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VOLUME 25. NO. 24
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Southern Pines, North Carolina Friday. May 11. 1945
L V. O’Callaghan
Is Elected Mayor
of Southern Pines
Caucus Ticket Car
ries at Polls; Page
New Man on Board
L. V. O’Callaghan, a member of
the Board of Commissioners since
1927, was in Tuesday’s election
made mayor of Southern Pines
to succeed W. Duncan Matthews,
who was not a candidate for re-
election.
E. C. Stevens, A. Bynum Pat
terson, J. N. Steed and Charles
Patch, incumbents, and C. N. Page
weife elected commissioners to
serve for the next two years.
Out of a registration of about
500, eighty votes were cast, one
of the smallest numbers in the
history of the town.
The vote was as follows:
FOR MAYOR
L. V. O’Callaghan 78
J. N. Steed 1
June Phillips - 1
FOR COMMISSIONERS
(Five Elected)
C. N. Page 79
Charles S, Patch 78
J. N. Steed 78
E. C. Stevens 77
A. B. Patterson 75
J. T. Overton 5
Morris Johnson 2
G. W. Case 1
In the election voters of South
ern Pines ran true to their normal
procedure by following the action
of the caucus held in the high
school auditorium last Friday ev
ening.
This biennial caucus was nota
bly quiet and matter-of-fact as
compared with gatherings of for
mer years. The meeting opened
with the election of Frank Buch-‘
an as chairman. Mayor Matthews,
who was swept into office by a
large majority in 1941 and reel-'
ected in 1943, in a brief speech
thanked the residents for the sup
port given him during his terms
of office.
John Howarth, who nominated
L. V. O’Callaghan for the office
of mayor, spoke of his qualifica
tions, as did E. C. Stevens, and
the nomination drew spontaneous
applause from the (assemblage.
There were no other nominations
for the office. Called upon for a
speech, Mr. O’Callnghan respond
ed in a modest talk that was re
ceived with applause.
There were several nominations
for commissioner, and the vote
was as follows: Stevens, 80; Steed,
78; Patterson, 60; Patch, 58; Page,
55; Overton, 54; Johnson, 36; Case,
35.
Ninety votes were cast, with
about 115 persons present.
While }the votes were being
counted an open discussion was
held. The chairman asked Mrs.
James Boyd to outline a proposal
which she had made to him, that
a citizen’s committee be appoint
ed whose duty would be to re
ceive suggestions lor town im
provements and submit them to
the Board with recommendations.
Dr. Daniels proposed a “sugges
tion box” wherein citizens could
■ drop suggestions or complaints.
L. V. O' CALLAGHAN
COMMISSIONER
C. N. PAGE
TWELVE PAGES
VICTORY SERVICE
TEN CENTS
“We must wage the coming battle for peace and civilization in association with the United Na
tions with whom we have stood and fought.” Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Reverent Thanksgiving Marks End of War With Germany
As Villagers Assemble in Church for Union Service
The Coffee Shop
Ends Fine Service
With the sale of th.e building,
long the home of the “Coffee
Shop”, a familiar name and an
established business will disap
pear from East Broad Street. No
table for the quality of its pastry
and excellence of its meals, the
restaurant has had the pa
tronage of many townspeople,
and its cuisine has beefi enjoyed
by numerous tourists who have
made its name familiar from
Maine to Florida.
It will be a matter of regret
arid a personal loss to many when
the proprietor. Miss Helen Greg-
son, takes down the sign that
has welcomed so ma»y thousands
of hungry folks.
Opened in ^ October 1931, by
Mrs. A. G. Cliiswell with the as
sistance of her sister. Miss Helen,
the product of its ovens soon at
tracted favorable attention and a
growing clientele. Following the
death of Mrs. Chiswell in Septem
ber 1939, Miss Gregson has car
ried on the business in the face
of the many difficulties that have
recently confronted all catering
to the public.
The building, the property of
Mrs. T. S. Burgess, has been pur
chased by the Brown Auto Supply
Company of Sanford, who will as
sume possession on June 1st.
Dawson Speaks On
Organization For
Maintaining Peace
Public Should Back
Leaderl in Peace Ef
forts, Says Speaker
A. C. Dawson, principal of Sou
thern Pines High School, was the
guest speaker at Friday’s Rotary
lunqheon at the USO Club. Mr.
Dawson’s topic' was “An Inter
national Organization for the
Maintaining of Peace Among Na
tions.” He first gave an outline of
the organizational setup for peace
as arrived at by the United Na
tions at the Dumbarton Oaks Con
ference. He predicted the suc
cess of the United Nations’ con
ferences on arrangements for
peace enforcement among nations
will rest on how well we citizens
inform ourselves on the problems
of peace as presented by Dum
barton Oaks and the San Francis
co Conference, and to the extent
with which public opinion sup
ports them.
Mr. Dawson said that histori
cally the failure of the League of
Nations was due to two things.
First ,that international discus
sion and planning among nations
for the peace to come waited on
the conclusion of the war. The
end came abruptly, nations were
unprepared for peace and had no
machinery for a peace security
organization. Second, the League
of Nations was a parj; of the Ver-
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At noon on Monday a union
service was held in the Church of
■Wide Fellowship to mark the end
of the war with Germany. Under
the auspices of four Southern
Pines churches, the congregation
gathered to rejoice in the Euro
pean victory and to reaffirm its
dedication to the cause of free
dom everywhere, that an endur
ing peace may prevail.
"The service was jointly con
ducted by Tucker G, Humphries,
pastor of the Congregational
Church, Thompson E. Davis, pas
tor of the Presbyterian Church,
Sam J. Erwin, pastor of the Bap
tist Church and F, Craighill
Brown, rector of the Episcopal.
Church. A large proportion of,'
responsive reading and prayer in
unison gave the congregation a
welcome opportunity of partak
ing to the utmost in this part of
the day of thanksgiving. Beauti
ful and familiar hymns were sung
at several points throughout.
One whole side of the church
was occupied by school children,
who marched in with their teach
ers to join in the occasion.
The service, which was held the
day before V-E Day, took the
townspeople by surprise and al
though the auditorium was prac
tically filled,i,the attendance was
not as large as it would have
been otherwise.
"V-E Day, itself. Was marked by
the blowing of the siren, as the
President’s speech was announced
over the radio. According to the
wishes of the heads of govern-
iment, shops did not close and, bus
iness continued as usual.
Tuesday evening at 8:00 o’clock
there was a special'service pray
er and thanksgiving at the Chris
tian Science Church.
A special service of prayer
will be held at Brownson
Memorial Presbyterian
Church at 8 o'clock Sunday
evening. May 13, Sunday hav
ing been proclaimed by the
President a day of national
prayer and thanksgiving for
victory in Europe. The public
is invited.
Burt, in Kiwanis
Speech, Advocates
Military Training
Presents It As Im
portant Means of
Enforcing Peace
Struthers Burt, in an address
to the Sandhills Kiwanis Club
■Wednesday at the Pinehurst High
School, strongly advocated uni
versal military service for young
men of the age eighteen to nine
teen as an important means of
enforcing permanent peace. It
would teach discipline, develop
them physically and better pre
pare them for college, he deplar-
ed.
Mr. Burt, a former member of
the Princeton University faculty,
asserted that the chief opposition
to compulsory military training
was coming from the schools and
colleges, which advance a three
fold argument: that it tends to
create a dangerous and powerful
militarist political power, that it
would make us military minded
and aggressive, and that it is use
less, as weapons in use today will
be obsolete ten years hence.
Continuing, Mr. Burt stated in
World War I England stood be
tween us and the Germans while
we were preparing our fighting
forties, and in World War II Eng
land and Russia stood the brunt
of the German-army and air force
while we were building the most
powerful armed forces the world
lias ever known.
In conclusion, he pointed, out
there is little danger of our be
coming military minded with a
strong civilian reserve. Military
training would force peace in
cne world and keep us prepared
for any future aggression by our
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Local Chairmen of
7th War Loan Give
Notice of Plans
Bond Buying Will
Be Made Most Con
venient for Public
Southern Pines Does Its Part In Clothing Drive
PINEHURST SQUAD
HAS GOOD REPORT
Mrs. James Walker, chairman
of the Pinehurst branch of the
Moore County Red Cross Chapter,
submitted to the Board of Di
rectors, on Monday night a re
port of the work done by the
Home Squad of Pinehurst. Som-
posed of sixty-four workers, in
honies and hotels, unable to do
other types of Red Cross work,
this organization concentrated on
supplies for Camp Mackall Sta
tion Hospital. It was organized
and directed by Miss Eugenia Wil
liams. Mrs. Thomas McGraw sup
plemented the production work
by collecting magazines from ho
tels and homes each week. They
were taken to the hospital and
there distributed through the
wards.
Thef work of the organization
started in December and will be
discontinued for the summer
months, starting May 1.
BUY A TAG
Pictured above is a carload of clothing which left Southern Pines last week to begin its journey
to the liberated lands of Europe. The Rotary Club of Southern Pines sponsored the drive and the school
children were their good right arms. “The response was far beyond our greatest expectations,” said
Will Wiggs, chairman of the drive, ^nd the people of Southern Pines may well be proud of their
part in this generous national effort. ’Well done, thou good and faithful servants.’ ” Shown in the picture
are Will Wiggs, chairman. Tucker G. Humphries, Wilbur J. Sanborn, Glenn Alspaugh, and Philip Weav
er, members of the Rotary Committee. In the background are the truck and crew provided by the
town. - '—Photo by Eddy
AWARDED CUP
The beautiful loving cup
on display in the window of
Paul T. Barnum, Inc., is the
Thomas Gresham Redding
Trophy, the higest award of
the North Carolina Associa
tion of Insurance Agents for
outstanding achievement. It
was awarded to the Moore
County Asociation of Insur
ance Agents, at the annual
Stale conventidn held in Ra
leigh last Thursday and Fri
day, for their cooperation
during the past year in meet
ing local problems, and was
brought back by John S.
Ruggles, who attended the
convention.
TdWN OFFICIALS OF
ROBBINS REELECTED
W. P. Saunders was reelected
mayor of Robbins in this week’s
town election, and all members of
the Board of Commissioners were
returned to office. They are: T.
R. Monroe, F. H. Upchurch, A.
F. Lowdermilk, W. N. McDuffie,
and W. E .Ritter.
CHURCHMAN PASSES
Charles Barrett, colored, one of
the oldest members of the Holy
Church of God in Christ at Eagle
Springs, passed away April 30
at the age of ;83 ■years. He is sur
vived by his , .•Vi.’;, six sons and
two daughter.
TO SAFER GROUND
The Pilot, having brashly
undertaken to jump out of its
own fryihgpan into the fire
of the San Francisco confer
ence, with a big time news
coverage, has now decided to
jump back home again. Mis
understanding, as to the type
of article we were after, com
bined with the difficult time
element to upset our plans.
We live and, we hope, learn.
OPEN ALL SUMMER
On Mother's Day, tags will be
sold by the Girl Scouts for
the benefit of the work of the
Moore County Maternal Wel
fare Committed
Since Maternal Welfare
work was started in the coun
ty ten years ago, there has
been a striking drop in the
materiial death rate, making
this county's program a model
in this and other states.
A gift to the Maternal Wel
fare Committee is a gift to
the general health program
of the country; it is a defin-
inite contribution to the war
effort. Tags cannot be bought
for less than ten cents. It is
to be hoped that they will
bring many times that
amount.
BURNS IS ELECTED
CARTHAGE MAYOR
In the town election in Car
thage Tuesday, E. J. Burnes re
ceived 182 votes for mayor
against 169 for H. -G. Poole.
George Thomas, C. F. Barnes and
H. F Seawell, Jr, were reelected
as commissioners and two new
members were elected. H. J. Hall
and L. R. Sugg. Poole and J. M.
Morgan were members of the for
mer board
"Votes cast for commissioners
were as follows: Thomas, 266;
Barnes, 198; Seawell, 191; Hall,
163; L. R. Sugg, 160; Morgan, 155;
D. Carl Fry, 146; S. W. Shields,
127; Paul Penningger, 122; J. R.
Sheffield, 102; Frank Boing, 83.
VOLUNTEERS
The Jefferson Inn will remain
open all through the summer, the
proprietor, J. B. Gifford, announc
ed, this week.
The Red Cross Motor Corps ur
gently needs volunteers for a.
course starting June first. Appli
cants must have completed first
aid and advanced first aid
courses.. The June motor corps
course will be given in the day
time.
Men and women who can pos
sibly give their time to this patri
otic work should apply for mem
bership in the June first class to
Red Cross Headquarters in Sou
thern Pines.
With the official opening of the
7th War Loan scheduled for next
Monday, Southern Pines leaders
are ready and waiting to throw
their best efforts into the task of
raising the local overall quota of
$171,080, of which $111,160 is “E”
bonds. \
Paul Jernigan, an experienced
go-getter of former drives, has
lined up to assist him an able
team composed of J. D. Hobbs, W.
L. Wiggs, P. J. Weaver, Dr. Clem
ent Byrd, R. C. DuBose, Herbert
Cutter, John Way, John Ruggles,
Dr. J. J. Spring, Stanley Austin,
C. N. Page and Paul Butler.
At the request of Charlie Pic-
quet, arrangements have been
made for filling out bond appli
cations in the office of Mr. Jerni
gan in the Carolina Theatre build
ing, and as usual, Mr. Picquet
will give a free ticket to his
theatre with every bond purchas
ed.
Mr. Jernigan will have two men
on duty in his office from 8:00
to . 10:30 each night from May
14 through June to fill out ap
plications. The show-goer and
prospective bond purchaser, who
is hereby being given advance no
tice to remember to take along suf
ficient cash to pay for a bond, will
plank down the money, for which
he will be given a receipt, also a
War Loan button. Mr. Jernigan
will turn the applications in to
County Chairman E. C. Stevens’
office, from which the bonds will
be issued. The holder of the re
ceipt will later call at Mr. Stevens’
office on West Broad Street, pre
sent his receipt, pick up his bond,
likewise his free pass good for any
show at the Carolina, and go hap
pily on his way, to repeat the pro
cedure at the earliest possible
date.
And while the men are plan
ning their campaign, the women
are also getting ready to launch
theirs, and competition between
the two groups bids fair to be
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Directors of Red
Cross Approve
Changes in Bylaws
Col. Hawes Presides
Over Important Meet
ing Held Here May 7
BY BOB HARLOW
Red Cross Publicity Chairman.
The Board of Directors of the
Moore Courity Chapter of The
American Red Cross met at Sou
thern Pines headquarters Monday
night. May 7, and approved
changes in the bylaws which in
crease the number of members of
the Board of Directors, and pro
vide that a nominating commit
tee submit the list of candidates
for officers to the members by Oc
tober 15. The annual meeting of
the Chapter is held on the second
Friday of November each year.
Section 7, entitled “Executive
Oommittee,” was repealed and
'the following organization ap
proved:
“The governing body 'of the
Chapter shall be the Board of
Directors, consisting of a chair
man, vice-chairman, a secretary
and a treasurer, the chairman of
each branch of the Moore Coun
ty Chapter and the chairman of
each appointed service.
The Executive Committee shall
consist of seven members consist
ing of the chairman, vice-chair
man, secretary, treasurer, chair
man of 'Volunteer Special services,
one branch chairman (elected by
the branch chairmen) and one
chairman of Services appointed by
the Chapter Chairman subject to
the approval of the Board of Di
rectors.
“Five members shall constitute
a quorum in the Executive Com
mittee.
“The Executive Secretary is ap
pointed by the Chapter Chairman,
subject to the approval of the
Board of Directors.”
A special meeting of the Chap
ter can be called if ten percent,
or fifty or more petition. Fifteen
members constitute quorum at
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