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WAR BONDS
SPCA-USO Ball
Games Draw Crowd
to Local Ball Park
Bombardiers and Bom-
barDEARS Clash With
515th's Fast Players
BY WALTER SCANLON
USO Director
Sunday, August 20th, at 3:30 p. m.,
cars started to pour into the Sou
thern' Pines Baseball Park from all
directions. A great many pedestrians,
in a festive mood, turned out to wit
ness the first games of the Southern
Pines Bombardiers baseball team
and the Southern Pines Bombar-
DEARS girls’ softball team. They ^
played the 515th Parachute Infan
try team.
The orchestra drove through
Broad Street on an army truck play
ing “Take Me Out to the Ball Game”
and continued to the field where it
played many popular baseball tunes.
Peanuts and popcorn were distribu
ted free and soda pop was sold. It
is estimated by many of the residents
of Southern Pines to have been the
largest crowd ever to assemble here
to see a ball game. Occasionally there
was spontaneous, improvised enter
tainment by local talent.
The new score board lent color
to the field having the national colors
of red, white and blue:
SOUTHERN PINES BASEBALL
PARK “HOME OF THE BOM
BARDIERS AND BOMBAR-
DEARS” Sponsored by the Coun
cil of Social Agencies and the
USO
having, also, a place set up for the
score. There are two new signs giv
ing directions to the ball park—one
opposite the post-office on Broad
Street and the other just before turn-
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Opening Dates for Sehools of Moore
County Annonnced By Superintendents
Local Schools Open
EXTEND QUARANTINE
The Moore County Board of
Health, at a meeting held in the
office of Supt. H. Lee Thomas
Tuesday night, extended the
guarantine banning children un
der sixteen from attending pub
lic gatherings through the even
ing of September 17.
Here’s a close-up view of
Murphy P. Brewer is feeding.
E. C. Loomis Dies
After Long Illness
Born in Conneciicut,
He Had Resided in Sou
thern Pines Since 1919
Edwin Chapman Loomis, a resi
dent of Southern Pines since 1919,
died late Sunday evening in Miss
Vera Chase’s Nursing Home on West
Broad Street, following an extended
illness-
Mr. Loomis, the son of the late
Walter W. Loomis and Lucy M. (Wil
son) Loomis, was born in Windsor,
Connecticut, February 8th, 1864. He
was of the ninth generation of his,
family in this country and a direct
descendent of tjje pioneers who set
tled in the Connecticut Valley in
1630.
At the time of his coming south
with his Samily to reside, he pur
chased the Waite property on Page
Street. For a, number of years he
owned and operated the Windsor
Market on Pennslyvania Avenue. He
took a great interest in the civic af
fairs of the town.
Mr. Loomis is survived by two
sons, Hemy S. Loomis and Marshall
W. Loomis of Windsor; one daugh
ter, Mrs. J. V. Healy of Southern
Pines; one brother, W. Marshall
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JUDGE SEAWELL IS
KIWANJS SPEAKER
W. P. Saunders Is
War Fund Chairman
Local Workers and Quotas
Will Be Named Next Weej^;
County Quota Is $11,875
The Pilot’s new Miehle high speed, two-revolution press, which
(Photo by Humphries)
BURIED IN FRANCE
W. P. Saunders of Robbins, who
successfully headed the United War
Fund Drive in Moore County last
fall, has again been named county
chairman and he will announce local
chairmen and quotas for the various
towns in next week’s papers.
Moore County’s overall quota is
$11,875, and $1,500 of this amount
is for the work of the Boy Scouts.
This county was asked to raise
$9,997 in the drive which was car
ried on last October, but when the
final count was made it was found
that the goal had been exceeded
by more than $2,000.
With so many of our servicemen
in prison camps and on the battle
fields, this year’s drive is expected
io draw a liberal response from every
citizen.
Judge H. F. Seawell of Carthage
was the speaker at the weekly meet
ing of the Sandhills Kiwanis Club
held Wednesday at the Holly Inn,
Pinehurst. Mr. Seawell talked on
the reliqf activities of the Roose
velt administration as compared to
the action of Grover Cleveland in
vetoing a $2,500 appropriation pass
ed by Congress for the relief of Mis
sissippi Valley flood victims.
Arthur Newcomb, a charter mem
ber of the club who had been out
for some time, was inducted into
membership by Judge J. Vance
Rowe.
C. O. HAYBLE DIES
Charles O. Hayble, 84, died in his
home at Manly Friday night. Funer
al services, conducted by the Rev.
Troy D. Mullis, pastor of the Pres
byterian Church of Manly, were held
in the Clark Funeral Home Sunday
afternoon and burial was in Mt.
Hope Cemetery.
Mr. Hayble, a retired jewelry man
ufacturer, had been a resident of
Manly for the past thirteen years
and, although advanced in age, he
was able to walk the two miles to
Southern Pines nearly every day.
Surviving are three sons: Edward
of New York City, Frederick bf
Bergenfields, N. J., and Charles O.
of Southern Pines, and a daughter,
Mrs. Ethel Roufousse of Weaver-
town, N. Y.
L. T. Hall Injured
in Auto Accident
Local Post Qffice Clerk
Sustains Back Fracture
When Tire Blows Out
SGT. DOUGLAS H. GORMAN
BIG LIQUOR HAUL
DRY CLEANERS' SCHEDULES
Montesanti’s dry cleaning estab
lishment will close Saturday, August
26, and remain closed until Septem
ber 5th, the manager has announced.
The Valet, after being closed
since August 21, will reopen August
26.
Federal Officer A. G. McDuffie
and A. B. C. Officer C- A. McCallum
arrested Bob Black of lower Lee
County Saturday morning on a pro
hibition law violation charge. Thirty
gallons of bootleg liquor was found
buried in his barnyard, it was dis
closed. ■
At a hearing Monday before U. S.
Commissioner J. A. Lang, Black
was bound to December Federal
Court in Greensboro under bond of
$500.
Sgt. Douglas H. Gorman of the
101st Paratroop Infantry was killed
in action in France on June 11th.
His wife, the former Miss Vita Epps
of Southern Pines, has received a
letter from Lt. Carl M. Harris, which
gives the following information in
regard to Sgt. Gorman’s death:
‘He died gloriously in the heat of
battle with all the splendid and brave
qualities of an American soldier.
“His body is buried in France
somewhere near Carantan. He re
ceived all the honors that can be be
stowed on a brave soldier fighting
for freedom. One of the regimental
chaplains officiated.
“Sgt. Gorman was shot while pur-^
suing the enemy. It was his actions,"
coupled with the other men with him
that resulted in the capture of Caran
tan at which place the Germans suf
fered a disastrous defeat.
“I do hope that the news that your
husband Douglas died fighting in
the highest traditions of the Amer
ican parachute troops with no
thought in his mind but closing in
on the enemy and destroying him
will help lighten the blow that has
come to you.
“I salute tjie wife of a very brave
soldier. You can tell your daughter
that she had a daddy to be proud of’.
Sgt. Gorman’s mother lives at
Knightstown, Ind-
L- T. Hall, a clerk in the Southern
Pines .post office, sustained a frac
ture of the back early Sunday morn
ing when his automobile went out of
control following the blowout of a
front tire on Midland Road near
the entrance to the Mid Pines Club.
The car is thought to have turned
over several times and Mr. Hall was
thrown out. Unable to get up, he
was forced to remain by the roadside
for approximately an hour before
Albert Tew, an employee of L. T.
Clark, drove up accompanied by two
soldiers. Leaving the servicemen with
the injured man Tew went for his
employer’s ambulance in which to
carry him to the Moore County Hos
pital, where he is getting (along
well.
Mitchell Funeral
Will Be Held Today
Miss Isabel E. Mitchell.
Passed Away AVednesday
Beloved Local Resident,
PFC. M. M. BROWN DIES OF
ACCIDENTAL GUNSHOT WOUNDS
Pfc. Melvin M. Brown, 13th Divi
sion paratrooper of Camp Mackall,
who was accidentally wounded by
gunfire while on a training problem,
died Monday, it was announced by
the Public Relations Office. Pfc.
Brown, who had served 18 months
jin the Army, was the son of Mrs.
|lva Cole of Indianapolis, Ind.
FINE REPQBT
The combination of hot wea
ther and vacation time has not
been edile to halt the busy fin
gers of Moore County Red
Cross workers, as is evidenced
by a report of articles complet
ed, and delivered to Camp
Mackall on August 18.
This rejport, released by Mrs.
Thomas ’’ Lydus;" ’production
chairman for the county, lists
the following: 20 back rest pil
lows, 19 operating caps, 38 wash
cloths, 8 knit afghans, 12 made
afghans, and 15 therapy shirts.
Miss Isabel E. Mitchell passed
away at her home on East Vermont
Avenue at 1:00 o’clock Wednesday.
Funeral services will be held at the
Powell Funeral Chapel at 4:00 p.
m. today, Friday, and burial will be
in Mount Hope Cemetery, Southern
Pines.
Miss Mitchell belonged to an old
New England family of distinguished
ancestry. She was born in Montville,
Conn., and came here from New
London, Conn., in 1923, having
built the house on Vermont Avenue
which she and her sister, Mrs. Bolles,
have siijce made their home. The
sisters are lineal descendants of
John Howland of the Mayflower.
Among their ancestors were many
who played a distinguished part in
the colonial wars of New England.
Through their Stanton ancestry
their line runs back to the Washing
ton family from which George Wash
ington descended. Their father was
born in Paisley, Scotland, and came
to this country in 1842. He was a
descendant of the Campbell Han
Miss Mitchell was a member of the
First Church of Christ, Congrega
tional, of New London, Conn. Since
coming to Southern Pines she has
been a constant attendant of the
Church of Wide Fellowship when
health permitted.
The sympathy of church and com
munity goes out to the sister, Mrs.
Bolles, in her bereavement and all
who knew Miss Mitchell in her
pleasant home will miss her bright
mind, her love of a joke, and her
constant kindly interest in all her
friends. A good woman, she was
loved by all who knew her.
Ferree, Candidate
for Senate, Speaks
at Republican Meet
Group Agrees That Par
ly Headquarters Should
Be Qpened at Carthage
Republicans held a meeting in the
Moore County Courthouse Thurs
day night, August 17, at which time
A. I. Ferree, Republican candidate
tor the Senate, discussed matters of
importance to the Republican or
ganization. It was agreed that a
headquarters should be opened in
Carthage, especially in view of the
fact that gasoline is scarce and most
organization work will have to be
done by mail.
H. F. Seawell, Jr., county chair
man, stated that he hoped the Re
publicans would poll their full
strength this fall. He also stated
that “it seemed to be the irony of
fate that the first American to try
to make himself Dictator in this
country should call himself a Demo
crat and use the Democratic party
for such a purpose. He not only won’t
let any other Democrat run for
President, he won’t even let one run
for Vice President unless he ap
proves the selection,” said Mr. Sea
well.
It was agreed that if the polio
quarantine was. lifted tljat a special
rally of Republicans would be held
at Westmore School house and that
Mr. Ferree, candidate for the U. S
Senate, and Frank Patton, Repub
lican candidate for governor, would
be invited to speak at said time. All
county candidates for office would
also be requested to be present for
the rally.
It is ejfpected that each precinct
will organize and an effort will be
made to see that all Republicans go
to the polls and vote. It was also
pointed out that “in time of war
people become lax concerning their
rights as citizens and in many coun
tries have lost their rights because
they failed to exercise same, and
for this reason Republicans will be
called upon to come to the polls, ex
ercise their rights as citizens and
thus retain our American way of
life.”
Sept. 19; County and
Pinehurst. Sept. 18
The State Board of Education hav
ing decreed at a meeting in Raleigh
on Thursday of last week that
schools throughout the State should
not open before September 18 on
account of the polio situation, Supt.
H. Lee Thomas has announced Sep
tember 18 as the opening date for
schools in the Moore County system,
instead of the date previously set
August 31. ’
Not included in the county system
are the special city units of Southern
Pines and Pinehurst. Supt. Philip
Weaver and the local Board have
set Tuesday, September 19, as the
opening day for both white and col
ored schools here and the Pinehurst
schools will begin their term on
Sept. 18.
Private schools will open still later.
Miss MiUicent Hayes is this week an
nouncing the opening of The Ark on
Tuesday, October 3, and Notre Dame
Academy has not definitely decided
‘on a date.
Only one case of polio has been
reported in Moore County and that
was at Robbins, in the upper part
of the county. The child was prompt
ly removed to Hickory.
Many Sentences Are
Meted Out in Last
Week’s “Big” Court
Convicls Who Broke
Prison Camp and Stole
Automobile Are Tried
RQBBINS MAN KILLED
IN CAR ACCIDENT
Arthur Avend Kennedy, 20, was
killed instantly Saturday night about
11.30 o clock when his car apparent
ly got out of control and crashed
into a tree about two miles from
Robbins.
Kennedy, driving alone, was re
ported to have been going home
when the accident occured.
The youth, whose home is on
Robbins, Route 1, is survived by his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. K. A. Ken
nedy; three sisters, Mrs. Ervin
Grown of Robbins, Route 1, and
Misses Lillie and Ailene Kennedy,
both of the home; and one brother
Jackson,, of the home. ’
Funeral services were held Mon
day at 3 p. m. at Pleasant Hill Meth
odist Church three miles east of
Robbins.
SQMETHING NEW
Forty wee lettuce heads peep
ing out of a bed of glittering
crystals resting in a little box
only 4 by 5 1-2 inches is the re
sult of Gardner Charlie Patch's
latest experiment in the use of
"Micagro", a combination of
blown up mica crystals for the
rapid germination of plants. He
expects his second crop of fine
lettuce before long.
Seven short-term white prisoners,
H. L. Kelly, Ed Seaman, T. B. Greer,
Bill Haywood, Bus Blackman, Charlie
Pulley and Ralph Johnson faced
trial in Moore County Superior
Court before Judge Phillips last
week in three cases: waylaying and
robbing T. K. Gunter, Prison Camp
guard, of his pistol and breaking
prison; waylaying Mack McNeill and
attempting to rob him of his car
near the Moore County Hospital; lar
ceny of the automobile of Colin Mc
Kenzie of Pinehurst.
Kelly and Haywood were given
from five to eight years in Central
Prison; Johnson drew 12 months in
jail to work on the roads; the other
four were given 12 months in jail to
work on roads, followed by from one
to three years in State Prison, all
sentences to become effective at the
expiration of the present ones.
George Hall, found guilty of break-
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KILLED IN ACTIQN
Pvt. Victor Arnold Ritter, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Ritter of
Pinehurst, was killed in atction
in France July 27, according to a
message from the Adjutant Gen
eral to his family.
Pvt. Ritter attended high
school at Pinehurst and worked
in shipyards at Newport News,
Va., before entering the armed
forces in November 1942. The
I^®t letter the family received
from him was dated in France
July 17. He was the oldest of
the Ritter children and is sur
vived by his parents, five sisters
and two brothers.
HQKE PQLIQ CASE
Dougald Cameron, 29-year-old
farmer of the Lobelia section of Hoke
County, has been undergoing treat
ment for polio at the emergency hos
pital in Hickory since last Friday,
and is said to be getting along well.
Mr. Cameron is married and has
two small children. The family and
all those who had been in the home
have been quarantined.
RED CRQSS MATERIAL
Mrs. Paul Van Camp has material
for wool baby shirts for a Red Cross
emergency order. 'Those who can help
make these garments may secure
material from her home at 85 '=:outh
Ridge Street. ''