Index
Books, 2>B; Church Calendar, 3-B
Classified Ads, 11-15-C; Editorials, 1-B;
Entertainment, 4-5-C; Obituaries, 7-A;
Pinehurst News, 1-3-C; Social News,
2-4>A; Sports, 8-9-A.
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St' Vol. 56, Number 40
44 Pages
Southern Pines, North Carolina Wednesday, August 4, 1976
44 Pages
Price 10 Cents
RESORT REPORT — Manager Dick Davenport stands in front of the Mid Pines
Club golf course. He along with others in the Sandhills report an increase this
summer in business following the decision some time ago to remain open
year-around.-(Photo by Glenn M. Sides).
Summer Resort Business
Reported Rising In Area
BY CRAIG LAMB
The summer tourist season is
usually the slow season in the
Sandhills for the many resorts
and specialty shops. In fact, it is
only during the past few years
that most of the resorts have
remained open during the
sununer months.
The decision to open year-
around is paying off more each
summer in nearly all of the
resorts and businesses both in
Pinehurst and Southern Pines,
but the general feeling is that
there is still much room for
improv^ent in the summer
trade.
Betsy Lindau of the Sandhills
Area Chamber of Commerce,
believes that one reason shops
are doing more business in the
summer is because of the in
crease in residents in the area.
“We have more people moving
into the area and staying year-
round,” she says, and adds,
“Usually as a residt of visiting
here, many people end iq) buying
real estate.”
Cad Benedict, owner of the
Country Bookstore in Southern
Pines, agreed, “There seems to
be a greater number of people
moving to the area, which brings
an increase to year-round
Vickery To Give Address
At Sandhills Exercises
State Senator Charles Vickery
will be the speaker of the sum
mer commencement at Sandhills
Community College when nearly
a hundred students are expected
to receive Associate Degrees and
diplomas.
The exercises will be held at 8
o’clock in the evening of Wed
nesday, August 18 in the Foun
tain Courtyard on the Sandhills
campus. The program will in
clude a formal procession of the
graduating students, members of
the Board of Trustees and faculty
attired in colorful academic caps
and gowns.
Other program participants
will be H. Clifton Blue, chairman
of the Board of Tnistees, Dr.
Raymond A. Stone, president of
the college. Dr. H.G. Beard, dean
of instruction, and the college
concert band Erected by Marion
Rogers. Following the ceremony
the graduates, their families and
friends will be feted with a
reception hosted by Dr. and Mrs.
Stone.
Shortage Of Cottage Parents
Seen Problem At Samarkand
BY PALMER HILL
Talks with students and staff at
Samarkand Manor, the state
training school near Eagle
Springs, reveal that a staff
shortage is one of the main
factors behind student attempts
to run away but that some
students prolong their stay at the
school or try to return because it
is a more comfortable en
vironment than the one they have
at home.
“If the citizens of North
Carolina really wanted to
rehabilitate pwple,” said Tony
Connor, reading lab teacher,
“they would allocate enough
funds so that the ratio of cottage
parents to students could be
changed drastically. Our
teacher-student ratio is good
(about 26 to 180) but in each
cottage there are only two
counselors to supervise as many
as 47 kids.”
George Steele, Cottage Life
Supervisor, said that the school
is definitely suffering from a lack
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SUMMER PATIENCE — It takes patience but the still waters of a Sandhills lake
are conducive for it as a reflective Cathy Harris waits for a fish to strike on a
summer afternoon.-(Photo by Glenn M. Sides).
State Bottleneck Charged
In Sheriff’s Office Funds
noted that, whUe this fulfilled his
need to make the salary levels
more competitive, he still had
manpower needs he described as
crucial.
He asked the conunissioners
for three more men, had
received from them the
suggestion he try to get LEAA
fun^, and had made application
for them.
He showed them the answer he
had received from the Law and
Order Conunision of the State
Department of Natural and
Economic Resources, denying
his application with the ex
planation only that it had been
“administratively disapproved.”
He said this was the se
cond time it happened, as
“we have submitted applica
tions twice, when we found
that funds were available —
but both times we have had this
same answer.
“We have not received, under
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business-in that way, the
summer business has in
creased.” He also said that he
gets a great deal of his business
from the surrounding com
munities such as Laurinburg,
Raeford, Rockingham and many
others. His business has in
creased every year since he
bought the store, nearly ten
years ago, but he has no way of
knowing whether a customer is a
tourist or a resident.
Shop owners in Pinehurst are
perhaps not yet accustomed to
the summer decrease in
business, many of them only in
their second or third season of
staying open year-round. The
initial reaction to the question
“How is the sununer tourist
trade?” was in all cases
negative. Such conunents as
“You can have it” or “What
tourist trade?” to even stronger
reactions like “Its not worth a
danm” were common in most
places, but when serious con
sideration was given to the
question, all agreed that business
was better this summer than
previous summers, although
many believe the increase in
business can not be attributed to
tourists, but rather to the in
crease in year-round residents
and regular customers.
All the shopowners have
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BY VALERIE NICHOLSON
“There surely must be a better
way for LEAA funds to be
disbursed, if they are really to
meet local needs,” l^eriff C.G.
Wimberly told the Moore County
conunissioners in their regular
meeting Monday.
He expressed the view that, “if
Washin^on really wanted its
funds to do some good in law
enforcement, “it ought to find
some way to send it directly to
where it is needed-^ot through
the State. “It seems when it gets
to the state level, it nuis into a
bottleneck,” he declared;
It was a fairly short meeting -» /r tt
On Tobacco Marts Here
cemed conunents on the turn- u • j
Tobacco prices moved near the
dollar a pound mark on the
Carthage auction market on
Tuesday, and were climbing on
the Aberdeen market.
Frank Bryant, sales siqier-
visor on the Carthage market,
said that he expects “an upward
trend in averages from day to
day” as better quality tobacco is
offered for sale.
Prices Rising Sharply
down of his latest request for
LEAA funds; and later found the
commissioners holding their first
official interview with a can
didate for the administrator’s
post.
Sheriff Wimberly, first ex
pressing his appreciation for the
raises included for all his per
sonnel in the new county budget.
Brent Leaving Pinehurst
For Diamondhead Job
Cary Brent, president of
Pinehurst, Inc., has been ap
pointed sales manager for
Diamondhead Corporation and
will be moving from Pinehurst to
Bay St. Louis, Miss., soon.
Kent’s successor as head of
the resort operations at
Pinehurst is scheduled to be
announced on Thursday by
William Bru, president of
Diamondhead Corp., who is also
expected to be here tomorrow.
The new position for Brent will
reportedly involve considerable
traveling, and he will be retur
ning to Pinehurst on frequent
occasions. Headquarters,
however, will be in Bay St. Louis
where Bru also has his office.
Brent became president of
Pinehurst, Inc., in October, 1974,
succeeding Don Collett, who
resigned. Collett is now the
executive director of the World
Golf Hall of Fame. Brent has
been a resident of Pinehurst for
some time, serving previously in
the corporation’s sales offices.
Pilot Killed, Youth Hurt
In Candor Plane Crash
A single-engine J-3 Cub plane
which had flown several times
over the county seat of Troy, in
salute to the Bicentennial parade
and celebration going on there
Saturday afternoon, crashed and
burned near Candor at 4:45 pun.,
about a half-mile from the pilot’s
home.
Burned beyond recognition in
the cockpit was Herbert Parsons,
52, a mechanic with the Candor
Motor Co., one-time special
deputy with the Montgomery
County sheriff’s department and
amateur flier.
Escaping with multiple in
juries and bums was Rocky
Parsons, 14, nephew of the
victim, who managed to get out
of the wrecked plane and crawl
clear of the flames.
Carried to Moore Memorial
Hospital at Pinehurst, he was
reported Tuesday to be in
“satisfactory” condition.
The plane was said to have
been flying out of a small private
airstrip betwem Candor and
Troy. Its ownership has not been
established, according to Sheriff
Eben Wallace, vdio alw said the
cause of the crash has not been
determined. Investigation by the
sheriff is continuing.
An all-day Bicentennial
celebration had drawn much of
Montgomery’s population to
Troy, where a parade had taken
place in the afternoon. Many
noticed the small plane “buz
zing” the parade.
The crash occurred shortly
afterward beside a rural paved
road about two miles nordiwest
of Candor. Observers said they
had seen the plane flying low, but
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Light Rain
The total .04 of an inch of rain
this week brought humidity down
and soU moisture up, helping the
fire situation here, according to
Billy Williams, Forest Ranger.
There was .01 inch Saturday,
.03 inch, Sunday and a trace
Monday.
Temperatures were in the
e^ties during the day and the
sixties during the night, with
sunny weather and only 10
percent chance of rain for the
next couple of days.
THE
PILOT LIGHT
CAMPAIGNS-With just two
weeks before the August primary
tension was growing and activity
in the various campaign
headquarters was beginning to
reach a feverish pitch this past
weekend.
In the five-way race for the
Democratic nomination for
Governor, the general concensus
continued to place Jim Hunt
comfortably in front, followed by
Edward O’Herron, George Wood,
Tom Strickland and Andy Barker
in that order.
Just how far Hunt is in the lead
is a question. His campaign
dirctors are counting on an
organization in every county to
get out the vote, with the hope
that he can clinch the nomination
in the first primary. They are
aware that he could be'in trouble
The Carthage Co-Operative
Warehouse on Tuesday reported
total sales of 132,450 pounds for
$131,809.38, or an average of
$99.51 per hundred pounds.
The top price paid on Monday
at Carthage was $1.20 per pound.
Bryant said there were several
baskets at the Co-Op warehouse
which sold for $1.16 and $1.19 per
pound.
At both Carthage and Aber
deen markets, however, about 25
percent of the leaf offered was
going under the government loan
program because bids fell under
the support prices for certain
grades.
The Carthage market as a
whole on Tuesday sold 370,654
pounds for a total of $370,104.16,
cr an overall average of $99.85
per hundred pounds.
Mary Jo Faulkner, secretary
of the Aberdeen Tobacco Board
of Trade, reported total market
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Farmers Day
Robbins Farmers Day,
bringing the past to life with its
covered wagons, farm carts,
horses and riders and
old-fashioned costumes, will be a
highlight Saturday of the
Bicentennial Year.
The parade is expected to be
the best in its 20-year history,
and, since this is a political year,
will have many candidates of
both parties taking part.
Curtis Hussey, wagonmaster,
said the wagon train will form at
High Falls Friday, going on to
Robbins where horses and
wagons will be parked, and an
old-time street dance will take
place. The parade will start the
next day at 10 a.m.
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CROWDED POST OFFICE — Carrier Bill Hall
shuttles mail around in the Southern Pines Post
. Office, which Postmaster... Robert. Peele. says is
especially crowded on Mondays.
Postmaster Points Out
Facility Over-Crowded
BY CRAIG LAMB
During the recently e:q>ressed
concern of many Southern Pines
citizens over the decision of the
Post Office to build a new
facility, many questions have
been raised.
One of these questions on the
minds of many Southern Pines
residents, is: Do overcrowded
conditions actually exist at
present, and if so, is a new
facility the only solution to the
space problem?
To find out, this reporter
showed up at the Post Office on
Monday morning at 6:30, at a
time when the volume of mail is
at its greatest, following the
weekend, with tiie Sunday mail
added to the normal Monday load
to be delivered.
Work had started about half an
hour before I arrived, and the
various sorting, juggling and
organizing involved in getting
the mail “put up” was already in
progress.
I weaved among the large bins
full of unsorted mail and
packages as Robert E. Peele,
postmaster, gave me a tour of
the rarely-seen back room of the
Post Office, where the bulk of the
work is done.
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Long Range Expansion Plans
Shown In New Hospital Model
Moore Memorial Hospital’s
long range expansion plans can
now be seen in a model on display
in the hospital lobby.
Hospital trustees saw the
model for the first time at the
July Board of Directors meeting
which was also attended by the
four individuals who e;qp^ted
the scaled model project.
Diana Higgins, former hospital
Volunteer Director from
Whispering Pines, and Kemp
Reece, a former director of the
North Carolina State Foun
dation, Inc., also a Whispering
Pines resident, were two of the
four people involved with the
model. The other two present
were Dean Claude McKinney
from the North Carolina
University School of Design, and
Jerry Seelen, a graduate student
in the School of Design. It was
Seelen who did the actual con
struction work on the model.
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in a runoff election.
All three of the top candidates
are spending hea^y on ad
vertising in these last two weeks,
with O’Herron and Wood hoping
to sway more voters to ffieir
sides with a television blitzkreig.
REPUBUCANS-Among the
four Republicans contesting for
the Republican gubernatorial
nomination, David Flaherty is
rated by observers to be in the
lead, followed by Coy Privette,
Alexander and McCall.
Flaherty appears to have the
strongest organization, with the
backing of the Holshouser ad
ministration, although the
Governor himself has kept
himself publicly out of the
campaign.
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HOSPITAL MODEL — James W. Tufts, (left) president of the Moore Memorial
Board of Directors, stands next to (left to right) Dean Claude McKinney, NCSU
School of Design, Jerry Seelen, graduate student, NCSU School of Design; Kemp
Reece, former director of the NCSU Foundation Inc.; and Diana Higgins, former
MMH Director of Volunteers. Tufts commended the four for creating the model
which shows future plans. The model is now on display in the hospital lobby.