Index
Books, 2-B: Editorials, 1-B; En-
tortaiiimoiit. 4-5-6-D; Obits, 7-A;
Piiiohiirst, 1-2-C; Social News, 2-3-4-5-
A; Sports, 1-2-D; and Want Ads, 8-9-10-
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Peach Crop
is undamaged yet by last night’s 31 low
in the Sandhills but Clarence Black of
the Sandhills Research Center says the
forecast of “in the twenties” for tonight
may still hurt the crop.
Vol, 53-No, 23
40 Pages
Southern Pines, North CaroUna Wednesday, April 11, 1973
40 Pages
Price 10 Cents
Stoneybrook Record
Seen For Saturday
Party Switches Slight;
Voter Lists Are Purged
m..
EARLY JUMP ON STONEYBROOK — The 26th
annual Stoneybrook Races will come on Saturday but
here getting an early jump are nine-year-old Kevin
Cremins (no. 6) and 12-year-old cousin Michael Walsh
III (No. 4), probably the youngest exercise boys in the
business. They both lend a hand in riding the string of
thoroughbreds in training for their grandfather,
Mickey Walsh.
Four Killed, Three Hurt
When Gar Skids Off Road
Four people were killed, and
three injured Saturday about
8:15 p.m, when a station wagon
heading toward Pinehurst from
Aberdeen on NC 5 went out of
control a half-mile beyond the
Aberdeen town limits, and
wrapped itself totally around a
tree.
State Trooper W.S. Speas
identified the dead as George
Washington McLaurin, 63, of
Pinehurst, owner and driver of
the car; his wife Betty
McLaurin, also 63; Robert Oscar
Burns, 58 of Aberdeen, and
Rebecca Alford, 55, of Fairmont.
The two women were sisters.
Rezoning
Approved
Council
Admitted to Moore Memorial
Hospital with injuries termed not
serious were three grand
children of Mrs. Alford, Audra
Harris. 12. and her brothers
Todd,10, and Frankie, seven. The
children were together on the
back seat with Mrs. McLaurin,
who was sitting on the left, and
whose body bore the brunt of the
impact when the car hit a tree on
the driver’s side. Audra and
Todd were released Sunday, and
Frankie’s condition was
described by the hospital
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as
No New Road Work Seen
For Moore Area Future
By
Moore County can expect
virtually nothing in the way of
new road construction for at
least the next several years
according to Henry Jordan,
division highway engineer.
Both Jordan and Cecil Budd of
Siler City, the area’s highway
commissioner, were guests
yesterday at a general mem
bership meeting of the Sandhills
Area Chamber of Commerce.
The members were told by
Jordan, who answered questions
on specific projects for Budd,
that they could expect nothing in
the next several years con
cerning the widening of US 1 to
four lanes.
Jordan did say that several
projects around Vass on US 1
were in the planning stage, but
that they had come to a standstill
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Builder
Arrested
In Thefts
A well-known local builder and
property owner was arrested
Monday night by the Moore
County Sheriff’s Department
when some building materials,
reported earlier that day to have
been stolen, were found in his
warehouse.
Sheriff C.G. Wimberly said
I.«land M. Daniels, Jr., of 240
North Ridge St. was charged
with felonious receiving and
possession of stolen goods in
excess of $200. Southern Pines
police assisted in the arrest, and
the sheriff said investigation is
continuing.
Reported stolen over the
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The predicted switching of
parties from Democratic to
Republican following victories
by Richard Nixon and James
Holshouser last November has
not taken place in Moore County
or the nation.
Since last November only three
persons have changed their
registration from Democratic to
Republican in Moore County-
two in November and one in
February. On the other hand,
three Republicans switched to
Democratic in January- making
it an even swap.
In the country as a whole, a
survey last week by Dr. George
Gallup showed Republican
registration down, in fact, by one
point from the 28 percent of last
October. Democratic
preferences were also down by
one point from 43 percent of the
total in the country last fall.
Those classing themselves as
Independents had increased by
Reaction
To Boycott
Is Mixed
The nationwide meat boycott
last week apparently had a
mixed effect in Moore County.
Charles Parker, manager of
the meat department at Big Star
in Southern Pines, said meat
sales there were 20 to 25 percent
less than e}q)ected. He pointed
out that sales were not really
down, but did not increase as
much as they generally do at this
time of year.
“Shoppers were reluctant to
buy meat, limiting both the
varieties purchased and the
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Bride - Elect Is Killed
In Car - Tractor Crash
Condominiums, re-zoning,
subdividing and drainage took up
most of the Town Council’s time
Tuesday night, providing a
glimpse of the lively building
going on, and planned, in and
around Southern Pines.
Also, the council heard a report
from Mrs. Mildred McDonald,
interim manager, that the first
revenue-sharing check of 1973
had arrived, in the sum of
$35,812, covering the entitlement
period January through March.
With budget-making time ap
proaching, no decision has been
made as to its use.
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Teen City Dedication
Scheduled for Sunday
BY VALERIE NICHOLSON
A picturesque eight-sided
“Pizza House” and a remarkable
“putt-putt” golf course will be
opened to the public at Teen
City’s first “open house” to be
held from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday.
Dedication service at 3 p.m.
will mark the official opening of
this unique recreation center on
Carthage, Route 3, a halfniiile
west of Union Pines High School.
Just turn in at the big red barn
with the “Teen City” sign.
Commissioners of both Moore
and I^ee counties will take part in
the service, along with Pat
Welles, Teen City director, with
sacred music to be sung by
Jimmie Garner’s young
choristers of Tabernacle United
Methodist Church at Robbins.
Designed specifically for non-
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Miss Patricia Sweeney, bride-
elect of Darrell Howard of
Southern Pines and frequent
visitor here, was killed March 30
in an accident between a car and
a tractor-trailer on Interstate 93
in Woburn, Mass., her home
town.
Darell and Jim Reilly of
Southern Pines, accompanied by
Mark Howard, were in Woburn
for funeral services Monday in
Woburn.
Police are still investigating
the accident. Darrell, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Robert W. Howard,
said he was driving with Miss
Sweeney a passenger when the
tractor-trailor swerved to avoid
another car and crashed into the
side of the Howard car.
The impact forced the car up
an embankment forming the
median strip and overturned
Miss Patricia Sweeney
several times, causing Miss
Sweeney to be thrown out.
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THE
PILOT LIGHT
IN J III .y*-
DEATH CAR — This is the wrecked automobile in which four persons were killed
and three injured between Aberdeen and Pinehurst Saturday night.-(Photo by
Glenn Sides).
RESIGNS-Dr. Richard Ray-
resigned as Director of the
Learning Institute Tuesday
because, he says, after four-end-
a-half years, he feels that the
things he aimed for are well
underway.
The Southern Pines native said
the Southern Pines pilot
kingergarten program con
tributed much to a statewide
program to educate young
children.
Dr. Ray said that when he went
to Line he had two objectives: to
have the Institute more closely
connected with the State in
working for the improvement of
the education of children; and to
help extend and improve
education with young children.
These things are well underway
toward accomplishment, he
believes.
The $29 million now being
considered by the General
Assembly for use for educational
purposes will be a great help if
passed, he said.
He says he’s worked “very,
very hard” and is looking for
ward to a vacation before
making future plans.
Reached by telephone this
morning at his Chapel Hill home.
Dr. Ray was to attend a Kin
dergarten Coordinators Meeting
at the Plantation Inn in Raleigh
later this morning.
He talked with pride of the
program in motion to survey all
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two points to 31 percent of the
total voters in the U.S.
Thus, as the Gallup Poll points
out, the Republicans continue as
the minority party-behind
Democrats and Independents-
despite the Nixon landslide and
the optimistic predictions ot
Republican strategists that a
mass switching of parties would
take place.
In Moore County there are
fewer registered voters today
than there were last November-
417 less, in fact (247 Democratic,
130 Republican, 30 Independent).
This a result of a purging of the
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Hospital Official Shinn
Dies Here At Age of 36
James Franklin Shinn, 36, of
235 East Massachusetts Ave.,
administrator of Moore
Memorial Hospital since
January 1969, died Friday at the
hospital after several months’
illness.
Graveside service was held
Sunday at Pinelawn Memorial
Park, followed by a memorial
service held later that day at the
Southern Pines United Methodist
Church, conducted by the Rev.
Virgil Queen, pastor, and the
Rev. P. Wesley Aitkin, chaplain
of Duke University.
A native of Concord, he
graduated in 1958 from Duke
University then from the
graduate training course in
hospital administration at the
James F. Shinn
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Music Festival Slated
At Union Pines Friday
The annual Picquet Music
Festival and awarding of the
Kiwanis Junior Builder’s Cup
will be held Friday night at
Union Pines High School at 8
p.m. under the chairmanship of
Dr. Charles A. Speas Phillips.
All three high schools in the
county will take part in the
festival, and there are 10
nominees for the Builder’s cup.
Conductor for the occasion will
be Dr. James Cobb, Chairman of
the Music Program at St. An
drews Presbyterian College in
I^ur inburg.
On the festival committee in
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Church to Hold Auction;
New Building is Planned
BY VALERIE NICHOLSON
Need some holy, statues,
stained glass windows or church
pews in your home?
Would some colorful foot-high,
or larger, creche figures or tall
candlesticks enhance your
Christmas?
Or how about a used con-
fessional-just the thing for a
“different” atmosphere around
your place?
If these or several other types
of churchly items appeal to you,
ybu should attend the auction
sale, at 7 p.m. Friday at St. An
thony’s Catholic School, on North
Ashe St. at Vermont Ave.
The stage and front of the
school auditorium are filled with
the furnishings from St. An
thony’s Church near by, some
moved last week, others Sunday
afternoon by busy parishioners
clearing out the place.
If you plan on bidding, you’d
better be prepared for com-
petition-since the announcement
of Sunday, April 8, that St.
Anthony’s Church was to be
razed, calls have been coming in
at a great rate to Father Eldward
Waters, pastor, from folks here
and away who have loved the
little old church, and want to buy
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A record crowd of more than
25,000 is expected for the 26th
running of the Stoneybrook
Races here Saturday.
There will also be a record
purse-$24,000, the richest of any
of the country’s spring races.
There’s a tradition that it
never rains on Stoneybrook Day,
and General Chairman William
H. Frantz said he expects the
tradition to hold.
All reserved parking places
had been sold several days ago,
but Frantz said he thought a few
would be available in the infield.
Stoneybrook has developed as
one of North Carolina’s major
events of the year, and draws
crowds not only from all parts of
the State but from all parts of the
country.
Among the special guests
expected for Saturday’s event is
Governor James E. Holshouser,
Jr. Other top State officials also
are expected.
Stoneybrook, of course, is a
series of six top-flight horse
races-but it is more than that. It
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Aircraft
Damage
Probed
The FBI and the Moore County
.Sheriff’s office are investigating
damage to three aircraft in a
hangar at the Southern Pines-
Pinehurst Airport sometime
Monday night.
N.C. Agent in Charge Ralph J.
Rampton said by telephone from
his Charlotte office that an in
vestigation was being made to
see if the damage came under
federal jurisdiction. Meanwhile,
FBI Agent Howard Burgin of
Rockingham was to return today
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Coimcil
Approves
Projects
The board of directors of he
Pee Dee Council of Governments
has approved three notices of
intent to apply for Federal
assistance on projects costing a
total of $16,291,150.
Action came at a meeting last
Wednesday in Rockingham.
Included in the projects were
$10,691,000 for a regional
sewerage treatment system for
southeastern Moore County.
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Court House
The Moore County Board of
Commissioners are receiving the
architect’s report on the Court
House facility in the Courthouse
on Thursday, April 12, at 4:30 in
the afternoon.
ST. ANTHONY’S CHURCH — Rear view, showing shingles broken from roof, also
the dogwood tree, which regrettably, is too large to be moved. The new church is
to be built in “the general area” of the old, and whether or not the tree can be
saved, only the future can tell. (Photo by V. Nicholson).