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Index
Bible Lesson, 3-B; Books, 2-B;
Classified Ads, 4-7-C; Editorials, 1-B;
Obituraries, 5-A; Pinehurst, 1-20;
Sports, 4-C; and Social News, 2-3-4-A.
Hearing on Pinehurst Suit
Under Way in Civil Court
Council Meets Here on Park Land;
Governor Has Plea in Fuel Crisis
PENICK HOME CONCERT—A special concert by the string ensemble of the
North Carolina Symphony was given at the Penick Home here last week.—(Photo
by David Bunn).
Only Ten File for Council;
No Primary Will be Held
There will be no elimination
primary for the Southern Pines
Town Council becaase only 10
candidates have filed.
These 10 candidates, which
include the five incmnbents,
will be on the ballot for the
election on Tuesday, Nov. 6.
The incumbents who are
seeking reelection for third
terms on the Council are Mayor
E. Earl Hubbard, C. A.
McLaughlin, Mayor Pro-Tern
Emanuel Douglass, A. Reynold
Tucker and E- J. Austin.
Others who filed were Robert
Stone, dean of student activities
at Sandhills Community College;
Dr. John Tierney, chiropractor
and active in the Jaycees here;
Joseph Duffield, a local
businessman; W. H. (Bill)
Bowen, local businessman; and
Bill Bass, a former Southern
Pines policeman.
The deadline for filing was last
Friday at noon. If there had been
more than ten candidates a
primary would have been held in
October.
All of the incumbents have
filled two full two-year terms
Two Youths Are Killed
In Star Auto Accident
Joel Dennis Caddell, 17 and
George Mabe, 16 of Star, both
with many relatives in Moore
County, died Monday of injuries
received in a one-car crash in
Star.
Caddell was pronounced dead
on arrival at Montgomery
Memorial hospital. Mabe was
transferred from Montgomery to
Baptist Hospital in Winston-
Salem, where he died.
The two were passengers in a
1970 Pontiac driven by Jerrill B.
Caddell, brother of Joel Dennis
Caddell, according to State High
way Patrolman Ken Fritz who
investigated. He said the car was
apparently going north on U. S.
220 at a high rate of speed when it
left the road and overturned
except for Douglass, who was
appointed to complete the term
of Felton Capel when he was
appointed to the State Board of
Conservation and Development
by Governor Scott in 1969. This
will be his third term in office,
however.
The election is November is
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Homecoming
One of Moore County major
fall events—the annual
Homecoming at Old Bethesda
Presbyterian Church near
Aberdeen—will be held on
Sunday, Sept. 30.
Services will begin at 11:15
a.m., followed by dinner on the
grounds. Details of the program
will be announced later.
Prim Named
several times. Investigation is
incomplete.
Funeral services for Caddell
will be held today (Wednesday)
at 4 p.m. at the Star ^ptist
Church, with interment in the l-|
church cemetery.
He is survived by his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Caddell of
Star; his brothers, Jimmy
Caddell and Darrell Caddell of
Biscoe, and Randall Caddell,
Jerrill Caddell, and Clifford
Caddell of the home; sisters,
Mrs. Kemp Lauder of Aberdeen
and Miss Sherry Caddell of the
home; and his grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. Andrew L. Chriscoe of
West End and Mrs. Robert
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THE
PILOT LIGHT
REPUBLICANS—A prediction
that there will be a Republican as
well as a Democratic primary in
the U. S. Senate race next spring
was made in Washington last
week by Mrs. Thelma Rogers of
Charlotte, North Carolina
Republican National Com-
mitteewoman.
In the national capital for a
GOP committee meeting, Mrs.
Rogers said that age would be
the issue used against Senator
Sam Ervin.
She said that Ervin would have
opposition in the Democratic
primary and she anticipates a
Republican primary too. She
listed potential Republican
candidates for the Senate as Rep.
Earl Ruth of the Eighth District,
Rep. Wilmer Mizell, State
Senator Hamilton Horton, and
Hugh Chatham, an industrialist.
Her preference is Rep. James
Broyhill, but she doesn’t think he
will give up his seat in the House
to make the race.
REPORT—A report by a
special consultants panel on
North Carolina needs for Future
medical training is expected to
be turned over to the board of
Governors and President
William Friday of the University
of North Carolina this week.
It will be a lengthy report in
which various aspects of the
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Of Village
Whispering Pines named Sam
Prim the new Chief of Police
Thursday following the
resignation of former Chief Jesse
Hough.
No reason was given for Chief
Hough’s resignation.
The new chief has been
assistant police chief for several
years.
He joined the force at
Whispering Pines five years ago,
after farming for 24 years in
Moore County. A native of
Yadkin County, he is married
and has three ^ildren, Robert,
13, Julie, 13, and Andy, 5. The
Prims live near Farm Life
School.
Sales Tax
Sales tax collections, regarded
as a prime economic indicator,
showed Moore County holding to
a high level during August.
The one percent local option
sales tax for Moore showed
collections of $68,955.04 for the
month, according to a report this
week from Secretary J. Howard
Coble of the Department of
Revenue.
One percent tax collections in
neighboring counties were:
Hoke, $17,015.75; Lee, $65,943.73;
Montgomery, $24,990.11; Rich
mond, $66,322.96.
A rare meeting out of Raleigh
for the Coimcil of State was held
on the call of Governor James
Holshouser in Pinehurst Monday
morning.
The Governor, here to address
the North Carolina Motor
Carriers Association convention,
discovered that most of the
members of the Council were in
Pinehurst and called the meeting
on an urgent matter relating to
the purchase of State park lands.
The Council voted to authorize
the Department of Natural and
Economic Resources to go ahead
with condemnation proceedings
to acquire land for a State park,
the site of which was not
disclosed.
It was believed to be the first,
or at least one of the rare oc
casions, meetings for the Council
outside of the Capital City.
Following the brief Ck)uncU
meeting. Governor Holshouser
went on to address the more than
500 persons attending the con
vention at the Pinehurst Hotel.
Emphasizing the current
energy crisis, the Governor
called on the motor carriers for
their “help and cooperation in
conserving fuel.”
“I am convinced,” the
Governor said, “the energy
crisis is real.” He said that a
program has been started with
State agencies and institutions to
save a minimum of 10 percent in
fuels.
The trucking industry, he said,
has shown a five percent in
crease in gasoline within North
Carolina during the first six
months of the year, with diesel
fuel consumption up by 21.5
percent. “I think it is obvious
fiiat we need to take steps to
conserve these products, as well
Four Picked
For Merit
as other types of fuel such as
heating oil and natural gas,” he
said.
Governor Holshouser declared
that “Unless the energy crisis is
solved, the trucks will stop
rolling. In fact, our entire
economy and way of life could
come to a screeching halt.”
His words were similar to
those voiced by another speaker,
Martin Cromartie, assistant to
the president of the American
Trucking Association in
Washington, who declared: “It is
the strong belief of the trucking
industry that a fuel shortage will
translate rapidly into a tran
sportation crisis followed very
shortly by an economic crisis.
We cannot emphasize too
strongly, therefore, the fuel
needs of commercial tran
sportation in general and
trucking specificaUy.”
Others on the program in
cluded Duane W. Freer, regional
Emergency Transportation
Coordinator of Atlanta; and
Howard Pyle of the National
Safety Council in Chicago, who
presented a national award for
safety to the N. C. Association.
Governor Holshouser also
y
Three More Face Death
On Charges of Burglary
With one Moore County man
already under death sentence for
first degree burglary—Sam A.
Poole of Robbins, Rt. 1, con
victed August 17—three more
potential victims of the State’s
harshest criminal law were
brought into Moore District
Court at Carthage last week.
Following preliminary hear
ing, probable cause was found
against Elmer Robinson of
Carthage, Rt. 1, while Warren
AUen Smith of Aberdeen and
Sidney Lee Ashbum of Cameron,
Rt. 1, both waived preliminary
hearing. District Judge W.M.
Lampley ordered all three bound
over for grand jury action at the
Center
next criminal term.
All are charged with first
degree burglary, which with first
degree murder, arson and rape,
in North Carolina today carries a
mandatory death sentence upon
conviction.
Though no one may have been „
injured, nothing stolen or dam- I
aged, the law is clear on the v/x. ^
nature of the crime, and gives
the jury two choices only—a
verdict of “guilty” or of
“innocent.”
The judge had a choice, and he
used it, as to bond. Though
ordering Robinson held without
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Governor Holshouser
touched upon reorganization of
the State Highway Patrol and the
Transportation Department,
saying that major needs include
“modern highways linking our
coastal ports with the major
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Court action involving Pine
hurst, in which Concerned
Citizens are seeking to halt
certain acts by Diamondhead
Corp., was still under way today.
Plaintiffs rested their case late
Tuesday afternoon in the show
cause hearing against Diamond-
head Corp., Pinehurst, Inc., and
the Pinehurst Vilage Council,
leaving their final argument to
be presented this morning by
their counsel, James Van Camp.
Defense counsel had moved for
dismissal on the grounds plain
tiffs had not made out a case
sufficiently strong to invoke the
injunctive proceedings which
they sought, that they had shown
no damage done, no harm
suffered by themselves or others,
and on the contrary that
“irreparable damage” would
result should the injunctions be
granted.
Superior Court Judge A.
Pilston Godwin, presiding over
the special civil term set for the
purpose of this hearing, which
opened Monday, said he was
inclined at that point to agree
with the defense, informing Van
Camp that “as of now, you are in
trouble.” However, after the
defense counsel went over some
of the main points he planned to
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Bing Coming
Bing Crosby will be playing in
the Joe DiMaggio World
Celebrity Pro-Am tournament
which will kickoff the World
Open Golf Tournament at
Pinehurst on Nov. 7.
Joe Di Maggio will be here, of
course, but a flock of other
celebrities are expected for the
Pro-Am event.
Vass Squad Is Second
In State Competition
Program
Principal Philip L. McMillan
has announced that four students
at Pinecrest High School have
been named Sen^inalists in the
1974 National Merit Scholarship
Program.
The students are Barry Mark
Griffith, son of Mr. and Mrs.
George Griffith of Southern
Pines, Diana Lynn Moon, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Lynwood N.
Moon of Aberdeen; Elizabeth
Mason Prince, dau^ter of the
Rev. and Mrs. Roscoe L. Prince
of Pinehurst; and David E.
VandenBout, son of Mrs. E.G.
VandenBout of Pinehurst.
They will compete for about
3,100 Merit Scholarships ,to be
awarded in the spring. In the
eighteen annual competitions
completed to date, 34,450 stu
dents have won Merit Scholar
ships valued at more than $95.5
million.
According to Edward C. Smith,
president of National Merit
Scholarship Corporation
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The Vass Rescue Squad—
Moore County Unit No. 2—last
weekend observed its annual
tradition in attending the State
Association of Rescue Squads
convention, and coming home
with trophies won in competition
with other top squads of the
state.
This year, they won the second-
place trophies in both rescue and
first aid, successfully defending
their titles, as they were second
place winners last year also.
In fact, for a good many years
now this skillful, hard-working
and dedicated volunteer group
has won first or second place, or
both, in the contests. This year’s
trophies are additions to one of
the finest collections in the state,
which also includes a world
championship trophy in heavy
rescue won in 1971. | ^
This year, the rescuemen said, H 11 |Y| pri t
the convention, held at Asheville, ^ Ull J.11C11 V
was the largest in recent years,
the contests the toughest and
competition the keenest.
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Service
The Sandhills Mental Health
Center has announced that again
this year it will be providing
consultation services to the
Moore County Schools.
As in the past the services will
be centered around conferences ^
with teachers and principals in H-HWflTflQ
which adjustment and
educational problems of in-
dividuals or groups of students tS JT OS L
will be discussed.
Emphasis will be placed upon
a team approach in which the
consultant and school personal
work together in an attempt to
achieve mutally agreed upon
goals. A spokesman for the
Center stressed that although the
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Center for Yoimg Closed
In Dispute Over License
A downtown center for young
people was closed down last
Friday night after the owner-
operator, Johnny Ferguson, was
denied a license by the Town of
Southern Pines.
“I think the kids need a place
to go,” Ferguson said this week
as he made plans to appeal to the
Town Council to allow him to
operate in the place formerly
occupied by Jack’s Restaurant
on South East Broad Street.
Ferguson, who also operates
the Golden Pizza, said that the
place sold sandwiches and soft
drinks and had a juke box and
game machines. He does not
want to sell beer and wants to
have a place, he said, for the
under-18 young people.
His application for a license
was turned down by Arthur
Tener, the town’s building
inspector, who said Tuesday that
“recreational activity is not
permitted in the central zone.”
“It’s a matter of zoning,” he
said.
Asked why other recreational
places such as Da Flic and a pool
hall could operate in the
downtown area, Tener said that
those places sold beer, and some
food.
Tener said that Ferguson
“should have checked with me
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At College
Now 1,275
Enrollment figures for the fall
term at Sandhills Community
College were released this week
by Dr. Raymond A. Stone,
president of the college.
The report, compiled by Mrs.
Ann McCutcheon, the registrar,
shows that there are 1,275
students enrolled in college
credit courses, some 70 of these
in night classes, and 750 men and
women registered in courses
offered by the division of
continuing education.
The figures show a marked
increase in freshman students in
the two-year occupational
courses—nursing, landscape
gardening, engineering tech
nology, journalism and medical
laboratory technology. Also they
reveal an increase in students in
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As Ranger
Pinehurst native Robert Ed
wards has been officially named
Moore County Ranger to succeed
the late Travis Wicker, whom he
assisted for five years.
The N. C. Forest Service in
Raleigh announced the ap
pointment during the week.
Edwards said his appointment
was proposed by Whit Stallings
of the Forest Service and ap
proved by County Com
missioners.
His duties will be primarily
fire control, forest management,
and information and education
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Robert Edwards
Volunteers Reach Out To Help — In the Schools
BY MAR JORIE RAGAN
(This is the first in a series of
articles about volunteer workers
in Moore County in such varied
fields as schools, hospitals, and
various United Fund agencies.)
It’s rewarding and important
to be helpful to children when
your own seven grandchildren
are far away.
“And I don’t have to be
responsible. I can relax and
enjoy it.”
This was the reaction of Mrs.
W. C. Tinunons of 450 Country
Qub Drive, as she paused bet
ween her activities with hun
dreds of children at the Southern
Pines Middle School one day this^
week.
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Mrs. W. C. Timmons
Beginning her fourth year as a
Qvic Club volunteer at the
library, Mrs. Timmons, chair
man of library volunteers, says
the rewards are many.
A native of Ohio, Mrs. Tim
mons is a graduate of Columbia
University, has worked at
Oberlin College, and has ex
perience in working in book
stores.
“I thoroughly enjoy it and I
feel like I’m really needed.”
She moved to Southern Pines in
1954 and when her husband died
in 1957 she “wanted to something
outside the house to be helpful.”
Kathryn Deaton Kuzminski,
school librarian, who is a native
of Aberdeen, says the volunteers
help “in an enormous way.” With
the volunteer help, she is not tied
to a desk and can offer real
service to some 950 young people
in the school, second largest in
the county.
She pointed out that the library
contains not only 10,000 books,
but audio-visual materials and
equipment as well.
“I can’t say how much the
volunteers mean to me,” she
said.
Volunteers work from 9 a.m.
until noon. More are needed.
The schools find volunteers so
important that they have put out
a brochure, “The Decade of the
Dedicated, the 70’s”. It says in
part:
“You would not be volun
teering if you did not love
children and support the schools.
“...There is no more important
aspect of education than the
newly instituted practice of
utilizing parent and citizen
volunteers both in the classroom
and on advisory councils.
“There is no finer tribute that
you, as a volunteer of your time,
talent and energies, can make to
the total education of children in
Moore County. They need you
and the Moore County School
system both needs you and
welcomes you as a volunteer
worker in the schools.”
The Southern Pines Civic Club
program for school volunteers
begins October 1. To participate
in this program, one need not be
a Civic Club member or have
teaching experience. Interested
women are urged to attend a
coffee-meeting at the Civic Club
at Ashe and Pennsylvania Ave.,
on Monday, Sept. 24 at 10 o’clock.
Call Mrs. Ronald Christie, 692-
6184 for further information.
Other volimteer programs are
sponsored by school PTA’s and
some area churches.
A recent letter to Mrs. Christie
from Supt. of Schools Robert E.
Lee said:
“Benefits for the past five
years’ service to the schools by
the School Volunteer Committee
of the Southern Pines Civic Club
are immeasurable. However, in
the space of a letter, words
cannot convey and measure the
gratitude of the Moore County
Schools to the fine men and
women who volunteer to help
children.
“Yoiu" enormous efforts are
inspiring to those who find ex
cuses to stay away from the
public schools. Your devotion to
developing strong minds and
bodies among the youngsters
serves as a yardstifck for deter
mination among those who work
with the children.
“Your continued interest and
support are matched by our
appreciation.”
Another letter signed by Supt.
Lee and George Griffin, Prin
cipal at Union Pines, pointed to
the “endless hours” given by a
volunteer “her sensitive ap
proach, her feeling for what was
to be imparted.”
The types of volunteer work in
the schools include tutoring in
reading and math, teacher’s
aide, library work, clerical work,
typing, and work with retarded
children. Volunteers are needed
in aU the county schools, from
kindergarten through high
school.