Weather
Today should be partly cloudy, with a 50
percent chance of rain today and
Thursday, and a 40 percent chance of
rain tonight. The high today is expected
to be in the upper 80’s or low nineties,
the low, 70.
Vol. 55-No. 39
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32 Pages
Southern Pines, North Carolina Wednesday, July 30, 1975
^ Index
Books, 1-B; Church Calendar, 3-B;
Classified Ads, 12-15-A; Editorials, 1-B;
Entertainment, 8-A; Obituaries, 11-A;
Pinehurst News, 9-10-A; Social news, 2-
5-A; Sports, 6-7-A.
Price 10 Cents
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Visit On Tap
By President
At Pinehurst
President Gerald Ford has it
on his schedule to return to
Pinehurst in September for the
“Grand Week of Golf.”
Donald C. Collett, president of
the World Golf Hall of Fame and
director of the World Open Golf
Tournament, said this week that
they have had a tentative
acceptance from the President,
but will not know if he is
definitely coming for several
days.
President Ford was here last
year for the dedication of the
* Hall of Fame and was the
speaker at a banquet in honor of
the first golf immortals en
shrined in the hall.
An invitation to return this
year was extended last De
cember when Collett visited the
President at the White House.
Collett said this week that he
hoped the President could take
r, part in the Celebrity Pro-Am
tournament scheduled for Tues
day, Sept. 9, and also for the
second induction ceremonies
scheduled at the Hall of Fame on
Wednesday, Sept. 10.
Play in the World Open will
open at the Pinehurst Country
Club, on the famed No. 2 course,
on Thursday, Sept. 11. Advance
(Continued on Page 16-A)
Teachers
Can Pick
Pay Plan
Moore County school teachers
are getting letters this week
notifying them they may elect to
get paid on a 12-months basis
rather than for 10 months as they
do now.
The change is a result of a law
passed by the 1975 General
Assembly providing the pay
options for teachers.
To qualify for the 12-payment
plan the teachers must make a
written request to the office of
the superintendent of schools,
and the legal deadline for sub
mitting the request is Sept. 2.
Edison Powers, assistant
superintendent of Moore County
Schools, said this week that
letters informing the teachers of
the options are being put in the
mail this week.
Teachers, who are employed
for 10 months out of a year, will
report for duty on August 15 in
Moore.
(Continued on Page H-A)
Canning Lids Squeeze
Is Really Tight Here
There may not be any canning
lids for sale in Moore County. At
least none of the merchants
caUed by The Pilot this week
reported any on the shelves.
^ In fact, few grocery stores
have been able to get a sufficient
amount all summer and may not
be getting any more this canning
season.
Reamey Winn, manager of the
Winn-Dixie Store, said the store
received a substantial amount
several times, as many as 480
dozen packs one time-but that
* customers bought them in a
hurry. He said some shoppers
see them on the shelves and stock
up with several dozen so the lids
do not last long.
Richard Matthews, owner and
manager of Matthews Market,
said that he did not think hoar
ding the canning lids was a
problem. “It’s hard to hoard
something when the merchants
have so little to sell,” he com
mented. Matthews said that the
real problem is that manufac
tures have taken the canning lids
and put them on jars so the
consumers will have to buy the
jars too.
Representatives at A & P, Big
M, Big Star, Convenient Mart,
and Piggly Wiggly report that
they have been out of lids for
(Continued on Page 16-A)
Wilson to Begin Aug. 1
In Public Works Office
Southern Pines Town Manager
Lew G. Brown today announced
the appointment of William J.
Wilson as the Town’s first
Director of Public Works.
The new position was approved
by the Town Council as a part of
the 1975-76 Town Budget. In
approving the position, the
William J. Wilson
Council had noted the increase in
the number and types of public
works projects carried out by
Town had created a need for this
position. The Director of Public
Works will assume many of the
duties which consulting
engineers have been performing
for the Town over the past
several years.
Since September of 1971,
Wilson has been serving in the
engineering and development
department of Pinehurst, Inc.,
with responsibilities for sur
veying, road construction, and
storm sewer construction.
From 1964 to 1971, Wilson also
served as the Village Manager of
Pinehurst, Inc. In this position he
was responsible for the police,
fire, streets, grounds and
commercial buildings depart
ments and assistant to the cor
porate executive for water and
sewer and electric utulities.
Wilson was previously em
ployed by the Town from 1954 to
(Continued on Page 16-A)
Crime Rising;
Officials Cite
Some Reasons
MOORE PASTORAL — This pastoral scene is on a
farm on Highway 27 between Cameron and Carthage.
Pilot Photographer caught the cows coming home in
late afternoon.
More Going
To College
At All Ages
BY LEONE H. KOSTER
Life-time learning is the way of
life today as thousands of mature
men and women are returning to
college classrooms to learn new
skills, develop latent talents,
upgrade job proficiency or attain
hobbies and pastimes which will
be useful and stimulating in
leisure hours. Men and women
realize there are educational
opportunities for the young at
heart as well as the young.
The enrollment figures for the
past fiscal year at Sandhills
Community College reflect the
nation-wide trend of older people
seeking new horizons and at
taining new goals. Seven
thousand and fifty four adults
were enrolled in classes offered
by the division of continuing
education at Sandhills in the
summer, fall, winter and spring
quarters of 1974-1975.
That is more than three times
the 2114 students in the college
credit courses during those four
terms.
Dr. Fleet Allen, director of
research at Sandhills College,
and Harlan McCaskill, dean of
the division of continuing
education, point out similar
trends in the figures on preferred
courses. For instance 4410
persons were enrolled in oc
cupational extension courses
designed to develop new job
skills, or upgrade proficiency in
such fields as firemanship,
masonry, woodworking oc
cupations, automotive sciences,
(Continued on Page 16-A)
Today Show
Donald C. Collett, president of
the World Golf Hall of Fame, and
Norma Smith, curator of the hall,
will be special guests on the NBC
Today Show on Wednesday, Aug.
6.
They will talk about the Golf
Hall of Fame as well as the
World Open to be played in
Pinehurst in September.
The Today Show can be seen
over NBC stations of the area
from 7 to 9 a.m.
Survey Here Shows Rise
In Inflation For Year
A $35.96 grocery bag bought in
Southern I^es in January would
have cost at least $43.00 by June.
That’s just one of the hard
economic facts of life reported by
a Chamber of Commerce survey
of the cost of living locally.
Betsy Lindau, the Chamber’s
survey coordinator, said
however, that consumers can
take some comfort that the cost
of living in the last few weeks has
increased less rapidly than it did
in the first part of the year.
And although exact figures are
not available, she said it costs a
little less to live in Southern
Pines than it does in Chapel Hill,
Durham, Greensboro, Hickory,
Rocky Mount, Wilmington, and
Winston-Salem.
Every month for the last five
years, Mrs. Lindau has recorded
the costs of 26 grocery items,
average utility rates, basic
health care, and gasoline. Every
three months her survey is
averaged and sent to the
National Chamber of Commerce
which publishes each partici
pating town’s results in a
national booklet.
One surprising indication of
the survey, Mrs. Lindau said, is
that overall prices at local food
stores do not vary as much as she
had originally expected. There is
rarely more than a few cents
difference in the total bills at
each of the stores, she said.
The grocery items used in the
survey were: one pound portions
of round steak (U.S.D.A.
Choice); Ground beef; Bacon
(lowest price); Frying chicken
(whole, grade A); margarine,
(lowest price); bananas (lowest
(Continued on Page 11-A)
Subscription Rates
Because of sharply rising
postal rates and heavy increases
in newsprint prices and other
materials involved in publishing
The Pilot, the newspaper is
forced to increase its sub
scription rates, effective Sept. 1.
This is the first increase in
subscription rates in 10 years.
Between now and Sept. 1,
however, new subscribers will be
able to obtain The Pilot at the old
rates for one year, and present
subscribers may be able to
renew subscriptions for a year at
the same rates.
Effective with Sept. 1 the
subscription rates for The Pilot
will be as follows: Moore County,
one year, $6.00; six months,
$3.50; three months, $2.00.
Outside Moore County, one year,
$7.50; six months, $4.25; three
months, $2.50. Single copy sales
will remain at 10 cents per copy.
Robbins
Event Set
Saturday
Saturday at 10 a.m., for the
20th successive year, the Rob
bins Farmers Day Parade will
wind its way out of the history
books right onto the downtown
streets of Robbins, before
thousands of entranced specta
tors.
Actually, it was 21 years ago
that Curtis Hussey and his
brother brought their fine old
covered-wagon rigs to town,
causing such a conunotion they
were persuaded to do it again the
next year, heading a parade.
There had been earlier and
similar celebrations in the 1930s.
Robbins Farmers Day, on the
first Saturday in August, has
since grown to be one of the
State’s rare and exciting events,
with Curtis Hussey holding an
honored place as hard-working
Wagon Master of a parade of
some 300 or more non-auto
motive entries.
Covered wagons, farm carts,
old-time buggies and sleds, child
and adult riders in country or
western garb on high-stepping
mounts, ponies and even mules,
(Continued on Page 12-A)
Watkins
Is Given
Court Job
Charles E. Watkins, former
detective sergeant with the
Moore County Sheriff’s Depart
ment. has been appointed to the
newly established position of
investigatorial assistant to
District Attorney Carroll Lowder
of the 20th Judicial District.
The announcement was made
Tuesday by Lowder, who said,
“We are pleased to have him
with our office. We feel he is well
qualified for the position.”
Watkins, who lives in Southern
Pines, will be assigned to work
with local law enforcement
officers in the district and to
assist them in the more difficult
cases, Lowder said.
Lowder said that the position
was authorized by the 1965
General Assembly and is one of
30 created for judicial districts
this year.
He said that the work of
Watkins will help his office to
better prepare cases for prosecu
tion.
“We feel that Mr. Watkins
background, training and ex
perience will be of tremendous
(Continued on Page 12-A)
BY JIM BUIE
Local law enforcement and
court officials agreed this week
that crime in Moore County has
risen at least seven percent over
the last six months, and they
blamed part of the increase on
inadequate court facilities.
The crime increase occured
mostly in the number of armed
robberies and larceny attempts.
Southern Pines Police Chief Earl
Seawell said.
Although the rise is not official.
Chief Seawell, Sheriff C.G.
Wimberly, Moore County Bar
Association President David
Crockett, and District Attorney
Carroll lewder all agreed there
has been a noticeable increase in
crime.
“I’ve lived in this county for a
long time, and for the last
several months, there has been
more serious crime in the courts
than I can remember,” observed
Crockett.
The poor state of the economy
was also mentioned as a factor in
the increase, but the major
reason, they said, is the crowded
court docket, which hinders
speedy trials and “keeps the
criminal element in circulation.”
“Moore County’s courts are
the most crowded of the five
counties I work in,” said District
Attorney Lowder. “This is
basically because of the lack of
adequate courtroom facilities.”
(Continued on Page 11-A)
Emergency Funds Given
Inflation-Hit Sandhills
The Moore County Commis
sioners, in special meeting
Thursday, responded to a des
perate appeal from Sandhills
Conununity College by authoriz
ing advance use of this year’s
uncollected funds allocated to the
college, to meet last year’s
leftover obligations.
They met the college’s request
for additional funds to bring this
year’s appropriation up to a
rock-bottom of operation and
maintenance, by approving
certain items of capital outlay,
equipment and materials which
could come under federal guide
lines for revenue-sharing funds
already designated for the
college. These, however, fell far
short of the estimated needs.
They also heard from Admin
istrator Bob Helms that the
regional wastewater treatment
project is proceeding on
sch^ule, that plans and “specs”
have been advertised and bids
will be received August 19; and
by resolution and added motions
authorized acceptance of the
EPA construction grant of
$12,966,250, and the signing of the
instruments finalizing the entire
project.
Sandhills Community College,
which since last December has
issued warning after warning
that, because of inflationary
pressures, mainly utility costs,
their expenditures for operation
and maintenance were out-
(Continued on Page 11-A)
Press Honors Senator Ervin;
Sandhills Return Is Approved
THE
PILOT LIGHT
PRESS-There was very little
talk about politics at the meeting
of the North Carolina Press
Association in Pinehurst last
week, but a lot of conversations
revolved the twin issues of
recession and inflation.
Most saw inflation as con
tinuing, especially if proposed oil
policies are put into effect. There
was some optimism, however,
over the economy and most saw
improvements in the fall.
In regards to politics, several
publishers and editors voiced the
opinion that Jim Hunt is way
out front in the race for Gover
nor. There was a belief on the
part of many that Skipper
Bowles will run, even though
there were reports that many of
Bowles’ friend have urged him
not to do so.
There was some speculation
about the chances of Terry
Sanford for President, but aside
from Sanford no other candidate
(Continued on Page 16-A)
It was “Senator Sam Ervin
Night” in Pinehurst Friday night
and some 250 members of the
i*lorth Carolina Press Associa
tion stood in tribute to one of the
nation’s foremost champions of
press freedom.
Senator Ervin responded with
personal tributes to dozens of
North Carolina newsmen, both
living and dead, and with a
ringing declaration on the great
ness of the United States
Constitution.
It was the 102nd annual con
vention of the North Carolina
Press Association, meeting at
the Pinehurst Hotel and in the
Sandhills for the first time.
The members of the associa
tion enjoyed it so much the board
of directors at a meeting
Saturday morning voted to
return here in 1978. Heretofore,
the annual convention had
alternated in meetings on the
coast, at Wrightsville Beach, and
in the mountains, at Asheville.
While here they were enter-
(Continued on Page 16-A)
Many Believe ‘You Are What You Eat ’
BYSANDYLETT
^ You are what you eat. If you’ve
heard it once, you’ve heard it a
thousand times. Health en
thusiast Victor Lindlahr gets the
credit for first saying that people
are what they eat. But one does
not have to be a “health nut” to
know that the quality of food
ry affects us and that too much or
too little of certain foods can lead
to problems.
If you think “you are what you
eat” is an old wive’s tale, you
should talk to your neigh^rs
because there are numerous
people in the area who have
found a new lease on life just by
changing their eating habits.
Dr. Joe Brown of 39 Village
Green is one who advocates a
diet change to bring about better
health. Dr. Brown has a good
reason to feel that food is im
portant since he was completely
cured of arthritis after 20 years
of misery. Dr. Brown was af
flicted with the crippler,
rheumatoid arthritis, and after
years of wearing a copper
bracelet, taking gold shots, and
swallowing lots of aspirin and
pain medicine, he was still in
severe pain. By now he was
desperate and he could hardly
move, so when a friend
suggested that food might be the
answer and gave him a book on
arthritis, he was ready to try
anything.
The book was “Arthritis and
Common Sense” by Dan Dale
Alexander and the author spent
14 years doing research work and
intensive study to find the an
swer to arthritis. The author
makes this point in the book: “If
you are what you eat and you
have arthritis, then for
argument’s sake, you either ate
something that caused your
arthritis,...or something you did
not eat permitted its onset.”
Alexander’s most important
conclusion is that arthritis is
mainly a problem of dryness and
that arthritics need lubricating
oils. From this basis, he
developed a diet program which
includes certain kinds of oils and
excludes foods that deplete the
body of these oils.
Dr. Brown felt that the book
made sense and began to follow
Alexander’s advice. He gave up
acidic foods, such as citric fruits
and tea, and eliminated car
bonated drinks, wines and other
products with white sugar. He
added cod liver oil to his diet. His
arthritic pains quickly decreased
until they finally diminished
completely. For about 15 years.
Dr. Brown has not suffered with
arthritis but he said that he
begins to hurt a little when he
cheats and is careless about his
diet. “So cheating on my diet just
isn’t worth it,” he said. Dr.
Brown said he knew some people
would say it was his imagination.
“But I don’t care because the
important thing is that I don’t
hurt anymore.”
(Continued on Page 12-A)
SENATOR AT PARTY — Senator Sam Ervin greets a well-wisher at a poolside
party at the Pinehurst Hotel for the North Carolina Press Association. The party
was hosted by newspapers of the Sandhills, and the former senator was the guest
of honor at a “Sam Ervin Night.”—(Photo by Glenn M. Sides).