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VOLUME 25 NO. 45
Southern Pines. North Carolina Friday. October. 5, 1945.
TEN CENTS
Gen. McAuliffe Assumes Command
of Camp Mackall Airborne Center
Bastogne Defender of
'"Nuts to Surrender"
j Fame Succeeds Dalby
, Maj. Gen. Anthony C. McAu-
' liffe, defender - of Bastogne who
; made the world-famous reply
cl “Nuts” to the German demand
that he surrender the 101st Air
borne Division, has assumed com
mand of the Airborne Center at
Camp Mackall, succeeding Brig.
Gen. Josiah T. Dalbey, who has
been given an undisclosed assign
ment by the War Department.
General McAuliffe joined the
famous 101st Airborne as Divi
sion Artillery Commander in
U June 1942, and trained the divi-
^ sion at Fort Bragg where they
! spent most of their time before
! going to' England in September
1943.
' In, England the division was fur
ther trained until June 1944, at
which time General McAuliffe
parachuted into Normandy at ap
proximately D-5 hours. One of the
first generals to land on the coast
of Ff-ance during the invasion of
d) Normandy, he was one of a small
group of men who assaulted the
town of Poupeville, Farnce, one
of the beach defenses. For this
action he was STwarded the Sil
ver Star, and later his entire
group received the Presidential
Unit Citation.
In July 1944, General McAu
liffe returned to England with the
101st Division and on September
18, he had charge of the glider
V echelon that went into the town
of Zon, Holland. During the Cam
paign in Holland he was awarded
the DSO by the British Govern
ment for taking command and de
fending the town of Vechel.
• Historic Defense
The division left Holland and
went to a rest area in Rheims un
til December 12 when they were
called upon to back up the line
in the Ardennes breakthrough,
w It was at Bastogne that General
McAuliffe made with his troops
a defense that will remain for
ever on the pages of military his
tory.
In January 1945, he was given
command of the 103rd Infantry
Division with whom he served un
til the cessation of hostilities in
Europe. In July he wa^ given
command of the 79th Infantry Di-
vision, then training to go to the
* Pacific, but was recalled from the
79th to command the Airborne
center.
A native of Washington, D. C.,
and a graduate of the United
States Military Academy in 1918,
General McAuliffe went to Field
Artillery Basic School at Fort
Knox, Ky., then cavalry school,
general staff school, army war
college, and war department gen-
gk eral staff school.
® General McAuliffe will live on
the post at Camp Mackall, and his
wife will continue to reside in
Washington for the present. They
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NEW COMMANDER
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MAJ. GEN. McAuliffe
Man Fatally Hurt,
Mule Killed, When
Car Strikes Wagon
Pete Johnson, Vass,
Is Victim; James
Williams Is Injured
Sandy (Pe'te) Johnson, colored
resident of Vass, who was in
jured last Friday night when an
automobile driven by Junior
Blake, white, of Vass, crashed in
to the rear of his unlighted wa
gon a few yards south of Little
River Bridge on Highway 1 at
Lakeview, died Sunday afternoon
at Moore County Hospital.
Blake was uninjured, but James
Williams, colored, who was rid
ing with Johnson, suffered a bro
ken bone in his foot and John
son’s small daughter was slightly
injured.
The accident occurred around
11 o’clock Friday night. Both ve
hicles were headed for Vass.
Blake said that an approaching
car blinded him and that he did
not see the wagon, which was un
lighted. The wagon was pushed
for some distance along the edge
of the highw/ay and finally landed
on the side of the embankment,
with the mule, which was killed,
lying with his head partly in the
flooded area near the river. The
wagon was badly damaged, as
was the front of Blake’s car.
Johnson, who resided in Vass
all of his life, was a number, one
butcher and his services were al
ways in great demand at “hog
killing time.” Funeral services
were planned for Wednesday af
ternoon if absent members of the
family could get home by that
time. He is survived by his wife
and several children.
Kiwanans Hear
Forceful Talk on
United War Fund
Chester A. Kerr of
State Organization
For Drive Speaks
Declaring that “the roots of fu
ture wars are in the empty bellies
of the inhabitants of Europe to
day,” Chester A. Kerr, executive
secretary of the United War Fund
in North Carolina, gave convinc
ing answers to the question, “Why
Is a War Drive Needed?” when he
spoke to the Sandhills Kiwanis
Club at its regular meeting Wed
nesday at the Southern Pines
Country Club. North Carolina’s
part in the current drive is three
and a quarter million.
The speaker mention
ed the work of the USO.
which, he said, will be needed un
til the last man is back home. The
budget of the USO is approved
by both the Army and Navy, he
said.
He also brought out the point
that this has been a shipping war,
and mentioned the splendid work
done by the United Seaman’s Ser
vice, in furnishing living quarters
for Merchant Marine personnel
throughout the world. War Pris
oners Aid, was discussed, as was
Foreign Relief. A forceful point in
the Foreign Relief discussion was
that 640 out of every 1,000 babies
in Greece die before reaching six
months of age.
The Club adopted a resolution
to the effect that Kiwanis is most
grateful for the valuable service
that Warren T. White, executive
assistant to the president of the
Seaboard Air Line Railway, has
rendered in placing North (Caro
lina in the Seaboard’s advertising.
The Kiwanis Club last week re
sumed its regular schedule of
holding meetimgs weekly.
CITED
G of C Officially
Reorganized and
Board Elected
12 Directors Are
Chosen at Open
Meeting Tuesday
Southern Pines United W^r Fund
Drive To Raise $3,000 Underway
COMING HOME
......
JAMES GRAY DUGGINS
Tech. Fifth Grade James G.
Duggins of Southern Pines and
Lakeview was recently awarded
the Bronze Star Medal for dis
tinguished action against Ger
many between June, 1944, and
March, 1945.
The citation reads in part, “He
displayed his ability and cour
age in the Normandy campaign
on June 6, 1944, the airborne as
sault on Holland on September
17, and during the defense of .the
key city of Bastogne, Belgium,
from December 19-December 27,
1944. Throughout these campaigns
Technician Duggins demonstra
ted his devotion to duty and out
standing service to his regi
ment . . .”
Son of Raymond B. Duggins
(Continued on Page 8)
Two Briggs Brothers
Open Business in Vass
N. W. Briggs, who for almost
four years was manager of Mc-
Keithen and Company’s store in
Vass, and J. E. Briggs of Ports
mouth, Va., tradihg under the
name of Briggs Brothers, have
reopened the store in Vass for
merly operated by B. F. Griffin
as the Victory Grocery and the
•connecting garage, located at the
intersection of Highway 1 and
Union Church Road in Vass.
N. W. Briggs, with twelve
years’ experience in the grocery
and meat business, is -in charge
of the store and market, which
carries a complete line of grocer
ies and fresh meats. J. E. Briggs,
who has been in the garage busi
ness in Portsmouth, has supervi
sion of the filling station-garage,
handling Esso products and doing
overhauling and general repair.
Their opening ad appears in this
issue.
Scouts to Hold
Court of Honor
Chaplain Westbrook To
Speak at Baptist Church
Chaplain Westbrook of the First
Army Command, Fort Bragg, will
be guest speaker at the First
Baptist Church, Southern Pines,
at 11:00 o'clock Sunday morning.
Chaplains from nearby camps
have rendered inestimable service
to churches in this area and they
have been heard with great in
terest. Deep appreciation of their
services at home and abroad has
been expressed.
The pastor, the Rev. Sam B.
Erwin, will bring the evening
message at 8:00 o’clock.
Comdr. Attebury
Directs Plane to
Shipwrecked Crew
Husband of Julia
Burt Helps Rescue
Survivors Near Guam
A Court of Honor, sponsored
by. the Boy Scouts of Moore Coun
ty" to inaugurate the fall year,
will be held Monday, October 8,
at 8 p. m. in Aberdeen in the
building where Aberdeen’s Troop
68 regularly meets.
Another Scouting event of spec
ial interest to adult scouters is
the adult training course to be
held in Carthage October 9, 10
and 11. This will be a specializa
tion course for Scoutmasters, As
sistant Scoutmasters and Troop
Committeemen, the object of the
course being to help these adult
leaders in training young Scouts.
The course will run in four ses
sions, the first at 7:45 p. m. in
the Carthage Community Build
ing; the second, an outdoor meet
ing, at 3 p. m., October 10; the
third at 7:30 p. m. on October 10;
and the final on the evening of
October 11.
Final activity for the next
month will be a dinner meeting
of Moore County Scoutmasters at
the Oak Point Inn near Carthage
on Monday night, November 5. A
round table discussion will take
place at that time.
The Southern Pines Chambei
of Commerce was officially reoj-
ganized Tuesday night when a
group of 45 citizens met at the
Country Club and elected a 12-
man Board of Directors.
The directors, nominated by a
committee composed of J. T. Ov
erton, Charlie Patch and John
Ruggles and unanimously accept
ed by the meeting, were chosen
with the idea in mind of repre
senting as many local businesses
as possible. It was voted by the
group to have all three of the
nominating committee to serve on
the Board. Overton and Ruggles
accepted the nomination, but
Patch declined.
The Board of Directors in
cludes: J. Tyler Overton, Sand
hill Drug Co.; John Ruggles, Paul
T. Barnum, Inc.; Dante Monte-
santi, Montesanti Cleaners; Joe
Montesanti, Broad Street Phar
macy; R. C. DuBose, Carolina
Power and Light Company; A. A.
Howlett, Howlett’s Service Sta
tion; George Thompson, Central
Carolina Telephone Company;
Morris Johnson, Johnson’s; Rob
ert Reed, Belvedere Hotel; L. D.
McDonald, A and P; Dr. W. C.
Mudgett, physician; and Garland
Pierce, manager of the Highland
Pines Inn.
Chan Page was chosen tempor
ary chairman, and Will Wiggs,
secretary. Due to the large gath
ering, it was suggested that a
nominating committee be appoint-
eded to submit for consideration a
tentative board of 12 members.
Overton, Ruggles, and Patch were
placed on the committee.
Objective^ of the Chamber of
Commerce were discussed while
the nominating committee was
conferring. Philip Weaver, local
school superintendent, stressed
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JOHN D. SITTERSON
Major John D. Sitterson, Jr., is
expected to arrive this week-end
from Germany to spend a few
days with his -parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. D. Sitterson, before going
to Leavenworth, Kansas, for a
16-week course at Command
School.
Major Sitterson served as anti
tank officer with the 78th Division
Artillery throughout the invasion
of Germany.
After a 30-day leave in South
ern Pines at the completion of his
Command School course, he is
scheduled to return to Germany
to rejoin the 78th Division for
occupational duty in Berlin.
The account of the rescue of
the crew of the Indianapolis off
the shores of Guam, released by
the Associated Press recently,
carries local interest in that the
air squadron that arrived to di
rect the survivors to safety was
commanded by Lieut. (Jomdr.
George C. Attebury, husband of
Julia Burt and son-in-law of
Struthers Burt of Southern Pines.
Commander Attebury has seen
a great deal of action, both in the
Atlantic and Pacific Theaters of
war. His squadron has been cited
for gallantry, and he himself
holds many awards which, inter
estingly enough, have been for
rescue work.
The news dispatch reads in
part as follows: “A Black Cat pi
lot who rescued 56 survivors from
the torpedoed cruiser Indianapo
lis had to make up his mind in a
hurry when he saw the hundreds
of exhausted men scattered over,
the sea below him at midday, Au
gust 2, and he did, landing his
Catalina right then.
“With even the high wings of
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Old Bethesda Celebrates ISSth
Anniversary at Home-Coming
COMMUNION
Worldwide Communion
Sunday will be observed at
the Church of Wide Fellow
ship Sunday, October 7, when
all who confess the Christ
ian faith are invited tb par
ticipate in the service ^at 11
a. m. The Rev. Tucker G.
Humphries, pastor, ha^ an
nounced the sermon subject
as “Tomorrow May Never
Come.” ,
NEW FURNITURE PLANT
NOW IN OPERATION
Vass Industries, Inc., expects to
begin shipping cedar wardrobes
within about two weeks. Twenty
workers are now employed at the
new furniture plant, and Paul
Odoih, superintendent, says that
they have enough cedar bought
to run the plant for about a year.
Mr. Odom is advertising for male
and female labor and many more
workers will be employed within
a short time.
OLD HAND
Brenda Gale Key. daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn
Key of Cameron, is an old
hand at "putting in" tobacco.
Although she is only six
months old. she has been
present while 25 barns of to
bacco were made ready for
curing.
by Gertrude Walton
It wasn’t an ideal day for a
home coming ... the sky looked
ready to weep any minute . . . but
loyal Bethesdans, descendants of
the early churchfathers who plant
ed the roots of Presbyterianism
in this section almost two centur
ies ago, gathered Sunday to cel
ebrate the 155th anniversary of
Old Bethesda Church near Aber
deen.
There was no large foregather
ing of clans, most of the people ar
riving just in time for the morn
ing service at 11 a. m. Several
early birds (early because they
had forgotten to turn their clocks
back an hour before they retired
the night before) wandered aim
lessly around the churchyard after
trying each of the five doors to
the old church and finding them
all locked.
Promptly at 11 the organ sound
ed, and the service began. The
little frame church was filled to
capacity, overflowing into the
galleries where the slaves sat al
most a century ago. Without
struggling too hard, one could al
most see the congregation of
many decades ago, for the church
is essentially the, same now as it
Two Cars Stolen
During Last Week
That motorists who leave their
keys in their automobiles are
running a great risk was demon
strated twice in the Sandhills last
week. D. E. Bailey, telegraph op
erator in Southern Pines, drove
his car to tlje station at 4:00
o’clock Wednesday afternoon and
due to the fact that his switch
key was bent and hard to remove,
he left it in for fear it would
break off in the lock. When he
got ready to go home at midnight,
his car, a Ford Tudor sedan, was
no where in sight and no trace of
it has been found since.
Saturday afternoon Sam Ross,
who lives on a Cameron route,
left his car parked near Fields’
service station in Vass while he
went to a nearby store, and dur
ing his absence a soldier drove
away in the Chevrolet, Ross hav
ing failed to remove his key. The
car was later located in Sanford,
slightly damaged.
Garland Pierce
New Manager of
Highland Pines
Garland A. Pierce has been an
nounced as manager of the High
land Pines Inn, succeeding W. E.
Flynn who recently resigned after
holding that post for the past five
years.
The Inn, built in 1912, opened
for its 33rd season on Monday,
October 1, and Mr. Pierce reports
the heaviest booking from civil
ian resorters for many years.
Extensive renovations, refurn
ishings and redecorations have
been planned and are now in
progress.
The new manager is at present
in the army at the Fort Bragg
Separation Center, but expects to
regain his civilian status soon. He
is president of Paul T. Barnum,
Inc., and was associated with the
Belvedere Hotel for 18 years be
fore entering the service.
Paul T. Barnum, SP
Chairman, asks for
Speedy Contributions
• The Southern Pines United War
Fund Drive to raise $3,000 got
underway here Monday, October
1, when workers met in the office
of Paul T. Barmlm, local chair
man, to organize and complete
plans for the conduct of the local
drive.
Those working in the current
drive to whom contributions may
be given are: Paul Jernigan, Jim
my Hobbs, Paul Butler, Will
Wiggs, E. C. Stevens, Harry M.
Vale, Mrs. G. W. Moore, Mrs. J.
S. Milliken, Mrs. N. L. Hodgkins,
Mrs. Louis Scheipers Mrs. Lloyd
Woolley, Mrs. Philip Weaver, M3rs.
Roy Grinnell, Mrs. M. G. Nich
ols, Mrs. Heizmann Mudgett, Mrs.
E. C. Stevens, Miss Jane Moore
and Miss Densie Trousdell.
Immediate plans are to canvass
the downtown section for contri
butions. A booth has already been
placed in the lobby of the Citi
zens Bank and Trust Company
where two women will be on duty
during the hours the bank is open
to accept money for the fund.
Although the drive is schedul
ed for a 30-day period. Chairman
Barnum said he was hoping it
would have a speedy send-off so
Southern Pines can exceed her
quota in the first several weeks.
‘We are suffering a handicap in
this campaign for many of the
people who made the last drive
a success with their substantial
contributions are now out of town.
I am hoping that these will send
their checks to some member of
the War Fund committee. All
checks should be made out to the
United War Fund Drive, and of
course, most people know the
money contributed to this cause is
deductable from their income
tax.”
Mr. Barnum pointed out that
many people had asked what was
the need of a United War Fund
now that the war is over. “This
is the last drive, but it is also
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LICENSED GUIDES
was then.. The whitewashed wails
and brown-painted woodwork, the
large oil lamp hanging from the
ceiling over the pulpit, the stiff-
backed pews, the pot-bellied
stove in the very center of the
room, all suggest another era.
The Rev. C. H. Storey, pastor of
the Aberdeen Bethesda Church,
presided over the morning ser
vice, introducing the speaker. Dr.
M. R. MacQueen, of Clinton, S.
C., descendant of one of the early
pastors at Bethesda.
Dr. McQueen’s timely sermon
emphasized the doors that now
stand open for Christians to cre
ate good will, not in just their
own neighborhood but through
out the world. He condemned ego-
centricism as detrimental
to any kind of unity, “for it causes
people to be so concerned with
their own welfare, they are un
able to help others.”
It was 12:30 when the congre
gation gathered around the long
tables in the grove where picnic
lunches were spread, as has been
the custom ever since home-com
ings were instituted at Bethesda.
Here were the Bethunes, the
Blues and the Buchans, the Clamp-
(Coritinued on Page 8)
C P & L Sales Manager
Speaks to Lions Club
M. H. Hicks, commercial sales
manager for the Carolina Power
and Light Company, was princi
pal speaker when the Vass Lions
Club met Tuesday evening at
Fields’ Diner for its regular din
ner meeting.
Mr. Hicks, who was introduced
by June Phillips of Southern
Pines, made an illuminating talk
on “The Science of Seeing,” using
charts to illustrate the lecture.
The meeting was presided over
by C. L. Tyson, president.
Leon Keith, recently returned
from overseas, was the guest of
N. M. McKeithan. J. H. Bunn,
principal of the Vass-Lakeview
School, was enrolled.
Licensed guides for the Moore
County hunting season have been
announced by State Division of
Game and Inland Fisheries.
They are: Charles Caldwell,
Vander Roberson and O. E. Wil
liams of Southern Pines; E. B.
McCrimmon, Route 2, Vass; and
Donald H, Bowers, Southern
Pines.
Lieut. Bill Wilson
Is Home On Leave
First Lieut. William J. Wilson
is in Southern Pines on accrued
leave while waiting on his dis
charge papers from the Army Air
Force, in which he has been serv
ing for the past three years.
It was exactly three years ago
this month that Lieutenant Wil
son enlisted in the service in Ra
leigh. Following the usual train
ing at primary and secondary
schools, he received his commis
sion and in July, 1944, went to
England, and later was stationed
in France and Belgium. Since his
return to the States, Lieutenant
Wilson has been stationed most
of the time in West Pahn Beach,
Fla. in the air transport com
mand, largely in Central America.
He is the son of Mrs. Ellen Shea,
who is living at the Parkview
Hotel.
Sandhills Funeral Home
Has Fifth Anniversary
On the occasion of its fifth an
niversary THE PILOT extends
congratulations and best wishes
to the Sandhills Funeral Home in
Southern Pines, operated by A.
Bynum (“Pat”) Patterson. This
funeral home, which has enjoyed
rapid growth, is a member of the
National Funeral Directors Assoc
iation.
STUART WOOD HONORED
Stuart Wood, Jr., son of Col.
and Mrs. Stuart Wood of Southern
Pines, has been elected senior
representative to the student
council at Fishburne Military
School, according to a release
from Waynesboro, Va.
GARDEN HEY-DEY
The seasons ... in Southern
Pines at least . . . are topsy
turvy this year as evidence of
Spring in September pops out
everywhere. Apple trees are
blossoming, honeysuckle is
sprouting, and even magnolias
are giving forth blossoms as
Nature seems to be enjoying
an Indian Summer hey-day.
H. B. Fowler brought an
apple blossom, as sweet as
any springtime bloom, into
the Pilot office this week. He
also had a rose which he had
picked from a bush in his
yard. Then Mirs. B. J. Si-i
monds. newly-arrived army
wife, reportedi blossoms run
ning rampart far out of sea
son, all of which goes to show
that even Nature isn't infal-
lU>le as far as getting time
mixed up is concerned.
Stevens Agency
Announces Sales
The Stevens Real Estate and
Insurance Agency announces the
sale of 20 acres of land on Young’s
Road for Mrs. J. Reid Healy, own
er of Firleigh Farm, to P. Frank
Buchan. This is a cleared tract
on the north side of the road
adjoining land owned by Mrs. H.
C. Thrower and is a part of the
allotment once owned by Mrs.
H. A. Page, Jr., and known as Ed-
gemoore Heights. Mr. Buchan has
not yet perfected plans for the
development of this tract.
The same agency has also re
cently sold to Ed Starnes the 2-
story dwelling on Illinois Avenue
formrely owned by George Van
Camp. Mr. Starnes buys for in
vestment and has leased the prem
ises to 1. A. Woodell who is oc
cupying the dwelling with his
family.
TADLOCK'S OFFICE IS
CLOSED FOR TWO WEEKS
The office of J. H. Tadlock, dep
uty collector of internal revenue
for Moore and Hoke Counties, lo
cated in the basement of thO S(NS*.
them Pines Post Office, will be
closed this week and next as Mr.
Tadlock is away. Beginning Oc
tober 17 his office will be open
only on Wednesday afternoons
from 1:30 to 5:30 o’clock.