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VOLUME 28. NO. 46
Victory Scrap Drive
in Sothern Pines
to Begin Next Week
Bin Will Be Erected
Across Street irom
Railroad Station
The Southern Pines Scrap Com
mittee, of which Paul Butler, F.
Craighill Brown and Alex Fields are
co-chairmen, is perfecting plans for
the town's participation in the Vic
tory Scrap Drive, and the coopera
tion of every citizen is asked.
This campaign is designed to raise
a new emergency bank of scrap met
als to cope with any shortage which
might develop at a critical produc
tion period, thereby insuring smelt
ing furnaces against sudden lags in
the flow of these vital war mater
ials.
A scrap bin with two compart
ments, one for iron and the other for
tin, will be built this week on the
lot on North Broad Street across
from the railroad station. Mr. Butler
assures THE PILOT that this bin will
be ready the first of next week .
Frank M. Fitch was active in help
ing with arrangements for the scrap
bin before leaving for his Connecti
cut home last spring, and, true
"scrapper" that he is, he has written
that he will pay for the labor in
connection with the erection of the
bin.
This lot was secured last spring
and the location is especially desir
able in that it is easily reached by
autoists or pedestrians. Those who
have scrap iron or tin in any quan
tity are urged to deposit it in the
bin. Persons who have more scrap
than they can get to the bin, or
pieces too large to be handled by
ordinary means, are asked to notify
any member of the committee and
arrangements will be made for get
ting it moved.
The Southern Pines School under
the leadership of its superintendent.
Philip J. Weaver, is planning to put
on an intensive campaign. The school
did a splendid piece of work in last
year's drive.
The committee hopes to arrange
with the Boy Scouts to make a
house-to-house canvass to collect
scrap paper. Further announcement
will be made next week.
Kiwanis Club Hears
Address on Foods
Miss Ruth Chambers, regional
home economist of the National j
Livestock and Meat Board of Chi- j
cago, addressed the Sandhills Ki
wanis Club on the subject, "Nutri-1
tion," at the weekly meeting held
Wednesday at the Southern Pines j
Country Club.
She stressed the importance of a ■
well-balanced food program in war- j
time, and gave tips on stretching
meat points so as to obtain a varie
ty of foods.
Miss Chambers mentioned the val
ue of liver in the diet in treating
anemia; the efficacy of lard in the
treatment of skin diseases, and told
of a child that had been cured of
eczema by this treatment.
Following this, she gave the men
a lesson on the work of various kinds
of foods and introduced them to vita
mins with puzzling names.
The speaker was introduced by
Miss Flora McDonald, Moore County
home demonstration agent, who was
presented to the Club by Pete Pen
der of the program committee.
A letter to Charles W. Picquet was
read to the Club announcing that
former governor, Clyde R. Hoey of
Shelby, would be the guest speaker
at the Annual Ladies' Night Ban
quet to be held at the Carolina Ho
tel on Friday evening, December 3rd.
ANNUAL RED CROSS
MEETING NOV. STH
The annual meeting of the Moore
County Chapter of the American Red
Cross for the purpose of electing an
executive committee, for the consid
eration of reports, and for the trans
action of such other business as may
properly come before the meeting
will be held on Friday afternoon,
November sth, at 3:30 p. m. at the
Southern Pines High School auditor
ium. All members of the Red Cross
are urgently requested to be pres
ent.
T H ■_ 0 I
Wilbur J. Sanborn Presents Car Keys to Pastor
'* ® iW":* .:♦ ' W -"?
Church's Gift of New Plymouth Totally
J
Flabbergasts the Rev. Tucker Humphries
However, He Rallies and
Makes Gracious Speech of
Acceptance to Congregation
If ministers are noted for their
mildness of expression even under
such trying conditions as hooking
one into the pines, or slicing into
the rough, Reverend Tucker G.
Humphries, pastor of the Church
of Wide Fellowship is no exception.
When on a Sunday morning Will
Wiggs, president of the Forum,
Church organization, stepped on the
rostrum and handed Mr. Humphries
title to a new Plymouth sedan and
a suitably worded 'scroll, beauti
fully inscribed by Miss Billy Wil
liams, science teacher of the High
School, to Mr. Wiggs and an expec
tant congregation Mr. Humphries
said, "I am completely flabbergas
ted!"
The scroll read, "This Plymouth
Sedan is presented today, Sunday
October 10, 1943, to our Pastor, Rev
erend Tucker Humphries, by mem
bers and friends of the Church of
Wide Fellowship in recognition of
his splendid services to the Church
and community. Mr. Humphries' sin
cerity, his friendliness, his enthu
siasm have fostered a new spirit, a
greater faith, and a closer fellow
ship in our church, and a broader
concept of our relationship to and
fellowship with God."
In accepting the car, Mr. Hum
phries said in part, "If I show amaze
ment—and I have not been wholly
unaware of what has been going on
it is because of your pushing through
successfully, to what appeared even
if I had been fully appraised of your
capacity for achievement, a wholly
impossible goal.
"Perhaps, as is proper", he contin
ued "ministers feel keenly the
duties, responsibilities and obliga
tions attendant upon their profession.
May I say, with all the sincerity at
my command that I feel even more
keenly these obligations, and respon
sibilities, since so great a faith in me,
such a display of affection that can
come only from fine, generous hearts,
must be fully justified. That it shall
be, I assure you with all the earn
estness of my being, and from the
bottom of my heart I thank you."
The presentation was completed
on the church lawn when Wilbur J.
Sanborn, father of the late, noted
novelist and short story writer, Ruth
Burr Sanborn, presented Mr. Hum
phries the keys to the car. It was
Mr. Sanborn who started the move
ment and actively supported the pro
ject throughout.
THERE'S STILL TIME
There is still time to enroll in the
Red Cross Motor Corps class, which
begins October 25. Those desiring to
take the course mafy apply at the
Red Cross headquarters in the Cit
izens Bank Building in Southern
Pines.
Southern Pines. North Carolina Friday. October 22, 1943.
ARMY AIR CORPS
CAPT. J. H. PATTERSON
Capt. J. H. Patterson of the Air
Corps and his wife, the former Miss
Gladys Jacobson of Selma, Kansas,
and Honolulu, left this week after
spending several days at the home
of Capt. Patterson's mother, Mrs. R.
E. Patterson, at Manly.
Capt. Patterson returned last
March from the Hawaiian Islands,
where he had been stationed for sev
eral years,- and has since been at
Pendleton, Oregon. He recently com
pleted the Air Forces Staff Ccurse at
Headquarters Army Air Forces in
Washington.
A SUCCESS
The premiere of "This Is The
Army" at the Carolina Theatre
in Southern Pines attracted a
capacity audience with ticket
sales amounting to $313.00. The
Army Emergency Relief receiv
ed 70 per cent or $219.10 of the
proceeds, and Charles W. Pic
quet very generously donated
the remaining 30 per cent, $93.90
to the Sandhills American Le
gion Post to help provide blank
ets and other comforts for visit
ing soldiers who occupy the Hut.
With service flags displayed
in so many homes and with prac
tically every person in the coun
ty having an especial heartfelt
interest in at least one soldier,
Mr. Picquet.. the American Le
gion members who sold tickets,
and all who bought have the un
animous thanks of the citisens
for their efforts in behalf of our
men in the fighting ranks.
PROMOTIONS
Richard William Fausion, AC, of
34 Indiana Avenue, has recently
been promoted from captain to maj
or, and George Elliot London, USNR,
of i airway Road. Southern Pines,
from lieutenant (jg) to lieutenant.
RATION BOOK FOUR
The registration for War Ra
tion Book IV commences Mon
day, October 25, 1943, through
out Moore County, at the local
school houses between the hours
of 4 to 8 p. m. and continues
through October 28th. In Sou
thern Pines, the hours will be
from 3:00 to 9:00 p. m. Apply in
person 'and bring War Ration
Book 111 with you. If register
ing for the family, War Ration
Book Three ot each member of
the family must be brought.
Every effort should be made
to secure Bock Four during
these four days as it will be
used for purchase of processed
foods in November. After Oct
ober 28th. all applications will
be handled by the Moore County
War Price and Rationing Board
and there may be some delay
owing to the congestion in the
local Board office.
Aberdeen Violators
Beer Ceiling Prices
Called Before Panel
Three Contribuie Ex
cess Amount Charged
io the U. S. Treasury
Ceiling price violators selling beer
in Aberdeen were visited by repre
sentatives of the OPA Price Divi
sion from Raleigh last week and four
of the dealers against whom specif
ic complaints had been filed, were
summoned to appear before a Price
Panel at the Moore County War
Price and Rationing Board, George
H. Maurice, chairman of the Ra
tioning Board, has disclosed. Three
of these dealers appeared before the
Board, and upon admission that they
had violated the price ceiling and
had been doing so since July Ist,
made voluntary contributions to the
United States Treasury of the ex
cess amount charged for each vio
lation. The fourth dealer was in
structed to appear in Raleigh for a
similar hearing, as he was unable to
appear in Carthage. The amount
contributed through the local Board
to the U. S. Treasury was $295.20
and the fourth dealer is expected
to contribute some $200.00 addition
al, Mr. Maurice reported.
In addition to these violations, one
for the Army program or that of
the Navy. No change in preference
may be made after the day of the
test.
The purpose of the Army Special
ized Training Program is to provide
technicians and specialists for the
Army. Those selected for this pro
gram will study, at government ex
pense, at colleges and universities
in fields determined largely by their
own qualifications. They will be
soldiers on active duty, in uniforms
under military discipline, and on
regular Army pay. They are under
no obligation to serve in the Army
(Continued on Page 8)
Every Person in Moore County Is llrged
to Support the United War Fund Drive;
"If You Were THERE.... You'd Help!"
A LETTER
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
GOVERNOR'S OFFICE
RALEIGH, N. C.
Oct. 15, 1943.
Mr. W. P. Saunders, Chairman
United War Fund, Moore County
Hemp, North Carolina.
All over the Nation this month,
Americans are mobilizing in a great
humanitarian army of helpfulness
seeking §125,000,000.00 in voluntary
contributions for the National War
Fund.
Here in North Carolina we have
been called upon to raise our fair
share of this goal. I am proud of the
leadership that has responded to this
challenge and I am happy to be able
to report to you that the opportun
ity to share in this campaign will be
extended to every community in the
i State.
| North Carolina's record in the re
cently completed Third War Loan
is one of which we are all deservedly
proud. Now we are called upon to
give—to give that others may live.
The returns upon this investment in
the National War Fund will be in
the satisfaction that comes from
knowing that we have brought rest
and recreation to our fighting men
through the USO, friendly services
to prisoners in enemy camps, food
and medicines to our valiant allies,
and many other vitally needed ser
vices represented in this great unit
ed campaign.
I appeal to you—and through! you
to all who have agreed to serve in
this campaign in your County—to
fortify yourselves with the convic
tion that we can succeed in this
great undertaking. We must match
the gallantry of our fighting men
with the generosity of our giving!
We will not fail!
Cordially,
J. Melville Broughton
Honorary Chairman for
North Carolina
NATIONAL WAR
FUND CAMPAIGN
Statement of Policy
of Civilian Defense
Protective Forces Must
Be Kept Intact, Direc
tors of Region 4 Say
State directors in Region 4, of
which North Carolina is a part, have
subscribed to the following state
ment of policy for the operation of
Civilian Defense in this Region for
the coming months or until a change
of policy has been decided upon:
1. The protective forces of Civ
ilian Defense should and must be
kept intact for the protection of our
communities in the event of wide
spread sabotage, fires, or other com
munity catastrophes during the
raids. If none of these ever occur,
Civilian Defense will have been nec
essary and worthwhile as insurance
against them.
2. To meet this need the protect
ive forces of Civilian Defense have
been recruited, trained, and develop
ed to a degree where they have al
ready demonstrated that they can
with continued practice and replace
ments meet these home front emer
gencies.
3. In view of this fact, and in view
of the present situation on the war
front, we have strongly recommend
ed to the Army that no further sur
prise air raid drills or surprise black
outs be held in Region Four.. How
ever, local communities throughout
the region, particularly those in the
critical areas, will be encouraged to
hold periodic announced practice
drills in order to insure the continu
ities of the personnel and activities
of the Defense Corps.
4. The War Services Branch of Civ
ilian Defense should be and must be
expanded to meet the ever-growing
needs for additional voluntary work
ers on the home front. The increas
ing drain in manpower for the war
effort makes each and every pro
gram of the War Services Branch
of Civilian Defense that much more
important in the total over-all wai
effort.
I Payroll Savings
on a Family Basis
Make 10 per cent ,V
Just a Starting
TEN CENTS
Quotas for Various
Towns Are Given;
Drive Ends Oct 31
That the United War Fund, which
represents 17 relief agencies, has a
strong general appeal in Southern
Pines is indicated by a list of names
of donors which E. C. Stevens, local
treasurer, has posted in his office
window. The first two are Greek
names; the third, Italian, and the
fourth, German.
Moore County's quota in the drive,
of which W. P. Saunders of Hemp
is county chairman, is $9,997, and
the following quotas have been as
signed: Southern Pines, 83,000; Pine
hurst, $1,000; Carthage, $1,500;
Hemp, $1,500; West End, $600; Cam
eron, $400; Vass, $400; Pinebluff,
$200; Taylortown, $100; West Sou
thern Pines, SIOO. The drive ends
October 31.
Each town and community has its
local chairman. In Southern Pines,
Harry M. Vale heads the drive, and
members of his committee are dai
ly contacting the business men. Each
church in Southern Pines has a com
mittee to receive donations from its
members. However, even with such
a complete organization it will be
impossible to contact every person,
so those who are missed are urged
to drop in at the office of the local
treasurer, E. C. Stevens, and leave
their gifts, for which they will be
duly credited. Anyone desiring to
do so may specify the special agency
which he wishes to receive his gift.
"When the fires of London are so
thick the fire hoses run dry. . . .
when a Chinese mother has to watch
her baby die for want of a simple
drug. . . when Greeks by the hun
dreds drop dead in the streets from
starvation. . . decent Americans can
not close their eyes or turn their
! backs!"
2nd Army, Navy Test
To Be Held Nov. 9
Candidates for Special
ized Training Should Ap
ply lo Local High School
Authorities at Camp Mackall have
received information from the
Fourth Service Command Headquar
ters, that the second nationwide test
for candidates who wish to be con
sidered for the Army Specialized
Training program and the Navy Col
lege Program V-12 will be held on
November 9, 1943.
Students in Southern Pines High
School who are 17, or civilian men
of Southern Pines or adjacent ter
ritory who are 17 but will not yet
be 22 on March 1, 1944, high school
graduates or those who will gradu
ate by March 1, 1944, are eligible to
take the tests.
The test will be given at any high
school, preparatory school, or college
in the United States attended by stu
dents who wish to take the test. Any
student who is interested and eli
gible should fill out the admission
identification form and notify the
school principal or college official of
his desire to take the test. Students
who did not qualify on the test of
April 2, 1943, and are still eligible to
| apply for the programs, must take
; the November 9 test if they wish to
ibe considered again.
Students who take the qualifying
test will be required to indicate on
the day of the test their preference
(Continued on Page 8)
MAJ. GEN. WEAVER
NAMED CONSULTANT
Maj. General Walter R. Weaver,
recently commanding general of the
United States Army Air Forces
Technical Training Command, sta
tioned for more than a year at Knoll
wood, has become associated with
the Aviation Corporation, according
to a news release appearing in the
New York Times.
General Weaver, who has had a
distinguished, career of more than
forty years in the Army, is to be re
tired from the service. He will serve
in a consultative capacity for the
corporation with headquarters in
New York.