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a KEEP FAITH i iW'/fi/f—• :4k 1 WAR BONDS ********* *«* * * Those Boys Need' Southern Pines, North Carolina Friday. June 29, 1945. TEN CENTS Newcomb Escapes Injury In Crash With Motor-Cycle Two Service Men Hurt, No Witnesses To Grave Accident COMES HOME At 3:30 P. M. on the afternoon of Saturday, June 23, the residents on the corners of Highway 1 and Pennsylvania Avenue were start led by the sound of a crash out side. Running out they saw two men lying in the street with a motor-cycle on top of them. A Pontiac car, with A. S. Newcomb at the wheel, stood nearby, its fenders, and the door on one side, badly dented. Police, called to the scene, sum moned the two local ambulances from the Powell and Patterson establishments and the injured men were taken to the Moore County Hospital. A. S. Newcomb, driver of the car, while much shaken, proved to l3e unhurt. At the hospital the two service men were given first aid. It was learned that the driver of the motor cycle, a Harley-Dawson, was J. H. Galloway, a sailor from the U. S. Navy Force Equipment Depot at Norfolk, Va.; his home address was given as Gastonia. The soldier was C. H. Lowder, of Rockingham,, now stationed at Camp Butner. Sent on to Camp Mackall with in two hours, the men were there admitted as patients. Galloway, seriously injured with probable concussion and broken thigh, is reported as,making good progress. Lowder, not in serious condition, doubtless will shortly be discharg ed. There were no witnesses to the accident and the cause is not known. It has been established thqt Newcomb, in the 39 Pontiac, wAs driving west, doWTS''life'hill on Pennsylvania Avenue while the motor-cycle was proceeding south on the highway. Opinion of those who heard the crash was that neither party was travelling at an excessive rate of speed. SGT. D. AL BLUE Sgf. Daniel A1 Blue, son of Mrs. D. A1 Blue, Sr., of Southern Pines Return of Service Men From Abroad Brings Rejoicing Several Sandhills Boys Have Arrived During Past Week Almost every day now the good news of the return of one or more Moore County boys from overseas is coming in to gladden the hearts of the folks back home who, while almost bursting with pride at the achievements of these young peo ple, hdve awaited their return with anxiety and eagerness. Major Linwood Keith, after nearly three years’ overseas ser vice as a transport pilot, is at the home of his mother, Mrs. W. H. Keith, in Vass. Major Keith, who has won the Air Medal and the Distinguished Flying Cross, wired Sunday that he had landed AERIAL GUNNER and Jackson Springs, returned Beach, Fla. Tues- Aberdeen Lake Has Genuine Monster The Aberdeen Lake, the object in past times of occasional dispar aging comment, has justified all the expectations of its admirers. Accused occasionally, in those days. Of harboring some undesir able inhabitants, it has come across in a big way. For the Lake has produced a Genuine Monster. He is seven feet, eleven inches long, armored like a man’o-war, and he smells—Aberdeen citizens turn pale at the mere recollection of the effluvia that emanate from his impressive form. His dead car cass, on public exhibition, sent chills of delighted horror up and down the backs of one and all. A month or so ago, tales began to circulate among the colored brethren living on the North Shore of a Thing that roared at night like a lion. The story gath ered credence when it was taken up by residents of the West‘ Bank ' who described a mysterious snout rising above the surface of the lake and the water lashed into turmoil by a great grey tail. Sceptics, recalling the Loch Ness (Continued on Page 5) home Saturday night for a thirty- day furlough. An X-ray techni cian with the 109th General Hos pital, SgK. Blue was stationed for eleven months near Chester, England. He is a graduate of the Southern Pines High School and was for a number of years man ager of J. N. Powell, Inc. His wife, the former Mary Tinsley, lives in Southern Pines- Aberdeen Citizens Choose Committee To Form New Bank Free Discussion Clarifies Aims Brings Harmony At a meeting held in the High School of Aberdeen on the night, of June 25, the citizens voted to sever connections with the Bank of Pinehurst and investigate means of providing another bank for Aberdeen. A fepreser.iative group of about forty-five men gathered in the room of the schoolhouse with members of the press represent- (ing The Sandhill Citizen, The Pinehurst Outlook and The Pilot present. The meeting opened with an explanation by the chairman of the group, Leon Seymour, as to the purpose of the gathering. It was felt, Seymour said, that the citizens of the town should be given this opportunity to ex press themselves on all phases of the banking situation and that they should appoint a committee from among them to take appro priate action. Seymour describ ed the recent meeting With Gur ney Hood, of the State Banking Commissioh in which Hood said Aberdeen had a right to better service and might apply for a charter. He quoted also, the state ment made at that time by Rich ard Tufts, president of the Bank of Pinehurst, acknowledging mis takes of the Board and promis- (Continued on Page 5) day he called from Fort Bragg, saying that he would be at home Wednesday. Sgt. Warren D. Matthews, son of Mr .and Mrs. W. Duncan Mat thews, of Southern Pines qrrived in the States Tuesday after near ly twenty months’ service in Eng land, France, Germany and Aus tria. He called his father from Boston Tuesday, and hopes to be home within a few days- Sgt. Mat thews’ homecoming will be of un usual interest as he has a 17- month-old daughter, Karen, whom he has never seen. His wife, the former Dana Utley, and an older daughter, Lana, about 3, are eag erly awaiting his arrival. Sgt. Eugene Sellars of Manly landed in Virginia last week, reached Fort Bragg on Monday, and came home Tuesday for an '85-day furlough after which he will go to Miami Beach, Fla., for a two vyeeks’ stay in a rest camp. Reported missing on the day be fore Christmas—his third wed ding anniversary—Sgt. Sellars was captured by the Germans af ter suffering shrapnel wounds' in his face and side, and was forced to march for eight days to keep (Continued on Page 5) Staff Sgt. L. V. O'CALLAGHAN Staff Sgt. Leo O’Callaghan,Jr., arrived home Thursday night. The son of Mayor and the late Mrs. L. V. O’Callaghan, Sgt. O’Callaghan was with the 15th Airforce in Italy and completed 18 missions over Germany. He was promoted to Staff Sergeant in April. As the gunner of a B-24 Lib erator bomber, Sgt. O’Callaghan was awarded the Air Medal and a Bronze Battle Star for his Eu ropean Theater Ribbon- After graduation from the Sou thern Pines High School, Leo was associated Avith his father in busi ness here before enlisting in the Army Air Corps in February, 1945. He trained at Harlingen Air Base and was awarded the wings of an aerial gunner. Before go ing overseas in February he re ceived further training at the Base at Lincoln, Nqb. He will spend this thirty-day furlough with his family in Sou thern Pines. Pfc. Willcox, WAC Is Home On Leave Kiwanis Club Hears Of Achievements The Sandhills Kiwanis Club held its regular weekly meeting Wednesday at the Holly Inn in Pinehurst. The program was put on by Kiwanis International and opened with a message read by A. L. Burney, president, in which he informed the club that Kiwan is is now made up of two hun dred and ninety-eight clubs con sisting of 140,000 members. John M. Howarth read a mes sage from the treasurer of Kiwan is International. He was followed on the program by W. B. Sabis- ton, solicitor of Moore County Recorder’s Court, who read the secretary’s report. The program was cbncluded with a short address by Dr. T. A. Cheatham, who spoke on what Kiwanis stands for and is doing in adjusting the country to changing 6onditions. Others tak ing part in the program includ ed John Way and Charles W. Picquet. The program was pre sented by E. C- Stevens, chairman of the Program Committee. Tate Praised Iii General’s Letter WANTED 2500 BUCKS Southern Pines is short of its E-bond quota by just $2,- 500.00! • Come on, folks, now, what are we bid for a fine strong, bond, guaranteed sound all over. Willing to work, can pull you through hell-or-high- water—what are we-bid now —what-dio-I-hear? Twenty- five dollars— a dollaradollara —dio I hearfive do I hear —ahundred jt is—^what's that? Five hundred! Five it is. SIX andahalfahalfahalf -Come on now—justahalf, it is—seven, eight, nine—that's the way, folks, let's buy those guns, folks, let's get those shells to the boys in Formosa and Burma and all over the goshdamed World., that's where they are, all over it, and doing fine, theink you. but they need our help just the same and we want to give it to them. WHAT do I hear now. what am I bid? Don't be bashful!* Step right up. Southern Pines, Robbins and Pinebluff are watching you. Can't be outdone by any body, no matter how fine. Come on, Southern Pines— gmng—g<^g—^wUl somebody say: G—O—N—E Pfc. Patricia Willcox, W. A. C., daughter of Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Willcox, of West End, has re cently returned from the Pacific area and is spending her leave with her family in West End. Pfc. Willcox has had a varied experience since joining the Wacs in October 1942. Stationed first at Wilmington with the Aircraft Warning Service, as a public re lations non-com, she went from there to New York where, in the city post office, she worked as a technician in the processing of V-mail. From there she went to Ft. Hamilton to handle public re lations for the POE, and from there to Ft. Oglethorp where her training in field service was com pleted. She embarked from a Cal ifornia port in August, 1944. In the Pacific her service took place exclusively in New Guinea whete with Group 5214 Wac Ser vice Unit, she acted as chief clerk in a supply section of Engineers. This group of 1500 Wacs had en tire charge of the paper work pre paratory and during the invasion of Leyte, and received the con gratulations of the invading forces for the excellence of their work. Pfc. Willcox flew home, stop ping at the Dutch East Indies, the Philippines, Guam and Hawaaii. She avers that the United States looked pretty good after all that jungle life, and the Sandhills best of all. Dear Mrs. Tate;— Recently your son, Technical Sergeant Harold L. Tate, was dec orated with the air medal. It was an award made in recognition of courageous service to his com bat organization, his fellow Amer ican airmen, hiS country, his home and to you. He was cited for meritorious achievement while participating in aerial flights in the Southwest Pacific area from January Id, 1945, to February 25, 1945. Your son took part in sustain ed operational flight missions dur ing which hostile contact was probable and expected. These flights included bombing missions against enemy installations, ship ping and supply bases, and aided considerably in the recent suc cesses in this theater. Almost every hour of every day yoUr son, and the sons of other ./ynerican mothers, are doing just such things as that in the South west Pacific. Theirs is a very real and very tangible contribution to victory and peace. I would like to tell you how genuinely proud I am to have men such as your son in my com mand, and how gratified I am to know that young Americans with such courage and resourcefulness are fighting our country’s battle against the aggressor nations. You, Mrs. Tatq, have (every reason to share that pride and gratification. Sincerely, George C. Kenny General, United States Army, Commander. Carthage Jaycees Promote Big Show For July Fourth Urge: Save an 'A' To Spend The Day In Spori & Play The members of the Junior Chamber of Commerce of Carth age have arranged a program in celebration of the Fourth which should appeal to everyone. This affair will be one more in the series of Fourth of July cel ebrations sponsored by the Car thage Jaycees and which have, in the past twice won them the quarterly award for the outstand ing project within the quarter of the North Carolina Junior Cham ber of Commerce. The program will open with a welcoming address by Mayor E. J. Burns at 9:45, and at *.0:00 A. M. the street events will get under way, followed by a band concert lasting forty-five minutes after which there will be a recess for lunch. At one o’clock the Athletic events Will be held, preceeding a Bond Auction at 2:15. The Carthage Horse Show will start at three o’clock, given for the advancement of animal hus bandry in this section and for the enjoyment of one and all and last ing throughout the ahernoon. En tries for this event are filling rap idly and already far exceed orig inal expectations. Prizes are being offered in several classes and the competition should be lively. The show will terminate at 6 P. M. with the presentation of an Army Command Car. As a finale, a Script Dance will be held from 9:00 P. M. till ??? with Jimmy Fuller and his or chestra furnishing the mu^ic. Ad mission: $1.50 per person. Describing the coming holiday, the Jaycees urge:—“These cele brations are given in the interest of Patriotism, Trade Promqtion, Agriculture, and general good will. There will be fun and enter tainment for all. Save an “A” ticket, see us the Fourth of July, and Buy Bonds for the Tth War Loan.” Dannie Lowder of Aberdeen Killed By Bullet Meant For Speeding Car THE FOURTH OF JULY This issue of THE PILOT is published at a great mo ment in the lives of men. Coming at a time when the thoughts Of all Americans turn back to that great day of our history, a Charter has been signed this week whose implications far surpass those of the great Declaration we celebrate on July Fourth. THE PILOT dedicates this is sue to the hope and the be-, lief that this anniversary of the Founding of the United States may prove to be the day of the Founding of the United Nations. Printed on our "editorial page is an article by one whose faith in his country was outweighed only by his faith in man and his belief that in unity with the peoples of the world lay his country's future happiness. I Most Towns Pass War Loan Quotas But Es Lag Behind Only Rpbbins And Pinebluff Fill E Bond Quotas Policeman Davis Shoots At Tires Bullet Ricochets Pinehurst Players Try Again In Vain The team of the Southern Pines Country Club 'played a golf piatch against the Pinehurst team over the Pinehurst course on Wednes day, June 27. Nine four-ball matches were played. Southern Pines being the winner by a score of 17 1-2 to 9 1-2. This is the second consecutive victory for Southern Pines, the previous game against Pinehurst having been played on the Sou thern Pihes course three weeks earlier. The low medal score of the day was turned in by Jack Carter who netted a 37-34-71. SEVERAL BUSINESS HOUSES CLOSE FOR VACATIONS Several Southern Pines busi ness houses will close next week for vacations of various lengths. Welch’s Gift Shop will be closed for the months of July and Au gust. Tots’ Toggery is closing for the month of July. Tate’s Beauty Shop will be closed beginning Tuesday, July 3rd, through July 19th. Mrs. Hayes’ Shop wil be closed for one ‘week, beginning July 2nd and reopening July 9th. Damage Suits Result From Pinebluff Crash Bishop Penick To Visit Emmanuel GETS DISCHARGE Major Joseph L. Brown, who returned to his home in Southern Pines on June 14 after more than two years’ overseas service re ceived his discharge last Friday. The Bishop of North Carolina, the Rt. Rev. Edwin A. Penick, D. D., will make his annual visita tion to 'Emmanuel Church this Sunday, July 1st. Bishop Penick will administer the apostolic Rite of Conformation to a number of persons to be presented to him by the rector of the church. He will also be the preacher at the ser- Ivicie which will 'be at eleven o’clock. MEETING DATE CHANGES Two damage suits in each of which the plaintiff is asking judgement in the amount of $50,000 have been started in Moore County Superior Court as a result of a bus-motorcycle ac cident which occurred in Pine bluff in March. Henrietta D. Courtway, admin istratrix of the estates of Hugh A. Alfrey and Lloyd J. Carnagey, is bringing suit against the Gxeensboro-Fayetteville Bus Lines, Inc., Queen City Coach Company, and E. C. Holt, driver of the bus. Alfrey, a guest on the motorcycl’e of Carnagey, was instantly killed, and Caxnagey was fatally injured in the acci dent which the plaintiff alleges was caused by carelessness on the part of the defendant. Swinging into the final week of the Mighty Seventh, Moore County surged ahead over the overajl quota by 15 per cent, hav ing subscribed to $700,732.75 worth of War Bonds. But no E for Excellence in E-bonds can be awarded yet; the county is trail ing badly with only 59 p'ercent of its quota attained. The Pinehurst overall quota is passed, with $143,500 worth of bonds sold; again the Es are be hind, with only $44,340 subscrib ed. Carthage has passed its overall quota with no report on the E- bond situation there. Aberdeen is well over the total qqota of $85,000 with $98,325.00 subscribed. But again the E-bonds bring up the rear, short of the quota by $12,000.00. Southern Pines is 64 per cent beyoi;id its overall figure, having raised $281,211.65. And, tantaliz ing to all the bond salesmen is the fact that the E-bond quota is within only $2,500.00 of being reached, 98 percent of the quota or $108,732.55 having been bought Two towns in the county have the proud record of both overall and E-bond quotas raised. Pine bluff, hit the mark first and with in a few days Robbins did, too. Bond-salesmen, as the end of the Drive draws near, are watch ing the returns like hawks, ac cording to the chairman, E. C. Stevens of Southern Pines. “There has been a healthy spirit of riv alry,” Stevens said, “Between the county towns, with one and all joining in to make that county total rise. But it is the E-bonds that count in the fight against in flation. Purchase of Es will help to hold the lid down when we come to the post-war period of re conversion. We need those E- bonds badly.” Tragedy struck ^n Aberdeen Sunday night when Dannie Low der youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Lowder, was struck and killed by a stray bul let from the pistol of Aberdeen patrolman, Glenn Davis. Young Lowder was in John’s Place, a cafe in Aberdeen, with a group of friends, boys and girls of High School age, enjoying cokes and sandwiches. Outside in the crowded street a car, driven at a high rate of speed, careened down the street from the rail road crossing. Patrolman Davis, who had been vainly trying to ar rest the driver, raised his revol ver and fired at the tires. The bul let missed the mark and, ricoch- etting off the wall of a building, passed through the screen door of the cafe and struck Lowder in the back of the neck. He fell to the floor unconscious. An ambulance was summoned but Lowder died before it reached the outskirts of Aberdeen. Commenting on the tragedy, a leading citizen expressed deep re gret and concern over the manner of the accident. “The street was crowded,” he said. “If he had hit the tire the car might have been thrown out of control and killed many people.” Dan Lowder was seventeen, the youngest of five brothers, the other four being in the service. Mr. and Mrs. Lowder, whose home is in the Aberdeen route toward Ashley Heights, are re ceiving the condolences of the entire community who are shock ed and grieved at the sad occur rence. Davis, who is known to be an expert shot, was formerly in charge of the Pinehurst Gun Club. He is reported to be deeply dis tressed over the tragic result of his action. Though exonerated at the inquest held Monday night by the acting coroner, Hugh Kelly, it is a question if the rule against policemen shooting carelessly and recklessly in a crowded locality will not be applicable to this case. A warrant has been issued to Patrolman Kelly of the State Highway Board for the arrest of the driver of the car. Bill Palmer. The funeral services for Daniel Arthur Lowder, Jr., were held Thursday at the Ashley Heights Baptist Church, the Reverends C. N. Harris and J. O. Long of- fici£(ting. The deceased is sur vived by his father, his mother, the former Vivian Littleton, one sister, Mrs. Robert Strothers, Jr., of Aberdeen and four brothers, Peter Adrian Lowder of the U. S. Army. Sgt. Alton Lowder, A|S Thad Lowder and Lt. Harold Lowder, all of the U. S. Air Force. Miss Pauline Covingtoh, Moore County welfare chairman, an nounces that meetings of the "Wel fare Board will be held in her of fice on the fourth Tuesday of each month instead of the first Friday as heretofore. HAVE YOU BOUGHT YOUR AUTO TAX STAMP Collector of Internal Revenue, Charles H. Robertson, has an nounced that auto use tax stamps in the denomination of $5.00 were placed on sale in all post offices and offices of Collectors of Inter nal Revenue on June 9. The stamps will evidence payment of the tax for the fiscal year begin ning July 1, 1945, and must be purchased on or before that date, SILVER STAR The award of Ihe Silver Star has been made to Pfc.. Hector B. Lee, son of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Lee of Pinehurst and husband of Rachel CoiAbs Lee. formerly of BurUngton. The award was made by the Commanding General of the 90th Division to Pfc. Lee, a member of the 958 Infantry Regiment, for his courageous action in France. The citation reads: During a heavy enemy counterattack in the vicinity of Distroff. France the person nel of Pfc. Lee's infantry com pany were subjected to direct fire from enemy halftracks. Pfc. Lee, truck driver, at the risk of his life, subjected him self to heavy enemy fire of various c5ilibers and disabled the enemy vehicles with his accurate bazooka fire. His in trepid and aggressive action averted the probability of death or capture of 16 men and materially aided in the capture of 6 enemy soldiers. His bravery was in accordance with high military tradition. County Golfers To Play Tournament The annual Moore County Golf Championship tournament will be played at the Pinehurst Country Club during July. Players may qualify over eighteen holes on July 2, 3, 5, 6, 7. Sixteen will qual ify for the championship and there will be a second division of sixteen. First round matches in both di visions will be played July 8 through 14; Second round matches July 15 through 21; third round July 22 through 28. Players will pay a two dollars entry fee and all the money will go for prizes in war stamps. Entries should be made through True Cheney, manager of the Pinehurst Country Club. Entrants must be residents of at least one year in Moore County. STORES CLOSING Many of the houses of business in Southern Pines are closing for the Fourth of July. Most of them are listed on the ad appearing on page 7. SIX LOCAL BOYS GO TO BOY SCOUT CAMP Six happy boys, Billy Baker, Carlton Kennedy, Jr., Dicky Ray, C. L. Worsham, Jr., Roland Bower and Walter Wood, left Southern Pines Monday night for a week’s stay at a Boy Scout camp on Mt. Mitchell. Scout Ex ecutive Boyers of Sanford): ac companied them.
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