■ Buy Christmas Seals • Buy Christmas Seals VOL. 32—NO. 3 PAOES THTS wkeK SOUTHERN PINES. NORTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY. DECEMBER 8. 1950 T PAGES THIS WEEK TEN CENTS ChamberCommerce Will Move, Offer Business Services Building Adjoining Sunrise Theatre Will Be Office The Southern Pines Chamber of Commerce, which this week an nounces the acquisition of a new secretary, Mrs. Donald Scheipers, also announced that it will have a new home shortly, and will soon be offering a whole set of brand- new servioee. President Arch F. Coleman said a lease is being signed for the Sunrise Theatre building annex, following the wish of the new board of directors to seciure an office with ah entrance opening directly on Broad street. In this way it is felt more service can be rendered to transients and others in the town, he said. The building is that formerly occupied by Atkinson’s, directly across from the passenger sta tion. It will give the Chamber considerably more room than it has in its present quarters in the Belvedere hotel. Plans are being made to provide a complete set of services for trav elers and businessmen there; pub lic stenographer, direct mail ad vertising, mimeograph, addresso- graph, long distan-'’ nay station and also, for loc8'*^g^.;chants, a billing service if The credit ratifiS ..^occeau will be continued there, as the Mer chants association is to be reor- (Continued on page 8) Santa Claus Parade Will Open Christmas Season Here Saturday National Guard Passes Inspection With High Rating ,The Regular Army took a look at the local battery of the Na tional Guard last week, and gave it credit for doing a topnotch job. Standing their annual inspec tion last Wednesday night, the Guardsmen came out with a Su perior rating—the highest—^in maintenance, and Excellent in personnel arid administration. The inspecting officer. Col. John M. Schonholz IGD, Third Army, McPherson, Ga., commended the imit on its spirit and the fact that it had “done so much with so lit tle.” If it had not been for a lack oif adequate space and facilities, it would undoubtedly have achieved the Superior rating in all depart ments, he said. Accompanying Colonel Schon holz were Cbl. H. H. Harris, senior Regular Army instructor for the N. C. National Guard, and Master Sgt. Young, administrative spe cialist. from Third Army head quarters. The battery was present 100 per cent for the one-hour formal in spection, followed by an hour of general drills and close-order work, whidi occupied their reg ular drill period. Attending from battalion head quarters at Raeford were Lieut- ^1. William Lamont, Jr., com manding officer; Maj. T. B. Lester, Jr., and Maj. Paul Dickson, of Colonel Lamont’s staff; and Sgt. William Marler, Regular Army in structor for the battalion. Arriving in the afternoon. Col onel Schonholz inspected all the xne 1950 Blue and White six-man football squad of Southern Pines High school, champions in their district and runner-up for the Eastern Conference title, will be honored by the Southern Pines Elks Club at a banquet at the school cafeteria next Saturday evening, December 16. Letters and stars will be awarded, and local fans will have opportunity to pay honor to their team. “Peahead” Walker, famous coach of Wake Forest college, will be the speaker. Above, the Blue and Whites: from left, front row, Franklin Johnson, manager; Joe Smith, Paul Warren, Tommy Ruggles, George Morrison, Tommy Spease, David Page. Second row—standing, Coach W. A. Leonard; seated, David Woodruff, David Bailey, Roy Newton, Marshall Palmer, Reginald Newbon, Paul Williams, Eugene Lee, Dickie Mattocks; kneeling, Joe Horner, manager. Third row—Coach A. C. Dawson, Jr., Carl Bowers, Richard Newton, C. L .Worsham, Coy Bowers, Bob Stewart, Gene Poe, Dick Ray, Charles Coveil, and Alec McLeod, manager. ' (Photo by Emerson Humphrey) SWORN TN Twelve county officials were sworn into office at Carthage Monday morning. Judge J. Vance Rowe ad ministered the oath to Carl ton C. Kennedy clerk of court, at 9:30 o'clock. Mr. Kennedy t*-en did the same for all the others, ending with the boun ty commissioners who came in to start their monthly meeting at 10. No ceremony was held ahd as soon as they were sworn , in each officied buckled rigkl down to work. Post Office Gets Ready For Rush; Here Is Adviee Old Saint Nick Will Have Honor Escort At 10 a.m. Thieves Net Haul At Jewelry Store Via Theatre Lohhy Thieves broke into Ormsby’s Jewelry store early Saturday morning, entering by way of the adjoining Carolina theatre, and made off with an estimated $1,400 worth of watches, rings and other items from the Christmas display in the window.' John Ormsby, proprietor, said an inventory taken Saturday showed the loss of 23 watches ranging in value from $39.95 to $65 seven rings including several men’s rings in gold with large stones; four Ronson lighters and a pair of sterling silver earrings set with rhinestones. Several leads are being follow ed, said Chief C. E. Newton, but Organize Here For State Field Trials if he had any definite clues he did not reveal them. The SBI « T was called in to assist with the ▼▼ aawaaac AjCJctUCl» investigation. The intruders also broke into W. L. Wiggs’ and J. D. Hobbs’ in surance office, on the other side of the theatre lobby, and removed a small amount of cash from a drawer. They came in by way of the stage entrance at the back of the theatre, where they cut or pried open a lock, and crossed the dark ened theatre to the lobby. Large windows covered with curtains give onto the lobby from the two stores, one on each side. Behind eration, Inc. ^ the locked theatre door, the thieves broke panes from each window and climbed through. To get into Ormsby’s, they had to push aside a bench on the lob by side and a cabinet on the other side. Once in the store, they turn ed off the master light switch in a back closet, and went to work with careful precision. They removed the things from the window without disturbing Southern Pines Men Fight In Korea; No Further Word of Prisoner of War NEW MEMBER The town of PineMtiff. one of the few to have an all-GI town board.—probably tha only one in the state—swore in a new member Monday night to replace one who has returned to the armed serv ices. and. yes, he's another ex-GI. M. Harvey Lathan. a for mer Navy man, stepped into the place recently vacated by Harry Howie, who resigned to return to the Army Air Force as a lieutenant. Howie, a World War 2 air man. was shot down over Ger many and remained as pris oner of war for many months, until liberated by US forces. A meeting of historic interest for Tarheel sportsmen was held Sunday afternoon at the South land hotel here, when a group of wildlife leaders organized the Championship Field Trials assoc iation of the N. C. Wildlife Fed- equipment and interviewed the any of the small ornamental items acting commander, Lieut. James they didn’t want. They emptied L. Irvin, while Sergeant Young trash from a nail keg which was inspected the records. I (Continued on Page 8) Rain Fails To Stop Hunt By E. O. Hippus Scared of rain? Faces red? Red faces don’t combine well loping after a big red, viewed by Morris Johnson, a switch to a gray and a long piece of cold trail- X. I ing. And the rain started. One by with pink coats as a rule but that’s'ne, folks got discouraged and the state of things among mem-1 went home till only the staff was bera dt the Moore County field left: the master, and first whip, thisweek, it is gloomily reported. I Mr. and Mrs. Ozelle Moss, and It appears Thursday was a day Kirk Dutton, honorary whip, of surprises in the hunting field, | Then is when the fun started, not the least being what happened The cry got louder, the gailoping after the rain started and the i got faster, and the rain poured riding contingent went home, [harder. At the airport head Starting off with a wild bursty hounds were pushing him hard cm deer that split the pack and'and the 24 couple pack trium- wasn’t stopped till the’ whips got phantly rolled him over near the to tb^ heads around the Young old beaver dam. place, the day ended with as fine a hunt and kill as you could ask for. Between the two came hard gal- Moral: never give up the ship. . he laughs best who laughs last. . . and a few other inappropriate, (?) quotations. The association will sponsor North Carolina’s first statewide field trials, with official trophies offered annually for bird dogs, foxhounds, coon dogs and beagles. Meeting with the group were Eugene McDonald of Pinehurst, president of the Sandhills Wild life club; J. A. Ferguson, Ed Starnes and Herbert Cutter of Southern Pines, and James W. Tufts of Pinehurst. Others present were Mr. McClamroch; Ross O. Stevens, of Raleigh, executive secretary of the Federation; D. K. Sing, Charlotte, vice chairman of the N. C. Wildlife Resources Com mission; Clyde P. Patton, Raleigh, director of the Commission; Max Capel, of Mt. Gilead, Win Donat and Rod Amundson of Raleigh, who are connected with the Com mission. Also T. S. Scarborough, Rae ford, P. K. Gravely, Rocky Mount; Ralph E. Daniel, Durham; Vf'. Prank Black and J. S. “Sandy” Mitchell, Charlotte, and O. E. Sharkey, Albemarle. These constituted a planning committee to follow up a resolu tion made at the Federation’s an nual convention that such field trials be established, along the lines of those held in Virginia and some other states. Mr. Sing and Mr. Patton, speaking for the N. C Town. Families Await News As War Grows Crucial The families of Southern Pines men fighting in Korea, and of one who Was reported a prisoner more than two months ago, have the sympathy of the community at this time at the start of what should be the year’s happiest sea son. .Tu.