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Southern Pines, North Carolina Friday, December 22, 1944.
TEN CENTS
George Knight Is
Killed Instantly
By Hit-Run Driver
Was Struck While
Walking Along High
way No. 1 Saturday
A motorist who apparently
thought it would be tun to knock
a glass jug out of the hand of a
pedestrian walking along the
shoulder of Highway 1 near Car
olina Inn Saturday morning
swerved off the pavement, struck
the jug, shattering it to bits, and
sped on his way, leaving George
Knight, 50-year-old farmer of the
community, dead.
Although a report of the trag
edy was broadcast, no clue as to
the identity of the driver of the
death car has been found.
The Knights reside on the Dun
lap place formerly known as the
Sweetheart Lake property off the
highway about five miles north
of Southern Pines on Vass Route
2. They were preparing to make
their v^eekly shopping trip to
Vass Saturday morning and did
not have sufficient gasoline to
get to the nearest filling station,
so Mr. Knight walked to the Car
olina Inn and was on his way
home with a gallon, of gas. With
his brother Archie he was walk
ing south on the right-hand
shoulder, carrying the jug in his
left hand, when the car came up
from behind them.
Patrolman Kelly, who investi
gated, said that the car swerv
ed almost three feet off the pave
ment, and carried the jug about
twent-five feet from where the
man was stru^. A hole in the
back of the head, believed to
have been made by the door han
dle or windshield frame, was the
only injury, it is said, there being
no bruises.
Archie Knight reported,that the
automobile was a black one and
that there were two men in it.
He did not get the license num
ber.
Funeral services were held at
the home at 2:00 p. m. Monday
and the body was carried to the
Knight family cemetery near
Broadway for burial.
Surviving are the widow, who
was formerly Miss Lila Cum
mings; six children, Mrs. Alton
Buchanan of Sanford Route 2
and Miss Dora Knight, by a for
mer marriage, and Eugene, How
ard, Daisy and George Knight,
Jr., of the home; two brothers,
W. R. and Archie Knight of Vass
Route 2; one sister, Mrs. Jonah
Yarboro of Olivia, and two grand
children, one of Whom makes
her home with the family.
Four Montesantis In Service
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Golf Tournament
The Sandpipers club of the Sou
thern Pines Country Club held its
weekly tournament on Sunday,
Dec. 17, and H. F. Burns ran away
with, top honors. He played his
usual steady game and returned
a net score of 71, even par for the
course. Arthur Atherton and Ben
Wisler were only three strokes off
the winning pace winding up with
74 to share the second prize. An
excellent field of players turned
out for the competition. A tourna
ment will be held Sunday, Dec. 24
in which non-members of the
Sandpipers may compete.
On the previous • Sunday Mrs.
Sue Hanson and Jimmy Hobbs
posted a 90-17-73 to lead a field
of thirty golfers in a Scotch Four
some. Sally Grinnell and Howard
Burns turned in an 86-12-74 to
tie for second place with Mrs.
Richard Suggs and Arthur Ather
ton of Aberdeen, who scored a
92-18-74.
'NOISIEST SHOW'
When President Roosevelt
made a two-hour stop-over at
Camp Lejeune Monday en route
home from a vacation at Warm
Springs, Ga., he viewed various
parades and drills, but the nois
iest show of all was put on by
a war dog training company of
64 Doberman Pinschers and Ger
man Shepherds under the direc
tion of Capts. Jackson H. Boyd
of Southern Pines and Clyde A.
Henderson of Brecksville, Ohio.
With their trainers holding
them on leash, the dogs went
through their drills and loud ex
plosions of TNT, part of the rou
tine to accustom them for scout
and messenger duty under com
bat conditions.
LT. MARGARET MONTESANTI CONSTANTINO MONTESANTI
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Polio Drive Here I
Chairman Blue Names
Additional Chairmen
for January Campaign
PVT. ANGELO MONTESANTI SGT. ANTONIO MONTESANTI
The window of A. Montesanti’s tailor shop across the street
from THE PILOT is gay with decorations this Christmas despite the
fact that a service flag with four stars shares a corner. That is the
way the children of “the Montys” would have it. Above are shown
the four who are in the service.
Lt. Margaret (upper left), of the Army Nurse Corps, after grad
uation from Notre Dame Academy, trained as a nurse at St. Joseph’s
Hospital in Baltimore and enlisted last September. After service at
Camp Lee and Ft. Meade, she is now, at Harmon General Hospital,
Longview, Texas. Constantino, shaman 2|c (upper right), a graduate
of the local high school, has been in the Navy about a year. He is at
a naval air base in Florida. Pvt. Angelo, Jr., (lower left), graduated
from Belmont Abbey before his induction two years ago. He has
been overseas eighteen months and is now in France. Sgt. Antonio
(lower right), a graduate of the Southern Pines High School, is in
France, also. He has been overseas two years.
A second daughter, Theresa, worked with the AAFTC at Knoll-
wood and went from there to Fort Worth when headquarters were
moved, where she is at present employed.
Maj. J. H. Quello
and Small Patrol
Capture 68 Krauts
Surround Sleeping
Germans and Give
Complete Surprise
THE SEVENTH ARMY, France—
“It was a long night’s work,” re
marked Major James H. Quello,
1913 W. McNichols Road, Detroit,
Mich., after returning from a mo
torized patrol through twelve vil
lages where he captured sixty-
eight Krauts.
Upon approaching a village the
patrol would dismount and then
enter on foot. In one village the
patrol was walking down) the
main street when suddenly they
heard the sound of hobnail boots
coming toward them. Quickly the
major and the few men with him
“ducked behind a wall and waited
for the approaching Heinies.”
As the footsteps passed by, they
jumped out and forced the sur
render of the surprised Jerries.
Learning that there were sixty
odd Heinies still in town, the ma
jor led his patrol to where they
were sleeping. Quietly they en
tered the house with drawn wea
pons and completely astonished
the sleeping Krauts by forcing
their surrender.
“I believe those Germans were
just waiting for an opportunity
to surrender,” explained the ma
jor, “for they offered no resis
tance and seemed rather pleased
by it all.”
The major is married to Mrs.
Mary Butler Quello who is now
living with their two sons, Janies
and Richard, at Southern Pines,
N. C.; he landed with the 9th Di
vision in North Africa, served
with the fifth Army in Italy, and
is now a battalion executive of
ficer with the 45th Division.
HOLIDAY MAIL
The Southern Pines Post Of
fice will be open on Saturday
December 23, until 6:00 p. m..
Postmaster P. F. Buchan an
nounces. The parcel post win
dow will be open for delivery
of parcels from 3:00 p. m. to
9:00 p. m. Sunday, December
24. On Christmas Day, the post
office will be closed all day.
No parcels except perishables
and special delivery will be de
livered on Christmas. The of
fice will reopen as usual Tues
day, December 26.
CAROL SERVICE
A Christmas service of carols
and light in celebration of the
birthday of Jesus Christ will
be held at 8:00 o'clock Christ
mas Eve at the Church of Wide
Fellowship.
"We invite you to our candle
light service when we shall sing
all of the beautiful carols of the
season, hear the Christmas mes
sage and find our way back to
a manger throne." says the pas
tor. "This is perhaps the most
beautiful service of the year.
Come, all ye faithful. Come
and worship with us.
NO DAMAGE
Some excitement was created
but no damage done Monday af
ternoon at 3:30 when flames from
a trash burner fired pine needles
at the rear of the former Lie-
bert house at 28 East Vermont
Aveni)(e, now occupied by the
family of Lt. Col. J. C. White.
Both trucks of the local fire de
partment responded to the call.
CLOSED DEC. 25-26
The Citizens Bank and Trust
Company announces that the
Bank will be closed for Christmas
on Monday and Tuesday.
Paul Butler, prominent Sou
thern Pines civic Iqader will
again head the Southern Pines
campaign to raise funds to fight
infantile paralysis, according to
an announcement by H. Clifton
Blue of Aberdeen, general county
chairman. Mr. Butler was chair
man of the 1944 Southern Pines
campaign and under his able lead
ership $765.81 was collected to
top the amount raised in any of
the Moore County towns.
The appointment of Mrs. Eldon
Adams of Carthage as chairman
of the Women’s Division of the
Polio Fund Campaign was also
announced by Mr. Blue.
Others appointed since the last
announcement include: Mrs. C. C.
Underwood, Eagle Springs-Sam-
arcand chairman; Mrs. Paul
Troutman, Addor chairman; J. W.
Harbison, Pinehurst chairman;
W. D. Wilson, High Falls chair
man.
-The campaign will be conducted
during the month of January.
However, some of the chairmen
are already active and one of the
rural chairmen has reported a
contribution of-$50. Contributions
made during 1944 will be deduct
able from the 1944 income tax
payment.
Legion, Auxiliary
Play Santa Claus
to Army Patients
On Tuesday night of last week,
Mrs. E. M. Poate was hostess to
the American Legion and its Aux
iliary. The ladies held their busi
ness meeting ut 7:'‘45 while the
men convened at the Legion Hut
for an hour before going to Mrs.
Poate’s for further business dis
cussion and a social hour with re
freshments.
Plans were made for the Christ
mas gifts to the “Yanks Who
Gave” in connectio4 with the
Eddie Cantor Radio Pro
gram, throughout the nation in
order that no man in the service
in hospitals during the Christ
mas season shall be without a
Christmas package. This program
has been carried out by the Le
gion and Auxiliary in co-operation
with the Red Cross. Plans for the
gift-buying and wrapping were
thoroughly discussed and the next
,day the committee started on
their shopping tour for razor
blades, pencils, combs, tooth
brushes, etc.
On Thursday afternoon, Decem
ber 14, Mrs. Poate’s dining room
and kitchen became the wrap
ping bureau for the packages as
sembled, 152 in number, 100 of
which were sent to Fort Bragg,
and 52 to Camp Mackall for dis
tribution by the Red Cross.
Mrs. Dari McNeill, president of
the local Auxiliary, wishes to
thank Mrs. Poate for her kind
hospitality, L. VanFossen and D.
R. McNeill for their assistance,
Maj. F. M. Dwight for deliver
ing the packages to Foct Bragg,
and the following ladies who
helped so efficiently in wrapping
these gift packages: Mrs. R. L
Chandler, Mrs. Herbert N. Cam
eron, Mrs. Ben Rittelmeyer, Mrs.
Virgil Johnston, Mrs. L. L.
Woolley, Mrs. J. S. McLauchlin
Mrs. Poate and Veta E. Gorman.
Cash donations also are gratefully
acknowledged.
It is urged that any who have
not paid 1945 dues please get
same to the treasurer, Mrs. J. S.
McLauchlin, at the earliest pos
sible date. In order to secure the
National President’s Membership
Citation, the membership of a
Unit for 1945 must equal or ex
ceed the paid-up 1944 membership
on National records Dec. 31, 1944.
Thus it is quite necessary that
dues be received before this date
in order to forward to Indianap
olis in time for recognition.
PRISONER OF WAR
T|Sgt. Marvin Williams, son
of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Williams
of Route 3, Carthage, has been
captured by the enemy, accord
ing to a message received late
last week by his parents. Sgt.
Williams has been in the Army
about three years and since go
ing overseas three or four
months ago has seen service in
France, Belgium, Holland and
Germany.
Pairiotic Signboard
Southern Pines is to be congrat
ulated on the attractiveness and
suitability of its newly decorated
sign board at the northern ap
proach on Highway 1. Done in
the national colors, the board has
a streamer across the top, a large
service flag in the upper left cor
ner bearing one star with the
number 400, and the words “Serv
ing Our Country.” The name of
the town is in large letters and in
a lower corner, the familiar “Buy
War Bonds.”
REPORTED KILLED
BACK FROM FRANCE
1st Lt. Preston Matthews, After
145 Combat Missions, Is at Home
Fighier Pilot Won
Many Decorations in
England and France
Lt. Preston F. Matthews, after
a year’s service overseas, arrived
in Southern Pines on Thursday of
last week to spend a 21-day fur
lough with his parents. Mayor
and Mrs. W. Duncan Matthews.
Veteran of 145 combat missions
iri which he traveled 116,000 miles
this one-man crew of a P-51 Mus
tang has for his meritorious ach
ievement in aerial flight been
awarded the Air Medal, five sil
ver Oak Leaf Clusters, his 26th
bronze Oak Leaf Cluster, and,
more recently, the Distinguished
Flying Cross given for heroism or
extraordinary achievement.
For the first several months Lt.
Matthews was stationed in Eng
land. On D-Day he engaged in
three combat missions over
France and about two months ago
was transferred to that country.
Practically all of the 145 mis
sions were made in the same
fighter plane, the “Sara Dee”,
which was assigned to Lt. Mat
thews in England and which is
a “namesake” of his grandmother,
mother, sister, father, brother
and sister-in-law. Although they
have been in some tight places
both the flier and his plane have
come through unscathed and Lt.
Matthews appears to be in the
best of physical condition.
Modestly choosing to wear none
of his many decorations, Lt. Mat
thews’ words, when a member of
the family expressed surprise to
learn that he had received the
DFC, were characteristic: “I
thought that I had written you
about it.”
1ST LT. P. F. MATTHEWS
Col. Roger Parkinson, who
with his family resided in Sou
thern Pines for about a year
and a half while he was sta
tioned at Fort Bragg and Camp
Mackall, was killed over Hol
land on September 26, accord
ing to information received by
Mrs. J. C .Baker from Mrs.
Parkinson. The family made
many friends in Southern Pines
during their stay here.
SCHOOLS CLOSE DEC. 22
AND REOPEN JANUARY 1
Rural schools of Moore County
will q^ose for Christmas at the
end of the day’s work today, Fri
day, and reopen on January 1.
Report of Junior
Red Cross Work
Given by Cbairman
By Mrs. Charles L. Warner
Moore County Chairman
Forty eight Moore County
schools have enrolled in the Jun
ior Red Cross for 1945, 25 white
and 23 colored, which makes a
98 per cent enrollment with a
total of 7048 pupils.
The sum of $426.64 was col
lected by these schools, of which
$135.50 was sent to the area of
fice to pay for the 228 copies of
the Junior Red Cross News and
Journal, which are to be sent to
the various schools each month.
The young people will probably
be glad to know that a check for
$75.00 taken from their Jr. Red
Cross fund was sent to the hospi
tal at Camp Mackall to buy can
dies and nuts which are to be
used to help fill the Christmas
stockings of the 500 patients.
The cnildren in the grade school
of Aberdeen, made about 300 at
tractive place cards to be used
for the patients’ trays on Christ
mas day, also a number of gay
colored paper ring strings to be
used in helping to decorate some
of the Christmas trees.
The children of the Pinehurst
school also made about 150 at
tractive place cards for the same
purpose. -
It is very gratifying to know
that the children are willing and
anxious to help in any way possi
ble, which shows that they have
just what the American Red Cross
represents, “The Spirit of Ser
vice.”
COMPLETES COURSE
Annual Christmas
Gymkhana Will Be
Outstanding Event
Show at Local Coun
try Club Begins at
2:30 Sunday P. M.
The annual Christmas eques
trian gymkhana, one of the out
standing sports events of the hol
iday season, will be held at the
Southern Pines Country Club
Sunday, December 24, beginning
at 2:30 p. m. The show is expect
ed to attract many holiday visi
tors, members of the Armed
Forces and local residents.
Louis Scheipers, chairman of
the Equestrian Committee, has an
nounced a program of six events.
The show will open with a class
for hunters to be run over the out
side course. There will be a class
for open jumpers, pair jumpers,
ladies’ horsemanship and child
ren’s horsemanship. The show will
include one novelty event, to be
held in the inside course.
Mrs. Margaret Thorne Smith of
Millbrook, New York, will judge
and Mrs. V. B. Johnston will pre
sent the ribbons.
WAR BOND DRIVE
Burton Brown is at home from
Auburn, Ala., where he completed
a six months’ ASTP course. He is
to report to Fort Bragg January
4.
Moore County is officially cred
ited through Dec. 19 with $742,-
032.50.
E Bonds $196,532.50. The County
’s $200,000.00 over quota but
$100,000.00 below the E Bond
quota. Mr. Yeomans reports that
every town in the County is over
the quota. Southern Pines is cred
ited with $172,993.25 which is
about $154,000.00 over the quota.
E, F, G, bond sales till end of
month will count, and the Build
ing and Loan, the Bank, Post Of
fice pnd Mr. Stevens office are go
ing to encourage the sale of E
bonds so that when the final re
port is given on January 2 the E
bond quota will be made up if
possible. For next several days
figures will be posted in the win
dow of Mr. Stevens’ office. Char
lie Picquet will continue to give
passes for war bond purchases at
both theatres through December
30.
MIDNIGHT CANTATA
A MISSA CANTATA wiU
be celebrated at the hour of
midnight December 24th in
the Shrine Church of St. An
thony of Padua. Southern
Pines. Christmas Masses on
December 25th will be offer
ed at 8 and 10:30 a. m.
EMMANUEL CHURCH
CHRISTMAS SERVICE
There will be a Celebra
tion of the Holy Eucharist,
with special music, Mrs. Har
low Pearson, soloist, at Em
manuel Episcopal Church on
Christmas Eve, beginning at
11:30 p. m.