Newspapers / The Pilot (Southern Pines, … / July 2, 1943, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of The Pilot (Southern Pines, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
OVER THE TOP YMFF FOR VICTORY X UNITED STATES WAR w BONDS-STAMPS j VOLUME 23. NO. 30 Local USO Club Needs Hostesses to Make '"Home Away From Home" for Service Men Mrs. Flehme, USO Sup ervisor, Explains Duties of Hostesses, Sr. and Jr. Hostesses—both senior and jun ior—-are needed by the local U.S.O. Club in its endeavor to make ? "home away from home" for ser vice men. Mrs. Ernst Flehme, now super vising U.S.O. activities at the Civic Club. Building, is calling for vo» unteers. Two Senior Hostesses must be 01 iuty during club hours, these hour divided into two- and three-hour periods according to the volume of work to be handled. In order that no Senior Hostess need be on duty more than a single period per day nor an excessive number of days per week, volunteers are urged to come in and register their capa bilities. Senior Hostesses supervise club hospitality, the information desk, ar range club entertainment, and co operate with people offering the hospitality of private homes to the service men. Mrs. Flehme states that hostesses —Senior and Junior—are not ex pected to cook food nor to wash dishes, this work being handled by paid employees of the Snack Bar. Duty periods are from 2 to 5 p.m.; 5 to 7 p.m.; 7 to 9 p.m.; 9 to 11 p.m. except on Saturdays when this fin al period lasts until 12, midnight. Junior Hostesses must be eighteen or over, and high school graduates. They work under the chaperonage and supervision of Senior Hostesses, their function being the entertain ment of service men as dancing part ners, joining in games, music, and so forth. They are expected to as sist Senior Hostesses at the informa tion desk, in arranging programs, and in keeping the clubroom neat and tidy. All hostesses receive credit for hours spent on duty, their reward for conscientious effort being an U.S.O. pin. Mrs. Flehme invites Army Wo men. including those who expect to be in this vicinity for only short periods, to offer their aid as host esses or clerical workers. Enjoyable and worthwhile enter tainment can be provided by the U.S.O. for visiting service men and those stationed nearby only in direct ratio to the response to this call for volunteers by high-calibered girls and women. All those willing to contribute a few hours each week for the sake of service men are ask ed to register at the Civic Club Building. At present the full burden of pro viding recreation is being carried by the women who maintained the Soldier's Lounge. Men, also, are desired by the U.S.O. to act as hosts. WOMEN OF THE SEA Jim Boyd, Jr., who is in the Coast Guard, says that he visited a Rus sian merchant ship in an unnamed port not so long ago accompanied by a Russian-speaking friend. He found that the second officer, the second engineer, the quartermaster, the cook and several deck hands were women, eight in all. He says several of them were handsome and all were sturdy and strong. They were friendly, he reports, but all business, as was natural since they were on the dreaded Murmansk run. Must have made some of our girls look a little soft and frivolous for these days we're in. RECORD IS SMOKED Given another day and the Southern Pines Fire Department could have had a clean slate without an alarm for the month of June. L>ul a smoky oil stove in the basement of the old Cen tral Hotel, a landmark of Penn sylvania avenue, willed other wise. Shortly before five o'clock Tuesday afternoon the month's record was broken as the siren sounded, calling out both pieces of apparatus. There was no da mage. except from smoke. T H ILOT Commissioned ■ r,A LT. JAMES B. SWETT. JR. James B. Swett, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. James B. Swett of South ern Pines, has been awarded his wings and commission as a second lieutenant in the Army Air Forces following graduation from the ad vanced flying school at Marfa, Tex as. Lt. Swett is a graduate of Sou thern Pines High School and State College. Number of Taxicabs Operating Here to Be Drastically Cut Ten-Mile Driving Limit Will Be Rigidly Enforc ed, Operators Are Told j All taxicabs licensed by the Town of Southern Pines since September I 1, 1942, will have to be withdrawn from service, a group of thirty-odd (taxi drivers and town officials were ; told by L. K. Manneschmidt, dis | trict manager of the Charlotte office i of ODT, at a meeting held Tuesday ! morning at the Southern Pines (Country Club. The purpose of the j meeting was to acquaint taxicab | operators with rules governing the ! operation of taxicabs and the cur ! tailment of unnecessary mileage. He said that the Charlotte Office t of Defense Transportation was go ing to rigidly enforce the regulation governing the ten-mile driving li mit, and that operation between Southern Pines and Camp Mackall was definitely out. He disclosed that they had arranged with the Com manding Officer at Camp Mackall for from eight to ten additional bus ses to be put on to care for the trans portation of soldiers between the camp and Southern Pines, leaving 1 no necessity for the use of taxicabs. Out of the thirty-odd cabs in use, at the present, there will be a cur tailment of approximately eleven cabs. Reading ODT order No. 20, Mr. Manneschmidt stated that all taxi cabs would have to have the name of the owner or company and tele phone number painted on the sidt of the car in order that it may be identified at any time. He said that windshield cards were out. He informed the cab drivers that it was not the intention of the ODT i to place additional hardship upon taxi operators, but the gas situation is so critical, that all unnecessary driving to places of amusement, night clubs, and cruising for bus iness would have to be stopped at once, otherwise the operators will be denied their gas allotment. In conclusion, Mr. Manneschmidt asked the whole-hearted cooperation of each of the taxi men and the city officials in carrying out the request of the government. Following the meeting here, he met in the afternoon with Mayor Forrest Lockey and officials of Aber deen. SPECIAL MEETING E. H. Garrison, county agent, has announced a meeting in the Court house at 2:30 p.m., July 5, in con nection with the Governor's Day of Dedication. Anyone who wishes may attend. Southern Pines, North Carolina. Friday. July 2, 1943 Worlh Fighting For Enih'ein of Freedom City-Wide Closing Monday Honoring the I67th Anniversary of Our Nation's Birth In a wide-spread movement to honor the one hundred and sixty seventh anniversary of our Nation's birt, nearly every business establish ment in Southern Pines will close on Monday, July sth. Brooks, franjeans and Tots' Tog gery will also observe the regular Wednesday closing, but all other firms listed below as closing on Monday will be open for business on Wednesday, July 7th. The stores which regularly close on Wednes days will begin again on Wednesday, July 14th. A & P., Atkinson's, ABC Store, Brooks, P.T. Barnum, Inc.. Bill's Shoe Shop. Baker's Food Store, Cit- Loafing Situation To Be Discussed Poole Calls Meeting at Courthouse at 3 O'Clock Monday, sth In connection with a program of meetings throughout the State on Monday, July 5 in observance of the Governor's Day of Dedication, J. Hawley Poole of West End, de signated by the Governor to sponsor the program in Moore County, is calling a meeting for 3:00 p.m. Mon day, July 5, at the Courthouse in Carthage, to plan a program for the county. Business and farm leaders, minis ters, police officers, sheriffs and their forces, members of Selective Service, OCD and OPA boards and all public spirited citizens are urged to attend. It is hoped that plans may be made for utilizing the entire avail able labor supply. LIGHTNING'S TRICKS A recent bolt of lightning ran along the wires of Ernest Ives' dewberry patch and destroyed an acre of vines. Mr. Ives figures he lost about a hundred crates at from four to seven dollars a crate. Lightning also killed a white-face bull calf which was under a tree in W. O. Moss' pasture lot. On Arch Blue's farm near Vass the lightning struck a pine tree and a cow in a nearby lot was badly stunned, but she recovered. MUTUAL ADMIRATION Demure, yet trim and military in their uniforms, the recruit ing contingent of the Women's Auxiliary Corps departed from Southern Pines Saturday after noon. Headed by Ll. Mary H. Wil son of Selma. Ala.. Auxiliari«i Bess Mabius of Gary. Ind., Es ther Wood of Altoona. Pa., and Margaret Crall of Akron. 0., but now of Fort Bragg had spent Friday and part of Saturday in Southern Pines for the purpose of interviewing applicants for enlistment in their Corps. All voiced their interest in the town and its surroundings and freely praised the beautiful trees and shrubbery. izens Bank & Trust Co.. A. H. Bo gart, Brown & Clark, Carolina Power & Light Co., Chandler Green houses, Carolina Gardens, Central Carolina Telephone Co.. Chiswell's Coffee Shop, Carter's Laundry. Dorn's, franjeans, Hardware & Elec tric Co., Mrs. Hayes Shop, Modern Market, Mack's 5 & 10, Masonic Tem ple BarberShop, McNeill & Co., Mc Neill's Service Station, Melvin's Mid land Dress Shop, Allie Mcintosh, A. S. Newcomb, L. V. O'Callaghan, Pen der's Patch's Dept. Store, Page Gar age, The Pilot, Sinclair Service Sta tion, Shaw Paint Co., Southern Pines Warehouses, E. C. Stevens, Tog Shop, Tots' Toggery, Texaco Service Station, Valet, Welch Gift Shop. \\ atson's Lake Open Week-End of Fourth Public May Enjoy Swim ming on Eastern Beach | of Sandhills Showplace John Warren Watson of Pinehurst and Philadelphia is opening the eastern beach of his private lake near Pinehurst to the public and picnic parties on July 3rd, 4th and sth, from 11:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., ac -1 cording to a telephone message to | THE PILOT from Philadelphia this J week. i Enlisted men of the Armed Forces, j their families and friends, may en joy this privilege on July 3rd and sth, only; officers, their families and friends, on July 4th, only; Sandhill civilians, all three days. For soldiers going to Watson's Lake from Camp Mackall the short est route would be to take the left hand sand road at the ending of three-lane U. S. Highway No. 1 north of Aberdeen. There are to be no fires, no fish ing, no swimming at other shore lines, and NO CHARGE. Visitors are to supply their own picnic baskets and drinking cups. The western beach will be closed the above thre days with the ex ception of Miss Peggy Ewing's party on the Fourth. Watson's Lake is one of the show places of the Sandhills and this gen erous and thoughtful courtesy on the part of Mr. Watson should be appreciated by the visitors to the extent that they do nothing to mar the beauy of the surroundings. John R. McCrimmon is superin tendent of the property. 511 th WINS A late inning rally of the 127 th Engineers fell short of its mark Monday night, as the ball club drop ped a 7-5 decision to the 511 th Pa rachute Infantry in an 11th Air borne Division league game here. The Engineers were held score less by Pvt. Wayne Cicora until he was called to the bench at the end of the seventh, and then pounced on the relief pitchers to tally four in the eighth and one in the ninth. The victory marked the first in seven league starts for the 511 th. Using Gasoline for Pleasure is a Mild Form of Sabotage, Kiwanians Are Told In Arctic Region •% mm I SGT. RALPH E. THOMAS Sgt. Ralph E. Thomas, brother of Joe Thomas of Southern Pines and son of Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Thomas of Jackson Springs has recently spent a furlough in Moore County following overseas duty. The photo graph was made in the Arctic area. Thomds is a graduate of Candor High School. Rent Control Office Appeals to Tenants for Cooperation Asks Aid in Checking Cn Registration of Dwelling Units The local Area Rent Control of fice issued an appeal today to all tenants to cooperate with that of fice in checking up on the regis tration of all dwelling units in the Southern Pines defense area. Frank lin S. Clark, attorney and director, stated that the registration for all regular housing accommodations had been completed, and that all copies of registration blanks had been returned to landlords and ten ants. Mr. Clark explained the proce dure as follows: One copy of each registration blank is returned to the landlord, and one copy is returned to the tenant. Every person who rents any living accommodations should have received a tenant's copy by this time, or should have been shown and requested to sign his landlord's copy. New tenants who have moved in since the tenant's copies were mail ed out will not receive them. For this reason the regulations provide that the landlord must retain his landlord's copy, show it to the new tenant, have the new tenant sign on the back of it in the space provided therefor, and also have the new tenant sign a change of tenancy form. The change of ten ancy form is a separate piece of paper. The landlord should bring or mail this change of tenancy no tice to the Rent Control office at Southern Pines in the Hart Build ing. Forms are furnished by the Rent Control office. The landlord should not return his original land lord's copy of his registration. Where the housing accommoda tions have been rented for the first time since May 1, 1943, the land-1 lord is given 30 days after renting in which to register. Landlords are urged to register as soon within this 30-day period as possible. Any tenants who have not receiv ed tenant's copies of registration | forms should immediately contact i the Rent Control office, telephone 5272. BANKS CLOSED STH The Citizens Bank & Trust Com pany in Southern Pines and the Bank of Pinehurst with its Aber deen and Carthage branches will ob serve Monday, July 5, as a holiday. The Southern Pines postoffice will not observe the holiday. MAKE EVERY PAY DAY WAR y BOKD DAY ' SP-10ING SAVI coium TEN CENTS District Manager ODT Predicts Acute Shortage Within Six Months By Howard F. Burns L. F. Manneschmidt, district man ager of the Charlotte Office of De fense Transportation. Wednesday told the Kiwanis Club at its luncheon at the Holly Inn, Pinehurst, that the gas situation on the Eastern Sea board is expected to get much worse. He told the club that General Doo little's squadron of bombers uses more gasoline on one flight, than the entire city of Baltimore uses in twenty-four hours, and that our gas supply from the Eastern pipe lines is being shipped by tankers to our j armed forces in England and Africa. He stated that the quota for the ! Eastern Seaboard has been set at 1326,000 barrels daily for civilian consumption. We have been using at the rates of 350.000 barrels, but the supply is simply not available and will have to be cut. Mr. Man neschmidt predicted an acute short age within the coming six months. The speaker told his listeners that the continuous usage of gasoline for unnecessary pleasure driving was a mild form of sabotage. •He also told the club that there is a severe shortage of the best grade of rubber for trucks, pointing out that his office is in charge of truck, bus and taxicab operations. At the present time, there are only 600 new heavy duty trucks available to the trucking interests, while on the other hand, there are applicants for 15,000 heavy duty trucks. He stated the War Production Board had re leased enough steel to manufacture an additional 7,500 trucks, but it would be next Spring before these trucks would be available to the trucking interests. There are on hand 10,000 light duty trucks, and 15,000 middle weight trucks. Mr. Manneschmidt said that Jos eph B. Eastman, director of Defense Transportation, has insisted that all truck owners keep an accurate re cord of all mileage of operation as well as load capacity, and he in formed the club that many truck owners were astonished, since the check-up of the mileage saved meant money in their pockets. In conclusion, he stated that re claimed rubber is now available for civilian use. but that synthetic pro duction is being consumed by the armed forces and it would be next Spring before this type rubber is available to the public. The speaker was introduced by Ralph Chandler, chairman of the program committee. Carl Thompson, manager of the Rent Control Board of Moore Country, was inducted as a new member by Judge J. Vance Rowe and Dr. Thaddeus A. Chea tham. Rotary Club Meets The regular weekly meeting of the Southern Pines Rotary Club are now held at Magnolia Lodge at 12:30 p.m. each Friday. The regular weekly meetings of were Lt. Mary H. Wilson and her assistant, Aux. Esther Wood, of the WAACs, and Joseph T. Stritter and Mrs. Ernst Flehme of the USO. Mr. Stritter and Mrs. Flehme ex plained their aims and plans and said that their quarters in the Civic Club were already being visited by many, especially on week-ends, when the number has reached 175. A still greater number is expected over the Fourth. Mrs. Flehme point ed out that the soldiers were al ways glad to see civilians there and that all are cordially invited. Will YOU Help The Red Cross Sewing Rooms will be open Tuesday. Wednes day, and Friday mornings from 10 to 12 o'clock, Mrs. Edilh Mud geft has announced, and all wo men who are willing to help in sewing and mending are urged to be there. The greater part of the work is for Camp Mac kali Hospital.
The Pilot (Southern Pines, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
July 2, 1943, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75