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VOLUME 24. NO. 16
Southern Pines. North Carolina. Friiday, March 17. 1944.
TEN CENTS
High School Choirs
Will Give Concert
Public Is Invited to At
tend Sacred Program at
Church Wide Fellowship
The Music Department of the Sou
thern Pines High School will give
a concert at the Church of Wide
Fellowship Sunday, March 19, at
■eight o’clock under the direction of
Miss Annie Laurie Overton. The pub
lic is invited.
The following program will be
given: ,
Gloria, Russian Folk Song: O God
of Love, O King of Peace, Baker, (so
loists—John McCain, Anne Seawell);
The Forty-Second Psalm, French
Chant; God Ever Glorious (Russian
Hymn), Alexis Lwoff—Mixed Choir.
Come Unto Him, from “The Mes
siah”, Handel—Jean Olive, Suzanne
Kelley.
Creation’s Hymn, Beethoven; I
Heard a Forest Praying, Peter de
Rose—Girls’ Choir.
Bless Thou The Lord,Ippolitof-Ivan-
of—Jean Olive, Jane Todd McCain,
John Hughes, Harry Lee Brown,
Caroline Chester, Phyllis Leary, T.
T. Overton, Drennan Mann.
Yea, Though I Walk, Sullivan;
The Pilgrims’ Chorus from “Tann-
hauser”—^Wagner—Mixed Choir.
Choral Benediction, Lutkin—Mix
ed Choir.
IN THE NAVY
IN THE ARMY
FOREST FIRE BURNS
OVER 1.000 ACRES
starting about mid-noon on Wed
nesday, a forest fire that burned
over about 1,000 acres of scrub oak
and small pines in an area located
southwest of the Pee Dee and Mid
land Roads called for the services of
members of the Southern Pines Fire
Department, the North Carolina For
estry Service and the Southern Pines
Street Department before it was fin
ally subdued about 3:00 o’clock.
The combined efforts of the men,
backfiring and using portable ex
tinguishers, checked the fire on the
Pee Dee Road opposite the Judge
Way Tea House and Major Nettle-
ton’s home, and on the Midland Road
stopped the blaze on the south side
all the way from the Pee Dee Road
to the little sand road just east of
Morrell’s Holly Tree Nursery.
ONLY ONE MORE DAY
Attention of citizens of Sou
thern Pines is called to the fact
that the registration books for
the bond election to be held
March 28th will be open Satur
day, March 18. for the last day. A
new registration was ordered for
this election, and those whose
names do not appear on the
book will be ineligible to vote.
Two bond issues will be vot
ed upon March 28th: One in the
amount of $33,000 for acquis
ition and reconstruction of the
Southern Pines Country Club
for a Community Building, the
other in the amount of $12,000
for the acquisition and improve
ment of the golf course.
ASSISTANT FIELD DIRECTOR
L. D. Williams of Southern Pines
has assumed his new duties as an
assistant field director of the Red
dross in Camp'Mackall. Mr. Williams
is a native of Minneapolis, Minn.,
but has lived in Pinehurst and Sou
thern Pines for 20 years, first as an
■employee of the Pinehurst Outlook
for 14 years, then as an employee of
the Jellison Press at Southern Pines
for two years. For the last three
years he has been engaged in Red
Cross Home Service work with the
Moore County Chapter. A veteran of
World War 1, in which he served in
the Navy, Mr. Williams has been
commander of the Sandhills Post of
the American Legion, and has held
other offices in that organization.
WELCH IS S. & W. OWNER
J. D. Welch, who has managed
the S. & W. restaurant since its sale
by G. C. Pope last December, an
nounces the purchase of J. B. Stan
ley’s interest in the business, which
he will continue to operate under
the same name.
T. M. 3|C CEPHUS TAYLOR PATCH
T. M. 3|c Cephus Taylor Patch,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Patch
and grandson of C. T. Patch of Sou
thern Pines, has volunteered for sub
marine duty and has been sent to a
submarine training -school. He join
ed the Navy in Raleigh last June,
the second member of his family to
enter the service. His brother, AC
Charles S. Patch, is at Maxwell
Field.
21LT. HAROLD B. FOWLER
2|Lt. Harold B. Fowler, 193rd F.
A., Fort Sill, Okla., is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Harold B. Fowler of South
ern Pines. A graduate of the local
high school, he entered the service
at Fort Bragg in August, 1941. Since
returning to Fort Sill after a fur
lough two weeks ago he has beeen
promoted to commander of a Head
quarters Division.
Wasson Discusses
Teilephone Industry
Carolinas Mana*ger of Bell
Company Speaks to Kiwanis
Club at Aberdeen Meeting
The Sandhills Kiwanis Club, hold
ing its regular meetinig at the Com
munity House in Aberdeen Wednes
day, heard E. ]H. Wasson, Carolinas
manager of the ^Soufeefri Bell Tele’'-
Jjhone Company, tell a brief story
of post war planning in the tele
phone industry. The Club discovered
a youthful tenor in the voice of Pres
ton T. Kelsey when he led the sing
ing of America.
The speaker, a man of many years
experience in the telephone industry,
predicted wide use of television af
ter the war, believing that it will
be developed commercially very rap
idly. He forecast great expansion of
transocean telephone service and a
substantial increase in rural tele
phone service which is listed as the
number one project in the post war
planning scheme. He declared that
the industry would expand upward
of one and one-half billion dollars in
the extension of its service.
Mr. Wasson informed the Club
that immense supplies have been
shipped to Russia and to Naples,
which had lost practically all of its
utilities before being retaken by the
Allies.
Continuing his address, he said
the industry had been operated at
top capacity and in many cases with
tremendous overload. In 1935 the
company salvaged many old tele
phones which have since been put
4nto use in order to meet the de
mands made by the public. The Bell
System, he declared, is two-thirds
dial today. Following the war, he
stated, much equipment and supplies
will be available for telephone ex
pansion at which time many new dis
coveries will be put to public use.
There will also be a great demand
for all weather service because of
extensive expansion of airlines and
individual flying throughout the
country.
At the close of his address Mr.
Wasson passed around pieces of ca
ble to be put into use, that will car
ry as many as 240 telephone calls
at one time with circuits for tele
vision.
The speaker was introduced by
Norman Shenk.
PIN-UP BOYS
Under a novel plan inaugu
rated this week at the 15th Div
ision Dance. North Carolina
belles who go to Camp Mackall
to attend the Division dances
are being asked to select a Pin
up Boy, with girls from each
town making a selection during
the preliminaries, and a grand
finale for the selection of one
boy from among the winners, of
,6 Ae preliminat^ cdmestsl
In the first round this week,
girl delegates from Raeford, Che-
raw and Wadesboro chose their
candidates. The Raeford select
ion was "Tuck" Pappas; Nor
man Baker was the Cheraw sel
ection because of his curly head,
while Wadesboro's halo went to
Lairry Mack, characterized by
one of the girls as "a likeable
big lug with a grin that even
the guys like". Each winner was
presented to the audience by
one of the girls who was asked
to make some remarks about
the protege of her town.
Next week, girls from Hamlet,
Aberdeen, Southern Pines and
Pinehurst will make their sel
ections.
In the final contest, the win
ner will be photographed and
his picture used later as the cov
er for a special Division dance
program.
THArS THE SPIRIT!
Solicitors for the Red Cross
War Fund Campaign on the
Laurinburg-Maxton Army Air
Base found plenty of willing
contributors. Not the least
among these was a janitor who,
when asked to contribute, said:
"Thas the organizashun what's
helpin' get this war over with!
I sho' do want to do my part"
and reached into the pocket of
his overalls. He pulled out a
dime, tendered it and went
away whistling. He bad the spir
it.
WHAT THE BOYS SAY
If there are those who think
the work of the Red Cross is be
ing overrated by those soliciting
funds, they are asked to listen
to the opinions of some of the
boys who know what is being
done overseas.
On page seven under thediead-
ing "Unsolicited Testimonial"
is a paragraph from a letter re
ceived this week by Mayor W.
Duncan Matthews from Joseph,
the eldest of his three sons, all
of whom are in foreign service.
S|Sgt. Matthews is now in Italy
after seeing service in North Af
rica and Sicily and has had am
ple opportunity to evaluate the
Red Cross.
Corp. Charles C. Libby was
permitted just 25 words on his
first postcard to his parents at
Easton. Pa., written from a Ger
man prison camp following his
capture in the Mediterranean
area.
Five of them were;
"The Red Cross is wonderful."
Col. V. C. Olsmith
Transfers to Texas
First Commander of Camp
Mackall Is Succedded By
Lt. Co. Harry E. Willel
Moore County Passes Half-Way Mark in
American Red Cross War Fund Campaign
ROTARY PRESIDENT
Colonel Vernon G. Olsmith, post
commander of Camp Mackall since
its establishment January 5, 1943,
was last week transferred to the
Headquarters of the Southern De
fense Command at Ft. Sam Houston,
Texas, effective Friday, March 10.
Lt. Col. Harry E. Willett, formerly
executive officer of Camp Mackall,
who has also been here since the
camp was established, assumes the
position of post commander.
Tuesday evening, a farewell party
was tendered Colonel and Mrs. Ol
smith at the officers club, attended
by all officers of the station com
plement and their wives or friends.
Col. Olsmith, a native of Ohio, has
had a long and distinguished mili
tary career. He entered the Army as
an enlisted man in Oklahoma in
1906, in the 26th Infantry, and in
1909 earned his first commisgion.
Since then he has steadily risen to
his present rank. He served with
the Army in the Punitive Expedition
into Mexico prior to the World War,
feerved in France during the World
War with the 32nd Division and was
in the Argonne and Oisne-Aisne of
fensives, then served in Germany
with the Army of Occupation. He
served in Hawaii for eight years. Col.
Olsmith is a graduate of the Infantry
School, Ft. Benriing, Ga., the Com-
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REV. TUCKER G. HUMPHRIES
TuckerG.Humphries
Is Rotary President
Election Is Held Friday
at Highland Pines Inn;
Other New Officers Named
S-Sgt. Hal Eugene Poe, Formerly of
Southern Pines, Is Missing in Action
staff Sgt. Hal Eugene Poe, 21, son
of Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Poe of Siler
City Route 2, formerly of Southern
Pines, has been missing in action
over Germany since February 22, ac
cording to a telegram received from
the War Department Sunday by his
parents.
A gunner on a Flying Fortress, the
young man had last written his pa
rents a letter dated February 18.
He joined the Army Air Forces in
October, 1942, and had been over
seas since early November of last
year.
According to relatives, Sgt Poe
would send his mother British news
paper clippings describing air raids
over enemy targets in which he ap
parently had participated. His mo
ther had received eight of these clip
pings prior to the announcement
that he was missing and it is felt
that he failed to return from hiS
ninth mission.
Staff Sgt. Poe is a nephew of M. Y.
Poe of Southern Pines.
sergeant at Camp Phillips, Kansas,
left last week to return to camp after
spending a furlough with his sister,
Mrs. John Blue, in Southern Pines.
VISITING RELATIVES
Pfc. Ross M. Grey, ASTP Alabama
Polytechnic Institute, Auburn, Ala.,
has been visiting his parents and
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Maxwell
Grey and Mr. and Mrs. Charles M.
Grey.
IN NAVY
Paul M. Fowler, son of Mr. and
Mrs. H. B. Fowler, who enlisted in
the Navy on February 28th, has been
sent to Bainbridge, Md., for train
ing.
IN SOUTH PACIFIC
Mrs. E. W. Barton has just receiv
ed a letter from her nephew. Major
Edmund F. Johnstone, who is in the
Air Force and has recently arrived in
the South Pacific. Previous to going
into service Major Johnstone was
president of Redfield-Johnstone Ad
vertising Agency of New York City.
■ig'
RETURNS TO CAMP
Sgt. Robert K. McDonald, a mess
ON FURLOUGH
Pvt. Frank (Pete) Kaylor, Jr., of
Camp Crowder, Mo., is spending a
10-day furlough here with his wife
and parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Kaylor.
LEAVES FOR FLORIDA
Lt. George M. McDermott, Jr., af
ter a short visit with his parents in
Vass, left last week for Jacksonville,
Fla. Lt. McDemrott was commis
sioned and awarded his wings as a
pilot on February 29 at the Naval
Air Training Station at Corpus
Christi, Texas. His brother, John
McDermott, is training as an Army
pilot at Brooks Field, San Anton
io, Texas.
At Friday’s Rotary luncheon at
the Highland Pines Inn, Tucker G.
Humphries was elected president of
the club for the coming year.
Mr. Humphries, pastor of the
Church of Wide Fellowship, came
to Southern Pines from Wilkes-
Barre, Pa., where he held the pas
torate at the Puritan Congregational
Church of that city.
The new club president is a na
tive of Lexington, Va., although he
calls Washington, D. C., his home.
His father for a number of years
was city editor of the Washington
Post.
Mr. Humphries finished a course
in law at the Washington and Lee
Law School, and then, instead of
hanging out a law shingle, entered
the FBI sarvice. It was while he
was engaged in running down crim
inals that, from first hand know
ledge and experience in visiting their
haunts and habitats, he felt he could
be of greater service to society try
ing to restore these men to a prop
er place in society.
He began his new job as director
of young people’s work at St. Mark’s
Episcopal Church in Washington, D.
C., under Dr. H. A. Woolfall, pastor
of the church. From Washington Mr.
Humphries, accompanied by Mrs.
Humphries, went to St. Peter’s
Church in St. Louis, Mo., to direct
young people’s work, and the pas
tor of this church. Dr. J. T. Stock
ings, national moderator of the Con
gregational Church, interested Mr.
Humphries in the ministry.
After graduation from Oberlin
Craduate School of Theology, Ober
lin, Ohio, Mr. Humphries held pas
torates at Kipton and Dover, Ohio
and then went to Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
While in Wilkes-Barre he was pastor
councillor of the young people’s as
sociation, of Wyoming Valley, pres
ident of the Wilkes-Barre Minister
ial Association and member of the
Wilkes-Barre Kiwanis Club.
Leland Daniels was elected vice
president, and Ernest Lorenson, sec
retary. Will Wiggs, Father Harkins
and Lloyd Clark are newly elected
members of the Board of Directors.
Sam Cooke, Huntington, Long Is
land, Earl Sprague, Bridgeport,
Conn., Bob Gray, Sanford, and E.
J. Leavitt, Buffalo, N. Y., were vis
iting Rotarians.
A NEW RECORD
Many strange happenings
come to pass in times of war.
No old time resident, nor any
fireman of Southern Pines would
have believed that the time
would come when the fire siren
would sound in mid-afternoon
and the truck speed on its way
to a plainly visible pillar of
smoke in West Southern Pines
without a line of cars following
like the tail of a comet. But last
Friday's alarm set a new record
for Southern Pines. Not a single
car followed.
Splendid Examples of
Generous Giving Are
Reported by Chairman
Chairman O. Leon Seymour, con
tacted at noon Thursday, estimated
that Moore County had reached ap
proximately 60 per cent of its quota
in the Red Cross War Fund drive
with the month slightly past the
half-way mark.
Figures for the entire county are
not available, but the reports re
ceived are encouraging. Southern
Pines, Norman Shenk, chairman, has
collected $6,020.32 of its $12,000;
Aberdeen, A. L. Burney, chairman,
has approximately $2,500 of its
$3,000, and Carthage, M. G. Boyette,
iphairman, has two-thirds of its
$3,000. Pinehurst, whose goal is $14,-
000, has raised around $8,000. S. B.
Chapin is chairman. Robbins, at the
last report, had about half its
$3,000. W. P. Saunders is Robbins
chairman.
Mr. Seymour mentioned several
other towns that were well along
with their quotas. He hopes to have
a detailed report for next week.
Everyone is urged to make his or
her donation just as soon as possible
in order that the chairmen and com
mittees may know how they stand
and just how much extra effort will
have to be put forth.
Splendid examples of unselfish
and sacrificial giving are being not
ed. Several persons who have mod
erate incomes with which to support
fheir families have given $25, each,
and one soldier gave $50, a month’s
salary. One young woman earning
a monthly salary of $90 contributed
$7b. When asked by her employer if
^he had been unduly urged, she re
plied that she had not; that she re
alized that she had given sacrifici-
ally, but that she had a brother who
had been saved by blood plasm and
she wanted to give.
Only two more weeks remain and
the last half of the way will be the
harder, so every citizen is asked to
give and give to the limit to help
Moore County reach its goal.
Brown Is Appointed
Head of Institution
P. R. Brown, for the past ten years
principal of the West Southern Pines
School, has been appointed superin
tendent of Morrison Training School,
a correctional institution for deliin-
quent negro boys opened in 1925
near Hoffman in Richmond County.
He handed in his resignation March
16th effective April 1. The new pos
ition pays $2200 a year with main
tenance.
Prof. Brown is well qualified for
the position. He has a B. S. degree
from A. & T. College in Greensboro
and an M. A. from the University
of Michigan. During his ten years as
principal here the school has growm
from an enrollment of 560 to a high
of 620, which has been cut by the
war, and many improvements have
been made. A building for home
economics and manual training has
been erected and a branch of the
Southern Pines Library opened. Pri
or to coming here he was with a
training school in Bladen County
for six years.
In addition to his school work.
Prof. Brown is a member of the Sou
thern Pines Council of Social Agen
cies and has served as county chair
man of the Negro Division of the Tu
berculosis Seal Sale and the March
of Dimes. In discussing his new pos
ition he expressed appreciation of
the cooperation given him by the
Superintendent of the Southern
Pines Schools and the citizens.
TO CONSIDER RELOCATION OF
SOUTHERN PINES BUS STATION
Members of the State Utilities
pommission will come to Southern
Pines today, Friday, for a meeting
with bus company officials and Ar
my camp authorities to consider the
“relocation” of the bus station, it
was announced yesterday by Chief
•Clerk R. O. Self of the commission.
The meeting was arranged fol
lowing a request for a new bus sta
tion, Self said.