VOL. 22, NO. 25.
Soulhern Pines, North Carolina, Friday, May 22, 1942.
Wednesday Closings
Still Not Settled:
Vote is 297 to Two
Clothing Stores Plan
to Close but Decisions
Not Sure for Groceries
If the public lias spoken, it is in
favor of Wednesday afternoon clos
ings during the summer.
V'otes which came into tlie office of
THE I’HX'IT during the week showed
a total of 297 votes for Wednesday
Closing, two against it, and four
votes counted as void.
But late this week the matter of
Wednesday closings beginning the
first week in June had not definite
ly been settled. Retail clothing mer
chants were planning to close, re
gardless of what the grocery stores
did. but the grocery stores were not
willing to close unless every one of
them did.
An A. & P. Tea Company district
representative said late Wednesday
afternoon that the matter of the lo
cal store’s closing was up to the vice-
president m charge of the North and
South Carolina stores, and that it
would probably be taken up again
with him. He also said that the A. &
P. stores were closing Wednesday af
ternoons in Carthage and Raeford,
l)ut that officials did not want to
close the store here. He again point
ed out that the clerks in the A. <5:
P. store were working on a five-day
week under the present policy, and
that the full-duy off meant more
tnan tlu' Wednesday half-day.
So—Nothing Definite
Meanwhile, however, the votes on
ballot-! published in THE PH.OT and
written out in handwriting and sign
ed by the voter, indicated that the
voting public, at least, favored the
Wednesday closings. Of the two op
posing ballots ^ast and turned in at
THE PILOT, one was unsigned.
Nearly all of the ballots for closing
were signed. Counting of the ballot.s
will clo.se Friday at noon, and voti-s
turned in after that time will nol be
counted.
For tlie benc-i'it of the buying pub
lic, THE PILOT attempted to learn,
for an announcement this weel:.
'.vhat decision was to be made con-
crning the sunirrer Wednesday clos
ings About the only thing definite
which can be stated at this time is
that the stores have been open Wed
nesday afternoons, will probably bo
open next Wednesday afternoon; but
may be closed starting the first Wed
nesday in June.
DEFENSE CLASSES
Civilian defense classes at the
Southern Pines High School,
which for the past several weeks
have drawn adults in the com
munity back to school again,
will be suspended during the
week of May 24 to May 30. and
will be resumed again the fol
lowing week, with new courses
being offered. John Howarth.
defense coordinator, said that
thi? new courses =»nd schedule
would be announced next week
in THE PILOT.
The suspension this week was
to allow all those eligible to
take the Red Cross First Aid
Instructors Course, to be offered
at the Civic Club, beginning
Monday vening at 7:30 p. m. Eu
gene E. Speer, Red Cross repre
sentative, will conduct the
classes for those who have had
a total of 30 hours previous in
struction in first aid.
Other defense classes this
week are the nutrition classes
being conducted at the Civic
Club at 10 a. m. Tuesday and
Friday mornings.
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FIVE CENTS
lirili.sli Alloi’iu'v I’avs Ki'snccl <»( ('rowii lo \Vall< .
Board Sends 26 Men
into Army Training
Another Group of Men to
Begin Service with Armed
Forces under Draft Act
Appointments Made
bv General Vi eaver
Major Duval is Public Rela
tions Officer; Other Person
nel Changes Announced
Major CJeneral Waller R. Weaver,
ha.s announced the appointment of
Major Daniel J. Duval as Public Re
lations Officer for the Air P’orces
Technical Training Command.
Major Duval reported to Knoll-
wood Field from Maxwell F'ield. Ala
bama. where for fourteen months he
was Public Relations Officer for the
Southw('st Air Forces Training Cen
ter He is a veteran newspaper man
with more than twenty years exper
ience on New York state newspapers
and is a nativ*’ of Schenectady, New
York. Major and Mrs. Duval and
daughter havt' taken a house in
Southern Pines.
Several other appointments and
some promotions w*h'« also made this
week by General Weaver. Among
these was the promotion of Lieuten
ant Colonel William P. Sloan and
Lieutenant Colonel Diaries T. Ar
nett to colonel, and First Lieutenant
Chester H. Morgan and First Lieu
tenant William K. Love to captain
Colonel Sloan is Assistant Chief of
Staff in Charge of G-4 and is a na
tive of Bad Axe. Michigan, and Cap-
is the Inspector General, mis Com
mand. and is a native of Florence,
.Ma, Captain Morgan is Aide-de-
Camp to General Weaver and a na
tive of Bad Ave, Michigan ,and Cap
tain Love is Ordnance Officer, this
Command and a native of Lakeland,
Florida.
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The late Wultei' limes I'age was
paid the hi^;h respccts of the crown
. of '.ireat Britain last Saturday when
* Sir Norman Berkitt, judge of th<’
' high Court of Justice of the King’s
j Bench, laid a wreath on his tomb in
Old Bethesda Ci'iiu'tery and deliver-
i ed a presentation talk honoring the
! memory of the foriiiei Ambassador
to the court of St. James. Governor
J. Melville Broughton accepted the
wreath on Ix'half of the State and
United States. Govev.ior Broughton
and .Sir Norman are shown at right,
standing Lcfore the Page tomb near
Aberdein. T(jp picture shows Sir
Norman making his address of pres
entation. Seated in the background
I can be seen former Ambassador to
' Mexico Josephus Daniels (directly
in front of Sir Norman’s pointing
I finger) and just behind Sir Norman
! is Governor Broughton. J. Talbot
Johnson of .Aberdeen, who helpi-d
to arrange the program as a part of
the N. C. Bar Association meeting
in Pinehurst. is seated, fourth from
; the right.
Soldier Hitch-Hiker
Keadi* Old (Hipping
Moore County this week sent a
group of 26 young men into the
Army training camps of the nation,
called to the colors under the Selec
tive Service Act.
The Moore County Draft Board an
nounced that the following had left
for induction into the .Army:
Leaman Andrews. Roy Lyman
Dutton, and James Kannette of Sou
thern Pines; Cadwallader Benedict
and LeRoy Charles Van Boskerck of
Pinebluff; James Brasswell Muse.
Jr., William Curtis MacLeod, Rob
ert June Wicker, Herbert Woodrow
Frye. Francis Edwin Peebles, Wil
liam Admiral Lawing. and Alonzo
Murrill Sheffield, all of Carthage.
Also, Richard Thomas Cranford,
Robert Curtis Clark, and Reece Bru
ton Graham, West End; Joseph Lucas
and Archie Arthur McDonald, route
1 .Aberdeen. James Brietz Lockey. of
Aberdeen; John Lennig Frye. Archie
Luther Campbell and Charlie Wor
thy Brown, of Hemp. Zeb Hardin
Freeman of Candor; Angus Alexan
der McCaskill, Jr., William Armour
McIntosh, route 3 Carthage; Hubert
Miller McDonald, route 2 Carthage;
and Henry Alexander Matthews,
route 4 Carthage.
Colonel William J. Bacon, who re
cently reported lo the Headquarters
of the Command, has been assigned
as Judge Advocate, effective May
14.
Lieutenant Colonel John P. Mc
Connell, has been assigned as D^p
uty Chief of Staff of this Command,
effective .May 18.
(Continued on Page 8)
Sittersoii Fiiiislies
Term at West Point
Southern Pines Youth Will
Graduate from Military Aca
demy; in Field Artillery
PEACH MAN FATALLY
INJURED IN FLORIDA
Strachn E. Barret of New Smyrna
Beach, Fla., who with Mrs. Barret
hs« come to this section for the past
fourteen years fot the peach season,
was fatally injureo or May lU. '
Mr. Barrett was (onncted with the
Fruit Growers Express and wa.';
knocked down in the freight yard by
a switch engine. His left foot was cut
off and the right leg was badly man
gled. He died the next day and the
body was taken to H''3nderson, Ky..
for burial. Mr. and Mrs. Barret h<>ve
noany friends in the Sandhills who
will be sorry to learn of his death.
West Point, N. Y. — (SpeciaU—
Among cadets graduating from the
U. S. Military Academy here on May
29 is John D Sitterson. Jr.. son of
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Sitterson of Ashe
street. Southern Pines.
Appointed by former Representa
tive Walter Lambeth of the eighth
congressional district, Cadet Sitter
son expects to be commissioned in
the Field Artillery.
During his term at West Point, he
was a sergeant in the Corps of c.ndets,
a member of the Glee Club, and a
participant in the lOOth Night Snows.
He graduated from Southern Pines
High School in 1937 and attended
North Carolina State College at Ral
eigh for a year before entering West
Point Military Academy,
Army Man on Maneuvers Was
Impressed with Editorial
A soldier hitch-hiker was picked
up the other day by B, R. Roberts,
vice-president of the Durham Bank
and Trust Company and past pres
ident of the N. C. Bankers Associa
tion. Mr. and Mrs. Roberts were on
their way to Durham from last
week’s bankers’ convention in Pine
hurst when they picked him up.
In the course of conversation, the
soldier pulled out of his pocket a clip
ping which showed hard wear. It
was an editorial welcoming the sol
diers from all parts of the country
to the southern maneuver area and
discussing what it meant to both the
Army and residents of the section to
mingle. The soldier had been carry
ing the clipping ever since it ap
peared. He read the editorial, which
concluded:
"We who have received the sol
diers into our midst have enjoyed the
thrill of giving. But what we have
given is worth little to us unless we
have taken into our hearts and our
minds that which these .soldiers
brought with them to leave with us.”
Mr. Roberts thought THE PILOT
would be interested. The editorial
was from the November 21 issue of
THE PILOT.
County Scrap Drive
Bein" Planne<l Soon
Garrison Asks Gathering of
All Iron and Rubber; W,P.A.
Trucks to Aid Collection
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(lountv to be Scene
of Army Maneuvers
Bejiinninjj in July
Serious War Games
Will Be Played Again
in Carolina Section
Last fall hundreds of thousands of
Uncle .Sam's soldiers "played war" in
this section Before the "games”
'Acre completely oviT, Uncle Sam
was involved in a real war. and the
boys who had been maneuvering
wen sent off to put their practice
into action. Moore and surroundma
counties will lu- the scene of another
set of maneuvers this summer, due to
begin about July 6. according to un-
olficial advices, and Army represen
tatives are now in this section seek
ing “maneuver rights ’ again on the
land of the county.
! The .*\rmy is requesting that 284.-
I 544 acres of Moore County land be
made available for another set of
I "war games, ’ these doubtless far
. more grim than those serious ones
I of last fall. An area 78..5 miles in
I width and 2. miles in length is being
I sought for the Army maneuvers. Be-
I sides the Moor(> County land, the fol
lowing acre.ige is being .sought in
surroundmg counties. c
Lei“, H,16ll acres, Hoke 7,949 acres,
' Richmond 305.280 acres, Montgom-
I ery 187,392 acres, Scotland 131,872
I acres. A total of L828.973 acres are
I being requested in 11 North Caro-
! Ima counties.
i Governor J. M. Broughton ihis
I wi-ek issued a pioclamation request
ing that "every person coi)perate
full\- in this plan and tender the
; temporary use of his lands for the
purpose of this defense training."
Meanwhile Lieut. General Hugh
1 A. Drum, who commanded the Army
I in the maneuvers last fall, proclaim-
I ed all of North Carolina in the East-
' ern Military Area, subject to con-
trols of the Army. However, the
; only restrictions of any kind promul-
I gated by the proclamation are hf
I respect to lightiru;. and will effect
chiefly the coastal areas.
Nutrition (Masses
Hejjiii in (^artliajre
Junior Woman's Club Spon
soring Red Cross Course in
Connection with War Effort
(airiositv of Night Watchman Thwarts
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Attempted Kohhery of Vass Post Office
Shot Fir^ by Strangers Seen , intact
as Warning to Safe Breakers;
Not Discovered Unlil Later
BISHOP PENICK WILL
VISIT HERE SUNDAY
The Rt. Rev. Ekiwin A. Penick, D.
D., Bishop of North Carolina, will
make his annual visitation to Em
manuel Episcopal Church Sunday,
Iviay 24, to administer the Apostolic
Kite of Confirmation to a class to
be presented by the rector, the Rev.
F. Craighill Brown, at a special ser
vice at 5 o'clock in the afternoon.
Immediately following the service
there will be an informal reception
for the Bishop ia the Parish House.
A county-wide drive for scrap iron,
steel and rubber, under direction of
E. H, Garrison, Jr., county agent, is
slated to begin soon, with the as
sistance of W.P.A. drivers and
trucks.
The plan now being worked out
calls for each person to gather to-
I gether all old casings, rubber tubes,
I discarded overshoes and anything
! else made of rubber, as well as steel
I and iron scraps, and have them ready
when the W.P.A. trucks make a
canvas of the county for collections.
Each community will be asked to
assemble its own scrap in one spot
so that the collections can be facili
tated. To date, Moore County has
turned in about 600,000 pounds of
scrap iron and steel, Mr. Garrison
said, but there is "plenty of scrap,
large and small, and many old tires”
still lying around, ,
A shot fired at Neil A. McMillan,
night watchman for the town of
Vass, shortly after 3 a. m. Wednes
day is believed to have been the
signal which caused would-be rob
bers to abandon their job before
succeeding in opening the safe in
the Vass postoffice. McMillan was
not injured.
According to the story told by
the watchman, he was on his way
to Keith’s Service Station to punch
the clock at 3 a. m. when he met
two white men walking southward
on Highway I. McMillan spoke to
the men. who returned his greet
ing.
After his call at Keith’s. Mr. Me-1
All of the officers were convinced
that the work was that of profes
sionals. and they expressed the opin
ion that the shot fired was the cause
of their leaving the scene just be
fore completing the safe breaking.
Graduation Finals
Begin Next Siniday
High School Alumni To Have
Meeting During Commence
ment Week; 29 to Graduate
Commencement week for South
ern Pines High School class of 1942.
composed of 29 seniors, will begin
Millan decided to see whether the ‘Sunday. May 31, with a sermon
strangers would stop at McGill’s ser- i by Dr. O. T. Binkley, head of re-
vice station a block away, and start- 1 Ugious education at Wake Forest
ed down that way. One of the men
warned him not to come any closer,
and fired a pistol, speaking. McMil
lan said, in broken English.
The night watchman then went
after policeman A. R Laubscher and
College, at the Church of Wide Fel
lowship at 8:15 p. m.
Class nigh^ exercises will be con
ducted Tuesday, June 2, at 8:15 p
m. in the High School Auditorium.
Follovxing a panel discussion pre
sented before the Carthage Junior
Woman's Club Monday night the lo
cal club voted unanimously to spon
sor a class in nutrition in conncction
with the war effort
The panel was composed of Dr. B.
M. Drake. Moore County Health offi
cer; Mrs Helen M. Pope, home eco
nomics teacher in the Carthage High
School; E. H. Garrison, County Farm
Agent; and Miss Flora McDonald,
I Home Demonstration Agent.
Dr. Drake spoke of the present cri-
I sis which presents on the one hand
I extreme danger to ourselves and our
way of life, and on the other hand
unlimited opportunity for increas
ing the standard of living in the
average home. Mrs. Pope spoke on
the value of whole wheat or enriched
bread to the diet. Mr. Garrison point
ed out the high food values of soy
I beans and said that the proper time
for planting is now—-from the first
I of May to the 15th of June. Miss
McDonald introduced the program
! offered by the Red Cross to all those
interested in improving their fam
ily diets.
Course Is Started
The first course offered by the
Red Cross, the standard course in
nutrition will be taught by Mrs.
Pope, assisted by Mrs. Charles Sin
clair, jr., and Miss Eva Cotner. The
first meeting of this class was held
Thursday night at 8 o’clock in the
courthouse. A second course will be
offered later in quantity cooking for
the Canteen Corps.
evening.
others, and the group searched for , George McCormick is president of
the men with no success. | j^e graduating class. Honors and
When Hugh McLean, paper car-; awards day is to be observed Wed-
rier, started on his round at 6:30 he 3 u.jg ^ ^
discov-ered that the postoffice had auditorium ,and the gradua-
been broken into. Entrance had bwn exercises Thursdav
gained by boring holes near the
locks on the outer and inner doors.
The handle of the safe had been
broken off. and a hole bored nearly
all the way through the door, which
was closed when Mrs. Bertie Mat
thews. postmaster, arrived.
Sheriff C. J McDonald and Officer
C. R. Dunlop were summoned, but
they did not open the door until af
ter the arrival of a f’nger orint ex
pert from Raleigh, who::; the Sher
iff called in on the case. They found
1 June 4. at 8:15, will feature an ad-
I dress by Dr. D. B. Childs, head of
the Duke University education de
partment. Awarding of diplomas will
follow his talk.
Another feature of commencement
week will be the meeting of High
School alumni at 7:30 p. m. in the
school library, Thursday, June 4. to
be followed by an alumni dance at
10:30 p. m., according to an rin-
nouncement this week by Miss Sara
McCaui, president.
HUNTLEY WILL TAKE
TAXES AT HIS HOME
Tax Collector to Assist in
Saving Gasoline and Tires
In order to accommodate the cit
izens of the county while tire and
gas rationinii is in effect, W. T.
Huntley, tax collector, says that he
will be glad to accept payments for
taxes at his hmome in Aberdeen
from those who find it inconvenient
to call at his office in the court
house.
As his records are kept at the
court house, Mr. Huntley asks that
those going to his home to pay be
sure to carry with them their tax
notices, or in case these are not
available, that they notify him in
time that he can look up the
amounts before he leaves his office.