Weather
Temperatures today and tomorrow are
predicted at 88 degrees, with night time
lows at 67. The mercury is expected to
rise to the lower 90s later in the week,
with a 20 percent chance of rain. The
past week was hot and dry, with a high
of 96 Sunday and the low 62 Sunday
night.
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Southern Pines, North Carolina Wednesday, July 17, 1974
32 Pages
Index
Books, 2-B; Church Calendar, 3-B;
Classified, 11-15-A; Editorial, 1-B;
Entertainment, 11-A; Obituaries, 7-A;
Pinehurst News, 5-6-A; Social News, 2-
4-A; Sports, 8-A.
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Vice President Will Speak
At Hall Of Fame Opening
They Wait on Court
At Duncraig Manor
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BY MARJORIE RAGAN
A week after the Southern
Pines Town Council voted to
evict children at Duncraig
Manor treatment center.
Director Cecil Brown said that he
had received no orders to leave.
In fact, Tuesday morning a 15-
year-old boy and a 15-year-old
girl moved in, bringing the oc
cupants to the full number
originally scheduled for Dun
craig.
The only word he has received
from the town. Brown said, was a
call from Councilman C.A.
McLaughlin requesting the name
of the Center’s attorney. Brown
says he has none, and that At
torney Van Camp was his
spokesman only as represen
tative of Mrs. Constance Baker,
who owns the property.
The matter will come before
Federal Court in Durham on
August 28, Brown says he has
been informed. He plans to do
nothing until then.
The Southern Pines Police
Department reported yesterday
that they had been given no
orders to evict the Duncraig
occupants. & did the l^eriff.
Brown said several original
signers of a petition against the
center because of alleged im
proper zoning had told him they
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Prices Lower Than Hoped
On Eve of Openings Here
Vice President Gerald R. Ford
has accepted an invitation from
World Golf Hall of Fame
President Donald C. Collett to be
the principal speaker at the
dedication of the multi-million
dollar golf shrine at Pinehurst on
Wednesday, September 11.
The dedication will precede the
induction of the 13 inaugural
honorees into the world shrine on
the afternoon preceding the first
round of the $300,000 World Open
championship to be played at the
Pinehurst Country Club.
Vice President Ford, a former
Michigan athlete and an avid
golfer, accepted the invitation
contingent upon his heavy
schedule permitting, and this
week he wrote that it now ap
pears possible for him to attend
and take part in the dedication
and induction.
“From time to time
emergencies do arise which are
beyond my control and which
might prevent my carrying out
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THIS IS A NO-NO — As the bicycle boom continues so do the problems of bike
safety, and police in Southern Pines and Aberdeen are issuing guidelines as well
as warnings against practices such as this of riding bicycles on
sidewalks.—(Photo by Glenn M. Sides).
Bicycle Boom Brings New Call
^For Greater Safety of Riders
BY JENNIFER CALDWELL
A summer pastime that
Americans have embraced for
years is getting new attention,
especially in the field of safety.
As bicycles are still on the boom,
measures must be taken to
safeguard both the rider and the
motorist.
Last spring, a woman visiting
the Sandhills area was killed
while riding her rented bike on
Midland Road.
The Town of Southern Pines
issued a statement a year or so
ago stating that “During the past
Bloodmobile
The Bloodmobile of the Moore
County Chapter of the American
Red Cross will be at the Sheraton
Motor Inn on Friday, July 19,
from 11 a.m. until 4:30 p.m.
Don Calfee, committee
chairman for the Southern Pines
-aJaycees and manager of the
'Sheraton Inn, says that 977 pints
of blood are needed to make up
for a deficit and provide enough
blood for needs in July.
Through June the deficit in
Moore was 778 pints of blood, and
it is estimated that 199 is ne^ed:
each month. Calfee said that 244
pints of blood are needed at each
visit of the Bloodmobile, and he
hopes to not only collect this
amount but more to reduce the
deficit.
several weeks we have had
several elderly people hit by
bicycles.” This was in the down
town area, as they were going
onto the sidewalk from the
stores. Many children have also
been hurt. The average age for
children’s accidents is 12 for boys
and seven for girls.
Riding bicycles on sidewalks is
prohibited within the town of
Southern Pines, under the traffic
ordinances. Chief Jerome
Whipple in Aberdera says that
“kids on sidewalks are a
problem.”
These children are violating
traffic regulations, and actually
could be taken to juvenile court,
through petition. However, Chief
Earl Seawell of Southern Pines
believes that such measures
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Opening day prices were lower
than expected on old Border Belt
tobacco auction markets on
Monday, but state officials were
of the opinion they would be
higher when markets in the
Sandhills open next Monday,
July 22.
Many growers expressed
anger at the lower than expected
prices for early primings and
lugs sold Monday, with the
average for North Carolina
markets reported as $83.60 per
hundred pounds. Last year’s
opening day average was $83.03
per hundred.
Markets which opened Monday
were at Lumberton, Fairmont,
Tabor City, Whiteville and
Chadboum. I^es began at Fair
Bluff on Tuesday and at Clarkton
on Wednesday.
Auction sales will begin at
Carthage and Sanford next
Monday and at Aberdeen and
Fayetteville on Tuesday.
John H. Cyrus, tobacco
marketing expert of the N. C.
Department of Agriculture, said
that the prices paid Monday did
not reflect the increase in federal
price supports, which is about
four percent over last year.
Cyrus said that to reflect the
support increase grades which
sold for $85 on Monday should
have sold for $87 or $88.
There was a general belief,
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Pinebluff
Changes
Are Made
Changes in the Board of
Equalization, sometimes
referred to as the Zoning Board,
were made by Mayor Seth Cole
at the regular meeting of the
Pinebluff Town Council on
Thursday.
Three vacancies of the board
were filled and Louis Spurling
was named chairman. The board
now consists of Julia Morgan,
James Griffin, Naphra Mc^y,
Mac Mills and Spurling.
A special meeting of the town
council will be held July 18 at 8
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Vice President Ford
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Kidnap Charge Dropped
Against Young Vass Man
A charge of kidnapping
against Ricky Medlin, 21, of Vass
was nol prossed in Hoke County
District court Friday when a
statement made by the alleged i
victim and witnessed by Vass
officials was disclosed.
Medlin had been held in the
Hoke County jail under a $10,000
bond on a warrant sworn out by
Johnny Patterson charging the
kidnapping of Anita B. Patterson
of Ashley Heights. He was
.arrested by Moore County of-
I ficers. The warrant charged that
the kidnaj)j}ing took place July 1.
Chief of Police James Grissom
of Vass and Town Qerk Mrs.
Irene MuUinex confirmed that
they had witnessed the followmg
statement at the home of Mrs.
MuUinex July 6:
“To whom it may concern:
“If I go back to live with my
people, my husband, Johnny AVd/llCd
Patterson, or my mother, father
or sister, they wUl hurt me and
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Rev. R.S. Arrowood
Minister
District Meet Planned
By Democrats Saturday
THE
PILOT LIGHT
Ambulance Course Nearing End
The first advanced class for
ambulance attendants in Region
H will complete the 81-hour
course at SandhiUs Ctonununity
* CoUege next week.
Organized by Graham R.
Hunter, regional coordinator of
the Office of Emergency Medical
Services, the course has been
taught by A. B. Parker and Capt.
Max Edwards of Vass.
Some 30 Rescue Squad
members from Moore and ^ch-
mond Counties have been at
tending the classes since May.
AU of them had received the 20
hours of training which had been
required for ambulance at
tendants. Under a 1973 law it wiU
become mandatory as of Jan. 1,
1976, for attendants to have 81
hours of training, and Hunter
said the course here would
enable squad members in the
region to be qualified far ahead
of schedule.
The training program also ties
in with the development of an
Emergency Medical Services
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HEFNER — BiU Hefner, the
Democratic candidate for Con
gress from the Eighth District,
was denied the use of a school
auditorium for one of his Gospel
rallies in Scotland County.
The board of education in
Scotland County voted a few days
ago not to allow Hefner to hold a
rally in the high school, as he has
done recently in both Moore and
Montgomery counties.
No reason for the denial was
given, although questions were
asked as to ttie purpose of the
rallies. When the board was told
they were both political and
religious the board members
hemmed and hawed a bit and
then voted against it.
Hefner, owner of a radio
station in Kannapolis, is well
known as a gospel singer.
TRANSPORTATION — Troy
Doby, the new Secretary of the
Department of Transportation,
has replaced several of the
lieutenants of the former Secre
tary Bruce Lentz, who is now
head of the Department of
Administration.
Reports out of Raleigh are that
Doby is taking a different tack
from Lentz and will not engage in
swashbuckling wholesale firings.
Doby, a professional engineer,
didn’t always see eye-to-eye with
Lentz while serving on the Board
of Transportation. In fact, there
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The Eighth District Demo
cratic convention will be held
Saturday, July 20 at the Stanly
County courthouse in Albemarle,
J. Ed Causey, Moore County
Democratic chairman has an
nounced.
He has asked all Moore
delegates to meet around 10:30 or
10:45 a.m. at the Heart of
Albemarle Motel, which is only a
block from the courthouse.
A buffet dutch luncheon will be
served at the motel from 11:30
a.m. until 2 p.m., he said.
The District convention will be
an organizational meeting. A
delegate will be elected to attend
the “mini-convention” of the
national Democrats in December
in Kansas City, Missouri, which
is headed by Terry Sanford,
president of Duke University and
former Governor.
Delegates include Carolyn
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Dies at 81
The Rev. Robert South
Arrowood, retired Presbyterian
minister, who served for many
years as Stated Clerk in two
North Carolina Presbyteries,
died Saturday at Moore
Memorial Hospital after a short
illness. He was 81 years old.
He and his wife moved to
Aberdeen in 1967 following his
retirement from the active
ministry, and made their home
at 326 McQueen Road, in Forest
Hills.
Funeral services were held
Sunday at Bethesda
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Summer Reading Runs Gamut
BY CONNIE DENNIS
This summer is no different
from all other summers before.
Travelers are still flocking to
their favorite vacation spots or
venturing to some peculiar place
far away. Charcoals continue to
burn on many outside barbecues.
People are eagerly swimming
and competing in hot summer
softball games. And children of
all ages are gazing at the
beauties of nature which only
appear at this lovely time of
year.
Summer is the right time as
well to relax, sit under a shade
tree, sip a cold drink, and finally
get down to reading a good book.
The Pilot recently conducted a
survey, asking area libraries and
bookstores just what people are
reading this summer. Here are
the results.
According to Southern Pines
Library assistant, Mrs. Trudie
Skinta, “People are reading
everyOiing. Everybody seems to
want anyfiiing that is new.”
Garden, “How To,” and travel
books, as well as John Creasey
mysteries and books related to
politics and Watergate are
especially being well-read this
sunmier, reported Mrs. Skinta.
“Books about the coast and
light fiction-peonle are taking
this kind of twoks with them to
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Memories of Old Jail Linger in Move to New
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EMERGENCY INSTRUCTION — A. B. Parker of Vass (center) gives instruction
to members of the first advanced Emergency Medical Service class in Region H
at Sandhills Community College. The class in which Moore and Richmond County
Rescue Squad members are enrolled will be completed next week. -- (Photo by
Glenn M. Sides)
BY VALERIE NICHOLSON
The new Moores County jail,
nearly two years a-bt^ding,
went into use over the weekend
with the move of the prisoners
from the old jail next door, and of
the sheriff’s department from
the courthouse one block away.
The move not only brings these
facilities together for Hie first
time, but provides the most
modern surroundings and
equipment for their use.
For the eight prisoners tran
sferred, it was a move from the
Middle Ages of jail construction
into modem times.
While the new jail, this week
still obscured by the old building-
-its main entrance separated
from the old jail’s side wall by
only three feet of rutted dirt-
resembles nothing so much as a
dark-brown-brick fortress, inside
it is light, airy, with iches of
color; air-conditioned, and with
news and musical radio
programs piped over an am
plifier.
There is even an enclosed
courtyard, with basketball hoop
and backboard, for the prisoners’
exercise, in keeping wi& modem
considerations of health and
humane treatment.
For Sheriff C.G. Wimberly, his
deputies, dispatchers and others
of his staff, the new facility-
erected at a cost of nearly
$450,000 for construction and
equipment-means greater ef
ficiency and convenience, with
much improved safety and
supervision.
Wimberly will retain an office
in the courthouse for use during
court sessions and for other
purposes.
The last couple of months in
the old jail had to be spent
without even proper locks.
During a jailbreak in May an
escaping prisoner, Robert Earl
“Yogi” Phillips, who had
somehow obtained a gun, used it
to make off with the jailer’s keys,
leaving him and other officers
locked in the “bull-pen.” Phillips
was recaptured, but the keys
were never found. The old locks
had to be cut with a blowtorch
from the jail doors, and new
hasps welded on for padlocks.
W.S. Taylor, chairman of
Moore County commissioners, a
collector of antique weapons and
other rarities, had spoken up for
the old keys, some of which had
been in use since the building
was built about 75 years ago.
Whether he ever gets them is
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BUILT-IN GALLOWS — Sheriff Wimberly indicates
the lever (at right) and the line of the trapdoor inset in
upstairs corridor of old jail, a grisly relic of long-ago
days when counties handled their own executions. —
(Photo by V. Nicholson)