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Mobile Homes
attracting larger number of Tar Heels.
See Capital Comments by Bill Noblitt.
—Page 11-B.
Candidates
for Town Council give views on issues,
issue statements.—Page 12-C.
Vol. 53-No. 51
36 Pages
Southern Pines, North Carolina Wednesday, October 24, 1973
36 Pages
Price 10 Cents
Moore Stake
Big in Vote
On Bond Act
Moore County has a $1,324,512
stake in the Nov. 6 referendmn to
amend the 1971 Clean Water
Bond Act.
That’s the amount requested
from the State for the $10,691,588
sewage disposal system planned
for the county.
Moore County’s application for
State funds and $7,947,076 in
federal funds is pending.
A total of $150 million in State
bonds was approved by the
voters, 534,085 to 249,475, in a
referendum in 1972, but a second
vote on an amendment to the
bond act was required because of
changes in federal law.
The 1971 law provided that $50
million of the Pollution Control
Account was earmarked by law
to be used exclusively for
meeting Federal matching
! requirements. About $20 million
of this fund has been committed
to local governments for ap
proved projects, leaving some
$30 million uncommitted.
Late in 1972, Congress
amended the Federal grant
provisions and eliminated the
requirement for State matching
grants. This had the effect of
freezing the uncommitted
balance in the Pollution Control
Account (amounting to some $30
million), since under the terms of
State law this money could be
spent only to meet matching
grant requirements.
Bond attorneys advised the
State that since the voters ap-
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Hospital
Work Gets
Under Way
Construction of the $11,000,000
additions to Moore Memorial
Hospital began last week.
Phase one of the expansion, the
power plant, is scheduled for
completion in May, 1974, and
major expansion should be
completed by late 1976.
The second and major building
phase is the planned five-story
wing with 149 beds. A total of 113
of the new beds are set aside for
Medical-Surgical, 20 for the new
Obstetrical Suite, and 16 beds are
scheduled for the Pediatric In
tensive Care Unit.
Greatly expanded emergency
and out-patient treatment rooms
will replace the present facility
which is now receiving five times
the number of patients for which
it was designed. New emergency
and out-patient treatment
facilities will provide: four
major trauma work areas, three
minor trauma work areas, a
cardiac resuscitation room, a
pediatric treatment room, and 17
out-patient treatment rooms.
Robert Ewing, president of the
hospital’s Board of Directors,
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Mrs. McDonald Welcomed
Back on Job by Covmcil
Mrs. Mildred McDonald, back
on the job as interim town
manager after an illness of
nearly two months, was
welcomed by the Southern Pines
Town Council in a special
meeting Monday.
Councilman C.A. McLaughlin,
serving as emergency interim
manager, was asked to continue
in the job until November 1, when
Mrs. McDonald said she ex
pected to be able to resume work
on a full-time basis.
The council also decided to
leave review and action on ap
plications for the vacant town
manager position, of which
Mayor E. Earl Hubbard said
there were a number on hand,
until after the election of the new
council on November 6.
McLaughlin, a veteran of six
terms on the council, comprising
12 and a half years, and now of
two months’ actual managerial
experience, said he was seriously
considering giving up his
business across the street and
applying for the job.
He had been ready to stay on
until the first of the year on the
council’s request, when it was
believed Mrs. McDonald’s illness
might keep her out until some
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Colorful Ceremony Opens
International Golf Play
After the first day’s play, four
Scotch foursome matches, the
British and American PGA home
club teams were deadlocked in
the inaugural Diamondhead Cup
matches, two victories each.
Four more points were to be
decided Wednesday in the better-
ball of pairs competition and the
matches conclude on Thursday,
beginning at 10 o’clock on
Pinehurst’s No. 2 course, with
eight singles matches.
The new international series
off to an exciting start.
was
Early cloudiness gave way as the
opening ceremonies began in
front of the clubhouse at 9 o’clock
as the assemblage thrilled to the
stirring marching music of the
82nd Airborne Division band
from Bragg.
Then a short time later the air
was filled with the advancing
sounds of the bagpipes as Dr.
Henry Hood’s Guilford College
pipers marched from the tennis
court to a position alongside the
military band.
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REPUBLICANS — Eighth,
District Republicans are solid for
Tom Bennett in the campaign for
State party chairman, Moore
County Chairman Robert Ewing
declares. “I don’t believe Rouse
will get over two votes,” he said.
Ewing attended the
Republican district convention in
Salisbury on Saturday, when four
from Moore were elected to the
district executive committee.
They are Ewing, the vice
chairman Dawn Leland, Paul
Helms of Robbins, the ^strict
treasurer, and Mrs. Garda
Simpson.
Joe Medlin of Union County
was elected district chairman.
Moore County had 36 votes and
there we^e almost that many
from the county at the Salisbury
convention.
There were no fireworks,
Ewing said, with the only thing
approaching a controversy being
an attack on Gene Anderson, the
assistant to Governor
Holshouser, from Rep. Boger.
ECU MED SCHOOL - Don’t
count out a four-year medical
school for East Carolina
University at some time in the
future. It may not come as soon
as strong ECU partisans would
like, but there’s a good chance
that it will be an actuality before
1980.
The report of the special panel
of consultants did not rule out the
medical school, but recom
mended other action before that
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HARVEST TIME—This harvest scene on the Ralph Bennett farm on Highway 27
between Cameron and Carthage fits well into the upcoming holidays of Halloween
and Thanksgiving.—(Photo by Alvin Davis).
More Recreation Seen as Need
By Town Council’s Candidates
BY SARAH GLAZER
Two young challengers for
seats on the Southern Pines Town
Council, Bob Stone and Dr. John
Tierney, stressed the need for
“approachable” councilmen and
more open meetings in in
terviews with The Pilot last
week.
Meanwhile incumbents C. A.
McLaughlin and A. Reynold
Tucker said the town’s major
needs were already filled, except
for minor problems in the areas
of drainage, street im
provements and garbage.
Most candidates wanted an
imiH-ovement in recreation for
young people. Former Southern
Pines policeman Bill Bass said
“It’s a wonder we don’t have
more juvenile deliquents” in
discussing the lack of facilities.
He proposed that the town
support a YMCA.
Incumbent Tucker, ruhning
for a third term, envisioned a
combined all-weather gym
nasium and auditorium for
cultural and athletic events, but
thought the building expense
would push this project into the
future.
Tucker was concerned with
getting a centralized recreation
facility so that children from the
East and West sides of town
would not have to walk so far.
Dr. John Tierney, 30 year old
chiropractor who has been
active in the Jaycees, criticized
the council’s attitude towards
young people.
“A lot of young people feel left
out of this town,” he said, partly
because the council has been so
unresponsive.
“The high prices and lack of
housing is keeping young people
from coming here,” Tierney
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said.
The yoimg chiropactor was
particularly critical of the way
the council conducts its meetings
when outsiders come with
proposals.
“There should be more
discussion—maybe a longer
session at the end for listening to
citizens who come. There should
be an opportunity for youth to
come and say they want more
recreation, for instance, without
having to get on the agenda two
weeks ahead of time.”
Recalling his own appearances
for the Jaycees before the
council, Tierney said “The
meetings are so cold and dry.
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Dimcraig Manor Plan Outlined
At Tea for Opening Home Here
One year ago a young,
emotionally disturbed boy with
epilepsy returned home to his
family in Lumberton after
spending six years in a special
school for epileptics in Virginia.
His mother, Mrs. Russell
Livermore, Jr. was told that
although her son could come
home, he would still need some
kind of help.
She and her husband scoured
the State of North Carolina
looking in desperation for “any
place” that could treat children
with emotional problems.
The Livermore parents found
that not a single facility existed
for such children in this state.
“That’s true,” George Bar-
Unicef Calls to be Made
By Children Here Sunday
Sunday afternoon, from 3 to
5:30 p.m. the cry “Trick or Treat
for UNICEF” will be heard in
Southern Pines. Children from
Southern Pines churches will be
the visitors.
UNICEF is a program that
strives to develop peace in the
world by working with children
primarily in the developing
areas of the world. The program
has delivered tons of food to
children but it has also con
tributed toward technological
and medical advancement so
that self-help and dignity might
become a reality.
Brownson Memorial
Presbyterian, (3iurch of Wide
Fellowship, Emmanuel
Episcopal, First Baptist, Our
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hour, psychologist at the San
dhills Mental Health Center,
confirmed:
“Adult mental wards in the
state hospital are about the only
place for children. There is no
long-term residential treatment
available, aside from a few
private, and quite expensive
facilities.”
The Livermores decided that
“We as parents are going to have
to speak out for other parents”
whose children need a place to go
for the weekend or for a longer
term.
Starting in January of last
year, Mrs. Livermore traveled to
Raleigh to lobby singlehandedly
in the state legislature for
children’s mental health
facilities;
She went to see the Governor,
trie Lieutenant Governor, and the
legislators directly. Her method
was dogged persistence. Mrs.
Livermore refused to leave the
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Council Rejects
Meals for Aged
Ervin to Address Rally
Of Democrats on Friday
Senator Sam Ervin will be the
speaker Friday night at a Moore
County Democratic Rally at the
Union Pines High School.
The program will get under
way at 7 p.m.
Democratic Chairman Carolyn
Blue said a large crowd is ex
pected for the occasion.
Tickets have been turned over
to the various precinct chairman
and are still available at $10
each.
A barbecue and ham supper
will be served in the school
cafeteria, and the speaking will
be in the school auditorium.
Russell Powell and his
Pinedene Symphony will play,
but Senator Ervin will be the only
speaker on the program.
Accompanying Senator Ervin
will be Rufus Edmisten of Boone,
Senator Sam Ervin
deputy general chairman of the
Watergate committee.
State Bar to Hold Meet
At Pinehurst This Week
Questions Asked
Five questions were submitted to the ten candidates for the
Southern Pines Town Council, and their replies are in the second part
of a series on the upcoming election in today’s Pilot.
The responses and statements of five candidates are presented in
today’s issue:
The questions asked were:
1— What are the major problems facing the town in the next five
years?
2— What are the major needs of the town not now being filled?
3— How can the town be made more attractive?
4— How can the Town Council help to revitalize the downtown
business area?
5— Should the town limits be extended?
The 40th annual meeting of the
North Carolina State Bar, of
which William D. Sabiston Jr. of
Carthage is president, will be
held at Pinehurst Thursday and
Friday of this week.
The main address will be by
Senator Sam Ervin Jr., who wUl
speak at the afternoon session on
Friday. Sabiston said the public
as well as members of the legal
Sales Tax
Moore County continued to
lead in the Sandhills region in
sales tax collections, which is
regarded as a prime indicator of
economic conditions.
Collections of the one percent
local option sales tax amounted
to $72,641.20 in September,
Secretary J. Howard Coble of the
State Department of Revenue
has reported.
The report on the one percent
collection in other counties of the
region were: Anson, $23,467.69;
Hoke, $15,280.34; Lee, $70,390.46;
Montgomery, $25,069.29; Rich
mond, $68,196.38.
profession is invited to hear the
address.
Senator Ervin, chairman of the
Select Committee on
Presidential Campaign Prac
tices, which is investigating the
Watergate case, wUl be in
troduced by Attorney General
Robert Morgan.
Senator Ervin’s speech will be
at 2 p.m. in the Pinehurst Hotel.
Sabiston said that between 250
and 300 are expected to attend
the meetings. The Board of
Governors of the N.C. Bar
Association will also meet here
on Thursday.
Other speakers include
William H. Bobbitt, Chief Justice
of the Supreme Court of North
Carolina and Walter E. Brock,
Chief Judge of the North
Carolina Court of Appeals.
This year marks the first time
the State Bar has held its annual
meeting outside of Raleigh. The
two day meeting will include
panel discussions on the state’s
new Code of Professional
Responsibility for North
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A $138,000 Senior Citizens
Nutrition Program has been
rejected by the Pee Dee Council
of Governments primarily
because of opposition from
Moore County.
At a meeting last week in
Rockingham the nutrition plan to
serve 300 meals per day to senior
citizens in the region was
brought up.
On a motion by C.A.
McLaughlin, representative of
the Southern Pines Town
Council, seconded by Arthur
Purvis, Moore County com
missioner, the Pee Dee Council
voted to turn down the funds.
Mrs. Betty Cox of the Council
said that “they didn’t think it was
needed.” She said the paper
work on the application for the
funds, which would have
required a 10 percent con
tribution from local govern
ments, had been completed.
Under the proposed program
Moore County would have
received the largest share of the
funds, with two meal sites
planned for the county. It was to
be set up for one year and could
be terminated after that if the
benefits were less than expected.
Mayor Earl Hubbard of
Southern Pines said that he knew
nothing about the program, but
planned to make some inquiry
about it. Chairman Sid Taylor of
the Moore County com
missioners said that it had been
brought to the commissioners
attention but “no official action
was taken.”
County Planner Bob Helms,
who attended the Pee Dee
Council meeting, said that he felt
the nutrition program for senior
citizens was turned
down because there were
“too many questions not an-
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World Open
Arnold Palmer and Gary
Player are among the pro golfers
whose entry was received this
week for the $500,000 World
Open, to be played at Pinehurst,
Nov. 8-17.
Also making their entry this
week were Johnny Miller, the
current U.S. Open champion,
Gene Littler, former Open
winner, and three former
Masters winners. Bob Goalby,
George Archer and Charles
Coody.
Deadline for entries is Oct. 31.
Dry Weather Brings Warnings
On Forest Fires Danger Here
Extremely dry weather has
created a dangerous situation in
respect to forest fires in the
Sandhills.
Forest Ranger Robert Ed
wards said that the forest service
answered five forest fire calls in
one day last week and he urged
extreme caution in the burning of
trash.
Most of the fires thus far have
come from sparks from trash
M.
burning, which is permitted if
done within 100 feet of a dwelling.
“They are within the law doing
that,” Edwards said. “They
must be violating the pollution
laws, but we are not enforcing
that.”
Edwards said that most of the
forest fires have been spotted
from the towers in the county.
“We’ve been able to get there
fast, sometimes before the folks
report them,” he said. “We’ve
been real lucky.”
One fire in Southern Pines on
Friday afternoon was brought
under contrrol fairly quickly by
the fire department but only
after from two to three acres had
been burned. Edwards said it
was thought the fire was started
by “a smoker in the area.”
Fires, however, have been
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FOREST FIRE—A fire believed to have been started by a smoker in the area
burned over from two to three acres of woods on Midland and Pee Dee roads in
Southern Pines Friday afternoon. Firemen from the Southern Pines Fire
Department soon had the blaze under control—(Photo by Glenn M. Sides).