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VOL. 22, NO. 44.
Southern Pines, North Carolina. Friday. October 2, 1942.
FIVE CENTS
W. s. Golden Named
To Rationing Board;
Poole Not to Serve
Fuel Oil Committee
Appointed; Advisory
Price Group Set Up
The Rev. W. S. Golden, pastor of
the Carthage Presbyterian Church,
this week .'■.rreptod appointment a?
third membec of the Moore County
War Price and Ration Board, to fill
the vacancy left by the resignation
of J. L. McGraw of Carthage and the
inability of H. G. Poole of Carthage
to serve.
Mr. Poole had previously been ap
pointed to this vacancy but notified
the board this week that he would
be unable to^accept the appointment.
George Maurice of Eagle Springs be
came new chairman as of October 1.
The Ration board also appointed
two committees, one an advisory
price committee, charged with the
responsibility of assisting with com
pliance with and enforcement of the
price ceiling regulations. Members of
the committee are F. Donald Sher-
rerd of Pinehurst, chairman; Hugh
Powell Kelly of Carthage and Eu
gene C. Stevens of Southern Pines.
Complaints of violations of price ceil-
Tng are to be received by this com
mittee and willful violations are to
be reported to the State Office of
Price Administration.
A committoe of three to plan for
the rationing of fuel oil in the county
was also named by the Ration Board.
This group is composed of Philip J.
Weaver of Southern Pines, chairman;
William C. Poe of Carthage, and J.
W. Harbison of Pinehurst. Since all
of these are connected with the pub
lic schools, it was assumed that the
fuel oil rationing might be handled
on a plan similar to the rationing of
gasoline and sugar, which the schools
handled.
Local Men in Oiir Service
Council Will Elect
Officers at Meeting
Social Agencies to Hold
October Meeting at Civic
Club Tuesday, October 6
A meeting of the Southern Pines
Council of Social Agencies, has been
called for Tuesday evening, October
6 ,at 8 o'clock in the Civic Club, for
election of new offifcers, reports of
the executive committee and execu
tive secretary and transaction of
other business.
Calls to this meeting were sent this
week to representatives of various
church organizations, civic clubs,
welfare groups and public agen
cies, who were urged to send mem
bers to the meeting.
It is planned at this meeting to
prepare for Christmas fund activi
ties and to ofier for approval a plan
to coordinate all welfare activities
in the Southern Pines School Dis
trict.
LIEUT. J. B. RITCHIE TECH. SGT. HARRY G. ADAMS
Commissioned in the Army Air Corps at the age of 21, Lieut. J. B.
Ritchie, graduate of Southern Pines High School, is now on foreign duty
with the Air Forces. Son of Mr. and Mrs. C. E, Ritchie, now of Greens
boro, Lieut. Ritchie enlisted as an aviation cadet on October 8, 1941, and
graduated from Moody Field, Ga„ on May 20, 1942. Just before he left
for foreign service, he was flying a two-engine transport plane. Tech. Sgt.
Harry G. Adams, with the U. S. A. Finance Department at Honolulu, grad
uated from Southern Pines High School in 1937, worked at the Western
Union for a time, and joined the Army in December, 1940, receiving pre
liminary training at Fort Moultrie, S. C. He is the son of Mrs. J. H. Wal
ton.
County (Committee Appointed to Handle
Temporary Rationing of Farm Machinery
McKeithen Endorsed
for YDC Presidency;
Convention is Urged
Moore County Club
Votes Favoring State
Meeeting This Year
A gi oup of Moore County Young
Democrats, assembled in a called
meeting in the Sandhills hotel at
Aberdeen last Friday night, unani
mously approved the idea of a State
convention of the Young Democrat
Clubs this year and proposed W. A.
Li'land McKeithen, county solicitor
and past president of the Moore
County club, for State president.
The Young Democrats pulled no
I punches in criticizing State officers
of the Club for inaction during the
past year, and authorized a commit
tee to help promote a State conven
tion, even though on a skeletonized
basis, as most conventions are.
Predominating thought was that
the war effort of the county made all
the more imperative a strong and
useful organization of young demo
crats, who could contribute to the
civilian defense efforts.
H. Clifton Blue, president, was in
charge of the meeeting and the res
olution to approve a state conven
tion was introduced by M. M. Chap
pell of Vass, seconded by W. I.
(Shorty) Barbour of Pinehurst. The
McKeithen endorsement resolution
was introduced by Frank McCaskill
)f Pinehurst and seconded by Carl
|Fall Openings Mark
Season’s Beginning;
Prospects Look Good
Numerous Inquiries for
Season-long Stays
Reported by Two Resorts
With the coining of October the
first, the Sandhills is seeing about
the normal openings of seasonal
shops, restaurants and hotels, and
Southern Pines city officials and
Pinehurst, Inc., arc indicating sur
prise at the promise of a healthy,
long winter season for the section.
Inquiries coming to Pinehurst and
Southern Pines concerning accom
modations indicate that folks in the
colder climes are planning to come
to inland resorts for the entire sea
son, rather than for shorter periods,
and are apparently planning to save
on fuel by moving to the South.
Among the openings which took
place during this week was the
Highland Pines dining room which is
under management of W. E. Flynn,
recently returned from Charlevoix.
Mich. The Highland Pines opened
early this season to accommodate of-
Members of the Southern Pines ficers of the Second Armored Divis-
Junior Chamber of Commerce learn- ion and others, but the dining room
FIRST WAAC
Southern Pines' first woman—
and as far as it known, the first
in Moore County—to be accepted
into the Women's Army Auxil
iary Corps is Miss Margaret Bo
gle, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
W. T. Bogle of Granite Falls,
who has made her home here for
the past 8 years. Miss Bogle last
week successfully passed the
physical and mental examina
tions for the WAAC and was
sworn into the organization on
September 23 at Fort Bragg,
when she was advised that she
would receive a call to report for
training at Des Moines, la., with
in a few weeks. Miss Bogle at
tended Granite Falls high school
and State College, and worked
at Patch's here before being em
ployed at her present position
in Hayes' Book Store, where she
has been for the past three years.
Paratrooper Tells
Jaycees About Work
Major Tolson Says Jumping
Is Just Beginning of
Parachute Trooper's Job
MICHAEL WILL CLOSE
SHOP. JOINING ARMY
Oscar Michael, for five years op
erator of the Southern Pines Garage,
this week announced that he was
closing the business and going into
the Army.
His exact plans are not known, but
he-expects to be inducted within a
■week. Mr. Michael has been one of
the most active members of the
Southern Pines V'olunteer Fire De
partment.
TWO HELD IN DEATH
OF ABERDEEN NEGRO
Frank Merritt Killed with
Shot from .32 Pistol
Frank Merritt, Aberdeen Negro
about 30 years of age, was shot in
the chest with a .32 pistol and in
stantly killed in what officers term
ed a “free for all” which took place
about 10:30 o’clock Satui-day night at
a home in Broadway, Negro settle
ment at Aberdeen.
At a hearing before Hugh Kelly,
justice of the peace, in Carthage
Tuesday, Gladys Minter, at whose
mother’s home the shooting occurred,
and Henry McKinney were held for
the January term of criminal court
on a homicide charge, Gladys under
bond of $1,000 and McKinney, $1,500.
Another Negro, Ida White, was held
on charges of affray and cutting.
MAJOR STOLL PROMO'TED
Major J. W. Stoll of the 84th Field
Artillery, stationed at Fort Bragg,
was promoted Monday to the rank
of Lieutenant Colonel. Major Stoll
and family reside in Southern Pines
at the corner of Illinois avenue and
Ashe street.
Joe A. Caddell Heading
Special Ration Group;
Regulations Are Given
A special committee to handTe tem
porary rationing of new farm ma
chinery, until November 1, was ap
pointed this week by Joe A. Caddell,
chairman of the Moore County U.S.
D.A. War Board.
Mr. Caddell, who is also chairman
of the county AAA committee, will
serve as chairman, and other mem
bers named by the War Board are
Howard R. Harrison of Eagle Springs
and W. M. McLeod of Carthage. Al
ternate members are T. L. Blue,
route 3 Carthage, and D. A. Dunlap,
route 2 Hemp.
The job of runnirg the new farm
machinery rationing program was
delegated to the Department of Agri
culture by the Office of Price Ad-
ministratiin, and fhe oider setting
up the piogram provided that the
chairman of the county AAA com
mittee should act as chairman of the
rationing committee.
Mr. Caddell said that the rule pro
vided no member of the committee
may act on his own application to
purchase new machinery or on that
of any of his family or landlord, ten
ant or business associate.
Under the program, farm machin
ery is divided into three clasifica-
tions. Items in Group A may be sold
only upon approval of the rationing
committee. In this group are com
bines, corn pickers, disc harrows,
feed grinders, fertilizer spreaders,
grain drills, grain elevators, hay bal
ers, lime spreaders, manure spread
ers, milk coolers, milking machines,
pickup balers, potato diggers, shred
ders and tractors, including garden
tractors.
Group B includes items loss scarce
which may be sold upon certifica
tion by the farmer to the dealer that
they are required to meet current
farming needs. This group includes
most other types of farm machinery,
not in Group A.
Group C includes smaller items
which may be sold without restric
tions, such as hoes, forks, scythes,
shovels and all hand-operated and
one and two horse farm machinery
and equipment not in Group A.
To bo eligible for purchase of
Group A equipment, it must be
shown that present equipment is in
adequate. Additional information
may be obtained from the rationing
committee, and applications may be
made with any implement dealer or
at the County AAA office.
STILL MORE SCRAP
Over 16 tons of scrap for the
war industries of the nation were
picked up in Southern Pines and
given through the local Saivaga
Committee as a result of the
drive which was held September
18 and 19, according to Alex
Fields, committee member. Mr.
Fields said the last truckload of
scrap picked up as a result of
the drive went out of here this
week, and that a total of 31,840
pounds of scrap metal and 875
pounds of scrap rubber was sent
out, making a total of 32,715
pounds. These figures do not in
clude scrap which was sold
through regular dealers and
some heavy iter.is which have
not yet been picked up. THE PI
LOT this week entered the N. C.
Newspaper Salvage Contest
Committee and will next week
announce contest prizes and reg
ulations.
ed about everything they could about j was not opened until Mr. Flynn’s ar-
the Parachute troops except how it ] rival.
feels to jump, when they popped! Tw ladies’ shops in Pinehurst—
questions at Major John J. Tolson of' Madame et la Jeune Fille and The
the 503rd Infantry Regiment, para- Colony Shop—opened for business on
chute troops, who was guest speaker . October 1, and Anglow Tweeds, mak-
.^t their supper • meeting Monday ers and sellers of hand woven tweed,
I tJ. Thompson. Ji'., of Southern Pine.s. j flight. .located on Midland Road, las an-
A convention committee was ap- Major Tolson, who is making his | nounced its opening for Monday, Oe-
pointed by President Blue eompris- j home in Southern Pines while sta- ^ tober 5. The Cray Fo.\ Restaurant,
ing Thomp.son, chairman; Tun Far- tioned iit Tori Drugg, descrilx'd the under management of Floyd Medliii
rell of Aberdeen, Barbour, Chappell, beginning of the Airborne forces of and Charles Herman, also has enter-
Charlie Dunlap of Cartilage, Frank tl'.e U. S. Army and said that there ed into the season, and The Dunes
McCaskill, and Dun Mangum of Pine-. f t' still many new techniques and Club, on Midland Road, has been
bluff, : plans being dsveloped. The para- open since late summer for accommo-
At the meeting besides those nam- chute troops are one branch of the 'dation of Army officers,
od, were John McCrimmon of Aber- Airborne fore es. the others being the ! The Holly Inn, with its new man-
deen. Miss Agnes Smith and Mr. and g i'l'’i' troons. lager, James M. Bancroft, is opening
Mrs. B. M. Corbett of Vass, Shelby Before becoming a member of the officially for the season on Saturday,
Cullom of Pinehurst, James Boyd, i Parachute troops, volunteers under-' October 3, and other of the Pine-
Mrs, Carl Thompson, Jr., Mr. and i g‘> a rigorous physical training pro-1 hurst establishments and Southern
Mrs. Richard Hassell of Southern ^nd instruction in jur'; ng and Pines places are preparing for their
Pines; Miss Olive Henne.ssee of Car- landing techniques. .openings. A couple of openings which
thage; Henry Borst of Vass, Bruce ' New Ideas for Troops ^ will not be made this year are The
Mauney, Hubert iClcCaskill of Pine-, It ^'as first thought that parachute Mid-Pines Club and The Pine Nee-
would bo used mainly as “sui- dies Inn, both of which are now be-
cide squads.” as isolated bands of ing used in connection with the Air
saboteurs and \yreckers, dropped be- Force Technical Training Command
hind enemy lines. Now, however, j at Knollwood Field.
they are being trained chiefly as ad- I
vauce troops in major movements,! 4 ..L- VT.,!!
who will lead off the action, and r dll
then withdraw for regular troops. NeXt Tliesday
Church in West End
Honors Service Men
Service Banner with 13
Stars in V-Shape Raised
in Methodist Chancel
SOLDIERS NEED THESE
Mrs. Edith Mudgett, Southern
Pines chairman of the Red Cross
committee to gather equipment '
for the Camp and Hospital Ser
vice Committee, has requested
all those wishing to donate sup
plies either to call her to come
after them or to bring them to
her house. Needed by this com
mittee for camp recreation of
soldiers and invalids are radios,
bed boards, glasses, forks and
spoons, pans, trays, v.'ctioia, card
tables, pianos, musimi instru
ments, records, sheet music, nee
dles, magaiine subscriptions and
ash trays. These will go to the
recreation and coavalescent
rooms at Fort Bragg.
Boys of the Methodist Church of
West End who are now serving with
the armed forces of their country
were honored in an impressive
candle-lighting service at 8 p. m.
Sunday, at which time a beautiful
service banner bearing 13 stars was
placed in the church.
Decorations of greenery made a
beautiful setting for the program,
which opened with children and
young people of the church, led by
Billie Von Canon carrying the Unit
ed States flag and John Lauchlin
Monroe, a Christian flag.
The pastor, the Rev. Mr. Hodges,
conducted the devotional and Fred
Monroe, superintendent of the Sun
day School, made a patriotic talk.
Then, with the church lights ex
tinguished, Fannie Lou Lewis, a sis
ter of one of the service men, march
ed to the front bearing a lighted
CiTndle, and as Mr. Monroe called
the roll of the men. Miss Lewis
lighted a tall white candle for each.
The service banner, on which the
;^tars wore arranged in “V” shape,
was then raised to its place in the
chancel. The banner was the gift of
Miss Alberta Monroe, who had
taught practically all of the boys
both in Sunday School and high
sehool.
On the roll were the names of the
following: Phillip C. Boyd, Navy;
Leon Elmer Burkhead, Army; J. D.
Galloway, Navy; Reece Graham,
Army; Richard L. Greer, Marines;
Frederick W, Hurley, Army: Nelson
B. Hurley, Navy; Farley Mitchell,
Lewis, Marines: Harold Poole, Navy;
Garth Theo Sanders, Navy; Vernon
Leroy Sutphin, Army; Forest Whit
ney Von Canon, Jr., Navy; and Clyde
Ingold, branch of service unknown.
.Ground half of the number are now
in foreign service.
M»’S W. A. Johnson, Mrs. Fred
i Moirre and Mrs. Ethel Davis com
prised the committee in charge of
the service.
hurst, and George Mason of Vass.
Mailing to Service
Men Due this Month
Postmaster Buchan Gives
Instructions for Sending
Christmas Packages Overseas it should be remembered that the
1 actual jumping is nothing but the
Christmas mailing to men overseas i means of getting to the battle front,
should be started early this month After the parachute troops have
and completed by the end of the jumped when they really go into ac- I The Ark, country day and board-
month. Postmaster P. Frank Buchan tion. We’ve had to de-glamorize the ing school located on Indiana ave-
warr.cd again this week, in citing jumping, because it should mean lit- . nue extension, will open its fall term
regulations for mailing packages to tie more than riding in a transport ’ next Tuesday, October 6, with “a
"Parachute jumping is a definite
art,” Major Tolson explained, “but
Local Country Day and
Boarding School Has
"Fine Enrollment"
fine enrollment of resident and day
pupils,” according to Mrs. Millicent
A. Hayes, principal.
men serving “outside the continen-1 truck to get to the front lines.”
tal United States. ’ i Major Tolson answered a barrage
Parcels and cards should be mailed of questions shot at him by the Jay-
between October 1 and November 1, | cees, meeting at the Country Club. The school will have classes from
and the words “Christmas Parcel” | Morris Johnson .president, was in i kindergarten through college prepar-
should be put on each package. Par-, charge, and a report of a State direc- jatory tutoring, and will feature a
cels may not weigh over 11 pounds tors meeting was made by Paul But- I day program of sports and organiz
er exceed 18 inches in length; how-1 lor.
ever, the public has been urged to
restrict packages to the size of an
ordinary shoe box, weighing not over
six pounds.
It is essential that articles be pack
ed in substantial boxes and wrap
ped well, but in a manner whtch
will permit opening for inspection.
No perishable matter should be in
cluded and intoxicants, inflammable
MATTHEWS, McINNIS
BRING IN FIRST DEER
Alex Fields Quits Junk
Hauling to Patrol Woods
Deer hunting sea.son opened Thurs
day morning, and first noticeable re-
materials, including matches and j suits in Southern Pines were two. „
lighter fluids, or poisons will be al-1 good-sized buck on the fenders of i craft and primary grades; Mrs. D.
lowed. Address should be complete , Herbert Mclnnis’ car which he and ; H. Williams, kindergarten and nur-
and every package should have a re-' H. A. (Boots) Matthews brought, sery; and Mrs. Hayes, music and in
ed recreation. More pupils than us
ual are enrolling for the full day pro-
jgram, Mrs. Hayes said, which in
cludes a mid-day dinner, rest, and
sports.
The faculty includes Miss Marian
Shirley, English, history, mathemat
ics and college preparatory tutoring;
Mrs. Deborah C. Colvin, who has
specialized in the folk dance and art
of Mexico, usual grade subjects; Miss
Mary Webb, in charge of handi-
down on the Matthcv.'s’ place out | genera! charge,
above Lakeview. Mclnnis, of Cam-'
eron, got one of them and Matthews, BEST BLACKOUT EVER
the other. i
Deer hunting season opened Thurs- i
day morning, and Alex Fields quit'
collecting scrap to get out in the:
woods and check on licenses and I
warn Uunters not to shoot .soldiers—
or each other. I
turn address.
Although November 1 is the dead
line, Postmaster Buchan pointed out
that the earlier the mailing is done,
the more certain delivery will be.
Mrs. Annie Covington
Dies in Fayetteville
Mrs. Annie May Covington, who
\.’as for several years a Southern
Pines resident, died at Fayetteville,
■ast Sunday night at her home on
Murchison Road. Mrs. Covington
was born July 14, 1834, the daughter
of John Wesley and Sarah Bowers
Wiliiam.s. A native of Anson County. Struthers Burt of Southern Pines, j
she had lived in Southern Pines arid i Mayflower Cup is awarded an
nually by the Society of Mayflow-!'
er Descendants in North Carolina
through the State Literary and His-'
torical Association, for the best orig
inal work by a resident of North
Carolina, published during the 12
months ending August 31.
BURT'S BOOK INCLUDED
Among the 41 volumes in the pre- j
liminary ,i.st of works eligible for!
this year’s Mayflower Cup competi-'
tion is “Along These Streeets” by'
had been in Cumberland County for
the past two years.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs.
Robert Lassiter of Rockingham and
Mrs. Poj-ter Pickle of Mount Airy;
three sons, William and Mercer Cov
ington of Fayetteville; and Grady
Covington of Charlotte; two broth
ers, William Williams of Wilming
ton and Eddie Williams of Sanford
and eight grandchildren. Funeral
-.ervices were conducted Tuesday at
3 o’clock at Bethel Church near Rae-
ford and buriai was in the church
cemetery.
LIBRARY TRUSTEES •
There will be a meeting of the
trustees of the Southern Pines Li
brary Association at the Library
Building on Tuesday, October 6, at
5 p. m. This is the first meeting sinco
summer.
Southern Pines' blackout, in
cooperation with a State-wide
lest blackout, last Tuesday night
was declared "the best ever," by
John M. Howarth, defense coor
dinator. Even though blackout
signals here and al other places
in the Slate got mixed up, Ihe
trial here went off expertly.
About 125 members of the Citi
zens Defense Corps got on Iheir
jobs with the screaming of the
siren without the 15-minute alert
they were expecting. Because of
the crossed signals, the blackout
here lasted from 9:02 to about
10:04 p. m. or over an hour, al
though it had been planned for
45 minutes. Compliance with reg*
ulations, such as clearing the
streets of pedestrians and mo
torists, was belter than ever and
only a few cases of lights were
reported, and they were tempdr-
ary. Howarih again warned that,
although most blackouts will be
held with advance warning, the
army can and may call a teat
blackout without notice.