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Index
Books, 2-B; Church Calendar, 3-B;
Classified Ads, 12-15-A; Editorials, 1-B;
Entertainment, 15-B; Obituaries, 9-A;
Plnehurst News, 7-8-Ai Social News, 2-
5-A; Sports, 10-A.
Vol. 55-No. 13
32 Pages
Southern Pines, North Carolina Wednesday, January 29, 1975
32 Pages
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Police Nab
Man During
A Robbery
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A Hoke County man was
arrested Sunday night by
Southern Pines police, who
through the window of the Short
Shop on South East Broad St.,
near Massachusetts Ave., had
witnessed a holdup taking place.
Charged with armed robbery,
there and at another Short Shop,
was a man identified by
Police Chief Earl S. Seawell as
WUbert Earl Walker, 23, of
Raeford. He is being held under
$M,000 bond tor preliminary
hearing February 14 in Southern
Pines district court.
Sgt. Joe Davis and Patrolman
WilHam McNeill and Roy Atkins,
checking the Short Shop while
cruising the downtown area
shortly before 9 p.m., could
hardly believe their eyes when
they saw the tall black man
apparently pointing a gun at the
two operators on duty inside the
store. Pulling up closer in order
to be sure-which they soon
were-they radioed the police
station.
From then on things- moved
fast, as for the gunman, coming
out with a bank bag full of cash
as the officers emerged from
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J. Gamier
Rites Held
Joseph Garnier, 70, of Crest
Road, Knollwood, died Sunday at
Duke Hospital, Durham, after
several months’ illness.
Requiem mass was held this
(Wednesday) morning at Sacred
Heart Catholic church,
Pinehurst, conducted by Msgr.
Charles J. O’Connor of Fayet
teville, former administrator of
St. Josephs hospital here.
He owned and operated an
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Attack Made
* On Principal
A school principal’s harrowing
tale of an attack made on him by
two 16-year-old boys, the severe
disciplinary and deterrent
measures he felt had to be taken,
and an ai^eal by the father of
one of the boys that his son be
given “a second chance,”
marked Tuesday evening’s
regular meeting of the board of
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QUICK CHANGE — The green and white license for
the Town of Southern Pines is now following the state
plan of just changing a sticker each year, rather than
the entire license. It is to be pasted on the windshield.
The above replica is the exact size it will be.
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Will Open
Next Month
Construction is nearing
completion on First-Citizens
Bank & Trust Company’s new
Southern Pines office, (5lyde R.
Hester, vice president and city
executive of the new bank, an
nounced.
The First-Citizens Bank is
located at 390 Southwest Broad
Street and is scheduled for
completion in February.
The contemporary building is
constructed of beige brick and
many interesting design in
novations.
“The building has been
positioned in such a way as to
function as two buildings in one,”
Hester said. “It features a
ground level banking area and
has additional office space on the
second level, both with their own
entrances.”
This unique feature was ac-
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Bar Hears
Complaint
On Lawyer
A complaint regarding one of
the members of the Moore
County Bar Association has
resulted in the creation of a
Committee on Ethics and Griev
ances of the association.
The Committee will be com
posed of the three immediate
past presidents of the Associa
tion.
The action was taken at the
regular monthly meeting of the
Bar Association at the JFR Bam
following dinner. President
James Van Camp presided.
The Court and Calendar Study
Committee reported through
Cindy Zeliff that two new ci^
terms of Superior Court had been
added for Moore County, one in
February and one in October of
1975. It also reported that two
criminal sessions had been
added for 1975.
The Program and Entertain
ment Committee reported
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Auman Named
Rep. Clyde Auman of Moore
County has been named
Chairman of the Committee on
Institution of the Blind and Deaf
and Vice Chaimutn of two im
portant legislative committees.
Rep. Auman will serve as Vice
Chairman of the Committee on
Education and also Vice
Chairman of the Committee on
Agriculture.
Rep. Tom Hunter of
Rockingham will head the
Education Committee and Rep.
Bob Falls of Shelby will head the
Agriculture Committee.
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GROUNDHOG DAY — Celebrated for the sixth time in The Pilot by Artist Glen Rounds.
Flu Epidemic Said Now on Wane
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GROUP LISTENING — A tape player and book for group listening are used every
day in Aberdeen Middle School in the reading center. Children listen to the
story while following the words in the book. Later they are able to read the
familiar story more easily. In the picture are Mertie Cummings, Donna Dunn,
Theresa Fiddner, Marino Gillis, Danny Epperson (holding book) and James
Cummings.
TeachingReadingDifficvilt
But F undamental-T eachers
BYDIANEHOGG
Reading on the middle school
level remains “the most fun
damental skill tau^t in public
schools” according to ^bert
Morrison, princ4>al of Aberdeen
Middle School. But often a chUd
does not master the foundation
program built in the primary
grades. “If a child isn’t taught to
read in the primary grades it’s
mdch harder for us,” Morrison
says.
A child’s deficiencies in
reading become outstanding in
grades 5 through 9 where reading
competency is required in math,
science and social studies.
Linda Dennis, 8th grade
language arts teacher at
Aberdeen Middle School points
out, “If the child can’t read, he
has trouble in every subject.”
Moore Comity sdiools “try to
teach every child on his or her
own level,” Morrison states.
Multiple adoption of textbooks is
one way of managing a class of 30
to 35 children who read on dif
ferent grade levels. “The
reading [vogram is fairly well
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Hot Meals
The Pee Dee Council of
Governments has recently
received notification of the ac
ceptance of its ai^lication for a
title VII federal nutrition
(x-ogram for the elderly.
The nutrition program will
offer a hot noontime meal to
those persons sixty years of age
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THE
PILOT LIGHT
LEGISLATURE — Many
experienced legislators say it
will be the middle of May before
they will have any clear idea of
what to expect in state revenues
for the nejct two years. That will
be after all income tax returns
have been filed and processed.
That not only means a long
legislative session-lasting until
some time in July-but it means
that a lot of work on the single
most important item, the budget.
the
will have to wait until
revenue picture is clearer.
For that reason some
legislators have proposed a
recess of the General Assembly
for a few weeks. Some of the
veterans argue that while
members are waiting around for
something to do they might start
looking for laws to enact, vfith
the result that some bad
legislation might get on the
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The influenza epidemic sweep
ing the Sandhills and most of
southeastern United States now
appears to be on the wane,
according to Moore County
Health Officer Dr. Alfred G.
Siege.
While the number of persons
afflicted with the flu still is high,
he explained, the number of new
cases is slowly dimishing.
Hardest hit area is that
encompassing Southern Pines,
Aberdeen, and Pinehurst, he
reported. Population density is
greater in ffiese communities
than in the rest of the county.
This increases the possibility of a
person’s catching the flu from
someone who is already infected.
The flu virus is spread by
contact, not through food, water
or other secondary means. Dr.
Siege pointed out. Sneezes,
coughs, kisses can pass the virus
from an infected person to a
healthy person.
Because of this, Moore Memor
ial Hospital has requrested that
visitors to hospitalized persons
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Harrington
Is Roasted
By Chamber
James E. Harrington, Jr.,
secretary of the North Carolina
Department of Natural and
Economic Resources and the
1969 president of the Sandhills
Area Chamber of Commerce,
was given the “roasting” of his
life at the Chamber’s eighth
annual meeting Tuesday ni^t.
Harrington, former president
of Pinehurst, Inc., was billed as
the princip^ speaker at the
Chamber’s banquet at the South
ern Pines Country Cub.
But before he spoke, four
erstwhile friends of his, intro
duced as “four mean people,”
regaled the crowd with incidents,
real and fancy, about him.
In his turn, Harrington spent
fully 15 minutes spouting plati
tudes, cliches and Imalities that
slid off his tongue like honey but
made absolutely no sense. His
performance had the 200-odd
persons present “rolling in the
aisles.”
The “four mean people” were
Mrs. Norris L. Hodgkins, Jr.,
Moore County Commissioner
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Moore Tries
To Find Aid
For Jobless
see Gifts
Run High
Dr. Raymond A. Stone, presi
dent of Sandhills Community
College, has announced that
almost ten thousand dollars in
gifts have been received by the
college so far this year.
“Tliis is indeed a happy way to
begin 1975,” the president said in
expressing appreciation to the
friends of the college for the
contributions.
The monies received have been
designated by the donors for the
student-work-study financial aid
plan, scholarships in several
fields of study, and for the
development of educational pro
grams. The sums given to the
college range from modest $10
and $25 checks to four thousand
dollars from one dedicated
citizen, and more than three
thousand dollars from another.
Dr. Stone also noted that there
will be additional awards for
deserving students at the spring
graduation ceremony. For many
years there have been the C.
Foster Brown Jr. Awards to two
outstanding students; the Presi
dent’s Award for ffie highest
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Waiting lines are lengthening
for food stamps and public
assistance as Moore County’s
Department of Social Services
tries to cope with what is
“bordering on a desperate”
condition among the unem
ployed.
Mrs. Walter B. Cole, Social
Services Director, says food
stamps have risen from 2,500 in
December to 3,282 in January,
with 300 more persons awaiting
eligibility certification. There
were 1,972 in January of 1974,
^^lications for Food Stanqis
may be made at the Senior
Qtizen Club House on N. Saylor
Street and West Vermont Avenue
on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday
and Friday from 10 to 12 noon.
An eligibility specialist and a
clerical worker have been added
through federal CETA funds, and
another eligibility worker is to
begin February 1. They are to
work six months, which Mrs.
Cole hopes wiU be extended to a
year.
General assistance has been
provided for 20 families, Mrs.
Cole said, although the money,
available as of Friday was only
$600. She expects to ask the
County Commissioners for un
used hospital funds to supple
ment the money, which is to be
used for paying light bills which
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Local People Comment
On President’s Plans
BY ROSALIND BANBURY
Here’s the way some Moore
citizens responded to the
question: What do you think of
Uie President’s Tax Rebate
proposal, and his plan to raise
the ix'ice of gasoline to cut down
on consumption?
Uoyd Solis, representative of
the Quaker Oats Co., Raleigh:
“This thing seems so tot^y
unworkable that it might work.”
Ann Williams, Home Furniture
Co.; “I don’t know. I had not
thought about it much.”
Eldward Drinkwater, retired:
“Raising the price on gas is a
good thing ’cause a lot of people
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don’t pay taxes anyway. I don’t
understand the Tax Rebate to
give an opinion.”
Robert E. Long, retired: “I
would rather they keep prices
lower, but they do what thqy
gotta do.”
Mrs. Meinnis, Windblow:
“He’s just like the rest of them.
They’ll rob us all. I don’t tUnk
anything they’re doing is ri^t.
They’ll stqal every penny we’ve
got.”
Leo Walsh, Sr.: “I’ve been a
Democrat for 55 years, so you
know what I think of it.” (His
initial response was to uralk
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Drinkwater
Kelly
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MeInnis
Canadian Money Welcome
In Moore Coimty Stores
BY BETSY UNDAU
“By mid-February we hope to
see red maple leaves all over the
Sandhills telling Canadians that
they and their currency are
welcoirie here,” says Bill Bryant,
chairman of Par Travel Council
of the Sandhills Area Chamber of
Conunerce in announcing Par’s
new project.
The maple leaf is Canada’s
symbol. Par is encouraging local
businesses to accept Canadian
money at face value and to
display a sign, provided by the
Council, that will say “Canadian
Currency Accepted Here” with
the brilliant red and white
Canadian flag.
“We understand that Canadian
money is not generally accepted
anywhere in the United States
except along the Canadian
border. We think that our
acceptance of their currency will
make a big favorable impression
on Canadians,” Bryant says.
To kick off the program and to
make sure that Canadians get
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CANADIAN CURRENCY
ACCEPTED HERE