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VOLUME 25, NO. 18
United National
Clothing Drive to
Start April First
Roiary Club to Spon
sor Drive Here With
Wiggs as Chairman
President Roosevelt recently re
ported to Congress that “in occu
pied Europe almost as many peo
ple have died from exposure, due
to lack of adequate clothing, as
have died from starvation.” So,
during the entire month of April,
every community in the United
States will cooperate with nation
al leaders in an effort to collect
at least 150 million pounds of ser
viceable used clothing for the
needy and destitute people of war-
torn countries.
President Roosevelt has named
Henry J. Kaiser, “an industrialist
who gets things done,” as national
chairman of the United National
Clothing Collection.
In Southern Pines the Rotary
Club with Will Wiggs as special
drive chairman will sponsor the
drive, and the club is appealing
to every organization in town to
help make it a success. Rotary
President Tucker G. Humphries
says that clothing may be left
at the Church of Wide Fellowship
or at the parsonage any day from
Tuesday through Friday from 10
a. m. to 12 o’clock. He or Mr.
Wiggs, if notified, will be glad to
call for clothing if the donor has
no way of bringing it to the
church.
From the closets and attics of
America’s homes must come cloth
ing to relieve the suffering of mil
lions of people, 'grown-ups and
children, who are unable to pro
vide for themselves. Summer and
winter clothing, including men’s,
Women’s children’s and infants’
wear, and shoes. Overcoats, top-
■ coats, suits, dresses, shirts, skirts,
jac^kets, panfe, work clothes,
gloves, underwear, sleeping gar
ments, robes, sweaters, shawls,
and all knit goods, are wanted,
also blankets and bedclothes.
Today, in Europe alone, 125
million are in desperate need of
clothing. Thirty million of them
are children. Every American
family is expected to share with
these destitute victims of war.
LOT
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TEN CENTS
Several More Dogs
Killed in County
With four mad dogs appearing
in as many different sections of
the county within the past week,
there is no indication that the
dog quarantine can be lifted any
time soon.
On Tuesday of this week O.
U. Alexander, who lives on this
side the river from The Horse
shoe in upper Moore County, call
ed Dr. Willcox, county health of
ficer, to tell him that a dog
thought to be rabid had run
amuck in his section and bitten
several dogs. A posse was formed
and the dog was killed. It is re
ported that the same dog was
seep at Glendon Monday.
Dr. Willcox killed ‘a stray dog
at West End Sunday that had
tried to enter his next door neigh
bor’s home, badly frightening the
woman of the house. He thinks
there is no question as to its being
rabid.
Cyrus Donaldson killed a stray
dog that he was certain was suf
fering from rabies Monday at the
Pinehurst Peach Orchard, and
Perry Smith killed his own dog
at his home three miles porth of
West End last week.
FINE GOINGI
Efforts of local patriotic
citizens who have saved their
scrap paper and donated it
to the war effort through the
Boy Scouts of Southern Pines
have enabled these boys to
make a contribution of $40
to the American Red Cross.
The boys sold the paper, and
a few days ago when they
took stock of their assets, de
cided of their own free will
that they could spare the
above amount, so a double
purpose has been served, that
of aiding the war effort and
the Red Cross.
Other paper collections are
planned and advance notice
will be given through THE
PILOT. A few homes were
missed in the last drive, but
Sqoutmaster Walter Harper
and his boys will endeavor to
cover the territory thorough
ly in the next collection.
E. Y. Floyd Will
Address Tobacco
Groovers April 2nd
Farm Bureau Hopes
To Complete Member
ship Drive at Meet
E. Y. Floyd, former tobacco
specialist with the N. C. Exten
sion Service, but now with the
State Plant Food Institute, will
address farmers of this section in
the courtroom at Carthage next
Monday night, April 2, at 8 p. m.
under thp auspices of the Farm
Bureau.
Mr. Floyd is a good speaker
and as well posted on tobacco and
tobacco problems as anyone in
the State, says County Agent E.
H. Garrison, Jr., who is hoping
that a large number will take ad-
/vantage of this opportunity to
hear Mr. Floyd.
It is hoped that the Farm Bu
reau membership drive may be
completed at this meeting and
that Moore County can be the first
in North Carolina to reach its
goal.
“Kindly bring a car load of
your neighbors with you; you
w;ill miss one of the best programs
of the year if you fail to hear Mr.
Floyd,” says Mr. Garrison.
KENNEDY GIVES UP
COUNTY HOME POST
Q. H. Kennedy, superintendent
of the Moore County Home, is
giving up his work tfiere the first
of April to return to his farm
nearby, and J. Oscar Chappell
has been employed by the County
Commissioners to succeed him.
Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy who have
managed the home for a number
of years, have done a fine work
and have been commended on va
rious occasions by the Grand Jury
committee investigating condi
tions there.
ON LEAVE
Petty Officer 3|c Raymond
Johnson of Banana River, Fla.,
came last week to spend several
days leave with his wife and chil
dren at their home on Cameron
Route 1. He will leave April 3
for Jacksonville, Fla.
PURPLE HEART
Pvt. Daniel L. Boyd, who is
with the 35th Infantry Division,
has written his mother, Mrs.
James Boyd, that he had gotten
“a slight scratch on the hand and
had^been given the Purple Heart”.
He insists that he was not badly
wounded.
Earl McDonald Is
On Welfare Board
Scott Discusses
Farm Problems at
Kiwanis Meeting
Stresses Importance
of Adequate Price
Ceilings on Products
BY HOWARD F. BURNS
Kerr Scott, of Raleigh, Commis
sioner of Agriculture, in an ad
dress to the Sandhill Kiwanis
Club and a group of Moore Coun
ty farmers at the Southern Pines
Country Club Wednesday, stress
ed the importance of farmers re
ceiving an adequate price for farm
products. He stated it would be
impossible to meet the ever
mounting national debt with ten-
cent tobacco and six-cent cotton.
Continuing, he pointed out it was
necessary to maintain adequate
price ceilings or else face finan
cial collapse.
Mr. Scott, a pleasing speaker,
familiar with the farmer’s prob
lems, advocated a rural housing
project, rural electrification and
a rural telephone system, and ask
ed the Kiwanians to support' these
projects following the war.
He explained the functions of
his office, which has charge of
weights and measures, weights
and standards of fertilizers, grad
ing of seeds, the* marketing and
grading of fruits and the program
of checking foods for public con
sumption. He declared the de
partment was selfsustaining, re
ceiving its funds from taxes on
fertilizers, seeds and various li
censes. In conclusion he said that
70 percent of all flue cured to
bacco being grown in North Caro
lina, it was of extreme impor
tance that the farmer receive a
good price for his crop.
The speaker was introduced by
Judge L. T; Avery, of Southern
Pines.
Miss Kay McQuade, of the Vil
lage Inn, played several accor-.
dion numbers.
Among Moore County farmers
attending the meeting were M. C.
McDonald, Jr., Clyde Auman and
B. B. Donaldson, of West End, W.
McC. Blue of Eagle Springs, J.
P. Richardson of Jackson Springs,
T. O. Moser of Ashley Heights, C.
D. Matthews of Marston, H. W.
Doub and D. P. Troutman of Aber
deen. Also, M. M. Halsinger of
Caropolis, Pa., W. G. Caldwell
and E. H. Garrison of Carthage,
and Sgt. Robt. D. Gifford and Lt.
William Wilson of U. S. Air Corps.
BRONZE STAR
Passage 'of recent legislation
necessitates the reappointment of
all County Welfare Board mem
bers by April 1 in order to pro
vide staggered terms of office.
The new act provides for appoint
ment of all three members for
terms running for one, two, and
three years for the first appoint
ments with subsequent terms to
run for three years.
The State Board of Public Wel
fare has named Carl Brady of
Hemp for the three-year term
and the County Commissioners
have appointed Earl McDonald of
Carthage for two years. These
two members will elect the third
member next week.
The former Board was com
posed of Mrs. J. R. Page of Aber
deen, who has been quite ill for
several months, G. M. Cameron
of Pinehurst and Carl Brady.
John Ormsby's Brother
[s Victim of Accident
IN FRANCE
Pfc. George McCormac, son of
Mr. and Mrs. G. W. McCormac
of Southern Pines, has recently
landed somewhere in France, ac
cording to a letter received by Ms
parents. Pfc. McCormac was sta
tioned at Camp Cooke, Calif., be
fore going overseas.
SUNRISE SERVICE
At 7:00 o'clock on Easier
Sunday morning there will be
a sunrise service at the
Church of Wide Fellowship,
a feature of which will be the
service of the Cross. The pas
tor will |use as his theme
"The Old Rugged Cross." The
public is invited.
Mr. and Mrs. John Ormsby of
Southern Pines were called to
Rockingham last week by the
death of the former’s brother, Hil-
burn Ormsby, 24, who was fatally
injured there in a motorcycle-
bus accident about 6:30 Tuesday
night and died three hours later
in a Wadesboro hospital. Mr.
Ormsby was ■ riding on the back
of the motorcycle, which was
driven by Edward Thomas, who
died, also.
Funeral services were held at
the Ormsby home in Rockingham
at 5:00 p. m. Thursday afternoon.
Surviving Mr. Ormsby are his
mother, Mrs. T. E. Ormsby of
Rockingham, six sisters, and four
brothers. One brother, Leaman,
was formerly manager of Pen
der’s store here.
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Friends Hear Chaplain
McKelway On Broadcast
Thursday evening of last week
Sandhills friends of Chaplain A.
J. McKelway, former pastor of
the Pinehurst Community
Church, were delighted to hear
him on the Wrigley program,
“The First Line,” broadcast over
the Columbia network from Chi
cago at 10:00 o’clock. The dram
atization, in which the Chaplain
talked with various sailors, shar
ing their joys and sorrows, was
intensely interesting.
His new address is: Chaplain
A. J. McKelway, USNR, Office
of Naval Officer Procurement,
Board of Trade Building, Chica
go, Ill.
MAJ. J. D. SITTERSON, JR.
As we go to press news comes
of the promotion of Capt. J. D.
Sitterson to the rank of major, ef
fective March 5. His parents re
ceived the information Thursday
morning.
Capt. John D. Sitterson, Jr., son
of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Sitterson
of Southern Pines, has recently
been awarded the Bronze Star
Medal and an Oak Leaf Cluster.
An extract from the citation ac
companying the medal, which was
pinned on Capt. Sitterson by Gen
eral Frank Camm in a formal
ceremony, reads:
“By direction of the President
. . . the Bronze Star Medal is
awarded to Captain John D. Sit
terson, Jr., 0-24818, Field Artil
lery, Division Headquarters, 78th
Infantry Division, for meritorious
achievement in connection with
military operations against the
enemy during the period from 5
December 1944 to 14 February
1945 in the vicinity of . . . Ger
many. Captain Sitterson, serv
ing as Anti-Tank Officer, has dis
played unusual initiative in plan
ning and coordinating the anti
tank defenses of this Division.
His foresight in employment of an
attached tank destroyer battalion
enabled it to repulse an armored
attack during a recent engage
ment of strategic military im
portance and is 'in accordance
with the highest military tradi
tions.
Benefit Concert
Tuesday Evening
Miss Elinor Valentine of Staf
ford Springs, Conn., and South
ern Pines will sponsor a Red
Cross Benefit Concert, Tuesday
evening, April 3, eight o’clock,
at the Southern Pines Country
Club.
Miss Valentine will present
Miss Jerry Masters, dramatic so
prano of Miami, Fla., and Sgt.
Ken Hurd, baritone of New York
City, in a varied program of light
operatic and musical comedy sel
ections. Miss Masters has just
completed an engagement with-
the Miami Opera Guild and is cur
rently appearing for soldiers re
turned from overseas areas. Sgt.
Hurd recently returned from two
years overseas duty with a
Special Service Division of the
Army Air Corps. His duty includ
ed entertaining soldiers of our
allied nations. Miss Masters and
Sgt. Hurd will sing solo and duet
selections from the pens of our
finest composers. Mrs. N. L. Hodg
kins of Southern Pines will ac
company all artists.
Adding local color to an inter
esting program will be Miss Carol
Thomas, soprano, Mrs. Margaret
Lea, pianist. Miss Jean Olive, so
prano, and an interesting feature
in ,a quartet comprised of Miss
Jean Olive, Miss Jane McCain, T.
T. Overton and Drennen Mann.
Mrs. Sue Merritt of Southern
Pines will be hostess to the ar
tists.
Tickets are on sale now at the
Red Cross Office in Southern
Pines. Admission will be one dol
lar. For further information con
tact Mrs. Nellie W. Mann, man
aging director, Miss Jane Mann,
publicity director or Mrs. Wil
liam J. Kennedy, executive sec
retary.
Morgan Sues for
$25,000 in Death
of Young Daughter
Charges that Drivers
of Car and Carolina
Bus Were Negligent
A. T. Morgan, administrator of
the estate of Louise Morgan, his
13-year-old daughter who was
killed early in January, has start
ed suit for $25,000 in Moore Coun
ty Superior Court against Caro
lina Coach Company, and G. E.
Gibbs of Mufreesboro, as a re
sult of the accident. The plaintiff
alleges that drivers of the bus
and car were negligent, failing
to keep a reasonable lookout.
According to the testimony
given at the coroner’s inquest,
the girl, who had alighted from
a Carthage school bus about eight
miles north of Carthage, started
to a mail box and ran from behind
theh Carolina Coach Company’s
bus into the path of the automo
bile of Gibbs. The jury returned
a verdict of “unavoidable acci
dent”.
LT. HOWE KILLED
First Lt. Robert Louis
Howe, USMCR, was killed on
Iwo Jima on February 27,
according to a message re
ceived Tuesday by his wife,
the former Juliet Vale, dau
ghter of Mr.^ and Mrs. Harry
M. Vale of Southern Pines.
Lt. Howe, a graduate of Rol
lins College in the' class of
1936, was in this third year
of service. He is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Howe of
Oak Park, Ill. His father is
vice president of the Erie
Railroad.
Rotary Club Has
Earl Robison As
Luncheon Speaker
Earl Robinson of St. Pauls, one
of the nominees for District Gov
ernor of the 188th Rotary Dis
trict, was the guest speaker at
Friday’s Rotary luncheon at the
Country Club.
Mr. Robinson’s talk w,cks on Ro
tary’s part in helping to promote
better international understand
ing in the peace years, that it
is hoped, will follow this war.
He was introduced by Tucker
Humphries, president of the local
club. _ ■
Visiting Rotarigns were: Bob
Davis and D. H. Fouoart, Lewis-
town, Pa.; T. Arthur McCrea,
Bracebridge, Ontario, Canada; C.
C. McMann, Utica, N. Y.; S. H.
Cook, Huntington, Long Island;
Sylvan Schwartsgrail, Mamaron-
eck, N. Y.; A. C. McClung, Troy,
Ohio; F. W. Bedford, Dunkirk,
N. Y.; and Abbott Hutchins, Lynn,
Mass.; Ed J. Leinert, Buffalo, N.
Y/
Jerry Thompson, son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. C. Thompson was pre
sented to the club as Junior Ro-
tarian.
Jimmie Hobbs was a guest of
Bob Davis.
Good Friday Service
At Episcopal Church
The customary Three Hour Ser
vice of Meditations on the Passion
of Christ will be held in Emman
uel Episcopal Church on Friday,
beginning at 12:00 noon.
While the service is really one,
it is divided into three one-hour
periods each of which is a unity
in itself. These periods will begin
at 12:00 noon, 1:00 p. m. and 2:00
p. m. Subjects of the addresses,
one in each of the three periods,
are; “The Cross is Man’s Sin”,
The Cross is God’s Love”, “The
Cross is Victory”.
For the convenience of those
not familiar with services in the
Eipscdpal Church, leaflets giving
the full order of service are pro
vided, so that all may participate
fully. The service is for all. Ev
eryone is cordially invited to par
ticipate in it.
AT BAPTIST CHURCH
Woman’s Auxiliary
of Presbytery to
Meet in Carthage
Missionary to Con
go Will Address
57lh Annual Meeting
The Woman’s Auxiliary of Fay
etteville Presbytery will hold its
57th annual meeting in the Car
thage Presbyterian Church Fri
day, April 6. Registration will be
gin at 9:30 a. m. Mrs. J. M. Mc
Guire of Laurinburg, Auxiliary
president, will preside and give
her annual report.
Miss Hilda Blue, president of
the Carthage Auxiliary, and Mrs.
Myrton T. Stewart, district chair
man, will give addresses of wel
come. Mrs. J. W. McQueen, wife
of an Army chaplain and former
member of the Woman’s Advis
ory Committee, and Miss Mary
B. Cranford, a missionary to the
Congo, will be the outstanding
spjeakers. Miss Cranford’s sub
ject will be “Christ and the Con
go.”
The various causes of the
church will be presented by mem
bers of the Presbyterial Execu
tive Board. Lunch will be served
at a notnihal cost.
The Executive i Board of the
Woman’s Auxiliary of the Pres
bytery will meet in Carthage at
3:00 p. m. on the afternoon pre
ceding the annual meeting.
Choir of Thirty
Inspires Hearers
With Easter Music
4-
Last Sunday evening in a
church beautiful in candlelight
and appropriately decorated with
palms, the choir of the Church
of Wide Fellowship under the di
rection of Mrs. L. D. McDonald
rendered “The Story of Easter”,
one of the most beautiful of the
season’s cantatas, before an over
flow congregation.
In a choir of thirty voices Glenn
Alspaugh, Walter Kelly, Wilbur
Whitlock, Miss Margaret Palmer,
Miss Mary Alice' Tate, Mrs. Page
Choate, and Mrs. Robert A. Har
rison of Aberdeen sang solo parts.
The response to this cantata
was enthusiastic, for it was well
done and beautiful in every de
tail. The Rev. Tucker G. Hum
phries, pastor, wishes to express
his thanks and that of the choir
to the many who called to voice
their appreciation of the musical
program.
After the service Mr. and Mrs.
L. D. McDonald entertained the
choir and friends at a buffet sup
per at their home on Vermont
Avenue.
Hunter Trials On
Young’s Road Will
Benefit Red Cross
Saturday Program
Opens With Parade
Moore County Hounds
Following a recent meeting at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Dwight
W. Winkleman, plans were com
pleted for the spring hunter trials
sponsored by the Moore County
Hounds to be held at Scott’s Cor
ner on Youngs Road beyond Notre
Dame Academy, Saturday after-
.noon (the 31st) at 3:00 o’clock.
A group of twenty-five horse
men from Southern Pines and
Pinehurst attended the meeting
and are giving their support in
making this one of the most suc
cessful horse events to be held
this season. Arrangements have
b.een made for the entire gross re
ceipts to go to the American Red
Cross. Ample parking space has
been arranged overlooking the
two-mile course and reservations
can be made by calling Mrs. Wil-
liaih J. Kennedy at the Red Cross
Headquarters on West Broad
Street. A large entry of hunters
is expected to be entered in the
hunter trials.
The program will open with*a
parade of the Moore County
Hounds and a drag hunt.
Second—a class for middle and
heavy weight working huntersr
Third—^a class for light weight
working hunters.
Fourth—a class for hunt teams,
of three horses.
Fifth—a class for hunter pros
pects.
Manley W. Carter, M. F. H., of
Carter Hounds, Orange, Va., will
judge the trials.
Cpl McFarland Is
Killed in Action
MOTOR VEHICLES COLLIDE
COVERED DISH SUPPER
Group Three of the Church of
Wide Fellowship Woman’s So
ciety will be in charge of a cov
ered dish supper at th^ church
Wednesday evening, April 4, at
6:30 o’clock.
REPORTED KILLED
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Doss
of Cameron, who heard re
cently that their son. Pvt.
Thermon Doss, was missing
' jin action, received a mes
sage Saturday stating that he
had been killed.
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Special Easter music will fea
ture the service at the Southern
Pines Baptist Church Sunday
morning and the Lord’s Supper
will be observed.
The Ordinance of Baptism will
be observed at the evening hour.
The Young People’s Choir will
present special music.
A cordial invitation is extend
ed to friends and neighbors.
CLOSED EASTER MONDAY
The Citizens Bank and Trust
Company will be closed all day
Easter Monday, April 2. All the
grocery stores in Southern Pines
will also be closed Easter Mon
day.
MANLY SERVICES
A coal truck belonging to
Chandler-Holt Ice and Fuel Co.,
collided with a Cadillac sedan
bearing a Pennsylvania license
on the corner of East Broad Street
and Massachusetts Avenue at
about six o’clock Wednesday
^pight. The truck, driven by
Fletcher Garner, turned over but
Garner crawled out with slight
injuries. The truck was badly
damaged. We were unable to
learn the name of the driver of
the Cadillac, who evidently es
caped injury. The car was bent
and twisted and the fender dent
ed.
A sunrise service will be held
at the Manly Presbyterian Church
at 7:00 a. m. Easter Sunday, and
the Sacrament of the Lord’s Sup
per will be observed at the 1-1:00
o’clock service.
WAR FUND DRIVE
Latest figures given out by
County Red Cross Headquar
ters credit Moore County with
$37,449 of its $39,200 quota in
the War Fund drive. Aber-
deeip Jackson Springs, Pine-
hursL Eureka and West End
had their quotas in full by
the first of the week
Mr. and Mrs. T. C. McFarland
of Southern Pines received a mes
sage this week that their son,
Cpl. T. T. McFarland, was killed
in action on March 9. He was with
the First Army in Germany. En
listing at Fort Bragg in Septem-
tjer 1940, Cpl. McFarland had
been overseas 29 months. He had
seen service in North Africa, Sic
ily, Italy, France, Belgium and
Germany, and had credit for 130
consecutive days of fighting.
In addition to his parents, Cpl.
McFarland is survived by the fol
lowing sisters and brothers: Mrs.
Dock McRae, Mrs. Morris Arnold
and J. B. McFarland, all of Wash
ington, D. C.; M. H. McFarland of
Sanford, Mrs. James Thomas of
Victorsville, Calif., and L. A. Mc
Farland, seaman 3|c, whose home
is in Washington.
It is planned to hold a mem
orial service at the First Baptist
Church at 7:30 Sunday evening
if members of the family living
at a distance arrive in time.
The Giffords of
Jefferson Inn Cet
Pleasant Snrprise
First Sergeant Robert (“Bob”)
Gifford gave his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. B. Gifford of the Jeffer
son Inn, a very pleasant surprise
when he walked into the' hotel
last Saturday afternoon. His last
letter had been written on the
island of Saipan and gave no hint
that he would be home soon.
Sgt. Bob enlisted in a New
York State National Guard Com
pany at Oneida, N. Y., in Oct
ober 1940 and was assigned to the
106th Infantry, 27th Division.
They trained at Ft. McClellan,
Ala.
Going overseas ih. March 1942,
Bob' spent 37 months in the South
Pacific. He was stationed at sev
eral different points in the Ha
waiian Islands. He took part in the
invasion of the Marshall Islands
and was right in the thick of the
battle for Saipan. From Saipan his
outfit was sent to a rest area in
the New Hebrides.
Starting for home on February
24th, Bob arrived at Fort, Bragg
March 24th, the same day that
his friend and high school class
mate, Lt. Billy Wilson, arrived
there from the European theatre.
Bob will be at home until May
9th, when he reports to Ft. Bragg.
EASTER SERVICES
Emmanuel Episcopal Church
Holy Communion, 8:00 a. m.;
Church School Service, 9:30 a. m.;
Holy Communion with sermon
and special music, 11:00 a. m.