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\kfl(k UNITED STATES WAR
j BONOS-STAMPS
VOLUME 28. NO. 25.
Second War Loan
DriveExeeedsQuota,
Final Reports Show
Washington Officials
Asked to Name Bomber
for Moore County
By HOWARD F. BURNS
Ralph Chandler, chairman of the
Second War Loan Drive in Moore
County, announces today that ac
tual sales in the Second War Loan
Drive totaled $458,660.75, exceeding
the quota by $171,560.75.
The State Administrator of the
War Savings Staff has certified to
the Staff in Washington to have a
bomber named "Moore County,
North Carolina."
Moore County's allotment was
$287,100.00. The bonds sold exceeded
160 per cent of the quota and was
the largest percentage of quota of
any county in Region 7 of Nerth
Carolina. It was followed in second
place by Lee county, with 159 per
cent of its quota, down to Montgom
ery county with 92 per cent of its
quota.
The chairman further announced
that in dollar volume and regardless
of quotas Moore County has been
exceeded only by twenty-eight coun
ties out of the one hundred in
North Carolina. The analysis shows
that in Series E bonds (which have
the widest distribution) Moore
county sold 67 per cent of their as
signed quota of this type of bond,
with Montgomery county second
with 54 per cent. The chairman stat
ed in dollar sales of "E" bonds that
he feels this speaks well for the
citizens of a sparsely settled and
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Rev. Mr. Hancock to
Preach to Piiielmrst
Graduating Class
Baccalaureate Sermon to Be
Given in Pinehurst Commun
ity Church This Sunday
The 19th annual commencement of
the Pinehurst High School will get
underway Sunday when the baccal
aureate sermon for the class will be
preached by Rev. William F. Han
cock at 11:00 o'clock in the Com
munity church. The pastor, Rev. R.
L. Prince and Dr. T. A. Cheatham
will have a part in the service.
On next Friday morning at 10:30
a special chapel program will be held
in the school auditorium and cer
tificates will be given students of
the eighth grade.
Friday evening at 8:30 o'clock the
graduating exercises will be held and
awards made.
Members of the graduating class
are: Edwin Black, Harold Black,
Carlton Lee Cole, Jr., Richard Cole,
Dorothy Chrisco, Betty Dunlap, Vi
vian Dunn, Bob DuPont, James Gar
rison, Jessie Lee Hartsell, Marjorie
Hall, Dorothy Harriss, Ray Hens
ley, Marie Leavitt, Margaret Lee,
Bertha Mosher, Jessie Ritter, Bob
Smith, and Lloyd Tate, Jr.
ATHERTON LEADS IN
IST SANDPIPERS PLAY
Arthur Atherton of Aberdeen led
the field in the Sixth Annual Sand
pipers Golf Championship, to win
the first round of match play Sun
day afternoon over Elmer Davis 3-1.
Roy Grinnell defeated Dan Farrell
2-1. Norris Hodgkins won over Mor
ris Johnson 6-5.
Jimmy deßerry beat Pat Patter
son 4-2 Joe deßerry won over Dr.
L. M. Daniels 3-1. Howard Burns
won his match over J. C. Barron 1
up on the eighteenth holqf. Will
Wiggs defeated P. V. Hatch one up
on the eighteenth. J. F. Carter de
feated Clarence Edson 5-4. H. L.
Hoffman won over Richard L. Sugg
3-1. Bert Weatherspoon won over
Richard F. Tarlton one up in an
other close match.
The pairings for Sunday, May 23rd
are as follows:
Atherton vs Grinnell; Jimmie de-
Berry vs. Joe deßerry; Howard
Burns vs. Will Wiggs; Bert Weath
spoon vs. H. L. Hoffman.
THE3t|
BIDDLE IN N. J.
Major Livingston L. Biddle,
111. formerly of Philadelphia and
Pinehurst. has been placed in
charge of coordination of all
supplies at the Atlantic City
(N. J.) Post, Army Air Forces,
it has been announced.
Major Biddle served with the
U. S. Marines in World Wax I
at which time he lost his left eye.
He re-enlisted last October in the
Army Specialists Corps and
when that was later disbanded
he lransfererd to the Army Air
Forces. He attended officers
training school, at Miami, Fla..
and was recently assigned to the
Atlantic City Post.
Mary Yeomans Dies
Suddenly at Home
Thursday Evening
She Had Been a Resi
dent of Southern Pines
for Many Years
Death came swiftly and painlessly
to Miss Mary Yeomans in her gar
den last Thursday evening. Not
known to be seriously ill, friends and
acquaintances of many years were
profoundly shocked as the news of
her sudden passing was made
known.
Borp in Orange, N. J., November
14, 1873, the daughter of Alfred
Yeomans and Elizabeth Blythe Ram
say Yeomans, Miss Yeomans has
been a resident of Southern Pines
since 1920.
Private funeral services conduct
ed by her pastor, Rev. Craighill
Brown and the Rev. A. V. Gibson of
Sanford were held in her late home
on Ridge street at five o'clock Sat
urday afternoon. Internment at Mt.
Hope cemetary.
Educated in her earlier years in
her home town of Orange, Miss Yeo
mans showing a decided musical tal
ent spent three years in further
study in Gottingen, Germany,
thereby developing a love of music
that has been a delightful pleasure
to her friends. Active in Civic af
fairs and the life of the town, ever
ready to contribute her talents. She
was a valued member of Emmanuel
Church, a Trustee of the Southern
Pines Library Association, and a
Director of the Civic Club.
Miss Yeomans is survived by two
brothers, A. B. Yeomans of Southern
Pines and Charles Yeomans of Chi
cago. A sister, Mrs. Francis King
of South Hartford, N. Y.
MISS ELOISE WICKER
JOINS U. N. C. FACULTY
Miss Eloise Wicker, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Rassie Wicker, of Pine
hurst, has been appointed to the fa
culty of the University of North
Carolina, and promoted to Curator of
the Herbarium for the year 1944.
Miss Wicker, a senior at the Univer
sity, was assistant curator at the
Herbarium this year.
Miss Wicker attended Woman's
College, of the University, in Greens
boro in 1940-41, but transfererd to
Chapel Hill as a Botany Major in
"42-'43. She will receive her Degree
of Bachelor of Science in June.
Miss Wicker will take up her
duties at the opening of the fall term
at the University. She will also do
graduate work leading to her Mas
ter's Degree.
The University Herbarium is rec
ognized by Botanists as the largest
and finest collection of plant speci
mens in the South.
FORMER VISITOR DIES
Word was received May 18th, of
the death, on that date, of Dr. J. C.
Moore, Huntington, Que., only bro
ther of Mrs. E. M. Pettes and uncle
of Mrs. Harry Goldsmith. Dr. Moore
is survived by his widow, Mrs. Lau
ra Bell Moore, one sister, and sev
eral nieces and nephews. The doc
tor has visited Southern Pines sev
eral times, and considered a winter
home here. Previous to his last ill
ness Dr. Moore was a member of
the Canadian Parliament, Ottawa
Southern Pines. North Carolina. Friday, May 21, 1943.
lii Our Armed Services
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ELOISE BUDDY LAWRENCE
Just transferred from the Naval
Training School, Great Lakes, 111.,
to the Anti-Aircraft Training Base
at Little Creek, Va., is Eloise "Bud
dy" Lawrence, son of Mrs. Thelma
Lawrence of South May street. Sou
thern Pines. Lawrence who will be
20 in August attended the local
schools and enlisted on December Ist,
1942. He passed in the Anti-Air
craft School and is now at the Lit
tle Creek Base for further training.
Lt. Stacy Brewer, Jr., who recent
ly completed training at officers can
didate school at Camp Lee, Va., is
spending a furlough with his parents
Moore Chapter of County and Hospital
Service Outline Plans at May 12 Meeting
WHO?
No sooner did copies of Life
circulate last week than inter
ested readers perceived the
striking resemblance of a ser
geant, pictured in a group of
soldiers in Africa, to Mayor
Matthews' son. Sergeant Jos
eph Matthews.
16 Nurses Graduate
at Sanatorium Kites
Mrs. McKellar Delivers
Address on Importance of
Nursing at Exercises
Mrs. Albertine P. McKellar, Assis
tant Consultant in Health Education
of the United States Public Health
Service, addressed the sixteen grad
uates of the North Carolina Sana
torium School of Nursing at exercis
es in the auditorium on Friday even
ing, May 14. The speaker was intro
duced by Frank W. Webster, Exec
utive Secretary of the North Carol
ina Tuberculosis Association.
Mrs. McKellar spoke of the im
portance of nursing in peace as well
as in war and of the responsibili
ties of nurses in world-wide recon
struction. She outlined a program of
constructive medicine with goals of
greater fitness and wider vision in
health education.
' The Nurses' Glee Club rendered
the choral selections "Hear Us, O
Father" by Mozart, "At Twilight"
by Jarnefelt and "Sing, Little Ban
jo" by Wilson. "Recessional" by De
Koven and "Passing By" by Purcell
were sung by Earl Richardson of
Eagle Springs. Mrs. W. E. Cook was
the piano accompanist.
The annual cash award given by
the Alumnae Association to the
graduate with the highest scholar
ship record during her three years
of training was won by Miss Nelle
Robinson. Miss Elizabeth O'Brian,
President of the Alumnae Associa
tion, made the presentation. Mr.
Cecil Dew, President of the Rae
ford Kiwanis Club, explained the
purpose of a new award to be given
each year to the graduate judged
to be the best all-around member
of her class. Miss Ann Jarvis won the
Kiwanis gift.
Dr. C. R. Monroe, resident surgeon
of the Moore County Hospital, pre
sented the pins to the graduates and
Dr. P. P. McCain, Superintendent
if the North Carolina Sanatorium,
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LT. STACY BREWER. JR.
I in Carthage. Lt. Brewer, known as
"June" to his Moore County friends,
is stationed at Tampa Air Base in
Florida. He graduated from Pitts
boro high school in 1937, attended
Wingate College, and was inducted
into the army in January, 1942. He
has had training at Ft. Warren, Wy
oming, Salt Lake City Air Base, and
Rapid City Air Base in South Dako
ta. Lt. Brewer is a son of Stacy
Brewer, founder of THE PILOT.
Two other members of the family
are in service. Tech Sgt. Mack
Brewer has been in England since
September, and Miss Annie Marga
ret Brewer is in the WAVES in
Brooklyn. N. Y.
Four Adjoining Army
Camps Included in
this Program
The Moore County Chapter of the
Camp and Hospital Service Commit
tee met Wednesday, May 12, at the
Southern Pines Country Club to out
line its share in the program of the
Red Cross for the four camps of this
vicinity. Camp Mackall, Fort Bragg,
Laurinburg-Maxton Air Base, and
Seymour-Johnson Field. Paul Dana,
of Pinehurst, committee chairman
presided.
| It was voted to assume the furn
ishing of two Ward Day rooms at
the station hospital at Laurinburg-
Maxton Air Base. Hemp and Carth
age branches will be asked to each
take care of one of these rooms as
their respective shares.
The County Chapter decided to
undertake to furnish approximately
25 per cent of the furniture request
ed for the Day Rooms at Camp Mac
kall. Requests name ping pong ta
bles and sets, framed pictures, table
lamps, floor lamps, and end lamps,
radios, window curtains or drapes,
card tables, coffee tables, library ta
bles, rugs or carpets.
Other items listed by the Camp
and Hospital committee as needed on
all four posts were pianos, musical
instruments of all kinds, records,
book "carts, chairs, desks, recreation
al equipment, card tables, cards,
book cases, and a tea service.
The Council will continue its ef
forts to supply the day rooms and
hospitals with all equipment avail
able.
Committee members present in
cluded Mr. Dana, Mrs. Francis M.
Dwight, Southern Pines, vice-chair
man; Leon Seymour, Aberdeen; Miss
Laura Kelsey, Southern Pines, vice
chairman Moore County chapter;
Mrs. James Boyd, Southern Pines,
National Committee member of the
Council; Mrs. Lee Clark, Southern
Pines, Executive Secretary Moore
County Chapter; Harold G. Wood
ruff, Council Field representative
Camp and Hospital Council, Fort
Bragg area.
HIGH SCHOOL BAND CONCERT
The Southern Pines High School
Band, under the leadership of Lloyd
Woolley, Jr., will give a concert of
martial music in the City Park Sun
day afternoon, May 23, at 4:30.
U. S. O. to Take Over
Civic Club as Center for
Men in Armed Services
ACCEPTED
Seven of Southern Pines'
young men reported lor exami
nation at Fort Bragg Monday.
Four were accepted and ordered
to report lor service on May
24th. They are D. A. "June"
Blue. Jr., L. M. Daniels. Jr.. H.
A. McAllister and W. D. Mat
thews, Jr.
County Boards Meet
to Plan Rebuilding
Negro School Plant
Pinckney High School 1
Destroyed by Flames,
Served Wide Area
The Moore County Board of Com
missioners, the County Board of Ed
ucation and the Carthage School
Board met in the office of H. Lee
Thomas, superintendent of schools,
last week to discuss the rebuilding
of the Pinckney school plant in Car
thage, which was totally destroyed
by an early morning fire the pre
vious week. Pinckney, the largest
of the four Negro high schools in
the county, served not only Car
thage and community, but all sec
tions of Moore County north of Lit
tle River, including Cameron and
Vass.
The group was of the opinion
that it would be necessary to con
struct 16 class rooms and the cost
was estimated at $60,000, but no
definite action could be taken, the
next step being to contact the War
Production Board and get permis
sion to proceed.
Pinckney's high school enrollment
for the year just closed was 230 and
elementary, 190. It had nine high
school teachers and well establish
ed vocational, agriculture and home
economics departments.
The other three Negro high schools
in the county are Berkley at Aber
deen, Pinehurst and West Southern
Pines high schools.
Mrs. Win. J. Bennett,
Aged 90, Dies in N. Y.
Born in Brighton, England.
She Made Her Home
Here for 18 Years
On May Bth, just two days follow
ing the celebration of the anniver
sary of her 90th birthday, Mrs. Wil
liam J. Bennett, a former resident of
Southern Pines, died at Ward Man
or, Red Hook, N. Y.
"Grannie Bennett' as she was af
fectionately known to her many
friends in Southern Pines where she
had made her home from 1920 to
1938, was born in Brighton, Eng.,
but had been a citizen of the United
States for many years.
During her 18 years of residence
here Mrs. Bennett became keenly in
terested in religious and charitable
affairs. She was a long time mem
ber of Emmanuel Episcopal Church
where she was Choir Mother and
treasurer of the Woman's Auxiliary.
Mrs. Bennett kept her memory
green through cheerful correspond
ence with the wide circle of friends
of former years and to them her
passing is a grief.
KIWANIS CLUB GOES
ON SUMMER SCHEDULE
The Sandhill Kiwanis Club held
its regular meeting at the Southern
Pines Country Club Wednesday. The
entire program was taken up with
an address by Winston Churchill.
The remainder of the program was
taken up by routine business.
The club will go on its summer
schedule, meeting every other week
during the summer months. The
meetings during the month of June
I will be held at the Holly Inn in
Pinehurst.
PMAKE EVERT
PAY DAY
EOND DAY
STOP SPIMDINC SAVI DOLUki
TEN CENTS
To Open in Few Days.
Many Repairs and Im
provements to Be made
At a called meeting last Monday
afternoon, members of the Civic
Club voted to let the U. S. O. use
their building as a recreational cen
ter for service men.
Representatives of the U. S. O.
while in town last week considering
several other properties, decided
upon the Civic Club as the building
most suited to their purpose.
The Southern Pines Town Coun
cil and a strong local committee have
for months been urging the U. S. O.
to establish a center here, stressing
its need with a constantly growing
influx of soldiers on pass to be tak
. en care of. The meeting Monday was
a fruit of their efforts.
General Gerry Chapman of Camp
Mackall, while speaking at Monday's
meeting pointed out that camp prob
lems are complicated by civilian
food rationing causing inadequate
supplies in public eating places out
side of camp, and a lack of transpor
tation. both affecting soldiers on
pass. The establishment of a U. S. O.
center in Southern Pines, he felt,
would be a big step toward solving
the soldier's problem of where to
obtain food and recreation while
away from camp.
According to General Chapman it
was first planned to have soldiers
on pass distributed through towns
in the area south of Camp Mackall,
but this intention was upset by the
lack of adequate transportation ser
vices, the men going in any direc
tion in which it became possible to
get rides.
"You can't tell soldiers where to
go or what to do when upon leave,"
General Chapman said. "When they
get out of camp they want to be on
their own."
Colonel Vernon Olsmith, Post
Commander, Camp Mackall, stress
ed the same views, emphasizing the
need of a U. S. O. Club in Southern
Pines.
Mrs. Todd Baxter, Civic Club vice
president, opened the meeting, May
or W. D. Matthews introducing the
speakers. In addition to Mayor Mat
thews, others representing the Town
of Southern Pines were Howard
Burns, City Clerk; Judge L. T.
Avery, and Eugene C. Stevens.
Also present was Miss Ruth Oran
dorf. Regional Director of the U. S.
O. in the Washington district which
includes Southern Pines. Miss Oran
dorf will supervise the establishment
of the U. S. O. center at the Civic
Club, planning to have it in opera
tion within a week.
The staff will consist of two pro
fessional U. S. O. executives, one of
whom will be a woman, assisted by
an advisory committee composed of
representatives from local churches
and civic organizations.
Volunteer workers will be enlist
ed as Senior and Junior Hostesses,
each speciali.'.ing upon a different
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COLONEL CAMM MADE
BRIDAGIER GENERAL
Fort Bragg, Col. Frank Camm, who
assumed command of the 15th Field
Artillery Brigade on May 4, has re
ceived notification of his appoint
ment by the President to the rank
of Brigadier General. General Camm,
former executive officer of the 78th
Division artillery units at Camp
Butner, N. C., succeeds Brigadier
General Raymond E. Lee, who has
been given another assignment.
The new general is a native of
Lynchburg, Va„ and is a graduate of
the University of Virginia Law
School. Following graduation he en
tered the Second Officer's Training
Camp at Fort Myer, Va., where he
was commissioned a second lieuten
ant, field artillery, in November,
1917. He sailed for the European bat
tle fronts about a month later.
While overseas he was awarded
the Victory Medal with battle clasps
for the Aisne-Marne and the Meuse-
Argonne battles.