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Vol. 57,' Number 44
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52 Pages
Southern Pines, North Carolina Wednesday, August 31, 1977
52 Pages
Index
Books, 2-B; Church Calendar, 3-B;
Classified Ads, 10-15-C; Editorials, 1-B;
Entertainment, 6-7-C; Obituaries, 10-A;
Pinehurst News, 1-4-C; Sandhills Scene,
2-8-A; Sports, 12-13-A; Spotlight, 6-A.
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Schools Set To Open
With Fewer Students
CLASSIC FINISH — More than 60,000 persons
came for the inaugural Colgate-Hall of Fame
Classic, and here’s part of them at the 18th hole
of Pinehurst No. 2 for the finish on Sunday
afternoon which saw Hale Irwin capture first
prize of $50,000 in the $250,000
tournament—(Photo by Emerson Humphrey).
Over 60,000 Attend Golf Classic
Won Bv Irwin; ‘Tremendous Sun
With an attendance of more
than 60,000, North Carolina’s
“Grand Week of Golf” came to a
close on Sunday and Donald C.
Collett, president of the World
Golf Hall of Fame, said it was a
“tremendous success.”
Hale Irwin, the 32-year-old St.
Louis, Mo. native, won the cham
pionship of the inaugural
Colgate-Hall of Fame Classic
with a 20-under par total of 264 in
the 72-hole event on Pinehurst’s
famed No. 2 Course.
Irwin collected $50,000 for first
place in the $250,000 tournament.
The Classic will be back in
Pinehurst next year and Collett
said this year’s event was “the
start of something great and long
standing....It’s a good thing for
the State and good for the San
dhills.”
Collett said that negotiations
Pianist Roger Shields
To Be Visiting Artist
Roger Shields, one of the most
outstanding pianists in the
United States, will be the visiting
artist at Sandhills Community
College for the 1977-1978 school
year.
The visiting artist program is
offered by Sandhills in
cooperation with the North
Carolina Arts Council each year
for the cultural and educational
benefit of the entire area.
Shields, a native of Illinois,
holds a Bachelor of Music
Degree and the Master’s Degree
have started with Deane
Beaman, PGA commissioner, in
regard to next year’s Classic
dates, but he expects the tour
nament will again be in late
August.
It was an event-filled week,
climaxed with some of the
greatest golf ever played on No. 2
and in a PGA tournament in
several years.
This was shown in the below
par play of several golfers, in
cluding Leonard Thompson, a
Laurinburg native who now lives
in Lumberton, who won second
prize money of $28,500 with a 15-
under par total of 269. Thompson
on Sunday set a No. 2 course
record with a 29 on the back nine.
Earlier Irwin had tied the
course record with a 62 on
Friday. The record had been set
in the 1973 World Open by Gibby
Gilbert and tied the following
year by Tom Watson.
Ideal Conditions
Playing conditions were ideal-
the course was in perfect shape
and the weather was good all
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An enrollment of slightly less
than last year is expected when
all Moore County Schools open
tomorrow (TTiursday).
There will be an expected 9,600
students enrolled in all schools.
Edison Powers, assistant
superintendent of schools, said
that the slight decline in
enrollment is because of the
declining birth rate. In fact,
Moore schools are expected to
show slight declines each year
for the next several years.
Thursday will be Orientation
Day, with students let out around
11:30 a.m.
Next Tuesday, Sept. 6, will be
the first full day of school.
One of the major changes in
the school operation this year
will be the return of the ninth
grade to Pinecrest High School,
with about 425 ninth graders to be
involved. The expected
enrollment at Pinecrest is 1,551.
When Pinecrest was opened to
serve Area III the ninth grade
was included in the high school,
but because of over-crowded
conditions at the still unfinished
school the ninth grade was sent
back to the middle schools
several years ago. The change
back was authorized by the
Moore County Board of
Education last spring.
On “Student Orientation Day,”
a half school day, buses will run
on their regular routes, but
cafeterias will not be open as
children will be home for lunch.
During the morning, they will get
acquainted with their new
teachers and classrooms, and
receive their books and first
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One More Files
One more candidate has filed
for the Southern Pines Town
Council.
Fred M. Morgan filed for the
office this week, bringing to six
the number of candidates to date.
Other candidates are incumbents
Michael Smithson and Emanuel
S. Douglass, C.A. McLaughlin,
Frank J. (Jim) Davies and
Louise Eckersley.
The deadline for filing is noon
on Sept. 9.
Labor Day
All the Southern Pines and
Moore County offices will be
closed Monday for Labor Day.
'The Sandhills Area Chamber of
Commerce, the Post Office,
federal offices and the banks will
be closed. Most stores will be
open although a few will be
closed, according to the
Chamber of Commerce.
The Pilot will be closed in
observance of the holiday.
Trollinger
Found Dead
From Gas
Harold Warren Trollinger, 38,
of 500 Fairway Drive, Knollwood,
was found dead Sunday morning
by his wife in the garage of a
friend at Pinehurst.
An autopsy performed Monday
confirmed the finding of Moore
Coroner A. B. Parker that he
died of carbon monoxide
poisoning, and based on that
report and his own investigation,
assisted by Pinehurst police,
Parker ruled the death a suicide.
No reason was given.
Trollinger’s wife, Jane, told
Parker she had awakened about
9:30 a.m. and found that her
husband had left the house. She
said their friend Mrs. Wallace
O’Neal, of MacKenzie Road,
Pinehurst, had given them
permission to use her swimming
pool whenever they wished,
which they frequently did, and
she felt that was where her
husband had gone.
She drove to the O’Neal home
and, parking near the garage,
said she smelled gas funjes,
opened the door and found her
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CLASSIC CHAMPION — Hale Irwin
acknowledges the applause of the gallery as he
finishes the last hole for the championship of
the Colgate-Hall of Fame Classic. He finished
with a 20 under par total of 264, the lowest score
on the PGA tour this year.—(Photo by Glenn M.
Sides).
$150 Million Reported
In Moore Retail Sales
in Music from the University of
Illinois. Since the age of 12 he has ^
appeared in recitals in Canada,
Italy, France, Germany as well
as featured in concerts in o •
Carnegie Hall, New Vork. He has o6rVlC6
also been soloist in recitals in
Vermont, Massachusetts,
Maryland, Ohio, Texas, Illinois,
Indiana, Missouri, Illinois and
Colorado. His performances
have had rave reviews from
distinguished music critics.
Shields is also a recording
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Well Water Use Approved
At Town Council Meeting
Mrs. Lisk Is Selected
‘Teacher Of The Year’
Mrs. Louise B. Lisk, media
specialist at Elise Middle School,
is Moore County’s “Teacher of
The Year.”
The announcement of Mrs.
Lisk’ selection was made by
Superintendent R. E. Lee at the
annual county-wide teachers
Mrs. Louise B. Lisk
meeting last Thursday as he
presented her with the ap
propriate certificate.
Mrs. Lisk won this award over
five nominees submitted to a
selection committee composed of
teachers, administrators,
students, school board members
and parents.
A scrapbook emphasizing her
philosophy of teaching, and her
educational and civic services
will be compiled and submitted
to the president of the NCAE-
ACT District Eight, in which
Moore is located, for regional
judging. There will be 15 regional
representatives, and from this
group, the new District Eight
“Teacher of The Year” will be
selected. The district winner will
be nominated for the North
Carolina honors.
Mrs. Lisk is a West End native
and graduated from West End
High School. She attended
Montreat Junior College and
East Carolina University where
she received an A.B. Degree in
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Delayed
Moore County’s new regional
sewer plant, which was to have
gone into operation on or about
September 1, has met with some
delays and won’t be ready until
late fall, possibly as late as
December, it was learned this
week from county administrator
W. S. Taylor.
Because of the delay, the
Southern Pines Town Council in
special meeting 'Tuesday night
followed the recommendation of
Mrs. Mildred McDonald, acting
town manager, in amending its
ordinance adopting new, in
creased sewer rates, to postpone
the effective date until Sep
tember 1, for billing in
December.
The ordinance had separated
the sewer rates from the water
rates, and raised them, effective
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Deductible
Losses to crops are generally
deductible in full, if the loss is not
reimbursed by insurance, for
Moore County, the Internal
^venue Service District Office
in Greensboro has announced.
Immediate tax relief is
available for taxpayers who
suffered crop losses in the
drought which occurred this
summer.
Moore County was among
those declared disaster areas by
the President .of the United
States on August 11.
The Southern Pines Town
Council, seeking the quickest,
most efficient and economical
way of relieving its water
emergency, in special meeting
Tuesday night agreed on the
development of two, maybe
three, wells as a temporary
measure-one a private well,
with one, or maybe two, wells the
town would drill for itself, on its
own property.
The private well would not be
the Howard Butler well, which
was the one primarily under
consideration by the council at
its August meeting, but one
which had been offered since that
time, a well on the former Paul
C. Butler home place, which
would tie into the six-inch line on
the Midland Road with little fuss
or bother.
It could be adding its waters to
those of the town, without
filtration, at the rate of 100,000
gallons a day within two or ttffee
weeks, was the opinion of Les
Hall, water project engineer,
who reported on various options,
and their merits.
The other option selected, on
motion of Michael Smithson,
seconded by Hope Brogden and
unanimously passed, was that
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THE
PILOT LIGHT
$115,000
Budget Set
For Fund
The Board of Directors of the
Moore County United Fund met
on Wednesday night and
approved the United Fund
Budget of $115,000 for 1978.
This represents an 8.5 percent
increase over last year’s budget
of $106,000.
Wayne Robbins, budget
committee chairman, cited
several reasons for the increase.
Each agency is experiencing
^eater demand for services and
increased costs for performing
these services. As a result, the
total request from member
agencies exceeded $132,000.
The Budget and Admissions
Conunittee reviewed the needs of
each agency and, taking into
consideration previous
campaign success, felt that
$115,000 was an attainable goal
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Moore County had gross retail
sales of $150,751,106 for the fiscal
year which ended June 30,
Secretary Mark G. Lynch of the
State Department of Revenue
reported this week.
From these sales the State
coUected $3,447,514.19 in sales
tax.
The tax report does not include
the one percent county sales and
use tax.
Food sales constituted the
largest category of sales,
totaling $55,362,283.
Next was automotive with
sales of $23,244,488, but in
addition there were $14,496,606 in
auto, plane and boat sales for
which the tax levy is 2 percent.
General merchandise retail
sales amounted to $22,178,051.
Other categories included:
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Dr. Bruton Has Found
A Special ‘Girl Friday’
Judy Cromer, 22, is the first
person to have an office in the
Moore County Schools’ Ad
ministrative Building near
Carthage who is not employed
directly to work with the Moore
County Schools.
The arrangement, however,
was approved with pleasure by
the Moore County Board of
Education, on recommendation
of Supt. Robert E. Lee.
Miss Cromer, the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Oomer, of
Robbins, Rt. 1, is administrative
assistant and secretary to Dr. H.
David Bruton, former member of
the county board, who is now
Chairman of the State Board of
Education.
As such, she is connected with
education in schools all over the
state, and is finding her job “one
of the most interesting anybody
could possibly have.”
She works with her boss every
morning for 30 minutes or so,
“never more than an hour,”
either at his office in Southern
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GOVERNOR " One of
Governor Jim Hunt’s goals is to
stay as close as possible to all
departments in his
administration.
In recent weeks he has been
meeting with each Secretary of
the various departments and
going over details as well as
goals and policies of each
agency. Some of the meetings
have lasted all day and some for
several hours.
Following the meetings the
Governor indicated he was
pleased with operations thus far.
JUDGES — Even though
Governor Hunt has appointed a
Judicial Nominating Committee
to recommend appointments for
Superior Court judges, he is
anxious that the people also have
an opportunity to recommend
persons for the judgeships.
This week Justice Dan K.
Moore, who is chairman of the
committee, sent out a notice
saying a vacancy now exists for
Superior Court judge in the 20th
Judicial District, which includes
Moore, Anson, Richmond, Stanly
and Union counties and inviting
qualUied persons who want to be
considered or any person wishing
to recommend someone to let
them know.
Written recommendations
should go to Executive
Secretary, Judicial Nominating
Committee, Office of the
Governor, Raleigh, and the letter
should reach that office on or
before Sept. 19.
Justice Moore said, “It is the
purpose of the Judicial
Nominating Committee to seek
out and nominate to the
Governor for appointment as
Superior Court Judges persons
selected solely on fee basis of
ability and fitness to hold judicial
office, without regard to political
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LAST VACATION DAYS — These youngsters get in some fishing in the
last vacation days before school opens this week in Moore County. This
was an afternoon scene at a Moore lake. —(Photo by Glenn M. Sides).