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SAVE ! I FOOD GIcndlon loxconot Cof^qe ^ ^^Mlaopqs. Cameron ffjl , , l.ak«vic>i'*Vas6 f tllerbe LOT I SAVE FOOD VOL. 27. NO. 43. 12 PAGES THIS WEEK Southern Pines, N. C., Friday, September 20, 1946. 12 PAGES THIS WEEK TEN CENTS Football Season’s First Game Will Be With Pittsboro Office-Apartment May Be Erected On Town Park Site At Pittsboro This Wednesday, Sept. 25 First Team Fairly Well Picked Now This year’s edition of the Blue and White grid team Coach Daw son has in the making out on the flats is not going to be any body’s push over. Much depends on the development of capable reserves, but ^given a break or two and barring early season in jury of key players, the possibil- ities are for a surprise package development. Tuesday’s! driving workout in preparation for Wednesday’s op ening game with Pittsboro Higli at Pittsboro, was capped off with a spirited full game scrimmage between the Blue and Whites. Both Blue and White backs broke away for some long gains, but there was some spotty pass de- • fense exhibited, and many missed blocking assignments. Much work remains to be done on pass defense and positional play as well as on kicking. The lines looked fairly good although at times the reserve ends were sucked in by a smothly executed, deceptive inside reverse. Coach Dawson, while far from satisfied, was not too unhappy over the results of the scrim mage. A quick look at the scrimmag ing teams which is the likely var sity squad show the end positions well taken care of. Harrington, letterman and center last year will be at one flank, and veterans York and Morgan are battling it out for the nod at the other. Harrington will probably call sig nals and on defense will back up the line. Contenders from the re serves are Maples, Baker, Culle:'. Patch, McLellan, Clark, and Hodgkins, all inexperienced, with Maples and Baker having the edge. At the center slot, stocky Fred Amette, letterman and wingback last year, will likely get the start ing call. Arnette likes the going when it is tough. He is capable. Joe Bennett, transfer from Wadesboro,- and Richard Kay lor are waging a hot battle for run ner up with Scotty Burns and Joe Kimball reserves. In the backfield Coach Dawson is doing considerable shuffling to get an all round combination. Mc- tif Leod and Straka, both lettermen, are running at the quarter or blocking back post with honors about even, but Straka, a terrific tackier, may have the inside track. Campbell and Sclleipers returned servicemen, and Sledge are reserves. Campbell who re ported considerably overweight is fast and a hard runner to stop. , He and Scheipers will be of con- “ siderabl help a little later. For the wingback position the rapid rounding into shape of ex navy Clyde “Red” Smith is a welcome and pleasant surprise. (Continued on Page 8) The Town Board of Commis sioners has been approached by Dr. James S. Milliken, who ad vises that he has had an oppor tunity to sell the 50 ft. frontage on East Broad Street between his office and the Town Park, to a person who is interested in erect ing a two story building to be used as an office on the ground floor with apartments above. The Board, after discussing the matter, has referred same to the Board of Adjustment (Zoning Board) for its recommendation. The Board of Adjustment has arranged for a public meeting to Gen. Gavin Tells Kiwanis Of War 10 Years Heiice Airborne Follow Rockets In Mattear of Few Monutes Major General James M. Gavin, Commander of the 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, addressing the Sandhills Kiwan is Club at its weekly luncheon Wednesday at Aberdeen on the subject “Our Troops Abroad and International Defense” advocated an army highly technical, well- trained men for defense of this country, “since there are no more frontiers—^not even large bodies of water.” The General, a graduate of West Point in the clas of 1929, predicted that within ten years rockets could be landed at any point on the planet and could be followed with an airborne army in a matter of hours. He described one of the new type guns used by the Airborne Divi sion, weighing 45 pounds, which will pierce 7 inches of armoured steel. Referring to the airborne inva- sio^fs, he declared island fighting was just as severe as fighting on the continent, pointing out that troops suffered terribly in 1944- 45 from the bitter winter weath er, with casualties of his divisions running up to 3,000 men. In conclusion, he said, “Hitler did not have the courage to fol low up Dunkirk in the invasion of England.” The speaker was introduced by Judge L. T. Avery. , County Convention Of YDC Scheduled For Coming Week Sgt. Fred Hall, Jr. Sgt. Fred Hall, Jr. son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hall of Southern Pines, has been assigned the in teresting job of opening up a 700 seat theatre in Luwigsburg, Ger many. Ludwigsburg, only three miles from Stuttgart, is a military community and the problems presented Sgt. Hall will be such that his Southern Pines friends will want to hear more about. JIM PLEASANTS MOVES HERE Mr. and Mrs. James Pleasants and children, Julian and Rodney, have moved from Sanford and are now living in their recently purphased home, the Ramsey house, on Ridge Street. Mr. Pleasants is district representa tive of the Shenandoah Life In- # surance Company. The Moore County YDC County convention will be held in the Courthouse at Carthage on Friday night, September 27 at 8 p. m., according to an announcement by H. Clifton Blue, County YDC President. Mr. Blue, who has served as YDC President since 1941, has announced that he will not be a candidate to succeed himself for this office. • Hubert McCaskill, prominent Pinehurst YDC leader has announced his candidacy to succeed Blue. Thus far no other candidate has announced. It is expected that the State YDC convention will be held on Friday and Saturday, October 11 and 12, and the County conven tion will be expected to name delegates to attend the State Con vention. Recently the 8th District YDC rally was held at the Club Chal- fonte in Moore County under the sponsorship of the Moore County YDC club. Other officials of the Moore County YDC club are eJan Swett first vice president; J. Douglas David, second vice president; Mrs. Richard Hassell, secretary; and Calvin Simmons, treasurer. All Moore County Young Dem ocrats are urged to attend the County Convention on Septem ber 27. be held at the Community Center on Wednesday, September 25th, at 8:00 p. m., at which time it will be glad to hear any of the proponents or opponents who might care to express an opinion. The present business area on East Broad Street starts in the middle of the block between Con necticut Avenue and^ Vermont Avenue and extends to Pennsyl vania Avenue. The Town Attor ney ^as advised that it would be necessary for the business zone to be extended on East Broad Street to permit the construction of a building to be used for pro fessional purposes. Carthage Tobacco Reports Top Price Both Warehouses Full On Monday & Tuesday Excellent Schedule Of Concert-Lectures At Flora Macdonald High School Vets Find First Week Not Too Tough Five Veterans Back In SP High School Know Their Minds Newcomb Bruits Resort Airlines Plans To Go Ahead Other Students Elect Vets To Top Honors The tobacco market which op ened here Monday was very sat isfactory. The heavier types of tobacco were off a little, but good tobacco is still selling at good prices. The better graded brought from 60c to -660. Medium grade ranged from 25c to 35c, with some of it bringing as high as 45c. Both warehouses were full by Monday. The first sale was at Smothers Bros. As soon as the selling became brisk, more to bacco started coming in, and there were full houses again for Tuesday’s sales. The sales ran for 5 hours, including both houses,, for the first two days of the week, and for the remainder of the week 3 hours daily. Fred Flinchum, chairman of the Jaycee committee to sponsor the Carthage market says they are quite hopeful that Carthage will maintain again this year its crown of highest average in this district. The fact that the heavier grades were off a little on Mon day should not deter anyone from bringing his tobacco to be sold in Carthage, as this drop has been general throughout the state for these grades. The government grader was on hand for the opening, and the Jaycees, who had worked- so hard to boost the local market and get a grader, were jubilant. It looked once as if they might not get one after all. But they kept right in behind the movement to have a grader; Joe Caddell of the triple A office wired Washing ton, and when the sales started Monday the grader was here. Not all the markets in the smaller (Continued on Page 8) Throughout the United States thousands of young' veterans have entered High School halls, taking up the slack in their lines of 'education. What do these young veterans think and feel as they pass through the corridors of their home town High Schools? What do they think of their fellow stu dents and their teachers? Is the transition from uniform to school desk so great that these young vets become misfits and problems to their families, friends, and to the community? Such have been the questions and fears of many. But such fears do not exist in Southern Pines. If the five veterans enrolled in Southern Pines High are any measure of the young veterans throughout America again in High Schools, then America can relax in its waiting and watching for that “war neurosis” many have dreaded developing in vet erans, both young aijl old. What their fellow students think of these veterans returning to High School is shown in the fact that the three top honor spots in the seniof class were given them. Lewis Pate was elected class president, T. K. “Soupy” Cam bell vice-president, and Hurley Short treasurer. The other two veterans are Clyde Smith and Donald Schei pers. Only Pate of the veterans was in the Army. The other four took to the Navy and the high seas. Pate decided to return to high school here because the credits he needs to enter Wak Forest can be gotten just as well at home and he can save his GI benefits for Wake Forest. Also said Pate: “I really know what I’m here for. At least I’ve settled down and intend to get the most out of it. This isn’t something I have to do, but is what I want to do.” “Soupy” Campbell pretty much agreed with Pate, saying; “Be lieve I have a good bit more am bition than when I was in high (Continued on Page 5) Pope Field Flyers On Mercy Mission Fly Iron Lung To Young Polio Victim The concert-lecture course committee of Flora Macdonald College is happy to announce that final arrangements have been completed for an interesting series of attractions for the cur rent college year. Musical numbers for the sea son will include Rosalyn Tureck, famous American pianist; Mack Harrell, one of the truly great baritones, and declared by the NEW YORK TRIBUNE last Jan uary to be “far and away our finest male concert singer”; and the Gordon String Quartet, one of the most popular chamber groups in America today. The series also includes two of the greatest personalities oh the lec ture platform. Dr. Gordon S. Sea- greave. Physician, and author of the famed “Burma Surgeon”; and H. R. Knickerbocker, well-known and very popular foreign corres pondent. Dean Reuter, chairman, takes pleasure in announcing that the concert-lecture series this year is maintaining the high level of excellence which has for years drawn discriminating audiences to Flora Macdonald to hear the great artists of the day. A C-47 Army Transport plane left Pope Field Sunday, Septem ber 15th, on an errand of mercy —flying an iron lung from Char- lottCi N. C., to the Children’s Hos pital in Jackson, Miss., to be- uged for a small polio victim. This is but one of the many cases of polio which has broken out in that section of the south. Taking off at 5:45 p. m. on verbal orders of Colonel Paul H. Prentiss, base commajnder, the C-47 reached Charlotte at 6:15 picked up the iron lung from Charlotte Memorial Hospital, took off again at 6:58, and arriv ed in Jackson at 10:15. Hospital authorities informed crew mem bers of the C-47, that only the timely arrival of the ‘lung’, saved the life of some child. To show their appreciation for the prompt service, residents took the -crew members in tow and made them the guests of the town. The C-47 was piloted by 1st Lt. Arnold I. Cook, and co-piloted by 2nd Lt. Alexis Mugil. Volun teer crew members were Corpor al Fulton Tyndall, flight engin eer, and Pfe Hubert Bozeman, ra dio operator. SAL Station Idea North Of Manly Paint Pots, Awnings, And What Have You, Head Startling Tale By A. S. Newcomb Lengthening shadows, chirp ing katydids and the pungent odor of burning leaves announce that autumn is once more upon us and winter approaches apace. It won’t be long now before individuals of the genus homo will emulate their feathered friends and depart in large num bers on their periodic migration from the chilling North to more salubrious latitudes where Con nie from Connecticut and Minnie from Minnesota will meet Louise from Louisiana and Cal from Cal ifornia while Tom, Dick and Harry join John Doe and Richard Roe on lush green fairways and sunkissed bridle trails. It is, therefore, time to prepare to extend cordial welcome; time to pick up the paint pot and pretty up the porch; to sew up the yawning awning; to grease the groaning gate and fix the falling fence in anticipation of the return of seasonal activity. But hush! There is a rumor extant, a rumor that this year Southern Pines is to have her face lifted as it was never lifted before, is to undergo beautifica tion with ramifications that will result in improvement beyond estimation. “They say” (and this writer has it from an apparently indisputable source) that the (Continued on Page 8) Aberdeen Airkem Office Now Open Airkem Mid-South Distributors is the name of a new corporation recently incorporated under the state laws of North Carolina, to operate in Aberdeen. The Presi dent is F. W. Howe, of Buffalo, N. Y. and Pinehurst; George Mc Call, Vice President and General Manager, formerly of Buffalo, N. Y., has recently purchased the Mudgett home in Southern Pines and moved his family there; and Mrs. Henrietta Courtway of Aberdeen, Secretary. Airkem Mid-South Distributors are to be distributors in this sec tion of the State for Airkem Cholrophyll Air Freshener and Airkem Red Label Rest Room Air Freshener. Airkem, one of the new products that has come to the fore during the war, has been in use for the past six years, but only recently has its distribution been undertaken on a nation wide scale. Airkem was first used in hos pitals, and also in many large plants where the odors from in- (Continued on Page 5) On Ideas For Improving Knollwood; Field Turned Back To Moore County GI DEMS There will be a meeting tonight (Friday) at eight o'clock of the North Carolina GI Democrats in the Carth age Courthouse. All ex-service personnel interested in Moore County politics, or in this organiza tion, are invited to attend. GI Democrats dedicate themselves to ithid ''orderly achjjevement of progressive aims." The platform of the Moore County organization is to be the main subject at tonight's meeting. War Assets Promises Action In Ten Dkys Carter Interests In Warehouse Sold George D. Carter has sold his interest in the McCormell Ware house at Carthage to his sons, Dan and Bill Carter, and O. P. Littleton,—the firm henceforth will be known as Carter Brothers and Littleton. The Carter brothers are well known on the Carthage market, having worked with their father at the McConnell for more than 20 years; the last ten years as partners in the firm of George D. Carter and Sons. Mr. Littleton, a native of Goldsboro, has been connected with tobacco interests for the last 20 years. He started buying to bacco at the age of 18 and has followed the market from Florida to Kentucky, buying burley, bright and the dark-fired Ken tucky leaf. “I am very happy over my new partnership with the two Carter brothers in the operation of the McConnell Warehouse,” says Mr. Littleton, “and want the tobacco growers and the public in general to know that I am to do every thing in my power to continue to operate this firm in the ca pable manner of George D. Car ter. As an organization, we pledge iOur complete cooperation with the farmers and other ware housemen, and will do every thing possible to make Carth age a bigger and better market.” Special emphasis has been placed on the fact that farmers may bring their tobacco to the Carthage market any day and have it sold while it still is fresh not having to wait for a sale while the quality of the tobacco deteriorates. Bill Carter is autioneer for the McConnell house while Dan Car ter is manager. Other sons of George D. Carter employed at the house are Hoover, Ben and Junior Carter, and Reid Flinch um and Herbert Kennedy. The Chambers of Commerce of Durham and Raleigh have sub mitted a joint petition to the Civil Aeronautics Board, Wash ington, D. C., requesting that the long-standing monopoly of the Eastern Airlines, Inc. be broken by permitting some competing air line to provide north and south pasenger service at the Raleigh-Durham Airport. Under the monopolistic franchise grant ed to Eastern Airlines by the Civil Aeronautics Board, no other line is at present permitted to take on or discharge north and south passengers at the Raleigh- Durham Airport. Representing the two cities of Durham and Raleigh, former Governor J. Melville Broughton on August 26, 1946 addressed the members of the Civil Aeronau tics Board in part as follows: “Raleigh and Durham are a part of an air-conscious State, be cause it was in North Carolina that aviation had its birth. The Meeting Being Held Tonight At Town Hall Raleigh-Durham C of C Submits Joint Petition To End Eastern Airlines Long-Standing Monopoly state Capital itself carries^ poten- talities for air transportation far beyond the population of the city, as it is the home and seat of all State agencies and, likewise, the seat of a large number of Feder al agencies. At Durham, there is the great Duke University, which is national in its scope and im portance, and with a student body perhaps in excess of 5.000 to 8,000 persons at the present time. “In Raleigh, there is the North Carolina State College of Agri culture and Engineering, and nearby. Wake Forest College, as well as the University of North Carolina. Dv^ke University (has one of the greatest hospitals in the South. All of these things, Mr. Chairman, are adding enor mously to the requirements for air transportation, and in addi tion people as far away as Wil son, Wilmington, Goldsboro, Hen derson, and other points come (Continued on Page 8) Last Tuesday a representative of the War Assets Administra tion’s Richmond Office called at Knollwood Field and informed Lewis Burwell, president of Re sort Airlines, that within ten days the Army will officially turn back the airfield to Moore County. . This step has been long await ed by Resort Airlines, as it will clear the wary for the improve ments that have been hanging fire until this turnover could be laccomplished, allowing Resort’s lease of the field to become 100 per cent effective. The ^only strings attached are ' that in case of another war the field will again be available to the armed services. Meeting Action is being immediately in stigated by Resort Airlines and the Airport Commission to have the proposed improvements get under way. A meeting, set up by the Chamber of Commerce di rectors, will take place tonight at eight o’clock in the Town Hall, at which time Lewis Burwell will present to the Airport Commis sion his plans for improving Knollwood Field into Resort Air Park. The Commission, consist ing of Richard Tufts, D. G. Stutz, L. R. Reynolds, Howard Burns, and S. H. Miller, will then pre sent the plans to the County Commissioners for their final de cision and, action. 10,000 a Year According to Burwell, 75 to. 100 people a day can be expected on the north-south daily flights of Resort Airlines. “These peo ple”, said Burwell, “will be the type Southern Pines and Pine hurst as resorts want to attract. They can get a good or a bad im pression of the Sandhills from the facilities available here at the field. If we had a lounge and restaurant we could be proud of, we’d make this a stopover for every flight. Ten thousand a year would be a reasonable estimate of the number of people we ' could have stopover for lunch here.” Operational Plans New York to Miami service is expected to be resumed by Re sort Airlines about the 15th of October. This will be a daily ser- (Continued on Page 5) American Legion The third Division of the American Legion held a mem bership meeting Wednesday night in Sanford. Department Vice Commander John H. Steph enson, of Southern Pines, presid ed over the suecesful meeting. Speaking on the Legion’s plans for a membership drive. Depart ment Commander William York, of Greensboro, said “this drive is now on and we hope to double our membership this year. The Legion expects to have 100,000 members by Armistice Day.” Pinehurst Casino Open For Season The Pinehurst Casino is re opening for the new season. Dur ing the summer the Club has been entirely redecorated and the bowling alleys have been re finished. Chester Williams, the General Manager, said the Club has been Incorporated to make it a pri vate club. Anyone wishing “a nice quiet evening of relaxation and recreation in the only spot like it in the Sandhills” is re quested to apply at the Club in person. It is located on the Aber- deen-Pinehurst Road.