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Books, /t-B; Churcb Calendar, 3-B;
Classified Ads, 10-15-C; Editorials, 1-B;
Entertainment, 4-9-C; Obituaries, 14-A;
Pinehurst News, 1*3-C; Sandhills Scene,
2-9-A; Sports, 1-3-D.
Vol. 59, Number 2
68 Pages
Southern Pines, North Carolina 28387
Wednesday, November 8, 1978
68 Pages
PRICE 15 CENTS
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VOTERS — Julian Long (left) and Glen Rounds
were among the early voters Tuesday in
Southern Pines. Voting was brisk for most of
the day at local precincts.—(Photo by Glenn M.
Sides).
Ten Seek License
For Mixed Drinks
Ten places in Southern Pines
have applied for a mixed
beverage license-and if all goes
according to present plans they
can be serving drinks by
Thanksgiving.
Marvin Speight, chairman of
the State ABC Board, told The
Pilot on Friday that all approved
licenses will be delivered at the
same time and tentative plans
are to do it by Nov. 22, the day
before the Thanksgiving holiday.
Drug Sentences Imposed;
No Jury Trials Are Held
Fines of $1,000 accompanied
suspended sentences handed to
two defendants tried last week in
Moore County Superior Court on
widely differing criminal
charges.
Robert Lee Chalmers pleaded
guilty to two counts of selling
heroin.
In one case Chalmers was
sentenced to two to five years,
suspended five years under
(x-obation conditions, including
the $1,000 fine and court costs. He
was further ordered to reim-
THE
PILOT LIGHT
POUTICS-Within the coming
weeks several persons will be
making plans for the 1980
political campaigns.
As of now it appears that Jim
Hunt will be seeking a second
term as Governor, which was
made possible by voter approval
of a gubernatorial succession
constitutional amendment.
That leaves some decision
making up to Lt. Gov. Jimmy
Green whether to run against
Hunt in the Democratic primary,
seek reelection as Lieutenant
UTLEY-One person who
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IS
GOP Sheriff, Commissioner Win
In Heavy Moore Election Vote
About 6(1 restaurants and club
owners from Southern Pines and
Sanford met in Sanford at the
City Hall Thursday and
heard a review of every item in
the 37-page rules and regulations
for the sale of liquor-by^e-
drink.
Speight said, “We’re trying to
work with the people. I don’t
believe in nit'i)icking, but we
want them to know and un-
(Continued on Page 10-A)
burse the Moore County Sheriff’s
Department $50 and not to
possess any controlled sub
stances without a valid doctor’s
[description.
In the other case he received a
one to two year sentence with a
reconunendation of work release
if suitable employment is found.
The State took voluntary
dismissals in two companion
cases, in which Chalmers was
charged with possession of
heroin.
(Continued on Page 14-A)
Governor or step out of public
office.
Speaker of the House Carl
Stewart has just about made up
his mind to run for Lieutenant
Governor, and Howard Lee,
Secretary of the Department of
Natural Resources and Com
munity Develo[»nent, will be
pondering whetber to see that
office again or make another try
for Congress.
Moore County Republicans
scored a stunning upset in the
sheriff’s race and captured a
commissioner seat in a heavy
turnout of voters (62.4 percent)
in Tuesday’s election.
Jerome (Jerry) Whipple, 40,
former chief of police in
Aberdeen, defeated the two-term
Democratic incumbent, Charles
G. Wimberly, for sheriff with a
vote of 6,235 to 5,966.
He will be the first Republican
sh.Tiff in Moore County in this
century.
James M. Craven, Republican
businessman, won over
Democratic candidate, W.E.
(Bill) Simmons, principal of the
Pinehurst Middle School, by a
vote of 6,185 to 5,625.
Democrats won all other
offices in Moore County, but
some of the races were close.
The closest Democratic
victory was that of Arthur
Purvis, incumbent Democratic
county commissioner, who edged
out Howard McNeill by 52
votes-5,696 to 5,644.
Republican incumbent Jesse
Helms carried Moore handily in
the race for the U.S. Senate,
defeating Democratic
challenger, John Ingram, by a
margin of 6,856 to 4,641.
On the other hand, the
Democratic incumbent
Congressman, Bill Hefner, easily
swept past Republican
chaUenger, Roger L. Austin, by
5,928 to 5,022.
Helms won statewide pver
Ingram with 54 percent of the
total vote.
Hefner won over Austin in the
Eighth Congressional District
with better than 59 percent of the
vote. This morning’s total in the
district as a whole, with some
precincts still unreported, was
Hefner, 62,365 to 43,589 for
Austin.
Incumbent Democratic State
House of Representative, T.
Clyde Auman, had a
comparatively narrow
victory—308 votes—over
Republican challenger Calvin
Coolidge Thompson. The Moore
vote for State Representative
was 6,029 for Auman and 5,721 for
Armistice
Ceremony
Scheduled
An impressive flag-raising
ceremony at 11 o’clock on the
morning of the 11th day of the
11th month of each year has been
a tradition at SandhiUs Com
munity College since the fall of
1966 when the college was
established on its campus on
Airport Road.
It is in recognition of Armistice
Day which marked the end of
World War I 60 years ago.
As November 11 this year falls
on Saturday, the ceremony will
be held at 11 o’clock Friday
morning, according to college
officials. All classes will be
dismissed so that students and
faculty may attend, and it is
expected the event will at^act
many visitors to the campus.
Each year a Color Guard of
student veterans, in the uniforms
they wore while serving in the
Armed Forces, raise the Stars
and Stripes to the top of the
(Continued on Page 16-A)
Thompson.
In the State Senate race,
incumbent Democrats Russell
Walker and Charles Vickery ran
ahead of Republicans, Richard
Smyth and Alice Ward. Walker
polled 5,440 votes in Moore,
followed by Vickery with 5,350.
Smyth got 5,209 votes and Ward
5,080.
In the 16th Senate District,
comprised of Moore, Randolph,
Chatham and Orange counties.
Walker polled 27,737 votes;
Vickery 26,450 to win over Smyth
and Ward. Smyth had 21,700
votes and Ward 21,176.
Incumbent Commissioner Lee
Williams, Democratic, easily
defeated Tim Katsos, an
unaffiliated candidate who was
supported by the Moore County
Republican party, by a vote of
5,787 to 2,548.
James Andrews, Democratic,
defeated Ralph Coley, 6,136 to
5,214 for coroner.
Other Democratic winners
were Charles J. McLeod for
Clerk of Court, and Mrs. Grier
Gilmore for Register of Deeds.
In the non-partisan election for
the Moore County Board of
Education, Vempn A. Davis
defeated Frances M.
Shamburger by a vote of 4,869 to
4,432.
Moore County’s vote of 12,657
(the total voter count shown on
the poll books in the 21 precincts)
was 62.12 percent of the total
registration of 20,372.
This was considerably higher
than the Statewide voting
average. The Associated Press in
Raleigh reported this morning
that it appeared the voter turnout
in North Carolina would be only
slightly above 40 percent.
In Moore County the
Republican party had waged a
vigorous campaign, with most of
the emphasis being on the local
ticket.
Democrats, however, had
counted on a heavy turnout to
win, as the registration in Moore
is 12,623 Democrats, 6,889
Republicans, and 859
Unaffiliated.
In his upset of Sheriff
Wimberly, who was first elected
sheriff in 1970, Whipple won by
big margins in Bensalem and
Eureka precincts, a sizeable
margin in Pinehurst, and narrow
margins in Pinedene and North
(Continued on Page 16-A)
How Moore Voted
■>?
\
VOTES AT 100 ~ Mrs.
Esther M. Wire, Moore
County’s oldest voter at
100 years of age, cast
her absentee ballot
Tuesday. A Republican,
Mrs. Wire said she split
her ticket. Mrs. Wire
lives with her daughter,
Mrs. Leo Walper on the
Cameron Road near
Pinehurst. She
celebrated with a picnic
for over 90 on her
birthday Sept. 1.
For U.S. Senate
Helms (R) 6856
Ingram (D) 4641
For Congress
Hefner (D) 5928
Austin (R) 5022
State Senate
Walker (D) 5440
Vickery (D) 5350
Ward (R) 5080
Smyth (R) 5209
State House
Auman (D) 6029
Thompson (R) 5721
Clerk of Court
McLeod (D| 6377
Welliver (R) 5139
For Sheriff
Whipple (R) 6235
Wimberly (D) 5966
Register of Deeds
Gilmore (D) 6380
Peters (R) 5267
For Coroner
Andrews (D) 6136
Coley (R) 5214
For Commissioner
Williams (D) 5787
Katsos (UN) 2548
Purvis (D) 5696
McNeill (R) 5644
Simmons (D) 5625
Craven (R) 6185
Board of Education
Davis 4869
Shamburger 4432
Rezoning Hearing Slated;
Historic Values Advanced
$800,000 Berkley Grant
Is Approved For Moore
Residents of the Midland
Road area plan to carry their
protest against a proposed
zoning change to a public hearing
scheduled tomorrow (Iliursday)
ni^t by the Moore County Board
of Commissioners.
Adding weight to their protest
the North Carolina Department
of Cultural Resources, which, in
a letter from the Division of
Archives and History, has called
on the conunissioners to respect
the integrity of the road, once an
Indian trail and buffalo
migration traU. Archives and
History research has revealed
that the route is part of the
historicpid Yadkin Road, dating
to the mid-1700’s.
The hearing was called as the
next step in a zoning request by
Alex Leaveme Maness to amend
a 2.33-acre tract of land on
Midland Road (N.C. 2). Maness,
who operates a motel there,
wants the land rezoned from
Neighborhood-Shopping to a
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Holiday
Payment Delay Sought
On Sewer System Note
A $750,0(X) grant anticipation
note for the Southern Moore
County Wastewater System will
be renegotiated as the result of
action taken Monday by the
Moore County Board of (Com
missioners.
Parker Lynch, county public
works director, advised the
commissioners that it is not
possible to complete the massive
$17 million project by the Jan. 1
deadline when the note will be
due the Carolina Bank.
Lynch explained that funding
grants expected from the State
and the Federal Environmental
Protection Agency will not be
paid by the deadline. State and
EPA approval on this aspect of
tile [xoject has been delayed
because of difficulty in finding a
permanait water supply to serve
the system.
Renegotiation of the note,
which actually amounts to an
extension of the deadline, was
approved unanimously on a
motion by Lee Williams, second
ed by Carolyn Blue.
Lynch stated that a permanent
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Moore County public schools
will be closed for students on
Monday, November 13, in
observance of Veteran’s Day.
However, Monday has been,
designated as a “Worit Day” for
teachers and other school
employes.
lliis is the first time in many
years that students have
observed the holiday on the
actual day. According to
legislation passed by the North
Carolina General Assembly in
1977, schools must be closed for
students on Veteran’s Day.
The $800,000 Community
Development Block Grant for the
Berkley Conunnnity has been
officiaHir - approved and
construction and other
improvements should get under
way by January, according to
Martin Chriscoe, Assistant
County Administrator.
The Federal grant, acquired
from the Department of Housing
and Urban Development, was
engineered by the Moore County
Commissioners and will be Used
for the following: water, sewer,
street improvement, relocation
of families, demolition of
condemned homes and
rehabilitation of substandard
homes, acquisition of property,
administration and remodeling
of the community center.
Chriscoe said the advisory
conunittee hopes to hire a
director within the next two
weeks.
Because Moore County’s
original request for $1 million
was cut by $200,000, the
committee has worked to raise
the remainder in order to
complete the entire program. It
was able to acquire $60,000
through the Sandhills
Community Action Program.
This money will be used, to hire
two skilled supervisors and 10
unskilled people in the
rehabilitation phase, Chriscoe
said.
The committee also has
applied for money for five more
unskilled and one skilled worker
for the rehab program through
Pee Dee Council of
Governments.
If plans go right, the
construction phase of the project
should be finished in one year,
leaving another year to tie up
administrative duties.
Chriscoe commended the
16-member Citizens Advisory
Committee for volunteering time
and effort for this project. He
said they have been involved in
every phase of it.
He said Berkley is one of four
conununities in the state to be
(ContiBued on Page 16-A)
Parade Marks Jubilee At Vass
Junior Miss Contest Set
At Pinehurst On Nov. 18
Sixteen Moore County high
school senior girls will compete
for the title of Junior Miss in a
program sponsored by the
Pinehurst Lions Club on Nov. 18
at 8 p.m.
The pageant will be held at the
Pinehurst Middle School
auditorium and a special guest at
the the event will be Deborah
Leigh Solomon of
Winston-Salem, the current
North Carolina Junior Miss who
was also first runner-up in the
national competition.
Another special guest will be
Julia Metcalfe, now a student at
East Carolina University, who is
the reigning Moore County
Junior Miss.
Co-chairmen of the Junior Miss
Program are Elmer Andrews
and Bob Hunt.
The Moore County entries this
year are Rosanna “Lynn”
Morrison of Pinecrest, Clara
Mae Wright of Union Pines,
Susan Elaine Burris of
Pinecrest, Jill Salmon of Union
(Continued on Page 16-A)
BY BARBARA DANLEY
Even though showers hung
heavily in the clouds overhead,
many men, women and children
lined the streets of Vass on
Saturday to prove the old adage
that everyone loves a parade.
There were 60 entrants-bands,
floats, vehicles and horses which
composed the Firenuui’s Jubilee
Parade.
At noon the whistle peeled
through the November air and in
the distance the first faint echo of
music began. With each passing
moment the drums beat,
bump-bump-bump, steps nearer
and nearer the heart of town.
The Vass police car escorted
the parade through town and
tiien followed the 82nd Airborne
Band. ITie caravan wound down
South, across Main and onto
Seaboard Street.
With sirens whining and lights
flashing, eight fire
departments - Aberdeen,
Carthage, Crains Creek, High
Falls, Pinehurst, Southern Pines,
West End and Vass-and four
rescue squads, Robbins, Vass,
Carthage and Aberdeen, were
represented.
The Union Pines Band played,
the Samarkand Drill Team
“clacked out” their routine at
intervals along the route and the
horses and ponies pranced
behind antique cars and assorted
politicians. Also in the parade
was Miss Beverly Foster, last
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Pinecrest Juniors Say Test Is Easy
BY FLORENCE GILKESON
Protests may come and go, but
at least four Moore Ck)unty
juniors described the North
Carolina Competency Test as
easy.
“There was something on the
math test my third grade sister
could work, and I’m no good at
math. I was shocked at how easy
it was,” said Paula Monroe, a
junior from Pinehurst.
Paula and three other juniors
at Pinecrest High School agreed
that the tests-one on reading, the
other on math-were easy.
Pinecrest’s 343 juniors were
McCluskey Monroe
among almost 86,000 across
North Carolina who took the test
Wdenesday and Thursday for the
first time as a requirement for
graduation. Elsewhere in
Moore County the test was ad
ministered to 177 juniors at'
Williams Taylor
Union Pines Hi^ School and 137
at North Moore.
In a brief interview Thursday
at the close of the second test
series, the four Pinecrest juniors
shared their views about the test
and its significance to other
students.
Robert Williams of West End
pointed out that the competency
test covers the more practice
aspects of life, rather than
academics, which he thinks is a
good idea. However, he doesn’t
think the curriculum in today’s
schools goes along with &e
material included in the test.
“As I see it, the test is
defeating its purpose and
probably should be a little bit
harder. As it is set up now, the
test could be given to elmentary
grade children,” said Robert,
who serves as news anchorman
for the school’s closed-circuit
television station WPHS.
“If you can’t pass this test, you
don’t deserve a diploma” was the
candid comment from Barring
ton Taylor of Pinehurst, who ex
pressed the opinion that the
conqietency testing idea is a
good one.
Beth McCluskey of Aberdeen
agreed that the test was easy. In
fact, she coiiq)lained that the
proficiency test administered
earlier this fall as a preparation
for the “real thing” was more
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m
JUBILEE PARADE — The Union Pines High School band made a big
hit in the annual Fireman’s Jubilee parade at Vass on
Saturday.—(Photo by Glenn M. Sides.).