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Urged At Board Meet
Do Not Let Weymouth Die
Is Appeal To SCC Board
BUILDERS CUP PRESENTED — Dr. William F. Hollister (center) is shown
receiving the 1976 Builders Cup from Dr. Bruce Warlick (left), while Norris
Hodgkins, Jr., president of the Kiwanis Club of the Sandhills, looks on.—(Photo by
Emerson Humphrey).
Dr. Hollister Is Awarded
1976 Kiwanis Builders Cup
BY VALERIE NICHOLSON
A moving appeal made by
famed playwri^t Paul Green at
a meeting Monday night of the
Sandhills Community College
Foundation, as he urged the
directors “not to let Weymouth
die,” toought a burst of applause
from a small, earnest group
gathered there in behalf of the
future of the James Boyd estate.
Green, with his wife Elizabeth
and assistant Mrs. Rhoda Wynn,
had driven from Chapel Hill
earlier on that winter day, to add
their voices to those of others
seeking to assure an appropriate
future for the elegant, rambling
home, set in a forest on the
eastern edge of Southern Pines.
He recalled times he had
visited there during its heyday,
in the lifetime qf the late
distinguished poet^iovelist and
his wife Katharine; the
memories of the literary and
artistic center it was then, with
such figures as Thomas Wolfe,
Sherwood Anderson and Scott
Fitzgerald as familiar friends;
and the sporting life which added
color after James Boyd and his
brother Jackson founded the
Moore County Hunt in 1914.
James Boyd died in 1943,
Katharine in February 1974,
leaving Weymouth as a bequest
to be used “for the use and
benefit of Sandhills Community
College.”
Costly to maintain and
operate, but with $75,000 in funds
provided in Mrs. Boyd’s will
which may last another few
years, the house is causing grave
concern as the Foundation
directors - which include the
college trustees - try to plan for
a future as productive as its past.
The meeting - little advertised
or publicized - had drawn an
earnest group of around 40
people anxious to hear about the
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The highly prized Builders Cup
has been awarded for 1976 to Dr.
William F. Hollister, who has
been a physician and surgeon in
the Sandhills since 1947.
Presentation of the award by
the Kiwanis Club of the Sandhills
was made Friday night at the
club’s annual Ladies Night held
at the Pinehurst Country Club.
The Builders Cup, which has
been awarded since 1927, is given
to that person who “by unselfish
personal service, without hope of
personal'gain, has outstandingly
contributed to the upbuilding of
the Sandhills section.”
Presentation of the cup to Dr.
Couple Killed When Car
Is Hit By Truck ttr Horne
An elderly black couple,
leaving their home at 5:15 a.m.
Tuesday, drove out of their
driveway on US 15-501, some
three miles east of Carthage, and
were struck by a tractor-trailer,
heading west.
As the tractor-trailer
jackknifed in an unsuccessful
effort to avoid hitting the car, a
second tractor-trailer coming
along behind him jackknifed
also, but managed to avoid
striking the other two vehicles.
Moore Coroner A.B. Parker
said that Sandy Kelly, 66, and his
wife, Ada Phillips Kelly, 65, of
Carthage, Rt. 2, were thrown
from their car, which was
carried onto the shoulder, and
were probably instantly killed.
The Carthage rescue squad
carried the bodies to Moore
Memorial Hospital.
The wrecked car and trucks-
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Hollister was made by Dr. Bruce
Warlick, chairman of the
selection committee. The
selection is kept secret until the
announcement at the annual
dinner meeting.
Presiding at Friday night’s
banquet was Norris Hopkins
Jr., president of the Kiwanis
Qub.
Other citations made at the
meeting were to Dr. Hollister for
distinguished service as
lieutenant Governor of Kiwanis;
Lt. Gen. Richard Mangrum
(Ret.) for distinguished service
as president of the club; and to
Sam Poole, who was presented
the past president’s tray.
Visiting Kiwanis officials
Albert Cox of Sanford, A1 Fisher
of Columbia, S.C., and J^es
Holt of Sanford were recognized.
Others taking part on the
program included Julian Long,
who led the singing; Dr. Erbie
Medlin, who gave the invocation;
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Boyd Daughter Recalls Hopes
For Estate’s Community Uses
Nancy Boyd Sokoloff, the
daughter of James and
Katherine Boyd, has given her
endorsement to the use of
Weymouth, the Boyd estate, as a
conference center.
Such a use, she writes from her
home in Hanover, N.H., would be
consistent with what was en
visioned by her mother when she
left the estate to Sandhills
Community College.
Mrs. Sokoloff’s thoughts on
Weymouth and its role in the
community are as follows:
I would like to offer some
thoughts on my mother’s intent
in leaving Weymouth to the
College, her hopes for its use and
her feelings about the com
munity.
My mother’s choice of the
San^ills Community College as
the recipient of the property
rested on her conviction that the
College and the Boyd family held
common goals. Her interests in
history, music, literature, the
Glen Rounds Gets Award
For Best Book Of Year
Pretty, Lively Parade
Opens Christmas Season
Cub Scouts piled into trucks.
Girl Scouts marching and
singing. Brownie Scouts carrying
flags, high school bands stepping
smartly, a drill team per
forming, fire trucks, classic
cars, sparkling floats and
gorgeous girls in glamorous
garments-they all added up to
one of the prettiest, liveUest
Christmas parades ever to be
seen here last Thursday night.
Sponsored by the Jaycees, it
was truly a community project,
as businesses large and small,
churches, Sunday School classes
and Scouting units pitched in to
make it interesting and exciting.
And there were many
onlookers-despite the evening
hour and the chill in the air,
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Weather
Precipitation of rain or snow
for three hours today is predicted
by the national weather service
to Forest Ranger Robert Ed
wards here. It is expected to total
.10 of an inch.
Clearing is forecast for tonight,
with a 21 degree low, with winds
going from 12 to 22 mpr force
down to seven. There is a 10
percent chance of precipitation
tonight.
Tomorrow will be sunny in the
Sandhills, the bureau said
around 11 a.m. today, with a high
of 43 degrees, winds continuing
at 7 mpr, and no chance of rain.
Plane Gear
Designer
Dies at 74
Richard C. Gazley, 74, of
Whispering Pines, formerly of
Shaker Heights, Ohio, died
Friday morning at Moore
Memorial Hospital. He was a
1924 graduate of the University of
Michigan, one of the country’s
first graduate aeronautical
engineers, and designer of the
first retractable landing gear for
aircraft.
Suddenly stricken at his home,
he was carried to the hospital by
the Whispering Pines Rescue
Squad and died soon after ad
mission.
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Glen Rounds of Southern Pines
is the 1976 winner of the
American Association of
University Women Award for the
best juvenile literature published
during the year.
He received the honor for his
book, “Mr. Yowder and the Lion
Roar Capsules.”
Presentation of the award was
made Friday in Raleigh at the
annual meeting of the North
Carolina Literary and Historical
Association.
At the Friday morning session
Sam Ragan of Southern Pines
was elected president of the
Association for the coming year.
He succeeds Dr. H.G. Jones,
head of the North Carolina
Collection of the University at
Chapel Hill.
Also on the Friday morning
program was a former resident
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Glen Rounds
of Southern Pines, Dr. Elgiva D.
Watson, head of the Social
Studies Department at St.
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THE
PILOT LIGHT
HOLSHOUSER— Governor
James Holshouser has been
quietly taking flying lessons
during the past several weeks
and hopes to have his pilot’s
license by the time he leaves the
Governor’s office on Jan. 8.
The Governor has been getting
his instruction at a private field
at Knightdale, and e3q)ects to do
his first solo flying this week.
Governor Holshouser is
definitely returning to the
practice of law after he leaves
office, although details of his
plans are still to be worked out.
He has pointed out that his house
in Boone is now leased for most
of this year and the present
occupants have an option to buy.
CADILLAC — Before he goes
out of office Governor
Holshouser will be presented
with a brand new Cadillac by
friends and associates in his
administration.
The Cadillac is valued at about
$9,000.
The Holshousers, who do not
own a car at this time, will drive
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preservation of the environment,
and community affairs were, as
many of you have observed,
deep-seated. She regarded them,
not as embellishments but as the
essentials which make possible a
fully human life. It was ac
cordingly natural for her to turn
to a community educational
institution for a kindred view.
What is “education” after all if it
is not the attempt to make
available to succeeding
generations the facts and values
by which they become fully
human? What is a “community”
if it is not the search, long and
tedious at times, impeded by
conflict at others, for an ordering
of relationships that promotes
the “quality” of the life of its
members? She was particularly
drawn to a' college which puts
“conraiunity” in its title-making
explicit its ties to the Sandhills
and to the larger communities of
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Bonds Get
Industry
For State
Low cost industrial revenue
bonds are bringing in new in
dustries for North Carolina.
This was a report given to the
Board of the Department of
Natural and Economic
Resources, meeting at the
Sheraton Inn here on Friday and
Saturday, by Thomas B.
Broughton, director of economic
development.
Broughton said the availability
of the county bonds has helped
convince seven industries to
locate or expand their facilities
in North Carolina.
He said these seven industries
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Far-reaching proposals of the
Moore County Planning Board
were presented Monday to the
county conunissioners in regular
meeting by Leonard Tufts,
chairman.
Tufts, accompanied by
Planning Board members Bill
Gentry and Jere McKeithen,
offered three recommendations
in the form of resolutions
adopted by the planning board,
starting off with a^ request for
advice.
The Planning Board
appearance was one of many for
the county conunissioners, on
which two new members-Tony
Park and Carolyn Blue-joined
three holdover members. At the
organizational meeting W.S.
Taylor was reelected chairman.
Recalling that the RUDAT
study-which he said his board
has studied well and taken
seriously-had suggested that a
closer relationship between the
county planning board, and those
of the various county towns
would be to the advantage of
them all. Tufts said, “We would
like to develop such a relation
ship, which could be helpful in
several ways, such as making
sure our ordinances are not in
conflict.”
He noted that the area zoned by
the county is, generally
speaking, close to the four
communities which have zoning-
Aberdeen, Southern Pines, Vass
and Whispering Pines, the first
three also zraning the one-mile
perimeter, and close cooperation
should be helpful to them all.
Chairman Taylor, who is also the
county’s interim administrator,
said he would get in touch with
the other planning boards “right
away.”
The resolutions. Tufts said,
would extend the area of
cooperation, which his board had
felt should be not for just a small
portion of the county but county-
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Gerald R. Ford
Ford Named
Tournament
Chairman
President Gerald R. Ford, who
dedicated the World Golf Hall of
Fame when it was opened here in
September 1974, has agreed to
serve as Honorary Chairman of
the first annual Colgate-Hall of
Fame Classic.
The $250,000 golf tournament,
which is scheduled for August 25-
28, will be played over
Pinehurst’s famed Number 2
course.
The President is expected to be
on-hand for the entire week’s
activities-North Carolina’s fifth
annual Grand Week of Golf-
which also will include the World
Golf Hall of Fame induction
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Chamber Meet
James E. Harrington Jr., will
be the speaker at the Annual
Meeting of the Sandhills Area
Chamber of Commerce at the
Southern Pines Elks and Country
Qub on January 25.
Harrington, a former president
of the Chamber, is a former
president of Pinehurst, Inc., and
Secretary of the State Depart
ment of Natural and Economic^
Resources. He is now associate
with Kildare Farms near Ca
Voit Gilmore will be mast/
ceremonies for the be
session.
Taylor, Frye Reelecte
Coimty Boards ChairnJ
Sworn in Monday morning by
Charles McLeod, clerk of court,
in his office at the courthouse at
Carthage, new and reelected
members of Moore County’s two
high elective boards quickly
joined their colleagues for
organizational meetings.
Both reelected their leader
ship, with only one change, and
all votes were by acclamation.
Carolyn Blue of Eagle '
and Tony Parker of
Pines had been sworn in
new county commissil
McLeod made a little speech
only welcoming the first wo
ever to be elected to the cot
commission, but noting wJ
pleasure, as a lifelong Democracy
that the election had changed the
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Not Speaking Up Can Be Fatal
SANTA COMES CALLING — Santa Claus came
calling on the Sandhills Thursday night, riding in the
Jaycee-sponsored Christmas parade in downtown
Southern Pines.—(Photo by Glenn M. Sides).
BY CRAIG LAMB
A three-year-old girl is
admitted to toe hospital with the
large bone of her leg broken. The
hospital is given three different
stories of how it happened.
The doctor suspects abuse
and notifies toe Department of
Social Services, who have
already received ten to fifteen
anonymous calls reporting toe
abuse of this child.
Nearly 40 neighbors, friends
and relatives are interviewed
about the family. Abuse is
confirmed, but not one person is
willing to testify to that fact in
court.
The frustrated social worker
takes toe case to court, without a
witness, relying only on the
testimony of toe doctor, her own
evidence of toe many interviews
thrown out as hearsay. They
parents’ lawyer actually
accuses the DSS of harassment,
toe court decides the child fell off
a porch and broke her leg, and
toe child is returned home with
no provision made for toe DSS to
insure that toe child is not again
abused. The social worker terms
it “a total lack of community
involvement.”
In another home there was
^continuous fighting and drinking
among the parents, and a little
girl who could only cover her
eyes and run to a back room
whenever a brawl started. She
was pale, withdrawn and
appeared retarded-at 3% she
was at a 2 year old level, delayed
in speech and scared of people,
with particular difficulty in
relating to men.
DSS received custody of toe
girl through toe court, and she
was placed in a foster home. The
parents were provided alcoholic
counseling, and told toe child
could only be returned if toe
parents agreed to live apart,
after it was agreed they could not
live together without arguing.
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NEW COMMISSIONERS — A.E. (Tony) Parker and
Carolyn Blue are shown at the Moore County
courthouse on Monday shortly after being sworn in as
the two new county commissioners.—(Photo by Glenn
M. Sides).