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PILOT
Vol. 57, Number 1
44 Pages
Southern Pines, North Carolina Wednesday, November 3, 1976
44 Pages
Price 15 Cents
Democrats Win In Moore Elections
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Moore County voters-with one
exception-followed the Demo
cratic trend across the state and
nation on Tuesday.
In a record turnout of more
than 72 percent of registered
voters, Moore County gave big
majorities to Democrats on the
state and local levels.
Two Republican incumbents
were ousted from the county
board of commissioners, and all
other Democrats were returned
to office.
Only in the vote for Eh’esident
did Moore County go against the
Democratic sweep in the
state-the incumbent Republican
Gerald Ford edging Democratic
Jimmy Carter by 7,557 to 7,373
votes.
Early morning returns in the
nation gave Carter more than the
270 electoral votes needed to
become the next President. In
North Carolina Carter defeated
Ford by a 55 percent margin.
Jim Hunt had a sweep in Moore
and North Carolina for
Governor.
(Table on precincts votes in
Moore County for aU races is on
Page 16).
The top vote getter in Moore
County was Democratic
Congressman Bill Hefner, who
polled 9,198 votes to 5,343 for his
Republican challenger, Carl
Eagle. Reports from other
counties in the Eighth Con
gressional District were that
Hefner had won reelection to the
seat he captured from
Republican Earl Ruth in 1974.
State Rep. T. Clyde Auman
won reelectibn to his seventh
term in the General Assembly,
defeating his young challenger.
Republican Richard Morgan, by
7,841 to 6,550.
In the District Four race for
County Conunissioner, Southern
Pines hardware dealer A.E.
(Tony) Parker, the Democrat,
defeated the incumbent Repub
lican, John Womack, by 7,929 to
3,326. Womack was filling the
office by appointment.
In the District Two race for
County Commissioner, Moore
County elected its first woman to
this important board, with
Democrat Carolyn Blue
defeating the incumbent
Republican, Floyd Cole, by 7,793
to 6,471.
In the Governor’s race, Jim
Hunt, who had carried Moore
County in the August Democratic
primary, won handily over
Republican David Flaherty, with
a big margin of 8,168 to 6,325.
H.F. (Chub) Seawell of
Carthage, running on the
American Party ticket, polled
Zoning Law Revision Nullified
As Midland Road Case Heard
A sweeping revision of Moore
County’s zoning ordinance,
adopted by the county com
missioners February 13, 1966,
was struck down as invalid by
legal stipulations in the Midland
Road zoning case, heard in
Moore Superior Court at Car
thage last week.
Part of the case, with several
witnesses giving testimony, was
heard in open court Tuesday
afternoon, but most of Monday,
Tuesday morning and Thursday
morning were given over to
conferences in chambers among
attorneys and Special Judge
William T. Graham, presiding.
Other matters calendared for
the civil term were taken up
Driver Killed In Wreck
When Auto Leaves Road
Joe Allen Monroe, 27, of 450
Saunders Boulevard, l^uthem
Pines, was killed early Saturday
when his car went out of control
and overturned off NC 5
(Bethesda Road) just north of
the Aberdeen town limits.
A passenger, Gerard C. Fagin,
of Newton, Mass., was
hospitalized with injuries termed
serious.
State Trooper W.D. Waters
said Monroe’s car, heading into
town at 3:55 a.m., had just
crossed the railroad tracks south
of Old Bethesda Church, when it
went off on the right, skidded
over to the left, and overturned in
the yard of Mrs. Nonnie Blue
Fletcher at 901 Bethesda Road.
The car landed on its top with
Monroe pinned inside, while
Fagin managed to climb out. It
was righted by a wrecker, with
assistance of the Aberdeen
Rescue Squad, which carried the
victims to Moore Memorial
Hospital. Monroe was
pronounced dead on arrival, and
Chef Wins
Top Medals
In Germany
Chef Sture Olof Andersson of
The Pinehurst Hotel won two
gold medals at the International
Culinary Competition in Frank
fort, Germany.
He won the cooking Olympics
over chefs from 25 countries. He
was a member of an 11-man
team from the United States.
Chef Andersson is famous for his
carvings in ice, lard, salt and
other media as well as his
cooking.
Luxembourg took the grand
prize at the contest and the U.S.
Culinary team took third place
overall.
Fagin was aiShitted as a patieiit.
Monroe was a salesman for
Maxwell Home Furnishings of
Aberdeen. He was married to the
former Nancy Scott, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Alton Scott, who
lost another daughter, Myra, in
an automobile accident several
years ago.
Funeral services for Monroe, a
native of Hoke County, were held
Sunday afternoon at the First
Baptist Church of Southern
Pines, conducted by the pastor,
the Rev. John D. Stone, and the
Rev. Russell B. Fleming, pastor
of Galatia Presbyterian Church
in Hoke County. Burial followed
in the Galatia Church Cemetery.
(Continued on Page 16A)
Index
Book Page, 2-B; Editorials,
1-B; Church Calendar, 3-B;
Classified Ads, 11-15-C;
Entertainment, 4-6-C; Obitu
aries, 14-A; Pinehurst News,
1-3-C; Society, 2-&-A; Sports,
10-12-A.
Jubilee Day
Saturday is Jubilee Day at
Vass and there’s a full program
of events.
Starting off the Firemen’s
Jubilee will be a parade, followed
by lunch at the Vass-Lakeview
school, an afternoon of a variety
of games, and two big events that
night.
A “Womanless Beauty
Pageant,’’ in which seven
“beauties” are entered, will be
held at 7 p.m. They will compete
in swim-suit and evening dress
and a panel of judges will pick
“Miss Sizzler of 1977.” This will
be followed at 8 p.m. by the
“Miss Flame” contest in which
17 young ladies will compete for
the title.
M,
Jimmy Carter
309 votes for Governor.
As the votes rolled in early in
the evening Hunt quickly took a
commanding lead and by shortly
Jim Hunt
after 9 p.m. Flaherty went to
Democratic headquarters to
concede the election to Hunt and
in a gracious speech promised
him support in his administra
tion. Hunt called on his
supporters and all North Carolin
ians to join with him-to get
involved-in moving North
Carolina forward.
In Moore County the Hunt
campaign had been managed by
Sara W. Hodgkins of Southern
Pines, with Dr. David L. Bruton
as the area coordinator.
Congressman Hefner’s
campaign in Moore County was
managed by Tony Parker.
The election of Parker and
Mrs. Blue, who lives in Eagle
Springs, to the county
commissioners makes the board
an all-Democratic board for the
first time in many years.
The new county
commissioners will be sworn into
office on December 6 at
Carthage.
The total vote cast in Moore
County was 15,167, something
more than 72 percent of the 21,UU3
registered voters in the county.
In the vote for President, Ford
carried nine of the 21 Moore
County precincts-leading in
Bensalem, Eureka, Knollwood,
Pinedene, Ritters, Robbins,
North Southern Pines and
Westmoore. He also held a 231 to
216 lead over Carter in absentee
votes cast.
Jim Hunt in rolling up a total of
8,168 votes led in all but five
precincts. Flaherty carried
Bensalem, Eureka, Pinedene,
Robbins and Westmoore
precincts. Hunt captured
Pinehurst and Ritters, tradition
ally Republican precincts. Hunt
also led Flaherty in absentee
votes, 193 to 150.
There were early indications of
a heavy turnout of voters.
Chairman C. Coolidge Thompson
of the Moore County Board of
Elections had predicted a 70
percent voter turnout, and by
midday he was confident that his
predictions were correct and
might be exceeded.
In several precincts extra
boxes had to brought in as
ballot boxes became fiUed.
It was a long night for the
counting of votes.
The numerous ballots, many
races and heavy turnout made it
a long evening, extending into
the morning. Moore County’s
largest precinct, Pinehurst, was
also its last to report its returns,
at about 3:30 a.m. Only then
could totals be run, and the
closer races actually be
resolved.
In the Presidential race,
Jinuny Carter stayed ahead by a
close margin most of the way,
with Ford surging in front only
toward the close when Pinehurst
filed its returns. In the county
(Continued on Page 16A)
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How Moore Voted
For President
For Governor
Wednesday. Final arguments
were to have been heard in the
zoning case Thursday, but the
attorneys elected instead to
confer further with the judge,
hanunering out points at issue
for the sui^ission of briefs.
Coming out of the conferences
early were several stipulations-
points on which all were agreed,
which were not to be at issue.
Plaintiffs’ contention that the
revised version of the county’s
1966 ordinance had been illegsdly
adopted-i.e., without public
(Continued on Page 15A)
Flu Shots
“Swine” flu vaccination shots
are still being given on a regular
basis in Moore County.
Dr. A.G. Siege, Health
Director, reports that a “steady
flow of people is coming in each
week” for the shots, and he says
he is pleased with the progress of
the program.
The innoculations are given
each Wednesday at the Southern
Pines Community Center on W.
Pennsylvania Ave. from 9 a.m. to
4 p.m. and on Tuesday and
Thursday at the Health Clinic in
Carthage from 9 a.m. to 4 pjn.
Pinecrest
Boys Held
In Assault
Two Pinecrest boys are out on
$5,0(X) bond each after they were
jailed by Sheriff’s officers on
charges of assault with intent to
rape a fellow student on October
23 in an empty room at the
school. Sheriff C.G. Wimberly
reports.
Robert Thompson, 16, of West
End and Tony Taylor, 17 of
Southern Pines are to receive
preliminary hearing December
9. A third boy said to be involved
has petitioned as a juvenile.
The three were charged by
School Security Officer Jerry
Russell and Sheriff’s Detective
James Bigger with shoving
Beverly Kearns, 17, of Eastwood
into a room at the school and
trying to take off her clothing,
the Sheriff said.
All four students are black, he
added.
X,
Carter
7373
Hunt
8168
Ford
7557
Flaherty
6325
Anderson
35
Seawell
309
LaRouche
4
Andrews
37
MacBride
24
X
For Congress
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Hefner
9198
Eagle
5343
Ligon
91
Bell
74
HEAVY VOTING — At an early hour Tuesday there were indications of a large
turnout of voters in Moore County. Lines were alreadv forming by 8 a.m. at
precincts in Southern Pines, and here a group fills ballot boxes at the Town
Hall.—(Photo by Glenn M. Sides).
Hearing Slated On Request Parker 7929
For Buildings Inspection
For N.C. House
Auman 7841
Morgan 6550
Commissioner District Two
Blue 7793 Cole 6471
Commissioner District Four
Womack 6326
Members of the Moore County
Home Builders Association
Monday urged the county
conunissioners to establish a
building inspection program,
which they said would be self-
supporting and would provide
protection for people employing
buUders.
The matter has been placed
before the commissioners by
individual members several
times in the past. This time, the
presentation was headed by
THE
PILOT LIGHT
DIRTY TRICKS - Some
campaign “dirty tricks,” which
were popularized by the 1972
Nixon campaign, began showing
up on the eve of Tuesday’s
election.
North Carolina Democrats had
complained about the circulation
of racist pamphlets in the
eastern part of the state, and
there were complaints also about
distortions and false statements
in political advertising.
Weeks before the election,
however, newspapers were
receiving some vicious literature
against Jimmy Carter out of
Washington offices of various
political organizations.
In other parts of the South
there were reports of crude at
tacks on the Democratic
presidential nominee, and there
were reports that staged in
cidents were designed to em
barrass Carter.
Earlier in the year many
political leaders had expressed
the hope that the electorate this
year could be spared from the
“dirty tricks” which had been
used by Nixon partisans four
years ago, but they cropped up
again in different forms.
HUNT — Even before
Tuesday’s election some of the
people in the Hunt campaign
were quietly launching a “talent
hunt” for the Democratic
gubernatorial nominee.
The idea expressed was that
Jim Hunt would be seeking the
best talent available in North
Carolina to fill top spots in his
(Continued on Page 16A)
Arnold Futrell of Vass, president
of the Association. Ac-
conqianying the group, which
also included Harold Fowler of
Southern Pines and Ellis Fields,
Jr., of Pinehurst, was Ben
Cooper, the county’s full-time
electrical inspector.
They presented figures
showing total county collections
in electrical inspection to have
amounted to $14,833.83 for the
past six months. Adding $28,065
(Continued on Page 15A)
Noise Here
Will Come
From Bragg
“Noise and vibration levels
will increase in surrounding
areas” during the participation
of some 6,000 troops in Firex 76 in
Fort Bragg Nov. 11-14, Fort
Bragg has announced. This will
be the sixth annual joint field
artillery firing exercise.
A total of 16 field artillery
battalions and five separate
artillery batteries are involved in
(Continued on Page 16A)
Weymouth Is Considered
For Conference Center
Charles Phillips, director of
the Quail Roost Conference
Center near Rougemont, came to
Southern Pines on Monday to
look at the Boyd Home of
Weymouth and to advise the
Sandhills Community College
Foundation on the proposed
establishment of a similar center
here.
Phillips met with Dr. Raymond
Stone, president of the college.
Jere McKeithan and Sam Ragan,
and described the highly suc
cessful operation of the con
ference center at Quail Roost.
He said they had to turn down
many conferences each month
and would refer them to
Weymouth, and also talked of the
possibility of Weymouth being
operated as a satellite center to
Quail Roost.
(Continued on Page 15A)
RUDAT Report Explores
Moore County’s Future
What is forecast for the future
of Moore County? ;
This is the subject of the third
installment of the RUDAT
(Regional Urban Development
Assistance Team) Report.
This report represents the
findings of the group from the
American Institute of Architects
which spent four days in the
county in October.
Previous installments from the
RUDAT Report have dealt with
the background of the county and
comments and summaries of the
study team. Ten issues were
spotlighted and reported at the
time.
This section of the Report is
titled “The Future”:
“Moore County is in the
process of creating an
(Continued on Page ISA)
Merchants Here Prepare For Increase In Shoplifting
Chef Andersson
BY CRAIG LAMB
On the verge of the Christmas
season, merchants everywhere
are increasing stock and
personel, preparing for the
increasing crowds and sales. But
preparations are also being
made at this time of year, by
necessity, for the increase in
shoplifting in the department
stores and gift shops.
Yes, increase in shoplifting -
for it is a year-around problem
which plagues every community
and all classes of people, a crime
that is ultimately paid for by the
honest as well as the dishonest
customer.
The methods are varied, from
stuffing an item down a sock to
slipping something in a
pocketbook, even to changing the
price tag ^ an item. Each is
stealing. Elach is a crime.
Everyone does it - white,
black, young, old, rich, poor -
but it is still a crime, and it can
ruin a person’s chances in life,
beside the embarrassment,
humiliation and shame of being
arrested, fingerprinted, and
appearing in court.
why is shoplifting a major
problem with merchants today?
Why do people steal?
Southern Pines Police Chief
Elarl Seawell can only speculate.
With young people, especially
coUege students, “the parente
are to blame a lot of times - they
pay the kid’s tuition, room and
hoard, give him a car to drive,
and then don’t give him enough
money to buy gas.” So the food is
“picked up” at the grocery store,
and the money is saved for other
things.
Younger people, highschool
age and on down, often steal on a
dare. Other people will steal to
support a drug habit, a housewife
will steal to save a little extra
from the food budget, or to
provide excitement to a
humdrum life. Everyone who
shoplifts has a reason, but only
rarely is it need. Harry Parks,
who owns both the Convenient
Food Mart in Southern Pines and
the INS Food Store in Pinehurst,
says that everyone he has caught
has “without exception, had the
money.”
Parks believes in prosecuting
everyone he can catch
shoplifting in his stores. He
claims to have caught over 200 in
the four years he has owned the
stores, saying he was arresting
two to three a day when he first
opened. Parks says that
nationwide figures for an
individually owned franchise
such as Convenient Food Mart
show an increase in loss through
theft from 2% percent four years
ago to almost 4 percent now. He
sees his firm stand on
prosecution as a way of fighting
the rise in theft, including
internal theft (which accounts
for the largest percent of loss)
and holdups, as well as
shoplifting. Parks says, “The
police are very good about it.
very considerate,” and he says
they arrive quickly when he calls
in a shoplifting case, but he
believes “the laws need to be
even stiffer.”
North Carolina law for “willful
concealment” is a midemeanor
with not more than a $100 fine or
not more than six months
imprisonment, or both, upon
conviction for a first offence.
Under the latest law, a merchant
no longer must wait until a
suspected shoplifter has left the
store, but can now detain a
person who has been seen
(Continued on Page 15A)
HERE SATURDAY —
Susie Proffitt, Miss North
Carolina, will be here
Saturday for the Miss
Southern Pines Pageant.
She will perform on the
program scheduled for 8
p.m. at the Middle School
auditorium.