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VOL. 22, NO. 26.
Southern Pines. North Carolina, Friday, May 29, 1942.
FIVE CENTS
Saturday's Primary
\S ill End Unexeitiii"
P()lili(*al Campaign
Small Vote Expected;
Sheriff's and House
Race Lead in Interest
ICELANDER. NOW
Politics, which has boon at a low
ebb all season, despite the effort of
some to inject the issue of prohibi
tion vs. A. !5. C. stores, took a slight
.^•purt this week, as the primary cam-
l^aign. such as it is, entered its final
week and headed for The Day of Sat
urday. May 30, when the polls will
be open from 6:30 a. m. to 6:30 p.
in
Voting in Southern Pines precinc*
will be at the Municipal Building at i
the corner of East Broad street and
New York avenue.
The line-up for Democrats to si>-
lect from in casting their votes -n tiiis
year’s primary is not compKcatcd.
Only one county office is ci'^n.eited
by more than two candidates, t.nd
many of the candidates havv* no op
position at all.
Grim Race for Sheriff
In the race for Sheriff of Moore
County are the incumbint. Sheriff
C J. McDonald of Carthage, who | Pierce have made their
has held the office for 14 t<?ars. and ! Southern Pines for the
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his opponent. Herman H. Grimm of
Carthage, former deputy sheriff un
der McDonald. Both the candidates
feel pretty good about the way things
are looking, they said this week, but
they both admitted thi'y'd feel bet
ter when it is all over.
J. Hawley Poole, farmer of West
End. who served in the 1!)37 and
IHl sessions of the General Assem
bly. is seeking the Democratic nom
ination to the House of Represen
tatives against Haywood H. Fry of
Carthage, surveyor who has trekked
about the county a good deal. These
opponents inadvertently met at the
Masonic Temple Barber Shop in
Southern Pim-s the forepart of the
Week and joshed each other some.
Both seemed in good tiumor and
ready for the final balloting Sat-
urda.v.
Bailey vs. Fountain
For the U. S. Senate, Josiah W.
Bailey of Raleigh will be joined on
the ballot by Richard T. Fountain of
Rocky Mount, former lieutenant
governor, who is trying to unseat
tne Senator. In the Eighth Congres
sional district race, W. O. Burgin of
L‘xington is again facing his per
ennial opponent, Giles Y. Newton of
Gibsonville, who conducted his us
ual clean, personal and dry cam-
pjign this year.
Of local controversy and interest
has been the fight for County Com
missioner's seat now held by Wilbur
H. Currie who got his nomination to
the State Senate without opposition.
Clyde B. Shaw and L. Reid Flin-
COL. HARRY R. PIERCE
There's quite a contrast in tem
perature from Col. Pierce’s foriiK'r
assignment at Fort Bragg and the
present assignment in the near Arc
tic climate of Iceland, where he is
m charge of the Anti-Aircraft forces
of the United States. Col. and Mrs.
home in
past few
(lass of 1942 Cj)mmeiu*ement Exercises
Beirinnin^i Sunday: Graduation Thursday
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Twenty-Nine to Receive Diplomas From Local High
School; Dr. Binkley to Deliver Sermon Sunday
Evening; Dr. Childs Giving Graduation Address
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years, and Mrs. F’ieice is now occu
pying the Pierson house in Wey
mouth Heights. Col. Pierce is shown
here standing before one of the
structures which house tlie Ariny
personnel on the island country
which has been under the protec-
torage of Great Britain and United
States His outfit gives an idea of the
type of weather they’re having this
summer—and it is sumni(>r because
the nights are now only two hours
long, according to last reports from
Col. Pierce.
To Resume Defense
Classes this Week
Air Raid Wardens, Fire
Watchers and Messengers
Meeting Wednesday
Following a week’s suspension of
training courses for civilian defense
personnel, regular classes will be re
sumed next Wednesday evening at
8 p. m. for air raid wardens, fire
watchers and messengers at the high
school.
Philip J. Weaver, education direc
tor for the local defense council, said
training for only these groups of de
fense workers was scheduled for the
coming week.
However, he pointed out that all
those in the Emergency Food and
Housing committee should be taking
Hi'ginning Sunday morning, a
group of 29 students at Southern
Pines High Scho<)l will begin com
mencement exeicises which complete
their year of public school training
and .set them forth on various new
paths in the world.
Four programs are planned for the
week, beginning Sunday evening.
May 31. at 8:15 p. m. with the com
mencement sermon to be delivered
in the Church of Wide Fellowship by
Dr. Olin T Binkley, head of the de
partment of religion at Wake Forest
College. Class night will be held at
the High School Auditorium Tuc.s-
day evening at !i:15 and Honors D.iy
is to be observed Wednesday morn
ing at 11:1.5.
CJraduation excMcises Thursday,
June 4, at 8:15 p. in. in the High
.School bring to a close the public
school career for the 1942 graduat
ing class. Dr. B. G. Childs of the de
partment of education, Duke Uni
versity, will deliver the commenie-
ment address.
Members of Class of '42
Members of the 1941-42 graduat
ing class are as follows:
Arnette Avery, James Steed de
Berry, Walter Emmette Blue, jr,,
Marjorie Fllizabeth Hurdett, Leo
O’Callaghan, jr., Barbara Ann Cor
bett, Claude Jerrell Dutton. Helen
Grey. Louise Hall. Bi-tt.v Lee Holt,
Doris Ik'len Hussell, Janice Kimball.
C’leoige Aai'on McCormac. Ni'il
Tliom.'is McDonald. Mary Irion Mc-
Klderry. Hannah Lewis Moger. Jane
Morrison. Irene Mc.Millan Olive,
Mai'gueriti' Osborne. Palmer. Dons
.‘\delyn Phillips. Katy Li'e Sessoms.
Calvin N. Stephenson. .Sara Carol
Thomas. (Jeorganne Thompson, Day
Dennis Turner, Dana Utley, Vivian
Kathiei'n Williams, Joyce P'velyn
Wilson, Robert Dunn. Catherine Ann
Pri/ei and Lloyd L. Woolley, jr. |
Mi’mbers of the 12th grade who
will receive certificates are Ruby |
Pearl Crissman. Mary Giey, and Ma- '
l ie Louise Poi ter. |
Dorothy Phillips is first honor sti •
dent and Doris Hussell is second hon
or student. Marshals for the com- <
mencement. selected on the basis ot -
.scholarship, are Norris Hodgkins,
chief: Mona Beall Shepard, Sna
Katherine Hayes, Lewis Haynes, ai'd
Huth .Mice Cunningham.
Two Main Programs
The progiam for the commence
ment sermon .Sunday evening will
begin with an organ prelude by Mr.;
C'harles M. tirey. The Rev. Voigt O.
Taylor will give the invocation, fol
lowing which the CJlee Club will s ng
the anthem, “Tenebrae Factae Sunt.'’
The Rev. E. L. Barber will give the
scripture reading and the Rev. J.
Fred Stimson will offer the prayer.
(Continued on Page 8)
lo Decidr on Propo.snl
lo Sliipnieiits of I’oor (Jrades
LT. JOHN D. SITTERSON, JR.
Among cadets graduating from the
U. S. Military Academy at exercises
at West Point. N. Y., Friday, May
29. is Cadet John D. .Sitterson. Jr.,
son of Mr. and Mrs, J. D. Sitterson of
Southern Pines, who are in West
Point attending the ceremony. Cadet
Sitterson expects to be commission
ed in the Field Artniery. He was ap
pointed to West Point by Walter
Lambeth, former eighth district rep
resentative. after graduating from
Southern Pines High School and at
tending State College at Raleigh for
a ,vear.
(lounc il of Social
Airencies is Formed
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BEES' BLACKOUT
A swarm of honey bees were
responsible for an unanticipated
preliminary blackout in Aber
deen, Pinebluff and the West
side of Southern Pines Wednes
day night. Three men near Aber
deen, who had been watching a
bees' nest in a tree, were finally
rewarded with seeing the bees
enter their nest late Wednesday
afternoon. Out came axes and
down went the tree. But in fall
ing, it struck another tree which
in turn hit the main feed line of
the Carolina Power and Light
Company, servicing the three
towns. Lights went out about
6:53 and were back on at 7:43.
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chum, both well-known Carthage : the nutrition courses now being giv-
men, are seeking to replace Curne, en at the Civic Club Tuesday and
and It is expected that this contest Friday mornings from 10 a. m. un-
may produce one of the closest votes, i til noon.
Three for this Township Special police and auxiliary police
For some time after Frank Camcr- who have not completed the train-
on of Cameron said he wouldn’t seek ing required by the Office of Civil-
to represent Greenwood and Me-; lan Defense should see Chief Ed
Neill townships on the county com-1 f^ewton. Weaver said.
missioners board, no one else came
out. Then, just before the filing of
candidacies closed, three men jump
ed into the race. This is the only
three-sided race in the local ticket.
F L. Taylor of Vass, Thaddeus L.
Blue of Eureka section and J. O.
(Oc) Blue of Lakeview have been
stumping the townships for votes.
As for the other offices, well, it’s
all cut and dried. John Willcox for
A repeat course of the basic train
ing classes, which were conducted
Monday through Thursday since the
middle of April, will be announced
next week. This course will be giv
en for those who have not had any
of the training and also that tho.so
who missed hours during the first
classes may make them up. Weaver
said a list of the individuals who
I had taken the defense training
Clerk of Superior Court. Miss Be.ss i classes and the number of hours of
McCaskill for register of deeds. J. I study with which they were credit-
Vance Rowe for county recorder, and ed would be placed on the bulletin
W. A. Leland McKeithen for county | board at the post office, so that eac'i
prosecutor are all without opposition
in the primaries.
There you are. You takes your
pick and you casts your vote—Sat
urday, any time between 6:30 a. m.
and 6:30 p. m.
may check on whether further train
ing is required.
John
Arniv al Fori Hraijij
State NYA Administrator,
Native of Carthage, to Enter
Officers' Training School
Raleigh, State N. Y. A. Adminis
trator John A. Lang of Carthage and
Raleigh will report to Fort Bragg
Saturday, Ma.v 30, for induction into
the United States Army as a buck
private to undergo the period of bas
ic training leading to officers' train
ing school.
Lang will take military leave of
absence from his duties as State Ad
ministrator of the National Youth
Administrator for North Carolina for
the duration of the war and expects
to return to the agency at the con
clusion of the war.
Warren 'L Davis. Jr.. of Nashville,
present deputy State NYA Admin
istrator. will become Acting Admin
istrator in the absence of Mr. Lang.
A native of Moore County, Lang is
the son of Mr. and Mrs. John A.
Lang of Carthage. He attended Car
thage High School and the Univer
sity of North Carolina.
MOORE COUNTY DEMOCRATS
GET DISTRICT PARTY POSTS
At the State Democratic Party con
vention in Raleigh last week, several
Moore County Democrats were elect
ed to posts in the Eighth Congres
sional District. S. R. Hoyle of Car
thage is on the State Executive com
mittee from this district. On the dis
trict executive committee is H. C.
Blue of Aberdeen; on the Resoultions
and Platform committee, S. R.
Hoyle of Carthage; who is also on
the committee on permanent organ
ization.
FIRE DESTROYS HOME
Fire of undetermined origin de
stroyed the home, a two-story log
structure, of Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Ring two miles from Vass on the Lo
belia Road last Mcmday afternoon.
Part of the furnishings were saved.
(^aptaiii^H Life is Filled with ‘"13V";
l.ittle Wonder He Thinks It's Lueky
Captain Leon J. Harton, of Day
tona Beach, Florida, stationed at
Knollwood Field, is one person who
harbors no fears about the number
13, in fact, he likes 13 and considers
it lucky,
"I realized 13 was my lucky num
ber the day I was married,” Captain
Harton said when questioned. He
was referring to his wedding day,
Friday 13, 1922.
Captain Harton first recalls the
importance of 13 as the day he en
listed in World War I. It was on the
13th of December, 1918, to be exact,
and there were 13 men in the group
that “joined up.’’ Further the group
arrived in France on July 13, 1918
and stayed overseas for 13 months.
Incidentally all 13 men returned
home safely.
The importance of the number 13
continued after the World War; Cap
tain Harton maintains, for it was in
1922 that he was married and sim
ultaneously realized his lucky num
ber. Too, there were 13 guests at
that Friday 13th wedding.
Captain Harton. who is assistant
judge advocate of the Technical
Training Command, declares he has
no superstitions. He is not afraid of
black cats, and has, through the
years, developed a real fondness for
13. Whenever games of chance are
played and 13 is available the cap
tain snaps it up as his own. His rights
to the number are hardly ever chal
lenged by others in the game. He
feels comfortable in hotel rooms
numbered 13 and says the practice of
omitting the 13th floor from build
ing floor numbers is foolish.
The last‘time 13 “popped up" in
Captain Harton’s life was on May 13,
1942. On that day he was ordered to
active duty at Knollwoda Field.
Voting Closes Saturday for
North and South Carolina
Referendum
North and South Carolina poach
growers are voting this week on a
proposed Federal marketing agree
ment program, and Moore County
Growers were voting at County
Agent E. H Garrison, Jr., office, lo
cated in the Court House at Carth
age.
Peach farmers may seciiie and
cast ballots and sign peach market-
■ ing agreements at this office through
' .Saturday, May 30, between 9 a. m.
and 5 p. m. Ballots cast after Sat
urday cannot be counted.
Most growers also receive ballots
and marketing agreements by mail
from the referendum agent in Char
lotte and may return their complet
ed ballots and agreements directly to
him by mail. Saturday. May 3(). is
the last day for growers to mail bal
lots. ‘
All Moore County peach growers,
i whether or not they receive ballots
and agreements by mail, are urged
to visit the office of their County
Agent to obtain help in filling out
their papers.
Urges All to Vole
It is highly important, Mr. Garri
son said, that each peach grower
in the Carolinas. whether ho ap
proves or disapproves the peach pro
gram. take advantage of his right
to cast a ballot so that the Secre
tary of Agriculture will ha\-e an
adequate basis upon which to deter
mine whether or not to place the pro
gram into effect. If the program is
placed into effect, it will apply to all
Carolina peach growers and hand
lers. even to those who do not vote.
The Secretary of Agriculture’s or
der effecting the program can be
issued if the agreement is favored
by two-thirds of the voting growers,
by number of growers or volume of
peaches produced, and if the agree
ment is signed by growers and hand
lers of at least 50 percent of the
volume shipped last season.
To Prevent Immature Shipments
The program, which was propos
ed by committees of North and
South Carolina peach growers to the
.Agricultural Marketing Administra- I
tion, would prevent the shipment of |
immature peaches in commerce from ^
the Carolinas. It al.so provides the I
machinery for restricting shipments
of inferior grades and small size i
peaches when such action is justi- j
fied by harvesting and marketing;
condition.s,
Georgia peach growers recently
voted for a similar peach marketing
program that is now in operation.
Local Groups Organize Co-
ordinative Body, Adopt Con
stitution, and Elect Officers
Representatives of various church,
civic, and welfare organizations in
Southern Pines this w(>ek approvel
the permanent organization of the
Southern Pines Council of Social
Agencies to act as a coordinative and
clearing body for all such work.
Meeting at the Civic Club Friday
evening, the Council elected Carl G.
Thompson, jr. to serve as chairman
of the Council until the first annual
meeting to be held the first Tuesday
in October. Other officers electod
wc'ie Mi.ss Birdilia Bair, vice-i-hair-
man: Eugene C. Stevens, secrctary-
treasurer: Mrs. J. H Towne a.ntl M
F. Grantham, members of the exe
cutive committee.
The purpose of the Council is to
“advance the general welfare of the
community by special attention to
individuals or families requiring as
sistance for economics, health or oth
er such conditions ... to promote and
coordinate welfare activities of other
such agencies ... to avoid duplica
tion of efforts . . . and to maintain
a clearing house of all social and
welfare activities being conducted by
various organizations and of those
individuals or families receiving as
sistance.”
The Council is to consist of or
ganizations operating wholly or in
part in the field of social better
ment and welfare within the South
ern Pines School District. Each or
ganization is entitled to one voting
representative in the Council.
The Council aims to avoid duplica
tion of welfare work, to see that
needy cases arc referred to prooer
organizations for their care and to
provide quick relief to urgent cases.
Its expre.s.sed intention is to cooper
ate fully with governmental agencies
providing needed relief and to coor
dinate the activities of independent
groups doing welfare work.
At Friday's meeting were repre-
■sentatives of the Church of Wide
Fellowship, the local Tuberculosis
Association, the Rotary Club, the Ki-
wanis Club, the Junior Chamber of
Commerce, the Red Cro.ss, the Civic
Club, the Episcopal Church, the
Christian Science Church, and the
Town of Southern Pines,
dal led SiKTessful
Planes Fly Overhead as
Town Puls Out Lights;
Excellent Cooperation
In a drizzling rain, with what were
probably Army airplane checkers
flying overhead, the Sandhills sec
tion Wednesday night experienced
another practice blackout, under di
rection of the Army.
In Southern Pines, the “red” signal
flashed to key centers at 9:15 p. m.
shortly after the late war-time dusk
had turned into night, and a nearly
complete blackout was achieved al
most instantly.
Local Civilian Defense Officials
reported spotting only three lights
remaining on after the alarm had
sounded. Two of these were extin
guished in less than two minutes
and the other one in about five ir.iti
! utes. In each case, t'le occup; nts of
' houses where lights were burning
I said they failed to hear the sig-
I nal.
j Also taking ()art in the blackout
i were Knollwood Field, headquarters
j of the .Mr P'orce Technical Training
1 Command, and the town ol Aber-
; deen, and in both places I'ffeciive
I blackouts wi'ie reported.
Minimum of Notice
Wednesda.v's test was calk'd on a
I minimum of notice—two days—and
! apparently caught many unprcpareil
I for thi' test. Th('i(' was little cues-
' tion that some people were not cure
' that the blackout was merely prac
tice, especially with the sound of
planes over head.
Although the special civilian de-
j fense police were invested with au-
thorit.v to "use reasonabli' force” in
extinguishing all lights, by virture of
a recently passed town ordinance,
there was no report of t!,ii '‘re;;.ion-
able force” being necessary or used.
From the control center at tne
Emmanuel Episcopal Church .the lo
cal blackout was directed, and af
ter the sirens had .sounded. John
Howarth. defense coordinator. A. B.
Patterson, chief air raid warden, and
Police Chief Ed Newton made a rap
id tour of the town, checking on the
performance of the section workers
and the blackout. They declared, al
ter the extinguishing of the three
lights, that the blackout was 100 per
cent.
At 9:45 p. m., the all-clear signal
was given. The town's lights blinked
on again through the rain. Above
head, airplane motors faded, as the
planes apparently headed back to
home ba.se.
KIWANIS CLUB VIEWS
FILM ON SYPHILLIS
First Showing in Moore of
Hollywood-Made Health Film
BENEDICT ASSIGNED TO AIR
FORCE TECHNICAL SCHOOL
Cadwallader Benedict of^ Pine-
bluff, one of the town commission
ers. who was recently inducted in
the U. S. Army at Fort Bragg has
been assigned to the Air Corps Tech
nical School at Keeslcr Field, Miss
issippi. with the 58th Technical
School Squadron, Flight 325, Bar
racks 13,
FATHER OF CARL THOMPSON, sr.
DIES AT CANANDAIGUA, N. Y.
George T. Thompson, father of
Carl G. Thompson, sr., local insur
ance man. died last Thursday night
at the age of 88 at his home in Can
andaigua, New York, after a brief
illness resulting from a heart at
tack. Mr. Thompson left here last
Wedne.sday and was with his father
at the time of his death. Funeral
services were conducted Saturday
afternoon for the 88-year-old man in
(he St. John’s Episcopal Church,
where he had been a warden for over
50 years. Among si rvivors in South
ern Pines are his son and daughter-
in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Thompson; and
three grandchildren, Carl G. Thomp
son, jr.; Mrs. Joseph Lee Brown, and
Mrs. Helen T. Fuller.
'rhe Sandhills Kiwanis Club Wed
nesday saw the Moore County pre
miere of a one-reel film, issued by
the U. S. Public Health Service as
a part of its educational campaign
for the control of syphillis.
The film was presented by Dr. B.
M. Drake, coun'y health officer, as
a demonstration of *he straightfor
ward manner in which public health
officials are trying to reduce the toll
of death and incapacity caused by
this venereal di.sea.se.
As a prelude to the film. Dr. Drake
said the count.v health department
was conducting five regular clinics
in the county and treating about
200 patients afflicted with syphil
lis. 'The film emphasized the point
that this disease can be cured if
treated by reliable medical practices
and reported to physicians or health
officers in time.
Several of Hollywood’s frequently
seen supporting characters took part
in the film and one of them, now
known as John Shepherd, was origi
nally Shepherd Strudwick of North
Carolina, a former Carolina Play-
maker. The film. Dr. Drake said,
was primarily for presentation to
men.
The Kiwanis Club next week will
meet jointly with the Southern Pines
Rotary Club on Thursday at noon for
a special program.
LEGION POST WILL HAVE
MEMORIAL SERVICE SUNDAY
A special memorial Day service for
the Sandhills Post of the American
Legion will be conducted at the
Church of Wide Fellowship Sunday
morning at II o’clock. The Rev.
Voigt O. Taylor, minister, will deliv
er the sermon and Charles W. Pic-
quet is arranging the music for the
service. All veterans are invited to
attend.