V0LUME 25 NO. 47
KEEP FAITH
WAR BONDS
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Southern Pines. North Carolina Friday, October 19, 1945.
TEN CENTS
Southern Pines Defeats Robbins
26 to 0 in Opening Game Wednesday
600 Spectators Turn
#iil to Back Teams
Worsham Runs Well
YOU'RE INVITED
by June Phillips
Before an opening day crowd of
eoS ^ectators, including a wild
ly enthusiastic High School cheer
ing section, Southern , Pines
romped off with its curtain rais
ing game by defeating Robbins
High 26 to 0 here Wednesday af-
teranon at High School Park. Al-
thaogh the play of the Blue and
White was sluggish, and their
blocking and tackling off, and
Robbias proved not to be as strong
as expected, everyone was satis
fied that it was an auspicious be-
giiming for six-man football here
in Southern Pines.
Southern Pines scored in each
quarter of the back while Rob
bias threatened only once, mak
ing a sustained drive in the third
quarter to the Blue and White 17,
only to lose the ball on downs.
Robbins took the opening kick
off to begin the game, Bowen re
turning the kick to his 28 yard
line. Failing to make the neces
sary yardage, Garnpr punted to
the Southern Pines 30. From this
point Southern Pines started its
first touchdown drive. Worsham
ran for 10 and Arnette got one.
Worsham passed to Harrington
for a first down, and then be
hind a nice block by Manh, Wor
sham ran for 10 more. Hit hard on
the next play Mann fumbled, but
Robbins was offside and drew a
five yard penalty. Arnette at left
end failed to gain, and Worsham
at right end lost three yards. On
the next play he made it back to
the Robbins 12. On fourth down
Worsham pased to Harrington
who lateraled to Mann, and
Mann raced over for the first
touchdown of the game. The Blue
and White girl cheer leaders cut
frenzied capers and the cheering
section went wild. The try for ex
tra points from placement was
- no good and the score was 6 to 0.
Bowen for Robbins ran back the
next kickoff 10 yards to his 30.
This boy Bowen could carry the
mail, and was a constant threat
all during the game. On the
Statue of Liberty play Garner
picked up four yards. He, was al
most away. On the same play
Evans failed to catch the Blue and
White napping and was thrown
for a 5-yard loss by Harrington.
Following an exchange of punts
Southern Pines rolled to another
to’dphdbw^t^ Worsham ^parking
the attack with a 20-yard punt
return to the Robbins 35. Then
the crowd got its first big thrill
as Prizer faded way back and
passed to Page, who immediately
lateraled to Worsham, and then
Page, blocking out the defensive
halfback, gave Worsham a clear
field for a toucfhdown making the
score 12 to 0. The kick for extra
point was blocked, but Harring
ton picked up the loose ball and
ran it over for the extra point.
Bobbins made its only real
threat in the middle of the third
quarter. It started with Wor-
shaon’s kick put of bounds on the
Robbins 15. Bov^n failed at the
line, but on a second try made
6 3^rds, and Garner with a det
layed buck added 6 more, but
RolAins was penalized for 5 yards
fotr offsides. Behind some nice
blocking that shook him into the
cleas Bowen raced around right
end for 15 yards before he was
shoved out of bounds. Taking the
ball again he made a first down
of Southern Pines 27, Garner bull
ed his way through the middle for
5, but too much time in the hud
dle coat his team five yards. Gar
ner didn’t seem to mind for right
at the same spot he carved out
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Supt. Philip Weaver is is
suing the following notice to
the public:
"Last year the students
spent over 1500 hours in
painting and decorating the
interior of the school. This
year we are hoping to beauti
fy our school grounds. We
are willing to do our part to
make ours the prettiest
school campus possible, but
we need the help of eVfery
citizen who has enough in
terest in the school and town
to give time and effort to the
improvement of the school
grounds.
"A professional landscaper
has given us some ideas and
suggestions for improving
the looks of the campus. Each
grade has chosen a plot in
which it will carry out these
suggestions. November 1,
1945, is the date set for the
beginning of the work, and
we want as many townspeo
ple as possible to lend a help
ing hand. Come and bring
your tools—shovels, rakes,
wheelbarrows, and hoes. We
need fertilizer, woods-dirt,
and clay, but no sand! Every
one will be proud to have a
» part in beautifying the school
grounds.
Hospital Directors
Launch Plans for
ExpandedProgram
Pres. Sherrerd Will
Devote Fuff Time to
Preparation of Data
Directors of the Moore County
Hospital have asked the pres
ident of the Board, S. Donald
Sherrerd, of Pinehurst, to devote
his full time to the preparation of
data bearing on the program of
expanded work for the hospital
that is now being formulated. Mr.
Sherrerd will submit reports to
the Board on various aspects of
enlargement and extended ser
vice, chiefly along lines suggested
by the hospital’s consultant, Oliv
er G. Pratt, of Salem, Massachu
setts.
Mr. 'Sherrerd will begin his
added duties November 1, work
ing in close cooperation with the
hospital’s administrator Edwin
T. McKeithen, of Aberdeen.
Figures presented by Mr. Mc-
COMMENDED
House - to - House
Canvassers Begin
War Fund Work
One Week to Go
As Contributions
Dribble in Slowly
Victory Loan Chairmen
Hold Regional Meeting
PE.ING UP
FRED T. SALMON
Pvt. Fred T. Salmon, brother of
Mrs. James Ballard of Southern
Pines, is a member of the Sev
enth Antiaircraft Artillery Bat
talion which was recently com
mended for outstanding perform-
KeTherto^he'^^Irte^iy meei^^^^ -ce ^of^ duty from April 26
Regional Meeting
of Cancer Society
To Be in Durham
Society Undertaking
Five-Million-Dollar
Three-Way Attack
Dr. Alton Ochsner, head of the
department of surgery in the
school of medicine of Tulane Un
iversity, New Orleans; J. Louis
Neff, New York, executive direc
tor of the American Cancer So
ciety; Mrs. Lucy R. Milligan, New
York, national commander of the
Field Army of the American Can
cer Society; and Mrs. Horace B.
Ritchie, Athens, Ga., regional
commander of the Field Army,
will headline the list of distin-
jguished medical and lay leaders
in cancer control who partici
pate in a three-day regional meet
ing of the American Cancer So
ciety’s southeast region, to be
held Oct. 22-24 in Durham and
Chapel Hill.
The ineeting will bring together
persons prominent in the Ameri
can Cancer Society and its Field
of the directors on Tuesday even
ing showed that the present plant
is used almost to absolute capac
ity. In many instances every bed
in the hospital is occupied. Many
of the facilities, such as X-ray,
laboratory, dietary - equipment,
stofe rooms, etc., were designed
to serve 35 patients, instead of
the 80 or 85 now being cared for.
The directors wish expansion
to proceed along sound lines, with
careful consideration of the great
changes in hospital service and
hospital thinking which have ta
ken place in recent years. An
nouncement of definite plans
will be made as soon as possible.
High School Forms
Athletic Group
David Cameron was elected
president of the Southern Pines
High School Athletic Association
at the organizational meeting in
the high school auditorium Friday
afternoon.
Robert McLeod was chosen vice
president, and Margie Palmier,
secretary-treasurer, to complete
the line-up of officers for the
1945-46 school term.
The high school student body
elected Becky McCuq, veteran
of last year’s cheering squad, as
chief cheerleader. Bill Warner
and Carlton Kennedy, both of
whom cheered last year, Atris
and Gladys Cranfill, and Elsie
Muse were other cheerers elected.
Robert McLeod, vice president
of the student body, opened the
meeting in the absence of Pres
ident Jane McCain. Coach A. C.
. „ t i f Tr- • Dawson then took charge and
July 22, 1945, on le Shima, a small
island east of Okinawa.
He ^recently wrote his sister
from le Shima where he is still
stationed, “Six days before D-Day
I landed with a part of my outfit
on two small islands right off
Okinawa on March 26. Things
were pretty tough at that time, as
you know from newspapers and
the radio . . . Now that this war
is over I’m anxious to return
home, and already have counted
up 73 points.”
Private Salmon, a native of Lil-
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State Labor Head
Says Must Have
Jobs, High Wages
“No matter what you give, it
counts,” Paul T. Barnum, local
chairman of the War Fund Drive,
said yesterday in an appeal for
small and widespread contribu
tions as the local campaign began
its last week with only half the
$3,000 quota for Southern Pines
realized.
“Less than 100 people have
contributed the $1,500 collected
so far,” he said; “but what we’re
concentrating on now is the small
er contributions of those who are
unable to give large sums.”
In an effort to get these con
tributions, a committee of house-
to-house workers began work
last week contacting every person
in Southern Pines. The town has
been divided into sections, with
the following canvassing their
respective section.
House-to-House Canvass
Ridge Street to Weymouth
Heights: Mrs. L. T .Avery, Harry
Vale, Mrs. Jane Towne, and Mrs.
Kathryn Joistad.
Ridge Street and; East Broad:
Mrs. J. S. Milliken, Mrs. Eugene
Schaefer, Mrs. N. L. Hodgkins,
Mrs. E. L. Prizer, and Miss Flor
ence Campbell.
Broad Street Business Section:
Paul Jernigan, Will Wiggs, Paul
Butldr, and Jimmy Hobbs.
Broad to Page Street: Mrs. A.
B. Patterson, Mrs. J. E. Harring
ton.
Knollwood: Mrs. Lee Page, Mrs.
Julian Bishop, Mrs. Kathryn Jois-
•tad, and Harry Vale.
West Southern Pines: Prof. J.
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Washington Duke hotel will be
headquarters, but part of the ses
sions will be held at Duke Uni
versity Hospital and at the School
of Public Health of the Univer
sity of North Carolina in Chapel
Hill. The meeting will give at
tention to both professional and
lay aspects of the fight on cancer.
Members of the medical profes
sion throughout North Carolina
are invited to attend.
During the meeting, plans are
being made for the holding of a
training school for Field Army
leaders and Workers from all the
states included in the Southeast
Region. Members of the national
staff will help with this part of
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Stale College Alumni
To Hold Dinner Meeting
The fall dinner-meeting of the
Moore County Unit of State Col
lege Alumni Association will be
held at 7:30 p. m. Wednesday,
October 24, at the Holly Inn, Pine
hurst, with Dr. C. G. Brennecke,
head of the Electric Engineering
Department of the college, as
speaker. Another drawing card
is the announcement that “Pop”
Taylor, alumni secretary, will be
present, and every State College
man in Moore County is expected
to mark this date on his calendar
as a must-not-miss appointment.
W. E. Gladstone of Vass is pres
ident of the Moore Conuty Unit,
and Fred B. Monroe of West End
is secretary.
SURPRISE
In his three and one-half
years' overseas service, Sgt.
John Willcox, Jr., learned the
value of the surprise element
and he is carrying it over into
civilian life.
Monday night when John
Willcox, clerk of the superior
court of Moore County, re
turned to his home in Car
thage after attending a pic
ture show, there was John,
Jr., in his room, already a
civilian. John had not in
formed his father and sisters
that he was about to sail,
that he had landed, or of his
arrival at Fort Bragg, where
he spent five days before get
ting his discharge.
John, the only son in the
family, was attached to Head
quarters of the Eighth Air
Force in England until he
wWs transferred to the Infan
try last March. He served in
Germany for some time.
recommendations made by Dren-
nen Mann, chairman of the nom
inating committee. The initial
purpose of the meeting was to or
ganize a student athletic associa
tion to promote student partici
pation in the expanded sports pro
gram this year.
Three objectives evelry com
munity should have now that the
war is over were brought out by
F. H. Shuford, North Carolina
Commissioner of Labor, when he
spoke before the Sandhill Kiwan-
is Club at the Southern Pines
Country Club Wednesday.
The first objective, lasting
peace, is dependant upon the sec
ond, high level of employment
(ie. jobs for everyone who wants
to work) and the third, high in
come, Mr. Shuford said. “Man
agement, labor, and government
organized on a worldwide basis
is required to realize these object
ives,” he declared, “and the work
must begin in small commun
ities just such as yours.”
Commissioner Shuford added
that the Kiwanis Club exempli
fied the cooperation needed be
tween management and labor if
any practicable agreement was
to be effected. “All the towns rep
resented in your club have varied
interests, and yet you are able to
subordinate your individual inter
ests for the benefit of the group.
It is cooperation such as this that
we need in our peacetime world,”
ha ended.
ICC Reports or
Seaboard Crash
German POW’s, Soon to Return Home,
Continue Routine Life at Maekall
by Gertrude Walton
Now that the war is over and
returning veterans and released
war workers are swelling the
ranks of the unemployed, the
need for German Prisoners of
War, of which there are some
500 at Camp Maekall, is desisting.
You’ve seen these men work
ing on Moore County farms for
over a year and a half (since
March, 1944) ... in the peach
orchards and warehouses, cutting
pulpwood and pitching hay. In
the not-too-distant future they
will be returning to their native
country, the government says, as
soon as the need for them has
ceased.
We may not wish to admit it,
but we should be concerned with
what their memory of our coun
try will be. Was any vestige of
Americanism instilled in them du
ring their stay here? Was there
any chance to show them the
gentle but stern stuff of which
America is made, or do they still
regard us as a nation of “softies”?
Camp Life
No personal interview with the
prisoners is permitted, but their
former commanding officer. First
Lieut. Frank H. Hooper of Augus
ta, Ga., who has just been trans
ferred to his home state, agreed to
answer a few questions before he
left about what their life at the
camp is like.
While waiting to see Lieutenant
Hooper, the Pilot representative
asked the young secretary at the
POW camp how the Germans im
pressed her. “Oh, I don’t pay much
attention,” she admitted. “They
file by in the morning, going out
on their details, • and then return
in the evening, but we don’t speak,
of course.”
An American first sergeant,
member of the camp personnel,
walked in at that moment laugh
ing hard. “Say,” he addressed the
secretary,'“did—you. hear the la
test from the little'''German in
the kitchen?. He just \^d he
didn’t want to go to Hea-;^. He
wants to go to hell where aM the
pretty girls are going. Catches
on quick for a Heinie, doesn’t
he?”
The secretary looked unappre
ciative, then grudgingly smiled.
“The POW who said that is as
signed to the kitchen detail,” she
explained. “He’s very friendly,
and has a phenomenal memory.
While washing dishes, he’ll cor
ner someone who knows English
and get them to recite some to
him. Then he repeats the recita
tion when they’ve finished in ex
actly the same words although
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Mein^bership conliiibulilons
for the reorganized Chamber
of Commerce were piling up
yesterday as J. T. Overton,
Finance . Committee . chair
man, reported that a third of
the anticipated 150 member
ship contributions bad been
collected.
Average contributions run
around $35, according to Ov
erton who urged that volun
tary contributions be made
to any Finance Committee
member: Morris Johnson, J.
S. Ruggles, Charlie Patch and
Chan Page. A meeting of the
entire Chamber of Commerce
is scheduled soon when the
Committee on Constitution
and Bylaws and the Ways
and Means Committee , will
submit reports for the Cham
ber to act upon.
Workers from Seven
Counties Here for
Pre-Campaign Meet
The side collision of a Seaboard
Air Line passenger train and
freight train south of Aberdeen
on Saturday, August 24, when 74
persons were injured; was due to
the failure to control the freight
train’s speed as it approached the
end of the double track, the In
terstate Commerce Commission
in Washington reported this
week.
The commission’s report stated
that the freight train’s speed was
approximately three miles an
hour when it struck the passen
ger train.
Rules governing operation of
this, the report said, provide that
all trains must approach the end
of the double track prepared to
stop unless the signals indicate
proceed.
The report said the signal at
South Aberdeen showed stop for
the freight train and proceed for
the passenger.
Veteran Missionary To
Speak at Baptist Church
Dr. F. P. Lide, now of Wake
Forest, a missionary of Southern
Baptists in China for 25 years,
will be guest speaker at the First
Baptist Church here at the 11
o’clock service Sunday morning,
October 21.
During the recent war Dr. Lide
was a prisoner of the Japanese for
seven months, and was repatria
ted via the Gripsholm. The pub
lic is cordially invited to attend
the service and hear the message
of this speaker of vast experience.
\ Dr. Lide will arrive Saturday
evening and be the guest of the
Rev. and Mrs. S. J. Erwin at the
Baptist parsonage. ,
$1,000 Involved In
Alleged Robbery
Of Lacy Williams
Officers Go To Mary
land After Two Boys
Wanted In The Case
Working quietly on a larceny-
from-the-person case in which
Lacy Williams of West End is al
leged to have been robbed of
$1,000 about six weeks ago, offi
cers have succeeded in rounding
up three persons wanted in con
nection with the crime, it is learn
ed this week.
Sheriff G- J- McDonald and
Deputy A. F. Dees of Pinehurst
have gone to Aberdeen, Md., to
bring back Jtwo white boys who
are alleged to have had a part
in the robbery, and another was
taken and allowed to give bond
last week. Names of the three are
not available at present. Complete
details-are lacking, but the rob
bery is reported to have taken
place in the daytime on a road
near Southern Pines, and the
money is said to have been in
one-hundred dollar bills.
Mr. and Mrs. Welch
Purchase Turner Home
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Welch
have purchased the home of the
late Mr .and Mrs. M. H. Turner
on Weymouth Heights where they
moved last week from'the T. S.
Burgess home on May Street at
Pennsylvania Avenue.
Capt. and Mrs. William C. Hale
and young daughter from New
Jersey have, leased the Burgess
house and intend to move next
week into their new residence.
Capthin Hale is a parachute in
fantry officer stationed at Fort
Bragg.
NEW MANAGER NAMED
FOR PENDER'S MARKET
W. J. Cartner has been named
manager of the meat market at
Pender’s in Southern Pines, it is
annuonced this week. Mr. Cart
ner who managed a market in
Salisbury for several years, has
had thirteen years’ evperience
in this line of work. His wife and
daughter, Anna Lee, have join
ed him and they have taken a
Case apartment.
ELECTION OF RED CROSS
OFFICERS AT TUESDAY MEET
Why a Victory Loan is neces
sary was brought out by C. T.
Leinbach, State War Finance
Chairman, at the regional meet
ing of Victory Loan chairmen
from seven counties at the Sou
thern Pines Country Club Tues
day.
Care of the wounded and vet
erans’ rehabilitation were empha
sized as leading reasons for con
duction of the forthcoming Vic
tory Loan, scheduled throughout
the nation from October 29
through December 8. To avert in
flation, to terminate war con
tracts, to bring men home, and to
maintain an army of occupation
were listed as other important
reasons.
Eugene C. Stevens, veteran
campaign chairman of five pre
vious drives as well as county
chairman of the Victory Loan,
made arrangements for the re
gional meeting, the last of several '
pre-campaign meetings that have
been held at the local club.
Around 50 chairmen and workers
from Moore, Anson, Hoke, Lee,
Montgomery, Randolph and Scot
land counties attended.'
John McNair, Jr., of Laurin-
burg Regional Chairman, open
ed the meeting, introducin'g Mr.
Leinbach who spoke briefly and
then presented other speakers on
the program.
Payroll Deductions
T. C. Abemethy, War Fund
Deputy Manager from Greens
boro, discussed payroll deduc
tions and their importance in
bond drives. He said that any
bonds bought in this manner be
tween October 29 and the very
last of December would be add
ed on the county quota although
the loan officially ends Decem
ber 8.
Norris Hadaway, Vice Chair
man of the War Finance Commit
tee, Greensboro, emphasized the
importance of films, rally groups,
recruiting trucks, and other
special events in the Victory
Loan.
The part school children can
play in drives was brought out
by Allison James, Executive
Manager of the War Finance Com
mittee, who announced that Nov-'
ember 2-9 had been set aside as
School Children’s Week. Mrs. P.
P. McCain of Sanatorium. Re
gional Women’s Chairman, and
Mrs. John D. Robinson, Wallace,
Coordinator Tobacco Program,
also spoke.
Chairmen who have already
been appointed for the forthcom
ing Victory Loan in Moore Coun
ty who were present are: Eugene
Stevens, Moore County Victory
Loan Chairman; Mrs. N. L. Hodg
kins, County Women’s Division
Chairman; Mrs. Philip J. Weaver,
Southern Pines Women’s Division
Chairmary
Miss Flora McDonald, County
Women’s Division Vice Chair
man; Col. George P. Hawes, Pine
hurst chairman; G. C. Seymour,
Aberdeen chairman; A. L. Bur
ney, Aberdeen Vice Chairman.
N. L. Hodgkins recently ap
pointed War Finance Chairman
of Moore County, also attended
the meeting.
BILL FISHER
Local theatre-goers, if they
had sharp ears, heard the
name of a Southern Pines
man. Bill Fisher, read off one
of the propellers at the Fly
ers' Chapel, at Mission Inn,
Calif« in a scene shot at the
chapel in "You Came Along"
One of the flyers in the
film was reading the engrav
ed names of famous flyers
and read the names of Doo
little, Cochran and then
"Billy Fisher". He is none
other than Col. William Fish
er. son of Mrs. Eleanor Fish
er of Southern Pines, who is
now stationed on General
"Hap" Arnold's staff in Wash
ington.
Election of officers for the com
ing year will take place at the
meeting of the Southern Pines
branch of the American Red Cross
in the local Red Cross rooms,
Tuesday, October 23, at 4 p. m.
SOUTHLAND OPENING
Bound On Charge Of
Breaking and Entering
Mr. and Mrs. J. Elmer Harring
ton will open the Southland Ho
tel for rooms next week and din
ing room service will begin in
December. The building has been
redecorated. ,
CHESTER KERR TO ADDRESS
ROTARY MEETING TODAY
Charles Jethro Jackson, colored,
was bound to Superior Court un
der bond of $1,000 in each of two
bupaking and entering cases when
he was given a hearing before
Hugh P. Kelly, justice of the
peace, in Carthage Tuesday.
Jackson was charged with en
tering the home of Sam Arnette
in Jackson Hamlet, and that of
Louise Turnage in West Southern
Pines on, October 14 and taking
household articles, also a small
amount of money from the Turn-
age home.
Chester Kerr, executive secre
tary of the United War Fund in
North Carolina, will address the
Rotary Club at its luncheon-meet
ing today at 12:15 p. m. in behalf
of the current war fund campaign.
HALLOWE'EN CARNIVAL
The annual Hallowe’en Carni
val—outstanding gaiety program
of the year—^will be held at Vass-
Lakeview School Friday evening,
October 26, opening at, 7:30 with
a stage show. A baby contest, a
higb jschool popularity contest
and a square dance are some of
the many attractions.