OVER THE TOP
fFOR VICTORY
with
UNITED STATES WAR
BONDS-STAMPS
VOLUME 28, NO. 18.
Gymkhana Attracts
2,000 Spectators
Kennedy Hunters Capture
Top Events; Fort Bragg
Band Added Attraction
By HOWARD F. BURNS
Hunters from the stables of Mrs.
William J. Kennedy of Dedham,
Mass., Sunday captured top events
in the spring Equestrian Gymkhana
given in benefit of the American Red
Cross War Fund. Little Hugh, a
nine-year-old Irish hunter, with
Mickey Walsh, up, cleared the bars
at six feet to lead the field of six
hunters to capture first place in the
Knock Down and Out Class, the
most spectacular event staged be
fore the 2.000 odd spectators that sur
rounded the field while the Band of
the 101 st Airborne Division of Fort
Bragg played during the presenta
tion of the ribbons. Bachelor Dick,
a seven-year-old chestnut gelding,
was second in the class with Mr.
Walsh in the saddle. Sail On, a four
year old chestnut gelding owned by
Anne Cannon Reynolds of Palm
Beach, Florida, and brilliantly rid
den by Billy Tate of Pinehurst was
third.
Hermit's Boy, another hunter from
the Kennedy Stables, led a field of
ten, with Kathleen Walsh up, to
capture the blue ribbon in the class
for Open Jumpers. So close was the
competition that the judge called for
a jump off between Hermit's Boy,
who clear the bars at five and one
half feet, and Fine Fellow, an aged
black gelding owned by Louis
Scheipers, with his son, Donald, in
the saddle, who came in for second
place. Little Hugh, a third entry
from the Kennedy Stables, also
ridden by Miss Kathleen Walsh, was
third.
Cpl. Keith Hawkes of Fort Bragg,
riding Surprise, a ten-year-old pony
owned by Miss Hannah Walsh of
Southern Pines, won first place in
the jumping class for Service Men.
Wilbur Scheipers of the U. S. Navy,
riding Virginia Girl, was second and
Edward Foerster of Fort Bragg was
third.
The team captained by Pvt. Wil
liam Smith of Fort Bragg won the
potato race, 12 to 6, over the team
captained by Pvt. Thomas Kenwood
of Camp Mackall.
Lloyd Tate, Jr., Pinehurst, won the
Piggy Back race over" his brother,
Billy Tate, also of Pinehurst.
Lt. Col. E. L. Carmichael of the
Maxton Air Base judged. Mrs. M. G.
Antirs of Cleveland, Ohio, presented
the ribbons.
Buster Doyle of Southern Pines
announced the events, and Sgt. Lew
is J. Garda directed the band. Mrs.
William J. Kennedy and Miss Bar
bara Betterley, chairman of the
Southern Pines Red Cross Motor
Corps, drove the new Red Cross am
bulance around the grounds while
Boy Scouts and members of the Jun
ior Red Cross took a collection for
the War Fund, amounting to $113.58.
WEAVER IS CHOSEN
EDUCO CLUB HEAD
Philip Weaver, superintendent of
the Southern Pines Schools, was
elected president of the Moore Coun
ty Educo Club for the ensuing year
at the regular Spring meeting held
Thursday evening, March 25, at the
Vass-Lakeview school. A. C. Dawson
of Southern Pines was elected sec
retary-treasurer.
L. J. Dawkins of Aberdeen presid
ed over the meeting. During the din
ner, which was served in the school
cafeteria by the home economics
class under the supervision of Miss
Carolyn Dowd, the girls physical ed
ucation class of the hostess school
under the direction of Mrs. W. E.
Gladstone and Miss Rosalie Daniel
furnished entertainment.
JUNIOR RED CROSS GIVES
CHAIRS FOR SOLDIERS
T. U. Conner, vocational instruc
tor in the West Southern Pines
school, on Thursday delivered one
dozen attractive, sturdily built porch
chairs to Mrs. James Boyd, of the
Camp and Hospital Council, Ameri
can Red Cross, as a contribution from
the Junior Red Cross of his school.
The chairs were designed and con
structed by 9th and 10th grade stu
dents of the manual training class.
TH^^ffl^PlLOT'
Two Local Brothers In Our Service
I
JAMES EDWIN NEWTON
Two sons of Police Chief and Mrs.
Ed Newton of Southern Pines are
serving in the United States Navy.
James Edwin Newton, 22, was the
first to enlist in the Navy in North
Carolina after the Pearl Harbor "af
fair," knocking at the door in Raleigh
when the recruiting office opened
Monday, December 8, 1941. He is
now a 3rd class petty officer, serv
ing "somewhere in the Pacific." He
Aberdeen Ameriean Legion Celebrates
Twenty-Fourth Birthday with Party
WORKERS NEEDED
A new quota of surgical dress
ings. 45.000 four by four sponges,
has been received for Moore
County, and Mrs. E. V. Hughes,
county surgical dressing chair
man. is issuing a call for volun
teer workers. All surgical dress
ing rooms in the county opened
Thursday morning and every
available worker is needed. All
women with free time are urged
to volunteer.
Hunters Rank First
in Benefit Tourney
Father-Son Team Defeats
39 Others in Saturday
Event Which Nets S9O
The Tin Whistles, that famous
Pinehurst golfing organization, stag
ed an added tournament for the ben
efit of the Red Cross on Saturday,
March 27, and the affair proved a
great success for 80 players compet
ed in the Medal Play, Better Ball of
Pair event and over S9O was raised
for the local Red Cross fund.
James T. Hunter and his son, Bing
Hunter, won this interesting event
when they defeated the entire field
by the wide margin of 5 strokes. The
Hunters teamed together so well that
they carved out a spectacular 33-30
63 on the No. 2 course to give them
a net 68. There was a penalty of 3
strokes added to the scores of all
players playing either No. 1 or No.
3 course.
Tied for second place were George
W. Mansfield and Joseph Galvin and
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SANDHILLS POST
TO MEET APRIL 12
A meeting oi Sandhills Post No.
134 of the American Legion has
been called b> Post Commander Don
ald A. Currie for Monday, April 12,
at 8 p. m. at the Legion Hut in
Southern Pines, Adj. Chester I. Wil
liams has announced.
As there has been no meeting of
this Legion Post during the past few
months while the driving ban was
in effect, it is important that there
be a full attendance. Commander
Currie is making every effort to se
cure a suitable speaker.
FINISHES BASIC TRAINING
Aviation Cadet Preston F. Mat
thews, son of Mayor and Mrs. W.
Duncan Matthews, has completed his
basic training at the Army Air Force
Basic Flying School, Courtand, Ala
bama, and will proceed to the fourth
and last stage of his flying instruc
tion, Advanced School. Upon com
pletion of the last course, he will
receive his wings and a commission
of second lieutenant and be assigned
to active duty as a flying officer.
Southern Pines, North Carolina, Friday, April 2, 1943
tMnSk Mb
JOHN SCOTT NEWTON
graduated from Southern Pines High
School in 1937 and attended Lenoir
Rhyne College. John Scott Newton,
19, enlisted one year later to the
day than his brother. He took anti
aircraft gunner training at Great
Lakes Training Station in Illinois,
and is now in the Armed Guard
School, Gulfport, Miss. He is a grad
uate of the local school, class of
1941, and was manager of Mack's
Store in Raeford when enlisted.
Blackout Fails to Halt
Distinguished Speaker;
Women Receive Charter
Prevented by the blackout from
giving his address by the old prover
bial pattern of "firstly," "secondly,"
"thirdly," State Commander S.
Amos Maynard of Greensboro waXed
eloquent by the ultra-modern "per
iod" divisions of "blue-red-blue"
when he spoke Thursday evening be
fore the Aberdeen Legion and auxil
iary at a joint birthday celebration
in observance of the Legion's 24th
anniversary and the auxiliary's Char
ter night.
Commander Maynard reviewed
the ways in which Legionnaires are
serving in the present emergency
and spoke of the outstanding mem
bership record achieved by North
Carolina. His carefully compiled
written statistics proving useless due
to the darkness, the speaker inject
ed witty remarks which added to
rather than detracted from his ad
dress.
Paul Dana of Pinehurst introduc
ed Commander Maynard.
Post Commander D. McCrummen
presided and L. T. Avery gave the
address of welcome, to which Mrs.
Daniel Lane responded for the aux
iliary. Commander McCrummen rec
ognized the guests, among whom
were Col. V. G. Olsmith, command
ing officer of Camp Mackall, and
Mrs. D. A. Currie of Southern Pines.
Chaplain Daniel Lane acted as
master of ceremonies and presented
Colonel Olsmith, who gave interest
ing information as to Camp Mackall
and the ways in which the town and
post might be of mutual help.
State Commander Maynard espec
ially commended Adj. E. L. Mc-
Bride for his outstanding work in se
curing 47 new and renewal members,
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SPORTS ATTRACTIONS
ON PINEHURST CARD
Fred Tejan, who has charge of polo
in Pinehurst this season, announced
that Pinehurst will play another in
the series of games with a team rep
resenting the Army on Sunday, April
4, at 3:30 p. m., on the polo field at
the race track. The time has been
changed from 3:00 to 3:30 to allow
anyone desiring to do so to see part
or all of the Gymkhana in the Caro
lina Hotel riding ring prior to the
game.
Pinehurst won by the score of 5 to
1 in the last Sunday's Army game.
The Twenty-Sixth Annual Pine
hurst Horse Show will be held Wed
nesday, April 7, at 2 p. m., in the
riding ring at the Carolina Hotel. Ad
mission will be free, but officials of
the show announce that a collection
will be taken for the benefit of the
Pinehurst Civilian Defense, which
has done such a splendid job with
air-raid precaution and other allied
i lines.
Kiwanis Club Sees
Accident Pictures
Dorsey Shows War Plant
Films; Club Elects its
Convention Delegates
E. L. Dorsey, Jr., district engineer
of the American Mutual Liability In
surance Company of Charlotte, was
guest speaker at the semi-monthly
meeting of the Sandhill Kiwanis
held at the Southern Pines Country
Club Wednesday.
Mr. Dorsey, who was introduced
by I. C. Sledge of Pinehurst, pre
sented a motion picture of industrial
accidents at war plants and homes
of industrial workers of the nation,
and warned employers to instruct
their employees to use the utmost
care.
Charles W. Picquet and Howard
Burns were elected delegates to the
International Convention to be held
in Chicago June 22-24, with Preston
T. Kelsey and Norman Shenk as al
ternates.
Beginning next week the club will
hold its regular weekly meeting at
the Country Club, changing from the
semi-monthly schedule observed dur
ing the past quarter on account of
the gasoline emergency.
Visitors attending the luncheon
were Charles Fitts of Springfield,
Mass., and Mr. Mayer of New York.
Prominent West End
Resident Dies, Age 84
7 C
M. D. McCrummen Took
Active Part in Church and
Civic Life of Community
Malcolm Daniel McCrummen, 84,
of West End, passed away Friday iv
the Moore County Hospital, where
hg, seriously ill for several
months.
Funeral service was held at the
home at 2 p. m. Sunday, conducted
by the Rev. J. H. Ramsey, pastor
of the West End Presbyterian
Church, and the P .v. W. H. Brown,
pastor of the Methodist Church. In
; terment followed in Union cemetery
I near Carthage.
Mr. McCrummen was the type of
citizen that is the backbone of a
community, interested in those things
which promote the welfare of the
people as a whole. He was a native
of Moore County and spent his en
tire life in the one community. For
many years he had been an elder
in the Presbyterian Church and had
also served as a member of his lo
cal school board. Intensely interest
ed in education, Mr. McCrummen
saw to it that his children received
college educations, and all except
one entered the teaching profession.
Surviving are his widow, the for
mer Miss Margaret Caddell; three
daughters, Misses Valeria, Neolia
and Bert McCrummen, and two sons,
D. C. McCrummen, Aberdeen drug
gist, and John McCrummen of West
End.
PUBLIC IS URGED TO
GIVE—AND LET LIVE
Continuing through the week-end
ing April 7 theatre-goers will have
the opportunity of seeing a Red
Cross trailer "Somewhere in This
World," and hearing a commentary
by Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker.
The film, which was made shortly
after Captain Rickenbacker's spec
tacular rescue from the Pacific, ex
plains the functions of the Red Cross
as the only official auxiliary of
America's armed forces.
Each theatre will make audience
collections, all of which will be
turned over to the local Red Cross
chapters.
"GIVE—AND LET LIVE."
MEN'S CLUB ELECTS
NEW OFFICERS FOR YEAR
The Southern Pines Men's Club,
which has been active for almost a
quarter of a century, held its an
nual meeting at the Club House on
March 27 and reelected the follow
ing slate of officers for 1943; Pres
ident, Dr. G. G. Herr; vice-president,
Walter Ives, secretary-treasurer, Eu
gene Woodward; trustees, S. B.
Richardson, A. S. Newcomb and
Lawrence Grover.
Roque court, billiard tables and
cards are available for use in the af
ternoons and visitors are welcome.
Early Returns Sliow
• 7
County Has Passed
%/
Its War Fund Quota
ENROLLS WAACS
BSU)
LT. MARY J. NORTON
Lt. Mary J. Norton, executive of
ficer of the WAAC Enrollment Sta
tion at Fort Bragg, will arrive in
Southern Pines on April 8 and re
main until April 10 to speak to young
women interested in joining the Wo
men's Army Auxiliary Corps.
She will be located in the post
office between 7 a. m. and 4 p. m.
THE
Sand Box
Being Filled Weekly
BY WALLACE IRWIN
By Wallace Irwin
As March practical-jokes its way
into April Fool's Day, I am convinc
ed that weather-prophecy is about
as risky as war-prophecy . . . That
is to say, we can foretell the future
in both cases; we know that Sum
mer's coming and Rommel's going;
but we're not setting a date for
either glad event. Even otfr Gallon
and-a-Half Club, famed for wise op
timism, refrains from absolute pre
dictions. I notice that Major George
Fielding Elliot went clairvoyant last
week and predicted that we'd roust
Rommel in not time at all. In the
same issue headlines reported that
the Desert Fox had nipped a hole in
our lines . . . However, later devel
opments indicate that there aren't
many bounces left in the Afrika
Korps blitzball . . . Looks as if the
Major soothsaid a mouthful, unless
something else happens before this
goes to press . . . And let's pull for
Admiral Halsey's delphic hunch,
predicting that we'd wipe the Japs
off the Pacific before the end of
1943.
If you don't believe that Spring
is here, please observe the big Red
Cross thermometer in front of our
postoffice. Temperature is up to $5,-
000, and the red paint running over
the top. It's the first time I've felt
happy over a town's being in the
red . . . Another indication of balmy
April is the number of hose-aban
doned limbs we see hurrying from
one butter-rationing center to ano
ther. This reminds the Gal & 1-2
Club's publicity man of a good war
economy slogan; Nude Nees Saves
Stockings. The spelling and gram
mar of the slogan might appeal;
and it would be a hint, too, to those
who still believe that the way to
victory is to buy and buy and buy.
A publication called The New
Yorker—The Pilot's Northern rival—
says it's "verbaloney" to use "meat
leggers" as a term for blackmarket
butchers. If the New Yorker would
think of some printable word that
would fit these blackmerchants—
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\
LOCAL MEN PROMOTED
Roland W. Norton, son of Mr. and
Mrs. H. G. Norton of Southern Pines,
has been promoted to sergeant at
Kirkland Field, Albuquerque, New
Mexico, where he is on duty with an
Ordnance Company that is attached
to the Air Corps.
J. D. Arey, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs.
J. D. Arey of Pinedene, was last
week promoted to staff sergeant at
Miami Beach, Florida. Sgt. Arey is
with the MBTB Finance Detachment.
Of
*AKE evert
PAY DAY
Apis war
(_\\ j!l BOND DAY
S'OP SPIUDINC SAVI DOLLARS
FIVE CENTS
Chairman Avery Praises
Response Given in All
Sections of the County
Although complete reports are not «
in, Moore County is now well over
the top in the Red Cross War Fund
Drive in which the quota was $lB,-
200, and contributions are still com
ing in. Figures to date show $22,-
096.70 collected.
"A complete report, showing quo
tas and percentages for all sections
will be given next week," said L. T.
Avery, chairman of the War Fund
campaign, "but the results to date
are so gratifying that I feel they
should be published.
Pinehurst, with Robinson Cook as
chairman, leads with $8,400. K. B.
Trousdell has reported $5,489.85 for
Southern Pines and Major Carson
I and Mrs. E. C. Keating of nearby
Knollwood Field and Knollwood
Colony have reported $1,169.80.
Three other towns are in the four
figure bracket, Aberdeen, J. B. Ed
wards, chairman, with $1,760; Hemp,
W. P. Saunders, chairman, with sl,-
400 and Carthage, M. G. Boyette,
chairman, with $l,lOO.
Vass-Lakeview, R. A. Stutts, chair
man, is highest in the three-figure
bracket, trailing the higher group
only slightly with a total of $962.45;
Pinebluff, Addor and Roseland, Mrs.
Charles Warner, chairman, reports
$530 and West End, W. A. Johnson,
chairman, $500; Cameron, J. E.
Snow, chairman, has $321; Jackson
i Springs, Mrs. Herbert Carter, chair
man, $175; Eagle Springs, Miss El
len Maurice and C. C. Underwood,
chairman, $100; Farm Life School,
Miss Anna Mae Caddell, chairman,
SIOO, and High Falls, Mrs. H. W.
Jones, chairman, $88.70.
"Even these incomplete returns
show that the chairman and their
assistants in each and every branch
chapter and section have already
done a splendid job for the Red
Cross and deserve heartiest thanks
and congratulations for their
achievement," . commented Mr
Avery.
HOME AND EFFECTS
DESTROYED BY FIRE
As the apparatus of the Southern
Pines Fire Company whirled around
the corner of West Broad street and
Pennsylvania avenue at 7:20 o'clock
Monday night cheered by the throng
of passengers waiting the arrival of
the north-bound train, bright flames
topped with a plume of dense smoke
were in full view on the crest of
New York avenue, West Southern
Pines.
As usual a delayed alarm, brought
in by a runner, left no hope of saving
the 6-room frame dwelling owned by
Nora Kellog and tenanted by Ade
laide Dowd. Through the efforts of
the firemen aided by seven hundred
and fifty feet of hose the adjoin
ing houses were saved.
Origin of the fire was reported to
be an exploding oil stove in kitch
en. All the personal effects and furn
iture of the tenants of the burned
house were destroyed.
VASS CAUCUS NAMES
SEVERAL CANDIDATES
Three nominations for mayor and
six for town commissioner were
made at a town caucus held in Vass
Tuesday night as a preliminary to
the May 4 election.
The incumbents—H. A. Borst,
mayor and A. M. Cameron, S. R.
Smith and R. P. Beasley, commisison
ers—were again nominated and the
following others: B. M. Corbett nnd
W. E. Gladstone for mayor and G.
M. McDermott, H. C. Callahan and
M. M. Chappell for commissioner.
POPPY SALE CHAIRMAN
EXPRESSES APPRECIATION
The members of the American Le
gion Auxiliary, through Mrs. P. E.
Kennedy, president, express their
appreciation to the Gul Scouts and
theatre owners in Southern Pines
and Pinehurst, Frank Buchan, post
master, and THE PILOT for their
help in making Poppy Day a success.
Donations from Southern Pines
amounted to $213.30, and from Pine
hurst, $153.50.