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Q & & 3 make every PAY DAY WAR ROKD DAY ^rop SPEMDINC — SAVE DOLLARS VOL. 22. NO. 38. Town Will Be Host to Armored Division For Dance, Concert High School Auditorium To Be Used; Girls Invited lo Chaperoned Affair OVER THE TOP FOR VICTORY with UNITED STATES WftR BONDS-SWS Southern Pines, North Carolina, F-iaer. Augnst 21. 1942. FIV£ CENTS BLACKOUT THURSDAY Countj Board Asks Curfew at Midnigfc For Establishments Southern Pines this week-end will throw out its mat of welcome to soldiers by entertaining members of the 67th Armored Regiment, of the Second Armored Division, tem porarily bivouaced near Southern Pines in Fort Bragg Reservation. A dance for the soldiers will be given at the Southern Pines High School ■auditorium Saturday night, with an orchestra from the regiment furn ishing the music. The Town of Southern Pines has turned the arrangements for the dance over to the Civic Club and the Junior Civic Club, and these organ izations are making plans to bring girls from various parts of Moore County and to serve refreshments during the evening. Members of the Southern Pines Canteen Corps will serve sandwiches and coffee at the Civic Club at mid night for the soldiers. Anyone who v/ill contribute sandwich materials lor this purpose i^ asked to get in touch with Mrs. E. V. Hughes, can teen chairman at telephone 8195. Dancing, which will not begin un til about 9:30 p. m., when the boys arrive, will end at 12 midnight. The dance will be chaperoned by couples from Southern Pines, Aberdeen and other places. Girls from Other Towns Girls who will assist in making the dance a success are asked to get in touch with the following in these towns: Aberdeen, Mrs. H. W. Douh; Pinehurst. Mrs. I. C. Sledge; Car thage, Mrs. W. D. Sabiston, Jf.; and Southern Pines, Mrs. Todd Baxter of tfie Civic Club or Mrs. Carl G. Thompson, Jr., of the Junior Club. Lieut. Donald Kelly of the 67th regiment,- in town Thursday, made arrangements for the 30-piece regi mental band to present a concert in the city park Sunday afternoon at 5 o’clock. He also tentatively sche duled a baseball game between the I boys of the 67th and those of the 66th at 2 o’clock Sunday afternoon. Mayor W. Duncan Matthews and Mrs. Lee Clarke are in charge of arrangements for finding places to sleep for those soldiers who desire to remain in town over the week-end and can find no other accommoda tions. Those willing to put up sol diers are asked to inform the May or of the number they can accom modate. Among chaperones at the dance, besides those in charge in the var ious towns, will be Dr. and Mrs. J. S. Milliken and Mrs. E. M. Poate. Others are being obtained. The use of the school bouse was granted for this occasion as a spec ial consideration for the Army men. Next week-end, it is planned for members of the 66th Armored regi ment to similarly participate ki a week-end in Southern Pines, and thks regiment will likewise furnish an orchestra to provide music for the dancing. Southern Pines Defense offi cials were informed late Ihis week that a practice black-out in ihis area would be held next Thursday, August 27, sometime between the hours of 7:30 and 10:30 p. m. John Howarfh, de fense coordinator, said he had no further information; but warned that all blackout regula tions should be observed, not only the blacking out of all lights, but clearing of streets by pedestrians and motorists and manning of posts by all wardens and other defense workers. Moore Men in Oiir Service August Court Term Lasts Only One Day Judge Warlick Presides Over Short Session for Criminal Cases in County Recommei;idation Re- sulls from Request bv Prevost Marshall A midnight curfew on all estab- lishm.ents in Moore County selling beer, wine or soft drinks was “re quested and recommended” this Week by the County Board of Com missioners in response to a request from Lieut. George B. Wagner, act ing provost marshal at Knollwood Field. The resolution of the commission ers ■ applies to all places serving the public and applied not only to mili tary personnel but Vo civiliaHS as well, and to be in effect every night in the week. Some of the proprietors of estab lishments effected by the commis sioner’s action, were contacted by The Pilot and said that they wel- opposing it, and would comply with it. The resolution, introduced by Gor don Cameron and seconded by Frank For the first time within the mem ory of men of Carthage who have been associated with the courts for many years, a term of criminal court lasted only one day. The August term of court convened Monday morning with Judge-Wilson Warlick presid ing and adjourned that afternoon. Cameron read as follows The docket was short, to begin to the with, and many of the defendants and witnesses are now in the Army, so there was little Wsiness that could be attended to. Sylvester Hamilton, who had been tried in Recorder’s Court Saturday for assaulting Otis Siler with a pis tol and carrying a concealed weapon and who had appealed to the higher court, was given two years in jail to work on tfce roads. J. W. Richardson, in an assault with a deadly weapon and affray case, was given a 30-day sentence to be suspended upon payment of the costs, and Alex Dowd drew 75 days for assault with a deadly wea pon. One divorce case from Chatham County was tried. Mrs. Mary Perry Johnson was granted a divorce from R. J. Johnson. Frank Stutts, charged with as sault with a deadly weapon, was given 12 months in jail to work on the roads, suspended upon condi tion of good behavior toward the world and especially toward Yancey and Dewey Stutts, this suspension being in the nature of a peace bond. SERGEANT CHARLES GARNER JOHN BOYD Here are two local men, one in the Navy and one m the Army who ar- in the armed service of our nation. John Boyd, son of Mr. and Airs. Jackson Boyd of Southern Pines, is now serving on a destroyer in tjie Atlantic, as Seaman, second class. He reported for duty at Naval Train ing Station, Newport, R. L, on April 9, and shortly afterwards was as signed to sea duty. Sergeant Charlie L. Garner is the son of Air. and .nIis. George Garner of Southern Pines and ha.s been in the service for one year. He is with the Third Field Artillery Battalion, Battery B, Camp Fuston, Kan. PINEHURST FAMILIES HOSTS TO RAF PILOTS ’Two Enlishmen Among 601 Who Trained in U. S Sgt. Wilfred J. Collier of Arimdel, Sussex, Eng., and Sgt. Leonard Ec- cles of Gatley, Cheshire, membess of the Royal Air F^rce, are guests of Mrs. Charles B. Fields and Mrs. El lis Fields, Sgt. Collier and Sgt. Eccles have completed their training course in Pensacola, Fla., and are returning to England shortly to take up active duty with the R.A.F. as pilots. These two men are among the 600 Eng lish fliers who came to the United States to take their training. Tt appearing to the Board of County Commissioners of Moore County from the request of 1st. Lieut. George B. Wagner, Acting Provost Marshal at KnolLwood Field, Southern Pines, N. C., said request being in the form of a letter dated August 17, 1942, directed to the board and Lieut. Wagner being pres ent, that the Provost Marshal’s of fice is faced with the problem of controlling the acts of military per sonnel, and it further appearing that in addition to the personnel now at Knollwood Field that there is now and will be in this county a large number of additional military troops and it appearing from the said re quest that it would be to the advan tage of those charged with the en forcement of proper conduct of the military personnel that all establish ments serving the public by way of selling beer, wines or soft drinks be closed to the public at 12 o’clock midnight on every night of the week including Sunday nighit, and it tee ing the opinian of the Commission ers that it would tee to the benefit and welfare of the general civilian public as well as the military per sonnel that such establishments be closed as aforesaid, “It is therefore requested and rec ommended that the proprietors and all those in charge of all busi ness establishments licensed to sell beer and wines to the public, and all establishments selling soft drinks in Moore County close their doors to the public at 12 o’clock midnight on all seven ni^ts of the week and make no further sales of anything to ah|fone after that hour. It is requeeted that the Sheriff of Moore County notify the propiietor or agent of all such establistements of the issu^ce of this request and reaommendation. “Moore County Board of Com missioners, by W. H. Currie, chair man.” Bt. Wagner said that the action was requested as the result of no particular incident teut to protect against possibility of any unfortu nate occurrence. Operators of some of the places which will be effected by the order said that they would cooperate and would weloome the Bequest to close. Most of them have been observing the midnight cutrfew since the orig inal order was passed and put into effect August 18. Although there have been no erk- Lieut. Richard Chapman Places First in Remote Control Tourney of 13,328 SURGICAL DRESSINGS The supplies for Surgical Dressings arrival Thursda-y and Mrs. Lee Clark, Southern Pines Chairman of Surgical Dressings, urges that every woman who possibly can report to the Red Cross Room in the Straka Build ing next Monday. The Room will be open from 10 a. m. to noon and from 2 to 5 p. m. and ready to go to work on this important project. C.P.&L. Employees Sign to Buy Bonds Central Division Leads In Numbers, and Company Reports 100% Sign-Up One Dairy in County Gets Grade Over 90 Laurence Dairy c>< Hemp Rates High in Public Health Service Inspection The coynty health office has just been notified that Laurence Dairy of Hemp was the only dairy in Moore county to be placed on the U. S. Public Health Service list of dairies having a grade of 90 percent ©■r bet ter. A survey of all dairies ki the eoun- ty was made some weeks age by a representative of the U. S. Public Health service, and each was graded as to physical plants and surroxmd- ings, general cleanliness, state ef equipment and methods used, ac cording to Dr. B. M. Drake, couuty health officer. Bacterial counts were made on- samples collected from each daii^'y. Other elements entering into tke grading were frequently and ade quacy of inspections, keeping of rec ords and frequnecy of laboratory tests made on the milk. “Surveys such as this are design ed to show us where we may be able to improve our methods in pro tecting the public health by protect ing the most wyely used food resulting from fights man—milk, declared Dr. Drake. I cnirUpr.c and sometimes ci- our milk supply is not protected, we Raleigh — (Special)—Every em ployee having volunteered regularly to purchase U. S. War Bonds on the pay roll deduction plan, the Caro lina Power and Light company has become one of the large organiza tions in this area to reach the goal of 100 percent employee participa tion in bond buying on a systematic basis. The Central Division, headquar tered in Southern Pines, has 328 em ployees, Western 200, general office to lead, numerically, the other five geographical divisions of the com pany, all reporting a perfeet soore of 100 percent. The other divisions are as follows, with number of em ployees, western 200, general office 161, Northwestern 140, Raleigh 288, Southern 17-2. The campaign was conducted in each division under the direction of a chairman and com mittee of employees. John Howarth was central divis ion chairman, with Ralph L. Chand ler, vice-chairman; and Jane Gibbs, K. T. Knight, Jr., and J. A. Phillips, members of the committee. In charge of the local drive, in Southern Pines, were Lloyd L. Wool- ley and Haul Butler. Sandhills-Trained Golfer Takes Top Prize in Nation-Wide Tournament Lieutant Richard D. Chapman, of (the Air Force Technical Training i Command, Pinehurst golfer who is former national amateur champion, broke the Pine Needles golf course record with a 64 to win the recent Remote Control Golf Tournament in which 13,328 golfers competed on 623 courses in 37 states for 558 prize awards totaling more than $5,800 in U. S. War Savings Bonds and Stamps. The announcement of Lieut. Chap man’s winning over this large field '.vas made this week by E. C. Stevens, local representative of the Indem nity Insurance Company of North America, which sponsored the tour nament under the direction of Jim- m.y Hines, chairman of the Nation al PGA tournament committee. Actually, three players tied for first place, each with a 64. In the draw for final positions, Lieut. Chap man won the award. Second prize went to Jack C. Benson of Pitts- jburgh. Pa., and third prize to Bob (Humphreys of Linton, Ind. Two course records were broken by the top winners — the Pine Needles Course at Southern Pines, where Lieut. Chapman played, and the South Hills Country Club course in Pittsburgh, where Benson shot his 64. First award among women golf ers went to Miss Leuise Suggs of Atlanta. No other local winners wer« announced at this time, although it is possible .othters competing here placed among the various contes tants. Lieut. Chapman, who grew up in golf among the Sandhills courses, had recently been commissioned in the AFTTC and assigned to Knoll wood Field when the tournament was conducted and he was invited to participate in the local competi tion by Mr. Stevens. > Local Schools Open Thurs., September 3 With Full Faculty On® Late Resignation Filled by Superintendent New Subjects Resignanon of Mrs. Marvin N. Hunter as teacher for the fifth grade was rsceived by Philip Weaver, school superintendent, just before THE PILOT went to press. Mrs. A .C. Dawson, Jr., has been assigned to this grade and Mr, Weaver -aid he expected Mrs, Fred Norris, wife of Cap tain Norris of Knollwood Field, to assume the duties to which Mrs. Dawson was originally as signed in the High School. The Southern Pines schools were ready this week to open Thursday, September 3, with a full staff of teachers—a situation which is rath er remarkable this year, when every school in the State is facing resig nations and unfilled vacancies. Superintendent Philip J. Weaver was keeping his fingers crossed, however, hoping that a vacancy wouldn’t occur before the opening. Only three new teachers ware hired , to fill vacancies left by resignations' and marriages. New teachers this year are Mrs. A. C. Dawson, Jr., for High School English, Miss Ruby Trollinger for public school music, and Mrs. Ben C. Davis for librarian. Most of the primary and grammar grade teachers remain the same, al though Miss Emilie May Wilson has been transferred to the high school staff in charge O'f physical education and art. New subjects to be included in the High School curricula this year are Spanish, Art, aeronautics, and music appreciation. , ~ Superintendent Weaver said that registration and schedules would be conducted beginning at 9 o’clock Thur.sday and Friday morning, Sep tember 3 and 4, with classes begin ning Monday, September 7. Teachers for This Year List of this year’s teachers, their gradee or subjects, and their extra curricular responsibilities are as fol lows: Mrs. Jessie Mae Dwight, first grade; Miss Sophie Howie, second; Miss Abbie Sutherland, third; Miss Bess McIntyre, fourth; Mrs. Mar vin N. Hunter, (formerly Miss Jessie Fitzgerald) fifth; Miss Mary McNeill Buckner, fifth and sixth; and Miss Annie P. Huntington, sixth. High School: Mrs. A. L. Ellis, Eng lish and senior dramatics; Miss Aline Todd, mathematics and Spanish and girls athletics; Miss Pauline Miller, English, and Beta Club; mathematics and Latin; Mrs. Ruth W. Warner, commercial subjects; Airs. A. C, (Continued on Page Eight) MOORE COUNTY OFFICERS ATTEND TRAINING SCHOOL CAPTAIN JENKS GOES TO TEXAS FOR DUTY Gaptain and Mrs. Almet Jenks left ‘‘Rainy-DayFund” Is Benefit *o Farmers Advance Payment Plan Put Into Effect By Loan Associations Farmers in Moore County who are served by the national farm loan association, are showing considerable interest in the future payment plan I offered by the association and the! Federal Land Bank of Coluntbia, ac-j cording to Martin Biue and J. M.j Willcox, presidents of the two asso-| ciations operating in this county,| and J. E. Walker, secretary-treas- icates upon completion of a Defense assigned to a recruiting station monly known as the ramy-day Training Course held at Chapel Hi i Marine Corps. PINEHURST OPENING James W. Harbisen, superin tendent of Pinehurst schools, an nounced this week that the tak ing in" bell for this school year would ring Tuesday, September 1. for Pinehurst School pupils. Although a full faouUy was xe- porled lined up to begin the in struction, the list of teaohers was not available at tins tisne. lay ourselves open^to many diseases such as typhoid fever, dysentery, etc. Conseg,uently, every one should know that his milk supply is proper ly inspected, and that the milk pro ducer is required to keep his milk clean.” CONFERENCE OF PRINCIPALS A conference of principals of Moore County schools was held at 2:00 o’clock Tuesday afternoon in the office of County Superintendent H. Lee Thomas to set up the 12-year program and diswiss other matters of importance. In which soldiers and sometimes ci vilians have become involved, usual ly after the “witching hour,” there hare been aonsideratele number of fights each week-end around spots which steay open into the wee hours. SCHCX3LS IN ABERDEEN Aberdeen School opening has been set for Monday, August 31, according to L. J. Dawkins, school principal. A few vaean- cies in the faculty at present are expected lo be filled during the coming week, it was learned, and the teachers for Iho school will • be announced next week. last week were A. S. Johneton, che’ir- man defense eouncil. Hemp; E. A. Morgan, chief Auxiliary police, StsT, Sam D. Whitley, coordinator. Can dor; and A. S. Hunt, coordinator, Bis- coe. SAME DAY—24 YEARS LATER Twenty-four years ago Thursday, Dr. James S. Milliken sailed for France to serve overseas as a medi cal officer with the A. E. F. This Thursday, exactly 24 years to the day, Dr. Milliken received word that his son, Lieut. J. S. Milliken, Jr., in the U. S. Signal Corps, had landed I “somewhere in the Pacific ^the op- 'posite direction from the path his father took—and was doing well. for the U. S. Marine Corps. A popular writer of fiction. Cap tain Janks, who served in the last war, was recently commisisoned in the Marines, received his training SON OF FORMER RESIDENT FLYING WITH AAF IN CHINA Lieut. Louis H. Couch, Jr., of Monroe, N. C., whose father was one of the early Southern Pines’ res idents, was recently featured in a syndicated story about the Ameri can Volunteer Group in China. Lieut. Couch is now with the American Air Forces in China. He’s a cousin of T. A. Millhr of Southern PineF whose mother is sister of Lt Couch’s lather. fund,” Mr. Walker explained, is a| plan whereby Federal Land Bank] borrowers can make advance payT ments on their loans and receive inj terest on them compounded semi-anj nually at the same rate they paicj on their loan installments. He sakJ such payments should be made at hi| office. I i J “Most/ fai;mers are familiar will President Roosevelt’s anti-inflatioJ program,” Mr. Walker said, “and thj future payment plan helps to preu mote this program, and in my opirj ion is one of the most helpful add! tions to the loan repayment plal that has been offered since the Feep eral LMid Bank and the nation.'*^ farm loan associations were organi* ed in 1917.”
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