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VOLUME 28, NO. 44
I 1 ire Prevention Week in Southern Pines
Interests School Children and Adults
Barnum, Inc., Gives
Frizes for Best Es
says by Local Pupils
An effective Fire Prevention Week
program in Southern Pines was suc
cessfully carried out by Paul T. Bar
num, Inc., under the leadership of
John S. Ruggles, manager.
The work done through the schools
was outstanding. "Fire Prevention"
questionnaires for self-inspection of
homes were distributed to the child
ren, who filled them out and return
ed them to their teachers to be given
to the fire department chief.
War Savings Stamps were offered
as prizes to the pupil in each grade
of the Southern Pines and West Sou
thern Pines Schools writing the best
essay on "Fire Prevention." There
was much interest on the part of the
pupils and they handed in some ex
cellent papers on the subject, so very
good that the judges, Dr. G. G. Herr,
chairman of the school board, W.
Duncan Matthews, mayor, and L. V.
O'Callaghan, chief of the Fire De
partment, found the judging a dif
ficult task.
The following were declared win
ners: Southern Pines (by grades)—
Henry C. Cameron, 3rd; Betty Jane
Worsham, 4th; Alice Brooks, sth; Mil
ton Kaylor, 6th; Tommy Avery, 7th;
Carolyn Chester, Bth; Audrey West
Brown, 9th; Jane Todd McCain, 10th
Betty Johnston, 11th; Harry Lee
Brown, Jr., 12th.
West Southern Pines—Delois Blue,
sth; MaryJ. Martin, 6th; Rose Lee
Addison, 7th; Floyd Goode, Bth; Jam
sie Pratt, 9th; Annie Mae McMillen,
10th; Orilla Gay, 11th; Mary New
kirk, 12th.
Posters, stickers, booklets and puz
zles were distributed and a demon
stration of Fire Department appar
atus at the schools was an interest
ing feature of the week's observance.
"Fire Prevention" shorts were pro
vided by Mr. Ruggles and shown at
the Carolina and Sunrise Theatres
and posters were displayed in all
(Continued on Page 8)
Officer Husband of
Local Girl Is Hero
His Patrol Runs Germans
From Church Steeple and
Turns Own Guns On Them
In describing the fierce fighting
and tough Nazi defense, which is
now crumbling at Naples, a war cor
respondent's release from the Allied
Force Headquarters in North Africa
tells how a patrol of American sol
diers, led by Lt. Fordyce Gorham of
Muncy, Pa., went into the town of
Altavilla to oust a German machine
gun group from the steeple of a
church. Lt. Gorham's wife is the
former Miss Priscilla Coleman of
Southern Pines.
The report, written by Ivan Pet
erman, war correspondent for the
Philadelphia Inquirer, states in part:
"At Alavilla, a company of troops,
surrounded, fought until many were
slain. Lt. Fordyce Gorham, of Mun
cy, Pa., led a patrol into the town to
oust a German machine gun group
from the steeple of a church.
"His men turned the Germans'
own machine guns on the fleeing
Huns.
"The Germans have fought well
and desperately this campaign, but
as events are proving, the Allies
fought even better."
Mrs. Gorham is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Arch Coleman of Sky
line. She and Lt. Gorham were mar
ried in April of this year.
Early Marketing of
Tobacco Is Advised
A member of THE PILOT staff
dropped in at the warehouse of
Smothers Brothers and Hobgood in
Carthage Tuesday afternoon and dis
cussed the tobacco situation a bit
with Mr. Hobgood, a tobacco man of
wide experience. Sales had been
good, with one offering bringing the
high price of 71 cents a pound and
with the day's average running high.
Mr. Hobgood expressed the opinion
that tobacco farmers should get
their weed on the market as soon as
possible while it is selling so well.
SCRAP
Is there a scrap committee in
Southern Pines and if so, will
the chairman kindly step for- I
ward and give The Pilot some
information as to what disposi
tion can be made of scrap mater
ials which have collected since
the former drive? Inquiries have
come to this office. Also, WHAT
ABOUT A SCRAP BIN?
Lt. E. Cygnor, WAC,
Talks to Kiwanians
on Duties of Corps
Camp Mackall Officer
Gives Inside Story of
Women's War Service
By Howard F. Burns
Lt. Emily Cygnor, assistant chief
of the Anny Personnel Branch at
Camp Mackall, gave the Kiwanians
an inside story on the service that
women are rendering their country
as WACS at the club's weekly lun
cheon Wednesday at the Southern
Pines Country Club.
Lt. Cygnor told the club of the
very strenuous examinations they |
are put through in order to qualify
as a WAC. She said there arc 406 odd
jobs for which they are trained in !
order to release men to the fields of
combat. She declared the Army is
the healthiest life in the world and |
that women are taking a vital part
in serving the country. Many of j
them are trained as aerial photog
raphers, radio operators for the Sig
nal Corps, as finance officers and i
military personnel officers, she in- j
formed the Club.
The speaker stated she was one of
the first WACS to graduate in aerial
photography in completing a three- j
month course. She said fast fighter |
planes are used in aerial photog- |
raphy for which maps of great areas I
of the combat front are made. She I
declared a is always better i
at a typewriter than a man. She in- \
formed the club that 90 per cent of j
the women want to go overseas. Be-1
fore going overseas, the WACS go
through a thorough examination, j
and only those who want to go are
sent.
In conclusion, Lt. Cygnor asked
the members of the club to let their |
daughters enter the service of the
WACS. Women are accepted from
the ages of twenty to fifty, and will
be trained an various phases of the
service that may be useful in civ
ilian life after the war.
The speaker was introduced by
Lt. William C. Tyirin of Camp Mack
all, who was presented by A. L.
Burney, chairman of the program
committee.
E. C. Stevens announced Moore
County had over-subscribed its quo
ta in the Third War Loan Drive in
reaching the tentative sum of
$672,000.00
Charles W. Picquet announced that
"This Is The Army" will be at the
Carolina Theatre Sunday, October
17th. 70 per cent of the gross re
ceipts will go to the Army Emergen
cy Relief Fund with the remaining
30 per cent going to the local post
of the American Legion.
AMERICAN LEGION
MEETS MONDAY NIGHT
John Stephenson, commander of
the local Post of the American Le
gion, is announcing a meeting to be
held at the Hut at 8:00 p. m. Monday,
October 11th. Ex-servicemen of all
branches of the armed forces are in
vited to attend.
FATHER OF LOCAL
MAN PASSES
Charles H. Kaylor, father of Frank
H. Kaylor of Southern Pines, died at
his home in Raleigh Saturday night
after a lingering illness. He was 79
years of age. Surviving are his wife;
another son, Charles H. Kaylor, of
Raleigh, and six grandchildren.
CHRISTMAS PACKAGES
The deadline for mailing Christ
mas packages to soldiers overseas is
October 15.
Southern Pines, North Carolina Friday, October 8, 194j
IN THE ARMY
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T-SGT. W. D. McGILL
Tech. Sgt. William D. McGill was
inducted into the Army in February,
1941. After receiving his basic train
ing at Fort Bragg, he was transferred
to Fort Dix, N. J., in September, 1942,
and in less than a month was sent
to North Africa. Since the latter part
of June or the first of July he has
been in Sicily. Sgt. McGill, the son
lof Mr. and Mrs, D. C. McGill of
'Vass, is popular in Southern Pines,
j where he was owner-operator of
j Bill's Shoe Shop until he left for the
service. His wife, the former Miss
Violet Holler of Claremont, is floor
supervisor at the Moore County Hos
| pital.
WAC IN AFRICA
Pvt. Ann Fenner, of Southern
Pines and New York, is now
serving with the Women's Army
Corps in Africa. Pvt. Fenner,
daughter of Mrs. Almet Jenks, is
believed to be the first WAC
from Moore County to serve in
a foreign country.
A Jlrarlamattmt
TO THE PEOPLE OF THE TOWN OF SOUTHERN PINES:
It is with great pleasure that I, W. Duncan Matthews,
Mayor of the Town of Southern Pines, heartily indorse this
Town's participation in the nation wide all-states campaign
for the Women's Army Corps' recruiting drive.
You doubtless know there is a tremendous need for WAC's.
General Marshall stated recently: "Commanders to whom
WAC's have been assigned have spoken in the highest terms
of their efficiency and value —in 155 kinds of Army jobs." This
statement is indicative of the excellent job the Women's Army
Corps is doing.
However the present objective is to release more thous
ands of soldiers for combat training. In order to accomplish
this, each state will participate in the campaign. Likewise each
municipality and county. Our office of Civilian Defense has
been designated by Governor Broughton as the recruiting
agency in North Carolina.
The participation of our Town in this nation wide drive
is needed to assure the success of this program. Our county has
been selected to enlist three recruits by October 15. I feel sure
that the people of Southern Pines will want Moore County
and North Carolina to lead all others in the nation wide en
listment drive.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand
and seal of the Town of Southern Pines, this 6th day of Octo
ber, 1943.
—W. DUNCAN MATTHEWS,
(Seal) Mayor of the Town of Southern Pines.
LOCAL MAN FEATURED
IN BOSTON TRAVELER:
Featured in the September Ist is-1
sue of the Boston Traveler is a.
speaking likeness of the Rev. Myron
M. Adams steated at a linotype. Un-'
der the caption "Veteran typo of the |
'9o's" follows the high light in the!
career of this printer-minister.
Mr. Adams, now in his 76th year, j
a retired minister of the Advent j
Christian Church, is widely known in '
Southern Pines where he has resided j
for the past twenty years. In these 1
years has been a supply pastor for
Baptist congregations, notably so at
I Roseland, and for a time conducted
bi-monthly services in the county
jail.
On the secular side he has often |
resumed his calling, for quite a per
iod at the linotype of J. F. Morris'
Citizen.
Mrs. Adams died in 1941. His dau
ghters, Mrs. L. D. Williams and Mrs.
jj. Fred Stimson, reside in Sopthern |
Pines.
Sale of Heal Estate
for County Taxes to
lie 1 leld December 6
Commissioners Auth
orize Tax Collector
to Advertise in Nov.
W. T. Huntley, county tax collect
or, was ordered by the Board of j
Commissioners at the regular meet- 1
ing Monday to advertise the 1942
delinquent tax list for four weeks
during the month of November and
sell the real estate on the first Mon- j
day in December.
The names of delinquents from |
Carthage, Sheffield and Ritter town-!
ships will be run in the Moore Coun- j
ty Newss; Mineral Springs, Deep j
River and Bensalem in the Pine- j
hurst Outlook; Sandhill and Green-1
wood in the Sandhill Citizen, and [
McNeill in The Pilot.
The Board accepted $5,000 from |
the ABC Board, and passed it to j
the County Auditor's office for pro-'
per distribution.
A petition asking that an appro- j
priation be made for the support'
of the office of School Attendance ]
Officer and that Mrs. Lessie G. '
Brown be appointed to this position
was presented to the Board. The pe
tition was signed by many school :
principals, school board members
and other prominent persons
throughout the county. No action
was taken on this by the commis
sioners and doubt has been express
ed as to whether anything can be
done about it now as the budget
for the year has already been adopt
ed.
The resignation of C. O. Combs
of Pinebluff as township constable
was accepted.
CAMP MACKALL
OFFERS TIMBER
j The Pilot has been requested by
W. F. Fowler, assistant area engin
eer at Camp Mackall, to make the
: following announcement:
I "The Area Engineer, Camp Mack
all, is engaged in timber clearing
j operations in certain areas north and
s south of Drowning Creek, between
| Hoffman and West End. It is desired
to offer to individuals for their per
sonal use only, free of charge with
!out limitation, all timber less than
| twelve inches in diameter. This tim
ber is being piled for disposal in the
various areas of operations. Persons
| securing the timber must do so at no
[cost to the United States Govern
ment and without interference with
construction operations in the areas
being cleared.
"For further information relative
to securing the timber, the Assistant
Area Engineer, Camp Mackall, or his
1 field assistants on the job may be
I contacted."
Moore Exceeds Quota
in Third War Loan
by Many Thousands
CHAIRMAN
w'*'
EUGENE C. STEVENS
Meet the gentleman who, with
out benefit of pre-drive organiza
tion of forces, stepped in after sev
eral days of the Third War Loan
Drive had elapsed and led Moore
County to a victorious finish. j
"I didn't do anything," he modest
ly declares; "the folks jumped in
and worked like Sam Hill and all
I did was to prod them along a lit
tle."
Those closely associated with Mr.
Stevens know that this is an under
statement. "The folks" did work like ;
Sam Hill, but they worked with
greater confidence after he accepted
the position of chairman, and to him
, go thanks for a job well done.
19 Moore Selectees
in Induction Lists
The following white selectees 1
| passed their final physical examin
, ations at the induction station on
| September 15, 1943, and were induct
ied into the following branches of
service:
Army
I Neill McKeithen Clegg, Raymond
j Lee Vaughn, Carthage; Coy Alex
ander Gladden, Route 2, Carthage; ,
Walter Colon Coffin, Pinehurst; ,
i Ralph John Scotten, Glendon: Royal
I Armstead Stutts, Jr., Route 2, Vass.
Navy
Hugh Edgar Bowman.ll, Aber
deen; William Charles Willard,
Route 2, Aberdeen; James William
Hall, Route 2, Carthage; Odie Wood
row Hare, Spies; John Robert Mc-
Neill, Eagle Springs; Carl Raymond j
Whitaker, Pinehurst; Albert Edward i
\ Hare, Spies; Fred Woodrow Mauney,
Jackson Springs; Benjamin Cleve-I ;
land Morgan, Jr., Niagara. j j
Marine Corps ' (
Jesse Clyde Wood, Cameron; Ben
ton Addison Scotten, Glendon; Ne
ro Wilson Hardy, Jr., Route 1, Cam- (
eron.
One colored selectee, Aaron Jun- 1
ior Smith, of Route 1, Hemp, was in
ducted into the Navy on September
i 3. ' i;
SERIOUS SHORTAGE OF
BUS REPAIR PARTS
In a letter to principals of Moore
County schools County Superintend-;
ent H. Lee Thomas is this week call
ing attention to the seriousness of
the shortage of bus repair parts and >
recommending that drivers be in
structed daily as to the best methods
of taking care of trucks.
"Buses that break down from now
on probably will be forced to remain j
out of service until the end of the
war because of the impossibility of
getting replacement parts," Mr.
Thomas warns.
WELL DONE
Our pedestrian editor noted
Gene Stevens, wearing a brilliant
smile, as he surveyed his office
window early Saturday morning
and gazed at a sign which proud
ly blazoned forth:
"SoId—SICO.6VS.OO Bonds."
He was softly humming some
thing that sounded like "Oh say!
can you see. by the dawn's early
light ..."
Payroll Savings 4
on a Family Basis
Make 10 per cent " v
Just a Starting
TEN CENTS
r Chairman Stevens Re
ports Splendid Co
operation From All
An accounting by Eugene C.
Stevens, Moore County chairman of
the Third War Loan, indicated Tues
day night that the quota of $611,000
had been reached and the chairman
announced Thursday morning that
the total amount was from $675,000
to $680,000.
Mr. Stevens is enthusiastic over
the splendid cooperative effort of
white and colored, rich and poor,
from all parts of the county. Every
Building and Loan Association in the
county cooperated 100 per cent, the
chairman said, and both men and
women worked wholeheartedly for
the success of the Drive.
Although a complete report will
not be available for several days,
tentative figures credit the various
towns with the following amounts:
Southern Pines, $185,000; Pinehurst,
$118,000; Carthage, $108,000; Aber
deen, $100,000; Hemp, $90,000; Cam
eron, over $5,000; Pinebluff, $3,300;
Vass, $2500. Some of the larger buy
ers in Vass purchased their bonds
in Southern Pines, the chairman
said, and these do not appear to the
credit of Vass. Reports have not been
received from West End and Eagle
Springs post offices.
Get Burning Permits
This Month or Next
County Forest Warden
Issues Statement, Giving
Permit Information
J The Burning Permit Law came in
to effect October 1 and will remain
effective through November 30, ac
cording to an announcement by
County Forest Warden R. S. White.
All persons wishing to burn brush,
grass or other material should ob
tain a burning permit, for which
there is no charge.
Mr. White issued the following
statement: "Forest products are es
sential to National Defense. Help
protect the forests from fires by do
ing as little burning as possible. Burn
in the late evening or at night and
not when the wind is blowing and
the woods are dry. The North Caro
lina Forest Service has made it as
convenient as possible for burning
permits to be secured without im
pairing the effectiveness of the per
mit. Your cooperation in helping to
prevent forest fires will be greatly
appreciated. The burning permit
law and other forest fire laws will be
enforced." -
Burning permits may be obtained
at the following places in Moore
County:
Court House, Carthage; Jackson
Service Station, Carthage; L. B. Hit
ter, Route 4, Carthage; Tracy
Parks, Hallison; Ritter Hardware
Store, Hemp; Fire Tower, Southern
Pines; H. P. Goldsmith, Southern
Pines; R. S. White, Lakeview; Keith
Hardware Store Vass; L. B. Mc-
Keithen, Cameron; M. B. Pleasants,
Aberdeen; Pinehurst Fire Depart
ment, Pmehurst; R. B. Donaldson,
West End; Vaiußoskerck, Pinebluff
Fire Department, Pinebluff; Fulton
Monroe, Eagle Springs; Lane Kirk,
Roseland.
GASOLINE COUPONS
Motorists are advised that all A-6
coupons expire at midnight, Novem
ber Bth, and the A-8 coupons in the
new A Book then become valid for
a three month period at three gal
lons each.
"All B Book and C Book coupons
are now valued at two gallons each",
' says Chairman Maurice of the Moore
County War Price and Rationing
Board. "Motorists registered with
the Moore County Board will receive
applications for the new A Book by
mail Please fill them out promptly
and return to the Board, through
the mail", continued Mr. Maurice.
Extra applications will be available
at filling stations next week for any
others desiring them.