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TEN CENTS
Bank of Pinehurst
Directors Reply
To Aberdeen Men
Offer Basic Plan
To Remedy Present
Bank's Deficiency
BROTHER AND SISTER IN THE SERVICE
At a meeting held in. Aberdeen
last week, the Citizens Committee
formed to deal with the banking
situation witli E. O. Freeman as
chairman, met with the Directors
of the Bank of Pinehurst.
It was expected that the direc
tors would bring forward some
definite plan of the improvements
which they have expressed them
selves as having in mind. How
ever it was apparent that they
were not yet ready to proceed
with a discussion of plans and the
meeting adjourned with a feel
ing that little had been accom
plished. The Aberdeen committee,
not favorably impressed, has not
yet reported back to the petition
ers.
Since this meeting further de
velopments have taken place and
the follovyng letter has been sent
out to all the signers of the orig
inal Aberdeen petition. Signed
by the Directors, it presents their
answer to the request of the peo
ple of -the neighboring town for
better banking service.
“To the Citizens of Aberdeen
and vicinity:—
In response- to your recent pe
tition subpiitted to the Directors
of the Bank of Pinehurst, we
wish to advise you that we are
making the following changes and
improvements at the Aberdeen
Bank.
(1) We hope and expect to make
all loans consistent with the col
lateral offered and the reputa
tion of the borrower. To accom
plish this purpose we intend to
fill jthe present vacancy on the
board of directors by the election
of a new directoi: f»om Aberdeen.
Also, in addition to the two pres
ent directors from Aberdeen and
this new director, two more of
your representative citizens are
to be selected to form a manage
ment and loan committee of five
to pass on loans. Arrangements
will be made for all loans origi
nating at the Aberdeen Bank to
be paid off in Aberdeen at any
time.
(2) ^ince the stockholders must
give their approval and the char
ter must be amended the directors
cannot change the name of the
bank at this time, but have gone
on record as recommending at the
next stockholders meeting that
the name shall be changed to one
more represeentative of the corh-
munities served.
(3) The directors definitely feel
that improvements are needed in
the banking quarters and that
they will be left to the Aberdeen
committee.
(4) As the Bank’s common stock
is available we will endeavor to
place it with Aberdeen citizens
until a proportionate part of the
total stock is owned in Aber
deen.
We are interested in the econ
omic growth of the community,
both as individuals and as direc
tors of the bank. We feel that by
using the consolidated resources
of the three communities we are
in a better position to assist in
their growth.
We are anxious to cooperate
with the citizens of Aberdeen to
furnish the best banking facili
ties possible and will welcome
constructive suggestions and rec
ommendations.
(signed) The Directors of the
Bank of Pinehurst.
There’s only one son in the
John Willcox family, but that
doesn’t mean that John, Jr., is
the only member of the household
to hear his country’s call and don
a uniform, for Sister Catherine
was proud to join her brother in
serving the good old U. S- A.
Pfc. Catherine Willcox, who
is now stationed at Greensboro,
entered the Woman’s Army Corps
about two years ago. She received
her basic training at Daytona
Beach, Fla., after which she was
stationed at Jefferson Barracks,
Mo., for ten months.
IN DUTCH
Sgt. John Willcox, Jr., went ov
erseas in April 1942 and was at
tached to Headquarters of the
Eighth Air Force in England until
he was transferred to the infantry
about the first of March. When
heard from last he was in Ger
many.
Pfc. Willcox and Sgt. Willcox
are the daughter and son of Clerk
of the Court John Willcox of Car
thage and the late Mrs- Willcox.
Johnson Sells His
Drug Store Stock
R. C. Johnson, who has been in
the Broad Street Pharmacy for
twenty-two years, has recently
sold his third of the business -to
Joseph Montesanti, Jr-, whose fa
ther, who formerly operated a
barbarship in Pinehurst is now the
proprietor of a beer and soft
drink establishment on Pennsyl
vania Avenue.
Young Joe was born in South
ern Pines, but grew up in Pine
hurst where he went to school:
He worked at the Carolina Phar
macy under Wesley Viall, in his
youth, and attended the Univer
sity of North Carolina, from
which he graduated in June, 1944.
Rejected by the army for physi
cal reasons, he came to Southern
Pines a year ago and has been
working at the Broad Street Phar-i
macy since then.
This, the oldest drug-store in
Southern Pines, was founded by
the late R. E. Wiley. Bought by
R. L. Hart in 1920, the present
building was erected in 1926.
\The other third interests in the
concern are at present owned by
L. T. Talton and Vance McMillan.
Rotary Officers
Elected at Picnic
Brazilians Visit
County Industries
The Southern Pines Rotarians
and Rotaryannes were entertain
ed last Friday evening by Mr.
and Mrs. Morris Johnson at an
outdoor chicken-fry at their home
on East Massachusetts avenue. At
this meeting the newly-elected
officers of the Rotary Club lor
the coming year were installed,
as follows; Virgil Clark, presi
dent, Morris Johnson, vice-presi
dent, Ernest Lorenson, treasurer,
Virgil Johnston, secretary, and
Will Wiggs, Harry L. Brown and
Dan S. Ray as new directors. The
outgoing officers were Tucker G-
Humphries, president and Dr. L.
M. Daniels, vice-president. For
the past several years Mr. Lor
enson has served the club as ser-
retary-treasurer and at this meet
ing he asked to be relieved of part
of his duties.
Besides club members and their
wives the following guests were
present; Miss Betty Johnston,
Miss Edna Hujtchinson, Mrs,
Esther McDaniels, Sgt. Robert
Henderson, Pvt. Burton Brown,
Pvt. Bill Johnston, Pvt. Carl
Clark, Li Van Fossen, Mr. and
Mrs. Herbert Cameron, Mr. and
Mrs. John Ormsby and Mr. and
Mrs. Emerson Humphrey and
Mrs. Lyle McDonald.
A letter arrived yesterday
in a strange handwriting
which upon being opened in
this office proved to be in a
strange language. It has a
Netherland stamp, so pre
sumably the language is
Dutch.,
The address is Limburg
and it was in Limburg that a
certain battalion of engineers,
whose travels have been
closely followed in this office
spent a few days last winter.
The only line that is fairly
intelligible seems to say
something like this: "The
young men from America
who liberated our country we
will never forget." And there
is another which starts: "Cor
poral Daniel" and goes on
about a "joli younker" and a
"photo" on a "bassboard." The
letter is signed from the
"Family of Houbiers."
Corporal Daniel strikes a
familiar note and we would
certainly agree that he is a
right jolly young man, and he
did have a photo taken not so
long ago. But the "bassboard"
has us buffaloed, as well as
the rest of the letter.
Can anybody read Dutch?
If so, please communicate
with the Pilot. We would cer
tainly love to know what the
rest of the letter says.
Commissioners of
County Transact
Routine Business
Consider Budget,
Act on Land Sales,
Grant Beer Licenses
LOOK WHO'S HERE!
Look who's here! THE PI
LOT this week welcomes two
personalities which it is de
lighted to present to its pub
lic, as they are sure to make
a hit with readers young and
old. The two are none other
than Reddy Kilowatt, the
amazing electric servant for
whom no job is too big, and
Freshie— cute little Freshie
—whose one weakness is the
bread which he prefers to any
sweet. They'll be back from
week to week, so gel ac
quainted with them in this
issue so that you'll have them
as your buddies from the
start.
Reddy is sponsored by the
Carolina Power and Light
Company, and Freshie comes
through the courtesy o< the
bakers of Southern Bread.
Moore County was host to two
visitors from Brazil last week.
Miss Heloysa Taveres Gama and
Miss Iracoeli Morino, who came
to this country to study the ex
tension methods in practice here.
Graduates of the Service de Al-
imentacao da Previdencia, in Rio,
they came to this country last fall
as envoys of their government in
an exchange plan, and attended
the University of Maryland, tak
ing the postgraduate course in
Home Economics. Neither could
speak English when they came
but by dint of translations and
hard work both were able to
finish the course with a high
stand.
They are now engaged in a tour
of certain states to observe wide
ly differing conditions and the
methods used in handling them.
They will return to their own
country in the late fall, there to
demonstrate what they have
learned in this country.
While in Moore County Miss
Gama and Miss Morino were in
the care of Miss Willie Hunter,
Clothing Expert of State College,
who came down with them from
Raleigh. Miss Flora McDonald,
Home Demonstration Agent of
Moore County, met them in Car
thage and drove them up into the
northern end of the county where
they observed the handicrafts, na
tive to the section: weaving, pot
tery making and lace making, and
visited the Currie Mills at High
Falls.
Capt. Leland Returns
To Law in Paris, This
Time, Not Carthage
Captain W. A. L. McKeithen,
better known in these parts as
Leland, was a welcome visitor in
THE PILOT office Thursday
morning. Stopping with his fa
ther and mother, Mr. and Mrs. E.
T. McKeithen in Aberdeen, Cap
tain and Mrs. McKeithen, are here
for the first time in some months.
And, for him it may be the last
time in some months. For Leland
is headed overseas, ordered to
Paris where he will report to the
Adjutant General’s Office. He has
been assigned to the staff in
charge of court marshalls, and
hopes that the position will lead
to even more interesting work, in
the handling of the war criminals’
trials.
From the Carthage Court House
and juridical proceeding over
chicken stealing, arson, rape, may
hem, libel, squirrel or game war
den shootings and such like fa
miliar Moore County offenses, to
the trials of the Nazi hierarchy
is a big junjp. But not too big for
Moore County’s leading attorney.
He carries the good wishes of one
and all on his new venture.
The County Commissioners held
their regular mlonthly meeting
Monday with only routine busi
ness to be considered with the
exception of the budget, which
has been in the making for some
time and which wiU be publish
ed soon for the examination of the
public before its adoption.
'■ The chairman was authorized
to execute deeds for property, as
follows: To Lillie McKayhan for
lots one and twq in West South
ern Pines and thie Charles Hamer
lot and house listed in the name
of Charles Hamer, for $50, includ
ing deed and all taxes through
1944; to Myrtle G. Williams for
lot five of the D. F. Allred Es
tate, 28 1-2 acres, listed in the
name of Mishie Moore in 1930, for
$23.67 including deed and taxes;
to William Clyde Martin for 60
acres Martin land listed in the
name of T. J. Rush, Bensalem
township, for $60, including deed.
It was ordered that the County
Tax Attorney be directed to fore
close 20 acres of land on Cranes
Oreek, Greenwood Township,
listed in the name of John F. Hill
Estate for years, of taxes due, al
so a lot in Aberdeen listed in the
name of Allen Kelly Estate. The
Attorney was authorized to sell a
tract of land owned by the county
which was formerly the property
of Etta J. Dunn.
Beer licenses wefe ordered is
sued to J. S. Assad of Manly and
James Gaines of Aberdeen, and
beer and wine licenses to the ABC
Southern Pines and Pinehurst.
Commissioners G. M. Cameron,
W. J. Dunlap, L. R. Reynolds and
T. L. Blue were present. J. M.
Currie, the other member of the
Board, was absent.
Carthage Show On
July Fourth Makes
Big Hit With All
Crowd Delights In
Top Entertainment
Put On By Jaycees
“It was a real success,” was the
general verdict at the end of the
great day in Carthage, as the tired
but happy town settled down
again to the old routine.
The day of the Fourth dawned
clear and fairly cool, for a won
der, and started off well in other
ways, too. The crowd was big, it
got to the right places at the right
times, the mayor was in good
voice and put just the right
amount of seriousness into his ad
dress of welcome and, under the
able guidance of the Jaycees, all
the events rolled along as per
schedule.
The morning was devoted to
street events, the water melon
eating contest drawing the big
gest crowd. Six or eight young
colored boys gave the folks a great
deal of fun and certainly seemed
to enjoy themselves, too, as they
wolfed down the big melons in
record time. Following the fun
and the athletic tests was the
concert by the band of the 304
Army Service Forces from Ft.
Bragg. This band, known as “Gen
eral Kennedy’s favorite band”,
and composed of negro players
led by talented musician War
rant Officer Rutherford Striker,
played patriotic airs and famil
iar tunes for an hour or so before
the luncheon recess.
At three o’clock the big show
of the day got under way. Out
at the new high school grounds
a ring had been constructed and
here, under a tarpaulin in the
center, were assembled the offic
ials of the Carthage Horse Show.
Round the rail the cars were
parked, fender to fender, while
a crowd three or four deep hung
on the fence. It was estimated
that between one and two thous
and people wefe present.
The show was in the hands of
Carlos and R. G. Frye, the latter
in the role of announcer. Sidney
Allen, well-known horseman of
Greensboro, judged all twelve
classes, showing remarkable ver
satility of knowledge.
Three gaited ponies took the
ring first, their riders “children
eighteen years and under.”
In the large class, competition
was close. The judge finally
awarded the ribbons to: Princess
Pat, owned by Sally Anne Cad-
dell, first; Tony, owned by E. J.
Caddell and ridden by Lucy Blue,
second; Scout, owned and ridden
by Tommy Little, third; and
Molly, owned and ridden by Al
icia Lane, fourth.
The second class proved an
equally difficult problem for the
judge. It was for children’s horse
manship and again the age range
was the same, with older girls
and boys competing with young-
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Hayble’s Shop and SAL Conductor
Feel Weight of Soldiers’ Farewell
Local Citizens
IN PHILIPPINES
PVT. FRANKLIN GILLILAND
Pvt. Franklin Gilliland of Vass
was inducted into the service at
Fort Bragg in August 1944, and
trained at Camp Clabourne, La.,
and Camp Beal, Calif., before go
ing overseas in February of this
year. He is the son of Mrs- Anna
Belle Gilliland of Vass. His sister,
Miss Angie Marie Gilliland, holds
a secretarial position in the Pubr
lie Relations Office at Camp
Mackall, and rooms on May
Street, Southern Pines.
McElderry Dies In
Sudden Illness
George T. McElderry, division
superintendent of the Carolina
Power and Light Company, was
suddenly stricken with a heart
attack in his office Thursday
morning, July 5. He was rushed
to Dr. Mudgett’s office and the
doctor attended him until the Pat
terson ambulance arrived, but Mr.
McElderry died en route to the
Moore County Hospital.
The deceased, who has lived
in Southern Pines for four years,
came here from Hamlet and has
been with the Carolina Power and
Light Co. since 1917. He was born
at Talladega, Alabama, and was
a graduate of the Alabama Poly-
technical Institute. Mr. McElderry
leaves a Wife and daughter, Irion.
Six Boy Scouts
Of Southern Pines
Hike Thru Smokies
PICQUETS ATTEND
PARAMOUNT PARTY
CAL IS PRESIDENT
Mayor L. V. O’CaUaghan, of
Southern Pines, has been elected
president of the North Carolina
Association of Plumbing and
Heating Contractors. The confer
ence of the Association, which
was well attended, was held at
Wrightsville Beach.
DUNLOPS LEAVE
The family of Willard E. Dunlop
leaves Pinehurst this week to take
up residence in Greensboro.
Connected with the Pinehurst
Dairy for twenty-one years, Dun
lop assumed charge at the death
of his father and in the opinion
of many, has done an outstanding
job in making the dairy one of
the leading establishments of its
kind in the state. The good wishes
of his many friends will follow
him in his new surroundings.
Seawell and Keith
Are Club Speakers
Herbert F. Seawell, Jr., Car
thage attorney, and Major Lin-
wood Keith of Vass just back
from overseas where he served as
a transport pilot, were the speak
ers at the meeting of the Vass
Lions Club held at Keith’s Diner
Tuesday evening with the newly
installed president, C. L. Tyson,
presiding.
Mr. Seawell gave an entertain
ing talk, recoimting many inter
esting happenings that have tak
en place in the court room and
elsewhere and keeping his audi
ence highly amused.
Major Keith, whose duties have
taken him into many foreign
countries, gave a graphic word
picture of the Holy Land and an
swered many questions pertain
ing to his work overseas.
The president appointed com
mittees ' for the new year.
Charlie Picquet and Mrs. Char
lie are going to celebrate their
thirty-seventh wedding anniver
sary, which takes place this week,
by going to Charlotte on a busi
ness-pleasure trip to attend the
party being given to all mana
gers of Motion Picture Theatres
in North and South Carolina and
part of Tennessee who have shown
Paramount pictures during the
past year. The wives are included
in the invitation.
The party, given at the Hotel
Charlotte in Charlotte, by the Par
amount Pictures Corporation, will
consist of a reception followed by
a dinner dance. A large gathering
is expected.
VISITING LIBRARIAN
Next week the Moore County
Library, which is now located in
the building of the Southern Pines
Library, is to have the honor of
a visit from the librarian of Hali
fax County.
Moore County is one of the new
est counties in the state to start
a countywide library service. As
such, it is of great interest to sur
rounding county librarians. Hal
ifax County hopes to open such a
service shortly, and the librarian
from there will spend several days
here, going with Mrs. Avery,
Moore County librarian, on her
rounds to the different centers
where the books are left and col
lected all over the county.
by Dickie Ray
Monday evening, June 25th, six
Boy Scouts left for a week’s camp
ing trip to the mountains of North
Carolina. The Scouts who went
were, Walter Wood, of the Pan
ther Patrol, Billy Baker, Carlton
Kennedy, Roland Bower, C. L.
Worsham, and Dickie Ray of the
Flying Eagle Patrol. In Raleigh
we were met by Mr. ClaXide Hum-
phrys, Scout Executive. That first
night we spent in Raleigh.
The next morning we left at
7:30 for Marion. At five o’clock
we were met at Marion by Mr.
Bruce Boyers, Scout Field Execu
tive- After eating supper we hik
ed 8 miles to Lakp Tahoma where
we spent the night.
At 9 o’clock the next morning
we broke camp and hiked 7 miles
to Buck Creek Gap with full pack.
After eating dinner there we hik
ed 5 miles to the Mount Mitchell
Game Refuge. Altogether we
hiked 12 miles that day. We had
fried chicken for supper that
night.
Thursday we hiked 8 miles up
Mount Mitchell to a height 6,784
feet, arriving there about 1
o’clock. That night we slept in the
mess halF of a CCC camp. Friday
morning we hiked to a radio sta
tion 3 miles away from the CCC
camp.f The round trip was six
miles. That night we slept on top
of Mount Mitchell. The next
morning we broke camp at 8
o’clock and had a hike of 20 miles
which took us to Black Mountain.
That night we went to a movie,
and afterwards hiked 2 miles to
our camp.
Sunday morning we had our
own church services. After that
we broke camp and came on the
train to Greensboro where Mr.
Paul Butler drove us home to
Southern Pines.
I am sure we all had a good
time.
Urge No More Last
Night Parties
Paratroopers, from Camp Mack-
all hit Southern Pines Saturday
night, June 30th, damaged the
door, of the Sandwich Shop of
Charles E. Hayble on the corner
of Broad Street and New Hamp
shire Avenue and seriously ruf
fled the dignity of a Seaboard
Agent official.
This is not the first of these
visitations and on the night in
question, someone from Scottie’s
telephoned Hayble, around twelve
o’clock, that a group of about
thirty-five men were headed for
town and advised him to close
his shop.
Hayble rounded his employees
into the back of the shop and told
his customers that he intended to
put out the lights. Several of
them elected to stay, feeling that
Hayble’s fears were exaggerated.
“They felt differently, I think,”
said Hayble, “when they heard
those boys talking and banging
on the door.”
After kicking at the door and
threatening damage if it was not
opened, 'the men decided that
there was no one there and went
on their way. Hayble is convinced
that their mood was such that
had they realized there were peo
ple in the shop they would have
broken down the door and very
serious trouble might have re
sulted. As far as he could tell
there were no MPs around.
From Hayble’s shop the gang
moved on to the Station where
a train was just starting to pull
out. The conductor, standing on
the steps in a temptingly insecure
pbsitionji attracted their atten
tion. A cry went up “Let’s kid
nap the conductor!” Grabbing
him by the feet, they picked him
up and started to carry him off.
Observers, seeing that he was
an elderly man and the soldiers
were treating him roughly, using
bad language and even spitting in
his face, when he protested, fear
ed that he would be injured. How
ever, some of the less exuberant
spirits were able to rescue him
and he was returned to his train.
This visitation of paratroopers
took place the night before the
outfit was due to leave the Sand
hills and it has come to be some
what of a regular thing that on
their farewell night, outfits come
to town and raise Cain.
There is strong sentiment in
the town that the camp authori
ties should assign more MPs to
Southern Pines, especially on
nights when trouble is to be ex
pected and the mayor has been ap
pealed to to use his influence to
secure more police assistance.
Many feel, in fact, that the town
itself, is undermanned, as well as
the camp, and that one night po
liceman is not enough to give
the supervision necessary to a
town of this size. |
Trouble picked a hot afternoon
for the men of the Southern Pines
Fire Company last Saturday. At
2:30 o’clock, a 1929 Ford, the prop
erty of a resident of West South
ern Pines, burst into flames op
posite the Carolina Theatre. Ex
tinguished and undaunted the rel
ic got away under its own power.
At 5:15 a call came from the
Tracy house, located on Wey
mouth Road between Massachu
setts and Indiana avenues, where
the firemen found a small pile of
trash ablaze in the rear yard.
FIRE! FIRE!
SUPT. THOMAS CHOSEN
TO HELP MAKE PLANS
H. Lee Thomas, superintendent
of Moore County Schools, was one
of twelve county superintendents
in the State called to Raleigh
Tuesday by the State Board of
Education to discuss'the addition
al duties to be placed upon school
principals under the new schedule
by which they will receive pay
for ten months of the year.
JACK'S GRILL
JULY 10
CLOSES
FOR A WEEK
Jack’s Grill, one of the most
popular eating places in town,
will close for a week on July 10.
Manager O. R. Conrad states that
beginning July 19 the Grill will
be open from 7:30 a. m. until 11
p. m. every day except Wednes
day, with a la carte service all
(day.