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KEEP FAITH i 'war bonds ■k-k-k-k-k-k-k-k-k * * Those Boys Need mmmm VOLUME 25, NO. 10 Southern Pines, North CaT<>liha Friday, February 2, 1945. TEN CENTS Three More Towns Reach Quotas in Polio Fund Drive Carthage, Aberdeen and West End Join List of Successful Carthage, Aberdeen and West End this week joined tha grow ing list of^ Moore County com munities which have raised or ex ceeded their quotas in the Moore County Polio Fund campaign. H. Clifton Blue, county chairman of the drive, states that while the standing of several of the com-^ munities has not been reported in several days, he is confident that the county will be “over the top” when all chairmen have re ported. E. J. Burns, Carthage chairman, with a quota of $500, reported Monday that his community had reached the goal and that he' ex pected to receive more. J.F. Sinclair of West End re ported Tuesday that his $175 quo ta was in hand. Aberdeen, under the chairman ship of R. C. Fields, reported its $500 quota raised, early this week. A report from every community is promised for next week’s pa per. Other communities reported as having subscribed or over-sub scribed their quotas are: Jackson Springs, Pinebluff, Vass-Lake- view, Addor, Farm Life and West- more. Paul Butler, Southern Pines chairman, states that the sale is “coming along all right” here with money still being sent in. Landmark in New Guise No one would recognize the attractive building shown above as the old blacksmith shop on West Broad Street, a landmark in the southern part of town. Miss Allie McIntosh purchased the building last August from W. D. Ferguson, who had owned it for more than 20 years, and set about remodeling it for use as an antique shop. She moved in a few days ago. The main showroom, which is 20 by 40 feet, is substantially the same except that it has been refinished and a chimney added at one end. Brick and paneling used are from a iSO-year-old house in Pittsboro. Part of the original flooring was re-dressed and used, and some was brought from the Pittsboro house. Miss McIntosh added a workroom and rooms for a photo shop. H. H. Turner, who acquired half interest in McMillan’s Photo Shop last summer and who became sole owner the first of this year, oc cupies the part of the building designed for this purpose. James Boyd’s Poems ‘‘Enshrine Him in the Heart,” Says Donald Parson Succ.e§®|jil.Seal . Sale Is Reported By Local Workers Mail Method Brings $1,264.89 to South ern Pines Branch The Southern Pines Tubercu losis Seal Sale Committee has re leased the following report of the 1944 sale: “This year the mails were re sorted to by the Southern Pines Committee in making its appeal for contributions to the Seal Sale requesting funds for the work and support of the Moore County Tu berculosis Association. This is^ the scond year in which the use of the mails was substituted for personal solicitation and evidently to the satisfaction of those citizens whose gifts and interest mean so much to those suffering with the dread disease whose care depends so largely on these donations. Over four hundred of our citi zens, exclusive of West Southern Pines, mailed their gifts, which is concrete evidence of their knowledge of peril existing and their interest in the efforts which the Association, in cooperation with the County Welfare, is mak ing towards the control of tuber culosis. “To minimize expense, receipts were not sent to those remitting in cash and those Sending their checks will recognize their en dorsement as receipt. “Total receipts of the Southern Pines Branch were $1264.89. “Expenses were $62.32 leaving a net balance for the Association of $1202.57 for which the Southern Pines Branch and the Moore County Association desire to ex press their sincere appreciation. It should be remembered that 75 cents of every dollar received is disbursed in this county" for the sole benefit of the patients.” The Southern Pines Committee is composed of A. B. Patterson, chairman, P. T. Kelsey, treasurer. Miss Birdilia Bair and Walter T. Ives. GRASS FIRE The Southern Pines Fire De partment was called to Pine Crest Manor at 2:40 Tuesday afternoon to extinguish a grass fire that had started below the house near the Seaboard railroad. The fire evidently got away from company employees clearing the right- of- way. BY DONALD PARSON I am about to violate the hal lowed injunction: De mortuis nil nisi bonum. Jim Boyd was perhaps the best loved man of the Sandhills. He was to the manner born, spell the noun as you will. Cultured, edu cated on a cosmopolitan scale, pos sessed of a delicate wit and an even more delicious humor, he was a delightful companion, your perfect toast-master, the life of the . party. He could dance like the dervish who tortured Ast^re. How often have we watched his twinkling feet, shod in atrqcious- .ly red socks, the glance studiously aloft, while his panting partner strove vainly to keep step with his startling improvisations! It is a picture that will haunt us for ever. But we are asked to speak, not of his social graces, but of the legacy which by a too^too early death he left to the world of let ters. Here we are on solid ground. In the novels, especially in DRUMS and MARCHING ON, we find,. traced with scholarly re search, a historical background, before which the author places au.- thentically his romantic and agreeable characters, and then in a style that is chaste, adequate and often 'eloquent unfolds his tale of love and languishment. (Continued on Page 5) JERRY EXPLORES Friend, Not Foe Jerry Davis, 6, is a born ex plorer. Immediately upon arrival at the W. W. Olive cottage, to which the family was mov ing, Jerry set out to investi gate his new surroundings. Mrs. Davis, in the house caring for the baby, heard muffled screams and called to Mr. Davis (the new man at the Seaboard office), who was busy unloading the car. To gether they began a frenzied search. "Daddy, get me out of here, there's something biting my legs," wailed Jerry from the bottom of a 20-foot well. A short ladder was tied to a rope and lowered into the well, and the boy, dry and unhurt save for a scratch on one leg, was hauled to the top, ready to resume his ex plorations. ' ^ GYMKHANA AND POLO ON PINEHURST'S SUNDAY CARD A Gymkhana next Sunday is to be held in the Hotel Carolina riding ring at 2:30. This hour has been chosen to allow any who wish to go to the polo game be tween Pinehurst and the Army to take in both events. Polo is at 3:30. There will be at least one class for both hunters and jump ers in the informal gymkhana to which nearby riders are planning to come. A. Montesanti from across the street marched into the PILOT office Wednesday morning with a shiny sword in his hand, but his^ smile . showed that he was coming as a friend, not a foe. The sword was one that Junior had sent him from France and he was bringing it over just to let the staff see it. New Gray Ladies Class Organized A new group of women from The Sandhills are taking inten sive training this week to prepare for the urgent need for addition al Gray Ladies to serve sick and wounded soldiers and assist Bed Cross Hospital executives. This first Gray Ladies class of 1945 organized Monday, January 29th, at the residence of Mrs. Harry M. Vale in Southern Pines. Classes were held every morning, Tuesday through Friday, at Camp MackaU. In the Gray Ladies class from Southern Pines are: Mrs. John W. Underwood, Mrs. George C. Moore, Mrs. Charles E. Crowell, Mrs. Elmer Harrington, Mrs. James J. Spring, Mrs. H. L. Hoff man, Mrs. L. D. McDonald, Mrs. Thorne Smith, Mrs. R. C. DuBose, Mrs. Sam Regier, Mrs. Clyde Council, Mrs. Troy Jones, Mrs. William White, Mrs. Edgar Ewing and Mrs. R. L. Howe. ' From Pinehurst: Mrs. C. M, Ru- del, Mrs. James Tufts, Mrs. Ches ter I. Williams, Mrs. Thomas Wood, Mrs. Dunlap Riehle. From Aberdeen: Mrs. E. T. Mc- Keithen. Gray Ladies are all volunteers, eager to serve their country in army hospitals under Red .Cross and Recreation Corps heads. They are placed in departments for which they are best fitted, in cluding Library work. Handi crafts, Social Service, or Recrea- ation. Newcomb, Dean Sandhill Agents, Sells to Stevens Arthur S. Newcomb has sold his business to E. C. Stevens and has moved from his former location in the Theatre Building to the office of the Stevens agency on West Broad Street. Mr. Newcomb is dean of Sand hill agents, having been in the real estate business in this area some 40 years and connected with all the more important develop ments in the vicinity, beginning with the promotion of Weymouth Heights in 19Q7. Hie moved to Pinehurst in 1911 to establish the real estate department for Leon- (Continued on Page 8) NOW HE KNOWS Frankie Shea knows now just what a bazooka explo sion sounds like . . . and so do a number of Southern Pines residents who were startled by a thunderous noise shortly after noon Sun day. Frankie had come into pos session of a practice bazooka shell, which he proceeded to fill with gunpowder. He then took it back of the fire house and put it in a 3-inch pipe on O'Callaghan's pipe rack and set it off. It failed to fire, and FraiJlcie went back to see what was wrong. At that mo ment it worked. Frank Kaylor, whose two boys were interested onlook ers as the expetiment was in progress, ran out to render any aid needed. Dante 'M.S'nJe- santi took Frankie to the hos pital, where it was found that he was all right except for burned hands and a broken finger. The Kaylor boys es caped injury. - A fragment of the shell crashed through the back door of O'Callaghan's plumbing shop. Emmett Boone Is Kiwanis Speaker Pine Needles Manager Discusses Rationing As It Affects Hotels BY HOWARD F. BURNS Emmitt E. Boone, manager of the Pine Needles, addressing the Sandhill Kiwanis Club at its weekly luncheon Wednesday at the Southern Pines Country Club, stated that- paint rationi-ng of foods has developed a new skill in the operation of hotels, in which many new ideas may be develop ed in the future. Although there have been violations, rationing has served its purpose and has been an instrumental factor in winning the war, he said. It has been difficult at times in serving the public to keep them satisfied, but most people are reasonable and are willing to string along when they know it is impossible to obtain foods and services as be fore the war, he continued, pictur ing the hotel busines as much the same as merchandising. In conclusion, he declared these have been trying times, but ex pressed the opinion that the oper ator has gained much knowledge and skill that will be useful in the future. The speaker was introduced by Paul Dana of Pinehurst. DISAPPOINTED Mr, and Mrs. Carl G. Thompson were elated Sun day morning as they sat by their radio listening to Blue Network programs, thinking that at 11:00 o'clock they would hear the voice of their only son, S|Sgt. Carl G. Thompson, Jr., who was to take part on an AAF Sym phonic Flight I Program, broadcast from England, where he has been station ed for several months. Eleven o'clock came and with it the announcement that the sta tion would switch to a church program at . . . However, Mrs. Thompson, Jr., of Raleigh went to Rocky Mount to hear her husband, who talked on aerial photog raphy, and she promises Jo bring a recording down for Carl's parents to hear. Rela tives from New York Called to let Mr. and Mrs. Thompson know that they had heard the broadcast, also. FREE LECTURE A free lecture on “Christian Science: The Victory of Good Over Evil” will be given by Peter B. Biggins, C.S.B., of Seattle, Washington, at 8:00 p. m. Thurs day, February 8, it the Christian Science Church here. The speak er is a member of the Board of Lectureship of the Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scien tist, in Boston, Mass. f ? 1 944 PRESS AWARD Norllj (Haroltna Prw0 ABaoriatwn General Excellence Content Weekly Division—Under 1500 FIRST PRIZE THE PILOT SOUTHERN PINES, N. C. January 26, 1945 President Secretary THE PILOT Wins Ist-Prize for General Excellence at State Press Association’s Mid-Winter Institute Local Boys Defeat St. Pauls Team to Win District Title Southern Pines boys won the district basketball championship in a fast game played with the St. Pauls team at St. Pauls last Friday evening, amid the cheers of a larg'fe following of local en thusiasts who had gone to witness the game. The State is divided into eight districts, and the local champions have not yet learned which team they will play next. The score at the quarter was tied at 9; at the half Southern Pines with 18 had only a 1-point lead, and the same lead- held at the third quarter when the scores were 22-21. During the final quar ter the locals, playing brilliantly, scored eight points to their op ponents’ 5, to bring the final score to 30-26. “The boys played one of the best games they have ever play ed,” said Coach Dawson, happily. The Southern Pines line-up was: Worsham and Page, forwards; Neal/ center; Mann and Prizer, guards. Substitute was Scheipers. Page, with 11 points, was high ■scorer; Worsham and Mann fol lowed with 8, each. In a preliminary game Southern Pines B ^team defeated St. Pauls B team 28 to 23. Maples, with 10, and Harrington, with 9, paced the winners. AT PINEHURST The Moore County Basketball Tournament will be held in the gymnasium at Pinehurst, it was decided at a recent meeting of the Educo Club. Red Cross Quotas Will Be Announced at Meeting Monday The various quotas which the towns of Moore County will be asked to raise in the 1945 war fund drive for the Red Cross will be announced Monday at a meet ing at The Pinehurst Country Club. Three Red Cross gatherings are scheduled at The Pinehurst Club for Monday, February 5th, as fol lows: 5:30 P. M. Quarterly meeting of the Board of Directors of the county chapter. 6:30 P. M. Dinner for board of jCfirectors land for chairmen of war fund drive .committees in all county towns. J. B. Edwards, county drive chairman, will be host to the drive chairmen at this dinner. 8 P. M. An open meeting the public is urged to attend. Speak ers will review the work of the Red Cross in combat areas. There will be motion pictures. Charles Skarrens Jr., recently returned from the front lines as a Red Cross worker will lead the dis- ATTENDS CONFERENCE Dr. J. I. Neal attended the Sev enth North Carolina Veterinary Conference at State College in Raleigh last week, January 23- 26. The college had an exception ally strong group of visiting scientists on the program, and the discussions centered around the theme of conservation of our meat and milk supplies. Certificate and War Bond Are Presented By Governor Cherry Awards for general excellence in news presentation for North Carolina weeklies in two circula tion classifications and for semi weeklies were presented at Duke University last Friday night at the annual dinner marking the closing of the North Carolina Press Association’s mid-winter in stitute, which convened at Chapel Hill Thursday evening. The PILOT, which last year won second place in its classifi cation, this year won first place, which carried with it an award of a $25 war bond and a certifi cate: Governor Gregg Cherry pre sented the awards, and Bessie Cameron Smith, .editor, accepted THE pilot’s. Winners of second pla.ee got certificates, and of third, honorable mention. Other first prizes went to The Transylvania Times, Brevard, Mr. and Mrs. Ed M. Anderson, .editors, and The ’ Lexington Dispatch, David Sink, editor. First editorial award went to The Warren Record, Bignall Jones, editor. The Sandhill Citi zen, Aberdeen, H. Clifton Blue, editor, won honorable mention for general excellence, an honor which it received last year, also. An outstanding feature of the in stitute was the Friday 1:00 o’clock luncheon given at the University, at Carolina Inn, Chapel Hill, at which Mrs. Mark Ethridge, au- ' thor of four books and wife of the publisher of the Louisville, Ky., Courier-Journal, was the main speaker. Mrs. Ethridge captivated (Continued on Page 5)
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