North Carolina Newspapers

VOL. 22, NO. 23. SlfHlciils Do'riicii* l*arl in NalioiTs Aii* DrlViisc Friday, May 8, 1942.. Southern Pines, North Carolina FIVE CENTS Airplane Models Built for Use in Training Pilots, Gunners and Observers i he holihv ()[ many .i hii'li scIm 1 ^oi.nij.slri' bi'eujv.o a inili- tciiy fliiu'lion u lu n tlu' (i iv'rdin t'lit !et. ; !!'!.'' high s'-hn ;1 suuli'n's throuKhoiit the n;itiun to uu.l i so'i.i ivmdi-Is of till’ pliinos us.vi !)v h 'di"- ciriit n;itii>n.s to l)c iisoil in the ti.'iin- inj4 (if our Jirmi'it foici's. And Snuthwn Pino.s I'isli .'ii'iiool.-' well' among those wiiiiii !VI! to work on the program and aiv now conipli’tinu tlie quota of about !00 model planes to be dcliv.Miu '.o tlie Navy Department at tho end of school. In training airplane ;»ilots, liur.- ners and observers for the Navy /iRhtintJ. it was considered essential to have models of each type oi ship used l)v tiu- enemy. How t.> (.let their, and t!et them quickly was soivtd when the Navy decided lo call upon ttie high school students thi’ou^hout the nation to tui n their hobbies into war work. Under the direction of P. I. Weav er. superintendent of scnools, the model building got underway, with one experienced ljuilder. Stephen Osborne, helping to interpret the blueprints and plans for construc tion. Most of the planes were turned out at the homes of the bovs, at Stephen’s own workshop, or at the Industrial Arts shop at West South ern Pines High School, where T. U. Connor, instructor for this woi-)r, supervised the use of the machinery and tools. The Southern Pines quota of 100 models was nearly completed this week and the young men and wo men who made the planes posed lor pictui'es (see above) with their mod els, proud that they had been able to take an essential part in the Navy’s war program. High .school students making model airplanes under tlie I-'. S. N'lval Model Aucraft Project and some of their product are shown here In top picturi' are left to right, first row, Frank (’in ene, l-'ii'd Hall, .Johnny Raymond, Jimmy de Hi'rry, Hilly .McDonald, Kay Thomas. Walter Hlue, .jr., and Alton Hlue; standing. Bob Burns, Burton Brown, Cephas Patch, R iy Turner, Stephen Osborne, supervisor of the group; Secri'st Hefmn , and .Joe McDaniels. (Absent when the picturi' was made weri' Harry Lee Brown and David Morrison.) Bottom picture slu)ws, left to right, first row, Mai'ie Walker. Thelma Newkirk, Talithia McNair, Ha/el Bridgi's, Doiotliy Hodges, Mary McLain, Orilla (!ay, .Juanita CIraham: back row, Cornelius Shirley. David McNair, Waller Fumlerburk, HaiokI Connoi-, Chester CJoin;,. Walter Clrey, Cecil (Joins. Richard McNair, Wilbur Clillis. Mary Mar;h. Tommy I,ewis, Bessie Mae Connoi. and James Hill. S<‘a!^oirs S<niH‘SloiT.s (’.losing lo Lihriirv W (Mliiesdavs P. ,M. BISHOP TO DEDICATE NOTRE DAME CHAPEL Ceremony to Be Conducted Tues day, May 12, for New Wing Added lo School Notre Dame Chapel .recently completed at Notre Dame Academy on Young’s Road, will be dedicated Tuesday, May 12, at 4 o’clock, by the Most Rev, Eugene J, McGuinnes:;, D. D., Bishop of Raleigh, The new Chapel is part of a wing added w'ithin the last few months. The wing also includes an attractive recreation room and study and en larged sleeping quarters, necessitat ed by an increased number of resi dent pupils. The Academy is con ducted by the Sisters of Notr.; Dame de Namur, Report Shows Sum of $351 Cleared for Sponsors; New Books Approved for Purchase The Concert series, sponsored by the .Southern Pines Library As,-iocii'.- tion, benefited the Library by the sum of $331.48, and received an ex cellent reception from the audi<'nccf., it was reported at the monthly I'leet- i ing of the Library Trustee^ Tuesdi.y, New books, recommende I bv tlie I j book committee, were approved by I the trustees and will be purch,i.sed ' this month to be added to the tur- ' rent reading shelves. I Fiction books are: “Vilkigo in ,Au- 1 gust” by T’ien Chin, translated f'-o:n the Chinese; "Islandia” by Austin Tappari Wright; "The Children” bv Nina Fedorova; “Only One .Storm” by Clranville Hicks; and “The Castle on the Hill” by Elizabeth Goudge. Two mystery books are “Calam ity Town” by Ellery Queen, and “Haunted Lady” by Mary Roberts Rinehart; Children’s books, “Scorni on the Island” by Eleanor Latimer and "General Douglas Mac.\rttiur” by Francis T. Miller; and thret' gen eral non-fiction books, “Vicl(>ry through Air Power” by Ale.'cander de Seversky, “Russia and Japan” by Maurice Hindus, and “Moscow War Diary,” by Alexander Werth. BANKS CLOSE MONDAY In accordance with custom, the Southern Pines bank and others in the county will observe Monday, May 11, Decoration Day, as a legal holiday and will not be open for business at any time during the day. Nutrition Classes Planned for Southern Pines Women Organization Meeting Scheduled at Civic Club Tuesday Morn ing at 10:30 Nutrition classes to be followed by Canteen classes will be org-inizod in Southern Pines next Tuesday! morning May 12th, at 10:30 o’clock, | at the Civic Club, when Mrs, Alice | Burt Hunt, chairman of Moon'' County Chapter, American Red | Cross, and Mrs, E. V, Hughe<, who | Mrs. Hunt has appointed Chairman i of the Nutrition classes, will meet j all women interested in Nutrition | Education, j Plans are underway to bring a dietitian here to teach the classes, which will be supplemented by dis cussion periods under the leadership of the Chairman, All women are in vited to attend the meeting Tuesday. And Some Are Not; But the An nual Afternoon-Off Move In dicates Summer Is Here The admission that summer v.-.is near and submission to the oik r\ :it- ing warmer weather was marked this week by the closing of many of Southern Pines’ retail store? las*. Wednesday afternoon, reno'.ving the annual custom of the establishnu.’nts. Several of the stores, howo> >>r, are not yet observing Wednesday clos ings, and a stroll before the stores on West Broad street, between Penn sylvania and New Hampshir ■ ave nues, left little indication th.it oth er stores were closed. The firug stores, tlu A. & P, grocery company, Hayes’, the five and ten, and Patch’s all remain open. Discussion over the Wednesday af ternoon closing—and remaining op<-n brought -someofficials of the A. and P. Tea company to town this week, to explain that their policy, inaugurated some time ago was for a five-day week for all employes, year-round, and that it could not, because of this, also gi\'o Wcuno.'^Ja.v afternoons. Signed up for Wednesday ciosings through September 30 were Dorn's, Pender’s, Modern Mark> t, Haidwure and Electric, Roth's Barbov .Shop, Shaw Paint and Wallpape.-, Tot’s Toggery, franjeans. Field's Barber Shop, R. A, Warren Jewelry Shop, Bill’s Shoe Shop, Baker’s Food Store, Midland Dress Shop, Allie Mc Intosh, Atkinson Company, Melvin Bros,, Inc,, Mack’s 5 and 10 S»ore, Knowles Specialty Shop, The Valet, Tate's Beauty Shop, Vogue P.eauty Shop, Agnes Dorothy Beaut.' Shop, and Mrs, Guy’s Shop. lloinniitkT LiuiiK'lies L(M*al Drive,To Aid ^a\ V Ueliel S(M'i(‘h George London and Almet Jenks Head Fund Campaign to Help Navy Families GREATEST NEED SEEN NO’vV As a piirt o) a nation-u idc cMori to sui'll thr iiuu'h-ni''(lc(l tunds nl till- Na\ V Kclicf Socu'ty .a (■ampa:,;t'i to coviT Moori' County u as launched Ill'll' tills week undi'r the joint chair manship oi (Inirge K, London ■•uid •Mmi't .Iciiks of Sotuhern Pines, Al a inecling Wrdni'sda>' afti'inooii at till' i.'i\ 11' Club, a number of co;ii mitti'i' members who will a,ssist ir, the campaign laid plans for raisin-; a large sum in this section lo help tl'.i' Soeu'ty which helps the famiUes of Xa\ \- men. W. .'V Li'land McKeithen of Pine- luir.'t 1 chairman of a drue in that town and Mrs. Frank W McCIih';', jr., l^ tri'asurer uL ihe Piiirluust liind. "'I'lii' iii'i'd loi imiiie'.lKite help to ' llii- \ lic'llrt Soeirty is mdiiMli'd . . numlH'r ca.Hi.dtles .lir. .aiy :' I■''! ti'il li'i I'.K' jTriod Di'i'i'iiilier 7 ' thriuiL'h April 1,'). " Mr. London pir;u- I i‘, o;i! ".‘X tot,il I'l li.ill'll (lead. ll'i. - or wciunfli-d ueri' ri-fjorled Icr that pri'iod. compared with .ilioiit H.nlin I'm' till' (‘iitiri' World War. ’I'lus shous tii.’it till' strain ui>on the N:iv'. lo'hi't .Soi'iety Ifi take care of tlie I,'imiiii'.' of those men is groatei' tlnr, I ev er before." ' Till' National Cili/ins Coi;imitte" for the Navy Kelief Society, witli I which the Moori' County I'onimittc' is .ifliliated, has set a goal of fiv«.' million dollars to be administered by a Board of Managers, made up of Navy men and their wives. The So ciety, Ihrough its Auxiliaries and the .'Xmerican Ixed Cross, investi gates ihe financial need of families ' of Navy nu'n iHd'ore assistanrce is given. The purpose of the society has been stated simply: "No widow, no orphaned children, no mother or other member of the Navy man's family shall suffer luirdship if i: can be prevented." During pe:icetime, the Navy Ile- ' lief .Society has operated with its : own resources but "for the first time in its history, the Society is , faced with a problem far beyonil its ability to meet.” ^ Volunteers Wanted I So far, response in Moore count>' ' has been encouraging, said London, and it is hoped that volunteer work- ; ers will offer to assist in collection I of funds. Marked containers are ;o : be placed about in various establish- I ments so that contributions can be imade easily. .Also, any member of the local committee will accept funds, I The committee is at present com posed of Mr. Jenks and Mr. London, Mr. and Mrs. Jackson Boyd, Dr, and Mrs. J, J. Spring, Miss Eleanor Bar- I ron, Mr, and Mrs, Louis Scheipers, ' Mr .and Mrs, L. D, McDonald, Poiica . Chief Ed. Newton, and Mrs, J H. ; Towne. It was emphasized, how'evor, that I the committee would not be limited j but open to all those who wished to : a,ssist, especially those who hav<- some close relative in the service of ! the Navv, Gasoline Cat Z" "'X ^ .on Plan Starts With Registration At Schools Next Tuesday ,. Applicants for Motor Fuel Must hlliployilHMlI Present Their Ownership Reg- IMaco l2o \S orkrrs istration Card SCHOOLHOUSE KEEPS BUSY Regular Schedule of Job Place ment Representatives Being Followed in County During the month of .\ijril, tl'c Sanford office of the I'. S. l-!in»K)y- ment Service, which serves ( hc.ti.am, I ee and Moore (,'ounties, made a 'o- tal of placements of .v!u"li 11!8 were from Moore (’ounty, it v.;s leariu'd this wei'k. The Sanford Kmi)loyment Servic.' office n aches Moore county tiirougli weekly itinerant service. This pub lic em))loyiiu'm agency is ch.-irged with finding qualified woikeis for all types of work, from nicking strawberries in ('asteii> Xo;ih f.iro- lina to filling <'.\ecuti\'e posiiloii', calling lor, high prof''.-sional iiu.iiui- cation:-. It is at pri'-' ii* also !im; lline. iiuieh employiiii'nt o: steiio^r.iphic i.elp lor go\ ermr,ent departnv nt,;, both local and in otiii'r places, Iturir.u .-Xpiil. men .mil v.-.ii' ell ri'Hi.-l'ied with the .Sanford of* I'ii'i' liir ll'.e fii-,1 tiir.e and .Jl-4 re- ni'Wi'd their application loi' emplov- inent, acc'nl'ni; to t' • .iffice' .ri'oit. Fifty-two nu n w ei e eui oli Wi’.X proiec’,.- !ii Mi-i'.c (.'')uuiy f.ir r'- fusing t'l aet'i'pt local ei'ipioyiui ni offered them. Work on deitii.'c lon- .-ti'uction proji ets in nea.'o,'' ai'i'.’c: was off' red to moie than I'iO Mrnre Countx' WPA WDikers. The schedule of Kniployment S.-r- vice repre.-enlatives in Moor' i'oun- ty is ;is follows: Wednesd.iy, a, III. to 12:30 p. in.. uelfare offiei', (,'ai- thago; 1:30 p. m. to 3:30 p. n.. Mu nicipal Building, Hemp; Tlnrsday, St .Vu'on. M., lire 10:31) a. m. to 12 noon, fii'. P Piiiehurst; 12:30 to 3:45 I station. Southern Pines. .■\t these places, applicatio'i for Uiiik iid claims for uiiemplox :i'.'iit I wmp' iisation may be file-d KinpiO.\- .■:s who ,1 w iikers fo euN- kind ol work are requested to cont'Kt ihi' ser\ ic'e at these places or call 'heii orders to the .Sanford oftici'. Tv.i) special farm placement m.n aie serving Moore County, H. M. Hack ney, working out of the .Sanfoid (of fice, and James A. Nowell, stationed at Aberdeen, both devoting full time to assistance of farmers. Housewives desiring domeslic.; may al.so place their orders with J. E. .Sawyer, Service repre,s<n1,:itive, at the slated places and times ORGANIZED PLAY GROUPS PLANNED BY ARK FOR SUMMER Mrs, Millicent A. Hayes is arrang ing organized play groups at The .‘\rk for h summer .session t) last Ihrough June. There will bo ,i pro gram of storiis, songs, rhythiiw and games for the children beiween three and six years of age. F’or boys and girls i ix to ten years, there will be setling-iip exercist-s, handicrafts nature club, garm s and dramatics. The term will begin June 3 and last through June 26. Fall Has Meaiiiiio H‘J) lo Local Men Who Ih^lprd BiiiUI Fort of Manila Bay. LOCAL PRIEST TO TAKE PART IN SOLDIERS' "FIELD MASS' Father Joiin A Brown of 3oiuh- ern Pines will be among participant-^ in an impressive outdoor “Field Mass” being planned by the Ninth Division of Fort Bragg to b_> held on the shores of MacFad'Cn’s Pond, Sunday, May 10. at 10 .i, ni. The Most Rev. Eugene J. McGuinness, Bishop of Raleigh, will pontificate i t the Mass. Choir music will be per formed by the B<'lmont .\bbev Choir of Charlotte, and Father Bio'vn wiil be master of ceremoniei. The heroic defense of Corregidor and its eventual tragic fall this week had deep personal meaning to two well-known Southern Pines me,i who, about three decades and a half ago, helped to build some of th" fortifications which helped Iht' .'\merican and Fihpino forces hold out as long as they did, Hugh J. Betterley, now a Southern Pines town commissioner and ho'.>d of the Southern Pines Warehoiisi":, and James B. Swell, civil enginec'■ now working on the expansion ol Pope Field al Fort Bragg, were jf.sl out of college when they went to the Philippines in 1906 and 1907 to work on Corregidor fortifications They were not brothers-in-law, then, either, but later Mr. Betterley mar ried Mr. .Swell’s sister. Katherine. Had Jap Scare Then This was only a few years aftei- the United Statics had acquired the Philippines, out of the Spanisli American War, and it was a Japan ese scare al that time which promi)t- ed the U. S. Army to increase the fortifications on that mountain is land which guards the entrance to Manila Bay. Mr. Swett as assistant engineer on the construction of a two-gun 12- inch battery overlooking the .South channel entrance to the Bay and Mr. Betterley was in charge of con struction of two-gun 10-inch bat- Construction of the 12-inch bat teries called for about 12,000 cubic yards of concrete for the tv;o gun blocks, and four ammunition rooms, which were covered over with forr to si.\ feel of reinforc'd concrete. The guns were about 217 feet . part. The 10-inch battery was similar in construction, taking, however, only about 10,000 cubic yards of conci ' te. Few Defenses Then At this time, according to the lo cal men, there were few defense-; on the mountain island. One baiter..- of stationary gunsf the now one.s ’vcre the disappearing kind) were directed straight out to the China Sea, but the batteries constructed by Mr. Swell and Mr. Betterley were f.'r defense of the entrance channels. Since that time, of course, praclica’.- ly the entire island had been con verted into a fortress, with irianv more guns and fortified rooms for storage and supplies. Both men had recently graduated from college, where they had been class and roommates ,as civil engi neers, and Mr. Swett had gone to the Philippines with the Bureau of Lands in 1906, with Mr, Betterley following, at the encouragement of his friend, a few months later in 1907, Both men remained there for about two and a half or three years, their last jobs being the construction 'il' of ;ai c n 3 to P'^r- Ihis 'i'ho little red schoolhoiiRc oil tlie , hill (or Southern I’liies' ;;'.o.-c ino'l- , i rn \ ersioii of same) has bi "ii th,- 'scene t>i abnormal acti\-!l'.- foj- the : past fow weeks, w-lial with evening ‘defi'iisr classes, sugar rationin.'., reg- ' istrat’on and now—beginning 'lues- I da\- of next w-eek—the signing up of 'all gasoline u.sers for '.heir 'alion ! of the motor fui'l. I 'I'he schools and thi'ii' personnel, which have just completed the reg- islration of sugar u.sers and issu.juce of their ration stamps, hav; again been enlisted in the gasoline ration ing plan, and three days ')f next wi'i'k -Ma\ 12. 13. and 14. hav' heeii si't for the registration of a.i,.o!me consumers and tin distribution rt' la- tion cards I’liilip \Vea\er superinteri' Sn'^thern Pine.- Schools, said t'.i Uu 'I' three diivs llu- hours of n |). m. h;i\-' l.H'cn set for th, I'ld of legist ration ol users in -ihol district. I''.\ i'i y applicant for gasoli.io raUori ^'ard^ nui-t preseiil his autoi’.K'bile : I'Uisirat ion card m ord'-r to I'l ceive his gasoline-buying cre'tentia'.s. Is "Emergency Plan" Tins registration and ratioriiiig of ".isoline IS called an '‘i: ire:g'O'.y plan" and is effective from M'v 15 lo July 1. according lo ,'ie Moore County Rationing Board. The amounts lo be rationed for varioui purposes have not yet been deler- mmiM. However, it was emphasized that all drivers o', non commercial nulo- niobiles w-;ll need iheu- cards '.o p',.r- chase gasolir." beginning May 15 th'- day after regisir;,lic.1 close-. Afi.r the 1 egislr;ilion fiat'.':, the ounly ra tioning bo.irii will lu'ar a:)p''als, ,\'- ceive appiic:uiori-; for ad.iust'ilenl.'^.. and conduct olhi'r business in con- neclion w'llli l!; ■ g i.; r:i’ninin.'t. Card Has Sovc.i Units Each car owiii ;- mu<‘ pr.'sen' i'.'S aulomobili' registration card — le- ceived al the tune of thi' purchase of his Stale license—and the lici-nse number w ill be stamped on th,’ ra tion card and the ownership card will also be sl.in-iped so that it can not again be presented. The car own er will then be given his "A” gaso lir.' raiion card. The "A" card, which will resem ble a meal ticket, will contain sev en squares each representing a un'.t of gasoline which the holder will be entitled to purcha,se betw een May 15 and July 1. The number of gallons for each “unit" has not yet been an nounced; but will be made public be for' May 15, when r.-itioning be gins Service station attendants will remove a square for each unU of gasoline delivered. It was explained that the aiitoino- bile owner may purchase as many units as he desires at one tinw; but that if all units are used up bt'foro July 1, he will not be peimitted another card. Different Amounts Certain automobile users may allowed .special cards if their r.irs are essential to use. “B-l" cards will contain 11 units; "B-2'’ cards 15 units; and ‘B-3'’ cards 19 units. How ever, even the amount of gasolina al lowed per unit on these different cards may vary. In addition fo these cards, there will be an “X ’ card for those who cannot estimate their ga.soline needs. A doctor for instance might qualify for an “X” card. Owners of motorcycles will re ceive a smaller number of gallons for each unit on their ration card, but there will be no difference in amounts allow’ed for smaller or lar ger passenger cars. A meeting of the Moore County Rationing Board and county school heads is scheduled for Carthage Sat urday to work out final details of proper registration for next Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Through out the county, registration and ra tion card distribution will take place in the schools which handled the sugar rationing. tery on the north channel entrance i of the gun batteries on Corregidor. LEGION TO SEE PICTURES Colored motion picture? of the National Legion Convention will be shown at the Legion Hut. Soiuhern Pines, next Monday night. The Le gionnaires will also select their of ficers for the coming year durmg the business meeting, and the Aux iliary will meet the same night at the Hut at which lime they will nominate officers also.