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UNITED STATES WAR
BONDS-STAMPS
VOLUME 23^ NO. 25.
Special Program on
Food Conservation
For Women of Moore
Meetings Are Scheduled
For All Sections of
County at Early Dates
Plans for reaching every home in
Moore County during the first two
weeks in June with a comprehensive
food conservation program which
will give to the housewives the best
methods of canning, drying, brin
ing and sulphuring foods have been
completed, and Miss Flora McDon
ald, home agent and OCD nutrition
chairman, is this week announcing
her schedule. /
Families in Moore County are tak
ing their gardening seriously this
year and practically all will have
some surgius vegetables, the con
servation of which will be a real
contribution to the war effort.
Miss McDonald will have the co
operation of the farm Security home
supervisor, Mrs. Marion S. Dosher,
home economics teachers, block
and neighborhood leaders in putting
across this program, one of the most
important, in view of the present
food situation, ever undertaken by
local agencies.
In Southern Pines Miss McDonald
is being assisted by a committee com
posed of Mrs. E. C. Stevens, chair
man, Mrs. E. Levis Prizer and Mrs.
William Dale. The meeting will be
at Lewis’ Store at 10 a. m. June 4.
The complete schedule of food con
servation meetings, with the time,
place, and home economist in
charge, ^’ollows:
Aberdeen Section
Miss Hilda Clontz will conduct
meetings in Aberdeen and nearby
communities at 2 p. m. in the school-
houses on the following dates: Aber
deen, June 1 and 2; Roseland, June
3 and 4; Marcus Cross Roads, June
8 and 9; Addoi, June 10 and 11;
Pincblufr', June 15 and 16, assisted
by Mis.s Gertrude Little .
Carthage Section
Mrs.- Helen Pope’: (All meetings at
2 p. m. unless otherwise stated.)
Home Agent’s office, June 10 at 2
and 8 p. m.; Priest Hill, Miss Irene
Nicholson’s home, June 2; Coles Mill,
Mrs. Jerry Flinchum’s, June 1; Cal
vary, Miss Daisy Flinchum’s June
3; Mrs. John A. Fry’s, June 4; Red
Branch, Mrs. W. E. Kelly’s, June 8;
Glendon and Horse Shoe, Mrs. R. H.
Dowd’s, June 9; Union Church, Mrs.
Carl Gulledge’s June 11; Mrs. W .A.
Bailey’s, June 14.
Cameron Section
Miss Beulah Byrd: (All meetings
at 2 p. m. unless otherwise stated.)
Cameron, Mrs. J. D. McLean’s, June
/TVlrs. Jewel Hemphill’s, June 17;
■Colored School, June 3; Stanton Hill,
Mrs. Will Cooper’s, June 9; Mrs.
Walter Wicker’s, May 26; Spring-
field, Mrs. Fred Smith’s, June 15;
Mrs. Raymond Comer’s, June 16;
Colored, Mrs. L. E. Ferguson’s, May
25, at 4 p. m.; White Hill Road, Mrs.
C. E. Baggett’s, June 14; Cranes
Creek, Mrs. J. Abner Thomas’s, June
11; Sanford Road, Mrs. H. E. Wall’s,
June 21; Fayetteville Road, Mrs.
George Goodwin’s, May 27; Mrs. J.
McD. Cameron’s, June 4; Mrs. G. T.
Isgett’s, June 10.
Hemp Section
Miss Bernice 1 Edmonds: Hemp,
June 3, 15 and 24, time not stated;
(Others ht 2 p. m.) Eagle Springs
Road, Mrs. J. H. Richardson’s, June
9; Leaman, Mrs. Lonnie Maness’,
June 17; West Philadelphia, Mrs.
Maness’, June 21; Pleasant Hill, Mrs.
Claude Williams’, June 11; Mt. Car
mel, Mrs. York’s, June 7.
Vass Section
Miss Carolyn Dowd: (All at 2 p.
m.) Vass Schoolhouse, June 1; Lake-
view schoolhouse, May 31; Union
Church Road, Mrs. Frank Jeffrey’s,
June 2; Mrs. E. J. Thomas’, June 8;
Cranes’s Creek, Mrs. A. V. Autrey’s,
BIAKE E;VEBT
PAY DAY
WAR
^ BOND DAY
STC.’ SPENDING —SAVE DOllADS
REPORTED KILLED
Southern Pines, North Carolina, Friday, May 28, 1943.
In Our Armed Services
TEN CENTS
Staff Sergeant Eli W. WUliam-
son has been listed by the War
Department as having been kill
ed in the Pacific area.
, Sgt. Williamson and his bro
ther, "Jimmie," now a lieuten^
ant, were residents of South
ern Pines for a number of years,
their mother having died here
in 1934. ^ames L. Williamson,
Sr., is now residing in Dillon,
S. C.
Both lads were pupils in the
local schools, universally liked
and pleasantly remembered here.
Graduation Finals.
at SP High School
Begin Sunday Night
Large Class to Receive
Diplomas Thurs. P. M.;
Honor Students Named
Commencement exercises for
Southern Pines High School, Class of
1943, will begin Sunday, May 30,
marking th* close of a successful
school year under the leadership of
Philip J. Weaver, superintendent.
Five programs are planned for the
week, beginning with the commence
ment sermon to be delivered in the
Church of Wide Fellowship at 8:30
p. m. Sunday by Dr. I. G. Greer, of
Thomasville, general superintendent
of Baptist orphanages in the State
and president of the North Carolina
Baptist Convention. The senior class
play will be given in the High School
Auditorium Tuesday evening at 8:30.
Honors and awards day will be ob
served at 11:15 a. m. Wednesday, and
dedication of a service memorial on
the campus to former pupils now
serving their country will take place
at ll:15 a. m. Thursday.
Graduation exercises Thursday,
June 3, at 8:30 p. m. in the High
School with Dr. C. C. Crittenden,
secretary of the State Historical
Commission in Raleigh, making the
address, will bring the commence
ment season to a close. Dr. G. G
Herr will present the diplomas to the
graduates.
Members of the 1942-43 class are
as follows: Catherine Joyce Bailey,
Newton A. Baker, Harry Lee Brown
Jr., Anna Elizabeth Chisholm, Grady
Lee Culler, D. Davis Erhardt, Alli
son E. Fields, Paul M. Fowler, Joe
Harriss, Lewis Rogerson Haynes, Nor
ris L .Hodgkins, Jr., Gladys Norma
Hussey, Mary Jordan James, Dela-
mar W. Mann, Jane Gilchrest
Moore, Stella Mae Morrison, Mar
garet Lucille Newton, Stephen Mon
roe Osborne, Lewis W. Pate, Nancy
Turner Ragan, Daniel Shaw Ray, III,
John Raymond, William A- Ray
mond, Ralph Stevenson, Carolyn
Joan Steuart, Carolyn Stevick,
George Van Camp, William Herbert
Wilson and Philip M. Woolley.,
Members of the 12th grade who
will receive certificates are Walter
Emmette Blue, Jr., James Steed de
Berry, Robert Dunn, George Aaron
McCormac, Mary Irion McElderry,
Irene McMillan Olive and Juliana
Traille Webster.
Norris L. Hodgkins, Jr., is first
honor student and Lewis Rogerson
Haynes is second honor student.
Harry Lee Brown, Jr., Mary Irion
McElderry and Irene McMillan Olive
are other members of the two groups
who attained 'an average of 90 or
above for each year in high school.
Marshals, chosen on the basis of
scholarship, are Mona Beall Shepard,
chief; Lewis Hodgkins, Jane McCain,
Jean Olive, Grace Klabbatz, Mary
Jane French and Robert McLeod.
PVT. ELWOOD BRYAN HATCH
Pvt. Elwood Bryan Hatch, 22, son
of Mrs. J. M. Hatch of Southern
Pines, is in the Tank Division at
Camp Beal, Marysville, Calif. Pvt.
Beal, who attended the Southern
Pines schools, is hoping to get home
on furlough in July. He has a bro
ther, Pvt. Lawton Hatch, at Camp
Croft, S. C.
ADVANCED FIRST AID Ration Book 3
To Be Applied For
By Mail, Says OPA
A course in advanced First Aid
will be given by Frank Kaylor
starting on Monday, May 31st, at
2 p. m. at the Fire House in
Southern Pines. This course is
open to all who have finished
the basic First Aid course.
Civil and Criminal
Court Cases Heard
MAJOR ALWIN FOLLEY
Ij^ajor Alwin Folley, 28-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Max H. ‘Folley
of Aberdeen, is one of the yoiyigest
majors to come out of the ,Sandhills
section. Major Folley is stationed at
Camp McCain, Miss., with the 87th
Division of Infantry. He entered the
Army in March 1941. Major Folley
has a brother, Pfc. Jean Folley, serv
ing in Africa.
Fifteen Nurse’s Aides Graduate In An
Impressive Ceremony Wednesday Night
Mrs. Julia Sanborn
Dies After Illness
Funeral at Home Friday
Afternoon With Burial
at Mount Hope Cemetery
In failing health for a number of
years, Mrs. Julia E. Sanborn, wife of
Wilbur J. Sanborn and mother of
the late Ruth Burr Sanborn, died in
her home on Dogwood Road at 5
o’clock Wednesday morning.
Born in Plymouth, N. H., Dec£>m-
ber 9, 1855, the daughter of Charles
A. Hobart, Mrs. Sanborn came from
Framingham, Mass., to Southern
Pines with her husband about 18
years ago, being joined here by her
daughter in 1933.
Funeral services will be held in
her late home at 4 o’clock this Fri
day afternoon, her pastor, the Rev.
Tucker G. Humphries of the Church
of Wide Fellowship, officiating, with
interment in the family plot in Mount
Hope Cemetery.
Active pall bearers will be W. D.
Matthews, H. A. Lewis, D. H. Turner,
Herbert Cameron, N. L. Hodgkins,
June Phillips. Honorary pall bear
ers will be Dr. W. C. Mudgett, Dav
id Packard, G. W. Case, A. I. Sher
man, R. W. Tate, H. S. Knowles,
E. W. Barton, Dr. W. F. Sheldon, Dr.
E. F. Green, A S Newcomb and W.
J. Stuart.
AMERICAN LEGION TO
HOLD JUNE ELECTION
June 3; Vass-Raeford Road, Mrs.
N. N. McLean’s, June 4.
West End Section
Miss Nympie Edgerton: West End
schoolhouse, June 10; Jackson
Springs Club House, June 2: Manice
Orchard, June 11; Bensalem, school-
house, June 3; Big Oak, June 9;
Miss Flora McDonald: Harris Cross
Roads, Mrs. Jim Harris’, June 8;
Eagle Springs, Mrs. E. W. Bests’,
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WORTHINGTON IS MANAGER
OF J. N. POWELL, INC.
In the absence of D. Al. (June)
Blue, Jr., manager of J. N. Powell,
Inc., for the past three years and
now in the U. S. Service, J. R.
Worthington assumes the manage
ment of the company. Mr. Worthing
ton and family are now residing in
(Southern Pines.
FARMERS REPAY
Repayments on PSA rehabilitation
l^oans throughout the country of
maturities on Dec. 1, 1942, compared
to 75.4 per cent on the same date
in 1941, C. C. Lingerfelt, Moore
County FSA Supervisor has been
informed.
The next meeting of the mem
bers of the Sandhills Post No. 134
of the American Legion will be held
on Monday, June 7th, at 8^^p. m. at
th Legion Hut in Southern Pines.
All members are urged to be pres
ent, as the officers of the Post for
1943-1944 will be \elected at the
meeting.
Nominations for any and all posts
will be in order from the floor at
the meeting. At the regular May
meeting, held on May 10th, the fol
lowing were nominated:
Commander:—John H. Stephen
son, Southern Pines; 1st vice-com
mander: John G. Harrington, South
ern Pines; 2nd vice -commander:
Chester I. Williams, Pinehurst; 3rd
vice-commander: James F. Smith,
West End; sergeant-at-arms; Leo
nard E. Von Fossen, Soutiiern Pines;
publicity officer: Donald A. Currie,'
Pinehurst.
BANKS OBSERVE HOLIDAY
The Citizens Bank and Trust Com
pany in Southern Pines and the
Bank of Pinehurst and its branches
will observe Monday as a legal hol
iday on accoimt of Memorial Day,
which falls on Sunday, it has been
announced.
Mrs. James Boyd, Couniy
Chairman, Presides and
Col. W. Smith Talks
Graduating the largest class to
date, the Moore County Chapter of
the Red Cross conferred caps on fif
teen Nurse’s Aides in an impressive
ceremony at the Nurse’s Home of
the Moore County Hospital on Wed
nesday evening.
Mrs. James Boyd, chairman of the
Moore County Nurse’s Aides Com
mittee and State Director of the Na
tional Camp and Hospital Service,
presided and first called on the Rev.
Daniel Lane of the Page Memorial
Church, Aberdeen, to offer the invo
cation. Mrs. Boyd then introduced
Colonel William Smith, U. S. Army
Medical Corps, Commandant of the
Camp Mackall Hospital. Col. Smith
traced the history of medical devel
opment, in recent years, citing the
outstanding progress made, partic
ularly in the field of military medi
cine, and concluded by extending to
the new graduates a warm and elo
quent welcome into the great pro
fession of healing.
Col. Smith was followed by Dr.
Clement Monroe of the Moore Coun
ty Hospital who congratulated the
Aides on the spirit and efficiency
they had shown while taking the
course.
At the conclusion of Dr. Monroe’s
talk, Mrs. Boyd called on Miss Let-
trick of the Army Nurse Corps,
Chief Nurse at Camp Mackall, and on
Miss Stokes, Red Cross Assistant
Field Director at the Camp, to rise
and receive a tribute from the aud
ience.
The Aides were then called up in
dividually by Miss Ellen Bruton, Sup
erintendent of Nurses at the Moore
County Hospital. The Aide’s cap was
then placed on her head by two Reg
istered Nurses of the Hospital, Miss
Cook and Mrs. Roth, and a Red
Cross pin was presented to her by
Mrs. Boyd.
To conclude the ceremony the
room was darkened and from two
lighted candles on the speakers’ ta
ble, each Aide in turn lighted a
smaller candle of her own and car
ried it from the room. In this cer
emony graduate Aides carried can
dles for the members of the class
who were unable to be present. Mrs.
Norman Snow, Mrs. H. B. Williams,
and Mrs. Charles W. Koester. In the
c.ise of Mrs. Roger MacMahon, her
candle was carried by hei^ young
daughters, Harriet and Marjorie. The
other members of the class were:
Miss Carol Bowman and Mrs. West-
cott Burlingame of Aberdeen, Mrs.
Frank Smith and Mrs. J. E. Heller
of Pinehurst, Miss Jeanne Batchelor,
Mrs. P. H. B, Cumming, Mrs. J. T.
Woodward, Mrs. Louis Scheipers, Jr.,
Mrs. C. Q. Roderiguez, Mrs. Harlow
Pearson, and Mrs. Mary O. Har
grove.
In addition Mrs. E. J. Austin,
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Judge Armstrong Presides
Over First Week; Second
Term Is Called Off
A few civil cases were heard along
with last week’s criminal docket in
Moore County Superior Court, which
was presided over by Judge Frank
M. Armstrong, and this week’s sche
duled term of civil court was called
off.
Divorces were granted in the foL
lowing cases: Kimrey Goins versus
Versie Dowdy; Ethel Nalley versus
Joseph M. Nalley; Grady Craven ver
sus Nannie Craven; A. T. Cruce ver
sus M. R. Cruce.'
Earl Phillips, charged with the
murder of his brother-in-law, Joe
Carlyle, on the former’s premises
near Carthage, was found not guilty.
Carlyle was shot through mistake,
his sister, Philip’s wife, thinking that
he was a prowler seen around the
place on previous occasions.
Chester Ewing was given from
seven to 15 years in State’s Prison
on a manslaughter charge arising
from the pistol death of Gus Smith.
A case in which Mabel Goodwin of
Southern Pines was charged with
the murder of Leon Bigbrey by stab
bing him with a knife was contin
ued, as was a murder ease against
Mary Gales, charged with shooting
■William Street of Sheffields town
ship.
Other Cases
James Kelly Robinson was given
from three to five years in State’s
Prison for the larceny of a diamond
ring and a wedding band, property
of Miss Edith Howie, from the prem
ises of Keith’s pressing club in Aber
deen, and Mary Elizabeth Bircn,
found guilty of receiving, drew a
term of from one to three years in
prison.
Will McLauchlin, assault with
deadly weapon, 90 days, to be sus
pended upon payment of a $25 fine
and costs; Fonzell Wooten, assault,
30 days; public drunkenness, 30
days, not to run concurrently; curs
ing, 30 days to run concurrently.
James Downes, carrying a conceal
ed weapon, two years jail and fine
of $50 and costs, suspended upon
immediate payment and good behav
ior for ^ j years; Flora Downes, sim-
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Thompson Named
Area Rent Examiner
Mrs. Ethel M. Haight Is
Office Assistant at Head
quarters in Hart Bldg.
Carl G. Thompson, Sr., of South
ern Pines, was this week named rent
examiner and inspector for the
Southern Pines-Pinehurst Defense
Rental Area, Raleigh District OPA
Director T. S. Johnson has announc
ed.
Thompson’s appointment followed
the opening of rent control in Moore
County on May 1. His headquarters
are in the Hart building in Southern
Pines. Mrs. Ethel M. Haight, also of
Southern Pines, was named assistant
for the rental area to serve under
Thompson. •
Mr. Thompson, a resident of Sou
thern Pines for.^ the past 15 years,
has been active in civic affairs and
is well qualified for the position, due
to his wide knowledge of the terri
tory. Mrs. Haight, the former Ethel
Hutchinson, is a member of a fam
ily long resident in Southern Pines
and is thoroughly familiar with this
section.
At the same time, Johnson made
known that registrations in Moore
County by all landlords of all types
of dwelling units was “extremely
low.” He said that registrations—
now underway—were “slack and
landlords must register at once or
face penalty under the rent control
regulations.”
Thus far, Johnson said, regiStra-
Information Posts Will
Be Established To Help
in Filling Out Blanks
Holders of War Ration Books Nos.
1 and 2 will not have to trek back
to the schoolhouse to procure No. 3,
but will make application for and
receive their books by mail, and in
formation posts will be set up
throughout the county for the benefit
of those who are unable to fill out
their cards unaided. In Southern
Pines help will be available at the
Town Hall from 9:00 to 12:00 noon,
and from 2:00 to 5:00 p. m. each
week day from May 29 to June 10
and in West Southern Pines at the
school building May 31 and June 3
from 3:00 to 9:00 p. m.
George H. Maurice, chairman of
the Moore County Rationing Board,
informs the public that applications
for War Ration Book No. 3 are be
ing distributed by postmen from May
20 to June 5, and that they will also
be available at general delivery win
dows through June 10.
“By reading carefully the instruc
tions on the simple application, you
will have no trouble?,” says Mrs.
Maurice, adding: “Only one applica
tion shall be filled out for any one
family, with all names of the fam
ily group on one application. No
members of the Armed Forces may
apply for Book 3 at this time. Th.eir
names are not to be placed on ap
plications. All information must be
printed, except the signature, which
must be written.”
Anyone who is unable to fill out
his own application is advised to
call on a friend for help, or to go to
one of the information posts set up
in the county, a list of which fol
lows, with the hours at which help
will be available:
Aberdeen: Gishner Johnson Bldg,,
next Bank of Pinehurst, 6-9 p. m.
Cameron: Mrs. J. E. Snow’s home,
1- 6 p. m.
Carthage: O. P. A. office, 1-5 p. m.
Eagle Springs: Bost Store, all open
hours. Underwood’s Store, all open
hours.
Glendon: Mrs. Richard Dowd,
Glendon Cash Store, all open hours.
Hemp: City Hall, 1-5 p, m.
Highfalls: Charles Shields, High-
falls Store Co., 3-5 p. m.
Jackson Springs: Mrs. Lola Car
ter, Postoffice, when open.
Jugtown: Mrs. Jacques Busbee and
Mrs. Ben Owens, 1-6 p. m.
Pinehurst: Civilian Defense Office,
2- 5 p. m.; Mrs. Edna Taylor’s home,
6-9 p. m.; Mrs. Edna Taylor, East-
wood, June 5, 1-7 p. m.; Mrs. Annie
Foster’s home, Jackson Hamlet, 6-9
p. m.
Putnam: Mrs. Inza Tillman’s home,
1-5 p. m.
Southern Pines: Town Hall, 9-12
noon, 2-5 p. m.
West Southern Pines School HoUse,
May 31 and June 3, 3-9 p, m.
"Vass: Smith’s Cash Store, 4-5 p.
m.
West End: School House, 4-6 p. m.
HOKE COUNTY MAN IS
FATALLY INJURED
George Simpson, 66, died in Lee
tounty Hospital at Sanford Sunday
at 3:30 p. m. as the result of injuries
to his face and head when struck
by a hit-and-run-driver near Lobelia
n Hoke County Saturday night about
10 o’clock.
According to information received
here, Simpson, and his two sons, J.
P. and E. M. Simpson, were push
ing their car on the highway when
an automobile driven by a Negro
rounded a curve and struck the eld
er Simpson, inflicting fatal injuries.
The driver of the car was later ar
rested in Southern Pines. Investiga
tion of the accident was made by
Hoke County officers.
Simpson, a native of Surry Coun
ty, had resided on Vab, Route 2, for
several years. He was a farmer.
Funeral services were held Mon
day at 4 p. m. from Mt. Pleasant
Christian Church near the intersec
tions were less than one-third the tion of Hoke, Harnett and Moore
expected number. counties.