Candidates
for Town CouncO give views on issues.
See Pages 14-15-B.
Index
Books, 2*B; Church Calendar, 3-B;
Classified Ads, 9-15-C; Editorials, 1-B;
Entertainment, 6-8-C; Obituaries, 7-A;
Pinehurst News, l-3;; Social News, 2-
6-A; Sports, 1-5-D.
Vol. 57, Number 49
76 Pages
Southern Pines, North Carolina Wednesday, October 5,1977
76 Pages
Price 15 Cents
14 Seeking Council Seats In Primary On Tuesday
Fourteen candidates for the
Southern Pines Town Council
will compete in the Tuesday, Oct.
11, primary for the 10
nominations to be voted on in the
election on Nov. 8.
All five incumbents--E. J.
Austin (the mayor), E. Earl
Hubbard, Emanuel S. Douglass,
Michael Smithson and Hope M.
Brogden-are seeking reelection.
Challengers to their seats on
the Council are C.A. McLaughlin,
a former Council member.
Frank, J. Davies, Louise
Eckersley, Fred M. Morgan,
Jerry D. Daeke, Marquita K.
Daniels, Jack L. Carter Jr.,
Charles A. Rose and John (Jack)
Dibb.
The primary and the election
are being conducted by the
Moore County Board of
Elections. Polls will open at the
regular polling places in town at
6:30 a.m. and will close at 7:30
p.m.
The last day to apply for an
absentee ballot for the primary
is on Thursday, Oct. 6, at the
Moore County Board of
Elections. Only two absentee
ballot requests had been made
by noon Monday.
Monday, Oct. 10, is the last
day to register for the election
on Nov. 8.
For the first time the citizens
in a large area recently annexed
by the town will be voting for
municipal offices. A large
turnout from this area could be a
decisive factor in the primary
and election.
In this week’s Pilot there are
biographical sketches and
pictures of each of the 14
candidates, along with a general
statement of their philosophy of
government and their positions
on five issues as submitted to
them in a questionnaire by the
newspaper.
The candidates were asked to
state their positions on:
1- -Annexation of contiguous
areas.
2- Development of the
downtown area.
3- An adequate water supply
and facilities.
4- Preserving the
environment.
5- New industry or business.
There is almost total
agreement among the
candidates on the water supply
issue, with several saying that it
should have a No. 1 priority.
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BLUE FARM FESTIVAL — The old art of basket-making was of
interest to the many visitors to the Malcolm Blue Farm last weekend as
the annual traditional skills and crafts festival was held. —(Photo by
Glenn M. Sides).
Economic Situation In Moore
To Be Aired At Monday Meet
A conference on the economic
situation of Moore County will be
held October 10 at 2 p.m. at
Southern Pines Town Hall.
The conference, which is open
to the public, has been called by
Governor Jim Hunt to help North
Carolina develop a policy on
balanced growth and economic
development.
State Government
representatives will join W. S.
Taylor, Chairman of Moore
County Board of Commissioners,
E. J. Austin, Mayor of Southern
Pines, Marvin Collins, Southern
Pines Town Development
Director, Talmadge S. Baker,
Agricultural Extension Director,
and Charles W. Musselman,
Executive Director of Moore
County Economic Development
Committee, to discuss the
specific issues facing Moore
County.
Hunt termed the conferences
Fire Prevention Week
Will Be Observed Here
Next week, Oct. 9-15, is Fire
Prevention Week, the oldest of
national weeks in the U.S.
The Southern Pines Fire
Department will hold open house
Sunday, Oct. 9 starting at 2 p.m.
For two hours, firemen will
Squad Auction
The Southern Pines Rescue
Squad Auction Telethon has been
re-scheduled for Thursday,
October 13, at 6 p.m. at the old
V.F.W. building.
The Auction was originally
scheduled to be held on October
6. However, due to the “Meet the
Candidates” program on W107
that night, the radio station has
postponed it until the 13th.
“We can auction anything,
especially paintings or pictures,
dinners, gift certificates or
general merchandise. If you
have not been contacted, and
have an item for the Rescue
Squad Auction, call 692-8848 or
692-8055 and arrangements can
be made for your contribution to
be picked up,” Squad leaders
said.
conduct demonstrations, and
show movies and displays. They
will give away a smoke alarm
and a fire extinguisher.
The Southern Pines Rescue
Squad will be present and will
work with the Fire Department
on emergency rescue. The squad
will hold a free Blood Pressure
Clinic at the station.
Firemen will demonstrate a
reverse lay with one of the
trucks, showing how firemen
pump water out of the hydrant if
the truck gets to the fire before it
passes a hydrant. Also firemen
will set a fire in a pan in the
street and demonstrate the uses
of a fire extinguisher.
Fire Prevention Week was
proclaimed by President
Harding in 1922 and is held each
year during the week that Oct. 9
falls, the day in 1871 of the Great
Chicago Fire. Its purpose is to
promote fire safety by directing
public attention to the need for
fire prevention in the home,
business, community and nation.
In connection with the week’s
observance the local firemen
insued the following statement:
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as “information-gathering
sessions,” as well as an
opportunity for state government
to hear local citizens’ ideas on
improving North Carolina’s
standard of living.
Participants will divide into
three sub-groups for roundtable
discussions on agriculture, the
manufacturing and processing
industry, and service industries,
including transportation,
finance, wholesale and retail
sales and tourism.
The purpose of the conference
is to find out what local
communities believe are their
own economic problems, and
what they suggest local, state
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Jobless
Rate Low
In Moore
Unemployment dropped to 4.3
percent during August in Moore
County, compared with 5.8 in
August, ’76, for one of the best
months on record.
There was a labor force of
21,410 in August and 20,480 of
them had jobs.
Employers, particularly in
construction, are hiring more
people and students are not
seeking jobs, but are back in
school, to account for the low
figure, the office of Frank Fuller
in Carthage explained. The job
office is run by the Employment
Security Commission.
Unemployment had been
higher in July (5.6), June, (5.1)
and May (4.6).
Many persons found jobs
through the Carthage office,
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A pickup truck carrying 11
young people 10 to 17 years of ace
to a farm in upper Moore County
Saturday morning for a day’s
work in tobacco overturned in a
private driveway where it had
gone to pick up another youth,
killing one boy and injuring
several others.
The accident occurred about
8:15 a.m. on the Lewis Davis
place on Seagrove, Rt. 2, in the
rural area west of the Westmoore
community, close to both the
Randolph and Montgomery
Couny lines.
All the children lived in the
area, and were headed for
Gerald Saunders’ farm in a truck
owned by Saunders.
Timothy Lee Britt, 15, one of
three boys who fell beneath the
truck as it overturned, was found
to be dead when Saunders, one of
the first on the scene, with other
helpers got the truck upright.
Of 10 youngsters carried to
Moore Memorial Hospital by
rescue squads of Robbins,
Carthage and Star, three were
admitted, of whom two were
deemed critical at that time.
Boy, 7, Running To Car
Hit By Auto and Killed
A seven-year-old boy was
instantly killed about 2:20 p.m.
Saturday when he ran across NC
705 in front of his home, about
three and a half miles north of
Robbins, towards his brother’s
car parked on the opposite side.
State Trooper R. W, Shepherd
said that Keith Elmorris Davis
ran into the right front fender of
a car driven by William Arthur
Terry, of Trinity, Rt. 3, who
drove over the crest of a hill on
pavement still wet from a recent
shower, and skidded in his effort
not to hit the child.
He was unable to stop in time,
and the boy was thrown onto the
shoulder, dead of head injuries
and a broken neck, according to
Coroner A. B. Parker.
Larry Ray Davis, an older
brother, had just driven up and
gotten out of his car when he saw
Keith running toward him, and
the Terry car coming over the
hill, though he did not see the
actual blow.
Shepherd said he found no law
violation on Terry’s part,
deemed the accident
unavoidable and filed no
charges. The coroner’s ruling
was also that of unavoidable
accident.
Keith was one of eight children
of Mr. and Mrs. Hardy Ellis
Davis of Robbins, Rt. 2. Then-
home is just above the 705 Trailer
Park, near the intersection of
RPR 1422.
The highway fatality, Moore
County’s fourth of the year,
occurred only a few miles from
the site of an accident of that
morning, in which one youth was
killed and several injured when a
pickup truck overturned. That
accident, however, was on
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Town Meetings
The Southern Pines Town
Council will meet on Thursday
night, Oct. 13, instead of on
Tuesday, Oct. 11.
The regular meeting date was
changed because of the town
primary on Tuesday.
A meeting of the town Planning
Board will be held at the Town
Hall tonight (Wednesday) at 7:30
o’clock.
One candidate said, “The most
important single need is to chart
the course for an adequate water
supply for this area, and the
Town of Southern Pines is best
equipped to assume a leading
role in this venture.”
This seems to suggest that the
town should look toward an
area-wide water system in
cooperation with other towns for
future needs.
Other candidates also cite
future water needs and also
emphasize the necessity of action
now to provide an adequate
water supply for the present.
Another issue on which there is
general agreement is in
downtown development.
One candidate said “The Town
should encourage and offer
incentives to the downtown
business owners in an effort to
revitalize our business center.”
Most of the candidates felt the
Town should take some
leadership in promoting
cooperation between downtown
merchants and business leaders
to develop the area.
In general, the candidates are
in favor of preserving the present
environment, although some are
more environmentally oriented
than others.
There are mixed reactions to
annexation and the matter of
new industry or business.
Some indicated they would
favor annexation of contiguous
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However, by Tuesday all three-
Harlan Brewer, 13, Mark Scott,
14, and Terry Lynn Britt, 14,
brother of the dead youth-were
reported by the hospital to be
“stable and in good condition.”
The Brewer boy reportedly
was taken into surgery as soon as
possible following his admission,
because of head and facial in
juries. Young Scott suffered a
fractured leg and other hurts,
while the younger Britt boy had
internal injuries.
Of others thrown from the back
of the truck as it flipped over,
Terry Allred, 14, Calvin Brewer,
11, and Tony Brewer, 10,
received emergency treatment
at the hospital and were
released, whUe four riding in the
cab-Johnny Edward William
son, 17, the driver, his brother
Donnie, 15, Lisa Cox, 16, and
Theresa Cox, 15-were badly
shaken up but unhurt.
Young Williamson told the
investigating officers that, ap
proaching the Davis house on the
narrow road (eight feet nine
inches) with a two-foot ditch on
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THE
PILOT LIGHT
Free Food Stamps Approved
But They’re Long Time Coming
Congress has passed Food
Stamp Reform legislation which
makes the most drastic changes
in the program since 1971.
President Carter signed the
:;omprehensive Farm Bill which
contains the legislation last
Kreek.
John H. Kerr, head of the Food
Assistance Branch in the N.C.
Dept, of Human Resources which
idministers the program for the
state, cautioned recipients and
lotential recipients not to expect
he changes to go into effect
before next summer.
Kerr said that there will not be
free Food Stamps right away.
The elimination of recipients
having to pay for Food Stamps is
the major change in the
program.
The U. S. Department of
Agriculture has estimated that it
will likely be April 1, 1978 before
final regulations are adopted and
sent to states for
implementation.
The new law, in addition to
eliminating the purchase
requirement, reduces the
amount of net income a family
may have and still be eligible for
Food Stamps. A family must
have net income below the
poverty level to be eligible under
the new law. Under Oie present
law, a family of four could have
a net annual income of $6,804 and
be eligible. Under the new law,
the maximum net income for a
family of four is $5,850, the
current poverty level. The
poverty level wUl be adjusted
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CANDIDATES — The Moore
County Young Republican Club
will sponsor a “Meet the
Candidates” night, on Thursday,
October 6 at 7:30 p.m. The forum
will be held at the Southern Pines
Town Hall.
Dr. John Tierney, Chairman of
the Young Republican Club, said,
“The Moore County Young
Republican Club feels that a lot
of interest and enthusiasm has
been generated among Southern
Pines citizens about this fonun.
All 14 candidates have accepted
our invitation to appear and we
encouraged concerned citizens to
come out and address their
questions to the candidates. We
feel that our involvement,
although this is a non-partisan
election, will encourage more
people to become involved in the
political process and let their
voice be heard through their
right to vote.”
GOVERNOR - The
Governor’s Dinners at the
Mansion in Raleigh have been
well attended.
Last Saturday there were
around 1000 people from the
Eighth and Ninth Congressional
districts calling on the Governor
and Mrs. Hunt. Most of them took
a tour of the Mansion and then
went outside for a barbecue on
the grounds.
When someone remarked that
it was a fine thing for them to
have so many people come
visiting, the Governor replied,
“It’s their house.”
SUCCESSION — With no real
organized opposition to it, there
is a feeling among many state
leaders that the Constitutional
amendment allowing a Governor
and Lieutenant Governor to
succeed themselves for one more
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TOP ISSUE — Improvement in the Southern Pines water treatment
plant and supply is the top issue in the town primary and election. The
plant shown above is old and pushed to capacity. All candidates agree
action is needed.—(Photo by Glenn M. Sides).
Contract Let On Sewer Line;
Industry Hunter Resigns Job
The Moore County com
missioners in regular meeting
Monday with all members
present, authorized letting the
contract on the South Southern
Pines interceptor line; received
with regret the resignation of the
county’s first economic
developer, and approved the
establishment of the Moore
County senior citizens’ program
as an independent public agency.
These were among a variety of
matters, small and large, which
occupied them from 10 a.m. until
well past the courthouse’ regular
closing hour.
On recommendation of Les
Hall, representing the
engineering firm in charge, they
Chamber
Directors
Nominated
Six persons have been
nominated for the Board of
Directors of the Sandhills Area
Chamber of Commerce.
They are Don Calfee of the
Sheraton Motor Inn, Felton
Capel of Century Associates, Jim
Craven of Carolina Galvanizing
Corp., Marvin Crow of J.P.
Stevens Co., Dr. John Ellis of the
Pinehurst Surgical Clinic, and
Burt Grant of the Carolina Power
& Light Co.
Unless other nominations are
received by Oct. 10 the above will
be declared elected.
In order to make further
nominations for director a
member of the chamber must
obtain a petition form from the
Chamber office and then get 10
members in good standing to
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voted to accept the net base bid
of Central Builders of Rocky
Mount, in the sum of $489,283.
The bid, lowest of four which
were opened Thursday, was
termed by Hall an “excellent
bid,” considerably better than
had been anticipated.
He said it brought the total
project cost down to $590,247, or
boo,853 less than the original
estimate of $737,100.
For the total project cost, he
added to Central Builders’ bid on
construction the following items:
administration, $10,000;
engineering base fee, $5,000;
project inspection fee, $39,400;
O&M manual, $5,000; rate study,
$5,000; contingency, $24,464.
These will be funded as
follows: EPA (federal grant, 75
percent of total), $435,185; Clean
Water bonds (state 12 and a half
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Dr. Dingfelder Is Named
Mental Health Director
Steven Dingfelder, Ph.D., is
expected to come here in
November from Wisconsin to be
the Director of the Sandhills
Mental Health Center.
Mansfield Elmore of the
Center staff has been interim
director since Director David
Culbreth resigned June 1 after
the Center had contract dif
ficulties with four staff
psychiatrists.
Dr. Dingfelder has been a
clinical psychologist with the
Northern Pines Unified Service
Center in Cumberland, Wise, as
administrator of Alcohol and
Drug Abuse programs.
Last weekend he was
unanimously approved by the
Board of Directors at the local
Center, according to Personnel
Officer Linda Russell.
Dr. Dingfelder received his BA
degree in child psychology at the
University of Minnesota and his
Masters in psychology at Indiana
State. He received the Ph.D.
degree from Indiana State in
clinical school psychology. He is
now working on his MA in mental
health administration at the
University of Minnesota, which
involves only a few weeks on
campus.
Dr. Dingfelder has three
children, a nine-year-old
daughter and a one month old
daughter, and a year old son. His
wife is named Claire.
Mrs. Russell says that the
Center has had 24-hour
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Dr. Steven Dingfelder
Program, Premiums Announced
For Moore Fair On Oct. 17-22
The Carthage Jaycees have
announced the program and
premium list for the 1977 Moore
County Agricultural Fair Oc
tober 17-22, saying they hope it
will be the best fair in history.
Entertainment will include Bill
Deal and the Rhondels, Tuesday;
The Embers, Wednesday; and
Maurice Williams and the
Zodiacs Thursday.
The fair will open Monday,
October 17 at 5 p.m. and continue
through Saturday, October 22 at
midnight. The fair exhibits will
be received in the Exhibit
Buildings on Sunday afternoon
October 16 from 1 p.m. until 6
p.m. and Monday, October 17
from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. Exhibits
entered in previous fairs will not
be accepted or judged. Entries
must have been completed
during the past year, or never
have been entered in a fair.
The Fair Officers are
President, Wilbur Rogers; Vice
President, Mike McLean;
Secretary, Bill Cummings and
Treasurer, Hurley Thompson.
All school children will be
admitted free of charge on
Tuesday and Thursday until 6
p.m.
In exhibits. Youth and Adult
classes will be held. Each
division will be judged
separately.
Gates will open Tuesday at 3
p.m.; Wednesday at 5 p.m.;
Thursday at 3 p.m.; Friday at 5
p.m. and l^turday, at noon. It
will close each night at midnight.
The President of the spon-
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