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Classified Ads, 10-15-C; Editorials, 1-B;
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^ Vol. 56, Number 221
48 Pages
Southern Pines, North Carolina Wednesday, March 31, 1976
48 Pages
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May Bond Vote Seen;
Hearing Set Tuesday
Sec, Richardson To Speak
At Dinner Here Saturday
SPRING IN SANDHILLS — The flowering peach, the
Black Angus cattle grazing and the dark green of the
H
longleaf pine help form a pretty picture of Spring in
the Sandhills.—(Photo by Glenn M. Sides).
Candidates Can File Next Monday
For Seven Local And State Offices
Seven Moore County offices and the General Election in
and State legislature posts are to November,
be filled by election this year. Two seats on the Board of
Next Monday at noon is the County Commissioners are up
first day for candidates to file for for election this year—District
the 1976 Primary on August 17 No. 2 which embraces Bensalem
Mrs. Page Gets Prize
In Moore Seal Contest
The winner of the contest for
the best design of an official seal
for Moore County is Mrs. Reid
(Mary Ann) Page, Jr., of
Pinehurst.
She will receive the $50 prize
donated by the Moore County
Historical Association, sponsors
of the contest with the Moore
County Bicentennial Committee.
The runner-up was Mrs. Alan
(Carla) Butler of Southern Pines,
and in third place was Mrs. J. A.
(Jane) McPhaul of Southern
Pines.
Nearly 100 entries were
received from Moore County
residents, including 60 from
school students in Carthage
Elementary, Union Pines, North
Moore, Aberdeen, Southern
Pines, West End, Pinehurst,
Westmoore and Duncraig
Manor.
Finalists included Dell Monroe
of Aberdeen (two entries),
Richard Mitchell of Southern
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and Mineral Springs Townships
and District No. 4, McNeill
Township, which includes
Southern Pines.
Four positions on the Board of
Education are up for election-^
District No. 2, ^uthem Pines;
District No. 6, Cameron and
Carthage; District No. 7, Farm
Life and Vass-Lakeview; and
District No. 3, Pinehurst and
West End.
There is also one position to be
filled on the Soil and Water
Supervisors Board.
One seat from District 25
(Moore County) in the State
House of Representatives, and
two seats frbm the 16th District
in the State Senate are up for
election.
All incumbents are expected to
seek reelection. Rep. T. Clyde
Auman of West End has not
made a formal announcement
but has let it be known he will
seek reelection. Both State
Senators-Russell Walker of
Asheboro and Charles Vickery of
Chapel Hill-plan to seek
reelection.
The two seats on the Board of
County Commissioners are now
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Carl Eagle Will Seek
8th Congressional Seat
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STONEYBROOK DEVELOPER — Mickey Walsh,
master showman, trainer and developer of the
Stoneybrook Races, stands with one of his favorite
horses. Breaking Dawn, Carolina Cup winner two
years ago and a continuous money-maker. Walsh, one
of the top four trainers in the country for a quarter of a
century, revived the Steeplechase after the dormant
period of World War II when he cleared the land and
prepared a track in six months time for the first
Stoneybrook Race in 1947, attracting the best horses in
the country and a crowd of more than 5,000 people. The
29th Annual Stoneybrook Steeplechase is scheduled
for April 10th and more than 30,000 people are
expected.
Carl R. Eagle, a '36-year-old
math teacher at Mooresville
High School who lives in
Salisbury, announced today
(Wednes^y) at noon that he is a
candidate for the Republican
nomination for Congress from
the Eighth District.
Eagle said he has traveled
extensively through the district
and has been encouraged by
Republicans to seek the office
now held by Rep. Bill Hefner, a
Democrat.
Eagle is a native of Rowan
County and has a B.A. degree in
history from Catawba College
and a master’s degree in
mathematics from UNC at
Chapel Hill. He is at present
serving as state legislative
chairman of the N.C. Association
of Classroom Teachers and is a
member of the State legislative
committee of the NCAE.
He has served 10 years on the
Rowan County Republican
Executive Committee and is a
past chairman of the Rowan
County Young Republicans.
In 1972 Eagle was the
Republican candidate for State
Superintendent of Public In
struction and polled a 549,486
statewide vote ii^ losing to Dr.
Craig Phillips.
A Lutheran, he is married and
the father of three children.
In his announcement as can
didate, Eagle said:
“A decision to run for Congress
is a serious step; great and
important responsibilities await
the person elected to that body. I
am confident that I offer to the
Eighth District the ability,
training, and experience to be an
Stoneybrook
All reserved spaces for the
Stoneylrook Steeplechase will be
released if unpaid by Monday,
the Stoneybrook office an
nounced today. Also, reser
vations for the Steeplechase
dinner and dance must be made
by April 7.
effective representative.
“For many years government
regulation has been regarded as
a panacea for the economic and
social difficulties of this country.
Today most Americans realize
that government control is not
the answer. Americans are sick
of paying a tremendous price, in
the form of surrendered in-
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Secretary of Commerce Elliot
Richardson is expected to speak
on the need for more funds for
cancer research at a fund-raising
dinner Saturday night at the
Country Club of North Carolina.
The dinner at 8 p.m. will be
preceded by a reception at 7
o’clock.
Richardson, a native of Boston,
is the only man who has held four
Cabinet positions. He accepted
the invitation to address the
dinner here from Miss Betty
Dumaine, a long-time friend,
who is serving as general
chairman.
Sponsoring the dinner is the
Moore County Chapter of the
American Cancer Society in
cooperation with the Com
prehensive Cancer Center of the
Duke University Medical Center.
More than 250 persons are
expected to attend the dinner.
Following Richardson’s talk a
question-and-answer session will
be held.
Richardson will come to
Southern Pines from Asheville
where he is addressing a meeting
Benefit
Horse Show
Opens Week
A two-day horse show at
Caladan Farm will benefit the
North Carolina Veterinary
Research Foundation and begin
an exciting week for the San
dhills.
The horse show begins at 10
a.m. on Friday and 9 a.m. on
Saturday, April 2 and 3.
It is the first American Horse
Shows Association recognized
horse show to be held in the
Sandhills in recent years. To
become recognized by the
A.H.S.A., a horse show must
offer a certain amount of prize
money and a certain number of
classes in each division.
In addition to the hunter
classes, there will be Equitation
classes where the ability of the
rider is judged, not the per
formance of the horse. The junior
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School Building Plans
Given At Board Meeting
BY VALERIE NICHOLSON
The “ed specs’’ (educational
specifications) committee of
Vass-Lakeview School, charged
with setting priorities for
proposed construction and
renovation at their school plant,
presented the results of their
meetings and study to the Moore
County Board of Education in
regular meeting Tuesday at
Union Pines School.
The event was one of a series of
meetings the board is holding
from time to time in various
schools about the county, at
which they tour the school with
the principal, who briefs them on
what is going on; enjoy a school
lunch, then go into their regular
business session.
Now in the second year of their
five-year construction
program-which is moving along
so well, it is being telescoped to
four years, or thereabouts-they
always find something new to see
in present improvements, and
actions to take in respect to
future ones.
With $229,180 allocated to
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THE
PILOT LIGHT
CAMPAIGN—Jim Hunt'
campaign workers breathed a lot
easier this week following the
announcement from Hargrove
(Skipper) Bowles that he will not
be a candidate for Governor this
year.
They are talking now about a
first primary victory for the
Lieutenant Governor, who will
formally announce his candidacy
for the Democratic nomination
for Governor next week.
It’s not thought likely anyone
else of Bowles’ stature will enter
the race, which now has three
candidates—Edward O’Herron
of Charlotte, Senator Tom
of Young Republicans at 2 p.m.
The speaker assumed the post
of Secretary of Commerce on
Feb. 2. He had been nominated
for the post by President Ford
last November while serving as
Ambassador to Great Britain.
Prior to serving as ambassador,
Richardson had served in the
Cabinet of President Nixon as
Secretary of Health, Education
and Welfare, as Secretary of
Defense, and as Attorney
General. He resigned as At
torney General in October, 1973,
rather than fire special
Watergate prosecutor Archibald
Cox as ordered by Nixon.
Richardson, 55, is a graduate
and holds a law degree from
Harvard University, and has
served as Under Secretary of
State, Attorney General of
Massachusetts, and Lieutenant
Elliot Richardson
Governor of Massachusetts.
Also attending the Cancer
Society dinner will be Dr.
(Continued On Page 16-A)
Prison Term Given Trio
In Cemetery Vandalism
Three young men of the Car
thage community were convicted
last week in Moore district court
of damaging tombstones and
monuments in the old
Presbyterian cemetery at
Carthage the night of February
12.
Randy Cook, 18, Robert
Calhoun, 19, and Tommy
Presley, 20, were handed active
terms of 18 months each by
District Judge E-E. Crutchfield.
Cook and Calhoun gave notice of
appeal, and their bonds of $1,000
each were continued for their
appearance at the next criminal
term.
Johnny Goinar 19, who was
similarly charged, served as
state’s witness in the trial of the
other three. The final case of a
long court, it lasted some two and
a half hours, and Judge Crut
chfield continued the case
against Goins himself until
Thursday of this week.
The four were arrested early
this month following intensive
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A referendum on a $2,050,000
bond issue for Southern Pines
will be held in May if public
approval is granted at a hearing
next Tuesday, April 6.
Members of the Town Council
have discussed two possible
dates for the bond issue election-
either Saturday, May 22, or
Tuesday, ^ay 26.
The election would be con
ducted by the Moore County
Board of Elections, with only
residents of Southern Pines
eligible to vote.
The public hearing will be held
at 8 p.m. in the Municipal
Building.
It was also disclosed this week
by Town Manager Lew Brown
that annexation plans are being
made, with the next area to be
annexed-the Indiana Avenue
Extension area-becoming ef
fective as of June 30.
Brown plans to present the
annexation plans and outline the
specific areas to be added to the
town’s corporate limits, along
with anticipated costs to the
town, at the next regular meeting
of the Council on Tuesday, April
13.
A public hearing will be held on
any annexation proposals, and if
approved by the Town Council
the procedures call for adoption
of a “notice of intent” prior to
such a hearing. This would
probably follow the referendum
on the bond issue.
There are four separate bond
issues to be voted upon—
$1,300,000 in sanitary sewer
bonds for expansion of the
present system; $350,000 for
expansion of the fire-fighting
system, including a new fire
station in a new location; $285,000
for public buildings; and $115,000
for expansion of recreational
facilities.
Of these. Town Manager
Brown listed the sewer bond as
“very critical,” as any an-
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Girls In Pink Bikinis To Greet
Bicycle Riders In Depot Finish
Strickland of Goldsboro, and
Hunt.
There was even some
speculation this week that
Strickland might withdraw from
the race.
BOWLES—Skipper Bowles
gave health as the reason for
taking himself out of the cam
paign-high blood pressure had
caused doctors to advise him
against it.
Bowles also had been finding
that many of his supporters in
1972 were now signed on with the
Hunt campaign.
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BY MILDRED ALLEN
When a competing cyclist says,
“I died out there today,” that’s
no poppycock. Bill Crawford,
Race Manager for the U. S.
World Bicycle Race, said last
week while visiting in Moore
County.
On the flat stretches the
sprinters will be going up to 40
m{^, making up for the steep
stretches like Soco Gap iiidiere
it’s a steady perpendicular climb
for ten miles.
They will sprint into the finish
at the Southern Pines depot at 45
to 50 mph, almost attacking the
bicycle to get to the finish,
whipping around from curb to
curb, keeping on the wheel of the
rider in front until he can whip
around.
These people are the fittest
athletes in the world, he con
tinued, but they have intense
Ireathing problems, when they '
say their heart comes through
their throat, having intense pain,
gasping and gagging for breath.
They are often heard to say, “I
Rocking Chair
The Village of Yesteryear is
having a Rocking Chair
Marathon as a special activity.
If anyone or a group is in
terested in entering, they may
contact Oliver Canaday, ^x 905,
Carthage, 28327 or by phone 947-
5772 between 8:30 a.m. and 5
p.m., Monday through Friday.
Make reservations prior to April
21, so space can be reserved
under a shelter.
The guidelines for the Rocking
Chair Marathoii is as follows:
Bring you own rocker, one
person does all the rocking, the
person rocking may be given
food and drink by assistants,
time person is not in rocker will
be deducted. The marathon
starts at 10 a.m., on April 22, and
ends April 24, at 6 p.m. At this
time each person’s time will be
totaled for a champion.
died out there today,” and . they
mean it, literally.”
Crawford met with local race
officials, law enforcement of
ficers and press representatives
at the Holiday Inn on Friday,
firming up the many loose en^
for the 900 mile June race en
tering Moore County on June 15,
remaining the following day for
the one break in the long race.
The participating teams will be
the highest caliber riders
heading for the Olympics in
Montreal following the North
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actios
psetto. ^
RACE WARM-UP — Bill Crawford (left), manager of
the U.S. World Bicycle Race, and Bruce Cunningham,
co-chairman of the Moore County participation in the
statewide event, get a bike warm-up while making
plans here for the June event.—(Photo by Mildred
Allen).