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MAKE CVUT PAY DAT WAR BOND DAY srof SPlMDm—SAVt OOllAfS ; OVER THE TOP FOR VICTORY Nttll u WHTED snns WAII BONDS-STAMPS ■XX. VOL. 22, NO. 40. Southern Pines, North Carolina. Friday. September 4, 1942. 5 FIVE CENTS Brockwell to Speak Saturday at Hemp’s Annual Stock Show Committees Expect Good Display of Stock; Affair Begins at 11 a. m. Sherwood Brockwell of Raleigh State Fire Marshall, whose reputa tion as a witty speaker is not limit ed to the boundaries of the Stato, will be featured speaker at the Fifth Annual Hemp Livestock show, which starts at 11 o’clock Saturday morn ing at Hemp. Prospccts for a fine showing of horses, mules and cattle are excel lent for this year, according to C. A. Hussey, president of the Moore County Breeders Association, which sponsors the Show as a means of demonstrating the progress being made by Moore County farmers in breeding and raising their own work farm stock. In addition to the judging of the entries, which are expected to be better than ever this year, a number of novelty events, including races, are on the program for Saturday. Earlier in the summer, it was thought that it would be better not to hold the show this year, because of shortages in transportation. How ever, so great was the interest that it was decided to go ahead with it, because of the added emphasis, dur ing this wartime, on producing bet ter stock at home. Also, most of the entries arc ridden or driven into the I'.how on foot, so that rubber and gas don't enter in much. The Hemp stock shows started five years, as a place to show the re sults of local livestock, bred and raised in the county. Each year of the show has brought bigger and bv'jtter examples of the kind of stock which can be raised in the County. Although some of the winners in various classes have been “import ed.” most of the champions have been Moore County bred and raised. The Hemp show is unique in that there is no commercialism w'hatso- ever—no midways or concessions; but an “educational event” which brings farmers togctiier to see what their neighbors have done in the way of raising stock and gives them a chance to talk over their methods. Many from Southern Pines and the Sandhills, as well as other parts of the county, attended the show last year and reported it one of the most erjoyable occasions thc-y ever at- tc ided. IN OUR SERVICE Rotary Seeks Names of Men in Service for Roll of Honor j Club Has Partial List But Wants Others From School District ENSIGN J. VANCE ROWE, JR. Just transferred from the Naval Air training base at Jacksonville, j Fla., to a new post at Boston, Mass.. i was Ensign J. Vance Rowe, Jr., son I of Judge and Mrs. Rowe who this j week were informed of the death of ( their son, Lt. J. L. Rowe in Australia. A graduate of Aberdeen High Scliocl and a student at U. N. C., Ensign Rowe enlisted in the Navy in Sep tember, 19il, received c^det train ing at Atlanta, Ga., an.. ..is wings at Jacksonville, Fla., vv:.^ru he has since been an instructor, xlis new duties at Boston will be instruction of stu dent flyers in the Navy. Third Golf Tourney Will Finish Sunday Blues Hold Slight Lead As Teams Prepare for Final Match Play The Blue golfers forged ahead one point last Sunday to take a three- point lead as the third summer tour nament headed for the final week of play. All golfers are urged to turn out for the final match play Sunday, September 6, to decide the tourna ment, and to take part in the sup per to follow the play at the Coun try Club. The Blues now have 25 1-2 points to the Red 22 1-2, a close enough margin to allow anything to happen during Sunday’s play. The tourna ment will be played again this Sun day on the full 18-holes. Last week’s results are as follows: P. V. Hatch and Dr. L. M. Daniels 3 vs. Bill Moore and Charlie Morri son O. Arthur Atherton and Clarence Ed- son 3 vs. Bert Weatherspoon and Gordon Keith O. Howard Burns and Elmer Davis 1-2 vs. Pat Patterson and Lieut. Stevens 2 1-2. Will Wiggs and Carl Thompson, Jr.. 1-2 vs. N. L. Hodgkins and Mor ris Johnson 2 1-2. Paul Woodard 1 vs. Henry Dorn 2. Red Cross Finishes One Job; Other Here 9.000 Surgical Dressings Completed, but 30.000 More Arrive This Week With the first allotment of 9,000 surgical dressings complfted within two weeks, the Moore County Red Cross surgical dresing workeis this week received material for 30,000 more of the dressings, being made for the Armed forces of the nation. Red Cross work rooms in Southern Pines, Pinehurst, Aberdeen, and Pincbluff turned out the first part of the surgical dressings, and a group from Carthage has been train ed to take part in the second and larger allotment. In Southern Pines, the work room in the Straka building is open from 9:30 a. m. to 12:30 p. m. and from 2 to 5 p. m. Beginning next Monday, the rooms will be open in the even ing for those who want to work then. In other places, evening work is going on. Mrs. Lee Clarke, South ern Pines branch chairman and head of the surgical dressing work in the county said she was delighted with the response of volunteer w'orkers in this task. She emphasized that only supervisors needed previous train ing and that other volunteers could come into the work rooms without training and help to complete the present quota. In charge of the various opera tions in Southern Pines are Mrs. Craighill Brown, Mrs. Carruthers Love, Mrs. J. T. Overton, Mrs. Nor ris Hodgkins, Miss Helen Butler, Miss Eleanor Barron, and Mrs. Ted Kennedy; in Pinehurst, Mrs. F, H Krebs, Mrs. Hugh Carter, Mrs. James Tufts, Mrs. Helen Miller, and Mrs. S. A. Hennessey; in Aberdeen: Mrs. W. A. Blue, Mrs. W. D. Caviness, Mrs. H. A. Page, Jr., Mrs. A. L. Burney, Mrs. J. B. Edwards and Mrs. Dan Farrell; in Pinebluff, Mrs Mangum, Mrs. J. S. Williams, Mrs. M. F. Butner, Mrs. J. R. Lampley, Miss Gertrude Little and Mrs. Luther Ty ner; trained for Carthage supervis ion are Mrs. Charles Grier, Mrs. H. F. Seawell, Jr., Mrs. B. T. Branch, Mrs. J. E. Fraser and Mrs. E. S. Adams. The Southern Pines Rotary Club is attempting to complete its listing of men and women from the South ern Pines School district who are serving in the Armed forces during this war. The Club plans to erect an appropriate public board listing those from the district who are servin? in the Army, Navy. Marines, Merchant Marines, W.\AC.s. WAVES, Red Cross Nursing Corps or any other branch of the service. The li.st given below is adinittedlv not complete, according to Garland A. Pierce, Rotary president, and it was requested trtu any names omitt ed be turned over to Don Jensen, chairman, or Paul Van Camp who are in charge of the project. So far, these names have been ob tained: Harry G. Adams. Clyde Alexander, J. D. Arey, Jr., Robert Arey, Thom as Atkinson. Reid Bailey, Neil Be- thune, Norman Bird, Paul Blue. James Boyd. Jr.. John Boyd, Benja min M. Bradin. Nathaniel Burt. Hu bert Cameron. Stuart Cameron, Her man L. Carter. C. Harry Chatfield, Alfred Chiswell, Raleigh Eugene Clark. Also Robert Dorn. F. M. Dwight. Floyd Davis, Durward Epps, Charles Everest, Jr.. William Fisher, Harold Fowler, Ralph Gacomo, Herrmann Grover. Robert Henderson, Ben Hur ley, L. Hussell, Allan Innis-Taylor. Almet Jenks, Craig Johnson, C. A, Kinder, Carl Klabbatz, George El liot London, Fd'vard Lewis. Jo, ■ A. Matthews, Preston F. Maathews. Lyle D. McDonald, Jr.. Parker Mc Donald, Robert McDonald. Matt!v>'v Russell Mills, James S. Milliken, Jr., T. C. McFarland, William C. McGill, Harold Morrison, Leonard Morrison, William C. Mudgott, Jr. Also, Ed Newton, Jr., Joseph O'Callaghan, Charles S. Patch. Jr., James E, Pate, Lsobel Pelton, Paul P. Pelton, Jr., Richard Pethick. Edward Prizer, Sybil H. Rumlej’, James Ritchie, Wilbur Scheipers, Ivey H. Shankle, James L. Short, John D. Sitterson. Stancil Stroud, J, J. Stroud, John Stevenson, Malcolm Greer Stutz, James B. Swett, Jr., James J. Spring, Jr., Randall Tate, Joseph Tinsley, Auger Towne, Dwight Terry, James Whitington. L. D. Williams, Jr., James L. William son, Jr., and George A. Watson, Jr. Meat Markets Rated by Board of Health Dorn's, A. & P.. Mofiitts Make High Grades; All in County Rank Well DANCE AGAIN The men of Ihe 66th regiment of ihe Second Armored Division liked the dance at Southern Pines High School Saturday so well that the town has invited the regimental ercheslra and a good se'ection of the men to re turn this Saturday for another dance, same place, same time. Prizes in the waltz contest last week went to Miss Eleanor Bar ron dancing with Andy Pere- ne'.io of D Co., 66th: and were donated by Carter's Laundry and Hayes Book Shop. Jitter bug contest was won by Mrs. W. B, Sal'.ey, Jr., dancing with Carl Lombardi of G. Co.. 66th, and prizes were donated by Monte- stnti snd Southern Pines Phar- iracy. The dancc started prompt ly at 9 last week, and girls are urged again to come early to en- ]oy the full evening. Soldiers Committee Is Formed by Town Group to Plan and Direct Entertainment When Need Arises Here Lieutenant John Lawrence Rowe Killed In Airplane Accident in Australia; Had Been ‘‘Dow n Under” Only Two Weeks KILLED IN AUSTRALIA MOORE BOYS IN MARINES Two Moore .County boys were among the 100 members of the “Tar Heel Platoon,” which headed last week for San Diego for recruit train ing in the U. S. Marines. They were Raymond E. Jones, 18, and Farley M. Lewis, 19, both of West End'. BLACKOUT PRAISED John M. Howarth, coordinator, and A. B. Patterson, chief air raid warden, declared that the trial blackkout in Southern Pinr* last Thursday night was called luccesaful by Fort Bragg offi> cials. who were checking the blackout. Although the siren blew a few minutes later than sche duled. the blacking out of the town came almost immediately. A few Yiolations were reported, but a check from a plane over head gave the town a nearly 100 percent mark. But Mr. Howarth believe* that a blackout is luc- cestful only if it is 100 percent. Sanitary ratings for meat markets in the county, inspected during the past month, were made public this week by Dr, B. M. Drake, county health officer. Highest grade in the county was made by Dorn’s marke* in Pinehurst, with 95.5 percent, while close be hind with grades of 95 were the A. & P. market in Southern Pines and Moffitt’s Grocery in Hemp. Grades given by the county De partment of Health were as follows: Southern Pines: A. & P. Market 95, Baker’s Food Store 91.5, Pender’s Grocery 90.5, Modern Market 90, Dorn’s Grocery 90, Nick Rapatas 81.5; Aberdeen: M. & M. Market 88, Mathews Market 87.5, Allen’s Mar ket 80, McDonald Grocery 75, Econ omy Store 70.5. Carthage: Baker’s Grocery 92.5, J. V. Williamson 83.5; Hemp: Moffitt’s Grocery 95, Upchurch’s Grocery 94.5, Presley's Cash Grocery 87, M. Sc F. Grocery 82, Williams’ Grocery 82; Pinehurst: Dorn’s 95.5, A. & P. Market 90,5, Pinehurst Pack House 86; Cameron: J. A, Phillips’ & Son 73, Vass: A. G, Edwards 91.5; N. M. McKeithan Co. 91; West End: Cheek’s Grocery 90, Farmers Groc ery 81; Eagle Springs: C. C. Under wood 90:5; C. R. Browder (Colored) 83.5; ;Jackson Springs, W. D. Thom as, 90.5. A group of about 20 Southern Pines people met Monday night at the Civic Club at the request of Mayor W. Duncan Matthews, to form a permanent organization to carry on a program of entertain ment tor visiting soldieis. Mayor Matthews appointed Mrs. E. V. Hughes and the Canteen Corps to be in charge of refreshments it any time they are served to soldiers at an entertainment spon.sored by the Town. Mrs. J. S. Milliken is in charge 01 planning the programs and ob taining prizes for such thing.'! as dance contests. Phillip Weaver will be responsible for securing a suitable 3l:irc‘ for entertainment to l>e heH and for any necessary policing of • uch places. Mrs. Ernest M. Poate i •.'.'ill taki' all contribution.s, whether of food or mone.'’ and all persons wishing to help out are asked to con tact her, Mrs, Margaret Cameron was appointed to secure the girls for the soldier dances. Mayor Matthews ap pointed Mrs. Carl Thompson Jr., as Coordinator for all of those differ ent committees and she will be in j general charge of arrangements. This organization will he shown as the | Southern Pines Entertainment Com mittee for Soldiers, and will W’cl- come any assiftance that anyone not attending the meeting W'ishes to give. The next soldier entertainment planned is a dance this Saturday night, September 5 at 9 o’clock at the High School Auditorium for the men of the 66th Armored Regiment (the same group entertained last week). Girls wishing to attend should contact the chairman in their own town. Theso chairmen are: Southern Pines, Mrs, Margaret Cam eron, telephone 5083; Aberdeen, Mrs, H, W, Doub; Pinehurst, Mrs, 1, C, Sledge; and Carthage, Mrs, W. D, Sabiston, Dancing will begin promptly at 9 o’clock and several special features are planned for the evening. LIEUT. JOHN LAWRENCE ROWE Bovd Commissioned Captain in Marines Jackson Boyd on Duty: Preston Matthews Joins Air Corps in Tennessee LOCAL BUILDING AND LOAN HELPS TO SET STATE RECORD The Building, Savings and Loan Associations of North Carolina led all other states for the first six months of 1942, according to a report received this week by Ralph L. Chandler, secretary, of the Southern Pines Building and Loan associa tion. Harry F. Bauer, executive secre tary, N. C. Building and Loan Lea gue, reported: "An analysis of the recording of mortgages for less than $20,000 by all types of lenders shows that the Building, Savings and Loan Associations of North Carolina, fi nanced more than 50 percent of all home buying, building, remodeling or refinancing. Southern Pines Building and Loan Association was among those that helped to achieve this record.” Jack.'ion II .Boyd, veteran of World War 1, this week rei-orted for duty as cap'ain in the T. S. Marine Reserve, and Pieston F. Matthews, son of Mayor and Mrs. Matthews, kfl loi- N:.sh\iile, Tenn,, to begin tr.'ining as a cadet in ilu U, S. Air Cf'rps. Captain Boyd reported Wednesday at Quantiro Marine Base, Va., for pre-service training, after receiving his reserve commission. He entered the last war in the American Field Service in 1916, serving at Verdun, and in 1917, entered O. E. C. at Lake Niagara, N. Y., where he was" later commissioned second lieutenant in the Field Artillery. He went back to France to serve 18 months with the A. E. F. and Army of Occupation in Germany and, when he resigned his commission in April, 1919, held the rank of captain in the Field Artil lery. Captain Boyd's older son, John, is at present serving on a destroyer in the Atlantic as seaman, second class. Two Sons in Service The enlistment of Preston Mat thews makes him Mayor Matthews' second son to join the Army, Joseph A. Matthews being a sergeant. Young Matthews received civilian pilot training at Chapel Hill and enlist ed in the Air Corps recently, receiv ing his orders to report just this week. ' 21-Yr.-01d Son of Judge and Mrs. Vance Rowe Was in Army Air Corps Lieutenant John Lawrence Row’C, 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Vance Rowe, was reported Monday by the War Department as killed in a fly ing accident in Australia on August 28. This was the first major casualty of a Moore County man killed in the Pacific war zone. Judge Rowe was notified Monday night by the War Department of his son’s death, but has received no de tails other than that he was killed while on non-combatant duty. Letter Received Wednesday On Wednesday, two days after news of young Rowe’s death, a let ter from the boy, written August 19, was received by the family, describ ing with youthful enthusiasm his ex- :)orlences in Australia, calling it a “beautiful country" and saying that he was looking forward to “thrilling I'xperiences’’ there, A graduate of Aberdeen High School, John Lawrence Rowe was a senior at the University of North Carolina when he left college studies to enter the United States Air Corps, He had taken civilian pilot training while at the University and was con sidered an excellent pilot. Judge Rowe took his son to Fort j Bragg on November 5, 1941, and con- 1, sented to his son’s request to sign the papers permitting him to enlist. He received his wings at Spence Field. Moultrie, Ga., on July 3, and sailed on July 25 from San Fran cisco for Australia. A cable was re ceived August 15. telling of his safe arrival there. Visited in April Lieut. Rowe visited his folks for the last time in Aberdeen the last week in April, on his way to Spence Field to complete his training. Judge and Mrs, Rowe went Wed nesday to Washington to see if they could obtain more details of their son’s death. On this trip, they were accompanying J. Vance Rowe, Jr., who is an instructor in the U. S. Na val Air Corps and is being transferr ed to Boston, Mass., from Jackson ville, Fla., where he received his Navy training. Survivors of the young pilot in clude his parents, four brothers and three sisters. WALTONS COME BACK FROM HONOLULU. T. H. Witnessed Pearl Harbor Attack; Came in Convoy GARDNER HOUSE PURCHASKD Mrs. Margaret Cameron has pur chased the Gardner house on U. S. Highway 1, between Conn. and Ver mont avenues. The purchase was made from the Gardner Estate and Mrs. Cameron is completely remodel ing the house. LAWRENCE WHEELOCK TAKES EMPLOYMENT AT SANFORD Lawrence Wheelock, who has made his home here with Mrs. J. H. Tilghman for the past seven years, left Monday for Sanford where he has accepted a position with Ever ett, Zane & Muse, Accountants. He is making his home in the Wilrik Hotel. SINGERS WANTED Charles W. Picquet. who is planning for the Carolina Dis trict Kiwanis convention in Pine- hurtt in October, wanti to or- ganixe a chorut oi local voices to take part in the Sunday. October 25, progrun to be given at the Pinehurst Carolina Theatre. He hat asked that all men, women and young pe<^le interested in tinging in this chorus meet with him at the Civic Club in South ern Pinet this Sunday, Septem> ber t, at 5 p jn. to make plant for reheartalt. Mr. Picquet't chorutet are well known throughout the Sandhilli and he hopet to make this one another success. Major and Mrs. J. H. Walton who, for the past four years have been living in Hawaii and were there dur ing attack on Pearl Harbor, have re turned to the mainland and are now visiting Mrs. Walton’s mother, Mrs. L. M. Bass in Fayetteville, and her brother, W. Dewey Bass, in Manly. Mrs. Walton is the former Dorothy Bass Adams. The Waltons left Honolulu the last of June, traveling with a convoy, and arrived on the mainland about seven days later after an uneventful trip. Mrs. Walton’s son, Harry G. Adams, is now a tech. sergeant with the Army finance department at Hon olulu. Major Walton is retired U. S. A. Mrs. Walton said that during the Pearl Harbor raid in December, they witnessed the anti-aircraft bombs in the air and could hear the explosions from their home. She said that now all of Honolulu is well camouflaged and prepared for any further at tacks. The house in which they were living is now occupied by Tom Vann, formerly of Southern Pines, who is working as an electrcian at Pearl Harbor. YOUNG E. B. KEITH IN SANFORD HOSPITAL E, B. Keith, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Keith, formerly of Pine- "hurst, is in Lee County Hospital, suffering with injuries sustained when he was ridmg a bicycle and was struck by an automobile. His in juries are said to be serious.