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VOLUME 24. NO. 27
Souihei-n Pines. North Carolina. Friday. June 2. 1844.
TEN CENTS
Moore County Asked
to Raise $675,000
of Fifth War Loan
Stevens Heads Drive
Which Starts June 12;
Jernigan Local Chairman
Moore County’s quota in the Fifth
War Loan, which begins June 12th
and extends through July 8th, is
$675,000, of which $338,000 is E
Bonds, Eugene Stevens, county chair
man, announced Wednesday. The
over-all quota for the county is $143,-
000 larger that that of the Fourth
War. Loan, with the E Bond amount
some $20,000, less, but the total is
well below the amount actually
raised in the last drive, which was
above $930,000. ‘ r asscs-Outtaeiny
SABOTAGE
"Joey", the black bear of the
541st Parachute Regiment at
Camp Mackall. made famous
by going AWOL for, 3 1-2
months, now has competition-
The 458th Regiment recently al
so acquired a cub bear as a mas
cot. The new addition to Camp
MackalTs menagerie of pets and
mascots is thoroughly tamed and
roams the camp at will. His most
consistent and troublesome act
of sabotage so far has been to
give daily headaches to the mess
hall boys by visiting fly traps,
overturning them and eating the
honey put out for fly bait.
Paul Jernigan, who did such a fine
job as local chairman in the Febru
ary drive, will again serve as chair
man for Soutehrn Pines, and Mr.
Stevens says that the set-up through
out the county will be practically
the same. Names of chairmen and
quotas for the various towns will be
announced next week.
Mrs. Norris L- Hodgkins will again
serve as county chairman of the Wo»
men’s Division, which means that the
men will have to be on their toes
if they do not want the women to
out distance them.
Chairman Stevens addresses the
following message to the people of
Moore County: ‘‘Once again Amer
ican Citizens are called upon to sup
ply American Soldiers and Sailors
with the equipment needed to com
plete this terrible war. For those of
, us who are civilians this is a rare
privilege indeed, as who among us
really feels that he is doing every
thing possible to win this war? Are
we living in mud, are we being
bombed out of existence, are we far
from home on a fever-infested Pac
ific Island? Are we horribly wound
ed, or reported Missing in Action?
No, quite the contrary; most of us
are carrying on our business as best
we may and are suffering physically
not at all.
“Therefore, I say the Purchase
of Fifth War Loan Bonds is one way
we can truly help our, boys and girls
in service and each one of us, with
out exception, can at least enjoy the
satisfaction of having done the best
we could do, in addition to having
the knowledge that every Bond we
buy will bring this frightful carnage
nearer an end. No minimum effort is
enough—and there is no limit to
what we should do. So, let us all un
ite during June and July and raise
far above our minimum quota for
bur County. BUY WAR BONDS and
go the limit of our resources.”
George W. Willcox
Heart Attack Is Cause
of Death; Funeral Held
Wednesday at Euphronia
NEW FEATURE
The Pilot takes pleasure in an
nouncing a new feature, “Now and
Then”, the column to be contributed
by A. S. Newcomb. Starting this
week, Mr. Newcomb’s column will
appear weekly or will, on occasions,
alternate with “The Sandbox” which
Wallace Irwin hopes to send from
time to time, during the summer.
Drawing on his rich store of memo
ries of earlier days in the Sandhills
as well as on his own wise observa
tions of present trends, Mr. New
comb through his column will, we
feel sure, contribute greatly to the
pleasure and likewise the benefit of
Pilot readers.
CRADLE ROLL DAY
Annual Cradle Roll Day will be
observed at the Baptist Church here
at 11:00 o’clock next Sunday morn
ing, June 4th. The program will con
sist of numbers by the Cradle Roll
Department followed by a short ser
mon. This is the babies’ day at the
church and the mothers are urged
to bring them, no matter how young
they are.
UNDERGOES OPERATION
J. Bruce Cameron of Manly en
tered Duke Hospital Sunday and on
Monday underwent an operation on
his spine. He is reported to be get
ting along well. Mrs. Cameron spent
several days in Durham.
TAKES OVER RESTAURANT
G.—M. Pope has taken over his
restaurant which was recently oper
ated as the S & W Restaurant. It
has been repaired and is again open
for business.
George W. Willcox, 62, well-known
Moore County resident, died sud
denly of a heart attack around 1:00
a. m. Tuesday at Pinebluff. He had
been having some trouble with his
heart for the past year and had suf
fered an attack Monday morning,
from which he recovered.
Funeral services were held Wed
nesday at Euphronia Presbyterian
Church, of which Mr. Willcox was
a member. The pastor, the Rev. Mr.
Carswell, was assisted by the Rev.
W. S- Golden of Carthage and the
Rev. T. E. Davis of Southern Pines.
Mr. Willcox owned a home, known
as the Knight place, ten miles from
Carthage on the Glendon Road, but
since the first of the year he had
been manager of Van B. Sharpe’s
large hog farm near Pinebluff.
Mr. Willcox was married twice.
His first wife was Miss Lula McLeod
and his second. Miss Eva Siler of
Siler City. Surviving are his wife
and five children, Mary Frances,
Amelia, Annie Ruth, George, Jr., and
Palmer, all of the home; two daugh
ters and a son by the former marri
age: Mrs. W. F. Harper of Southern
Pines, Mrs. C. F. Primm 'of Mont
gomery, Ala., and Lt. J. M- Willcox
of Fbrt Fisher; two brothers, John
Willcox of Carthage and Martin Will
cox of Corbonton, and two grand
children, C. F. Primm, Jr., and Fran
ces Harper.
The Navy Appeals to the Woolleys Cherry and Hoey Carry Moore County
Three of a kind you’d take them
to be at first glance, but notice the
jaunty tilt to the middle cap. We pre
sent to you, ladies and gentlemen,
Lloyd Woolley (center) at the age
of 18, and his sons, Philip (left) 17,
and Lloyd, Jr., (right) 18, of the Un
ited States Navy.
Philip, a V-12 student at Duke Un
iversity since November, is taking
a course in engineering. He graduat
ed here last spring after a well-
rounded high school course in which
he sang in the Glee Club, played in
the school Band and did splendid
work in dramatics-
Lloyd, Jr., is a musician 3[c on an
airplane carrier. He was called into
training the first of July, 1943. After
graduation from the local high school
in 1942 he worked with the Citizens
Bank and Trust Company and for
a while directed the high school
Band.
The middle sailor entered the Navy
late in 1917 and served until the
latter part of 1919. He was assigned
to the mine laying detachment of the
Atlantic Fleet and had a part in lay
ing a mine field from the coast of
Scotland to the coast of Norway.
The picture was made in 1917.
The senior Woolley came to the
Sandhills from Alabama about 22
years ago and worked for the Sand
hill Power Company under the man
agement of John R. McQueen until
the business was bought the follow
ing year by the Carolina Power and
Light Company, and he has been,
with the company to this good day.
Mrs. Woolley completes a family
that is a real asset to the Sandhills.
Harold Morrison of Southern Pines Is
Mentioned in “Road to Tunis” by Rame
In his recent war book, “Road to I over a low pass between them and
Tunis”, the author David Rame (A., their way of retreat. In a little they
D. Divine) mentions meeting a Sou
thern Pines boy, Corp. Harold Mor
rison. Rame dedicates his book to
C Company, 701st Tank Destroyer
Battalion, United States Army”, with
which outfit he served as correspon
dent from the landing at Oran
through the entire Tunisian Cam
paign. He speaks of seeing Corp.
.Morrison twice, the last time when
he and three others were operating
a wireless in an exposed position of
great danger.
Rame writes: “Redding and Childs
with a wireless peep, and Graves and
were cut off, with hard fighting on
three sides of them and the fourth
side leading only into enemy coun
try. For thirty-six hours they stayed
there on their mountain top sending
out information until finally, under
cover of darkness, they got the peep
down across country and away. They
had come through the gap of Kas-
serine. It was, they said, very lightly
held.”
Corporal Morrison, whose outfit
suffered so severely during and be
fore the German break-through at
Kasserine Pass, is one of five broth-
ie Contests of Outstanding Interest
in the Democratic Primary Saturday
Vote Around LOGO Less
Than 2 Years Ago When
There Was County Race
BABY MEETS DAD
Elaine
'Daddy'"
Fourteen-month-old
Cook now knows that
signifies something more than
a V-mail letter, for she was a-
roused from sleep early Thurs
day morning of last week to
gaze jnlo the face of an eager
eyed sailor who couldn't wait
about getting acquainted until
the proper hour for a young lady
to arise. And each thought the
other was "tops".
Samuel G. Cooke, coxswain Sjc,
is visiting his w‘ife and baby
and his mother, Mrs. Earl Spur-
gin, and Mr. Spurgin after eight
een months in the Pacific area.
He will be here until next week.
N otreDame Academy
Has Annual Musical
Bishop E. J. McGuinness of
Raleigh Will Preside at
Graduation on June 2
Morrison to assist them, had got their lers, sons of the late D. R. Morrison,
set to the top of one of the summits j Irvin is a member of the Southern
of the little range and from there had
sent through a flow of information.
The tide of battle swept down the
valley; then in the swirl of move
ment a new German attack came in
Pines Police force, Clyde is with the
Army “somewhere in India”, Curtis
and Robert are in Southern Pines.
Corporal Harold is now with the
American troops in Italy.
SOUTHERN PINES HIGH SCHOOL GLEE CLUB 1943-44
On Sunday, May 28, the annual
Musical was held at Notre Dame
Academy, Southern Pines. Among
those of Junior School who played
were several representatives of Sou
thern Pines—Patricia Caddell, Kath
leen Walsh, Jo Anne Harriss, Bar
bara Page, Jacqueline Haynes, Phyl
lis Hoskins, Grace Denny, and Mar
ion Saxton. Andrew Page, George
Reiner and Michael Walsh gave a
violin selection, and Paul Tpoth took
part in a' two piano piece.
The Music Recital brings the school
year to a close. The Junior School
finishes on Wednesday, while the
Commencement Exercises for the
high school will take place on Fri
day, June scond, at four o’clock. His
Excellency, Most Reverend Eugene
J. McGuinness, D. D., Bishop of Ra
leigh, will preside at the Graduation,
and present the diplomas to the grad
uates—Geraldine Maloney of Rich
mond, Va., Barbara Poole of Car
thage, Patricia Powers of Charlotte,
and Constance Soule of Charlotte.
Memorial Day
The Southern Pines High School
Glee Club, under the direction of
Miss Annie Laurie Overton, has had
a successful season. Seven concerts
were given during the year, of which
two were out of town engagements:
at Ft. Bragg and Camp Mackall.
Shown here are, left to right in front
row: Suzanne Kelly, Anne Perkin-
son, Elizabeth Kennedy, * Audrey .Third Row: Jane Todd McCain, Phyl-
West Brown, Pauline Crain, Mildred !lis Leary, John McCain, George Hod-
Weatherspoon, Algene Wilson, Dor
othy Gale, Jean Olive. Second Row:
Mona Shepard, Nancy Ruth Osborne,
Peggy Cameron, Peggy Phillips, Car
oline Chester, Barbara Becker,
Blanche Dupree, Anne Seawell, Mar,-
garet Brooks, Betty Jean McNeill.
gkins, John Spring, T. T. Overton,
Bryce Garner, Frances Campbell,
Eleanora DuPree. Fourth Row: Dren-
nan Mann, Harry Lee Brown, Lewis
Hodgkins, John Hughes, Joe Camer
on, John O’Callaghan, John Callo
way, Bobby Shepard, Miss Overton.
Music Will Feature Finals of High School Jame 4-7
Music will, as usual, be a feature
of the Comrriencemeqt Exercises to
be held during the week of June
fourth to seventh in Southern Pines.
At the service at 8:30 Sunday night
at the Church of Wide Fellowship
the Glee Club will sing two numbers:
the anthem, “Yea Though I Walk”,
by Sullivan and “The Pilgrims’
Chorus” from Tannhauser. On Wed
nesday night in the High School au
ditorium the club will sing “Al
mighty Father, Strong to Save,” and
the male quartet composed of John
McCain, T. T. Overton, Lewis Hodg
kins and Drennen Mann, will sing
“Dona Nobis Pacem,” arranged by
Wilson. The Reverend George Mauze ,of the Presbyterian Church in Che-
will deliver the Commencement ser- jraw, S. C., will be introduced by Gor-
mon Sunday night. don M. Cameron of Pinehurst, chair-
Tuesday, June 6th, is to be devot
ed to entertainment by the Senior
Class. At 8:30 p. m. in the School
Auditorium, they will present a
play, “Behind the Guns”, as their
Class Night performance.
On Wednesday, June 7th, at 11:30
a. m., the medals and other awards
of the year will be conferred, while
that evening the graduation exercises
will take place, starting at 8:30 p.
m. The Commencement address will
be rirade by W. McLeod Frampton,
Jr. Mr. Frampton who is the minister
man of the Board of Commissioners
of Moore County.
This year there are twenty-seven,
in the Senior Class and one twelfth
grade graduate. Marshals, who are
chosen on the' basis of scholarship,
are Jane Todd McCain, Drennan
Mann, Jean Olive, William Warner,
Mary Jane French, Pauline Nichols
and Carolyn Chester, Class mascots
are Elizabeth Harriss, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Barrett Harriss, and
Curt Sutliffe, son of Maj. and Mrs-
P. H. Sutliffe.
The following address was deliv
ered by Major C. A. K. Innes-Tay-
lor, director of the' Arctic Train
ing School at Echo Lake, Colorado,
at the Merporial Day services at the
post, attended by the troops and a
large gathering from nearby towns
and countryside. Major Innes-Tay-
lor writes; “I have taken the liberty
to quote freely from James Boyd’s
article on democracy- There are also
excerpts from Archbishop Spellman’s
poem, “The Risen Soldier”,
We quote:
“On this Memorial Day 1944 is
your belief in Democracy strengthen
ed on thinking of these men whose
names are inscribed here? These men
you have lived with, believed with
and know.
They believe that in this Democ
racy the American Man can create
a government to serve him—that all
men in this world have rights on
which no one on earth may infringe.
That not only should their rights
be accorded them but that they
themselves should be accepted with
good will in accordance with their
merits, and regardless of their econ
omic status or their origin.
“They believe in expanding those
Principles of Freedom on which our
Democracy is founded, and because
of which, it has, since the day of its
birth, been moving now fast, now
slow towards wider prospects of
equal opportunity and brotherhood.
“You are a part of niillions of
others gathered together today in all
parts of this country, and here, and
now, as never before, must you
search your hearts and minds that
you do not fail these men of yours
who fight and die to keep ‘those in
alienable rights’ so hardly won in
the past, and which could be so easi
ly lost in the present.
“Every free human being is chal
lenged to prove that these men do
not fight in vain. The proof will be
(Continued on Page 8)
Approximately 2,200 voters cast
heir ballots in the Moore County
Democratic Primary last Saturday,
expressing in unmistakable terms
heir preference for former Gover
nor Clyde R. Hoey as United States
Senator and giving Major R. Gregg
Cherry a decided lead over Dr. Ralph
McDonald for Governor. The vote
was about 1,000 less than two years
ago, the fact that there was no coun
ty contest accounting partly for the
decrease.
Cherry led McDonald in the gu
bernatorial race 1223 to 954, with
Boyd trailing with 12 votes. This
was by far the hardest fought battle
and the closest contest. The votes
polled by Cherry and McDonald in
the various precincts in the county
'were as follows, with Cherry’s first
in each instance: Aberdeen—138, 98;
Bensalem—12, 46; Cameron—59, 93
East Carthage—92, 89; West Car
thage—136, 155; Deep River—26, 9;
Eureka—24, 43; Robbins—159, 48;
Spencerville—20, 10; Spies—15, 1;
Southern Pines—173, 89; 'V'ass—66,
88; West End—58, 67; Pinehurst—
179, 61; Highfalls, 23, 10; Pinebluff,
19, 24. Ritters, 24, 23.
In the contest fot the United States
Senate, Hoey, who in the State rolled,
up a plurality of 125,000 over a field
of four, including Congressman Cam
eron Morrison, in this county receiv
ed 1644 votes against Morrison’s 411
and 90 for the three other candidates
combined. Hoey led Morrison in ev-
eiy precinct except Pinebluff, which
gave Morrison 21 to Hoey’s 20.
L. Y. (“Stag”) Ballentine for Lieu
tenant Governor received 1585
against 442 votes cast for the other
five candidates for this office.
Thad Eure, renominated for Sec
retary of State, polled the highest
vote of any candidate on the ticket—
1681. His opponent, W. N. Crawford,
received 398.
State Auditor George Ross Pou
was renominated by a 1638 to 412
vote over Fred S. Hunter, the one
other candidate for this office.
State Treasurer Charles M. John
son had no trouble in gaining the re
nomination. He received 1656 votes,
while the remaining three candidates
one Democrat and two Republicans,
polled a total of only 393.
There was less than usual interest
shown in the campaign until the clos
ing days, when the gubernatorial
contest became quite hot.
KIWANIS CLUB HEARS
MUSICAL PROGRAM
The Sandhills Kiwanis Club
at its luncheon Wednesday at the
Club Chalfonte was entertained by
the Southern Pines High School
Glee Club. Under the direction of
Miss Annie Laurie Overton,- the Mix
ed Chorus, Boys’ Chorus, Girls’ Cho
rus and Male Quartet presented a
delightful program.
Ben Hurley, formerly of the Caro
lina Power and Light Company, now
in the U. S. Navy, was honored
guest.
Captain Felix Leslie Johnson is
expected to speak at the luncheon
at the meeting next Wednesday at
the Club Chalfonte.
Albert Carman, who recently pur
chased the Paddock from B. A.
Thompkins of New York, was induc
ted into membership by Dr. T. A.
Cheatham.
Real Estate Transfers
The Stevens Agency reports this
week some interesting real estate
transfers. Dante IVfontesanti has pur
chased th4 Jordan house on Coun
try Club Drive from R. C. Johnson.
After making some needed repairs
the Montesantis will move into their
new residence.
Mrs. J. Hunter Wood, who bought
the McPherson house on Orchard
Road two years ago, has recently ac
quired the home of the late John F.
Stevens, also on Orchard Road. The
purchase was made for investment
purposes and the house has been
rented to Mrs. John C. Welborn and
family.