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VOLUME 25, NO. 16
12 PAGES
Southern Pines, North Carolina Friday, March 16, 1945.
12 PAGES
TEN CENTS
Spring Horse and Pet Show Attracts
1,500 Spectators to Country Club
Southern Pines High Sehool Basketball Teams
More Than 50 Pets
of Many Kinds Are
Paraded Around Ring
BY HOWARD BURNS
Gold Star, a trim chestnut geld
ing owned by Stonybrook Stables
of Southern Pines and brilliantly
ridden by Miss Hannah Walsh,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mickey
Walsh of Southern Pines, led a
string of seventeen jumpers to
capture the blue ribbon in the fea
ture class for open jumpers before
a crowd of fifteen hundred spec
tators that surrounded the horse-
show ring and hunter course Sun
day in the spring horse and*pet
show at the Southern Pines Coun
try Club. The decision was so
close that Major T. Hinkle,
judge from Camp Mackml, asked
for a jump-off between Gold Star
and three other horses with the
jumps raised at close to five feet,
Rebel, an eight-year-old chest
nut gelding owned by John Dot-
dridge of Charlotte with Mrs.
Kenpeth Schly of Durham up, fin
ished at close second. Golden
Hild, a five-year-old bay gelding,
owned and ridden by Carlyle
Cameron of Southern Pines came
in for third place.
Renov^n, a five-year-old bay
gelding, owned by Mrs. Dwight
W. Winkelman of Syracuse, N.
Y., led a string of ten hunters to
win first place in the class for
middle and heavy weight hunters.
Jane Rue, a chestnut mare, own
ed and ridden by Corbit Alexan
der of .Pinehurst, was second with
Golden Hild, owned and ridden
by Carlyle Cameron, third.
The thrill of the afternoon came
in the class for pets in which
more than fifty animals were par
ading around the ring. First place
was awarded to Admiral McKay,
a Scottie owned by Mrs. William
Moore, Jr., of Southern Pines.
Seebnd place went to Aggie Ona
and Kay Kyser, cfogs entered by
Mrs. Dreibelbies, wife of Col.
Dreibelbies of Pinehurst. Third
place was awarded Chita, a pet
squirrel entered by Fred Arnette
of Southern Pines. Fourth place
(Continued on.Page 8)
GUEST SPEAKER
Rotary Club Proposes Athletic Park
As Living Memorial to Service
Men and Women of School District
LT. PEAK KILLED
Dr. Louis S. Gaines, pastor of
the First Baptist Church in Fay
etteville, will be guest speal^er
at a joint meeting of the men’s
and women’s Bible classes of the
Baptist Church in Southern Pines
Thursday evening, March 22. Sup
per will be served at the church
at 7:45 and Dr. Gaines’ address
on ‘The Best Is Yet to Be” will
follow immediately.
Lt. W, Burlingame
Speaks On Action
In Pacific Area
Left to right, front row: Ann Perkinson, JeanShaefer, Nellie Wood, Suzanne Kelley, Betty Har
rington. Middle row: Sue Hall, Peggy Phillips, Carolyn Chester, Elizabeth Kennedy, Audrey Epps.
Back row: Jean Olive, Sarah Cox, Pauline Nichols, Peggy Cameron, Audrey West Brown, Ruth Klein-
spehn. At rear. Miss Aline Todd, coach.
FOR RED CROSS
GOLF TOURNAMENT
A Red Cross sponsored tourna
ment will be held at the Southern
Pines Country Club this Sunday,
March 18, with attractive prizes
contributed by the Club and its
professional, Roy Grinnell.
A Kicker’s Handicap will be
conducted with entry being open
to men and women, experts and
dubs. A minimum entrance fee of
one good U. S. dollar, paper or
silver, will be charged.
The first prize will be a six-
day membership in the Southern
Pines Country Club, and there
have been tumors of some gen
uine unadulterated, pre-war golf
balls in connection with the other
awards.
Lt. Westcott Burlingame, U. S.
Navy, who has seen action in the
Mediterranean, the Atlantic and
the Pacific, made an interesting
address at the regular meeting of
the Sandhills Kiwanis Club Wed
nesday at the local country ©j
Lt; Burlingame described in'
tail the fight the men in the Arm
ed Service are now facing in the
Pacific. The Japs, he said,, have
dugouts from one to three stories
in depth, lighted and equipped
with running water, from which
it is almost impossible to drive
them except by actual hand fight
ing and the use of flame throwers.
The speaker has witnessed six
invasions of various islands. He
praised the medical service for
saving about 90 percent of the in
jured.
J. Talbot Johnson introduced
Lt. Burlingame.
Committee reports were given
by Pat Patterson, Charles McDon
ald, Judge Avery, and Dante
Montesanti, who informed the
club that his committee had rais
ed $278 for the annual Bflby Page
for the Underprivileged Children
Bed Fund.
The club endorsed the Rotary
Club’s plan for building a Mem
orial Stadium, and President Bur
ney will appoint a committee to
work with the Rotary Club on
the project.
Left to right. Front row: Johnny PrizeT, Drennan Mann, Chan Page, John Neal, Davis Wdrsham,
Tommy Grey. Second row: Eugene Maples, George Hodgkins, David Cameron, Coach A. C. Dawson,
Bobby Harrington, Robert Franklin McLeod, Wyndham Clark. At front, Lewis Hodgkins, manager.
Rotary Club Entertains Basketball Teams at Banquet
Friday In Recognition of Their Outstanding Record
RADIO PROGRAM PROCEEDS
WILL AID RED CROSS
Proceeds of a Blue Ridge Moun
taineers Prograin at the Vass-
Lakeview School at 8 p. m. Thurs
day, March 15, will go to the
school’s Red Cross quota in the
present war fund drive.
JUNIOR ROTARIAN
Jimmy Harrington, son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. Elmer Harrington,
was last week’s Junior Rotarian
and. honor guest at the Rotary
luncheon.
Carler and Alspaugh
Play Finals Sunday
Jack Carter of Southern Pines
Sunday defeated Arthur Atherton
of Aberdeen 5 and 3 in the semi
finals of the Sandpipers mid
winter championship gt the Sou
thern Pines Country Club. G. M.
Alspaugh of Southern Pines won
over Gordon Keith of Aberdeen 4
and 3. The finals will be played
by Carter and Alspaugh next Sun
day.
SANDPIPER CHAMPIONSHIP
NOTED VISITOR
Francis Burton Harrison,
former governor general of
the Philippines, is a disting
uished visitor to the Sand
hills. He, with Mrs. Harrison
and their daughter. Miss Ur
sula Harrison, is staying at
the Carolina Chambers in
Pii.ihurst. Mr. Harrison was
responsible to a great extent
in preparing the Philippines
for self government and in ce
menting friendly relations
between the United States
and the island republic. Since
returning to this country Mr.
Harrison has conferred with
President Osmena of the Phil
ippines in an advisory capac
ity on problems which the
present state of affairs has
brought forth.
An 18 hole qualifying round is
in order for the Sandpipers, men
f olfers of the Southern Pines
Country Club, beginning Wednes
day, March 14. This round may
be played an^ time between that
date and Wednesday, March 21.
The two most successful contest
ants will win the low net and
'ow gross qualifying prizes, while
they and all other entrants will
qualify for the match play part
of the 1945 Sandpiper Champion
ship.
HYDE FAMILY COMING
Dewitt A. Short
Dies Following
2 Weeks’ Illness
Large Crowd Attends
Funeral at Church of
Wide Fellowship Saturday..
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Dewitt A. Short, 52, well known
carpenter and contractor of Sou
thern Pines, died in the Moore
County Hospital Friday night fol
lowing an illness of about two
weeks.
Funeral services were held at
the Church of Wide Fellowship
at 3 o’clock Saturday afternoon,
with the pastor, the Rev. Tucker
G. Humphries, officiating and
with many relatives and friends
in attendance. Burial was in Mt.
Hope Cemetery.
Pall bearers were Richard Tarl-
ton, Leon Fields, W. H. Mumford,
Bill Jackson, R. W. Tate and Fred
Hall.
Born and reared near Carthage,
Mr. Short spent most of his life
in this section, following his trade.
For the past several years he had
been connected with Reinecke-
Dillehay, local contractors.
Friendly and accomodating, he
had a host of friends throughout
the Sandhills.
(Continued on Page 8)
The Nelson Hydes of Washing
ton, D. C., are coming to the
Sandhills next week. Mr. Hyde
will spend the weekend-of Marcl^
24 and Mrs. Hyde will remain for
a two weeks’ visit with heV mo-
Aberdeen.
LEGION AND AUXILIARY
WILL MEET MARCH 23
An important meeting of the
American Legion Auxiliary will
be held at 7:30 p. m. Friday,
March 23, at the home of Mrs. J.
S. McLauchlin.
After their meeting at the Hut,
the Legionnaires will join the
ladies for refreshments in honor
of the 26th anniversary of the Le
gion. It is hoped that there will
be a large attendance.
BY JUNE PHILLIPS
Friday night, March 16, the
High School Boys’ and Girls’ Bas
ketball Squads will be entertain
ed at a banquet at the Country
Club given in their honor by the
Rotary Club, in recognition of
their outstanding iplay for this
season. Coach Jerry Gerard, head
basketball coach at Duke Univer
sity, Durham, will be the speaker
of the occasion, and he hopes to
bring with him for showing be
fore the group the Duke-Alabama
Sugar Bowl football game.
Under the coaching of A. C.
Dawson, high school principal and
director of physical education for
boys, 'he boys’ basketball team
has just , closed the most success
ful season in the school’s history.
Put somewhat in the shade by the
brilliance of play of thej>6ys, the
girls’ team nevertheless had a
successful seasom '^n competitive
spirit, in gameness of play, the
girls’ performance brought credit
to the school, a^id to their capable
coach. Miss Alifie Todd. Although
the girls werh able to field a
team of experienced players, sick
ness and injuries to key players
handicapped the team
no end. Even so, their play
was highly , creditable. In the
injury remo'Ved Sara Cox and
Audrey Brown, center forward
and forward, two seasoned and
capable players, causing a whole
sale shifting of players and re
serves. The team showed its
spirit by winning its first game,
and puship'g Cameron hard be
fore going down in the semi
finals.
Coach Dawson, who during the
playing season was as taciturn
and uncommunicative as Wallace
Wade, famous coach of Duke’s
Blue Devils, thawed out at the
season’s enjd, and' went all out
for “my boys”, as he calls them.
“One of the djest bunches I
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New Type Tobacco
Curer Is Patented
By Scott Brothers
Main Office Will Be
Here and Assembly
Plant at Mt. Olive
Alton Scott of Southern Pines
and his brother, Wayne Scott of
Mount Olive, are this week pre
senting a new oil tobacco curer
to the public. This tobacco curer,
designed -and patented by the
Scott brothers, is now being man
ufactured at Mount Olive.
A large number of these burn
ers have been sold and orders
are being filled as fast as the es
sential parts can be obtained. The
burner is equipped with two fuel
lines and two temperature con
trols, and according to Alton
Scott, is very economical, due to
a special type carburetor and
air feed lines which enables the
use of No. 2 or 3 fuel oil.
The Scott brothers will operate
under the firm name of The
Scott Tobacco Curer Company,
with main office in Southern
Pines and assembly plant in
Mount Olive.
These new burners will be on
display at the Hardware and El
ectric Company, Southern Pines,
and the Aberdeen Hardware
Company, Aberden, next week.
CARTHAGE TEAMS FETED
BY SHARP AT VILLAGE INN
1st Lt. Ira Fredericq Peak,
Jr., was killed in action in
Germany on February 22, ac
cording to a message receiv
ed by his wife, the former
Jean Chester, from the War
Department Sunday. He had
been overseas with the Sev
enth Armored Division for
nearly a year.
Last fall Lt. Peak enacted
a real life version of Gary
Coojjer's feat in the movie,
"For Whom the Bell Tolls",
when he blew up a strategic
bridge across the Wessem
Canal in Holland under en
emy fire. The commknder of
the American froces had con
sidered throwing a whole bat
talion into an attack against
the bridge when Peak vol
unteered to do it alone if he
had five men to cover him
from enemy fire.
• The lieutenant's parents.
Col. and Mrs. I. F. Peak, are
at present living in Traverse
City, Mich. Col. Peak was re
cently retired from the Army
medical corps.
Alberta Monroe
Elected President
Connty Teachers
The Moore County Unit of the
North Carolina Education Assoc
iation met in the Carthage High
School building last Friday even
ing, with the president, T. Roy
Phillips of Westmore School, pre
siding.
Officers for the coming year
were elected. They are: Presi
dent, Miss Alberta Monroe of
Vass; vice president, W. C. Poe
of Carthage; secretary, Mrs. C. F.
Barringer of Carthage.
Votes were cast for vice presi
dent of the State organization,
only, the presidential nominee,
Mrs. Annie Laura McDonald, be
ing unopposecL C. W. Phillips of
Greensboro led in the voting. Dr.
A. M. Proctor was the other candi
date.
■ The Association passed resolu
tions memorializing our congress
man and senators to support the
Federal Aid school bill. Reports
from various committees on work
accomplished during the past
year were heard.
At the conclusion of the busi
ness session the glee club from
Westmore, accompanied by Mrs
H. Lee Thomas and directed by
Mr. Phillips, gave a musical pro
gram.
Motorcycle-Bus
Crash Kills Twq
A motorcycle and a Queen City
Coach Company bus collided late
Monday afternoon half a mile
west of Pinebluff, and both riders
of the motorcycle were killed
They were Sgt. Lloyd L. Carna-
gey of Pineville, Ore., and Pvt.
Hugh A. Alfrey, of Ft. Worth,
Tex., both members of the 467th
Field Artillery Battalion, Camp
Mackall.
The bus had 22 selectees from
western Carolina who had been
to Fort Bragg for examination.
The bus driver said that he was
proceei^ing vjestw;ard behind
passenger car, and that when it
stopped suddenly without a warn
ing signal he pulled over to the
left side of the highway to avoid
crashing into the machine and
thereby came headon with the
motorcycle.
The bus turned over twice
landed on top of the cycle. Both
soldiers were killed. The 22 selec
tees were shaken and bruised, and
one had a broken arm.
The Carthage Weaving Com
pany, Van B. Sharpe, manager,
entertained the Carthage Boys’
and Girls’ Basketball Teams at
dinner at The Village Inn, Sou
thern Pines, Wednesday night.
Dancing was enjoyed afterwards.
Plan Is Being En
thusiastically En
dorsed By Others
Under the leadership of the Sou
thern Pines Rotary Club a Liv-
inging War Memorial to the boys
and girls of the Southern Pines
School District who are serving
their country during the present
war is being planned. The Mem
orial will be in the form of a
modern recreation park on the
present school ball grounds.
The plans call for the erection
of permanent grandstands of con
crete and steel with dresing
room facilities at the park. The
park will be enclosed with a wire
fence and will be beautified in
keeping with the rest of the town.
There will be a quarter-mile track,
sufficient room for a football
■ ield, a baseball field, and addi
tional space for any other play
ground activities which the town
may wish to support. The esti
mated cost is $15,000.
The Rotary Club feels there
could be no more fitting tribute
to the hoys and girls in the Armed
Services than to provide a good
place for future generations to
play and to- learn the lessons of
competition with their fellowman.
There is perhaps no greater need
'han an adequate playground with
good facilities for the youth of
Southern Pines, they think.
The Community Service Com
mittee of the Rotary Club, headed
by Morris Johnson, has met with
the School Board and received
the approval of the Board for
the beginning of the project. The
School Board will retain title to
the property, and they will guar
antee its maintenance for the fu
ture. The School Board further
assured the Rotary Club that in
the future as in the past the park
will be used for the best interests
of the town as a whole and not
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NEW NURSE'S AIDE
CLASS STARTS SOON
Miss Birdilia Bair of Southern
Pines announces that a new class
of volunteer nurse’s aides will
start March 26, with sessions on
Monday, Thursday and Friday
evenings. Applicants must join
by March 20. Please call Miss
Bair, at Southern Pines 7934. Mrs.
May Wilder Johnson of Aberdeen
will instruct the class, which will
meet at Moore County Hospital.
There is a vital need for women
for this war work.
RATIONING BOARD OFFICE
CLOSED ON WEDNESDAYS
“The pressure of work on the
clerical force of the Moore County
Rationing Board has been so in
creased by the absence of sever
al members due to illness and
other causes that the office of the
Board in Carthage will be closed
to the public all day on Wednes
days until further notice,” says
the chairman.
Much delay and unnecessary
clerical work is due to the fact
that many applicants for gaso
line fail to fill out _ their appli
cations completely, and also fail
to send in their Mileage Ration
ing Records. Attention to these
details will be much appreciated
by the office force, and will ex
pedite the speedy handling of ap
plications.
BACK IT UP
PAPER COLLECTION
NEXT WEDNESDAY
Boy Scouts will collect scrap
paper in Southern Pines next
Wednesday, March 21. Residents
are requested to have their paper
bundled and tied and placed at
the curb or, if raining, on ver
andas where it can be easily seen.
Under no circumstances should
it be taken to the garage storage
room, as the Scouts will do the
collecting. Papers blowing from
the open doors of the garage have
resulted in unsightly conditions
on adjoining lots.
Southern Pines, up to
Thursday morning, had rais
ed $7,978.03 of its $12,000
quota in the Red Cross War
Fund drive. The time is grow
ing short and it is urged
that every person make a do
nation as soon as possible.
Red Cross headquarters in
Southern Pines announced
that on Tuesday. March 13,
only $15,000 of the county's
quota of $39,200 had been re
ported subscribed. This means
that the campaign will have
to be speeded up if the goal
is to be reached by the eiid
of March.
Some of the communities in
the county had not reported
to County Drive Chairman
J. B. Edwards, of Aberdeen.
There is no question but
that in a number of localities
the ciunpaign is lagging.