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Classified Ads., 8-11-C; Editorials, 1-B;
Entertainment, 4-C; Obituaries, 5-A;
Pinehurst News, 1-2-C; Social News,
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Vol. SS-No. 42
36 Pages
Southern Pines, North Carolina Wednesday, August 20, 1975
36 Pages
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Duncraig Appeal Continues
Despite Overspending Fund
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Sewer Plan Bids
Below Estimates
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Bids were opened Tuesday
afternoon on Moore County’s
multi-million-dollar regional
sewage treatment system, and
with one category only esti
mated, in which an insirfficient
number was received, were seen
to come well within the allotted
funds.
County officials and engineers
presiding over the event,
momentous in the hbtory of
Moore County, expressed their
jubilation at the numbers and
quality of the bids, as well as the
figures represented.
Low bids in seven categories,
out of eight, totalled something
over $13 million for the project.
for which federal, state and local
funds will be available in the sum
of nearly $19 million.
Advertised on a coast-to-coast
basis, bids had been sought in
eight categories, four concerned
with the sewage treatment plant
and its construction, four with
segments of interceptor lines at
Southern Pines.
Bid figures termed “low” are
at present only “apparently” so,
said Bob Helms, county 'ad
ministrator, r ‘ing that every
number and every detail of each
bid must be scrutinized, with the
federal and state agencies
concerned all taking part, before
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Lakeview Man Is Held
On Old Kidnap Charge
SANDHILLS RECREATION — Two of the prime focal points of recreation in the
Sandhills—golf and horses—make up this picture at Seven Lakes, one of Moore
County’s newest resort communities.—(Photo by Glenn M. Sides).
Schools Will Open Next Week
With 9,000 Students Expected
Ralph C. “Tex” McCraney, 41
of Lakeview is in the Moore
County jail on two felony
charges, first brought in 1972.
Warrants were sworn out for
his arrest for kidnapping and
attempted robbery at Johnny’s
Bar and Grill Dec. 14, 1972,
signed by Southern Pines Police
Chief Earl Seawell.
He was arrested in Greenville,
S.C. August 13 of this year on
charges of disorderly conduct
and interfering with an officer
in the line of duty. After
Greenville police learned of the
earlier charges, they informed
local police. McCraney waived
extradition, and was picked up
by Moore County sheriff’s of
ficers and lodged in the county
jail in Carthage. He is under
hooo bond on the attempted
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Files
Dante Monesanti on Tuesday
became the first to file for the
Southern Pines Town Council in
this fall’s election.
A retired restaurant operator,
Montesanti filed with Town Clerk
Mildred McDonald.
Filing for the council was
opened on Aug. 15 and will end in
September.
Everything is being readied for
the opening of the 1975-76 school
year in Moore County with
around 9,000 pupils expected to
be enrolled. However, by the end
of the year next spring, the
enrollment is expected to in-
clease.
There are some 460 teachers in
the schools, with only 24 of them
being new to Moore County.
It will only be a half-day of
“Pupil Orientation” next
Thursday, August 28, followed by
the first full day of school on
Tuesday, September 2. There
will be no cafeteria service on
“Pupil Orientation Day.”
However, service will begin on
the the first full day of school.
Teachers began their duties on
Friday of last week. They have
been busy making preparations
for the opening and attending
various in-service workshops
throughout the county. The
principals have been working
throughout the summer, except
for their normal two weeks
vacation, and attending their in-
service workshops.
On Tuesday, August 26, a
county-wide teachers’ meeting
will be held at the North Moore
High School Auditorium. A
luncheon will be held for the 24
new teachers in the school
cafeteria following the meeting.
THE
PILOT LIGHT
GREEN-There are reports
that Speaker of the House Jimmy
Green may be lowering his sights
and instead of running for
Governor in 1976 will get into the
campaign for Lieutenant
Governor.
He is also being mentioned as a
possible candidate for Congress
against Rep. Charles Rose.
Green, however, continues to
make contacts about the State in
respect to the Governor’s race.
Two candidates have formally
announced for Lieutenant
Governor, Rep. Herbert Hyde of
Buncombe County and Frank
Stephenson of Chowan College.
Mayor Howard Lee of Chapel
Hill is a candidate and so is
Waverly Akins, former chair
man of the Wake County com
missioners. A total of 16 persons
are reported considering the
race, although no one expects a
field that large to be actually
running.
TREASURER - State
Treasurer Edwin Gill has not
said either way whether he will
seek reelection in 1976, but at
least three people have let it be
known that they plan to be
candidates if he does not run.
One of them says he will run
anyway. He is Rep. Lane Brown
of Stanly County.
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School Dates
The following dates have been
announced to aid parents and the
public in general for the up
coming school year.
The District NCAE meeting,
scheduled at Monroe High
School, is set for September 19.
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Free Offer
For Moving
Junk Cars
Have you ever wondered how
you were going to get rid of that
old car you have sitting behind
the house that you never quite
got around to fixing? Well, the
Town of Southern Pines is
offering you a chance to get rid of
it-for free.
As a part of the Town’s
Community Development Pro
gram arrangements have been
made with a firm that specializes
in the removal of junk and
abandoned automobiles. By con
tacting Art Tener or Carl Ross at
Town Hall, 692-7021, persons ipay
have the firm notified and the car
removed at no cost.
Town Manager Lew Brown
noted that this program is unique
in that it is not costing either the
Town or the car owner anything
to have the car removed. The
firm involved feels it can recover
its cost for removal and disposal
of the car through the scrap
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Tvvo More Deputies Quit
Leaving Foiu* Vacancies
Moore County’s troubled
sheriff’s department lost two
more officers this week when two
former detectives-Don Davis
and Ernest Hooker-resigned.
Davis resigned on Monday and
Hooker on Tuesday, both ef
fective at once but with both
going on two weeks vacation.
Sheriff C.G. Wimberly said the
reasons Hooker gave came down
to about the same as Davis-“he
wasn’t satisfied with some of our
policies.”
He said the break-up of the
investigative unit in his recent
departmental organization, was
something he saw as necessary,
and “if they can’t adjust to it,
then maybe it is better this way.”
Wimberly said he recognized
that, when an officer has been
working “in plainclothes” and
has done a good job at it, it may
seem a demotion to him to be
returned to the uniformed patrol.
However, he sai^ he had made
the changes on expert consultant
advice, shifting the emphasis to
crime prevention instead of so
much investigation “after the
fact,” and that he looked around
for his “best men” in order to put
them on patrol. But if they didn’t
understand it that way, he said,
“perhaps it’s all for the best.”
Hooker, a well-liked black
officer, has served more than
three years with the department,
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More Building Permits
Are Issued in August
Five building permits have
already been issued in Southern
Pines during August.
This compares with one permit
each for the months of May, June
and July. None was issued in
February or March.
Three of the permits signal the
completion of the Village Green,
a division of Sandavis, Inc.,
lifelong dream of Mr. and Mrs.
William P. Davis.
A permit for a new restaurant
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SHOPPING CENTER FIRE — Firemen are shown
fighting the fire which caused considerable damage to
four business establishments in the Town and Country
Shopping Center Tuesday night. Aberdeen firemen
shown in the picture are Lloyd Harris (at top), Steve
Martin (on ladder) and Kevin McIntyre,—(Photo by
Glenn M. Sides).
Fire Damages Firms
In Shopping Center
Fire of undetermined origin
caused estimated damages of
$60,000 to several business firms
in the Town and Country Shop
ping Center Tuesday night.
Most extensive damage was to
Joseph’s, a news, book and
record shop owned and operated
by Joe Pinkston Jr.
Other places damaged by fire
and smoke included First Feder
al Savings and Loan Association
of Sanford and Sounds Un-
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Celebrities Named
For Pro-Am Sept. 9
on Shaw Avenue near the JFK
Barn just off the US 1 bypass has
also been issued to Fred Hall.
Although it hasn’t yet applied
for a permit, a new dental office
is expected to be built beside the
office of Dr. W. Harrell Johnson
in the 700 block of S.W. Broad
Street.
The pickup in business in the
construction industry is seen as a
part of a generally recovering
economy.
The first group of celebrities
who will play in the World Golf
Hall of Fame Celebrity Pro-Am
were announced this week by
Tournament Director Don
Collett.
The Pro-Am is scheduled for
Tuesday, September 9, and will
be played on Pinehurst No. 2
course, site of the ^00,000 World
Open CJiampionship.
Heading the list of invited stars
who will be paired with the
leading money winners on the
PGA Tour is Allan Hale, the
veteran TV performer who
played in the World Open Pro-
Am two years ago. Hale starred
in the TV series “Gilligan’s
Island” for a number of seasons.
Also slated to appear is
veteran actor Bob Sterling who
also played in the first World
Open Pro-Am, Ed Nelson who
played the role of the doctor in
Pe^on Place. Country Western
Stars Floyd Cramer and Hank
Rogers, Tom Kennedy,
Television host of the daytime
television shows, “You Don’t
Say” and “Name That Tune;”
and Jim McKrell the major domo
on NBC’s “Celebrity Sweep-
stakes.”
A field of 150 amateurs and 50
orofessionals including members
of the British Ryder Cup teams
(Continued on Page 8-A)
The Southern Pines Town
Council in a stormy special
meeting caUed by Mayor E. Earl
Hubbard Monday night, after
nearly two hours of discussion
failed to take action changing its
decision of August 12 to carry on
with its appeal in the Duncraig
Manor case.
This was done without a vote,
as none was needed to let its
previous action stand. However,
the discussion explored the
question intensively in the light
rf a new development, which had
been called to the council’s
attention in a memo from Town
Manager Lew G. Brown.
Town Attorney W. Lamont
Brown had recommended going
on with the appeal in order to
secure a “definitive decision” in
the case because he and his
colleague, W.D. Sabiston, felt
that the Town had a “better than
50 percent chance to win” and
because he felt the cost of an
appeal could be contained in the
$5,000 the Town had budgeted for
the purpose.
However, the town manager
had notified the councilmen t^t
a bill not included in the previous
total on costs of the suit had
actually caused the fund to be
overspent, and if the appeal were
to be carried out further money
would have to be appropriated.
The total spent so far, he said, in
fees to both attorneys and other
expenses of the suit amounted to
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Tobacco
Prices
Move Up
Tobacco prices were improved
this week on the Moore County
auction markets at Aberdeen and
Carthage.
Better grades of tobacco were
being offered by growers and
warehousemen said there was
more spirited bidding by buyers.
The average on Monday at
Carthage was $99.83 per hundred
pounds, and the average at
Aberdeen was $94.79 per hun
dred.
Sales were under way today at
Aberdeen, and the next sale at
the Carthage market will be on
Thursday.
At Aberdeen on Monday
warehousemen said things are
“improving a little every day.”
The quality was described as
better, although there were
many piles of bottom leaves still
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Duncraig Manor Children Learn To Cope As Family
BY JENNIFER CALDWELL
Duncraig Manor, located on
the outskirts of Southern Pines,
is owned by Mrs. Constance
Baker. It is currently occupied
by a large, vital family who
make no pretensions as to the
fact that they, being human,
have faults.
Because of this honesty; and
beyond that, the courage of this
family, Mrs. Baker, and the
Southeastern Mental Health
Center, the treatment approach
at Duncraig has been bombasted
for months by a few “concerned
citizens” of this conununity.
The “concerned citizens” have
attrac’ d attention to both
Duncraig Manor and the com
munity. Because of legal action
by the Town of Southern Pines
against the center, the Sandhills
area obtained a national
reputation last summer.
Since this area has been ter
med a “tourist resort,” perhaps
residents are adept at keeping
the spotlight on. The days and
weeks and months are beginning
to add up and no solution has
been found to the “problem” at
Duncraig Manor. The Town has
appealed Judge James M. Long’s
verdict when he stated the case
was “not tryable” on three
points: a primary basis being
that the Town may not sue a
state-supported agency.
What case is splitting the town
into factions?
Exactly what is going on at
Duncraig Manor?
Cecil Brown, program director
of the children’s treatment
center at Duncraig, helped to
answer some long-standing
questions.
He sat in his rather ornate
office at the front of the large
house, smoking cigarettes and
occasionally putting his hand up
to his head, as if searching for
the proper reply. There was no
evidence, looking only in that
room, that eight children made
this their home-until, looking up
from the brass andirons and
heavy carved furniture, a
Peanuts plaque was seen on one
wall, saying “We all need
someone to kiss away our tears.”
The treatment, in a nutshell, is
something like that. Duncraig’s
residents are accepted for
treatment after a detailed
screening process and brought
into an environment of positive
mental health, maybe for the
first time.
There are currently eight
children living in the center
designed to accept nine, with one
coming next week to fill the
quota. Houseparents Gary and
Cathy Macbeth are currently
training another set of
houseparents to alternate with
them on a weekly basis in caring
for the kids. Though the sheer
number of children involved is
unusual for families today, the
basic principle of family life is
maintained in this way.
The difference is noticeable
first with the addition of more
personnel. Most families do not
have a cook or secretaries or a
psychologist to talk to or play
with. And another difference is
one of notice: who pays attention
to most families? Do curious
spectators drive in front of every
house and try to get a glimpse of
the children?
This is one of the damages
done by the publicity showered
upon Duncraig Manor. House-
parent Cathy Macbeth says
“It’s not that we don’t want
people to come and see us; but
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FIRST FEMALE CADDY — Betsy Riggs of
Burlington, a student at Sandhills College, adds to the
scenery as the first female caddy at the Pinehurst
Country Club. The world famous Course No. 2 will
return to caddies only as of Sept. 1.—(Photo by B.
Donald McKenzie).