Paving Bids
will be considered at a special meeting
of the Town Council in the Municipal
Building December 7 at 2 p.m.
ILOT
United Fund
campaign donations have reached
$84,000, as of Monday, December 4,
Mrs. Ida Baker Scott, head of the drive,
says.
Parade
Is Held
Tonight
Even though the skies were
cloudy this morning and the
weatherman was predicting a
good chance of rain, the Jaycees
are going ahead with plans for
the Christmas Parade tonight in
downtown Southern Pines.
Barring a heavy downpour, the
parade will begin its winding
route along Broad St. promptly
at 6:30 tonight. In the event of
rain at parade time, it will be'
held at the same time tomorrow
night.
Rain or not, the Jaycees say
the parade will be well worth
watching, and they expect even
more than last year’s 7,500
spectators.
Bands, floats, beauty queens,
clowns, antique cars, (hgnitaries
and a pair of unicycles will be
among the sixty plus entries in
this annual event.
Gen. George R. Mather of
Pinehurst will be serving as
parade marshall, heading the list
of dignitaries and officials. The
Mayor, Town Manager and Town
Council will all be there, as will
Santa Claus.
Who’s going to be the prettiest
girl in the parade? You can take
your pick since there will be at
least seven beauty queens riding
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10 Admit
Welfare
Fraud
Mrs. W.B. Cole, county social
services director, told the
• commissioners that, as of
November 22, a total of 10
welfare recipients had, following
the departmental investigation,
admitted fraud in securing
public assistance funds, and are
now repaying the moneys thus
illegally secured.
Two or three have left the
state, and two-offered the choice
of paying back the money or
* (Continued on Page 9-A)
Man Dies
Of Hurts
In Wreck
Jiles Clinton McSwain, 22, of
j Seagrove Rt. 1, died early
Saturday at Moore Memorial
Hospital of injuries suffered in an
automobile wreck a short time
before.
State Trooper C.A. Todd said
McSwain lost control of his car
on State Road 1240, three-
quarters of a mile east of Car
thage, and it went off the right,
. struck a traffic sign on the
' shoulder, returned to the
pavement and overturned
several times.
McSwain was thrown out,
while two passengers Caldwell
Spinks, 25, also of Seagrove Rt. 1,
and James Anthony Person, 20,
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DESTROYED— This six room frame house belonging
to Curtis Chavis was completely destroyed by fire
Sunday afternoon. It is located on rural road 1897 near
the airport, and both Whispering Pines and Carthage
units responded to the call. Firemen spent almost
three hours on the scene, and here one of them directs
a stream of water into the living room area where the
blaze is believed to have started. (Photo by Bryan
Green).
Park Site
Talk Set
Announcement that a suitable
site for a new State Park in
Moore Coimty is anticipated at a
meeting here Friday of parks
officials with representatives of
the Sandhills Area Chamber of
Commerce.
A luncheon meeting is
scheduled at the Holiday Inn at
12:15 p.m.
Thomas H. Hampton, chair
man of the parks committee of
the Office of Conservation and
Development, will attend, along
with State Parks Director Tom
F,11i.s and members of his staff.
Felton J. Capel of Southern
Pines, a memter of the C&D
Board and a former member of
the parks committee, has long
pushed for a new park in this
region. At his invitation survey
teams from the State parks
service have investigated
several sites in the area.
It is known that the Sandhills
holds a number one priority in
need in regard to new parks.
The report of surveys over the
past year is expected to be
presented at the meeting Friday.
At the present time most State
Park land is obtained by gifts or
grants, but a movement is un
derway to set aside upwards of
$40 million for purchase of park
lands. The funds would be raised
by direct appropriation of the
General Assembly or by a
statewide bond issue.
Dean, Lewis
Are Nominated
To Academies
Two young Moore liaiBSy. men
have been nominated by
Congressman Earl B. Ruth for
appointment to the United States
service academies.
Gordon Wayne Dean, son of
Mrs. Gladerine W. Dean of
Southern Pines, has been
nominated for the Military
Academy at West Point.
Thomas Marvin Lewis, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar M. Lewis of
Pinehurst, has been nominated
for the Air Force Academy at
Colorado Springs.
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Apartments
Approval
Requested
A.P. Johnson of Johnson
Brothers Construction and
Realty will be going before the
Southern Pines Planning Board
tonight and asking approval for a
new apartment complex.
Johnson says the complex will
consist of 24 buildings with ten
apartments to the building, and
will be located on a 36 acre tract
just behind the telephone
building on Pennsylvania Ave.
The apartments will be of the
two story townhouse variety and
will have from one to three
■ bedrooms. Rent is expected to go
I from about $175 a month up.
They will be designed as long
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Election Officers
Is Dec. 9
Jane S. Everett has announced
• her candidacy for the post of
Supervisor of Moore Soil and
Water Conservation District. The
election will be held on
December 9.
Howard Ulsh, a retired
Weather Bureau expert, is also a
candidate. Mr. Ulsh, of 410 South
Bennett St. in Southern Pines,
entered the race last week.
Mrs. Everett has taken part in
various conservation projects in
Moore County and is president of
the Women’s Environmental
Club of Aberdeen. She was in
strumental in the formation of
this club which was highly
honored during the past year by
winning several conservation
awards in both state and national
competition.
Mrs. Everett has been a leader
in the beautification and im
provement work that has been
accomplished at the Aberdeen
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Kiwanians
Celebrate
Fiftieth
The Sandhills Kiwanis Club
will celebrate fifty years of
service Saturday night at the
Country Club of North Carolina.
A reception at 6:30 will be
followed by a banquet and many
surprise features are scheduled.
Some 300 persons are expected
to attend. Tickets may be
reserved through Friday.
Arrest Two
In PCC Raid
State and county ABC officers,
assisted by the Moore County
sheriff’s department and
Pinehurst police, raided the
Pinehurst Country Qub about 2
p.m. Friday, seized a large
quantity of taxpaid whiskey
found at the bar and made two
arrests.
Arrested were Carmen Louis
Fiorentino, 27, club manager,
who, charged with illegal
possession of taxpaid whiskey for
purposes of sale, made $500 bond
for trial December 14 in Moore
district court at Carthage; and
Thomas Eldridge, 23, who was
cited to court on the same date,
charged with illegal possession
for purposes of sale, and selling.
Larry H. Flinchiun, assistant
diistrict supervisor with the state
ABC board who headed the raid,
said no resistance was en
countered and “everyone was
just as courteous and coperative
as could be.”
Far more stenuous was the
aftermath, when the officers
went up and down the courthouse
stairs several times, carrying 297
whiskey bottles in cardboard
cartons up to the Moore County
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New Comic
A new comic strip, “Mo and
Po” by Winkie Page is in
troduced in The Pilot this week.
The strip features two frogs
and their comments on current
affairs.
Winkie (Mrs. Reid) Page
would like to know how the public
likes the strip. Write or call The
Pilot after seeing the comic on
Page 8-A.
BY VALERIE NICHOLSON
A recommendation of the
Moore County Bar Association
that the county build a whole new
courthouse, at a new location,
instead of remodeling the
present one, was a surprise
Monday for the county com
missioners, who have already
employed an architect for the
remodeling job.
W. Lamont Brown, Southern
Pines attorney, who several
months ago had presented to the
commissioners the association’s
recommendations for the
remodeling and renovation
program, told them this time the
new proposal resulted from an
extensive discussion by the
association at its last meeting,
with all but two members
present and all in general
agreement.
They had decided, he said, it
would be far better, and less
costly in the long run, to build a
completely new and modern
facility to serve 75 to 100 years,
than to spend $500,000 or more on
a patchwork job, which would
probably last no more than 25
years before more work would
have to be done.
He said the members felt a site
should be chosen away from the
traffic and noise of downtown
Carthage, where there would be
room for adequate parking and
future expansion; also, that the
building should include the new
jail.
Chairman W.S. Taylor said it
was too late for this, as contracts
had been let for the new jail and,
though actual construction is not
yet under way, the contractor is
at work.
On the recommendation for a
new courthouse, however, all the
members showed definite in
terest, especially Commissioner
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AT PINE NEEDLES— Saturday golfers in the Sandhills included South Carolina
Governor James West, Senator Ed Muskie and Governor Bob Scott. The three,
along with Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter, were at Pine Needles. The three
governors were meeting together and it was just coincidence that Muskie was
there at the time. (Photo by Bryan Green).
Governors Discuss
Future Plans Here
Founder’s Day Celebration
Is Held at SCC on Dec. 4
Swearing-in
Ceremony
Is Held Here
Because of staggered four-
year terms now in full effect on
both the county commission and
board of education, swearing-in
on both these boards takes much
less time that in former years,
when all the terms expired every
two years.
Following brief ceremonies
Monday morning in the office of
Charles McLeod, clerk of court,
both boards met quickly to
organize for the coming term.
Sworn in by McLeod were
County Commissioners Robert S.
Ewing and Floyd T. Cole, the
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fFicker Will
Under terms of his hand
written will, Rassie Wicker, the
well known historian of Moore
County, directed that all his
voluminous collection of records,
maps, microfilm and other
historical papers be offered to
the Moore County Historical
Society.
If the offer is not accepted, the
will reads, all of the collection is
to be burned.
Printed matter was excepted
from terms of the will, which is
now on file in the Moore County
clerk of court’s office.
Last year a book on Moore
County deeds and records,
prepared by Wicker, was
published.
BY LEONE ROSTER
H. Clifton Blue, Aberdeen,
Chairman of Board of Trustees of
Sandhills Community College,
was honored at a Founders’ Day
dinner hosted by Dr. Raymond
A. Stone, president of Sandhills,
and Mrs. Stone to mark the
anniversary of the first meeting
of the Board of Trustees in
December 1963 when plans were
formulated for the organization
of a community college in Moore
County. At that time the school
had just been authorized as the
first new comprehensive com
munity college in the state-wide
system established by the
legislation of the 1963 General
Assembly. Founders’ Day,
December 4, is observed each
year in tribute to the prominent
men who have served and now
serve ' as TrSSteBK. The
traditional observance was
highlighted this year by the
presentation to the college of an
oil portrait of Mr. Blue which wUl
be hung in the conference room
of the Administration Building.
Speaker of the House in the 1963
Assembly, and a leader in the
campaign to secure a college for
Moore County, Mr. Blue has
served as Chairman of the Board
since the first organizational
meeting.
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The future of regional
development programs was
discussed by three Govenors
here Monday as the Coastal
Plains Commission closed out its
three-day meeting at the Pine
Needles Lodge.
Governor John West of South
Carolina was elected chairman
of the Commission to succeed
Georgia Governor Jimmy
Carter.
Governor-elect James
Holshouser was elected vice
chairman. Holshouser was at
tending a Republican governors
conference in Arizona.
Florida and Virginia sent
representatives to the meeting
and they participated in
discussions about enlarging the
Commission to include those two
states.
At the conference here there
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ms
THE
PILOT LIGHT
PRIZE WINNER — This float won first place among all those et m the
Aberdeen Christmas parade. It was sponsored by Larry Boles Aberdeen Western
Auto. Boles was one of those working hard to make the parade a success. The float
was called “Santa’s Reindeer Barn’’ and will appear in the Southern Pines
parade tonight. (Photo by Gladys Paris).
INAUGURATION — Jim
Holshouser is starting off as
Governor by breaking with an
old custom.
Unless plans are changed
again, the inauguration of North
Carolina’s first Republican
governor in 72 years will be held
out of doors on the grounds of the
Capitol on January 5.
Heretofore, recent governors
have taken the oath of office in
Raleigh’s Memorial Auditorium.
But as of now, come rain or
shine, snow or sleet, Holshouser
will be sworn into office on an
outdoors stage.
There will be music for the
occasion, with the North
Carolina Symphony scheduled to
play and an oratorio group from
Charlotte invited to sing.
A special committee, with
several subcommittees, is now at
work on inauguration plans.
BUDGET — For the first time
in many years, if ever, an in
coming Governor has been given
a look at the biennial budget
prepared by the outgoing
Governor.
Last week Governor-elect Jim
Holshouser was given a detailed
look at the 1973-75 State budget
and went away with a summary
of what it contained.
He inquired about inserting
some of his own requests into the
budget, but did not press the
point because of the delay such
revision would cause in getting
the massive document to the
printers. Even now there will be
overtime work for the printers in
getting the budget published in
time for the convening of the 1973
General Assembly. It is then that
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■PftiST 2>u>K
,rO
BLUE HOUSE DONATION— This drawing has been presented to the Malcolm
Blue House Restoration committee by Glen Rounds of Southern Pines, famous
artist and author. This was used as the cover of “The Snake Tree, ’’ a book written
by Rounds while he was living at Bethesda Farm. The drawing, as well as an
autographed copy of the book, will be presented to the lucky ticket holder on
January 6. Proceeds will go to the restoration of the house. Tickets are now on
sale by members of the committee and may also be purchased from Mrs. Norman
Dean at The Pilot.