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OVER THE TOP fFOR VICTORY with UNITED STATES WAR BONDS-STAMPS VOLUME 28. NO. 13 Cooperation in Test Blackout Fair But Comprehension Isn't New Regulations Confuse Not Only Sandhills Resi dents but Entire State The test Blackout and Air Raid in the Sandhills Tuesday night showed "about 100 percent cooperation, but only about 80 percent comprehen sion," to quote one of their many air raid wardens who were scramb ling about trying to keep lights off during strategic moments of the prac tice. But, after studying the practice for one day, Civilian Defense leaders concluded that the "80 percent com prehension" was an overestimate. Despit the efforts to spread the word about the new Blackout and Air Raid signals through word of mouth and printed word, there was a large percentage of folks who im mediately flashed on lights when the Air Raid signal came or when the second "Blue" period sounded Lasts Less Than Hour Tho first Blackout Signala two minute steady blast of sirens—came about 9:15 Tuesday night and short ly thereafter came the "Red" warn ing of enemy planes overhead— when all motor and all pedestrian traffic is supposed to stop arid com plete darkness prevail. This was fol lowed by another "Blue" signal—an intermediate warning and then lights flashed on all over the place. Air Raid Wardens scampered to these places, warning them that the Black out was still on. The All-clear signal was received just before 10 o'clock, and the street lights went on four minutets later, indicating all-clear to residents. One violator in Southern Pines was cited by officials for lack of coop eration with the Blackout practice. New Siren Used New siren in Southern Pines was used for the first time Tuesday night, augmenting the regular fire siren sound. The new warning siren, located on the hill on Massachusetts avenue, helped residents in the east ern part of town to know when the blackout came. Reports from Knoll wood section were that the sirens there were not used, but that the blackout practice was fairly success ful John Howarth, head of the Citizen Defense Corps for said that the confusion was to be expected, but that the new instruc tions should be read and re-read for future surprise blackouts. He warn ed that all signals on the sirens mean continued blackout. Lights should never be turned on because of an audible siren signal. The only indi cation of all clear is the turning on of street lights. He warned householders not to use automobile lights as an in dication of the all-clear, because cer tain official cars may be allowed to use lights and other traffic my use light? during the "Blackout" periods, but not during the Air Raid period. Incidentally, the confusion was not confined to this area. Throughonut the state, reports were made that the Blackout practice a pretty poor one. MEETING OF COUNCIL OF SOCIAL AGENCIES The Southern Pines Council of So cial Agencies will have its March meeting at the Southern Pines High School next Tuesday evening, March 2, at 8 o'clock. At this time, Mrs. James B. Swett, executive secretary, will report on the year's work. The Council is planning an ear clinic for sometime in April, to be held at the schools, as a follow up for the successful eye clinic which the Council helped to sponsor. Mrs. J. H. Towne, chairman, urged all reg ular delegates to attend next Tues day's meeting and said that the pub lic was invited to participate. JOINS AIR FORCES William C. Hendren, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Hendren of Eureka Community, left this week to report for pilot training with the U. S. Air Forces at Miami, Fla. Young Hen dren was a student at State College at the time of his enlistment. He is a nephew of Mrs Hayaes Britt of Sou thern Pines. T H |OT COMMISSIONED i mg\Mk l i| LT. JOHN A. LANG, JR. Now serving as classification offi cer with the Fourth Air Force at Hammer Field, Fresno, Calif., is Sec and Lieutenant John A. Lang, Jr., of Carthage, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lang. Lt. Lang was commissioned at Offi cers Candidate School in Miami, Fla., recently after volunteering at Fort Bragg and receiving basic training at Keesler Field, Miss. At the time of his enlistment, Lang was State Ad ministrator for the National Youth Administration. Tuberculosis Drive Nets S2OO Over Quota Total Exceeding $2,800 Col lected from Seal Sale to Carry on t. b. Fight Moore County's contributions to the Tuberculosis Association Seal Drive for 1942 netted the largest amount ever collected and exceeded the county's quota by S2OO, a report by Mrs. T. A. Cheatham, county chairman, revealed. A total of $2,- 802.75 was realized from the drive this year. Of the total, $557.90 was raised through the efforts of the Negro Schools, the Moore County Colored Ministers' Alliance, and a group of Pinehurst caddies. P. R. Brown, prin cipal of West Southern Pines School, was county chairman for the Negro drive White schools raised $807.41, their full quota. Of the amount rais ed by schools, 10 percent is returned for the school health work. Total amount raised in 1941 was $2,521.75, and the 1942 quota was $2,600. The funds raised by the County Tuberculosis Association go to help carry on the State and National as sociations, but primarily for use in Moore County to prevent, arrest and cure tuberculosis. (For interesting ac count of a State Sanatorium patient's views on the cure of tuberculosis, see story in other part of THE PILOT. Mrs. Cheatham gave the following list of seal sale results. The com munity is followed by the local chairman and the amount raised: Aberdeen, Mrs. J. B. Edwards $177.32; Addor, Mrs. W A. Gray $13.00; Cameron, Mrs. H. C. McPher son $58.20; Carthage, the Rev. W. L. Warfford $228.94; Eagle Springs, Mrs. Myrtle Cecil $24.78; Eureka, Miss Mary Black $28.15; Glendon, Mrs. R. H. Dowd $10.00; Hemp, Mrs. E. A. West, $259.00; High Falls, Miss Lucy Reynolds and Miss Ruth White $19.36; Jackson Springs, Miss Lola Carter, $11.00; Manly, Mrs. Whelan Blue $11.82; Also, Mt. Holley Club, Mrs. G. P. Jones $3.34; Pinebluff, Miss Florence Fowle $75.00; Pinehurst, Mrs. Max von Schlegell and Mrs. Chester I. Williams, $1,094.48; Roseland, Miss Flora McDonald $1.32; Samarcand Miss Reva Mitchell $21.36; Southern Pines, Mrs. A. B. Patterson $553.55; Vass-Lakeview, Mrs. S. R. Smith and Mrs. Raymond Johnson $71.72; West End, Mrs. Lucy R. Cochran $94.00; Westmore, Mr. Phillips $10.00; Sand hills Kiwanis Club $10.00; Colored Ministers Alliance $26.50. REPAIRING COURT HOUSE Carpenters are busy this week put ting the windows in the court house in food condition. New sash cords are being placed in all of the win dows and decayed sash replaced with new. Southern Pines, North Carolina, Friday, February 26, 1943. Burt Sees Red Cross Dollars Translated Into Men and Women Writer Says Statistics Don't Mean Much—Until You See Them at Work (Editor's note: This is the sec ond in a series of articles written by Struthers Burt of Southern Pines, noted fiction writer and author of "WAR SONGS," espec ially for the Moore County Chapter of the American Red Cross to assist in its War Fund Drive during the month of March). FACTS MADE HUMAN BY STRUTHERS 3URT I have said that I don't like figures —statistics—very much unless they are translated into human terms; into men and women; into flesh and blood. A thousand men or women do ing this or that, a million dollars here or there, escapes the imagina tion, and as the digits increase, so does the lack of warmth. But if you see each one of these digits as your next door neighbor, or the boy or nirl who lives in the same block, or just down the road; if you see each dol lar, not as money, but as immediate assistance to some broken body or broken life, statistics suddenly bo gin to assume features; hair, eyes, pleading or triumphant, mouths, smiling or bitter, hopes, helpless ness. And the curious thing about all RED CROSS statistics is that they immediately do just this; immediate ly they turn into human beings. That's because the RED CROSS is the greatest human and humane agency in the world. That's all it thinks about an 4 all lit does. Dollars Become People Helped j You give five, ten, a hundred, i a thousands dollars, and at once jyour gift, your money, becomes | people being fed, people being warm i ed, the wounded being taken care ; of, the worried and the ill and the I homeless being rescued, j Each RED CROSS dollar is a light house in a black world, j The human statistics are gigantic, j Between January Ist, 1942 and February 28, 1943, the AMERICAN ! NATIONAL RED CROSS will have | spent $57,600,000 as follows; ! SERVICES TO THE ARMED ; FORCES; $40,400,000. What does that ! mean? Well, it means hospital and i convalescent service; home service ! for the able-bodied and hospitalized men and their families; blood plasma for the Army and Navy; emergency supplies for the armed forces, and chapter-produced supplies such as surgical dressings, etc.; assistance to disabled men and their families of this and past wars; and assistance to American prisoners of war. And for the men overseas, in addition to these other services, it means as well spec ial welfare and recreational service. It May Mean You DISASTER RELIEF; $2,500,000. There's no need to explain this. We all know what that means, and year in and year out the RED CROSS has been at work since 1881. Disaster re lief means flood, fire, cyclone, and so on, right here in the United States, and so it may mean you, and a lot of your kin, and it may mean that to morrow, even if you're five thousand miles away from the nearest front. Disaster strikes, and at once the RED CROSS is on the job, through its Na tional Organization, through its near est Local Chapters. And this isn't amateur assistance, it is trained as sistance and perfect set-up. Last year, for instance, was the worst year for national catastrophes since the RED (Continued on Page Five) Patient at State Sanatorium Calls Tuberculosis "Worse Killer of AIT' The constant attention needed to cure the disease of tuberculosis and the happiness of progress as the pa tient begins to be rewarded for his patience and moves along the road to health is graphically told in a letter reecived this week from Chase Cam eron, of Manly, who has been a pa tient at State Sanatorium, near here, for about two years. Because of the wide interest in Moore county in the Tuberculoids As sociation, headed by Mrs. T. A. Two Local Brothers in Our Service PVT. DURWARD L. EPPS. USMC Two sons of Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Epps of Southern Pines are serv ing with Uncle Sam's armed forces. Private Durward L. Epps, U. S. Ma rine Corps, enlisted shortly after Pearl Harbor, on December 9, 1941, and, following training at Parris Island, S. C., for the past 14 months has been serving in Panama. He attended Southern Pines High School and was one of the star baseball players. Pvt. Kenneth M. Epps entered the U. S. Army the last of November, 1942, trained at Fort Slocum, N. Y., and is now with the Medical Detachment, Station Hospital, Camp Shanks, N. Y. He formerly worked for THE PILOT and was working for Postal Tele graph when inducted into the Army. Station Wagon Purchased by Red Cross for Use in County Work and Emergencies DRAFT STATUS The re-classificaiion of mer. registered under the Selective Service System, engaged in "non-deferrable" work, without regard for dependents, will be gin April 1, it was announced this week by Clyde B. Shaw, chairman, Local Board 1, Selec tive Service system. . "After April 1, this Board will reconsider the status of all reg istrants who are known to be en gaged in activities or occupations designated as non-deferrable by the War Manpower Commission, and will classify such registrants without regard to dependency status," Mr. Shaw said. Funeral Conducted for C. D. Gilchrist World War Veteran Dies at Hospital in Asheville; Was Native of Cameron Funeral services were conducted last Saturday at Cameron Presbyter ian Church at 11 o'clock for Charles Duncan Gilchrist, native of Cameron, who died Wednesday, February 17, at Veteran's Hospital in Asheville. The Rev. M. D. McNeill, former pastor, conducted the services and burial was in White Hill Cemetery. Members of the American Legion Post acted as pallbearers. The deceased was a member of the 30th Division, 120 th Infantry, in World War I, was wounded in bat tle September 29, 1918, and received a medal for bravery for his action. For some time before his last illness, he was employed by the Department of Soil Conservation as equipment manager. He had been a member of the Cameron Presbyterian Church since early boyhood. He had been in declining health for several months. He was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Gilchrist of Cameron. Surviving are the following broth ers and sisters; Mrs. J. S. McLauch lin of Southern Pines, Mrs. G. W. Stuart and Miss Nannie Gilchrist, both of Troy; Alex Gilchrist of Dur ham, D. Frank Gilchrist of Savannah, Ga., and James M. Gilchrist of Wil mington. Cheatham, it was felt that Mr. Cam eron's letter would nean much to those who have in some way assist ed with the Association's efforts to bring treatment to those who need it. Chase Cameron attended Southern Pines High School. Later, he was studying for medicine and working in a hospital in the North, when he contracted tuberculosis and went to the State Sanatorium for treatment. (CnUmu*d on Pago Four) '' i I PVT. KENNETH EPPS, USA Contributions Make Possible Chapter's Owning Special Car for Home Relief. Other Work The Moore County Chapter of the American Red Cross has augmented its ability to render services through out the county by the purchase of a Chevrolet metal station wagon, to be equipped for use as an ambulance, which will be used for official busi ness of the Red Cross Chapter. The car and its operation were made possible by a number of con tributions totaling $1,695 through Wednesday. A brown, all-metal car, it will carry a Red Cross on the back and on each side and the legend ''American Red Cross, Moore County Chapter" on each side. The Red Cross vehicle, purchased second-hand from the Pinehurst Ga rage, will be used for distribution of production material to the differ ent branches in the County, for home service work, which takes workers throughout the county, for assistance at clinics and Nurses Aide work, and for any emergency use. In general, members of the Motor Corps, captained by Mrs. Ernest Ives, will drive the car for its official dut ies. It will be housed at McNeill Ser vice Station in Southern Pines, which is donating the storage space, and will have a special parking place al lotted in front of the Chapter Head quarters on West Broad street in Southern Pines. The Red Cross has received con tributions for the purchase and op eration of the car from Robinson Cook, Pinehurst; Mrs. W. J. Ken nedy, W. J. Kennedy, Mrs. Ralph K. Trix, Mrs. Jane Drexel, Mrs. M. Thorne Smith, Mrs. E. V. Hughes, Miss Laura Kelsey, Miss Harriett Barnum, Mrs. H. B. Greenman, Mrs. Lee Page, Mrs. Wilmer J. Smith, Mrs. James Boyd, Mrs. E. L. lyes, Miss Emily May Wilson, Mrs. Miller Gaffney and Mrs. William Lippin cott, all of Southern Pines. MORE CONTRIBUTIONS TO SOLDIERS LOUNGE The Soldiers Lounge committee, which is operating open houie for soldiers at the Southern Pines Civic Club, has acknowledged the follow ing additional contributions to its work, bringing the total to date to $350 for expenses connected with the work. Miss Martha Emley, Mrs. P. T. Kelsey, Mrs. J. I. Neal, Fred Roberts, Miss Lillian Roberts, Mrs. Julia Chambers, Mrs. W. P. Swett, Carl ton C. Kennedy, Miss Lillian D. Rob erts, Norris L. Hodgkina. Miss Mary C. Cameron, Miss Mary K. Wintyen, Mrs. George Jenks, Mrs. Struthers Burt, Dorn's, Shaw Paint and Wall paper company, Hugh Betterley, Mrs W. H. Wilson, Mrs. L. D. Mac Donald, Struthers Burt, Mrs. E. V. Pcrkin son, Mrs. Bruce H. Lewis, Mrs. Thomas Smith, Mrs. William H. Bar sum, Mrs. C. L. Hayes, Mrs. M. Q. Nichols, Miss Rebecca Cameron. MAKE EVEBY PAY DAY b ° nd day STOP SPENDING —S AVI DOLIAKS FIVE CENTS Friday is Last Day to Get Ration Book from School Houses Failure io Get Point Coupons May Mean Trip to Carthage, Board Says Folks who wait too long to apply for their War Ration Book 11, giving them point stamps for purchase of canned and frozen fruits and vege tables, will have to make a trip to Carthage to secure theSe books, Ra tion Board officials warned this week. Friday at 9 p. m., the distribution of the new ration books will cease at the school houses throughout the county, and reports from some schools indicated that the applica tions were slow during the early part of the week. Philip J. Weaver, school superin tendent, said that through Wednes day evening, about 2,500 had receiv ed their point ration stamps at Sou thern Pines High School and around 1,225 at West Southern Pines school. He said they had anticipated distri bution about five or six thousand books in this section. Not Much Fussing The Ration Book distribution pro l ceeded comparatively smoothly the first part of the week. There were "a few folks fussing," but not as many as were expected. Most fre quent complaint came from those who thought the charging of only eight points for canned goods on hand was an injustice, inasmuch as most of the canned goods have a much higher point value. There apparently was considerable honesty in declaring excess cannpd goods. Mr. Weaver said about { stamps had been removed \ books, indicated that number of _, cess cans had been declared. Larf est number declared by one persd he added, was in West Southe Pines one man, living alone, declar an excess of 200 cans. The book distribution has been c ried on here by the school teach with the assistance of most puj, j from the 11th and 12th gra while 10th grade pupils have hel; with considerable clerical work c nected with the rationing. L. With most canned goods frozen,! j cal merchants this week were spei | ing their time sticking ration pol \ values on the cans which will go 1 sale again Monday—but will be a ; livered only on surrender of the n ! quired number of ration points. Mil j chants expected to post lists of poii ; values and each rationed produl will carry the point values. 1 Purchasers of the canned good! were urged to study instructions oi the ration books carefully and td study the charts of point values. 1 LOCAL AUTHOR GIVEN ART ALLIANCE MEDAL Struthers Burt left this week to appear on several radio programs in Philadelphia and New York and to accept the Philadelphia Art Alliance medal, which has been awarded him this year. The Art Alliance announced: "On the basis of your magnificent "WAR SONGS," you have been awarded this year the Philadelphia Art Alliance Medal as the person connected with Philadelphia who has done most for the arts during the year. This medal is awarded at the annual meeting." LT. M. GREER STUTZ ASSIGNED TO PHILA. Lt. M. Greer Stutz, who has been serving as medical officer aboard Navy ships for the past two years, and who recently returned from ac tive duty in the Pacific, has been as signed to the Navy Hospital at Phil adelphia. Mrs. Stutz and two chil dren, who continued to make their home in Southern Pines while Lt Stutz was on ship duty, have joined [him in Philadelphia. LOCAL SOLDIER ON RADIO Pvt. Edward Cox, recently induct ed into the U. S. Army at Fort Bragg, is now broadcasting Fort Bragg news over the FaGyetteville radio statioi. [daily at 5:40 p. m. Pvt. Cox is son lof the Rev. and Mrs. W. E. Cox of Southern Pines.
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