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ugtowi Uiqh to Glendon wnot Coffee 'Wza Jadsop' ilc5pqa Cameron P) / ff’i.STOi.f?*'-'! □lerbe Pm ■LOT 6wm6m( Southern Pines. North Carolina Friday. April 6. 1945. TEN CENTS .i? ' 4 :ks % Moore County Hounds Hunts Team Takes Feature Hunter Trials Event Will You Share With Them? Saturday Benefit Nets Pleasure For All and $1,000 for Red Cross BY HOWARD F. BURNS Several hundred spectators surrounded the picturesque''two- mile hunting course at Scott’s Farm here Saturday afternoon to see tfie Moore County Hounds Hunts Team capture the feature event on the afternoon card over eight entries in the class. Lead ing the team was Renown, a five- year-old bay gelding owned and ridden by Dwight W. Winkelman, of Syracuse, N. Y. In the team were Dark Victory, a seasoned hunter ridden by Mrs. Kenneth Schley of Southern Pines, and Dunkirk, a four-year-old owned and ridden by Mrs. W. O. Moss of Southern Pines. The second team was led by Mickey Walsh riding Night Wind, a chestnut mare, and his two dau ghters, Hannah riding Gold Star, a chestnut gelding, and Kathleen riding Little Gold, a three-year- old. Third place went to the Mile- Away Stables Hunt Team led by W. O. Moss, M. F. H., of Mpore County Hounds, riding Witch Doctor, Mrs. Moss riding Golden- wood owned by Mrs. Isabel Rob son of East Orange^ N. J., and Mrs. Kenneth Schley riding Whiskdale'owned by Dwight W. Winkelmap. The hunter trials, given in ben efit of the American Red Cross, op^ened with a parade of the Moore County Hounds and a drag hunt run over a stiff hunting course. Jane Rue, a chestnut mare, owned ' and ridden by Corbit Alexander, of Pinehurst, led a' field of thirteen entries to win the blue ribbon in the class for middle and heavy weight work ing hunters. Dark Victory, with Mrs. W. O. Moss up, was second, aijd Stalstowji; a brown gelding oWhed by Stoneybrook Stables, with Mickey Walsh up, was third. Whiskdale, with Mrs. Kenneth B. Schley up,, was awarded first place in the class for light weight hunters. Gold Star, with Miss Hannah Walsh up, was second in this class of eight entries. Fitz hoda, owned and ridden by Jane Pohl, of Fayetteville, finished close third. Goldenwood, owned by Mrs, Isabel Robson with Mrs. W. O, Moss up led a string of eight horses to win the class fbr green hunters. Rockhaste, owned by Mile-Away Stables with Boyls- ton A.' Tompkins, Jr., of New York up, was second. Little Gold, a three-year-old mare, owned and ridden by Mickey Walsh, was third. Capanjan, owned by Dwight W. Winkelman, Jr., and ridden by Mrs. W. O. Moss, won first place in the class for hunter pros pects. Boston Tang, owned by the Mile-Away Stables with Mrs. Kenneth Schley up, was second. M!rs. Ira T. Wyche, wife of Gen. Wyche, of the fighting 79th Division, and Col. C. H. Brown, of Fort Bragg, judged. B. A. Thompkins, vice president of the Bankers Trust Company, New York, and Eugene C. Stevens, an nounced the events. Parking. space sold at $10 per space and more than $1000 was realized for the Red Cross. Mayor Thomas Kennedy of Syracuse, N. Y., a guest of the Winkelmans, presented a very generous check. W. R. Clegg, Sr., Ill Four Years, Passes at Durham Final Rites for Car thage Attorney Are Held There Saturday W. R. Clegg, Sr., 67, prominent Carthage resident and for 35 years a member of the Moore County Bar, died Friday morning at Duke Hospital, Durham, fol lowing an illness of four years. He was a graduate of Dav- years He was a graduate of Dav idson College and the University of North Carolina Law School. Mr. Clegg served as mayor of Carthage four years, and repre sented Moore County during two terms of the General Assembly. He was a deacon in the Carthage Presbyterian Church and a Bible class teacher for 16 years. Funeral services were conduct ed from the Carthage Presbyter ian Church at four o’clock Sat urday afternoon with the pastor, the Rev. W. S. Golden in charge, and burial was in Bethesda Cem etery, Aberdeen. Surviving are his wife, the for-) jjdwin T. McKeithen, adminis- mer Mary McKeithen; two daugh-1 Moore County Hos- ters, Mary McKeithen Clegg, stu- . dent at Woman’s College, Greens boro, and Martha Clegg of the home; two sons, W. R. Clegg, Jr., and Neill McKeithen Clegg, both of the Army, and a sister, Marie Clegg of Carthage. Rhonda J. Gibson Passes in Winston McKeithen Tells Hospital Auxiliary of War Problems County Council of ^ D. Clubs Hold Handicraft Study A rug making demonstration given by Mrs. Carl Gulledge of the Springfield Club was a fea^ ture of the meetihg of the Moore County Home Demonstration Council held in Carthage on Thursday of last week. Fifty-one women representing eleven clubs attended the meet ing. Mrs. Redga Thomas presided, Mrs. L. G. Melvin gave the treas urer’s report and minutes, Mrs. Hubert Monroe conducted the de votional period and Mrs. Ellis Hannon led the singing. Miss Reba Adams, home in- ustries specialist of the U. S. De- ^rtment of Agriculture, discuss ed the importance of handicrafts as an income project, as a job for men who will be unable to work because of war disability, and as home decoration. Miss Ruby Scholtz, handicraft specialist. Miss Willie Hunter, clothing specialist, and Miss Eliz abeth Williams, house furnish ing specialist, all of State Col lege, spoke briefly. Miss Rose Elwood Bryan, a former Moore County home agent (Continued on Page 8) Right now, 125 million innocent men, women and children in war-torn European countries alone are in pitifully desperate need of clothing. Locally the United National Ciothing Collection is being sponsored by the Rotary Club, with Will Wiggs as chairman. Ro- tarians urge all other organizations in town to join with them in making the drive a success. Clothing rnay 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. If notified, the Rev. Tucker Humphries or Will Wiggs will call for clothing if the donor has no way -of taking it to the church. Those in other towns should get in touch with their local chairmen. wife Receives Air Medal Awarded Ensign R. Petbick Last week Mrs. Richard Pethick received the Air Medal and per manent citation awarded her hus band, Ensign Pethick, who has been reported as missing in. ac tion since last summer. The citation reads: “The Pres ident of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Air Medal to Ensign Richard B. Petb ick, United States Naval Reserve, for service as set forth in the fol lowing Citation: For meritorious achievement while participatiffft in Serial flight as Pilot of a Carrier-Based Dive Bomber in action against units of the Japanese Fleet in the Battle of the Philippine Seai on June 20, 1944. Flying low in the face of intense and accurate antiaircraft fire and fighter opposition. Ensign Pethick pressed home his at tack against a hostile fleet oiler and, by his skill and determina tion, scored a damaging near hit on the Japanese vessel. His cool courage and unswerving devotion to duty in the face of grave dan ger were in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.’ For the President, James Forrestal, Sec retary of the Navy.” News that Rhonda Jane Gib son, six-year-old daughter of Glenn Gibson and Jettie Holden Gibson of Southern Pines, had passed away in the Baptist Hos pital, Winston-Salem, at 3:30 Tuesday morning, saddened many friends in Southern Pines. Mr. Gibson is head of mainte nance at Camp Maokall and dur ing the two and one-half years that the family has resided here, sunny-haired little Rhonda Jane, a semi-invalid since babyhood, has with her friendly smile and charming manner won many friends. Brilliant and lovable, she was a leader and general favorite among her small associates at Mrs. Brown’s kindergarten, which she attended for several months prior to becoming ill six weeks ago. Funeral services were conduct ed at Volger’s Funeral Chapel in Winston-Salem at 2 p. m. Wed nesday by the Rev. Sam J. Erwin, Baptist minister of Southern Pines, and burial was in Forsyth Memorial Park. Moore County Exceeds All Former Achievements in Red Cross Drives By Collecting More Than $48,000 Mrs. John Y. Boyd* bounty ch™ Ex- House Is Damaged By Fire Tuesday Firemen Fight For Three Hours Before Blaze Is Conquered pects Final Figure to Be Above $50,000 pital, addressed the April meeting of the Hospital Auxiliary, held Wednesday at the Nurses’ Home. Mr. McKeithen described some of the special problems that war has brought to American civil ian hospitals, speaking particu larly of the scarcity of highly trained personnel, and of diffi culties in the purchase and deliv ery of some supplies. He said that the Moore County institution is meeting its heavy responsibil ities in a creditable way, but that the cooperation of everyone is heeded. Mrs. Edith McLeod, of the County Health Department, re ported on the program of ma-- ternal health work, to which the Auxiliary contributes by meeting the cost of aid in various forms furnished to mothers and new born babies after their discharge from the Hospital, in cases where the families cannot undertake the special expense involved. The next meeting of the Aux iliary will be in November. Southern Pines Soldier Praised Commended for Activities in Battle. During German Offensive ABERDEEN VISITORS AT LIONS MEETING SPHS Glee Club Gives Program at Kiwanis Meeting The Kiwanis Club was enter /tained by the Soujthern Pines High School Glee Club at its reg ular weekly meeting Wednesday at the Southern Pines Country Club. The program, under the direc tion of Miss Hattie Mae Barber, opened with the ‘Hiking Song” by Krones. The quartet sang “In Joseph’s Lovely Garden” by Dick inson, and the concluding num ber was “Rain and the River” by Fox, sung by the Glee Club. The Honorable Gregg Cherry, governor of North Carolina, will be the guest speaker of the club on Wednesday, Aprit 25. Several visitors from Aberdeen attended the Vass Lions Club meeting at the school cafeteria Tuesday night, and had charge of the program. With Oscar Wurz- bacher as master of ceremonies. Dr. C. H. Storey was presented as the principal speaker. Brief talks were made by H. Clifton Blue, T. S. Melvin, H. W. Doub and A. W. Atherton. W. E., Gladstone presid ed over the business session and welcomed the guests. GIVEN IS dHOSEN TIN WHISTLES HEAD Thomas Reelected Superintendent of Schools in Moore H. Lee Thomas, county superin tendent of schools here for the past 16 years, was reelected by the Moore County Board of Edu cation for the next two years at a meeting held in Carthage on Monday of this week. F. D. Farrell of Aberdeen was elected chairman of the board to succeed J. W. Graham, who re signed after many years of faith ful service. Other members of the board are L. B. McKeithen of Cameron, W. Stuart Evans of Robbins, H. G. Poole of Carth age, and George Purvis of High falls. ,, District school committeemen were named for a three-year term, as follows: J. Q. Reynolds, Carthage; Mrs. J. Alton Shaw, Cameron; Turner !^elds. Farm Life; Curtis Caviness, Highfalls. The following were reappointed for three years; Earl Hicks, Rob bins; J. W. Rogers, Cameron; Al ton Matthews, Vass-Lakeview; I. C. Sledge, Pinehurst; T. L. Black, Pinehurst; C. M. Wilson, Aber deen; H. M. Tucker, West End; Frank Maness, Highfalls, Curtis Garner, Westmoore; Lindsay My- rick, Westmoore. J. F. Taylor was appointed to fill out the unexpired term of Holt McKenzie of Pine hurst, resigned. Red Cross Benefit Features Young Guest Artists in^Pleasing Recital SMALL BLAZE The Fire Department was call ed to the home of Mrs. H. E. Thrower, “Pine Grove,” on Ben- net Street Saturday at 12:45, but upon arrival they found that the small blaze at* the edge of the John L. Given was. elected president of the Tin Whistles Club at the annjial meeting of the Board of Governors held March 26th in Pinehurst. S. A. Strick land was elected vice president, and Eric Nelson, secretary-treas urer, club captain and manager. Raymond S. Farr is the retiring president. James T. Hunter of North Adams is the club champion for this season. Mr. Hunter won with a 37-37-74 in a play-off. He had tied with R, S. Tufts and Howard Kenworthy at 237 for the three regulation rounds. Mr. Tufts scor ed 81 and Mr. Kenworthy 83 in the re-play. With the 9th Armored Division in Germany—Staff Sergeant Charlie L. Garner, son of Mrs Rose C. Garner, of 81 South Ben nett Street, Southern Pines, North Carolina, has been commended by his commanding officer. Lieu tenant ^Colonel George Ruhlen i of the 3rd Armored Field Artil lery Battalion, for his work in the battle of Savelborn, Luxem bourg, during the German offen sive. . Sgt. Garner’s Battery Com mander. Captain Leslie C. Green, said the battery was facing heavy wood 400 yards away, which concealed German infan trymen. The Nazis had an easy approach to the battery rear be cause of a knoll on th&'east. Capt. Green said Sgt* Garner moved his half-track into the open, where its 50 calibre machine gun com manded this approach, and he stood guard alone in this position for more than three hours. “Though the enemy continued a constant barrage around the half-track,” Capt. Green said, “Sgt Garner remained at the gun until enemy observers were elim inated by direct fire from the battery, which changed its posi tion at that time.” Col. Ruhlen’s citation says “the observance, promptness and cour age which Sgt. Garner displayed with utter disregard for his own safety, exemplify the highest tra ditions of the service.” The 3rd Field Artillery fought for 10 days in the vicinity of Beaufort and Waldbillig, Luxem bourg, with other elements of the 9thi Armored’s Combat Command A, and prevented a German breakthrough in that sector. The 3rd Field Artillery moved with CCA on December 26 to the Bas- togne circle and helped open the Neufehateau - Bastogne highway. Music lovers of Southern Pines ’ were delighted with the concert presented under the auspices of the Red Cross on Tuesday even ing at the Southern Pines Coun try Club. Miss -Elinor Valentine sponsor ed the concert and was capably assisted by Mrs. Nellie W. Mann, and Miss Jane Mann, who con ducted ticket sales and publicity. Mrs. N. L. Hodgkins as the ac companist for the singers proved her fine musicianship in her sym pathetic understanding of the singers’ interpretation of well known and beloved songs. The concert opened with the singing of ‘America, the Beauti ful” by the audience, with Mrs, V. J. Lee at the piano. Mrs. Lee. then played two numbers which were well received. Several students from the lo cal high school participated in the concert. Miss Jean Olive, ly- soprano, sang a lovely solo with charm and grace which de lighted her listeners. A quartette composed of Miss Olive, soprano. Miss Jane Todd McCain, alto, T. T. Overton, tenor, and Drennan Mann, bass, sang two numbers, one a spiritual that was outstand ing in the evening’s concert. Miss Carol- Thomas, popular Southern Pines musician, sang two numbers in her usual charm ing manner. Highlight of the evening’s con cert were the two young guest artists. Miss Jerry Masters and Sgt. Kermedh Hurd, who are now residing in Southern Pines. Miss' Masters, dramatic soprano, is a pupil of Arturo A. Felippe, di rector of Miami Opera Company, of which she is a member. The past four years she has been en tertaining wounded veterans re turned from overseas. She has made numerous radio appear ances and was featured in con cert at the Flamingo Theatre. Posessing a fine soprano voice and interpretative skill, she cap tivated her audience. Her singing of the beautiful “La Golindrina” and “Morning” by Oley Speaks proved her professional a'bility as a singer. Sgt. Kenneth Hurd, baritone, from Danville. Va., was a pupil of Clytie Hine Mundy of New York. He coached with Arthur Kent now of Metropolitan opera and was soloist two years 'at St. Thomas’ Church in New York. He was a member of the Columbia Operetta Group and understud ied Alfred ' Drake, the star of ‘Oklahoma”. He has just returned from two years overseas with a Special Service group entertaining the boys. He directed an all soldier Glee Club and conducted a 13- piece orchestra. At present he is stationed at Camp Mackall. Outstanding in Sgt. Hurd’s se lections were Malotte’s arrange ment of “Lord’s Prayer” which was superbly sung, and “I Had a Little Talk With the Lord,” a song of World War II written by a soldier on Guadalcanal. Sgt. Hurd, in his introduction of this number, called attention to the fact that all soldiers have a lit tle talk with the Lord, frequent- ly- As a closing group Miss Mas ter and Sgt. Hurd joined in sing ing several duets which were the outstanding numbers of the mus- icale. The ever popular “Bess You is My Woman Now,” Ger- schwin’s hit tune from “Porgy and Bess” and “Lover Come Back to Me” were beautifully sung with the two voices blend ing in'perfect harmony. Mrs. Sue Merritt introduced the singers, acting as master of ceremonies throughout. the per formance. BY CHARLES MACAULEY For tjiree hours Tuesday after noon the men of the Southern Pines Fire Department fought to subdue the flames enveloping the Mrs. John Y. Boyd house,” own ed by Mrs. Boyd’s Estate, located on Connecticut avenue opposite Valley road, in their hardest bat tle since that of the Southland Ho tel, in November 1943. A prompt response to the alarm, sounded at 3:15 o’clock, brought both trucks to a house spouting flames twenty-five feet above the roof top and beyond all hope of saving, in the opinion of specta tors, but with hoses stretched from two hydrants located within five hundred feet of the house, the blaze was conquered. Captain D. S. Dougan, Lt. D. G. Cargos and Lt. Charles B. Thrash er, all of Pope Field, and their wives were occupying the house. The three young women were enjoying the sunshine in the pines east of the house when they were disturbed by unusual sounds ap parently coming from the house. Upon investigation they found the pine needles and shingles of the angle of the westerly roof below the main chimney all ablaze. At tempts to sound the alarm over the house telephone failing, re course was made 'to the Ralph Trix hou^e, on the side pf Connec ticut avenue, and the ensuing de- lay gave the fire great headway. Built for Mrs. John Y. Boyd in 1925, the attractive English type dwelling of twelve rooms and five baths, of frame and stucco con struction, was situated in a grove of handsome pines located several hundred feet from the avenue. Now a part of the Boyd estate, the house was insured in the Barnum Agency, which also had a $6,- 000 coverage on the valuable fur niture, as well as rental insurance. A survey of the dwelling discloses considerable damage to the low- (Continued on Page 8) Visitors’ Day Is Observed By Club Friendliness of the People Here Ranks First Speaker Says BY BOB HARLOW Red Cross Publicity Chm. • Moore County, during March, made its largest contribution in history to The American Red Cross. On Wednesday, county chairman J. B. Edwards of the 1945 drive reported that more than $48,000 had already been reported from various town chair men to headquarters in Southern Pines. The final figure will ex ceed $50,000. Last year the county gave $47,509.60 second largest sum in Red Cross history. The Moore County quota was $39,200 and this appeared like a very large sum, although it was only $200 more than assigned the local chapter in 1944. Mr. Ed wards is certain that when final returns are’ in, every unit will have oversubscribed its quota. The liberal gifts of the resi dents and visitors in Moore county not only provides the national headquarters with more than was requested from Moore, but gives the county chapter treasury a substantial surn for the work ahead. Local Chapters keep 28.2 percent of the total contributions for work in their community and Mrs. William J. Kennedy, South ern Pines, the executive secretary for the Chapter, estimate^ that between $14,000 and $15,000 will be available for work in Moore. Jackson Springs was the first unit in the county to report its quota ovemthe top. Others fol lowed. CKmrman Edwardskhas re quested chairmen to make final reports by April Sixth. When com- (Continued on Page 5) Bible Scholar of Note to Conduct Study in Carthage Dr. Bear Will Begin Series at Presbyte rian Church Sunday At Friday’s Rotary luncheon at the country club, it was Visitors’ Day and visiting Rotarians put on the program. Rotarians who spoke were Sam Cooke of Huntington, Long Is land, Bob Davis of Lewistown, Pa., and Fred Bedford of Dun kirk, N. Y. Rotarian Bedford said that the thing he and other vis itors most appreciated in South ern Pines was the friendliness of the people. Of course it’s a beautiful place,” Rotarian Bedford said, “and we love it in the spring when everything is a riot of blos soms, but what we love and look forward to most is the warm and sincere greetings we get from ev eryone. There are no strangers here. People call ealsh other by their first names, and they call me by my first name too. I like that, and we are looking forward to coming back.” Visiting Rotarians were. Bob Davis, D. N. Fourcart, Lewistown, Pa.; George A. Way, Winnetka, Ill.; Arthur McCrea, Bacebridge, Ontario, Canada; Ed J. Leinert, Buffalo, N. Y.; M. W. Mott, Red Creek, N. Y.; Sam Cooke, Hunt ington, Long Island; Jesse R. Cooper, Newcastle, Pa., Fred Bedford, Dunkirk, N. Y., and Ray Komdorfer, The Bronx, N. Y. Rev. James E. Bear, D. D., head of the Biblical Department, Union Theological Seminary, Richmond, Va., will deliver two series of Bible,studies and sermons at the Carthage Presbyterian Church, from Sunday, April 8, through Friday, April 13. The Grace Worth Bible Class is sponsoring these meetings. Dr. Bear is one of the outstand ing scholars of the Southern Presbyterian Church. A native of Virginia, he was for a number of years a missionary in China. Be ing forced to return to this coun try during the Communist troubles in China in 1927, he was soon called to a professorship in Union Theological Seminary, and has remained there ever since. Those sponsoring these meetings believe that Moore County is for tunate in having so able a stu dent of the Bible, and so fine a Christian man, to be with us for several days. Everyone is cordial ly invited to attend the services, the time and subjects of which are as follows: Sunday, 11 a. m.—“Christ the Revealer”; Monday, 8 p. m.— “Christ the Redeemer; Law and Grace”; Tuesday, 8 p. m.— “Christ the Redeemer; Faith and WprkS”; Wednesday, 8 p. m.— “Christ the King; The Kingdom of Grace and Glory”; Thursday, 8 p. m.—“Christ the Consumma- tor;Second Coming and Judg ment”; Friday, 8 p. m.—“Eter nal Life and Final Deetiny.” ' In addition to the above series, there will be another, devoted to the study of the Epistle to the Romans, at 8 p. m. Sunday and at 3:30 p. m. Monday through Fri day. It is suggested that those at tending would find it helpful to carry a note book and Bible or New Testament. EASTER SEAL SALE “Won’t you please take a min ute and check on the Easter Seals we sent you? It’s not too late to send your contribution,” says Miss Pauline Covington of Carthage, county seal sale chairman. Al ready $180.56 hds been received to benefit crippled children and Miss Co'vington is urging that this amount be boosted to $400. COURT OF HONOR Moore County Boy Scouts will hold their April Court of Honor at the Manly Presbyterian Church Tuesday evening, April 10, at 8:00 o’clock, Bruce M. Boyers, field executive, has aimounced. Parents and those interested in Scouts are invited to attend. Three or four Southern Pines boys will be up for advancement at this meeting.