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FIRST IN NEWS,
CIRCT LUATION &
ADVERTISING
of the Sandhill Territory of North Carolina
Southern Pines, North Carolina, Friday, July 25, litll.
LOCAL CHAMBER
HEARS NEW PLAN
TO PUSH ROUTE 1
Local Drive For Old Aluminum
Progresses; Scouts Assisting
“Pen” on Broad Street Piling Tp, as Citizens Dump Old Pots and
Pans; Hoy Scouts to Cover Town Friday for .Metal;
Drive Throughout County
Vincent lUitler. Executive of Re-
Organized Highway Coun
cil, Speaks Here
One by one, two by two, discarded Program headed by New York's May-
pots and pans have clanged into the [ ot Fiorollo LuCTiuirdia.
temporary aluminiim "pen,” located' The idea is this; There lias been
in a parking space on Broad street, prochiimed to be a shortage of alitmi-
FLOUIDA SHORIX’IJT OPENS, almost in front of the bank. num. Aluminum is es.sential for air-
• I And every pan that clangs adds plane production, ns well a.s other de-
With the opening of a new high-! that much more aluminum to the Na- f<‘nse and neeessaiy non-defense ac-
way from Norcross, Georgia to St. [tlonal Defense Program and the cur- tivity. In old automobiles, kitchen
Petei'sburg and Tampa, Florida, U. S. rent national drive to collect scrap ware, cocktail shakers (|(, motors
Highway No. 1 can look for greatly aluminum, and (ith(>r odds and ends is much
increased traffic during the coming. To top off the week’s drive in'aluminum going to waste. In Char-
season, in the opinion of G. Vincent j Southern Pines, two troops of Boy lotto, one man contributed a spare
Butler, executive secretary of the Scouts are Friday making the round.s' aluminum artificial leg! Put all this
newly organized U. S. No. 1 Highway,of residences, asking for “any old together, reclaim it. and it will help
Council. Mr. Butler addressed the di-ialuminum today?" to relieve the aluminum shortage,
rectors of the Southern Pines Cham-j When the week started, Southern In case tht're's some doubt—as ther‘>
ber of Commerce at Ed's Cafe yester- Pines didn’t have an aluminum diive probably is—concerning what con-
day noon, and in the afternoon ap-'organized so John Howarth, local tains aluminum besides pots and pans,
pcared before the Pineharst Chamber. | chairman of the Sandhills Civilian Roy Pushee supplied a list of* some
Stating that nothing had been done Committee, and Mayor \V. items which are made from alumi-
to promote travel on No. 1 for the! Matthews got together and nuni: curlers, metal brush handle.i.
past three years, during which rival organized one. i badges, tooth brush containers, camp-
highways have been spending thous- ''ernon Allan, scoutmaster of tho'ing equipmen). fly rod cases, va-
ands of dollars to get the traffic, Mr. Jaycee-sponsored Boy Scout Troop cuum bottle parts, laundry tags, some
Butler told the Chamber that condi- Father Thomas A. Wil- tooth paste tubes, ice tras's, soap
tions had reached a point where scoutmaster of Catho- boxes, combs, buttons, toys, medicine
“something must be done.” He out- Church .sponsored Troop No. 63, U'ontainers. thimbles, radio parts, mo-
lined the plan of the new council, a *" bringing into the drive tor parts, cigar cases,
non-profit corporation under the 30 Boy Scouts who today are Although other spots in the na-
laws of New Jersey, which includes systematically covering the town in j tion have claimed to receivc all man-
special effort at all diversion points aluminum that can be re-1 ner of oddities in the collection oi
along No. 1, the issuance of new strip aluminum, so far nothing more ex
maps, the contacting of travel source' Throughout the nation this week, citing that a good-sized sauce pan
points such as travel bureaus rout- ‘Irive for scrap aluminum is un- has found its way into the aluminum
ing agencies, hotels, the circulation ^ part of the Civilian | (Please tum to p(tge five)
of a book, “U. S. One,” publishe.l "
SEABOARD GIVES DRIVE UNDERWAY
SI, r. m up golf tourney for mercy ship
where it can be regained.
Cities and towTis all along the line Defense Demands on, Sahiston Heads Countv Commit-
are cooperating in the program, h^
said, and thei-e is every indication'
tha t a large percentage of the lost'
traffic can be restored. He asked fori „o Seaboard Golf As-
the appointmo"t of a committee of goeiatlon tournament in Southern
the local Chamber to raise the sum any place else this year,
of $2.50, Southern Pines’ quota to-. Demands of national defense move-
ward the project.
(PIfasf tum to page eight)
GERMAN VICTORY
MAY PUT NAZIS
CLOSE TO ALASKA
Capt. Inni>s-Tayl(»r Warns Ki-
wanians Alaska's Danger
if Russia Loses
SO .-\IILES FROM SIBERIA
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FIVE CENTS
Daylight Will Go
Into Effect Here Sunday
Railroadii Causi^'M Cancellaticm
of Tournament PlakiK
tee; Father Williams, Mrs.
Campbell in Charge Here
I ments on railroads brought the de-
cisio.i of the Association not to use
I equipment and time of personnel for
Miss Helen Blair Is I the Labor Day week-end outing this
Bride of Lt. Turner
2 In a letter received by Howard
Burns, town clerk, this week, Presi
dent H. A. Benson of the Seaboard
Employees Golf Association announc-
Southern Pines Girl Marries Na
val Officer in Honolulu,
Hawaii; To Live There
ed the decision of the executive
Miss Helen Alice Blair, daughter cancel the tournament
of the late Dr and Mrs. Alexander i f"’’ ^’’^t it
McNeill Blair of Southern Pines, last ■" resumed in 1942.
Saturday became the bride of Lt.! “The committee most reluctantly
John Henderson Turner, U. S. Navy,,!
in Honolulu, Hawaii. emergency and the fact
_, ' that demands are so great upon the
The ceremony took place in St. An-; . ,, , j ..
„ j ^ . railroads on all week-ends, particu-
drews Cathedral Chapel at 4 p. m., , , . f ...
^ „ .. .. larly where they embrace a holiday,
with Cannon Pennell giving the mar-L. ^ / . ,, , „ .
... the tournament should be cancelled
nage vows. The bride wore a wedding
gown of cloud white net, fashioned
with fitted bodice, short puff sleeves
and full skirt. A long tulle veil,
caught with pleating and lilies of the
valley, was worn. The bride's bouquet
was of white orchids. An heirloom
diamonl brooch and a string of pearls
were the bride’s only ornaments.
Matron of honor was Mrs. Holt
Ruffin of Manila, Phillipine Islands,
and George H. Kellerman, husband
of the former Miss Elizabeth Roun
tree of Southern Pines, gave the
bride away.
Following a reception after the
ceremonies, the bride changed to a
champagne crepe traveling dress,
witli a Kelly green jacket and naatch-
ing accessories and the couple left
for a wedding trip to Hllo, Hawaii.
They will be at home after August
14 at 1104 Kealaolu avenue, Honolu
lu.
Lt. Turner is the son of Mrs. Wil
liam Pierce Turner and the late Lt.
Turner of Honolulu, and Is a gradu
ate of the U. S. Naval Academy
Mrs. Turner, after attending South
ern Pines schoolB, studied at Kent
Place School in Summit, N. J., and Is
a graduate of Smith College.
The bride was attended by brides
maids wearing larkspur organza
gowns with full skirts and long, full
sleeves, carrying bouquets of vivid
ly hued garden flowers. The ushers
were fellow Navy officers of the
groom.
tor 1941.
"There are regrets attached to this
action, of course, but we are sure
each of you will understand . . . that
• . . it would not be proper to set
aside the equipment and take away
from their regular duties the person
nel required to be assigned to . . .
the affair at a time when all of the
equipment and railroad employees are
badly needed for the movement of
troops, furloughed Army and Navy
pensonnel and the usual holiday traf
fic.
“This Association will, of course,
remain alive and it is the hope of the
Committee that the tournament can
be resumed in 1942," the letter con
cluded.
MBS. -raOMAS Jf. V'ENO
DIES AT PINEHURST HOME
Funeral services for Mrs. Thomas
J. Veno, who died at her home in
Pinehurst last Sunday morning at the
age of 64, wert conducted "Tuesday at
10 o’clock in St. Anthony’s Catholic
Church by Father T. A. Williams.
Mrs. Veno, the former Miss Nora
Wood came to Boston, Mass., from her
home in Southern Ireland when a girl
of seventeen. Mr. and Mrs. Vena
came to Pinehurst 37 years ago. Mr,
Veno survives.
Surviving also are five sons, Ed,
George and Albert Veno, all of Pine
hurst. Harry and Tom Veno, and a
daughter, Mra. R. A. Dube of Pine
hurst.
With aluminum scraps and USO
practically settled, the next move
afoot for aiding Great Britain and de
fense is the purchase by North Car
olinians, through the Old North State
Fund, or a “Mercy Ship”—an ambu
lance—for Britain’s air forces.
W. D. Sabiston, Jr., Carthage at
torney, this w'cek accepted the chair
manship of the Mooie County com
mittee to raise $400 in this county
for the Old North State Fund, and
he announced that the fund collected
would start Monday, to continue
through the week.
Father Thomas Williams and Mrs.
T. L. Campbell have been a.ssignod
the duty of raising $100 from South
ern Pines, to go into the purchase
and equipping of the "mercy plane.”
Sabiston announced other local
quotas and committee members as
follows; Aberdeen, $70, J. Talbot John
son; West End, $70, M. C. McDonald
Jr.; Hemp, $70.00, G. E. Walker and
W. P. Saunders; Carthage, $70, John
Beasley, John Willcox and John Cur
rie; Pinehurst, $70, Dr. T. A. Cheat
ham and I. C. Sledge.
The Old North State Fund was or
ganized as an aid-to-Britain organi
zation, and affiliated with the British-
Amerlcan Ambulance Corps, an or
ganization registered wllh the U. S.
Department of State, as authorized
to collect funds for aiding the English
(Please tum to page four)
Town Pays Off $9,680
In Improvement Bonds
Payment of $8,000 Principal
Leaves $48,000 Owed for
1923 Paving Bonds
The Town of Southern Pines mail
ed a $9,680 check Monday to the
Chase National Bank of New York,
in payment of $8,000 in principal and
$1,680 in interest on its public im
provement bonds of 1923.
This bond Issue, dated August 1,
1923, was for the amount of $135,000.
for which funds were for pavement
in the business section of the Town
and extension of the Town sewer sys
tem- The pasrment early this week
represents $87,000 that has been paid
on the bond issue leaving an unpaid
balance of $48,000. which will be paid
off in full in 1947.
If the Nazis art' victorious over tha
Soviet Union, they will bi' literally I
“within walking distance” of United!
States territory—and within bombing:
.Ustmirc of the largo citics of the
niidwe.st.
Thi.s warning note was sounded by
Captain Alan Innes-Taylor before thej
Kiwanis Club, meeting for luncheon!
Wedne.sday in the Aberdeen Methodist!
Church School building. !
The Southern Pines man, who.se cx-1
pcriences range from being with thai
Canadian Mounted Police to explor
ing the South Pole with Byrd was!
speaking of the territory of Alaska:
which ho said is only 80 miles from ,
Soviet Siberia and can be reached in;
■vinter merely by walking across the
frozen waters of the Bering Straits, j
Air Bases Keing Huilt |
Alaska is one of Capt. Innes-Tay- T
lot's favorite places and he elected to i
talk about the northern pos.session of
the United State.s in his first ap-1
pearance before the Sandhills club. ‘
Because of the proximity of Alaska!
to foreign lands, air and naval bases j
have been established by the U. S. Safety Division Reports Nine
armed forces in the territory and arj I’atalities in County for
rapidly being expanded, he .said. First Six ."Months
"It is practically nothing to hop
from Alaska to the cities of the mid-J The death toll on Moore County’s
west,” ho said. “They are certainly' highways during the first six months
within long-distance bombing range.’’ 1^*11 was triple the number killed
Alaska may also prove of added road accidents during the same
Chain Letters A^ain
Postmaster lUichan Warns
Afjainst Participation In
Schemes <o Sell Stamps
('hain letters have popped up
again to worry mail officials and
mail receivers. This time they take
the form of a scheme to solicit de
fense savings stamps, and Post
master P. Frank Buchan issued a
warning that such chains are in
violation of postal laws.
"The sending of such matter
through the mails is a violation of
the postal fraud and lottery stat
utes,’’ Postmaster Buchan said.
“Notices are served upon persons
particiapting in such schemes ro-
quijing them to .show cause why
fraud orders should not be issued
against them. Such orders forbid
the delivery of any mail to tha
persons named in them.”
MOORE HIGHWAY
DEATHS TRIPLE
THOSE OF 1940
period of 1940.
Si.K fatal accidents are charged
against Moore County for the first
half of this year, with nine deaths re
sulting from the wrecks. This infor
mation was just received here from
the North Carolina Highway Safety
importance because of a potential tin
supply from her ground, the speaker
believes.
“I know there is tin in Alaska—how’
much, I don't know,” he said. “But I
personally feel that if tin were pros
pected for there, our tin troubles in
this country would be over. We would' reported an increase
no longer be dependent on a far easterTi f"'-
supply. So far as I know, the govern-1 State from 363 in 1940 to 545 in
ment‘has not yet made a scientific!
survey to determine the extent of'
commercial tin ore in the territory.” i
Relating again to the internationar
situation was Capt. Innes-Taylor’sstate's 1941 traffic toll so far
reference to the freedom with which averaging three lives a
Japanese fishing boats are allowed i■
to load up with Alaskan .salmon, | Moore County death of a
shrimp, and crap, take them back tajNt-gro WPA worker, involved in the
Japan for canning, and then sell them'
in this country at large profits.
40 Tons of Potatoes
Farming in Alaska—inland—is ex
cellent: 30 to 40 tons of potatoes to
the acre, the speaker declared; but
farming is not yet a major industry
for Alaskans; mining and fur trade
occupy most of the 70,000 inhabitants.
The speaker w'as introduced by
George London, who made reference
to Capt. Innes-Taylor's recu.se last
week of a drowning woman in Pam
lico Sound. The speaker’s comments
on this recent feat were modest, and
limited to off-the-record criticism of
the inadequacy of preparation on th3
freighter for such emergencies.
Two visitors at the club’s meeting
were Prof. W. P. Morton, former
principal of Pinehurst Schools, now
in Tennessee, and Dan McKeithen,
former club treasurer, who is now in
Washington, D. C.
Delegates and alternates to the
forthcoming Carolinas District Ki
wanis Convention at Myrtle Beach,
September 7 and 8, were elected as
follows; Charles Picquet, H. W. Dom,
and J. Talbot Johnson, delegates;
Paul Butler. Dr. E. M. Medlin, and
A. B. Patterson, alternates.
WORD JUST RECEfVED HERE
OF MRS. ROBERTSON DEATH
truck accident on
Young’s road two weeks ago, sends
j Moore's unofficial highway death to-
, tal to 10 so far this year.
! Hoke and Lee counties also showed
' increase in highway fatalities during
this same period, while Harnett re
mained the same, 10 deaths each year.
Wake county led the State in high
way deaths with 29 for the first half
a year, while Cumberland county
ranked second with 24 road deaths,
compared with only 12 in 1940.
That increased traffic brings in
creased highway hazards is demon
strated in the highway death statis
tics given for Onslow county, where
Camp Davis and the Marine base near
Jacksonville have been under con
struction this year. During the first
six months of 1940, Onslow county
showed no highway fatalities, com
pared with nine fatal accidents and
deaths for the same period in 1941.
Part of the 100 per cent increase in
Cumberland’s death toll may be at
tributed to the increased traffic re
sulting from army activities in that
area.
jTown to Follow Lead of State;
Mayor and Hoard Fav(»r
.Making Time Chanjje
, An hour more of daylight at tha
end of the day—an hour le.ss at the
, beginning of the day_that’s the man-
^ made schedule which i.s supposed to
go into effect all over North Caro-
^ lina this Sunday, July 27.
j Ami. officially, Southern Pines will
jgo along with Governor Broughtons
I reque.st for daylight saving-time in
this State.
I Mayor Duncan Matthews, and most
of the Town Board mcmlxTs, declared
in favor of rc-setting the clocks of
the town to confoitn with the Gov-
I emor's request. Mayor Matthews waa
I one of municipal heads polled by the
I Governor before he made his decis-
I ion, and in his answer, the Mayor in
dicated that he would personally ap
prove daylight time.
How To ('hangp Clocks
In order to go on daylight savings
time with the rest of the State, this
procedure is recommended;
Before retiring Saturday night.
.July 26. set all time piece's in
your house aheiul one: hour. For
instance, if you nuike the change
at midnight, set clocks up tO' one
o’c’lock.
You may lose an hour’s sleep this
way. unless you make it up Sunday
moming; but you'll bo on the proper
time schedule. After this change, no
further worry is neces.sary—until an
order to go back on standard time is
made.
Under this airangement, you will
be arising at 7 o’clock, daylight time,
but really 6 o’clock, standard (or sun)
time. And at 9 o’clock in the evening,
with the sun still shining (perhaps t,
remember that by standard time, it is
actually only 8 o’clock.
Opinion Favors Change
Most of a few local wTTb were ask
ed their opinion of daylight time
favored the change. Town Board
Member Hugh Betterley said, "I
don't think the town needs it, but we
ought to go along with anything that
v.’ill aid the defense program.”
E. C- Stevens, board niember, de
clared that he “doe.sn’t personally fav
or it, but approve it if it will mean
a savings in electricity. The town
should go along.'' And L. V. O’Callag-
han, member of board, likes daylight
time. “I think it will do some good—
and I like it anyw'ay.”
R. F. Tarleton and M. F. Grantham,
other town board members, were not
available for comment-
I. C. Sledge, secretary-treasurer of
Pinehurst, Inc., thinks daylight time
would be fine for this community
“and certainly for resort business. It
will give another hour of daylight for
golf.”
Claude Hayes, Sandhills Bookstore
(Phase tum to page right)
Word was received here this week
of the death of Mrs. John C. Robert
son at her home in Cuba, N. Y., on
Saturday, July 19, after a long ill
ness.
Mr. and Mrs. Robertson have been
frequent visitors in Southern Pines as
guests of lue Jefferson Inn, on their
winter trips to Florida. Funeral ser
vice waa conducted Monday with bur
ial In Cuba cemetery.
Chief Changes Mind;
To Stay in Aberdeen
Chief of Police Lamarr Smith of
Aberdeen has changed his mind. He
has decided to remain as Aberdeen’s
chief law enforcement officer.
Aberdeen almost lost Chief Smith
last week, when he tentativelyt accept
ed an offer with the detective division
of the Atlantic Coast Line in Wil
mington and tendered his resignation
to the Aberdeen commissioners.
However, this week town officials
said Chief Smith had reconsidered
his decision and decided to remain on
in his present capacity.
Catherine Pierson
Marriage Announced
Interior Decorator Marries Vance
Dittman of Denver; Announce
ments Just Received
Announcements were received here
this week of the marriage of Miss
Catherine Pierson. Southern Pines in
terior designer, to Vance R. Dittman,
Jr., of Denver, Colo., in Carson City,
Nevada, July 3.
Mrs. Dittman is the daughter of
Mrs. Frank W. Pierson of Berkeley,
California, and the late Frank W.
Pierson. Since 1931 she has lived in
Southern Pines, carrying on her pro
fession of interior designer. Mrs. Ditt
man studied architecture and inter
ior design at Yale School of Fine Arts
at Yale University.
Mr. Dittman is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Vance R. Dittman of Denver,
Col., and was graduated from Yale
College in 1925, receiving his law de
gree from Yale in 1927. He practiced
law in New York City until 1929
when he moved to Denver, and he is
now a member of the law firm of
Enos, Dittman, and Morrato.
Mr. and Mrs. Dittman are spending
the summer at Indian Hills, Col., and
will make their home in Denver.