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VOL. 27. NO. 41
12 PAGES THIS WEEK
Souihern Pines, N. C., Friday, September 6, 1946.
12 PAGES THIS WEEK
TEN CENTS
Society Formed To
Fight Spread Of
Veneral Diseases
John Lang< Carthage
Is Field Secretary
Immediate Action
In All Counties
The North Carolina Social Hy
giene Society filed its charter
Steel Fence Up, Game Lost,
Car Given Away Labor Day
Free-Hitting Robbins
Team Downs Locals
Wednesday, August 28 with the
Secretary of State. The Society’s
announced purpose is to cooper
ate with professional forces in
the movement directed towards
control of veneral diseases in the
State. The charter indicates that
its program will be largely in
formational and educational.
The incorporators of the So
ciety are Stratton Coyner, Win
ston-Salem, secretary of the
board of trustees of the Smith
Reynolds Foundation; Earl N.
Phillips, High Point, businessman
and mayor; Charles A. Cannon,
Concord, manufacturer; Dr. Wil
liam M. Coppridge. Durham,
president of the North Carolina
Medical Society; Mrs. Karl Bis
hopric, Spray, president of the
State Federation of Women’s
Clubs; Capus Waynick, High
Point, at present active in the
organization of the Society; and
Former Governor ' J. Melville
Broughton, of Raleigh.
The headquarters of the So
ciety will be maintained in Ra
leigh with Capus Waynick as Ex
ecutive Director and John A.
Lang of Carthage as Field Sec
retary. A rural membership
will be sought throughout the
State, with local councils to be
formed in each county and large
municipality. The Society an
nounces that it will publish a
magazine to be called Better
Health.
The State Health Officer, Dr.
Carl Vj Reynolds, was among
those who encouraged the forma
tion of the Society, expressing
the opinion that a popular nove-
ment to promote understanding
of the problem and to give sup
port to the medical forces is nec
essary if control of the veneral
diseases is to be accomplished in
a reasonable length of time.
The State Health Officer refer
red to' the fact that the control
program conducted by the State
and local health officers is los
ing important financial support
as the Reynolds Foundation
funds are converted to their final
use as an endowment of Wake
Forest College. ‘‘This loss of
funds comes at a time when the
control program is succeeding
under trying social and economic
conditions,” Dr. Reynolds stated,
“I regard enlistment of popular
inteo^est in the program as a
movement of high potential value
in the veneral disease control ef
fort.”
Control of the new Social Hy
giene Society will be lodged in
the hands of a board of direc
tors. The names of the directors
have not been announced. In its
work in the State, the Society
will be affiliated with the Amer
ican Social Hygiene Society.
The Labor Day holiday, the
new fence, and the drawing for
the new 1946 Plymouth (at the
end of the game) proved too
much for the local ball players
as they dropped a free hitting,
loosely played ball game to Rob
bins 10-7.
Both teams were hitting the
“apple” and only three innings
were scoreless. Robbins got off
to an early lead and by the sixth
inning the score was 10-4 in then-
favor. It was only in the last of
the ninth that the Southern
Pines team made their bid scor
ing 3 runs. It was “snuffed out”
and the game went to Robbins
10-7.
$$$ SCORE
The ticket sale for the La
bor Day ball game where the
new Plymouth was given
away to the lucky ticket
holder brought in $7,013. Ar-
ter the deduction of Stcite
and Federal taxes, the cost
of the car, plus other ex
penses, a balance of $4,458
was left which not only pays
for the fence but leaves a
small surplus that will re
main in the -Veterans' Ath
letic Fund for future usage.
The small group of especially
hard workers deserve great
credit for the excellent way
they ended the drive, clear
ing the final hurdle with dol
lars to spare.
The game inning by inning
went as follows: First Inning:
Robbins; O runs on 0 hits; Sou
thern Pines, Harper singled to
right field, Howell was out to
center field, Newton rapped out
a clean single to left field, scoring
Harper. A mighty triple by Mc
Rae brought in Newton. Pate
struck out, Buchan singled to left
center and McRae came home.
McNeill was safe on a fielder’s
choice Buchan going out short
stop to second ending the inning.
Score: Southern Pines 3 Robbins
0.
Second inning: Robbins, Mar-
ley safe on error, Frye was safe
on error, Enloe grounded out
pitcher to 1st, Stutts struck out,
Williams singled to center field
scoring Marley and Frye. Thrail-
kill smacked a double followed
by a single to left field by Jap
Stutts and Williams came home.
Walker grounded out. Southern
Pines 0 runs 0 hits. Score tied 3-3.
Third inning: Robbins, Hartsoe
singled, Marley out pitcher to 1st,
Frye singled to center scorir-*
Hartsoe. On a fielder’s choice
Enloe was safe and Frye scored
an terror. Stutts struck out, Wil
liam hit safely scoring Enloe.
Thrailkill scored Williams on a
single and Jap Stutts made the
third out to the shortstop. Sou
thern Pines 0 runs 0 hits. Score
Robbins 7 SP 3.
Walker opened up the Robbins
half of the fourth with a single
to center, Hartsoe was safe on an
error. Walker scored on Marley
single. Frye was out and Enloe
grounded out second to first.
Stutts struck out. 2 runs on
hits. Southern Pines, Pati
doubled, Buchan doubled scorin;
Pate. McNeill filed out cente
field and Buchan was cought
second. Dunn grounded out fo;
the end of the fourth. Score Rob’
bins 9, SP 4.
It was 0 runs 0 hits for Robbi
in the fifth. SP Page hit by pitch
ed ball. Harper singled to center,
on a pass ball they all advanced
one base. Howell filed out to left^
field and Newton was out secom
to first. McRae ended the inning
with a strike out. Score: 9-4.
Sixth inning: Robbins, Walker
singled, Hartsoe singled, Marley
singled and Walker scored. Hart
soe was caught off base, Marley
was out at third on fielder’s
choice. Frye was out stealing sec
ond. 1 run 3 hits. SP Pate groiuid-
ed out, Buchsin singled, and Mc
Neill and Dunn were both out.
Score: Robbins 10 SP 4.
It was 0 and 0 for Robbins in
their part of the seventh. South
ern Pines had the bases loaded
in their half of the inning but a
fast double play killed the rally.
0 runs on 3 hits.
In the eighth both teams had
hits but were unable to score and
it remained at 10 to 4.
Going in for their last time at
bat Robbins had 1 hit 0 runs. Sou
thern Pines Harper was safe on
error, Howell singled, Newton
singled scoring Harper. McRae
flied out to center, Pate smashed
out a double to score Howell and
Newton. Buchan was safe on er
ror by the shortstep. McNeill and
Dunn were both out and the
game ended 10-7 for Robbins.
The batteries were: Robbins,
Thrailkill and Enloe. For South-
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Six Man Football
Op ens Season With!
38 Squad Practice
Six Leti^rmen Return
Three First-stringers
First Home Game On
Oct. 2 Against Curry
The six-man football season of
the Southern Pines High School
got off to a thirty-eight man
start last Wednesday when six
letter men and thirty-two first
year youngsters turned out for
the first practice call.
Of the six lettermen, Harring
ton, York, and Amette are from
last year’s first team, with
Straka McLeod, and Morgan let
termen.
The opening game of the sea
son will be on the 25th of Sep
tember with the Pittsboro High
School at Pittsboro. The first
home game will be the following
week (Oct. 2) with the Curry
High School team from Greens
boro.
The schedule at present calls
for five home games out of a
total of eight regular games.
However, if the team this year
does as well as last year’s team
there will be play-offs for the
championship. Last year’s team
won the Eastern North Carolina
Championship, and were only
beaten for the State champion
ship when the Junior Order Or
phanage from Thomasville beat
them on their home grounds last
Thanksgiving.
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No Tax Rate Cut
For Coming Year
In Southern Pines
UN Site Has Been Officially Picked
But Colin Spencer Believes County
Still Has Good ‘‘Unofficial” Chance
High Cost Of Labor
Given As Main Reason
GI DBMS
Synopsis Of Budget
"LEAVE PAY"
Yoiing Jerry Lentz
Bitten By Big Dog
Young two-year-old Jerry
Lentz was slashed several times
by a dog described as “between
75 and 100 pounds, short white
hair with long floppy ears, and
a black spot on hip.”
Jerry, the grandson of Mrs.
Leila Woods, and son of Mr. and
Mrs. C. T. Lentz of Lumberton,
was visiting his grandmother on
the old Bethesda Road near the
Paddock. Mrs. Woods was put
ting away some groceries in the
back of her cellar when she
heard the child screaming. She
ran upstairs and found the child
being attacked by the strange
dog. Mrs. Woods kicked the dog
off the child and says that the
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en Letter On Terminal
All ex-GI's who have "Ter
minal Leave Pay" coming to
them can go to the Southern
Pines Post Office tomorrow,
Saturday Sept. 7 from 9 am
to 2 pm and fill out all nec
essary papers under the ex
pert guidance of Mrs. Louise
Clarke, Veterans Service Of
ficer. Plenty of all necessary
forms will be provided.
The Moore County Chapter
of the American Veterans
Committee has made ar
rangements with the Post
Office to set up tables and
typewriters at that time to
facilitate the filling out of
the Leave Pay papers. A
Notary will also be on hand.
All veterans must bring a
full size copy of their dis
charges, or a LEGIBLE copy.
Veterans are urged to have
figured out BEFOREHAND
how much leave they have
taken for each year in sez-
vice in order to save time
filling out the papers at the
Post Office.
Planning Board
Elected Wednesday
by Howard F. Burns
Appearing in another section
of this paper is the Town Budget
for the Fiscal Year beginning
July 1st, 1946 and ending June
30th, 1947. It was the hope of the
Mayor and Town Commissioners
that it might be possible to cut
the tax rate for this year, since
making sale of the Sounthern
Pines Country Club. However,
due to the increased cost of labor
and materials, it is impossible to
make any reduction in the tax
rate for this fiscal year.
The principal items making up
the difference are: increase in
cost of labor and materials for
street maintenance; purchase of
a motor grader; purchase of clay
site for clay used in grading
streets; purchase of land on West
Broad Street, across the street
from the Moore County Histori
cal Association, from the Shaw
Estate; printing of folders of Sou
thern Pines (the first the Town
has bought since before the war);
and services of firemen in at
tending fires.
The Total Bonded Debt of the
Town as of July 1st, 1946, was
$459,000. During the year, the
Town will retire $30,000 and will
have an interest payment of $16,-
848.75, or a total for Debt Ser
vice of $46,848.75. Approximately
$20,000 will be paid from the
Water Department, leaving^ $26,-
923.98 to be appropriated from
the Tax Budget, which is a
slight increase over the previous
year. Expenses of other depart
ments will remain about the
same as for the previous years.
Tonight at eight o'clock,
September 6, the GI Demo
crats are holding their sec
ond meeting at the Southern
Pines High School, and their
third meeting in Moore
County.
All veterans of all wars
are invited to attend, as well
as any civilians who would
like to find out just what
these GI Democrats cure plan
ning to do by way of taking
part in the "better govern
ment" put forth in the "Chal-
fonte Resolutions."
GI Democrats believe it is
time veterans made full use
of the tremendous political
power that can be exerted by
united vets. "Ballots Not Bul
lets" is the belief of the GI
Democrats.
Craighill Brown
UN Comimtiee
Must Reject Sel^tion
Before MC Can Act
If Encouragement Shown
Would Become Statewide
Officially, the United Nations
has already made the selection
of its permanent hoihe site. That
is the Westchester selection in
New York-Connecticut.
Unofficially, the United Na
tions is expected to turn down
the Westchester selection some
time between now and the first
of. the year.
Should the United Nations de
cide against a metropolitan .area
in favor of a rural area, and re
open the site selection, “then”,
said Colin Spencer, “we stand an
excellent chance. We are in excel
lent shape to be selected here.”
Colin Spencer is chairman of
the Moore County group prepar
ing a folder of detailed informa-
One Of 4 Clergymen
From NC Diocese
tion which will be presented to
Represents Diocese united Nations site selection
JT committee.
At ronVPTltlftll Nations selection
xii, VjUIX vCliUMll committee, or a member of it,
said Mr. Spencer, “have asked
me if we want them. We have
sent them letters from Governor
Cherry, from the Town Commis
sioners, and from each commun
ity in Moore County. With just
a little encouragement this will
become a statewide project. We
have the good will of thte entire
State, as well as the surrounding
Counties. However, we can’t do
anything until they meet and
turn down the Westchester sel
ection.”
The South had been ruled out
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GI Insurance
Features Changes
Dear Veteran;
Here are HIGHLIGHTS from the Terminal Leave Pay Act,
which is defined for the purposes of payments of leave due you
under the law as beginning September 8, 1939 and extending to
August 31st, 1946.
Leave or furlough for which payment will be made under this
law, is computed at the rate of two and one-half days for each month
of active HONORABLE service since September 8, 1939, less the
number of days of leave, furlough, or delay en route taken by you
since September 8, 1939, except: Sick, convalescent, and rehabilita
tion leave authorized or recommended by a ipedical officer. “Pass”,
“liberty”, or periods of temporary duty are not chargable as leave
or furlough. “Emergency furlough” is charged as ordinary furlough
in computing a veteran’s eligibility time for payment. “‘Delay en
route,” if specifically stated on the travel orders as FURLOUGH
IS CHARGED against furlough time, but “Travel time” GRANTED
IN, CONJUNCTION with an authorized furlough or leave is not
counted as part of authorized furlough if GRANTED AS “TRAVEL
TIME.” “Temporary duty” is not charged against ordinary furlough
credit. AUTHORIZED ABSENCE IN EXCESS OF THREE DAYS
IS A FURLOUGH.
NEXT OF KIN—of those individuals whose deaths occurred
AFTER HONORABLE discharge or release from active service,,
who had leave or furlough due them, are entitled to claim terminal
leave pay due to the deceased serviceman. Documentary evidence of
the relationship must accompany the application certificate and
the discharge certificate. 'The same applies to those military or
naval personnel who have been judged insane or incompetent. Pay
ment in such cases will be made by full check to the next-of-kin
of the deceased or incompetent veteran.
TO MAKE APPLICA'TION—which must be made by Sep
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A Permanent Planning Board
was elected Wednesday night at
te Community Center, represent
ing each community organiza
tion, and formed for the purpose
of developing the physical educa
tion and recreational program for
the youth of Southern Pines.
This Board consists of Mayor
O’Callaghan from the Town
Board, A. S. Dawson from the
School Faculty, Norris Hodgkins
from the School Board, John
Ruggles from the Chamber of
Commerce, June Phillips from
the Rotary Club, Morris Johnson
from the Council of Social Agen
cies, Chan Page from the Citi
zens Committee, Frank Neely
from the American Veterans om-
mittee, A. D. Hiirst from the
American Legion, and Robert
Henderson from the Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
The above named Board will
study all possibilities in devel
oping sports and recreational op
portunities for our youngsters
and will work in close coopera
tion with the School Board in all
devfelopment.
GI Insurance policies have re
cently undergone a streamlining
that eliminates the major draw
backs of Government Insurance
as compared with civilian poli
cies.
Before the recent changes, ,GI
Insurance could not be paid off
in lump sums, and the benefici
ary could only be a member of
the immediate family of the in
sured. Both these restrictions are
now eliminated. The insurance
can be paid in one lump sun^,
and it can also be made out to
any person the insured may de
sire.
. Before, GI Insurance Covered
only the Twenty and Thirty Year
Pay plans, and Ordinary Life.
Added now ^lre Twenty Year En
dowment, Endowment at the age
of sixty, and Endowment at the
age of sixty-five.
The Insurance may also be
paid off in equal monthly install
ments of 36 to 240 months (in
multiples of 12), or for' 120 cer
tain payments in equal monthly
installments. If the first bene
ficiary dies before all the pay
ments have been made, the re
maining payments will be paid
to the second beneficiary.
Income Disability
Another addition is that in
case of total disability of income,
$5 per month per thousand of in
surance will be paid the insured
if this clause is asked for at time
of conversion. It requires pay
ing a small additional premium.
Reinstatement
Any GI Insurance on term ba
sis which has elapsed may be re
instated simply by the paying of
two monthly premiums and proof
that the insured is in as good
health as at time insurance was
allowed to elapse.
One of the basic advantages of
GI Insurance is that it covers
anyone in any job, whereas civ
ilian insurance requires higher
rates to be paid by those in dah-
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The Rev. Craighill Brown and
Mrs. Brown leave on Monday for
Philadelphia to attend the 52nd
General Convention of the Epis
copal Church and the Triennial
Convention of the Woman’s Aux
iliary. Mr. Brown is one of four
clergymen who will represent
the Diocese of North Carolina as
deputies to the General Conven
tion which is the highest gov
erning body of the Episcopal
Church. Other clerical deputies
from this diocese are the Rev.
M. George Henry of Christ
Church, Charlotte, the Rev. John
Qi Beckwith, Jr., of St. Timo
thy’s Church, Wilson, and the
Rev. David W. Yates of the
Chapel of the Cross, Chapel HiU.
Lay deputies from this diocese
are Mr. Francis O. Clarkson of
Charlotte, Mr. Cleveland Thayer
of Asheboro, Mr. Kemp Battle
of Rocky Moimt, and Prof. Urban
T. Holmes of Chapel Hill.
Phildelphia has been the scene
of a number of the triennial
meetings of tWe General Con
vention, the most notable of
which was the first, in 1789.
Meeting in the same hall in
which the Constitution of the
United States had been adopted
in 1787 and under the leadership
of a number of the same people,
the Convention adopted a Con
stitution by which the former
Church of England in the colonies
became a legal entity as the Pro
testant Episcopal Church in the
United States of America.
Among the many matters of
importance to be dealt with by
the General Convention are two
of wide interest to the general
public; a proposed revision of the
Ohurch’s laws respecting mar
riage and the question of possible
union with the Presbyterian
Church in the U. S. A., commonly
known as the Northern Presby-
tterian Church.
Because of the rector’s ab
sence there will be no services
Emmanuel Church after the
eleven o’clock servicte on Sunday,
Sept. 8th, until eight o’clock on
Sunday, September 22nd.
Legion Auxiliary
Delegates to the American Le
gion Auxiliary Convention at Ra
leigh Aug. 25 through 27th in
cluded Mrs. Haynes Britt, Miss
Ethel Blue Britt, Mrs. L. L.
Woolley and Mrs. Dan R. Mc
Neill, local unit president.
These ladies all report this con
vention as the best they ever
attended and attendance reports
indicated that it was more large
ly attended than in previous
years.
Mrs. WooUey and Miss Britt
both served as pages during the
convention. All delegates from
this unit roomed at the Sir Wal
ter Hotel, which was Conven
tion Headquarters.
Reports of convention will be
given at the next American Le
gion Auxiliary meeting to be
held at the Le'gion Hut, Sept.
10th, at which time 4 new mem
bers will be initiated, and Girls’
State reports will be made by
representatives sponsored by the
unit. Miss Peggy Jean Cameron,
Miss Carolyn Chester and Miss
Mary Frances Campbell.
RED CROSS
CAR WINNER
The brand new spic and
span Plymouth given away
at the Labor Day baU game
was won by S. R. Cooper, of
Rt. 1 near Fayetteville. Coop
er works for the Merita B^-
ing Company, lives abotit
four miles out in the coun
try. and had no car. When
he won the Plymouth with
his lucky ticket Cooper
showed his appreciation by
writing a dieck to help fin
ance the new steel fence
around the Ball Park.
Col. George P. Hawes, Jr.,
president of Moore County Chap
ter of The Red Cross has appoint
ed the following nominating com
mittee: Mrs. J. Talbot Johnson,
chairman, Mrs. Chester I. Wil
liams, Mrs. Norris Hodgkins,
Miss Lucile Eifort and W. D. Sab-
iston.
The annual meeting comes in
November, and officers nomina
tedwill be announced two weeks
before the election. Meantime
president Hawes invites all Red
Cross members to suggest nomi
nees to the committee.
SERVICES AT MANLY
Rev. J. Hoge Smith will con
duct a special series of Evangel
istic services at Manly Presbyter
ian Church beginning Sept. 8 at
8 p. m. Rev. Smith is pastor of
the Olivia, Cypress, and Camer
on Hill Presbyterian Chxirches.
The public is extended an invi
tation to these services.