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Light Vote Seen Tuesday;
Senate Race Tops Interest
AT SYMPHONY BALL — Governor James Holshouser Jr. poses with Mr. and
Mrs. Norris Hodgkins Jr., at the annual North Carolina Symphony Ball Saturday
night at the Country Club of North Carolina. Governor and Mrs. Holshouser were
the official hosts for the ball, and Mrs. Hodgkins of Southern Pines, president of
the N.C. Symphony Society, presided. See story Page 2-A. —(Photo by Emerson
Humphrey).
Problems of Sewer Place Town
On State’s ‘No Growth’ Limits
Because of sewer problems
Southern Pines is one of 42
communities in North Carolina
in which a “no growth” or “slow
growth” restriction has been
placed by the State Office of
Water and Air Resources.
Under the policy the town is
restricted to “normal residential
growth.”
This means that new houses
can be added to the sewer
system, but large subdivisions,
industrial plants or big commer
cial enterprises would not be
permitted, or at least would
require a special permit from the
State.
Southern Pines along with the
others were found to be lacking
in adequate waste treatment
plants capable of protecting
waters from human and industr
ial sewage.
The town is now operating
under a temporary permit from
the State office, and Town
Manager Lew Brown said this
week that he felt Southern Pines,
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Forest Plan Is Praised
By Harrington In Talk
An increasingly stronger role
for regional councils in the
coordination of programs in land
use planning, recreation and
sedimentation control was urged
Elks Plan Special Day
For Moore Law Officers
The first annual Law En
forcement Recognition Day is
planned by the Southern f^es
Elks Lodge for May 19.
Display booths will be set up by
various law enforcement officers
to show the public how they
operate.
Participating will be all Moore
County police departments, the
sheriff’s department. Highway
Patrol, the State Bureau of In
vestigation, the FBI. A special
feature will be a performance by
the marijuana dogs from Fort
Bragg.
The Moore County Law Of
ficers Association will also hold
their annual chicken fry at the
same time. Serving will be from
11 a.m. to 6 p.m., and tickets may
be purchased from any law of
ficer or from members of the
Elks.
Announcement will also be
made of the selection of Jhe
Moore County Law Officer of the
Year.
Other events for the day in
clude two parachute drops and a
performance by the Fort Bragg
self-defence teams.
Cancer Crusade Is Short
Of Moore’s $12,000 Goal
As of this week the Cancer
Crusade in Moore County had
reached a total of $9,730.60,
which is $2270.40 short of the
$12,000 goal.
William P. Yarborough,
president of the Moore County
Unit of the American Cancer
Society, said today that he still
has high hopes of making the
county’s quota.
Some sections of Moore ex
ceeded their quotas and others
are still trying to top their goals,
he said.
Yarborough paid high tribute
to the area chairmen and the
many volunteers who “are
giving so much of their time to
make this year’s fund drive as
successful as those of the past.”
He had special words of praise
for Bill Gaston and Mark
Garrison of Radio station W107,
who in a radio appeal alone
raised over $1,500 in con
tributions and pledges.
On April 27 collections county
wide were listed as follows:
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THE
PILOT LIGHT
CAMPAIGNS — In the final
days of campaigning before the
Primary next Tuesday more
interest is being generated in the
Democratic race for the U.S.
Senate nomination.
Attorney General Robert Mor
gan is still considered the front
runner, but other candidates
claim they have polls which
reveal a large percentage of
voters who are undecided. This
may be possible but it is highly
unlikely that the percentage of
undecided is as high as 30
percent as some claim.
At any rate, both Henry Hall
Wilson and Nick Galifianakis are
making an all-out effort to get
dent, who resigned his $115,000 a
year job to come home and
campaign for the Senate, said he
feels that he is making steady
progress. Wilson also predicted
that he would pick up enough of
the undecided vote to be in a
second primary.
He confessed that raising
money for a campaign is more
difficult, saying “spillover from
Watergate has caused some of
this.”
Wilson has consistently made
his pitch along the idea that
because of his service as an
administrative aide to Presi
dents Kennedy and Johnson in
congressional liaison work that
Tuesday night by Secretary
James Harrington of the Depart
ment of Natural and Economic
Resources.
Harrington spoke at the annual
meeting of the Pee Dee Council
of Government at East Mont
gomery High School at Biscoe.
He hailed as an outstanding
example of intergovermnental
cooperation the recently signed
agreement between his depart
ment at the Pee Dee Council to
coordinate land use planning
activities on forest and related
lands in Region H, of which
Moore County is a part. Harring
ton went on to say:
“You know better than I, this
region is dominated by forests.
Yet control of those forests and
the areas around them rests in
different hands. For example, a
big chunk of the forest lands are
owned by the Federal govern
ment. Protection of the forests
and management assistance for
privately owned forests is a
responsibility of our department.
And control of the use of the land
around those forests lies with you
local government officials.
“It is easy to see how
coordination of the use of those
forests and related lands will
result in better use of those
lands. I think all three levels of
government deserve a pat on the
back for reaching that agree-
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Moore Man
Is Drowned
In Scotland
Albert A. Kellis, 24, of
Aberdeen, Rt. 1, drowned Mon
day afternoon in Scotland Coun
ty, where he had gone on a
fishing trip with his wife.
With a friend, John “Doc”
Venable of Marston, Rt. 1, they
were fishing in an old gravel pit,
in an isolated area off NC 501,
about two miles over the line
from Moore County, when Kellis
decided he would take a swim, it
was learned from Sheriff B.P.
Lytch of Scotland County.
A light vote of possibly 5,000
out of a total registration of more
than 18,000 in next Tuesday’s
primary voting has been forecast
for Moore County.
The Democrats have five
contested local races and the
Republicans one. In addition
there is one contest in the non
partisan Board of Education.
Most interest, however, is
centered on the race for the
Democratic nomination for the
U.S. Senate, \vith 10 candidates
on the ballot. The Republicans
also have a statewide contest for
the U.S. Senate nomination, with
three candidates running.
Polls on Tuesday, May 7, will
be open from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30
p.m.
Voting is usually light in off-
year elections, and in the last off-
year Democratic primary there
was a total of 4,820 votes cast.
This was in the race for sheriff in
which six candidates were
running.
In 1972, a general election
year, there was a total of 6,479
votes cast in the Democratic
primary race for the State House
of Representatives, with three
candidates in the race. In the
second primary runoff election
the total dropped to 5,711 votes
cast.
Voting in the Republican
primary is expected to be even
lower than usual, with interest
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Pinebluff
Will Vote
On Bonds
Voters of Pinebluff are being
urged by town officials to vote
“yes” on the proposed $105,000
bond issue to finance extensive
improvements in the town’s
water supply system. This issue
comes before the town’s voters at
the May 7 election.
The present system includes a
number of two-inch water lines
that are dead-ended, with the
result that residents served by
these lines are virtually without
water during peak demand
periods, it was explained.
Moreover, many homes are
more than 2,000 feet from a fire
hydrant, so that the only water
available to fight a fire would be
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Sewer Plan
On Public
Display
Proposed plans for a Moore
County sewage treatment faciU-
ty were opened for public
inspection at noon today (Wed
nesday) in the County Court
house, in preparation for a May
15 public hearing on the multi-
million-dollar project.
The plans encompass studies
made by the Charlotte engineer
ing firm of Henningson, Durham
& Richardson, and are required
in order to qualify for a federal
grant covering 75 percent of the
cost of planning, designing and
building the facility.
They cover such matters as
suitable sites for the disposal
plant, type of treatment to be
used, and the relative ad-
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Aberdeen
Man Held
In Robbery
Charles Melton, 23, of Aber
deen, wanted by Moore County
Sheriff’s officers on felony
Ixeaking, entering and larceny
charges, has been picked up iii
Colorado charged with a bank
robbery in Oregon.
Sheriff Charles Wimberly said
Tuesday that Melton, along with
Walter Woodcock Jr. and Jimmy
Hines, also of Aberdeen, were
accused of robbing The Peddler
Inc. in Southern Pines of a TV
set, in December, and recovered
in New Hanover County in a raid
of a residence.
The Sheriff said Jimmy Hines
escaped, and had not been
reported picked up, but that
Woodcock was now in prison on
felony toeaking, entering and
larceny at the New Hanover
house. Melton had also escaped.
All three face charges in Moore
County, which may or may not be
pressed because of the federal
charges against them, the Sheriff
said.
Melton was arrested in Golden,
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AWARDED CUP —James Andrew Belle of Union Pines High School is presented
the Junior Builder’s Cup by President Durward Grady of the Sandhills Kiwanis
Club. Looking on are Ed. Fitchett (front left), chairman of the Junior Builder’s
Cup committee, and, back row, left to right, Gary Fuquay, representing Nicholas
Joseph Picerno of Union Pines, Diana Lynn Moon of Pinecrest, Clifton Franklin
Marley and Sharon Louise Underwood of North Moore. —(Photo by Emerson
Humphrey).
Junior Builders Cup Awarded
To James Belle of Union Pines
James Andrew Bdlle, who -
among many other distinctions -
is student body president at
Union Pines High School, was the
recipient Friday night of the
Junior Builders Cup as Moore
County’s most outstanding high
school senior.
Five nominees were presented,
and the final choice revealed by
R. Edgar Fitchett III, chairman
of the selection committee of the
sponsoring Sandhills Kiwanis
Club, at intermission of the
annual Picquet Music Festival,
held in the Cardinal Room of the
Pinehurst Hotel.
Presentation of the cup was
made by Durward P. Grady,
Kiwanis president.
The award carries with it a
$500 scholarship to the coUege or
university of the winner’s choice,
to be given by the Moore County
Education Foundation, founded
and operated by the Sandhills
Kiwanis.
Young Belle, 18, the son of the
Rev. and Mrs. M. M. Belle of
Carthage, was recommended by
his principal, as were all toe
nominees, all meeting five
general requirements which
Fitchett explained: each must be
a graduating senior, in toe top
third of his class scholastically;
must have been a “notable
contributor” to school life, have
demonstrated willingness and
ability to accept responsibility,
and must be a “worthy example
in character.”
Of those meeting these
requirements, the ultimate
selection is based on the record,
showing the candidate’s attitude
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High Speed Chase Causes
Damages to Patrol Cars
Clarendon Gardens Color Show
Reflects Variety of Planting
A chase down U.S. Highway 1
at speeds exceeding 100 miles an
hour Saturday evening climaxed
in damage to two State Highway
Patrol cars and the pursued
vehicle and arrest of its driver on
four counts.
The chase began about 7:50
p.m. Saturday when State
Troopers J.W. Smith and J.W.
Alexander, operating a speed
timing device about three miles
north of Southern Pines, timed a
southbound Pinto traveling in
excess of 100 mph.
They took off in pursuit, finally
slowing the car a short distance
north of the Morganton Road
overpass on U.S. 1. This they
accomplished by maneuvering
one patrol car ahead of the Pinto,
the other behind it.
The pursued car then swung
onto the median strip, then back,
directly into the side of one patrol
car. The patrol car following
then struck the rear of the Pinto.
Arrested was Richard E. Sercy
of Route 2, Cameron, who, the
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BY JIM SUTHERLAND
Visitors to the Southern Pines -
Pinehurst region who peruse toe
pages of the brochure put out by
the Sandhills Area Chamber of
Commerce may, if they read
carefully, spot these words:
“...Linden Road, which you
will follow for about a mile -
another lovely scenic drive - to
Clarendon Gardens. Any time of
the year is right for visiting these
beautiful gardens, noted for
having the nation’s largest holly
show, over 200 varieties, and for
its memorable display of aza
leas, camellias, dogwood, crepe
myrtle, phlox, magnolias and
day lilies.”
That brief description only
begins to recount the beauties of
this 25-acre Eden, handiwork of
Mr. and Mrs. Francis W. Howe.
On rolling, wooded land pur
chased some 29 years ago has
been created a rustic garden
girding a five-acre lake and filled
with untold varieties of shrubs,
trees and flowers-some of them
brought in from abroad to
intermingle with domestic vari
eties of the same or similar
species. The azalea varieties
alone number 220.
The Howes’ 18-room home is
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Religion Course Okayed;
School Budget Approved
those undecided votes and force, he would be able to get more
a runnoff election.
WILSON — At a Henry Hall
Wilson Day in his hometown of
Monroe on Saturday, the former
Chicago Board of Trade presi-
federal dollars for North Car
olina.
GALIFIANAKIS — Former
Congressman Nick Galifianakis
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Lytch said Kellis ran around
the edge of the pit for about 50
yards, then jumped into water
estimated to be about eight feet
deep. From a distance his wife
and friend saw him go down,
come up a time or two, then
disappear, but they were unable
to get to him in time.
They drove a mile and a half to
the fire tower, the nearest place
they could get help, and Sheriff
Lytch and the rescue unit from
Laurinburg were soon on the
way. The body, recovered at 3:20
p.m., had been in the water about
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The Moore County Board of
Education Tuesday night ap
proved initiation of a “release
time” program of Christian
education, subject to a review of
the plan by the school attorney,
' and his opinion as to its legal
aspects.
The program would start next
fall with a pilot class of 25
ninth-graders, with possibly
some eighth-graders, from the
Southern Pines Middle School,
who would meet for one daily
session at Brownson Memorial
Presbyterian Church nearby for
a non-denominational Bible
study course.
The nroDOsal was made by
A.K. Perkins, Southern Pines
Middle School principal, and Dr.
Fred Ebersole, chairman of the
project for the Brownson Memor
ial Church, who told of a trip they
had made early in April to
Gainesville, Ga., where they
visited the Christian Education
Centers, Inc., and schools of the
area working with the centers.
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Library Addition Work
Is Now Under Way Here
LAKESIDE LOVELINESS — Stately pines, airy dogwoods, flowering azaleas arid
hearty hollies are but a few of the plant varieties encompassing this five-acre lake
in Clarendon Gardens. —(Photo by Emerson Humphrey).
Construction of the 2,000-
square-foot addition to the
Southern Pines Library is now
under way, with the total cost of
the project approximating
$84,000, according to W. Lamont
Brown, Southern Pines Town
attorney.
Scheduled for completion
before the end of this year, toe
addition will increase toe size of
the library by about a third. The
added space will include a room
for small children; a work room
for such purposes as repair of
damaged books, a private office
for toe librarian, a listening
room and a viewing room.
In addition, toilets will be in
stalled in the entrance gallery
between the main reading room
and the Boyd Room. These, along
with an existing doorway leading
from toe street directly into the
entrance gallery, will make it
possible to close off this whole
wing of the library for special
uses such as artists’ exhibits,
recitals or meetings. Brown
explained.
General contractor is Snead &
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