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Index
Books, 2-B; Church Calendar, 3-B;
Classified Ads, 8-15-C; Editorials, 1-B;
Entertainment, 4-7-C; Obituaries, 10-
A; Pinehurst News, 1-3-C; Sandhills
Scene, 2-8-A; Sports, 1-4-D.
Vol. 58, Number 25
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52 Pages
Southern Pines, North Carolina 28387
Wednesday, April 19,1978
52 Pages
Weather
Showers and thunderstorms likely
today, ending tonight. Chance of rain,
30 percent tonight, 20 percent
Thursday. High Thursday, 65 degrees.
Price 15 Cents
Stoneybrook”35,000;
Deux Coup Winner
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CROWD OF 35,000 — Here’s part of the record-
brcafemg crowd of 35,000 which swarmed over
Michael Walsh s Stoneybrook Farm for the 31st
running of the Stoneybrook Steeplechase
Saturday.—(Photo by Emerson Humphrey).
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Transportation Post, Study Urged;
Landscaping Job Proving Costly
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Communications, tran
sportation and landscaping were
among items discussed by the
Moore County Commissioners
Monday night at their regular
third Monday of the month
meeting.
The Commissioners authorized
Sheriff C.G. Wimberly to apply
for a Federal Law Enforcement
Assistance Administration grant
to make a feasibility study for a
county-wide communications
system.
The Commissioners said they
would consider a request for the
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Governor To Visit
Schools Here May 9
Governor Jim Hunt will be
coming to Moore County on
Tuesday, May 9, to look over one
of his high priority projects-the
Community Schools Program.
Moore County is one of a
selected number of school
systems which have instituted
the community schools program,
the concentration here being in
Area Two (northern Moore).
Governor Hunt is scheduled to
arrive at the Moore Schools
administration building at 3 p.m.
where he will meet informally
with members of the Board of
Education and the central office
first steps to be taken toward
starting a public transportation
system and a thoroughfare plan
from Mitt Yoimts, Chairman of
the Intra-City Transportation
Committee of the Sandhills Area
Chamber of Commerce. Younts
said the first step would be to
create a new post, the Director of
Transportation in Moore County,
and to have this person start by
making a feasibility study to
determine if the size and
resources of the county will
support a public transportation
system.
Under this plan the county
Local Candidates Give
Views At Forum Session
staff.
He will leave from there for the
High Falls School where he will
see a Midget League baseball
game and other programs in
community recreation. He will
arrive at North Moore High
School at 5:15 p.m., to view other
recreational activities.
Tentative plans also call for a
visit to Elise Middle School in
Robbins and Westmoore School.
Following a buffet dinner with —
the Community Schools Advisory Monday
Council and members of the Democratic Cmididates
Board of Education, with Mrs. who attended were Clifton Blue
Jr., and W.E. Sinunons, both
running for county commissioner
would pay 10 percent and the
state would pay 90 percent of the
cost of a director. The county
would pay an additional $1,000 in
travel and other expenses, thus
making a total of $2,000 from the
county. The Commissioners said
they will consider the request at
their next budget meeting.
The Commissioners authorized
E.J. Austin to award the land
scaping for the new courthouse
contract to low bidder Clancy
and Theys after several
reductions were made in the
cost.
(Continued on Page 11-A)
BY ELLEN WELLES
A record-breaking crowd of
35,000 turned out Saturday for the
31st annual running of the
Stoneybrook Steeplechase and
was treated to some exciting
finishes in what has become one
of the top sports and social-
events of North Carolina.
In the top event of the six
races, the $10,000 Sandhills Cup,
Tom Skiffington rode Mrs. Miles
Valentine’s Deux Coup to victory
in a time of 4:29.4.
It was a beautiful April day
and the crowd came from all
over North Carolina and the
eastern seaboard.
Proceeds from the races held
on the Stoneybrook Farm of
famed trainer Michael Walsh
will go to St. Joseph Hospital.
The trainer of Deux Coup, W.B.
Cocks, is ranked second in
National Steeplechase and Hunt
Association standings and Skif- ,
fington is ranked third top -
jockey.
The winner was presented the
Sandhills Cup by Mr. and Mrs.
Dwight W. Winkelman and the
horse was given the Pepsi Cola
Blanket for this race which had
the largest prize of the six races
and which was sponsored by the
Pepsi Cola Co.
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^hejast hurdle to win the $10,000 Sandhills Cup. Tall Award is at left and
Red Brick House is at right.
BY MARJORIE PIZZUTO
Approximately 45 persons
attended the Meet the
Candidates Night sponsored by
the West Southern Pines Civic
(Continued on Page 12-A)
Auto Driver Killed Instantly
In Truck Collision At Cameron
A New Jersey man was killed
instantly Monday morning when
the car he was driving swerved
into the path of 9 tractor-traUer
on U.S. 1 just north of the Little
Crane Creek bridge at Cameron,
the State Highway Patrol
reported.
The tractor trailer was
carrying diesel fuel and the gas
tanks exploded.
Coroner A.B. Parker this
morning identified the dead man
as Robert W.W. Felten, 30, of 5
Lane Acres, Haddenfield, N.J.
The stationwagon had been
reported stolen by Roland W.
Felten of the same address at
6:45 p.m. on Sunday.
Coroner A.B. Parker said the
man, who was home on leave
from an institution, had taken the
1977 Ford station wagon without
permission and started driving.
There was no identification on
the body which accounted for the
delay in positively identifying the
victim.
The driver of the tractor
(Continued on Page 12-A)
in district 5; A.B. Parker, C.G.
Wimberly (incumbent), and
Lloyd Mullins, running for Moore
County Sheriff; Frances Marion
Shamburger and Ben Wade
Owen Jr. (incumbent) ruiuiing
for Moore County Board of
Education, and James E.
Andrews and Charles G. Home
Jr., running for county coroner.
Commissioner Chairman W.
Sidney Taylor didn’t attend as
the county commissioners held a
meeting Monday and Vemon
David who is running for the
Board of Education didn’t
attend.
Southern Pines Mayor
Emanuel Douglass asked the
candidates to list their priorities.
Blue said he hadn’t made a list,
but once elected would take the
issues one at a time. Simmons
said his top priority was to be
accessible to people and let them
tell him what the priorities are.
Parker said his top priority
was a drug prevention program
and to treat everyone equally.
Wimberly said his first concern
(Continued on Page 12-A)
Pinehurst
May Vote
On Issue
A referendum on the
incorporation of Pinehurst
appears likely in the coming
months.
A public hearing on a petition
to incorporate has been called by
John D. Foust, chairman of the
N.C. Municipal Board of Control,
for May 9 at 8 p.m. in the
Pinehurst Middle School
auditorium.
Both proponents and opponents
of the incorporation proposal will
be given an opportunity to be
heard at that time.
(Continued on Page 11-A)
Democrats
Will Meet
Saturday
Moore County Democrats will
gather Saturday night, April 22
for a party rally in the Union
Pines High School Cafeteria with
proceedings scheduled to begin
at 7 o’clock.
Prior to the evening’s
program, a dinner will be
served.
Ed (Causey, party executive
chairman, says a large crowd is
expected to be on hand for this
first big raUy of 1978.
Guest speaker will be Mrs.
Martha Hollers of Candor, who
is the new Eighth Division
Highway Commissioner, having
been appointed by Governor Jim
(Continued on Page 11-A)
They Came In Everything-
From Gowns To Bikinis
There’s nothing exactly like it
anywhere, and Stoneybrook on
Saturday lived up to its reputa-
ton as the biggest social gather
ing in the state.
Some 35,060 poured ^ into
Mickey Walsh’s Stoneybrook
Farm in every type of con-
veyance~by the busload, in
pickups and limousines, huge
travel vans, antique cars.
bicycles, ragtops and sedans.
And they were dressed in
everythiilg'frcftn long dresses to
bikinis. One man in a white linen
suit looked like he was playing
the role of Big Daddy in “C^t On
a Hot Tin Roof,” and another was
wearing tails with no shirt, but
with painter pants and tennis
shoes.
The variety of hats is a
trademark of Stoneybrook and
Saturday was no exception-from
jockey caps to huge Mexican
sombreros.
It was time for fun, and the
bright AprU day was ideal. There
was no rain, as is usual for
Stoneylxook races, and only a
few herring-bone clouds from
time to time.
(Continued on Page 12-A)
Holshouser Dedication Speaker
At Kennedy Memorial Building
BY LEONE H. ROSTER
‘‘Gratitude is the memory of
the heart”-The phrase was
quoted by Dr. Francis L. Owens,
Pinehurst, a member of the
Board of Trustees of Sandhills
Ck>nununity College, and the only
local member of the Frederick J.
Kennedy Foundation in Boston
which provided the grant for the
new two-million doll^ classroom
building at Sandhills Conomunity
Ck)llege.
The phrase characterized the
impressive ceremony on the
campus Sunday afternoon when
the new building was named the
Audrey K. Kennedy Memorial
Building in tribute to Mrs.
Kennedy, founder of the Foun
dation honoring her father, a
Boston tycoon who built his
fortune from a modest begin
ning.
J.E. Causey, Lakeview,
chairman of the Building
Conunittee of the Board of
Trustees of the college, presided
for the program wMch opened
(Continued on Page 12-A)
Dedication speaker — Former Governor
James Holshouser spoke on the benefits of the
cornmunity college for all North Carolinians at
see on Sunday.
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was killed and a car and truck were
demolished in this wreck across the bridge at Little Crane’s Creek at
Cameron early Mcmday morning. Highway Patrolman Howard Higgins
the wreckage.—(Photo by Sfenn
ELECTIONS-Paul J.
MacKinnon of Whispering Pines
has been recommended for
appointment as the Republican
member of the Moore County
Board of Elections to replace the
late Kenneth Smith, who died on
April 7.
George Little, chairman, said
the Moore County Republican
Executive Committee, met on
Monday night and selected
MacKinnon. His name was
forwarded Tuesday to the State
Republican headquarters in
Raleigh, which will pass it on to
the State Board of Elections for
apointment.
MacKinnon is a retired
attorney from New York, who
moved here some years ago. He
is a member of the N.C. State
Bar.
APPOINTMENTS - Three
Moore County men have been
appointed by Governor Jim Hunt
to state boards and councils.
Wiley Purvis of Robbins, Rt. 1,
was named to the State Land
Policy Advisory Council.
Dr. Henry W. Frey of Southern
Pines was appointed to the State
Board of Osteopathic
Examination and Registration.
Robert F. Hunt of Pinehurst
was named to the N.C. Youth
Services Advisory Committee.
HODGES--Mrs. Betsy
Bernard, sister of Luther
Hodges, will be in Southern Pines
on Monday, April 24, to give help
to Hodges campaign for the
Democratic nomination for the
U.S. Senate.
(Continued on Page 11-A)
Mullins Talks Of Professional
Approach In Sheriff’s Office
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It’s not where you’re from: it’s
where you’re going.
That’s the philosoi*y of Uoyd
Ray Mullins, who is running as
“the only professional”
didate for sheriff in
Democratic primary May 2
That was the position
President Jimmy Carter,
said, who ran from a town
^ Mg as High Falls” for the top
job in the land. Mullins lives at
Robbins, Rt. 1, between Robbins
and Hi^ Falls on the Howards
Mill Road. He has been to Plains,
Ga.
He appeared at The PUot for an
interview dressed in a navy
jacket and coordinated striped
tie, accompanied by Michael
Hulin, former Troy policeman,
as his campaign advisor. Mullins
was also a member of the Troy
Lloyd R. Mullins
police department.
Mullins said he was asked to
run for sheriff four years ago at a
luncheon of 70 persons in
Southern Pines.
His campaign has these ob
jectives, he said: Combat drugs
on aill fronts; prompt in
vestigations of aU law regardless
of race, sex, social position of
persons involved.
He expanded on these ob
jectives.
“I definitely think this region
has a drug problem,” he said.
Neither this nor problems of
breaking and entering are being
solved, he feels, for two reasons:
the sheriff has been in office too
long (he can only serve eight
years in Mullins’ native West
Virginia, people are approached
because of their appearance,
such as long hair. For this
reason, partly, he predicts a
(Continued on Page 12-A)