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VOLUME 25. NO. 15
Southern Pines. North Carolina Friday. March 9. 1945.
TEN CENTS
Spring Horse and
Pet Show Will Be
Sunday Attraction
Many Entries Are
Expected for Event
at SP Country Club
Plans are going forward for a
large number of entries in the
spring horse and pet show to be
held Sunday afternoon, March
11, at the horsfeshow grounds at
the Southern Pines Country Club.
Louis Scheipers, chairman of
the Equestrian Committee, has
announced that hunters and jump
ers from all of the local stables
will be entered in this show, as
well as a large number of pets
to be shown here for the first
time this season.
The afternoon card will list
classes for light weight hunters
and middle and heavy' weight
hunters to be run over the out
side hunting course. There will
be classes for open jumpers and
amateur riders and a class for
children’s horsemanship.
David B. Achelor of Raleigh
will judge. Ribbons will be pre
sented by Mrs. W. M. Johnson of
Southern Pines.
PURPLE HEART
Dr. Green Speaks
to Boys’ Class on
the Resurrection
Lenten .Study First
of Series Arranged
By Mrs. E. Sibley
In order that her Sunday School
pupils may have a clearer under
standing of the meaning of the
Lenten Season, Mrs. Ernest Sib
ley has arranged a series of spec-
cial meetings for Junior Class
number three of the Church of
Wld6'Edltb'Vvship.
The first of these gatherings
was held last Sunday afternoon
at the home of Dr. Edward F.
Green. After singing a group of
tfavorite religious and patriotic
hymns the guests were surprised
with delicious fruit punch, sand
wiches and frosted cookies serv
ed by Miss Lena Cameron.
Dr. Green then entertained for
nearly half an hour with most
interesting illustrations of the
resurrection that takes place in
nature at this season. He called
the boys’ special attention to the
lowly caterpillar led by instinct
to find a sheltered spot and weave
around itself the silken cocoon,
from which later there emerges
a beautiful new life in the form
of a butterfly. Dr. Green suggest
ed that each boy carefully gather
some of the cocoons into small
boxes and so be able to see the
miracle for themselves.
The boys present were C. L.
Worsham, Jr., Gene Poe, Bobby
Gilreath, Jerry Van Camp, Coy
and Carl Bowers, Ernest Sibley,
3rd, Julian liarrison, James Carr,
Steve Choate, and Edgar Smith.
Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Smith
of Niagara have received the
Purple Heart for their son.
Robert A. Smith. Jr., who was
wounded in action Dec. 25
in the defense of Bastogne
and died two days later.
Educational Croup
Presents Weekly
Kiwanis Program
Kelsey and Johnson
Speak on the Work
Done by Kiwaius
BY HOWARD F. BURNS
Dr. T. A. Cheatham, chairman
of the Kiwanis Educational Com
mittee, was in charge of the pro
gram at the weekly luncheon
Wednesday at the Southern Pines
Country Club.
First on the program Dr. Cheat
ham presented Preston T. Kel
sey, a member of his committee,
who made a very interesting talk
on the subject, “What Has Ki
wanis Meant To Me?” In addition
to the fine fellowship, Mr. Kelsey
referred to the club as an out
standing organization that was al
ways ready to lend its support
to civic projects of interest to the
Sandhill communities.
The speaker referred briefly
to a recent editorial that appear
ed in the Charlotte Observer in
regard to German prisoners living
a life of ease in this country and
enjoying the best of food while
bur own soldiers are fed “C” ra
tions on the battlefields. He stated
the situation justified an investi
gation and an official report to
offset false rumors, as the U. S.
Army is abiding strictly by the
Geneva Conventioh.
He was followed on the pro
gram by J. Talbot Johnson, a
member of the committee, who
spoke on the subject, “What is
Kiwanis?”
Mr. Johnson declared that Ki
wanis builds character and citi
zenship and stands for everything
worth while in the community.
He concluded his talk with an in
teresting story which illustrated
the real spirit of Kiwanis.
Elmer E. Davis was inducted*
into membership in the club by
Dr. Cheatham.
FIRST MATCHES IN
SANDPIPERS EVENT
PLAYED SUNDAY
Arthur Atherton of Aberdeen
Sunday flashed around the tricky
No. 1 course at the Southern Pines
Country Club to post a 78 to de
feat Howard Burns, 2 and, 1, in
the first rodnd of match play in
the Sandpipers mid-winter Cham
pionship.
Jack Carter defeated Will
Wiggs, local golf star, 2 and 1.
G. M. Alspaugh won over W. E.
Halm of New York, 3 and 2, and
Gordon Keith of Aberdeen ousted
Ben Whistler of Camp Mackall,
4 and 2. The semi-finals will be
played next Sunday.
0. D. Wallace of
Carthage Dies With
Heart Attack
Funeral Is Held ai
Carthage Baptist
Church Monday P. M.
O. D. Wallace, 61, for many
years one of the leading citizens
and business men of Carthage,
died at his home at 8:30 a. m.
Sunday following a sudden heart
attack, his death coming as a dis
tinct shock to those in all walks
of life in his community, and to
friends throughout this section,
many of whom had talked with
him at his place of business Sat
urday.
Funeral services were held at
4:00 p. m. Monday, conducted by
the Rev. Walter L. Warfford,
Baptist minister, assisted by the
Rev. W. S. Golden, Presbyterian
minister, and the body lay in
state for two hours preceding the
service in the Carthage Baptist
Church.
Many came to pay their final
tribute of respect, and the church
was far too small to accomodate
all who remained for the service.
Burial was in Cross Hill Ceme
tery.
Mr. Wallace was a member of
the Board of Deacons of the Bap
tist Church and formerly served
as, postmaster in Carthage. For
many years he and some of his
brothers operated a g'eneral store
in Carthage, but following a fire
which destroyed much of their
stock a few years ago he opened
a grocery store there. He did
much charity work, and it is
said of him that “he would go a
m^le to favor you.”
Surviving are his wife, the for
mer Agnes Bartlett; two dau
ghters, Betty Doyle Wallace and
Marguerite Wallace; and one son,
O. D. Wallace, Jr.,, all of the
home; his /mother, Mrs. J. C.
Wallace; three sisters, Mrs. Wal
ter Porter, Mrs. J. W. McLeod
and Mrs. H. J. Hall; and five
brothers, C. C., Walter, B. C., L.
C., and R. G. Wallace, all of Car
thage.
Group Called f or
Induction March 6
The following colored men from
Moore County were called to re
port at Fort Bragg for induction
on March 6:
Luther Jake McKayhan and
Miller White, Jr., Southern Pines;
Martin Luther McNeill, John C.
Graham, and Howard Grady
Small, Pinehurst; James Robert
Ross, Route 1, Cameron; James
Ervin Briggs and Hugh Oscar
Whitaker, Aberdeen; Archie Leon
Marsh, Route 1, Carthage; Willie
Ross McCrimmon, Vass; Walter
Bernard Covington, Jr., Route 1,
Eagle Springs; Lonnie Lawson
Brpwer, Route 1, Robbins; Willie
Junior Kelly, Carthage; Jethro
Lonnie Brower, Eagle Springs;
Willie Oscar Goins, Route 2, Vass,
transferred from Cherryville.
24-HOUR SERVICE
VACATIONING HERE
A. C. .McClung, president and
general manager of The Troy
Daily News of Troy, Ohio, and
Dr. R. C. Gourley of Punxsataw-
ney. Pa., arrived Friday for a va
cation in ’Southern Pines. They
are at The Belvedere. Mr. Mc
Clung, in the newspaper business
for 45 years, was a pleasant caller
at THE PILOT, coming over for
a whiff of printer’s ink.
CIVIC CLUB MEETING
The regular meeting of the
Civic Club will be held in the
Director’s room on Monday,
March 12, at 3:00 o’clock. A. S.
Newcomb will be the speaker. Out
of town guests will be cordially
welcomed.
Charles E. Hayble, operator of
the Sandwich Shop, this week
announces that his place of busi
ness will be open day and night
to serve the public, closing only
once ’a week, from 1:00 a. m. on
Thursdays to 6:00 p. m. on Fri
days.
a H. BOWDEN ARRIVES
C. H. Bowden of Philadelphia,
Pa., has arrived to spend some
time at this resort. Mr. Bow
den formerly owned and resided
in the home in Pinehurst which
Col. W. C. Dreibelbies now owns.
His son, Ben Bowden, was assoc
iated with THE PILOT and the
SANDHILLS DAILY NEWS sev
eral years ago.
Mrs. Hutt Plans
Musical Program
to Aid Red Cross
KILLED IN ACTION
Captain Donald McNeill
Stewart, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Alex Stewart of Fayetteville,
was killed in action in Ger
many on February 21, ac
cording to information re
ceived by his wife from the
War Department Wednesday.
In the army for four years,
Capt. Stewart was stationed
at Fort Bragg for 19 months
prior to his overseas assign
ment last August. He was a
graduate of Southern Pines
High - School and made his
home wiith ,his parents on
Midland Road for a number
of years. He graduated from
Davidson with the class of
1936 and before entering mil
itary service was an em
ployee of Swift and Com
pany.
His wife, the former Miss
Mary McArthur, and two
children, Donald McNeill, Jr.,
2, and Neil Alexander, 4
months, live with her pa
rents, Mr. and Mrs. Neil Lacy
McArthur, in Fayetteville.
In addition to his parents,
Capt. Stewart is* survived by
a sister. Miss Sarah Stewart.
He is a nephew of W^ H. Mc
Neill of Southern Pines and
Mrs. I. C. Sledge of Pine-
hurst.
Farm Bureau Has
255 New Members
Thursday of last week, the day
the Red Cross drive opened, an
impromptu program arranged by
Mrs. William N. Hutt vvas given
at the Southland Hotel in the af
ternoon,
Mrs. Ivy Morton talked about
birds and gave many interesting
observations and comments on
our feathered friends. Kay Mc-
Quade, now appearing at the Vil
lage Inn, presented several num
bers on her piano accordian, and
three members of the Dunes Club
orchestra, J. Terris, J. Landis,
and John Antone, entertained
with piano, trumpet, and vocal
music.
A collection was taken and do
nated to the Red Cross.
LENTEN PRAYER SERVICE
The Moore County Farm Bu
reau, which was organized at a
mass meeting of farmers in Car
thage February 19, met in the
courthouse Monday evening with
Will Rogers of the State Farm
Bureau present as speaker. Mr.
Rogers discussed the accomplish-
rnents and aims of the organiza
tion.
At the previous meeting, AAA
committeemen and .others had
been named as- a membership
committee, and there was much
interest in their reports, which
showed that 255 new members
had been enrolled.
Meetings will be held the first
Monday night in each month in
the courtroom, and it is planned
to hold community rneetings in
various parts of the county for
a while until the county is well
organized. The first of these will
be held by farmers of Mineral
Springs Township on March 19
at the school building in West
End. All farmers in the county
are invited to attend.
In this State and in the nation
the Farm Bureau is regarded as
the outstanding farm organiza
tion and it is credited with doing
much to secure favorable farm
legislation during the past few
years.
County officers are: President,
Howard Harrison, Eagle Springs;
vice president, Clyde Auman,
West End; secretary, John Will-
cox, Carthage; treasurer, A. L.
Burney, Southern Pines-
Don Jensen Goes
Away, Presumably
for Treatment
The public is invited to attend
the third of a series of Lenten
prayer meetings in the parlor of
the Church of Wide Fellowship
next Wednesday evening, March
14, at 8:00 o’clock. The Rev. Don
ald Myers, pastor of the Baptist
Church in Wadesboro, will be the
guest speaker.
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20TH ANNIVERSARY
RED CROSS CLUBMOBILES
The American Red Cross has
200 clubmobiles in operation. Of
these, 39 are equipped to provide
movies for our fighting men in
the field.
MR. HOCKETT RECOVERING
The 20th anniversary of the op
ening of the Village Chapel in
Pinehurst will be observed by
special services on next Sunday,
March 11, at 11 a. m. Dr. Cheat
ham, pastor, cordially invites all
Southern Pines friends of the
church to attend.
West End Teams
Are Basketball
Champs of County
Southern Pines Boys
and Cameron Girls
Win Way to Finals
In the finals of thp (annual
Moore County Basketball Tour
nament which attracted large
and enthusiastic crowds to the
Pinehurst gymnasium last week,
the hard fighting West End teams
captured the county champion-
j ship by defeating thfe Southern
Pines boys and the Cameron girls
in the finals Friday night. The
boys’ score was 24 to 14, and the
girls’, 39 to 33.
Southern Pines boys, who had
defeated Vass-Lakeview 38-17,
won their way to the finals by
edging a 38-34 victory over Pine
hurst during three mindtes’ over
time to break a 32 tie. West End
had defeated Cameron boys
earlier in the week by a 2-point
lead gained in an overtime per
iod after the score had been tied
at 44, and had eliminated the
Aberdeen team 29 to 28.
Friday night at the end of the
half. Southern Pines led 7-6. but
during the second half Cole for
West End accounted for 11 points,
giving his team a wide margin.
Individual scores in Friday’s
game were: West End—Cole, 15,
Williams 5, Stabbs 2, Graham 2;
Southern Pines—^Worsham 8,
Grey 4, Prizer 2. Other Southern
Pines players were Page, Neal,
Mann; West End—Clark, Greer,
O’Quinn, Lee.
In the girls’ final game, scorers,
were: West End—Sinclair and
Eifort, 11, Richardson 10, Tom
linson 7; Cameron—Guthrie 47,
D. Thomas 11, E. Southern 3,
Cameron 2.
In the semifinals, Thursday
night West End girls won over
Pinehurst 43-37. Scorers were:
West End—Sinclair 16, Eifort 15,
Richardson 12;i j Pinehurst—D.
Hunt 23, S. Cheney 11, Hartsell 3,
In the Southern Pines-Pine-
hurst boys’ game, scorers were:
Southern PinesL-Worsham 17,
Page 11, Neal 5, Grey 5; Pine
hurst—Thomas 16, Whitesell 7,
Smith 5, Currie 2, Chriscoe 4.
Sportsmanship banners were
•awarded the Farm Life boys and
Aberdeen girls.
Philip Weaver and A. C. Daw
son of Southern Pines and Oscar
Keller of Aberdeen were the ref
erees.
WINS UNIT PLAQUE
Southern Pines Makes Good Start
on Red Cross War Fund Drive, But
Help of Every Person is Needed
HOLE IN ONE
T. W. Tonkins of Sydney,
Australia, an Australian cor
respondent, playing in a
match with J. P. Berthram of
Rochester, N. J., last Satur
day scored a hole in one on
the one hundred and sixty
. yard, seventh hole at the Sou
thern .Pines Country Club.
Hackney Buys
Worsham’s Share
in Modern Market
W. E. Hockett, manager of The
Belvedere, who has been confined
to his room for several weeks by
illness, is improving.
Don Jensen, proprietor of The
Valet, left Southern Pines on
Wednesday of last week and while
he did not make known his des
tination or the purpose of his
trip, his wife and friends are hop
ing that he is away taking medi
cal treatment.
Mr. Jensen had been rushed for
the past several years due to the
heavy increase of dry cleaning
resulting from the nearby camps,
and he had not been well for
some time, suffering severe head
aches. Mrs. Jensen had been try
ing to get him to go somewhere
for treatment, but he had been
too busy. He left from home
while Mrs. Jensen was on duty
at their place of business and
upon her return home she found
a note which he had written,
stating that he would let her
hear from him when he reached
his destination.
The 325th Medical Battalion of
the 100th Division of the Seventh
Army has been awarded the Meri
torious Service Unit Plaque for
its superior performance of duty
during its service in France. Capt.
William F. Eckber^t of Southern
Pines is a member of this bat
talion and contributed to its win
ning the plaque.
This group provided medical
care and supplies in the division’s
fighting in the Voges Mountains
region of the western front, and
the bitter struggle for the hinge
of the German-held Maginot Line
fortress system at Bitchie.
The citation read: “By direction
of the President . . . the Meritor
ious Service Unit Plaque is award
ed to the 325th Medical Battalion
for superior performance of duty
and achievement of a high stand
ard of discipline.”
The 100th Division, of which
this battalion' is a part, was one
of the four divisions praised by
Lt. Gen. Jacob L. Devers for
stopping the German counterof
fensive -on the Seventh Army
front in January.
BUY Easter seals
ROTARY CLUB HAS
SEVERAL GUESTS
The Southern Pines Rotary Club
at its weekly luncheon at the
Country! Club last Friday, had
as guests the Junior Rotarian of
the week, Fred Amette, Arthur
McCrea of Bracebridge, Ontario,
Can., Arthur S. Newcomb and
Earl Sprague.
No formal program was given
but an interesting discussion of
several projects was held.
W. D. Hackney, Jr., has pur
chased C. L. Worsham’s interest
in The Modern Market and is now
co-owner with W. E. Blue of this
well established grocery business.
Mr. Hackney worked -^yith Mr.
Blue in Pender’s for eight years
and when Blue and Worsham en
tered business together in 1937
under the firm name of The Mod
ern Market, he went with them
and has been there ever since.
Succeeding Mr. Worsham as
head of the meat department Mr.
Hackney states that he will en
deavor to keep the service up to
the high standard established by
his predecessor.
Boy Scouts Active
In Paper Campaign
Southern Pines Boy Scouts,
who for months have been active
in promoting waste paper drives
in Southern Pines, have decided
to increase their efforts and they
are off to a good start. Many pa
pers had been thrown into the
storage room without being bun^
died and some had fallen through
the doorway, where the rain had
rendered them useless. The
Scouts, under the leadership of
thjeir scoutmaster, Walter Har
per,, and other interested friends,
undertook th4 project of binding
and piling up all of the loose
phpers and after putting in sixty
hours at this work have com
pleted the task.
Now that this is accomplished
they will very much appreciate
the cooperation of the public in
seeing that papers for the bin
are tied in neat bundles. How
ever, if there is someone who for
any reason cannot arrange to tie
the papers,' the boys will do this
part of the work if the papers are
arranged in convenient form.
The date of the next*collection
has not been set, but preliminary
notice that one is in the offing
is being given so that residents
of Southern Pines may be saving
their papers and getting them
properly bundled. Notice will be
given through THE PILOT.
WINS RECOGNITION
Donations of $5,000
Have Been Received;
SP Quota Is $12,000
Southern Pines, so far in the
Red Cross War Fund drive, has
received donations reaching be
yond the $5,000 mark, but there
is much to be done before the
goal, $12,000, is in sight and Chair
man Roy Grinnell and his co
workers are asking the full co
operation of every citizen. The
drive ends the last of March.
The Red Cross work is well or
ganized, but it is impossible for
the committee members to con
tact every individual, due to the
fact that they do' not have time
to cover the territory as many
times as would be necessary to
find each person in, so they urge
all who will to leave donations
at the Red Cross office, or with
one of the, designated collectors.
Mrs. E. C. Stevens, chairman
of the Special Gifts Division,
has sent out more than a hun
dred letters. Mrs. Tyler Overton
has been placed in charge of the
residential district. To J. D.
Hobbs has been assigned the task
of canvassing the hotels, apart
ments and rooming houses, and
Misses Erma Fisher and Kathar
ine Wiley are co-chairmen of the
business district. .
Tuesday afternoon two repre
sentatives, Mrs. J. Carlisle Mar
tin, full time volunteer adminis
trator of Hoftie Service and Pro
duction and Mrs. Cordelia Wolf,
administrator of Volunteer Spec
ial Services in the Southeastern
Area, spokg to more than 50 vol
unteer Red Cross workers at the
Southern Pines Country Club.
Plans are underway for a ben
efit bridge party and golf tourna
ment, about which announce
ments will be made later.
With our wounded men returii-
ing at the rate of 30,000 a month,
the need is far greater than ever
before.
Through the International Red
Cross in Geneva, supplies are
sent tb our boys held by the en
emy. Weekly food packages, cloth
ing, medical kits and other items
are being ' shipped; communica
tion between prisoners of war
and their families is being main
tained through the Red Cross.
Seven dollars per second pays
for the services provided by the
Red Cross. How many seconds of
service will you provide?
Pre-School Clinic
Dates Are Listed
“For devotion to a patriotic
cause of his country while at
war” David H. Williams, for his
work in' the Fifth War Loan
drive, has just received a citation
from the Secretary of the Treas
ury. He is now a member of The
Fighting Fifth Legion of Honor.
DeWITT SHORT IS ILL
DeWitt Short of Southern Pines,
an employee of Reinecke- Dille-
hay, of Fayetteville, has been re
ceiving treatment in Moore Coun
ty Hospital since last Sunday.
Review of Basketball Season for
Southern Piues High School Girls
The Southern Pines High
School girls’ team -has been a
reasonably good one this year. In
a total of fourteen county games,
they have won 6, lost 6, and tied
2; a fifty per cent average, at
least. Th0 summary of the sea
son reads as follows:
In the county games the local
team piled up a total score of
357 points to the opponents’ 415,
or an average of 25,5 to the op
ponents’ 29.6. In eight other games
two of which the local girls won,
they scored 184 to their oppon
ents’ 224, an average of 23 to
28, giving them an overall rec
ord of eight victories, 12 losses,
541 points to opponents’ 639, av
erage 24.6 to opponents’ 29- In
the tournament they played two
games, winning one, totaled 62
points to their opponents’ 59, av
eraging 31 to the opponents’ 29.5.
In the county, the girls have
won from Carthage once, Aber
deen twice, Robbins twice, and
Vass-Lakeview once. They have
lost to Pinehurst twice, and to
West End, Vass-Lakeview, Cam-
epon, and Carthage once each.
Outside of the county, they have
beaten Rockingham once, and the
Alumnae once. They have lost to
Sanford twice, Hamlet twice, and
Rockingham and the Alumnae
once. In the tournament, the girls
beat Westmore, and were beaten
by Cameron.
In the total of 603 points rack
ed up* the following girls have
starred: Ward, 302 points; Cox,
117; Brown, 111; Cameron, 43;
Fields, 29; and Hall, 1.
All parents who have children
that will enter school in Septem
ber, 1945, for the first time are
urged by the Moore County
Health Department to bring qr
send them to the Pre-School
Clinic at their school on the date
specified. It is suggested that pa
rents clip this schedule from the
paper and save it for future ref
erence.
White Schools—
Aberdeen, Mar. 12, 9:45 a. m.
Pinehurst, Mar. 22, 1 p. m.
Westmore, Mar. 26, 10 a. m.
Farm Life, Mar. 29, 10 a. m.
West End, Apr. 2, 9:45 a. m.
Hemp Graded, Apr. 5, 10 a. m.
Southern Pines, Apr. 9, 10 a. m.
Vass, Apr. 12, 10 a. m.
High Falls, Apr. 16, 10 a. m.
Cameron, Apr. 19, 10 a. m.
Carthage Graded, Apr. 26, 10
a. m.
Colored Schools—
Belview, Mar. 8, 10 a- m.
Aberdeen, Mar. 12, 11 a. m.
Zion’s Grove, Mar. 13, J.0 a. m.
Eagle Springs, Mar. 13, 11 a. m.
Long Leaf, Mar. 13, 10 a. m.
Eastwood, Mar. 14, 10 a. m.
Bloomwood, Mar. 16, 10 a. * m.
Mt. Zion, Mar. 19, 10 a. m.
Way Side, Mar. 19, 11 a. m.
Haw Branch, Mar. 20, 9:45 a. m.
Bethlfehem, Mar. 20, 11 a. m.
Carthage, Pinckney, Mar. 21, 1
p. m.
Academy Heights, Mar. 22, 9:45
a. m.
Jackson Hamlet, Mar. 22, 11 a.
m.
Shady Grove, Mar. 29, 11 a. m.
West End, Apr. 2, 11 a- m.
Adder, Apr. 4, 2 p. m.
Southern Pines, Apr. 23, 10 a.
m.
Southern Pines Catholic, Apr.
23, 11 a. m.
Vass,' Apr. 30, 10 a. m.
Cameron, Apr. 30, 11 a. m.