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BUY NOW! DEFENSE STAMPS and BONDS Glencton cond C la5pq& Cameron Jackson )larbe Ptrv&lu BUY NOW! DEFENSE STAMPS and HONDS o yoh VOL. 22, NO. 4 Southern Pines. North Carolinn. Friday. December 2(i. 1941. FIVE CENts Major William Fisher To Get Medal For Part In Trans-Pacific Flight Southern Pines Flyer Cited by War Departnfent for Ha> waiian-Philippine Flight WAS CAPTAIN AT THAT TIME Captain William P. Fisher, 30, of Southern Pines, Is among 75 officers atid enlisted men who have been rec ommended to the President for awards of the Distinguished Flying Cross, the War Department in Washington an nounced Wednesday, December 24. The awards are in recognition of a trans-Pacific formation flight Sep- temper 5 to 12, which "ranks as one of the greatest in aviation his tory,” according to the war Depart ment. (The Pilot has| information that “Captain” Fisher has just recently been promoted to Major Fisher; but be was a captain at the time of the flight from Hawaii to the Philippines.) The flight, made by a number of four-engrined bombardment airplanes, was from Honolulu to the Philippine Islands, where the planes of the for mation have been heavily engaged in the defense of the islands against Japanese attacks. The pilot of one of the bombers, Capt. Colin P. Kelly, Jr., successfully attacked the Japanese battleship, Hanina, In an action in which Capt. Kelly was killed. He will receive the award posthumously. To avoid Japanese patrols, It was nf'cessary to make the flight from Honolulu to the Philippines over an uncharted and circuitous route which tr/ck the formation deep Into the South Pacific. Most of the long route had never before been flown by either commercial or military air craft. Cited for ‘'HeroUm” Each of the officers and men of the formation have been recommend ed for the Distinguished Flying Cross by the Awards Committee of the Army Air Forces. Each was cited for ‘‘heroism and extraordinary achieve ment.” m each citation it is stated that “Due to the efficient efforts of the crew, the flight from Honolulu to Fort Stotsenburg was completed without accident or injury to any of the crew or passenger.s. The flight began on September 5. 1941, and was completed on September 12, 1941. “This difficult trip was completed in excellent time and without mis hap . . . The speed with which each phase of this flight was flown demon strated superior leadership and abil ity on the part of its commander. Further, it brought credit to the United States and Us Air Forces." The Southern Pines man was one of three captains to receive the Award, and one of two North Caro linians, the other being Corporal Con rad R. Payne, 23, of Lenoir. Fisher Tells of Flight In a letter quoted in The Pilot of December 12, Major Fisher—then Captain—referred to this heroic flight with more or less nonchalance. Here are his words, written from the Phil- tppines, again; "I was attached to a squadron and began flying the "Flying Fortress.” All WHS going quite smoothly (in Hawaii) when suddenly the little brown brothers began to get tough and a squadron was formed and sent over (to the Philippines) with nine bombers. I am second In command and a flight commander. They are wonderful airplanes—all you hear of them Is true—>and our outfit is well- trained and ready to operate." Major Fisher lived most of his younger life in Southern Pines, grad uating from the Southern Pine’s High School and later attending State Col lege, where he trained in the R. O. T. C. Shortly before his graduation in 1934, he received his appointment to the Air Corps, with orders to re port at Randolph Field, San Antonio, Texas, two days after he received his degree. He was born in Star and liv ed most of his younger days in South ern Pines. For many years, his mo ther. Mrs. Nellie Fisher, was South ern Pines librarian. The Disting^uished Flying Cross, with which Major Fisher will be pre sented, was authorized by Congress to be awarded by the President “to any person who, while serving in any capacity with the Air Corps of the Army of the United States . . . has distinguished hinnself by heroism or extraordinary achievement while par ticipating in an aerial flight.” MERRITT SUGG PASSK AT 71 Came Here from Chatham Coun ty in 1891; Served as Town and County Commissioner Merritt N. Sugg, one of several Chatham County folks who early mi grated to Southern Pines to take a part in its development, was laid to I final rest in Mount Hope cemetery I Friday afternoon. He was 71 years I old. I Mr. Sugg, although recently in de- j dining health, had insisted upon re- mainmg at his farm, about 12 miles I north of Sanford, and it was there 'that death took place last Thursday, j Funeral services were conducted I at Powell Funeral Home Chapel at 3 o’clock Friday with the Rev. Voigt . O. Taylor, pastor of the Church of Wide Fellowship, officiating. Surviving are his widow, the for mer Miss Minnie Smith, who he married January 30, 1900; two daugh- ; tors, Mrs. L. H. Cherry, Jr. of Char lotte, and Maurine Sugg of Southern iPi/ies; and three sons, Richard of I Southern Pines, Merritt of Amisville, , V . and Russell of Badin. I I Canie Here In 1891 ! Mr. Sugg was born in March, 1870, in Chatham County, the son of the late Robert Russell and Lavinia Ann Brown Sugg. He came to Southern Pines in 1891 at the age of 21 as a carpenter and builder. Among the first buildings he erected is the Montesanti Building on West Penn sylvania avenue, which lias, in its years, housed many of the town’s businesses. Active in a variety of business and community affairs, Mr. Sugg operated a livery service at one time, his horse- drawn livery of the early 1900's be ing a forerunner of the modern station I wagons. In this hvery, for inany i years, Mr. Sugg met trains at South- |em Pines depot and carried passen- jgers to their destinations. He took I part in promoting and the actual I building of the first road to connect 1 Southern Pines and Pinchurst, now approximately the same bed as the “old road" to Pinehurst. Elected a town commissioner in 1905, he served several times in that capacity and was the only county commissioner that Southern Pines ever had. In recent years he has been en gaged with his son, Richard, in the dairy business, being operator of the Osco Dairy. Mr. Sugg was in charge of the farm management and was at his farm, just South of Deep River, at the time of his death. Pallbearers were P. Frank Buchan, Scott Newton, James Schwartz, Yates Poe, A. M. Svvinnerton and George Colton. Local Pender Store Gets New Manager H. L. Hoffman last week became local manager of Pender’s store here, succeeding G. A. Smith who was transferred to Charlotte. Mr. Hoffman ha« been with Pen der’s for some time and comes here from a store In Gastonia, N. C. He and Mrs. Hoffman are at present mak* injf their home at Coxy CMu Imt ex> pect soon to move into an apart ment. CHAIRMEN NAMED TO RAISE *10,000 Paul Dana Heads County Effort to Meet Quota in Red Cross War Emergency Fund The campaign of the Moore Coun ty Red Cross to raise its war qyota of $10,000 (jot under full swing this week with the appointment of special chairmen in various communities to conduct the campaign. Paul Dana of Pinehurst is chairman of the county Emergency War Fund. The campaign is well underway in Pinehurst under the chairmanship of Francis T. Keating and at Knollwood with Mrs. E. C. Keating as chairman, Dana said. Chairman for other towns were an nounced as follows; Aberdeen, Mrs. J. B. Edwards; Carthage, Mrs. Charles T. Grier; Hemp, W. P. Saunders; Pine- bluff, Mrs. Malcolm D. Kemp; South ern Pines, Carl G. Thompson; West End, W. A. Johnson. “The Moore County Chapter of the merican Red Cross hr.s always falth- ully fulfilled its responsibilities and we know that our friends will not fail us at this important and urgent time, Mr. Dana said. “EJveryone is in vited to contribute and can send their contributions in to their local chair man, to Mrs. Alice Burt Hunt, county chairman, in Southern Pines, or to me, Paul Dana, in Pinehurst. It la important that the funds be raised promptly, and we know that the peo ple of the county will consider it a privilege to donate as generously as possible.” The $10,0(X) quota is the Km>re County share of the Fifty Million Del lar Kmergvncy War Fund beinsr rais ed l>y the Red CroM «t this time. m Holidays Ranks to Be Closed Two Days; Post Office Will Put Up No Mail on Christmas Usual store and public office holi days will be taken this Christmas. The Citizens Bank and Trust Company in Southern Pines ancf the Bank of Pinehurst, and i.s branches, will be closed Thursday and Friday, Decem ber 2.5 and 26. The banks will also be closed on New Year’s Day. Most of the local stores will remain open late Christmas eve and will be closed all day Christmas. The Southern Pines post office will make no distribution of mail on Christmas Day, except for special de livery and perishables. Dispatch of mail will be as usual, however. On Wednesday, the parcel post window will remain open until 10:30 p. m. to deliver packages too large for boxes. All evening mail will be put up Christ mas eve. if arrivals are on time. The Pilot, being printed early this week, will close its offices Wednes day and Thursday, and will be open again Friday. Christmas Bureau Low in Funds For Filling Baskets For Needy ABOUT 300 OFFER VOLUNTEER WORK Contributions La;;ging this Year, Despite Help from School Children and Others Unless there is a sudden last min ute response to the Christmas Bu reau’s appeal for funds, there's go ing to be a slim Christmas for many needy families in this section, whose full observance of Christmas is made possible with the help of more fortu nate. Local school pupils swelled the food contributions last week Oy oringing lo school cans of rood wrapped in Christ mas wrappings. These were turned over to the Christmas fund. E. H. Lorenson, treasurer of the Christmas Bureau, which is being con ducted tliis year Dy the Rotary club, said that while food contriDutions were fairly high, few toys or cash had been turned in for the Christmas fund. Distribution of the Christmas bas kets will be made Wednesday evening, Lorenson said, making it possible foi Rotary Club to Give Presents to Soldiers Christmas Tree to be Placed at Camp of 57th Signal Corps; Presents Requested The F.otary Club of Southern Pines will place a Christmas tree at the camp of the 57th Signal Corps, just to the right of U. S. Highway No. 1 between Southern Pines and Aber deen, and presents will be distributed at 6:30 p. m., Christmas eve, Decem ber 24. Realizing that many residents of the Sandhills welcome an opportunity to participate in adding to the Christ mas spirit and enjoyment of those who will remain in camp over the hol idays. the Rotary committee in charge invites contribution of presents or last minute contributions to be made ito purchase them. Tho.se desir- to his office at Professional court onl*’'S to make such contributions were East Pennsylvania avenue. Grocery stores are displaying bar rels into which canned food contribu tions may be dropped for distribution, Lorenson said. At Pender’s store, the workers started off the barrel by each contributing a supply of groc eries, it was reported. The Young Fellowship League of the Church of Wide Fellowship is collect ing old toys, repairing them, and making them available for distribu tion through the Bureau. Boy Scouts are helping to collect the toys, and the girls of the League are making dolls for the Christmas baskets. The Junior Chamber of Commerce will assist in distributing the Christmas baskets. Elderly Woman Hurt by Hit-Run Driver Miss Eva Hammonrf, elderly South ern Pines resident, is in Moore County Hospital, suffering broken leg and shoulder and severe lacerations, re ceived last Friday night when she was struck by a hit-and-run driver near Manly, while she was walking toward Southern Pines. Although the driver of the car sped on. Patrolman W. L. McKenzie of Aberdeen radioed to Sanford where Highway patrolmen stopped the car and driver, who gave his name as Henry P. Morris of Rocky Mount. He was held in county jail overnight and gave bond for appearance. Registration of Civilian Workers at Stevens’ Office to Continue Nearly three hundred volunteers re sponded last week In Southern Pines to an appeal for volunteer defense workers to register with the newly- formed Defense Council. Over the four-day registration per iod, plumbers, electricians, writers^ nurses, and almost every other occu pational type registered at the office of E. C. Stevens on West Broad street. Because there may have been many who did not notice the appeal in the forms of handbills and articles in The Pilot, registration will continue in Stevens’ office during regrular busi ness hours. List of Registrations Following are names of those who registered during last week: William B. Alexander, Vernon Ar thur Allan, Natalie Allen, Jasper D. Arey, J. D. Arey, Jr., Mrs. Janies W. Atkinson, J. W'. Atkinson. Sr., Stan ley Austin, Jeanette S. Backer, Max G. Backer, D. Ernest Bailey, Agnes F. Baker, Laura Baker, Newton Ba ker, Eleanor Barron, John Conner Barron, Jesse Bass, Alice Baxter, C. L. Baxter, Hugh J. Betterley, Mrs. Julian F. Bishop, Charles Block Morris H. Bowden, Flora Bowers, Mrs. Mary Broom, Virginia Broom, Mrs. requested to give them to Virgil Clark, June Phillips, Arthur Newcomb or any other Rotarian. Cakes, candy, fruit, nuts and cigarettes will be es pecially appropriate, the committee t J ,.„].Tackson H. Boyd. Jackson H. Boyd, The public is mvited o attend the Ip, ^ distribution Of gifts at the camp, ^ Christmas eve. j Brown, Mrs. R. E. Buchanan, _ I ■' I Howard F. Burns, Kathryn S. Burns, Local School rupils |Dr. E. W. Bush, William Edward Give White Christmas i Busick, Alice Butler, Mrs. Wul C. I Butler, Paul C. Butler, Mrs. Pradence Pro- Giles Blue. PRECAUTIONARY AIR-RAID STEPS ARE TAKEN HERE Defense Council Zones Town and Vicinity; Says “Anything Might Happen in War” FIRST AID STATIONS SET UP Gifts Presented Durihg gram Turned Over for Distribution to Needy Precautionary measures for protec tion of civilian population were rush ed to completion by the Southern Pines defense council this week, with the town organized for any eventual ity. For such an eventuality as an air raid, a warning signal from the fire siren will blast out four times. All clear will be sounded with a two-min ute single blast. “It is not beyond the realm of pos sibility that, as World War II goes on. Southern Pines and neighboring towns may be attacked from the air,’’ local defense officials said. “The Seaboard railway, an important car rier between the north and south At lantic Seaboards, run through the center of Southern Pines and Aber deen. Aberdeen is a railway junction and is important as a shipping point to Fort Bragg, one of the largest army posts in the United States. And Fort Bragg lies only some 25 miles from Southern Pines.” It is up to the civilian population, in our case the people of Southern Pines and of towns nearby, to make every preparation against the threat of air raids and in event of such raids, to take care of themselves and their fellow citizens, it was pointed out. “It's not the army’s job to look af ter us, to order and enforce blackouts, to fight fires, to police, to evacuate tne wounded, to guard public works and utilities. The army may be far away at the time, actually engaged with the enemy or guarding vital points of defense. liiemy air raids, in so far as they affect the lives and property of civilians, are a job for the civilians themselves,’’ it was said. “They must clearly recognize the chance of such attacks, take every precaution against them and endure them coolly and with the least pos sible loss.” The Defense Council, announced last week, has divided the town of South ern Pines and its environs into seven zones for the purpose of establishing first aid stations. A map showing these zones is in the Southern Pines' Police station and may be consulted there. Following is a list of the zones and the houses where the First Aid Sta tion will be located, followed By the name of the first aid person in charge; Zone one, L. T. Avery house. East Indiana avenue. Miss Helena Kelly. Zone two, Harry M. Vale house. Valley road, Miss Katherine Wiley. Zone three, George C. Moore house. East Massachusetts avenue. Miss Irma Fisher. Zone four. Southland Hotel, New Hampshire avenue, Mis.s Elizabeth Grover. Zone five, Mrs. Florence Thrower eron, E-stelle Cameron, Gussie Cam eron, Hugh Cameron, J. Bnice Cam Southern Pines School observed a E>*^=»beth K. White Christmas last Friday, with all I^ grades participating. Gifts all wrapped Chatfield, Sr.. Virgil Page Clark, in white were carried in a single j ^ ^ee Clarke, file procession and placed on a whltej^*'®*^^^^ . R. Conrad, Bar- platform at the front of the auditor-1 Corbett, Clyde Council Mrs. iimi. These gifts were turned over tol^- G- the Rotary Club committee in charge Violet of distributing g;ifts to the needy. Annette M. Callan, D. Duncan Cam-l^ouse, Bennkt street, W. B. Holliday on R<jtpllf» Pampron. Onssif* Cam- r, . ' ' i Rhea Creasey, Charles Cullingford, mu 4 J ■ i. I Herbert G. Cutter, Leland Daniels, The Glee Club Pr^ented a Chnst-'^j^^ ^ ^ j mas program under the direction of | g ^ ^ ^ay, Jim- Miss Selma Stegall. Members of the m,, ^ora L. Donald- Glee Club entered in a candle-hght ^ Donaldson, I.uella Don- procession singing ‘ O Come All Ye j^^^ert Dunn. C. L. Dunn, C. L. faithful.’ and marched to the huge l. Dutton, Eloise Christmas tree on the stage. Carols j , , , "■‘'h 'Mrs.'cirrence H. Rdson, Ida E. El- read “The Night Before Christmas. ’ I Kenneth M. Eops, Doris The program was impressive and | irergu-son, >rrs. John . Ferguson J. greatly enjoyed by the student bodyi 4 ji'er-'Sfn Alex Fields, Leon Fields, and teachers. Frnia Fish'”' Paul Fitanidos. Victor Fitanides, He'en Gadawski, Mrs. H. W. Gage, C. B. Gale, Clarence Gargis, Florence Garvin, Mrs. Sarah E. Gar- Of What Marley's Ghost ver. Lucille Grover. j something new in each reading. To-! Daniel H. Hackney, W. D. Hackney, ^t this Christmas season Mrs. Les- Proff Says Sandhills Example Zone six, Jerry Thompson house, Pinedene, South Bennett street, Mi.ss Gladys Hussey and Miss Barbara Backer. Zone .seven, Almet Jenks house. Young’s road, Mrs. Reid Healy. Those in charge of first aid at these homes will also ha' • four assistants. The posts in these zones will be manned only in case of emergencies. It was emphasized that in cases of emergencies all communication lines, especially telephones, be kept clear. Member of the local Defense Coun cil and their jobs are: Mayor W. Dun can Matthews, chairman; John Howarth. coordinator Eugene C. Ste vens, director of registration; L. V. O’Callaghan, fire fighting services; Mrs. Leo Clarke medical services; Howard F. Bums, public works, streets, water; Almet J^nks, public relations and education; Joe N. Steed, utilities; and A. B. Patterson, air raid warden. : County Welfare Head Appreciative of Help “Proff’ Koch settled back in an easy chair, packed his ever-faithful pipe a little tighter with Planter’s Pride, his favorite tobacco, applied a match and relaxed with a sip of steaming hot chocolate. “That was a fine audience,” he said. "You know, you can feel wheth er an audience Is with you or not. And this one really seemed to be with me.” Prof. Frederich H. Koch had just finished his 225th reading of Charles Dickens’ "A Christmas Carol,” given in the High School auditorium here, and had quite apparently pleased the goodly number of r^ndhills folks which turned out to hear tne pro gram, sponsored by the newly-oi^an- Ised Junior CSvic Club. "You know, Proff," Mid the new»- papernwo, "I’ve heud you do tba Carol a good many timM. but there** Music in the Wonte “The woi’dsl” exclaimed the re nowned director of the Carolina Play- makers at Chapel Hill. "There is a spirit In words which few people seem to feel. Words are like notes of music written on a composition. These notes do not become music until properly In terpreted by the musician. Words are mere symbols and unless their spirit is brought out, they are meaningless.” The talk remained on words for a time, how words have grown out of years of effort on the part of human ity to express itaeU. "iBceaMUt Labor^ "It’a aa ICarley’a ghoat told Scroop,” aiUd Scrooge’e most relia* (PUu* (nm U pag9 •ight) P. Hassell. Richard N. Hassell, Joe R. Hatch. P. V. Hatch. Emllle Dell Hayes. Louise M. Haynes, Mrs. Jeanl ette Reid Healv, Dr. George G. Herr. Malcolm I. Hill. Mary A. Hodgkins, Norris L. Hodgkins, Jr., William B. Kollidav, Alice May Holmes. E. O. Howard.’ John M. Howarth, Celia A. Huehes. 'Alan Innes-Taylor. LJoyd Tiines-Tavlor. Mrs. Ernest L. Ives, Fmest L. Ives. Walter T. Ives, Al met Jenks, Mrs. Almet Jenks, Cliff Johnson, Myra Lee Johnson, Gertrude H. Jay. Genevieve Kaufman, F. H. Kaylor, Helena L. Kelley, Jane Kelley, Wini fred Kellev. Robert B. Kellia, Laura Kelaey, Preston T. Kelsey, PWUp E3. (PUmtt turn to |m#« fight) eluding doctors, nurses, teachers and others, and to organizations which have cooperated with the department in such a wonderful way by reporting the needs from all sections of the county, thus enabling the department to meet the emergencies which have arisen more effectively than could have been done otherwise with the small staff provided.” Teachers have been especially help ful in getting children equipi^ for school and in bringing crippled chil dren and those with defective aight to the attention of the welfare work ers. she said. This department la trying to aee that tJiere are no empty stockings or hungry families at Christmaa.