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VOLUME 24, NO. 29.
Tremendous Chang
In Education After
War Is Predicted
Edward Buggies Speaks
lo Kiwanis Club on
Specialized Training
By HOWARD F. BURNS
Professor Edward Ruggles, direc
tor State College Extension, address
ing the Sandhills Kiwanis Club Wed
nesday at the Club Chalfonte, Pine-
liurst, predicted a tremendous
change in education following the
war. State College, he said, had
found it possible to train men giv
ing them a full college course in en-
.gineering in a period of two years,
while college students in the past
required four years to finish their
•course. He pointed out since the
early part of 1941 State College has
turned out 12,000 men to the war
industry.
He explained that prior to the war
a mechanic served an apprentice
ship of four years before becoming
a machinist. In order to meet the
•demand of industry, the State De
partment of Extension has trained
men to be specialists in the opera
tion of a special machine, such as a
drill or a lay, or other machines.
He informed the Club that the
first 3,700 men finished their spec
ial training in July, 1943. The col
lege retained 1,000 of them to train
others.
In conclusion Mr. Ruggles said that
State College has erected a building
costing $150,000.00 for the purpose
of training men for the war indus
try, and the Navy has installed $1,-
000,000.00 in equipment which the
colleges hopes to retain after the
war. Two courses are conducted in
this: a pre-service course, and an
m-service course. The latter is for
training engineers in the operation
of diesel engines.
Among the many courses of the
Department of Extension are: Air
craft Inspection, Material Inspection,
Chemical Engineering, Water Plant
Operation, Radio Engineering, and
Textile Inspection.
The speaker was introduced by I.
C. Sledge of Pinehurst.
Buy War Bonds
TODAY-
For Future Needs*'
TEN CENTS
CAPT. JAMES B. RITCHIE
Capt. James B. Ritchie, who was
recently promoted to that rank, is
now stationed at Laurinburg-Max-
ton Army Air Base following eigh
teen months’ service overseas which
took him into 31 countries. Capt.
Ritchie has served in England, North
Africa, Sicily, Italy, Egypt and Pal
estine. He went on three paratroop
and glider missions against the Ger
mans, two in the Sicilian invasion
and one in the Tunisian campaign,
and was awarded the Air Medal for
a Sicilian paratroop drop.
Capt. Ritchie, whose parents, Mr.
and Mrs. C. E. Ritchie, now reside in
Greensboro, was reared in Southern
Pines and was an honor graduate of
the local high school. He has many
friends who were delighted to see
him on his recent visit here.
Robbins Will Honor
Memory of Soldier
Services for Pvt. Ralph
V. Slutts, Killed in Italy,
Will Bh Held Sunday
Memorial services for Pvt. Ralph
y. Stutts, who was killed in action
m Italy last February, will be held
Sunday afternoon, June 18, at 3
o clock, in the Presbyterian Church
at Robbins. The pastor, the Rev. J. E.
Ratchford, will have charge of the
services.
Pvt. Stutts, who was a son of Mrs.
Ossie and the late H. C. Stutts of
Robbins, had been in the Army less
than a year. He was 21 years of age.
Through his commanding officer, who
wrote a tender letter of condolence
to the breaved family, it was learned
that he, along wtih his best friend,
was killed instantly by shellfire.
Both were buried in the 45th Divis
ion cemetery near lAnzio, Italy.
Young Mr. SUjtts was highly re
garded in his fibme community, and
the memorial services for him Sun
day are expected to be attended by
a host of his friends and relatives.
Farmers Are Urged
to Grow More Feed
FSA Loans Are Available
But Applications Should
Be Made by July First
S|Sgt. Archie Eakins of Southern
Pines (second from left) holds up
for inspection a piece of flak which
ripped his parachute, while Sgt.
Maurice Kelly of Harpers Ferry,
Iowa, (left) fingers the ripped silk.
Sgt. Lyle Clark of Ponca City, Okla.,
looks at a link of spent tracer bullets
caused by a burst of flak inside the
15th United States Army Air Force
Liberator bomber on which the boys
are crew members and the piece of
arhmunition belt is being held by
T|Sgt. Charles L. Joines. The boys
have just landed after a trip through
Flak Alley.
S|Sgt. Eakins, who is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur H. Eakins, is
reported missing in action since
May 5.
Moore County Hospital at Pinehurst
to Serve as a Depot for Penicillin
NIFTY
LAKE CONTAMINATION
BEING INVESTIGATED
Mayor Forrest Lockey of Aberdeen
told The Pilot Thursday morning
that a representative from thev State
Board of Health and another from
Camp Mackall were going to Pine
hurst that day to inspect the correc
tions that had been made at the
Pinehurst sewage disposal plant, the
reported source of contamination of
the Aberdeen Lake.
As soon as Pinehurst, Inc., learn
ed that their sewage plant was
causing trouble, they set about cor
recting it, and the results of the in
spection will be learned with inter
est.
The Aberden Lake has been clos
ed to the public for swimming since
the first of the month.
The fact that farmers in the east
ern states need not depend on buy
ing feed from the west was strong
ly stressed at a 3-day Farm Secur-
ify Administration program planning
meeting for 1945 held in Goldsboro
last week, which C. C. Lingerfelt and
Mrs. Doster of the FSA office in
Carthage attended.
It was stated definitely that feed
will not be shipped in from the west
on account of shortage of space, so
farrners are urged to make plans im
mediately for increasing their feed
acreage. ^
Funds are still available for FSA
loans for Moore County farmers, Mr.
Lingerfelt disclosed, but applications
should be made before July 1. The
FSA is encouraging its farmers to
use nitrogen fertilizers to increase
corn and small grain yields,, and sup
plemental loans will be made where
they are necessary to enable FSA
borrowers to purchase nitrogen fer
tilizer. Records show that 150 to 200
pounds of nitrate of soda applied as
a side dressing resulted in increas
ed yields of 12 to 15 bushels of corn
per acre.
Farmers in the FSA program
have found that the use of nitrogen
fertilizer on feed crops is worth sev
eral times the cost and effort is ap
plying it,” Mr. Lingerfelt declared.
Giving a decorated effect to
the apparatus of the Southern
Pines Fire Department from
which they are suspended ready
for emergencies are twelve new
helmets—six to each truck-
glistening white for the Chief,
bright scarlet for the Captain,
and shining black for the men.
EDITORIAL
FORT BRAGG AIDS IN
5th WAR LOAN DRIVE
Military units stationed at Fort
Bragg are going all out in an effort
to promote the sale of bonds in the
Fifth War Loan drive, not only on
the Post but in nearby North Caro
lina communities. Parades, base
ball games, weapons displays, win
dow displays, speakers, and military
bands are being furnished by Fort
Bragg in cooperation with the North
Carolina War Finance committee.
Further requests received through
the office of the North Carolina War
Finance Committee for the use of
military units in communities near
by Fort Bragg are being honored
wherever possible.
MILK SHORTAGE AVERTED
What might have been an acute
milk shortage following the sale of
Olive’s dairy was averted by Dorn’s
store obtaining milk and cream from
the Pinehurst Daii-y to sell here.
AN APPRECIATION
Elsewhere we print a report of
the sale on Monday of the dairy
herd of Walter Olive, called for
many years the Royalton Pines
Dairy. This herd has served the
Sandhills for over twenty years.
Many local families have never
bought milk elsewhere. The
breaking up of this local insti
tution cannot be passed over
without a word of comment.
Walter Olive has run his
dairy with the spirit that has
built up and kept going all fine
businesses. He has run it not
only for personal profit but for
the public good. He has put all
his energy into it, staying up late
and rising as early as only a
dairyman does, to give its oper
ation his personal supervision. If
he followed the rules and regu
lations governing sanitation and
the proper handling of milk he
did so not only because he was,
under the state rules, obliged to,
but because he himself would
not have been satisfied with any
other kind of a plant. Of late,
dissatisfaction with several small
items was expressed by the
county inspector, though the
bacteria count of the milk re
mained well within the standard
prescribed, being indeed as low
one month as 500 per c.c. where
as the law allows up to 50,000.
This apparent injustice and com
plaint, the cause of which was
due to labor shortages and cir
cumstances beyond the owner’s
irnmediate control, combined
with other factors to cause Mr.
Olive to decide to give up the
dairy business.
His decision cannot but be a
matter of great regret to this
community. At a time when
milk is more needed than ever
before, it is a grave reflection
on our powers of community ac
tion that no method was devised
to keep this dairy going. At least
let there now be public recogni
tion of the fact of our failure to
act, of our lack of intelligence
and initiative. And let there be
at the same time public recogni
tion and gratitude for the many
years of service rendered to our
community by the Royalton
The Moore County Hospital at
Pinehurst is included in a new list
of 1,000 hospitals to serve as depots
for the limited distribution of peni
cillin to civilians whch was an
nounced this week by the chemicals
bureau of the War Production Board.
This brings to more than 2,000 the
total number of hospitals serving as
dsppts, the WPB said. The step was
taken, officials related, to make the
drug more conveniently available to
hospitals In the less-populated areas
of the country.
Others in this section included in
the new list are the Lee County Hos
pital, Sanford; Hamlet Hospital,
Hamlet; Baker Sanatorium and
Thompson Memorial, Lumberton. All
together, 36 hospitals in the State
have been named penicillin depots.
CPL. ARTHUR HALE
Cpl. Arthur Hale was inducted
at Fort Bragg in August, 1943, and
for the past five months has been
serving with the Army Air Force in
England. He came to Southern
Pines from his home at Aulander
seven years before his induction and
worked with Keith’s Dry Cleaners
at Aberdeen. His wife, the former
Miss Edith Blake, is with her mo
ther, Mrs. F. H. Blake, in Southern
Pines.
Olive’s Dairy Herd
Is Sold at Auction
Sale of Fine Animals and
Equipment Attracts Large
Number; Prices Are Low
Local Golfers Lose
To Pinehurst Team
Return Engagement Will
Be Played at Southern
Pines Next Wednesday
Twenty golfers representing the
Southern Pines Country Club jour
neyed to Pinehurst Wednesday of
last week to compete with that vil
lage s team. The local boys found
the strange course and formidable
opposition too much to overcome and
were defeated by a 17 1-2 to 12 1-2
score.
The Pinehurst players have ac
cepted an invitation to a return en
gagement at the local club on Wed
nesday, June 21.
The members of the Southern
Pines team were: Roy Grinnell,
Bert Weatherspoon, Jack Carter, Ar
thur Atherton, Joe DeBerry, Wim-
berley Bowman, Phil Weaver, Dick
Sugg, Will Wiggs, Col. Stoddart,
Barrett Harris, Bynum Patterson,
Elmer Davis, “Skybo” Hatch, “Doc”
Daniels, Ben Wisler, Jimmy Hobbs,
Ambrose McAdams, Howard Hoff
man and Morris Johnson.
The auction of the Royalton Pines
Dairy, on Monday, June 12th, was
attended by a large gathering from
nearby towns as well as by many
local people. Well-known all over
this part of the State as a herd of
high standing, both as to milk pro
duction and breeding, the cows were
expected to bring high prices, and
the equipment, which was also put
up for sale, much of it new and all
in good condition, was a drawing
card, as well. The auctioneer was
J. F. Hobbs, of Goldsboro, well-
qualified for this sort of work by
his previous wide experience.
Prof. Ruffner, head of the Ani
mal Husbandry Division of State |
College, who has been in touch with
the breeding program of the Olive
herd through the years, made a
short talk in which he praised very
highly the quality of the cows of
fered for sale.
Fifty-five animals were sold, the
entire herd. The average price was
$80.00; highest price paid being
$170.00, for a cow and twin calves.
Though there were a few local buy
ers, many of the ^cowis went to
dairies or farmers outside of the
county, some from around Mr.
Olive’s home near Apex. The equip
ment also sold at a sacrifice.
The former owner of the herd,
Walter Olive, who has been in the
dairy business in Southern Pines for
over twenty years, attributed the
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War Loan Drive in
Moore County Gets
Off to Slow Start
Chairman Sievens Urges
People to Buy Without
Waiting for Solicitors
The Fifth War Loan drive got off
to a slow start this week in Moore
County, but Chairman Eugene Ste
vens is hoping that it will gain mo
mentum as people realize that the
drive actually is in progress.
Figures from towns other than
Southern Pines have not come in,
but the first three days here record
ed sales of only around $20,000.
Mr. Stevens figures that to meet
the quota in Southern Pines, daily
sales must average $9,000. Accord
ing to this, the Town fell short $7,-
000 the first three days.
Chairman Stevens urged that the
people go ahead and buy bonds
without waiting to be solicited. With
conditions as they are it is diffipiitf
for the comparatively few solicitors
to get in touch with every person
and this war is the responsibility of
all the people. Appeals are being
made constantly by radio and news
paper advertising and each person
should feel the responsibility of do
ing his part without waiting to put
any additional burden on the solici
tors, Mr. Stevens pointed out. Bonds
may be bought at Postoffices, Banks
and Building and Loan offices.
With men in the European inva
sion giving their lives, it seems lit
tle for the folks at home to invest
their money in war bonds. “A
may die, because of the bond you
failed to buy,” and if this is not suf
ficient reason for buying, think on
these:
War Bonds are the best and saf
est investment in the world.
War Bonds return you $4 for every
$3 in ten years.
War Bonds help keep prices down.
War Bonds will help win the peace
by increasing purchasing power after
the war.
BACK THE ATTACK — BUY
MORE THAN BEFORE.
A. A, Buchan Dies
After Long Illness
Funeral Will Be Held at
Church of Wide Fellow
ship Friday at 4 P. M.
CLEMENT BYRD HEADS
PHARMACISTS' DRIVE
4-H CLUB PICNICS
TAKE PLACE OF CAMP
As Millstone Camp, the official
4-H Club encampment place, is be
ing used by soldiers, club picnics
have been planned in Moore County
to take the place of the regular 4-H
Club camp this year.
Picnics have been scheduled, as
follows: June 20th, Lakeview; June
22nd, Juniper Lake; June 30th,
Johnson’s Pond, West End. The time
is from 4 to 7:30 p. m.
Each member is requested to take
a well-filled basket, a bathing suit
and a small amount of money for
swimming. Parents of club members
are invited also, and it is requested
that the groups attend the picnic
nearest them. W. G. Caldwell, assist
ant county agent, and Miss Flora
McDonald,
. .. — home agent.
Pines Dairy and Walter Olive, charge.
are in
Appointment of county chairmen
to direct the all-out support of the
Fifth War Loan drive by pharma
cists, drug stores and drug affiliates
has been announced by the president
of the North Carolina Pharmaceuti
cal Association. Clement Byrd of the
Southern Pines Pharmacy is Moore
County chairman. A quota of $300
per employee has been established
for each drug store in North Caro
lina.
A feature of the pharmacists’ cam
paign will be Hospital Plane Day on
June 29, during which the druggists
will seek to sell “E” bonds equal
to the purchase price of five giant
hospital planes. The planes would
be named “North Carolina Pharma
cists”, “NCPA Woman’s Auxiliary”,
“NCPA Traveling Men’s Auxiliary”’
“North Carolina Wholesale Drug
gists , North Carolina Retail Drug
gists”.
If the goal is surpassed, the addi
tional planes will be named for the
county which sells the largest quota
town which sells the largest quota of
“E” bonds per capita, and for North
Carolina war heroes.
Archibald A. Buchan, 69, passed
away at 7:00 o’clock Wednesday eve
ning in the Moore County HoSpital'
after an illness of paralysis.
Funeral services will be held at
4:00 o’clock Friday afternoon, June
16, at the Church of Wide Fellow
ship. The pastor, the Rev. Tucker G.
Humphries, will probably be assist
ed by the minister of the Presbyter
ian Church in Kinston of which Mr.
Buchan was a member. Burial will
be in the Lakeview Cemetery with
Masonic rites.
Mr. Buchan, son of the late Mr.
and Mrs. B. F. Buchan, was reared
m Manly. Since early manhood he
had been a livestock dealer and for
thirty years had operated a success
ful business in Kinston before ill
health forced him to retire. He had
been an invalid for more than a year
and a half and had spent the last
year at Mrs. Campbell’s Convales
cent Home in Southern Pines and
the Moore County Hospital. His wife,
the former Miss Mary Murd Blue of
Moore County, died in January,
Mr. Buchan is survived by one
brother, P. Frank Buchan, of South
ern Pines, and two sisters, Mrs. J.
L. Copeland of Pittsboro and Mrs. J.
W. Clark of Norfolk, Va.
SETS FINE EXAMPLE
Tommy Russell, Negro, of East-
wood, IS sending a crate of vegeta
bles a week to the Ethel Powers
refugee school in New York city
says the Pinehurst Outlook. Russell
began this contribution last summer
with vegetables he raised on his
live acres near Eastwood.
Russell, who farms during the
summer and caddies in the winter
season, is a widower with six chil
dren, yet he grows enough vegeta
bles to make this weekly contribu
tion to the refugee school.