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YOLUME 23. NO. 37
Truck Crashes Into
Tree Out From Vass
Fatally Injuring 2
C. N. White and John
"Bud" Fry Succumb at
Moore County Hospital
C. N. White, 34, and John "Bud"
Fry, colored, around 60, are dead as
a result of an accident which occurr
ed about two miles east of Vass on
the Lobelia road at 8:30 o'clock Sat
urday morning when the pick-up
truck driven by White failed to
make the curve at the old Collins
place and crashed against a pine.
Both men were taken to the Moore
County Hospital where thtsy died
without regaining consciousness. Fry
succumbed at 12 o'clock Saturday
night and the other victim died Tues
day morning. Both were employees
of Futrell Brothers Lumber Com
pany of Vass, but were not on com
pany business at the time of the ac
cident. The truck, which belonged
to the lumber company, was practi
cally demolished.
Funeral services for John Fry, who
had spent his entire life near Vass
and was well liked throughout the
community, were held Wednesday
with a large crowd in attendance. He
is survived by several children and
grandchildren.
The body of Mr. White was tak
en to Ramseur and the funeral was
held Thursday at Edwards Hill
Friends Church near Bonlee. He is
survived by his wife; three sons, Jack
Newton, 12, Billy, 8, and Leroy, 4,
and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jerome
White, of the Bonlee section.
Mr White came to Vass around
three years ago td work for Stutts-
Taylor Lumber Company, and had
been with the same plant under dif
ferent ownership since that time.
29 White Selectees
Called Into Service
Twenty-Six Go Into the
Army and Three Are In
ducted Into the Navy
The following white selectees pass
ed their final physical examination
at the induction station on August
2 and were inducted into the fol
lowing branches of service:
In the Army
Southern Pines: Howard Spencer
Fox, Frank Haylander Kaylor, Jr.,
Leon Neau Whittington.
Aberdeen: Arthur Perry Hale.
Carthage: Paul Muse Burns, John
Henry Nail, Coy Langdon Jackson,
R. 1, Henderson Lee Thomas, Jr.,
Glenn Alexander Flinchum, R. I.
Cameron: Leighton Black Mc-
Keithen. Jr., Hubert Lee Phillips.
Eagle Springs: Alex E. Brewer,
R. 1.
Glendon: Vernon Charles Oldham.
Hemp: Emery Lindon Moore, Lev
is Garner, Esther Clarence Allred,
Burley Swanson Frye, Star Route,
Tvacy Eldon Hussey, R. 2; Glen Ed
ward Spivey, Carson Eugene Moore,
R. 1, Floyd Vernon Moore, R. 2, Roy
Raford Harris, Coy Stephen Lewis,
Jr.
Lakeview: James Albert Stevens.
Pinehurst: Edgar Richard Cole.
Vass: William Duncan Scott.
In the Navy
Jimmie Howell Davis, R. 1, Ea
gle Springs; Carlyle Noel Clark,
Jackson Springs: Charles Tommy
Gschwind, Vass.
STRIKES TWICE
Don Jensen of the Valet,
whose wife is a sister of Mrs.
Bob Steel, tells THE PILOT of
an odd freak of the violeni elec
trical storm that swept the Jack
son Springs area Wednesday,
Aug. Uth. Noting the approach
ing storm, Mr. Steel settled his
family in their "storm cellar"
for safety, but a bolt struck the
house and another the garage.
The latter rendered the entire
family unconscious for some
time, but fortunately they escap
ed serious consequences.
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Three Vass Brothers In Their Country's Service
HENRY KLINGENSCHMIDT
This week we present three Klingenschmidt brothers, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Will Klingenschmidt of Vass.
From earliest childhood they have heard their maternal grandfather, Paul Gschwind. a native of Switzerland,
tell fascinating tales of "the old country," and perhaps they are not averse to getting out into the world and
seeing some of its wonders.
William Theodore, better known as "Ted," enlisted in the Army Thanksgiving Day, 1941. He trained at Fort
Bragg and Fort Dix and the following February was sent to Iceland.
Henry enlisted on Thanksgiving a year later. He has been at Normoyle, and Kelly Field, Texas, and at
Hunter Field, Georgia, from which place he was recently sent to an unannounced destination.
Oscar is in the air corps at Hunter Field, Savannah, Ga., where he is making a fine record. He entered the
service at Camp Lee. Va., and was a radio technician at the Naval Air Station at Norfolk.
Army Wives Offer
Good Suggestions •
Have Given Fine Coopera
tion on Questionnaire;
Deadline Saturday 21st
By CAROLYN OGILVIE
The Army Wife Questionnaires are
still coming in with a lot of good
suggestions. While many have sim
ply checked "yes" and "no" answers
throughout, quite a few have added
comments, ranging from the lady
who asks for a Classified Directory
jto someone who suggests starting a
cooking, sewing and knitting school.
Another girl said that she would
like to take care of children part
time and would like to get in touch
■ with parents who need this service.
| A good many mothers have express
led this need, and perhaps wives
could get together and pay each oth
!er a small fee to take turns look
ing after a group of children at var-
I ious times during the day and even
; ing, using the park playground facil-
I ities, for instance.
j Mrs. Donovan at the U.S.O. said
jshe would be glad to keep a list of
and of mothers anxious for this kind
I girls willing to do this kind of work
of help. So if you are available at any
times or want your children taken
care of—telephone the U.S.O. Club
and put your name on the list.
A good many army wives made the
useful suggestion of the establish
ment of a general information bu
reau for such things ac part-time job
oiyortunities, housing accommoda
tions etc., with someone in charge
who could answer miscellaneous
questions and could direct people
and help them get acquainted with
the various town facilities.
As a matter of fact the U.S.O. pro
vides a good deal of this kind of ser
vice right now. Another wife said
that she would like to use the U.S.O.
facilities but understood they were
only available to enlisted personnel.
However the U. S.O. does welcome
all army wives whether their hus
bands are enlisted men or officers.
Quite a few people expressed the
feeling that there seemed a general
lack of organization among army
wives, that it was difficult to meet
new people and welcomed the sug
gestion on the questionnaire of a
club house, where such general fa
cilities as irons, wash tubs, sewing
machines etc. were available and
also where they could meet and en
tertain their friends, have parties
and provide other ways of getting
acquainted. Another girl said that
she thought: "there is enough around
here for army wives to do if some
one would organize them." Someone
else in reference to general living
conditions here asked the question:
What does the O.P.A. do around
here?" One wife remarked: "A very
good questionnaire. Please do some
thing about it. 7. m sure you will find
cooperation."
We have indeed found very good
(Coni.i7.med on Page 5)
Southern Pines. North Carolina Friday. August 20. 1943
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W. T. KLINGENSCHMIDT
The PILOT Enlists
in U. S. Victory
Pulp wood Campaign
Joins Other Papers
In Drive For More
of This War Material
THE PILOT today has joined oth
er weekly and daily newspapers of
the nation in a campaign to aid the
Government to help solve the ser
ious pulpwood shortage situation.
It is the second time since Pearl
Harbor that the nation's newspapers
1 have been called upon to overcome
a serious war material shortage.
1 Last Fall it was the Newspapers
United Scrap Metal Campaign. At
that time scores of steel mills faced
: shutdowns for lack of vital mater
: ials. What the newspapers accom
plished in that drive is history. The
situation was saved with more than
6,000,000 tons of precious metal col
lected.
Now it is the pulpwood campaign
and it is equally serious because j
hundreds of thousands of cords of
the nation's pulpwood are required '
for war purposes.
The Victory Pulpwood Campaign'
is designed to relieve increasingly ;
serious shortages in pulpwood, the
raw material which makes smoke
less powder, rayon for parachutes,
plastics for airplane parts, shell and
bomb casings and shipping contain
ers for ammunition, foods, supplies,
blood plasma and other necessities
for our armed forces and our allies.
The growing seriousness of pulp
wood shortages prompted Donald M..
Nelson, chairman of the War Produc- i
tion Board, to issue the following ap
peal to farmers: ,
"If every one of the more than 2,- •
800,000 farmers in the 27 pulpwood
producing states were to devote three 1
extra days in 1943 to cutting pulp- '
wood we could overcome the threat- I
ened 2,500,000-cord shortage with •
wood to spare. I urge every Ameri
can farmer to get in touch with his ]
nearest Department of Agriculture i
representative to find out whether j
he can be of service in the production '
of pulpwood. I, of course, realize the ]
increased war load which our far- j
mers are bearing today, but the pulp
wood situation is serious enough to j
justify this call for an extra effort."
Government requirements for mil
itary and civilian uses in 1943 are j
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ARMY WIVES
Next week THE PILOT will
tabulate and publish the result
of its questionnaire.
The response has been fine.
But some have not sent in an
swers.
So, Mrs. Army Wife, if you
hare any brickbats or bouquets
to Mave. you must let fly by
Saturday.
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OSCAR KLINGENSCHMIDT
MAKFS FIRST JUMP
| Chaplain Hudson B. Phillips
I of the Uth Airborne Division at
I Camp Mackall. who is to be
! guest preacher at the First Bap
■ list Church here Sunday morn
ing. last week experienced the
thrill of making his first para
chute jump and landing safely
on the good earth. He made the
jump in company with other di
vision officers.
Chaplain Phillips, a native of
Buffalo. N. Y„ has served 17
years in the Army. He has spok
en in local churches since being
stationed at Camp Mackall.
Bank of Pinehurst
Opens New Bank at
Mackall Army Post
New Building Con
structed by Government
is Modernly Equipped
The opening of the new bank at
jCamp Mackall last Monday operated
I by the Bank of Pinehurst, was so sue- 1
.cessful as to be gratifying to those
in charpf- and also to the interested
•public. The vital shortage of labor'
and material unavoidably delayed
completion of the building, accord-,
ing to arrangement, but everything
was in splendid condition for the op-1
ening.
The building which houses the new
bank was constructed by the United
States government and is conven- j
iently located next to the command
ing general's headquarters. It is mod- j
ernly equipped and meets the require-1
ments of present-day banking prob-'
lems. The great vaults are one of the \
outstanding features of the bank. As;
announced elsewhere in THE PILOT,
the officers of the Bank of Pine
hurst feel honored to be selected and [
entrusted with the operation of this'
banking service for the great Camp j
Mackall Post.
F. Shelby Cullom, executive vice
president and cashier of the Pine- j
hurst bank, is personall directing the i
activities of the Camp Mackall bank, j
The personnel of the new bank is'
headed by Wilton H. Brown, as as-!
sistant cashier. Arthur W. Atherton;
is teller. Additional members of thej
personnel will be announced later. 1
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FRIDAY, 13th. BLAZE
| A blazing oil stove in the small
| frame dwelling occupied by Evange
i line Bass and located on South
| Gaines street, near the recently de
stroyed Baptist Church, West South
ern Pines, called for the services of
I the Southern Pines Fire Department
at 4:25 o'clock Friday afternoon, the
1 only call coming in on Friday the
j 13th. Fire sweeping under a metal
i ceiling gave the firemen some diffi-
I culty.
TAX RATE REDUCED
The Town Commissioners of
Southern Pines, sitting in spec
ial session Wednesday night,
adopted the 1943-44 tax budget
reducing the tax rale 20 cents on
the SIOO valuation, ordered the
building of a band stand and
dance floor in the City Park, and
considered other matters of wide
interest. A full account of lhs
meeting will appear in the next
issue.
Local Schools Will
Begin Fall Term On j
Wednesday, Sept. 8
Supt. Weaver Announces
Complete List of Teach
ers for Southern Pines
Wednesday, September Bth, is the
date set for the opening of the South
ern Pines Schools, Supt. P. J. Weav- j
ver announced this week. Although i
so many schools are having diffi-!
culty in procuring their full number
of teachers, there is not a vacancy j
in the local schools.
■ The complete faculty list as given
out by Supt. Weaver, is as follows:
1 Miss Kate Mclntyre, Wingate, first
I grade: Miss Sophie Howie, Pineville,
! second grade; Miss Abbie Souther
land. Belton, S. C., third grade; Miss
: Bess Mclntyre, Wingate, fourth
j grade; Miss-Elizabeth Heins, Blythe
| wood, S. C.. fifth grade: Miss Mary
, McNeill Buckner, Clio, S. C., fifth
■ and sixth grades; Miss Annie P.
j Huntington, Southern Pines, sixth
i grade.
Miss Billie Williams. Bat Cave,
science: Miss Margaret Mitchell
Clinton, S. C., Spanish, French and
history; Miss Thelma Daniels, Col
umbia, S. C., English and geography;
Mrs. Ruth Warner Swisher, Southern
Pines, commercial courses' Miss
Pauline Miller, Statesville, English
and Latin; Miss Aline Todd, Char
lotte, mathematics and physical ed
ucation.
! Miss Mary McDavid, Pelzer, S. C.,
English; Miss Lucile Cashion. San
j ford, mathematics; Miss Annie
Laurie Overton, Sanford, music:
| Miss Aileen Ellis, Elizabethton,
Tenn., librarian; A. C. Dawson. Jr.,
i Southern Pines, physical education
I and history.
Lt. Hugh A. Phelps
Is Killed in Aetion
Was Formerly Employed by
Carolina Power and Light
Co. with Headquarters Here
I Friends here were grieved to learn
I of the death in the Pacific Area on
i August 7 of Lt. Hugh A. Phelps of
i Washington, who before his enlist
ment in Raleigh in June, 1941 was
! employed by the Carolina Power and
| Light Company with headquarters at
Southern Pines.
He received his wings and his com
! mission as second lieutenant last
January at Stockton Field, and short-1
!y afterward ferried his own plane
| from San Francisco to Australia
to join the McArthur forces. For the
j Past few months he had been in
I New Guinea.
I
ALLEGED ASSAULT
j According to reports, Miss Doro
thy Moore, a nurse at the Pinebluff
i Sanitarium, was criminally assaulted
; Wednesday night by two soldiers
( from Camp Mackall who offered her
I a ride to Pinebluff after she had got
j off a train at Southern Pines and
failed to find a bus or taxi. The re
| port is that the men did not stop to
let her off at Pinebluff but continued
to a wooded place, committed the
crime, then carried her back to herj
destination. County and military of-'
j ficers were called on the case.
SCHOOL MEETING
! In order to coordinate the public
j school program with a better war-'
i time farm work program for Moore
j County, Supt. H. Lee Thomas is
'calling a meeting of all district
'school principals at his office at
2:00 p. m. Friday, August 20, for
the purpose of working out a county-
I wide "streamlined" daily schedule
I for all the schools.
MAKE EVERT
I'AV DAY
WAR
lX DAY
:RJ? :?::;D!NC UY£ COIUM
TEN CENTS
3rd w t/i* Loan Drive
to Raise 15 Billion
Begins September 9
Moore County's Chairman
and Quota Will Be Made
Known at Early Date
Fifty million wage earners are
expected to participate in the huge
third War Loan drive which will be
conducted throughout the nation for
a three-week period beginning Sep
tember 9. according to Clarence T.
Leinbach, Winston Salem, State
chairman of the War Finance Com
mittee.
The gigantic drive has two major
phases, Leinbach stated. One phase
is the big business and industry pur
chase of bonds and other govern
ment securities through personal so
licitation, and the other phase is the
volume purchase of E, F and G bonds
to reach 50,000,000 wage earners.
At the present time there are 32,-
000,000 workers in the United
States on the Payroll Savings Plan,
their combined purchases of War
Bonds totaling $400,000,000 per
month. During the third War Loan
campaign it will be necessary for
these 32,000,000 workers to buy War-
Bonds in addition to those purchased
regularly through the Payroll Sav
ings Plan. These bonds they may
purchase with the extra money they
are earning or by setting aside a
special budget which will enable
ithcm to buy additional bonds.
i "I feel confident of the success of
| the third War Loan Drive as the
public realizes the urgent need for
the $15,000,000,000 set as goal. When
' we are winning we cannot afford to
| let up," he emphasized. "For as long
jas there are men dying we cannot
j afford to stop buying. Once this mes
! sage is gotten across to the wage
learning public, that public will not
I hesitate to do its full share in put
i ting over the third War Loan drive."
| Leinbach stated that he expects to
[complete shortly his state organiza
j tion for the War Finance Commit-
I tee. He and W. H. Andrews Jr.,
Greensboro, State vice chairman,
are now in process of holding area
meetings in each of the 10 state
j areas for the purpose of completing
the organization. He expects very
1 soon to have North Carolina's quota
of the $15,000,000,000 national quota
which will be broken down into
county quotas. ..
Former Resident of
Southern Pines Dies
Clarence H. Durgin
Succumbed Sunday at
New Hampshire Home
Brief word reaches The Pilot that
funeral services were held Wednes
day afternoon for Clarence H. Dur
gin who died in his home at Shirley
Hill, Manchester, N. H„ Sunday af
ternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Durgin were esteem
ed winter residents of Southern
Pines for more than twenty years.
They occupied a home at May street
and Connecticut avenue until Mrs.
Durgin's death in May 1941, short
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WRONG NUMBER
9:50 o'clock Monday morning.
A surging crowd awaiting the
opening of the A. B. C. store.
Two of our local guardians of
peace surveying traffic on Broad
street. Telephone in police sta
tion sounds—quick dash by offi
cer ready for service in the
emergency. Dulcet voice over the
wire: "Has the A.B.C. any li
quor today?"
HONORED
United States Deputy Marshall
John H. Stephenson has just re
ceived the very fine compliment
of being appointed vice-com
mander of the 12th District of
the American Legion.
This is an honor well deserved
by John, who is universally rec
ognized as one of the hardest
working members of the local
Sandhills Legion Post.
District 12 embraces the coun
ties of Moore, Montgomery,
Randolph, Scotland, Anson and
Richmond.