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Town Commissioners Approve Location
on West Broad Street for Bus Station
Southern Pines. North Carolina, Friday, March 24. 1944.
BROTHERS HOLD REUNION IN LONDON
TEN CENTS
To Be Wholly on Wesl
Broad Not Connecting
With Vermont Avenue
At a general meeting held last
Friday in the City Clerk’s office in
connection with the relocation of the
bus station—a subject that has long
been under consideration—the Town
Board adopted a resolution approv
ing the location between Vermont
Avenue and Connecticut Avenue on
West Broad Street as the location
for the bus station of the Greens-
boro-Fayetteville Bus Line, Inc., to
be located, however, wholly on West
Broad Street without connecting
with Vermont Avenue, when and if
plans and specifications for the im
provement of the building in which
this station has heretofore been lo
cated shall have been presented to
the Board of Commissioners and ap
proved by them. It must be approv
ed by the Utilities Commission, al
so.
Present at the meeting were the
Mayor and Town Board, Stanley
Winborne, Chairman of the Utili
tiefe Commission, and R. G. Johnson,
a member; Major Charles D. Rodri
quez, provost marshal; and Lt.
George A. Both, public relations of
ficer, of Camp Mackall; U. L. Spence,
Carthage attorney representing a
group of residents opposed to the
present bus station; J. W. Quattle-
baum, assistant general manager of
the Greensboro-Faye.tteville Bus
Line, Inc., W. E. Smith, attorney;
and James R. Sigur, representative,
of the bus company, and others.
Briefly told, the bus station story
runs like this: Residents living near
the present ; station,'A long dissatis
fied with the conditions, had em
ployed Mr. Spence to represent
them. On March 8, at his request,
the Board adopted a resolution au
thorizing the removal of the station
to the Shell Oil Company place at
the south end of town. It appeared
that the Utilities Commission had
been informed that tfie Town Board
objected to the removal of the sta
tion from its present location.
The Board also discussed a pro
posal of the new owners of the Bel
vedere Hotel that the old Loomis
Building on Pennsylvania Avenue
be used as a bus station.
News of th^ proposal to move the
station to the lower end of town
brought forth loud protests from
Army people and others who would
be greatly inconvenienced and re
suited in petitions with many sig
natures protesting this proposed
move. Other meetings led to the a-
bove stated action.
A NEW ONE
In its 44 years of service the
Southern Pines Fire Depart
ment has had some odd calls
for assistance. A new one was
added to the list at high noon
Sunday, when the truck sped
up on U, S. Nq. 1 to a point
mid-way between Vass and Cam
eron, to the rescue of a burning
"Bus" of the Queen City Line.
The responding crew members
had a cold, wet ride, but they
saved the coach. Probable dam
age, two or three hundred dol
lars.
Kiwanis Club Hears
Wallace Irwin Read
Wallace Irwin, author and writer,
entertained the Kiwanis Club at its
luncheon Wednesday at the Pine-
hurst Country Club in reading a
radio script entitled, “To Hell with
Dante’’ or “The After Life of the
Nazis”. /
Dr. Thaddeus A. Cheatham urged
the Kiwanis Club to support the cur
rent Red Cross Drive and to get
their subscriptions in immediately.
He advised that the county quota is
$39,000.00, and tve have only eight
more days in which to raise the I
amount. |
The speaker was introduced by
Eugene C. Stevens.
Four Communities in County Are Over
the Top in Red Cross War Fund Drive
NURSE'S AIDES
The Nurses' Aides are start
ing a new course for volunteers
at the Moore County Hospital
within the very near future.
Prospective volunteers who have
applications out are requested
■to fill them immediately and re
turn them to Mrs. Stuart Wood,
Southern Pines. Any one who
has not received an application
but wants to join the class can
secure the blanks from Moore
County Red Cross Headquar
ters in Southern Pines. Mrs.
Wood should also be apprised
of their decision.
Aberdeen, Knollwood,
West End and Eureka
Pass Their Allotments
WILLIAM REEFUS MORRISON
Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Morrison of
Sduthern Pines have recently re-'
ceived a picture of their two soldier
sons, Leonard and William Reefus,
celebrating a reunion in London.
Leonard, who had been sent to North
Africa from Italy after seeing service
there as well as in Sicily and North
Africa, got a furlough which per
mitted him to visit his brother who
was in England. The letters of both
these men to their families, like
those of most of our boys overseas.
LEONARD MORRISON
show a deepened appreciation of
home and an increased interest in
the welfare of their parents. This is
the pattern of their messages: “Hope
you are all well; don’t worry. Mom
and Dad, I am fine. Love to all.”
The Morrison brothers attended
the local high school and worked
in Penders and the A & P. Leonard
enlisted in April 1941 and has been
overseas since 'October. Reefus was
inducted in the fall of 1942 and went
overseas last November.
Postmaster Buchan
Is Rotary Speaker
AnnualGymkhanato
Be Held March 26th
The featured event on the sports
calendar for .the Week is the annual
equestrian gymkhana and hunter
,trials to be held at the horse show
grounds at the Southern Pines Coun
try Club Sunday afternoon, March
26th, according to announcement by
Louis Scheipers, chairman of the
equestrian Committee. Upwards of
thirty-five blooded hunters will be
entered in the various classes.
The program will open with a
class for middle and heavy weight
hunters to be run over a scenic hunt
ing course of rail jumps and panel
fences. Second, is a class for pair
jumpers; third, a class for light
weight hunters; fourth, a class for
open jumpers in the inside show
luring, fifth, a class for men in uni
form, and sixth, a class for ladies’
horsemanship.
EDITORIAL
a
Jumping Band” to
Give Concert Here
RICKENBACKER
Capi. Edward V. (Eddie) Rick-
enbacker, America's lop fighter
pilot in World War 1 with 21 en
emy planes and four balloons to
his credit, and a hero of World
War 11, has just accepted an in
vitation to address the Rotarians
of the 189th district at their an
nual district conference in Pine-
hurst May 7-8, District Gover
nor Robert W. Madry of Chapel
Hill has announced.
The invitation was extended to
Captain Rickenbacker by Dis
trict Governor Madry and was
strongly supported by Play
wright Paul Green of Chapel
Hill, who has just finished writ
ing the movie story of Capt.
Rickenbacker's life.
"We feel that we have been
extremely fortunate in secur
ing Captain Rickenbacker and
several other headliners for pur
conference program, which will
be streamlined and compressed
into a two-day session and which
will emphasize Rotary's contri
butions to the war effort," Dis
trict Governor Madry said.
Captain Rickenbacker will
speak at the banquet session of
the conference on Monday night.
May 8. All sessions of the con
ference will be held at the Car
olina hotel, which will be given
over entirely to Rotarians and
their guests.
A musical treat is in store for the
Sandhills when Col. Mcgntree of
Camp Mackall presents his unique
musical organization, the 541st Par
achute Infantry Band, widely known
as the only “Jumping Band” in the
United States, in a concert in the
City Park Sunday af^rnoon, March
26th.
The program by these musicians,
each of whom is said to be as good
a trooper as he is a musician, will
consist of the favorite selections of
the three Americas, South, Central
and North.
The Band will be under the direct
ion of SfSgt. Fernando Perez, a man
of marked ability in the musical
field who is already known to Sou
thern^ Pines music lovers who have
enjoyed his band in previous ap
pearances here.
VOTING DAY, MARCH 28
Southern Pines citizens will vote
next Tuesday, March 28th, on the
bond election which will decide
whether the town is to acquire and
reconstruct the Southern Pines
Cpuntry Club for a Community
Building and improve the golf
course. Only those who registered
in the new registration which clos
ed March 18th will be entitled to
vote. To register and neglect to vote
is equivalent to voting against this
important measure, the fate of which
means so much to the future of Sou
thern Pines.
REGRETTABLE
SITUATION
Announcement is made in this
issue of THE PILOT that the
Carthage Weaving Company’s
plant in Carthage, tvhich is en-
I gaged in tilling a war contract
[for nets to be used in dropping
supplies from airplanes to the
armed forces, is to close at the
end of business this Friday af
ternoon until such time as Van
B. Sharpe, managing partner, is
allowed sufficient gasoline tick
ets for carrying on his business.
THE PILOT, not having^ heard
all of the issues, does not pre
sume to side with the V^eaving
Plant or with the Moore County
Rationing Board, but it does feel
that the situation is a regrettable
one for which there should be a
remedy.
On the face of things, it would
appear that the operation of the
plant is important to the prose
cution of tl^e war, else our gov
ernment would not place con
tracts with the Company. There
is no argument as to the plant’s
being important to Moore Coun
ty, as any industry that affords
an opportunity for 300 unskilled
women and girls to earn an aver
age of $22.50 per 5-day week, as
we are informed that employees
of the Carthage Weaving Com
pany earn, is important not only
to the farnilies represented, but
to the business houses through-
out this section.
The Rationing Board has reg
ulations laid down for it by the
f^PA, regulations which in some
instances are rather involved and
which lend themselves to differ-
mt interpretations. The'Board
has studied Mr. Sharpe’s case and
reached certain decisions, and
Mr. Sharpe has appealed from
^e Board’s rulings to the State;
Board. We grant that each side
IS conscientious in its thinking,
and await with interest the Act
ion of the State Board.
A government investigation
of the local situation might re
sult in better understanding and
a more satisfactory settlement
of the problem. It would perhaps
be welcomed by the Board and
would lead to an authoritative
decision.
James T. Doss, 72,
Is Accident Victim
James T. Doss, 72, of Route 1, Cam
eron, was killed around midnight
Saturday when a car, said to have
been driven by his son-in-law. Bill
Goodman, seaman 2|c, at home on
le^e from Bainbridge, Md., ran off
a narrow bridge on a country road
two miles off Highway 1 and turn
ed over in a creek. The accident oc
curred near the home of Will Gra
ham out from Cameroru
With Mr. Doss and his son-in-law
were the latter’s small son, Billy
Goodman, and Jasper Blevins. They
were returning from a fishing trip.
Mr. Doss was dead when removed
from the car. Goodman was so pain
fully injured as to necessitate hos
pital treatment and Blevins was cut
about the face.
Funeral service was held at Rocky
Fork Church Wednesday at 3:00
o’clock.
^ Mr. Doss, a native of Surry Coun-
tj», opeirated a filling station on
Highway 1 half-way between Vass
and Cameron, and was well known
throughout the section and popular
as an old-time “fiddler”.
Surviving are his wife and elev
en children: Mrs. Stella Brewer,
Winston-Salem; Mrs. J. C. Hardy,
Route 1, Cameron; Mrs. W. H. Stone’
West End; Mrs. W. H. Hendrick^
Cameron; Mrs. W. M. Ruth, Charles
ton, S. C.; Mrs. William Goodman,
^ilmin#on; Mjrs. Sadie Ledwell,
Wichita, Kansas'; Mrs. Perry Thom
as, Carthage; Ernest A., J. C., and
Clarence Doss, all of Cameron.
Frank Buchan, Southern Pines
postmastdr, talked to the Rotary
Club at Friday’s regular luncheon
at the Highland Pines Inn. Natural
ly, Mr. Buchan talked of a business
he knew intimately, the postal ser
vices, and his talk was highly infor
mative on one of the most impor
tant of Government Services. Too
few people realize the magnitude of
the post office business, its intric
acies of operation, and its wide and
varied services to the public and ar^
med services, Mr. Buchan said.
Mr. Buchan described the issuing
of money orders, transmittal, and
handling methods for payment, the
way registered mail is handled, and
how mail is dispatched. There was
a gem of a story on a registered let-,
ter. It was sent from here and was
a day late in reaching its destina
tion. A tracer was requested—and
tracers trace, here, there, every
where. This particular tracer fin
ally got back to this office with
thirty some letters attached to it,
one from every clerk who received
and sent the letter on its way, each
letter bearing the date, time, name
of the clerk received from, the name
of the receiving clerk and the name
of the clerk he dispatched it to. Well,
the letter wasn’t lost; heavy snow
-storms had merely delayed trains.
In one year, of 51,000,000 pieces of
registered mail handled, only 1700
claims were filed, and perhaps bet
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Aberdeen, Knollwood, West End
and Eureka are reported over the
top in the Red Cross War Fund
Drive and several other communities
are nearing the goal. It is extreme
ly important, however, that each per
son who has not contributed do so
^t once and that those who have
contributed but find that they can
spare a bit more lose no time in
doing so. There is only one more
week to go.
Aberdeen, with a quota of $3,000,
has raised $4,109.50 and donations
are still being received. Knollwood
'IS $101 above its $1600 goal. West
End, with a quota of $900, and Eu
reka, with $250, have not sent in
exact figures but they are said to be
“still going”.
Southern Pines has $8100 of its
$12,000 askings. Pinebluff, whose
percentage increase is larger than
most others, was within $40 of its
$900 goal Wednesday. Carthage has
over $2600 of its $3000, and Pine-
hurst, with a quota of $14,000, is
around the $12,000 mark.
Vass-Lakeview, Cameron, and sev
eral of the smaller communities
have not reported, but are thought
to be coming along nicely.
The week beginning March 23 is
designated as Movie Week and rep
resentatives of various branches of
Red Cross services will be on hand
to receive donations. Theatres in
the county last year collected $1660.
Mrs. William J. Kennedy, public
ity chairman, reports that she has
been informed that North Carolina
and Tennessee, with receipts of 41
per cent of their quotas as of March
10, were leading the states in the
southeast area. According to last Fri
day’s report, Moore had raised $28-
263 of its $39,000 quota.
The Chairmen urge that the peo
ple of the county contribute as gen
erously as possible during the last
week of the drive in order that
Moore’s quota may be reached.
NEW POSTAGE RATES
' PRESBYTERIAN AUXjlLIARY
HOLDS ANNUAL MEETING
WEDNESDAY
KEEPING US ALIVE
From a German "Stalag
Luft" Lieutenant Paul Hart
man wrote his mother in Great
Falls, Montana, "I am well-treat
ed. and very well fed by the Red
Cross. Contribute generously.
Mom. They are keeping us
alive."
The postage rate increases
that Congress put into the rev
enue act of 1943 will go into
effect Sunday, March 26.
In Southern Pines local mail
will remain at one cent an ounce.
The rate for air mail between
places in the United States (in
cluding Alaska) will go up from
6 to 8 cents an ounce or fraction
thereof, ..The . former air-mail
rate of 6 cents for each half
ounce will continue to apply to
air mail sent to or by the U. S.
armed forces overseas served
through Army and Navy post
offices.
Mrs. J. A. Lang of
Carthage Succumbs
Mrs. John Albert Lang, 70, prom
inent Carthage resident for many
yeajs, died Tuesday after an illness
of several weeks.
Funeral services were held Thurs
day afternoon at 4 o’clock at the
Carthage Presbyterian Church, con
ducted by the Rev. W. S. Golden.
Burial was in Cross Hill Cemetery.
Surviving are her husband: two
daughters. Miss Johnsie Redding
and Mrs. Howard Gardner both of
Carthage; one son, Capt. John A.
Lang, with the Army in the Alas
kan department; two sisters, Mrs.
Zeb Hunter and Mrs. Edgar McNeill,
both of Sanford; a brother, Alexan
der McLeod Kelly of the Salem
Church community in Lee County,
and a granddaughter.
The 55th annual meeting of the
Woman’s Auxiliary of Fayetteville
Presbytery will be held at Mt. Pis-
gah Church, Broadway, on March
29th. Registration will begin at 9:30
and the meeting will be called to or
der by the president, Mrs. M. J. Mc-
Guirp, at 10:00 a. m.
A program of unusual interest has
been planned. Among the speakers
will be Mrs. McGuire, Miss Lucy
Steele, Miss Mary McEachern, Mrs.
George U. Baucom, Jr., Miss Marga
ret Shelby, and Mrs. Henry Lee and
Miss Louise Miller.
COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTION
At a meeting in Raleigh Saturday,
the State Board of Elections appoint
ed three-member boards of election
for all counties of the State. Each
board is made up of two Democrats
and one Republican.
John A. Fry of Carthage and A.
S. Ruggles of Southern Pines, Dem
ocrats, and B. C. Wallace of Car
thage, Republican, comprise Moore
County’s board.
Dr. P. P. McCain Is Honored for Long
Service As Head of State Sanatorium
Some 200 prominent doctors and
laymen from all parts of North Car
olina gathered at Sanatorium re
cently to pay honor to Dr. Paul P.
McCain in recognition of his 30
years of service as medical direct
or and superintendent of the North
Carolina Sanatorium. L. L. Grave
ly of Rocky Mount, chairman of the
Board of Directors, presided.
Dr. Paul Ringer of Asheville, mem
ber of the Board of Directors, made
the principal address of the evening,
paying tribute to Dr. McCain and
calling attention to the fact that 30
years ago there were only 32 beds
in the Sanatorium, while today there
are 1200 beds in three State insti
llations for tuberculosis care and
control. He described Dr. McCain
as being the most popular and be
loved doctor in North Carolina.
'.Paul Mason, a patient at the San-
,atorium, spoke in behalf of the pa
tients and presented a present to
Dr. McCain. Dr. S. M. Bittinger, as-
.sociate superintendent and medical
director of the Western N. C. San
atorium, extended greetings from
the three State Sanatoria and pre
sented him with a gift from the
members of the staffs of the Sanator
ia, while Dr. G. E. Bell of Wilson
spoke in behalf of the directors of the
N. C. Sanatoria and gave a present.
Frank W. Webster of Raleigh, ex
ecutive secretary of the North Caro
lina Tuberculosis Association, and
Dr. James W. Vernon of Morganton,
president of the Medical Society of
the State of North Carolina, brought
greetings from their respective or
ganizations and Mr. Webster pre
sented him a gift from the N. C. Tu
berculosis Association.
Dr. and Mrs. McCain responded
and expressed their appreciation for
the honor extended them.
Attending from Durham were Dr.
Derwin Cooper, who is in charge of
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