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T-5 Harold Morrison, Back From Over
Seas, Is at Home for a Month’s Rest
Swimming Through Burning Oil
"It Was Right Noisy"
Says Tank Destroyer. Man
of the Anzio Beachhead
Technician Fifth Class Harold
Morrison is back in Southern Pines.
The son of Mrs. D. R. Morrison, Har-
,old returned to the farm on the old
Bethesda Road for a month’s well
earned rest two days after he land
ed in the United States on July 10th.
Harold is a member of the famous
Company C of the 701st Tank Des
troyer outfit. This company, around
whose actions the best war book of
the year. Road to Tunis was written
and in which some of Harold’s ad-'
ventures were recorded, .took part in
both the African and Italian cam
paigns- Landing at Oran, their first
opponents were the French, who
surrendered after three days of
fighting.
“It wasn’t much,’’ said Morrison,
‘“They were poorly equipped and or
ganized and they didn’t want to fight
Americans’’. Later on when he
fought beside French troops in Italy
he realized what good fighters they
could be. “They had American equip
ment then and they sure could use
it.’’
After three days fighting the
French, our troops came up against
the real enemy. That was a differ
ent story.
“Those Glermans were tough fight
ers; tricky, brave, strong and brainy,
too. And they had good air support
then. They were a different crowd
from the men I saw in Italy just
before I left. The Jerries we captur
ed in Italy were very young, just
kids, many of Ithenj. They were
small, too; none of Hitler’s super
men. That surprised me some. I’d
got the idea all Germans were great
big,,guys. Well some of the ones in
Africa were, but we didn’t run into
any in Italy. Maybe there aren’t
so many of them around any more.
Then, while we had in Italy the la
test models of guns and planes, the
Jerries were using the same old
equipment. It was good but lots of
it was almost obsolete and they
weren’t able, to replace or repair it
often. Perhaps the biggest difference
was in their air power. In Africa we
suffered from that, planes over us
all the time. But in Italy there were
planes over us but they were al
ways ours.”
Anzio was tough,” said Morrison.
"Every inch of our position was un
dershell-fire. You couldn’t get away
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HOME FROM OVERSEAS
T|5 HAROLD MORRISON
Severe Storm Does
Damage in Carthage
O. M. Bullock of
Vass Fatally Hurt
Beautiful Old Trees Are
Uprooted. Store Building
Flooded and Horse Killed
' Carthage seemed to bear the brunt
of a storm of almost cyclonic propor
tions which struck that section about
2:00 o’clock Tuesday morning and
lasted for approximately one hour.
Large sections of metal roofing
were peeled from the top of the
building which houses Leroy Lee’s
store and there was considerable
damage tp goods in the flooded area.
Across the str^t two large trees
on the grounds of the CTarthage Hotel
were uprooted.
At one of the historic residences
in town, the Dr. Shields place, half
a dozen oaks that had weathered the
storms of many years were uproot
ed, two or three of them being blown
against the house with some damage
to ^he roof, and in the yard of Misses
Bess and Mae Stuart an especially
beautiful walnut tree was blown
down.
A fine Percheron horse belonging
to Allen Denny of Carthage Route
2 was killed. Hail was reported in
some sections.
The storm seemed to be general
throughout the county, but no great
damage has been reported except
from, Carthage.
$15,000 for Local
School Building Is
Included in Budget
This Brings to $65,000
the Fund Earmarked for
Southern Pines School
Wat t , *.1, , 1. o — PRO photo by U. S, Army Signal Corps
Water trainmg of the soldiers of the I3th Airborne Division consists of r considerably more than swimming
to shore. Here a group of 13th Division soldiers, in full equipment, are learning to swim through burning oil
so they may protect themselves in landing or stream crossing operations against just such conditions. The
flames are kept away from the face by the use of a special “splash stroke”, which beats the oil and flames back
but doesn t keep the intense heat from the men. All soldiers of the Division are to be given this training as well’
as other “watermanship” courses.
WAR BOND REPORT
Dies Six Hours After
Falling From Running
Boai d of Pickup Truck
Osborne M. Bullo(?k, 49, of Vass
was fatally injured around 8:30
o’clock Friday evening when he fell
from the running board of a pickup.
striking his head to the pavement,
as the truck turned left off Highway
I onto a side ro adjust north of Vass.
He died in Moore County Hospital
six hours later without regaining
consciousness.
Mr. BulTock was walking home
from town when he accepted a ride
on the truck, which is said to have
been driven by Johnnie McNeill,
with Bill Evans and Reefus Dick
ens as passengers-
Funeral services were conducted
at 3:00 o’clock Sunday afternoon in
the Vass Baptist Church by the pas
tor, the Rev. J. F. Stegall, assisted
by the Rev. C. M. Voyles, Presby
terian minister. A large crowd was in
attendance. Burial was in Johnson’s
Grove Cemetery.
A native of Oxford, Mr. Bullock
resided in Harnett County for a num
ber of years before buying the W. J.
Allen farm at Vass and moving there
last December. He had made many
friends in the community during his
short residence there. He was a mem
ber of the Chalybeate Springs Bap
tist Church.
Surviving are his wife, the former
Miss Eula B. Knight of Creedmore;
seven children, Russell, Mayward,
Lane, Joyce and Ann, of the home,
Harold G. Bullock of Bunnlevel and
Mrs- C. D. Painter of Raleigh; six
brothers, two sisters^ and two half-
brothers.
New Antique Shop
in Bank Building
Many have been attracted during
the past week by the unique sign
which has made its appearance at
the entrance to the south arcade of
the Citizens Bank Building. . . an
old Tole tray with the colorings of
a Scotch clan plaid, bearing the
name ‘Theodota”, and the explan
ation, “old things”.
Those whose curiosity or, interest
have caused them to follow through
to the shop in the rear have been
delighted with the display of an
tiques in wide variety—furniture,
china, glass, prints, steel engravings
and items too numerous to mention.
Reminiscent of the old, old days are
“pot likker” cups, evidently used by
persons who liked their vitamins in
large doses as the cups appear to be
of at least one quart capacity-
“Theodota”, the newest of South
ern Pines’ interesting shops, is own
ed and operated by Miss Katharine
T. McDonald of Cameron, who is
leaving her profession of teaching to
enter the field in which she has had
a lifelong interest, antiques.
Returns from the Fifth War
Loan drive continue to come in
and County Chairman Eugene
C. Stevens reports that Moore,
County's credit oh the overall
quota of $675,000 has mounted
to $813,000. However, Moore is
not up to the Slate average of
72 per cent of the "E" Bond ask
ings, having sold only $202,000
of the $338,000, or approximate
ly 60 per cent. It is hoped that
this deficit can be erased by the
end of the month.
Dr. Eugene Street
Passes in Hospital
Glendon Native Had Been
Practicing Physician in
County Over Fifty Years
Harold B. Greenman
Dies After Illness
Plumbing Manufacturer
Had Been Winter Resi
dent Here Since 1939
Harold B. Greenman, 51, in fail
ing health for some time, died in the
Moore County Hospital Saturday
night. Funeral services were held in
his late home on Hill Road, Southern
Pines, at 2:30 o’clock Wednesday af
ternoon, the Rev. Craighill Brown
officiating. Interment was at Water-
town, N. Y.
Mr. Greenman was born in Bridge-
water, N. Y., the son of Bryon and
Carrie Pierce Greenman. He and his
wife came to Southern Pines in 1939
and a year later bought the McPher-
soin house on Hill Road- He was a
well known manufacturer of plumb
ing fixtures, his business being lo
cated in Hammondsport, N. Y. Mr.
Greenman spent his winters in Sou
thern Pines and summers at his
home on Lake Keuka, N. Y. He is
survived by his widow. Mrs. Green-
man’s sisters, Mrs. Hearst and Mrs.
Lyon, of Detroit, Mich-, were here
for the services.
WATER HEATER ABLAZE
Dwight Hoskins Is Made
Regular Postal Clerk
Dwight Hoskins, a substitute clerk
in the local Post Office, has been
made a regular clerk to fill the va
cancy resulting from the resigna
tion some time ago of Miss Edna
Hutchinson, who retired after many
years’ faithful service. Mr. Hoskins
has been a substitute clerk for a
number of years, and is thoroughly
competent for the position-
Shortly after 10:00 o’clock last Fri
day morningthe Southern Pines Fire
Department was called to the resi
dence of George Thompson at 41
West Illinois Avenue, where flames
of a blazing water heater were quick
ly extinguished, with but little
damage. Mr. Thompson praised the
quick response of the firemen.
BAND CONCERT
Par-
from
The 541st "All Jumping'
achute Infantry Band
Camp Mackall will present a con
cert of Spanish music in the
Town Park in Southern Pines
from 3:00 to 4:00 p. m. Sunday,
July 23, with MjSgt. Fernando
Perez conducting. South and
Central American music wiU be
played. Col. Ducal McEnlree is
the commanding officer.
Dr. Eugene Street, 78, a native of
Glendon and a practicing physician
in Moore County for over 50 years,
died at 6:30 Friday evening in the
Moore County Hospital of a brief
heart ailment.
Funeral services were conducted
Sunday afternoon at 2:00 o’clock
from Glendon Christian Church, in
which Dr. Street had been most ac
tive. Taking part in the services were
the Rev. C. C. Wheeler, the Rev. Mr
Denton, the Rev. J. L. Mann and the
Rev. Erskine Heatherly. The body
lay in state at the church from 11
until 2. Burial was in the church
cemetery.
Dr, Street’s ancestors settled ii
Connecticut in 1630, but his grandfa
ther, Richard Street, came to North
Carolina' about 1790. It was bn the
original 1500-acre Street plantation
in Moore County that Dr. Street was
born and it was there that he carried
on his long ministry of healing. In
1893 he cornpleted his medical course
at the Medical College of Virginia
and the College of Physicians and
Surgeons at Baltimore. From time
to time he took post graduate courses
in New York, Boston and Philadel
phia coming back to his rural home
with a knowledge of the lates devel
opments in his profession. People
from other states as well as from the
coast to the mountains of North Car
olina came to Dr. Street for treat
ment. He kept his own medical sup
plies and compounded his own pre
scriptions in the Street Clinic.
He was a member of the County,
State, Tri-State and American Med
ical Societies and of the National As
sociation for the Study and Pre
vention of Tuberculosis- He was one
of the founders of the State Senator*
ium.
Deeply interested in spreading the
Gospel, Dr. Street is said to have
bought hundreds of dollars worth
of tracts and books at a time.
Dr. Street is survived by his wid
ow; one son. Dr. M. E. Street, Jr.;
seven daughters: Mrs. Atwood Whit
man, Mrs. Calvin A. Simmons and
Mrs. Elizabeth Whitehead, all of
Glendon; Mrs. Garland Garriss of
Troy, Mrs. Clifton Bobbitt of War-
renton, and Mrs. D. A. McDonald,
Jr., and Mrs. W. J. Harrington, Jr.,
of Carthage.
WINS ESSAY CONTEST
1925 ENTER SERVICES
A total of 1925 persons have enter
ed the various branches of service
from Moore Couty up to this time,
records in the Moore County Draft
Board office in Carthage show.
On page seven of this issue appears
a summary of the uniform anrmal
budget estimate for Moore County,
which provides for a tax levy of
90 cents on the $100 valuation, an
increase of 15 cents over last year’s
rate.
The estimate of property valuation
is $22,000,000, the same as that of last
year. Total budget requirements for
the year beginning July 1, 1944, and
ending June 30, 1945, are $380,042, as
compared to last year’s requirements
of $373,650.
Estimated revenue available from
sources other than tax levy is $197,-
461, while last year this estimate
was placed at $223,602.
The increase in the rate, as ex
plained last week, is due tb two fac
tors: a decrease in revenue from the
A. B. C. Board and additional ex
pansion of schools. The amount of
$15,000 has been earmarked for Sou
thern Pines, to be added to a $50,-
000 set aside two years ago toward
the construction of a 10-room school
building with auditorium, to be erect
ed when materials are available, and
provision is being made for a build
ing in Carthage which was destroyed
by fire last year.
Local Golfers Qualify
in Counly Golf Tourney
CPL. ALBERT LOVEJOY
Cpl. Albert E. Lovejoy; weather
observer, 222nd Combat Crew Train
ing School (Flying Fortress), Army
Air Field, Ardmore, Okla., is a $25
war bond richer because of his es
say on “Why We Fight”. Lovejoy,
son of Mr. and Mrs.* John A. Love
joy, 24 East Connecticut Avenue,
Southern Pines, won the field ess^
contest sponsored by the Orientation
Section, Special Services office. His
essay of 200-odd words was adjudged
the best among 15 entries.
The weather specialist’s essay
stressed the personal reasons of the
individual American which
gives a guy the guts to see this
whole ugly business through. .
rather than world political or econ
omic opinion.
Lovejoy, 21, is a native of Mere
dith, N. H., where he graduated from
high school June, 1941, moving to
Southern Pines with his family in
the fall of the same year. He com
pleted three semesters at the Uni-
vrsity of North Carolina before en
tering the service, March, 1943, and
intends to resume his studies there,
majoring in English, after the war!
The promising young essayist is
not neglecting his education while
in uniform, is presently taking a
course in Shakespeare from the Arm
ed Forces Institute, GI correspon
dence school. He attended weather
school at Chanute Field, Ill., going
to Ardmore September, 1943.
DRUMMER ADDED
Hector Martinez, drummer, has
joined Russ Barnes and his Men of
Music, now playing nightly at
Scottie’s.
JOIN MR. EDWARDS
Mrs. Wilbur Edwards and baby
daughter, who was born at the Moore
County Hospital a few weeks ago,
left last week for Mobile, Ala., to
join Mr. Edwards.
Two Sputhern Pines gplfers qual
ified in the first annual Moore Coun
ty Golf Championship at the Pine-
hurst Country Club. They were Col.
Ducat McEntee, who scored a 79,
and Jack Carter, who scored an 81.
They were drawn for the first round
of matched play as follows: Col Mc
Entee vs. H. C. Davis of Pinebluff
and Jack Carter vs. Lt. A. F. Nolan.
A number of Southern Pines golf
ers qualified in the second sixteen
and were drawn for matched play as
follows: Dick Sugg vs. Tom Black,
Clarence Edson vs. J. W. Bowman,
Dr. L. M. Daniels vs. Pvt. F. J.
Ward, and P< V. Hatch vs. Arthur
Atherton. ’
First round matches must be com
pleted by Wednesday, July 26.
The medal was won by Captain C.
. Wallace, Jr., of Pinehurst and
Camp Mackall with a score of 68.
Thirty-eight players participated
and it required a score of 82 or bet
ter to make the championship flight.
Players will please arrange with
their partners for a convenient date
to play their matches and report re
sults to True Cheney at the golf
shop at the Pinehurst Country Club.
PEACH REPORT
The State Department of Agricul
ture, in its truck crop report bulle
tin for the State Wednesday, re
ported from Hamlet that peach haul-
ings were moderate, demand good
for Elbertas and fair for Hileys and
Belles. Sales f. Oi b. shipping point
basis, bushel baskets, Hileys and
Belles, U. S. No. 1, 2 in. and up,
>3.25 to $3.50. Elbertas, U. S. No. 1,
" to 2 1-4 in. min. and up, $4.12;
1 3-4 in., few sales, mostly $3.45.
ANNOUNCES OFFICE HOURS
J. H. Tadlock, Deputy Collector of
Internal Revenue, whose office is
in the basement of the Southern
Pines Post Office, is in his office from
1:00 to 3:00 p. m. each Wednesday
and from 1:00 to 5:30 on Saturdays.
He will be glad to assist the public
in any tax problems. Mr. Tadlock
succeeded Mr. Allen the middle of
June.
NO POLIO IN MOORE
A check with the Health De
partment Thursday morning dis
closed that no polio case has yet
been reported in Moore County.
With few exceptions the public
seems to be cooperating well in
regard to the quarantine of chil
dren. Last Sunday showed a
sharp decrease in Sunday
School attendance due to the ab
sence of the boys and girls, and
the same is true of other gath
erings.