Index
Books, 2-B; Church Calendar, 3-B;
Classified Ads, 10-15-C; Editorials, 1-B;
Entertainment, 4-5-C; Obituaries, 7-A;
Pinehurst News, 1-3-C; Social News, 2-
6-A; Sports, 1-3-D.
Vol. 57, Number 32
LOT
First Hotel
in the area is shown on Page 6-B in a
reproduction of an early magazine,
courtesy Garland and Dorothy Stutz
Pierce, published in 1897.
54 Pages
Southern Pines, North Carolina Wednesday, June 8, 1977
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Price 15 Cents
Record 605 Graduate
In Schools On Friday
RIDER KILLED BY ROPE — At left can be seen the his motorbike in woods off the Fort Bragg
frayed edge of a rope where a 14-year-old boy, Larry Road.—(Photo by Glenn M. Sides).
Thomas Holt Jr., was caught and killed while riding
Boy, 14, Is Killed Here By Rope
While Riding Motorbike In Woods
A 14-year-old boy riding his
motorbike along a woods trail
Wednesday afternoon hit a rope
tied between two trees to keep
out bike riders, was thrown off
and died of a fractured neck
within a few minutes.
Another boy riding behind him
suffered injuries, and was
hospitalized for a few days.
Larry Thomas (Tommy) Holt,
Jr., of 1625 North Ridge St.
Extension, and his “backseat”
passenger, John McDonald, also
14, were on their way after school
through the woods behind the
home of Mr. and Mrs. William A.
McDonald (no relation) of 810
Fort Bragg Road, to a hilly spot
in the woods they called the
“roller coaster,” where bike
Center
Director
Resigns
Sandhills Mental Health
Center Director David Culbreth
has resigned effective August 1
and a committee to find a new
administrator will be named
today.
Culbreth said Monday he will
begin in August as a consultant to
the National Training
Laboratories in Bethel, Maine,
but has not decided on his future
plans.
His resignation came following
that of four staff psychiatrists
whose pay was cut by the Center
Board of Directors in February.
Three of them have been taking
emergency calls and four ad
ditional ones are working part-
time.
Culbreth has been with the
Center, which services Moore,
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riders like to exercise their
riding skills.
Anthony Deane McDonald, son
of the owner of the property, saw
the accident from the rear of his
house and called the Southern
Pines Rescue Squad, which
carried the victims to Moore
Memorial Hospital.
Holt was dead on arrival, with
several broken ribs and other
injuries in addition to the frac
tured neck, according to Cororier
A.B. Parker, who ruled the death
More Jobs For Men
Needed For County
accidental.
Young McDonald, a neighbor
of Holt’s on Ridge St. Extension,
suffered injuries which turned
out not to' be serious.
Mrs. McDonald told Moore
County Deputy Sheriff Joe R.
Kimball that she had put up the
rope Monday to keep the
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Industrial
Authority
Is Formed
The Moore County com
missioners by formal resolution,
in regular meeting Monday,
created a “Moore Coujity In
dustrial Facilities and Pollution
Control Authority,” with the
appointment of seven citizens to
serve as its first members.
The Authority will, effective
July 1, be empowered to finance
manufacturing plants wishing to
locate here, while ensuring the
necessary environmental
protection and control, as
provided under the Industrial
and Pollution Control Facilities
Act enacted by the General
Assembly in 1976.
The members, appointed for
staggered terms which will
rotate into six-year terms for all,
are, to serve two-year terms,
Archie W. McLean of the Country
Club of North Carolina, and
Charles M. Ray of Jackson
Springs; four-year terms,
William E. Samuels of Southern
Pines and Frank C. Thigpen of
Robbins; and six-year terms,
Allen A. McDonald of West End,
Mrs. Lucille Hyman of
“Harrington Acres,” Carthage
RFD, and John Alex Smith of
Vass, Rt. 2.
Serving as secretary and ex-
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BY ELLEN WELLES
Recent studies show that to
balance its economy Moore
County needs to create ap
proximately 2,000 more
manufacturing jobs for men.
Economic Development Director
Charlie Musselman said this
week.
Already he and his assistants
have located two such plants and
are optimistic about eight more
which may move in within the
year.
“A community can do one of
two things; it can go forward or
backwards. It can’t stand still,”
the High Point native said. “The
only way to move forward is to
create jobs and bring in more
capital investment.”
Musselman said the question to
ask is what kind of jobs to bring
in. He said a May 1976 economic
study showed that the county’s
major weakness is that it has an
over-abundance of manufac-
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Vandalism Wave Brings
Police Chief’s Appeal
Sewer System’s Budget
Set By Commissioners
Following a wave of extensive
vandalism in the Knollwood and
other sections of the Southern
Pines area. Police Chief Earl
Seawell this week made a plea
for help from parents.
“Due to the increased numbers
of property crimes and van
dalism in Southern Pines in
volving teenagers, the Southern
Pines Crime Prevention Unit
would like to appeal to you, the
parent, to get involved with your
teenagers. This can be done by
having better communications
and understanding with them.
“Teenagers have a lot of
energy to expell, and sometimes
this can get them into trouble.
Have your teenagers explore the
program of the Southern Pines
RecreationDepartment and get
involved in this program.
“Parents, when your children
are out at night, know where they
are and who they are with and
that they are not just out walking
the streets. Give your child a
certain time to be home and
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The public hearing held
Monday morning by the county
commissioners in regular
session on the first annual budget
of the Moore County wastewater
treatment system, lasted only
about a minute. But that was
long enough to assure the board
they could take the next legal
step, preliminary to the opening
of the system September 1.
This was the adoption by
formal resolution of the $388,300
budget, comprising estimated
total operating and maintenance
costs for the first 10 months, to
June 30,1978, the end of the fiscal
year.
The budget had been submitted
by county public works director
D. Parker Lynch, who tx'ought
the board up to date on progress
and plans for the $18-inillion
system now so close to com
pletion.
Budget items included per
sonnel, $123,500; utilities,
$190,000; chemicals, $28,300;
supplies, $13,200; repairs and
replacements, $19,400;
miscellaneous, $13,900; total,
$388,300.
The plant will open with a staff
of eight, and of these, the
superintendent has been on the
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Embezzlement Charges
Made Against Woman, 38
Growth Control Seen Necessary
* To Preserve Quality Of Town
Nancy Jane Hudson of
Aberdeen, Rt. 1, was indicted
May 24 by a Moore County grand
jury on 12 counts of
embezzlement of money paid on
accounts of the United Telephone
Co. of the Carolinas, by whom
she was employed.
She is accused of embezzling a
total of $32,613.46 on dates
ranging from December 22,1976,
to April 21, 1977, from an
undisclosed number of customer
accounts of businesses and
individuals.
Eleven of the indictments
name specific amounts allegedly
taken from individual and
business acounts, ranging from
$20.01 to $2,447.31, whUe the 12th
gives the sum of $29,029.27
allegedly taken on one date,
January 15, from “various
accounts.”
Ms. Hudson, 38, a resident of
Hefner’s Trailer Park on the
Laurinburg Road below
Aberdeen, was arrested May 24,
the same day the indictments
were handed down, by a deputy
sheriff, and plac^ in Moore
County Jail. She was released
the next day on making bond of
$12,000-$l,oio0 on each count-for
her appearance for trial at the
Augu^ term of Moore Superior
Court.
The indictments handed down
during the May 23 criminal term,
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BY ELLEN WELLES
A new face shows up every
morning among town ad
ministrators at the Southern
Pines government offices on
Broad St. Marvin Collins began
work in April in a position
previously nonexistent in
Southern Pines: full time town
development director.
Former assistant planning
director for Goldsboro, Collins
came to Southern Pines because
it offered him the position he was
looking for, and he liked the
community.
“I was interested in heading up
a planning committee to develop
a community and I had heard a
lot about Southern Pines,”
CoUins said as he relaxed in his
office in the Municipal Building.
“You look around,” he told his
wife, Virginia, when he came for
his interview in March. “If you
like it let me know.”
Marvin Collins
Collins said they both liked
Southern Pines because they like
small towns and Southern Pines
was pretty also.
“It’s unusual to find a place
like Southern Pines. So many
small towns have become in
dustrialized, but Southern Pines
has taken advantage of its
assets,” Collins said.
The Mt. Airy native said the
town’s main asset is its physical
beauty, and he hopes he can help
Southern Pines grow but still
retain this beauty.
“Since Southern Pines has
grown so much recently, the
need to preserve the quality we
have now is even greater. We
need to control growth or quality
will deteriorate,” he continued.
Collins cited du'ee main goals
he has for the near future: to
update the town zoning or
dinance to make it easier to
administer, to develop a town
growth management plan that
wiU preserve the existing quality
of life and to implement a
downtown revitalization plan
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THE
PILOT LIGHT
LEGISLATURE — Things are
beginning to move a bit faster in
the General Assembly this week.
It always does when ad
journment seems near. But there
are still a lot of bills to be dealt
with before the legislators can go
home.
As of now it appears the target
date of June 17 set in the Senate
will be missed by about two
weeks.
Some legislators had moved
adjournment to the week of June
20, but several key members who
were at the Seven Lakes bar
becue last week said they saw no
way the Legislature could ad
journ before July 1. What they
are hoping is they can do it by
then and not have to come back
after the long Fourth of July
weekend.
TRUCKERS — It was
Secretary Tom Bradshaw of the
Department of Transportation
who sold a reluctant Governor
Jim Hunt on the idea of sup
porting the truckers lobby in its
bid for twin trailers legislation.
It was reported here some time
ago that the bill for twin trailers
had the backing of Governor
Hunt, Lt. Gov. Jimmy Green,
Speaker of the House Carl
Stewart and Secretary Brad
shaw.
The reports are that Bradshaw
was the catalyst. After reading
the truckers printed arguments
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HOUNDS WIN — The hounds that guard Weymouth,
former home of founder James Boyd of the Moore
County Hounds, won a ribbon for Danila Devins in a
water color she exhibited at The Palette Gallery in
Raleigh. Mrs. Devins also received an award in
graphics with a pen and ink drawing of a friend’s barn
on Old Mail Road. She is an Art instructor for the
Sandhills Community College Adult Education
Program, and is Vice President of the Art Guild of the
Sandhills.—(Photo by Glenn M. Sides).
Weymouth On Register
Of US Historic Places
Weymouth, the home in
Southern Pines of Novelist
James Boyd and Katharine
Boyd, has been named to the
National Register of Historic
Places.
Notice of the designation as an
historic place was sent this week
by Gary Everhardt, director of
the National Park, Service, to the
Friends of Weymouth, Inc.
The nomination had been made
a few months ago by Dr. Larry
E. Tise, the State Historic
Preservation officer of the
Department of Cultural
Resources.
Everhardt said that copies of
the notice of the Weymouth
Sales Tax
Growing
In Moore
"The one percent local option
sales tax in Moore (^unty is
steadily growing, with April
being one of the highest months
on record for collections of
$124,582.20.
Chairman W. Sidney Taylor of
the Moore County com
missioners said that during the
ix-esent fiscal year the county
had budgeted an anticipated
$600,000 in sales tax revenue.
Collections, however, have ex-
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Drama Back
Moore County’s outdoor
drama, “The House In The
Horseshoe” is back in business
and looking for some authentic
18th century props.
Director Duane Sidden and
Technical Director David
Downing are seeking the loan of
plows and other farming tools
from the era as well as several 12
and 20 guage shotguns that are
single shot and may be used in
the spectacular gun battle which
climaxes the play.
Anyone having farm tools,
plows, blacksmith’s materials or
shotguns available to loan may
call the headquarters at 692-9611.
The play opens July 6 and runs
Wednesday through Saturday
nights until August 20.
designation were being sent to
Dr. Tise and to Senators Robert
Morgan and Jesse Helms.
Other places in Moore Ctounty
which have been placed on the
National Register are the House
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A total of 605 seniors are
scheduled to graduate from
Moore County’s three high
schools on Friday night.
It is the largest graduating
class in the history of the three
schools.
Former Governor Terry
Sanford, president of Duke
University, will be the com
mencement speaker at Pinecrest
High School.
Students will play leading roles
in the exercises at all three
schools, with the ceremonies
scheduled to get under way at 8
p.m. at each.
The number of graduates at
Pinecrest will be 323. At Union
Pines High School there will be
152 graduates and at North
Moore High School diplomas will
be awarded to 130.
School officials believe that
this year’s record number of
graduates, will stand for a long
time, as a declining enrollment is
predicted in the immediate years
ahead.
The commencement program
at Pinecrest on Friday night will
begin with the processional and
an invocation by Stefan Stuber,
treasurer of the Senior class.
There will be music by the Mixed
Chorus, and a welcome by the
salutatorian.
Kay Linder, the Senior class
president, will introduce
President Sanford.
Following Sanford’s address
Principal Phillip McMUlan and
assistant principal Bobby
Brendell will award the
diplomas.
Darleen Barner, the Senior
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5,1% Jobless
Unemployment for April in
Moore County sank to 5.1 per
cent, Frank Burch of the
Employment Security Com
mission announced this week.
The labor force of 18,700 had
17,750 persons working and only
950 unemployed.
This compared with 6.3 percent
unemployed during March and
5.9 for April, 1976.
Violent Storm Damages
Reported Over County
A brief, violent thunderstorm,
accompanied by strong winds,
hit Moore County late Monday
afternoon, causing damage in all
parts of the county.
In Southern Pines several trees
were blown down and large limbs
were blown off.
At several places in Moore
County traffic was halted
because of trees being blown
across the roads.
During the height of the storm
a tractor-trailer wreck was
reported on Highway 24-27 west
of Carthage, the accident
believed to have been caused by
the heavy rain and winds.
Hail was reported in Carthage
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STORM RESULT — A sudden thunderstorm with
'Strong winds hit Southern Pines late Monday
afternoon and uprooted some trees, including this
large one which fell on the building housing the
architectural firm of Austin Associates on E.
Connecticut Ave.
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