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Southern Pines. North Carolina. Friday, February 18. 1944.
TEN CENTS
[oore County Makes
onderful Record
in Fourth War Loan
Noi Only Exceeds Over-
All Ouola, But Goes
Well Over Top in E's
Even incoipplete reports offer con
clusive proof that Moore County
has done a wonderful work in the
Fourth War Loan Drive, with total
sales to date amounting to $707,-
000 or $175,000 more than the quo
ta. Unlike many counties, -Moore
has exceeded it E quota by $61,000,
selling $421,000. Mr. McNair, chair
man of this district which comprises
seven counties, reported this week
that Moore was the only county in
his district .that had already exceed
ed its E bond quota.
Needless to say. County Chairman
E. C. Stevens is deeply appreciative
of the splendid response from every
section of the county.
E, F and G series bonds bought be
tween now and the end of the month
will be included in this drive.
Paul Jernigan, Southern Pines
chairman, reports that he is confi
dent that sales here will reach the
$200,000 mark. The local quota was
$160,000. Mr. Jernigan wishes to
thank each member of his commit
tee, the Women’s Division and the
School under the leadership of Phil
ip Weaver for their fine co-opera
tion and the excellent work done
by each one.
The local committee was compos
ed of Mr. Jernigan, chairman, Jim
my Hobbs, Philip Weaver, Dr. J. J.
Spring, Billy Wiggs, Frank Wilson,
William Flynn and Paul Van Arman.
Red Cross Nurse’s Aides Perform Invaluable Serviee
Southern Pines Will
Vote on Bond Issue to
Repair Country Club
1 New Registration is
IMPORTANT MEETING Called for Election
Pictured above at the entrance to I Southern Pinos,
the Nurses’ Home, Moore County ' Second row: Mrs. Taylor (colored).
Hospital, is a group of Nurse’s Aides, Pinehurst; Mrs. Wood and Mrs!
Pinehurst Selected
For Rotary Meeting
The annual conference of Rotar-
ians of the 189th District, embracing
53 clubs from High Point to the
coast in the upper half of the State,
will be held in Pinehurst on May
7, 8, it was announced Saturday by
District Governor Robert Madry of
Chapel Hill.
Although informal invitations had
been extended from other clubs in
the district, Pinehurst was selected
by the advisory board, composed of
past district governors, because of
wartime conditions and lack of ade
quate facilities in some of the other
places considered, the district gov
ernor said.
As last year, the conference will
be streamlined and compressed ii?to
a two-day program beginning Sun
day night. May 7.
Several prominent speakers have
been secured. They include Gov
ernor J. Melville Broughton; Carl
Bote, head of the industrial division
of the Smaller Plants Corporation,
Washington, D. C-, who was fea
tured on the international confer
ence program at St. Louis last May
and who will be Rotary Interna
tional’s representative; Edmund H.
Harding, of Washington, N. C., cele-
brated humorist; and Dr. Sylvester
Green, editor of the Durham Morn
ing Herald.
each of whom has been rendering
invaluable service at the hospital.
On the front row are members of
a class in training. From left to right
they are Mrs. Leckey and Mrs. Sud-
duth, Pinehurst; Mrs. Barnes, Mrs-
P. E. Kennedy and Mrs. Oglevie,
Knight, Southern Pines; Mrs. Sher-
rerd, .Pinehurst; Mrs. Page, Mrs
Carlton Kennedy and Mrs. Grinnell,
Southern Pines.
Third row: Mrs. Foster (colored),
Pinehurst; Mrs. Burlingame, Aber
deen; Mrs. Scheipers, Southern
Pines; Mrs. Smith, Pinehurst; Mrs.
Patch, Southern Pines.
Fourth row: Mrs. Roderique, Sou
thern Pines; Mrs. Kirk, Aberdeen;
Miss Bair, Mrs. Ewing and Mrs.
Clark, Southern Pines; Miss Battley,
Pinehurst; Mrs. Pearson, Miss South
erland and Mrs. Kemp, 'Southern
Pines. '
-Photo by Hemmer
Red Cross Nurse’s Aide Corps Offers Genuine Opportunity
for Service in Relieving Staff Shortages at Hospitals
Women’s Division
Does .Splendid Work
Volunteer Services
Conduct Workshop
General Theme Is Co-ordi
nation of Various Corps
for Efficiency of Service
WAR BOND PARADE
Led by the High School Band,
pupils of )the Southern Pines
Schools staged a war bond drive
parade at noon Wednesday
which attracted much attention.
The pupils marched by grades,
each grade carrying a placard
proclaiming to all beholders the
amount of bonds sold by that
grade. Each was accompanied
by its teacher, and A. C. Daw
son brought up the rear.
The line of march led down
New York Avenue, West Broad
Street, > across the railroad to
East Broad and back to the
school.
Sales by the school totaled
$12,773.
INCOME TAX
March 15 is deadline for filing re
turns. Earliei filing is desirable.
At the workshop for chairmen and
vice-chairmen of Volunteer Special
Services which was called for Thurs
day, February 10 at 10:30 a. m. at
Red Cross Headquarters in Southern
Pines, co-ordination of the various
corps for efficiency and unity of
service was the primary concern.
~How volunteer services function
was first discussed. Mrs. Paul Dana,
chairman, called attention to the
chapter organization chart. Many
■workers in Red Cross, who have
given a fine service, have never tak
en the trouble to acquaint themsel
ves wijth the fact that a Red Cross
chapter is like a family tree^ with
each of its branches directly pro
ceeding from the trunk; the trunk in
this case being the Executive Com
mittee, with a chairman and vice-
chairman to,carry out its plans. In
the case of volunteer services this
chart narrows down to but one of
the nine departments, or activities
committees, directly responsible to
the chairman and executive com
mittee, that of Volunteer Special
Services. The services active in
Moore County chapter are Surgical
Dressings, Canteen, Motor Corps,
Nurse’s Aide, and Grey Ladies of
the Hospital and Recreation Corps.
How these services are pooled for
efficiency and unity of purpose was
an outgrowth of the first question.
None of these services could per
form effectively without the co
operation of one or more of the
others, so all must be well trained,
well staffed and in every way dis
ciplined and responsive, if Volunteer
^pSecial Services are to maintain,
Red Cross standards. Nurse’s Aides
and Grey Ladies as well as Motor
Corps give daily service, Monday
through Friday, to the hospital at
Camp Mackall. Nurse’s Aides as-
(Continued on Page 5)
Meeting to Be Held Today
at Nurses' Home to- Plan .
Course Starting in March^ '
Red Cross grants no more genu
ine opportunity for volunteer ser
vice than that offered by the Nurse’s
Aide Corps. There are not enough
trained nurses to care for the sick
in Moore County or anywhere in the
United States. Many have gone out
with the hospitals attached to the
armed forces to serve their country.
Nurse’s Aides trained to assist those
who carry the heavy burden at.
home can be assured their help is
needed and welcomed. More volun
teers are needed now and Moore
County Hospital doctors and nur
ses have graciously consented to
train another class-
Army wives and Moore County
residents between the ages of 18
and 50, and particularly those who
know that after they are trained
they can be available for service
throughout the year, aire encourag
ed to avail themselves of this op
portunity. Interested women are
asked to attend a meeting at the
Nurses’ Home, Moore County Hos
pital, Friday, February 18 at 10:30
a. m., when a course to start about
March 1 will be planned. For any
who cannot attend this meeting ap
plications are available at Red Cross
headquarters in Pinehurst and Sou
thern Pines, or can be secured by
calling Mrs. Stuart Wood, 8834, Sou
thern Pines.
Fifty-eight Nurse’s Aides, inclu
ding those transferred to other Ib-
cdtions, have received certificates
in Moore County since July 1, 1941.
They have given more than 10,000
hours service in Moore County at
Moore County Hospital, Camp Mack-
all Hospital and in the coimty clinics.
From 10 to 12 Prenatal and Well-
Baby clinics alone need aides who,
at present, are not always able to
supply the need because of the lim
ited number of volunteers. Women
qualified for this service are asked
to thoughtfully consider this oppor
tunity.
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Workers in Carthage
and Southern Pines
Sell Over $108,000
“Reports coming in from chair
men of the Women’s Division of
Moore County show two outstand
ing features, first, that the women
have done an amazing amount of
work on this drive, and second, that
they were grateful and happy for the
chance to do it,” says Mrs. Norris
Hodgkins, county chairman of the
Women’s Division.
“I would like to take this oppor
tunity to thank both the women
workers and women buyers,” contin
ues Mrs. Hodgkins. “Many, women
(and men also) bought bonds at the
beginning of the drive and came in
again at the end of the drive to buy
another extra one.
“Lacking complete returns it is
not possible to know haw many of
the bonds sold in the county were
sold by the Women’s Division.
“Under the inspiring leadership of
Mrs. Myrton Stewart, chairman for
Carthage, and Miss Flora McDon
ald, vice chairman fot the county,
the Carthage Women’s Division sold
$40,000, of which $26,000 were “E”
bonds. Southern Pines Women’s Di
vision sold $68,065.25, of which $26,-
000 were “E” bonds.”
GET OUT THE PENCIL
A SPLENDID SHOWING
RESULTS
H. Clifton Blue, county chairman
of the Fight Infantile Paralysis Cam
paign, stated this week that re
ceipts of $2,622.07 had been reported
to him. The original quota assigned
the county was $765, but the county
committee voluntarily raised this to
$1,340. This is a splendid showing
for Moore County and each worker
in the campaign deserves much cred-,
it-
"Take 'comforters' out of our
ad," requested Mr- McLean at
Farrell's Furniture Store in ■
Aberdeen when this paper's rep
resentative called on him Tues
day. "The ad brought results. I
sold eight to one customer," he
explained.
We'll give him this much free
advertising: he still had a few
comforters left, but too few to
advertise.
Anyone desiring to enter either
the Post War Planning Contest or
the Struthers Burt Mystery Tele
phone Call Contest is invited to get
out the old pencil and offer sugges
tions for constructive planning ' for
this section in order to avert a slump
following the war boom, or, if mys
teries appeal more, to give a solution
to the telephone call that was re
ported in a recent issue of this pa
per.
War bonds of $50 and $25, and $10
in stamps are the prizes offered in
the first-named contest, which closes
Feb. 29, and prizes of $5, $3 and $2
in war savings stamps are offered in
the second. ,
ON DEAN'S LIST
Miss Edith A. Kirkland of South
ern Pines and Miss Mary A. Page of
Aberdeen Were on the Dean’s List of
Salem College for the first semester-
The list was read on Honors Day last
week when recognition was given
outstanding students.
Walter E. Blue, chairman of
She Southern Pines Pulpwood
Committee, has called a meeting
of committee thembers and ev
eryone interested in doing his
part to help relieve the pulp-
wood shortage to be held in the
Southern Pines High School
building at 8:00 p. m. next Wed
nesday evening. 'February 23.
County Agent E. H. Garrison
will be present to give informa
tion regarding specifications and
prices and pulpwood dealers
have been invited to come. Any
one desiring information is ur
ged to attend this important
meeting.
R. Tufts Discusses
Post War Planning
at Kiwanis Meeting
Speaker Thinks Club Is
in Position to Render
Most Valuable Service
Richard S. Tufts, president of
Pinehurst, Incorporated, addressing
the Sandhills Kiwanis Club at its
luncheon Wednesday at the Pine
hurst Country Club, heartily endor
sed the post war planning Kiwanis
is doing in Moore County. He stated
that the Club represents all of the
tommunities of the caUnty and is in
a position to render a most valuable
Service to the county and to work
with the various communities.
“Aberdeen”, he said, “is the com
mercial center; Carthage, the center
of county government, of agricul
ture and the lumber industry; Sou
them Pines and Pinehurst are re
sorts of widely different and non
competing character, while on the
other hand there are many small
manufactuVing centers such as Rob
bins, Vass and West End.”
Continuing he said, “In approach
ing the post war problem there are
two separate and distinct phases-
First, is the re-employment of dis
charged soldiers. Second, is the de
velopment of projects to provide
them with employment. Considering
the latter phage,, it appears that this
is primarily a problem calling for in
dividual and community initiative.”
He cited that a woolen mill in Aber
deen or a new hotel in Pinehurst are
matters of interest principally to the
respective communities and the pri
vate industries of individual towns.
He stressed the importance of the Ki
wanis Club working with the indivi
dual communities.
Mr. Tufts, a pleasing speaker and
an exeuctive of many years experi
ence, suggested a possible ’program.
“The first step, it seems to me, is
for the Club to take a survey. The
survey should include a complete
list of names of those in service from
this county, their record of previous
employment, training, education,,
etc. Second, the needs and opportun
ities for post war ' employment
should be determined. This will have
to be obtained from employers of
labor in the county and should be
as complete as possible, showing the
names of those to be offered em
ployment, the normal number of op
portunities and former employment
as well as the number that might
be employed as the result of any
possible expansion of business. If
there should be a surplus of post war
labor, the Club should undertake
to stimulate interest in develop
ment that would best serve to ab
sorb the surplus.” He pointed out that
we now come to the time when the
boys will start returning. He advo
cated that each of them should re
ceive an offer of assistance from the
Club and be provided with a list of
available opportunities. Those inter
ested in completing their educa
tion or acquiring further training
should be assisted. In this connection
he said, “The Moore County Educa
tional Foundation has a substantial
amount of cash available and it
(Continued on Page 5)
to Be Held March 28
Members of the Board of Com
missioners of the Town of South
ern Pines have called a special el
ection to vote on bond issues for
financing the acquisition and re
construction of the Southern Pines
Country Club and the acquisition
and improvement of the golf course,
feeMng that the Country Club, which
has been used to a large extent as
a community house, meets a vital
need. The election will be held in
the Municipal Building March 28th.
The Board ordered a new registra
tion of the qualified voters of the
Town for this election, appointed
Mrs. J. H. Tilghman to act as reg
istrar and named Hiram Westbrook
and A. S. Ruggles to serve as judges
of the election.
Mayor W. Duncan Matthews is
sues the following statement which
explains the Board’s plans in full:
“Referring to another section of
this paper, you will see notice of a
special election authorized by the
Board of Town Commissioners of the
Town of Southern Pines in the is
suance of the following bonds for
the acquisition and reconstruction
of the Southern Pines Country Club
which has been condemned for pub
lic use.
“First, is an ordinance authoriz
ing the issuance of $33,000.00 in
bonds for the purpose of making the
necessary repairs and to cover the
entire club house and to acquire
(Continued on Page 5)
Gymkhana To
Be Held Sunday
One of the series of entertain
ments for visitors and members of
the armed forces stationed in this
section will be an esquestrian gym
khana and hunter trials to be held
at the Southern Pines Country Club
horse show grounds Sunday after
noon, Feb. 20.
The card will consist of six events:
A class for middle and lightweight
hunters to be run over a typical
hunting course of panel fences and
rail jumps, a class for open jumpers
for men in uniform, a class for am
ateur riders, a class in children’s
horsemanship, a knock down and
out class, and a potato race.
E. Pancoast, seaman first class.
Mounted Coast Guard, formerly of
Philadelphia, Pa., but now stationed
at Charleston, S. C., will act as
judge. Mrs. Francis Van Houton,
wife of Lt. J. H. Van Houton, U. S.
Air Corps, will present the ribbons.
There will be no charge for park
ing space, but an offering will be
made for the Red Cross.
SEVEN RETAILERS PAY
OVERCHARGES TO OPA
Seven voluntary icontributions
representing overcharges made at
retail to unknown persons by seven
retailers in four eastern North Car
olina towns were reported to OPA by
local price panels Saturday.
The seven contributions, headed
by one from Southern Pines amount
ing to $689.90, totalled $1,130.13. All
checks were made payable to the
Treasurer of the United States.
Raleigh District OPA office list
ed the voluntary contributions as
follows: ,
L. Bazakas, Ed’s Cafe, Southern
Pines, paid $689.90 representing ov
ercharges on restaurant items.
M. Rosenberg, 618 Fayetteville
street, Durham, paid $93.12 on wine
overcharges as did N. Mellon, of L.
& M. Drug Company, 201 E. Main
Street, Durham, $24.75; and Nick C.
Liasides, 347 West Main street, Dur
ham, who paid $29.16.
Louise Frazier, Hillside Sandwich
Shop, 111 Pine Street, Durham, paid
$10 on breakfast plate overcharges.
O and M Grocery, of Lumberton,
contributed $93.20 representing ov
er charges on beef cuts.
May - Pine s Inn, of Jacksonville,
contributed $180 representing over
charges on beer.