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Southern Pines. North Carolina Friday. December 15. 1944,
Wide Fellowship
Church Announces
Christmas Plans
Carols to Be Broad
cast and Various
Celebrations Held
The Church of Wide Fellow
ship, of which the Rev. Tucker
G. Humphries Ts pastor, issues the
following Christmas message:
“We begin our celebration of:
the Christmas season next Sunday
evening at 5:00 o’clock. At the
twilight hour in a candle-lighted
church our choir, under the di
rection of Mrs. L. D. McDonald,
will present Yuletide Memories,
one of the most beautiful of the
t hristmas cantatas. Beginning
Monday, December the 18th, and
continuing through, Christmas
Eve night, through the efforts of
our Men’s Bible Class, we shall
broadcast to the community the
carols of the season and the story
of our Savior’s birth.
“On Sunday, Decembi-r the
24th, at 8:00 o’clock our Christ
mas service of carols' and light
vull be held. This perhaps is the
most beautiful of all worship ser-
vicyss of the (jnttire j^ear. The
church will be beautiful in candle
light, every worshiper will carry a
light. The Carols of the season will
be sung by the choir and congre
gation. The Christmas story will
be read from God’s holy word. A
Christmas message will be pre
sented by our pastor. Even with
in your own home, before a
cheery open fire, with gay Christ
mas candles, holly wreaths and
1 eautifuliy wrapped packages,
> ou cannot catch the spirit of
Christmas as completely as you
can in the sanctuary of the
church. We invite you to usher
in the Christmas season with us
and project yourself back across
the pages of time to a manger
throne and there again, like the
shepherds and wise men of old,
V elcome the Messiah anew.
“In addition to the special ser
vices as mentioned above the var
ious organizations of the church
v’ill celebrate Christmas within
their own groups. At the next
meeting of the Women’s Society
group three will entertain with
a Christmas program. The Forum
v/ill exchange gifts arid enjoy
a Christmas party. The Sunday
School will have a tree and Santa
Claus as usual. The choir will be
the guest of Mr. and Mrs. L. D.
McDonald at a Christmas dinner
party. On Christmas Eve after
noon the Forum will go to the
prison camp, sir. g carols and bring
the Christmas story to those
weary men and then present each
with presents and goodies. Some
of the exact dates of these gath
erings are not available at the
'moment, but somewhere
REPORTED KILLED
Pfc. Andy Alcro^t was killed
in Germany on November 20,
according to a telegram receiv
ed by his wife, the former Miss
Cora Wallace of Pinebluff. who
is making her home with her
parents for the duration. Pvt.
Alcroft spent the winters in
Pinebluff before being induct
ed into the armed forces. His
parents are Mr. and Mrs. Al
bert Alcroft of Youngstown,
Ohio.
Three Blue Brothers in the Service
Two Men Are Shot
Near Vass Sunday
Two shootings occured near
Vass Sunday and as a result Jul
ius Ingram, Vass Negro, is in
jail, a colored man named Thomas
is in the Moore County Hospital
where it was found necessary to
amputate his leg, and Bill Atkins,
colored, who was shot above the
hip by ABC Officer C. A. McCal-
lum when he allegedly failed to
heed the officer’s command and
continued to walk toward him and
Policeman A. R. Laubscher with
a .44 pistol drawn on them, is
also in thg hospital.
Details of the trouble between
Ingram and Thomas are not avail
able.
According to the report of the
other shooting given by Sheriff
C. J. McDonald, Atkins’ wife went
to Vass Policeman A. R. Laub
scher and reported that her hus
band had beaten her and she was
afraid to go back home. Laub
scher called the Carthage office
early Sunday night and Sheriff
McDonald and ABC Officer Mc-
Callum responded. The three went
to the Upchurch farm in search
of Atkins, but did not find him
at home. After visiting another
house or two they met a color
ed man who told them that At
kins was “side of the road” near
this farm. McCallum and Laub
scher got out of the car quietly
J'.nd the Sheriff drove on a short
distance. As was anticipated, At
kins continued on his way after
the car passed, and was met by
the two officers with the above
result. Hearing the shot, the Sher
iff returned to the scene and the
v/ounded man was taken to the
hospital.
Aberdeen, Pinehurst and Robbins
Reach Quotas in Sixth War Loan
Drive, Which Ends December 16th
YULETIDE PROGRAM
SjSGT. H. GILBERT BLUE LT. PAUL BLUE CPL. D. AL BLUE
Three sons of Mrs. D. A1 Blue, Sr., of Southern Pines and Jackson Springs, and the late Ex-Sheriff
Blue are in the Army. The eldest, S|Sgt. Henry Gilbert Blue (left), was inducted about two years ago
and is at present with a malaria control unit in the Pacific. He attended Carthage High School. His wife,
Lawrence, resides in Sanford. Lt. Paul Blue (center) is in England. He is a graduate
of Southern Pines High School and the University of North Carolina and before his induction about
three years ago was a deputy collector of internal r evepue. He graduated from Quartermaster Officer’s
School at Camp Lee and was stationed at Memphis, Tenn., before going overseas. Cpl. D. A1 Blue (right)
is an X-ray technician with a hospital unit in Eng land. He is a graduate of Southern Pines High
School and was for a number of years manager of J. N. Powell, Inc. His wife, the former Mary Tin-
sley, lives in Southern Pines.
Negro Club Women
Hold Meeting at
WSP High School
Charlotte B. Hawkins
Chapter of Federation
Has Splendid Program
Two Letters From
Glasgow, Scotland
Eleven Are Called
for Preinduction
in our
i^rogram is a place for everyone.
In the most cordial way we in
vite you to worship with us as a
church and to laugh and be merry
in some one or more of our grouns
as we celebrate the birthday of
Jesus Christ.”
1945 Allotments
of Tobacco Farm
Acres Unchanged
Marketing quotas on flue-cured
and hurley tobacco for the 1945-
46 marketing year have been an-
1 ounced ’oy the War Food Admin
istration and individaul farm
acreage allotments for the 1945
crops will be the same as in 1944,
according to Joe A. Caddell, chair
man Moore County AAA Com
mittee.
‘In addition to the acreage al
lotments,” Mr Caddell stated, “an
amount equal to two percent of
the total acreage allotted to all
farms in 1940 will be made avail
able for increasing individual
farm acreage found by local AAA
committees to be inequitable. Five
percent of the national quota will
be available for establishing al
lotments for farms on wh|ch no
flue-cured or hurley tobacco has
been grown during the past five
years. To be eligible for such an
allotment either the farm opera
tor or the person growing the
tobacco shall have had experience
within the past five years in grow
ing tobacco and shall be living
on the farm and largely depen
dent on the farm for his liveli
hood.”
Applications for such allotments
in Moore County should be filed
with the County AAA Committee
prior to February 1, 1945.
Eleven white men from Moore
County went to Fort Bragg on
Monday for preinduction exam
ination. Included in the group
were Earl Charles Stutts and
Archie Lee Barnes of Carthage,
Thomas Jefferson Boggs of Cam
eron Route 2, Edward Dewitt
Caviness of Eagle Springs, Ther
esa Edward Glover of Jackson
Springs, Coy Lester Brewer, Eld
er Kee Sheffield and Herbert
Spivey, of Robbins, Allie Garnett
Edwards, Jr., and John William
Mashburn, of Vass.
FINAL WORKSHOP
Moore County Teachers held
their closing workshop of the year
at the Carthage High School Mon
day evening, with good atten
dance. Dr. Clarkson of the math
ematics department of State Col
lege and Dr. H. A. Perry of the
State Department of Education,
Raleigh, spoke at the general
session, after which Dr. Clarkson
met with the mathematics group
and Dr. Perry with those inter
ested in writing.
A & P EMPLOYES TO GET
ADDED COMPENSATION
Additional compensation total
ing approximately $1,250,000 will
be distributed to employes of The
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea
Company before Christmas, it
was announced by John A. Hart
ford, president.
All A & P employes throughout
the country with six months or
more service will participate in
the cash distribution.
The company’s employes were
voted similar compensation last
year.
H. L. SUMMERS
H. L. Summers, who came to
Southern Pines from Greensboro
in June of last year to operate
a jewelry business, died Tue.sday
in the Moore Coxmty Hospital
He and his wife resided at the
Jefferson Inn. The body was taken
to Greensboro for burial.
The second annual meeting of
the Charlotte Hawkins Brown
Chapter of the Moore County Ne
gro Women’s Federation Clubs
took place Sunday afternoon,
December 10th, in the West Sou
thern Pines High School Audi
torium. ■
A large and representative
gathering from both towns assem
bled to hear the speakers. The
program opened with the singing
of the anthem by James Weldon
and J. Rosamund Johnson: “Lift
Ev’ry Voice and Sing”, led by
Mrs. L. D. Harris with Mrs. R. P.
Brown at the piano.
Following the' invocation by
the Rev. L. L. Belle of Carthage,
J. Warren Baldwin, principal
of the School, welcomed the
guests, and introduced Mrs. Edna
B. Taylor, the president of the
Moore County Club. Among the
speakers who followed were: Mrs.
Lula S. Kelsey, of the State Fed
eration of Negro Women’s Clubs,
John R. Larkins of the State
Board of Charities and Public
Welfare, Miss Mae D. Holmes, Su
perintendent of the Training
School for Girls at Rocky Mount.
They described the start made
during the last few years in the
care of delinquent negro girls and
boys, in the field of correction.
The Training School for Girls at
Rocky Mount has recently open
ed under the supervision of Miss
Holmes and now accomodates fif
teen girls. This school has been
largely supported through contri
butions from Women’s Clubs of
the State. P. R. Brown, for
mer principal of the West South
ern Pines School and now head of
Morrison Training School for Boys
at Hoffman, spoke feelingly of the
pressing need for funds in order
to raise the standard of physical
care there. Facilities, he said, are
still woefully inadequate adding
greatly to the problems of disci
pline and of maintaining a clean,
well-ordered institution. Never
theless strides are being made.
Mr. Brown urged the audience to
visit the school at any time.
Mrs. Struthers Burt stressed the
need for encouraging a spirit of
initiative and responsibility
among the young people them
selves.
“Young people tend to form
groups,” she said, “and groups get
into mischief and worse if they
have nothing to do. Their energies
must be directed into construc
tive channels. The leaders of the
groups are the natural leaders,
chosen by the young people them
selves; they are the ones to reach”.
Mrs. Burt suggested the forma
tion of a committee made up of
citizens from the two towns to
study the problem and endeavor
to find some constructive work
of benefit to the community yet
which might be of sufficient in
terest to young people to appeal
to thpm. “We must work together
to help them get started,” she
said.
This note was echoed in the
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Friends of Eve and Faie Ewart,
who spent several years with Mr.
and Mrs. James Boyd, will be in
terested in the following letters.
The girls returned to their home
in Glasgow last September. Their
mother reports that they are well
and the family is so happy to
be reunited. Mrs. Ewart says the
girls often speak of their days in
Southern Pines. Commander
Ewart, who is i portrait painter,
hopes to bring them over for a
visit after the war, when he may
be doing some painting in this
country. The girls often send their
love to all their friends in the
Sandhills.
Dear Aunt Kate; How are you.
We are going to have our exams
next week, worst luck. I do wish
I had some chickens over here,
but I guess I can’t in the city.
When I grow up I’m coming over
there to get a chickens farm, then
everybody can come and stay with
me and the chickens.
I don’t think I’ll pass in Arith
metic or History. First the Arith
metic is to hard to get useto with
all money and things. And the
History is all Malcolms and
Jameses and I don’t think it is in
teresting but-sept when they get
killed there nearly always mur
dered.
Well that’s all the news just
now.
Lots of love to all
Faie.
P. S. Dont mind the spelling.
PLEASE.
Dear Aunt Kate;—
At last we have a DOG. He is
six months old and is half air-
dale and half Irish terrier. He
doesn’t look so awful as he sounds.
A friend of a cousin of Mother’s
got him through a friend of hers
called Mr, Prance. A friend of his.
an animal doctor whom he had
helped a couple of time with the
animal patients, had heard about
a family whose son was in the
R. A. F. and had got this dog
when he was a puppy. The son
had gone and the mother and fa
ther had got a cat. The cat was the
kind that fears no dog. And hates
them like poison. So they had to
keep the cat shut up in one room
and let the dog roam the house.
They had to go to work and leave
him so he is not house-trained.
Anyway they decided with much
sorrow that they would have to
give the dog away and that is
how we got him. I hope you all
get that friend business. He is
about 1 foot 2 1-2 inches from the
ground to his shoulder, with a tail
five inches long and ears three
inches long, with a narrow strip
of white down his front. He has
short golden brown hair in some
places with a hint of a curl but
not long enough to curl. He is
brown all over except for the
white and on his tail he has a few
dark hairs. He is certainly a mon
grel but who cares it is the dog
that counts. He is also a bit scared
but will soon get over it; right
now it is a help when we are
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Rev. S. J. Erwin
Speaks to Kiwanis
Club Wednesday
Paul Jernigan Is In
ducted into Member
ship by Dr. Cheatham
The Rev. Samuel J. Erwin, pas
tor of the First Baptist Church
of Southern Pines, in an address
to the Sandhills kiwanis Club
Wednesday at the Southern Pines
Country Club stated that with
the approach of Christmas this
is the time we should be thinking
of peace, which he predicted
would come soon in the Atlantic
and the Pacific.
The speaker, who was born in
the British Isles, declared that
attempts are being made to bring
about a split between the United
States, Great Britian and Russia.
In conclusion he stated there are
foreign influences at work in this
country in an attempt to gain
power.
The speaker was introduced by
Ralph Chandler.
Paul Jernigan was inducted in
to membership by Dr. Thaddeus
Cheatham.
COL. DALBEY PROMOTED
TO BRIGADIER GENERAL
Announcement was made this
week by the War Department of
the promotion of Colonel Josiah
T. Dalbey, commanding officer
of the Airborne Center, Camp
Mackall, to Brigadier General.
General Dalbey, a graduate of
West Point in 1918, saw overseas
service in World War I and during
the present conflict, having spent
five months in England. Also, the
General served with the 31st In
fantry in the Philippines and the
15th Infantry in Tientsin, China,
and was with the Louisiana Na
tional Guard in the Mexican Bor
der campaign. -A native of Ala
bama, General Dalbey is a grad
uate of the Infantry School and
the Command and General Staff
School, Leavenworth, Kansas.
A & P BUYS $5,000,000
IN 6TH WAR LOAN DRIVE
This Sunday evening al 5:00
o'clock the choir o^ the Church
of Wide Fellowship will render
one of the most beautiful of
the Christmas cantatas. At the
twilight hour, in a church beau
tiful with candle light, 30
voices under the direction of
Mrs. L. D. McDonald will sing
"Yuletide Memories" by Ira
B. Wilson.
The public is invited.
Changes Affecting
Income Tax Payers
Joseph D. Nunan, Jr., Commis
sioner of Internal Revenue, this
week reminded individual income
taxpayers that Congress has
changed from December 15, 1944,
to January 15, 1945, the final
date for filing Declarations of Es
timated Income Tax, either ori
ginal (as in the case of farmers),
or amended, and paying of in
stallments of estimated tax for
the calendar year 1944.
Among the taxpayers affected
by this change in dates are: farm
ers who exercised their right to
defer filing declarations last April
15; others who have already filed
1944 declarations but desire to
change their estimates by filing
amended declarations; all persons
who owe the final installment
of 1944 estimated tax.
(
If a taxpayer who would other
wise be required to file an origi
nal or amended Declaration of
Estimated Tax by January 15,
1945, files his annual income tax
return for 1944 (on Form 1040)
and pays all tax due by January
15, his return will serve as both
a return and declaration and he
need not file the 1944 declaration.
Also, if a taxpayer files his final
1944 return (on Form 1040) and
pays the tax due on it by Janu
ary 15, he need not pay the final
installment which otherwise
would be due on his estimated
tax.
A bill from the collector for the
final installment of 1944 estimated
tax may be ignored by a taxpayer
who files his annual return (on
Form 1040) and pays the tax due
on it by January 15.
These changes will eriable a
taxpayer, if he desires to do so,
to wind up all of his 1944 in
come tax obligations by January
15, but it does not affect the filing
of his 1945 declaration which will
be due March 15. Also, taxpayers
who do not file their final 1944
returns by January 15 must do so
by March 15.
Re: Requests for
Return of Service
MenF rom Overseas
Southern Pines Mak
ing Progress; Sale
of "E" Bonds Lags
Aberdeen, Pinehurst and Rob
bins have completed their quotas
in the Sixth War Loan drive.
County Chairman Eugene C. Ste
vens disclosed Wednesday, but
recent reports from other towns
and communities had not been
received.
While this fine progress is most
encouraging, much remains to be
done before Dec. 16, the closing
day of the drive, and a concerted
effort is most important. “E”
bond sales are lagging. Mr.
Stevens reports.
Alfred B. Yeomans, local chair
man, gives total sales for South
ern Pines as $131,506.25, on a
quota of $154,560.
“The Sixth War Loan drive but
alas, not the war, ends this Satur
day,” says Mr. Yeomans. “Far
from being near the end of the
war we are still in the midst of
it. Instpad of reducing we must
greatly increase the production
of munitions, guns, tanks, ships
and war supplies of every kind,”
declares the chairman, continu
ing: “And that means that we
here in Southern Pines must not
only meet our war loan quota
but should exceed it. Not having
had to forego any 'of the necessi
ties or comforts of life and few of
its luxuries the very least we can
do is to buy war bonds up to the
limit and then some.”
“Let’s go over the top on or
before Saturday,” he urges.
The buying of bonds for Christ
mas gifts is urged and if it is
impossible to do this before Sat
urday, they can still be counted in
this drive as “E”, “F” and “G”
bonds purchased during December
wjll be credited on the quota.
Local Men Plan
Annual Visit to
County Home
The Great Atlantic and Pacific
Tea Company today announced a
$5,000,000 subscription to the
Sixth War Loan, says a release
from New York City. In line with
company policy of helping vari
ous County War Finance Com
mittees meet their quotas, all
credit for the bonds,, purchased
through the Federal Reserve bank,
will be spread throughout 38
states to those counties., in which
A & P operates.
JEFFERSON INN OPENS
DINING ROOM DEC. 16
Southern Pines people who go
out to eat will be interested to
know that the Jefferson Inn din
ing room will open Saturday, Dec.
16, and will accept a limited num
ber of reservations for Sunday and
holiday dinners.
The Jefferson was a very pop
ular dining place last year and
practically the same staff is back
for this season, which assures a
high standard of food and service.
Due to the many inquiries re
ceived by the American Red Cross
Southeastern Area Office concern
ing the role of the Red Cross in
handling requests for the return
of soldiers from overseas. Major
General Frederick E. Uhl, com
manding general. Fourth Service
Command, has issued this state
ment:
“Such requests—granted in rare
cases of family emergency or crit
ical illness in the home—can now
be made only through the Red
Cross,” he said.
“Under the new War Depart
ment procedure for making such
applicatijont’,, first responsibility
for investigating the actual need
for a soldier’s return to the
States lies with the local chapter
of the American Red Cross,
though only at the request of
military authorities.
“The chapter’s report and the
family request are then forward
ed by the Red Cross to the field
director of the proper theater of
operations. In turn, the command
ing officer in the theater takes
whatever final action he consid
ers proper.”
LEON SEYMOUR AT HOME
Friends of O. Leon Seymour of
Aberdeen will be glad to know
that after several weeks’ treat
ment at the Moore County Hospi
tal he was able to be removed
to his home Friday.
The Rev. Edward F. Green and
P’ H. Turner, whose Christmas
joy would not be complete with
out their annual Christmas trek
to the Moore County Home to
dispense cheer and gifts among
the inmates, are for the' ninth
year making plans to visit this
institution in the role of Santa
Claus. They will be accompanied
by the Rev. Samuel Erwin, local
Baptist minister, who will con
duct a devotional service.
This year the County Home
family has dwindled to about half
its usual number. There are only
eight: three white women, three
white men and two Negro men.
Persons who would like to share
in providing gifts for these may
leave cash donations with Mr.
burner at his office in the Eddy
Block and the money will be used
in buying fruits, warm hose, hand
kerchiefs and other practical gifts
for these elderly people and for
giving them a small amount of
cash to do with as they like.
CommunityChurch
Announces Special
Christmas Music
The Community Church in
Pinehurst announces its program
of music for the Christmas season
by its combined choirs under the
direction of the Rev. and Mrs.
Roscoe Prince, with Miss Eloise
Wicker as organist.
December 17: “Nazareth” by
Charles Gounod, arranged by
Riegger.
December 24, 11:00 a. m.;
“Shepherds in the Field Abiding”,
traditional French, descant, ar
ranged by Edith Campbell; “The
Babe in Bethlehem’s Manger
Laid” by Francis Buebendorf, ar
ranged by Wallingford Riegger.
December 24, 5:00 p. m.: “What
Child Is This?” Old English with
descant; “The Citizens of
Chatres” 16th Century French, ar
ranged by Charles Dickinson; “Lo,
How a Rose e’er Blooming,” M.
Praetorius; “Bring a Torch, Jean
nette Isabella,” traditional French,
arranged by Charles Dickinson;
“Carol of the Bells,” Ukranian
carol by M. Leontovitch, arranged
by Peter J. Wilhousky; “Christ
mas Bell,” George L. Osgood.