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MAKE FVCr.Y _ TAY DAY l\^ ^ BOND DAY j;o? s::::!3m~SAvi conns Glen don OVER THE TCP FOR VICTORY with ^ UfilTED ST.'.TZS V:i” ^ BOHDS-S|Ar:?S VOL. 22, NO. 45. Southern Pines, North Carolina, Friday, October 9. 1942. FIVE CENTS Scrap Drive Gains Momentum' leaves Saturday iClouncil«{Ajiciu ies In State Newspaper Contest; Seek to Double Collections IN OUR SERVICE McNeill's Service Sta. Acling As Collecting Point for Southern Pines (See Page 6, this issue, for de tails of the N. C. Newspaper Sal vage Contest). Mooro County can just about dou ble the amount of scrap niDtal and rubber it has already turned in for the War Effort. That was the opinion of many folks working this week on salvage col lection to give Moore County a good showing in this Statewide Newspap er Salvage Contest. E. H. Garrison, Jr., county chair man, said that those who had scrap could take it to any filling station or school house, where it will be picked up and put to use. Anyone having scrap material too heavy to handle, should notify the local sal vage chairman or Mr. Garrison, in Carthage and cither volunteer or government trucks will pick it up. In Southern Pinos, the salvage drive of last month continues, and McNeill’s Service Station is head quarters for the scrap pile. McNeill's is purchasing some of the salvage at regular prices and is also provid ing a special “donated” scrap heap for those who wish to give their scrap to the local Salvage Commit tee. Pick-ups of scrap too heavy to handle will be arranged. Anyone in the Southern Pinos School District wishing to have scrap picked up should telephone McNeill’s Service Station, 8901, describe the kind of scrap, its location and approximate weight. This will bo noted and the junk will be picked up on the next collection. CIVIC CLUB OPEN The Southern Pines Red Cross Canteen Corps will keep the Civic Club open for service men every night from 8 to 12 o'clock, beginning this Friday, October 9, it was announced this week by Mrs. Eugene C. Stevens, Chair man of the Canteen. Games and ether recrcation facilities will be provided and there will be a room also for reading and writing. Sandwiches and other light refreshments will be on sale. All service men are cordially invited to comc to the Club. Pauline Covington Heads Welfare Work Scoiil Leafier Asks Ki wail is to Assisi Humphreys Says War Is Removing Leadership for Boys' Organization ' Claude Humphreys of IlaleighJ scout executive for the Occoneechee. Council, which includes Moore Coun-; ty, asked members of the Sandhills Kiwanis Club Wednesday to be pre pared to serve scouting in this sec tion, in order to keep alive the Boy Scout movement during the War. The Kiwanis Club met at the Methodist Sunda.v School room in Aberdeen, and Mr. Humphreys was introduced by W. A. Leland Mc- Keithen of Pinehurst, Moore County scout chairman. The valuable, unselfish service be ing rendered by Boy Scouts in Eng land in Civilian defense activities was described by the speaker, who has talked with four ’teen-age Brit ish scouts who recently appeared at the Scout meeting in Atlanta. He re told how the Scouts worked with air raid wardens during the Nazi raids over England and how many of them had given their lives in their effort to serve their nation as Boy Scouts. Boy Scouts of America are being trained in first aid, in knowing their community ,in sending code mes sages, and “they know how to be trustworthy, to respect others and to obey orders,” Mr, Humphreys said. “But Scouting now faces a serious situation in the loss of leadership,” he continued, pointing out that al most all Scout leadership was volun teer. “Young loaders are going into the Armed service and we’re asking the older men, working with older boys, to take over the leadership to keep scouting alive.” Also guest of the Club was Norris L. Hodgkins, of Southern Pines, president of the Occoneechee Coun cil. Hoffman Woman Succeeds Mrs. Lessie Brown as Superintendent of Board I Miss Paulino Covington of Hoff man has been appointed welfare chairman for Moore County to suc ceed Mrs. Lessie Brown, who gave ' up the work the first of the month ^ after several years of faithful .ser- i vice. j Miss Covington graduated from Meredith College, Raleigh, and did graduate work at the University of North Carolina. She taught before entering social service, and for the past five years served as senior case worker with the Richmond County welfare department. Miss Covington' is now staying in Carthage in the' home of Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Leo, and already has made a fine im pression on those with whom she has come in contact. Mrs. Brown’s plans have not been made public. The County Commis sioners, in regular meeting, “Ex pressed their appreciation of the ex cellent work of Mrs. Lessie Brown as welfare superintendent for Moore County and regret that she is giving up the work at this time.” I WAAC MARGARET BOGLE i The Women's Anny Auxiliary Corps has ordered Miss Margaret Bogle, for throe years employed at Hayes’ Book Store, to report for duty at Dos Moines, la., and she is leaving Southern Pines Saturday, October 10, on her way to report. Miss Bogle has made her home here ■ for the past eight years. She was [sworn into the WAACS on Septem- ;ber 23, >. Towne I , ^ Cliaii man f(jr Year Group Launches Christ mas Fund Committee; Plans Coordination Ri'presenlatives of churches, civic i organizations and public agencies, j meeting Tuesday night at the Civic ! Club for the October session of the : Southern Pines Council of Social 1 Agencies electi-d Mrs. J. H. Towne, i chairman, and approved the estab- | lishment of a Christmas Basket com mittee and a finance committee to plan for financing the work of the coimcil. Other officers elccted Tuc'^day were Miss Birdilia Bair, vice-chair- 'man; Mrs. Howard N. Butler, sec- ! retary-treasurer; and hoard mem- ! hers, M. K, Grantliam. and Philip J. I Weaver. i The Council heard a report of Mrs. James R. Swett, executive secretary. is Comrpeneed I On New Army Camp Located al Hoffman Burgin Announces Ap proval of Plans to Estab lish Airborne Base which was read in her absence, ti-11- liilirary Piircliasiiig New R<M)k vSeleetioii Trustees Approve Summer Lists; Executive Commit tee of Officers Set Up Katioil Board (’iles l\jiles lor Taxicabs Operations of For-Hire Cars Limited by Order; Must Limit Speed to 35 MRS. NELLIE DONNELL DIES AT NORWAY. ME. Word was received here this week of the death of Mrs. Ncllio S. Don nell. widow of A. M. Donnell, who had been a resident of Southern Pines since 1907, until the spring of this year. Mrs. Donnell died at Nor way, Maine, in September. Her hus band died here in 1935. The Moore County War Price and Ration Board this week warned driv ers and operators of taxicabs and other vehicles for hire to observe reg ulations established by the Office of Defense Transportation and called attention to holders of gasoline ra tion cards of “S,” “B” or “C” grade that renewals of these cards would have to be made in person. | The regulation affecting taxi driv ers were announced by George H. Maurice, board chairman, as follows:, “No person shall operate or drive a taxicab for any purpose, including social or recreational purposes, per sonal to the driver or operator; or (b) at any rate of speed in excess of 35 miles ,per hour; or (c) for the purpose of making commercial de liveries of property; (d) You are al lowed to transport passengers be tween any two points in Moore County: (e) You are prohibited from going outside the County to any point more than 10 miles from the corporate limits of the town in which your cab ordinarily operates; (f) You are prohibited from cruising for the purpose of securing passen gers; and (g) every taxicab must be distinctly marked to indicate that it is a taxicab. , Ration Renewals ^ Pertaining to al! holders of Serv ice rations or supplementary “B” and “C” rations, the following order was made: “It will be necessary for each applicant to appear in person at this office (in Carthage) and sign Re newal Certificate on original appli cation. This can be done any time within 30 days prior to expiration date of former ration. Each appli cant must bring registration card of the vehicle for which ration is to be applied.” Trustees of the Southo-. n l-'ines l.i- brary Association held ihcir first iall meeting Tue.^day and named the president and officers of the Associa tion as an t xecutive committee, with power to act between sessions of the trustees. The group also approved purchases of books during the summer and au thorized the buying of a new selec tion of books for October. Reports of the librarian. Mrs. T. B. Smith, show ed increase in new members and in activity of the library during the summer months. A motion waS passed providing that deposits paid by officers of the Army would automatically become riieniberships in the Library after the passage of three months. Indiv idual memberships cost one dollar and family memberships three dol lars. September Books Following are the book purchases for Septer.^bcr: Mud on the Stars, William Huie; The Seagull Cry, Kobert JNathan; The Days of Ofelia, Gertrude Diamant; The Case of the Drowning Duck, Earl Stanley Gardner; Only the Stars Are Neutral, Quentin Reynolds; The Uninvited, Dorothy Macardle; Driv- in’ Woman, Elizabeth Chavelier; As signment to Brittany, Helen Mclnnis; A Man About the House, Francis Brett Young; Washington Is Like That, William Kiplinger; King’s Row, Henry Bellaman: Feeding the Fam ily, Mary S. Rose. Gifts presented during the summer were; The Just and the Unjust, .lames Could Couzens; Bower’s Court, Eliz abeth Bowers; Prelude to Victory, James B. Preston; Culture of Cities, Lewis Mum ford. New Books Authorized The trustees authorized the pur- (Continu-'d on Fmu ) I ing of t'(■ plan to set up a coordinat- j ing file of cases helped by the var- I ious organizations. Carl G. Thomp- I son, Jr., who served as chairman dur- ' ing the summer months, presided, and read the report. Mrs. Towne named on the Christ mas Basket committee Miss Laura Kelsey, Ernest Loren.son, P. R. Brown and M. F. Grantham On the finance committee are E. C. Stevens, M. F. Grantham and W. E. Blue, It was pointed out that the Coun- I'ii would not endeavor to carry out m^ny functions itself, but would strive toward coordinating the var ious welfare activities and direct them. The Council is made up of representatives from church organi- z:jtions, civic clubs, public agencies, but in its work, it includes all those interested in welfare projects. iMrs.MariellaSiiiioiis l)ie:s al S[)riiigfiel(l Local Woman Visiting Her Daughter: Son, C. J., Leaves for Funeral News of the do«t!i of Mrs. Mariet ta Simons, IG years a resident of .Southern Pines, while visiting h<».r daughter, Mrs. Richard Kitson in Springfield, Mass., was received here Tuesday. C. J. Simons, her son, left late Tuesday for Springfield and funeral j services were to be conducted Thurs- j day. No other information concern- ' ing her death was available here. ^ Surviving, besides her son. C. J., i are three daughters, Miss Nolle Si-1 ^ mons, formerly of Southern Pines, now at Haverhill, Mass.; Mrs. Wil- I liam Wilson of Michigan and Mrs. Kitson. OFFICER CANOIDATE BROOM Officer Candidate Otis L. Broom, lonnLr Southern Pines man, is now at the Air Force Technical Training Coir.mand school at Miami Beach. Fla., Iiaving reci ntly volunleered as :in ofl'iccr c-;ndifl,i’e. Wiiile hs re connected with ihe Carolina I’ower ^ and Light Co., Bioom was president i of the Rotary Club and active in the Church of Wide Fellowship. He re- ! ceived basic training at Keesler ^ Field, Mis.'^. ! New Nurses' x\ides Class is Starting c Still Some Vacancies in Fourth Group to Begin Training at Hospital Work was started this week on the new 85,000,000 Army cantonment to be built at Hoffman, in Richmond county, about 16 miles South of Southern Pines, as a base for an airborne command. Announcement of the approval of this new army camp was made Sun day from Washington by Congress- n>an William O. Burgin of the Eighth Congressional District, under authorization of the War Depart ment. The base is to be located in the Hoffman area, much of which is own ed already by the Government, near the Seabo.’ud railway. The canton ment will be about 10 miles from the neare.it point of the Fort Bragg res ervation and will be on land u.scd e.xtensively for Army maneuvers last fall and this summer. Congressman Burgin pointed out that the government already owns about 65,000 acres of the Hoffman tract and that an additional 1,200 acres is to be acquired soon. Construction of the new Army camp has been awarded to the Southern Mapping and Engineering Company of Greensboro. LEGION POST TO MEET AT HUT MON. NIGHT 1 Lt. Col. Nason Will Be Speaker; Auxiliary Meets I Lt. Col. Leonard Nason will be the ' guest of the Sandhills Post, Ameri- ' can Legion, at its regular meeting I next Monday night, October 12, if his military duties permit. I The Post meets in the Hut on Maine avenue, near East Broad I street at 3 p. m. Visiting Legion- The Auxiliary meets the same night The Auxiliary meet the same night ,at the Hut. 1 eiiiperaliire Drojjs to New SepleuiluM* Low Althoiigh it Was 95 Decrees Hot on I81I1 September, warm and moist in its opening days, began unusually early to turn the leaves and berries of the dogwoods, and the cones of the mag nolias to scarlet; the migrating swal lows made their annual appearance; ; nd following the advent of Autumn rn astonishingly new low was re corded for the month in the Sand hills. From a high of 95 degrees on the 18th the mercury dropped 58 degrees to a low of 37 degrees on the 29th. This is three degrees lower than the long time low of 40 degrees, a low only approached during the last 20 .'•ears by a reading of 41 degrees on September 20, 1929. Twenty-two days registered 80 or more degrees to the high of 95 de grees. The low temperature of 37 de grees was only bettered by one de gree on the 30th. The average tem perature for the month was .7 lower than normal. Twenty days were all clear, ten days with more or less rain. 1.15 inches on the 7th, nine days partly cloudy and one day cloudy. Total precipitation for the month was 3.22 inches, .36 of an inch less than normal. The deficiency for the year is now .65 of an inch. Autumn entered at 11 o’clock on the morning of the 23rd. A pleasant day, maximum tomperature 80 de grees, minimum 65 degrees, average 172 degrees. \ j Long time Max. Min, Aver, average 84.5 62.3 73.3 1941 88 53.2 73.1 1942 84.1 61 72.6 After graduating three classes of Red Cross Nurses’ Aides, one class of which was composed of Negro women, the Moore County Hospital and the Moore County Rod Cro.ss Chapter began this week training a fourth class of Nurses’ Aides, with most of the instruction and practice being given in the e\n nings, the balance offi-red on .Saturdays and Sunda.vs. This is because most of the members are business or profes sional women. | Mr.'!. Helen Jacobs, an experienc ed instructor, is in charge of train ing the piesent class, under the di rection of Miss Helen Bruton, super- ! intendent of Nurses. Mrs. Stuart Wood of Southern Pines, secretary of the Red Cross Nurses’ Aide committee, announced that there is still room for two or I three more qualified candidates in the new class if application is promptly made. The course requires 35 hours of classroom work, and 45 hours of ward work, with a minimum of 150 hours of work to bo done each year in a hospital or accredited clinic. Members of the new class include Miss Caroline M. Battiey, of Pine hurst, and Miss Erma M. Fisher. Miss Elizabeth A. Grover, Mrs. Dante Montesanti, Mrs. Fred Norris, Miss Abbie C. Sutherland, Mrs. Clara Thompson Knight, and Miss Ruby E. Trollinger, all of Southern Pines; Mrs. Malcolm D. Kemp of Pinebluff, and Miss Clay E. Kirk of Aberdeen. (Candlelight (Concert to he (iiven Friday Second of Recorded Music Evenings to be Held al Library, Starling at 8 The second of the Candlelight Con certs, sponsored by the Southern Pines Library Association and a group of employes at Kaollwood Field, will be held Friday, October 9. beginning at 8 p. m„ at the Li brary building, next to the post of fice. The recorded conccrt. played on an excellent reproducing machine, will this time include: "Ruins of Athens —Overture" by Beethoven, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Bruno Wal ter, conducting; “Song of the Plains” and "The V/hite Whirlwind," Rus sian folk songs, the Choir of the U..S.S.R. Red Army; ".Symphony No. 4 in F, Minor," Tschaikowsky. Bos ton Symphony Orchestra. Serge Koussevitsky conducting. Following an intermission, there will be "Prelude to 'Die Meistersin- ger’ ”, Wagner, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchei,i.a, Fritz Reiner, conducting; “Largo al Factotum” from Barber of Seville, Rossini, by Lawrence Tib- bett, and “Caro Nome” from “Rigo- letto” by Verdi, Lily Pons; and “Nutcracker Suite” by Tschaikow sky, Dresden Philharmonic Orches tra, c'inducted by Paul van Kcmpen. Oanee for Sohliers To he Hehl Saturday Full Dance Orchestra Promised for Affair; Men of 67th Regiment The men of the 67th Regiment of the 2nd Armored Division will be the guests at the Saturday night dance at the Southern Pines High School this week. Dancing will begin at 9 o'clock and all Moore County girls are urged to come. Music for dancing will be furnish ed by the full dance orchestra from the Regimental Band and there will be several special numbers present ed by members of the orchestra. The Canteen Corps which has been in charge of refreshments for these weekly affairs is no longer assisting at the dances and any women who will volunteer their services to help with refreshments are a.sked to con tact either Mrs. E. M. Poate at 5381 or Mrs. Carl Thompson, Jr., at 6902. Capt. Donald Kelly, Special Ser vice Officer of the Regiment is in charge of arrangements for the men. LEO FAUST RECEIVES COMMISSION IN ARMY Miami Beach, Fla.—(Special)— Staff Sgt. Leo F. Faust, having suc cessfully completed his throe months course at the .-\ir Forces Officer Can didate School here, has received his commission as 2nd Lieutc'nant in the Air Forces of the Army of the Unit ed States. Lt. and Mrs. Faust have been living in Southern Pines. GRASS FIRE EXTINGUISHED A grass fire at 2 o’clock Thursday afternoon brought out the fire truck, without benefit of siren, to extinguish the blaze which was burn ing on the cast side of the Seaboard tracks, south of the Highway bridge. There was no damage reported. POSTMASTER-WAAC Mrs. Harold Markham, the former Miss Nell C. Lewis of West End, who has been post master of that town for the past eight years, left last Saturday night for Des Moines, la., to re port as a specialist in the Wom en’s Army Auxiliary Corps. Mrs. Markham, who is widely known in the county, was accepted in the WAACS on September 16, and was ordered to report lo duty this week. She enlisted with a specialist's rating in pos tal work. Mrs. Markham is a native of Moore County.
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