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Books, 2-B; Church Calendar, 3-B;
Classified Ads, 9>1S-D; Editorials, 1-B;
Entertainment, 6-9-C; Ohituaries, 8-A;
Pinehurst News, 1-4-C; Sandhills Scene,
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Table on how Moore voted by precincts
on Tuesday-Page 12-A.
Vol. 58, Number 311
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Southern Pines, North Carolina 28387
Wednesday, May 31, 1978
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SUNDAY AT WEYMOUTH — Part of the crowd
of 500 are shown on the lawn at Weymouth on
Sunday listening to the Pinecrest Concert Band.
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A barbecue supper was served and there were
games in the meadow during the afternoon
festival.—(Photo by Emerson Humphrey).
Sunday At Weymouth Festivities
Draws Family Fim Crowd Of 500
BY PATSY TUCKER
Approximately 500 people
gathered at Weymouth on
Sunday afternoon to enjoy
several hours of entertainment
and a barbecue picnic.
The cloudless sky, the balmy
breezes and beautiful grounds
surrounding the house added to
the all'^ound pleasant afternoon
of family fun.
Sunday at Weymouth was a
joint project of the Friends of
Weymoum and the Sandhills Arts
Council in an effort to introduce
the beauty of Weymouth to those
who were riot familiar with the
estate. Tours of the house and
grbunds were conducted for
those who wished to see the
entire place.
The afternoon’s entertainment
opened with an excellent per
formance by the Pinecrest High
Growth For Area Seen
By Commerce Secretary
Southern Pines is the center of
widesiffead growth and the state
expects 50 percent more by the
end of the decade. Secretary
Lauch Faircloth of the State
Department of Commerce told
the Kiwanis Club of the Sandhills
last week.
Faircloth added to the forecast
of 50 percent more growth the
words “if you want it.”
Since 1977, Faircloth said,
“there has been over $5 million of
capital investments in new or
expanding industries” in this
area.
He said the growth here has
been “a growth accompanied by
a concern for yom heritage,”
and he cited the movement to
preserve the 215-acre Boyd
estate of Weymouth as “an
example of the farsightedness of
the community.”
Faircloth was introduced at
the Kiwanis luncheon meeting at
the Holiday Inn by Norris
Hodgkins Jr.
The Secretary of Commerce,
(Continued on Page 11-A)
Recreation Program Aims
At Reaching More People
BY DAVID McNEILL
“Summer Magic” is the theme
for the Southern Pines
Recreation and Parks Depart
ment’s summer program, and
whether your favorite pastime
is softball, tennis, swimming,
crafts, dancing, sailing or goU,
the ’78 summer program has
something just foe you.
Southern Pines boasts a year
round recreation program, with
the largest number of events
scheduled for. the summer
months.
The program is an even
mixture of athletics and special
interests for three age groups-
youth, teenagers and adults.
There are also day camps,
clubs and bus trips for senior
citizens as well as tr4>s for the
younger groups planned for the
next three montte.
“If I could get everyone in
volved in one activity,” said
Johnny Williams, Recreation
and Parks Director, “I feel I
would have touched everyone,
(Continued on Page 9-A)
School Stage Band.
The crowd was greeted by
Julian Long, Executive Director
of the Arts Council, Adm. I.J.
Galantin, President (rf Friends of
Weymouth, and Terrell Webster,
President of the Arts Council. As
the band finished their last
number and were given a loud
applause, the “New Games”
were being set up in the field to
the back of the house.
The New Game series proved
to be extremely popular with all
ages taking part in one or more
of the games. The most popular
game seemed to be the giant 16-
foot ball that was kicked and
thrown around with much
hilarity. The under six group of
children laughed and giggled as
they ran in and out and under a
red and white parachute. Other
children were seen fencing with
padded sticks especialy made for
play. Others, using pillows, were
2,8% Jobless
The unemployment rate in
Moore County at the end of April
was 2.8 percent.
This is far below the state and
national averages.
The State Employment
Security Commission office in
Carthage reported that the labor
force in Moore in April was
21,480, with 20,870 employed.
Unempoyed were 610.
trying to knock each other off of a
padded saw horse type seat.
Other games of a very different
nature took place with both
children and adults taking an
active part.
The Southern Pines Recreation
Department should certainly be
praised for the handling of ttiese
games. Rick Fondren of Chapel
Hill brought the equipment and
helped in the direction of the
games.
Following the games the
barbecue picnic was quickly
served to the large crowd. As
(Continued on Page 9-A)
Man Killed
In Wreck
Of Auto
Ronald Perry Monroe. 27, of
Rt. 1, Aberdeen, died early
Saturday morning in an
automobile accident on Bethesda
Road.
He was traveling south when
his 1972 Volkswagen hit an
embankment after running Off
the right side of the road.
Monroe was thrown from the
car.
Monroe was a student at
Durham Tech and the son of Mr.
(Continued on Page 11-A)
Tentative Budgets Set
At Coimty Board Meet
THE
PILOT LIGHT
KATSOS"Tim Katsos, the
Carthage restaurant operator
who changed his registration
froin Democratic to “Unaf
filiated,” has submitted his
petition to be on the November
ballot as a candidate for Moore
County conunissioner.
Angus M. Brewer, chairman of
the Moore County Board of
Elections, said that Katsos would
have to have 1,480 qualified
names on the petition to be
eligible as a can^date.
He said the Board of Elections
would begin checking the names
on Katsos’ petition after the
canvass of second primary votes
on Thursday.
Katsos has the siq>port of the
Republican party, although he is
not yet registered with that
party.
LIQUOR--A recent poll of
legislators by the Charlotte
Observer shows that the vote in
the House can possibly be a tie
when the local option liquor-by-
the-drink bill is called up at the
session which opened to^y.
That would leave the tie
breaking vote to House Speaker
C^l Stewart, who has said that
he is neutral on the issue.
Proponents of the measure feel,
however, that Stewart would
vote in favor of the bill.
The bill, already passed by the
Senate, would leave it up to each
county or municipality now
under the ABC system to vote on
whether liquor would be sold by
the drink. It is expected to be
brought to the House floor in
about 10 days or two weeks.
(Continued on Page 12-A)
The Moore County Com
missioners have start^ trim
ming on this year’s budget
requests.
At a work session Monday
night, they tentatively set the
budgets for several departments
and heard a request from the
Malcolm Blue Jr. Historical
Society.
The Society requested a grant
of $6,000 to purchase the lot on
which the Pack House stands at
the Malcolm Blue Farm to use
for Bargain Barn sales. They are
working toward making enough
money to complete the
restoration of the building they
plan to use.
The Commissioners ten
tatively approved putting three
out of six CETA workers in the
Recreation Department on the
permanent payroll, cutting
director Larry Moubry’s per
sonnel budget request from
$63,336 to $42,492. These are
considered qualified workers
who would be difficult to replace
(Continued on Page 12-A)
Wimberly, Simmons,
ram Win In Moore
Three candidates who trailed
in the first primary came back
on Tuesday to win in the
Democratic runoff election in
Moore County.
John Ingram defeated Luther
Hodges for the U.S. Senate
nomination by a vote of 3,719 to
2,649.
Incumbent Sheriff C.G.
Wimberly won the nomination
over challenger A.B. Parker by
3,263 to 3,167.
W.E. (Bill) Simmons won the
nomination for county
commissioner from District Five
with a vote of 3,404 to 2,744 for H.
(Uifton Blue Jr.
Ingram, now the State
Commissioner of Insurance, won
the nomination in the statewide
vote, polling 54 percent to Hodges
46 percent. Ingram will face
incumbent Republican Senator
Jesse Helms in the November
general election.
The vote in Moore County on
Tuesday was higher than in the
first primary on May 2 when 48
percent (5,847) of the 12,017
registered Democrats voted. On
Tuesday the total vote was 6,488
or 54 percent of the registered
Democratic voters. The voting
percentage in Moore was almost
twice the percentage of
statewide voting in the U.S.
Senate race.
The big turnout in Moore was
attributed to the hard fought
(Continued on Page 12-A)
Market
To Open
June 20
According to Talmadge S.
Baker, County Extension
Chairman, the Moore County
Farmers Market will open of
ficially Tuesday, June 20, at 10
a.m.
This date is some what later
than had been projected due to
the late crop this year and the
fact that the town of Southern
Pines was delayed in moving into
their new maintenance depart
ment. The market is to be located
in the old maintenance Dept, of
the town of Southern Pines at 500
West Pennsylvania Avenue.
The general public was en
couraged to participate in this
market by selling of vegetables,
crafts, ornamental plants, etc.
Rules and regulations con
cerning selling can be secured
from the Moore County Ex
tension Office in Carthage.
Persons interested in selling may
direct their questions to
Talmadge Baker at the County
Elxtension Office.
1 Work
North Carolina Department of
Transportation officials have
closed to through traffic one lane
of US 1 Bypass of Southern Pines.
The temporary closing will
allow maintenance crews to
resurface the southbound lanes
of US 1 Bypass.
Work to resurface the road is
scheduled to be completed by
Tuesday June 6.
Traffic will be maintained
around the resurfacing
operations.
Motorists were urged to use
extreme caution when passing
through the construction area.
Many Succeed In Night School
BY JENNIFER CALDWELL
While students in Moore
County Schools are either
graduating or dreaming about
the end of another school year, 45
students in the Extended Day
Program at Pinecrest High
School are still working at their
studies every night-in most
cases after working full
eight-hour days in a variety of
jobs.
These students, split about
evenly down the line between the
races and sexes, have many
different reasons for attending
the Extended Day program
rather than regular, daytime
courses.
Some had dropped out of school
in order to work, marry or have a
child. Some were discipline
problems in traditional
classrooms; either to the extent
of expulsion or to the mere extent
that they were not learning
enough in that structure to
justify attending that mode of
school.
Some, like Francine Patterson,
heard about the “night school”
and decided that was the place to
be.
“I’d heard a lot of people talk
about it at Pinecrest,” she said.
“I didn’t like the teachers in the
John Ingram
AM
C.G. Wimberly
W.E. Simmons
Weekend Work Sentencing
Is Tried In District Court
Two judges presiding in
Moore County during the month
of May have left their mark by
innovative sentencing.
In particular. Judge Kenneth
W. Honeycutt of Monroe has been
trying alternate means of sen
tencing during the past few
seeks.
In Moore District Court two
weeks ago Judge Honeycutt
sentenced two men under the
provisions of the Community
Work Service Application, a
document he personally devised
after stud3dng recommendations
by the state legislature.
New statutes have in
creasingly been aimed at the
rehabilitation rather than
punitive aspects of criminology.
However, Judge Honeycutt
does not feel the legislature has
looked into all implications far
enough.
“I don’t know that this will be a
sustained program of sen
tencing. There are a lot of
ramifications the General
Assembly has not worked out.
Say someone gets hurt while he’s
on the job. I sui^ose that could
be covered by workman’s
conq)ensation, but they don’t
specify anything.”
Judge Honeycutt has been
sentencing those convicted in
Union County for the milder
types of crime to labor instead of
a fine for a couple of months.
“People are reporting ex
cellent results,” he said.
“I did the same thing last
month in Richmond Ck)unty. I
had about ten kids work in
various agencies like the police
station, fire department, and
highway patepl, ^
“These kids had reaUy never
been around law enforcement
officers all that much. But after
they’d done the work for them,
four out of the ten tried to sign up
for the various agency that they
worked for!”
Officers at the Moore County
agencies who have been the
recipients of this sentencing
likewise report good results.
Sheriff’s Lt. Jim Ritter said
that the people assigned to him
so far have done what they were
(Continued on Page 12-A)
Union Begins Campaign
At Stevens In Aberdeen
Efforts to unionize the
Aberdeen branch of the J.P.
Stevens Company got under way
again last Thursday when
representatives of the
Amalgamated Clothing and
Textile Workers Union met
inside the company gates with
workers during their lunch
periods and shift changes.
Union representatives were
allowed to come onto company
premises a specified amount of
time per month as part of a court
decision made in the second
court district of New York last
year, citing J.P. Stevens in
contempt of court.
Union representatives under
provisions of this decision may
meet with workers on company
property a maximum number of
32 per shift hours per month,
according to Jim Craven, one of
ACTWU’s representatives in this
area.
He noted that after ACTWU
members went on company
property in Aberdeen last
(Continued on Page 9-A)
Hefner Speaks At SCC Finals;
Awards, Degrees Are Presented
Congressman W.G. (Bill)
Hefner of the Eighth
Congressional District, gave an
inspirational speech to members
of the graduating class at
Sandhills Community College
Friday evening at the
Conunencement Ceremony in
the Fountain Courtyard on the
Sandhills campus.
Entitled “The Majoriy of
One,” his talk stressed that each
generation must contribute time,
talent-and votes-to making our
world stronger and better for
every citizen.
It was an effective message,
but perhaps what the graduates
and the hundreds of friends of the
college will best remember is
congressman Hefner’s singing
“The Battle Hymn of the
Republic” and “America the
Beautiful.”
A seasoned stage and radio
performer, the Congressman
was accompanied by McKellar
Israel of the Sandhills College
music faculty. The two of them
put on a rousing show that
captivated the audience and
brought cheers of approval from
the listeners.
The program began with the
traditional procession of
(Continued on Page 12-A)
day school.” Francine quit
Pinecrest’s day program and
enrolled with Jimmie Smith’s
extended day program-right on
the same campus.
The difference for her-tongue
in cheek-can be described as
night and day. And although the
Extended Day Program-like
any other school class-is
composed of people that are not
at all alike, the students seem to
prefer Extended Day, at least at
this time in their life.
Take Gary Patterson, for
instance. The 19 year-old senior
is from Southern Pines, and
(Continued on Page 9-A)
SANDHILLS AWARDS—Daniel Grady (left) of Southern Pines was
named a Presidential Scholar and Pauline Williams and Barbara Bane
each received the President’s Award for the highest academic standing
in the graduation class at Sandhills Community College. President
Raymond Stone (right) made the presentations.—(Photo by Emerson
Humphrey). > •