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Entertainment, 6-7-C; Obituaries, 7-A;
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Vol. 56. Number 14
40 Pages
Southern Pines, North Carolina Wednesday, February 4, 1976
40 Pages
Price 10 Cents
Aberdeen
Vote Set
All eleven candidates who ran
in the first election will be
running again in the new election
for Aberdeen town comissioners
on Tuesday, Feb. 10.
The new election was ordered
by the State Board of Elections
after it was found that some
persons who did not live within
the town limits had voted in the
election last November.
Forty-two new voters have
been added to registration lists,
making a total of 921 eligible
voters in tlie two precincts of
East and West Aberdeen. Five
names were added to East
Aberdeen and 37 in West
Aberdeen.
Chairman C. Coolidge
Thompson said that new precinct
officials, two of whom have
previous experience prior to last
November’s election, have been
appointed in West Aberdeen.
They are Mrs. Larry Boles,
registrar, Mrs. Kathleen
McGougan, Republican judge,
and Mrs. Jane Everett,
Democratic judge. Mrs. Everett
is a former precinct election
official in East Aberdeen.
Officials in East Aberdeen are
Mrs. Linda Davis, registrar,
Leslie Parker, Republican judge,
and Mrs. Vicki Simmons,
Democratic judge.
An assistant, Mrs. Grant
Clayton, has been named to
Sheriff
To Report
On Crime
Sheriff C. G. Wimberly, listed
on the agenda of Monday’s
meeting of county com
missioners to give his monthly
report, arrived on time but said
he hadn’t time to finish the
report, because of a heavy court
term and other duties.
Instead, he asked that they call
a special meeting for him to give
them the picture of crime con
ditions in the county.
He said, “It’s just
skyrocketing, and it’s very
frustrating for those of us who
are trying to do something about
it.
“I want to talk to each one of
you personally, during an hour -
not more than that-when I can
have your undivided attention. I
have some things to say to you,
and some requests to make.”
He gave not details as to what
he meant to say, they set the
meeting for 3 p.m. Wednesday.
(Continued On Page 16-A)
Dog Population Is Seen
As Major Moore Problem
An exploding dog population is
becoming an increasing problem
for Moore County, according to
* Mrs. Stuart R. Paine, President
of the Humane Society of Moore
County.
A recent study of cities showed
that among the respondents 20
percent placed the problem
ahead of both crime and traffic,
she said it was revealed.
Since the resignation of Dog
Warden Gary Wright, police
have been most cooperative with
the Animal Shelter of the Society
near Carthage, Mrs. Paine
continued. A successor to Wright
is being sought.
The Husom people are trying
to cope with strayed and aban-
Drexel Appointed Head
Of Moore Regan Group
Tom Ellis has announced the
appointment of a financial
steering committee for Moore
county. Ellis is campaign
coordinator of North Carolina
Citizens for Reagan for
President.
David Drexel of Southern
Pines will serve as chairman of
the financial conunittee. Other
members of the committee will
be Richard D. Chapman, Jr.,
Vincent Meads, James M.
Craven, Dean A. Rich, Paul S.
Helms and Philip S. Pearsall.
“We are pleased to have such
an outstanchng group of citizens
working on our campaign in
Moore county,” remarked Ellis.
“They are representative of the
broad range of concerned and
highly respected citizens who are
joining Governor Reagan’s
campaign all over North
Carolina.”
A chairman of Moore County
Citizens for Reagan is expected
to be named soon.
Drexel this week added to the
steering committee the names of
Dr. Duwayne Gadd of Pinehurst,
Jack M. Taylor Jr., of Aberdeen,
Stuart R. Payne and Mrs. Joan
Milligan of Southern Pines.
HARNESS RACING AT PINEHURST — This
foursome of standardbred horses marked up training
time at 2.5 minutes for the Pinehurst mile track last
week. They are two year olds and apparently quite
ready to earn their keep for owner Percy Gray and
Trainer Paul Battis. Their names are ones to look for
as they begin their careers on the
raceways-Designated, Good Knight Joyce, Ima
Steady Star and Goodnight Dawn.—(Photo by Mildred
Allen).
(toned pets in twu ways; by
paying half of the spaying fee for
adopted animals, and having a
depository for leaving animals
with both food and water at the
back of the shelter at night when
no one is there. The animals are
taken into the shelter the next
morning and cared for she said.
Town officials say that police
receive many complaints about
dogs turning over garbage,
running in packs and destroying
shrubbery. An officer is sent in
such instances. Chief Earl S.
Seawell says, but the problem
has increased since Warden
Wright resigned. It’s a “tough
job,” the Chief said. Other towns
(Continued On Page 16-A)
BY MILDRED ALLEN
Time changes all things
including harness racing.
One visit to the expansive
layout of the Pinehurst tracks
and a few conversations with the
veterans - sons of fathers who
drove pacers and trotters at
world shattering speeds which as
one driver put it “wouldn’t buy a
ham sandwich today, the pacers
are so far advanced” - and with
the sons, third and fourth
generations, leaving with their
trailer of horses for the northern
tracks and mid-winter races and
attractive purses and suddenly
you are in touch with a world
unto itself.
It’s a breed (>f dedicated
horsemen who Have crested
every wave of change and are
Padlocking
Is Lifted
For Club
A consent judgment was
signed last week in Moore
Superior Court rescinding the
padlocking of the Inside Club, on
West Pennsylvania Avenue
Extension, Southern Pines,
effective inunediately, subject to
certain conditions of the court.
At the same time sentences for
misdemeanor liquor law
violations were handed down
against the owner and two
employes of the club, with cases
nol pressed against another
employe, with all of the
defendants pleading no contest
and paying off light fines and
costs.
It was all part of an unusual
procedure under the law in which
a civil action was instituted in the
criminal court by Carroll R.
(Continued on Page 14-A)
moving on with the popular and
money-making sport which is
truly deep-rooted in the
American past.
Once the sport of kings - only
the rich industrial and com
mercial giants could afford the
necessary investments, now it is
an investment for many, not
unlike playing the stock market.
Three and four persons may
invest in a horse, turn it over to a
trainer, all to share in the win
nings.
But there is still that wide
circle of dedicated horse folk
throughout the country who
breed and buy the standard
breds for the love of it, who share
in the winnings brought in at the
finish line, but who care most for
the development of an out
standing horse, a kind of basic
purity that can enjoy the marks
of a champion on the track even
when another owner wins the
purse.
Harness racing began in the
early 1800’s on the dirt roads of
the countryside and on the
village streets, as well as on
some oval dirt track in an open
field. But befqp it beqame a
recognized sport, harness racing
suffered through some difficult
times.
One book comments, “By the
early 1850s reform movements to
throttle horse racing swept in a
stifling wave across the country.
Though running horses were
banished from most racing
ovals, there were still horses on
the roads and avenues, and these
THE
PILOT LIGHT
SCOTT—It’s beginning to look
like Jessie Rae Scott, the wife of
former Governor Robert Scott,
will be in the race for the
Democratic nomination for
Commissioner of Labor.
She has been receiving letters
of support and encouragement
from Democratic leaders in all
parts of the state. A poll is now
being made to see not only what
her chances would be but to test
the reaction of Tar Heel voters in
respect to a woman running for a
high state office.
The former First Lady is
expected to make a decision
around March 1.
The Conunissioner of Labor
office is now held by a
Republican, on appointment of
Governor Holshouser following
the death in office of Democrat
Billy Creel.
STATE SENATE — Both of the
incumbent State Senators-
Russell Walker of
Asheboro and Charles Vickery of
Chapel Hill-will be candidates
for reelection this year.
Thus far no announced
opposition to either of them has
been announced for the
Democratic primary.
Also seeking reelection this
year will be Rep. T. Clyde
Auman of West End, and no
opposition to him in the
Democratic primary has been
reported.
BOST — Young Bill Bost is
back home in Pinehurst from
New Hampshire where he had
been directing the campaign of
Terry Sanford. When Sanford
was reassessing his campaign
and the decision was finally
made to withdraw from the
presidential race Bost was
(Continued (hi Page 16-A)
Job Rate
High Here
Harness Racing-A World Unto Itself
horses were light-harness hor
ses. Who could deny that the
occasional testing of the speed of
a horse in harness down Main
Street was not a necessity? How
else could using horses be im
proved? The consensus of public
opinion was that trotting was not
(Continued on Page 10-A)
Plans Given
For Year’s
Observance
Meeting at the Campbell House
in Southern Pines Thursday
night, the Moore County Bi
centennial Committee heard
reports and outlined plans for
Bicentennial activities in Moore
County during the coming weeks
and months.
The meeting was pre
sided over by H. Clifton Blue.
Earl Hubbard of Southern Pines
gave a detailed outline of plans
being made for the drama at the
House in the Horseshoe during
six weeks of the summer months,
beginning Wednesday, July 7,
and running for four days-Wed-
nesday, Thursday, Friday and
Saturday each week through
August 14.
“The House In The Horseshoe”
drama was written by Joe
Simmons who will serve as
manager of the pageant. Dwayne
Sidden will serve as director.
There will be five or six
professionals in the play hnd for
the 24 other parts try-outs will be
held in early May for those
interested in participating. Both
Simmons ancl Sidden are from
Chapel Hill. It was stated that
scripts for the play would be
available at the Moore County
Library in Carthage and the
(Continued on Page 14-A)
D. P. Lynch
Employed
By County
The Moore County com
missioners in regular meeting
Monday approved the em
ployment of D. Parker Lynch of
Pinehurst as this county’s first
public works director, to go on
full-time duty immediately
handling the fiscal affairs of the
regional sewer system.
He will work also with the
communities the system, now
under construction, is designed
to serve-Southern Pines,
Pinehurst, Aberdeen and,
possibly later on Pinebluff.
The commissioners also ap
proved the salary of |14,450
recommended by County Ad
ministrator Bob Helms, to be
paid from administrative funds
of the $17.5 million regional
system, which has a July 1,1977,
target date for completion. After
it goes into operation, he will be
paid out of revenue it earns, and
(Continued On Page 16-A)
Unemployed figures for Moore
County are now some 6.5 percent.
Interviewer Bill Presley of the
Carthage office of the Em
ployment Security Ad
ministration said Tuesday, while
the state total is more than 8
percent.
During the first week in
January, unemployment rose to
10.9 because of temporary plant
layoffs, making the average for
the month 7.9.
This, however, was extremely
different from January last year
when unemployment jumped to
20 percent.
The season for motels and
hotels in this resort area will
begin in March, he pointed out,
possibly bringing an even lower
unemployment.
Employment in textiles and
furniture plants is steady,
Presley said, although mobile
home construction has never
recovered from the blow hit it by
a declining economy a couple of
years ago.
The week of December 26
unemployment dropped to 4.9
percent. By the week of January
16 it was at 6.4 percent, after the
early January layoffs.
Frank Burch is supervisor of
the Carthage office.
Hodges Tells Chamber
Recession Is Symptom
Declaring that “our economy
is clearly headed upward,”
Banker Luthef**!!. Hodges Jr.,
told the annual meeting of the
Sandhills Area Chamber of
Commerce that there are
broader national problems.
“Our economic difficulties” he
said, “may really be just
symptoms of ...problems of
leadership, problems of shifting
public attitudes toward our
established institutions, and
problems of our failure so far to
recognize or adapt to what I am
convinced is an ongoing social
revolution in this country and in
the world.”
Hodges spoke to more than 250
at a banquet session held at the
Southern Pines Country Club, at
which A.J. Wooddy was
presented an award as the
“committee chairman of the
year” for his work with the
Chamber’s legislative
committee.
Samuel H. Poole served as
master of ceremonies and
reports were heard on the nast
year’s Chamber accomplish
ments and activities by
E.J. Austin, the outgoing
president, and on plans for the
coming year by the new
president, Dr. William F.
Hollister.
Hodges in his address said that
“We have never been in greater
need of a national sense of
determination...We, as a nation,
have never been in our modem
history in greater need of good
leadership-and, unfortunately,
so short of it.”
He said that leadership needs
to show “a willingness to
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Man, 77, Held In Killing
Of Stranger At His Door
Eddie Gaines, 77, of Jackson
Hamlet, west of Aberdeen, was
placed in Moore County jail
Saturday night without privilege
of bond, charged with the murder
of a man he said he did not know.
Sheriff C.G. Wimberly
identified the man killed in the
pistol shooting as Clayton
Walters, 31, of Midway, east of
Aberdeen.
Gaines told investigating
officers he and his wife were
alone in their home about 8 p.m.
Saturday when there was a
“terrific pounding and banging”
at his front door.
Through the pane he dimly saw
in the darkness a man he did not
recognize, called to ask who it
was but got no answer and called
again to tell the man to go away.
When the pounding just kept on,
Gaines said he got his 38-cal.
revolver and fired one shot
through the door. The man fell,
and Gaines said he turned on the
porch light and opened the door,
to see a strangerlying there.
(Continued On Page 16-A)
At Youth Center They Earn Way To Freedom
i*
OPENING IN MAY — Construction is well under way on the new HOW plant at
the old airport Industrial Park near Aberdeen, with the textile manufacturing
firm scheduled to start operations in May. A German-owned syndicate, HOW’s
operations here are headed by Bernhard Schuler.—(Photo by Glenn M. Sides).
BY HELEN PARKS
It was a special day ten young,
uniformed men who arrived at
Sandhills Youth Center on New
Year’s Eve. Their arrival
marked only another weekly
transfer of inmates from the
Western Correction Center at
Morganton to the youth center at
McCain.
The young men may have
breathed a sigh of relief as they
unboarded the bus. The Sandhills
Youth Center more closely
resembles the campus of a high
school or small college than the
Morganton center, a 16-story
maximum security prison. After
a month of orientation the in
mates will no longer be
restricted to wearing the Army-
green uniforms they wore from
Western.
As one inmate said. “The
biggest difference here is that
there aren’t bars and armed
guards everywhere you look.”
The Sandhills Youth Center
was formerly the Samuel
Leonard Training School and
become a unit of the North
Carolina Department of
Corrections in Fetouary of 1974.
The dormitory portion of the
center was built in 1923 and
served as a unit of the McCain
Sanatorium.
The Sandhills Youth Center
and Western Correction Center
are the two major institutions in
a five-institution complex
designed to completely separate
male youthful offenders from the
older prison population. The age
range of youthful offenders
is from 16 to 21 years
of age. In some instances
the seriousness of a crime may
warrant the placement of a youth
under 16 into the youthful of
fenders category. Sentences
usually range from one day to
three years.
“I’d say about 90 percent of the
boys here have one-day sen
tences,” Tom Ivester,
superintendent of Sandhills
Youth Center said.
“One-day sentences” places
more responsibility on personnel
of the youth services complex
who must evaluate and make
recommendations for the
inmate’s release. There’s no law
but it usually averages out that
an inmate who receives a flat
sentence serves a fourth of that
sentence, noted Ivester.
Western Correction Center
serves as a reception facility
where youthful offenders are
sent upon sentencing by the
judicial system. At Western the
inmate must “work his way”
from higher stories of the
maximum security prison to
lower stories through good
behavior. Once the inmate
behaves in an acceptable
manner and is placed on a lower
level of the prison, he is tran
sferred either to Sandhills Youth
Center, the Burke correction
unit, a sub-unit of the Western
Correction Center or to com
munity treatment centers
located in Salisbury and
Williamston.
Ivester as well as other youth
services personnel would like to
see more conununity treatment
centers such as the ones at
Salisbury and Williamston
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