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Southern Pines, North Carolina. Friday May 5, 1944.
TEN CENTS
Sandhills Kiwanis Club Is Guest of
Pinehurst School at Special Program
Mixed Chorus, Glee Clubs
and Home Economics Class
Provide Entertainment
BY HOWARD F. BURNS
The Sandhills Kiwanis Club mem
bers were guests at a special musical
program and style show Wednesday
at the Pinehurst High School, put
on under the direction of James W.
Harbison and his faculty.
The program opened with a Cot
ton Fashion Review presented by
the Home- Economics Department
under the direction of Miss Margaret
Eischel, the instructor. Taking part
in the style show were the following:
Ninth Grade: Annie Smith, Lois
Frye, Elgene Willard, Isabelle Mar
tin, Mary Jane Myers, Sue Weaver,
Edna Dunn, La Verne Ritter, Mary
Louise Black, Sally Cheney, Frances
Campbell, Louise McLean;
Tenth Grade: Dorothy Graham,
Gladys Garrison, Helen Hartsell,
Mabel Ritter, Pauline Lewis, Flora
Ellen Cameron, Doris Hunt, Edith
Ann Dunlop, Louise Morrison;
Eleventh Grade: Ruth Gilliland;
Twelfth Grade: Doris Graham; ev
ening gown modeled by Dorothy
Krebs.
Miss Dorothy Graham, a member
of the tenth grade, was awarded a
prize by the judges.
The Boys’ anc# Girls’ Gleb Clubs
presented a very line musical pro
gram under the direction of Mrs.
Kate Dobbs. The accompaniment
was by Douglas Glasspool, pianist.
The Boys’ Glee Club presented the
following numbers: “Stouthearted
Men,’*' Romberg; “Loves’ Old Sweet
Song,’’ Malloy; “Now the Day is
Over,” Barnby.
The following program was pre-
- sented. by. Hie.Mixed-Chorus: “Hymn
of Love”, Dvorak; Vilia,” Lehar.
This was followed by two special
numbers by the Girls’ Glee Club:
“Juanita,” Spanish Folk Song; “We
Must Be Vigilant,” Arranged by
Touchette. The program concluded
with “God Bless America.
The gymnasium was 'beautifully
decorated for the luncheon and en
tertainment.
The speaker next week at the
Aberdeen Community House will be
General W. A. Burress, command
ing officer of the 100th Division at
Fort Bragg. The Club will be honor
ed by the presence of a number of
other generals and high ranking Ar
my officers.
JBus Station Hearing
Is Held This Week
A hearing on the restraining or
der which halted operation of the
Southern Pines Bus Station two
weeks ago was held in Laurinburg
on May 1st before Judge Gwyn. The
decision was that the order should
be lifted upon the condition that sep
arate toilet facilities be provided for
white men, white women, colored
men and colored women.
Plans for converting the garage
building now in use into a modern
bus station with adequate accomo
dations for the traveling public have
been approved by the Town of Sou
thern Pines and by the Utilities Com
mission of North Carolina. A repre
sentative of the Queen City Coach
Company was scheduled to arrive
this week to make further plans.
WEATHERSPOON WINS
SANDPIPERS FINALS
Bert Weatherspoon came through
With a nice win in the finals of the
Sandpipers Winter Championship at
the Southern Pines Country Club
Saturday, April 29. Howard Burns
was Bert’s opponent and put up a
real fight before yielding.
Both players were right on their
games on the first nine with Burns
gaining a 1 up advantage on the sec
ond and retaining it until the ninth
green, where he missed a very short
putt to allow his opponent to draw
even. After this mishap, Howard
lost his control long enough for
Bert to go 3 up by winning lO, 11,
and 12. The 13th, 14th and 15th were
halved and Burns found himself
three down and three to go. He took
16 but then was closed out 2 to 1
when the 17th was halved.
Re: Scrap Paper
Mrs. P. P. McCain has kind
ly donated her garage for the
storage of scrap paper. This gar
age, facing the alley between
the Sandhills Drug Store and
Hayes' Book Store, is now avail
able. Paper, which Should be
tied in bundles, may be depos
ited there at any time.
Those who are unable to bring
their own scrap paper should
put it aside to be called for. Paul
Butler, chairman of the Scrap
Drive Committee, said that a
collection would be made next
week.
Post-War Planning
Will Be Studied By
Community Leaders
Committee for Eco
nomic Development Is
Formed at Carthage
At a meeting Thursday night at
the Courthouse in Carthage called by
),eon Seymour of Aberdeen, Moore
County chairman of Economic De
velopment, an organization was
created to make an extensive study
of post-war planning lor the county.
W. D. Sabiston, Jr.,' of Carthage,
solicitor of the Moore County Re
corder’s Court, was appointed exe
cutive secretary; N. L. Hodgkins,
president of the Citizens Bank &
Trust Company of Southern Pines,
chairman of the Fact-Finding Com
mittee, and G. C. Seymour of Aber
deen and Howard P.‘Burns of Souths
ern Pines, joint chairmen of Finance
and Public Relations. Other mem
bers of this committee include N. L.
Hodgkins, John Taylor of Pinehurst,
and W. D. Sabiston.
Senator Wilbur H. Currie of Car
thage is chairman of the Public
Works Committee, and Shelby F.
Cullom, cashier of the Bank of Pine
hurst, and John Currie of Carthage
head the committee on New Indus
try. Other members are Forest Lock-
ey, mayor of Aberdeen, and Howard
F. Burns.
W. P. Saunders of Robbins, promi
nent silk industrialist, was appointed
chairman of the Committee for Man
ufacturing and Mining. A. L. Burney
of Aberdeen is chairman of the
Business Committee. E. H. Garrison
of Carthage, Moore County farm
demonstrator, heads the Committee
on Agriculture, and Philip J. Weav
er, superintendent of the Southern
Pines schools, is vice-chairman of the
committee.
Officers for the organization,
which is under the Committee for
Economic Development with head
quarters in New York, will be at the
Courthouse in Carthage.
IN THE ARMY
CPL. ROYAL A. STUTTS, JR.
• Cpl. Royal A. Stutts, Jr., attended
Vass-Lakeview School and was in
ducted into the Army at Fort Bragg
October 7, 1943. He received his basic
training at Fort Sill, Okla., and went
from there to Fort Meade, Md. His
new address is A. S. N. 34850789,
Field Artillery, Battery A, A. P. O.
15244, care Postrhaster, New York,
N. Y.
Cpl. Stutts’ parents reside south
of Lakeview and Mr. Stutts is in the
lumber business in Vass.
Red Cross Officers
Entertain Chairmen
Dinner Meeting Is Held
at Aberdeen; Mrs. Kenne
dy Explains New Set-Up
E. H. Garrison, chairman of Moore
County Red Cross, and members ot
the. Executive Committee entertain
ed the branth' chairihen and -chair
men ■ of other services at a beauti
fully appointed dinner, Wednesday
evening, April 26th, at 8 o’clock at
the Community House in Aberdeen.
Mutual introductions preceded the
delicious dinner, which was served
by the Aberdeen Red Cross Canteen
Corps under the direction of Mrs.
H. W. Doub, chairman. Twenty-two
Red .Cross chairmen and committee-
•men were present.
Gathered around the U shaped
table, which was decorated with at
tractively arranged creations of
spring flowers in a profusion of color
combinations, the guests introduced
themselves to the assembly. Mr. Gar
rison headed the speaker’s table and
acted as master of ceremonies. First
presented were the members of the
Executive Committee: Miss Laura
Kelsey, lyirs. H. F. Seawell, Jr., J.
B. Edwards, L. T. Avery, and O.
Leon Seymour, vice chairman, and
S. P. Ramsdell, secretary.
David Packard, treasurer, Mrs.
Paul Dana, chairman of Volunteer
Special Services, Mrs. W. J. Ken
nedy, executive secretary, and Mrs.
Paul Johnson, assistant to the execu-
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Annual Meeting of [Democratic Convention to Elect County
Medical Society Is Officers, Precinct Committeemen and
Delegates to State Convention Is Held
Held at Pinehurst
Socialized Medicine Is
Discussed iay President
of National Society
The 91st annual session of the Med
ical Society of North Carolina, which
was attended by 760 or nearly one
half of the practicing physicians of
the entire State, adjourned Wednes
day afternoon to meet again in Pine
hurst at the earliest available date
in May, 1945.
Dr.. Paul F. Whitaker of Kinston
was installed as president for the
coming year and Dr. Oren Moore
of Charlotte was elected president
elect to take office at the next con-
v^ention.
Dr. James E., Paulin of Atlanta,
president of the American Medical
Association, in addressing the group,
rapped socialized medicine. Under
no circumstances, he told the doc
tors, will the profession, which al
ready has furnished more than 60,
000 men to the armed forces', “re
linquish its cherished freedom and
become the handmaiden of any pol
itical group”.
Dr. James W. Vernon of Morgan-
ton, in his president’s address, com
mended the recent proposals of Gov.
J. M. Broughton that the 2-year med
ical course at the University of North
Carolina be increased to a 4-year
course; that an adequate hospital be
erected at Chapel Hill, and that
smaller hospitals be established at
othef points throughout the State
to serve as medical centers.
The doctors visited a field X-ray
unit from Fort Bragg and saw a dem
onstration by a group of soldiers
from Camp Mackall.
Mrs. John T. Saunders of Ashe
ville was elected president of the
Women’s Auxiliary of the Medical
Society.
Share Your Clothes
With the Russians
War Relief Drive Runs
Through May 14ih; All
Are Urged lo Support It
MUSIC WEEK
Music Week, May 7-14, the
Southern Pines U. S. O. has
made arrangements through Col.
McEntee for a concert by the
widely known "Jumping Band"
ot ihe 541st Parachute Infantry.
The concert will be Sunday af
ternoon, May 7, from 2:00 to 3:00
o'clock, with the band under the
direction of SjSgt. Fernando
Perez.
Tuesday night. May 9, at 8:30
o'clock there will be a Music
Festival at the High School and
Friday night at 8:30 the High
School Glee Club will give a
concert followed by a reception.
On Sunday, May 14, the South
ern Pines High School Glee Club
will give a concert at Service
Club No. 1, Camp Mackall.
Bov Scout Court of
•f
Honor Held Monthly
Full Cooperation of all
Parents of Scouts Will
Be Greatly Appreciated
Week of May 8 Named for Special Drive
for Funds for Maternal Welfare Work
Public Asked to "Buy a Tag"
to help Carry on Program
Started in County in 1936
May 14 is Mother’s Day. The week
before has been set aside by the peo
ple of Moore County as a drive to
raise the rnoney to carry on the work
of the Moore County Maternal Wel
fare committee.
The work of the Health Depart
ment which this Committee spon
sors is too well known to need des
cription. For eight years it has been
in existence and the steadily drop
ping rate of maternal mortality in
the county testifies to the success of
this program.
This record is clear evidence of
the value of the work to which the
Maternal Welfare Committee is ask
ing the public to contribute. The
budget is not a large one but it is
vitally important to the continuance
of the work at its present high stan
dard. Items of the budget include:
part of the salary of the nurse-mid-
wife, fees to doctors and midwives
when patients cannot pay, milk for
babies, sewing supplies, layettes, and
bassinets, equipment for the clinics
and the midwives’ training course
educational pamphlets.
Before an organization makes pub
lic appeal it should be able to show
that its funds are being wisely spent.
Apart from all the humanitarian
considerations it would seem that
this work for maternal welfare is
worthwhile. From an economic an
gle the following points stand out:
the death of a mother of a poor fam
ily is a catastrophe whose effects
are far-reaching; her injury through
lack of care at child-birth results in
lasting illnesses, often in costly op
erations; her efficiency is impaired,
her children suffer and the family
more often than not joins the tired
ranks of those who must be cared
for by the county. Another point:
the ravages and economic loss from
syyhilis is well-known; is is per
haps not so well-known that though
this is an inheritable disease, a baby-
born of syphilitic^parents will be
free of it if the ^nother is treated
early enough in Iier pregnancy. Ev
ery “clinic” mother is tested for
syphilis and when the tests are pos
itive she is given the treatments so
that her baby will be well.
These are just a few of the ways
in which the Maternal Welfare work
saves life and health, and' also cuts
Uown on the amount of the tax pay
er’s money which must go into re-
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A statewide drive, “Share Your
Clothes with the Russians”, is being
sponsored by the State Department
of Education, the North Carolina
Educational • Association, and the
North Carolina Congress of Parents
and Teachers.
The Student Council is sponsor
ing the local drive for Russian War
Relief. Clean clothing and unbrok
en shoes are needed. The shoes
should be tied in pairs and the
clothes securely tied for handling.
Parents are asked to provide four
pounds (or more) clothing and a
pair of shoes per pupil, where they
have them to spare. Ask neighbors
who do not have children to give.
Pack these things in bags or boxes,
wrap securely, and send by your
child, or call the high school and
someone will call for the bundle.
Any garment that is clean and in
good condition, of any size, may be
given. Dresses, shirts, blouses, jack
ets, topcoats, suits, shirts, trousers,
vests, overcoats, caps, capes, shoes—
all are needed in as large quantities
and as quickly as possible. Do not
send underwear, hose, or hats.
The drive will last from May 1 to
14, and May 10 will be set aside for
the collection of clothing.
Search your hearts as well as your
closets.
Let’s do a wonderful job for the
Russians who hqve done such a won
derful job for us.
(Contributed)
Perhaps few citizehs of Moore
County realize the extent to which
the Boy Scouts of America is con
tributing toward the upbuilding and
moulding of the character of the
young manhood of this county.
Scouting has, over a period of years,
afforded boys over 12 years of age
a wholesome outlet for surplus en
ergy. It stresses the qualities of
good citizenship, with emphasis upon
a boy’s duty toward God, his coun
try, and the community. Most pa
rents of boys in this age grof^J have
been vaguely familiar with the
ideals and aims of Scouting, and
have at times offered encourage
ment to their sons. Many parents
have not realized, howev4(r, that
there is a definite place wherh their
efforts might contribute a great deal
toward this great movement. The
parents’ insistence upon their boy’s
attendance at the monthly Court of
Honor, and their own presence there
would help , make these affairs the
impressive, dignified occasions they
are intended to be.
On the second Tuesday night of
each month the Scout Troops- |rom
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SLIGHT RELIEF
NOTICE
The Grey Ladies Class which
was scheduled for early in May
has been unavoidably postponed
but will start definitely on Wed
nesday, May 17 th. All Volun
teers who have not reh|rned
their application forms are ask
ed to do so immediately.
Mrs. Guy Whittall. So jPines.
Chairman. Grey Ladies Corps.
AMERICAN, RED CROSS
“In spite of the wide publicity
given to the fact that holders of
“B” gasoline rations are now eligible
for No. 1 tires, there will be slight
relief for motorists” warned Chair
man George Maurice of the Moore
County War Price and Rationing
Board. “All tires are governed by
quotas, and the-May quota for Moore
County is somewhat smaller than
April’s. Eligibility for these tires
still is dependent on the purpose for
which the car is used, and no tires
can be purchased without Certifi
cates”.
“APPLICATIONS SHOULD BE
FILED WITH THE LOCAL BOARD
AND TIRE INSPECTION RECORDS
MUST ACCOMPANY THEM AS
HERETOFORE”.
GOLF ORGANIZATION
STARTS TOURNAMENT
The Sandpipers, men’s golf organ
ization at the Southern Pines Coun
try Club, started their annual cham
pionship Sunday, April 30, by play
ing their 18-hole qualifying round.
Will Wiggs, the well known insur
ance man, turned in one of the best
rounds of his career to cop the low
net prize. He carded a 41-40-81 with
his 15 handicap giving him a net 66.
Roy Grinnell, club professional,
had low gross score with 38-37—75.
The low sixteen net scores quali
fied for match play in the champion
ship flight. The first round will be
played Sunday, May 7, with the pair
ings as follows:
Weatherspoon vs. Carter, Kennedy
vs. Grinnell, DeBerry vs. Hatch,
Burns vs. Davis, Wiggs vs. Patter
son, Atherton vs. McEntee, Farrell
vs. Sugg and Hodgkins vs. Hoffman.
Boyette of Carthage Is
Chairman and Miss Bes^
McCaskill Is Secretary
At the, Moore County Democratic
Convention held in Carthage at 2 p.
m. last Saturday, April 29th, the fol
lowing officers were elected for
1944-46: M. G. Boyette, Carthage,
chairman; Mrs. S. L. Windham, Aber
deen, first vice-chairman; M^-s. Lula
Belle Guthrie, Cameron, second vice-
chairman, and Miss Bess McCaskill,
Carthage, secretary.
PFecinct Committeemen are as fol
low:
Vass:, William D. Smifh, chair
man, Vass, Mrs. Alton Matthews,
vice-chairman, Lakeview, J. O. Blue,
Lakeview, M. M. Chappell, Vass,
C. A. Cameron, Vass.
Spencerville: D. A. Dunlap, chair
man, Robbins, Rt. 2, Mrs. W. B. Crav
en, vice-chairman, A. L. Kennedy,
R. G. Yow, E. B. Luck, all of Steeds.
Bensalem: K. W. Leach, chairman.
Star, Mrs. W. McC. Blue, vice-chair
man, R. C. McLean, W. McC. Blue,
J. A. Kelly, C. C. Underwood, all of
Eagle Springs.
Pinehurst: S. R. Ransdell, chair
man, Mrs. A. P. Thompson, vice-
chairman, G. M. Cameron, Secretary,
A. F. Dees, C. F. Leavitt.
Southern Pines: D. G. Stutz, chair
man, Mrs. L. L. Woolley, vice-chair
man, Dr. G. G. Herr, secretary, Eu
gene Woodward, A. L.-Ruggles, Ern
est Wilson.
Cameron: Pharoah Bullock, chair
man, Lula B. Guthrie, vice-chair
man, E. B. Harrington, Alton Shaw,
Walter Wicker.
West Carthage: L. L. Marion,
chairman, Mrs. Sam. Riddle, vice-
chairman, E. J. Burns, secretary, H.
H. Grimm, R. G. Frye, Jr.
Pinebluff: J. Dan Mangum, chair
man, Mrs. W. K. Carpenter, vice-
chairman, Jim O’Quinn, M. I. Ball,
Douglas David.
Eureka: Ernest Horne, chairman,
Vass, Mrs. Z. V. Blue, vice-chairman,
Carthage, Martin McLeod, Vass, Miss
Bess McCaskill, Carthage, T. L. Blue,
Vass.
Ritters: Borden Ritter, chairman,
Carthage, Alice Ritter vice-chair
man, Carthage, Wiley Purvis, Car
thage Route, O. T. Parks, Hdllison,
Alfred Kidd, McConnell.
Deep River: O. U. Alexander,
chairman, Carthage, Lucille Har-
ringtoji, vice-chairman, Carthage,
Lynn Fields, Carthage, W. A. Tyson,
Carbonton, R. A. Dowd, Glendon.
Highfalls: Charles Upchurch, chair
man, Mrs. G. M. Upchurch, vice-
chairman, Frank Brady, Artie Mar-
tindale, Walter G. Mashburn.
West End: Edgar Graham, chair-
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PLANE CRASH NEAR
ABERDEEN REPORTED
A two-passenger trainer plane
crashed near the Aberdeen-Raeford
Highway about two miles out of
Aberdeen at 2:40 o’clock Sunday
afternoon, instantly killing one lieu
tenant and so seriously injuring an
other that he died before arrival at
a hospital, according to reports
reaching here.
Names of the officers and the base
from which the plane operated could
not be learned.
NO TRACE
No trace of the plane which was
believed to have crashed between
Southern Pines, Aberdeen and Pine
hurst last week was found, so it is
supposed that it was a false alarm.
ANOTHER ALARM
Ignition of a trash pile in the rear
of the premises at 41 East Pennsyl
vania Avenue brought out both
pieces of apparatus of the Southern
Pines Fire Company at 5:15 o’clock
Wednesday afternoon. The blaze,
which threatened surrounding build
ings, was quickly extinguished.
PINEHURST STORE INCLUDED
IN AFTERNOON CLOSING
Notices in THE PILOT of last
Week announcing the Wednesday
afternoon closing of the local ABC
[store should have included the Pine-
liurst store.