oyful Easter Story Will Be Re-Told
In Song And Sermon Sunday Morning
Catholic, Episcopal
Observances of
Good Friday
Solemnities of Good Friday to-
y will be followed on Sunday
the churches and on the air by
ster joy, in sermon and song.
th^ee-hour devotion will
morialize the Crucifixion'
riod at Emmanuel Episcopal
urch, starting at 12 noon. The'
IV. C. V. CoveU, rector, will lead'
devotions and an appropriate
isical program will have as so-
sts Mrs. Joe N. Steed, Tom Cor-
n and Harold Makepiece, Jr., of
tiford.
\t St. Anthony’s Catholic
arch the Way of the Cross, an-
nt in churohly tradition, will be
d at 3 o’clock. Confessions will
heard during Saturday after-
an and evening.
Easter Sunday
laster Sunday at Emmanuel
irch. Holy Oo'mmunion hours
.1 be 8, 9:30 and 11 a. m., with
choir singing at the 11 o’clock
vice. At 4:30 p. m., children of
Sunday school will have their
ebox service, with the beauti-
“Flowering of the Cross.” The
vice will be brief, and will be
owed by an Easter egg hunt,
nsored by St. Anne’s Guild,
t St. Anthony’s, low mass will
at 8 a.m., and at 10:30 the Mass
the Angels, a Gregorian adap-
on, will be sung by the choir,
ertory .will be “Panis Angeli-
recessional “He Is Risen.”
1 -n T , plans to keep her home here
’c^^ ^h^o^rTv occasions when
choir, with Tony Pinto at the 'she and her children can be to
gether, though she will move of
Ipecial music ,sermon themes
Sunday school exercises will
■k the joyous Easter day in
ir churches of the town,
t the. First Baptist church, an
iversary will also be observed,
t was on Easter Sunday last
that Dr. William C. Holland
t came to the church as a guest
or, later accepting the call to
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WILL BE DEAN
Boy Scouts Plant
125,000 Trees In
County Contest
Best "Good Turn"
They Ever Did, Is
Gilmore's Verdict
MRS. P. P. McCAIN
Mrs; McCain Will
Take Position At
Flora Macdonald
Mrs. P. P. McCain of Southern
Pines has accepted the position of
dean of women at Flora Macdon
ald college, Red Springs, for the
coming year, according to an an-
nounceipent made today by Dr.
Marshall Woodson, college presi
dent.
Mrs. McCain is one of the state’s
best known and best loved womr
en, active in the state’s affairs and
also those of this community,
where she has made her home
for the past three years. She said
an.
ficially to the college in Septem
ber.
In the next few weeks, Mrs. Mc
Cain said this week, she plans to
visit Woman’s, college, Greens
boro, Queens college at Charlotte
and Agnes Scott college at Deca
tur, Ga., to get pointers on the of
fice and duties of dean.
Before coming to Southern
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>nzer In Key Group Given Training
or Emergency Economic Leadership
)hn L. Ponzer, industrial en-
er with the Southern Pines
sion of the Carolina Power
Light company, was one of a
ip of key men in business, in-
ry, labor and education in the
hern states, who joined top
tary figures in an intensive
omic mobilization course
n at Birmingham, Ala., for
weeks during March,
le training school was spon-
Last Friday, March 31, saw the
closing of a tree planting contest
among Boy Scout troops of Moore
county which saw 125,000 seed
lings, longleaf and shortleaf pine,
planted by the troops on land
throughout the county. ,
The troops through their labors
reclaimed many acres of land
which was otherwise useless, and
added to Moore’s timber resources
for the future, said Voit Gilmore,
who as district advancement
chairman had headed the project.
As the contest neared its close
leading contenders for first place
were Troop 206 of Pinebluff,
Troop 68 of Aberdeen and Troop
224 of Southern Pines, who among
them have planted more than
75,000 trees, Mr. Gilmore said.
More than 10 Boy Scouts will re
ceive free camping trips of one
week at Camp Durant this sum
mer, as winners of prizes estab
lished by various businesses and
individuals of the county.
Among recent plantings by Boy
Scouts have been projects on the
property of Judge J. Vance Rowe
between Pinehurst and Pinebluff,
of Dr. W. F. Hollister between
Southern .Pines and Pinehurst, of
G. C. Seymour near Aberdeen and
of R. L. Chandler on the South
ern Pines-Carthage road.
Chairman Gilmore said that the
Boy Scouts of Moore county have
never entered a project more en
thusiastically than this one.
“Practically every scout in every
troop has planted trees, and this
is unquestionably the greatest
countywide good turn ever per
formed by the Boy Scouts,” he
said.
“Business houses and individ
uals interested in keeping Moore
county green have cooperated
splendidly by establishing prizes
for the winners, and by making
available waste land for planting.
“Scouts are taught the virtues
of soil conservation and protec
tion of natural resources, and they
are alsd having a good time on the
BECKWITH GARDENS
The famous Beckwith Gar
dens, of the H. H. Beckwith
home on Crest road, Knoll-
wood, will be opened to the
public Easier Sunday from 2
to 6 p. m., in an annual event
benefiting the Moore County
Hospital auxiliary.
These gardens are notable
for their beauty even in this
section of lovely gardens, and
in fact are called "perfect of
their kind." The massed! aza
leas and other spring flower-
ing plants, emerald lawn and
reflecting pool create vista
after vista of unforgettable
charm. Many visitors return
year after year to see them.
Others, who have not yet vis
ited the Beckwith Gardens,
have a rich experience in
store.
Ladies of the Auxiliary will
be on duty throughout the af
ternoon as hostesses and
guides.
Army Approves
Signal Corps Unit
Organization Here
Radiomen Will
Be Trained For
Emergency Action
Sen. Currie Declines
To Run For Reelection
Portrait To Be
IHNSON'S FOOD store closed
week, for inventory by audi-
EN HOUSE at Civic Club
ly, April 14, but not today,
1 .Friday.
lOTTING RACES will be
on the Pinehurst track at 2:45
. Sunday.
UNUAL COSTUME parade
gymkhana will be held in the
ig ring .of the Carolina hotel,
hurst, at 2 p. m., Sunday.
)NCERT by West Southern
; Glee club and Band Tues-
April 11 at 8 p. m. at the
; Club building.
)NFIRMATION discussion
p is being held at 10:15 a.m.
lays at Emmanuel Episcopal
ch, preliminary to the confir-
on service next month.
ISSERT BRIDGE honoring
hern Pines faculty at Civic
building at 8 p. m. Thursday,
13. Call Mrs. P. P. McCain
rs. Cecil Robinson for reser-
ns.
RD PARTY at Mid Pines
at 2 p. m. Easter Monday for
fit oL St. Anthony’s Catholic
ch. Reservations may be
through Miss M. Wolf, Mrs.
!aly or Mrs. J. Buchholz.
5DLERS CONTEST will be
at the West End school Fri-
April 14, at 8 p. m. Cash
3 are offered., The Bailey
lers and their Happy Valley
of WPTF, Raleigh, will take
sored by the Third army, the 14th
Air Force and the Sixth Naval
district, under auspices of the Na
tional Security Resources board, j outdoor excursions.”
A committee of professional
of defense for strategic uses of-foresters will examine all plant-
men and materials. jjngs during the month of April,
Top military technicians gave,and presentation of awards will
lectures during the two weeks,' be made at the April or May Boy
emphasizing not necessarily the, Scout Court of Honor.
immediacy of war but the urgen-j
cy of knowing and using the na
tion’s vital resources correctly, ini IVIi^nniTirv
view of the world situation and iTiaUning
available supplies.
Consumption is rapidly (ieple-
ting many vital mineral resources
of the nation, which must be im-1 T'z-i4ia',rlc»-«T
ported in increasing amounts un- X UCfeUay
less new supplies are found, the
group of some 150 men was told.
Leading the world in per capita
peacetime consumption, with the
rate vastly stepped up .during
war, this country .will in the next
few years see its supplies of man
ganese, lead, zinc, copper and
bauxite virtually gone. Nations
which are friendly, as well as
those which are potential ene
mies, are already finding them
selves dependent on each other
for critical materials.
Problems of determining civ
ilian and military requirements,
and adjusting these to national
productive capacity, were discuss
ed in detail; also procurement
policies and procedures, and eco
nomic stabilization factors. Main
tenance of a war economy, and
its civil-defense aspects, were the
basis for other lectures. '
A long-range view of 10 or 15
years into the future was reveal
ed, as seen by the nation’s top
nlanners, and with full facing of
facts.
Civilians attending the school,
by special invitation Of the Third
army, were selected for their
specialized experience and train
ing, combined in most instances
with a military background. Mr.
Ponzer served as a major in the
war and holds a reserve commis
sion.
The men were informed that, in
event of emergency, they should
be ready for assignment to key
positions in their areas, where
their skills and training could be
of best use.
Detroit Tigers’
Jamestown Club
Arriving Today
Southern Pines will welcome
two baU clubs this'week and next,
and be their host for some three
weeks of practice training. Both
are Class C clubs of the Detroit
Tigers, consisting of 20 to 30 men
each.
The Jamestown, N. Y., club is
expected here today (Friday) and
will be headquartered at the
Park View hotel. The Butler, Pa.,
club will arrive next Friday, and
will be at the Southland.
Mayor C. N. Page and the
Chamber of Commerce have
worked hard in making the ar
rangements, and all is believed in
readiness for a happy, successful
training season here. (3ood enter
tainment for the town will be a
by-product, in the way of practice
and exhibition games.
The teams will use the High
School Memorial field, complet
ing their daily, practice in time
for the high school team to use it
also.
Fiddlers’ Mpet
Easter Monday
Presentation of the portrait of
the late Judge‘James Smith Man
ning, former N. C. Supreme Court
associate justice and State’s At
torney General, will be made in
the Supreme Court room at Ra
leigh Tuesday at 10 a. m.
Invitations to the ceremony
honoring her father have been is
sued by Mrs. James S. Milliken
of Southern Pines, the former
Miss Louise Manning. Cards were
sent a number of friends here,
friends of the family in other
places, members of the Moore
County Bar and others with
special interest in the event.
The portrait will be presented
by Robert Percy Reade, attorney
of Durham, an old friend of the
late Judge Manning. Acceptance
in behalf of the Supreme Court
will be made by Chief Justice
Walter P. Stacv.
Judge Manning was one of
North Carolina's most distinguish
ed legal luminarjes. Native of
Pittsboro, he graduated from the
University of North Carolina
where his father, John T. Man
ning, was for many years dean
of the law school. The Manning
building of the University’s law
school is named in his honor.
James Smith Manning served
as a Supreme Court justice from
1910 to 1912. From 1917 to 1925
he served as State’s Attorney
General. Most of the'rest of his
life was spent practicing law in
Durham. He died in 1938.
The annual Moore County Old
Time Fiddlers convention and
Square Dance Band contest will
be held in the new school gym
Easter Monday night, starting at
8 o’clock.
Fiddlers, banjo and guitar
players and other musical
specialists from near and far are
expected to participate in the
contest, for cash and other prizes.
Square dance bands of three or
more pieces may enter. Word
from the American Legion com
mittee in charge is that they
would like to have the names of
contestants, and list of music they
will play, before the show begins,
so the events may be properly
scheduled. ,
Hillbilly and cowboy singers
will be limited to one song. A
number of buck and wing dancers
have signed up to perform.
Each year an increasing num
ber of the old time Scottish fid
dlers and other specialty perform
ers of this Upper Cape Fear sec
tion attends this lively after-
Easter celebration, sponsored by
the Sandhills post of the Amer
ican Legion. Proceeds go to the
Legion charity fund.
The Army and Signal Corps this
week approved establishment of
two affiliated Signal Corps units,
one to have Southern Pines as
headquarters, the other Winston-
Salem, under sponsorship of the
N. C. Association of Broadcasters.
The units will employ skilled
communications personnel, train
ing them in the use of Army
equipment, in a civilian-military
set-up similar to that of the Na
tional Guard.
These are the only such units
for North Carolina, and have been
.approved as the result of several
'months of negotiations between
the military authorities and Jack
S. Younts, executive secretary of
the NCAB and general manager
of Station WEEB here.
For the first 18 months they
will consist only of officers, who
after thorough training will be
empowered to recruit an<^ train
enlisted personnel. Each unit has
a permitted strength of 18 offi
cers. Commissioning procedures
are in charge of Mr. Younts for
the eastern half of the state, and
Harold D. Essex, manager of
WSJS, Winfeton-Salem, for the
western half.
About a dozen applications are
already on hand, Mr. Younts said,
and others are invited. Eligible
to apply are those who, meeting
age and health requirements, have
a minimum of seven years of tech
nical communications experience,
or who served in the first three
grades of communications in the
armed forces.
Dr. R. W. McMillan, formerly a
major in the Medical Corps, has
accepted appointment as medical
officer and will conduct the phy
sical examinations. Applications
will be sent to the Signal Corps at
Washington for processing.
Purpose of the affiliated units is
“the prompt and efficient utiliza
tion of personnel in the event of a
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Two Announce For
Register of Deeds
Triple Races On
For Clerk, Sheriff
W. H. CURRIE
Mrs. Tillett Will
jSpeak Here As
Guest of Auxiliary
Art Exhibit At
School Next Week
An Easter Week event of com
munity interest will be the ex
hibit of 150 fine art prints at the
Southern , Pines elementary
school Showings will be held
Tuesday and Thursday afternoon
from 2:30 to 4:30, and Wednesday
evening from 7 to 9:30.
The school is extending a cor
dial invitation to the public to
come and enjoy the splendid col
lection of large reproductions, in
full colors, of famed masterpieces.
Included are works by such ar
tists as Gainsborough, Murillo,
Van Dyck and Raphael, of the Old
Masters; and moderns such as
George Innes, Gardner Symons,
George DeForest Brush and Bruce
Crane.
A small admission fee is being
charged, to enable the school to
keep one or more of the paintings
as permanent possessions.
The schoolchildren will make
a special study of the pictures in
connection with their art educa
tion.
Mrs. Charles W. Tillett, of
Charlotte, vice chairman of the
National Democratic Executive
committee, will be guest speaker
at the regular meeting of the
American Legion auxiliary, to be
held at the Legion hall Tuesday
at 8 p. m. '
Mrs. Virgil Clark, auxiliary
president, said that a cordial in
vitation is being extended the
public to attend the meeting, and
hear the talk by one of North Car
olina’s most distinguished
women and able speakers. Her
subject will be ''Americanism,”
and the program is presented un
der auspices of the auxiliary’s
Americanism committeei
Mrs. Tillett has been active *in
various official and unofficial ca
pacities for good government
and world peace, and was a
United States delegate to the
UNESCO conference held at Lon
don last year.
She is the sister of L. T. Avery
of Southern Pines.
The Avery family has been'
distinguished in North Carolina
history for generations. One an
cestor, Alphonso Avery, was
founder of the University of
North Carolina, and signer of the
Mecklenburg Declaration of Inde
pendence. Avery county, in the
North Carolina mountains,
named for her father.
Another relative was the late
Judge Isaac Avery of Morganton,
whose wife, Mrs. Dorothy Avery,
is Moore County librarian.
Mrs. P. P. McCain and Mrs. L.
L. Woolley will be hostesses for
the Tuesday night meeting.
Former State Senator Wilbur H.
Currie of Carihage this week end
ed quite a bit of speculation by
declaring that he will not run for
reelection.
This leaves the field clear for
the only—so far—announced can
didate, J. Hawley Poole, of West
End. .Revealing his intentions last
fall to seek the office, Mr. Poole
filed about two weeks ago.
Mr. Currie’s statement says, in
part, “Many of my friends have
urged me to be a candidate for the
State Senate ,and I have giyen the
matter careful consideration.
However, since a good man has
already announced for this office,
and on account of my many civic
duties ,as well as business com
mitments, I have decided it wUl
be best for me not to be a candi
date.
“I .am deeply grateful to the
voters of Moore county for the
honors that they have given me
in the past, and I hope that some- '
time in the future, I may offer
my services again.”
Moore county’s representative
for the past two terms, H. Cifton
Blue, of Aberdeen, announced last
week that he will be a candidate
for the House again. So far none
has appeared to oppose him.
The office of register of deeds,
for which a vacancy opened with
Miss Bessie McCaskill’s decision
not to file for reelection, had two
candidates this week. One is Bes
sie J. Griffin, lor many years
town clerk of Vass, and well
known throughout the county.
Mrs. (Jriffin and her husband, G.
E. Griffin, live in Lakeview and
operate dn insurance business in
Vass.
The other candidate for register
of deeds is R. E. Bennett, Car
thage, Rt. 2, who farms, does land
surveying and has been bookkeep
er for several tobacco warehouses
of the section for about 10 years.
Mr. Bennett, a native of Surry
county, has lived for the past 17
years in Moore.
The field for clerk of court wid
ened to three candidates this
week, with Alex' Fields, Jr., of
Southern Pines as the most recent
to file. Already in the running
a were Hubert McCaskill, of Pine-
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EASTER MONDAY closing for
businesses is recommended by the
Sandhill Merchants association.
The Southern Pines library.
Citizens Bank and Trust company
and city and county offices will
be closed, and court postponed ^o
Tuesday. Local schools and the
post office will observe no holi
day.
EASTER SHOW
The Easter story as painted
by the old masters of Italian
art is the subject of the ex
hibit now on view in the Fine
Arts Room of the Library.
This is a loan collection of
reproduction from the rich
store of the Metropolitan Mu
seum of Art in New York.
To remain in place only
through Easter Monday, this
exhibit will be followed by
a showing of the paintings of
Mrs. Nina HHL Though now a
local artist, Mrs. Hill has long
been known in art circles, ber
work appearing in various
museum collections, including
the National Gallery in Lon-,
don.
Safety Poster Winners
Safety posters made by South
ern Pines schoolchildren, in con
nection with their current safety
drive, are on dispay in various
business establishments about
town this week.
Winners were announced by
Miss Billie Williams, campaign
leader, Wednesday on the reopen
ing of school after the spring hol
iday. Mrs. L. A. Des Pland was
the judge.
In the first group, first through
fourth grades, third grader Nor
man Calcutt won both first and
fourth place, with two separate
entries. Charles Biscoe, of the first
grade, was second and Frances
Welborn, of the second grade,
ranked third.
Charles Covell was first winner
in the second group, grades fifth
through eighth. Charles is in the
eighth grade, whose members
won four out of five places of
honor. The list—second place
winner, Charles Bowman, eighth
grade; third place winner, Lacy
Rhyne, sixth grade; fourth place
winner, Barbara Hackney, eighth
grade; and fifth place winner,
Bobby Butler, eighth grade.
A similar poster contest start
ed this week at the West Southern
Pines school, where Mrs. Ada C.
Jones is serving as safety cami-
paign chairman.
A film on safe driving, with
especial emphasis for the teen
age driver, was shown Wednes
day afternoon for the Southern
Pines high school students.
Other films, speakers and safe
ty lessons coordinated with their
regular school work are planned
for the children. Sponsoring the
April safety campaign in cooper
ation with the Southern Pines
Safety Council, the schools are
working on the ’ theme “Child
Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety.”
Chairman Ginsburg Names Leaders,
Quotas, For April Cancer Campaign
Dave Ginsburg, of Carthiage,
has accepted the county chair
manship of the American Cancer
society’s April fund drive, Mrs.
J. L. McGraw of Carthage, the
county commander, announced
this week.
Mr. Ginsburg has appointed
most of his comtmuhity chairmen.
A number of them met with the
Moore unit 'officers at the Car
thage hotel last Thursday eve
ning, for a discussion of campaign
plans and objectives. Mrs. Donald
Kent, of Chapel Hill state educa
tional director for the American
Cancer society, was the speaker.
A film was shown which, Mt.
Ginsburg said, has been purchas
ed by the county unit and is
available to local groups who may
wish to use it.
With the county quota set at
$2,750 to be achieved this month,
Mr. Ginsburg announced the fol
lowing community leaders and
quotas:
Southern Pines, Mrs. James S.
Milliken, $700; Pinehurst, Mrs.
Walter D. Hyatt, $600; Carthage,
Mrs. Carlton C. Kennedy and Mbs.
June Harrington, $300; Aberdeen,
Mrs. S. L. Wyndham, $350; Rob
bins, Carl Scoggin, $300; Pine
bluff, Mrs. W. K. Carpenter, $50;
West End, Mrs. Ben Bost, $75.
Highfalls, Thad Frye, $50; Hill-
crest, Miss Grace Tillman, $10;
Deep River, Mrs. M. E. Street,
$10; White Hill, Mrs. Tracy Sea-
well, $10; Lambs Grove, Mrs.
Wesley Thomas, $15; Eagle
Springs, to be appointed, $25;
Jackson Springs, Mrs. R. R. Ram
sey, $25; Cameron, Mrs. J. A.
Phillips, Jr., $50; Lakeview, Mrs.
Lois Bellet, $25; Vass, M. M.
Chappell, $100; Eastwood, Mrs.
Sam Boggs, $10; Eureka, Mrs. W.
C. Hendren, $10; Thaggards, Mrs.
S. H. Giver, $10; Niagara, Mrs. B.
C. Morgan, $10; Roseland, Mrs.
John Seogo, $10.