' A bf<n<ion UWtlTO STATES SAVINGS <»NDS VuL. h, NO. 8. ~^uthern Pines, North Caroiinn, Friday, January 2'.i, Carthaqe Officer Back In State SLY DUO TO GIVE PIANO AND VIOLIN CONCERT MONDAY FIVE CEN'1'8 Beethoven. Chopin and Schu bert to be Featured In Sec ond Library Concert I50TH WIDELY RECOGNIZED LIEIT-COI^ ALEX. P, KEIJ-V Steeplechase Set For >.> DEFENSE COUNCIL Benefit Hospital, Natj, elief gY TUFTS UaciiiK Association Anticiiiates Successful Year liecause of Nuni- in A f>I ICUI?rk l)er of Horses in Trainin)?; Profits to (Jo to Recognized , IJj £<0 I ADLlijIir/U Institutions; to Lead Off Races Thf- track to load to the Sandhills'1 benefit from the races because that (>*"OUp Will Coordinate Civilian most gala steeplechase meeting was | organization is being heavily taxed j Defense Efforts Throuphout opened up this week with the set.i during this early period of the War, Moore Countv ting of Saturday, March It, as tht;(when the U. S. Navy is carryingl CHANDLER VICE-CHAIRMAN Lieut.-Col. Alex. P. Kelly Com- mandiiiR Officer of Camp Davis Hospital RED CROSS DOES BIG SEWING JOB Just assigned as commanding of-' firer of the Camp Davis station hoa.j 7,000 fiar^enls Produced onel Alexander P. Kelly, who was tom and educated near Carthage. L.ieut.-Col. Kelly has been com manding officer of the 16th Medical Regiment at Fort Devcns, Mass., and was in the Carolinas during last fall's Rianeuvers. While his company was in maneuvers, Lieut..Col. Kelly visited his former home and a dance was given at the Pinehurst Country Club in his honor. His sister, Miss Mar garet Kelly, is connected with Pine, hurst, Inc. Col. Kelly entered Army service i.i 1918 and was commissioned a lieuten. ant in the MedicaJ Corps in 1920. He was appointed lieutenant colonel Au. gust 19, 1938. He attended Davidson College, North Carolina Medical, in Sewing Rooms Through out County, Report Says From recent publicity, one might get the idea that all the Red Cross does is raise money; but the Red Cross in Moore County last year pro. duced a total of 7,728 knit and sewn garments in the sewing rooms of the county and sent them for distri. bution to needy. This report was made by Mrs. i Thomas C. Lyons of West End, pro duction chairman of Red Cross for Moore County, at a meeting Monday of branch chairmen at the home of Mrs. Alice Burt Hunt, county chair man. Final report of branch chairmen A man-wife musical combination will he prc.sented next Monday, Jan uary 26. at 8;30 p. m. by the Southern Pines Library A.s-sociation as the sec ond in the current concert series. Allan Sly. noted English pianist, and Betty Ware Sly, American viol, inist, will pre.sent a program featur. ing works of Beethoven, Chopin and Schubert. Mr, Sly has concertized widely in F.iirope and this country and is now the head of the music division of the department of fine arts at WiU liani and Mary College in Virginia. Mr. Rly’.s art is characterized by deep sincerity, warmth of feeling and a technical virtuosity wjual to the moat exacting demands of piano literature. A distinguished musical scholar, he prefaces each work to be played with illuminating comments which contrib ute greatly to the understanding and enjoyment of the program and estab- li.sh an' intimate and informal re lationship between artist and aud. ience. Mrs. .Sly is a highly accomplished violinist with a tone of unu.sual beau, ty and a virile style which makes her part of the program a really stirring! mu.sical experience. Mrs. Sly also is a fine viola player and it is hoped that she may be willing to add to the program proper one or two .short numbers on this rarely heard but ap. peahng instrument. Program for Concert The program for next Monday night is as follows; Mr and Mrs. Sly; Sonata in G. ma jor, opus 30, No. 3, by Beethoven, al legro assai, tempo di menuetto. ma I molto moderator e grazioso, and al. legro vivace. Mr. Sly; Chopin’s Scherzo In B flat minor, Ballade in F minor, Ma. zurka in B flat major. Mazurka in C sharp minor, Valse in A flat. Mr. and Mrs. Sly; Schubert's Son. atina in G minor, opus 137, No. 3 allegro giusto, andante, menuetto- allegro vivace, allegro moderate. definite day for the meeting and tiieimuch of the brunt of hostilities, selection of Navy Relief and thej In deciding that Moore County Hos-j Moore County Hospital as the bene..pital should alsio .share in the pro-i . . .1 ,, . ficiarics of steeplechase Jirofits. ceeds, members of the Association' A county-wide defense council to These two important decisions were'pointed out that the Hospital would'civilian defense activities made Tue.sday afternoon after Almet I probably face a lean year, unless ij? ? Jenks, preh'dent, had presented writ, some additional means of .support jg ® called by James ten reports from Richard W'allach, found. In face of other fund-raising‘ i Pinehurst, recently appoint- campaigns for national emergency,'I''* Moore County Defense Chairman it was felt that the Hospital might Broughton, be neglected and that it wa.s due con. siderablc support from the racing Z I Sab,s on, Jr. of Car. '' “ thage who was first named to the Jr., racing secretary, following his confei’f'nce in New York City with Fred Parks, secretary of the Nation, al Hunt and Steeplechase Associa tion. The hunting race on the Barber Es tate Course, between Southeni Pinos and Piiwhurst. will open the sea.son of steeplechasp racing in the coun try, with the events .swinging to Ai. ken, S. C., for March 21. Because the profits from the Sand, hills Steeplechase meeting will go to benefit two worthy institutions, one local and on^ national, every effort will be made to make it the most out. standing meeting since the beginning of the event, eight years ago. Navy Relief was selected by diroc. tors of the Sandhills Association to job and then resigned because of the press of personal work. meet. Despite the call to armed service of many riders and owners of racing in_ „ . *■ and hunting horses, a survey of the: Pre«fntative.s possible field of entrants made by ^^ Tuesday s meeting, the f^lowmg 'Racing Secretary Wallach recently! elected as council members: show-ed that the^ .^re a nuXr of > n good hor.se.s in training for the stee.' - plechase circuit. i ^ Cameron; the Taking part in the meeting this, W aifford, Carthage; D. week were Mr. and Mrs. Jenks Mrs. 1C. Beijedict, Margaret Thorne Smith. Mrs. Reid T P'^^hurst: Healy. Mr.s. John R. Drexel, Spriggj t n. Camden, Col. George P. H^es, Jr.. P. S. r: Randolph Jr. and Isham Sledge. BurVs New Book Well Received By State and National Reviews HIGHWAY WRECK nm 3 LIVES Head-On Collision Ea.st of Car thage is Moore’s First Fa tal Accident of Year SIX College and the Medical College of | on the roll call of last fall showed a «v>_ 2_- ^ > n f CO OOT Q.4 ••atOA^ TtrifK *y nOit Virginia, and later graduated from the Medical Field Service School, Army Medical School and the advanc ed course at the Medical field ae.- vice school. tc*a! of $3,397.84 raised with 2,096 member.s enrolled. Largest sum and largest member.ship came from South ern Pines whose 755 members con. tributed .$1,348. LUMBER MAN GETS Materials Made in Moore Mrs. Lyons’ report showed the fol. I lowing number of garments made in \Tr»lir mnixi! sewing rooms of the county and Ml |V I [Vw I shipped to the Red Cross export de, illv/kJl I'ljf I HlWAJj pot jji Jersey City this month: 8,'i bed shirts, 110 hospital pajamas, Kationing Board Issues Permits, 200 layettes, each containing 27 gar. to Doctors. Funeral Home, | and Others ' Doctors, a funeral home, and lumber dealer received most of the' neoui? layette articles, 30 women's | cotton dresses, 145 girls' cotton ' dresses, 83 women's woolen shirts, i 125 girls' woolen shirts, 60 women's; 30 girls’ woolen tires and tubes issued last week by I ^2 boys’ shirts, 8 pairs boys’ the Moore County Tire Rationing. jqq girl.s' nightgowns (spec- ial emergency /equestl. Cohn h. Spencer of Carthage was. Knitted articles were 335 children's alloted several tires and tubes by the g^^.paters, 14 men's sweaters, 73 wo- board to be "used on trucks in haul, nien's sweaters, 5 shawls, 65 caps, Ing lumber for national defense, ac. jgcj ^f men's socks, 30 pairs of cording to the board. j niittens, 13 afghans, 100 mufflers. Dr. E. W. Bush of Southern Pines Attending the session for the re. was issued certificate for two pas.! ports were Mrs. C. L. Warner and senger car tires and tubes; Clark's’ Mrs. J. W. McMillan of Pinebluff, Funeral Home of Southern Pfnes for' Mrs. W. D. Caviness of Aberdeen, two ambulance t'res and tubes; and Mrs. S. R. Smith of Vass, Mr.s. H. Herbert N. Cameron of Southern Pines two truck tires and one tube. Certificates to Spencer allowed purchase of five truck tires and tubes. Other tire certificates issued were to Royal P. Muse of Carthage, one truck tire and tube; Dr. Malcolm D. Kemp of Pinebluff, two passenger car tires and tubes; McCrimmon Feed and Seed Co., Aberdeen, two truck tires and tubes. Also certificates were issued for obselete tires, which do not affect the county quota, to the following: John Lineberry of Hemp. Lee Roy Monroe of Eagle Springs, Coy Simp- Bon Wallace of Hemp, Ernest 'W'. Brewer of Eagle Springs, John Dew. ty McNeill of Hemp and Ruby Gene vieve Mark.s of Southern Pines. F. Seawell of Cameron, Mrs. Hunt,' Mrs. L. E. Thrower, Mr.s. Tod Bax.j ter, Mrs. Lee Clarke, Mrs. George | Christma.s and Carl G. Thompson ofj Southern Pines. ■ Polio Campaign Infantile Paralysis Fund Rais ing Gets Underway in Moore This Week The annual campaign to raise funds to fight the dread Infantile Paralysis is beginning in Moore County this week with F. D. Far rell of Aberdeen again serving as County Chairman. Local chairmen are as follows; Southern Pines, Mr.s. Carl G. Thompson, Jr.; Hemp, Miss Lucy Snyder; Carthage, L. L. Marion. Sr.; Va.ss, Mrs. D. M. Corbett; Pinebluff. Mrs. W K. Carpenter; West End. Miss Eva Ritter; Pine- hvirst. Frank McCaskill and Aber. deen, Clifton Blue. Coin collectors will be distribut. ed to stores and other public places. Contributions can be made in this way or by mailing or bring, ing cash or checks to Mrs. Carl G. Thompson, Jr. at The Pilot. The {tempaign is conducted by the Committee for Celebration of the Pre.sident's Birthday, but no local dance or entertainment i.s plan ned. Moore County's first fatal highway jiccident of 1942 took three lives last Friday night in a head-on collision between two automomflea on the San ford-Carthage highway, about miles east of Carthage. Killed instantly were the drivers of the cars. Charles T. Russell, 23, of Troy, and Neal Pierce, 28, of Lemon Springs. Chalmers Thoma.s of Lemon Springs, who was riding with Pierce, died about 7 o'clock Saturday at Moore County Hospital from Injuries received in the crash. Both Cars Snwwhed Both cars were badly smashed in the accident and investigating officers had not been able to determine the cause of the accident. Sergeant W. B. Kelly of the Highway Patrol, Deputy Sheriff C. R. Dunlap and Coroner R. G. Frye, Jr., of Carthage, who investi gated the accident, said that Piercc was headed toward Sanford and Rus. sell toward Carthage when the acci. dent occurred. 'Russell, 23, was driving a 1942 Chevrolet belonging to Mrs. R. R. Parsons of Troy. Pierce and Thomas were in a 1941 Plymouth and were re turning to their homes in Lemon Springs from Charlotte. Pierce was going to spend the week.end with his mother, and Thomas was nding with him. Funeral services for Pierce were held Sunday afternoon at St. Andrews Pre.sbyterian Church, conducted by the Rev. W. <A. Pate. Last rites for Thomas were held at the Shallow Well Christian Church in Lee County Mon day. Services for Russell were con ducted at Lovejoy Church in Troy Sunday afternoon. church. Ritter.s township; and C. C. 1 Underwood, Bensalem township, i Third Tr>- for County Defense i This actually is the third effort I made in Moore County to establish a ; coordinated civilian defense effort, j Many moons ago, under initiative I from Struthers Burt, civilian defense New York Times Favorable; Lo- committees were established through, cal Author Well Pleased i Sandhills These incidentally, were forerunners of national organ- With Recognition izations. , , Then cam? a period of all-out emer. Will; unusual unanimity book re. gency and the establishment of the viewers in the State and national; office of Civilian Defense, press this week went down the line ■ state Civilian defense directors, in favor of Stnithers Burt s new (bounty chairmen were appointed from Raleigh and new committeemen were .selected, .superceding the origi nal voluriteer organization. Sabiston was appointed Moore County civilian defense chairman; but found he was unable to devote sufficient time to Breakdown of Koll Call Final roll call report was as fol. lows, with number of members griv.; en first and amount raised second:! Uncle Sam’s declaration of War Southern Pines 755—$1,348; Pine-| came near interfering with the con- hurst 426—$912, Eureka 8—^$8, High, summation of a soldier's romance. Falls 21—$21. Hemp 100—$100, Lake-' but the willing hospitality and friend, view 8—$8,''Cameron 40—$40, Vass'ship of a Southern Pines woman came 69--$69, Carthage 138 $138, West to the rescue of Cupid. End 66—$71. Pinebluff 131 $166, story actually began many Jackson Springs 23—$35, Samarcand< yparg ago but ended this week with 22—$23.50, Eagle Springs 34—S85.happy announcement: Miss Mar- Aberdeen 160—$213; total 2096—53,- ga^gt McDonald, daughter of Mr. and War Threatens Cupid*s Plans; But Story Has Happy Ending novel, "Along These Streets, ’ which on Monday became the possession of the public—and the critics. The critics were more than kind. They were undisg;uisedly pleased. Even the New York Times Book Re, view section, which doesn’t bother to 1 and"resigned, pull punches, was without reservation, immediate successor could be in its praise for the book. j found. State officials .said the job Burt Is Pleaited I might take from two to six hours a "I certainly am well pleased 3 man’s time, as work develop, the reception.” Mr. Burt ^id at hiS; p^j Acceptance of this job by Mr. home here in Southern Pines. 1, "Tufts a couple of weeks ago was not think it's wonderful. The r^'viewera until this week. It was all seem to favor the book. , understood that he planned to devote Caro Green Rus^ll, conductor of, considerable part of his time to this Literary Lantern for many North | Carolina papers, began her review, Conimltttees Proposed with "We need more novelists with _ T-^e County Defense Council dis. the faith of Stnithers Burt, with the 1 mussed the desirability of establishing gift for expressing this faith a.s he: pp^^j^tte^g for civil protection, al. so impressively writes^ it. ready fairly well organized in various Russell is .sister of Paul Gree^ I communities; for health and welfare, wright, and w'f® Phillips Ru.ssell,; agriculture, publicity, conservation, another North Carolina writer, : finance Times Is Favorable , The purpose of the Council will be In the New York Times, Miss Kath.: prepare for any wartime erine Irvin Woods, Philadelphia-born tp a.ssist in paring writer, editor and book reviewer savs; I '^'I'ole population to wartime ef- •"Along The.se Streets' is a large!^ extent it will op. novel, and a good one. It is entertain- ^rate through existing agencies, 1; 11, ing and earnest; ironic, outspoken,;**® been done in the past, certain and at one point; magnificent; and, '”^*1 comrnittees for special functions. >es, it is an interesting story, about' ''Uch as air raid protections will be the young anthropologist Feiix Mac. ‘ <‘st&hlished. County-wide blackouts, ali.ster and his Philadelphia inheri.' instance, will call for complete co- tance and the three women who among the local air raid adorned, eased and tormented his ncw life ... during blackouts. "The story i.s, as has been said, is always interesting. But it has long ago become plain that Mr, Burt's new book has distinction, value and gen. uinely stirring appeal not as a story about individual men and women but as a novel of ideas , . . "With its motive in the noblest and Pas(or of Sacred HearJ Thiirrh most far-visioned patriotism, the nov. ‘ nacrea Heart cnurcn FATHER McDEVlTT, PINEHURST, DIES Frances McKeithen Now Senior Hostess Fort Bragg—Miss Frances J. Mc Keithen, daughter of Mrs. Neil A. Mc Keithen, of Carthage, has been ap. pointed senior hostess of Fort Bragg’s Motorized and Animal Units Service Club. Miss McKeithen was formerly jun. lor hostess at the Motorized and An. imal Units Service Club in charge of recreational activities and has been associated with this club since its opening. She was formerly a teacher in the Carthage school system. Mrs. Donald McDonald of Cresskill, N, J., became the bride of First Class Private Nicholas Short of Cresskill, now of Fort Bragg, in Bennettsvillle, S. C., Saturday, January 10. It's a story which began when Mrs. 397.84. Each branch chairman emphasized the present need for more sewers and workers in the Red Cross sewing rooms throughout the county. A special request w’as made by Mrs. Lee Clarke that Southern Pines peo., ^ pie volunteer their efforts at the Redi Wenger was a girl ^d at Cross room in the Straka Building. I \ V The room is open mornings and af.l f temoons each week-day. ! '^ter, Mrs. Wenger moved to Southern i Pines. Lost year she heard from her .SKWING t LA.S8ES IN HEUIP taken into the army Mrs. Alice Burt, Hunt, Countv and was stationed at Fort Bragg. Mrs. Chairman of the 'Red Cross, met with Wenger invited the boy to visit her a group of women in Hemp Tuesday and he came over to Southern Pines at the Community House, to help or. ganize a Red Cross sewing class. Mrs. Schumaker will be the local chairman of the sewing classes. often. About Christmas time, Private Nicholas told Mrs. Wenger some good news. He was going home on a fur. lough and he was going to get mar ried. He was happy. But in two days, he was called back, his leave cancell ed. Because of New Jersey laws, pro. viding a lO-day wait between issuing of licen.se and the marriage, he had been unable to marry his girl. To Mrs. Wenger, this problem had an easy solution. Private Short wrote his girl, described Mrs. Wenger. He told Mrs. Wenger what his girl look. *d like. One evening, a young lady stepped off the train at Southern Pines, looked around and found the woman fitting Mrs. Wenger’s de scription. She went home with Mrs Wenger, That week.end. First Cla.ss Private Short came to Southern Pines from Fort Bragg. Accompanied by Mrs. Wenger and another friend, Charles Block, the couple went to Bennetts- ville, S. C., where no hindering waits are requir^, and were married, Jan. uary 10. Mrs. Wenger acted as ma tron of honor; Mr. Bock as best man. Young Mrs. Short is still near her husband. At the invitation of Mrs. Wenger, the young bride is making her home with the friend who made her marriage possible. el may be .seen, too, to have pro- gre.ss as’its theme—in an understand ing so much larger than our custo. mary use as almost to spell paradox. Pa.sses in Charlotte Hospi tal; Burial at Belmont The Rev. B. J. McDevitt, pastor of For the progres.s which is an animat. 1 Sacred Heart Church in Pinehurst, ing force in this story . . . demands; died Sunday at Mercy Hospital !ri above all the present’s open.eyed sue. Charlotte. He was 4I years .)ld. cession to which has been greatest in Father McDevitt succeeded the late the past; the keeping of history's no-) Father W. J. Dillon as pastor of the ble promise.s, the realistic courage tol Pinehurst Catholic Church last year, meet change, engage in conflict,' He has served as pastor at Waynes- make sacrifices, so that the best sub- [ ville. West Asheville and Rocky .stance of the past may live on—no' Mount, previous to coming to the beautiful dead leaf but a root from j Sandhills. which justice and freedom and the' A native of Ireland, he came to this good life may continue to grow ... I coimtry as a young man and received " ‘Along These Streets' ... is ... i his college and seminary training at highly entertaining. Its writing is Belmont Abbey, where he was ordain- brilliantly epigrammatic, with the ed by the late Bishop Haid. stimulating quality which is so acute- Services w'ere held Monday at the ly remembered from the second.per. Pinehurst church and a Pontifical iod Wells. In a recent interview in Requiem Mass' was said by Bishop these columns, Struthers Burt ex. Eugene J McGuinness of Raleigh in pressed a whimsical wonder as to Charlotte Thursday. Burial was in why people \Vanted to read no\'cls' Belmont Abbey cemetery. One broth, now. His own novel offers one an.! ‘■r. Patrick McDevitt of Bayonne, N. swer: for diversion that pricks the!C. survives, mind to pertinent thought.” So Miss Woods’ in the New York Times. ~ The Tribune Likes It "Mr. Burt builds his characters well, makes them thoroughly inter esting and attractive, and manages to sustain his rather diffused love in terest effectively,” says Florence Haxton Bullock in the New York Her ald Tribune, “ 'Along These Streets' is a pleasant book to read. Leisured without being tedious, this fat, slow.i (Please turn to page 5) ' Vass Blackout The town o{ VasH has scheduled a local blackout prac41e« next Tuesday night, Janoary 27, be. tween the hours of 8 and 10 p. m. Five long UantK of the lire alarm over a two minute Interval will be the warning signal for tbe Mack, out and a straight SO-«eco»d blast will give the all.clear.

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