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VOLUME 24, NO.40
Providing Jobs for
Soldiers Is Object
of New Committee
Chairman Seymour of
Economic Development
Group Names Workers
O. Leon Seymour, chairman of the
Moore County Committee for Econ
omic Development after the war, the
object of which is to provide jobs for
the soldiers upon their return, this
week announced the names of the
various committees and their chair
men.
The Retail and Business Survey
committee is headed by A. L. Bur
ney of Aberdeen. Other members of
this committee are: C. L. Tyson,
J. M. Taylor, Earl McDonald, J. F.
'Sinclair, R. A. Stutts, L. B. McKeith-
en, Marvin Ritter, J. L. Deyoe, I.
C. Sledge and John Howarth.
Mr. Burney’s committee will call
upon every retail business estab
lishment in Moore County some-<
time in September with a question
naire to be filled out in gathering in
formation and data for post-war
jobs. It is believed that through
careful and well-planned efforts on
the part of private enterprise, un
employment and public works can
be kept at a minimum in the days
to follow peace.
The Manafacturing and Mining
committee is headed by W. P. Saun
ders of Robbins. On the committee
with Mr. Saunders are: R. C. Du-
Bose, Gordon Cameron, Wilbur H.
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Southern Pines. North Carolina. Friday, September 1, 1944
Getting Ready For The Water Carnival
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66 White Men From
Moore Are Inducted
Sixty-six white men, only two of
whom were fathers, reported to Fort
Bragg on'Wednesday, August 23, for
induction. Included in the list were:
Southern Pines; Roderick D. Ed-
miston.
Aberdeen: Henry Grady Wright,
Billy V. McMaster, Calvin C. Don-
athan, Charles R. Cummings, War
ren Frye.
Beimett: Theodore Franklin Phil
lips.
Biscoe: John Roland Nall and Os
car Lee Stevens.
Cameron: Russel Dewey Comer,
Jethro C. Stanley, Jr., John C. Bax-
Iby, Horace B. Stone, Willie H.
Crutchfield, Hugh Thomas Morris,
Ervin W. Campbell, Royce Brown.
Carthage: James Arpus Blue,
Charles E. Caddell, Abe Marion,
Richard LeRoy Hill, Richard Earl
Matthews, George L. Davidson,
George Daniel Seawell, Edward E.
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Motorists to Beach
Are Called Before
Moore Ration Board
Board Rules Thai Gas
Used For These Trips
Should Be Refunded
United War Fund Drive Chairmen and
Quotas Announeed By W. P. Saunders
* Moore County Asked
COMMISSIONED
Pictured above is Private James Hepburn of Pittsburgh, Pa., who is
now stationed at Camp Mackall with the 515th Parachute Infantry, “par
achuting” into the Aberdeen Lake with the assistance of one of the beach
umbrellas. The picture shows a portion of the Aberdeen Lake where the
USO-sponsored water carnival will be held this Saturday afternoon. Sept.
2, starting at 2:30 o’clock. Much interest is being manifested in the carni
val and a large crowd is anticipated. The three boys pictured above
watching Private Hepburn are from left to right. Miller Cameron “Dusty”
McLeod, Billy Matthews and U. F. Sheppard.
USO Water Carnival Will Be Held at
Aberdeen Lake Saturday, September 2
!Sfincr Contests * ,
NAVY RECRUITER
A Navy recruiter will be station
ed at the Southern Pines Post Of
fice every Wednesday to interview
all 17-year-old boys interested in
joining the Navy. This recruiter will
also have information for young
woriien interested in the WAVES.
ATTEND INSURANCE MEETING
J. D. Hobbs, Paul Jernigan, L. T.
Avery, and Will Wiggs spent Thurs
day in Sanford attending a meeting
of the Life Underwriters’ Associa
tion. Major Herbert Carson, former
ly of the AAFTTC at Knollwood
Field and now pastor of the Pres
byterian Church in Sanford, was
the principal speaker at the meet
ing. His subject was “The Benefits
of Servicemen’s Insurance”.
SPARKS IGNITE AWNING
At 11 o’clock Sunday night the
Southern Pines Fire Department' was
called to the home of David Pack
ard, at 10 South Ridge Street, where
sparks from a chimney had ignited
an awning which in turn fired some
roof shingles. Firemen extinguished
the blaze before it gained headway.
PROMOTED
Interesting Contests
Planned; 13th Airborne
Division Band to Play
Something new in the way of en
tertainment for the Sandhills will be
a water carnival, sponsored by the
Aberdeen USO to be held at Aber
deen Lake this Saturday afternoon,
September 2, beginning at 2:00 p.
m. The public is invited, and a large
crowd is expected to attend. Music
will be furnished by the 13th Air
borne Division Band from Camp
Mackall.
The program will be under the di
rection of A. Robert Harrison, U. S.
O. director, and R. S. Fields, U. S.
O. Extension director. Those wish
ing to enter the contests should reg
ister either with the U. S. O. Club
or the bathhouse extension.
The schedule of events listed on
the program is as follows:
1. Swimming Races: 50-yard free
style; 50-yard backstroke; 50-yard
breaststroke.
2. 100-yard free ^le; 'l00-ya)fd
backstroke; 100-yard breaststroke.
3. Diving: Forward entry; back
ward entry; choice diving for style.
4. Swimming Relays: 150-yard in
dividual medley; 150-yard team re
lay. ,
Mrs. Wintyen Dies;
Ill .Only F ew Hours
Funeral For Southern
Pines Resident Is Held
Here Thursday Morning
Mrs. Carrie Keller Wintyen, suf
fering a fatal heart attack, died in
the Moore County Hospital at mid
day Monday following her admis
sion to that institution Sunday night.
Funeral services conducted by the
Rev. J. Fred Stimson were held in
the J. N. Powell Funeral Home at
11 o’clock Thursday morning, and
burial was in Mt. Hope Cenietery,
l^s. Wintyen, the daughter of
Philip Keller and Mary Bach Kel
ler, was born in Philadelphia, Pa.,
April 8, 1870, and with her late hus-
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COMPLETES COURSE
As required by the District Office
of the Office of Price Administration,
several residents of Moore Coun
ty were asked to appear before the
local War Price and Rationing Board
in Carthage last week to explain the
presence of their automobiles at var
ious Carolina beaches during the
past month. From the hearings it
was apparent that in each case the
trip to the beach was not essential,
and not made in connection with the
business for which the car was ra
tioned.
The Board decided unanimously
that the gasoline used for the non-
essential trips should be refunded to
the Board either from present or
future allotments, and it was so or
dered.
Chairman George H. Maurice of
the Board points out that the only
purpose of rationing is to conserve
gasoline, tires and other scarce com
modities, and to so distribute them
that every one doing business in the
county receives his share in pro
portion to his needs. “Every Board
has a difficult problem in deciding
what constitutes a fair gasoline ra
tion for each individual,” Chairman
Maurice continued, “and if some peo
ple have enough gasoline to carry
on their essential business, and still
have some left over for pleasure
trips, that does not mean that they
are entitled to take them, but does
indicate they have more than their
share of the gasoline.”
“We realize,” said Chairman Mau
rice, “that only a few of the offen
ders who thoughtlessly used gaso
line on these pleasure excursions
were summoned before the Board,
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LT. HARRY M. VALE, JR.
(Air Forces Photo)
Aviation Cadet Harry M. Vale, Jr.,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry M. Vale
of “Loblolly”, Southern Pines, a re
cent graduate of the Army Air
Forces bombardier school at Kirt-
land Field, Albuquerque, N. M.,
has been commissioned a second
lieutenant and awarded the silver
‘wings” of the aerial bombardier,
supplementing previously won aerial
gunner’s insignia.
Lt. Vale attended St. George’s
School, Newport, R. I., and Prince
ton University, Princeton, N. J., be
fore entering military service.
Prior to his successful completion
of 18 weeks of flight and combat
training in high level precision
bombing and navigation at Kirtland
Field, Lt. Vale was stationed at Las
Vegas, Nevada, where he graduated
from the Army Air Forces flexible
gunnery school as an aerial gunner.
Now ready for active duty, his
destination is not disclosed.
Distinguished Dutch Flyer From Java
Is Visiting Friends in Southern Pines
Mrs. H. A. McAllister recently re
ceived word from her husband that
he has been promoted from pri
vate first class to corporal in the
Army. Corporal McAllister has been
“somewhere in England” since last
October.
REPORTED KILLED
Lt. (j. g.) Hulon BIue> son of
L. Henry Blue of the Eureka
community and the late Mrs.
Blue, has been killed in action,
according to a message receiv
ed Tuesday by his father. No
details were given. Lt. Blue
was graduated from State Col
lege. Raleigh, in 1942. He leaves
a wife, the former Bette Malon
ey of Springfield, Mass„ and a
baby one month old.
SGT. CHARLES S. PATCH. JR.
Sgt. Charles S. Patch, Jr., formerly
assistant pro at the Southern Pines
Country Club, recently completed
an 8-week instrument trainer instruc
tor’s course at Bryan Field, Texas,
a specialized school in the Central
Flying Training Command.
At Bryan Field where Sgt. Patch
was stationed, two programs devoted
to maintaining and improving the al
ready high standards of performance
of the Army Air Forces are conduct
ed.
Student officers, ranging in grade
from flight officers to colonels, de
vote six weeks of intensive study
perfecting their ability to guide air
craft through all types of weather.
In the instrument Trainer Instruc
tors’ program, enlisted men and of
ficers learn the latest phases of Link
trainer instruction and are then as
signed to operational bases through
out the United States as instructors.
Sgt. Patch, “Buster” to his Sou
thern Pines friends, is a son of Mr.
and Mrs. Charles S. Patch and a
grandson of C. T. Patch of Southern
Pines.
"We Knew Him When ...
Maj. Gen. Hoyt S. Vanden-
burg, 45, of Washington, D. C.,
the new commanding general of
the U. S. Ninth Air Force, and
his brother Shedd were at one
lime students of the Southern
Pines High SchooL Their pa-i
rents, Mr. and Mrs. Colin Van-
denburg, still visit here in the
winters. Senator Vandenburg of
Michigan is an uncle of Maj. Gen
Vanderburg.
Employment Office
Opens In Carthage
TO ATTEND CONVENTION
Leon Fields plans to attend the
convention of the Master Barbers
Association of North Carolina at Sal
isbury on September 3rd and 4th.
The United States Employment
Service of the War Manpower Com
mission opened an Outpost office in
Carthage on Friday, August 25, to
serve the employers and public in
Moore County. This office is located
in the basement of the Courthouse.
John E. Sawyer of Sanford, who has
been serving this county from the
Sanford office for the past seven
years, is in charge of this new Out
post office.
Mr. Sawyer, in addition to giving
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By Edith Poate Hassell
A most interesting visitor to Sou
thern Pines is Lieutenant Jan Grad
er, a member of the Dutch Naval
Air Force. Lt. Grader’s home is in
Java, Dutch East Indies, where he
held a reserve commission in the
Dutch Navy. He was called to ac
tive duty in 1942 to fight the Japan
ese invaders of the Indies.
After the fall of the islands to the
enemy Lt. Grader escaped with a
group of men who came to this coun
try, where they formed a Dutch
Training School, receiving flying
training at the Army Air Base 'at
Jackson, Miss., Corpus Christi, Tex
as, and other bases. At the comple
tion of their ^training the group
split, half of the fighter and bomb
er squadrons going to Australia and
the others, including Lt. Grader’s
squadron, going to a base in Eng
land, 'where they have been for
nearly a year.
Lt. Grader’s squadron is part of an
air wing composed of two British
squadrons and one Dutch squadron.
This wing was recently visited by
General Eisenhower, who commend
ed them on their achievement in
dropping more bombs on German
held territory in one month than
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lo Give $1L875.00;
Drive Begins Ocl. 9
Plans for Moore County’s partici
pation in the United War Fund drive,
which begins October 9 and con
tinues for two weeks, are being care
fully worked out and County Chair
man W. P. Saunders of Robbins this
week announces the allotment of
the county quota of $11,875.00 among
the various towns and communities,
together with the local chairmen
charged with the responsibility of
heading groups of workers.
As its name implies the United
War Fund provides money for carry
ing on the work of many agencies,
18, to be exact, included in which
are the U. S. O., United Seamen’s
Service, Prisoner-of-War Relief,
Greek, British, Chinese Relief and
others. In Moore County $1,500 of
the amount raised will go for Boy
Scout vmrk.
The chairmen and quotas, as an
nounced by Chairman Saunders are:
Southern Pines, J. D. Hobbs, $3,-
000; West Southern Pines, J. War
ren Baldwin, $100; Pinehurst, S. D.
Sherrerd, $1,000; Aberdeen, Henry
McCoy Blue, $1,500; Berkley, J. F.
Floyd, $200; Robbins, G. E. Walker,
J$l,500; Carthage, Sheriff C. J. Mc
Donald, $1,500; Addor, Mrs. Clyde
K. Addor, $200; Eagle Springs, Mrs.
Margaret L. Lewis, $200; West End,
W. A. Johnson, $600; Highfalls, John
Currie, $400; Vass, Monroe M. Chap
pell, $400; Cameron, L. B. McKeith- .
en, $400; Spies, Fulton Monroe, $100;
Glendon, Dick Dowd, $200; Hallison,
O. T. Parks, $200; Eastwood, Mrs.
Annie P. Foster, $100; Camp Mack
all, Capt. E. O. Zelnicker, $300.
The comforts provided by the Un
ited War Fund give a new grip on
life to men in prison camps and
those who are weary of war and its
horrors. With so many men from our
own county undergoing these hard
ships it is believed that every citizen
Will consider it a privilege to have
a part in raising this fuhd for their
relief.
Some of the communities are small
and their allotments are small, but
this does not mean that the raising
of these allotments is not just as im
portant to the success of the drive
as the work of the larger commun
ities. It is by every town and com-
mumty doing its best that the drive
can be what the chairman and his
associates hope that it will be!
WOUNDED
Pfc. James C. Kelly, Jr., of Camer
on was seriously wounded during the
battle of St. Lo in France on July
9 and is now in a hospital in Eng
land, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.
Clyde Kelly of Cameron, have been
advised. He went overseas in March
and had been in action since the
invasion began.
Scrap Paper Collection Next Wednesday
Paul Butler, head of the Salvage
Committee in Southern Pines, an
nounces that a paper collection will
be made on Wednesday, September
6. All residents are requested to
have their papers tied in neat bun
dles and to place them near the
sidewalk ready for the truck early
Wedjnesday morning, unless it is
raining, in which case the collec
tion will be made on Thursday, the
weather permitting.
JAMES SCHWARTZ IS
WEATHER OBSERVER
James Schwartz has been commis
sioned as local observer in the storm
warning service of the United States
Weather Bureau for the purpose of
keeping the Laurinburg-Maxton Air
Base informed as to storms origina
ting in or near Southern Pines.
When a destructive storm is ob
served the local observer will be
expected to telephone the base im
mediately giving a concise picture
of the storm; type, whether thxmder-
storm, hail, heavy wind or tornado;
exact location, time observed, in
tensity, speed and direction of move
ment.
This service is for the purpose of
giving prompt warning to any
[planes or gliders that may be in the
air. It has already proved its value.
LOCAL SCHOOLS WILL
OPEN SEPTEMBER 18
The opening date for the Southern
Pines Schools has been changed
from Tuesday, September 19, to Mon
day, September 18, Supt. Philip
Weaver announces this week. Teach
ers’ meetings will be held Thurs
day and Friday, September 14 and
15) at 9r00 a. m.
This change makes the opening
date uniform throughout the county
for all of the public schools.
MARKETS WILL BE
CLOSED LABOR DAY
Agam taking the lead in affording
a holiday to their employes, the
six markets of Southern Pines, A &
P. Store, Baker’s Food Store,
Knowles Specialty Shop, Dorn’s
Modern Market and Pender’s, have
decided to close all day Monday,
September 4th, Labor Day, and are
advertising to that effect on page
two of THE PILOT.
TO OBSERVE LABOR DAY
The Citizens Bank and Trust Com
pany and the Bank of Pinehurst and
its branches will be closed Septem
ber 4, Labor Day, according to in
formation given THE PILOT, and
it is probable that nearly all of the
stores in Southern Pines will follow
suit.
MISSING IN ACTION
George L. Elliot is miss
ing in action in the Enzopeaa
area, according to an announce
ment by the War Dfpaitnient
on August 26. His wife. Mrs. Hel
en M. Elliot, resides in Pinebluff.