1978
Weather
Warmer tomorrow is the forecast, with
temperatures near 70 Thursday. High
Wednesday 65, low 40. Chance of rain,
near zero tonight.
LOT
Index
Books, 2-B; Church Calendar, 3-B:
Classified Ads, 10-15-C; Editorial, 1-B;
Entertainment, 6-7-C; Obituaries, 11-
A; Pinehurst News, 1-3-C; Sandhills
Scene, 2-8-A; Sports, 12-13-A.
Vol. 58, Number 51
■ I. ■. I I
48 Pages
Southern Pines, North Carolina 28387
Wednesday, October 18,1978
48 Pages
PRICE 15 CENTS
Schools
Promotion
RateDown
Non-promotions increased by a
fraction of a percent in the Moore
County Schools last year, con
tinuing a trend which began the
previous school year.
Statistics issued by the Moore
school system show that 686
students among the 8,707
membership were not promoted,
a percentage of 7.8, at the end of
the 1977-78 year. The percentage
was slightly lower, 7.2, for the
1976-77 year, when 628 of the 8,722
students were not promoted.
The big increase, a full 2
percent, occurred between the
1975-76 year and the 1976-77 year.
The non-promotion rate was 5.2
percent for 1975-76, when 460 of
■ the 8,811 students did not “make
the grade.”
Assistant Superintendent W.C.
Walton told The PUot that the
increase in non-promotions does
not reflect any policy for the
entire Moore County School
system. Walton is in charge of
curriculum and professional
development.
Walton explained that
decisions concerning iromotion
and retention policy are left up to
the individual schools and
ultimately to the classroom
teacher.
“Our position is that the
classroom teacher knows best,’^
(Continued on Page 15-A)
K Mart
To Open
Oct. 26
The new 55,552 square foot K
Mart discount department store
on U.S. 15-501 here will open to
the public at 10 a.m. on
Thursday, Oct. 26.
A firm date for the opening was
announced this week by K Mart
Corporation headquarters in
Troy, Michigan.
It was also announced that the
K Mart store here has employed
more than 70 local residents, ^o
are now being trained “to render
fast and efficient service when
the store opens.”
Additional employes will be
added to the K Mart staff during
peak seasonal periods.
Now that the opening date is
definite, an extensive
advertising campaign is being
prepared. Commenting on this,
the management stated: “Our
concept is to stock only first
quality goods and price
(Continaed on Page 16-A)
US 1 Gets
Four Lane
Board OK
FLIGHT OF A DUCK — This duck didn’t take
to wing but he made the water fly in sparkling
lights when he spotted the photographer while
feeding near the water’s edge on a Sandhills
lake.—(Photo by Glenn M. Sides).
Best Time To Visit Weymouth Woods
NC Bar
Holding
MeetHere
Top speakers from
government and the legal
profession will be heard at the
45th annual meeting of the North
Carolina State Bar at the
Pinehurst Hotei this week.
Governor Jim Hunt will
address the meeting Friday
afternoon following a luncheon
honoring lawyers i^o have been
practicing 50 years or more at
which U.S. Senator Robert B.
Morgan will speak.
Attorney General Rqfus
Edmisten will speak at a
luncheon meeting of district bar
officers at noon Thursday.
Judge J. Dickson Phillips,
recently appointed by President
Carter to the U.S. Court of
Appeals and former dean of the
UNOCH Law School will be the
speaker at the annual dinner
Thursday night.
Other speakers on the program
(Continued on Page 16-A)
The four-laning of US 1 from
Lakeview to Quail Ridge in Lee
County is included in the State
Board of Transportation seven
year improvement program,
which was adopted Friday at a
meeting of the board in Franklin.
Acquisition of right-of-way is
scheduled to start in the fiscal
year 1982-83.
Board member Martha C.
Hollers of Candor said Tuesday
that in addition to the US 1
project there are several new
urban improvement projects
included in the program for
Moore County.
These are in the towns of
Aberdeen, Clartbage, Pinebluff,
Robbins, Southern Pines, Vass
and Whispering Pines.
Mrs. Hollers represents
Highway Division 8, which
includes the counties of
Chatham, Hoke, Lee,
Montgomery, Moore, Randolph,
Richmond and Scotland. She
reported this week that among
the projects added to the 1979-85
Transportation Improvement
Program is the widening of US
401, the Laurinburg Bypass,
from two lanes to four at an
estimated cost of $3.5 million.
In Montgomery County, three
projects were added: a new two
lane facility, NC 24-27 Troy
Bypass, from Glenn Road (SR
(Continued on Page 15-A)
Watch Program Growing
In Town Neighborhoods
“This area observed by
Conununity Watch Citizens” is
the message carried by the big
green signs posted in residential
areas across Southern Pines.
Neighborhood Watch signs
have been erected in four
sections of town, where the more
active community programs
have been organiz^. Signs will
be erected in several other areas
as soon as arrangements are
complete, according to Sgt.
Gerald Galloway of the Southern
Pines Police Department.
Galloway believes the system
is working, although the
program is less than a year old
and statistics are not available
yet for comparison purposes. He
does know that the police
department is receiving many
more calls from residents of
this area, who have been trained
to be especially observant.
Areas of town with active
Neighborhood Watch programs
are: Weymouth Heights, the
area between Indiana and
Connecticut avenues; the area
from Indiana Avenue to May
Street; KnoUwood Village; and
the KnoUwood area, between
Highway 22 and Midland Road.
As the sergeant sees it, the
(Continued on Page 15-A)
BY FLORENCE GDLKESON
“Man, the woods are ALIVE! ”
exulted Rangerwiaturalist Tom
Howard as he ended a hike
through the Weymouth Woods
Sandhills Nature Preserve on a
pleasant October day.
On his brief excursion Howard,
with his trained naturalist’s eye,
had seen a very large pileated
woodpecker, four deer, and any
number of squirrels.
Such experiences are the joy of
the nature-lover who finds time
to visit Weymouth Woods, the
403-acre wooded tract given to
North Carolina in 1963 by Mrs.
James Boyd, widow of the
author.
Weymouth UteraUy teems with
wildlife, including one en
dangered species of woodpecker,
one threatened species of frog
and two threatened species of
plants.
Amid the greens of the pine
forest the sharp-eyed visitor may
occasionaUy catch a glimpse of
the rare red cockaded wood
pecker or may spot die pine
barren tree frog, Uvely in bright
green, yeUow and purple. If
sharp-eared as weU, the visitor
may hear the distinctive “rib-
bet” caU of the the frog-a noise
described by L.M. Goodwin,
Weymouth Woods superin
tendent-naturalist, as similar to
the quacking of a smaU duck.
It’s part of the excitement at
Weymouth Woods, and that
excitemoit, the two naturalists
agree, depends to a great degree
on the visitor’s frame of mind.
Dry Weather Is Raising
Danger Of Forest Fires
Governor Gives Program Here
To Promote Timber Resources
North Carolina Forestry
Seryice personnel relaxed early
this week with their first fireless
days in two weeks. One fire on
Wednesday threatened
populated areas.
Lade of rainfaU meant a
continuation of the serious fire
potential, however, according to
Moore County Forest Ranger
Robert Edwards, who said
forestry firefighters were joined
by local fire departments in
battling the series of blazes.
After a six-hour battle a
Wednesday afternoon fire was
brought under control on (Country
CHubof North Carolina property.
By that time the fire had l)umed
an estimated three acres of
woodland, Edwards said.
The fire was detected at about
1:45 p.m. Wednesday, while
forest service personnel were
tied up on another fire at a
hunting preserve on Paul
Russell’s property in the Sevai
(Continued on Page 15-A)
They agree too that this is one of
the best times of year to visit the
nature preserve and to get the
most from the experience. For
one thing, the animals are busy
storing up food for winter.
(Continued on Page 16-A)
Beach Meet
Officers and members of the
Sandhills Area Chamber of
Commerce will bold a “Design
for ’79” planning session at the
Blockade Runner at Wrightsville
Beach on Oct. 29-30,
Members are invited to attend
and may make reservations by
calling the Chamber office at 692-
3926.
Pottery Event To Open
In Moore On Thursday
Barbecue, music, kiln firings,
cooking in pots, lectures,
exhibits, tours for school kids,
are featured in the “Raised in the
Mud” Pottery Celebration in
MoOTe County this week.
On Thursday night the public is
invited to the opening of the
Celebration at North Moore High
School. Sara Hodgkins,
Secretary of (Mtural Resoivces,
will open the Celebration by
welcoming the keynote speaker.
Dr. William C. Ketdium of New
York, who has written several
bo(te on antiques ranging in
subject from pottery to quilts. A
reception will be held after his
^ech at which time refresh
ments will be served.
On Friday, a variety of ac
tivities will take place. John
Ellington is scheduled to speak
about “The Importance of Folk
Art in Elveryday Life.”
Mrs. Ben Owen vrill provide a
special treat as she and her
family loA back into the past
and recollect life as part of “The
(Continned on Page 16-A)
Democratic Candidates, Boyles
Talk At Campaign Kickoff Rally
The establishment of state
programs to improve the
development of timber
resources, especialiy for small
woodlot owners, was announced
by Governor Jim Hunt at the
annual meeting of the North
Carolina Forestry Association at
the Mid Pines Club here on
Friday.
“I believe that forest owners
can be receiving an annual
stumpage income of $1 biilion of
today’s dollars within three
decades-six times our present
income,” Governor Hunt told the
delegates to the convention.
The Governor said that North
Carolina is one of the leading
timber producers in the nation,
ranking eighth in lumber
production and fifth in
commercial timberland. The
manufacture of forest products
ranks third, behind only textiles
and tobacco, in overall value-
over $2.74 billion, he said.
Governor Hunt continued:
“Despite that, we haven’t
begun to reach our full potential.
Over 245,000 small woodlot
owners own 80 percent of our
(Continued on Page 16-A)
’78 Audit Reveals Town
In Good Financial Shape
With an end of year balance of
$614,014 the Town (rf Southern
Pines appears to be in good
financial shape, according to a
report on the 1^-78 fiscal year
audit.
The report, received by the
town council at the O^ter
meeting, shows that the
municipality began the year, on
July 1,1977, with a General Fund
balance of $505,349, then gained
$1,727,773 in revenues and
deducted $1,619,108 for
expenditures. The audit was
conducted by the John C. Muse
Company and was presented by
Larry W. Newsome, CPA.
In the Revenue Sharing Fund
there was a balance of $120,678,
based on a beginning of year
balance of $115,684 with revenues
of $179,602 and expenditures
totalling $174,608.
The town collected $800,422 in
(Continued 4)n Page 15-A)
BY ELLEN WELLES
Cries of “Let’s wake up the
Democratic Party” and urgings
to “vote the straight party
ticket” were the order of the day
Saturday at the Democratic
Rally to kick off this fall’s
campaign in Moore (bounty for
the November 7 election.
About 150 people including
candidates and party members
attended the buffet dinner at
Union Pines High School with
N.C. State Treasurer Harlan
Boyles as guest speaker.
Present or reix'esented at the
rally were Democratic can
didates for U.S. House and
Senate, N.C. House of
Representatives, N.C. Senate,
Moore County Board of Com
missioners, Clerk of Court,
Register of Deeds, Sheriff,
Coroner, and School Board.
Guests introduced by Vice
Oiairman C^olyn Blue included
Secretary of (Cultural Resources
Sara Hodgkins, John Sledge with
the Economic Development
office, Shirley Gillis of the N.C.
Judicial Selection Committee,
Robert Hunt of the N.C. Youth
(Continaed on Page 16-A)
THE
PILOT LIGHT
r.
FORESTRY AWARD — A plaque honoring Governor Jim Hunt (left)
was presented by Voit Gilmore (right) and Jack Hennessee, president
of the N.C. Forestry Association, at the association meeting at Mid
Pines Club here Friday.
VOTERS-There are 20,374
persons registered to vote in the
Nov. 7 general election in Moore
County, with 348 of those added to
the registratiem lists between
Oct. 1 and 9-
Mrs. Doris Fuquay, executive
director of the. Moore County
Board of Elections, said this
number will be somewhat
reduced after the names of
deceased persons are takoi frerna
the rolls.
Of the new voters registered in
the nine days before the
registration books were closed on
Oct. 9 there are 193 Democrats,
140 Republicans and IS
unaffiliat^.
Mrs. Fuquay said the deadline
for applying for absentee ballots
in the November election is Nov.
1. Sixty five absentee ballot
applications had been received
up to Monday morning.
REPUBUCANS-The public
has been invited to have break
fast with Moore County
Republican candidates at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Donald
Pitts in Pinehurst on Saturday,
Oct. 21.
(Continued on Page 15-A)
DEMOCRATIC RALLY — State Treasurer Harlan Boyles speaks
Saturday night at the Moore County Democratic rally. Also shown at
the head table are Wanda Hunt, Secretary of the Moore County
Democratic Committee, Vice Chairman Carolyn Blue. Sandhills
Community College President Dr. Raymond Stone and Democratic
Committee Chairman Ed Causey.