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f Jl r ' KEEP FAITH ^ \mthus^\ \i^buyng\ ^„.*WAR BONDS LOT *******»■* *-* Those Boys Need ^ Southern Pines, North Carolina Friday, October 26, 1945. TEN CENTS School Rally Day First Big Event Of Victory Drive County Quota Is $446,000; Drive Opens Next Monday A Rally Day at the Southern Pines High School will be the first big event in the Victory Loan Drive, the eighth and last war loan dirve, on Friday, November 2, and the promoters are going all-out to make it a headliner. Moore County’s overall quota in the drive, which begins next Monday and continues through December 8, is $446,000, of which amount $238,000 is to be in Series “E” bonds, according to an an nouncement made bv County Chairman Eugene C. Sfevens. Southern Pines’ overall quota is $124,880; “E” quota, $66,640. While chairmen and quotas for all of the various towns have not been settled, Mr. Stevens disclos ed that Paul Jernigan, who has been right on the job for the past two ©r three drives, will again head up the work of the Men’s Division in Southern Pines. G. C. Seymour will direct the drive in Aberdeen; Col. George P. Hawes, Jr., in Pinehurst; M. G. Boy ette, in Carthage; W. P. Saun ders, in Robbins, and W. E. Glad stone, in Vass. “Moore County reached a mil lion and a half in the 7th War Loan, so $446,000 sounds like quite a drop,” said Mr. Stevens, who is hopeful that the amount can be raised before the time expires. Mrs. N. L. Hodgkins, county chairman of the Women’s Divi sion, has named Mrs. Philip Weaver as local chairman. Others will be announced soon. Mrs. Weaver is well along with her planning. Special emphasis will be given to the drive in the schools from November 2-9, and she is working up a big Rally Day to be held at the high school on (Continued on Page 5) PHOTOS WANTED Will all families who have men or women in the service —son, daughter. Brother, sis ter, wife or husband—help Mrs. J. T. Overton in her at tempt to make an interesting window display for the com ing Victory Bond Drive by sending in pictures of these service people to her at the Sandhills Drug Store? Please include the name of the per son, the name of the place where stationed (if possible), and the address. This help will be greatly appreciated. ’Gene and Jean, King and Queen of Halloween Festival Rulers Are Elected By Popular Vote of the School Children Local Team Beats Carthage 39 to 0 Will Play Lowe's Grove Or Bethesda for East ern N. C. Championship Witches and goblins will be out next Wednesday night — the witches trying to bewitch the King and Queen on the review ing stand, and the goblins gob bling apples and punch. From the 7:30 parade on to the 10:30 movie at the Carolina Thea tre, the annual Rotary-sponsored Halloween Festival for the kids will be in full swing. The costume parade will start at 7:30 at Brown and Clark’s, Broad Street and Connecticut Avenue, and go past the review ing stand where the King and Queen, Eugene Stevens and Jean Edson, selected by popular vote of the school children to reign through Halloween night, will pick out the prize-winning cos tumes and make the awards. Ten prizes will be given, five to boys and five to girls. Awards will be given wearers of the most original, cutest, most ludicrous, prettiest, and oddest costumes. The prizes have been contributed by local merchants and business men. Following the parade, ’old Hal loween favorites of apple bob bing, pie eating, contests and games will be featured.' The al ways popular and concluding Train-Car Tragedy Narrowly Averted At Noon Tuesday Oscar Kenzek Drives In Path of Slowly Moving Freight Train Despite the warning cries of horrified spectators and the sounding bell and whistle of No. 4001, southbound Seaboard freight train, which was almost at the New Hampshire Avenue crossing, Oscar Kenzak drove di rectly in the train’s path at 1;00 o’clock Tuesday just as noontime diners were returning from lunch. As he realized his danger, Ken zek, who is associated with Judge W. A. Way’s Carolina Orchid Growers, threw his wheel hard to the left and the impact of the slowly moving train merely shoved and bumped the 1942 Nash car along the right of way for about 100 feet. Engineer E. D. Foxworth succeeded in stopping his train, and as the car went On for a few more feet, Kenzek, slightly bruised, stepped out. His car was badly damaged. ' Mr. Kenzek’s statement to local police officials was to the effect that his attention was on a north bound freight, passing on the main track, and that he did not notice the advancing southbound train until he started to cross. ON LUZON Local Town Board Authorizes Bond Issue of $150,000 Money Is to Cover Several Important Public Improvements United War Fund Approaching Goal Of Three Thousand in Southern Pines DANIEL S. RAY III Private Daniel S. Ray, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dan S. Ray, South ern Pines, has recently arrived at the West Pacific. He has been as signed to Headquarters Company, Base M, working with the Labor Control Office of the G-5 Section, on Luzon. Enlisting in the Army Special ized Training School January 1944, Pvt. Ray trained until Au gust when he shipped to the West Pacific with replacements for high-point veteraiijs waiting to return home. A graduate of Southern Pines High School, he attended David son College prior to his induction and worked with The Pilot dur ing vacations. Atomic Bomb Is Kiwanis Subject Straley. UNC Physics Professor, Speaks; Two New Members Inducted Declaring that' in his opinion the atomic bomb arrived at the psychological moment to avoid further wars. Dr. Joseph W. Stra ley, professor of physics at the University of North Carolina, in , , , an address to the Sandhills Ki- Do you have any discarded toys wanis Club at its luncheon meet- < ar^nd the place that you would ing Wednesday at the Southern be willing to donate to make Pines Country Club termed the some unfortunate child s Christ- bomb the most far-reaching scien- Hias happier? . _ „ . tific discovery of the war. That is a question Boy Scout Playing before another large crowd here Wednesday afternoon. Southern Pines defeated Carth age High School 39 to 0 in a Dis trict 4 conference title game. By taking this game the Blue and White will play either Lowe’s Gi^ove or Bethesda, contenders for District 3 honors, in a game that will give the winner the Eastern North Carolina championship. Southern Pines scored two touchdowns in the first and third quarters and one each in the sec ond and fourth. Carthage played determinedly and never gave up, but threatened only in the last two minutes of play when Fletch er, a shifty runner,, carried the ball on a reverse for 20 yards to the Southern Pines 13, but this gain was nullified by a holding penalty assessed against his team. .Carthage took the kick-off, but failing to gain, had to punt. Start- . ing from their 34-yard line, the Blue and White quickly rolled to its first touchdown. Worsham ran for 13 and then added 11 more. Arnette made 2 and Prizer passed to Page for 15, and then Worsham from the 5 went over for the score. Worsham passed to Page for the extra point, mak ing the score 7 to 0. Carthage, again failing to gain after the kick-off, punted into the end zone. It was a beautiful kick by Copley. From their 15 Southern Pines added another touchdown just before the quar ter ended. Prizer passed to Page for 17 yards and again to Page for 15. Worsham picked up 10 yards at left and added 12 more at right end. Arnette raced around right end to score, and then pass ed to Page for the extra point, making the score 14 to 0. The Blue and White’s third touchdown followed Copley’s kick out of bounds on the South ern Pines 11-yard line. It was a whale of a kick. Arnette and Wor sham collaborated for 11 yards. Then Worsham passed to Harring ton, who lateraled to Prizer, and Prizer scooted down the sideline marker for 45 yards and the third marker. Try fpr extra point fail ed and the score was 20 to 0. Early in the third quarter Car (Continued on Page 5) school children at the Carolina Theatre. “So kiddies—boys and girls— start costuming now, and if you don’t have a noise-maker, don’t worry; you will have when the parade gets underway,” the spon sors assure. Ruggles and Burns On Committee foi: President’s Visit Local Boy Scouts Will Repair Toys For Christmas Use The Board of Town Commis sioners at a special meeting Wed nesday night authorized the is suance of $150,000.00 Public Im provement Bonds. The bond is sue will be broken down as fol lows: Enlargement of the present over loaded sewerage plant in ac cordance with recommendations of the State Board of Health, $35,000.00. An Incinerator, $30,000.00. Retreatment of paved streets, $25,000.00. Enlargement of sewerage out fall line to disposal plant, $30,- 000.00. The opening of Connecticut Avenue, Stephens Street and Mechanic Street in West South ern Pines, $25,000.00. To building of spillway for storm sewer outlet on Bennett Street, $5,000.00. Paul Van Camp, engineer, has been authorized to proceed with preparing the plans for the above "WOW, wow.. Heard on Broad Street in front of the Barnum window: Yale Man: "Dogged if Paul hasn't got Princeton colors on both goals!" Harvard Man: "Guess he figured it was the only way Princeton could win!" CP&L Is Host to Laundry Operators At Dinner Meeting Talks and Film On Laundry Moderniza tion Are Features Laundry representatives from Southern Pines, Pinehurst, Aber deen, Sanatorium, Carthage, Eagle Springs, Wadesboro, Ham let, Sanford, Rockingham, Ashe- boro, Siler City, Liberty, and Troy held a dinner meeting at the Southern Pines Country Club on Thursday evening of last week. coming at the invitation of the hnprovements,"aU of which have' Carolina Power and Light Com been recommended by the Sou thern Pines Planning Board, and are of utmost importance. It will be necessary that a bond election be held. The gross debt of the town is now $320,000.00 By going ahead with the bond issue at this time the town is taking advantage of the low interest rate which will mean the saving of niany thousands of dollars in interest. Pottle Brothers Buy Hollywood Hotel Begins Its 32nd Year With Third Generation In Charge Touching on its scientific devel- . opment, the speaker, a graduate event will be the movie for. University of Ohio, ex- At least two Southern Pines men will see and hear President Truman when he comes to North Carolina next week. John Ruggles and Howard F. Burns have been notified of their appointment as members of the State-wide Mar shal’s Committee for the get- to gether meeting of the North Car olina State Senate in Statesville on November 1-2, at which time President Truman, Secretary of the Treasury Fred Vinson, and Secretary of War Robert P. Pat terson will addres the Senate members and the general public. They are to report at the City Hall prior to 11 o’clock on the morning of November 2 to receive their committee badges and in structions as to their duties. As we go to press we hear that P. F. Buchan has also been ap pointed to this committee. Four From Local Fire , Department at School Representatives of the Southern Pines Fire Department, P. V. Hatch, Woodrow Davis, George Little and Pat Lee, attended the two-day Siandhills Fire School in Hamlet Tuesday and Wednes day of last Week. The school is conducted annu ally when every fire department sends delegates to attend classes and participate in the drills which include any advances made in fire fighting in the previous year. pressed the opinion that any na tion with' two billion dollars could develop this bomb. The atomic bomb can be con trolled by the United Nations, he said, by control of the materials that make it up and by control of the laboratories from which at omic energy can be developed. Without control it will be possible in another war to lose as many as twenty million lives in the first day, he predicted. The speaker was introduced by Paul Butler of the Program Com mittee. • T. O. Moses of Aberdeen and L. P. Creath, cashier of the Bank of Pinehurst, were inducted into membership by Dr. T. A. Cheat ham. J. Talbot Johnson of Aberdeen, chairman of the Inter-Club Re lations Committee, announced that the Raeford Club would meet with the Sandhills Club on No vember 7, and that a similar meeting with Sanford was being arranged for a later date. Pine Needles Will Open November 14 The Pine Needles will open of ficially Wednesday, November 14. Last season’s staff, augmented by several members of the organ ization who were with Emmett E. Boone during the pre-war days, will return again this year. They will contribute to the friendly at mosphere and excellent service that The Pine Needles maintains under the management of Mr. Boone. Several conferences have plan ned meetings at the hotel during November and early December. Long-term reservations have al ready been made by many of the former guests, and requests for accommodations for the coming winter season are very encourag ing, it is disclosed. Troop 73 of Southern Pines would like to have answered, for these Scouts have decided to serve as aides to Santa Claus and they are eager to get started on their work of repairing toys to be turned over to the Southern Pines Coun cil of Social Agencies, of which Morris Johnson is president, to be distributed. So if you will look in your attic, basement, garage, or wher ever you are in the habit of stor ing such articles, dig out all of the toys you can find, regardless of their condition, and leave them at the Fire Station, the boys will get right to work at their task of cleaning the toys up, repairing and painting them to look like new. The sooner they can be made available, the better. Walter Harper, Scoutmaster, says that toys that appear to be useless may be the very things needed for repairing other simi lar toys. He has saws, planes, a lathe and other equipment which he plans to make available for the repair work, and this will en able the boys to make wheels and many other things needed in mak ing old toys new. In addition to aiding Santa, the boys will be helpins themselves by this work as mey can get credit on at least two merit badges—painting and woodwork ing—the Scoutmaster says. Of more than local interest is the announcement of the purchase of The Hollywood Hotel in Sou thern Pines by George W. Pottle and John F. Pottle' from Mrs. Irene Pottle Davis of Plymouth, N. H., and Mrs. Frank B. Pottle of Jefferson, N. H. This year marks the 32nd anni versary of this popular hotel and finds it under the ownership- management of the third genera-' tion of the Pottle family. The Hollywood was built in 1913 by John L. Pottle and his son, Frank B. Pottle, under the trade name of J. L. Pottle and Son, which trade name will con tinue to be used. George W. Pottle was discharg ed recently from the Army Air Force after serving in the Pacific TheaJre. He was formerly con nected with the hotel when he Football Scene In Broad St. Window Shows Daily Score “We want a touchdown! We want a touchdown!” That is the shout on Broad Street today, as the runner on Paul Barnum’s gridiron, in the Barnum window forges on down the green field. The ball that he is carrying is the ball of the Un ited War Fund, and the lines marked out on the field before him represent the mounting sum subscribed by the people of Sou thern Pines to this great project. Ahead of him gleams “the last white line”, the goal of $3,000.00 which is the town’s quota. Thus, in graphic fashion, is de picted the campaign drawing to ward a close this week, and whose last day is October 31. During the past week, the tem po of the drive has been greatly stepped up. At first, according to reports of the solicitors, the re sponse was half-hearted. “The war is over,” some said, “why can’t we relax now and concentrate on our own needs for a while?” To which the answer was: a large part of this fund is “our own needs”. Almost sixty percent of the sum raised will go directly to aid own own soldiers and sai lors. These men, who make up our armies of occupation, have a long hard pull ahead of them. Perhaps now, even more than when they were actually engaged in fighting, it is important that they should get those services which speak to them of home, which show them that their coun try is grateful and has not for gotten. This sixty percent will go to maintain USO centers and Uriited Seaman’s Service Cen ters around the world, besides convalescent homes here at home, while a part of it will go to wards the work for the prisoners of war, who are still being found and who will for some time to come need extra care and under standing treatment. “But what of the rest of the fund; where does that go?” ask these uncertain ones on the side lines. “Part of it goes to Europe and part to China and the Philippines, for medical care, food, shelter, HTr* and clothing for millions of des- X cicpiiuiie iTXeil X U pe^ately needy people. TTnlrl rnnvf^fltion necessary?” XlUm “Well, folks, of course that is At- P* decide. If you have X me llCCCllCS read your paper lately, you will have seen what our president said a few days ago: that we have won the war and now we must go on and make that winning stick. We have saved the world from Naziism, but what shall it profit the poor old thing to be pany to discuss laundry modern ization. R. L. Chandler, of Southern Pines, division manager of the Carolina Power and Light Com pany, welcomed the group; H. G. Isley of Raleigh, general mana ger, spoke the invocation, and W. Isley of Raleigh, general sales manager, spoke the invocation, and W. P. Lyman, second sales manager, also of Raleigh, intro duced the guests. Following the dinner G. A. Wie- ber of the General Electric Com pany, Schenectady, N. Y., spoke on the development of the film, “On One Condition,” which was then shown. The film, a portrayal of improved laundry equipment and modernization, was produced by the General Electric Company, the American Institute of Laun dering, and the Laundry and Dry Cleaners Machinery Manufac turing Association, and has been bought by the Carolina Power (Continued on Page 10) members , of the North Carolina Public Service Commission. An intersting program of ad- worked with his father,'the late Uj-esses on timely subjects by na- The North Carolina Indepen dent Telephone Association will hold its annual convention at the Pine Needles Inn on November 12-13, and approximately 200 members and guests are expected, to attend. Guests will include ‘ ^== Frank B. Pottle Lt. (j. g.) John F. Pottle is now serving in the Naval Air Force, but is to be discharged this win ter. Before the war he was con nected with American Water Works and Electric, New York City. Mrs. N. O. Stevens Dies After Illness RENT CONTROL OFFICER IS HERE ON MONDAYS A representative of the OPA Rent Control Office at Fayette ville will be at the Southern Pines Police Station from 9:00 a. m. to 12:00 o’clock noon each Monday, R. S. Cromartie, area rent di rector, announced this week. Herman A. Huntley, 6, Dies at Chai>el Hill ON RECREATION COMMITTEE Howard F. Burns, city clerk of Southern Pines, has been named by Charles H. Stone of Charlotte, a member of the Advisory Com mittee of the North Carolina Rec reation Commission representing Administration, to serve on a sub committee to work with him in promoting recreation in North Carolina. Herman Allen Huntley, 6-year- old son of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Huntley, Jr., died at his home in Chapel Hill last Friday morning. Herman had not complained, and played as usual Thursday, but during the night he was stricken, and died at 7:30 the next morn ing. Funeral services were held at Chapel Hill Baptist Church at 3‘:00 p. m. Saturday with the pas tor, the Rev. D. Kelly Barnett, in charge, and burial was in Chapel Hill Cemetery. Herman is survived by his pa rents; one brother, W. T. Huntley, III, and his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Huntley of Aber deen and Mr. and Mrs. R. A Cha ney of Halifax, Va. The child’s death came as a dis tinct shock to relatives and friends in Moore County, where his paternal grandfather is county tax collector. Funeral services for Mrs. E. Maude Stevens, who died in her home in the Pinedene section of Southern Pines early Wednesday morning following an extended illness, will be held at the Lake- view Presbyterian church, at 2:00 p. m. ,Thursday, October 25, with the Rev. Troy D. Mullis, assisted by the Rev. Thompson Davis, of ficiating, The body will lie in state in the church for one hour before the services. Burial will be in Mt. Hope cemetery. Mrs. Stevens was born in Stokes County on April 2, 1900, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Pulliam, and had been a resi dent of Lakeview until her re moval to Southern Pines about two years ago. She is survived by her hus band, Needham O. Stevens; two sons, N. O. Jr., now -with the U. S. Army in Japan, James A., with the Army in Germany; five sis ters, Mrs. J. A. Kinsey, Mrs. S. W. Hauser, Mrs. Warren Armfield, Mrs. Paul Rush, all of Highpoint, and Mrs. Herman Clark of Camp Lejeune; one brother, G. P. Pul liam, of King, and her father and mother. tionally known telephone men has been arranged, and the con vention will end with a banquet and dance on Tuesday night. George M. Thompson of South ern Pines, general manager of the Central Carolina Telephone, heads the entertainment committee. So enjoyable was their stay at the Pine Needles during last year’s convention that many of the telephone men, before leav ing, expressed their determination to hold th 1945 meeting there. Last year’s attendance was 150. and disease? Fifteen times as many people as live in North Car olina are today homeless. Most of them have lost their homes for good and many are ill and starving. General Eisenhower, whom most of us consider a sen sible man not given to exaggera tion; says that unless fuel and food is given to his section of Eu- (Continued on Page 10) Nominating Committee Selects Red Cross Slate Miss Walton Leaves After Summer Here Miss Gertrude Walton, who worked as a member of the Pilot staff for three months this sum mer, left last Friday for her home in Salisbury and will return to , the University of North Carolina j at Chapel ilill next week to be gin her senior year. Miss Walton did straight news reporting and several feature articles while here, and assisted Bessie Cameron Smith, managing editor, with the editing while Mrs. James Boyd, editor, was vacationing in Mill- brook, N. Y., and Sorrento, Me. Miss Walton did* a fine job on the paper and enjoyed her stay in the Sandhills, making many friends here. The nominating committee of the Moore County Chapter of the Red Cross will present the follow ing list of officers for the season of 1945 and 1946: Col. George Percy Hawes, Jr., chairman; L. T. Avery, vice-chairman; Miss Nancy Proctor, secretary; David Packard, treasurer. The nominations were made by a committee headed by Mrs. Har riett E. Nichols of Southern Pines. The by-laws of the Chpater pro vide that additional nominations may be made from the floor at the annual meeting which will be held on Novxember 9 at 2:30 p. m. in the Southern Pines School auditorium. Show For War Fund DISCHARGED Sgt. Robert Henderson, nephew pf Mrs. Jayme, received his dis charge a few days ago and is now at home. He served in the Pacific area. Two weeks from Sunday the first Horse Show of the season will take place. It will have a feature entirely new in these parts. The palomino horses now being raised on the Paddock prop erty will be exhibited for the first time in the east. Proceeds from the show will be added to the United War Fund whose drive is approaching a cli max this week.
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