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Soathern Pines, North Carolina Wednesday, April 4, 1973
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Moore Given
Clean Sweep
Second Spot
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Moore County won second
place in the Statewide
beautification competition as a
result of its Clean Sweep ’72
program.
A plaque and certificate were
presented to the Moore County
coordintor, Fred W. Garrett of
Southern Pines, and Walter E.
Bolte a member of the com
mittee, at the annual meeting of
Keep North Carolina Beautiful,
Inc., at the Sir Walter Hotel in
Raleigh on Monday.
Winner of first place among
counties was Vance. Neighboring
Lee County won third place.
Dr. Arthur W. Cooper
presented the awards, assisted
by John H. Harris, State
chairman of the Qean Sweep
program.
Garrett said a similar effort is
planned for this year.
Other counties which received
certificates were Davidson,
Caldwell, Henderson, Robeson
and Lincoln.
Among the cities that par
ticipated with a population of
10,000 or over Fayetteville was
the first place winner. Kenan-
sville in Duplin County was the
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AWARD TO MOORE — Fred Garrett (left) and
Walter Bolte hold the plaque awarded Moore County
on Monday by Keep North Carolina Beautiful, Inc.
Moore won second place in the Statewide competition.
Education-Heritage Week
To be Observed in Moore
Moore School Superintendent
R.E. Lee has announced Moore
County Education Week, to
coincide with Heritage Week,
April 8-14.
“The parents and citizens of
Moore County are invited to take
advantage this week of all the
great things taking place in the
19 schools,” Superintendent Lee
said, adding, “You are welcome
at any school participating in
Heritage Week or Education
Week.”
Heritage Week in North
Carolina has been expanded.
Instead of the one-week
celebration of the past two years,
it will become a two-month long
Heritage Festival. The months
are March and April, with
special emphasis by the schools
Chinese Minister Visits;
Says Country ‘Booming’
The Nationalist Chinese
Republic in Taiwan is now en
joying a booming economy and is
hopeful of continued friendly
relations with America despite
the new accord reached with the
Communist government on the
mainland.
This was the view expressed
here this past weekend by S.K.
Hu, minister to Washington from
the National Republic and
special assistant to the Am
bassador.
Mr. and Mrs. Hu were guests of
Miss Lena Stewart of Highland
Trails, who had known the
Chinese emissary since 1960
when she was personnel officer
in the U.S. Foreign Aid Mission
office in Taiwan. Minister Hu
was then a lieutenant general in
the Army and Mrs. Hu was
Record Rain
Floods Area;
Dams Saved
Raleigh Man
Is Charged
In LSD Case
Sheriff’s officers arrested
James Bruce Masterson, 20, of
Jones-Franklin Road in Raleigh
and charged him on two counts of
drug possession early Saturday
morning.
He is under a $3,000 bond on
felony possession of LSD
charges, and $500 bond on the
misdemeanor charge of
marijuana possession.
His case will be heard in
Carthage District court April 19.
Sheriff C.G. Wimberley said
the drugs were found in a ’62
Ford owned and operated by
Masterson during a routine
check on US 1 South of Aberdeen.
The young man, said the
sheriff, told him he was taking
friends to Florida at the time of
the arrest. Other young people,
both boys and girls, were not
charged. The car was con
fiscated pending the trial.
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FIGHT FLOOD — The dam at Lakeview was sand
bagged Sunday in an effort to keep it from breaking.
Deputy Sheriffs Charles Watkins and Don Davis
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inspect the scene above. Water was flowing over the
road and the road into Lakeview was closed.—(Photo
by Glenn Sides).
during the week of April 8-14.
A Moore County businessman,
Voit Gilmore, has been named
State chairman of the Heritage
Festival, which is sponsored by:
the Cultural Arts Division of the
State Department of Public
Instruction.
Gilmore is a travel executive,
land developer, tree farmer, and^
conservationist. He was the
country’s first director of the
United States Travel Service and
has served as mayor of Southern
Pines and as a State Senator. His
business and political activities
are directed from Southern
Pines, where Gilmore makes his
home. Melvin Good of the State'
Department, who will coordinate
the project, has invited schools,
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employed at the Foreign Aid
Mission office.
Miss Stewart, who returned to
her native country upon
retirement from the service,
entertained the Minister and
Mrs. Hu and another Chinese
friend, Nancy Chow, at her home
on Glenwood Drive Sunday
evening. Mrs. Chow is employed
by the National Education
Association in Washington as a
computer expert.
Minister Hu spoke to a group of
students at Sandhills Community
College Monday morning and
was impressed with the
questions which they asked about
the current situation in Taiwan
and on mainland China.
In speaking of his country.
Minister Hu said that his
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Bank Cites
AreaGrowth
As Factor
An analysis of Southern Pines
and the Sandhills area, with
several growth factors cited,
was presented to the State
Banking Commission by the
First-Citizens Bank and Trust
Company in its application to
establish a full service bank
here.
The application is now
awaiting approval from the
Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation before construction
is started on an office at the
corner of South West Broad
Street and Indiana Avenue.
In its presentation to the
Banking Commission, First-
Citizens noted that the over-all
economy of North Carolina has
been favorably influenced in
recent years by the continuation
of industrial development and by
substantial expansion of
recreational facilities and ac
tivities in the Southern Pines and
the Sandhill area.
The bank cited Southern Pines
as a dynamic banking market
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Census Facts
The U.S. Bureau of the Census
found that, in 1970, the average
age of residents of Southern
Pines was 70.4 percent higher
than the State average. They also
found that women in Southern
Pines are 6.5 years older than
men.
The fertility rate in Southern
Pines is 10.1 percent higher than
the state average.
Stoneybrook
Committees
Are Named
With Stoneybrook Race Day
less than two weeks away, on
Saturday, April 14, the
Stoneybrook Hunt Racing
Association’s Chairman, William
H. Frantz, is announcing the
committees and officials who
will be responsible for the suc
cess of the biggest Stoneybrook
Races ever.
Frantz is chairman of the
Executive Committee under
whose over-all supervision the
races are put on. Thomas E.
Morton is vice-chairman of this
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Gardens at Peak
Clarendon Gardens with its
thousands of azaleas and other
flowers is open to the public and
Francis W. Howe said this week
they are “more beautiful than
ever.”
He said the gardens should be
at their peak this coming
weekend.
Clarendon Gardens, off Linden
Road at Pinehurst, are 28 years
old.
Manager Bud Rainey Interim
Dies Here at Age 58 Manager
Named
Francis F. Rainey, son of an
Irish immigrant, a captain of
paratroops in World War II and
Southern Pines town manager
since 1961, died Thursday at St.
Joseph’s Hospital after two
months’ illness. He would have
been 58 years old on Tuesday of
this week, AprU 3.
His death climaxed a
courageous fight against lung
cancer, during which for more
than a year he had continued
working whUe going back and
forth to Duke Hospital for
treatments, until he entered St.
Joseph’son January 27.
He was perhaps better known
to his townspeople than any other
citizen, and perhaps knew the
town better than anyone, serving
it with intense loyalty and
dedication during more than a
decade of great growth and
change.
Memorial services were held
Francis F. Rainey
Saturday afternoon at Brownson
Memorial Presbyterian Church,
of vidiich he was a member,
conducted by the Rev. William
Edwards, assistant pastor.
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1300 Campers To Attend
Carthage Campvention
The National Campers and
Hikers of North Carolina will
hold their Spring Campvention in
Carthage Friday, April 6,
through Sunday, April 8, at the
Moore County Fair Grounds.
This is the first time the event
has been held in Moore County.
Hosts will be the Moore County
Campers Association and
Robbins Fun Lovers group.
Between 1,300 and 1,400 are
expected to be in attendance.
There are 43 NCHA Chapters in
the State and reservations have
been received from 38.
Campers are expected to
arrive at the fairgrounds on
Friday.
Special events lined up include
square dance and cake-walk
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Bloodmobile
The American Red Cross
Bloodmobile will be at the
Rescue Squad No. 4 building in
Aberdeen on Wednesday, April
11, from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Chapter officials said blood is
urgently needed in this area and
urged that donors come to the
Bloodmobile and give.
The Southern Pines Town
Council, meeting briefly Thur
sday afternoon following the
death of Town Manager Bud
Rainey earlier that day, ap
pointed Mrs. Mildred McDonald
as interim manager and finance
officer.
Town Attorney W. Lament
Brown told them that such an
appointment was necessary, and
should be made immediately, so
checks could be signed and the
town business carried forward as
usual.
Mrs. McDonald, assistant
manager and town clerk, has
been serving as acting manager
for the past few weeks.
The council also authorized the
attorney to draw up a memorial
resolution. Mayor Pro Tern
Emanuel C. Douglass presided.
Deputy Quits
Deputy Sheriff James Kearns
resigned April 1, Sheriff C.G.
Wimberley said Tuesday. No
reason was given for the
resignation and Kearns has not
been replaced.
Hearing
Scheduled
On System
Three members of the hard
working Moore County water and
sewer committee, appointed last
summer to develop plans for the
proposed county-wide system,
get if funded, then construct and
operate it, made a progress
report to the county com
missioners in regular session
Monday.
They revealed plans for a
public meeting to be held at the
courthouse at 7:30 p.m. Thiu'-
sday, April 19, at which
representatives of business,
industry and local governments,
with all other persons interested
or affected, will be given a
rundown on the plans so far, and
the prospects for completion.
Opportunity will be given for
questions to be asked, and
suggestions or objections to be
made.
The three-Hoke Pollock and
W.P. Davis of Southern Pines,
and Haywood Lane of Robbins,
with county planner Bob Helms,
who has worked with them from
the start, said they jnet last week
with the engiiiWfi from
Charlotte to go over all the data
in a preliminary draft. They said
they approved the overall con
cept, though many details need
ironing out and many questions
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A record rainfall in Southern
Pines and surrounding areas
caused considerable flooding this
past weekend but no major
damages.
There were fears throughout
Sunday of dam breaks, however,
and a close watch was kept on the
dam at Lakeview and Thagard’s
Lake at Whispering Pines.
Howard Ulsh, retired Weather
Bureau official of Southern Pines
who keeps local weather records,
said he measured 4.55 inches
from Saturday morning to
Sunday morning.
It was a new 24diour rainfall
record for Southern Pines, he
said-the previous high being 3.25
inches.
Up to Saturday there had been
4.70 inches of rainfall here, with
rain falling in measurable
quantities for 17 days in March.
Heaviest rains came Saturday
night, and by Sunday water was
pouring over several roads in
Moore County.
Henry Jordan, Division
Engineer for the State Highway
Department, said that at
Lakeview water started pouring
over the road which crosses the
dam to the big lake. Operators
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Catholic Church Here
To be Torn Down Soon
St. Anthony’s Catholic Church
here will be torn down im
mediately, by authorization of
the Bishop, Father Edward J.
Waters, pastor, told the
parishioners Sunday.
The announcement was made
at two masses which, he said,
would be the last held in the little
church building, a holdover from
the small village Southern Pines
used to be about 1890.
The church has a modest
building fund, accumulated over
several years, but not nearly
enough for a new church, and no
new building is foreseen for the
near future. Instead, the
auditorium of St. Anthony’s
School near by, which was closed
last year, is being prepared for
use as a church. It has been so
used from time to time during
winter seasons, when crowds
overflowed the small church
building.
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PILOT LIGHT
Two Brothers Killed in Wreck
Of Auto on Rain-Slick Road
regained consciousness, died
about 6 a.m. while being carried
to N.C. Memorial Hospital,
Chapel Hill.
A third boy in the car, Roger
Taylor, remained in Moore
Memorial with serious injuries,
including a broken leg and facial
injuries.
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Two teen-aged brothers were
fatally injured Saturday night in
a one-car accident, which took
place in pouring rain on the
Carthage-Vass Road, about a
half-mile east of Matthews
Crossroads.
Coroner A.B. Parker said the
car apparently went out of
control when it hit water from a
small branch flooding across the
road.
Steven Wayne Bibey, 15, a
Union Pines High School fresh
man, was dead on arrival at
Moore Memorial Hospital, where
his brother, Pfc. Ronald Lee
Bibey, 18, was admitted in
critical condition.
The older Ivother, who never
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REVENUE—Within the next
two or three weeks Revenue
Commissioner Andy Jones is
expected to let the members of
the General Assembly know that
an extra $50 million can be an
ticipated above current revenue
estimated.
The announcement will come
while the 39 members of the joint
appropriations subcommittee is
putting the finishing touches on
the annual budget. It is this
subcommittee which wUl really
prepare the budget and once its
work is done the General
Assembly will be near ad
journment.
The joint appropriations
subcommittee is the most in
fluential group in the
Legislature, and among those
named to the body last week was
Rep. T. Clyde Auman of Moore.
Rep. Auman said this past
weekend that a mid-May ad
journment is still expected.
MANSION—The Holshouser
administration is making a head
charge for participants in social
and promotional functions at the
Governor’s Mansion.
One arts group gathering at the
Mansion the coming week is
being charged 25 cents per head.
Many organizations seek th*
use of the Mansion to launch
membership drives or to
.promote special causes. They
are all worthwhile but they do eat
into the budget set aside for
operation of the Governor’s
Mansion. The charge being made
by Governor and Mrs.
Holshouser is obviously being
made so that they won’t go into
the red.
But as far as anyone could
learn this is the first time a head
charge has been made at the
Mansion.
COURT—Governor Hols-
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DEATH CAR — This is the wrecked car in which two teen-aged brothers—Steven
Wayne Bibey and Pfc. Ronald Lee Bibey-were killed on the Vass-Carthage road
Saturday night.-(Photo by Glenn Sides).