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OVER THE TOP \ FOR VICTORY UNITED STATES WAH ' J y BONOS-STAMPS VOLUME 23, NO. 31 Moses G. McDonald, Prominent Resident of Moore County, Dies at Eighty Years Heart Attack Friday Is Fatal to Builder of West End Community Moses Christopher McDonald, 80, well-known merchant, manufac turer, and peach-grower of West End, died of a heart attack at his home at 8:1S p.m. Friday, July 2. Funeral services were held Sun day at 4 p. m. from the West End Presbyterian Church with the pas tor, Rev. R. R. Ramsey in charge, as sisted by Rev. W. H. Brown and Rev. A. R. Bell of West End, Dr. C. K. Storey of Aberdeen, Rev. W. S. Golden of Carthage and Rev. H. K. Holland of Raeford. Burial was in the West End cemetery. Mr. McDonald, a native of Moore County, was the son of the late An gus and Mary Ann McDonald of Bensalem township. He was a found er and builder of the West End community, a charter member of the West End Presbyterian Church, hav ing held the office of Clerk of the Session since the Church was esta blished in 1912. It is unique that he represented his Church in the Synod many times and represented his Presbytery at the General Assembly, the highest honor a member can at tain. He was a staunch leader in social and civic affairs of the Sand hill section, as well as throughout the State. At the time of his death, Mr. Mc Donald was president of the Caro lina Handkerchief Co., Inc., of West End, secretary and treasurer of the Pinehurst Peach Co., and a member of the Board of Directors of the Moore County Hospital at Pinehurst. He was very active in all philan thropic organizations of the commu nity and county and took a special interest in the Red Cross and war activities. Surviving Mr. McDonald are his wife, Mrs. Lillie Currie McDonald; two sons, M. C. McDonald, Jr., of West End, and Corporal Allan Mc Donald, Camp Lee, Va., one grand son, Christopher McDonald; two sis ters, Mrs. George Bruton of Car thage and Mrs. M. A. Monroe of Bensalem. Former Pilot Editor Takes New Position Nelson C. Hyde Becomes Washington Correspondent of Philadelphia Paper The following clipping from the (N Y.) Cazenovia Republican will be of interest to Mr. Hyde's many Sand hills friends: "Nelson C. Hyde of 6 Seminary street, a member of the editorial staff of the Syracuse Herald-Journal and, during the past year, instruc tor in journalism at Cazenovia Jun ior College, has accepted the posi tion of Washington correspondent of the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin. Mr. and Mrs. Hyde and their son Timmy will leave Cazenovia next week. "Mr. Hyde started his newspaper career on the Syracuse Herald in 1906, has served as city editor, Wash ington correspondent and columnist of that paper. For some time he ; wrote a column appearing daily on the editorial page, "The Center •Aisle." "At the outbreak of World War I he was managing editor of the Wat ertown Standard, and following the war, in which he served in the Army Air Corps, he became editor and publisher of The Pilot, a weekly newspaper in Southern Pines, N. C., and of the Sandhills Daily News, Pinehurst. N. C. These papers he sold two years ago, returning to Syracuse. "The Philadcphia Bulletin has the largest circulation of any evening paper in the United States, in ex cess of 600,000 daily. Its publisher, Robert McLean, is president of The Associated Press." BUTTON. BUTTON Who hat a button, many of them, common white button* suitable for hospital garments, to bring to tha Red Croaa w«- ing room in tha Hart Bldg? Quantities are neede! THE?fe| A Builder W®lpSP fl V. MOSES c. MCDONALD The Jeffei •son Inn, Southern Pines, Is Sold by Reynolds' Carter and Mills, New Owners, Will Operate Inn Under Present Name For the first time in many years one of the major hotels of Southern Pines passed to new owners this week when the long time propriet ors, Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Reynolds, sold the Jefferson Inn to J. F. Carter and E. H. Mills. Mr. Carter, now a resident of Southern Pines, is owner of the local laundry. Mr. Mills, a success ful merchant of Pinebluff and a former resident of Southern Pines, will operate the hotel under its pre sent name. In a statement to the PILOT representative Mr. Mills, who will manage the hotel, said that for a time at least the dining room would not be open, the hotel giving room service only, and that they would keep the hotel up to the high standard of former years. The Inn, a familiar name to gen erations of residents and visitors to Southern Pines, and a winter home to a host of patrons from many far away points, was started in a modest way. In fact one might say that the hotel grew up with the town for as the latter expanded so did the Jefferson with its numerous addi tions to the nucleus of 1897. In their 46 years of continous sea sonal operation of the Inn, Mr. and Mrs. Reynolds have survived the passing not only of many of the larger hotels of their earlier days, but of many proprietors who made history for Southern Pines, notably: W. R. Raymond, A. L Creamer, J. N. Powell. M. H. Turner, J. L. Pottle. D. W. Lowell, J. R. Robinson, R. M. Couch, C. J. J. Sadler, W. E. Giles, the St Johns', Mrs. M. H. Grearson, Miss Ervinia Thompson, the Per kins' and Miss Lizzie Brown. Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Reynolds sur viving nearly 50 years of continous operation of the Inn as owner-man agers have the honor to be in point of service the oldest hotel proprie tors of Southern Pines. They plan to leave for their summer home, Alton Bay, N. H., probably to return in the Autumn. SECOND TIME For the second time within the year a fire in the home of Pearl Watson, located on Hardin street west of Pennsylvania avenue, West Southern Pines, called out the Southern Pines Fire Department shortly after seven o'clock last Fri day morning. The flames, which the firemen succeeded in confining to the in terior of the comfortable five-room dwelling, gave the men a hard bat tle before being subdued with con siderable damage to effects and fur niture. As usual with fires in this locality all the hose carried by the two trucks was in use. Southern Pines, North Carolina Friday, July 9, 1943. MEETS DAD Charles Fowler. Jr.. 15-month old boy of Vass, met his dad Wednesday for the first time. Pvt. Fowler, who has completed 18 months foreign service, was granted a furlough and hurried to Vass to the home of his wife, the former Miss Jessie Lee Frye, with such speed that he reach ed there before the telegrams he had sent bore the news of his coming. Charles looked his dad over rather dubiously, but deci ded he was o.k. Education Board of Moore County Holds Important Meeting Makes Housing Plans for Pinckney School and Adopts Budget Members of the Moore County Board of Education held a busy ses sion in the office of Supt. H Lee Thomas in Carthage last week, dur ing which plans for Pinckney High School, colored, whose building was destroyed by fire last May 5. were made, the school budget for 1943- 44 adopted, and other business af fairs transacted. The Board has made arrangements for the use of the Dayton Academy property and the basement of the John Hall Presbyterian Church for public school purposes until a new building can be erected after the War. Dayton Academy, which has not i been in operation for some twelve | years, was a mision school operated I by the Presbyterian Church of the j U.S.A. with headquarters in Phila- I delphia. The building was erec jed about 40 years ago. Later the I church was built next to it. The I academy has eight class rooms and j there is space in the church base | ment for six more. Mr. Thomas was authorized to ' purchase the necessary materials for repairs and alternations to accom modate this, the largest high school in the county, which last year had an enrollment of 230. and to instruct the school carpenter to increase his force of helpers so as to get the job completed as soon as possible. The Superintendent was also authorized to purchase desks not exceeding a cost of $2700, and other necesary chairs and tables for use of the teachers. Arrangements for insuring the property were also discussed. The Masonic Building nearby will be used to house the school's agri cultural department and the home economics room will be in the Day ton Academy building. Both of these departments are said to have been doing splendid work. The cost of converting the three buildings into suitable condition is estimated at $15,000. R. O. Taylor is superintendent of the school. The budget adopted by the board totals $123,675, apportioned as fol lows: Current expense, $58,675; capi tal outlay, $7,000; debt service. SSB, (Please turn to Page 5) Blossom-Laden June Breaks Its Record With Nearly Three Degrees Excess Heat June in the Sandhills, with its transition from the last days of Spring into the first days of Sum mer, is not just the month for poets to sing. In fact the inspiration is lacking. True, the rose colored, fra grant mimosas bloomed and, much earlier than usual, the brilliant blos soms of the crepe myrtles burgeoned to gladden the eyes, but beginning with the extreme temperatures of the first six days of the month sev enteen days registered temperatures of ninety or more degrees climax ing with highs of 101 on the 4th, and 103 on the sth. As a result the month showed an increase of nearly three degrees above the normal average tempera ture. Maximum temperature 91.1 degrees, minimum temperatre 68.1 degrees, average temperature 73.6 degrees. A heat record for June in the Sandhills, the next high figure, that of June 1940, only reaching 77.7 — «-• £O//^ Conductor-Composer Sgt. Perez to LeiNSj Unique Band in Sunday Concert at Park Conductor I * r f - 1* W: IIP? ' SSgt. F. PEREZ CampCommitteeHas Made Fine Progress in Equipment Drive Chairman Dana Reports Many Articles Donated for Hospital Day-Rooms Paul Dana, chairman of the Moore County Camp and Service Hospital Committee, reports progress in the drive foy recreational facilities for Camp Mackall. Fort Bragg. Sey mour Johnson Field and the Max ton-Laurinburg Air Base. From Hemp and Carthage came the majority of last week's dona tions. Mrs. J. V. Turbeville, chair man of the movement in Hemp, an nounced the collection of 5102.69 in cash, one radio and one bookcase as Hemp's contribution. The money will be used to purchase two floor lamps, one writing table, one card table, three easy chairs and four folding chairs or card table chairs. Mrs. H. F. Seawell, Jr., chairman of the Carthage committee, reported the contribution of one card table. 50 books and magazines, one end table, playing cards, etc. Furnishings from both towns have been delivered to the Maxton-Laur inburg Air Base and will be used to furnish the ward day-room allotted to the twp towns. In Southern Pines, where Mrs. Edith Mudgett is in charge, collec tions are being gathered and stored in her garage. A concentrated drive was made by the community with the cooperation of the Boy and Girl Scouts. Three tables, two card tables, three chairs, four pictures, one phonograph with records, two floor lamps, three table lamps, one radio, games, cards, puzzles, a"d $21.42 were collected. In Aberdeen, Mrs. J. B. Edwards is heading the committee. Articles collected are rapidly piling up in (Please turn to Page 5) degrees, lowest temperature for the month, 62 degrees on the 12th. Fifteen days were all clear, seven days partly cloudy, seven days cloudy and eight days with rain. The eight days of rainfall gave us 6.74 inches of precipitation. 1.67 inches more than normal for the month though the deficiency for the year is now nearly 3 inches. Greatest fall for the month, 2.80 inches during the thunder storm of the 15th; 1.22 inches fell during the thunder storm of the 10th. Summer entered in the early morning hours of the 22nd, with a heavy shower between 2 and 3 o'clock in the afternoon. Maximum temperature 91 degrees, minimum temperature 71 degrees, average temperature 81 degrees, 10 degrees less than the day a year ago. Long time Max. Min. Aver. average 88.5 65.4 76.9 1942 89.04 65.17 77.1 943 91.1 68.1 79.6 Every Member of 40- Piece Band is Jumper and Crack Musician Southern Pines next Sunday. July ' 11th, will meet celebrities. The Regimental Band, 501 st Para chute Infantry of Camp Mackall. . will make its initial appearance in' what is hoped will be a series of j Sunday afternoon concerts. For this first program Bandmaster Fernando Perez will offer numbers typical of North, Central, and South America as well as the soul-stirring marches so characteristic of mili tary bands. A musician, conductor, composer, Staff Sergeant Fernando Perez is definitely a personage as leader of a band unique in itself, his organi zation the only "all jumping" band in the world. Born in Puerto Rico, Sergeant Pe rez graduated from the Puerto Rican Conservatory of Music. Having mas tered every instrument used in a military band he is a finished ar ranger of music. Enlisting in the United States Army in 1924, he was attached to the 65th Regular Army Band for three years during which time he gained the reputation of Master Musician. Transferred to the 3G9th (the old 15th) Infantry Band, he spent four years there, and one with the famous Rainbow Division immortalized by i Sergeant York, the old "Fight ing Sixty Ninth." While Band Master with the 212 th Coast Artillery, Sergeant Perez com posed the "General Metzger" march for the commanding general of the A.A.T.C. Because of the success of this march he was commissioned to write another which became the "'Colonel Ocha March." Also to Ser geant Perez credit are the "Major Flynn March" and the "Shoot 'em Down March ' dedicated to the men of the A.A.T.C. After some time with the 2nd Army Band, Sergeant Perez came to the 501 st. dedicating his "Geronimo March" to the men of the Parachute Battalions. Despite his youthful ap pearance, he possesses a daughter in the WAACs. Although Sergeant Perez declines to promise the spectacle of a band (Continued on Page 4) Heart Attack Fatal to Charles Dun lap Chief Deputy Sheriff of Moore County Passes at Moore County Hospital Charles Dunlap, 36, cheif deputy sheriff of Moore County, succumbed i to a heart attack at Moore County Hospital early Wednesday morning. Mr. Dunlap suffered an attack last Friday and entered the hospital, where he seemed to be getting along satisfactorily until another attack occurred Tuesday evening. Funeral services will be held in Carthage at 2:30 Friday afternoon. Mr. Dunlap, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Dunlap of Carthage Star Route, was one of the most highly esteemed officers in the county. He is survived by his parents and several sisters and brothers. WE WONDER Former PILOT Editor Nelson C. Hyde appears in the Saturday Evening Post via the Syracuse Herald-Journal with a story about the City Dump. His for mer associates wonder what he was doing in that vicinity . . . fell off a horse maybe? PURCHASE HOME Clarence E. Fields and wife of West End have purchased the Win nie J. Dodge property, 71 N. May street and will reside there. Mr. Fields is a civil engineer connected with Camp Mackall. The sale was made through Turner's Real Estate and Insurance Agency. CIOMS Thra* Weeks Tot's Toggery will close for three weeks Friday night, July 9, reopen ing Monday, Aug. 2nd, the owners announce. tjrtßft pR MAKE EVERY PAV DAY fW BONO DAY ' :? wc— SAYI cjii/.SJ TEN CENTS Mp ns Pkm lo ething About the Loafing Situation Arrangements for Keep ing Tab on All Parts of County Are Made A crowd of more than a hundred representative citizens from practi cally every town and community in Moore County assembled in the Court House Monday afternoon at the call of J. Hawley Poole and E. H. Garrison, Jr., to discuss Governor Broughton's "Work or Fight" pro gram and to make plans to cooperate to the fullest extent in carrying out the Governor's wishes here. Mr. Poole, who is the official lead er of the work in Moore County, pre sided, and a number of citizens dis cussed various phases of the local labor situation. S. R. Hoyle, mayor of Carthage, explained the Vagrancy Law and told of around 50 vagrancy cases that had been before him, in which he gave the defendants a chance to go to work immediately and make a full report to him within a week, or go to the roads. One of the alarming features, the way in which the lumber industry is hampered by lack of labor, thus hindering the war effort by cut ting down on the production of lum ber for making crates for shipping needed supplies to our Armed i Forces, was discussed by Colin G. Spencer and Senator W. H. Currie. ; Production, now six billion feet : short, is expected to fall short for the year by nine billion feet, it was re ported. Among others entering into the discussion and offering suggestions were Walter McNeille. of Pinebluff, Howard Harrison of Eagle Springs, Mr. Wicker and Mr. Sawyer from (Continued on Page 4) Farmers Aid in War By Repairing Tools Classes in Farm Machin ery Repair Have Restored Much Needed Equipment Under the command of "General" W. E. Gladstone, vocational train ing and agriculture teacher in the Vass-Lakeview school, farmers over a wide area have been waging a telling fight on the food production front this spring and summer through Rural Production Training Program classes in farm machinery repair. With the factories that formerly turned out cultivators, combines and wagons now producing tanks and guns, farmers have been forced to tackle their own machinery pro blems. These courses and the splen did collection of tools made avail able at the workshop by the govern ment have enabled them to repair and restore to usefulness much farm equipment that otherwise would have landed on the junk heap, and in many instances to build imple ments outright. Three approved courses were giv en under Mr. Gladstone's supervi sion, two at the workshop in Vass and another at the shop of Charles McNeill several miles east of town. The membership was drawn from a wide area. Harry Goldsmith of Southern Pines, C. L. Ragsdale from above the Herman Davis farm half way between Vass and Carthage, and Archie Cameron from Overhills were the enrollees from farthest (Please turn to Page 5) QUIET FOURTH Celebration of the 4th b*gan on Monday the sth. when, short ly after midnight, the fir* alarm gave a dolorous squawk, ap parently not meaning it. but the boys did not know that. Hours later a few cannon crackers ex ploded near tightly-closed Broad street. A calm and peaceful day until seven o'clock and then It rained, and rained, and rained and then the lights went out. Grand illumination furnished by vivid flashes of lightning. Pilot office receives water enough for a s-rimming pooL All in all a quiet day.
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