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VOLUME 26, NO. 4
16 PAGES’
Southern Pines, North Carolina, Friday, December 21, 1945
16 PAGES
TEN CENTS
Hospital Board
Holds Election
At Annual Meeting
Staff Appointed
And Plans Discussed
For Future Progress
Fourteen directors and officers
of the Moore County Hospital
braved the sleet and snow Tues
day night to gather at the Nurses’
Home for the annual meeting of
the past year.
Officers and board to serve the
hospital during 1946 were elected
and appointments to the Active
and Courtesy Staffs of the insti
tution for 1946 confirmed.
S. Donald Sherrerd, of Pine-
hurst, will again be president;
other officers reelected are G. C.
Seymour, Aberdeen, first vice-
president; Paul Dana, Pinehurst,
secretary-treasurer; and Col.
George P. Hawes, Jr., Pinehurst,
assistant secretary-treasurer. Mrs.
J. H. Andrews, of Southern
Pines, wished to give up her post
as second vice-president, though
continuing as a director, and Mrs.
James Boyd, of Southern Pines,
was chosen her successor.
On the Board of Directors, Mrs.
Paul Dana succeeds Mrs. H- W.
T. Norris as representative of the
Auxiliary. Verner Z. Reed, for
merly of Pinehurst and a staunch
supporter of the Hospital in past
years, is no longer in the section;
his post on the Board has been
filled by the election of John
M. Howarth, of Southern Pines.
Directors for 1946 are as fol
lows: From Aberdeen: Forrest
(Continued on Page 4)
GIVE NOW
Legion Auxiliary
Brings Christmas
To Camp Hospitals
The Auxiliary of the American
Legion reports ' the impressive
number of 101 packages bought
and wrapped for presentation to
the wounded and sick among our
servicemen in the Fort Bragg hos
pitals. Part of the money was
taken from the treasury and part
raised at the recent church eve
ning program.
This Christmas work has been
carried out by the Auxiliary in
cooperation with the Red Cross
Camp and Hospital Service and
follows the plan initiated by the
Eddie Cantor radio program:
“Gifts for the Yanks Who Gave,”
carried on throughout the nation
in order that no servicemen in
hospitals at Christmas time shall
be without a gift.
In stressing the need for sup
port of the Auxiliary and for new
members, the president, Mrs.
Dan McNeill, pointed out the
part played by the Legion in as
sisting veterans of this war as
well as past wars. “The Auxil
iary is going forward with the
Legion in this work,” she said.
“They assign us a part in their
activities and we need increased
membership to carry this respon
sibility. We expect 1946 to be
one of the most active years in
Legion history. Women of the
Auxiliary will be working side
by side with the men to make the
year a complete success.”
Enrollment of members is go
ing forward with nearly seventy
of the Unit’s 1945 strength al
ready enrolled. Invitations to
join are extended to all women
as soon, as they become eligible
for membership through the en
rollment of veteran" of their fam
ily in the Legion. Mrs- McNeill
said that it was hoped that appli
cation blanks would be mailed in
to the secretary, Mrs. J. S. Mc-
Lauchlin, before the January
meeting.
Christmas!
What should it mean?
On our streets, people well
dressed, well fed, rush up and
down buying presents, but,
living right in our midst, are
many who are old, ill, thinly
clad, lonely, and neglected.
The Council of Social Agen
cies, which we ourselves set
up to see that no one was left
out at Christmas time, has al
most no money to buy either
gifts or necessities for these un
fortunate ones • . . and it is
now only four days before
Christmas.
Townspeople! The call is ur
gent! Send whatever you can
to Mrs. Howard Butler: better
still, take it to her, or to Mrs.
James Swett, or telephone ei
ther of them. Time is essential.
Do it NOW!
Therefore, Christian men, be
sure.
Health or wealth possessing.
Ye who now would bless the
poor
Shall yourselves find bless
ing.
L H. Cherry Buys
Former Home of
Mrs. John Y. Boyd
Plans to Rebuild House
For Permanent Home
In Southern Pines
One of the most important
purchases of recent times in Sou
thern Pines is that of the estate
formerly owned by Mrs. John
Y. Boyd, to Mr. and Mrs. L. H.
Cherry, Jr., of Charlotte-
The house, called “Inchalene,”
was designed by Alfred B. Yeo
mans and built in 1924 under his
supervision. Mrs. Boyd, mother'
of Jackson H. Boyd and the late
James Boyd, lived there with her
cousin. Miss Lucy Hays, until
her death in February, 1929. One
of the most attractive; homes on
Weymouth Heights, it Was fur
nished simply but with great
charm with early American an
tiques of which the owner was
(Continued on Page 4)
Football Banquet
Pays Tribute To
Record of Gridmen
Gold Footballs and
Monograms Presented
To School Athletes
NOEL
NATIVITY
Christmas Play Given
at Notre Dame Acade^ny
On Sunday, December 16, No
tre Dame Academy presented its
annual Christmas play, entitled
“Come, Let Us Adore Him.” A
large audience, including many
out of town guests, was present.
The primary grade pupils op
ened the program with their
“Christmas Prayer.” Little Mat
thew Mills won the hearts of the
audience when he, as the Child
Jesus, gave his answer to their
prayer. Gay McClellan, in the
prelude to the Christmas play,
urged all to follow along the way
to Bethlehem. Scenes of the play
represented the shepherds’ watch
on the hillside, the kitchen of the
inn at Bethlehem, and the stable
where Christ was born. Impres
siveness of the play was accen
tuated by the lighting, soft mu
sic, and the beautiful costumes-
Christmas carols were sung by
the intermediate grade pupils,
who in colorful dress, enhanced
the Christmas setting.
The cast included: Carol Pu-
etz, Veda Bushby, Mary Ruth
Spring, Virginia Mae Hoskins,
Kathleen Walsh of Southern
Pines; Mary Jane and Catherine
Gallagher of Salisbury; Kather
ine Kelleher, Mary Ann Feeney
and Julia Bynum of Greensboro;
Patricia Paddock, Zina Pecorai-
no and Mary Agnes Tola of Fay
etteville; Mary Elizabeth John
son of Asheboro; Carole Lasker
of Carthage; Joan Endy of Mi
ami, Fla.; Jean Thompson of New
Canaan, Conn.
Half a hundred members and
supporters of the Southern Pines
grid squad, 1945 edition, met with
coaches and game officials for
the football banquet at the Sou
thern Pines Country Club Tues
day evening. Toastmaster for the
stag affair, made possible by lo
cal businessmen with E. C. Ste
vens as chairman of arrange
ments, was the Reverend ’Tucker
Humphries of Southern Pines.
High lights of the evening
were the election of Davis Wor
sham as honorary team captain
for 1945; the awarding of mono
gram letters to qualifying squad
members; and Coach Philip Wea-
]ver’s announcement of the pres
entation of gold footballs to this
year’s lettermen. The footballs
are a special tribute to the team
on the part of Dr. G- G. Herr
and his daughter. Sieger.
Philip Weaver, principal of the
Southern Pines schools and head
coach, was introduced by Tucker
Humphries as principal speaker.
Coach Weaver expressed grati
tude for the moral and financial
support of Southern Pines busi
ness men, which made possible
the school’s participation in six-
man football this year. Paying
tribute to the spirit and determi
nation of the team, lie stressed
the importance of the .boys’ re
taining the respect o|the towns-
I people which is now theirs. Dr.
j Herr, chairman of the school
board, commented upon the abil-
I ity and general excellence of the
■ coaches, proposing a toast to the
team, “In victory modest, in de
feat magnificent.”
June Phillips, dean of school
(Continued on Page 4)
YULE be glad lo hear that
there will be: NOEL bow
grease expended in removing
town garbage on Christmas
Day. NOELimination of this
commodity; NOELevation of
clanging cans: NOELaborate
P-rade of trucks hither and
yon: NOELalion among town
canines, either . . . TILL Wed
nesday, December 261h, when
the truck resumes normal op
eration, well bedecked with
the dusty red ribbons and pa
per of a happy NOEL.
One of the most beautiful
manger scenes being shown is
that in the Library. Set way at
the back, and softly lit, the
perspective gives a surprising
effect of reality. Closer inspec
tion shows the liny wooden
figures, delicately carved and
painted, the long ago work of
craftsmen from Hungary, home
of' the Oberamergau Passion
Play,
The Pilot recommends a vis
it to the Nativity in the Li
brary. More than chimes or
holly-berry, the true spirit of
the first Christmas in Bethle
hem shines out of the little
scene there.
EARLY MORNING FIRE
With the temperature register
ing a low of 16 degrees, at half
past three o’clock, Thursday
morning, the Southern Pines fire
men added new laurels to their
fine record by confining a blaze
in the Belvedere Hotel to its
place of origin, a second story
room fronting on Pennsylvania
Avenue.
The fire, said to have started
in a mattress, in a room occupied
by two sergeants from the Air
Force Center at Fort Bragg, com
pletely destroyed the furnishings
of the room with an estimated
loss of $2,500.00 insurance car
ried by the Barnum Company.
Yule Gymkhana
To Be Held In
Pinehurst Ring
Pinehurst will stage a gym
khana in the Carolina Hotel rid
ing ring on Christmas afterndon.
The prevailing holiday spirit will
spill over into the afternoon’s
proceedings for most of the
events will be of a humorous na
ture. One item will be the nam
ing of the nameless horse, ex
hibited at the last gymkhana.
Written suggestions are welcom
ed by David W. Roberts at the
Pinehurst Livery Stables.
The following evening, Wed
nesday 26th, all participants in
the gymkhana will be guests of
the management of the Carolina
at a dance in the Pine Room of
the hotel. Dancing will com
mence at 9:00 p. m.
On New Year’s Day the Mid-
Winter Horse Show will take
place in the Carolina ring.
Church Plans For
Music, Services
During Christmas
An event of the holidays in Sou
thern Pines will be the, Yuletide
caroling party to be sjjonsored
by the Triangle Club of the
Brownson Memorial Presbyter
ian Church. All young people of
the community are invited to
gather at the park in front of
the Community Center at 8::45
o’clock on Christmas Eve to join
in the singing of carols through
out town. The carolers will re
turn to the church for refresh
ments at about 10::30 in the eve
ning. In the event of bad wea
ther, the young people will meet
at the church at 9 p. m. for a
Christmas party.
Christmas music will be heard
at the evening service at the
church at 8:00 o’clock Sunday.
The opening hymn will be “Joy
To The World,” followed by a
solo rendition of “O Holy Night.”
A Scripture lesson and prayer
will precede the cantata, “The
Star Divine,” by Lansing, and
the closing hymn, “Silent Night.”
Soloists will be Mrs. T. K. Gun
ter, Chaplain A. H. Achterman,
Lt. W. J. Reesburg and Joyce
Baily.
Another church announcing
its Christmas program is the
Church of Wide Fellowship. On
Friday evening of December 21st,
at 7:30 p. m., the Sunday School
(Continued on Page 5)
Col. Bower Appointed
To Administrative Post
HOME FROM ABROAD
Lt. Harold B. Fowler, 193rd
Field Artillery Bn., and Paul M.
Fowler, ROM-3-c, of the destroy
er escort, USS Woodsen, are now
at home in Southern Pines, bn
leave and furlough, respective
ly. iPaul M. Fowler has complet
ed a year’s service in the South
and Central Pacific. The Fow
lers are sons of Mr. and Mrs. H.
M. Fowler of North May Street-
Upon his retirement from the
regular Army, after 28 years of
commissioned service, Colorvel
Ralph E. Bower has been appoint-
ea as assistant administrative oi-
firer for the Carolina Motor Club
in Charlotte. Officials of the
club have announced that Colo
nel Bower will be the key man
in the Carolina Motor Club's e.x-
tensive plans for future expan
sion in North and South Caro
lina. Coleman W. Roberts, pres
ident of the club, said Colonel
Bower would act as his executive
assistant.
A veteran of two world wars
Colonel Bower served on the
Mexican Border in 1916, and was
jater with the A. E. F. in J<rance
and Siberia. More recently, he
saw duty overseas with the Eighth
Corps and participated in four
campaigns, including Normandy.
Northern France, and the Arden
nes; he wears the Croix de Guer
re with palm. Before going ov
erseas, he served as Inspector
General of the Airborne Com
mand at Camp Mackall, N- C.
Colonel Bowers has maintained
his home in Southern Pines for
a number of years- For the pres
ent, Mrs. Bower and their family,
which includes seven children,
expect to remain in Southern
Pines.
Bond Issue Carried By Handful Of
. Voters In Special Election Tuesday
COLD COURTESY
Post Office remaining open
until 6 p. m. Saturday. (And
WAS open untill 6 p. m. last
Saturday, only The Pilot for
got lo tell you.) This is one
more instance of the efforts
made by those who work in
our public services and stores
at Christmas-time to be of the
greatest help to the community.
The Pilot, perennially over-
wl^i'^lmed with admiration of
the courtesy and patience of all
who serve at this time, maks
a panoramic bow to include
each and every one, hat in
hand. And then claps it quick
ly on his head again, BRR^R!
Is that mercury never going to
start up?
(It alius has.)
Christmas Fund
Donations Short
Of Requirements
Welfare Group Seeks
Response In Campaign
In Aid Of Needy Here
Palomino Horses
Auctioned Friday
At Paddock Farm
Many Fanciers Drawn
To Vicinily For Sale
Of Horses, Equipment
Intermittent rains Friday left
undeterred the purchasers and
spectators gathering at the Pad- With less than a week’s time
dock Palominos Ranch, Southern i remaining for the collection of
Pines, for the auction of stock i funds before Christmas, the Sou-
and equipment getting underway them Pines Council of Social
at 11:00 o’clock. Some thirty! Agencies finds itself far short of
head of horses upwards of half the sum required in the aiding
of which were highly trained j of needy families. In a statement
Palomino trick and show horses, j Monday, Mrs. Howard Butler,
were disposed of 'as advertised treasurer, reported that dona-
in pre-sale notices by A. S- Car-1 tions to the Christmas Cheer
Fund totaled to date approxi
mately $35.00. A minimum of
$200.00 is the estimated require
ment for completion of the wel
fare program this season.
Citizens are reminded that in
man, owner of the Paddock Sta
bles. The auction sale was con
ducted by the Penny Brothers of
Charlotte, billing themselves as
the world’s original twin auction
eers.
Prices at which the numerous i P^st the Christmas fund has
valuable horses changed hands
ranged from as little as $150.00
upwards to $900.00, with many
purchases having been made at
remarkably low cost. Advertis
ed in conjunction with local at
tractions for tourists, riding and
golf facilities and excellent hotel
appointments, Friday’s sale drew
a number of horse fanciers and
trainers from New York and from
as far west as Oklahomo, as well
as from the Sandhills area.
The Palominos, golden brown
with silvery manes and tails,
were billed as animals which,
when crossed with Tennessee
walking horses or American
bred saddle horses, produce the
handsomest horses on the Ameri
can market. Among horses dis
posed of was the ■ western Palo
been collected in the annual
spring campaign, together with
funds for supporting the remain
der of the year’s program; and
that the customary drive was not
held this past spring, as the
Council wished to obtain a youth
director before planning a bud
get for the year. Therefore, no
Christmas fund was collected. It
is urgently required to fill this
(Continued on Page 4)
Ark School Has
Christinas Play
The Ark School held its annual
Christmas party Wednesday. This
year it was attended by more
parents and friends than ever be-
Citizens Apathetic
In Voicing Opinions
On Proposed Bonds
Decision of the Town of Sou
thern Pines to raise by bond is
sue, and to spend, the sum of
$150,000 was consummated at the
polls on Tuesday by an absurd
ly small total of 56 voters-
Issuance of $70,000 in bonds
for improvement of the sewage
system was approved by 48 votes
against 8.
Issuance of $50,000 in bonds
for improvement of the streets
was approved by 48 votes against
8-
Issuance of $30,000 in bonds
for the building of an incinera
tor was approved by 47 votes
against 9.
No citizen who failed to go to
the' polls can plead not having
registered; no special registration
was required. Of the 500 names
upon the books, dating from
about 1920, approximately 400
are those of people still residing
in Southern Pines. Votes were
cast by 56 of these people, with
a remainder of 344 who appar
ently did not care enough for the
public welfare to voice their
opinions.
Commenting on the election, a
leading citizen said. “Of course,
the time was unfortunate: so close
to Christmas, and bad weather
always cuts down on votes. But
still, such a display of indiffer
ence to public issues is most un
fortunate.”
fore in its history and the school-
mino Moran Girl, introduced to room was taxed to accommodate
the public here at the Southern' the guests.
Pines gymkhana of November
23, where the four-year-old mare
proved a feature attraction in her
repertoire of tricks. Foaled of
registered sire and dam, the ed
ucated horse was four times
Grand Champion Stock Horse in
the State of Colorado.
Others among the Palominos
(Continuea on Page 5)
Horse Show Was
Postponed Due To
Inclement Weather
Over the weekend snow and
ice combined to wreck plans for
second equestrian gymkhana of
the Southern Pines season, which
had been scheduled for 2:30 last
Sunday afternoon at the horse
show grounds of the Southern
Pines Country Club. Inclement
weather made for exceedingly
poor going and placed out of the
question the presentation of the
seven event card which had been
arranged for the day.
Plans had been made for the
entering of upwards of fifty
horses in the afternoon’s show
ing, which was to have been giv
en for the benefit of the Christ
mas cheer fund. According to an
announcement by Louis Schei-
pers. Chairman of the Equestrian
Committee, the next horse event
for Southern Pines will be the
mid-season show slated for the
Country Club grounds on Decem
ber 30. It is anticipated that sev
eral novel features from the card
postponed on Sunday, among
them the potato race and the
jumping class in the inside ring,
will be presented at the later
show.
As always the play centered
around the Christmas scenes, this
year, having, as a frame, seven
carols. The first was the old Eng
lish carol: “Here We Come
A-wassailing,” in which the parts
were taken by: Frances Pearson,
Lisa Sutherland, George Vare,
Henry Price, Malcolm Kemp, Ju
lie Waters, Page Blackmore. “The
Holly and the Ivy” was acted by
Lynne Sherrerd, Anne Peai-scn,
Mary Lyn Bower, Peter Winkel-
man. Acting in “I Saw Three
Shins” were: Marjorie McMahan,
Penelope Dana, Susan Thompson,
and Jackie Carter; while Jim
MacKie and Elizabeth Horr took
the parts of the king and the page
in “Good King Wenceslaus.” In
the three scenes that followed the
Bible story, the angels were play
ed by: Tim Mackie, Polly Sachs,
Gail Walsh, .Betsy 'Thompson and
Pat Blackmore; the shepherds!
were Jill Buffum, Lisa Howe,
Polly and Tim MacKie. The latter
appeared again with Rene Razook
and Dwight Winkelman in “We!
Three Kings.” Harriet McMahan
(Continued on Page 5)
Cantata Singers Listed
Mrs. Page Choate and Mrs.
Robert Harrison, sopranos. Miss
Mary Alice Tate, Mrs. Bryan
Poe, and Mrs. Aimee DesPland,
contraltos, Wilbur P. Whitlock,
tenor, Victor Macey, bass, and
Wesley Stoltz, baritone, will be
soloists in the cantata, “The
Christ Child,” by Hawley, under
the direction of Mrs. L. D. Mc
Donald, church organist. The
cantata will be sung at the Can
dle-light Service in the Church
of Wide Fellowship Sunday af
ternoon, December 23, at five-
thirty.
Local Post Office
Reaches Holiday
Mail Peak Monday
Monday was the biggest day
our post office has ever had.
A dependable barometer of the
town’s pulse, the Southern Pines
office reached on Monday of this
week a peak in the handling of
outgoing Christmas mail, as 13,-
100 letters passed through the
cancellation machine in the
course of the day. This total in
dicates an average of approxi
mately three letters posted by
every man, woman and child in
Southern Pines. In addition, suf
ficient incoming letters were re
ceived to boost the volume to up
wards of 26,000 letters.
Although Monday’s outgoing
turnover broke all past records
for any single day at the South
ern Pines office, exclusive of
mail handled in the past through
the Camp Mackall branch, Post
master Frank P. Buchan stated
that in the last days before
Christmas the volume of incom
ing mail would, in all probability,
eclipse even this record.
The total of Southern Pines
cancellations does not take into
account the large quantities of
mail collected from eleven small
post offices along the Norfolk
and Western route between Sou
thern Pines and Star, and regu
larly received in the office here
to be sorted and dispatched. Over
and above letters handled Mon
day were approximately 4,000 in
coming and outgoihg parcels-
An average day’s receipt of let
ters is from three tq four thou
sand. Each letter mt^st be hand
led seven times in . processing;
and, in order to copd with mail
during the Christmas (Season, the
regular staff of seven hiail clerks
has been increased Jto twelve.
The Southern Pines Rost Office
at present has a rating of 1st
Class in the $4,000 grade. Post
al ratings are based upom the vol
ume of a year’s receipts. Post
master Buchan believes tthat, pos
sibly, there is no other teffice in
the United States with 4^;
rating which does not
delivery.
The Southern Pines PoAt Office
will be open Saturday, qDecem-
ber 22, until 6:00 p. m.
equal
ve city
COME ON,
MOORE COUNIH'!
The Victory Loan Dwive is
almost over the top in tbul
ty .. . lacks just 54,000
to gq. December 18
show overall quota of
passed by 136,000, and
E-bonds raised.
Going . . . gcingj,
buyers!
Who'll come forward
that 54,000!
coun-
-bonds
igures
146,000