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Vel. 59, Number 5
76 Pages
Southern Pines, North Carolina 28387
Wednesday, November 29, 1978
76 Pages
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HUNT SEASON OPENS — The Moore County event, led by Mrs. W.O. Moss (at right). Master
Hounds had their traditional Thanksgiving of the Hounds. Joint Master R.D. Webb is on
morning opening of the new fox hunting season, grey horse in center, and first whip Wiffi Smith
with a meet in Weymouth Woods and a 45 is shown worrying the hounds. —(Photo by
minute drag run to the kill at Landmark Farm Emerson Humphrey),
lake. A record crowd turned out for the colorful
Christmas Shopping Hits Record;
All Sandhills Stores Are Busy
BY PATSY TUCKER
Southern Pines, Pinehurst and
Aberdeen were all bursting with
Christmas shoppers over the
Thanksgiving weekend.
Parking lots in aU of the
shelving .centera. -were full to
overflowing and, according to
most store managers, inflation
isn’t scaring too many people.
“People are getting down to
serious Christmas shopping
Diamondhead Officials
Moving To Pinehurst
Pinehurst, Inc., is going to get
more autonomy in its operations
from Diamondhead Corp., the
parent company.
Preparations are under way
for the transfer from
Diamondhead headquarters in
New Orleans of primary
accounting functions.
Robert Kelly, senior vice
president for finance of
Diamondhead Corp., the
corporation controller and four
other top staff members will be
moving from New Orleans to
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now,’'atated one store manager.
“This weekend Christmas
shopping broke loose. Both
Friday and Saturday were ex
ceptionally good days.”
Traffic inched down Broad
Street over the holiday weekend
and the whole area seemed to be
invaded by tourists, children
home for the holidays and
visithig relatives and friends.
A Pinehurst shop reported the
“wildest weekend we’ve had. It
was just tremendous.” Another
reported that business was good
but for the amount of traffic
around it should have been
busier.
Department stores and shops
in all the shopping centers
reported record sales and in
many cases the sales were ahead
of last years.
One i^p had to add three and
four sales persons to take care of
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School Policy Hearings
Are Scheduled In Moore
With Horse And Wagon
Traveler Heads South
Zron Xron and his horse
Smokey have been on the road
the last six or seven months. It’s
taken eight weeks to come this
far from Pennsylvania.
“I do it to see the country
side,” said the bare-footed,
blimd-haired man in his 30’s.
“You can’t see much from a
car."
He figures it wiU take another
five weeks to reach his
destination in Florida where he
has spent the last six or seven
winters and has a lot of friends
there.
Zron Xron doesn’t have to stop
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A public hearing on school
policies will be hdd at Union
Pines High School on Monday,
December 4 at 7:30 pjn. and at
North Moore High School on
Thursday, December 7 at 7:30
p.m.
The ptupose of these hearings
is to gain ideas from interested
parents and citizens on policies
relating to student promotion,
retention, grading, attendance,
reporting to parents, high school
diplomas and certificate.
A Steering Committee, chaired
by Dr. W.C. Walton, assistant
superintendent, has b^n formed
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Seaboard Coast Line’s decision
about a mid-block crosswalk is
awaited before the Southern
Pines Downtown Revitalization
Committee proceeds with the
next step in its plan.
Funding action, including a
possible special tax district, will
not be to^en until this crucial
decision is inade, according to
John May, chairman of the
committee.
May told The Pilot that his
committee has been in contact
with railroad officials about six
weeks. In their last conversation,
the Seaboard Coast line people
indicated the proposal is still
under consideration in an effort
to resolve a safety hazard
Monday Is Oath Day;
Craven To Be Absent
Railroad Crosswalk Plan
Delays Downtown Project
iroblem. May added.
“There’s no point in continu^
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Center Grant
A $130,721 children’s
consultation and education grant
to the Sandhills Mental Health
Center will be reviewed by the
Cardinal Health Agency’s
evaluation committee at a
meeting in Lumberton on Dec. 6
at 1:30 p.m.
The agency’s board of
directors will act on the
committee’s recommendations
at a meeting the same day at 7
p.m.
When swearing-in time arrives
Monday morning. Republican
Commissioner-elect James M.
Craven will be among the
missing. Instead, he will be
halfway around the world-in the
Middle East on a sales mission
for the United States Depart
ment of Commerce.
Graven will be sworn into
office by Clerk of Court Charles
M. McL^d on Monday, Dec. 18,
on his return from a tlvee-week
trip to the Middle East to attract
business to this country. His first
regular meeting with the board
will be in January.
The clerk of court will take the
oath of office from Superior
(tourt Judge John McConnell at 8
a.m. Monday. McLeod will then
administer the oath to his office
staff and to Register of Deeds
Grier Gilmore, who, in turn, will
swear-in her staff.
Oaths will be administered by
McLeod to other newly-elected
and reelected officials on a
staggered basis after that. These
include the new Republican
sheriff, Jerome Whipple, County
Commissioners Lee Williams
and Arthur Purvis, and
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Clean-Up
Program
Under Way
According to Town Manager
Mildred McDonald the clean-up
[x-oject taken on by the town
during the weeks of November 20
and December 8 is going nicely.
She, again, strongly urged all
of the citizens to pick up trash in
their yards or in the streets
around their homes. “Town
crews are working very hard to
get to all areas to pick up trash
that homeowners are dis
carding,” she said.
Mrs. McDonald also asked that
citizens be patient with the
resurfacing and patching that is
taking ^ace all over town. “We
realize It’s an inconvenience, but
it has to be done.”
aie also suggested that anyone
who feels their street needs work
done on it call the town office and
report it.
“We can’t promise anything,”
she said, “as we only have a
certain amount of money to
spend on this, but we will do our
best.”
Town Taxes
Tax Collector Betsy G. Cole
has remined all residents and
property owners in the Town of
Southern Pines that January 3,
1979 is the last date to pay 1978
real and personal property taxes
at par.
“Receipts must be in our office
on that date in order to avoid
interest charges of 2 percent
beginning on January 4,” she
said. “If you are mailing your
tax check please be sure to mail
early enou^ for it to be received
in our office as a postmark of
January 3, 1979 does not relieve
the tai^ayer of interest charges
beginn^ January 4.”
“If you have questions con
cerning your taxes please call us
at 692-2206,” Ms. (tole added.
FIRST DRINK — A large crowd gathered at the Sheraton Inn for the
first legal mixed drink at a Southern Pines restaurant. Jim Godfrey
(center) was served the first drink by Don Calfee, Sheraton manager,
while Mayor Emanuel Douglass (left) and John Valentine looked
on.—(Photo by Glenn M. Sides).
New Sheriff Will Retain
Twenty Of Old Deputies
Republican Sheriff-Elect Jerry
Whipple said today that he has
just completed a preliminary
evaluation on the present
Sheriff’s department personnel.
Whipple said, “I have had an
opportunity now to review the
work and effectiveness of the
entire department and I am
pleased to announce I will be
retaining twenty people
Zoning
Hearings
Thmsday
At the close-of three zoning
hearings Thursday night, the
Moore (tounty Board of Com
missioners will dig into the 1977-
78 audit report. The auditor will
be present to answer questions.
The hearings, on three
separate item^, are scheduled to
begin at 7 o’clock and wUl be held
at 15-minute intervals. The audit
presoitation will begin at 8
o’clock.
' The Planning Board has ap-
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Meet On Doctor
The Aberdeen Board of
Commissioners met Monday
ni^t with the special committee
which was recently appointed to
seek a doctor for the town. i
The committee, headed by
Martha daidon, reported that it
has received several inquiries,
and expressed the hope that a
downtown office could be ob
tained for a doctor.
Aberdeen does not at this time
have a doctor in residence.
presently employed by the Moore
County Shertif’s Department.”
Whipple said he would keep the
following personnel:
John Woodrow Branch, Roy
Burton Moore, Joyce Bunnell,
Janie Reynolds, Vera Fields,
Bruce E. Bryant, Richard H.
Graham, Ricky T. Whitaker,
Alan W. Caviness, Felton E.
Johnson, Albert G. Crissman,
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McLaughlin Is Director
Of Big Berkley Project
C.A. McLaughlin, former
Southern Pines town councilman
and businessman, was officially
named Monday as director of the
$800,000 Berkley project, funded
by a (tonununity Development
Block Grant from the U.S.
Department of Housing and
Urban Development.
Tuesday was McLaughlin’s
first day on the job, and he spent
it in Greensboro attending the
first session of a two-day
HUD-sponsored workshop.
Chairman W. Sidney Taylor of
the Moore County Board of
Commissioners stated that
McLaughlin was informed of his
appointment Monday. Taylor
said the board considered nine
applicants for the position, then
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$1,447 Spent In Moore
Per Pupil In Schools
Per pupil expenditure in Moore
Ctounty Schools was $1,447 last
year, according to an audit of
funds used by the school system
in the 1977-78 year.
The audit report was reviewed
Monday by the Moore (tounty
Board of Education at a meeting
to which Bobby Wood and Larry
Faulkner of the John C. Muse
Co., auditors, were invited. They
were introduced by W. Joe
Vaughn, school business
manager and finance officer.
Copies of the audit report were
mailed to board members prior
to the meeting.
The report shows that for the
1977-78 year the Moore Ctounty
School system had revenues
totalling $14,099,157 from all
sources-local, state, federal
funds and school food service.
Total expenditures were
$13,986,969.
\^en the school year ended
June 30, current expenses
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PILOT LIGHT
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Many Injured In Holiday Wrecks
SOUTH BOUND — This traveler on US 1 was
headed south on a recent afternoon. He is Zron
Xron and he and his horse Smokey have been
on the road for seven months. They were
headed for Florida.—(Photo by Glenn M.
Sides).
At least 10 persons were
injured in the rash of highway
accidents which marred the
Moore County holiday season.
Four persons were injured
Saturday in a two-car accident at
6:30 p.m. half a mile south of
Aberdeen on U.S. 1. They were
identified as the drivers,
Frederick Raymond Judd, 65,
Fairbluff, and James Mitchell
Medlin, 22, Southern Pines, and
two passengers with Judd: Ruth
Judd of Fairbluff and Katherine
Ann Bums, 43, Aberdeen. All
were taken to Moore Memorial
Hospital. All four remain
patients at Moore Memorial,
Tudiere on Tuesday Me(^ was
reported in critical condition, the
Judds and Ms. Bums in stable
condition.
Trooper J.W. Smith of the
State Highway Patrol reported
that Judd, \K^o was traveling
north, made a left turn off Rur^
Paved Road 1108 onto U.S. 1 and
did not yield to Medlin, niio was
traveling north at an excessive
speed. The accident reports
shows that Medlin cut to the left
lane and struck the rear of the
other vehicle.
Charges are pending.
Judd was .operating 9 1971
Buick, damaged an estimated
$1300, and Medlin was operating
a 1973 CSievrolet, damaged an
estimated $1500.
Three cars piled up Friday at
2:30 p.m. on N.C. 211 six miles
north of Foxfire Village. One of
the drivers, Lettra Smith
Shields, 75, Eagle Springs, Rt. 1,
was injured and was takm to the
hospital.
All three vehicles were
proceeding east when Amy
Marion Davis, 17, West End, Rt.
1, stopped to make a left turn,
according to Sgt. E.W. Coen of
the Patrol. Sharon Ternita
i^adley, 18, West End, was
traveling behind Davis, and
Shields, who was behind
Bradley, was unable to stop,
knocking Bradley into Davis, the
sergeant report^.
Shields was charged with
failure to decrease spe^ to avoid
an accident.
Damages were estimated at
$1400 to the Shields 1973 Mercury,
$350 to the Bradley 1971 Buick,
and $150 to the Davis 1976 Ford.
In a Thanksgiving day
accident two persons were
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BEER-WINE-An inquiry has
been made to the Moore (iounty
Board of Elections on a beer and
wine referendum in Moore
County.
Beer and wine sales are legal
in several municipalities but are
not in Moore Coimty as a whole.
Mrs. Doris Fuquay, executive
director of the Board of Elec
tions, informed the caller that a
referendum can be obtained in
three ways: On petition of 20
percent of the voters in the last
election for Governor; on order
of the county Commissioners;
and by action of the N.C.
Legislature.
■file last beer-wine referen-
dums were held in Foxfire
Village and Cameron, and a
movemmt was under way at one
time for such a vote in Vass.
TESTS-Results of this fall’s
competency tests given to 11th
graders are expected to be made
available to parents before the
Christmas holidays in Decem
ber.
' Test results will be made
public as to schools in early
January.
School administi-ators already
are predicting a higher per
centage of passing scores than
was the case in the pilot test
program last spring. The prin-
cip^ reason is that most schools
launched teaching programs
geared to what was anticipated
in the test questions.
LEGISLATURE-Carl Stew
art, whose reelection as Speaker
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