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Housing Needs ‘Critical’;
Seek F unds For 100 Homes
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Council Gets Study
On Sewage Proposal
GOLFERS SWARM COURSES — Bright sunshine brought golfers swarming to
me Sandhills golf courses this week, and play was moderate to heavy on all
courses. Here two golfers line up a shot at Pinehurst.—(Photo by Glenn M. Sides).
Women, Over 40’s Decided
Election Here in November
The women and the over-for
ties decided Moore County’s
General Election returns, a
report from the Moore County
Board of Elections revealed this
week. Only twenty-six percent of
the registered young people 18-20
voted.
Out of a total registration of
18,413, only 56.8 percent or 10,459
bothered to vote.
Of these, 5,485 were women, of
f a total 9,747 registered and 4,974
of a total registered 8,665 men.
There were ,11,611 Democrats
on the books, and 6,031 Republi
cans.
Others included Independents,
577, of whom 225 voted; No
Party, 190 with 68 voting, and
American Party, five regMered
and all five voting, for a total of
18,413 registered. Of these, 10,459
voted.
Most surprising was the lack of
interest of the young people in
Pinebluff Learns Birds
Can’t Be Himted in Town
Bird hunting within the town
limits of Pinebluff is illegal,
regardless of the wishes of any
^ » property owners to petmit such
hunting on their land.
Ruling to that effect was
received last week by the
Pinebluff Town Council from the
State Attorney General’s office.
The legality of such hunting
became an issue last fall after
eight men were arrested for bird
hunting in the town, but claimed
they had permission to do so
"9 from the owner of the property
on which they were hunting.
Subsequently, four property
owners asked the council for
permission to allow hunting on
their properties. Before taking
any action on the requests, the
council referred the matter to the
Attorney General’s office.
In his opinion to the council.
Assistant Attorney General Mil
lard R. Rich, Jr., pointed out
that the town charter specifically
forbids any hunting of birds. And
that prevails over any wishes of
property owners.
In other action, the council
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the election.
Of 884 eligible voters between
18 and 20, 237 voted, and in the
ages 21-30,1,282 out of 3,387, or 37
percent.
There were 2,722 registered
voters between 31 and 40,1,513 of
them cast their ballot.
In the 41-50 age group, still
more voters were registered, a
total of 3,103. Of them, 1,955 or 63
percent voted.
Registrees from 50-61 totalled
3,418 with 66.09 percent exercis
ing their franchise.
Those over 61 totalled the most
of all: 4.899 and 3,313 or 65.58
percent of them voted.
No Money,
So Bandit
A feasibility study made by
engineers over the past six
months, on the construction of
sewage collection facilities in the
large, fast-growing suburban
area directly south and east of
the town limits, was presented to
the Southern Pines Town Council
Tuesday night, along with esti
mated costs and recommended
methods of financing.
The presentation made by W.
Leslie Hall, Jr., of the Charlotte
firm of Henningson, Durham &
Richardson, was a highlight of
the three-hour meefing filled
with actions important to the
development of the town and its
environment, its law and order,
and its health and sanitation.
The study area, considerably
larger than the town itself,
covers the Pinedene-Indiana
Ave. Extension areas, including
the Sandhurst and Sandhurst
West subdivisions, the projected
James Creek subdivision and
Highland Trails.
It extends from US Highway 1
on the west to Bethesda Road on
the east, and in between is served
by Indiana Ave. Extension, Fort
Bragg Boulevard and Saunders
Boulevard.
If present growth trends
continue, the study area, with a
population now estimated at
1,380, will quadruple to about
5,050 during the next 20 years,
while the Town itself is increas
ing by about one-third, from an
estimated 6,393 today to 8,225 by
1995, the study revealed.
In the study area, which is
partly within Southern Pines’
extraterritorial zoning jurisdic
tion, nearly all the residents are
water users of Southern Pines,
and some are being served by its
present sewer system.
For the study, the area was
divided into three parts, one
already well built up, another
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8,000 Names
Nearly 8,000 names have been
signed to a petition in Moore
County requesting the State
Legislature to prohibit the fossil
fuel adjustment clause in electric
rates.
Russell Ayers of Whispering
Pines, who initiated the petition,
said that signatures were ob
tained couty-wide, in all parts of
Moore.
He said he plans to go to
Raleigh on Thrusda;^ to present
the petition to Repi" T. Clyde
Auman and Senators Russell
Walker and Charles Vickery.
HAPPY VALENTINE — Julie Kicklighter, the
reigning “Miss Southern Pines,” is the appropriate
picture for The Pilot in wishing all of its readers a
Happy Valentine’s Day on Feb. 14.
Hot Meals to Begin Here
If Local Funds Provided
Aberdeen Set to Annex
Walks Away Two More Areas to Town
Body Believed Soldier
Drowned Two Years Ago
The skeletal remains of a
human body found Saturday
f afternoon in Little River, in
Cumberland County near the
Harnett County line, have been
tentatively identified as those of
Gene M. Kanouse, a 24-year-old
soldier who was lost in the river
in Moore County two years
before, almost to the day.
The information was received
Saturday evening from the
Cumberland County sheriff’s
department by Moore County
Sheriff C.G. Wimberly, who
notified Coroner A.B. Parker.
Parker ascertained that the
remains, carried first to Cape
Fear Valley Hospital at Fayette
ville, had been removed to the
office of the state medical
examiner at Chapel Hill, to be
checked against dental and other
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A cash register devoid of paper
money thwarted a would-be
robber who attempted to hold up
the Theodota gift shop, 134 North
West Broad St., about 9:30 a.m.
last Saturday.
Wearing a rag with eyeholes
cut in it over his face, the
intruder demanded money from
Theodota McDonald, the pro
prietor.
She protested she had none,
and opened the cash register to
show him it contained only
silver. With that he muttered
something unintelligible and left.
“He didn’t display a gun,’’
The Town of Aberdeen Monday
moved a step closer to annexa
tion of 170.6 acres of residental
and commercial property.
At the monthly meeting of its
Board of Commissioners, Town
Attorney Lawrence McN. John
son reported he had contacted
State Rep. Clyde Auman about
presenting a special bill to the
State Legislature authorizing the
annexation. Needed is a legal
description of the two parcels of
land involved in the annexation,
Johnson explained.
The town engineers now are
working on that description, and
it was agreed the council will
meet as soon as it is ready, to
adopt a resolution requesting the
Legislature to act.
One parcel, comprising 119.5
acres, lies just east of U.S.
Highway 1 toward Southern
Pines, and includes the rapidly
growing Ridgeview subdivision.
The property is mostly residen
tial, except along U.S. 1, where it
is commercial.
The second parcel contains 51.1
acres. It is southeast of the
Aberdeen city limits between
Highway 211 and Bethesda Ave.,
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A daily hot meals program for
50 senior citizens is tentatively
scheduled to begin here on
February 20.
Even though a project director
has been hired and all plans have
been made, there is still one hitch
and that is the small amount of
matching funds required in the
primarily federally financed
program.
At its meeting last week the
Moore County commissioners
tabled a request for matching
funds of approximately $1,500 for
the remainder of the year.
Sponsors of the hot meals
program are hopeful, however,
that the matching money can be
provided by sources in Southern
Pines.
Worth Chesson, executive di
rector of the Pee Dee Council of
Governments, said this week
that Stanton Williams of South
ern Pines has been employed as
project director. Williams began
work last week.
Under the plan hot meals for 50
persons would be served daily at
the Senior Citizens Center on
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New Minister Coming
To Union and Cameron
Miss McDonald reported, “but ^ ^
that might have been a weapon.” Canadian Pair Promote
New Health Sandhills for Tourists
Judge Gavin to Preside
Over Civil Court Term
Special Judge Robert L. Gavin
^ of Pinehurst, appointed to the
judicial post last December by
Governor Holshouser, will make
his first official appearance next
week in Moore Superior Court,
presiding over a one-week civil
term.
Calendared once again for trial
are the two “Duncraig Manor”
cases, the Town of Southern
Pines vs. Dr. Jack Mohr et al,
and Constance Matheson Baker
vs. Town of Southern Pines et at.
Both were on the calendar for
the January term, but were not
reached, and the likelihood is
very strong that they will not be
reached this time either. How
ever, their position in the week is
better than before—they are
scheduled for Tuesday, instead
of Thursday.
They are, however, preceded
by nine cases listed for trial
(Continued on Page 16-A)
Area Asked
For Region
The Pee Dee Council of
Governments sent this week to
the Governor a request to
cornbine Regions H, M and N into
a single health service area to
“provide maximum flexibility”
on a local level under the new law
passed in January involving
Health, Education and Welfare.
The new law says that health
service areas are to be desig
nated on basis of population, with
some exceptions, from 500,000
to two million.
Each county in the areas had
voted through its Commissioners
to make ttie request. Worth
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“Mr. & Mrs. Canada” will be
visiting in the Sandhills next
week (February 17 and 18) to
find out for themselves whether
Sandhills businesses mean what
they say when they promise
to take Canadian currency at
face value.
“Mr. & Mrs. Canada” are Mr.
and Mrs. John W. Fisher of
Toronto. Fisher is North Caro
lina’s travel representative in
Canada. He became Imown as
“Mr. Canada” when he directed
the Canadian bicentennial cele
bration several years ago. Both
Fishers are well-known writers
and television personalities.
During their stay in the
Sandhills the Fishers will visit a
number of businesses in and
around the famous golfing
resorts of Pinehurst and South
ern Pines, spending pink, blue
and green Canadian money and
enjoying typical travelers’ sight
seeing.
Included in the facilities that
are accepting Canadian cur
rency and will display the red
maple leaf flag of Canada are
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The Reverend Stewart E. Ellis
has accepted a call as pastor of
the Cameron and Union Pres
byterian C^iurches and plans to
begin his ministry February
16th. He comes to tWs field from
West Raleigh Presbyterian
Church where he has been
Associate Minister since 1970.
The Reverend Mr. Ellis is a
native of Louisville, Kentucky,
and a 1968 graduate of Princeton
Theological Seminary with the
B.D. degree in New Testament.
Other than his pulpit ministry his
activities have included the
organization of Youth Groups, a
fellowship-study class for young
adults, classes for Parents Effec
tiveness Training and a Mar
riage Enrichment group.
The Rev. Mr. Ellis comes to
Moore County highly recom
mended by the Rev. James An
drews, who is Stated Clerk of the
General Assembly of the Pres-
bpderian Church U.S. He is mar
ried to the former Miss Grace
Winn, who is a graduate of Agnes
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Shaw House and Region
Featured In Magazine
THE
PILOT LIGHT
Some Guesses On Legislature’s
Actions On Issues This Year
BYJOHNKILGO
The North Carolina
Legislature is in its third week,
and while it’s too early to know
for certain what action the
Assembly will take, we offer
some educated guesses.
FoorTax: The legislators have
been in Raleigh long enough to
know money is going to be hard
to find. Many would like to
abolish the sales tax on food, but
don’t feel it can be done. Gov.
Jim Holshouser’s proposal to
abolish the food tax in 1976
angered many lawmakers, who
felt the Govenor was playing
politics. There might be some tax
credits given, but outright
abolition of the food tax appears
unlikely.
Tobacco Tax: The East is
solidly against it. There. wiU be
attempts made to increase the
tax to five-cents per pack of
cigarettes, but it will not be
successful.
ECU Med School: The
Legislature seems to be in a
mood to fund a four-year med
school at East Carolina
University. Will it also vote to
finance the building of a new
teaching hospital in Greenville?
That’s still a contest, and debate
on the subject will be hot.
No Fault Auto Insurance: The
Legislature has tossed this
around like a hot potato. Lt. Gov.
Jim Hunt will push for passage of
such a UU this time. House ac-
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SANFORD — Two of the top
contributors to the Terry Sanford
campaign for President are
Warren and Peggy Bell of
Southern Pines, who were listed
in reports in Washington this
week as giving $1,000 each to the
Qtizens Committee to Nominate
Sanford.
The report stated that a total of
$62,341 had been contributed to
the Sanford committee in 1974.
Sanford himself has been busy
with speaking engagements
around the country in recent
weeks, and has scheduled a
series of important position
papers on national issues bet
ween now and the late spring.
Among those actively working
in Sanford’s behalf is Southern
Pines Attorney Sam Poole, who
was recently in the Southwest on
behalf of the Sanford campaign
HUNT — Lt. Gov. Jim Hunt is
being praised across the State for
his proposals relating to changes
in utilities regulation as well as
increasing the size of the State
Utilities Commission from five to
nine members.
Hunt said last week that he
feels the proposals would be not
only fair to the utility conqumies
but also serve the best interest of
the consumers.
Among the proposals is ending
the fossil fuel escalator
[X'ovisions which have been a
major source of complaint from
electric power consumers, but
with a {revision that such fuel
charges can be levied only after
a hearing before the commission.
HEFNER — Eighth IMstrict
Congressman Bill Hefiier has
been appointed to two sub-
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The Shaw House Tea Room is
featured in the current issue of
the national two million cir
culation magazine Ford Times,
which also carries in the same
issue a story and pictures on
Pinehurst and the Sandhills
resort area.
Accompanying the listing of
“Favorite Reci{)es from Famous
Restaurants,” is a reproduction
of a painting of the Siaw House
by Itichard A. Young.
The recipe published is “Shaw
House Prune Cake.”
On Monday of this week the
painting by Young was presented
to the Shaw House, along with a
plaque commemorating its
listing among Famous
Restaurants. The Shaw House
Tea Room is 0{)erated duriqg the
{)eak of the tourist season by
volunteers from the Moore
County Historical Association,
which owns Shaw House.
Proceeds from the tea room are
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The need for low and moder
ate-priced housing in Southern
Pines and the area is “critical,”
Town Manager Lew Brown said
Monday.
He said 182 persons have
renewed their applications for
public housing within the past six
months.
“We’ve been trying to get
money for more public housing
for two years,” said Harold Tate,
chairman of the Southern Pines
Housing Authority.
Now that the freeze on such
federal funds is apparently
lifted, the Town will try to add an
additional 100 units in dispersed
locations.
There are now two such
projects, ohe called Longleaf
East for the elderly and another
called Longleaf West.
Another built by North Hills
Inc., is partially funded by the
government. This is Holiday
Town Apartments. Holiday Town
and the Housing authority both
plan to study the new regulations
and will probably each apply for
100 units. Holiday Town hopes to
build 50 apartments and 50 single
homes.
Lack of confidence in the
economy has caused loan de
mands to drop 50 percent now
from last year this time,
although plenty of money is
available at interest rates of nine
percent, according to W.E.
Samuels of First Federal Sav
ings and Loan Association of
Moore County.
People are hesitating to ask for
loans for housing while unsure of
their jobs, Samuels feels.
Housing construction is also
low, adding to the lack of jobs as
unemployment stands at some 12
percent.
Some major construciton, such
as the $12 miUion expansion of
Moore Memorial Hospital, is
expected to help ease the
employment situation in the
building industry. The contractor
for the hospital job said that 150
will be employed on the project.
Other construction under way
here include a new Catholic
Church, a new bank building by
First Citizens Bank, and a
gymnasium for Pinecrest High
School.
Opening
Delayed
By Plant
Proctor-Silex, Southern Pines
plant which makes electrical
appliances, has [)ost(>oned its
pro{>osed opening from early
February to sometime in March.
The 400 persons affected by the
plant’s shutdown in December
are among the 10.1 percent in
Moore covered by the Employ
ment Security Commission dur
ing the last week in January.
Farm employes and self-
employed persons out of work
could bring the figure to 12
percent, says District SEC
Director Robert Mooneyham.
R.J. Parkent, plant manager
at Proctor-Silex, says sales offi
cials are working on promotional
ideas to improve sales and move
the present merchandise so the
plant can start up again.
When the plant does open, he
said, it will probably be on a
reduced weekly level.
Over 1,000 Attend Open House,
Watch Exhibits At Sandhills
BY LEONE H. KOSTER
More than a thousand {)ersons
visited the campus of .Snndhiiia
Community College during a
three-hour period of “Open
House” on Sunday afternoon.
They included entire families
with grandparents, parents,
teenagers and youngsters,
everyone impressed with the
beauty of the campus and
buildings, and seeing the college
in 0{)eration.
Members of the Board of
Trustees, the president of San
dhills, the deans and department
heads {>ersonally welcomed each
and every guest in the Student
Lounge where a fire was roaring
in the co{q)er-hooded fireplace.
The Trustees and others
associated with the coUege since
the beginning were intrigued
with the constant showing of
colored slides of Sandhills—
pictures that showed the clearing
of the campus site, the week by
week progress of construction of
the buildings, the ground
breaking ceremony in 1964 with
the then-Govemor Terry Sanford
the main speaker. Each slide
caused comments-"! remember
the day that tem{)orary sign was
put up”... “That was the day
bulldozers started clearing the
land”... And when scenes of the
busy campus today flashed on
the screen... “What remarkable
{irogress in so few years!”
The refreshment table with a
Valentine centerpiece flanked by
punchbowls and trays of goodies
attracted every guest, each
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