Index
Books, 2-B; Church Calendar, 3-B;
Classified Ads, 9-15-C; Editorial, 1-B;
Entertainment, 6-8^; Obituaries, 8-A;
Pinehurst News, 1-5-C; Sandhills
Scene, 2-7-A; Sports, 1-4-D.
ILOT
Summer
has arrived and so have the
temperatures-in the upper 80s with
possible thundershowers.
Ui
Town Votes Sept. 12
On Liquor Sale Issue
■" ST.'-S
SCENE OF SERENITY — This morning scene conducted at the lake by David Drexel under
at the Southern Pines Lake is one of serenity, the auspices of the town’s Parks and Recreation
but it’s also part of lessons in sailing now being Department —(Photo by Glenn M. Sides).
Competency Tests Results Show
Moore Students At N.C. Average
BY JENNIFER CALDWELL
The results of the statewide
competency tests, that next year
will determine if seniors
graduate, are in for Moore
County. Moore County
juniors tested about evenly with
the state’s average-the very
average that experts admit are
not promising.
Moore County’s high school
juniors scored closely to the
state’s average percentage
figure for the approved
mathematical test.
Statewide, 66.29 percent was
the average amount correct on
the 80-question test; in Moore
School Board Will Ask
Coiinty For More Money
The Moore County Board of
Education held its June meeting
Monday night and listened at
tentively to the results of the
statewide competency test for
eleventh-graders. The Pilot has a
separate story on its mixed
results.
In important action the board
passed a resolution asking the
Moore County Conunissioners
for additional current funds or
any siuplus funds after January.
The resolution stated that
appropriations from the county
to the schools were not enough
for even minimal operations of
the education system.
In 1977-78 the conunissioners
appropriated three percent less
to the schools than the preceding
year. During the course of the
year, an additional $200,000 was
appropriated, but this brought
the total only three percent
higher than 1976-77.
The School Board asked “for a
reasonable increase” of ten
percent in order to maintain
(Continued on Page 10-A)
CETA Funds Are Added
To New Budget Of Town
The Southern Pines Town
Council in special meeting on
Thursday morning approved
amendments to the new budget
and voted to give Town Manager
Mildred McDonald the same pay
increase approved for other town
employes.
One amendment was to include
revenues from a CETA grant not
known before. ’The $49,909.83
added to the bu^et had already
been appropriated and will
balance the budget.
Out of this figure the Street
Department will receive
$24,412.53; the Recreation
Department will receive
$18,296.82; the Planning
Department will receive
$2,182.65 and the Sewer
Department will get $219.62 in
the piersonal services accounts.
In employe benefits, $2,787.92
will go to streets, $1,781.54 to
recreation, $199.80 to planning
and $28.95 to sewer.
(Continued on Page 10-A)
County, it was a breath higher at
66.40 percent—no statisticai
difference.
Moore County tested much
better, however, than most of its
surrounding counties-the area it
was grouped with for purposes of
easy examination. Moore, Hoke,
Robeson, Richmond, Scotland.
Cumberland, Lee, Harnett,
Montgomery, Bladen and
Columbus counties were group)ed
into “Area Four.”
The south-central Area Four
had the second lowest score
in the state.
State law beginning next year
requires eleventh graders to
pass a minimum skills test in
reading and math to receive a
high school diploma. Those who
fail, according to an advance
decsion, will receive remedial
Peaches Ready
Peaches are ripe.
They are a week or so later
than usual, but Candor, an
excellent early variety, will be
available in the West End and
Eagle Springs area this week.
Csmdor, Rubired and Cardinal
will be harvested all week in the
Windblow area. Dixired and
Rubired as well as Candor will be
available in the Anson County
area. Coronet will be ready in the
Norman area, according to the
Agricultural Extension Service.
instruction and further
opportunities to pass the test.
Across the state, students did
(Continued on Page 10-A)
A referendum on the sale of
liquor-by-the-drink has been
called in Southern Pines for
September 12.
Southern Pines was the first
city or cotmty in the state to ask
for a referendum following
passage of the local option bill by
the North Carolina General
Assembly last Wednesday.
A resolution requesting a vote
on the question was passed
unanimously by the Town
Council at a special 8 a.m.
meeting on Thursday, and the
resolution was approved by the
Moore County Board of Eledions
at another special meeting on
Monday morning.
The Town CouncO had asked
for a referendum as soon as
possible, and the Board of
Elections set Sept. 12 as the date.
It also asked that the town
attorney draft the public notice
to be given and the ballot to be
submitted to the voters.
At the Board of Elections
meeting the motion to approve
the request of the Southern Pines
Town Council was made by
Felton Capel and it was approved
unanimously.
An August 22 date for the
referendum had been discussed
by the Town Council members,
but Mrs. Doris Fuquay,
executive director of the ^ard
of Elections, said that the “time
element” did not make that date
practical.
(Continued on Page 10-A)
111!
w
.. I„ nlJm
■ FARMERS MARKET OPENS — Business was brisk at the opening day
of the Moore County Farmers Market on West Pennsylvania Avenue on
Tuesday. A variety of produce was offered.
Sellers, Buyers Are Pleased
As Farmer’s Market Opens
County, Town Will Seek
To Iron Out Differences
The County Commissioners in
its regular Monday night
meeting agreed to hold a session
with the Southern Pines Town
(Council to iron out differences
between the two bodies con
cerning alleged unfairness in
payments toward a regional
water plant.
Commissioner Tony Parker
said he’d “heard it from both
sides,” that both the Southern
Pines Town Council and the
County Commissioners had
members who claim the other
body is wrong on the matter.
The Southern Pines Council
(Continued on Page 10-A)
Quantity Of Drugs Taken
In Break-In At Hospital
yw
. Li?
A break-in was reported Tues
day night at St. Joseph Hospital
in Southern Pines.
Some person or persons en
tered the hospital pharmacy
from the outside of the building
and stole a large quantity of
prescription drugs.
Investigating officers Harold
Hunley and Gerald Gallaway
found that six panes of a louvered
window had been dismantled,
enabling someone to crawl into
the pharmacy.
Several tj^s of drugs, in
cluding Darvon, Librium and
Valium, were stolen. Some of the
drugs were in amounts up to a 700
count.
A nurse at the hospital, Mary
Caddell, discovered the break-in
about 4 a.m. ’The estimated time
of the break-in is between 11 p.m.
and 4 a.m.
Investigation continued today.
BY DAVID McNEILL
’The Moore County Farmer’s
Market got off to a good start
Tuesday with sellers displaying
fresh fruits and vegetables along
with broad smiles and the
customers were going home
happy, also.
Located on West Pennsylvania
Ave. near the by-pass in
Southern Pines, the Farmer’s
Market was formally opened at
10 a.m. Tuesday and shoppers
Brogden Named
Hope M. Brogden, member of
the Town Board, and political
science teacher at Sandhills
College in Southern Pines, has
been named as one of 14 persons
to the N.C. Internship Council.
The Council selects and
aUocates student interns for
state government and
determines the appropriateness
of projects that the interns are to
work on.
The other person representing
the conununity college system on
the Council is Frank L. Eagles,
director of the Learning
Resource Center of Wilson
County Technical Institute in
Wilson. Bonnie Bain of diapel
Hill is chairman of the Ck)uncil.
then proceeded to buy. all that the
six sellers had to offer.
Mrs. Glenn Foster of Vass had
the widest variety of fruits and
vegetables to choose from. Aided
by her daughter, Karen, and her
sister-in-law, Mrs. Carl Allred of
Southern Pines, Mrs. Foster sold
peaches, potatoes, watermelons,
(Continued on Page 9-A)
Hearing Here Thursday
On Town Water Proposal
The N.C. Department of
Natural Resoiffces and Com
munity Development will hold a
public meeting tomorrow
(Tliursday) night at 7:30 at the
Southern Pines Middle School.
The public meeting concerns
water capacity projwsals for the
area, with discussion of plans
implementing Drowning Creek
and Little River.
Preliminary findings of the
study relating to ground water
and surface water conditions in
the watersheds will be presented
at the meeting.
The meeting will be conducted
by the Division of Environmental
Management and all conunents
received at this meeting will be
reported to the Commission.
The Town of Southern Pines
and other municipalities in the
Sandhills area are looking
toward a new long range water
supply, with Drowning Creek Md
Little Wver under consideration.
The capacity use study which
is being undertaken by the
(Continued on Page 10-A)
One Measure Is Passed,
Another To Be Studied
THE
PILOT LIGHT
AUMAN-Rep. T. Clyde
Aiunan was back at his West End
peach farm this week with the
hope that the liquor-by-the-drink
issue has been settled for the
future with the passage last week
of the local option bill.
“It’s a better control system,
and, after all, the people do get a
chance to vote on it,” Annum
said.
All in all, Auman thinks it was
a good session of the Legislature.
“We didn’t please everyone, but
then we never will,” he said.
Auman did not vote for the pay
raise for legislators, which was
approved by a 53 to 43 margin,
but he does see merit in the
action. “It has become almost a
full4ime job,” he said, “And a
person has to have some other
inconw* in order to serve.”
VET SCHOOL-Rep. Auman
supported the new Veterinary
School at N.C. State University.
“In the long run it will be a
good investment for the state,”
he said.
He also defended the ap-
proi^iation for a new state office
building in Raleigh, part of which
will be used as legislative office
space.
“The state is now paying $1.4
million a year to rent office space
in Ralei^, and the building will
mean a savings,” he said.
Many people had thought the
1978 legislative session would run
longer than it did. “We did it in 13
days,” Aiunan said, “but a lot of
work had been done before that.”
HELMS-U.S. Senator Jesse
(Continued on Page 10-A)
Moore County Rep. T. Clyde
Aiunan saw one of his major bills
passed and another headed
toward what he hopes will be
enactment in 1979 at the session
of the Legislature which ended
last week.
The measure which was
passed was his comprehensive
health education bill which calls
for an intensive program in the
schools beginning with kin
dergarten.
Sufficient funds were ap
propriated to start the program
in eight school units, Auman
said, adding that he hopes the
next Legislature will put more
money into the health education
program.
Tlie other Auman bill was one
to exempt all residents of North
Carolina over age 65 from the
intangibles tax. Although the bill
ivas not enacted, Auman was
able to get a special study
committee authorized to study
the proposal and make a
recommendation at the 1979
session of the General Assembly.
Serving on the study committw
will be the State Treasurer, the
(Commissioner of Revenue and
three persons each ajpointed by
the Speaker of the House and the
(Continued on Page 10-A)
Day Care Centers Among
Social Service Programs
re*.--
SUMMERTIME — Summer officially arrived
today, but even before the lakes and pools of the
Sandhills were drawing more and more people
who beat the heat with a cool dip.
scene at Pinebluff Lake on Sunday.—
Glenn M. Sides).
This is a
(Photo by
BY PA’TSY TUCKER
Forty-four toddlers six’ead out
into their assigned rooms. Their
hot, nutritionally balanced lunch
had been consumed with en-
thusiasum and they were settling
down for a short nap.
Open-Door Day Care Center in
Pinehurst offers a happy, busy
home away from home for these
44 children, all under six. Bright
pictures are on the walls and
large attractive paper bags are
tacked to a wall with a name on
each. A sign above them says
“Important Papers for Mom.”
The center was built from
funds from the Audrey Kennedy
Foundation and generous
citizens of Pinehurat and is s
well-planned nursery. There are
separate rooms with cribs foi
tiny babies and all ages have
their own headquarters with
toys, both educational and
otherwise, and anything to keep
a young child happy. It sdso has a
complete kitchen and excellent
bathroom facilities.
Open Door is under the
direction of Costello McFarland
and ten other fulltime staff
members and four part-time
workers. It is governed by a
Board of Directors, of which
Linda Lewis of Southern Pines is
(x-esident.
(Continued on Page 9-A)