Index
Book Page, 2-B; Church Calendar, 3-B;
Classified Ads, 9-15-C; Editorials, 1-B;
Entertainment, 4-8-C; Ohituaries, 12-A;
Pinehurst News, 1-3-C; Sandhills Scene,
2-9-A; Sports, 1-5-D.
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Vol. 58, Number 28
68 Pages
Southern Pines, North Carolina 28387
Wednesday, May 10,1978
68 Pages
Price 15 Cents
D o wnto wnPlan Study
Offers Many Changes
Runners-Up Seek Runoffs
In Second Primary May 30
Two runner-up candidates in
Moore County primary races
have called for runoff elections
and a second Democratic Party
primary will be held on Tuesday,
May 30.
Incumbent Sheriff C.G.
Wimberly, who trailed
challenger A.B. Parker by 213
votes, filed a request for a runoff
with the Moore County Board of
Elections on Monday.
W.E. (Bill) Simmons, who ran
second to H. Clifton Blue Jr., for
county commissioner from
District Five, had requested a
runoff vote on Friday.
Simmons polled 1,937 votes in
the May 2 Democratic primary,
364 less than front-runner Blue,
who had 2,301 votes. Incumbent
Commissioner W. Sidney Taylor
Vass Couple Held
In Rape, Kidnap
Greer Foster Jr., 36, of Vass
and his wife, Faye Lynette
Foster, 34, are being held on
$50,000 bond in the Lee County
jail on charges connected with
the kidnaping and rape of a
Sanford woman, Capt. R.V.
Yarborough of the Sanford
Police Department said Monday.
The Foster man and William
Adair Ashley, 36, of Sanford are
charged with rape and
kidnapping, Capt. Yarborough
said, and &e Foster woman with
kidnapping and aiding and
abetting rape.
The officer said the three were
traced by their car, of which
police obtained a “good
description.” The car was a ’69
or ’70 Pontiac, he said.
The three were arrested April
4, he said, after a 24-year-old
Sanford woman, who was not
identified, was approached by
the trio on First Street in
Sanford. They offered to take her
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‘Sunday At Weymouth’
Slated As Family Gala
Circle Sunday, May 28 on your
calendar for a festive time the
whole family can enjoy at
Weymouth, home of novelist
James Boyd.
It’s a joint effort of the Friends
of Weymouth and the Sandhills
Arts Council, two organizations
which are cooperating in an
effort to inform more people in a
pleasant way about the plans for
acquisition and restoration of the
home with its surrounding
unique woodlands.
Admission to the 214-acres
near downtown Southern Pines
will be free. So will a band
concert by the Rnecrest Concert
Band and the Stage Band. And,
so will a series of games for the
young which will be directed by
the Southern Pines Recreation
Department. There will be a
$2.50 per person charge for the
pig pickin’ that also will include
trimmins’ but children under six
years of age can eat free.
“This isn’t a money making
venture at all,” spokesmen for
the two organizations said. “We
want as many people as possible
to come out and see Weymouth,
hear about our plans if they so
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was eliminated by placing third
with 1,380 votes in the May 2
primary.
In the first primary A.B.
Parker, the present coroner for
Moore County, led in the sheriff’s
race with 2,725 votes. He was
followed by Wimberly with 2,512
and Lloyd Mullins, in third place,
with 610 votes.
There will also be a statewide
runoff in the Democratic party
for the U.S. Senate nomination.
Luther Hodges was in first place,
polling 40 percent of the vote.
John Ingram, the present State
Insurance Commissioner, was in
second place with atx>ut 26
percent of the vote. Ingram
requested a runoff election in the
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Pinebluff
Break-In
Probed
Someone broke into the
Pinebluff Post Office last
Wednesday morning and did $225
damage, the Moore County
Sheriff’s Department reported.
Someone was seen in the Post
Office at 2:45 a.m. but when the
deputies arrived they could find
nothing that was taken, just the
damage done to the window
which was tx'oken to get into the
building.
It was reported the Postal
Inspector out of Fayetteville has
two suspects but has not said
whether they will be charged.
The Sheriff’s department
arrested two young men in a
break-in Wednesday at Gores
Distributing Co., two miles south
of Aberdeen on U.S. 1 in which a
variety of items were taken.
Daniel William Lawson,, 20, of
608 Main St. Aberdeen was
arrested May 4 and is in jail
under$2,000bond.Ellerv Charles ,
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Farmers Market Rules Listed;
Opening Set For Early In June
Rules and regulations for the
Moore County Farmer’s Market
were announced by Talmadge S.
Baker, County Extension
Chairman, who said the opening
date in the second week in June
would be picked within the next
few days.
Reason for the delayed opening
is that cool, damp weather has
delayed both planting and
growth of vegetables, he said.
The market will be at 500 West
Pennsylvania Avenue in
Southern Pines.
■ He gave the following
operating rules:
Charges and Fees
Automobile or pick-up truck,
$1.00.
With trailer, $1.50.
1. Annual Booth Space Rental,
$50.00 (Boothspace rented on
Annual Basis must be occupied
mm
at least seventy-five (75) percent
of the time.)
One ton truck, $2.00.
Over one ton, $3.00.
Tractor-trailer, $5.00.
Operating Time
Tuesday and Saturdays in
June.
Tuesdays, Thursdays, and
Saturdays in July and August.
Also days may be added or
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We
wish ^ *
you
well!
BUTTON TELLS IT — Moore Memorial Hospital (background) is
“wishing its community well” during National Hospital Week, May 7-13.
It’s a good occasion,' Moore Memorial officials say, to change those
unhealthy lifestyle patterns, excessive smoking, eating, drinking, too
little exercise and rest, and other health items which can lead to
hospitalization.
Boy
The long-awaited downtown
revitalization plan, which
recommends a system of
one-way streets, parking and
sidewalk changes with an
emphasis on pedestrian
environment, has been
submitted to the Town of
Southern Pines.
The report on the long range
study, which took over a year
and 15,000 man hours of work by
as many as 43 students in the
N.C. State School of Design and
other researchers, will be
studied by the town
administration and the Town
Council.
Among the recommendations
is the establishment of a
Downtown Development
Authority, but until that is
created it was urged that a
downtown merchants group be
organized to serve so that the
plan can be put into effect.
The report on the study,
entitled “The Revitalization of
Downtown Southern Pines,” was
done at the request of the Town
and involved Peter Batchelor,
AIA-AIP Associate Professor of
Urban Design and Southern
Pines native Spurgeon Cameron,
AIP, Assistant Director of the
Center for Urban Affairs and
Community Services. The
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GOVERNOR VISITS MOORE — Governor Jim
Hunt came to Moore County Tuesday afternoon
to see how one of his high priority projects-the
Community Schools Program—is doing. He is
shown here with Dr. and Mrs. Raymond Stone
at a reception held for him at the Schools
administration offices near Carthage. Shortly
afterwards the Governor and school officials
left for a visit to High Falls, Robbins and North
Moore.—(Photo by Glenn M. Sides).
Moore
Is Killed
In Wreck
Milton Henry (Buck) Grissom
n, 16, of Carthage, Rt. 2 died
Sunday around noon at N.C.
Memorial Hospital of injuries
received in a wreck at US 1 and
Firetower Road in Sanford the
night before.
Chief of Police Cummings of
Sanford said Capt. Yarborough
of his department had charged
the other driver of the other
vehicle in the wreck with
manslaughter and faUure to stop
for a stop sign. Charged in the
wreck was David E. Key, 18, of
Sanford, Rt. 5. He was released
on $1,000 bond. Chief Cummings
said. Date for the trial has not
been set.
Grissom was reported to be a
passenger in a car driven by
David Brooks Dixon, 28, of
Sanford. Both cars sustained
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Council Meet
A special meeting of the
Southern Pines Town Council
will be held Thursday at 8 p.m. to
get citizen reaction to an ap
plication for a community
development block grant
(X'Ogram.
Mayor Emanuel S. Douglass
called the meeting, a public
hearing, which follows three
others held on the grant
proposal. The hearing will be in
the Community Services
Building.
He said the deadline for sub
mitting the application to HUD is
May 15.
Council Votes To Ban High Rises;
Will Reopen Railroad Crossings
The Southern Pines Town
Council amended its zoning
ordinance Tuesday night at its
regular meeting to restrict all
buildings in the future to 35 feet
in height.
In other action Tuesday night
the Council rescinded earlier
action and voted to reopen the
New York Avenue Railroad
Crossing when safety signals
have been installed.
The action came after a
petition from downtown mer
chants and residents had been
presented.
Facing a packed Council
Chamber, the Council followed
up on suggestions and recom
mendations made by citizens in
the past who wish to keep
Southern Pines’ small-town
appearance by keeping out the
high rise buil^ngs.
The Coimcil heard a lengthy
comment from Mrs. Eleanor
Carter who quoted several
newspaper articles, all speaking
for wise land use in the Sandhills,
warning citizens to look after the
environment and speaking
against expanding growth which
disturbs wildlife, fish and other
natural beauties of the area.
“I see this expanding growth
as a warning we are headed
toward self destruction,” she
said, “and the public doesn’t
want it. The public is opposed to
developments that cause an
increase in the people and the
services that go with them. Are
you going to allow the Southern
Pines we know to disappear?
This 35 foot limit is a good first
step to protect it.”
Mayor Emanuel S. Douglass
noted most two-story homes are
21 to 28 feet high and three-story
homes may reach 34 feet.
The Council decided on several
zoning questions. After much
discussion it decided to continue
a hearing until June 13, the next
regular meeting, in which Mrs.
Gladys Caddell had requested a
16.2-acre tract of land between
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Pinehurst Issue
Heard By Board
Council Rejects Plans
For Retirement Complex
The Southern Pines Planning
Board approved a zoning change
requested by the developers of 36
acres on the northwest comer of
Midland Road and Pee Dee Road
at its meeting Wednesday night.
They plan to develop a
retirement complex.
But the Southern Pines Town
Council in regular meeting last
night voted down the rezoning
request by a vote of three to two.
Councilmen Jerry Daeke and
Mike Smithson voted for the
rezoning while Councilmen Hope
Brogden, Earl Hubbard and
Mayor Emanuel Douglass voted
against it.
The developers, Jules D.
Jeraigan, Thad Hawkins and
Robert Harrison, had requested
that the property, which is zoned
RA-Residential Agricultural, be
rezoned to allow a higher density
of residential development than
THE
PILOT LIGHT
OFFICIAL—There were
only two minor
changes-neither of which
would affect the outcome-in the
official vote canvass conducted
by the Moore County Board of
Elections on Thursday.
Unofficial returns had been
reported in Wednesday’s Pilot.
In the official vote reported by
Mrs. Doris Fuquay, executive
director of the Board of
Elections, Charles G. Home Jf.,
received one more vote (1773) in
his runnerup position for
Coroner, a position won by
James E. An^ews, who polled
3148 votes.
McNeill Smith picked up 17
votes to 562 in the U.S. Senate
race. His unofficial vote had been
reported as 545.
The official vote was as
follows:
For sheriff: Mullins 610,
Parker 2725, Wimberly 2512; for
commissioner district five: Blue
2301, Simmons 1937, Taylor
1380 board of education: Davis
2261, Owen 1943, Shamburger
2226; for Congress (Republican):
Austin 352, Harris 640; for U.S.
Senate: Davis 850, Felmet 30,
Griffin 88, Hodges 2184, Ingram
1788, McKnight 93, Sawyer 77,
Smith 562; for Supreme Court:
Brock 2267, Martin 2464; for
Supreme Court: Britt 3427,
Frazier 1169; for Court of
Appeals, Campbell 1999, Erwin
2732.
SALES TAX-Retail sales
continued high in Moore County
during March, according to a
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allowed in the RA district.
The retirement complex will
have 73 units, one less than the
limit under the new zoning.
The next step was to have the
Town Council approve the
change, which it was to decide on
Tuesday night at its regular
meeting. The Council postponed
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Aberdeen
Opposes
Speed-Up
The Aberdeen Town Board
turned down the request for an
increase from 35 to 45 mph in the
speed limit of trains passing
ttvough Town, made by officials
of the Seaboard Coast line
Railroad.
Ed S. Wilkes and J.H. Eaton of
tile railroad appeared before the
Board and made their request at
a regular session Monday night.
When the vote was taken.
Commissioners Blue, Gschwind
and Singleton voted against
raising the speed limit, carrying
a majority. Commissioners
Styers and Harris voted for the
issue.
A hearing was held on
proposed closing of portions of
HUl Street north of Saunders
Street and Burt Street. Arthur
Rowe was present to answer
questions. The Board voted to
close the streets.
A request from William H.
Hyatt on behalf of Moore County
Group Homes to grant con-
ditioi^ use of property at 201
Blue Street was denied. Mrs. Don
Everett and Bruce Medlin were
present and said they favored the
Board’s decision.
The Town voted to pay $1,000
toward the expenses of installing
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By Mary Evelyn de Nissoff
The question of whether
Pinehurst’s proposed corporate
limits lie too close to the
corporate limits of Southern
Pines may determine if this
present “company-owned town”
is eligible for incorporation.
This is what J.D. Foust,
chairman of the Municipal Board
of Control, told residents of
Pinehurst who filled the
Pinehurst Middle School
Auditorium at a meeting
Tuesday night.
According to a survey made by
Surveyor Lamont B. GUmore,
the line of the proposed corporate
limits (of Pinehurst-as of
February 1978) are parallel to
and one mile west of the present
corporate limits of the Town of
Southern Pines.
At the conclusion of the
meeting before the Municipal
Board of Control, Chairman
Foust instructed petitioners for
incorporation they must submit
proof to the board “that you are
more than one mile, not exactly
one mile from the nearest town.”
Chairman Foust told those
present the board will take 30
days to make a ruling on this
question of incorporation.
A ruling on whether to call for
a referendum on the issue also
will be made.
At the start of the meeting,
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Zoning Meet
A public information meeting
is set for tomorrow (Thursday)
at 7:30 p.m. in the courtroom at
the Courthouse at Charthage to
discuss county zoning.
Zoning administrator Tony
Carlyle will present maps and
explain all county zoning and will
concentrate on the sections of
Pinehurst, Murdocksville, West
End, Foxfire and Roseland. All
interested were urged to attend.
Dr. Kreps To Address
Bankers Meeting Here
U.S. Secretary of Commerce
Juanita Kreps and A. A. Milligan,
president of the American
Bankers Association (ABA) are
scheduled to address the 82nd
Annual Convention of the North
Carolina Bankers Association
(NCBA) which starts Thursday,
May 11, and ends Saturday night.
May 13, at Pinehurst.
NCBA President John A.
Forlines Jr., chairman and
president of the Bank of Granite,
Granite Falls, will preside at the
sessions. Around 650 delegates
and guests are expected.
Secretary Kreps will speak on
Friday morning. Milligan will
appear on the Saturday morning
program.
Registration will start on
Thursday afternoon. Election of
officers is set for Friday
morning. HX. (Jack) Ruth Jr.,
senior vice president of Southern
National Bank of N.C.,
Lumberton, will succeed
Forlines. W.L. Burns Jr.,
president of Central Carolina
Bank & Trust Company,
to the
A new
Durham, will move up
office of president-elect,
vice president and treasurer will
be elected. L. Vincent Lowe Jr.,
executive vice president of
Branch Banking and Trust
Company, Wilson, is completing
the second year of a two-year
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Secretary Kreps