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VOLUME 24, NO. 7
Southern Pines, North Carolina Friday, January 14, 1944.
TEN CENTS
Butler Heads Local
Drive Against Polio
County Chairman Blue An
nounces Quotas and Chair
men for Various Towns
HEROIC ACT
Paul C. Butler, prominent Sou
thern Pines civic leader, has befen
named chairman of the Southern
Pines Drive to raise funds to fight
infantile paralysis, according to an
announcement by H. Clifton Blue,
county chairman.
Following a meeting of the Moore
County Chapter National Founda
tion for Infantile Paralysis at the
Nurses’ Home at the Moore County
Hospital Tuesday night, plans were
laid for the 1944 campaign in Moore
County.
The quota for the County was set
at $1340.00 Last year the quota was
$1000 and $1289.16 was raised. Quo
tas for the various towns and com-<
munities in the county were set as
follows: Aberdeen, $250; Glendon,
$15; Robbins, $250; Southern Pines,
$250; Pinehurst, $125; Carthage,
$100; Vass-Lakeview, $60; High
Falls, $60; West End, $60; Cameron,
$40; Pinebluff, $50; Eagle Springs,
$25; Westmoore, $20; Jackson
Springs, $20; Farm Life, $15;
COUNTY TOTAL, $1340.
Most of the community chairmen
in the County have been announc
ed and others will be announced
within the next few days according
to H. Clifton Blue, county chair
man of the campaign. Community
chairmen having been announced
are as follows: Aberdeen, R. C.
Fields; Robbins, Miss Katherine
Wicker; Pinehurst, J. W. Harbison;
Carthage, Edward J. Burns; Vass,
Monroe Chappell; Lakeview, Paul
ine Blue; High Falls, W. D. Wilson;
Pinebluff, Oscar Wurzbacher; Eag
le Springs-Samarcand, Mrs. C. C.
Underwood; Westmoore, Prof. T.
Roy Phillips; Jackson Springs, Rev.
S. R. Ramsey; West End, Prof. J. F.
Sinclair; Farm Life, Prof. T. H. Lin-
gerfeldt; Glendon, Mrs. R. A. Dowd.
The chairman for Cameron will
be announced within the next few
days.
The campaign in Moore County
as well as throughout the nation
will start on January 14 and will
continue through January 31st. One-
half the proceeds raised in the cam
paign will remain in the local chap
ter and the other half will be for
warded to the National Foundation
to be used to promote the fight
against infantile paralysis through
out the country. This is the eleventh
annual campaign to raise funds to
fight the dreaded disease.
Miss Sallie Green Allison of Rob
bins (Hemp) heads the women’s di
vision in the county which will work
through the theaters in soliciting
funds.
First contribution to be received
for the 1944 Moore County Fund
was from the Robbins Cloth Mills,
Inc., for the amount of $100.00.
Major Gen. Chapman
Is Kiwanis Speaker
Major General E. G. Chapman,
commanding general of P-, 13th Air
borne Division, Camp Mackall,
made a very interesting and pleas
ing address to the Sandhills Kiwan
is Club at its meeting Wednesday
at the Pinehurst Country Club. The
General spoke at length on the train
ing of Airborne troops at Camp
Mackall and stated that this branch
of the service had proven highly
successful in the combat areas.
Norman Shenk, chairman of the
program committee for the first
quarter, presented Judge L. T. Avery
who introduced the speaker. A
number of guests attended to hear
the address, including several high
army officers.
Award of Ihe Soldier's Medal
lo First Lieut. Lewis T Vester,
Airborne Engineers, for an act
of heroism at Camp Mackall
October 6 was announced by
the War Department at Wash
ington, Saturday.
The citation for the officer,
whose home is in Scranton, Pa.
told how Lt. Vester, during
demolition training, picked up
a hand grenade which had ac-
cidentlly fallen between an of
ficer and an enlisted man and
threw it to the firing line, there
by saving the lives of Roth men
while endangering his own.
Carthage Weaving
Company Is Honored
Nominated for "E" Award;
Manager Hopes to Bring
New Industry to County
The Carthage Weaving Company’s
plant at Carthage, which until re
cently manufactured camouflage
nets giving employmeilt to several
hundred women and girls from
throughout this section and distrib
uting a payroll which reached near
ly $10,000 a week, was the only plant
of its kind in the United States nom
inated to receive the Army’s covet
ed “E” award for excellency in pro
duction, it has been disclosed
The award was not actually re
ceived by the plant, due to the fact
that the government cancelled its net
contracts before it could be made.
However, as a result of the splen
did record made, this plant, operated
by Van B. Sharp, was the only bne
allowed to run for 11 days after can
cellation of its contract. Four hun
dred and eighty-one checks were is
sued for the last payroll, and the
closing of the plant was a loss to
every section of the county. '
Mr. Sharp has another industry in
mind to take the place of the weav
ing, a “sewing project,” the full de
tails of which he has not disclosed,
but unless something can be done
to lower the valuation of the prop
erty on the tax books, he fears that
the deal will fall through. Mr. Sharp
mentioned several important busi
ness transfers made in the county
in recent times and in every in
stance, he said, the price paid for
the property was considerably more
than the valuation on the tax books,
but in the case of this property, the
old Tyson and Jones Buggy Shop,
the valuation is much greater than
the price for which the property was
sold.
The owners of the machinery nec
essary for the sewing project would
lease the building with option to
buy, if they decided to locate in
Moore County, but unless authorities
can make some adjustment on the
appraisal of the property they will
probably be afraid of what the val
uation might be after the valuable
machinery is installed and feel that
the taxes here would be out of line
with those in similar places, he sug
gests.
Horse Show Will Be the service
Attraction at Local
Country Club Sun.
Band from Mackall
Will Furnish Music;
Six Classes on Program
With the definite promise of a
Band from Camp Mackall for the
occasion; the Equestrian Committee
is completing final arrangements
for the Horse Show to be held at
the Southern Pines Country Club
grounds Sunday afternoon, Jan.l6.
The afternoon program will in
clude six classes, opening with a
class of middle and lightweight
hunters to be run over a hunting
course of panel fences and rail
jumps. Other features with promise
of outstanding interest include:
class for open jumpers in the middle
inside ring; class for open jumpers
for men in uniform; a novelty event,
broomstick polo; potato race, and
a class for junior horsemen.
Major Anthony of Camp Mackall
will judge and Mrs. Marie Frase, of
Newark, N. J., wife of Lt. Frase of
Camp Mackall, will present the rib
bons.
Proceeds will benefit the Amer
ican Red Cross.
SP Seal Committee
Gives Sale Report
Donations Are Highest
Workers Are Grateful
Received Here and
A|S L. E. SCHEIPERS
Aviation Student L. E. Scheipers,
Jr., of the 301st College Training De
tachment, State Teachers College,
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, now engaged
in his aviation cadet training, ex
pects to be transferred to Santa
Ana Air Base in California the last
of this month.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Louis Scheipers of Connecticut Ave
nue, Southern Pines. His wife, the
former Miss Eleanor Grover, and
baby, Elizabeth, reside here.
Plans Are Made ior
Launching Bond Drive
in County Next Week
IF YOU WILL, PLEASE
Paul Butler. the official
"scrapper" in Southern Pines,
requests that all local residents
who have scrap paper lo donate
please deposit it in the office of
the old Southern Pines Garage
on East Broad Street.
If those who can carry their
paper or. lacking a car, can get
a neighbor to carry it as he pass
es that way, will do so, it will
be a great accommodation lo the
Salvage Committee in this day
of rationed gasoline.
Maneuvers Continue
ite Rain, Snow
Test of Airborne Oper
ations Was Declared
Successful by Official
Despi
The Southern Pines Branch of the
Moore County Tuberculosis Assoc
iation reports receipts to date in
the amount of $1280.47 from the sale
of Christmas seals, with more ex
pected to come.
The committee, composed of A. B.
Patterson, chairman, P. T. Kelsey,
treasurer. Miss Birdilia Bair and W.
T. Ives, is gratified with the splen
did response, the donations being
the largest ever received, and each
member wishes to express thanks
to all who contributed.
This hearty response guarantees
maximum care for patients and leads
to the hope that a home for incur
able cases may be built at a not too
distant time, as the State will not
keep these cases.
Of the ibove donations, 236 were
paid in cash and a permanent record
of these donors is being kept. Due
to the cost of rnailing, receipts are.
not being sent out. Those Who remit
ted by check will have the endorsed
checks as receipts.
Fire Guts Cottage
As Family Moves In
LOCAL FIREMEN HOLD
ANNUAL ELECTION
PLAYING NIGHTLY AT
SCOTTIE'S TAVERN
At the annual election of officers
for the Southern Pines Fire Depart
ment, held in the Fire House last
Thursday night, the following of
ficers were re-elected: Chief, L. V.
O’Callaghan; assistant chief, L. S.
Rowell; truck captain, Frank Kay-
lor. Ted Kennedy was elected com
pany captain, vice the late Oscar
Michaels. Kaylor is secretary and
treasurer, and R. W. Tate treasurer
of the Relief Association. The com
pany now numbers 24 men of whom
four are in U. S. service.
HARRY YORKE PASSES
AFTER LONG ILLNESS
After recently completing engage
ments in New York City, Bill Set-
liff and his 8-piece orchestra are
now playing nightly at Scottie’s,
popular night club of the Sandhills.
Karl Andrews has announced the
engagement of ^this gtoup for a
month, before they continue to Mi
ami, Fla.
The Tavern has recently been
completely renovated and a new
policy has been put into effect, that
of admitting to the Ballroom couples
only, the manager states.
Harry Yorke, former newspaper
man who was well known here and
at Pinehurst through his former con
nection as editor of the Sandhills
Daily News and the Pinehurst Out
look, died last week in Syracuse, N.
Y., after a long illness.
Mr. Yorke’s life was a colorful
one. He fought in the Boer War, was
torpedoed in the last World War and
for days he and fellow crew mem
bers sailed and drifted in a small
lifeboat. He has been connected with
a niunber of metropolitan newspa
pers.
With freezing hands and soaked
clothing the Southern Pines fire
men, called put during the below
freezing temperature of the snow
storm at 1:30 o’clock Sunday after
noon, battled a stubborn smoky fire
that gutted the three-room frame
dwelling located at the rear of the
Eastman house on Page street.
The first truck crossed in front of
an incoming south bound train, but
the following truck was compelled
to go up to Vermont Avenue to get
around the halted train before pro
ceeding to the fire.
Corporal Caruso, of Fort Bragg,
with his wife and baby were just
moving into the cottage when the
fire started around a coal stove in
a rear room, creating such a suffo
cating smoke that they were unable
to save any of their personal ef
fects just placed in the house.
The local representative of the
Red Cross was promptly on the
scene and secured a room to shelter
the unfortunate family during the
night. ,
West S. P. Reports
Excellent Seal Sale
Churches Raise $35 and
School $231 for Fight
Against Tuberculosis
(Contributed)
West Southern Pines School is
happy to report a successful Christ
mas Seal campaign. The goal of
$200^0 was set at the start of the
drive in November. When all re
ports were in, the total of $281.00
was realized.
The ninth grade, under the guid
ance of J. Warren Baldwin, gave
the finest report with a total of
$50.00r-
The slogan of “Buy a Dollar’s
Worth of Health” was the key of our
campaign. Our boys and girls were
able to learn the meaning of seals,
and went out and sold the idea to
parents and friends of the commun
ity. Teachers worked along with
their home room groups and that
helped in putting the program out.
The administration would like to
thank all friends in the community,
the parents and many of our white
friends who helpecL ip our effort.
Several of the businesses in South
ern Pines bought seals through our
school, in quantities, based on the
amount of buying of our people.
The churches of West Southern
Pines turned in the following report,
through Rev. J. R. Funderburk:
Trinity A. M. E. Z. Church—^Rev.
E. B. Lipsey, $9.00; First Baptist
Church—^Rev. J. F. Wertz, $8.00;
Harrington Chapel Baptist Church—
Rev. J. D. Ray, $8.00; Emmanuel
Presbyterian Church—Rev. F. F.
Bryan, $5.00; Church of God in
Christ—Elder W. Wells, $5.00; mak
ing a total of $35.00; West South
ern Pines School, $281.00 Grand To
tal, $316.00.,
Despite rain, spow and freezing
temperatures, the second combined
Airborne and Troop-Carrier Com
mand maneuvers were carried out
successfully, with each aim achiev
ed.
Thursday night, under cover of
a blackout, parachute and glider-
landed Blue forces (under direct
ion of Maj.-Gen. William L. Miley,
captured the Mackall airport.
Other airborne combat units were
soon in control of key road junc
tions, railroads and bridges, and
prevented the defending Red forces
from joining their main body en
camped northeast of the 'Southern
Pines-Pinehurst area.
Though intended strictly as a
tactical problem and severe test
of airborne operations, both Red
and blue forces conducted their
attacks and counterattacks under
rigid combat conditions.
Before the close of the maneuvers,
Brig.-Gen Leo Donovan, command
ing general of the Airborne Com
mand and director of the maneu
vers, issued the following statement:
“The use of airborne parachute
and glider troops has again proved
practical and effective. The elements
of speed, surprise and striking pow
er, combined with the transporta
tion of ground forces by troop-car
rier aircraft, has produced an Army
combat force never before possible.
“This second test was designed
with the sole purppse of detqrmin-
Ing whether an entire division, op
erating in a limited area, could
reach their objective by air, consol
idate their forces, and then prove
tactically effective. So far, each aim
has been achieved.”
USO in West Southern
Pines Ends Operation
Stevens Names Sev
eral Local Chairmen;
Quota Is $532,000
Eugene C. Stevens, Moore County
Chairman of the Fourth War Loan
Drive in which this county is ex
pected to raise a quota of $532,000,
this week announced the appoint
ment of his initial Southern Pines
committee and chairmen for a num
ber of the towns. He hopes to have
his organization complete in time
for publication next week.
Paul Jernigan has been named
Southern Pines chairman. On his
committee are J. D. Hobbs, H. M.
Vale, William Flynn, Frank Wilson,
William Wiggs and Dr. J. J. Spring.
Others will be added.
Other chairmen announced are:
Carthage—H. Lee Thomas.
Robbins—W. P. Saunders.
Pinehurst—Col. George P. Hawes.
Aberdeen—G. C. Seymour.
In Southern Pines bonds may be
purchased at the Post Office, 'Citi
zens Bank and Trust Company,
Building and Loan and at Eugene C.
Stevens’ office.
Especial emphasis is being placed
on Series “E” bonds in this drive and
it is hoped that many more indiv
iduals will make purchases than
have in the preceding drives. An
individual is not allowed to buy
more than $5,000 worth of Series
“E” bonds in a calendar year.
While the drive officially begins
on January 18, word has been re
ceived that all purchases of Series
“E” in the county since the first day
of the rnonth will be credited to the
War Loan Drive, so it is not neces
sary to wait until next Tuesday tO'
begin buying.
Fire Damages Post
Office at Carthage
Fire which is said to have origi
nated from the electric wiring be
tween the metal ceiling and roof
of the Carthage Post Office kept
firemen and postal employees busy
for a while Monday night, but so
efficiently did they work that most ^
of the damage was confined to the
upper part of the building. Luckily,
the blaze was discovered early,
around 7:00 o’clock.
Mail from the boxes as well as
oUtgoihg mail was gathered up,
dumped into mail bags and carried
to places of safety from fire and wa
ter.
It was a big task the following day
to get all of the mail distributed,
but this was done with a minimum
amount of delay or inconvience to
the patrons of the office. ,
FIRE DOES MINOR DAMAGE
At half past eight o’clock Thursday
morning the Southern Pines Fire
Department was called to the resi
dence of Lloyd T. Clark on West
Bread Street, where they found a
couch in a living room oh the sec
ond floor ablaze, presumably ignited
by sparks from the fireplace. The
fire was extinguished with but lit
tle damage.
ALETTER
TO ALL NEWSPAPER
PUBLISHERS:
Again in the Fourth War
Loan, we are going to depend
heavily upon the newspapers,
and upon the businesses who
sponsor newspaper advertise
ments, lo carry our urgent mes
sage to the American people.
As in the past, these industry-
sponsored advertisements will
again prove the backbone of
our promotional campaign.
I hope you will pass this in
formation along lo those busi
nesses and industries in your
community who can and will
help sponsor this vital local
newspaper advertising.
The job gets more and more
difficult as we increase the
amount of money to be raised
from individuals. We must reach
and convince an increasing num
ber of citizens. We need the help
of a good newspaper campaign
more now than ever.
Sincerely,
H. Morgenthau. Jr.,
Secretary of the Treasury.
The YMCA-operated USO in West
Southern Pines for Negro service
men will close operations at once
according to J. L. Eason, director,
who has just returned from a con
ference with USO regional officials
in Richmond, VCirginia. Most of the
Negro troops have been sent from
Camp Mackall and camp officials
do not expect replacements in the
near future. Hence USO activities
are withdrawn.
Many and varied programs were
given for the Negro troops during
the six months of the operation. The
West Southern Pines community co-
operated wholeheartedly to make
it pleasant for the soldiers.
J. L. Eason, the director, will open
a new USO unit at Williamsburg,
Virginia. It is hoped that some plan
may be made to continue a morale
building program for the few Negro
troops remaining at Camp Mackall.
THREE MEN ARE HELD
ON SHOOTING CHARGE
SCHOOLS RESUME WORK
The gasoline situation which re
sulted in the temporary closing of
many of the schools in Moore Coun
ty last week has cleared up and
this week the regular schedule was
resumed. The County hauled some
gasoline from the terminal in
Greensboro last week. County Su
perintendent H. Lee Thomas stated,
but this will not have to be contin
ued as the Standard Oil Company
I has promised to make prompt deliv
eries.
At a preliminary hearing before
Justice of the Peace Hugh Kelly of
Carthage on Thursday of last week,
three Negroes, two Taylor brothers
and a man named Cagle, all of the
Carthage section, were bound to Su
perior Court in connection with the
firing of a shot gun from ambush
near a Negro recreation center on
the preceding Saturday night, strik
ing and inflicting minor wounds on
Officer C. A. McCallum and Her-
Grimm, operator of a taxi
business.
It was found that the three men
were in possession of two guns, and
one of the Taylors is quoted as say
ing that he fired a shot.
Officer McCallum, Deputy Kelly
and Police Chief Bennett had gone
to the place to get a man who was
creating a disturbance and the shot
was fired after they had placed this
man in a car. Grimm had accompan
ied Chief Bennett.
SRICTLY G. I.
In the service of THE PILOT
we've been rushed to fires by
drivers clad in everything from
summer swim suits to winter
furs. but Sunday's alarm
brought forth a very soldierly
appearing private clad in the Ar
my's latest winter gear. Garland
Pierce no less.