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Index
Books, 2-B; Church Calendar, 3>B;
Classified Ads, 8-15-C; Editorials, 1-B;
Entertainment, 4-5-C; Obitnaries, 12-A;
Pinehurst News, 1-3-C; Sandhills Scene,
2-8-A; Sports, 1-4-D.
Vol. 58, Number 26
54 Pages
Southern Pines, Nortih Carolina 28387 Wednesday, April 26, 1,978
54 Pages
Weather
Occasional rain today, possible
thundershowers; Low tonight, 43.
Cloudy and windy Thursday with 20
percent chance of rain.
Price 15 Cents
Primary On Tuesday
For Local, NC Posts
Judge’s Order Is Issued
In Midland Zoning Case
The long-delayed court ruling
in the Midland Road zoning
dispute has been received by
Moore County officials.
County Attorney M.G. Boyette
said today that the order by
Judge William Graham of
Winston-Salem striking down an
action by the board of
commissioners has been filed in
the Clerk of Court’s office.
The judgment, which had been
disclosed verbally some months
ago, was that the commissioners
action in approving changes in
the property of Leaveme Maness
on Midland Road would not be
allowed.
Maness had petitioned the
commissioners to allow him to
expand his motel, and his request
was approved by a majority vote
Youth, 17, Killed
When Hit By Auto
A 17-year-old Lake Surf youth
was killed instantly when struck
by a car on US 1 at Skyline
about 1:30 a.m. Sunday.
John Charles Reinke, Jr., was
the son of Mr. and Mrs. John C.
Reinke of 25-B Azalea Drive,
Lake Surf.
Coroner A.B. Parker said that
young Reinke was walking north
on US 1 when he was struck by a
car driven by Steve Harris
Gamer of Dreamland Trailer
Park, Sanford. The coroner saia
the youth suffered massive h^d
injuries.
Coroner Parker said that Gar
ner and his wife were driving
north and the accident occurred
about 300 to 400 yards north of the
Hyland Hills intersection.
Gdrner told Highway
Patrolman Russell Shepherd,
(Continned on Page 14-A)
Hunt Visit Discussed ;-
School Tests Reported
BY ELLEN WELLES
Governor Jim Hunt will visit
North Moore High School and
Elise Elementary school
classrooms on the afternoon and
night of Tuesday, May 9,
members of the Moore County
Board of Education were told
Monday at their monthly
meeting.
Hunt is coming to observe
evening classes and recreation
programs in the state-supported
Community Schools Project
which started Jan. 2 in Moore
County’s Area H.
Riding with him will be Dr.
David Bruton, Chairman of the
State Board of Education and E)r.
Craig Philips, Superintendent of
Public Instruction of North
Carolina. They will have a tea
with Moore County School Board
members beforehand.
Under Hunt’s program, Moore
County received $25,000 for this
year and will receive the same
amount next year.
Moore County has one of 75
(Continued on Page 13-A)
and not the three-fourths vote
which the zoning ordinance
called for at that time. Judge
Graham ruled that the majority
vote was not sufficient in this
case.
Since that time the county
commissioners have adopted a
reformed zoning ordinance
which eliminates entirely the
three-fourths vote for approval of
such requests.
Judge Graham’s order comes
more than a year after a hearing
on the issue was held early in
1977. Other residents of Midland
Road had contested the
commissioners action and had
gone to court to block it. Attorney
W. Lament Brown of Southern
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Historical
Body Meets
On Sunday
At the annual meeting of the
Moore County Historical
Association on Sunday, April 30,
members will get a report that
net profits from the 21st annu^
Antiques Fair will be a record
$8,000.
The money fi'om the Antiques
Fair will te donated to the
Friends of Weymouth for the
purchase of the James Boyd
estate and establishment of an
arts and humanities center.
The Historical Association
meeting will be held at the
McLendon-Bryant Place at 4
p.m.
A.D. Robinson of the Gover
nor’s Office of Citizens Affairs
will be the speaker.
Members of the Davis family
will present a program of folk
(Continued on Page 14-A)
Antique Music Museum Moving
From Canada To Site In State
BY TALMADGE RAGAN
Antique music machines. Rich
brassy sounds filling a room of
old victrolas. Tiffany lamps, gas
lamps and old coin-operated
arcade machines. The Player
Piano Clenter and Museum is
relocating in North Carolina this
summer after four years in
Vancouver, British Columbia.
Doyle and Priscilla Lane, the
owners and managers of the
Museum say they wanted to find
a location where they could fully
display their warehouse full of
old time collector’s pieces.
A few trips to North Carolina
and an “irresistible” offer
convinced the couple to pack up
and relinquish their piano repair
business in Vancouver and move
East.
A Hillsborough contractor is
currently building what will
Vi
house the museum by Interstate
85 outside of Hillsborough. Ad-
joinii^ their area is the en
tertainment conq}lex that in
cludes the Daniel Boone Park
and Motor Inn and an ice rink. A
house reputed to be one where
George Washington slept is being
moved nearby, where the Lanes
will live when they first arrive,
with the possibility of in-
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Moore County voters will go to
the polls next Tuesday, May 2, to
nominate candidates for the U.S.
Senate, U.S. House of
Representatives, a sheriff, a
coroner and county
commissioner, as well as other
state and local offices.
Polls will open at 6:30 a.m. and
close at 7:30 p.m.
Polling places are the same as
in the last election.
Political observers said this
week it is difficult to determine if
there will be a big vote or a small
turnout. Indications are,
however, that something more
than one-third of the registered
Democrats-there are 12,017 of
them-will vote in the
Democratic primary.
There is only one contest in the
Republican party. Larry E.
Harris and Roger L. Austin are
contending for the nomination
for Ck>ngress from the Eighth
District. Party officials say they
expect no more than a thousand
voters to cast ballots. There are
6,524 registered as Republicans.
There are 819 registered as
“unaffiliated” and these will not
be permitted to vote in the party
primaries. They can, however,
vote for the nonpartisan Board of
Education.
Mrs. Doris Fuquay, executive
director of the Moore (bounty
Board of Elections, said that as
of Monday there had been only 40
applications for absentee baUots.
The deadline for applications to
vote absentee is 5 p.m. today
(Wednesday).
'There are eight Democratic
candidates for &e U.S. Senate
nomination, and a likelihood of a
second primary or runoff
(Continaed on Page 14-A)
New Clinic
Will Open
On Monday
The Pinehurst Surgical Clinic,
unique for its decentralization
concepts, is moving to its new
building.
The new CHinic, situated just a
short distance from the old site,
will also be located on (^rthage
Road, across the street and
approximately one block away,
just in back of Moore Memorial
Hospital.
The doors of the new Pinehurst
Surgical CJinic will officially
open on Monday, May 1, at 9 a.m.
Although the distance of the
move is short, five years of
planning and preparation were
required to insure a smooth
transition for the Clinic’s staff,
patients, and equipment.
(Continued on Page 13-A)
Found Dead
The death of William Mc
Donald, 47, of Cameron is still
being investigated by sheriff’s
officers. Sheriff C. G. Wim
berly’s office said today.
He was ruled dead of
lacerations and contusions
Tuesday morning in his yard
by Coroner A.B. Parker.
JUNIOR BUILDERS CUP — Laurie Ann
McNeill is presented the Junior Builders Cup
from the Kiwanis Club of the Sandhills by
William H. Gentry Jr. Other nominees for the
award are in the background along with a piece
of statuary used in the Picquet Music Festival
production.—(Photo by Patsy Tucker).
Over 100 Racing Saturday McNeill
T >-70 rwi I 71 /T TT Awarded
In 78 1 our de Moore Here junior Cup
BY RICK LEWIS
At 9 a.m. on Saturday morning,
.^il 29, Soudiem Pines citizens
will have an opportunity to view
a rare sight: over 100 of the top
bicycle racers from the Midwest
and East Ck)ast will be sprinting
away from the Campbell House
and then out Youngs Road for the
first leg of the Third Annual
Schlitz Tour de Moore Bicycle
Race.
The 100-mile bicycle race,
sponsored by Sullivan Wholesale,
Dedication Is Thursday
For New Sewer Facility
The dedication of the Moore
County Regional Water Pollution
Control facility will be held on
Thiu'sday, AprU 27, at 2:30 p.m.
at the plant site dt Addor.
Master of Ceremonies will be
W.S. Taylor, chairman of the
Moore County Board of Com
missioners.
Guest speakers will include
David E. Olson, chief of the
North Area Operations Brandi,
Water Division,, United State
Environmental Protection
Inc. and promoted by the
Kiwanis Club of the Pines has
been designated an International
Development race by the United
States Cycling Federation.
CyclisBr-wiU 1se competing for
points enabling them to race for
the national road racing team
and compete internationally,
eventually for the U.S. Olympic
team.
But the Tour de Moore is really
two races in one: a KXknile loop
(Continued on Page 14-A)
Walkathon
Agency; James Johnson, State
director. Farmers Home Ad
ministration; A.F. McRorie,
acting director. Division of
Environmental Management, -lyj
North Carolina Department of 0LS ubOOv/U
Natural Resources and Com- ^
munity Development; W. Leslie 'IT' to. C
Hall, project engineer. Hen- J; OF t^QUHClS
nincrcnn iSiirViam an/I ^
ningson, Durham and Richard
son, Incorporated.
The Rev. Carles S. Hinson of
the First Baptist Church at
(Ckintinued on Page 11-A)
Democrats Stage Rally;
Pledge Unity In Fall
More than 200 Democrats
gathered in a pre-primary rally
at Union Pines High School
Saturday night and heard op
posing candidates pledge support
for the Democratic ticket in
November no matter who wins
the nomination.
Principal speaker at the
gathering was Mrs. Martha
(Bennie) Hollers of Candor,
Member of the State Board of
Transportation from the Eighth
Highway Division.
Chairman J. Ed Causey
presided at the dinner meeting,
attended by 210 Democrats from
all parts of Moore Ck>unty.
Each of the candidates, in
cluding those without opposition,
in the May 2 (X’imary was in
troduced and spoke briefly on
their qualifications and goals.
Representatives of three of the
eight candidates for the U.S.
Senate nomination, inclqding
Mrs. Lawrence Davis, were
present qnd spoke in behalf of
their candidates.
Several other Democratic
leaders and public officials were
Introduced.
Among those was Secretary
Sara Hodgkins of the Depart
ment of Cultural Resources who
(Continued on Page 11-A)
Several hundred started and
an estimated 250 completed the
17.3 mile Walkathon held here
Saturday for the benefit of the
Moore (^unty Rescue Squads.
The Southern Pines Elks Club,
which sponsored the walkathon
to honor Burke Atkinson, said it
hoped to be able to contribute
$6,000 to the rescue squads.
The walkathon got under way
. at 8 a.m., with Mrs. Atkinson and
Walter Nelson leading the way.
Each participant was sponsored
by an individual or firm with a
pledge of a contribution.
Barbara Brant provided the
following report:
“Well, one girl did sprain an
ankle, and sunburned arms and
legs were seen, while shoes were
carried.
“A boy, with a sling for his arm
in a cast had one shoe off due to a
heel blister, said he was glad to
hear only four more mUes. We
had a grandmother, and her
(Continued on Page 14-A)
BY PATSY TUCKER
From the lovely solo sung by
Junior Builder’s Cup nominee,
Robin Marsh, to the last rousing
strains of “There's No Business
like Show Business,” sung by
both choruses and played by the
Senior High Band, the annual
Picquet Music Festival, held on
Friday night at Pinecrest High
School, was a happy success and
a marvelous introduction to the
music programs taking place in
the Moore Ck)unty Schools.
Laurie Ann McNeill of Aber
deen, a senior at Pinecrest, was
the winner of the Kiwanis (Hub of
the Sandhills Junior Builders
Cup.
Throughout its long history,
the festival has been sponsor^
by the Kiwanis Club of the
Sandhills, first under the
auspices of Charles Picquet, who
operated theaters in ^ehurst
and Southern Pines from 1913
until 1957. Since his death, it has
been held as a memorial to him.
This year’s festival, a showcase
of programs reix-esenting all'
phases of music in the schools, is
the second to include aU grades,!
giving a much more diversified
program that include dance,
drama and band music.
It also included a magnificent
(Continued on Page 14-A)
DST On Sunday
It’s time to Spring forward
again.
Daylight Saving ’Time goes into
effect at 2 a.m. on Sunday, AprU
30.
That’s when you will turn your
clocks and watches ahead by one
hour. The hoiu* you lose wUl be
regained when I>ST ends mext
October and clocks are turned
back an hour.
THE
PILOT LIGHT
Wimberly Cites Record In Office
With Decline In Serious Crime
il
iH:
WAIT FOR RULING — About 300 Moore County persons supporting
Calvary Christian Academy were among this crowd estimated at 5,000
Monday in Raleigh awaiting a ruling by a Superior Court Judge on
whether to grant an injunction on Christian schools forcing them to file
reports as required by law. The ruling was delayed and law
enforcement officers said the crowd must disperse because it was
violating a law forbidding demonstrations within 300 feet of a
courthouse. The Rev. Kent Kelly led the local group.—(Picture, by
Cooper Francis).
HUNT~Governor Jim Hunt
wiU address a special session of
the North Carolina Medical
Society at the Pinehurst Hotel on
Friday, May 5, at 8:30 a.m.
The Governor’s speech will
{H-ecede the first general session
of the Medical Society, which wiU
be holding its annual convention
here.
CANDIDATES-Several of the
candidates for the Democratic
nomination for the U.S. Senate
are criss-crossing the state this
week in a last minute effort to
drum up votes.
The ones which can afford it
are also flooding the air waves
with television and radio
messages, and from the offices of
the top four candidates-Luther
Hodges, McNeill Smith,
Lawrence Davis and John
Ingram-there is also a flood of
I»'ess releases.
Hodges, whom some polls show
to be the front-runner, has said
he is now engaged in a “four
corners” operation, referring to
the Carolina famed defensive-
offensive basketball maneuver.
Hodges also is spending heavily
on television advertising.
The other candidates are
confident they are gaining in
strength, and Davis in particular
feels sure there will be a second
(X'imary and he is shooting to get
into it.
APATHY~What all of the
candidates are fighting, as much
as they seek votes, is the general
(Continued on Page 11-A)
Serious crime is down in Moore
County, Sheriff C.G. Wimberly
says, adding “We want to keep it
that way.”
Sheriff Wimberly, who is
completing his second term in
office, faces opposition in the
Democratic primary on May 2.
A veteran law enforcement
officer with 19 years experience
in the field, Wimberly lives near
Aberdeen.
He cites the reorganization of
the sheriff’s department since he
took office foUowing election in
1970 and several innovative
programs he has initiated
including the neighborhood
crime watch, which he declares
is “one of the finest tools law
enforcement has.”
“Neighborhood watch is crime
prevention,” he says, and points
out that six areas have been
C.G. Wimberly
organized at this time and his
office is working on two others.
The area in which the
neighborhood watch program is
now in effect are Jackson
Springs, Foxfire, Roseland,
Lobelia, Highland Trails, and an
area south of Aberdeen. West
End is partiaUy organized and
work has started at Lake Surf.
“We encourage any other area
to get in touch with us and we will
work with them,” he said.
The neighborhood watch
program not only stresses
neighbors looking out for
neighbors but also home and
business security^ inspection of
windows and doors, and good
lighting.
Sheriff Wimberly said that the
encouragement and promotion of
the idea by Governor Jim Hunt
has been a great help in stirring
greater interest in the program.
“According to statistics, we
are one of the safest areas in the
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