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VOLUME 24. NO. 4
Gymkhana and Coif Will Feature Sports
Events in Southern Pines at Christmas
Horse Show at the Coun
try Club Will Benefit
the American Red Cross
An interesting schedule of events
for the opening gymkhana of the
season to be held at the Southern
Pines Country Club horse show
grounds Sunday, December 26, has
been announced by Louis
chairman of the Equestrian Commit
tee, and the show is expected to
draw a large entry of hunters and to
attract many local residents, mem
ber of the Armed Forces and holiday
visitors. The field has been put in
fine shape for the event, with brush
jumps set and fences repaired.
The afternoon program, which will
include six classes, will open with a
class for middle and lightweight
hunters to be run over a hunting
course of panel fences and rail
jumps. Other features listed are:
class for open jumpers in the mid
dle inside ririg; class for open jump
ers for men in uniform; a novelty
event, broomstick polo; potato race,
and a class for junior horsemen.
First Class Petty Officer Delmar
Twyman of the North Carolina
Coast Guard, Charleston, S. C., will
be the judge and Mrs. Robert Frase
of Newark, N. J., wife of Lt. Frase
of Camp Mackall, will present the
ribbons.
The gymkhana, a feature enter
tainment for the Armed Forces, will
benefit the American Red Cross.
Golf will also be a leading holiday
sport here. The Sandpipers Club is
opening its season Sunday with a
match play against par tournament
at the Southern Pines Country Club,
and a blind bogey tournament is
scheduled for the Pine Needles on
Christmas Day.
Negro USO Quarters
Are Gutted by Fire
Flames Spread So Rapidly
Thai Nothing Was Saved
From West S. P. Building
The U. S. O. quarters for colored
soldiers in West Southern Pines was
gutted by a fiercely burning fire
Saturday noon.
The building, in use for this pur
pose for the past four months, was
a neat one story frame structure,
located at the corner of New Hamp
shire Avenue and Gaines Street, for
many years the home of the late
William Streeter.
Following the alarm at 12:50
o'clock the fire company made an
extremely quick run to the scene
where they found the fire had made
great headway. One hydrant was
located at the corner, but the men
had to stretch their hose for 1,000
feet to reach another at the corner
of Gaines Street and New York Ave
nue. The fire is said to have origi
nated from a stove and spread so
quickly that nothing was saved from
the building. The pumper and its
crew did not return from the fire
until 2:30 o'clock.
STANLEY AND WELCH
LEASE POPE'S PLACE
Pope's well known restaurant has
been leased to the firm of Stanley
and Welch who will serve the pub
lic as the S & W Restaurant offering
legular meals from 7 a. m. to 2 p. ra.
and 5 p. m. to 9 o'clock, They also
promise to be open Christmas Day
when they will serve a special din
ner.
J. D. Welch is well and favorably
known in the Sandhills, having been
a resident for 24 years and for a
number of years proprietor of ihe
sandwich stand near the Pinehurst
garage. Tom Stanley of Winston-
Salem has been associated with the
Bell Baking Company.
LOCAL WOMAN'S FATHER DIES
Mrs. Howard McNeill's father, El
mer Lee Barrows, died recently at
his home in Stowe, Vt., after an ill
ness of four months. A cattle deal
er and farmer, he had resided in
Vermont all his life. Mrs. McNeill
visited him in October and h* had
visited in Southern Pines.
TH^/'^yiLOT
TO BE INSTALLED
REV. THOMPSON E. DAVIS
Commission Named
to Install Pastor
Rev. T. E. Davis Will Be
Installed at Brownson
Memorial Church Dec. 26
The Rev. Thompson E. Davis will
be installed as pastor of Brownson
Memorial Presbyterian Church, Sou
thern Pines, on Sunday, December
26, at 8 p. m.
The following Commission has
bben appointed by Fayetteville Pres
bytery to conduct the installation
service:
The Rev. R. R Ramsey, Jackson
Springs, chairman, to propound the
constitutional questions; the Rev.
John M. Alexander, Fayetteville,
to preach the sermon; the Rev. W.
S. Golden, Carthage, to charge the
pastor; Ruling Elder John R. Mc-
Queen, Fairmont, to charge the con
gregation; Ruling Elder J. Talbot
Johnson, of Aberdeen.
The Rev. R. L. Prince of Pine
hurst is to serve as alternate to any
minister and Ruling Elder W. H.
Currie of Carthage as alternate to
any elder.
This Commission was announced
by the Rev. C. M. Gibbs, Stated
Clerk, of Fayetteville Presbytery.
POST OFFICE TO BE
OPEN FRIDAY NIGHT
The Southern Pines Post Office
windows will be kept open Friday
night. Christmas Eve, for general de
livery and delivery of Christmas par
cels, Postmaster P. F. Buchan an
nounces. Mail arriving by 9:30 p. m.
Friday will be delivered on that
date.
On Christmas day special deliv
ery mail and perishables will be de
livered.
Outgoing mail will be dispatched
as usual.
BANK HOLIDAY
Governor Broughton and the
Council of State have set aside Mon
day, December 27, as a banking
holiday in North Carolina.
The action was taken at the re
quest of organized merchants and
banking groups so that bank em
ployes may have an extra day of
holiday for Christmas. As a result,
banks will be closed for three suc
cessive days—December 25, 26, 27.
BLACKOUTS
Blackouts will be held in the
Sandhills again on January sth
and 61h, according to informa
tion sent to James W. Tufts of
Pinehurst. Moore County chair
man of Civilian Defense, by the
Fourth Service Command at
Fort Bragg.
Mr. Tufts has not received de
tailed information regarding
the blackouts, but he is of the
opinion that they will be for
training purposes, similar to
those held recently, and thai
they will last from 9:00 r>. m. to
2 a. m.
Full details are expected to
be available for next week's pa-
Southern Pines, North Carolina Friday, December 24, 1943.
Liberty Is Short-
Lived for Escapees
from Moore Prison
Six of Seven Men Are
Recaptured Same Day;
Stolen Car Recovered
If seven short-term white prison
ers who escaped from the Moore
County prison camp near Carthage
at 1:30 Tuesday morning had hopes
of spending Christmas at home, that
hope was short-lived, for six of
l them were recaptured during the.
i same day near St. Pauls, it was an
j nounccd by prison camp officials.
The men managed to get out of
I the cellblock by removing a bolt
| from a steel bar in the overhead ceil
| ing while the guard was getting his
i midnight lunch. They then hid, and
! upon his return overpowered him,
I taking his pistol and flashlight.
Going toward Pinehurst they stop
! ped near the Moore County Hospital
and held up a Mr. McNeal, who had
spent the night there with his sick
baby and had walked out. to his car !
about 6:30 a. m. They pushed his car
down the highway for about 100 1
yards, it was reported, but failed to
get it started.
Going on to Pinehurst they took |
Colin McKenzie's parked car and six
of them drove it to the St. Paul's 1
section. When a highway patrolman i
caught up with the car at a filling;
station, where it had run out of gas,!
four of the men jumped out and ran: 1
one had gone into the filling station j
and another had already left the car :
before that. These six men were re- j
captured. The men offered no resist
ance when officers approached them, j
The car had been damaged to some (
extent.
Ralph Johnson, 22, the only one
still at large, was sentenced in Har
nett County to three years and '
three months for housebreaking, lar
ceny, and attempt to escape.
Those recaptured were Buddy
Blackman, 18, sentenced in Robeson
to three years for breaking and en- 1
tering and larceny; Hallie Lee Kelly,
28, sentenced in Davidson to three
years for driving an automobile 1
while drunk and resisting trrest; Bill
Hagewood, 27, sentenced in David
son to 12 months for escaping from j
county jail and for drunkenness; (
Charlie Pulley, 36, sentenced in Rob- I
eson to six years for assault with a I
deadly weapon; Tobus (Bob) Greer, I
21, sentenced in Davidson to 121
months for driving an automobile I
while drunk and for escaping; Ed j
Seamon, 22, sentenced in Robeson to i
three and a half years for larceny |
and for breaking and entering.
Farm Record Books
Are Valuable Aids
By W. G. Caldwell
Assistant County Agent
During the past two weeks hun
dreds of farmers, when making their
declaration of income, have said,
"I am going to keep records next
year". Few farmers realize the value
of keeping records until they are
needed and not available. For a
number of years ihe County Agents,
working through the N. C. Exten
sion Service, have been furnishing
a record book and assisting the farm
ers in filling out the book.
A recoi'4 book kept like the one
we recommend will prove to be of
great value, not only in making up
income reports, but in many other
ways.
I will be glad to supply anyone
with one of these books provided
they will agree to use it.
Farming is like any other busi
ness in that it requires careful plan
ning in order to make a success. Af
ter the year's operations are over a
summary of the year's work should
be made to see which crop or live
stock was profitable and if not prof
itable, try to locate the cause.
The farm record books are prepar
ed so as to furnish this information
and each record book turned in will
be analyzed and a report made to
the farmer showing him a true pic
ture of his past operations and sug
gested changes with reasons for the
changes. There is no charge for the
book nor any of the other services.
Anyone wishing further informa
| tion please call at the County Agent's
'Office.
iff the
1 J/y WISHES YOU ' 7
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Christmas Boxes Go
to Men in Hospital
Moore County Red Cross
Sends Gifts to 250 Army
Patients at Camp Mackall
The Moore County Chapter of the
| American Red Cross, through its
Camp and Hospital Service Commit
tee, is contributing 250 Christmas
gift packages to the ircn in the
j hospital at Camp Each
package 'contrins cookies, candy,
handkerchiefs, a little photo frame,
' automatic pencil, etc.
| The packages were assembled and
i made up by the women of Moore
1 County, under the direction of Miss
Flora McDonald, county home dem
| onstration agent. The cookies and
i candy were secured by the Neigh
! borhood and Block Leaders who have
| worked with the members of the
j Home Demonstration Clubs; and al
! most all were from the rural districts
of the County, although Southern
I Pines, under the leadership of Mrs.
j Heizmann Mudgett, took a generous
I part in the undertaking,
j The Carolina Handkerchief Com
pany at West End very generou. ly
' donated 42 dozen handkerchiefs and
I many other friends had a part in
I preparing the gift packages.
MISSING IN ACTION
Lt. Hugh McPherson. U. S.
Army Air Corps, son of Mrs. J.
A. McPherson and the late Mr.
McPherson of Cameron, is re
ported missing in action over
Burma since December 1 by the
War Department in a message
received by his mother.
Lieutenant McPherson has
been in the 10th Army Air
Forces in India for several
months and is a navigator on a
B-24 bomber. He has been dec
orated four times for outstand
ing performance of duty in ac
tion and recently received the
Distinguished Flying Cross.
A native of Cameron. Lieu
tenant McPherson attended
school there and Lees-Mcßae
College. He joined the Army
Air Corps October 30. 1941, at
Fort Meade. Md. He received
his wings and was commission
ed second lieutenant June 13,
1942. Prior to being sent over
seas the first of this year he was
stationed at Alamogordo. New
Mexico.
Lt. McPherson is the grand
son of Mrs. H. P. McPherson of
Cameron and the late Mr. Mc-
Pherson. who was one of
Moore County's leading citizens
and for lareral years an active
member of the County Board of
Commissioners.
CLOSED TWO DAYS
The Citizens Bank & Trust Com
pany will be closed Saturday and
Monday, December 25 and 27, Norris
L. Hodgkins, president, has announc
ed.
CHRISTMAS SERVICES
EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Christmas services at Em
manuel Episcopal Church will
be at eleven-thirty on Christ
mas Eve and nine on Christmas
morning. Both services will be
Celebrations of the Holy Com
munion.
Music at the Midnight Ser
vice will include the following:
Processional hymn—"O Come
All Ye Faithful."
Crro'.s for consrc;3iional
singing—"It Cane Upon the
Midnight Clear" and "Good
Christian men. Rejoice".
Carols by the choir—"The
Coventry Carol" (Old English).
"Song of the Russian Children"
(Russian). "Sing We Noel"
(French), and Mary's Cradle
Song"—Schuman.
The offertory anthem will be
Adam's "O Holy Night", in which
the solo part will be sung by Mrs.
Harlow Pearson. Among other
hymns familiar to all will *be
sung the hymn "Break Forth
O Beauteous. Heavenly Light"
by Bach.
Everyone is most cordially
invited to join with the congre
gation of Emmanuel Church in
these Christmas services.
CATHOLIC CHURCH
A Solemn Sung midnight
Mats will be celebrated Christ
mas Eve on the occasion of the
Golden Jubilee of the founding
of St. Anthony's Roman Catholic
Church in Southern Pines. The
Very Rev. Paul A. Wachtrle.
Post Graduate School of Canon
Law of the Catholic University.
Washington. D. C.. will deliver
the Jubilee message and Christ
mas sermon. Masses follow
Christmas Day at 8, 9:30 and
10:30.
The choir, ushers and servers
will consist of members of the
Armed Forces.
SANTA GOES MODERN
Al Camp MackaU Santa Claus
this- year will substitute a plane
for his sleigh, a roaring motor
for Donner and Blitzen and a
parachute for a chimney when
he visits the party being held
Friday afternoon for the children
of the 17th Airborne Division.
Going modern, he will fly to
Mackall in a fast moving plane,
float to earth beneath a para
chute. and be taken to the party
at Service Club No. 2 in a G. I.
truck. There the youngsters will
be entertained with Christmas
movies, music by the 17th Divis
ion Band, seven of the entertain
ers of the division, and receive
gifts from Santa's Airborne
pack. The party was arranged
by Major Sapora. special service
officer of the 17th Division, for
all children of officers and en
listed man ti the division.
TEN CENTS
H. Clifton Blue Is
Head of Polio Drive
Miss Sallie E. Allison
Chairman Woman's Divis
ion; Drive Begins Jan. 14.
H. Clifton Blue of Aberdeen has
been appointed chairman of the
Moore County drive to raise funds
to carry on the fight against infan
tile paralysis by Ralph W. McDonald,
I State chairman. Miss Sallie Green
I Allison of Robbins (Hemp) has been
j named county chairman of the Wo
men's Division.
The campaign to raise funds will
start in Moore County as well as
throughout the nation on Friday,
January 14 and will continue
through January 31st.
A meeting will be held early in
January at which time interested
citizens from all parts of the county
will meet to map oi with Mr. Blue
and Miss Allison details of the
I forthcoming drive.
Last year under the leadership of
O. Leon Seymour of Aberdeen
$1280.83 was raised in the county
above all expenses for the drive.
After deducting any campaign ex-
Ipenses, the money raised in the drive
I will be divided between the Moore
County Chapter and the National
Foundation for Infantile Paralysis.
MR. AND MRS. SANTA
TO BE AT MACKALL
The Christmas atmosphere and
Christmas cheer will be brought to
all patients in the Camp Maekall Sta
tion Hospital, where Miss Lavina
Stokes, assistant Field Director, has
arranged for a series of Christmas
events under the direction of Miss
Frances Felton, Red Cross hospital
recreational director.
Included will be a Christmas tree
in the recreation hall and theatre for
all ambulatory patients, with both
Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus in attend
ance. The program will include a
gift distribution, and a short dramat
ic presentation on an Iceland decor
ated stage.
In the gi.t distribution will be 100
stockings donated by ladies of Pine
hurst. For other patients who can
not leave their beds, Santa Claus will
visit each ward and distribute gifts.
Christmas carols will be sung in the
| hospital by the Rockingham'Music
Club and the Hamlet Christmas Car
ol Choir, on Christmas Day, and
prior to Christmas Eve. Military au
thorities are cooperating by attempt
ing to secure Christmas tree for
each ward.
Religious observance of Christmas
is being stressed throughout the
Camp by Chaplain Wallace G. Sor
enson, post chaplain and his 27 as
sistant chaplains. Dicken's Christ
mas Carol will be read in Post Chap
el at 10:45 December 24, and the
service will also include the sing
ing of Christmas hymns and a spec
ial interpretation of "O Holy
Night."