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msk VOLUME 23, NO. 52 Kiwanis Club Will Sponsor Drive for Discarded Clothing Depositories Are Spec ified; Annual Banquet Program Is Announced By Howard F. Burns The Sandhills Kiwanis Club held its annual Thanksgiving luncheon at the Community House in Aber deen Wednesday with Dr. C. H. Stor ey, pastor of Bethesda Church, Aber deen, making the principal address- Dr- Storey also brought a message of thanks from the Presbyterian Or phanage at Barium Springs for a contribution made by the club mem bers- He was introduced by J. Talbot Johnson. The national drive for discarded | clothing and xags sponsored by the; Salvage Division of the War Produc tion Board, was discussed, and the 1 Club voted to become Moore Coun ty sponsor. O- I. Seymour of Aber deen was appointed general chair man of the drive- Other members o: the committee are A. L. Burney of Aberdeen. Dr. Thaddeus A- Cheath am of Pinehurst. Paul Butler of Sou- j them Pines and Charles J. McDon-. aid of Carthage- Plans are underway for staging an intensive drive the first of next j week- The clothing will be cleaned' and shipped to the national head quarters in Washingtoty Ten per cent of the collection can be retain-; ed for needy families in Moore Coun ty. The committee, which asks the co-, operation of all other civic organi-j rations in the county, has specified! the following places where packages may be left: Osborne's Garage, for-! merly the Southern Pines Garage, j next to the Carolina Power andj Light Company's office on East Broad Street in Southern Pines; the Mid-South Motors in Aberdeen, and the Sheriff's office on the first floor of the Court House in Carthage. Dr- E- M- Medlin, chairman of the; Ladies' Night Committee, and Charles W. Picquet announced an I interesting program for the Ladies'! Night Banquet to be held at the Car olina Hotel Friday evening. Dec.3. Former Governor J- C. B. Ehring haus of Raleigh will speak, the Builder's Cup will be awarded the man or woman doing the most out standing work in the county, and a dance in the ballroom of the Caro lina will bring the evening's festivi ties to an end. From the advance sale of tickets the committee is ex pecting a large turnout. Paul Butler, chairman of the Un der-privileged Child Committee, an nounced splendid support for the an nual Baby Page to be published in next week's Pilot. The contributions listed on this page will defray the expense of a bed for underprivileged children in the Moore County Hos pital. Dr. Cheatham made a plea for the cooperation of the Club in the annu al Tuberculosis Christmas Seal Sale, stating that the drive is receiving much response from both white and colored- West Southern Pines To Have New Library Improved reading facilities for West Southern Pines will become a reality with the opening of the West Southern Pines Library, which is scheduled to take place in the near future- It will be located in the school library already there, and will be sponsored by the trustees of the Southern Pines Library- The new or enlarged library will be run on the basis of annual mem berships at SI.OO each and student memberships at 50 cents. Applica tions may be made to P- R. Brown, principal or Miss Wilma Hasty, school librarian- Library hours will be from 1:00 to 3:ou p. m-.Monday through Friday. A list of books is already being se lected, and those who wish to donate books may send them to the town li brary or to the white or colored school building. RETURNS TO OFFICE Miss Maida Jenkins returned to her office in the Court House Mon day after an absence of about two months, due to illness. She is now feeling fine- TH^^S^PILOXI Firemen Wage Winning Battle to Save Southland ft 1 -- 'ill 0£ y :". : >?' i ■ With fiery tongues of flame bursting from rea. - windows and : moke pouring from every opening on the top story of the Southland Hotel last Fri lay morning, it looked as if the building were doomed, but heroic efforts of the Southern Pines Fre Department, aided by companies- from the neighboring towns of Aberdeen and Pinehurst, su ceeded in bringing the fire under control. Photo by E. H. Pierson Loeal Friends Hear With Pride of the Successful Exploits of Bill Fisher Ln Army circles, he's Col- William P. Fisher, commander of the "Lib erators of China." a B-24 heavy bomber group that is making itself felt among the Japanese- To Southern Pines friends, of which there are many, he is Bill Fisher, a young hero, whose feats are listened to and read with avid interest and genuine pleasure and pride. One evening last week Lowell Thomas reported the raid over Hong Kong by airplanes headed by "Col. Bill Fisher of Southern Pines", and said in substance, that it was a fea ther in Bill's cap- The Charlotte News of Nov. 18 car ried the following AP release from "Headquarters 14tn American Air Force": The "Liberators of China," a B-24 heavy bomber group, are smashing at the Japs under a new commander, a husky six-footer from North Car olina who's working off a grudge. He is Col- William P- Fisher of Southern Pines, who was a Flying Fortress squadron commander when the Japanese hit Clark Field in the Philippines, destroying all but one of his planes whiie they were being refueled after completing a bombing mission. FOUGHT IN JAVA Fisher later fought in Java and returned to the United States from Australia. Annual Christmas Seal Sale Begins Mrs. Cheatham Names Loeal Chairmen The 37th annual Christmas Seal Sale of the North Carolina Tubercu losis Association opened Monday and will continue until Christmas- Governor Broughton, in calling at-» tention to the sale, said: "Tubercu losis has increased during all past wars and is now the first cause of death among persons between 15 and 45 years of age." adding that this year's goal of $150,000 is the sole support of the North Carolina Assoc iation and its affiliated associations over the State. He issued a call to the people to contribute liberally by the purchase of seals. Dr. Julian S Miller, editor of the Charlotte Ob server, is serving as State chairman of the sale- The Southern Pines Committee, composed of A- B. Patterson, Miss Birdilia Bair. W. T. Ives and P. T- Kelsey, is for the first time using the mail method of selling, due to a shortage of solicitors. Letters telling of the various phases of work finan ced by the sale of seals are being mailed with seals enclosed, together Southern Pines, North Carolina Friday, November 26, 1943 He recently took over command of the "Liberators of China" from Col. Eugene B, ebe of Moscow, Ida ho, who has gone to Lord Loui Mountbatlen's staff- "This is the first lime I've had a chance to pet back at the Japs after the way they plastered us in the Philippines and Java." said Fisher with an air of satisfaction, after leading two nissions to Hcng Kong and another over Haiphong- In a night raid on Nov. 15, Liber ators smashed uo the important Kong- "We caught them by surprise bombing by moonlight." Fisher said "When we came over. Hong Kong's Sights were ablaze. They didn't have lime to black out. Our bombs pretty I well covered the Kowloon dock area- Japanese night fighters were sent up but they never contacted us. The flak was very light." Fisher followed this up the next day with a daylight raid on Hong Kong Island, the Liberators co ordinating their attack with low flying Mitchell bombers which sank one 11,000-ton freighter and two 1,000-ton ships. "We dumped our bombs on tar gets near the water reservoir", said | Fisher. "The cable building was des ' troyed by direct hits- Col Fisher is the son of Mrs- Nel lie Fisher of Southern Pines. with self addressed, stamped envel opes for the convenience of the re cipient in returning pay for the seals. Seventy-five cents of each dollar re ceived is spent for tuberculosis work in this county. Southern Pines' quo ta is $865 for the white and S2OO for the colored. Mrs. Anna F- Cheatham (Mrs. T. A. C.) of Pinehurst is county chair man and Prof- P. R. Brown of West Southern Pines is the colored coun ty chairman. Mrs. Cheatham has re leased the names of chairmen for the various towns, as follows: Aberdeen. Mrs. J. B. Edwards; Addor, Ada B Jackson; Cameron. Mrs. H. C. McPherson; Carthage, Rev. W- L Warfford; Eagle Springs. Mrs. Cleo Haywood; Eureka, Miss Mary Black; Glendon, Mrs- R. H. Dowd; Hemp, Mrs- E. A- West; High Falls. Miss Lucy Reynolds; Jack son Springs. Miss Lola Carter; Mt. Holly Club, Mrs- G. P. Jones; Pine bluff, Mrs. Cadwalader Benedict; Pinehurst, Mr. and Mrs. Max Von (Continued on Page 8) NAVAL AIR CORPS } A C ADJ. MUNROE COLLESTER Aviation CHet Adjutant Mun roe Coliestef of Newton Highlands, Mass- a graduate of Deerfield Acad emy vvlio entered the service last November, recently completed the third phase of his training at Athens, Ga„ and last week transferred to the Naval Air Station in Memphis, Tenn., to continue his work in Athens he won the inter-battal ion wrestling bout in his weight class, which made him champion of his regiment. However, he did not think much of that as every two weeks another group of men came ! along, so he has moved on to more strenuous athletics. A C Adj. Collester is a grandson of the late Mr. and Mrs- George Wal ter Munroe of Southern Pines. His parents are C. H. Collester and El eanor Munroe Collester, of Newton Highlands. Mass. GLIDER CRASHES KILL 4 AND INJURE 14 Two flight officers attached to the troop carrier groups at Laurinburg- Maxton Army Air Base and two en listed men attached to aa airborne signal company at Camp Mackall were fatally injured last week in glider crashes while on training flights in the Maxton vicinity. Fourteen officers and enlisted men were injured in the crashes. Eleven of the injured were taken to base ; hospital at Maxton and the other three are at Camp Mackall : Among the injured were Capt- Jos eph E. Helier of Southern Pines and • jCapt- Richard S- Hoyt of Pinebluff. i BURNEY A COLLEGE TRUSTEE At the annual meeting of the I Board of Trustees of Louisburg Col - ] lege held in connection with the ; i Methodist Conference. A. L. Burney i' of Aberdeen was elected a member | of the Board- Local Firemen, Aided by Pinehursf and Aberdeen Groups, Save Southland Hotel from Total Loss by Fire Friday Morning EARLY SHOPPER A forehanded patron—or pa trons—of "Red" Overton's hav ing noted the widely heralded advice to "Do your Christmas shopping early" walked out of the back door of the pharmacy with a case of 40 boxes of choice candy one evening last week. The following morning the case was found in the Church Gar den by Edgar Andrews, where it had been hidden by him, her or them after a box had been taken as a sample. So far. he. she or they have not returned for the other 39 boxes. F. B. Pottle, Pioneer Hotel Man, Passes Had Been in Business in the Sandhills for Nearly Half a Century Southern Pines has experienced it; genuine loss in the death of Frank B- Pottle, who succumbed in New England Baptist Hospital, Boston, on Thursday, Nov- 18. An ailing man when he closed the Hollywood in April and departed to undergo a major operation. Mr. Pot tle recuperated somewhat during the summer and returned to the hospi tal in September for a check-up in preparation for coming back to Sou thern Pines, but was never able to | leave. With his death passed not only one of the very few remaining pioneer | hotel men in the Sandhills, but a I man widely known for his success i ful hotel management. He was great \ly esteemed by business associates j and a multitude of guests of his ho- I tels. The son of John L- Pottle and | Charlotte Crawshaw Pottle, Mr. Pot ; tie was born in West Jefferson, N. IH., June 4, 1877- He was married to i Harriet Beattie on June 7. 1906. Funeral services were held in a Methodist Church. Jefferson, at 1:30 p. m. Sunday, Nov. 21, and he was j given a Masonic burial with North Star Commandery officiating- Honor- ary bearers were directors of the Lancaster National Bank of which Mr- Pottle was vice-president- Mr. Pottle came with his father, the late J. L- Pottle, to Pinehurst in 1895 opening Pinegrove Cottage, the first boarding house in the new village. The following year they went to the Magnolia where they remain ed until 1907, then came to Southern Pines, where they leased the South ern Pines Hotel. In 1913 they built the Hollywood Hotel which, when the new wing was added in 1926. be came one of the leading hotels of the Sandhills. In the following year en tire management of the hotel was turned over to F- B. Pottle. Mr- Pottle is survived by his wid ow; three sons, Robert, of Wellesley, Mass-, John, of the U. S- Navy; George of the U- S- Air Force; one daughter. Mrs. Robert Lockwood of South Acton, Mass.; a sister. Mrs. i Arthur C. Davis, and three grand ! children. Pine Needles Will Open December 1 December 1 is the date set for the opening of The Pine Needles, one of the famous hotels of the Sandhills lesort area, and judging from act ivity there for the past several weeks everything will be in ship shape when the doors open for guests. Paint ers and decorators are completing the revamping of the interior, and [ the grounds arc a velvety green, in | viting one outside to enjoy the Car olina sunshine. The golf courses, which were given painstaking care to keep them in fine shape for the use of Army officers while the AAFTTC was located there, have never been in better con dition. Johnny Capello, who for the summer has been in Massachsetts, will return as golf professional. The Pine Needles is under the management of Albert H- Malone. formerly of Asheville. r mi CENTS At Origin of Fire Unknown; Guests Escape Injury; $15,000 Damage By Charles Macauley The short handed Fire Depart ment of Southern Pines well main tained its prestige on Friday morn ! ing in the battle to save the South land hotel. If ever help was needed ; it was when fiery tongues of flame burst out of the three rear windows of the northwest angle of the man isard roof of the older part of the j building, and then swept under the ■ metal roof to set more rooms, both j front and back ablaze, facing the 'quickly responding firemen with i what might well have been a con | flagration ' Help came with the arrival of the i Aberdeen and Pinehurst fire com oanies, and with the assistance of i some fifty or more willing helpers hauling heavy hose lines, and as many more getting out the personal effects of the guests of the house, lilled by Army personnel and their families, and under the direction of Chief L. V. O'Callaghan the fight , for the salvation of the stricken ho | tel began to make headway against | the flames. Also rendering most ef fective aid were several Fort Bragg I firemen, members of the Police J Force and Highway patrolmen. S It was just a few moments after 9 o'clock; Mr. Harrington had gone to the market, when Mrs- Harring ton, hearing a cry of "fire" turned in an alarm and ran to the police station for assistance. Ed Newton. Irvin Morrison and James Sessoms quickly reached the upper floor, al '' ready dense with the smoke that was burgeoning out of the open win dows in portentous clouds that ap parently spelled doom for the entire structure and soon brought crowds to the scene. Going from room to room the officers assisted the fright ened women and children who pour ed out into the street with whatever upparel or effects they could grasp- In some ways they were fortunate in not having to face the terror of awakening in smoke and darkness, but could emerge into the warm sun shine of a clear and windless day. Before the arrival of the Aberdeen and Pinehurst firemen the street, lawns, parkways and other available spaces were jammed with clothing, bidding, trunks, bags and furniture brought out by guests and helpers as members of the local department suffered in the stifling smoke as they fought inside the blazing struc ture to stay the fire rapidly envel oping more rooms- With eight inches of water on the main floor of the east wing of the hotel and water dripping in constant streams from the light streams play ing on the upper stories, a pathetic little sign. "No Rooms", stared on lookers in their faces. Members of I the Church of Wide Fellowship rush ed coffee to firemen and hotel guests j and the Red Cross car carried wo men, children and their effects to places of shelter. Managers of al ready crowded hotels did their best to find more room for the distressed | The Hollywood, not yet opened for ;the season, was made available for j many by Mr. Van Armond of the ho ; tel staff- At 10:15 o'clock the Aberdeen and Pinehurst firemen were able to re turn to their home towns and the lo cal firemen to reel up most of their lines with another formidable task promptly tackled and fought to a finish, with soaked and torn clothing cuts and bruises much in evidence, Alfred Williamson of the local com pany and Kenneth Botts, a volun teer, received minor, though painful injuries. A survey of the hotel later in the (Continued on Page 5) WAR PRISONERS TO WORK IN ORCHARDS It is currently reported that through the efforts of Sandhills peach growers, 500 prisoners of war are to be brought to this section at an early date, 250 to be stationed near Aberdeen and the other half at Candor. They are to be used as peach orchard laborers- Nationality of the prisoners is not known-
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