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Fall Fashions
The Pilot’s Fall Fashion Edition is
Section C this week. This edition
contains special features, pictures and
advertisements by Sandhills merchants
on new fall fashions. Included are two
reports on New York showings by
Barbara Short, fashion reporter for The
Pilot.
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Index
Book page, 2-B; Classified Ads, 4-7-D;
Editorials, 1-B; Entertainment, 8-A;
Fashion Section, 1-8-C; Obituaries, 8-A;
Pinehurst, 1-2-D; Social News, 1-5-A;
and Sports, 11-A.
Vol. 53-No. 45
36 Pages
Southern Pines, North Carolina Wednesday, September 12, 1973
36 Pages
Price 10 Cents
Only Five
Have Filed
For Council
With the deadline for filing just
two days away, only five can
didates had hied Wednesday
morning for the Southern Pines
Town Council.
Mayor E. Earl Hubbard,
completing his second term, filed
for reelection before departing
on a trade mission to Europe.
Two other imcumbents, both
second termers, A. Reynold
Tucker and E. J. Austin, have
also filed for reelection.
Two newcomers to local
politics—Robert M. Stone and
Dr. John T. Tierney—have also
hied.
Stone, of 505 West Maine St., is
director of student activities at
Sandhills Community College,
where he has been for the past
three years.
Dr. Tierney, a chirojx-actor
who lives at 490 North Leak St.,
has been active in the Southern
Pines Jaycees and is chairman of
this year’s Christmas Parade.
Friday at noon is the deadline
for filing. Candidates may file,
paying a $10 filing fee, with Mrs.
Ethel Hare at the Municipal
Building.
Two other imcumbents—
Mayor Pro-Tern Emmanuel S.
Douglass and Town Treasurer C.
A. McLaughlin—have not an-
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Tobacco Prices on Rise
With $88 Average Noted
Tobacco farmers appeared
better satisfied this week as
prices moved upward, with all
markets in Moore County
recording an average above $88
per hundred pounds on Tuesday.
Sales time was still limited and
that was the major complaint of
growers and warehousemen.
Better grades made their
appearance on auction sales this
week, although some warehouses
reported a large amount of
ground primings still coming in.
Buyers for the major companies
had complained that a lot of sand
was showing up in the lugs of last
week.
Top average reported this
week was $89.66 at the Victory
Warehouse in Carthage on
Jose;^ R. Monroe, Jr., has
been appointed to be the Telethon
Chairman for Moore County by
Ed Renfrow, State chairman for
the Democratic National
Telethon.
The Telethon will be broadcast
over the NBC Network on
Saturday, September 15, from 7
p.m. to 1 a.m., to raise funds for
the State and National
Democratic Party.
Monroe will co-ordinate all
Telethon activities throughout
the county, and said that the
following people have been
enlisted to promote the Telethon
in each of the precincts in the
county: Watts Auman, Jack
Barron, Harold Blue, Thad Blue,
L. D. Brooks, W. K. Carpenter,
Sr., J. E. Causey, Don W.
Everette, E. J. Freeman,
Johnnie R. Hill, Jim Kelly, Ar
chie McLeod, John A. McPhaul,
William B. Nugent, Samuel H.
Poole, Gilbert Purvis, C. Wiley
Purvis, James P. Stewart, W. S.
Taylor, R. G. Wadsworth, Jr.,
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HEARINGS—There’s almost
certain to be some new
legislation regulating political
campaigns coming out of the 1974
session of the General Assembly.
Just about everybody admits
that the present Corrupt Prac
tices Act does not fill the biU in
correcting campaign abuses.
Public hearings are being held
today and tomorrow in Raleigh
by Rep. Ernest B. Messer of the
House interim appropriations
subcommittee named to study
control of campaign con
tributions, reporting and
spending.
HONORARY—Among those
planning to attend the Fall
gathering of Honorary Tar Heels
at Grandfather Golf and Country
Club near Linville on Oct. 19-21 is
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Subdivision
Ordinance
Studied
Further study is being made on
a subdivision ordinance for
Moore County but it is expected
to be submitted to the county
commissioners for consideration
again within the next month or
sue weeks.
That was the word this week
from County Planner Bob Helms
who said that several
“legitimate points” were raised
at tlie recent public hearing, and
it may be that some minor
changes will be made in the
nroposed ordinance.
“The changes will not affect
the overall ordinance,
however,” he said.
“But if in the view of the
Planning Board some changes
are needed then those changes
wiU be made before the orr
dinance goes before the com
missioners the second time,”
Helms said.
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M’Laughlin Gets
Manager’s Post
In Emergency
FOUR HURT—Four persons were carried to Moore Memorial Hospital following
a collision Sunday afternoon at May Street and East Indiana. Mary Flinchum of
545 E. Delaware Ave., and Josephine Johnson of Fayetteville, Rt. 5, were
seriously hurt and Fred Elon Flinchum Sr., driver of a ’73 Dodge and Emmett
Carl Johnson, the other driver, also received injuries. Policeman Harold Hunley,
who investigated, charged Johnson with failure to stop for a stop sign, but noted
on his report that a branch partly obstructed the view of the sign. Here some of
the injured are placed in one of the two ambulances called ot the scene. The
Johnson car was totalled and the Flinchum car damaged $2,000.—(Photo by
Glenn M. Sides).
Deep River Dams Hearings
Expected to be Held Soon
Shooting Accident
Fatal to BoVy 16
A tragic shooting accident last
Wednesday afternoon took the
life of a 16-year-old High Falls
boy, Johnny Ray Brewer, a
popular junior at North Moore
High School, as he was driving a
pickup truck on a dove-hunting
expe^tion.
His brother Bobby Brewer, 14,
and a friend, Wayne Gamer,
t-oout 20, also of High Falls, were
riding in the bed of the truck as
Johnny Ray drove along the
Carthage-Glendon Road, about
three miles north of Carthage.
Bobby and Wayne loaded feeir
guns, and, as Wayne breeched
his 20-guage double-barreled
shotgun to close it after placing
the shells inside, both barrels
went off, the blast piercing the
glass partition of the cab and
striking Johnny Ray in the back
of the head.
He collapsed on the driver’s
seat, and Wayne managed to
swing around on the outside of
the cab, open the door and cut off
the switch, bringing the truck to
a stop. He ran to a nearby house
for help. The Carthage Rescue
Squad carried Johnny Ray to
Moore Memorial Hospital, where
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If you ask C. A. McLaughlin,
town councilman, who is also
now serving as temporary Town
Manager, if his new job takes
much time, he will tell you, “Just
morning, noon and night, that’s
all.”
He was elected to the job last
Thursday by the council, or what
was left of it here, to fill in for
Mrs. Mildred McDonald, interim
town manager, who is U1 in the
hospital.
Getting McLaughlin elected
was no mean feat. It took a
transatlantic phone call, a
“missing person” search for a
vacationing councilman, and an
emergency meeting of the
council with town attorney W.
Lamont Brown.
The crisis arose when Mrs.
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Weather
Monday when 57,244 pounds were
sold for $51,323.50. Tuesday’s
sale at the Victory was 55,328
pounds for $49,136.16, or an
average of $88.81 per hundred.
Farmer’s Warehouse in
Carthage reported Tuesday sales
as 52,212 pounds for $45,879.00, or
an average of $87.87 per hundred.
Better leaf grades were repor
ted.
At McConnell’s Warehouse in
Carthage the Monday sales were
37,404 pounds, which sold for
$33,193.40 or an average of $88.74
per hundred.
At Hardee’s Warehouse in
Aberdeen the Tuesday average
was $88.80. Monday’s average
was $8^60 per hundred poun(&.
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Monroe Named Chairman
Of Democrats Telethon
Plans are still going forward
for the construction of Deep
River dams at Howard’s Mill in
Moore County and Randleman in
Randolph, with completion in the
early 1980’s, Congressman Ike
Andrews of the Fourth District
disclosed this week.
Public hearings in which
citizens of the area will be
invited to participate wiU be held
by the U.S. Corps of Engineers
within the next six months to a
year. Rep. Andrews said. He said
he was urging that the hearings
be scheduled as soon as possible,
hopefully this fall.
Both of the Deep River
Arrested
Sheriff’s Officers arrested
James Michael Gill, 24, manager
of the Golden Pizza Restaurant,
late Friday afternoon and
charged him with dispensing
marijuana, a felony.
Gill, formerly of Winston-
Salem, is out on $5,000 bond for
his appearance in I^trict Court
in Carthage, September 27,
located on N. W. Broad St., in
Southern Pines.
The Golden Pizza was recently
in the news when the owner put
spikes on his sidewalk wall to
discourage loafers, and again,
because of break-ins.
Bloodmobile
The American Red Cross
Bloodmobile will be at the United
Methodist Church in West End on
Tuesday, September 18.
The hours are from 12 noon
until 5:30.
“If it is possibile for you to give
blood at this time, please do.
Blood is urgently needed and
every pint helps,” a spokesman
for the Red Cross said.
projects are now in what the
Corps of Engineers calls “the
pre-construction planning
stage.” Because of recent envi
ronmental legislation they are
being re-formulated and re
studied in relation to the total
phase of development. Rep.
Andrews said.
An impact on environment
statement is being prepared by
the Corps and will be submitted
to the Environmental Protection
Agency, the Fish and Wildlife
Service, the N.C. Department of
Natural and Economic Re
sources, and other governmental
agencies for evaluation and
comment.
The Howard’s Mill dam site
will be one mile below the
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Draft Board is Moved;
Mrs. Davis is Honored
W. S. Thomasson, chairman of
Local Board No. 64, has an
nounced that the local Selective
Service Board was moved
Tuesday to the Federal Building
at S. Hancock and Franklin Sts.,
Rockingham
Registrants who wiiSi to visit
the board will contact the new
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Styers Assumes Office
On Aberdeen Town Board Open Home
New Aberdeen Commissioner
Hugh M. Styers was given the
oath of office by Town Clerk
Curtis Meinnes at the regular
meeting of the Town Board
Monday night.
The new Board Member will be
Police and Sanitation Commis
sioner. He was named following
the resignation of Mayor J.M.
Taylor.
Lawrence Johnson, Town
Attorney, appeared before the
Board and presented a Resolu
tion in connection with the Muni
cipal Elections and a notice of
same, which needed to be adopt
ed and advertised in the news
paper. Motion made by Commis
sioner Green, seconded by Com
missioner Cruce and carried by
the Board that this Resolution be
adopted and a copy be attached
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Fvmds for Bike Trails
To be Askd for Area
The development of bicycle
trails in the Sandhills area is
being pushed by Voit Ghlmore of
Southern Pines who said this
week that an effort is being made
to secure federal funds for such a
project.
Gilmore said that Rep. T.
Clyde Auman is contacting the
State Department of Tran
sportation to obtain further in
formation on federal financing of
bike trails.
“It may well be that we could
serve as a pilot project for a
statewide irogram,” Gilmore
said.
He went on to say that there is
“an obvious interest in bicycle
trails” in this area, and he is
confident that the towns of
Southern Pines, Aberdeen and
Pinehurst will join in the
promotion of the plan.
It was recently announced by
the Department of Tran
sportation that federal funds are
available for the construction of
bicycle trails. As yet, however,
no plans have been developed by
the department for such con
struction.
Saturday, Sept. 22, will mark
the second nationwide obser
vance of national Hunting and
Fishing Day.
In cooperation with Weymouth
Woods, the Moore County Wild
life Club will hold an open house
at Weymouth Woods from 9 a.m.
to 5 p.m. There will be many
exhibits and slides on “Natural
History of the Sandhills” will be
shown at ll a.m.
Luther Partin, of the North
Carolina Wildlife Resources
Commission, will show the
motion picture, “Birds of Prey”
in the afternoon at 2:30 p.m.
The public is invited to attend
and see how people can help to
save Anierica’s Natural re
sources. Admission is free!
office in the future,
telei^one number of the
office is 919-895-2521.
Thomasson says that
though the local board office site
is being moved local board
members of the Moore County
Local Board will continue to
serve the young men of this
county in classification and all
other Selective Service matters
pertaining to Moore County
Registrants. Other counties
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“Typical fall weather” with a
high of 92 on Thursday and a low
of 60 on Monday was reported
today at the official Pinehurst
Weather Bureau. Only .5 inch
rainfall was reported, although
there were overcast skies much
of the week.
The readings follow:
High Low
Sept. 6 92 67
Sept. 7 88 70
Sept. 8 87 68
Sept. 9 84 60
Sept. 10 88 60
Sept. 11 88 62
The forecast for the rest of the
week is for mostly sunny skies
with temperatures in the 80’s
during the day and in the 60’s at
night.
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John Hemmer of Pinehurst.
The organization goes back to
the time when John Hemmer was
taking pictures and Bill Sharpe
was writing news stories
promoting North Carolina as a
tourist attraction. There are now
72 living members of the
Honorary Tar Heels, a group for
non-resident newsmen who made
“outstanding contributions” to
North Carolina.
Governor Holshouser will be on
hand to host the gathering at
Grandfather.
PROUD—Russell Powell, the
maestro of the Pinedene Sym
phony, is very proud of his eight-
year-old gran^n, Jamie Rohr,
who is coming on strong as a
guitarist in the band.
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Red Bair
“Operation Red Ball” bounces
in Southern Pines Saturday
morning as a joint effort by the
Jaycees and the Fire Depart
ment to save lives begins.
A firetruck will be set up
Saturday morning near the Capri
Restaurant on South Broad
Street to give out stickers for
pre-teens and invalids to be
placed on their house windows.
Thus, in a fire or other
emergency, a fireman can go
directly to these rooms, speeding
rescue operations by life-saving
seconds.
Two thousand stickers are
available. Any left over from
Saturday may be obtained at the
Fire Department or Southern
Pines Middle School, Jaycee
Operation Red Ball Chairman
Frank Staples says.
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Chief James W. Wise
James W. Wise of Hamlet
Is New Pinehurst Chief
James W. Wise of Hamlet has
been appointed to the position of
Chief of Police for the Village of
Pinehurst, it was announced
today by B. W. Bogan, chairman
of the I^ehurst Village Council.
Chief Wise has more than 14
years experience in law en
forcement and comes to
Pinehurst from the position of
assistant chief of police for
Hamlet.
He attended Laurinburg and
Rockingham Public Schools and
is a graduate of the FBI
National Academy, described by
the late J. Edgar Hoover as the
“West Point of law enforcement
training’l. At the Academy, Chief
Wise received training in aU
phases of law enforcement, in
cluding firearms. In addition he
has attended a number of police
training courses.
Don Collett, president of
Pinehurst, Inc., said that Chief
Wise brings to Pinehurst “the
kind of law enforcement which
the Village needs and a man of
his experience and capability,
working with the present staff of
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Erosion at Construction Sites
Is Concern for Moore District
NEW JAIL—Originally scheduled to be completed Sept. 1, the new Moore County
Jail, under construction above, is now expected to be finished in about two to
three months. Bad weather in the winter and spring slowed the pouring of con
crete, Architect E. J. Austin said. Contractor on the $450,000 project is Cox
Construction Co., of Sanford. The top of the old jail can be seen through the
window opening above.—(Photo by Glenn M. Sides).
Soil erosion at construction
sites and in housing develop
ments was a matter of concern to
officers of the Moore County Soil
and Water Conservation District
this past year.
In its annual report made
public this week. Chairman
James Fulk of Southern Pines
said they hope the Sedimentation
and Pollution Control Act of 1973
will be of help in solving the
problem.
The responsibility of the
district, he said, “is one of an
advisory nature,” but the super
visors plan to call on the Soil
Conservation Service and the
Extension Service for assistance.
Chairman Fulk praised the
publication by the County Plan
ner’s office of “Sketch Land
Development Plan” for Moore
County, saying “this is a good
start toward development of a
county land use plan, or at least
toward a land use policy.”
In the report on various
activities in the fiscal year
ending on June 30, it was stated
that “on site technical assistance
was provided to 400 landowners
with 175 of these people applying
one or more conservation prac
tises. We had anticipated adding
only 30 new cooperators with
about 3000 acres to the district
program. However, 73 land-
owners requested assistance by
signing application forms cover-
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