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Vol, 59, Number 3
84 Pages
Southern Bines, North Carolina 28387
Wednesday, November 15, 1978
—SATages
PRICE 15 CENTS
WaUams To Head Board;
Taylor Set To Retain Post
Duffield Appointed To Council;
Rezoning Voted For Group Home
The Southern Pines Town
Council has appointed Joann
Duffield to fill the Council
member spot vacated when Earl
Hubbard officially resigned
August 31.
Mrs. Duffield was nominated
by Council member Hope
Brogden at the regular Tuesday
night meeting, who said she has
been impressed with the way
Mrs. Duffield has worked on the
Downtown Revitalization
Committee and feels “she is a
person of intelligence and
ability.”
Council member Mike
Smithson seconded the
nomination and Mrs. Duffield
was voted in unanimously. There
were no other nominations.
Mrs. Duffield has been a
resident of Southern Pines since
amended the zoning ordinance to
allow group homes for mentally
retarded individuals who have
demonstrated independant living
skills and are capable of
living in residential areas.
A large crowd of supporters
was (H'esent at the meeting to
back the group home, a subject
whi(^ has come before the
Council several times in recent
months and which the Council
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Joann Duffield
1970 with her husband, Joe. She
owns and operates The Quarter.
In other action the Council
Youth, 17, Slain;
Husband Is Held
Shot twice with a .22 caliber
semi-automatic rifle, Jimmy
Ray Biby, 17, was decided dead
on arrival at Moore Memorial
Hospital early Sunday morning,
according to reports from the
Moore County Sheriff’s
Department and the county
coroner.
Biby’s home was on Carthage,
Rt. 3, but the shooting took place
at the residence of Wanda Collins
in the Sunset Drive Mobile Home
Morrison, Lassiter Get
Selections For Morehead
Two Moore County high school
seniors have been selected to
continue in District Three
competition for the 1979
Morehead Scholarship awards,
Henry L. Graves, chairman of
the Moore County Morehead
Scholarship committee, an
nounced today.
They are Glenn B. Lassiter,
Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn B.
Lassiter, Sr. of Robbins, and
Mary Anne Morrison, daughter
of Dr. and Mrs. H. Maxwell
Morrison, Jr. of Southern Pines.
Lassiter, a senior at North
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COUNTRY STORE—This store in Vass is on US
1 but it offers country produce, such as the
pumpkins in front, boxes of apples and hams
hanging on the porch posts.—(Photo by Glenn
M. Sides).
has investigated thoroughly. The
home will be a jH'ivate, nonprofit
project under the direction of
Moore County Group Homes,
Inc. and, according to the
Coimcil’s amendment, will be set
up to house either (a) five or less
persons in a family care
arrangement, plus appropriate
house managers (this includes
visually and physically han-
(Continued on Page 15-A)
Plans Are Given
By New Sheriff
Park, on,Bobbfe»» Rt. 2, the
sheriff’s spokesman stated. The
park is located off N.C. 705.
Held without bond on a murder
charge is Bob Ranford Collins,
36, Robbins, Rt. 2, pending a
district court hearing today. He
is the husband of Wanda Collins,
who notified authorities of the
incident at 2:25 a.m. Sunday.
The sheriff’s department
declined to give details other
(Continued on Page 16-A)
Training and public relations
are the key factors which Moore
County Sheriff-elect Jerry
Whipple plans to emphasize
when he takes office next month.
By public relations, Whipple
means a cooperative relationship
between the general public, local
law enforcement agencies, other
emergency personnel and the
sheriff’s department.
How does it feel to be Moore
County’s first Republican sheriff
in this century?
“It feels good to know the
people have enough confidence to
elect me,” says the man Whose
experience includes service on
the Southern Pines Police
Department and six years as
chief of police in Aberdeen.
In an interview yesterday
Whipple told The Pilot that he
plans no blanket firings within
the sheriff’s department. He is
presently running an evaluation
of the deputies now serving the
department to dptermiiie whicli
ones to retain.
“If they are competent and
well-trained, then I plan to keep
them,” the sheriff-to-be says.
Whipple believes strongly in
(C;ontinued on Page 15-A)
Official Count Shows
No Change In Election
Moore High School, ranks
second, with an average of 97.55,
in a class of 1340 students. Not
only does he excel in academics,
but in outside activities as well.
He has been named All Con
ference golf player for the past
two years and was selected
“Most Outstanding Golf Player”
his junior year. Lassiter also
plays the trumpet. He was in the
All-County band last year.
When he is not working as a
clerk at Tar Heel Drug after
school, Glenn works as a
(Continued on Page'16-A)
There were no changes as far
as winners were concerned when
the Moore County Board of
Elections met last Thursday for
an official canvass of tiie Nov. 7
election.
There were, however, some
errors in total votes tabulated in
several races, although Mrs.
Doris Fuquay, executive director
of the board, said that precinct
reports remained the same in the
official and unofficial returns
reported last Wednesday,
The corrected totals were as
Eloise Whitesell Named
Moore Teacher Of Year
Mrs. Eloise J. Whitesell, a
Pinecrest High School English
teacher, is Moore County’s,
“Teacher of the Year.”
Mrs. Whitesell won this award
over five nominees submitted to
a selection committee composed
of teachers, administrators,
students and parents.
A scrapbodc emphasizing Mrs.
Whitesell’s biography, her
philoso{diy of teaching, and her
educational and civic services
will be compiled and submitted
to the president of the NCAE-
ACT Etelrict Eight, in which
Moore County is located, for
regional judging. There will be 15
regional representatives and
from this select group, the new
District Eight “Teadier of the
Year” will be selected. The
district winner will be nominated
for the North Carolina honors.
Mrs. Whitesell is a native of
Oxford, and attended the
University of North Carolina at
(Continued on Page 16-A)
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1979 GOAL:
$125,000
UNITED FUND —A
total of $100,000 toward
the goal of $125,000 was
reported on Nov. 13 by
the United Fund of
Moore County.
BY FLORENCE GILKESON
County Commissioner Lee
Williams appears destined for
the position of board
chairman on Dec. 4 when me
Moore County Board of
Commissioners reorganizes for
the new year.
It also appears likely that W.
Sidney Taylor, the present
chairman, will be retained as
county administrator although at
least one commissioner thinks
the board should accept
applications for other prospects.
Taylor was defeated for
reelection in the May
Democratic primary election.
Williams, who presently
serves as vice-chairman, was
reelected to his third four-year
term in last week’s general
election. Another incumbent
commissioner, Arthur Purvis of
High Falls, was reelected, but
the third election victor is
Republican newcomer James M.
Craven, who will fill the seat
being vacated by Taylor.
Commissioner Tony Parker of
Southern Pines expressed the
opinion that the board would be,
wise to seek applications from
persons interested in becoming
county administrator. He added
that Taylor could apply for the
position if he wishes and could
be considered as a candidate
along with other applicants.
In explaining his feelings on
the subject, Parker indicated
that the Democrats of Moore
County had already expressed
themselves when they voted
Taylor out in the primary
election.
“My personal feeling is that
they (the voters) are saying they
don’t want him, as county
commissioner or county
administrator,” Parker said.
“This was not a partisan thing.
The Democrats, not the
Republicans, defeated him.”
However, Parker joined
Commissioners Purvis and
Carolyn Blue in agreeing that
Williams is the likely candidate
for the chairmanship. Parker
(Continued on Page 16-A)
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NOVEMBER DAYS—There’s a certain starkness which comes across
the land in November, and there is also a quietness, as this picture at
Mid Pines by Staff Photographer Glenn M. Sides suggests.
Facility To Be Dedicated
To Veteran Mrs. Wicker
follows: U.S. Senate race~
Ingram 4,880 and Helms 7,499;
U.S. Congress-Hefner 6,298 and
Austin 5,516; State Senate-
Russell Walker 5,439; Clerk of
Court-Charles McLeod 6,382; \vr T^*
county commissioner-Lee \Y OlTlclIl J_7l0S
Williams 5,797; board of
education-Davis 4,630 and
Shamburger 4,020. Votes for
unoi^sed candidates for the
board of education were:
Troutman 7,534, Frye 8,089 and
Sledge 6,906.
(Continued on Page 16-A)
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In Head-On
Collision
A 44-year old High Falls
woman died Sunday in a head-on
automobile collision on a rural
road near that Moore County
Community.
Bessie Letlough Davis became
the ninth fatality on Moore
County highways this year,
according to Trooper Ted Derr of
the State Highway Patrol, who
investigated the 5:10 p.m.
accident on Rural Paved Road
1606.
Mrs. Davis was a passenger
with her daughter, Doris Davis
Marsh, 27 of Bear Creek Rt. 1.
Injured in the accident were Mrs.
Marsh and her two-year son,
Jason Terrell Marsh, and the
other driver, Paul Joseph Foxx,
25, Robbins, Rt. 1. All were taken
to Moore Memorial Hospital by
the Robbins Rescue Squad.
Trooper Derr reported that
Foxx ran off the road to the right
in a curve, came back onto the
roadway, crossed the center line
and struck the other vehicle
head-on. Foxx was driving a 1977
Oldsmobile, Mrs. Marsh a 1974
(Continued on Page 15-A)
When the Moore County Courts
facility is occupied in 1979, the
structure will be dedicated to
Estelle T. Wicker, tax supervisor
and veteran county employe.
The Moore County Board of
Commissioners on Thursday
night gave approval to the
working for a brass plaque which
will be placed in the building.
Approval was given with minor
changes in wording.
Chairman W. Sidney Taylor
brought up the subject during a
called board meeting held at the
close of a zoning pi£lic hearing.
Duke Team
Kicks Off
Seal Drive
The Duke basketball team will
be here Friday to kick off the 1978
Christmas Seal canq>aign.
The campaign, conducted by
the North Carolina Lung
Association and its 10 affiliate
area offices, will officially get
underway with a state-wide
promotion dutch luncheon to
be held at the Country Oub of
North Carolina on Friday,
November 17 starting at 11:30
a.m.
The promotion will recognize
the state-wide Christmas Seal
leaders including the Duke
Basketball team, with Team
Captain Jim Spanarkel, who are
((kmtinned on Page 16-A)
The plaque, designed by the
architects, Austin Associates,
states that the facility is
dedicated to Mrs. Wicker “for
her long and devoted service
over the many years to the
citizens of MooreOunty.” It also
bears the names of the five
county conunissioners and of the
Moore County Bar Courts
Facility Ck>nunittee, of which W.
Lament Brown is chairman,
along with the names of the
architects and general con
tractor.
A long-time project for the
county, &e $2 million facility will
(Continued on Page 16-A)
Aberdeen Board Seeks
To Find Town Doctor
Martha Clayton has been
appointed to head a committee to
try to find a doctor to locate in
Aberdeen to serve the people of
the Town and the immediate
area.
Mrs. Clayton was appointed by
Aberdeen Mayor Jack M. Taylor,
with her gas expenses in the
search to be paid by the town.
She was asked to select two
persons to serve with her.
The appointment was made at
the regular meeting of the Board
of Commissioners Monday night.
A license to operate a taxi from
Town and Country Exxon
Service Center on US 1 was
approved for Clifford Monroe,
who appeared before the Board.
Alvin Gamer reported that
Well No. 1 had been repaired and
is in operation, pumping about
160 gallons per minute.
J.H. Mofield told the Board
that sewer rehabilitation work is
nearing completion and that final
inspection would probably be this
week.
(Continued.on Page 15-A)
Historical
Meet Set
On Sunday
The Fall meeting of the Moore
County Historical Association
will be held at Weymouth (the
Boyd House), E. Vermont Aven
ue, Southern Pines, on Sunday,
November 19, at 4 p.m.
The featured speaker will be
Mrs. John S. Bell and ^e will
talk about a member of an hist
oric Aberdeen family and Presid
ent Wilson’s Ambassador to the
(Continued on Page 16-A)
THE
PILOT LIGHT
Midland Rezoning Is Voted Down
After a spirited and sometimes
emotional public hearing
Thursday night, the Moore
County Board of Commissioners
voted unanimously to deny a
request for a zoning change
along the historic and scenic
Midland Road.
In so doing, the board over-
tiuned a recommendation from
the county’s Planning Board,
which on Sept. 27 voted . 2-1 in
favor of the request by Alex
Leaverne Maness to amend
property on Midland Road from
Neighborhodd-Shopping to a
Conditonal-Use B-2 (Highway
Commercial) District.
When more than 30 persons
showed up for the hearing, the
commissioners moved the
hearing from their small
meeting room to the courtroom.
The lively gathering, which
lasted more than an hour, ran the
gamut from stirring speeches
about history and beauty to in
spirational poetry.
Gertrude Mane^, who owns
the 2.33 acre tract of land with
her husband, was the only person
to speak in favor of the zoning
change. The Manesses operate a
motel on their Midland Road
property; a use of the land which
is permitted under a “grand
father” clause in the zoning
ordinapee. They requested the
change in order to expand then-
operations with one or more of
tiiese additions: eating establish
ment, swunming facilities for
motel occupants, additional
motel units, playground or open
space for motel occupants.
Mrs. Maness said her husband
was unable to be present because
of illness.
When Helga Wilson called for a
show of hands in oi^sition to the
zoriing diange, 30 hands were
counted. County Commissioner
Chairman W. Sidney Taylor
asked Mrs. Wilson to do the
counting. Mrs. Maness raised the
only hand favoring the change.
Taylor called on Tony Carlyle,
county zoning administrator, to
explain the zoning request.
The discussion was opened
by County Commissioner Tony
Parker of Southern Pines, who
called the proposal “a sore
subject my two years on the
county board.” He charged that
any change in the zoning “would
have a domino effect with more
(Continued on Page 16-A)
HEFNER-Rep. Bill Hefner
carried all eleven counties in the
Eighth Congressional District.
His margin of victory over
Roger L. Austin of Marshville
was small in some coimties-
three votes in Davie and 17 in
Yadkin-but he won big in several
others, including Anson,
Cabarrus, Rowan and Rich
mond.
The Democratic Congressman
will be beginning his third term
in the U.S. House in January'.
HUNT-Governor Jim Hunt
feels that he did all he could do
for John Ingram in the U.S.
Senate race, and he agrees with
State Democratic Chairman
Betty McCain that the $6.7
million thrown into the campaign
of Jesse Helms was a big in
fluence on the outcome.
In his speech conceding defeat
to the Republican incumbent,
Ingram singled out Governor
Hunt and President Carter in
exix-essing appreciation for their
help in the campaign.
Governor Hunt saw no
significant trends in the North
Carolina election last week, but
he does feel that the people
across the country are deman
ding more efficiency in, their
government.
(Continued on Page 16-A)