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Index ' fillfttroa Books, 2-B; Church News, 3-B; Classified, 8-11-C; Editorials, 1-B; Entertainment, 5-A; Obituaries, 7-A; Pinehurst News, 1-2-C; Social News, 2- 4-A; Sports, 8-A. 11.0 leodi 1^!/^ / K^ntblu (Dl 'll loyXhctrc LOT Weather ritaa An expected high of 85, variable cloudiness and a 50 percent chance of rain is forecast through Thursday. Three inches of rain fell in the Sandhills on Friday. The low this week was 56 on Thursday night and the high was 90 on Saturday. ?Vol. 54-No. 42 38 Pages Southern Pines, North Carolina Wednesday, Augnst 21, 1974 38 Pages Price 10 Cents Town Plans Suit To Evict Children At Duncraig Manor « OUTDOOR SWIMMING POOL — This pool on West Pennsylvania Ave. Extension provided fun for the Lane children, their friends and little dog Jabbar, after the rainstorm Friday afternoon. The Lanes’ house, out of the photo at left, was almost completely surrounded by water. It had gone down some when this photo was made about 6 p.m., but residents said that earlier it had been 15 to 18 inches in the deepest part.—(Photo by V. Nicholson). With Every Rain Area Floods; Residents Want Drainage Help # Mother Nature provided an outdoor swimming pool-which the kids loved, but the adults didn’t much care for-on the first block of West Pennsylvania Avenue Extension after the rainstorm Friday afternoon. The street, cut through and paved by the State Highway Division a couple of years ago, has a downhill slope and valley into which the water pours after every storm, residents said. The pool filled the street in front of five houses, and that of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Lane was almost completely surrounded, except on one side where there was a fence. The house and yard were, in effect, an island. Two hours after the rain stopped, cars splashed past Four Miles Of Paving All Slated for Moore 'A. A total of $165,088 has been allotted for secondary road construction at $39,375 per mile this year for Moore County. This will mean the paving of some four of the 246.9 secondary unpaved roads in the County by the Highway Commission, the Department of Transportation has told Cecil Budd, chairman of the Secondary Roads Council. Secretary Troy A. Doby said that under a bill passed by the last General .Assembly, County Commissioners have a voice in priorities, which he says will be on an equitable basis to each county. “We realize that there have misgivings about traffic count information,” Budd said in a letter to county commissioners. “We are preparing to attempt to update traffic counts for use in the reevaluation of needs of each (Continued on Page lO-A) ,Education--People Power Brown Tells SCC Grads W. Lamont Brown, Southern Pines attorney, told the mem bers of the graduating class of Sandhills Community College Friday evening that it was once believed that only political leaders needed higher education, •but today with power now in the ^hands of the people, all persons need and want education, and he lauded Sandhills College for providing cultural and educa tional opportunities for every one. “Think big thoughts and communicate them to others,” Brown challenged the graduates, “Break your life into things worthwhile” he said, noting persons who had contributed to history and progress by parts of their lives. He cited Abraham Lincoln and his Emancipation Proclamation and the Gettys burg Address, Madame Currie and her discovery of radium, and others who, concentrating on certain important parts of their lives, added to the whole of (Continued on Page 10-A) through water up to their hub caps. Earlier, residents said, it it had been up to the car doors. The block is just outside the town limits, and they weren’t sure just who was responsible for the bad drainage-or no drainage-there, but several said they had tried to get hold of three of the county commissioners, to get them to come and look, but found that all of them were out of town. They are hoping to get the commissioners to put pressure on the highway people to correctt the situation. Town Manager Lew Brown investigated the area early this week and said it appeared the water was coming from Pee Dee Road. He has brought it to the attention of the State Highway Division. Orientation Scheduled For Aug. 29 Parents have been reminded that “Pupil Orientation Day” will be held in all Moore County Schools on Thursday, August 29, followed by the first full day of school on Tuesday, September 3. On “Pupil Orientation Day,” a half day, buses will run on their regular routes, but cafeterias will not be open as the children will be home for lunch. During the morning, they will get acquainted with their new teachers and classrooms, and receive their books and first assignments. Tuesday, September 3, school will be underway in all its aspects. (Continued on Page 10-A) GOP Party A cocktail party in honor of William E. Stevens, Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate, and James H. Carson Jr., Republican candidate for Attor ney General, will be held tonight (Wednesday) from 5:30 to 7 n.m. in the Terrace Room of the Whispering Pines Country Club. John B. Womack is the Moore County chairman of the Stevens campaign and Mac Ausbon is the county chairman for Carson. There’s a $5 per person charge for the meet the candidates reception. Town Attorney W. Lamont Brown said this morning that he and W.B. Sabiston, also acting as counsel for Southern Pines, will file suit later this week against the Southeastern Mental Health Center for violation of town zoning laws in the operation of Duncraig Manor as a center for treatment of emotionally disturbed children. The Center recently obtained a five-year lease from Mrs. Constance M. Baker, owner of the 17 acre Duncraig estate, after receiving eviction orders from the Town. Mrs. Baker is not involved in the suit. Brown said that it was reported that he had been in conference with Mrs. Baker’s and the Health Center’s at torneys when the lease was planned, but that he learned of it only later in a call from Osborne Lee Jr. of Lumberton, the Health Center’s attorney. He said Lee told him, “Do whatever you please.” Attorney Brown and Sabiston have been conferring yesterday and today on the action they expect to bring later this week in Moore County Superior Court. Sales Tax Runs High In Moore Moore County received $261,094 in one percent county sales and use tax for the quarter ending June 30, at the cost of $2,278,17 for collection, the State Department of Revenue has announced. Distributed on a population basis of 41,000 people, the tax was returned as follows: Moore County, $197,070; Aberdeen, $8,07.01; Cameron, $961.32; Carthage, $5,046.93; Pinebluff, $2,932.02; Pinehurst, $5191.12; Robbins, $5,094.99; Southern Pines, $30,377.60; Vass, $4,566.26; and Whispering Pines, $1,826.51. Latest report is for July, when the county reported an $^,233.43 in one per cent taxes, over neigh boring Hoke ($20,331.20); Lee, ($74,609.98); Montgomery ($27,490.35); and Richmond ($82,084.23). Assisting them is Hurley Thompson, a lawyer in Sabiston’s office. Brown said the Mental Health Center, located in Lumberton, which operates Duncraig is chartered to serve Bladen, Columbus, Scotland and Robeson counties. Thus, Moore is not in their district and neither is Cum berland, where they have a similar facility to Duncraig. (Continued on Page 10-A) X., fit' Special Meet Set By Town Council The Southern Pines Town Council will hold a special meeting at 7; 30 a.m. Thursday to receive the 1973-74 audit, to be presented by the Raleigh firm of Erst & Erst; to study a proposal for the sewer system evaluation required of par ticipating towns, for inclusion in the county-wide sewer project; and to hear a progress report from Town Manager Lew G. Brown on the proposed extension of the town sewer system to serve residential areas being developed in the East Indiana Avenue area, east of town. Also during the past week, the town manager sent to the councilmen their copies of the final 1974-75 budget, in corporating changes they had made in the preliminary budget estimate submitted May 31, and formally approved in public hearing June 26. The revised budget was to have been presented at the August 13 regular meeting, but Brown told the councilmen at that time the copier had broken down and the job couldn’t be completed in time. The changes added a net of $5,565 to the budget total, upping it from the initial estimate of $1,619,921 to $1,625,486. They included replacement of the manager’s car, $3,250; six additional fire hydrants, $3,600; contribution to Chamber of Commerce. $1,800; and ad- (Continued on Page 10-A) Tobacco Sales Tobacco sales were under way today (Wednesday) at (Tarthage with averages expected to top last Thursday’s $99.16 per hundred. Only one sales day was scheduled this week at the three Carthage warehouses but there will be sales on Monday and Wednesday next week. Aberdeen had sales on Tuesday, the market reporting 355,353 pounds sold for $335,869 or an average of $94.52 per hundred pounds. Aberdeen’s two warehouses will have sales again Thursday of this week and on Tuesday of next week. HONORED — Dr. and Mrs. Clement R. Monroe enjoy a party at the Country Club of North Carolina on the occasion of his retirement after more than 45 years of service to medicine in Moore County.~(Photo by Glenn M. Sides). Dr. Monroe Retiring; First Surgeon Here $105,000 Goal Is Set For Moore United Fund BY CONNIE DENNIS Only by writing a lengthy, detailed book could one give due credit to all those people responsible for the success of Moore Memorial Hospital. The same holds true for Dr. Clement R. Monroe, the hospital’s first surgeon, who retired August 1 after 45 years of service with Moore Memorial. A book would be the only way to give credit to this dedicated doctor and surgeon. But to hear Dr. Monroe speak of himself, he modestly declares that he “didn’t do that much.” He talks of his work with the hospital as rewarding, a job from which he gained much satisfaction and enjoyment. “Even though I have retired, I will always have a keen interest for the hospital,” said Dr. Monroe. And the hospital too will long remember its first surgeon with gratitude and appreciation for helping make Moore Memorial what it is today. The (Continued on Page 10-A) A goal of $105,000 has been set for the United Fund of Moore County this year and the Kick-Off luncheon for the campaign will be held at the Sheraton Motor Inn at 12:15 p.m. on Sept. 4. Three new agencies have been added to the United Fund this year for a total of 20 whose services depend upon the volun tary contributions raised in the annual campaign. Campaign Director Emerson F. Gower Jr., said that 92 percent of the funds raised stay in Moore County. The Kick-Off luncheon is for THE PILOT LIGHT $1A POUND — The only other time tobacco has sold for $1 a pound was in the postwar heyday of 1919, and even then averages didn’t go that high. But a lot of Tar Heel farmers were enjoying a new-found prosperity and were spending money for such items as silk shirts and model-T Fords. In fact, so many tobacco farmers were buying silk shirts that for a long time afterward the 1919 crop was referred to as “silk shirt tobacco.” As auction prices climbed this week farmers appeared better satisfied than they were early in the season. Most of them still insist, however, that even at $1 a pound they will just break even after paying the high cost of producing this year’s crop. GOVERNOR — Governor Holshouser is getting a lot of criticism for using the Gover nor’s Mansion for political fund-raising events. The upcoming reception for James Carson at $1(X) a head is the specific target right now, but references have been made to the fund-raising event at which John Connally, now under indict ment on bribery charges, was hosted at the Mansion. Democratic old-timers say they are sure fund-raising has been discussed at the Mansion in the past but they can’t recall a Democratic governor ever using (Continued on Page 10-A) the purpose of training and motivating the volunteer solici tors in the campagin. A representation from each of the 20 Moore County agencies will be present to answer any questions a volunteer might have about their organization. The agencies are Aberdeen, Robbins, Carthage, and Whispering Pines Rescue Squads, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Mental Health Advo cates, Red Cross, Open Door Nursery and Day Care Center, Home Health Agency, Moore County Retarded CJiildrens As sociation, Moore County Senior Citizens, Carthage, Robbins, West End Community Services, Southeastern Speech and Hear ing, Expanded Foods and Nutri tion Educational Program and Maternal Welfare Fund. Gower and his division heads— Dave Leary, Larry Newsome, (Continued on Page 10-A) Meet Candidates A Meet-the-Candidate night will be sponsored by the Southern Pines Jaycees on Saturday, Sept. 28. The event will begin with a buffet-style barbecue supper at 5 p.m. at the Southern Pines National Guard Armory, and candidates of both parties in the Nov. 5 general election will be given the opportunity to make statements and answer questions. James B. Whitlock is general chairman of the event. Carson Says Two Others Tougher Than Edmisten James H. Carson Jr., brought his campaign for Attorney General to Moore County last week and admitted he’s up against a tough campaigner in Rufus Edmisten. Carson thinks, however, that Rep. Herbert Hyde or Senator McNeill would have been tough er. The Charlotte Republican re signed his seat on the N. C. Court of Appeals recently and will be sworn in at noon next Monday as Attorney General succeeding Robert Morgan, who is resigning to campaign for the U. S. Senate. Carson made no statements as to whether he will retain any members of Morgan’s present (Continued on Page 10-A) Special Term A special term of Moore Superior Court for the trial of criminal cases Will be held at Carthage the week of October 7, with Judge Sammie H. Cliess, Jr., of High Point presiding. First Congress at New Bern 200 Years Ago 7 GRADUATION SPEAKER — W. Lamont Brown of Southern Pines was the speaker at graduation exer cises Friday at Sandhills Community College. BY C. W. WHITTEMORE A few days ago Governor Holshouser came all the way down from Raleigh to let or dinary Moore County folk talk to him. Five minutes only was alloted for each talk. So a bit more time was diverted to research of certain public affairs of an earlier and really royal North Carolina governor: one Josiah Martin. Just two hundred years ago this August. Throughout colonial America the summer of 1774, like the current season, was strident with the locust tones of hungry politicians. “Liberty,” then as now, was the call of each beseeching voice. And although a quite different document, the then existing “constitution” was vigorously invoked. Here in North Carolina the season was especially sizzling. Late in March Governor Martin had dissolved the Assembly. Its members were not due to reconvene until fall. Then down from the North came news of the closing of the Port of Boston on June 1. People became concerned. In mid-June was heard the call for a Congress to be held in Philadelphia on September 1. Martin disapproved this call, became peeved, and refused to recall the legislature in time to select delegates to the proposed congress. Speaker Harvey resented Martin’s resentment, and declared, “In that case the people will hold a convention independent of the Governor.” On July 21, 1774, a mass meeting was held in Wilmington. It resulted in a request being sent to other counties and towns for delegates to “a provincial congress independent of the Governor” to be held at New Bern on August 25. As noted in other articles about pre-Revolutionary events. Cape Fear folk had already sent money and provisions to the closed port of Boston. One patriotic merchant, Parker Quince, had offered both his vessel and himself to make delivery. In answer to Wilmington’s call, local meetings were held throughout the colony. Seventy- one delegates were elected from 30 of the 36 counties and four of the six borough towns. Again “Liberty and Property” was the summer cry of perturbed (Continued on Page 10-A) INVITATION — “Why don’t you come up and see me sometime,’’ this young Orangutan seems to be saying, referring to the N.C. Zoological Park now being developed at Purgatory Mountain in Randolph County. Thousands already are visiting the Zoo each week, although it will not formally open until next year.
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