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OVER THE TOP viiJT FOR VICTORY OWTEO STATES WAR BONOS-STAMPS VOLUME 23. NO. 26 In Our Armed Service Photo by Army Air Forces, Southeast Training Center LT. PRESTON F. MATTHEWS The right to wear a pair of covet ed "Silver Wings" and fly one of Uncle Sam's swift fighter planes against our Axis enemies was won by Preston Matthews, son of May or and Mrs. W. D. Matthews, who was commissioned a second lieuten ant last week at Craig Field, Ala. Lt. Matthews is now taking a special training course at Randolph Field, Texas, after which he will become a flying instructor. Local Draft Board Releases Names of Inductees for May J Thirty-eight White and Nineteen Colored Men Pass Final Examination The Local Draft Board this week released names of two groups of Moore County men inducted into the service during May, a group of white registrants who passed their final examination at Fort Bragg May 17. and a group of colored men who were inducted May 10. Those inducted May 17 were. In the Army Southern Pines: Leland Mackie Daniels, Jr., Daniel Alphonso Blue, Jr., Warren Duncan Matthews, Jr., Hemp: Leaton Coilidge Garner, R. 2, Paul Shuffard Spinks, Victor Wade Freeman, Ralph Verian Stutts, Charles Norman McDuffie, William Calvin Vest, R. 2, James Roy Calli cutt, Clinton Allred, Dewitt Palmer Seawell, Eldon Ray Cassady, R. 1. Eagle Springs: Paul Albert Boone, R. 1, Elias Kenneth Freeman, Jr., R. 1. William Ralph Lewis, transferred from Wilmington, and James Edgar Best, transferred from Norfolk, Va. Carthage: Cleet Clyde Cleetwood, Star Rt., Lester Carlton Baber, R. 1, William Edward Jernigan, R. 3. Miscellaneous: Harold Aubrey Mc- Allister, Pinehurst; Wesley Guy Dal rymple, Aberdeen; William Archi bald Johnson, Jr., west End; Neill Thomas McDonald, Manly. In the Navy Carthage: Joseph Eugene Warren, (Please turn t" Page 5) UNPRECEDENTED! In an unprecedented action the leading merchants of Southern Pines this week agreed to close their places of business every Wednesday during the months of June, July and August, thus giv ing their employees the benefit of a full day of freedom each week during the summer months Following the half-day closing which has been in effect for the past six weeks, the stores below will commence the full-day clos ing next Wednesday. June 9th. C. T. Patch Department Store. The Tog Shop, franjeans. Tot's Toggery, Mack's S and 10 Store, Mrs. Hayes' Shop, Brooks, Welch Gift Shop, Hardware and Elec tric Shop, Midland Dress Shop, Atkinson's Horn* Furnishing Store, Melvins. The Carolina Gardens, The Valet, Chandler Greenhouses and Montesanti. TH^fßyplLOT PVT. J. LAWRENCE HENSON Pvt. James Lawrence Henson, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Henson of Carthage, was inducted at Fort Bragg early in April and was later trans ferred io Kgesler Field, Miss., where he was classified as an aerial gun ner. A graduate of Carthage High School in the class of '4l, he attend ed Campbell College, Buie's Creek, for a year, after which he was as sociated with his father at Jones De partment Store in Carthage until his induction. Pvt. Henson studied violin for Several years while in Carthuge and played frequently in the Baptist i church there. Area Rent Examiner Urges Landlords lo Register at Once All Properly Renled For Residential Use Subject to Control Carl G. Thompson, Area Rent Ex aminer for the Southern Pines De fense Rental Area, issued a state ment today calling attention to the fact that all landlords in Moore County must register any property which they rent for residential use Business property is not covered but all residential property is subject to rent control. Maximum Rents Effective May Ist, the maximum rent on all residential dwelling units automatically went back to the rent being charged for such units on March 1, 1942. In many cases changes have been made which entitle landlords to an increase in their maximum rent, but in a large percentage of such cases it is necessary for the landlord to file a petition with the rent control of fice and obtain an order permitting the increase. Landlords and tenants are no longer free to bargain inde pendently for raises in the maximum rent to cover increases for furniture and services since the date or or der determining the maximum rent. Failure to do this may involve a violation of the Price Control Act, which provides for both civil and criminal penalties. Evictions Mr. Thompson also called attention to the fact that the rent control reg ulations provide restrictions on the eviction of tenants. So long as - the (Please turn to Page 5) HODGKINS AND BURNS ARE GOLF WINNERS Although Roy Grinnell flashed around the 6600 yard No. 1 course at Southern Pines Country Club Sun day in 75, 4 strokes over par, he lost his match 2 and 1 to Norris L. Hodgkins. Grinnell had to give his opponent a twenty stroke handicap. Howard Burns won over Jack Car ter 1 up in a grueling battle. The match was all even at the finish of the fifteenth. Burns won the six teenth with a par 4 when his oppo nent hooked a long wood shot into the rough on the left side of the course to card a 6. The seventeenth and eighteenth were halved with par 4's. Pairings for semi-finals—Hodg kins vs. Jimmy deßerry, Burns vs. Bert Weatherspoon. ' Southern Pines, North Carolina. Friday, June 4, 1943 Army Baseball Game At Local Ball Park at 5 P. M. Saturday Proceeds Will Benefil Summer Youth Program Sponsored by SPCSA Southern Pines is to have its first big ball game of the season Saturday afternoon, June 5. at 5 o'clock when a team from the Camp Mackall 508 th Parachute Infantry clashes with the 11th Airborne Division team at the local Ball Park in a game that prom ises to be a headliner. It was through the cooperation of Col. Olsmith. Post Commander and Lt. Foster, Special Service officer, that the game was arranged by the Southern Pines Council of Social Agencies, an organization made up of representatives of every agency in town which does welfare work. The proceeds will be used toward fi nancing a 10-week recreational, vo- cational and service program for the youth of Southern Pines this surn- mer. No detail has been omitted by the i Council in making arrangements forj the day, and splendid cooperation is j being given. The town is repairing! the ball field; Morris Johnson is ar-; ranging details of the game; Nor-j ris Hodgkins is in charge of ad- j vertising and will serve as cashier;' Mrs. Howard Butler will be in charge of the sale of cold drinks;! Boy Scouts will manage traffic. There will be no admission charge, but contributions will be taken and refreshments will be sold by the children. The teams are to be entertained at supper at the Country Club. Food is being donated by the residents and will be prepared under the direc tion of Mrs. J. H. Towne, chairman of the executive committee of the Council of Social Agencies. W. G. Norris, for two years physi cal education director in the Hick ory High School, a man experienc ed in the type of work planned by the Council, was this week engaged to direct the summer recreational program and he will begin his work the middle of this month. A. W. McNeill, Vass Merchant, Passes Had Been 111 for Several Months; Funeral Friday at S. P. Presbyterian Church Arthur W. McNeill, 58, prominent merchant of Vass, died Thursday, June 3, at Moore County Hospital aftpr a long illness. Funeral services will be held at the Brownson Mem orial Presbyterian Church in South ern Pines at 2:30 p. m., Friday, and interment will be in the Raeford Cemetery. Mr. McNeill is survived by his wife, the former Miss Eoline Mc- Millan of Manly; three brothers and three sisters. PRANK? JOKE? LUCK? At 10:30 o'clock last Saturday night three members of our armed forces, hilariously inclin ed, boarded the "booster" en gine kept in readiness for odd jobs in the Aberdeen yard, and look off for parts unknown. A "trooper" and a regular S.A.L. Diesel train were nearly due. Fortunately, Ihe parts un known turned out to be a near by derailing switch and inglor iously the engine left the track, and slopped hiliwa/ across the highway. ?vis. Paul J. Raube, Geo. Wojtowicei and dash ed for shelter but the two first named were caught by Police man Bill Cook and turned over to the M.P.'s. Possibly they were anticipat ing service on some Axis loco motive. ONE MORE DAY The Southern Pines informa ton post in the city clerk's of fice for aid in filling out appli lions for War Ration Book 3 will be closed from Thursday, June 3. through June 9th. It will be open only one more day. Thursday. June 10. from 9 to 12 o'clock noon, and from 2 to S p. m. The 1943 Graduating Class, SouthernPinesrligliSchool i Front row, left to right: Jane Gilchrest Moore. Mary Jordan James, Carolyn Joan Steuart, Nancy Tur ner Ragan, Allison E. Fields, Catherine Joyce Bailey, Anna Elizabeth Chisholm, Margaret Lucille Newton, Gladys Norma Hussey. Middle row; Carolyn Stevick. Harry Lee Brown, Jr., Lewis W. Pate, Stephen Monroe Osborne, Ralph Stevenson, Joe Harriss, John Raymond. William Herbert Wilson, D. Davis Erhardt, Stella Mae Morrison. Back row; Grady Lee Culler, Norris L. Hodgkins, Jr., Daniel Shaw Ray, 111. Philip M. Woolley, Lewis Rogerson Haynes, George Van Camp, Newton A. Baker, Delamar W. Mann, Paul M. Fowler. John Frank Stevens, Engineer of Great Achievements, Passes a I His Home Here Had Been Awarded Many Medals, and Degrees by Various Universities | John Frank Stevens living a re tired life in a home on Orchard Road, ' which he purchased in 1936, passed to a well-earned rest Wednesday rnorring at the age of 90 years of which the greater part was spent in the accomplishment of great engi neering feats that surmounted dan gerous and difficult obstacles. Few who passed the modest cot tage ever realized that it was the home, not only of a patient sufferer from the agonizing pains of arthrit is, but of a citizen distinguished by great works and many honors Mr. Stevens, last honor, one of many, I was the award of the Hoover Medal j in December 1938, coming to him in his 85th year. The award cited him as an engineer of great achievement, as illustrated in his work on the Panama Canal, who, in his dealings with the Inter-Allied forces in Si beria in the last war, demonstrated those broader capacities for human itarian public service beyond his calling. Mr. Stevens' career encompassed much of the world. He has made his mark upon such memorable works as the extension of railroads across the Rocky Mountains, the building of the Panama Canal and the rehabilita tion of the Siberian and Chinese Eas tern railways in World War times. Major Achievements ! An heroic bronze statue of Mr. | Stevens in Marias Pass, where the I Great Northern Railway crosses the Rockies in Montana, and the name of the Stevens Pass in the Cascades, commemorate his work in the north west. The Panama Canal, of which he was chief engineer and later chairman of the Isthmian Canal Commission, testifies to the energy with which he backed General Wil liam C. fcorges in eradicating yellow fever from the isthmus, and the of (Please turn to Page 8) Honored by U.iN.C. Struthers Burt, well-known nove list and poet of Southern Pines, was one of three men upon whom the University of North Carolina con ferred honoray degrees of Doctor of Laws at its 149 th Commencement Tuesday. Mr. Burt is the author of a number of books, the latest of which is a collection of "War Songs" published last November, which has gone right to the hearts of its readers. AUXILIARY MEETS JUNE 7 The American Legion Auxiliary will meet next Monday night, June 7, at 8 o'clock in the American Legion Hut, the president, Mrs. P. E. Ken nedy, has announced. She calls at tention to the change from reg ular time. DIES IN 90TH YEAR ■ ■i STEVENS Baptist Church Is Destroyed by Fire j J Most of Furnishings of West Southern Pines Building Are Removed South Gaines street. West South ern Pines, a locality calling for the services of Southern Pines firemen several times during the past few months, suffered its most serious fire Friday morning when the First Bap tist Church was destroyed. Following the sounding of the alarm at 10:30 o'clock the apparatus of the Southern Pines Firo Company responded with both trucks, stretch ing two lines of hose 1,500 feet fr6m the nearest hydrant to reach the structure then well ablaze in the rear and undei the roof. The fiercely burning pine and tar of the compo sition roofing sent out a dense cloud of thick smoke which attracted a throng of spectators. At 11:00 o'clock the roof fell in and 30 minutes later the blazing embers were extinguish ed, leaving the brick walls and tow er standing. The congregation, said to have been organized in 1895 and to have had a place of worship in 1899, had in the succeeding years extended and rebuilt, of brick and brick veneer, a substantial and comfortable house of worship. The many volunteers saved the piano, pews and much of the furnishings from the doomed ed ifice. The loss to the congregation is said to be SB,OOO, and the origin of the fire unknown. An unverified story placed the blame on a small boy hunting pigeons in the loft. PINEHURST MAN ILL J. I. O'Brien is a patient in the Moore County Hospital. PHAKE EVERT PAY DAT WAR BOND DAY STOP SPCNDINC SAVI DOILAKS TEN CENTS 28 Seniors Receive .. Diplomas at Local High School Finals c Class Hears Address by Dr. Crittenden; Many Merit Awards Twenty-eight members of the Class of 1943 of Southern Pines High School received their coveted di plomas Thursday night, June 3, fol lowing impressive exercises in the school auditorium, which were feat ured by an address by Dr. C. C. Crittenden, secretary of the State Historical Commission in Raleigh. Struthers Burt, local author, intro duced Dr. Crittenden. The diplomas were presented by Dr. G. G. Herr, chairman of the Southern Pines School Board. Seven 12th grade graduates re ceived certificates. They are Walter Emmette Blue, | Jr., James Steed deßerry, Robert I Dunn, George Aaron McCormac, [ Mary Irion McElderry, Irene Mc- Millan Olive and Juliana Traille Webster. The Rev. F. Craighill Brown spoke the invocation and the benediction, and special music was under the di rection of Miss Ruby Trollinger. The Seniors heard an inspiration al address by Dr. I. G. Greer on Sunday evening at the Church of Wide Fellowship at the opening pro gram of the commencement. Others taking part on the program were the Rev. Tucker G. Humphries, the Rev. J. Fred Stimson, Philip and Lloyd Woolley and the Glee Club. Tuesday evening the class play, "Big Hearted Herbert," a 3-act com edy, was given before an enthusias tic audience. The characters were Philip Woolley, Mary James, Grady Lee Culler, Harry Lee Brown. Joan Steuart, Joyce Bailey, Norris Hodg kim. Nancy Ragan, Newton Baker, Lewis Haynes, Nancy Osborne and Delamar Mann. Mrs. A. L. Ellis was direr'or and Philip Woolley, George Van Camp and Dan Ray, stage man agers. Honors and Awards Day program (Please turn to Page 5) CHANGE IN PLACE The canning demonstration to be given in Southern Pines at 10 a. m. Friday. June 4, will be held at the Civic Club instead of at Lewis' Store, as announced last week. Miss Flora McDonald, home economist in charge of the demonstration, reports. This meeting is a part of the county wide food conservation pro gram, and all women of Southern Pines and community ore invit ed to attend. The local com mittee in charge is composed of Mrs. E. C. Stevens. Mr*. E. Levis Pri*er and Mrs. William Dale.
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