the Fund
office, most has come in
response to mailings in the
special gifts division it is
reported by Fund President Mrs.
Ida Baker Scott.
Among the division chairmen
working for United Fund is Fund
Director Haywood Lane of
Fidelity Bank in Robbins, who
has assumed responsibility for
northern Moore County. Miss
Meade Seawell of Carthage will
be assisting him with
solicitations there.
If you have not yet been con
tacted for your share in United
Fund you may wish to maU your
check directly to United Fund,
Box 242, Southern Pines, or call
692-2413 for a pledge card.
Vass Makes Preparation
For Firemen’s Jubilee
Plans and Preparations are
well underway for the second
annual Firemen’s Jubliee to be
held in Vass on Saturday,
November 4.
The Volunteer Fire Depart
ment and the l.adies Auxiliary
will again sponsor the all-day
affair which was termed an
“unqualified success” for the
Vass Fire Department and the
hundreds of people both young
and old from over the county who
turned out for the all-day affair
last year.
The day’s events will begin at
11:00 a.m. with a parade
featuring the Miss Flame con
testants on a float, followed by
lunch at Vass-Lakeview
Elementary School cafeteria.
From 2 to 4:30 p.m. on the
grounds there will be Sky Divers,
Bingo, movies, a shooting match,
a greasy pole contest, nerve
pacifier and other en
tertainment. A barbecue supper
will be served from 4:30 p.m.
until 7:00 p.m.
Country and western, gospel
music will be featured from 7:30
until midnight, and the crowning
of Miss Flame will take place
during the evening.
“It is hoped that all our citizens
will mark this date and come out
to join us for a full and enjoyable
day and again lend their support
to our loyal and hardworking.
Volunteer Firemen,” the
Committee says.