pilot—Southern j
Carolina
Friday. January 6.
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JAMES BOYD. Publis er—1944
|NE BOYD
Editor
J NICHOLSON Asst. Editor
|AY ....... General Manager
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N. C. Press Association
The Air Academy
The idea that Southern Pines and the
kandhills might be the site of an air force acad
emy ppens surprising vistas. There is no imag
ining the changes that would occur here. Every
thing would have to become twenty times big
ger and better. The population of the town
would jump ahead, with corresponding pros
perity.
An occurrence which would so completely
alter the character of a community cannot be
contemplated without much concern by its cit
izens. Whether it be joyful concern in the
happy anticipation of great and good things
to come or' whether the concern be tinged with
some apprehension of possible drawbacks along
with the expected advantages, the concern re
mains. Everyone is vitally involved and vitally
interested!
"^Tlieve^ffi no way of judging accurately how
tie people feel, for the move was made so hastily
_(iat there was no: chance to find out, but it is
highly probable that there is general enthu
siasm. Many have long advocated the Sandhills
as the ideal location for a college or school and
this sort of “industry” brings many adtrantages
with it. There will be grave problems, of
course: we experienced some of tljem during
the war years when we were an army town, in
the sudden terrific strain on facilities of every
sort, but the advantages: in business, in the type
of people who will be added to our community
and in many other respects, should far out
weigh the difficulties. As a member of the
group which sent the invitation put it: This
will be the biggest thing ever. . . ”
Because there are so many imknown factors
^nd the decision will be made by qualified ex-
srts on its merits and on the basis of many
onsiderations, including, one hopes, the tax
payers’ pocketbooks, it is perhaps futile to spec
ulate on whether or not our town will be
chosen. However, if a new site on the eastern
seaboard is to be considered, surely this would
be a good one.
The Camp Mackall tract is probably what the
Chamber of Commerce had in mind. It is already
Bwned by tlje government and the air strip
Irhen built was considered ofie of the finest
Ir the country. Its facilities for parachute train-
pg are 'well known. Also, it is the hub of a
[ whose spokes run out to a number of
k both civil and military, of top calibre.
Jmate for flying, though not in a class
he southwest, is certainly by far the best
f east.
be who started this idea with so much en-
^m will undoubtedly get strong backing
nost of their fellow-townsmen, while even
^ho are luke-warm will give it their sup-
■or our people are patriotic and they
ipitable. If the air force chooses Southern
^nd the Sandhills for its academy site,
Itiie’^TOcome signs will be hung out all over.
I There is not a doubt that the town will do
I everything in its po wer to cooperate with the
|air force in this undertaking and to make its
personnel welcome members of our community.
Carolina Hotel
It is an impressive sensation to look across. r?t
our neighbor, Pinehurst, and think of those fifty
years of the Carolina’s existence. The great ho-
tbl in the pines has weathered several crises in
‘ tihe life of the country, and through them all
has held hospitable doors wide to those who
piame.
* They came for many reasons, probably, but
it is likely that the main one was the desire fo^r
relaxation and rest. To get away from the cares
of home and business, to live graciously in an
atmosphere of good cheer, of healthy outdoor
sport and pleasant companionship.. . to eat good
food, nicely served, to stroll under the pines or
sit lazily out on the lawn in the sunshine, to
get a ride out to the golf course every day and
then back again to relax once more in a friendly
atmosphere. That is the sort of thing the Caro
lina has meant to a vast number of people.
There must, surely, be a considerable sense of
satisfaction in the hearts of the Tufts family
as they look back over these fifty years of Car
olina living.
The Carolina has numbered among its guests
a good many of the Big People of this nation
and a few others. They have been of all sorts:
^statesmen, movie stars, famous golfers, re-
aowned game hunters, leading doctors, lawyers,
^nkers. The leaders of the press have chosen it
a few of their conventions, as have, of
trse, the statek^iH^K^, dentists, automobile
In an^.3^^||^^^^|^usiness groups. As
^nventioris, the ho-
service to this
3te the number
Sandhills or
I who first be-
jirough their
ivertising
kworth
[^ium was at-
_'l enthusiasm.
^^rvimJanW right arid’^prcjUj^This building,
v^ich has been needed ror so long, will fill a
place in the life of the school and the commun
ity which is an important one.
Not only from a physical but from a character
standpoint, a gym is a necessary asset of any
good school, the lessons learned there through
the give and take of sports, the subordination
of self to team work, the sense of honor that can
be inculcated through emphasis on good sports
manship, the strengthening of self-reliance and
courage. . . these are just a few of the qualities
learned on the floor of a gym. From a physical
standpoint, especially if exercises as well as
sports are carried on and if all the pupils take
their turns on the floor, the good to the whO'le
physical side of a town’s growing youth is ines-
-timable.
There is no doubt, however, that if it is the
wrong sort of “gym,” a good deal of harm in
stead of good will result. A spirit of intense
athleticism that overemphasizes competition
and rivalry, taking all the fun out of playing
a game and turning it into a deadly serious busi
ness, can have bad effects, both on those who
take part and those who watch them. The jeal
ousies, the favoritism, the hero-worship so un
dermining to the youthful ego, which are found
in some school and university athletics, have
ruined more than one promising youngster.
But this sort of thing is a danger that all good
teachers and coaches, such as we have here, are
well aware of and constantly guard against.
They know, better than anyone else, that it can
undermine the character not only of the ath
letes themselves but of the whole school: schol
arship and morale suffer as the great majority,
who are not star athletes or even moderately
good players, find themselves relegated to the
role of permanent spectators, their interests
overlooked in the emphasis on sport.
The fact that Southern Pines has chosen to
build not only a new gym, but the auditorium
and cafeteria, and the elementary school as.
well, shows that our people have a well-round
ed school program in mind. Our town is indeed
fortunate, and this newspaper believes our peo
ple are well aware of the fact, that it has been
able to build such fine school buildings. Build
ing for youth is building for the future, rem
embering all the while that any building, no
matter how fiiie, is valuable qnly because of
what goes on inside of it. '
[of Sand
So now Christmas is a memorj'
. . We’re sure our town was
never prettier at any Christmas
than the one just past, thanks to
the Chamber of Commerce, the
Rotary club and others respon
sible for the beautiful lighting.
. . Now comes the job of getting
all those lights back down again,
the bulbs taken out and packed
away till next year.
Selections of the judges for the
display prizes pleased us mightily
. We’d have picked the same
ones, if we were judging. . .
There were others also which
were mighty pretty. . . And seems
that somewhere there should be a
classification for the hotels, who
always do a beautiful decoration
job. . . We didn’t have time to get
around to all the hotels, but we
remember happily the beautiful
tree and lights seen through the
big luminous windows at the Hol
lywood. . . And Bunny Harring
ton's old - fashioned Christmas
tree at the Southland, a real New
Hampshire spruce shipped down
here for a southern Christmas ac
cording to immemorial Southland
custom. . . It was decorated also
in o^ii-fashioned style, with orna
ments from long agO', each one
different, delicately lovely.
Today’s mass-produced tree or
naments have their own stream
lined beauty, but there was true
artistry in their making long ago.
. . When they were imported
from Germany, each one a skilled
craftsman’s work of art.
For New Years and .^Iways
The late President Hyde of Bowdoin College,
gave these ideals that are fitting for the New
Year resolution.
To weigh the material in the scales of 'the
personal and measure life by the standard of
love. . . to prize health as contagious happiness,
wealth as potential service, reputation as latent
influence, learning for the light it can shed,
power for the help it can give, station for the
good it can do. . . to choose in each case what
is good on the whole, and accept cheerfully in
cidental evil9 involved. . . to put my whole self
into all that I do and encourage no single desire
at the expense of myself as a whole. . . to crowd
out fear by devotion to duty, and see present
and future as one. . . to treat others as I would
be treated and myself as I would my best friend
... to lend no oil to the foolish, but let my light
shine freely for all . \ . tO' make no gain by an
other’s loss, to buy no pleasure with another’s
pain. . . to harbor no thought of another which
I would be unwilling that others should know. .
. to say nothing unkind to amuse myself, and
nothing false to please others. . . to take no
pride in weaker mens failings and bear no mal
ice toward those who do wrong. . . to* worship
God in all that is good and true and beautiful
... to serve Christ wherever a sad heart can
be made happy or a wrong will set right. . . and
to recognize God’s coming kingdom in every
institution and person that helps men love one-
another.
Happier Than The Average
“I think I am happier than the average per
son. . . I believe everyone should live every day
the best way he knows how, and under the cir
cumstances take things as they come along,
neither worrying about what has happened or
what is going to happen, because what people
worry about may never oome to pass.”
The speaker of those words is not, as one
might think, a normal, healthy and successful
man, perhaps addressing reporters from a com
fortable swivel chair behind a large executive’s
desk. The speaker of those words is Fred Snite,
Jr., whose life has been sustained for the past
13 years only by virtue of an iron lung. When
a man who could not breathe without a ma
chine to perform the work of paralized mus
cles, takes that attitude toward life, it sort of
puts the rest of us to shame.
For our part, we’re going to clip the words of
this man who lives always within a few minutes
of possible extinction and put them away where
we can find them on occasions when we think
we have something to complain about.
—Sanford Herald
Of today’s ornaments, we like
the “something new” which has
been added in the past year or
t\yo. . . The “bubble-lights” which
ripple busily in candle-shaped
holders. . . Bright and lively bits
of color, fascinating to watch. . .
We heard, too, of the small silver
bells which keep up a constant
tiny jingling when plugged in. . .
But we aren’t sure we think so
much of those. . . We ^ove a beau
tiful Christmas tree. . But aren’t
sure we want it to jingle!
• Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs.
Clyde Cook, of Jacksonville, on
the arrival of an extra special
Christmas gift. . . A daughter,
Linda Gayle, born Christmas day.
Clyde was formerly a police
man h4re, and is now chief in the
Onslow County town. . . Doing
fine, too, we hear. . . Recently at
his request the FBI held a police ® ^oo
school at Jacksonville, for the po
lice department and also for mili
tary officers of nearby Camp Le-
Jeune. . . Special agents of the
FBI conducted the school, and re
ceiving certificates were Chief
Cook and all his men. Mayor Her
bert Eastwood (who is from Lake-
view) the Camp Lejeune provost
marshal and a number of Marine
non-coms.
jid and he was there to greet us
and is very active for his age.
Everybody was given an oyster
and of course excitedly waited to
see what was inside. The oysters
that were opened before mine had
the pearl in sight but when he
opened mine he dug around and
I thought it would be my luck to
get one that didn’t have a pearl,
but out came the hiceest one of
all, a fairly large one with just
a small flaw and Howard was
next in line and his was real nice,
though a shade smaller.
“There were several Austra
lians on the tour and one of the
men got three small pearls, but
I heard him say on the train that
he threw one of his away, it was
so small. Can you imagine throw
ing a pearl away?
‘The Mother-of-Pearl is import
ed from the Mississippi river in
the States. That is ground into
small pieces about the size of a
small pea, a piece of tissue is tak
en from an oyster and two pieces
of that with the round ball of
Mother - of - Pearl is inserted in
an oyster and it takes three to
four years to grow.
“From there we went in the
room where holes are bored in
the pearls, also where they are
sorted for size, color and quality.
Never saw sc many pearls. They
had big dishes of them, all sizes
and colors, some very beautiful.
I always thought yellow, blue and
black pearls were artificial but
I saw them there and the yellow
ones were gorgeous. ’The black
pearls are very rare. Color is de
termined by the condition of the
oyster.
‘•Mikomotc flies the American
flag at his farm. During the war
the Japanese officials sent him a
sword to commit hari-kari as -h^
didn’t go along with their
liefs.”
W|0 Macon is with -tbs.
Force at Nagoya ^
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This, thou
cere, from
Mrs. Howard Macon, the for
mer Della Freeman, of Pinehurst,
writes interestingly to her aunt,
Mrs. Berlha G. Fields, of Pine
hurst, from Nogoya base, Japan,
where Warrant Officer Macon is
stationed. . . A recent letter, part
of vyhifh follows, could be called
“Acres of Pearls”:
“We went to Mikomoto’s Pearl
Farm last Saturday. Went to Fu-
tami Saturday afternoon' and
spent the night at a Japanese ho
tel which was right on the coast
and a resort town, and the clean
est pace I’ve seen in Japan. The
hotel was very nice and spotlessly
clean but everything Japanese
style. We exchanged our shoes at
the entrance for house-shoes, ate
off the small tables sitting on a
cushion, and slept on the floor
mats, quite a novelty but I
wouldn’t want to live that way
all. the time.
“We took our food but they will
cook anything a person takes
along.
“We caught the train the next
day and went to the Pearl Farm
which was about an hour and a
half ride. Mikomoto is 92 years
wanting
(but ki
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A Go Forward Item
North Carolina ^as a ratio of one library book
for every four persons in the State. This con
trasts jwjth the national average of one book per
persoi!h
The jstate has made great strides in the de-
velopmient of public libraries, but it has a long
way toi go.
Even! the legislature’s request for $500,000 to
aid locul libraries does not contemplate raising
the ratiio to more than one-half book per per-
jpn. Brft that would be progress, j
"■^ feuggest the thought that this is a “Go
td” item which should not be neglected.
From the Pilot files:
TEN YEARS AGO
A new lO-room elementary
school building, with auditorium^
is approved for Southern Pines by
the county commissioners, work
to start in July, 1941.
Moore County Boy Scouts to
become part of Occoneechee
Council, according to information
received ' by Rev. Thomas Wil
liams, local scout leader.
John Howarth takes O'ffice as
president of Sandhills Kiwanis
club, succeeding Judge J. Vance
Rowe.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
Chamber of Commerce Banquet
will “B” a good one, says Pilot,
B-cause Buthan, Burt and Bet-
terley are in charge.
Frank jShamburger is inducted
into offip as Kiwanis Club pres
ident, succeeding Murdoch John
son.
Struthers Burt in front-page
letter ’scores those whO' defile
highways with roadside signs.