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Vol. 58, Number 47
50 Pages
Southern Pines, North Carolina 38387
Wednesday, September 20,1978
50 Pages
PRICE 15 CENTS
Council Date Set
To Fill Vacancy
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BRIDGE WORK — An unusual operation has
been taking place at this railroad overpass on
U.S. 1 at Vass this past week. A new trestle is
being built across Little River by the Seaboard-
Coast Line and to get the concrete to the trestle
site required a huge crane which dropped a big
bucket to a truck, shown at left, and then
transferred it to a railroad car. —(Photo by
Glenn M. Sides).
Downtown Plans
Talked At Meet
The steering committee for
downtown revitalization held
another meeting at the Municipal
Building this week for the pur
pose of acquainting downtown
merchants with a Broad Street
plan.
The plan’s designers, Peter
Batchelor and Spurgeon
Cameron of N.C. State
University, began the 7:30
meeting with an explanation of
the process by which they
developed a plan for the town,
and then described some of the
plan’s actual features.
A good though not a full crowd
attended, representing the few
blocks on botii sides of Broad
Street that are the inner core for
the first stages of the town’s
improvements.
As the merchants and various
interested citizens arrived at the
meeting, steering committee
members and Marvin Collins,
the town planner, directed them
to numbered rows of seats so
property owners could sit with
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Questions To Be Asked
Of Candidates At Forum
Believing that an informed
voting public selects productive
representation, the Southern
Pines Civic Qub is inviting the
public to a pre-election, non
partisan candidates meeting it is
sponsoring Tuesday, October 3.
It will be held at 8 p.m. at the
Civic Club building, Ashe St. and
Pennsylvania Ave. The meeting
will be in panel form.
The candidates have been
asked to express their opinions
on specified subjects.
The question put to the
candidates for County
Commissioner is: “What is your
attitude toward county-wide
zoning?”
(Continued on Page 16-A)
The Southern Pines Town
Council will decide in a special
meeting Thursday, September
28, who they will choose to fill the
place on the Council left vacant
when former Councilman E.
Earl Hubbard resigned last
week, it was decided at a special
meeting Tuesday morning.
The Council members agreed
they will choose the “best per
son” whether or not he or she ran
for office in the past. Several
members of the (Council said they
have received calls asking when
the spot will be filled. They said
they want to fill it before the
meeting of the League of
Municipalities next month.
The Council approved an
agreement drawn up by Town
Attorney Lament Brown and
Town Manager Mrs. Mildred
McDonald whereby fire and
burglar alarms coming from the
new shopping center on 15-501
across from (Jenter Park will
come into the Southern Pines
Police Station and the dispatcher
will contact the Aberdeen police.
This arrangement was requested
because that shopping center is
on the Southern Pines telephone
exchange instead of Aberdeen’s
even though it will be in the
Aberdeen city limits.
A fee of per year will be
required from each store or
office using this service.
Landscaping on the new town
offices near the Fire Station
cannot begin until there is a good
rain, Mrs. McDonald said. The
Council approved a sign to be
placed on Morganton Rd.
identifying the building where
the offices are. The appearance
1125,000
Budget Set
For Fund
The Board of Directors met
recently and approved a United
Fund budget of $125,000 for 1978.
This represents a 9 percent
increase over last year’s budget
of $115,000.
Alex Webb, budget committee
chairman, cited several reasons
for the increase. Each agency is
experiencing greater demand for
services and increased costs for
performing these services. As a
result, the total request from
member agencies exceeded
$134,000.
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Candidate’s Wife Visits Here
On Person-to-Person Campaign
Mrs. Gini Ingram, wife of Pinehurst for an informal
Democratic U.S. Senate nominee reception given for her by local
John Ingram, stopped on her supporters,
busy campaign trail Tuesday in Hosting the 5:30 p.m. affair at
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MRS. INGRAM VISITS — Mrs. John Ingram
(right) is shown at a reception at the Pinehurst
Hotel Tuesday night. With her, left to right, are
Mrs. Elsie Nuckles, Sharon Fratepietro and
Carolyn Blue.—(Photo by Ellen Welles).
commission will have a chance to
concur with the agreement.
The Council denied the request
of (]k>lden Corral to put up a
billboard on the southeast comer
of U.S. 15-501 and Murray Hill
Avenue because it does not meet
all the requirements, specifically
that it be 100 feet beyond the
right of way. It was noted that
the JFR Barn has put up a sign
without the Planning Board’s
permission and that Western
Sizzlin’ has changed the face of a
billboard without permission.
Both of these restaurants have
been requested to appear before
the Planning Board.
The Council decided to wait
until it has looked before it
decides whether to sell an eight
foot right of way to Jim Thomas
who wants to buy the Manor
Apts, on New Hampshire Ave.
This would be used as a driveway
to a parking lot for the building
after he renovates it in keeping
with the downtown revitalization
plan. The eight feet is now part of
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SILHOUETTES OF FALL — A late afternoon sun brought these
silhouettes of fall at Lakeview-the stacked boats, the weeping willow
branches and the ducks almost motionless in the water. —(Photo by
Glenn M. Sides).
State Water Use Report
Is Expected Here Soon Most Places Here To Seek
Whether Southern Pines and
other towns in the Sandhills area
can use Drowning Creek as a
water supply hinges on a
capacity use report by the state’s
Division of Environmental
Management.
A report with recom
mendations is expected to be
made in October, followed by
public hearings on the question.
The Town of Southern Pines
has not yet received notice from
the state’s Department of
Natural Resources and Com
munity Development on the
study which was made on both
the Little River and Drowning
Cfreek watersheds.
The Department’s Division of
Environmental Management
conducted a public hearing June
22 as part of a capacity use study
of portions of the Little River and
Drowning Creek watersheds.
The results of the public
hearing and other information
compiled by scientists and
engineers in toe department was
supposed to help toe commission
in making a decision whether to
declare toe area a capacity use
area, which is regulated in terms
of how ground and surface water
may be used.
Mildred McDonald, town
manager for Southern Pines,
said she has been expecting
results of toe ground water study
to be coming in almost any day.
Preliminary findings on both
groundwater and surface water
capacities have previously been
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Fair Oct, 9
The Carthage Jaycees will hold
toe 32nd annual Moore County
Agricultural Fair October 9-14 at
toe fairgrounds at Carthage.
Over $4,000 in premiums will
be given at toe fair, described in
toe program as one of toe
“biggest and best” of their fairs.
Gates open at 5 p.in. on
Monday, Oct. 9 and exhibits will
be judged Tuesday, Oct. 10.
School children will be admitted
free Tuesday until 5 p.m. and a
bicycle will be given away for.
them. A free stage performance
will be given Tuesday at 7 p.m.
and again at 10 p.m. by Bill Deal
and toe Rhondels.
Jaycee President is Mike
McLean. Fair President is
Richard W. Blue and Manager is
Bobby Preddy.
Adm. Taylor Dies Here;
Distinguished Career
toe Pinehurst Hotel were Moore
(bounty Commissioner Carolyn
Blue, Mrs. Mildred Carpenter,
and Rosalin Causey, wife 6f
Moore County (Chairman of toe
Democratic Party, Ed Causey.
Approximately 50 people came
during toe hour and a half
reception in toe Oystal room of
toe Pinehurst Hotel.
“We are conducting a person to
person campaign during toe
seven weeks remaining before
toe election,” said Mrs. Ingram,
who had spent toe day in (Cum
berland County and attended a
supporters’ luncheon in
Fayetteville. “The entire family
is helping. We feel you don’t
replace that contact with
anything.”
She noted that campaigning in
toe general election is much
different from what was involved
in toe primaries. Instead of being
mainly on his own, she said her
husband is supported by toe
party. “It’s toe party, toe unity
campaign and that’s what we’U
emphasize,” she said.
Traveling with Mrs. Ingram is
Mrs. Elsie Nuckles of Green
sboro who was statewide field
coordinator during the
ix'imaries. She organizes Mrs.
Ingram’s schedule and gives a
few speeches herself.
“Mrs. Ingram is a very in-
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Vice Admiral Rufus Lackland
Taylor, U.S. Navy (Ret.) of
Whispering Pines, Deputy
Director of Central Intelligence
and of Defense Intelligence
during his distinguished career,
died September 14. Interm,.at
was private.
Admiral Taylor was awarded
toe Distinguished Service Medal
for his work with CIA in 1969 and
received toe Army Distinguished
Unit Badge with Oak Leaf
Cluster and toe Navy Com
mendation Medal, toe Bronze
Star Medal with Combat “V” and
many other awards.
He was a communications
officer in toe Phillipines, during
World War H, and escaped
Corregidor by motorboat and
submarine to Australia after
U.S. forces surrendered to
Japan and served from 1942-
’43 on toe Staff of toe (Com
mander Allied Naval Forces,
Southwestern Pacific.
Bom in St. Louis Missouri, he
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THE
PILOT LIGHT
VOTERS-Election officials in
Moore County are certain that
registered voters will top toe
20,000 mark by a good margin by
toe tone of toe general election in
November.
As of August 31 toe total
registration in Moore was 19,997.
There are 12,408 Democrats
and 6,740 Republicans. There’s
one member of toe Liberatarian
Party and 848 who are listed as
“UnaffiUated.”
There are 17,236 white voters
and 2,750 black. Pinehurst
continues to be the largest
precinct, with 2,140 voters, with
North Southern Pines in second
place with 1,590.
MORGAN-Senator Robert
Morgan reluctantly voted for toe
compromise bill to remove
Licenses To Sell Drinks
Many restaurants and clubs in
Southern Pines will be applying
for mixed beverage permits,
according to their owners or
managers.
Others are waiting to see
exactly what the regulations will
be.
A committee headed by former
Governor and current Southern
Pines resident Jim Holshouser
made recommendations on the
way mixed beverages should be
sold across the state, if and when
communities vote them in on
focal option.
Of toe four communities that
Bethesda
Homecoming
Is Sunday
The annual Old Bethesda
homecoming service will be held
Sunday, September 24, with
services beginning at 11:15 a.m.
The Rev. B.E. Dotson, retired
minister of Carthage
Presbyterian (tourch, now living
in Southern Pines will deliver toe
homecoming sermon.
Bethesda Church was
organized about 1788 toe year
(jeorge Washington was first
elected president of the United
States. 'Hie old church where toe
homecoming will be held is
located about one mile east of
Aberdeen on Highway 5.
A picnic dinner will be spread
following toe worship service in
toe grove adjoining toe sanc
tuary.
Dr. W.C. Neill is pastor of toe
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•Tobacco
have held referendums thus far,
three-Soutoern Pines, Charlotte
and Orange County-have voted
for the sale of mixed beverages.
One, Black Mountain, defeated
toe proposal.
Certain criteria are imposed
by toe committee as requisites
for toe sale of mixed beverages.
The business which requests a
Admiral Taylor
received his commission in toe
U.S. Naval Reserve in June, 1933.
(Continued on Page 16-A)
Prices
Steady
regulations from natural gas. He
explained his reasons as follows:
“I supported toe compromise,
although I have not been
satisfied with all parts of it. 1
recognize that it is going to cost
consumers more in the future
and that some large comp^es
are going to benefit consider
ably. But toe fact is that we have
waited too long to resolve this
issue.
“The lack of an energy policy
in toe United States has caused
toe American dollar to decrease
sharply in value on world
markets, and this has con
tributed to inflation at home.
Economists say that the
American people are losing far
more in what their dollars buy
than they will pay in higher gas
(Continued on Page 7-A)
Prices on toe Carthage tobacco
market Monday were almost
identical to those last week, and
according to Frank Bryant of toe
Farmer’s Co-operative
Warehouse, “The quality was
about the same but more of toe
sale consisted of leaf tobacco. It
was more in demand.”
Average price Monday was
$143.35 per hundred pounds as
compared to last week’s $143.99.
Tofrd poundage sold was 348,229
pounds for $499,188.69. Less than
one percent went to the
Stabili^tion Corporation (the
price support system).
“The bidding among buyers
was strong and competitive,
Monday,” Bryant said.
Prices were not quite as high
Tuesday when toe average was
$139.56. Total poundage was
113,855 and it sold for $158,899.88.
On the Aberdeen market
Tuesday, the average was down
to $131.30 from last week’s $136.
A total of 383,426 pounds was
sold for $503,437, according to
Mary Jo Hicks of the New
Aberdeen Warehouse.
Approximately 2 percent went
to stabilization.
Aberdeen’s next sale is
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mixed beverages permit must be
a restaurant which seats 36 or
more or a private club.
So far in Southern Pines the
Holiday Inn, the Sheraton, the
Lob Steer Inn, toe J.F.R. Bam
and toe Southern Pines Elks CTub
have indicated they wiU request
permits.
(Continued on Page 16-A)
Farm Heritage Festival
Slated Here Next Week
A capacity crowd is expected
on opening day of toe Malcolm
Blue Historic Oaft and Skills
Festival, one of the highlights of
Moore County Farm Heritage
Week designated by the Moore
County Board of Commissioners
for toe week of Sept. 25-October
1.
Over 1,000 visitors, including
school children, senior citizens,
government officials and
educational leaders, among
whom will be a representative
from toe Division of Social
Studies, Department of Public
Instruction, Raleigh are
scheduled for attendance on
September 29.
Immediately after toe opening
ceremonies of ribbon cutting,
calling of toe clans by toe Rev.
James MacKenzie and remarks
by Mayor Jack Taylor and
Chairman of toe Moore County
Board of Commissioners W.
Sidney Taylw, toe guests will
begin tours of toe house and
grounds.
Mrs. Jean Allen, Mrs. Virginia
Grimm, Mrs. Phyllis Kalk,
Mrs. Jean AUen, Mrs. Jean
Llewellyn, Ms. Blanche Monroe
and Mrs. Mattie Belle
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Arts Study Requirement
Discussed At Meet Here
“Should two units of credit in
the arts be required for graduat
ion from high school” was among
the subjects discussed at toe
annual conference of (^tural
Arts Administrators at
Whispering Pines Country Club
this week.
Some 100 arts administrators
attended toe conference, which
opened Monday and closed at
noon today (Wednesday).
Th.3 matter of requiring arts
education was brou^t up at a
joint meeting of the
administrators and toe board of
toe North Carolina Alliance for
Arts Education on Monday.
Jim Hall, director of the
Division of toe Arts in toe State
Department of Public
Instruction, said that the
Alliance board was not
unanimous on toe subject, and
several administrators raised
objections. One of toe objections
was there are not enough
qualified teachers in the arts at
this time to make such a
requirement.
Among toe speakers on the
program were Dr. David Bruton
of Southern Pines, chairman of
toe State Board of Education;
George Kahdy, assistant
superintendent, and Dr. Craig
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HARVEST MOON — The tall pines provide a
fringed frame for this Harvest Moon now
shining in all its glory in the Sandhills.—(Photo
by Glenn M. Sides).