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<o *:r'’**KEEP FAITH Xbjf buying \ WAR BONDS VOLUME 25 NO.. 46 Southern Pines, North Carolina Friday, October 12, 1945 f Sh Officers‘Elected, Committees Named at First C of C Directors’ Meeting Pass Motion Thanking Tbwn Officials for Fall Cooperation OMicers were elected, commit- tes appointed, and a motion pass ed voicing appreciation of the co operation of Town officials in the reorganization of the Chamber of Commerce, at the first meeting of: tie Board of Directors Monday night at the USO here. Attendance was 100 per cent, and the 12 directors, elected at an open meeting last week, chose Ih C. DuBose as president, John Buggies, vice president, George Thomijson, secretary, and A. S. Newcomb, treasurer. Dt. W. C. Mudgett, Garland A. Pierce, A. A. Hewlett, Robert Reed, Dante Montesanti, and L. D. McDonald were appointed to the Ways and Means Committee with the immediate commission to study written suggestions made by townspeople, for projects to be undertaken by the new Chamber, Any citizen of Southern Pines, whether a member or not, is ask ed to submit in writing any pro ject that the Chamber of Com merce might undertake. J. T. Overton, Morris Johnson, John Ruggles, Charlie Patch and Chan Page, Finance Committee members, will inaugurate an in tensive drive for membership con tributions immediately. He Constitution and Bylaws Committee, composed of Dr. Mwd- gett, Mr. Overton, and Mr. John son, will draw up a new consti tution and set of bylaws to re place the rules of the former Chamber of Commerce which have been misplaced. Town Officials Thanked A motion was made and passed unanimously thanking the Mayor and the Board Of Commissioners for their full cooperation in help ing the Chamber of Commerce to get reorganized. •The Board of Directors was el ected at the open meeting held at the Country Club last Tues day night when official reorgan ization of the Chamber of Com merce took place. Those on the Board are: R. C. DuBose, George Thompson, John Ruggles, Dante Montesanti, Joe Montesanti, Dr. W. C. Mudgett, Morris Johnson, A. A. Hewlett, J. T. Overton, Gar land Pierce, Robert Reed, and L. D. McDonald. MacARTHUR WARY The recent balmy breezes, which made most plants think spring had come, didn't fool the MacArthur roses in the garden of Betty and Pat sy Dupree one smitch. Plum blossoms and roses continue to bloom in their yard in pro fusion, "but not one single MacArthur rose has come out," little Patsy complained. The two sisters, who live on North Ashe Street, brought several branches of plum blossoms into the Pilot office this •week as added evidence of the unreasonable seasons in Southern Pines. "Flowers are all the time blooming in our garden out of season," Betty said, which is verifica tion of what those folders that issue from the City Clerk's Office say. Mrs. McCollBuys Thayer House On Weymouth Heights Will Move Here in Spring After House Has Been Renovated Training for Vets On the Job Sought By Local Concerns Service Officer Asks Kiwanians For Assistance Sale of the Thayer home. Twin Gables, on Weymouth Heights to Mrs. Katherine M. McColl of Bennettsville, S. C., was consum mated Saturday by the Barnum Realty Company, adding another to the growing list of residents who are intending to make .Sou thern Pines a permanent home. Mrs. MJcColl plans to renovate trade.” The problems of absorbing dis charged veterans into civilian life was brought to the attention of the Sandhills Kiwanis Club at its luncheon-meeting at the South ern Pines Country Club Wednes day by Mrs. Louise Clark, County Service Officer, who asked Ki wanians to help establish appren tice shops in Moore County so veterans need not leave the coun ty in order to find employment. Maj. John Lang, veteran of two theaters of war, who is home in Carthage on leave, set the back ground for Mrs. Clark’s appeal. He criticized current strikes, scarcity of materials, lack of jobs for re leased war workers as well a$ veterans, and the general confu sion on the home front today. “It’s not a colorful task this busi ness of returning to peacetime liv ing, but it is a most important one. We’ve got to have the same spirit of cooperation in conver sion to peace as we did in con version to war, no less vigorous and no less determined.” he end ed. Mrs. Clark spoke briefly of the 508 servicemen from this county who have already been discharg ed from service. “Not all of these men are ready to go to work yet, but when they do get ready, most of them are going to want some sort of training first. Only a small percentage will attend college, the majority seeking-on-the-job train ing wherein the employer pays whatever wage he thinks the em ployee merits while learning the HONORED County Teachers Attend Workshops At the third Moore County teachers’ meeting of the school year held in Carthage Monday eveHiteg, two workshops were helS, ene on physical education bej»e conducted in the gymnas ium, and another for English teaciers, in the high school audi torium. Tlie physical education group enjoyed a demonstration given by stud^ts of West End High School untfsE the direction of their prin cipal, J. F. Sinclair. This was fol lowed by a brief discussion led by Br. Charles E. Spencer of the Health Department. Pine- huaadl high school girls gave a derhOBstration of calisthenic ^Continued on Page 10) the house, and has already en gaged the services of Ernest Mor- ell in landscaping the grounds. She will not take up residence here, however, until the latter part of March. The Thayer homeplace, one of the most attractive dwellings in this section, is located near the Highland Pines Inn. It was de signed by Amyar Embrie, II, well-known architect, in 1914 for John E. Pushee. After the death of Mr. Pushee, it was bought by Charles M. Ness, and following his death, Mr. Pushee’s daughter, Mrs. Philip Thayer, purchased the house and occupied it during the winters. Mirs. McColl, who bought the house from Mrs. Thayer, has three daughters who ride a good deal, and it was this fact that helped to influence her in choosing Sou thern Pines as her new hoifie site. I She said 38 men had already been sent out of the county for this on-the-job training because no local business has sought ap proval for this sort of work. Sev enteen boys have entered college, but 26 others who wanted to at tend a trade school had to leave the county and the state as well since we have no trade school. (Continued on Page 5) Blue Will Again Head Polio Drive REV. M. D. McNEILL Former Pastor of Cameron Church Is Honored Sunday Tablet Commemorates Long Service of the Rev. M. D. McNeill Contractors Hold Convention Here Plans for the “silver anniver sary” convention of the Carolinas Branch, Associated General Con tractors of America, Inc., to be held in Southern Pines Novem ber 19 and 20, have been announc ed by Frank H. Conner, acting ex- . (Continued on Page 5) At the regular quarterly meet ing of the Moore County Chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, presided over by Paul Butler of Southern Pines, Chapter chairman, announcement was made that H. Clifton Blue of Aberdeen, vice chairman of the Chapter, had been named by Dr. Ralph W. McDonald to again head the Moore County March of Dimes campaign, in 1946. The meeting was held in the nurses’ home of the Moore County Hospital Tues day night of last week. A round-table discussion of the polio problems confronting Moore County was held, and the case of each of the county’s victims of polio was discussed with refer ence to the Chapter’s being able to assist the person back to normal health if possible. A tablet commemorating the services of the Rev. M. D. McNeill, who was pastor of the Cameron Presbyterian Church for forty- three years, was placed on the wall of the church in an impres sive service held in connection with an all-day ^homecoming last Sunday, and a Bible was present ed to the beloved former pastor as a token of the esteem of his people. The program included musical selections by a choir un der the direction of Mrs. Oliver, with a piqnic dinner in the grove. Beginning about the last of 1893, the Rev. Mr. McNeiU, “Cou sin Make”, to hundreds of his parishioners, served the church continuously for 43 of its 66 years, with the expeption of onfe summer, and he had previously been with the congregation for six months. Descendants of the charter members are still active in the love and worship of the church, while thleir worthy forefathers sleep in the peaceful little ceme tery under the great pines which have guarded the chapel for these many years. During Mjr. McNeill’s pastorate there were many whom he chris tened as babies, received into the church mlembership as adoles- (Continued on Page 4) Few Contribute as War Fund Limps Into Second Week Druggists, Theatre Volunteer Aid to Promote Campmgn No voluntary contributions had been made as the Southern Pines War Fund Drive started on its second lap this week, althoujgh an estimated $500 had been collect ed through personal contact, Paul T. Barnum, local drive cli|lirman said yesterday. Moore County Druggists have organized to help promote the current drive under the chair manship of Joe Montesanti, co owner of the Broad Street Phar macy. Eleven of the 12 druggists in the county sponsored a full- page ad in the Pilot this week, boosting the War Fund, ,and post ers are being displayed in the pharmacies. Instead of contribu ting to the campaign in one lump sum, however, each druggist is making individual donations to be added on to his town’s quota. Theatre Campaign The regular show at the Caro lina Theatre here will be inter rupted just before the feature Monday and Tuesday nights when high school students will pass down the aisles with collec tion baskets. This is the first time •Jthe theatre has been solicited two bights in succession, so mov ie-goers are reminded to “come prepared.” Mr. Barnum expressed disap pointment that more out-of-town donors had not sent in money. “We know the local people are going to give as much as they can. . . but we can’t make our quota without the generous con tributions of winter residents who have not yet arrived for the sea son. Many of these were here last year, enabling Southern Pines to top her goal by several hundred.” He added that many people ({jontinued on Page 10) AIR SERVICE Sally Hill of Progressive Farmer Will Speak at Quilt Show Thursday Another step lo'ward the i^lsumnenl of air service for Sbothem Pines was achiev ed last •week in the announce- raeal that the Public Coun- eii to the Ci'^ Aeroi^autics Stiard had recommended to Utie Board that Eastern Air lUaes, Inc., be authorized to make Southern Pines a stop between Raleigh and Col- uradda. S. C. The announcement which eppeared in the Charlotte Ob server last week also staled that, if the Board made the aicdhorization, it would mean a minimum of one plane through this section in each direction once a day, and pos- £id)ly two in each direction. Before Southern Pines and Pinehurst can be de^nitely assured! of air service, how ever. the CAB must gender the final decision which it is expected to dio within the next few months. The East ern Air Lines' attorney vnrote that he expected the final de cision to be made by Febru ary or March. i By Flora McDonald Home Demonstration Agent Miss Sally Hill, editor of the Home Department of the Progres sive Farmer, will speak on “The History and Significance of Patch- work Quilts” at a meeting of the. County Council of the Federation of Home Demonstration Clubs at the Carthage Community House on Thursday, October 18. Miss Hill is not only an expert in the field of homemaking but is also a charming speaker. A “Quilt- Show” will be held in connection with the council meeting and anyone wishing to display a quilt or to visit the show is invited. It is requested that those bringing quilts or quilt patterns have the following data attached to the entries: owner’s name, name of design, name of maker, date made, and the pat tern. It is also suggested that each person who wishes to cut quilt patterns bring scissors, paper and a pencil. , There will be four classifica tions (all entries must be quilted): Class “A”—Old Quilts (over 50 years old)—(1) Old pieced quilts; (2) Old patchwork (appli que) quilts; (3) Old combination quilts. Class “B’’—^Modern Quilts (less than 50 years old)—(1) Pieced quilts; (2) Patchwork (applique) quilts; (3) Combination quilts. Class “C”—Quilts of any kind made by a living person when over 75 years of age. Class “D”—Quilts of any kind Tnade by a living person when not over 12 years of age. The meeting will open at o’clock with a short business ses sion, presided over by Mrs. Redga Thomas, County Council presi dent. Mrs. Ernest Badgett of the Stanton Hill Club and Mrs. Clay ton Evans of the Rainbow Club, county House Furnishing leaders, will have charge of the “Quilt Show.” Kin^ Football Comes Into His Own Here As SP and Robbins Clash DID YOU EVER! FUTRELLS IN COUNTY Mr. and Mrs. Percy Futrell of Norfolk, Va., are visiting Misses Kate and Eva Graham of Camer on Route 1 and Mrs. W. B. Gra ham of Vass. Teen-Age Club for WSP Students Is Deserving Project An enterprise deserving gener ous support was recently organiz ed as an adjunct of the West Sou thern Pines High School. It is to be known as The Teen-Age Club, and is designed to afford whole some entertainment for students in their teens. Rooms in the school building not now in use will be renovated and otherwise prepared for this purpose and donations of needed material are solicited, All neces sary work including painting will be done by club members them selves. The Southern Pines Council of Social Agencies, at its recent meeting, voted to sponsor this movement and to cooperate to the extent of its ability. Donations may be taken to the residence of Mrs. J. H. Towne or left at the West Southern Pines school. Here is a suggestive list of needed material: radio-phono graph combination, piccolo, games of all kinds, chairs and setees, floor and table lamps, paper cups and napkins, pictures, large mir rors, curtain rods, extension cords and double sockets, vases and bowls for flowers, et cetera. Parrish and Whitley Open Aberdeen Shop Parrish and Whitley, plumbing and heating contractors, have op ened a shop in Aberdeen on the corner of Poplar Street and Knight Avenue. Mr. Parrish is a native of Durham, where he has been in jjusiness for the past 24 years. Mr. Whitley, who is in charge of the Aberdeen shop, i? from Albemarle. This firm did the plumbing on the FHA houses which were built in Aberdeen two years ago. Di*. Kemp Buys Dittman Log Cabin Sale of the Katherine Pierson Dittman log cabin on Weymouth Heights to Dr. Malcolm Kemp, owner and operator of the Pine- bluff Sanatarium, was completed recently by the Barnum Realty Company. The attractive homeplace was originally built by Walter Halli- well as a playhouse for his chil dren. Roy Pushee bought and en larged it, laten selling it to Betty Schroeder who was owner when it was partly destroyed by fire in 1931. Miss Katherine Pierson, an in terior decorator, who operated a shop here for a number of years, purchased it in 1935, rebuilding it to suit her personal needs. Miss Pierson, wile of Vance Reid Ditt man, Jr., left Southern Pines three years ago, since which time it has been rented to army couples until Dr. Kemp leased it a year ago. Dr. and Mrs. Kemp plan to make extensive repairs, enlarg ing the house considerably. Did you ever see lovely white dogwood blossoms on twigs bearing full-grown leaves already deeply tinged with the red of autumn? N. E. Andrews of Manly, not to be outdone by H. B. Fowler who came forth last week with appl6 blossoms, brought two such twigs to The Pilot Wednesday noon. One has two flo'wers, the other one flower and one bud, and both have pretty red-and-green leaves, making a striking combination. It's Springtime any time in this garden spot. Specialists Give Freezer Locker Demonstration Meeting Held in Carthage Court House Wednesday The freezing of meats, fruits and vegetables, the equipment necessary and the means of secur ing best results. Were discussed and demonstrated at the freezer locker meeting Wednesday, Oct ober 3, in the Carthage court house. Mrs. Mary Lee McAllister, Ex tension Specialist in Food Con servation, T. N. Blumer of the Ariimal Husbandry Department of State College, and D. E. Stew art, Assistant Vice President in charge of Agricultural Develop ment of the Carolina Power and Light Company, appeared on the program. Mr. Blumer opened the session with slides, showing the phases in preparation of meat for the locker, including the butchering, aging, cutting, packaging and freezing of the meats. Mrs; McAllister explained the six advantages of freezing foods: vegetables and fruits stay fresh with, texture, color, flavor and nutrients practically unchanged; meat supply is constantly avail able, varied in kind and cut, with original flavor and quality; froz- (Continued on Page 4) Maj. John A. Lang Is Home From War Veteran of two theaters of war, Major John A. Lang, now on fur lough at his home in Carthage, is receiving a hearty hand from friends throughout the Sandhills, who have watched his record with interest and pride. Inducted as a private off May 30, 1942, after volunteering and giving up his work as State Ad ministrator for the National Youth Administration, Lang graduated (Continued on Page 5) Captain Bradin in Germany Recalls Sandhills Deer Hunt with Longing Newly Equipped Blue and While lo Play Isi Game Wednesday In a setting of his own of crisp, tangy air, colorful cheering sec tions, and pretty girl cheer lead ers, Old Man Football, King of fall sports, makes his appearance here next Wednesday afternoon when Southern Pines High School meets Robbins High. With this opening game only a week away the Blue and White squad, under the direction of Coach A. C. Dawson assisted by Philip Weaver, is rapidly rounding into shape. Much of the past three weeks’ practice has been devoted to the fundamentals: blocking, tackling, and charging, and learn ing plays. But this week , heavy equipment was issued and rough work started in earnest, featured by a full-length scrimmage be tween the Blue team and the White team., From this scrimmage Coach Dawson had hoped to get a line on his starting team, but the two teams battled to a 14-14 dead lock, with pjay about as even as the score, t’or the squad is a small one, even for six-man football; there is plenty of hustle and com petition to get the call for a start ing berth and every position is being furiously fought over. The Blue team had Bobby Har- ringtion and Morgan, ends; Mc Leod, center; Straka, wingback; Neal, quarterback, and Tommy Grey, tailback, while the White ends were Page and York; Cam eron, center; Arnette, wingback; Mann, quarterback, and Worsham, tailback. Sledge, Prizer, Maples, and Frank Harrington, because of injury or other reasons, did not take part in the workout. Sledge, Prizer and Maples may see ac tion against Robbins, and Frank Harrington, youngest and small est man on the squad, is not out of the running. Coach Dawson declined to name likely starters for the opener, but indicated that if the Blue and White teams kept up their pres- ient hustle, all of the players would probably get in the game. For the Blue team, Harrington and Straka stood out defensively with their hard tackling, and Straka, particularly, on diagnos ing opposing plays. Tommy Grey’s running and passing high lighted the Blue offensive. It is not yet known if Tommy will be able to play. If he does play, the team will be much stronger of fensively, for Tommy is an excel lent passer ^as well as a capable punter. On the White side, Worsham’s defensive play and Arnette’s hard running and tackling were out standing. The game Wednesday/afternoon will be the first official appear ance of six-man foootball locally, but any doubters that it is up to a par as full of thrills as the regular eleven-man football, listen to Coach Dawson: “Frankly, at one tilne I had my doubts about six-man foot ball being as exetiing as the regu lar game, but not any more,’' the coach said. “You know,” he con- (Continued on Page 5) . Now that autumn frost is fill ing the air, and hunters have ta ken down their guns and pulled their worn Mackinaws out of moth balls, a description of a Sandhill deer hunt, written by Capt. Benjamin M. Bradin in a letter to Ernest H. Lorenson, is doubly appropriate. Captain Bradin, whose wife and two children live on Ridge Street Southern Pines, is stationed with the army of occupation in Germany. At the time the letter was written, however, he was op timistic about coming home in time to go on the deer hunt he describes so vividly. “. . .So, 'my friend, don’t shoot all the deer until the end of Octo ber, as I might want one myself. I would like to take the memory of a good Carolina deer hunt with me into the future: the wire grass white with frost; the sun coming up out of Fort Bragg; the hunter on his stand thinking the thoughts that hunters think then, thoughts of the warm bed that he left some hours before, and the warm breakfast he would be eating if he had had sense enough to stay at home. The defeatiest thoughts that constantly come up . . . that no deer came up in that part of the woods the night before, and all is waste of time,' sleep and comfort. All these thoughts and more. Old "Drum" Barks “Then all of a sudden this is blown to oblivion by the bark of old “Drum” way back against Weymouth Heights, telling you that he has been there, but as to time and direction. Drum isn’t sure. AU that will come later . . . perhaps. Anyway, all your mor bid thinking is gone, blown away by that one bark. The game is still worth the candle. Your eyes and ears -go on full strength auto matically. “Then another bark and another. The old hound is by now tonguing loudly and steadily. You are thinking of past experiences and trying to guess just how that deer is going to run. Is he running right to pass this stand, or will he cross past that one on the top of the ridge? “By now the old dog is filling (Continued on Page 10) QUICK WORK Monday Morning: Letter arrives in Sheriff C. J. Mc Donald's office, asking that an effort be made to locate Jesse Ross, colored, wanted in Washington, D. C., on a grand larceny charge involv ing $260. Same Day, ten minutes la ter: A. W. Lambert, jailer, approaches man in court house corridor. "What is your name?" "Jesse Ross." "All right, you are under arrest." Ross placed in jail. Tuesday: Officer from Washington arrives in Car thage. Wednesday: Officer leaves for city with his prisoner. Ross, a native of CTartfaage, chanced to visit the Court , House with a friend. He tried to "laugh if off' when the of^ fleer told him that he was under axirest, saying: "You must be mistaken," but he was soon convinced that Lam bert was acting on orders fron> the place Ross had re cently left.