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Southern Pines. North Carolina- Friday, August 3, 1945.
TEN CENTS
Six Mackall Men |
Slightly Injured
In Western Crash
Li. Buckingham and
Pfc. Lewis of South
ern Pines in Group
Two residents of Southetn Pinos
and one of Pinehurst were .iiiion};
the six men, all stationed at Camp
Mackall, who received minor in
juries when a C-46 troo]) earner
command plane crashed into a
grove of trees near Chojenne,
Wyo., Sunday.
The local victims are Fust Lt.
James Buckingham and Pfc. Rob
ert L. Lewis of Southern Pines
and Major Gordon C. Avery of
Pinehurst. They are now being
held for observation along with
the othet 29 slightly injured per
sons in the regional hospital at
Fort Warren, near the scene of the
accident-
The plane left Camp Mackall
the early part of last week for
Cheyenne to participate in an
air demonstration on Frontier
Day, an annual celebration ob
served by most western states
the last part of July. Officials at
Camp Mackall have not complete
ed investigation of the crash yet,
but witnesses to the scene said
the engines of the big plane ap
parently failed. The plane started
burning shortly aftpr it hit the
ground, they said, but passengers
and crew scrambled to safety.
Other soldiers stationed at
Camp Mackall who were in the
crash are; T|Sgt. Chester F. Wend-
ler, Rockingham; Tl4 John Kol-
tash, Rt. 1, Kernersville; and Pfc.
Robert C. Hatcher of Rocking
ham.
Major Avery is connected with
the airborne board at Camp
Mackall, and Lieutenant Buck
ingham is with Headquarters
Companjr, airborne center train
ing detachment, as are Sergeant
Wendler, and Private Lewis.
Father and Son Serve
The first father-son combina
tion in uniform to be presented
by The Pilot is shown above,
Capt. Jackson H. Boyd and his
son, Alexander, of Southern
Pines.
Captain Boyd was commanding
officer of the Marine War Dog
Training School at Camp Lejeune
from its beginning in January,
1943, until last month when he
was detached, to remain in the
Marine Corps Reserve for three
months, after which he will be
subject to retirernent. His work
is this field has attracted wide at
tention and dogs trained at Le
jeune have been used in the Pacif
ic with rharked success.
Alexander Boyd served as an
ambulance driver with the British
Army under the American Field
Service in Burma, remaining ov
erseas over a year. He is now out
of the service and plans to return
to Princeton this fall to resume
his studies.
Capt. and Mrs- Boyd and Alex
ander are now spending some
time at Hot Springs, Va.
Vass Industries
To Manufacture
Cedar Furniture
New Corporation
Will Employ From
75 to 100 Workers
DIFFERENT CLIMES
Committee Goes
Ahead With Work
Of Organization
Much enthusiasm is being man
ifested in the revival of the lo
cal Chamber of Commerce, and
Thursday, August 2, at 8:00 p. m.
was set as the time for a meet
ing of the original committee and
additional members appointed to
serve in an organizational capac
ity, the meeting to be held at the
school building.
John Ruggles, temporary chair
man, was to preside over the
nueeting, a complete report of
which will be given next week.
Other members of this committed
are J. T. Overton, Mrs. George
C. Burns, L. Van Fossen,, Dr.
L. M. Daniels, L. V. O’Callaghan,
Charles S. Patch, Virgil Johnston,
Morris Johnson, and G. H. Buttry.
Vass Industries, Inc., a corpor
ation formed by a group of Phil
adelphia business men, is instal
ling additional machinery in the
Vass furniture factory formerly
operated by H. B. Meiselmann,
and expects to begin manufactur
ing cedar products, including
chests and cabinets, within from
four to six weeks.
The plant will employ from 75
to 100 workers, white and colored,
with approximately an equal
number of men and women, ac
cording to Paul S. Odom, plant
superintendent
Mr. Odom, who with his fam
ily is at present located at Hotel
Charmella in Vass, was superin-
To See Themselves
As Others See Them
Is Granted Rotarians
At last week’s Rotary Club
meeting held at the local U. S. O.,
the members were given the op
portunity of seeing themselves
as others see them when to the
delight of all Virgil Johnston
showed movies of Rotarians and
local scenes taken recently.
Harry Lee Brown gave a report
of his visit to a meeting of the
Aberdeen Lions Club on July 20,
at which J. L. Madlin, specialist
of the Bonitz Insulation Company
of Greensboro, talked to the Club
regarding a freezer locker plant
for the Sandhills.
The Rev. Sam Putnam was a
guest of Lloyd dark, and Sgt. Lee
D. Johnson, back from a long
period of overseas service, attend
ed the luncheon meeting with his
brother, Morris Johnson.
General Wyche Has
Returned to Pinehurst
THE PILOT is the recipient
of a copy of the "Observer" of
Colombo, Ceylon, through the
kindness of Major George C.
Burns of Southern Pines,
bringing to mind the old
hymn, "From Greenland's
icy mountains, from India's
coral strand." for father
Burns is now in Kandy, Cey
lon, while son Bob is in
Greenland.
Major Burns of the T. T. C.
was transferred in May to
the Supreme Allied Com
mand under Lord Montbat-
ten. Pfc. Bob Burns is with
Squadron 1385 of the Army
Transport Command, and has
been in Greenland since Jan-
. uary.
Vass Cotton Mill
Increases Wages
County Recorder
lias Busy Session
Of Court Monday
Variety Adds Spice
To Lengthy List of
Charges on Docket
Monday was a busy day in
Mociic County Recorder’s Court
\Mlh Judge J. Vance Rowe dis-
pc using justice until the late hour
if .sc veil o’clock. More than the
usual number of defendants were
vc 1V young, and variety added
‘'[lice to the docket.
Two colored boys, Jesse Bobin-
son, 16, of Asheville and Henry
Cox, 15, of Wilson, pleaded guilty
of breaking into a business house
in Aberdeen. The Court bound
them to the higher court under
bond of $500, each. Cox is said to
have run away from Morrison
I'raining School recently.
Beulah Bates, '16, was found
guilty of trespassing in the room
of Martha Martin in West Sou
thern Pines and of using vile and
profane language. She was given
60 days in jail.
Angels McLean, colored, of
Aberdeen was charged with
breaking and entering, but it ap
pearing that the defendant was
under 16 years of age, the case
was transferred to Juvenile
Court.
S. W. Moxley, chief of police
at Robbins, was found guilty of
an assault with a deadly weapon
on a white man named William
son whom he arrested. Prayer for
judgment was to be continued
upon payment of a fine of $50
and the costs, the doctor bill of
the prosecuting witness !to be
paid out of this fine. The defen
dant gave notice of appeal to
Superior Court and bond was
fixed at $200.
John Campbell and Willie Guy
Ray, colored,' of Aberdeen, were
found guilty of operating a motor
vehicle with improper brakes.
They were given 30-day road sen
tences, to be suspended upon
payment of one- half the costs,
each.
Arthur P. Allen of Southern
Pines was found guilty of mali
cious destruction of personal
property and of being drunk and
disorderly.
It was alleged that he tore up
some of his wife’s clothes and
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All employees of the Vass Cot
ton Mill are being given an in
crease of five cents per hour in
tendent of the Morgan Manufac- their salaries, in accordance -with
turing Company’s plant in Ashe
ville. He has had twenty years’
experience in the furniture busi
ness.
2 More Families
Buy Homes Here
Sales of two houses and lots,
one to a Tar Heel and another to
a native of the Buckeye State,
Ohio, were completed this week
by the Paul T. Barnum Agency.
The Phoenix House on Connect
icut Avenue has been purchased
by Claude E. Reams of Greens
boro who is the southern repre
sentative for the Union Bag and
Paper Company. Mr. Reams, his
wife and, three sons are expected
to arrive here Monday. Mr. and
Mrs. Robert H. Phoenix, former
owners, have returned to Charles
ton, S. C., their home before mov-
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authority granted by the Nation
al War Labor Board, thus bring
ing the minimum wage paid to
55 cents per hour.
One week’s vacation with pay
computed at two percent of the to
tal earnings for the preceding
twelve months for employees
with one year or more of service
was also approved, and the mill
is closed this week in order that
the workers may take this time
off.
The Vass Cotton Mill, of which
A. M. Cameron is manager, has
for many years been the leading
manufacturing plant in the Vass
community. At present it is oper
ating two full shifts.
CLOSED TEMPORARILY
. The Village Inn and the Village
Inn Wine Shop in Southern Pines
will be closed from August 6 to
August 21, the management an
nounces.
Miss Roberts Resigns
As Local Bank Teller
Pupils So Busy It Makes ’Em Dizzy
But Their Up-and-Go Saves the Dough
Maj. Gen. Ira T. Wyche return
ed to his home in Pinehurst Wed
nesday night after spending the
past two months in Germany.
>He went overseas in March, a
year ago, in command of the 79th
Infantry Division which he led
through the French campaign. He
arrived in the United States the
latter part of May to spend two
weeks with Mrs. Wyche before
returning to Germany to head the
Eighth corps.
There was a maze of activity
going on around the Southern
Pines School last fall with high
schooll studients by the dozens
scurrying here and there, painting
rooms and doing other odd jobs
not generally associated with an
institution of learning.
It was brought to the public
notice only last week that the in
dustry of these 175 pupils and
teachers (amounting to 1500 hours
of free labor) saved the school
bsard the considerable sum of
$1400.
The entire project began last
September when the polio curfew
was in its last days and although
younger children were restricted
to their homes, the high school
students had time and a half on
their hands. The teachers also ar-
to commence, but instead of
marking off time on the calen
dar, they issued a call for all high
schoolers to come out for a clean
ing bee.
The students responded well,'
and kept up their work with an
enthusiasm utterly foreign to
their zeal in book I’arning. By
the opening of school they had
painted 12 rooms, the large li
brary, and the halls.
Thie -summer-cleaning pfrojedt
went into its last lap recently
when Superintendent Philip
Weaver, two students, and th^
janitor sanded the desks in all
high school rooms. High school
students returning to their favor
ite places in September will find
their “Jack loves Mary’’ and other,
carved initials washed away like'
rived, and were waiting for school letters on the sand.
Miss Lillian Roberts, for many
years a valued employee of The
Citizens Bank & Trust Company
of Southern Pines, has resigned
her position as teller to accept
work with the Nash-Steele Elec
tric Company of Raleigh, distrib
utor of General Electric appli
ances for this State.
Miss Roberts grew up in Sou
thern Pines and has many friends
throughout this county who will
miss her, but wish her success in
her new work. She will live with
her sister in Raleigh.
Wife of Army Officer
Buys Pinehurst Home
Mrs. George A. Vare of Bryn
Mawr, Pa., whose husband is an
officer with the U. S. armed
forces overseas, has purchased the
old Hogsett home in Pinehurst
from Mahlon Haines. The trans
fer was made through H. G. Phil
lips of the Pinehurst Insurance
and Realty Corporation. Mrs.
Vare is a sister-in-law of Mrs.
Edwin H. Vare, Jr., the former
Glenna Collett.
FLY-BY NIGHT
Capt. James B. Sweit, Jr.,
belter known as "Jimmy" to
his friends, was anxious to
see his brother Joe. who was
here last week. So after com
pleting his daily schedule at
Wright Field. Dayton. Ohio,
one night last week Capt.
Jimmy look off for Southern
Pines. He landed at Knoll-
wood Field about eight
o'clock and spent the night
at home.
The happy reunion of the
brothers under their paren
tal roof was Short lived, how
ever. Capt. Jimpiy arose
early the next morning and
look off again at 6:30 for
Wright Field, arriving in
time to go to work without
a break in army routinei
EDITOR'S ADIEU
The Pilot Editor is going
off for a few weeks. (Did we
hear a breath of relief sweep
over the town?) We turn the
paper back to the managing
editor, Mrs. Smith, who with
the help of Miss Gertrude
Walton, and the regular staff
will carry on in our absence.
We hope to keep on doing
the editorials, but if that boy
really comes back and has
his furlough, the editorial
mind will probably go on
such a loop that anything we
send will be discreetly slip
ped into the waste-basket by
our efficient and wise sub
stitute.
Miss Walton, who will help
Mr^, Smith, is studying
journalism at Chapel Hill un
der Phillips Russell and will
return to complete her senior
year in September. She has
had practical as well as aca
demic experience, having
worked as a reporter on the
Salisbury Post, in her home
town, for several summers.
So, to Bessie and Trudy,
good luck, and may you have
plenty of alligators in the lake
and directors in or out of
the bank. Chambers of Com
merce excitements, telephone
gremlins, scandals big, little,
and indifferertt, and not a
single letter from an enraged
subscriber.
Local Post Office
Is Paid Tribute
For Camp Service
Carloads of Mail
For Mackall Men
Handled Efficiently
The Southern Pines Post Office
in general and Postmaster Frank
Buchan in particular are objects
of high praise in a recent letter
from the post office’s branch of
fice at Camp Mackall.
The letter addressed to ]V|r.
Buchan, was written by Capt.
Joseph S. Byrne, former head of
the Directory Service at Camp
Mackall, on the eve of his de
parture for overseas duty.
It reads in part: “. . . to thank
you for the excellence of the
branch post office your office has
furnished to serve this post. Your
careful attention and supervision
of this branch has resulted in a
perfect record of the most effi
cient service with not one single
complaint since the camp opened
>>
This letter brings to light some
thing that few people are aware
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Camp Mackall Is Getting Ready For
Reception of Troops From Overseas
South Area Being
ENSIGN
Bronze Star Medal
Awarded at Camp
Ensign S. M. Collester, naval
aviator, is spending a short leave
in Southern Pines with his mo
ther, Mrs. C- H. Collester. Ensign
Collester received his “wings of
gold” and commission as a naval
ensign on July 28, 1944, at Pensa
cola, Fla. He has been in Cali
fornia taking combat training for
overseas duty since that time. He
is the grandson of the late Mr.
and Mrs. George W. Munroe of
Southern Pines.
Peaches Almost
Gone; Rain Will
Have Last Word
Hawley Poole Plans
For 10,000-Bushel
Shipment Next Week
Housewives who have been
looking (but in vain) for canning
peaches may have a chance at
part of a 10,000-bushel shipment
next week . . • depending on the
state of the weather for the next
few Hays.
This last crop of peaches is
now being picked on Hawley
Poole’s farm over in Richmond
County, and if no more rain is
forthcoming, they will probably
be shipped northward. But if the
rains come, making them unsuit
able lor sifch distant shipping,
they’ll be put on local markets
where Sandhill housewives will
have an opportunity to buy
peaches to their canning content.
Last carloads of peaches lor
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Prepared For Men
Coming for Training
After disclosing last week that
Camp Mackall, in addition to its
present activities, will be utilized
in the near future lor further
training of troops returning from
overseas. Colonel L. R. Hatha
way, Post Commander, announces
that work by the Post Engineer
is continuing on the South Area
preparatory to accepting return
ing troops.
The South Area at one time or
another formerly housed the 11th,
the 17th, and 13th Airborne Divi
sions. The 11th Division is now in
the Pacific Theater; the 17th and
the 13th Airbornfe Divisions are
stationed in Europe.
At present Camp Mackall
houses the Airborne Center and
its training troops, a prisoner of
war camp, and station comple
ment personnel.
Colonel Hathaway further sta
ted that preparations continue at
the post for housing and servic
ing the returning troops and that
such troops will be announced
upon arrival or at the direction
of the War Department.
The Bronze Star Medal, award
ed posthumously to Staff Sergeant
James H. Cooke, infantry, was re
ceived by his wife, Mrs- Clara R.
Cooke of Pinebluff, Sunday af
ternoon, July 29, in an impressive
ceremony in the Post Chapel at
Camp Mackall.
The presentation, was made by
Colonel L. R. Hathaway, Com
manding Officer of Camp Mack
all, following the invocation by
Chaplain Boyd E. Tryon.
The* citation accompanying the
medal read, in part: “For heroic
achievement in connection with
military operations against the
enemy near on 15 January
1945.” He died as a result of this
action.
City Pavements
To Be Retreated
Repaving of 10 blocks of street
pavement in Southern Pines got
underway this week, Howard F.
Burns, City Clerk, has announced.
Work started Monday on the
following blocks: two blocks On
West Vermont avenue; three on
South Bennett street; one on New
York avenue; one on East Broad
street; one on West Massachu
setts Avenue; and one on High
land Road. '
Since five or six years have
elapsed since the streets were last
retreated, many are in need of
repairs. Those that needed im
mediate attention are given pri
ority, however, Mr. Burns said.
Housing Demand
Here Increases As
Army Men Return
Available Dwellings
In Towns Near Fort
Bragg Being Listed
Captain A. F. McLean, Jr, P.
R. O., Fort Bragg, has made an
appeal for cottages and apart
ments for the 97th Infantry Divi
sion which is moving into Fort
Bragg the earlier part of this
month. The division will remain
through the month of September.
Many of the officers and their
families are seeking temporary
homes in Southern Pines and liie
villages near Fort Bragg for this
period. Any citizens having ac
comodations should list their
places at the U. S. O. at its head
quarters on Ashe Street, corner
of Pennsylvania Avenue, or at
the office of the City Clerk.
With the return of military
units from overseas, the demand
for houses and apartments in Sou
thern Pines has shown a decided
upward trend during the past two
weeks, according to local agen
cies, and the demand is expect
ed to continue to increase.
Personnel of overseas units re
deploying through Fort Bragg
will be given assistance in loca
ting housing facilities in towns
adjacent to Fort Bragg, according
to measures taken by Brigadier
General John T. Kennedy, Post
Commander, to assure such aid.
The Personal Affairs Office,
headed by Capt. H. A. L. Harvey,
has been designated by General
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Colonel Fisher Is
Here Over Weekend
School Bells Will Ring Again in
Moore Connty Within Few Weeks
Col. William P. Fisher flew
down to Southern Pines Friday
afternoon from Washington, D. C.,
to spend the weekend with A. B.
Patterson- He is a member of
General “Hap” Arnold’s staff, in
Washington where he has been
stationed after 'a long period of
service in the CBI Theater of
War.
County Schools
Moore County schools will open
for the fall term on August 30,
according to an announcement
made by H. Lee Thomas, county
jsuperintendent.
The majority of the county
schools have a 100 per cent facul
ty to commence the year, includ
ing Carthage, Comeron, Sandhill
Farm Life, Aberdeen, and High
Falls. Vacancies still exist in Rob
bins where one high school and
one elementary teacher are need
ed; Vass-Lakeview, one high
school and two elementary; West
End, two elementary; apd West
more, one high school and one el
ementary.
All colored school faculties
have been complete for some
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City Schools
Southern Pines and Pinehurst
schools will open September 5 and
4 respectively according to an
nouncements made by the school
superintendents.
Superintendent Philip Weaver
added that September 5, the date
set for Southern Pines school’s
opening, is still tentative, but he
has a full faculty for all schools
with the exception of a shop
teacher in the Negro school.
J. W. Harbison, superintendent
of Pinehurst schools, has announc
ed two vacancies in the elemen
tary school which he hopes to
fill soon. The September 4 open
ing will put the Pinehurst school
system on its former basis before
polio restrictions delayed open-
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SANDPIPERS HAVE
SUMMER MEETING
The Sandpipers held their first
meeting of the summer Friday
night at the Country club when
around a dozen members gathered
for a semi-business meeting.
Jack Carter, president, presid
ed over the business session, after
which light refreshments were
served.
AMERICAN LEGION POST
MEETS TUESDAY NIGHT
Sandhill Post No. 134, Ameri
can Legion, will hold its regular
monthly meeting in the Legion
Hut at 8:15 o’clock next Tuesday
evening, August 7, A cordial invi
tation to attend this meeting is.
extended to all servicemen on
leave, and all veterans are urged
to join.