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Vol. 58, Number 44
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Wednesday, August 30, 1978
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CLASSIC CHAMPION — Defending champion
Hale Irwin (left) congratulates the 1978 winner,
Tom Watson (second from right), of the
Colgate-Hall of Fame Classic. Presenting the
$50,000 first prize money is Donald Collett,
president of the World Golf Hall of Fame and
tournament chairman, while Lou Miller (right),
tournament director, looks on. —(Photo by
Glenn M. Sides).
RECORD CROWD — Sunday’s crowd of more
than 22,000 pushed total attendance at this
year’s Colgate-Hall of Fame Classic past the
60,000 who attended in 1977. This picture shows
part of the crowd which gathered at the 18th
hole for the exciting finish to the $250,000
tournament, which officials described as a
“resounding success.’’—(Photo by Emerson
Humphrey).
Politics
Gets Set
To Start
Labor Day is the traditional
time for politicians to bring
campaigns off the back burner
and to the front of the stove, and
both the chairman of Moore’s
Democratic party, Ed Causey,
and George Little, the chairman
of the county’s Republicans, plan
to step up the action as summer
ends.
“We probably won’t do a whole
lot in Pinehurst and Southern
Pines until after the liquor-by-
the-drink vote,” Little said. “But
we’ve been functioning for the
past six months, having
meetings on a regular basis
about these campaigns.
“We’ve got a lot of things
organized and the candidates
each have issues they want to
bring out. There are definite
issues in this county.
“I think there wiU be a lot of
interest and enthusiasm for the
county commissioner race in the
fifth district, between Bill
Simmons and Jim Craven.
They’re both good men, but I
think they have very different
philosophies.
“Naturally the sheriff’s race
will draw a lot of attention,”
Little continued, “because it’s
such a visible office.”
Little also thinks the U.S.
(Continued on Page 11-A)
Watson Wins Before Top Crowd
Tom Watson won the cham-
pionship--and tournament of
ficials called the 1978 Colgate-
Hall of Fame Classic and its
record crowd a “resounding
success.”
More than 22,000 who turned
out for Sunday’s exciting finish
pushed attendance past the
60,000 recorded last year.
Don Collett, tournament
chairman and president of the
World Golf Hall of Fame,
already is making plans for next
year’s Classic, which will be held
August 23-26.
“It was our most successful
tournament thus far,” he said.
Withdraws
Frankie T. McCaskill has
withdrawn as the Republican
candidate for county
commissioned from District
Three.
In a letter to the Moore County
Board of Elections this week
Mrs. McCaskill said that she was
withdrawing “because of
personal reasons.”
Chairman George Little of
Moore County Republicans said
that the executive committee
hopes to meet within a few days
to appoint a candidate to oppose
the incumbent Democratic
commissioner, Arthur Purvis.
Board Delays To Sept. 27
Maness Rezoning Request
The Moore Coimty Planning
Board met last Wednesday to
decide whether Midland Road
property owner Leaveme Man
ess could expand upon his Mid
land Motel property, and a mot
ion was passed to continue the
matter to a September 27
meeting, in order that more
members of the Planning Board
could be present.
Althou^ there was a quorum,
no motion could pass.
Tony Carlisle, Moore County’s
Zoning Administrator, said that
one motion was made that
Maness’ request be denied and
another was made that it be
granted. Both motions died due
to lack of a second.
Jerry McKeithan moved that
the request, which would involve
a change of zoning from “neigh
borhood shopping” to “highway
commercial,” be denied.
David Comer moved the
change be approved, with the
condition some restrictions on
the use be made.
(Continued on Page 11-A)
“And I can’t be more delighted
than having Tom Watson as our
champion. He will be a great
rep-esentative for the Sandhills.
His winning proves again that
only great players can win at
Pinehurst.”
Both Collett and Tournament
Director Lou Miller said Sun
day’s final round of the 72-hole
tournament was “a very exciting
finish.”
“It was our best tournament
ever,” said Miller, “and the
finish was a fitting end to a great
week of golf.”
The tournament, which is held
for the benefit of the World Golf
Hall of Fame Foundation,
showed a profit of $104,500 for the
Foundation. Collett said this
included the benefit dinner,
tournament patrons, and con
tributions.
Holiday
W arnings
Are Given
The Labor Day holiday
weekend, according to Highway
Patrol Commander Colonel John
Jenkins, is one of the most
dangerous weekends of the year
on North Carolina’s highways.
Since 1972, some 145 persons
have been killed on the highways
during the Labor Day holiday
period, which this year begins at
6 p.m. on Friday, September 1,
and ends at midnight on Monday,
September 4. Sixteen persons
died during the 1977 holiday.
Jenkins said the leading causes
of fatal accidents during the
holiday period are usually the
same as any other weekend
speeding and drunk driving. “It’s
just that accidents occur more
often,” he said, “because of
heavier traffic.”
“Most people,” Jenkins
remarked, “see the Labor Day
holiday as their last opportunity
for a long weekend before school
(Continued on Page 12-A)
BY JENNIFER CALDWELL
Contrasting the scores of two
different tests is like “comparing
Fords and Chevrolets,” said Dr.
W.C. Walton, a superintendent of
the Moore County schools.
It is all but impossible to
analyze the differences between
the tests of various schools in
Moore County.
Parents well may wonder
whether their child’s
“intelligence” or “achievement”
varies according to what test he
takes. Indeed, scores on the
same test can vary slightly from
Wednesday to Thursday-state of
mind, sleep the night before, a
thousand factors come to play in
determining prime thinking
time. Even in the early grades,
there are children who will
develop into “day” or “night”
people, and testing time may not
jibe with their optimum hours.
Yet some schools in Moore
County, both public and private,
score consistently higher than
One of \he contributors was
Tom Watson, who after receiving
the $50,000 first prize money,
wrote out a check for $1,000 as a
contribution to the Hall of Fame.
Collett said yesterday that the
net proceeds shows teat “the
golfing public of North Carolina
is responding to the appeal of golf
and the Hall of Fame in
Pinehurst.”
He predicted that it will be
even greater in the future, and
pointed outthat he has no doubt a
top quality tournament will
continue in Pinehurst even
though the Colgate-Palmolive
Company has only one more year
Bragg Follows NC Lead
In Disposing Of PCBs
“Following discussion with the
Environment Protection Agency
and State representatives. Fort
Bragg will spread asphdt on
spill areas to prevent the
chemical from washing or
seeping deeper into the ground
untU it can be removed,” James
Strickland, Public Information
Officer, announced this week.
The spill is on the Fort Bragg
reservation, just outside of
Southern Pines. Other spills,
totalling 14, are being treated by
the Department of Tran
sportation of the state govern
ment.
“Fort Bragg plans to generally
follow the State’s lead in
disposing of the contaminated
material,” he said.
The officer had reported a
meeting earlier with Bragg
engineers, David Hopkins,
Region 4 EPA representative of
Atlanta and advisor to the State
of North Carolina, and John A.
Williams, designed by Governor
Hunt to handle such matters.
According to the report from
Fort Bragg, there is a 10.3 spill of
(Continued on Page 12-A)
College To Teach Course
On Ways To Mix Drinks
It may or may not be timely,
but Sandhills Community College
has scheduled a course in bar-
tending, beginning Sept. 6.
It’s probably the first college in
North Carolina to offer a course
in mixing drinks, and its
timeliness comes just before a
series of referendums on the sale
of liquor-by-the-drink.
It’s a 484iour mixology course
which will run through Oct. 30.
This Continuing Education
course will meet Monday and
Wednesday nights from 7-10 p.m.
in the Kennedy Building, Room
K-138.
The course is designed to teach
techniques of mixology as used in
banquet or bartender service.
This includes proper service,
along with ingredient selection,
types, alcohol chemistry,
measurements, and recipes.
The instructor will be Jamie
Martinez who is the Food and
Beverage manager at the
(Continued on Page 11-A)
THE
PILOT LIGHT
Are School Tests Comparable?
Parents, Educators Now Asking
others. It is hard to admit on the
fact of the matter that one group
of students is smarter than
another. Recent statistics, such
as those released by the county’s
public schools system on a
collective I.Q. (intelligence
quotient) show the county’s
school children have below
average I.Q.’s-a fact some are
not quite ready to swallow.
Do not some of these
generalizations, in fact, depend
(Continued on Page 11-A)
LIQUOR- Proposed regula
tions on the sale of
liquor-by-the-drink are being put
into final form this week by a
special committee appointed by
Governor Jim Hunt, and
probably will be announced prior
to the referendum on the
question in Southern Pines on
Sept. 12.
A member of the committee
said that as of now the
regulations will be “something
the resort areas can live with.”
The chairman of the
committee is former Governor
Jim Holshouser of Southern
Pines who conducted a series of
public hearings across the state.
The committee’s
recommendations will be
submitted to the Governor and
the State ABC Board.
POLITICS-Republican Sena
tor Jesse Helms is launching a
statewide advertising campaign
this week in his efforts to be
re-elected in November.
Some political observers say
that Helms has been put on the
defensive by statements of
Democratic challenger John
Ingram in regard to Helms’
voting record in the U.S. Senate.
One instance is where Helms
claimed credit for “saving” a
tobacco research station at
Oxford, but Ingram pointed out
that Helms voted against the
agricultural appropriations bill
which contained provisions for
the station.
These observers point out that
in the runoff primary for the
Democratic nomination Ingram
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on its committment to the Classic
here.
There was only one day-
Saturday-in which the ticket
sales and crowds did not exceed
last year. Miller said he had no
explanation for the Saturday
figure, but both Miller and
Collett said that Sunday was the
biggest crowd ever to see a
tournament in one day here.
Ck)llett said total attendance was
several thousand above last
year’s 60,000 figure.
Miller also said that Watson
would be a “positive name” as
the 1979 defending champion.
The tournament director went
on to express appreciation for the
work of the several hundred
F estival
Planned
Next Year
An event to help broaden the
week of the Colgate-Hall of Fame
Classic has been announced by
the Par Travel Council, a
division of the Sandhills Area
(Chamber of Commerce.
The First Annual Birdie
Festival will be held during the
1979 Colgate-Hall of Fame
Classic and will feature nightly
entertainment, dances, a rodeo,
exhibits, plus many other
(Continued on Page 12-A)
Jobs Down
Unemployment increased to
4.4 of the labor force in July, up
from 3.1 percent in June this
year, the Employment Security
Commission reported from the
Carthage office of Frank Burch.
Exactly 1,000 persons were
unemployed in July, he said,
after a labor force of 22,640 was
reported.
This is the time of year when
new people move in, and
additional youths have applied
for work, the ESC said.
volunteers and all others in the
Sandhills. “Cooperation from
everyone was super,” he said. “I
want to thahk the entire com
munity for all their help.”
There was good weather all
week for the “Grand Week of
Golf,” which got under way on
Monday, Aug. 21. HaU of Fame
induction ceremonies were held
Tuesday night, with Billy Casper
being inducted. Casper stayed on
to play, and in the final round
when he was playing with Arnold
Palmer the two Hall of Famers
drew large and enthusiastic
(Continued on Page 12-A)
Labor Day
Labor Day will be observed
throughout the Sandhills on
Monday as a day of rest or a last
full day of fun for school children
before beginning a full school
day Tuesday.
Moore County agencies and the
U.S. Post Office will observe the
holiday.
Town offices in Southern Pines
will be closed, as will The Pilot
Banks and many professional
practices in the area will also
observe a long weekend, but
grocery stores and some
businesses in Southern Pines and
Aberdeen will remain open.
Liquor
Pro Group
Organizes
The pro forces of the mixed
beverage referendum have
formally organized and
announced today the members of
the Mixed Beverage Committee
of Southern Pines.
The referendum, scheduled for
Tuesday, Septemter 12, allows
the registered voters of Southern
Pines the chance to vote for
liquor-by-the-drink.
Emanuel Douglass, Mayor of
Southern Pines, and Mrs. Joann
Duffield, owner of The Quarter,
will jointly head the committee.
Mayor Douglass, in accepting
the co-chairman position, said,
“I have accepted because I feel
that passage of this referendum
is in the best interests of our
town.
“Taking all factors into
consideration, sale of mixed
beverages will give Southern
Pines an economic boost. We’ll
see more jobs created for our
people as local businesses
expand and new companies
move to our area. We’ll be able to
compete with other resort areas
to bring conventions here. And,
we’ll have more ABC revenues
supporting our education
system.”
Mrs. Duffield accepted the
post, saying, “It’s time for
(Continued on Page 11-A)
Legislature: Final Word
On Liquor Regulations
BYBILLNOBLITT
The final word on rules
covering mixed drinks in North
Carolina will come from the
General Assembly.
That message is being gently
relayed to those involved in the
present rulesfmaking process: a
special committee named by
Gov. James B. Hunt, Jr. and
chaired by former Gov. James
E. Holshouser; and the
three-man Alcoholic Beverage
C!ontrol Board chaired by Marvin
Speight,
Too many people from top
members of the Hunt
administration to policymakers
in the Department of Crime
Control and Public Safety to
those active in ABC licensing and
supervision think that all the
General Assembly did was pass
the basic law, and it is now up to
others to write the implementing
rules and regulations.
“A lot of people are operating
(Continued on Page 11-A)
Court Facility Delayed Again
With January Opening Now Set
The new Court Facilities
Building on the Courthouse
Circle in Carthage should be
ready to open in January,
according to W. Sidney Taylor,
County Administrator. But he
warns it could be later than that.
Begun in May 1977 and
originally scheduled to open
October 6, the building was
delayed by bad weather last
winter and by a small work crew
this summer, Taylor said.
“I have nothing against the
contractor (King-Hunter, Inc.
Greensboro),” Taylor said. “We
have used them often before, but
I feel since the weather has been
good he hasn’t had as large a
crew as he could have. Lately he
has been adding some.”
Taylor also said some of the
delay could have been caused by
the work of some of the
subcontractors.
The new court building will
hold four courtrooms, two on the
main floor, family and civil
courtrooms, and two on the top
floor, superior and district
courtrooms. Taylor said all court
activities in the county will be
held there including the ones now
held on Fridays in Southern
Pines.
The building will house the
Moore County Clerk of Court
Charles McLeod and his entire
staff, the magistrates, the
probation officers, the 4-D officer
and all other court related
persons and records. Also Sheriff
C.G. Wimberly will have an
office there, just as he has had
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