TODAY-
VOLUME24. NO. 25
Waynick Speaks to
Kiwanis Club About
Post War Planning
Southern Pines. North Carolina. Friday. May 19, 1944.
TEN CENTS
Speaker Outlines Work
of Planning Board at
Oak Point Inn Dinner
BY HOWARD F. BURNS
Capus W. Waynick, of the Govern
or’s Post War Planning Board of Ral
eigh, in an address to the Sandhills
Kiwanis Club at its meeting Wed
nesday at Oak Point Inn, Carthage,
stated that Post War Planning was
divided into three phases: First, to
study the State Tax Plan in order to
further industrial development, and
to attract new industry to the State;
second, to include Local Planning
Boards in towns, cities, and countries
of the State, and third, to make a
study of needs to State institutions
in line of structural expansion.
The State Planning Board, still in
its infancy, has made much progress
in State Planning along the line of
other States of the nation, he said.
The speaker informed the Club the
entire nation is facing a tremendous
economic change. This was true
prior to the war, and the war help
ed to absorb the shock.
Mr. Waynick, a very pleasing
speaker of wide experience in State
affairs, stated he believed in the
capitolistic system as being the best
to furnish consumers goods. Contin
uing, he said he was afraid of bu
reaucracy from the ground up. No
economic system can be organized
by bureaucracy.
He informed the Club that indus
try is now being set up in China and
other foreign countries which here
tofore have depended upon the Unit
ed States and other industrial nations
for their consumer goods. He declar-
" ed that these countries are going to
continue to expand industrially.
In conclusion he stated the ten
dency after the war is to go to con
servatism, a turn to the right, and
Post War Planning should not de
pend on the public treasury to fi
nance the projects, but private cap
ital will have to stand a large part of
the expansion program.
The speaker was introduced by
John Ruggles.
JUNIOR ROTARIAN
LEWIS HODGKINS
Lewis Hodgkins, son of Mr. and
Mrs.'N. L. Hodgkins, was presented
to the Rotary Club at Friday’s reg
ular luncheon as newest Junior Ro-
tarian. An honor student of the sen
ior class of Southern Pines High
School, Rotarian Hodgkins is presi
dent of the Beta Club, manager of
the baseball team, a member of the
Band, Glee Club and Hi-Y Club,
and president of the Young People’s
Service League of the Episcopal
Church.
Herman Epps Passes
After Brief Illness
They Are Americans
A World War Veteran. He
Joined Mechanical Staff
of THE PILOT in 1929
Wiggs Sets Pace In
Sandpipers Tourney
Will Wiggs, local insurance man,
set the pace in the second round of
rnatch play in the Sandpipers Cham
pionship at the Southern Pines Coun
try Club Saturday afternoon, when
he flashed around the trickey 6700
yard championship course in 39-44-
83, to defeat Arthur Atherton of
Aberdeen, president of the Club, 2
up in a hard fought match.
Atherton 4 down at the turn was
off in his short game, but made a
strong come-back on the inward nine
to lose the match on the 18th hole,
when he failed to sink an eighteen
inch putt for a tie.
Joe DeBerry eliminated Howard
Burns on the 16th with a score of
3 and 2.
Dick Suggs ousted Howard Hoff
man—4 and 2.
The match between Jack Carter
and Roy Grinnell was postponed un
til next Saturday.
Pairings for Sunday are: M^iggs
vs. Suggs; DeBerry vs. Carter or
Grinnell.
Mary Wood and Jack Carter led a
field of about 40 golfers in turning
in a 41—39—80—9—71 to win the
Scotch Foursome Tournament Sun
day afternoon.
Bert Weatherspoon and Mrs. Ho
ward F. Burns were runners-up with
the net 73.
CONGRATULATIONS
Herman L. Epps, World War veter
an and a valued member of the
mechanical staff of THE PILOT,
passed away in the Moore County
Hospital at 1:30 p. m. Monday fol
lowing a short illness.
Funeral services were held in the
Church of Wide Fellowship at 3:00
o’clock Wednesday with the pastor
the Rev. Tucker G. Humphries, of
ficiating. Burial was in Mount Hope
Cemetery.
Mr. Epps was born in Goldsboro
Sept. 26, 1890, the son of Charles F.
and Rena G. Epps. Serving overseas
with the 119th U. S. Infantry in
World War I, he participated in ma-
jor Gngag6rnents and was gass6d and
shell shocked.
After returning to Goldsboro, he
handled the AP wire for the Golds
boro Daily Argus. It was because of
his knowledge of this work that THE
PILOT employed him in 1929 to take
over the AP news for the Sandhills
Daily News which it was then pub
lishing. He knew every department
of the mechanical end of the shop,
this versatility making him a valu
able member of the organization.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Julia
C. Epps; two sons, Pfc. Durwood
Epps of Quantico, Va., and Pvt. Ken
neth Epps of Fort Monmouth, N. J.;
three daughters, Mrs. Douglas Gor
man and Misses Sybil E. and Audrey
R. Epps, of Southern Pines; two sis
ters, Mrs. Olivia Perkins of Washing
ton, D. C., and Mrs. Charles Branch
of Wilmington, and one granddau
ghter.
Pall bears were Ted L. Frye of
Carthage, H.. Clifton Blue of Aber
deen, W. S. Harrington, Dan S. Ray,
Charles Macauley and John Ormsby'
of Southern Pines.
BY KATHARINE BOYD
The sun drops down on Old Beth-
esda, gilding the leaves of the mag
nolias; the lizards scuttle across the
hot sand. But over in the far corner
where the cedars stand, the shade is
cool and deep. This is the oldest
part of the burying ground, where
the first settlers lie. Here, almost hid
den by the yellow jasmine flowers,
are the red-brown gravestones of the
Huguenots. These, as far as we know,
were the first people to come to
Moore County from Europe. ,
Since then others have come, just
a few at a time, and Moore County
has welcomed them. They came to j
this country for various reasons: be
cause of relatives here, because they
wanted to see the world, because op
portunities in the crowded mother-
country were few. America beckon
ed. And when they came, they spent
a few years in the port where they
landed. New York, Boston, Balti
more, the seaports of Maine, and then
they headed south. And when they
got to Moore County they stayed.
Why? One of them says: “Because
this is such a friendly place.”
Could any place have higher
praise than that? It implies many
things: kindness and tolerance, of
course, and a decent self-confidence
we are not fearful of competition
here but above all, perhaps, it im
plies intelligence. We recognize the
quality of these newer citizens in
our midst. We realize what they
bring to us, the great contributions
their peoples have made to our na
tional life. We know that without
them our America, as we know it,
would never have come into being!
Around Southern Pines there are
several families from Italy and
Greece. There is the jHontesanti clan.
Our “Mr. Monti” came to this coun
try from Calabria, in 1902, having
previously spent two years in the
Italian army, from. which he was
honorably discharged. He landed in
New York, but immediately went
to Boston; luckily for him and for
us. For there he met and married
our well-loved “Mrs. Monti^’. He
worked in a tailoring firm there and
then went into business for him
self, finally, in 1912, coming to Sou
thern Pines. The first thing they did
then was to take out citizenship pa
pers. The Montesantis have lived
here ever since, respected and loved,
and have raised a fine family of
children. Tony and Angelo are in the
army, now overseas in England; Con
stantino is in the navy; on daughter,
one is serving with the Air Forces
Technical Training Command. When
Dante, the eldest, began to think
about getting married he decided
his father’s example was worth fol
lowing: Boston girls were all right.
So Dante married a Boston girl and
now the Montesantis have a grand
child of whom they are very proud.
Mr. Monti says that^between his fam
ily, his wife’s family and his new
daughter-in-law’s family they claim
forty-two boys in the service of their
country. Quite a sizeable service flag.
Mr. Monti’s brother, Joe, younger
than he, came over the same year.
He arrived in Southern Pines in 1912,
the year the Highland Pines Hotel
opened, and was the first barber
there. Then he moved to Pinehurst
and jWorked there for twenty-five
years. He has two children,: a boy
graduating this year from the Uni
versity of North Carolina, and a dau
ghter married to a captain who is
now in Africa.
Joe Montesanti is working with
Nick Rapatas in the fruit and soft
drinks store on the corner opposite
the Pilot building. Nick has been in
this country since 1906 and came to
Southern Pines in 1919. He is one of
two Southern Pines residents who
came from near the famous town of
Sparta in Greece. The other is Louis
Garti, who came to America in 1914
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IN THE ARMY
Reinecke-Dillehay
Gets Contract for
Country Club Work
‘‘Uncle Tom” Ritter
Passes at Ripe Age
SPEAKS AT ROBBINS
Funeral services were held at the
Culdee Presbyterian Church Sunday
for Samuel Thomas Ritter, one of
the oldest and most beloved citizens
of Moore County. “Uncle Tom”, as
Mr. Ritter, was known, had no record
of his birth, but declared he was a
boy of about 14 during the War Be
tween the States.
Lula Ritter estimated her father
was between 95 and 100 years old.
He was a native of Moore County
and worked i for Pinehurst, Incor
porated, for many years. He was
employed by Leonard Tufts when
he came here in 1902, and through
the years won the friendship of all
because of his cheery disposition.
The Rev. T. D. Mullis of Manly,
the Rev. Roscoe Prince and the Rev!
T. A. Cheatham of Pinehurst offi
ciated at the funeral.
Surviving are a daughter, Lula
Ritter of Pinehurst; a son, J. B. Rit
ter of Portsmouth, Va., and two
grandchildren.
PVT. ANGELO MONTESANTI. JR.
Building To Be Repair
ed Throughout in Time
For Opening of Season
Pvt. Angelo Montesanti, Jr., of
Southern Pines is now with the arm
ed forces in England, serving in the
Engineers Department. He has two
brothers in the service, Tony, who
is in the Army, and Constantino, in
the Navy. Pvt. Montesanti attended
school in Southern Pines and gradu
ated from high school in Belmont.
Before entering the service in March,
1943, he was in the dry cleaning
business.
Finger Print School
To Begin May 22nd
School for Law Enforce
ment Officers at Chapel
Hill First in This Area
A two-week fingerprint school for
law enforcement officers sponsored
by the FBI will commence at Chapel
Hill on May 22, 1944. Described by
Edward ^cheidt, head of the FBI in
Charlotte, as the first of its kind
held in this area, the school will
give North and South Carolina of
ficers the opportunity to make an
intensive study of the science of fin
gerprinting. It will be held in coop
eration with the Institute of Govern
ment at Chapel Hill.
In discussing the school Mr.
Scheldt pointed out that the finger
printing of persons arrested is today
an all important part of police work.
When a subject is arrested and his
fingerprints sent to Washington, that
person’s complete criminal history is
forwarded to the contributing agen
cy by the FBI. This information is
of inestimable advantage. Police
agencies that are not equipped to
properly fingerprint persons arrested
and secure their criminal histories
often do not know whether a subject
is a first offender or a hardened vi
olator.
Reinecke-Dillehay, Incorporated, of
Fayetteville was awarded the con
tract last Saturday for repairs to the
Southern Pines Country Club. Plans
and specifications covering the re
pairs were prepared by Basil G. F.
Laslett of Fayetteville.
The construction will include the
replacement of both walls in the
Ballroom with brick. The plans call
for re-decorating, finishing of floors,
repainting of Ladies’ Card Room,
Ladies’ Locker Room, Men’s Locker
Room, the Golf Shop', and the kit
chen.
Plans also include the repairs to
the roof timbers over the Balfroom,
and to re-cover the entire roof of
the Club House with slate.
The ceiling in the Ballroom is to
be supported with heavy timbers, as
the old walls are torn out and will
be replaced with 13 inch brick.
Work is expected to start within
the next two weeks, and will be
completed by early fall in time for
the opening of the season.
Rev. Fred Stimson
Resigns Pastorate
Last Thursday night, at the regular
monthly business conference of the
Baptist Church, the Rev. J. Fred
Stimson tendered his resignation as
pastor of the church. The Rev. Mr.
Stimson, whose home is in Lenoir,
came to this Southern Pines church
from Aulander, in the fall of 1928,
succeeding the Rev. F. A. Tuck.
Since coming to the Sandhills the
Rev. Mr. Stimson married Miss Zilla
Adams and they have made many
warm friends during his ministry
here.
Mr. Stimson’s resignation is t otake
effect the middle of June.
TIRES
THANKS
Winners in the 'Town’s Post War
Planning Contest were announced
yesterday (Thursday) by the judges,
w)io say that they had a hard time
in rnaking their decision as all of the
entries contained good suggestions.
Congratulations to the following:
Frances Folley Butler, winner of the
$50 War Bond; Ernest Morell, win
ner of the $25 War Bond; Harry Lee
Brown, winner of third prize, $10 in
War Savings Stamps.
Judges were Struthers Burt, Ralph
Chandler and N. L. Hodgkins.
The winning Plan will be publish
ed in The Pilot next week.
From the Music Department of
the Southern Pines School comes a
word of appreciation to The Pilot.
We think you have been very gen
erous”, says Miss Overton, in charge
of Music, “for the splendid coopera
tion you have shown as a paper in
giving so much space and promi
nence to the Music News of the
School. We are most grateful. With
out such help from The Pilot, the
town newspaper, it would be hard
to give our programs the publicity
which we think they deserve and
which mean so much to those tak
ing part.
“The publicity during Music Week
was especially appreciated. We
would like also to include in our
thanks Mr. C. L. Hayes for giving
us space for our posters in the Book
Store and the many patrons of the
School who by their gifts of flowers
and their attendance at concerts
helped to make Music Week such a
success this year.”
HIS PET PEEVE
One thing that Mess Sgt. Rob
ert R. Harriss of Aberdeen, dis
likes more than war itself is the
German machine-gun squad that
fired bullets into the pan of eggs
he was cooking, says an AP re
lease.
.. Sgt. Harris, who was returned
to the United States under the
Army’s rotation policy, was mess
sergeant of a field artillery bat
talion fighting in Italy,
The Sarg was preparing food
for an observation post detail,
when the Germans began rak
ing his mess lent. Bullets landed
all around and finally one hit
the pan and scattered the eggs
all over the stove.
You can imagine what that
means to a cook.
CON. W. O. BURGIN
Congressman W. O. Burgin of the
Eighth District will deliver the Com
mencement address to the 28 seniors
of Elise High School at Robbins at
10:30 o’clock Friday morning. May
19th. His subject will be “The World
Situation and Post W ar Planning.”
The address will be followed by a
question and answer period when
those in the audience may ask ques
tions. Sen. Wilbur H. Currie will in
troduce the speaker.
POPPY DAY
Saturday. May 27th. is the day
on which poppies will be sold all
over the country by the Ameri
can Legion and Auxiliary. The
proceds go to welfare and reha
bilitation work and to help the
families of disabled soldiers. It
is hoped that with the greatly in
creased need more poppies will
be sold this year than ever be
fore. It is felt that no better way
presents itself in which to show
loyalty to those who fought for
their country and are now strug
gling to get back to the point
where they can again become
self-supporting.
There will be no charge for the in
struction and the cost of living at
Chapel Hill is nominal. All depart
ments desiring to send a man to the
School should notify Albert Coates,
director of the Institute of Govern
ment, Chapel Hill, as soon as pos
sible. Registration of officers attend
ing the school will begin at 12 noon
at the Institute of Government
Building on May 22 and classes will
commence at 2:00 p. m. the same
date. The school will end on Satury
day afternoon, June 3.
“Although new tires still remain
scarce and are limited to essential
drivers only. No. 3 tires may be ob
tained by anyone on application to
the local War Price & Rationing
Board,” says Chairman George H.
Maurice of the Moore County Board.
“In addition to this, if a No. 3 tire
gives unsatisfactory service, some
dealrs are prepared to make adjust
ments where tires are clearly defec
tive. In such cases, motorists should
apply for another certificate from
the Board.
Some ney “Factory Seconds” are
now classed as No. 3 tires, and it is
hoped may become increasingly
available, as they usually will give
satisfactory service.”
'HELLCAT'
Richard B, Horne
Passes Wednesday
Funeral Services Will Be
Held in Southern Pines,
Probably Saturday A. M.
HIGHLAND PINES CLOSES
The Highland Pines Inn closed on
Monday after a most successful sea
son. The Inn will remain closed un
til necessary painting and repairs
have been accomplished.
TWIN DAUGHTER PASSES
Ann Margaret, 5-year-old daughter
of Lt. Col. and Mrs. J. O. Baker,
passed away in Fort Bragg Hospital
at dawn Thursday. Funeral arrange
ments have not been completed. Sur
viving are the parents and a twin
sister, Helen May. The Balters, who
have been in Southern Pines a year,
reside at 20 S. May Street. ■
Richard B. Horne, father of G. Ed
ward Horne, manager of the Caro
lina Hotel in Pinehurst, died Wed
nesday in Riverton, N. J., following
a stroke on the day before, accord
ing to news reaching THE PILOT.
Mr. Horne had been with his daugh
ter there for the past year and a half.
A telegram reached Pinehurst
Thursday morning stating that the
body would arrive in Southern Pines
Thursday at 10:58 p. m. and that if
possible, the funeral service would
be held Saturday morning. As we go
to press we are unable to learn at
which funeral home the service will
be.
Friends will be interested to
know that the fast blue plane
seen circling low over town
around eleven o'clock Monday
morning, was being piloted by
Ensign Fred H. Weaver. The
plane was the "Hellcat," one of
the Navy's newest and fastest
fighters.
Ensign Weaver called his sis
ter, Mrs. J. W. Causey, saying he
would fly over Southern Pines
but could not stop. This was his
first visit since being ordered to
active duty last November.
- Ensign Weaver received his
Navy wings at the "Annapolis of
the Air." Pensacola, Fla., early
last fall and is now stationed
with the Naval Ferry Service,
Floyd Bennett Field, N, Y.
VISITS PARENTS
Paul P. Pelton, Jr., of the U. S.
Maritime Service is spending the
week with his parents on West
Broad Street. He will leave Sunday
lor the North.
SPECIAL SERVICE
Q. Edward Home was granted
leave of absence frond the Carolina
to serve in the Navy.
There will be a celebration of the
Holy Communion at Camp. Mackall
for Episcopalians next Sunday at 9:00
a. m. conducted by the Rector of
Emmanuel Church, Southern Pines,
the Rev. F. Craighill Brown.