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VOL. 22, NO. 33. FIVE CENTS Friday, July 17 Southern Pines, North Carolina, Jcnks, liines-Taylor * I Joii^ Vrmed Ton es: ' (iel {aptaincv Local Writer in Marines, Explorer is Assigned lo Foreign Duty Two pi'oniincnt Si>utht>rn Pinos j men this wock pn'pui I'd lo t'nier the ' armed forcos of the natinn as com missioned officers in different branches of the service. Ahnot Jenks. popular writer whose works have frequently ap peared in such magazines as the Saturday Evening Post, was appoint ed captain in the U. S. Marino Corps and is reporting for refresher train ing course at Quantico Marine Base next week. Alan Innes-Taylor. world explorer, who has recently completed a job for the War Shipping Administra tion. r»’ceived his commission in the U. S. Air Forces and has already de parted for foreign service. Both men are veterans of tlie last war. Captain Jenks served in the last war as a Lieutenant in the Cavalry and Captain Inncs-Tayh)r was u pi lot for the Royal Cantidian Air Force. During the past few months, Cap- tam Jenks has been serving with the Southern Pines Civilian Defense Council as director of information and education. He and Mrs. Jenks this week were on a trip in the North before he is called to active duty. Captain Innes-Taylor has had wide experience both in the Arctic and Antarctic regions. He was with one of the Byrd expeditions to the South Pole and has served with the Cana dian Mounted Police. Although still technically a British citizen. Captain Innes-Taylor has taken out natural ization papers and was commisison- ed under a recent Congre.ssional act which permits the service in the armed forces of “friendly aliens.” ('A )IJM V ('i }\AAA: I S M:A H\A HI T( <M schvvr Ki niiKR i)i kin(; dkin m By turning in scrap rubber ar ticles from baby bottle nipples to well-worn tires, Moore Coun ty citizens, contributed nearly 200,000 pounds of the precious scrap to the national campaign, about 6.6 pounds per capita, it was reported this week by Frank Shamburger of Aberdeen, county scrap rubber collection chairnmn Filling stations all over the county, which paid one cent per pound for the scrap, have turn ed in their collections lo the va rious oil company dealers, and the total weight of scrap report ed was 197,184 pounds. The av erage of 6.6 pounds per capita is about double the per capita collection for the State as a whole, it was pointed out. Shipment of the reclaimable rubber to areas whore it will bo processed for re-use is cxpected to be made by the oil dealers sometime in the near future. No more rubber is being accepted by service station dealers. Mr. Shamburger said he thought Moore County citizens had made a "very good showing" in response to the plea for the scrap. "The people in the coun ty really went to town," he said. Bottle nipples, tennis balls, rubber mice and similar animal toys, golf balls (which are kept under lock and key away from covetous golfers, joked Mr. Shamburger), hot water bottles, old shoes of all descriptions, gar den hose—these are some of the items that were tossed on the piles of junk rubber. Howartli Afjrcos Willi Writer Wlio Says, '*'* ‘SiicktM-s’ Ar<‘ Important (mivw** in War Civilian Defense Coordinator Cites Article Written by An Air Plane Spotter About Work H<*<! (]ross l*r<‘|)ares lor Work Task County Expected to Make 100,000 Surgical Dressings Be tween August and December Preliminary arrangements were Kassie ^ icker Sa\ s « (]oiint\ Seftlenienl WasiU \l! IVacefiil Counly Historian Tells ; i Kiwanians of Early Days; in County of Moore | I All wu.'-n'l iiciicc and quirt during I the early days of Moore County, even if neighl)ors did live miles ■ and mik'S apart, aecording to Hassie ; Wicker of l’inehur.-;t. who has just j been di'k-galed by the Moore County Commissioners to dig up all ; facts and records he can find per- ! taininK to the settling of this .section from 1710 lo 1840. ; Mr. WMcker was the guest speaker 1 at The Sandhills Kiwanis Club meet- | ! ing in the Berkshire Hotel in Pine- ] I hurst Wednesday, and was introduc- I ed by Judge II F. Seawell of Car thage as the ‘‘county histoiian ' ; .Admitting that his interest in his- i tory started as a hobby, Mr. Wicker I said that it had grown into one of the mos* interesting pieces of work ! h'^t tebruary, young McDonald un- ' he had ever undertaken, and com- { di'rwent three months training at I pared the gradual assembling of bits | Norfolk Training Station, and is now of information into a logical whole ! with the assi'iiibling of a jig-saw puz zle to which there existed no pat tern of how it should come out. RECENTLY PROMOTED Snmnicr ^laiieuNers Near B(jr(ler: (!ounh La;Mls(j!i\eii L. D. MCDONALD, JR. Recently promoted to seaman, first class. L. D. McDonald, Jr.. son of i Mr. and Mrs. L. D. McDonald of Southern Pines is now stationed at the U. S. Nav.v Hospital at f’orts- mouth. Va.. in the main operating room. After enlisting in the Navy John M. Howarth, chief observer, for the Ancraft Warning Service, I and local coordinator of Civilian Defense, has been hard put of late ‘ to get assistants to man the airplane ^ spotting post at the fire tower, just out of Southern Pines on the old being made this week to prepare Pinehurst load. j K‘‘d Cross branches in this county , Sometimes, perhaps, when we j h>r the task ot making 100.000 sur- , ■ , , I. * ! uinui f,... .w,. ......f and settled on Deep River. Bv 1840, I read of the war going on in Egypt diessmgs toi the armed forces ;md the war going on in Russia and ' country between August 1 the war over in the Pacific, a lot of ‘ and December 15. ! us are inclined to think—well, the in the U. S. Navy Hospital Corps, training tfi become a pharmacists mate. First Settler'in 1740 The first record of settlement in this county was in 1740 when Jones McLachlin—‘‘evKtently a Scotch- Irishman" — came into the county (^iirrio Is Installed Head of L ejjioii Post Present Membership Said to be Highest in Many Years; Four in Service Don Currie of Pinehurst was for mally installed as commander of Sandhill Post No. 134 of the Amer ican Legion at the monthly meeting of the Post held in the Legion Hut at Southern Pines Monday night. Past District Commander J. F. Sinclair of West End conducted the short, but impressive. Legion in.stallation ser vice, with Captain F. M. Dwight of Manly acting as sergeant-at-arms. Past Commander L. L. Williams, in a brief summary of his two years service, stated the post had a pres ent membership of 87, the highest in many years, with a membership goal of 100 set for the coming year. Four members of the post are now serving in World War No. 2. Major L. E. Hussell is on duty in London, England: Captain Dwight at Fort Bragg; Captain George Burns with the Air Corps Technical Training Command at Goldsboro, and Lt. (jg) A. J. McKelway serving as a chap lain in the navy. The past com mander also paid high tribute to Le gionnaire Haynes Britt of Southern Pines for his efforts in the mem bership drive this year. At the request of the national or ganization the local post will start a campaign this week to collect old and broken phonograph records. These records will be sold and new records bought for the men in ser vice. The membership will al.so aid in the sale of bonds and war savings stamps. war is going on in all tho.so places, but it will never comc ht>re. And, they think, it’s a lot of fool- ; ishness, all this civilian defen.se, spending a lot of time learning about air raid protection, incendiary bomb defense, air plane spotting. The only planes that fly over are our own. But John Howarth says, “we’re not suckers." and THE PILOT reprints here a little article, “Suckers are Important Guys.” ‘“SUCKERS' ARE IMPORTANT GUYS." SAYS AN OBSERVER l WHO KNOWS. “So I’m a sucker, am I'.’ Well, as long as I AM a sucker the country can be mighty thankful, for the mo ment I stop being a sucker and be- “all lands of importance had been settled,” Mr. Wicker said, adding that the rest of the land reallv had Mrs. Lee Clarke, chairman of the ■ importance. surgical dressing projects, returned I from a training course m Charlotte iNcmv Golf Teams Tie After First Match Weatherspoon's Blues and Edson's Reds Claim Nine Points Each in Opening A now line-up of local golfers be gan a second four-week tournament last Sunday, and another close con- some coming I indicated as the day’s play ■ ^n fiom th(* Noith and some up the ! t.nHori no with hnth and appointed vice-chairmen in two , Fear river section, were con-! "ne points branches to receive training for sup- ' quarreling, ervising the actual making of the j surgical dressings when the work I begins. Southern Pines vice - chairmen were Mrs. Carruthers Love, train- j ing; Miss Eleanor Barron, packing;! Miss Helen Butler, cutting; Mrs. With Bert Weatherspoon heading “Those fellows fought like cats and the Blues and Clarence Edson the dogs,’’ he said, and "were rank in- | Reds in the new tournament of four dividualists. It’s a good thing cam- ; days of Nassau match play, the two eras didn't exist in those days, be- ; teams ended up all even at the end cause you can get a better picture of jof the first round. what they looked like from some of the scrapes they got into and out Craighill Brown, ^vlapping, Mis. J jof—and a photograph would prob- T. Overton, recruiting; and Mrs. N.l^^ly be disappointing” L. Hodgkins, inspection. ; In the Pinehurst branch, the fol-1 Defendant lo Juryman lowing were named: Mrs. F. H i So widespread were court cases, Krebs, training; Mrs. Max von | to Wicker, that often a de- Mrs. Paul Mil- ' fi'ndant Schlegell, packing; ler, cutting; Mrs. Hugh Carter, rec- member Following are the points and pair ing last Sunday and approximate pairings for the coming week, with the Blues given first: Bert Weatherspoon and Dr. George May 1-2 vs. Clarence Edson and Arthur .Atherton 2 1-2. , , , Gordon Keith and Joe deBerrv it in one case would replace a o i o .. n i c j t , u i .u 1 ^ *'2 vs. Dick Sugg and Jimmv de lM- of the jury while the latter | j.2 come an active part of the armed i j ^ Ruggies, inspection;' the court on charges against, gj',, p forces of America, war will have come to the United States on ene my wings. “I am a volunteer civilian observer of the Aircraft Warning Service of the U. S. Army, a “sucker” to some of the folks on the outside looking in, I spend hours developing “spot ter’s neck” and “tow'er climber’s calves” for nothing—thank God. I froze during long night hours last winter; 1 stood in soaking rain peer- and Mrs. James Tufts, recruiting. Three Seliool Heads Elected in (loiiiity New Principals Appointed for Carthage, Cameron and Vass-Lakeview Districts ■ himself. He concluded by giving the source of the names of some of the creeks around the section and said that Aberdeen Creek used to be called “Devil’s Gut—and I think it’s a shame that name was ever given, up. because I don’t know of any name that’s more appropriate.” Other club guests were E. T. Mc- Keithen and Foy Barwiek, Isham Sledge, past president, was in charge Dr. L. M. Daniels and Charlie Mor rison 3. Harry Pethick and Elmer Davis 3 ‘ vs. Morris Johnson and Howard ' Burns 0. Dan Farrell and Mackie Caldwell j 3 vs. Ralph Mills and Pat Patterson i 0. L. T. Hall and Paul Woodard 0 vs. Will Wiggs and E. C. Evans 3. County Supt. H. Lee Thomas has announced changes in school super- ing into weather listed as zero-zero; | intpn(jents for three districts in the i »n absence of Leon Seymour, who is I spent hours listening, for nothing, j : jn j,t Moore County Hospital. in w'eather when even the birds were ^ , W. C. Poe, for the past several i years superintendent of the Charles i FURNITURE COMPANY WANTED THE PILOT will welcome clear, useable pictures of local boys who are in the service of the United Nation's Armed Forces. It is requested that aay- one submitting pictures supply full available information con cerning the person in service. Pictures of men in uniform are preferred. Information particu larly wanted includes: branch of service, outfit attached, whan ke jei«ad, aad kis presemt raak. on instruments! "I have reported the same old transports, the same Army planes, the same Cubs and Wacos. I have worn enough clothes to start a rum mage sale and often looked like one, those long winter watches last Feb ruary. “Some of the “temporary patriots” dropped out after a few weeks. But me. I'll stay with the A.W.S., thank you, and here’s why. “I like to feel I’m an important cog in the vast machinery of Amer ica’s defenses. Silly, isn’t it. but it’s true. The minute I take over the watch I become for a few short hours just that important. I'm no longer a clerk, an editor, a mechanic, a gar dener or a minister. I'm an impor tant guy! Thousands of men and mil lions of dollars worth of equipment are waiting for MY call to action. “Hundreds of thou.sands. of war dens, fire watchers, auxiliary police and firemen can sleep peacefully as long as I am AWAKE AND ON THE ' SOLDIERS HERE ON FURLOUGH JOB, and my wife and little girl can LOW RATE EXTENDED ON LAND BANK LOANS B. Aycock school five miles out of I IS IN NEW BUILDING Henderson, has accepted the place in | Carthage to which R. F. Lowry, for-1 The Carthage Furniture Company j loans. Marlin Blue, president of the mer Cameron school head, had been i is now located in its large new build-, Eureka National Farm Loan .^sso- President Roo.sevelt has signed a bill extending for two years the re duced interest rates on Federal Land Bank and Land Bank Commissioner elected. Mr. Lowry having given up | ing in Carthage, The old Southern the place to take work at Thomas- mansion, the T. B. Tyson hou.se, con- ville. Mr. Poe has his A. B. degree from Elon College and his M. A, from State College. , W. A. Beal, an A. B. graduate of the University of North Carolina, has accepted the superintendency of the Cameron district. Mr. Beal's home is in Goldston, but he has been teach ing in Buncombe County. R. C. Fields, a Moore County man who has been teaching at Parkton, has been elected superintendent of of the Vass-Lakeview district. Ho holds an A. B, degree from Duke Universit.v. All of these men come highly rec ommended, Mr. Thomas states. nected with it in which various room furnishings will be set up, is the fin est furniture display building any where in this section of the country -and will reall.y be a “show’place of the Carolinas.” Charles Sinclair. Jr., stated to The Pilot this week that he plans to have a formal opening within a few weeks. ciation. announced this week. Mr. Blue stated that this would mean a considerable saving in interest charges to borrowers in Moore C oun- ty- The E\ire!;a Association is a mem ber of a group of eight as.sociations maintaining a joint office at Sanford, serving Mooro and several nearby counties. J. E. Walker, secretary- treasurer, is in charge of the San ford office. Claims Board Requests Care of Farm Crops During 90-Day Training Sumiiu r Arni\- niaiioiivers, which got under w.iy this week down near the South Carolina border, with much secrecy shrouding the plans of the arnieil forei's in mock action, have not yet reached Moore Count.v in any force. Real guns—not wooden onc's, real tanks—not sign tanks; and real fight ing was progressing along the Pee Dee river sectors, near Wadesboro, as the first pha.se of the 90-day train ing period began. Meanwhile, Lieut A. K. Gosciew- ski .\rmy land rents agent, anticipat ing apparently the carrying of the buttle into Moore County, i.ssued a statement concerning the u.se of farm lands by the army. "In behalf of the patriotic land owners of parts of Hoke, Moore and Lee counties," he wrote, “the under signed writes an open letter to tho officers, the enlisted men and the auxiliary personnel of our Army forces. “The landowners of the countics have voluntarily given the use of their lands and properties for our training purposes in order that wc may bo on a par with our foes who attack us. Lands Are Livelihood ‘‘These lands and properties are their and our livelihood: therefore, I the representative of the Carolina Maneuver Area, appeal to all who are taking part in the maneuvers and those who are lo appreciate South ern hospitality, be kind to these pa triots and treat them with considera tion and not with destruction; keep trucks rolling on roads, repair fences which may be broken, keep off pas tures, the orchards, corn, cotton, to bacco fields, and do not cut growing trees for camouflage. “When destruction becomes neces sary and cannot be simulated or is accidental, it is requested that the officer or person in charge leave name, rank and organization with the owner of the property destroyed or his nearest neighbor so as to fa cilitate fair compensation by the claim board, (signed) Antoni K. Gos- ciewski, Kst Lieut,, Inf., C. A. Rents and Claims Board.” Lieut. Gosciewski .said he was . proud lo report that 99.99 per cent of the acreage and 99.5 percent of the landowners had signed land rights cards for the maneuvers. Of tho 236,544 acres sought, a total of 236,- 234 has been signed up: and of the 2.315 landowners asked to give land rights, a total of 2.303 have actually signed, he said. go to market, and to school, in saf ety as long as you othjr spotters are one the job daring the daylight hours. , “At the “unknown address” in New 'York trained experts are alert for MY phone call. I'M the one the folks with tho O.C.D. arm-bands de pend upon. Their splendid training and hours of study will never be (Continued to Page 5) A number of Southern Pines men who arc in the armed services have been spending finioughs here. Among those still here are Cadet Charles Patch, jr., from Sebring Field, Fla.; Sgt. Robert Dorn from Fort Moultrie, S. C.; Cpl. Herrmann Grover from Herbert Smart Airfield, Ga.; and Charles P. Everest, Jr., from an outfit stationed in Wash ington. D. C. Blind Nejjro Woman (iave Son in First War Now Wants to (iive for This One This 73-year-old blind Negro wom- Yes. she said, her boy. William an gave her son in the last war; and Priest,—(“You remember William, so all she has for this war is the | don't you. Mr, Buchan?”) was gass- five dollars with which she wants i ed in the last war and died: but she to buy “them stamps to help them reckoned she should buy stamps for ■ boys.” the boys in this war ’cause “we; Annie Priest, in a colorful costume should do it if we got to do it.” reminiscent of days long past ,ap- | “I 'spect some of my grandsons will , peared at the local post office win- ' bo going soon." she said as she start- I dow the other day with five well- ed up the street, her umbrella worn dollar bills. braced behind her neck. “And 1' “I want this to go to the fightin' want to help out all 1 can. My times boys.” she said, handing the money about out anyhow, I reckon I'm liv-1 through the window. She stuck her ing on somebody else’s time. And black umbrella under her arm better , that five dollars will help out the to faciUtate the transaction. 1 boys more than it will me.” LOCAL FIRE FIGHTERS MEET UP IN HAWAII Two former members of the Sou thern Pines Volunteer Fire Depart ment have met up with each other at Pearl Harbor. Hawaiian Islands. Tom Vann, formerly an active member of the fire department here, in now a construction worker at Pearl Harbor and the first person he met that he knew after leaving North Carolina was another former volun teer fireman, Sgt. Harry Adams, who is stationed in Honolulu. Vann apparently hasn’t forgotten his firefighting habit: for he recent ly wrote: “1 have joined the Fire De partment at the Harbor. All fire trucks arc painted green. When going lo a fire, you go very fast but very quiet. No bells. No sirens and no loud talking. I like the fire chief verv much." CALL EXTENDED The Rev. Roscoe Prince of Onancock, Va., has been extend ed a call to become pastor of the Community Church in Pine hurst., lo succeed the Rev. A. J. McKelway, who recently resign ed to become a chaplain in the U. S. Navy. The call was unanimously vot ed at a meeting of the Qommun* ity Church congregation last Sunday. The Rev. John R, Rosa- boro of Charlotte has beek cerv< im as supply patter.
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