Index
Books, 2-B; Church Calendar, 3-B;
Classified Ads, 6-11-D; Editorials, 1-B;
Entertainment, 4-5-C; Obituaries, 7-A;
Pinehurst News, 1-3-C; Social News, 2-
6-A: Sports, 1-5-D.
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Vol. 57, Number 31
56 Pages
Southern Pines, North Carolina Wednesday, June 1, 1977
56 Pages
Price 15 Cents
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School Board Backs Down
On Pinehurst Transfers
LEGISLATORS AT SEVEN LAKES — Members of
the N.C. General Assembly enjoyed a barbecue
around the pool at the Seven Lakes club house
Tuesday night. Posed in front of the crowd on the patio
are, left to right, Senator Ralph Scott, Speaker of the
House Carl Stewart, Jr., Moore County Rep. T. Clyde
Auman and Senator Lawrence Davis.—(Photo by
Emerson Humphrey).
Legislators Enjoy Relaxed Visit
To Seven Lakes Party, Barbecue
North Carolina legislators
came visiting in Moore County
last night and went away im
pressed by what they saw.
A majority of the members of
the House of Representatives
and the State Senate came by bus
from Raleigh for a relaxed
evening of food and en
tertainment at Seven Lakes.
They arrived late after a full
day of the Legislature and were
taken on a quick bus tour of the
fast-growing development in
western Moore County. There
followed a short reception and
barbecue dinner, during which
they were entertained by the well
Peaches
Harvest
Under Way
The peach harvest is under
way in the Sandhills.
Bill Reece, the Montgomery
County agricultural Extension
agent, says peaches are ripening
about one week to 10 days ahead
of normal this year or about the
same date as last year.
The Candor, an excellent early
variety, will be available in all
areas this week.
Reece said the Candor is
desirable for both fresh use as
well as processing into peach
pickles. He said a good volume of
quality fruit is available this
season. Rep. T. Clyde Auman of
West End, one of the major
peach growers in the area, cils
the Candor the “best non
browning peach” available.
As of now it looks like a good
season for the peach growers of
the Sandhills.
The Extension service has this
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known square dance team from
Seven Lakes.
Rep. T. Qyde Auman, who
served as co-host with Seven
Lakes, introduced Moore County
guests, who included former
legislators Hawley Poole,
Moseley ^yette,"&.'Cnft6h Blue
and Voit Gilmore, Secretary
Sara Hodgkins of the Depart
ment of Cultural Resources,
county commissioners and other
offices, including Sheriff C. G.
Wimberly, Clerk of Court
Charles McLeod, Coroner A. B.
Parker, Register of Deeds Grier
Gilmore, Mayor E.J. Austin of
Southern Pines, and others.
Speaker of the House Carl
Stewart Jr. and Lt. Gov. Jimmy
Green spoke briefly, expressing
their appreciation for the
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BY VALERIE NICHOLSON
The Moore County Board of
Education, by a vote of 5 to 2,
backed down Tuesday night on
its new policy to assign to
Pinehurst schools next fall all
students from that area now
attending the Sandhills-Farm
Life School.
The policy, approved ^ril 16
by the board, had been protested
at a meeting of April 26 by a
group of parents of the 19
chilcten involved, who said that
to uproot their children from the
school they were used to, and
return them to the Pinehurst
area against their will, would be
traumatic for them.
The board made no change in
its plan at that time, pending
final adoption of the policy and
Tuesday night, at its regular
meeting, the large meeting room
of the Administration Building
was filled with about 75 parents,
filling all the chairs, and stan
ding lined up again^ the wall.
There was one big difference
between this crowd and the
smaller group of ^ril 26. That
one had teen all white; Tuesday
Calvary Church Begins
Expansion Program Here
New Downtown Building
Will Open On Thursday
Calvary Christian Church is in
the process of building a new
church and adding to its school,
the Rev. Kent Kelly said this
week.
The church has purchased 25
acres of land since 1969, one year
after the Rev. Mr. Kelly became
pastor, and has an option on 15
acres which extend to US 1.
“Eventually we’re going to
have a Bible college, retirement
facilities, and a place for un
wanted children,” Pastor Kelly
said. “Right now we’re going to
concentrate on paving, growing
grass and other aspects of land
scaping.” Pastor Kelly was a
landscapist before he entered the
ministry.
Plans also include tennis
courts, more staff housing, a
private water system and
sewage treatment plant, a power
generating plant, wooded parks
for picnics and outings and a
gymnasium.
“We wanted our own water,
sewage and power plants
because we just like to be in
dependent whenever we can, and
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A new traditional brick
building on the northwest comer
of Bennett Street and West
Pennsylvania Avenue will be
completed Thursday
(tomorrow), Michael Fiskin has
announced.
The building, owned by FMC
Associates, was built at a cost of
some $125,000 of brick with cedar
columns and contains around
5,000 square feet.
College Beginning Told
At Sandhills Exercises
Parties, Golf Highlight
Weekend For Celebrities
BY ELLEN WELLES
The second annual Tar Heel
Sports Celebrity Golf
Tournament brought 24
celebrities and 75 amateurs out
for golf and parties last weekend.
May 27 and 28. The tournament,
held on Pinehurst No. 2, was to
honor North Carolina alumni
who excelled in sports, and a
percentage of the proceeds went
to the support of the Wallace
O’Neal Day School.
The celebrities included such
favorites as Dean Smith, coach
of the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill
basketball team which was
ranked number 2 in the nation
this year; Bear Bryant, football
coach at the University of
Alabama, here as a guest of
Malcolm P. McLean; Billy
Cunningham, who retired last
year from the Philadelphia 76ers
with a knee injury; and Tom
Brookshire, CBS sports caster.
Others were Chris Harburger,
line backer for the Washington
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BY LEONE KOSTER
Personal memories of the
development of the community
college in Moore County, as well
as the history of the state-wide
system of community colleges
and technical institutes by H.
Clifton Blue, chairman of the
Board of Trustees of Sandhills
Community College, inspired
pride in the members of the
graduating class at the Com
mencement ceremony Friday
evening.
Pride in their own
achievement of academic suc
cess at Sandhills as well as pride
in the success of the school itdiich
in a few years has gained state
and national recognition for its
fine educational programs,
excellent teachers and out
standing administrative of-
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Young Soldier Is Killed
In Wreck Of Motorcycle
A 21-year-old Fort Bragg
soldier was killed early t^
(Wednesday) morning when his
motorcycle ran off the road on
East Connecticut Avenue in
Southern Pines.
Police identified the victim as
Randall Leon Browning of the
82nd Mi Co., of Fort Bragg.
Sgt. Marshall Lewis of the
police department said the
accident occurred at 1:37 a.m.
Browning was traveling east on
East Connecticut when his
Yamaha motorcycle left the
road, hit a guard rail, kept on
through trees for 75 feet where
the rider was thrown.
An ambulance arrived eight
minutes later and Browning was
carried to Moore Memorial
Hospital where he reportedly
died in the emergency room a
short while later.
Police said two other soldiers
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THE
PILOT LIGHT
MEMORIAL DA Y — Services for Memorial Day were conducted Sunday at Mt.
Hope Cemetery by the Veterans of Foreign Wars John Boyd Post with the
Pinecrest ROTC participating.—(Photo by Glenn M. Sides).
BRUTON — The way was
paved Tuesday for the election of
Dr. David Bruton of Southern
Pines as chairman on Thursday
of the State Board of Education.
The defeat Tuesday by an
overwhelming vote in a House
committee of a bill to make the
Lieutenant Governor the per
manent chairman of the board
removed one of the major ob
stacles to Bruton, the choice of
Governor Jim Hunt for chair
man.
The Governor’s office main
tains that there are enough votes
night, black parents appeared to
be in a majority.
The crux of the matter was not
the Pinehurst Middle School,
though it is included in the policy
expressed by the board, since it
has some transfers which are
also to be recalled, and plenty of
space to put them in.
It is the Pinehurst Elementary
School, which is small (259
children in grades K-4), racially
imbalanced and becoming more
so as more of its white children
take leave.
While the two groups opposed
each other in friendly fashion,
civilly and seriously, their op
position was not entirely a
matter of black and white, as a
number of white parents had
joined with the black ones in
support of the Pinehurst
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Phone Merger Under
Study By Two Firms
A study is under way looking
toward the merger of United
Telephone Company and
Carolina Telephone and
Telegraph Company, with
headquarters in Tartero.
John M. Bigtee, vice president
and general manager of United
Teleidione of the Carolinas, said
that the feasibility is being
studied of combining either
administrative and operational
functions Or both.
Both are sister companies of
the United System.
Bigtee said that the study
deals with the North Carolina
portion of the United Telei^one
Co., which has its headquarters
in teuthem Pines and operates
telei^one services in several
other communities of the state.
“It will affect some employes
here,” Bigtee said, adding that if
the study finds the merger
feasible it would take place
“possibly within a year.”
He emi^asized, however, that
it is still in “a study period.”
Four new shops will be housed
in the building, a boon to the
downtown area. They will in
clude Bill Morrell’s Art Gallery;
Stuart Martin Interiors of
Fayetteville; Ann and Joe
Biggerstaff, hair stylists, whose
business will be known as “A Cut
Above”; and Nancy Jones Ac
counting, an associate of H and R
Block.
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Spring Fling Scheduled
In Downtown Saturday
The Southern Pines third
annual Spring Fling will be held
from 9 to 5:30 Saturday, June 4.
During the course of the day,
there ^ be cartoons at the
Sunrise Theater (morning only),
blood pressure checks, singing
and bands from various schools,
art displays, clowns and
balloons.
Approximately 45 or 50
sponsors are expected to hold
sidewalk sales in front of their
shops, and the public is invited to
register for a drawing for a black
and white portable television set.
Crafts are expected to be on
display at various locations in
the downtown area and music
groups will provide en
tertainment for shoppers.
“It was a highly successful
event last year,” said Floyd
Sayre, executive secretary of the
Chamber of Commerce. “There
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Heavy Rain, Hail Storm
Hit Aberdeen, Pinehurst
Rep. T. Clyde Auman has
carried out a campaign pledge
by introducing a bill to repeal the
intangibles tax for persons 65 or
older.
The bill was pre-filed on
Friday and came up for first
reading on Monday night.
In essence the bill calls for a
revision of state law in respect to
classifying intangible personal
property for ad valorem tax
purposes, with such property not
to be assessed for taxation.
If enacted the measure would
become effective next Jan. 1.
A requirement of the bill is that
persons entitled to the benefits of
the statute shall furnish proof of
entitlement to the Secretary of
Revenue within a time he would
prescribe. Failure to furnish
such proof would deprive the
persons of the intangible tax
benefits.
Rep. Auman had campaigned
last year on the proposal, saying
that if elected he would introduce
such a bill at this session of the
General Assembly.
He said this week that he has
support for the bill from other
delegations in districts which
have a sizeable retirement
population, such as Buncombe.
There is opposition, however, to
the bill from county com
missioners.
The intangible tax is collected
by the state but is returned to the
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Reporter
On Staff
Of Pilot
Ellen Mordecai Welles, spring
graduate of the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill,
has joined the staff of The Pilot
as reporter.
The daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Paul Welles Jr. of Bimam Wood
Road in Raleigh, she is a veteran
horsewoman and has trained her
horse, “Easter Lily” since it was
two years old. She feels quite at
home living on Youngs Road.
She came to Southern Pines
one week after she was
graduated from UNC-CH in
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A cloudburst early Saturday
afternoon dumped nearly three
inches of rain on Aberdeen,
flooding streets, and also brought
hail which covered the ground at
Pinehurst.
At the same time the sun was
shining in Southern Pines and
other parts of Moore County.
Itome hail was reported in the
West End area, however, but
little or no crop damage was
noted.
Several minor accidents
occurred during the heavy
rainstorm, but there were no
injuries and damages were
slight.
In Aberdeen the storm drains
could not carry off the heavy
downpour quickly enough and
water poured over the streets.
Oni some of them the water
came up to door level on cars,
and at the Town and Country
Shopping Center the water
rushed down from the parking
lots and covered US 1.
Aberdeen police called for help
in directing traffic. One officer
said it was raining so hard at one
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committed to Bruton to assure
his election when the board
meets Thursday. Lt. Gov. Jimmy
Green is seridng as interim
chairman and has publicly
asserted that he wanted the
position on a permanent basis.
House members here for a visit
Tuesday night said that an ex
pected minority report from the
House committee which voted
down the Green bill did not
materialize and is not now ex-
pectedr
(Continued on Page 12-A)
ABERDEEN FLOODED — A sudden cloudburst Saturday afternoon which
brought nearly three inches of rain within an hour flooded streets in Aberdeen.
This is a scene on Dogwood Drive shortly after the rain stopped.—(Photo by
Glenn M. Sides).
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