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^ WAR BONDS
VOLUME 25, NO. 2
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Soulhern Pines, North Carolina Friday, Efecember 8, 1944.
TEN CENTS
Garrison Resigns
as Moore County
Red Cross Head
Mrs. Louise Clarke
Gives Up Work as
Home Service Chm.
BY ROBERT HARLOW
Red Cross Publicity Chairman
The Board of Directors of the
Moore County Chapter of the
American Red Cross met Tues-
uay night at the headquarters in
Southern Pines for the purpose
of filling vacancies caused by res
ignations, and organizing for the
important work of this great hu
manitarian movement.
Resignations were read from E.
H. Garrison, Jr., Carthage, as
chairman, and Mrs. Louise W.
Clark of Southern Pines, as Home
Service director. These resigna
tions were accepted and the
Board of Directors voted that
letters be written to Mr. Garrison
and Mrs. Clark, expressing the
appreciation of the Moore County
Chapter for their services.
As O. Leon Seymour of Aber
deen, vice-chairman, is ill and
was unable to attend the meet
ing, no action was taken in filling
the office of chairman with a
permanent appointment. Col.
George P. Hawes, Jr., of Pine-
hurst was named as temporary
chairman.
N. L. Hodgkins of Southern
Pines, who was elected secretary
at the annual meeting held at Car
thage, stated that he would be
unable to fill this position. The
Board elected Mrs. Paul Dana of
Pinehurst as secretary.
Col. Hawes was made chairman
of the meeting and the first action
was a decision that nine members
of the Board of Directors would
constitute a quorum. The Board
of Directors will meet quarterly,
the third Monday in November
and the first Monday in February
May and August.
Mrs. Mary S. Pegram of Greenr
boro, general field representative
of the Southeastern area, attend
ed the meeting and stated that
Miss Wilmot Doan, Home Ser
vice field representative of the
area, would be in Southern Pines
headquarters on Friday and Sat
urday. At this time it is hoped
that Home Service volunteer
workers will meet with Miss Doan
to help in carrying on this im
portant Red Cross work.
Col Hawes, temporary chair
man, spoke to the directors con
cerning their duties and stressed
the point that the Directors were
responsible for the success of the
Moore County operation of Red
Cross and should attend all meet
ings and take a very active part in
the work.
Mrs. William J. Kennedy, ex
ecutive secretary, attended the
meeting. Mrs. Kennedy has been
carrying on the work of the Home
Service director since Mrs. Clark
resigned, and was highly compli
mented for her work.
Present at the meeting were
' . the ifollowing members of the
Board of Directors: Col. Hawes,
Mrs. James Walker, chairman of
the Pinehurst branch; Mrs. C. L.
Warner, Pinebluff chairman; Mrs.
-Ralph Trix, Southern Pines chair
man: Mrs. W. G. Brown, Carthage,
Home Nursing chairman; Lloyd
Woolley, Manly, Home Service
chairman; Miss Laura Kelsey,
Southern Pines, Volunteer Special
Services chairman; N. L. Hodg
kins, Southern Pines, finance
chairman; and Robert E.’Harlow,
Pinehurst, Publicity chairman.
Mrs. Kennedy had the pfoxies of
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Burney of
Aberdeen.
The Board of Directors is com
posed of the officers, the branch
chairmen and the chairmen of ser
vices.
SURPRISE!
“Don’t you know your house is
on fire?” a neighbor exclaimed as
members of the houshold sat b^ck
calmly enjoying a game of cards
around 8:45 Tuesday night. Sparks
from the chimney had fired the
surrounding shingles on the roof
of the house known as Highland
Pines Inn Cottage No. 1, located
on Valley Road and Massachu
setts Avenue and occupied by
Major and Mrs. Harold E. Beaty
of Temple, Texas, and Lt. and
Mrs. M. L. Hutchinson of Chicago,
Ill.
Damage was slight as firemen
confined the fire to a small area
of the roof. This was their third
call of the week. »
Sullivan Says
SAY A-$-$-Hr
You don’t have to try an examination
In order to buy bonds to help save the
Nation;
You don’t have to pass any medical test.
You just take your dough to the bank
and invest!
You may be underweight or fat.
But Henry Morgenthau won’t mind that;
The seller of bonds in the cashier’s cage
Won’t turn you down if you’re over-age;
You may be lame, or halt, or deaf—
But the cash in your pocket is never 4F.
If You Can^t Do More
Buy A Bond and Shorten the War
QUESTIONNAIRE
Shall I sit bondless upon my hinter
While our lads face a German Winter?
Shall I complain and bellyache?
Are the men on Leyte eating cake?
Is it a cinch to bridge the Rhine?
Are the boys at Halloran feeling fine?
A FRIENDLY TIP
The banks are open from 9 until 2;
The Wqr Bond sellers will welcome you.
And, neighbors, the sooner you get there.
The sooner Joe Goebbels will be off the
air.
GO THOU AND DO
Consider the case of Ezekiel Tweed—
A man of business acumen^ he
Bought a War Bond for General Ike,
'then went right back and bought its like
For General Patton; then bought a batch
In honor of Alexander Patch—
Ezekiel put almost all of his dough
In bonds to help demolish the foe.
11,000,000 REASONS FOR BOND
BUYING
You want the boys back home again?
Then buy a bond. Buy five! buy TEN!
The sooner, pal, you come across.
Tile sooner they will come across.
WISH FULFILLMENT
How nice if that bond you bought sent
soaring
The plane that dropped a bomb on Goer-
ing I
(Though I’ll admit that I’d feel gladdest
If mine were to plop upon Himmler the
Sadist!)
GLAD THOUGHT FOR BOND BUYERS
Just think! by emptying your purse
You help fill Shicklgruber’s hearse.
WHAT IS A BOND?
I
That bond you buy is a Freedom Paper,
A glorious kind of Victory-shaper;
It means more tanks, more guns, more
shells.
And the speedier ring of V-Day bells.
MILITARY PREDICTION
If we put over this Sixth Bond Drive
We may end the war in Forty-five!
Frank Sullivan
The foregoing message by Frank Sulli
van appeared in the Noveinber 26 issue of
the newspaper P. M. and is being passed
along to the readers of THE PILOT by
Alfred B. Yeomans, Southern Pines chair
man of the Sixth War Loan drive.
Commissioners of
Moore County Get
Off to New Start
Appoint Mrs. Clarke
as Service Officer
to Assist Veterans
No public ceremony was held
Monday in Moore County in con
nection with the installation of
county officers elected in the re
cent general elections, but follow
ing their taking of the oath of
office the county commissioners
held their regular monthly meet
ing.
G. M. Cameron was reelected
chairman for the coming two-year
term and L. R. Reynolds, vice
chairman. W. Leland McKeithen,
a lieutenant in the Airmy, was
granted a leave of absence as
solicitor of the Recorder’s Court,
and W. D. Sabiston was again
elected to serve in his stead. Miss
Maida Jentins was appointed tax
supervisor.
The Board passed a resolution
recommending that the tax super
visor be relieved of the responsi
bility of taking the farm census
as a part of the wprk of listing
taxes, the members being of the
opinion that this work delays the
listing. It was ordered that a copy
of the resolution be sent to each
representative from this county
to the General Assembly.
The Board ordered that revalua
tion of property be postponed un
til 1946.
Road repairs were discussed and
recommendations made, and it
was- decided to invest $25,000 of
county funds in 7-8 per cent gov
ernment certificates.
The Board appointed Mrs. Lou
ise Clark of Southern Pines, as
Service Officer to assist war vet
erans in obtaining benefits from
the government.
Mrs. McKeithen Hurt
When Cars Collide
Mrs. N. M. McKeithen of Aber
deen suffered a fractured knee
cap last Friday when her Buick
automobile and a station wagon
owned by Mr. Winkleman of Sou
thern Pines and operated by an
employee, Lester Roach, colored,
collided at a street intersection
here. Mrs. McKeithen, en route
to her husband’s place, of business
in Vass, was headed north on
Highway 1 and Roach was going
east on Massachusetts Avenue.
Each was alone. Roach escaped
injury, but both cars were dam
aged. Mrs. McKeithen is at the
Moore County Hospital.
MISSING
Pfc. Louis Delano Frye
who was awarded the Purple
Heart a few weeks ago; is now
missing in action, according to
a message received Saturday
by his wife, who resides with
their two children at Pinehurst.
Pfc. Frye, an infantryman, had
been in France for about two
months. He is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Fulton Frye of Pine
hurst and a brother of Charlie
Frye of the Pinehurst Green
houses.
PROMOTED
Hazel Hackney of the WAVES
has been promoted to the grade
of seaman second class. Her ad
dress is Building 541, Box 27, Na
val Air Station, Jacksonville, Fla.
Capt. Roy E. Pushee Passes After
Short Illness in Louisville, Ky.
Massachusetts Native
Was Active in South
ern Pines Many Years
Southern Pines friends learned
with regret last week of the pass
ing of Captain Roy E. Pushee on
Friday, November 24, at the Nich
ols General Hospital in Louisville,
Ky., after a short illness. Burial
was in Newton Cemetery, Newton,
Mass., on November 28.
Captain Pushee was born in
Somerville, Mass., in April, 1887.
He attended Browne and Nichols
School in Cambridge and Amherst
College, then went into business ;
with his father, John E. Pushee, of
the firm of J. C. Pushee and Sons,
Boston. The elder Mr. Pushee was
long a resident of Pinehurst and >
Southern Pines, and built Twin |
Gables on Weymouth Heights in
1914.
During_ the first World War
Captain Pushee s«rved in France
with the Ordnance Supply Sec
tion of the United States Air
Force. After his father’s death
in 1925, he spent many yeEns in
Southern Pines taking an active
interest in civic affairs. He was
chairman of the Southern Pines
Council of Boy Scouts, and vice
president of the Citizens Bank
& Trust Co. Later he lived in
Florida making that state his legal
residence.
In 1942 he again wanted to
serve his country, and was com
missioned a captain in the United
States Army. Since that time he
has done a splendid job in the
Supply Department of Odrnance
in several Army depots, being
Ordnance officer at the Medical
Depot in Louisville at the timej
of his death.
Captain Pushee is survived by
his wife, Lillian Humphreys Push
ee; a son, Sgt. John E. Pushee HI,
stationed at Mathers Field, Cali
fornia, and a sister, Mrs. Philip
H. Thayer, of New York City. His
daughter, Jacqueline Pushee
Burke (Mrs. Frederick Burke),
of Southern Pines, died two
years agO|.
Ladies’ Night Is
Held With Banquet
at Mid Pines Cluh
Kiwanians Provide
Enjoyable Program
for Annual Event
CAPT. HOY E. PUSHEE
Express Delivery
Service Resumed
in Southern Pines
NOONDAY FIRE
AT "HIBERNIA"
The Sunday dinner of many
of the Southern Pines firemen was
interrupted shortly before one
o’clock when an alarm of fire
was reported from the Struthers
Burt home, “Hibernia,” now oc
cupied by Mr. and Mrs. Wallace
Irwin.
Fire from an overheated furnace
flue had worked up into the plas
ter and under the baseboard in
the main hall directly over the
furnace. Immediate discovery
and a prompt alarm brought quick
response by the firemen, who
were able to stop the fire with
but slight damage.
TREE DECORATIONS ARE
WANTED FOR HOSPITAL
A plea for donations of Christ
mas tree decorations, paper chains
popcorn strings, cranberry strings
and other things to decorate trees
is being made by Miss Ross, Area
Red Cross representative at Sta
tion Hospital, Camp Mackall, for
use in trimming trees in each
ward of the hospital. Paper caps,
favors for trays, and homemade
cookies are wanted, also. Those
having articles to give can con
tact the Moore County Red Cross
office and they will be called for.
As anticipated in an interview
whth a representative of THE
PILOT some weeks ago, the man
agement of the Railway Express
has succeeded in obtaining a
truck lor the purpose of deliver
ing express packages in Southern
Pines.
Express Agent B. C. Nolan re
ports that with the assistance of
T. K. Gunter, deliveries of pre
paid express parcels has been re
sumed, though delays have arisen
from time to time due to the lack
of stre.et or house numbers on
parcels.
Resumption of this service,
which will include delivery of
“collect on deliyery packages”,
will be good news to Southern
Pines’ residents who normally
use this method of shipping or
receiving packages.
RENT CONTROL OFFICE AT
POLICE HEADOUARTERS
Through the courtesy of Mayor
W. Duncan Matthews of Southern
Pines, the Rent Control Office has
been given space in the Police
Headquarters on West New
Hampshire Avenue, Southern
Pines. James L. Taylor, Jr., Area
Rent Director, announces that a
representative of his office will be
on the first floor of Police Head
quarters to meet the public on
Monday of each week between
the hours of 9:00 a. m. and 12:00
noon.
FOR ROBOT VICTIMS
Relief supplies of clothing pro
duced by American Red Cross
vcjlunteers are being distributed
to robot bomb victims in England,
and medicines and a shatter-proof
window glass substitute are being
purchased by the Red Cross for
early shipment to England.
TWINS
Twins, a boy and a girl, were
born to Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Horne
of Carthage Route 3 at the Moore
County Hospital on December 5.
All are getting along well.
BY HOIVARD F. BURNS
The Rev. R. E. Brown, pastor
of the Hay Street Methodist
Church, Fayetteville, addressing
the Sandhill Kiwanis Club Tues
day night at the annual Ladies’
Night banquet at the Mid Pines
Club, declared that Kiwanis
builds citizenship, fellowship and
character, and no job is too big
for Kiwanis to tackle.
J. Talbot Johnson of Aberdeen,
Moore County attorney, made a
presentation speech and stated a
bronze plaque honoring the men
from this county now serving in
the armed services would be
placed in the Court House at Car
thage.
The program opened with in
vocation by Paul Butler of Sou
thern Pines. Dr. Thaddeus Cheat
ham of Pinehurst gave the wel
coming address. John M. Howarth,
secretary, presented the past
Presidents who have served since
the organization of the club
twenty-two years ago.
Dante Montesanti made the
annual presentation check to the
Moore County Hospital for the
Kiwanis Underp|rivileged Child
Bed Fund.
Charles W. Picquet, toastmas
ter and chairman of the program,
presented , the Southern Pines
High School Glee Club, which
rendered a musical program under
the direction of Miss Hattie Mae
Barber.
Mrs'. L. B. Creath played the
marimba.
Charles McDonald, Carthage,
president of the club, presided.
SCHOOL PARADE
Students of Southern Pines
School with the faculty mem
bers will celebrate their ach
ievement in the School War
Stamp and Bond drive which
ended December 7, Pearl
Harbor Day, by staging a big
parade through the down
town section at 12:00 o'clock
noon, Friday, December 8.
They are celebrating the
raising of $3,000 by the
school children for the pur
chase of a plane, also the
winning of the right to fly
the Treasury Flag from the
school flag pole. This flag
signifies that the school has
100 per cent participation of
all students in buying a ten-
cent war stamp each month.
LEGION AUXILIARY TO
MEET TUESDAY NIGHT
Mrs. E. M. Poate will be hostess
to the American Legion and its
Auxiliary Tuesday evening, Dec
ember 12, at her home at 76 S.
Ashe Street. The ladies desire to
meet at 7:45 in .order to transact
all business before the arrival of
the legionnaires for a social hour.
Auxiliary members whose dues
are in arrears are urged to pay
same this month.
As announced last week the
Legion and Auxiliary are asking
civilians to assist in purchasing
gifts for service men in hospitals.
Stationery, pen and pencil sets,
games, books, cigarettes, pipes,
cards, toilet articles and many
other items are gifts that will be
most welcome.
WE REMEMBER
PEARL HARBOR
Pearl Harbor Day, Decem
ber 7, is being remembered in
a forceful way by quite a num
ber of local people, we learn
as we go to press. Bond pur
chases are showing a decided
up trend, and it is hoped that
any who let the day get by
without purchasing a bond will
hasten to "remember".
Through Monday of this week
the total bond sales for Moore
County in the Sixth War Loan
drive totaled $303,517.50 on k
quota of $552,000, of which
$102,277.50 was in "E" bonds.
At the close of business on
Wednesday, Southern Pines
had reached $110,350. The lo
cal quota is $154,560.
Year-Old Negro
Assaulted, Robbed
Grandson, 21, Is in
Jail Awaiting Trial;
Victim in Hospital
Knocked in the head and robbed
of from $40 to $50 while he was
alone at his home in Jackson
Springs, Jim Clark, 80-year-old-
Negro, is receiving treatment in
the Moore County Hospital and
his 21-year-old grandson, Herman
Clark, who admits committing the
atrocious deed, is in jail at Car
thage awaiting trial.
According to the report the
aged man, whose daughter lives
with him, but was away at the
time, refused the request of his
grandson that he give up his
money, with the above result. '
Young Clark was taken at Troy
Monday night following a search
■of several days. He had completed
about two months ago a two-
year term in Federal prison im
posed for breaking and entering
a post office, and had been in
trouble prior to that.
An interasting sidelight in con
nection with the aged Negro is
revealed by Sheriff McDonald,
who said that Uncle Jim lived
near his family at Jackson Springs
a number of years ago and went
after the doctor for his mother
when the sheriff-to-be made his
advent into the world. '
EDUCATION BOARD
ENDORSES MORE PAY
FOR teachers
The Moore County Board of Ed
ucation, at its December meeting,
endorsed a resolution passed re-'
cently by the Moore County
Teachers’ Association asking that
the 1945 General Assembly in
crease the 1945-47 appropriation
for public schools so as to fully
carry out the program of Gover
nor-elect Gregg Cherry and State
Supt. Clyde A. Erwin. The teach
ers set forth that their salaries
are the lowest of any class of
skilled workers in the county,
ranging from $642 to $1395 for the
nine months’ term, with deduc
tions for withholding tax and'’re
tirement ranging from $5.13 to
$234.
PAPER DRIVE
T. K. Gunter, Scoutpiaster, re
ports that the recent paper collec
tion made by the Boy Scouts in
Southern Pines was a pleasing
success. Some homes were missed,
however, and if those whose paper
was nqt collected will notify Mr.
Gunter, he promises to have its
picked up by Scouts.
3.Year-01dGirl
Burns to Death As
Fire Razes Home
Oil Stove Explodes
in Manly Home of
Rev. G. W. Dowdy
stark tragedy struck, a com
fortable and happy home at Man
ly when fire destroyed the dwell
ing of G. W. Dpudy, a colored
minister, and took the life of his
little 3-year old granddaughter,
Mary Alice Cornwell, at ten
o’cldtk Sunday morning.
' The neat story-and-a-half frame
bungalow located on the Yadkin
Road just west of Highway No. 1
was a roaring mass of flames
within a few minutes following
the explosion of an oil heater in
a rear bedroom, whose only ten
ant at the time was the little girl,
who just a moment before had
gone into the room, shutting the
door behind her. Corporal James
Doudy saw a flash of fire and
jumped for the door but was
driven away by a burst of flame
and had to turn to the rescue of,
his mother, who was slightly
burned.
The house was occupied by the
Doudy family, which iiieludes
three daughters and two sons.
Corporal James Doudy had just
returned from army service, and
John Robert Cornwell, Mary
Alice’s father, is employed in
Baltimore. The house, with its en
tire furnishings and several hun
dred dollars in money, was totally
destroyed. The Southern Pines
Fire Company responded to the
alarm but nothing could be done
to save the house.
The Rev. G. W. Doudy was fill
ing an appointment at Jonesboro
at the time of the fire.
SPCSA to Provide
Christmas Baskets
for Needy Persons
Plans for spreading Christmas
cheer are being made by the Sou
thern Pines Council of Social
Agencies, and this organization
will greatly appreciate the coop
eration of any who are interested
in making the holiday a happy
one for those who are less fortun
ate than they. Baskets of food for
the Christmas dinner will be dis
tributed to needy persons. Any
one who wishes to donate cloth
ing or toys for distributiori may
leave them at the Fire House.
Cash contributions should be sent
to Mrs. Howard Butler, treasurer.
Hospital Auxiliary
Elects Officers
The Moore County Hospital
Auxiliary, at its last meeting for
the year, held Wednesday at the
Nurses’ Home, reelected all its
officers to serve through 1945.
Mrs. Harry W. Norris, of Pine
hurst, will again head the organ
ization. Vice-chairmen are Mrs.
James H. Walker, Pinehurst, and
Mrs. H. E. Bowman, Aberdeen.
Mrs. F. Craighill Brown, Southern
Pines, is secretary, and Mrs. M. G.
Nichols, also of Southern Pines,
continues as treasurer.
Plans were made for a member
ship tea to be given in February,
to which women from all over
the county will be invited.
BETCHA IT DID!
It's dollars to doughnuts
that talk at a recent banquet
in Norwich, England, turned
to the good old Sandhills.
Among those present were
S|Sgt. Carl G. Thompson, Jr.,
former editor of THE PILOT;
SjSgt. James Lawrence Hen
son, of Carthage; Sgt. W. M.
Thompson, of the Eureka
community of Modre County,
and Cpl. Paul Green, a for
mer teacher at the Sandhill
Farm Life School.
RED CROSS POSTCARD
A postal car^ designed espec
ially to speed mail to American
prisoners of war and civilian in
ternees in the Far East is now
available to relatives and friends
of the prisoners through their lo
cal Red Cross chapter.
The new card, which may be
obtained without charge and sent
postage-free, has been designed to
facilitate censorship, save weight
and space in transportation, and
speed delivery.