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Vol. 59, Number 27
76 Pages
Southern Pines, North Carolina 28387
Wednesday, May 2, 1979
76 Pages
PRICE 15 CENTS
Land Values
Go Highest
In Bensalem
“Property in Bensalem
Township went out of sight, but
the others aren’t nearly so high,”
says Lee Williams, chairman of
the Moore County Board of
Commissioners, about the
county-wide property
reappraisal project which is
nearing a close.
Neither Williams nor County
Finance Officer Estelle Wicker
will give an estimate of what the
total property valuation will be.
However, Williams has
expressed the opinion that the
county’s tax base will not double,
in spite of predictions that the
total will climb above the $1
billion mark. The 1978 tax base
was $570,000,000.
The influence of the Seven
Lakes development in
neighboring Mineral Springs
Township is regarded as the
reason for a substantial increase
in property values in rural
Bensalem Township.
Sitting as a Board of
Equalization and Review
Monday night, the county
commissioners heard requests
from about 22 property owners
who had questions about the new
valuations. Most of the
petitioners live in the Whispering
Pines and Southern Pines areas,
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Road Jobs
Are Given
Approval
Secondary road improvements
for Moore County-to cost an
estimated $429,39S-have been
proposed for 1979-80 by the
district engineer’s office of the
State Department of Tran
sportation.
Implementation of the
proposal is contingent upon two
factors: approval by the county
commissioners at their May 7
meeting and final budget
allocations by the North Carolina
General Assembly, which is still
in session.
Under the proposal, stretches
of four roads would be p^ved,
while another seven roads would
be widened and strengthened.
The proposal also provides funds
for stabilization, school bus
safety programs, and property
participation projects.
District Engineer Fred Beck
presented his -Office’s priority
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Kidnap Case Heads List
In Upcoming Court Term
Retrial of a five-year old
kidnapping case is the first item
listed on the docket for a mixed
criminal-civil term of Moore
County Superior Court which
opens Monday morning.
Judge Thomas W. Seay Jr. of
Spencer will preside, and 68
persons have been summoned for
jury duty. Court will convene at
10 o’clock Monday, at 9:30 on the
other days.
Twenty-five criminal cases are
docketed for trial on Monday,
while 12 civil matters are on the
docket for Wednesday. However,
cases not reached on the day
listed on the calendar are subject
to trial other days of the week.
3.4% Jobless
The Moore County
Employment Services
Commission reports that
unemployment in Moore County
was down for the month of March
from 4.9 in February to 3.4
percent.
Of the 21,380 considered as the
^ labor force, 20,660 were
employed in March, leaving 720
unemployed. The decrease in
unemployment is attributed to
the seasonal weather which
allows for more farming and
construction jobs, a spokesman
said.
Several criminal cases on the
docket were disposed of during
the April 23 superior court
session and will be stricken from
the calendar for next week.
Rdefonso Vazques Santos is the
first defendant named on the
Monday trial docket. Santos was
convicted four years ago on
charges of kidnapping, breaking,
entering, larceny and receiving,
for which he received sentences
totalling 25 to 30 years. The in
cident in which Santos was
convicted occurred in 1974.
One jury case, that of James A.
Springer Jr. versus Jewell
Pruden, is listed on the cml
court calendar, along with oi,e
motion before the court in the
matter of Fidelity Bank versus
Arnold Gamer, defendant and
third party plaintiff, Donald
Mack Blue, Vernon G. Blue and
Vermac Construction Co., a
North Carolina corporation of
Moore County, third party
defendants.
These non-jury matters are
listed on the civil calendar : C.W.
Harvey, doing business a:ii C.W.
Harvey Construction Co., versus
The Lawn and Tennis Qub of
North Carolina, Inc.; Robert L.
Garvey and wife, Louella F.
Garvey, versus Roy H. Overby
and wife, Doris F. Overby;
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THE
PILOT LIGHT
LIQUOR-Rep. T. Clyde
Auman hopes “to get something
worked out this week” on his bill
which would permit a vote on
liquor-by-the-drink in Pinehurst.
Pinehurst is now stymied on
^mixed drink sales because it
turned down incorporation last
fall, but Rep. Auman’s bill would
extend the locals option law to
include townships, specifically
the townships of Mineral Springs
and McNeill in Moore County.
Pinehurst is in Mineral Springs
township.
The bill ran into trouble in a
House conunittee last week when
■^an attempt was made to amend it
to extend local option to a mile
beyond township lines. Auman
said tlie move was to help
Foxfire Village and the Country
Club of North Carolina. Both are
partly in Mineral Springs
township but not entirely.
Rep. Auman thinks, however.
that his bill will pass.
He also expects a bill to grant
Moore towns higher profits from
ABC stores (from 10 percent to 25
percent) and a 50-60 division of
the special mixed drink tax
between the town of Southern
Pines and Moore County will get
legislative approval.
GUN BILL-The Auman bill
which would restrict the use of
high powered rifles for deer
hunting in Sandhills and Mineral
Springs townships is getting a lot
more support from residents of
the area than when it was in
troduced.
As a result of a flood of calls
and letters supporting the
measure. Rep. Auman plans to
push for passage, even though
the county commissioners had
voted to request that it be held up
this year.
No guns larger than .22 caliber
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' ''
TOUR DE MOORE WINNER—Paul Pearson
raises his arms in victory as he crosses the
finish line in downtown Southern Pines to
conclude the lOTmile bicycle race in a record
time of 3:54. Behind him in second place is
Andy Weaver, who with Pearson set the pace in
a field of more than 100 men riders. See story
on Sports Page.—(Photo by Glenn M. Sides).
School Teacher Supplement Up 5%
Under Proposal To Board In Moore
BY PATSY TUCKER
A proposed salary supplement
increase of 5 percent was
presented to the Moore County
Board of Education on Monday
night at their regular monthly
meeting.
The recommended sup
plements were broken into four
areas covering teachers, prin
cipals, supervisors and coaches.
Roger Paschal explained to the
board that it had been 10 years
since the inception of the present
supplement and obviously the
present supplement is worth
much less than it was 10 years
Wildlife
Officer
Is Named
The North Carolina Wildlife
Resources Commission has
assigned Rick Wells to Moore
County as wildlife enforcement
officer. The position was for
merly known as that of wildlife
protector, or game warden.
Wells is one of four en
forcement officers who routinely
patrol the three-county area of
Moore, Richmond, and Anson
counties. This area is part of the
10-county District 6.
In addition to enforcement of
state hunting and fishing laws.
Wells handles motor boat
licensing, registration and safety
equipment.
■ITie 27-year old native of
Angier is making his home in
Carthage with his bride (since
June), the former Lil Smith of
Fuquay, who is a student at
Campbell College. Wells was
assigned here March 1.
A graduate of Angier High
School, the wildlife enforcement
officer attended East Carolina
University and Campbell
College. He has completed 13
weeks of training at the Institute
of Government, Chapel Hill,
including Wildlife Enforcement
Officers Recruit School and WEO
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ago. He also explained that
Moore County is behind the
average in North Carolina and
that toe per capita income in
Moore County ranks llto in toe
state while the teacher sup
plement ranks 56th along with
Burke, Chatham, Chowan,
Qinton, Lumberton, Madison-
Mayodan, Pasquotank and
Wilson schools.
Paschal proposed that
teachers with an “A” certificate
get a $35 increase and that
teachers with a “G” certificate
get a $45 increase. This would be
a total increase of $69,905 for 501
teachers.
R.E. Morrison explained toe
(H-oposed supplement for prin-
Dogwoods Here Infected
With Spraying Advocated
Both Talmadge Baker, county
extension agent, and Pete
Gulley, who owns Gulley’s
Garden Center in Southern
Pines, have received numerous
phone calls during toe past few
weeks from people who have
noticed something wrong with
their dogwoods.
Dogwood trees in Moore
County and across toe state have
been infested with a pulvinarie
scale, which appears on toe tree
in one of three ways.
“Some people have noticed a
cottony-like material that’s
under toe leaf,” Baker said,
saying this is toe egg mass of toe
scale. The scale starts, however,
on the trees stems before toe
leaves even come out in toe
spring. When it occurs on toe
stems it is in a waxy form.
Finally, full-bodied adult
scales have hatched into a
crawling insect. Baker said
reports of all three kinds have
come into his office.
Pete Gulley said “I saw some
trees that had some from last
year and they were real unthrifty
looking.” He recommends
spraying toe whole tree if it is
infested, and said Malathion is
one of toe safer chemicals for
(Continued on Page 10-A)
Township Lines Changed
To Give CCNC Liquor
With a minimum of discussion
the Moore County Board of
Commissioners Monday night
passed a resolution changing toe
boundaries of Sandhills and
Mineral Springs townships to
accommodate the Country dlub
of North Carolina, which wants
“liquor by the drink” if a bill
pending in toe legislature is
passed.
The board’s action moves
CCNC from Sandhills Township
into Mineral Springs Township,
where Pinehurst is also located.
Whether “liquor by the drink”
will become a legal possibility
for either Pinehurst or CCNC
remains in question, since the
bill introduced by Rep. Clyde
Auman several weeks ago has
yet to emerge from the ABC
committee. ' The bill was
introduced at toe request of
Pinehurst and with the blessing
of toe county commissioners, but
it has encountered opposition
from statewide “dry” forces
since its introduction.
If passed, toe bill would permit
townships located within
counties with ABC systems
created by petition to vote on
“liquor by toe drink.” Neither
Pinehurst nor the Country Club
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cipals, breaking toe increase
down into three different
categories. Principals of schools
that have classes at toe K-3 level
with less than 15 teachers would
receive a $50 increase and the
principals at schools K-3 with 16
or more teachers would receive
$60. In school K-8 or 4-8 with less
than 15 teachers a $70 increase
was proposed and with 16 or
more teachers a $100 increase
was asked. Principals of toe high
schools would receive a $150
increase. This would be for a
total of $2,290 for 18 principals.
L.H. Robinson reported on toe
study made for the supervisor
supplement exp aining that
supervisors are on two levels,
depending on their respon-
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Personnel
Is Sought
In Budget
Additional personnel for toe
town of Southern Pines is a
major proposal in toe 1979-1980
fiscal budget, currently under
preparation by Town Manager
Mildred McDonald and her staff.
“The town has grown so much
and we have not added personnel
to keep up with that growth,”
Mrs. McDonald said Monday.
“We are proposing to add some
people in the police department
and the fire department, an
office worker, and one in
maintenance and the street
department.”
She anticipates asking the
Council for approval on three
new police officers and two
employes for the fire
department. Mrs. McDonald also
said some of these positions
could be filled with CETA
workers.
The preliminary budget must
be presented to the Town Council
sometime before June 1.
A public hearing is scheduled
for toe Town Council meeting on
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New Officers Elected By Weymouth
Sam Ragan, editor and
publisher of The Pilot, is the new
president of Friends of
Weymouth as toe organization
moves into toe second phase of
its campaign to establish a
regional educational and cultural
center for toe humanities and
arts.
Ragan succeeds Admiral I.J.
Galantin, who has headed toe
Friends since its inception a little
more than two years ago and who
was still at the helm when the
Boyd estate called Weymouth
was acquired last week.
Ragan, an early supporter and
worker in behalf of the project,
praised the “outstanding
leadership” provided by
Galantin and said “we are
greatly indepted to him for toe
role he has played.” The board of
directors adopted a resolution
expressing appreciation to
Galantin and toe other officers.
The change in officers were
approved by the board last
Friday following the annual
meeting at which 25 directors
were elected, including eight who
were newly installed.
Other new officers are Mrs.
Lena J. Stewart, secretary, and
John F. Bums, treasurer. W.Y.
Alex Webb held both posts in the
past.
Directors who were elected to
serve another one-year term
are: Mrs. Warner L. Atkins,
Sherman W. Betts, Felton J.
Capel, Robert W. Drummond,
Mrs. Murdock Edwards, William
H. Frantz, Sr., Galantin, Norris
L. Hodgkins, Jr., Robert A. Hunt,
Mrs. Ernest L. Ives, Raymond,
A. Kotrla, George W. Little, Jere
McKeithen, Stuart R. Paine,
Ragan, R.J. Reynolds, III, and
Webb.
The newly elected directors
are Philip S. Brown, Bums,
Thomas M. Greene, Tonunie L.
Jessup, J. Ralph Murray, Donald
E. Pitts, Mrs. Stewart and Dr.
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Bond Vote
Unsettled
J\ew Firm
Gets Bond
Approval
With state approval of $7.5
million in industrial revenue
bonds announced last week, ARO
Corporation is moving ahead
with toe initial work on its 25-
acre site on U.S. 1 north of
Southern Pines.
The Bryan, Ohio firm plans to
erect a 1(M)0,000 square foot
building for toe man^acture of
ixieumatic tools.
Homer Faulk, director of toe
Moore County Economic
Development Commission, was
in Raleigh on AprU 25 when
North Carolina Commerce
Secretary D.M. “Lauch”
Faircloto signed toe Certificate
of Approval for toe industrial
bonds.
Before approving the ap
plication, toe Department of
Commerce determined that toe
project complies with state laws
and regulations pertaining to the
environment, wages, and ability
to operate toe project.
“We’re thrilled,” Faulk told
The Pilot. He explained that toe
state action means toe cor
poration can move ahead with its
financial arrangements.
Jack Hughes, project engineer,
said engineers for toe company
visited toe plant site last weejc,
surveyed and staked out the
building site and parking lots.
Trees to be saved were marked
in preparation for toe arrival of
loggers, who will remove toe
unmarked trees before toe site
can be cleared and ground
broken.
Robert E. Lamb, Inc. of Valley
(Continued on Page 10-A)
BY FLORENCE GILKESON
With a statewide bond issue
waiting in the wings, Moore
County School Superintendent
Robert Lee thinks the wise policy
at present is to meet the county’s
most immediate school building
needs on “a pay as you go” basis,
then use the state bond money, if
the measure passes, to complete
toe schools’ needs.
Lee definitely sees no need for
a local school bond issue, at least
not until the state bond issue is
settled.
“Why go into debt?” he asked.
In addition, the superintendent
pointed out that the county bond
issue would mean a delay of 12 to
18 months before a contract
could be let for the three top
priority items at Cameron, West
End and Robbins, provided that
the voters were to pass the
measure. He estimated it would
take that long just to sell the
bonds.
Lee explained that the school
board has already instructed an
architect to draw up plans for
these schools, and all that’s
needed now is the money.
In an unannounced meeting
last week th6 Moore County
Board of Commissioners went on
record in support of a county
school bond issue as a means of
resolving more than $10 million
in building requests.
Commissioner Chairman Lee
Williams told The Pilot Tuesday
that he expects the board of
commissioners to take action
Monday at its regular May
meeting. Williams proposed that
toe county “set the wheels in
motion” for a local school bond
referendum and take
appropriate action if and when
the state completes any bond
issue plans.
The school board has not called
for a bond issue and the subject
was not discussed at the school
board’s meeting Monday night.
In fact, both Lee and Mrs. John
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Moore Bike Route First
To Be State Designated
Dozens of rectangle-shaped
signs are catching toe eye in
various parts of the county,
following last Saturday’s Tour de
Moore bicycle race.
David Drexel, who instigated
toe Tour de Moore four years
ago, has finally gotten his wish in
toe form of toe green signs,
which were put up recently by
toe state Department of Tran
sportation.
“This is a family touring
route,” Drexel said. If toe signs
are followed, a cyclist can make
a circle wi^n Moore Ctounty,
beginning at any point on toe
route. The Campbell House, toe
Alston House, Jugtown,
Clarendon Garends, the West
End peach orchards. Blue’s
Farm, the parachute zone, the
community college and Jackson
Springs are all places toe touring
cyclist can view while following
toe route.
Drexel said campsites have
been established at Jackson
Springs, where the mineral
water can still be sampled, and
at Deep River, Jugtown and
Lobelia. He hopes that cycling
individuals and families will visit
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