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Vol. 57, Number 20
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Southern Pines, North Carolina Wednesday, March 16, 1977
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STATE CHAMPIONS — The 1977 State Champion
Pinecrest Lady Patriots are shown above at a Monday
morning assembly where they were honored following
their tournament victory Saturday night. Front row,
left to right, Coach James Moore, Manager Charlita
Howe, the son of the coach, Cheryl Burke, one of the
tri-captains, and Mary Kaye McNeill; second row,
Melvarie Watson, Laurie McNeill, Mary Thompson,
Sharon Bradley, and Assistant Coach Nancy
Matthews; third row, Terry Mills, Cathy Campbell,
Sharon Williams, Linda Stubbs and Sandy
Douglass.—(Photo by Alvin Davis).
Girls Of Pinecrest Bring Another
Basketball Championship To Moore
A State basketball cham
pionship came to Moore County
this week for the second year in a
row.
The Pinecrest High School
girls defeated Southern Wayne
Saturday night at Burlington to
win the 4-A championship.
Last year a State cham
pionship was won by the Lady
Vikings of Union Pines High
School.
This was also the second state
championship in basketball for
Pinecrest. In 1971 the boys won
the crown after being the runner-
up the year before.
The victory Saturday night
wound up a 25 win against only
one loss season for the Lady
Patriots. The loss was to
Scotland High School girls, and
the Lady Patriots avenged that
loss with a victory oyer Scotland
Group Named In Moore
To Combat Child Abuse
committee to combat child
abuse and neglect through
topnotch inter-agency
cooperation was announced
Tuesday in Moore County.
Doctors, social services per
sonnel, educators and other
committee members will work
together under the chairmanship
of Frieda Bruton, Registered
Nurse.
Named to the Committee for
Moore County were Brian
Sherrington, Pediatrician;
Martha Lea, of Protective
Services for Children, Depart
ment of Social Services; Susan
Cole, Moore County Health
Department; Janet Currie,
Juvenile Probation; Nathaniel
Jackson, assistant principal of
Pinehurst Middle School.
Sar.h Baker, of Headstart;
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in the State tournament semi
finals. Scotland finished third
with a 61-60 win over Pine Forest.
The whole team and their
coach James Moore were
honored Monday morning in an
assembly at Pinecrest attended
by some 1100 persons, students
and fans.
Each member of the cham
pionship team was presented a
certificate and the trophy was
Moss Memorial
The fourth race of the
Stoneybrook Races here on April
16 will carry a purse of $6,000
contributed in memory of the
late W.O. (Pappy) Moss.
The race is known as the
Stoneybrook, and the purse is
being raised by friends of Moss in
this area.
Moss, who died last year, was
the Master of the Moore County
Hounds and was long identified
with steeplechasing in the
Sandhills.
put on display.
Principal Phillip McMillan
addressed the crowd and the
team, telling the girls, “We are
proud of you.”
Principal McMillan said of the
team, “It’s probably the first
team we’ve had that has
represented Pinecrest so well
from beginning to end.”
He said that a new sign will be
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County officials and the Good
Neighbors for Clean Water
organization stepped up activity
this week in the campaign to
secure approval of the $12 million
water bond issue in a referendum
on March 29.
All five county commissioners
issued a statement in which they
cited the need for the county
wide water system, explaining
the studies which led to the
decision to call for the bond vote.
Speakers for the Good Neigh
bors organization have been
appearing before various groups
and organizations to espouse the
program, and literature seeking
to answer all possible questions
about the bond issue and the
water system is being circulated.
Norris Hodgkins Jr., of
Southern Pines and Harris Blake
of Pinehurst are co-chairmen of
the Good Neighbors
organization.
It was announced that an open
meeting for Moore County
citizens will be held in the
Agricultural Building at Car
thage on March 23 at 1:30 p.m.
for a discussion of all the issues
involved in the March 29 vote.
County officials and engineers
have met this past week with
officials and citizens of other
counties (Hoke, Scotland, Rich
mond, Robeson) in Laurinburg to
answer questions about the
regional sewer system and water
system to be established on
Drowning Creek, which flows
into some of these counties and
into Lumbee River.
Moore officials said they felt
they had assured the people of
those counties that what Moore is
doing will not affect Drowning
Creek and Lumbee River in any
adverse way.
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Antiques Fair
Drama To Return This Summer
The decision has been made-
“The House in the Horseshoe,”
historical drama with which
Moore County marked the
Bicentennial Year, will be
presented next summer for a
second season.
Sherman Betts, president of
the sponsoring Moore County
Historical Associrtion, said the
decision was reached this
weekend in the “hope and ex-"
pectation” that the play, which
thrilled and entertained large
audiences last summer at its
hillside amphitheatre, will
become an annual affair.
The die was cast when it was
found in a conference here
Sunday afternoon that the
winning combination of talents
which made the production a
success will be available again
this year-two top professionals,
Joe Simmons, the author and
producer, and Duane Sidden,
director, along with Earl Hub
bard of the Historical
Association, who will again serve
as general manager. Also on
hand will be David Downing, to
repeat his lighting job.
While some of the cast are
expected to return, there will
also be openings for various
parts, and Sidden will hold the
first auditions Saturday, March
26, from 10 a.m. until noon and 1
to 4 p.m., at the Campbell House
in Southern Pines. Auditions will
also be held early in April at
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The 20th Annual Antiques Fair
of the Moore County Historical
Association will be held this year
on Thursday, March 24 from
10:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. and on
Friday, March 25 from 10:30
a.m. to 5 p.m.
Republican
Officials
Elected
George W. Little of Southern
Pines was elected chairman of
Moore County Republicans at the
party’s county convention at the
courthouse in Carthage on
Saturday.
There were 100 party members
present for the biennial con
vention, which officials said was
a record turnout.
All officers were elected by
acclamation. Others named
were: Vice-Chairman, Barbara
Williams of Eagle Springs;
Secretary, Joyce Rhoades of
Aberdeen; Treasurer, Donald
Pitts of Pinehurst; County
Finance Chairman, Jerry Daeke
of Southern Pines; County Audit
Chairman, Harris Blake of
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The Fair will be held at the
National Guard Armory under
the chairmanship of Mrs. Robert
Drake and Mrs. Richard J.
Reynolds III. Mrs. Morris
Pennington, Mrs. Robert P.
Keith and Mrs. Ronald J.
(3iristie are in charge of the
luncheon to be served each day.
A champagne party will open
the Fair on Wednesday, March
23, hosted by Mr. and Mrs. E.
Earl Hubbard. Preview tickets,
which will admit the bearer to
the Fair each day, are available
at $10, and Fair tickets for $2
may be obtained from P.O. Box
324, Southern Pines, 28387.
7.5% Jobless
Unemployment in January
reached 1,500, a rate of 7.8
percent unemployed, and in
crease from December of 6.3
percent, and down from
December ’75’s 8.1 percent.
The figures were released
Tuesday by the Employment
Security Commission office in
Carthage by Frank Burch.
A labor force of 19,210 in Moore
County show 17,620 persons
employed.
Employment is expected to
increase with the comingTesort
season, Burch said.
THE
PILOT LIGHT
EVE OF SPRING— Tracy Hassell of Southern Pines admires this early blooming
variety of magnolia which along with other flowers and shrubs flourish in the
Sandhills, bringing much color on the eve of spring.—(Photo by Glenn M. Sides).
INDUSTRY - Both Voit
Gilmore and Norris Hodgkins
Jr., of Southern Pines felt that
North Carolina made a definite
and distinct impression on New
York industrial leaders last
week.
No other state has tied industry
hunting with its cultural
resources so effectively, in their
opinion, and both praised
Governor Jim Hunt for the
content and tone of his luncheon
address last Wednesday.
What were described as “blue
chip” prospects for new
industrial plants in North
Carolina were guests at the
luncheon which preceded the
New York debut of the State
Symphony in Carnegie Hall.
On the night before the
Governor and others had met
with travel writers at a dinner
designed to promote tourism in
the state.
The whole mission cost the
state $12,000, but those who
represented North Carolina felt
that it was worth it.
GRASS ROOTS ARTS - What
is known as a “Grass Roots
Arts” bill is being introduced in
the General Assembly this week,
and it is designed so that every
county in the state will benefit.
Under the bill the North
Carolina Arts Council of the
Department of Cultural
Resources would administer one
and a half million dollars on a
matching grant basis with local
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Are Planned By Auman
Rep. T. Clyde Auman in
troduced one local Moore County
bill this week and plans the early
introduction of three others plus
a statewide measure for a
comprehensive health education
program in the public schools.
One of the bills to be introduced
will provide for the transfer of
authority for issuing gun permits
from the Qerk of (lourt to the
Sheriff.
Auman said that the action had
been requested by Clerk of Court
Charles McLeod and Sheriff C.G.
Wimberly had offered no ob
jections. Among the
requirements of the bill will be
payment of a $10 fee which will
go into the county general fund.
All other requirements under
state law for ownership of
Aberdeen
Body Meets
In Secret
“Things not for the press”
were discussed in a closed
session of the Aberdeen Town
Board Monday night. Mayor
Jack Taylor told The Pilot
Tuesday.
The secret session occuired
after the regular 7:30 p.m.
meeting of the Town Board was
held and reporters had left.
During the regular meeting,
Mr. and Mrs. David Shepard
appeared before the Board.
Shepard was obviously upset
following the break-in of his
Aberdeen Small Engines
business, according to Reporter
Craig Lamb, who was present.
Lamb said Shepard questioned
the Aberdeen Police Depart
ment’s professionalism, the
validity of having one officer on
duty during the night-which was
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weapons will be provided for in
the bill.
Rep. Auman said he also
planned to introduce a bill next
week at the request of Foxfire
asking for incorporation as a
village, similar to Whispering
Pines.
He said he also has been in
formed that the Moore County
commissioners plan to ask for a
bill to outlaw the use of steel
traps ih the .county. This is a
statewide issue, and some
humane societies are urging 1;he
banning of steel traps because of
cruelty to animals and because
dogs and others are often caught
in them.
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Annexation Appeal
To Be Heard Apr. 11
Clerk of Appeals Court Francis
E. Dail has set April 11 as the
date to hear arguments on the
Southern Pines’ annexation
appeal in the Raleigh court.
His setting of the date was
revealed in a letter to the Town
Attorney’s law firm Tuesday.
A motibn to hear the Southern
Pines annexation case at the
earliest convenient time was
filed Thursday by the law firm of
W. Lament Brown.
\
Hie annexation of Area IV is
being sought by the Town, with a
protest coming from some area
residents. A Superior Court
decision in favor of annexation
by the Town is being appealed by
James Van Camp for the
dissidents.
The law firm representing the
Town said the date for the appeal
had not been set because of the
large number of cases before the
court. This was the reason for the
new motion, citing the large
number of persons involved and
the delay of the town in servicing
the area in question.
2,560 Voters Purged
From Lists In Moore
Moore County’s registered
voter list showed a big drop as a
total of 2,560 names were purged
from the list during February.
Mrs. Doris Fuquay, executive
secretary of the Moore County
Board of Elections, said that the
names taken off the registration
lists in the 21 voting precincts
represented people who had died,
moved away, or did not reply to
cards sent them.
The board had sent purge
notices to all persons on the lists
who have not voted in the past
four elections.
“I think a lot of people failed to
reply to the notices,” Mrs.
Fuquay said.
Hie total registration in Moore
County is 18,436, as of Feb. 28.
At the end of January the list
had shown 21,021 registered
voters.
Mrs. Fuquay said they are
continuing to register voters, but
only those who were registered
as Feb. 28 are eligible to vote in
the March 29 water bond
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‘Great Day For North Carolina ’
BY TALMADGE RAGAN
“It’s a great day for North
Carolina.”
And truly it was.
Wednesday, March 9, the
North Carolina Syftiphony,
conducted by John Gosling,
made its debut at Carnegie Hall
in New York City. Performing to
a sold-out, capacity audience of
2,784, the symphony presented
four pieces, including the New
York premiere of a new work
commissioned by the symphony,
“Assembly and Fall,” by Ned
Rorem.
Janice Harsanyi, lyric soprano
soloist, and a member of the
voice faculty at the North
Carolina School of the Arts in
Winston-Salem, performed
“Stabat Mater,” a twelve part
devotional. The Duke University
Chapel Choir and Chorale, under
the direction of J. Benjamin
Smith, accompanied Harsanyi in
five part chorus. The group of
one hundred twenty-five which
made the trip to New York is part
of the two hundred member choir
that performs each Sunday in the
celebrated Duke Chapel in
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AT CONCERT — Cultural Resources Secretary Sara W. Hodgkins (center)
accompanied by daughter Caroline and her husband, Norris Hodgkins Jr. of
Southern Pines are shown at Carnegie Hall for the N.C. Symphony Hall.—(Photo
by Ida Kay Jordan).