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VOLUME 24. NO 13.
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Soulhern Pines, North Carolina Friday, February 25, 1944.
TEN CENTS
^^Clinker” Captures world day of prayer
Feature Event in
Local Horse Show
Gymkhana in Benefit of
Red Cross Attracts Large
Number of Spectators
By Howard F. Burns
Clinker, an aged bay gelding own
ed by Cecil Tuke of Hot Springs, Va.,
w'ith Scotty Ryls up, Sunday captur
ed the feature class for middle and
heavyweight hunters over a field
of six in the hunter trials and eques
trian gymkhana at (the $outhern
Pines Country Club given in benefit
of the American Red Cross-
Renown, a five year old chestnut
gelding owned and brilliantly rid
den by Mrs. W. O. Moss of Mile-
Away Farms, Southern Pines, was
second; and Blackstone, a six year
old black gelding owned by Louis
Scheipers of Lawrence, Mass., with
his son, Donald, in the saddle, was
third.
Golden Hild, a trim four year old
bay gelding owned and ridden by
Carlyle Cameron of Southern Pines,
captured the blue ribbon in the class
for lightweight hunters, run over a
picturesque course before a crowd
of spectators that braved a wet
course which was marked by one
spill. Astoria, a six year old bay
mare owned by Mrs. William J. Ken
nedy of Dedham, Mass., with her
trainer, Mickey Walsh, up, was sec
ond in the class of six hunters. Hen
ry’s Dream, a five year old gelding,
entered by Mile-Away Stables and
ridden by Delmar Tw^man, seaman
first class, of the U. S. Coast Guard,
Charleston, S. C., was third.
In the class for open jumpers Gold
Star, a seven year old chestnut geld
ing owned and ridden by Lt. M. J.
Looram- of Camp Mackall, led a
field of twelve to win first place af
ter three jump-offs with the bars
set at five feet. Clinker, owned by
Cecil Tqke, with Scotty Ryls up,
was second; Gun Cotton, an aged
gray gelding owned by Mrs. W. O.
Moss of Southern Pines, with Lt.
Bruce Benedict of Camp Mackall
up, was third.
Gun Cotton, with Lt. Benedict up,
led a string of nine hunters to cap
ture first place in the class
for open jumpers for men in uni
form, one of the most thrilling classes
of the show. Rock Haste, a four year
old chestnut mare owned by Mile-
Away Farms, with Delmar Twyman
up, was second; with Renown, own
ed by Mile-Away Farms with Twy
man up, a close third.
Pinehurst riders took first honors
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World Day of Prayer will be
observed on Friday, February
25, at 3:00 p. m. at the Baptist
Church. Ladies of all churches
and their families are invited.
A World Day of Prayer broad
cast over CBS coast to coast net
work may be heard Friday from
5:30 to 5:45 p, m. EWT Partici
pating will be Miss Margaret
Applegarthf, national chairman
of the World Day of Prayer, and
Miss Mary McGeachy, chief of
the welfare division of the Un
ited Nations Relief and Re'habil-
itation Administration.
Basketball Tourney
Opens February 28th
Pairings for High School
Championship to Be Played
at Pinehurst Announced
The Seventeenth Annual Moore
Brother and Sister in the Service
Red Cross War Fund
Drive Opens March 1;
County Goal, $39,000
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BOLD ROBBERY
MISS ISABEL PELTON
Miss Isabel Pelton has been em
ployed as a medical social worker
County Basketball Tournament, toby the Military Welfare Service of
School the American Red Cross since April
Gymnasium, begins Monday, Feb
ruary 28th and continues through
that week with the finals being play
ed on Friday night, March 3rd, at
1942. After three months’ service at
Fort Bragg she was transferred to
the Station Hospital at Fort Jackson,
8 o’clock. This tournament is played Carolina, from which she has
among both the boys’ and the girls’transferred to Stark
teams of the various high schools Hospital at Charleston,
the County and is an event that is | Carolina. Miss Pelton is a
eagerly awaited through-out the ^
school year. It was last played here
in the Pinehurst gym In 1936. Fav
ored to place in the finals of the
girls’ tournament are Aberdeen and
West End, both having unusually
strong teams. Among the boys the
story is a bit different, with the
teams from Aberdeen, Southern
Pines, ’West End, and Pinehurst all
strong and evenly-matched, and
each ready to put up a good battle
to reach the finals and the champion
ship. The. evening; ganies will begin
promptly at seven o’clock—diet’s all
be there to cheer our teams on to
Victory!
The Tournament Committee is for
tunate in being able to secure the
services of P. J. Weaver and A. C.
Dawson of the Southern Pines
Schools as referees. Both are well-
known in the Sandhills for their
able officiating in this capacity, and
are quite popular with the players
and the patrons. Official time-keep
er will be True Cheney of the Pine
hurst Country Club; official scorer
will be Dorothy Dalrymple, former
star player of Jonesboro and present
member of the Pinehurst High
School faculty. The tournament
sponsor is the Moore County Educo
Club. All proceeds, after tournament
expenses have been deducted, will be
(Continued on Page 5)
Red Cross Motor Corps Arranges New
Schedule and Awards Service Stripes
The Moore County Red Cross Mo
tor Corps met Wednesday, Febru
ary 16, at 3:45 p. m. at the residence
of Mrs. John S. Zelie, Jr., captain,
of Pinehurst, as a follow-up of the
Volunteer Special Services work
shop of February 10. Fifteen mem
bers were present.
The corps owns and operates two
station wagons, known as cars I and
II, for which new schedules were
worked out. Car No. II goes to Camp
Mackall all day every Tuesday,
Thursday and Friday, to carry Grey
Ladies and Nurse’s Aides and do er
rands on the post. This service is
carried by car No. I on alternate
days, Monday through Friday, leav
ing one car always free for clinics
emergencies, Home Service and Pro
duction calls. Also, a new system
for reporting monthly hours of ser
vice was adopted.
Emphasis was definitely on dis
cipline of volunteers in the discus
sion which followed. Motor Corps
membership demands loyalty, alert
ness and physical fitness, as well as
arduous, prompt and regular ser
vice. Rules governing these quali-
ficatiohs were again brought to the
attention of the volunteers. They
were reminded that to be ethically
efficient they must be in uniform
when driving on an Army post and
in uniform, if they own one, and if
not, wearing the cap and pin and
carrying the. identification card of
the corps on all other trips; must
“ZIP THE LIP” not only on their
own experiences while on duty but
those of the other services who ride
School, and of the Woman’s College
of the University of North Carolina.
Before entering service with the
American Red Cross Miss Pelton was
employed as a Social Welfare work
er in this state.
Loud Explosion Here
Startles Residents
Many residents of Sputhevn Pines
were startled by a heavy explosion
occuring shortly after 8:00 o’clock
Wednesday evening, a blast of such
heavy proportions that many ran in
to the streets from their homes to
ascertain the cause.
Investigation proved that a stick
of dynamite planted in the vacant
lot between the offices of Drs. Herr
and Bush and Dr. Chester had ex
ploded with force enough to blow
out windows in both buildings and in
the S & W Restaurant. Military Po
lice took into custody three soldiers
from Camp Mackall thought to have
been the culprits, one of whom was
said to have been in possession of
dynamite fuses.
Chief Newton, who spent Thurs
day morning at Camp Mackall, is un
available as we go to press, but it
is said that two of the men were re-
(leased and one held for further
questioning.
E. V. Perkinson had his men re
placing one window in Dr. Herr’s
office, two in Dr. Chester’s and two
in the restaurant early Thursday
with them; must not smoke on duty morning
or interchange services on the same
day, such as becoming a Grey Lady
when starting out as a Motor Corps
volunteer .
Courteous, careful driving was al
so discussed. Volunteers were ad
vised to keep under the 35-mile lim
it not only to assure safety and com
fort to passengers, but to lengthen
the usefulness of the vehicle and to
obey the law. Each driver, begin
ning this week, on returning at the
end of a day will inspect her car—
gas, oil and tire pressure—^brush the
interior and put it in order for the
following day. Mrs. Thorne Smith
was reappointed to supervise a com
plete check on car No. I and Mrs.
J. S. Rockefeller on car II twice
each month. • >
The corps is eager to trdin a new
class. More volunteers are needed
to carry on the heavy program now
maintained. Interested persons. Ar
my and Moore County residents,
particularly those who know they
are going to be able to serve this
corps during the summer months,
are urged to make application. Ap
plications can be secured by calling
Moore County Red Cross headquar
ters, Southern Pines, or by calling
Mrs. John S. Zelie, captain, Pine
hurst, or Mrs. M. S. Gaffney, adju
tant, Southern Pines. Applicants
must have completed the Standard
and Advanced First Aid courses be
fore they can take the Motor Repairs
course.
CIO PAUL P. PELTON. JR.
Paul P. Pelton, Jr., is Chief Of
ficer on a vessel in the United
States Merchant Marine. He rejoin
ed this service in August 1940. Mr.
Pelton received his commission in
the United States Maritine Service
following his graduation from the
Officers Training School of the Mar
itime Service at Fort Trumbull, New
London, Connecticut, in April 1942.
Mr. Pelton was educated in the Sou
thern Pines school, at the Virginia
Episcopal School in Lynchburg,
Virginia, and at the University of
North Carolina- In addition he has
had a number of courses related to
his work, including several courses
at various nautical technical schools
in New York City.
Pinehurst Publisher
Speaks to Rotarians
Bob Harlow, publisher of th? Pine
hurst “Outlook”, was the speaker of
the Friday’s Rotary luncheon at the
Highland Pines Inn.
Mr. Harlow’s talk was on the in
dictment of the AP under the Sher
man anti-trust law which was
brought about by the Associated
Press voting down the application
for membership of the Chicago
“Sun”, Marshall Field III paper. He
treated only briefly of the personal
ities involved. Col. Robert (Bertie)
McCormick, publisher of the Chica
go “Tribune”, isolationist and bitter
foe of the New Deal, and Marshall
Field III, administraton supporter,
and publisher of “PM”, New York
daily pro New Deal everything.
. The speaker described how, when
the “Sun” made application for
membership, McCormick fought it
by sending personal representatives
to AP newsparers up and down the
country, and Fields countered writ
ing personal letters to enlist support.
But since AP membership require-
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A bold robbery was perpe
trated last Friday night when a
thief entered through a window
on the west side of the Western
Union Telegraph building and
then forced an entrance into the
office where he took approx
imately $100 from the cash
drawer.
The night operator had gone
to supper at 9:00 o'clock and on
her return an hour later found
that the office had been entered
and robbed.
From fingerprints secured by
the local police it was evident
that the thief was well acquaint
ed with the office.
Kiwanis Club Hears
of Red Cross Work
Rev. Mr. Davis Tells of
Splendid Service to Our
Servicemen and Families
Nancy Ray Bailey, 5,
Is Fatally Burned
The Rev. Thompson E. Davis, Pas
tor of the Brownson Memorial
Church, Southern Pines,, speaking
to the Sandhills Kiwanis Club at its
luncheon Wednesday at the Pine
hurst Country Club, told the Kiwan-
ians of the splendid service that the
American Red Cross is rendering
the men in our armed forces and
their families at home.
Mr. Davis, an interesting speak
er, explained that only 1 1-2 per
cent of the money collected in the
annual drive will go for administra
tive expenses, which means that
98 1-2 per cent of the entire fund
goes directly to the aid of our ser
vice men.
The speaker listed some of the
many services rendered, which are
as follows: The collection of 5,000,000
pints of blood plasma; the servicing
of 6,300,000 service men and their
families; the packaging of 5,390,000
food parcels for war prisoners; the
making of 925,000,000 surgical dress
ings, 12,000,000 garments and 2,500,
000 kit bags.
The Red Cross has approximately
50,000 Army and Navy nurses, op
erates 300 clubs and recreational
centers, and 2,300 hospital sunrooms.
On the home front, the Red Cross
operates 2,400 First Aid Stations on
highways, 12,500 Mobile First Aid
(Continued -on Page 5)
O. Leon Seymour Names
Local Chairmen and the
Town Quotas Assigned
Confronted with responsibilities of
unprecedented proportions, as the
war enters its crucial stage, and with
a staggering task ahead in the post
wgr period, Moore County Red
Cross March 1st opens its 1944 War
Fund appeal, confident that the peo
ple will, respond to the limit of their
ability.
President Roosevelt, president of
the American Red Cross, Norman
H. Davis, chairman and active head
of the vast organization, and Leon
Fraser, National War Fund chair
man, believe that the national ob
jective of $200,000,000 will be reach
ed because the people recognize the
vital part Red Cross must play with
in the next twelve months. Moore
County’s part in this amount will be
$39,000.
“Every Moore County resident
will be given the opportunity to con
tribute to this cause which all are
eager to support,” says O. Leon Sey
mour, county chairman of the War
Fund Drive.
‘The Red Cross spirit springs from
human desire to alleviate suffering
and pain in war and in time of great
disaster.
“In this war, we have carried that
spirit from our own shores to every
part of the globe, where American
men and women are serving the na
tion. The Red Cross is always at their
side.”
Supporting Mr. Seymour are: Ad
visory Committee: E. H. Garrison,
S Jr., Judge L. T. Avery and Mrs. W.
J. Kennedy.
County Chairman of Special Gifts
Dr. T. A. Cheatham.
County Chairman of Speakers and
Clergy, Rev. Tucker G. Humphries.
County Chairman of Publicity,
Mrs- W. J. Kennedy. '
Local Chairmen and their object
ives are:
Jackson Springs, Mrs. Herbert
Carter, $300.
Deep River-Glendon, O. U. Alex
ander, $50. I
Aberdeen, A. L. Burney, $3,000.
Knollwood, Dr. Nettleton, $1,600.
Pinehurst, S. B. Chapin, $14,000.
Southern Pines, Norman M.
Shenk, $12,000.
Eureka, Miss Anna Mae Cadell,
$250. ■
(Continued on Page 8)
SP Teachers Endorse
Education Aid Bill
Nancy Ray Bailey, a beautiful
curly-haired child of five years, was n, cn-
fatally burned Thursday morning dorse Senate Bill Number S 637 cal-
At a recent meeting of the Sou
thern Pines chapter of the North
Carolina Education Association,
members voted unanimously to en-
of last week when her cotton flan
nel nightgown—a new one which
she is said to have begged to wear
the night before—became ignited
from an open fire in the home of her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Bailey,
on Carthage Route 3. She succumb
ed shortly after reaching the Moore
County Hospital.
The child got out of bed while
her mother, who had just seen the
older children off to school, was
busy in the kitchen. Hearing the
little girl’s screams, Mrs. Bailey
tried frantically to extinguish the
fire, but all except the double yoke
of the child’s gown was consumed.
iFuneral services wiere conduct
ed at Union Church at 11 o’clock
Saturday, with the Rev. C. M. Voyles
officiating. Surviving, are the pa
rents; one sister; three brothers; the
maternal grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. B. Evans, of Vass, and num
erous other relatives.
CAMP MACKALL CASUALTIES
Camp Mackall public relations of
fice announced two accidents last
week which claimed the lives of
thirteen men. Eight drowned during
Motor Corps volunteers trained a training jump, and five were killed
(Continued on Page 5) when two gliders crashed.
ling for immediate appropriations
of $300,00{),000 of Federal money to
the local schools. Of this amount
North Carolina will receive $13,-
000,000. Money appropriations will
be allocated to State Boards of Ed
ucation, and no Federal control
of schools or policy will be endors
ed-
The teachers feel that the future
of our Nation lies in giving the
best training possible to youth to
day. Under present conditions the
schools are unable to hold their
best teachers or to attract new ones
to the field because of inadequate
salaries. With the passage of the Fed
eral Bill they feel that your schools
will be benefited.
The teachers would like to re
quest your support in securing pas
sage of the Federal Aid Bill.
OBEYING SLOGAN
Charlie Patch was proudly
displaying in the Tog Shop Wed
nesday morning a really beau
tiful head of lettuce, carrots, on
ions and spinach, the first pro
ducts of his wonderful garden
for 1944. Charlie is really obey
ing the governmental slogan:
"Grow More in '44,"
Simplified Shopping With Red and Bine
Tokens Goes Into Effect February 27
American housewives will shop
with added interest beginning Feb
ruary 27, when the new OPA change
tokens go into effect, and their go-
along tots who have been pleading
for pennies will then tease for tok
ens, attracted by the gay red and
blue plastic disks, which are slight
ly smaller than a dime.
To begin with, Mrs. Housewife
will get some of these tokens as
change from her grocer and butch
er—red tokens in change from her
new red stamps and blue tokens
in change from her new blue stamps.
Thereafter she can use these tokens
at one-point value, bn the same pur
chases on, which she uses stamps of
similar or equivalent color.
To aid the housewife in switching
over to the revised food rationing
system, OPA has prepared the fol
lowing calendar:
Brown stamps: Y and Z (book
three) will continue valid for meats,
cheese, etc., until March 20 at their
face value of eight, five, two and
one points as in the past. Red tokens,
however, may be used .with brown
stamps after February 27.
Green stamps: K, L and M (book
four) will continue valid for pro
cessed foods until March 20 at their
face value, as in the past. Blue tok
ens may be used with green stamps
after February 27.
Red stamps: Three red stamps—
A8, B8, and C8 in book four—be
come valid February 27 with a
point value of 10 each or a total val
ue of 30 points. They wiU be good
through May 30, 1944, for use with
red tokens in buying meats and fats.
Three more red stamps will become
valid March 12 and others succes
sively during the year.
Blue stamps: Five blue stamps—
A8, B8, C8, D8, and E8 in book four
will become valid February 27 with
a total value of 50 points or 10 points
each. They will be good through May
30, 1944, and may be used with blue
tokens for buying processed foods.
OPA gave this example of shop
ping with stamps and tokens: If you
buy items worth 23 blue points, you
will give your merchant two blue
stamps and three blue tokens. If
you have no tokens at the moment
you will give three blue stamps
(worth 30 points) and will receive
seven blue tokens in change. In all
trahsactions until March 20, when
the green and brown stamps run
out, you can get change in tokens
for these stamps just as well as for
the new red and blue stamps. Fur
thermore, in case some localities
might be short of tokens at the be-
gmning, during the period between
February 27 and March 20—when
the brown and green stamps run
out—valid one-point green stamps
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ENTER NOW
Don't forget that February 29
is the deadline in the Town's
Post War Planning Contest in
which prizes totaling $85 are to
be given. Entries should be mail
ed to Post War Planning Editor,
The Pilot, Southern Pines, N. C.
The contest is open to everyone.