Index
Books, 2-B; Church Calendar, 3-B
Classified, 8-11-C; Editorial, 1-B
Entertainment, 14-B; Obituaries, 7-A
Pinehurst News, 1-2-3-C; Social News,
2-4-A; Sports, 6-A.
Vol. 34-No. 38.
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Southern Pines, North Carolina Wednesday, July 24, 1974
36 Pages
Thirty pereent chance of rain is
forecast through Thursday, with an
expected high of 85 degrees. The low
this week was Tuesday morning when
the mercury popped to 55 and the high
of 92 was recorded Wednesday. 1.2
inches of rainfall fell Sunday and
Monday.
Price 10 Cents
Arrests
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Rosa Mae Little Ray, 19, of
Eagle Springs, was arrested
Sunday by Moore County
Sheriff’s officers - the fourth
person charged in connection
with an SBI investigation of
alleged prostitution and drug
charges at Samarkand Manor.
She will receive a hearing
August 8 in District Court in
Carthage on charges of aiding
* and abetting an escaped
, runaway. She made bond of $500.
Montgomery Sheriff’s Deputy
John Callicutt said that Dennis
Lee Williams, 22, of Candor, Rt.
1, was arrested Friday and
David McBryde, 22, of Candor,
Rt. 1 had been arrested Saturday
,1 and bonds were set at $1,000.
' ^ Williams is charged by toe SBI
* with aiding and abetting and
^ ■ contributing to the delinquency
of a minor Samarkand runaway.
McBryde is also charged with
contributing to the delinquency
of a minor and aiding a runa^\ ly.
Security has been tightened at
the Correctional Center, under
; the direction of James Leathers,
who recently replaced Nehemiah
g^arker as head of the school.
^ David Jones, Secretary of the
Department, asked for an in
vestigation of the school after a
girl was shot in nearby Belle
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TOBACCO SEASON OPENS — Bidding was brisk at the opening of the 1974
tobacco auction season at Farmers Warehouse in Carthage Monday morning. It
was the earliest market opening in recent history for the Sandhills area, with an
average of more than $85 per hundred recorded.—(Photo by Glenn M. Sides).
Tobacco Auctions Started;
Carthage Averages $85.76
Tobacco markets opened in
Moore County this week with
first day sales at Carthage on
Monday averaging $85.76 per
hundred pounds and at Aberdeen
on Tuesday $82.50 per hundred.
There was some grumbling
from farmers because they had
$100,000 Grant Awarded
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expected prices on this year’s
crop to be higher. Warehouse
men said, however, there was
less dissatisfaction with prices
than some of them had thought
there would be.
Tom Colson, assistant agricul
tural Extension agent for Moore
County, said he had visited
auction sales, on both markets
and found that prices were only a
cent or two a pound above
government support prices.
“The quality is as good or
better as it has been on opening
day,” Colson said, “and most
farmers just can’t understand
why prices are not higher.”
Nevertheless, there was very
little tobacco on which auction
bids were rejected and toe leaf
was turned over to toe Tobacco
Stabilization Corp., under toe
price support program. At
Farmers Warehouse at Carthage
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The Frederick J. Kennedy
Memorial Foundation of Boston,
Mass., a charitable trust
established by the will of the late
Audrey Kennedy of Boston and
Southern Pines, has announced a
Grant of $100,000 to St. Joseph-of-
toe-Pines Hospital.
Presentation of the grant was
nade by Dr. Francis L. Owens to
Msgr. James E. McSweeney,
administrator of toe hospital.
Dr. Owens is chief of staff at St.
Joseph-of-the-Pines end also a
member of the Board of Trustees
of toe Foundation.
Monies of toe grant are being
used for the renovation of the
hospital’s pharmacy and
laboratory, construction of a
solarium and roof garden and
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One Killed, One Injiu’ed
When Auto Leaves Road
Chamber Now Organizing
Travel Coimcil for Area
One young passenger was
killed and another critically
injured in a one-car accident
Thursday night on Betoesda
Road, a quarternnile south of its
junction with East Connecticut
Ave., a short distance outside toe
Southern Pines town limits.
Molly O’Neil, 15, of 110
Highland Road, a student at
Pinecrest High School, suffered a
broken neck in toe accident and
was pronounced dead on arrival
at Moore Memorial Hospital,
according to Coroner A. B.
Parker.
Transferred early Friday to N.
C. Memorial Hospital at Chapel
Hill with severe head injuries
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Proposal for its formation was
submitted by the Chamber
Resort Committee to toe Cham-
forming a Travel Council to ber Directors at their July
promote the area on a continu-. meeting and approved at that
ing, concentrated and profes- time.
BY BETSY LINDAU
The Sandhills Area Chamber of
Commerce is in toe process of
Burglar Alarms Reduce
School Vandalism Here
sional basis throughout the
eastern United States and Cana
da.
The Council will be a separate
organization under toe overall
supervision of toe Chamber.
The Coimcil will be supported
by membership dues, with
membership open to all Chamber
members. In its initial phases it
is also expected that toe Council
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'Postal Cancellation Set
In Hall of Fame Opening
The U. S. Postal Service has
approved a special com
memorative postal cancellation
for the World Golf Hall of Fame.
Don Collett, president of
. Pinehurst, Inc., said that plans
•are for a temporary postal
station to be set up on toe
grounds of the Hall of Fame
during Pinehurst’s Grand Week
of Golf, Sept. 9-15. j
There is no special stamp at
this time for toe big event, but all
mail leaving the Pinehurst Post
Office during the week will carry
toe special cancellation com
memorating toe opening of the
World Golf HaU of Fame.
Dedication of the Hall of Fame
is scheduled for Sept. 11 with
Vice President Gerald Ford
making toe dedicatory address.
The event will be one of toe
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BY CONNIE DENNIS
It used to be that hardly a day
went by that the newspapers or-
TV news broadcasts di^’t report
some sort of vandalism or theft
Bruton Elected
Dr. David Bruton of Southern
Pines was elected one of three
delegates to toe national Demo
cratic mini-convention to be held
in Kansas City in December at
the Eighth District meeting in
Albemarle on Saturday.
The other delegates are Rep.
Lane Brown of Stanly County and
Mrs. Sam (Carolyn) Gaddy of
Wingate.
At the district convention of
Democrats, Mrs. Norris Hodg
kins Jr., of Southern Pines was
elected secretary of toe district.
John Boger of Cabarrus County
was named chairman.
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in public schools.
The problem got so bad that in
Burlington, a tall, chain-link
fence has been built around a
school particularly hard hit. And
in Charlotte, armed security
patrolmen with police dogs
regularly check school property
throughout toe county.
In Moore County, burglar
alarm systems have been in
stalled in several schools,
decreasing vandalism by almost
100 percent, according to Gene A.
Riddle, Moore County assistant
superintendent.
He said that only three or four
cases of vandalism in schools are
reported each year in toe county
- and those being only cases of
rocks thrown in windows or
people just “snooping around.”
TTie worst year for break-ins,
thefts and vandalism in Moore
County was toe 1970-71 school
year, when a total of $5,632 worth
of damage was done. Riddle
reported that $432 was done in
toe elementary and middle grade
schools, while $5,200 was done in
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Center
Resisting
Town Eviction Notice
BY MARJORIE RAGAN
Fighting forced eviction by the
Town of Southern Pines, Dun-
craig Manor’s private sponsor,
the N. C. Association for
Emotionally troubled children
has hired Attorney Howard
Twiggs, former Wake
Representative to the General
Assembly, to represent the home
for eight youngsters and toe
staff.
Director Cecil Brown received
a notice from the Town
Manager’s office, signed by
Building Inspector A. D. Tener
Monday, saying Duncraig was in
violation of the town zoning
ordinance and ordered to vacate
or face criminal charges.
“Each day you continue to
occupy said premises shall
constitute a separate offense and
you are subject to prosecution
criminally, and if convicted for
each day in violation you may be
fined $^ or imprisoned for not
more than 30 days; or you may
be subject to civil action by the
Town of Southern Pines for toe
purpose of enforcing its Zoning
Regulations,” toe letter said.
Director Cecil Brown said that
he planned to do nothing, and “if
I’m arrested. I’ll just be
arrested.”
He said that Twiggs said he did
not feel that toe center was in
criminal violation as an appeal
from the town council is pending
in Federal Court in Durham
August 29.
W. Lamont Brown, town
attorney, said this morning that
he has been contacted by
Osborne Lee of Lumberton,
attorney for toe Southeastern
Regional Mental Health Divi-
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Dr. Bush
Dies Here
At Age 94
BY VALERIE NICHOLSON
A unique memorial service,
very fitting to its subject, was
held Sunday afternoon at toe
home of Dr. Ernest William
Bush, toe dean of practicing
osteopaths in toe country —
perhaps the world—who died
Thursday at his home at toe age
of 94.
While there was prayer offered
at toe service, in which toe Rev.
W.K. Fitch, Jr., speaking as a
Mason as weU as minister,
thanked God for “a life that was
good, and brave, and kind, and
true,” it was mostly a gathering
of friends, who, on invitation of
Dr. Bush’s son and daughter,
reminisced informally concern
ing him.
They told funny stories about
him and gave enjoyable an
ecdotes of a personality to be
long remembered—a man of
complex thinking, simple ways,
utter probity and a soft, warm
heart concealed beneath a crusty
exterior.
The friends, coming from
many places, filled toe large,
bright livingroom of toe shingled
house at 125 South Ashe St.,
overlooking toe park, and carry-
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FLAHERTY AT DUNCRAIG — Secretary David Flaherty of the Department of
Human Resources rushed to Duncraig Manor on Tuesday when word came that
the Town of Southern Pines had served an eviction notice on the Children’s
Treatment Center. The Rev. Cecil Brown, director of the home, is shown
introducing Flaherty to one of the children in residence at Duncraig. One of the
many reporters and television crewmen who swarmed around the home on
Tuesday is shown at left.—(Photo by Glenn M. Sides).
Hailstorm Hits Western Moore;
Tobacco Crops Are Destroyed
Two heavy hailstorms early
Sunday morning wiped out about
250 acres of tobacco and did
considerable damage to other
crops in toe western part of
Moore County.
Hardest hit were toe Jackson
Springs and Eagle Springs area
where several tobacco fields
ready for harvesting were rid-
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HAIL RUINS CROP — W.M. Thompson of near
Jackson Springs stands in afield of tobacco which was
wiped out by an early Sunday morning hailstorm.
Thompson said his crop, valued at $10,000, was
completely destroyed.—(Photo by Glenn M. Sides).
died by large hail stones.
Two buildings were struck by
lightning in the West End area -
one residence was damaged by
fire and another, toe old Mc
Donald garage in West End, was
destroyed.
Heavy rains accompanied the
hailstorm, as well as strong
winds. The rainfall, however,
was not general across toe
county, and a drought situation
prev£^s in toe Carthage area
where there has been little rain
for more than five weeks.
On the W. M. Thompson farm
near Jackson Springs toe hail
wiped out a tobacco crop which
had been topped out. Thompson,
who estimated his loss at $10,000,
said he had planned to start
curing on Monday.
The first hailstorm, ac
companied by heavy thunder,
lightning and winds, hit about
6:30 a.m., and was followed by
another about 8 a.m.
Tom Colson, assistant
agricultural Extension agent for
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Stevens Visits
Bill Stevens, Republican
Senatorial Candidate, will have a
news conference Thursday, July
25, at 1 p.m. at Howard Johnsons
on U. S. No. 1 at Aberdeen.
Margaret Bowles, news
secretary, will be on hand to try
to arrange private brief in
terviews if desired. News con
ferences will be of toe question
and answer format.
Mrs. Stevens and staff
members will accompany him on
the visit, part of an Eastern tour.
Motorcycles —Their Drivers
-PILOT LIGHT Are What Cause The Danger
BY JENNIFER CALDWELL certainly true, especially as most driver that mak”it dang
NEW AT PINEHURST — In addition to its world famous golf courses Pinehurst is
developing new diversions and sports, such as this new 200-acre lake just outside
the village. Pinehurst Lake will have beaches for swimming and will feature boat
races and other aquatic sports.—(Photo by Glenn M. Sides).
DEMOCRATS — Two mem
bers of toe State House of
Representatives are expected to
have the largest bloc of votes on
toe first ballot at toe meeting
Saturday of the Democratic
Executive Committee to pick a
nominee for Attorney General.
They are Rep. Her^rt Hyde of
Asheville and Rep. Kitchin Josey
of Scotland Neck. Both have
strong regional support in then-
areas, but neither is considered
strong enough to win on toe first,
or even toe second ballot.
Senator McNeill Smith of
Greensboro is expected to have
good support from toe Piedmont
area, and several observers say
his strength has been steadily
growing in toe past two weeks.
Former Congressman Nick
Galifianakis, who has been
endorsed by his recent U.S.
Senate primary opponent Henry
Hall Wilson, said early this week
that he sees himself as a
“compromise candidate.” In
other words, Galifianakis thinks
if there is a deadlock between toe
others the State committee
delegates may turn to him. He’s
available.
There are several others,
however, who are in toe running,
including Rufus Edmisten of
Boone, who will also go into toe
first ballot with a sizeable
number of votes. Judge Charles
Kivett of Greensboro is another
with considerable support.
(Continued on Page 8-A)
“There are foolish riders and
there are old riders, but there are
no foolish old riders,” states a
blurb in “Safe Sportsycling,” an
instructional manual distributed
by Yamaha International Cor
poration.
With sales of motorcycles at an
all-time high, this expression is
Sales Tax
Moore County received
$87,704.77 in local one per cent
sales and use tax collections
during June, toe State Depart
ment of Revenue has reported.
Neighboring counties received
toe following amounts: Lee,
$70,683.89; Hoke, $19,084.43;
Richmond, $80,187.02 and Mont
gomery, $25,765.32.
accidents occur toe first 500
miles a cyclist rides. Statistics
point to toe influence of youth in
booming sales; over 90 percent of
all motorcycle registrations
were recorded by operators un
der 35 years of age. College stu
dents, especially, are turning to
the motorcycle as a convenient
and inexpensive form of trans
portation. Girls in this age group
are rising consumers of all
different types and styles of
motorcycles.
Sherrill Lee of toe Sandhills
Cycle Center in Aberdeen points
out the importance of “driving
defensively.” The service man
ager at the Cycle , Center,
Thornton Little of Pinebluff,'
agrees.
“The machine is safe, it’s the
it dangerous,”
says Little who has owned
motorcycles since 1946, when he
began with a Czechoslovakian,
or “CZ.” His wife Nancy and his'
son, Jeff, are also very interested
in cycles; Mrs. Little owning a
Honda 100 and Jeff a Yamaha
MX 100.
Mr. Little presently owns 750
Yamaha that he calls toe “Nicest
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Press Meet
The South Carolina Press
Association will hold its annual
convention at the Pinehurst
Hotel on Friday and Saturday of
this week.
Approximately 150 editors and
publishers are expected to at
tend.