Staff l^ergeant James Pate Home
After Four Years of Service
Saw A
Bases
clion at Fighter
in Pacific; Now
On Te cminal Leave
New Year
feelings to
boy, this
s Day brought mixed
one Southern Pines
3|'ear. Staff Sergeant
James E. F ate arrived home on
that day, :erminating a period
which lacke d just twenty-six days
of being fo
home to j
though infi
charged anc
return rene
sad news w
during thos
ar years since he left
oin the army. But
nitely glad to be dis-
l back home again, his
wed the sorrow of the
hich had come to him
four years away. For
his parents,\vir. and Mrs. Edwin
Pate, had both passed away
while he w as overseas, a hard
blow, indeed to this young sol
dier. And sa d, too, to all friends
in the realiz ?tion of what would
have been tl^ir pride in him and
their joy in Irelcoming him home
again. y
Three yeai's ago Pate was bn his
way to Bris bane, Australia.^ A i
member of i small air force ser
vice group, he acted as company
personnel c: erk in the quarter
master corps Joining the rest_ of
the outfit t here, his crowd of
thirty-some i nen was flown into
Southern Ne w Guinea, where
they acted i is supply troops for
their fighter plane unit, which
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Jumping Events In
Show Ring Prove
GymkhanaFeature
Walsh Entries Take
Blues For Classes
On Hunting Course
E. PATE
Wilbur H. Currie
Wed T<) Daughter
of Job] 1 Willcox
u nc<
of great in
terest to ^ ore County people is
larriage of Mrs. Mar
garet Willco ^ Wicker and Wilbur
Hoke CuiTif > of Carthage, which
at the home of the
took place
Friday even
six o’clock.
Murphy Ci.
groom, offj
Rev. Will
pastor of
Only meir
iate fam^~
lowing fg'
left for
will rcr-
return.
Mrs.
Moore
per
ea <
Hoi5
Currie,'
of Cartl
izens, i
County
years,
brother,
now sen
first wi:
Woltz,
has five
bride’s fath er, John Willcox on
ing, December 28th, at
The Rev. William
rrie, brother of the
^ated, assisted by the
im Sidney Golden,
e bride and groom.
Ts of the two immed-
s were present. FoL
wedding, the couple
p to New York. They
|in Carthage on their
Forme
Recei\
Cyrus
forhaerly
dent of
has beer
lina stal
America)
quarters,
made by
cago, pr
Charlotte
law of
Aberdee]
lurrie is the daughter of
bunty’s Clerk of the Su-
lurt. The family once liv-
famous old place, “IThe
the Horseshoe.” Wilbur
ho has long been one
’s most prominent cit-
s headed the Board of
^nmissioners for many
part owner, with his
he Currie Mills and is
ihg as State Senator. His
;e, the former Elizabeth
led in August, 1943. He
children.
r Aberdeen Man
es Appointment
B. Campbell of Charlotte,
of Aberdeen, vice-presi-
the American Trust Co.,
appointed North Caro-
e vice-president of the
Bankers’ Association,
aC'Mrdinj 1 to a recent report from
th^sso( iation’s New York head-
The appointment was
Frank C. Rathje of Chi-
esident. A resident of
Aberdeei i before having gone to
Campbell is a son-in-
John T. Harrington of
BAD LUCK
Willie <
begin his
dicapped
mule got
and wan
Janie El
old wel’
which 1
slabs, k
heard n
well th(
tigated.
the mu
ground,
lately.
lott.
:iyde Sellars of Vass will
farming this spring han-
by the loss of a mule. His
out one night last week
ered to the premises of
:, where it fell into an
hich had caved in and
d been covered with
imbers of the family
proceeding from the
ext morning and inves-
wrecker was calld and
was hoisted to the
; it died almost immed-
Properties Change
Hands In Recent
Sales In Xown
During the Coming Year
Presaging Upswing In
Sandhills Development
by Jack Bilyeu
Riders and spectators found
gray skies but a reasonably firm
turf for the holiday equestrian
gymkhana last Sunday afternoon
at the horseshow grounds of the
Southern Pines Country Club.
Swelling the throng of onlookers
surrounding the show ring were
many veterans recently returned
and members of the college set
home for the holidays, as the
gathering saw a string of hunters
and jumpers from Mickey Walsh’s
Stoneybrook stSbles dominate top
events in the show.
Performing smoothly the black
middleweight Stallstown, by
Mickey Walsh, owner up, stood
out from a large field of seven
teen to take the blue in the Class
for Working Hui^ers. Offering
stiff competition to the Walsh en
try was the brown gelding Little
River owned by Mrs. W. O. Moss
of the Mile-Away Stables, who
brought the lightweight in to
place second. Third place in this
event, judged upon performance
The twenty-ninth annual run
ning of the Pinehurst Field Trials
will be held over the trial grounds
at Pinehurst beginning on Mon-
rather than conformation, went i^ay, of next week, January 7th,
^ ... . according to an announcement by
To date Southern Pines has
subscribed 261 percent of its
overall quota of bondb in the
Victory Loan Drive, with
sales amounting to the big
figure of $326,017.25. The quo
ta was $124,880.00. In the E-
bond sales, with a quota of
$66,640, final figures show
$98,917.25 raised or 148 per
cent of the quota.
County figures, which are
by no means final, as returns
are subject to several days'
delay, show 147 percent of the
overall total raised and 96
percent- of the E-bond quota
completed. Chairman Stevens
is confident that the full
amount has been actually
subscribed, and will have the
final report next week.
Mid Season Show
At Pinehurst Has
Varied Entries
Many Riders Take
Part But Cold Wind
Cuts Attendance
OPA Removes Rental
Ceilings For Hotels,
Rooming Honses Here
WITH STATION WHIG
Pinehurst Field
Trials Slated To
CommeneeMonday
Amateur, Open Derbys
Are Feature Stakes
In Annual Dog Events
Properties are changing hands
these days in what may be the
beginning of an upswing in the
resort business in these parts. Par
ticularly encouraging in these
transactions, however, is the fact
that, while attracted here by the
resort features of the place: the
pleasant atmosphere, fine winter
climate, sport facilities, most of
the newcomers are people who
plan to make their permanent
homes here.
One of these is John Under
wood who has just bought the
former Nichols house from L. E.
Cherry. This house was built by
M. S. Nichols, along with the one
next to it, the first houses to be
built in the Country Club devel
opment. Mr. Underwood now
owns both these properties and
expects to rent the Nichols house
to Mrs. Underwood’s brother.
The Underwoods come from
Charlotte and have a daughter
who loves to ride. John Under
wood is district manager of the
Pilot Life Insurance Co.
The house owned by the late
Hugh J. Betterley is another to
be recently sold. The new owner
is Mrs. Edith C. Buffum of Prov
idence. Mrs. Buffum has been
staying at The Paddock with her
young granddaughter, a pupil at
the Ark School. They expect to
move into their new home some
time this month.
Both these sales were made
through the Bamum Agency
which also reports some interest
ing rentals. The Britt house, back
of the Highland Pines Inn, for
merly owned by the Phillips fam
ily, has been rented to Vincent A.
Giles of Hamburg, N. Y., while
Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Farrell of Ot-
towa have leased an apartment in
the Mills Building on Weymouth
Heights.
to Clifton Ferry, ridden, by Miss
Roberta Frye.
Proving an event of particular
interest was the Class for Pair
James W. Tufts, secretary-treas
urer of the Pinehurst Field Trial
Taylor-Bobbitt Given
New Automobile Agency
Major W. Sidney Taylor, recent
ly discharged from the Army Air
Corps, and Claude Bobbitt, both
of Aberdeen, announce having re
ceived a franchise for the Chrys-
ler-Plymouth dealership in Sou
thern Pines, Pinehurst, and Aber
deen. The firm of Taylor-Bobbitt,
Ltd., temporarily located in the
Aberdeen Tobacco Warehouse,
state that they expect to have
new Chrysler and Plymouth au
tomobiles on display in the near
future.
At present the new partnership,
with full garage facilities and
complete tools and equipment, of
fers expert service on all makes
of automobiles. Plans now are be
ing carried forward for the build
ing of a new garage and dealer’s
establishment to be located on
the main highway in Aberdeen.
Jumpers, in which again besting
strong competition, the Walsh en
tries eclipsed a field of sixteen
jumpers, as the family team of
Mickey Walsh, Jr., on Chance, and
a three year old gelding ridden by
Miss Hannah Walsh, were judged
i first.
In the Class for Hunt Teams
five etntries of three hunters each
faced the test of jumps on the
outside hunting course, as the
team captained by Mickey Walsh
was awarded first place over re
maining competition. The red in
this event went to the hunt team
representing the Tate’s Sables in
Pinehurst, led by Howard Hobson.
The Mile-Away team of Mrs. W.
O. Moss finished third.
Breath-taking event for the day
was the knock down and out class
for jumpers. Riding in three final
jump-offs against Mickey Walsh
on Little Gold, Boylston A. Tomp
kins, Jr., of New York cleared the
jumps at more than five feet on
the brown gelding Prince, enter
ed by Mile-Away StaWes, bril
liantly capturing first palace.
From among an unusually large
and well-performing field of
twenty riders in the Class for
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Club.
Polio Fund Drive
Starting; Butler
Is Local Chairman
Paul C. Butler, prominent Sou
thern Pines civil leader, will
again serve as Southern Pines
Chairman of the polio fund rais
ing campaign, according to an an
nouncement by H. Clifton Blue of
Aberdeen, general county chair
man of the drive which will be
conducted from January 14
through January 30.
Moore County’s quota in the
1946 fund for which the appeal is
made is $3,680.00 as compared
with $3890.00 for 1945 when a to
tal of $6,263.53 was contributed.
Chairman Blue said that a
meeting of the community chair
men will be held at the time of
the regular chapter meeting, prob
ably on the night of Tuesday, Jan
uary 8, at the nurses’ home of the
Moore County Hospital, at which
time the quotas for the various
communities will be announced.
In the 1945 fund raising appeal.
Southern Pines contributed $1,-
528.54.
A complete list of the 1946 com
munity chairmen in the campaign
to raise funds to fight infantile
paralysis follows:
Aberdeen, R. C. Fields, Carth
age, Luke Marion, Jr., Robbins,
Miss Sallie Green Allison, Pine-
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Headquarters for the meeting
will be at the Holly Inn, wheie
the first drawing, for the Ama
teur Stakes, will be held at J:.t»
p. m. on Sunday, January 6th.
Drawing for the Open Puppy
Stakes and the Open Stakes will
take place on January 7th and
8th respectively. Judges for the
trials will be Dr. Sherman Ame;,
of Easton, Pa., and John E. Mil-
horn, of Johnson City, Tenn. The
first class will be held over the
No. 1 course starting back of the
Carolina Hotel at 8:30 Monday.
Order of running for the an
nual sporting event is as follows:
No. 1, Amateur All-Age—$5.00
to enter, $5.00 to start, open to
all bird dogs handled by amateurs.
The directors offer the “Shore Me
morial Trophy” to the winner of
the Amateur All Age to become
the property of any owner whose
dogs are three times winners. The
names of winning dogs and their
owners will be engraved upon the
trophy annually until it is per
manently won. Prizes are offer
ed for the first three places.
No. 2, Amateur Derby (ten or
more dogs to start)—$5.00 to en
ter, $5.00 to start. The Amateur
Derby is open to all bird dogs
whelped on or after January 1st;
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by E. O. Hippus
The annual mid-winter horse
show took place at Pinehurst on
New Year’s Day, under real mid
winter conditions. No snow on
the ground, but plenty of icicles in
toes and fingers, to judge by the
pinched expressions on faces and
the humped backs of gay souls
among the four-legged partici
pants. The judges, gentlemen from
the frozen regions of Detroit . . .
which weall call Deetroit, down-
yer . . . were apparently not
phased by the icy wind that swept
the grounds and shook the magno
lias back of the Carolina, for they
did a fine job, but us tarheels were
not so happy.
The afternoon show was well-
planned, with a variety of events
to please all tastes, and most
classes showed the same happy
mixture, being full of horses and
riders of every size and descrip
tion. That is one of the delights
of Moore County shows, and must
be a puzzling phenomenon to
horsemen from without: to see our
classes, with finished horse-wo
men like Ginny Moss and Peggy
Mechling riding side-by-side with
those beguiling little Pierson
girls, and big bay hunter Re
nown Winkelman trotting sedate
ly ahead of that brown and white
butterball, Tony Dana. But it is
great fun for everybody, except,
perhaps, the judges.
In this case, the latter, Messrs.
Dowling and Bridge, of Detroit,
who hunt with the Metamora and
Bloomfield packs, did a good job
and also succeeded in pleasing
most everybody; no mean feat for
a horse show judge.
Outstanding events of the after
noon were the knockdown-and-
out class, the ladies’ hacks, open
jumping and working hunter
classes. In the first, L. M. Tate
won a clean performance on Sail
or Boy. Second went to Miss Anne
Reynolds’ Sail On, an entry from
Blowing Rock, ridden by Mr.
Hoppe, while Mickie Walsh had
a lucky win of third with a
good performance on Golden
Boy. The next class for ladies’
hacks brought out twenty-one as
varied entries as ever entered a
show-ring together. Two horses
were clearly outstanding. Little
River of Mile Away Stables and
CARL G. THOMPSON, JR.
Carl Thompson, Jr.
Heard Weekly In
Facts Commentary
Former Pilot Editor Now
Conducting Broadcasts
With Greensboro Station
Former Pilot editor, Carl G.
Thompson, Jr., who was recently
discharged from the Army and is
now affiliated with radio station
WBIG in Greensboro, was heard
on the air as commentator at
6:15i p. m. on Tuesday of last
week with the debut of the pro
gram “Here You Are.” Thomp
son’s new series of weekly broad
casts has been announced as a
presentation and analysis of facts
which affect or are of particular
interest to listeners in the Pied
mont area.
Thompson, who will speak at
the same time each Tuesday eve
ning, states that his aim is not
to impose opinions but to en
courage the formation of indivi
dual judgments and expressions
of opinion.
Thompson joined the announc
ing station in Greensboro upon his
recent return from overseas,
where he served as a staff ser
geant with the Army Air Forces.
Stationed in England, attached to
a photographic unit of the 490th
Bomber Group of the 8th Air
Sandhill Resort One
of Eight Localities
Affected In Nation
by
T^/T^r, T ^ Tv/r 1..T , -TT , . 'Force, his principal occupation
Mrs. James Mechling s Henry s'^,. • + j ^ j. u.- ^
Z. consisted of the interpretation of
films taken over the battle and
GOD BLESS 'EM
The Pilot feels that hearty
congratulations are in order
for our Moore County Vic
tory Loan chairman, E. C.
Stevens, under whom we have
marked up such a stirring rec
ord of quotas passed in the
drive just over. As testimony
to both the patriotism and
good sound sense of our peo
ple the results of the recent
drive are deeply gratifying.
But as testimony, also, to the
same qualities and the public
spirit of our chairmian, as well
as to all those who worked
under him, the record speaks
just as clearly. '
Locally the drive was in the
hands of Paul Jemigan, who
joins with Stevens, in true
southern spirit, in attributing
much of their success to the
hard work of the lady chair
men, Mrs. Norris Hodgkins,
fm the county, and Mrs. Phil
lip Weaver, locally. The lat-
fer's committee, in their work
at the bank and from house
to house, brought in a great
portion of the sales.
"We never could have done
it without the women," say
these two gentlemen in
charge, with gallantry only
surpassed by their evident
sincerity.
Dream. They ended up at top and
bottom in the ribbons, as Henry
slid from grace with a few happy
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Red Cross Seeks
Volunteers For
Urgent Work Here
bombing areas, a highly techni
cal and delicate task, calling for
the utmost in precision and judg
ment. The distinguished group to
which he was attached acquired
six battle stars and a presidential
citation.
Before his induction into the
army, Thompson, a graduate of
the Chapel Hill School of Journ
alism, acted as editor and mana
ger of The Pilot and of the Sand-
With the conclusion of the war
a few short months ago, citizens
tend now to forget the continued (iuring its brief
need of those in this country and revival. Prior to his con-
abroad who are still suffering section with this paper, Thomp-
from the conflict, stressed Mrs Sanford
William J. Kennedy, director of herald, assistant city editor of the
Raleigh News and Observer, and
the Moore County Chapter of the
American Red Cross, in an inter
view Wednesday.
The director emphasized that
the hospitals throughout the
country are filled with veterans
of World War II for whom,
through the Red Cross and other
agencies, volunteer workers may
do much.
The Moore County Chapter is
seeking from among local women
sufficient volunteers to enter a
class in instruction as Gray La
dies at Fort Bragg, where the
group would serve in the station
hospital. In the past the Gray
Ladies, a specially trained corps
within the Red Cross, have ren
dered effective service in teach
ing rehabilitative therapy, and
arts and skills; in providing rec
reation and amusements, and in
performing special services for
those hospitalized. The need for
this hospital recreation corps re-
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assistant state administrator of
the National Youth Administra
tion.
RENT CONTROLS
Following the removal of rental
controls from Sandhills hotels
and rooming houses it has been
announced that a representative
of the OPA rent control office
will be available in the police sta
tion at Southern Pines each Mon
day from 9:00 until 12:00 a. m.
in charge of those controls which
still remain in force.
FOR INFORMATION
N. C. Veterans who want to
take the eight weeks stock rais
ing course being given at the
State College should write for in
formation to: Chief Supervisor,
Vocational Rehabilitation, U. S.
Veterans’ Bureau, Fayetteville.
a Pilot Correspondent
in Washington
All O. P. A. rent controls have
been removed from hotels and
rooming houses ^in the Southern
Pines area of Moore County, the
Office of Price Administration
announced in Washington on
Wednesday.
Officials of the agency explain
the renioval of rent ceilings in
this area on the basis of an ex
pected reduction in the demand
for accomodation. Dqe to the ces
sation of military activities in
this vicinity and the closing of
Camp Mackall, it is confidently
anticipated that the many army
families now occupying quarters
in and about Southern Pines will
soon be returning to their hemes
or to new stations.
While welcoming this sign of
a return t® normal times, local
business men confess to consider
able surprise in view of the pres
ent unprecidented demand for
houses and apartments, prospec
tive visitors being turned away
with their wants unsatisfied
every day. That this factor was
due to change shortly was fully
expected, but the opinion is free
ly expressed that this is the first
time the government; is actually
ahead of the game.
The lifting of rent controls on
this type of housing -.vUl go into
effect immediately in this area
of the Sandhills. It will apply
only, however, to the units spec
ified: hotels and rooming houses.
All other rent ceilings will con
tinue as heretofore. This is the
only locality in North Carolina
to be affected by the measure,
and is one of eight in the whole
country in which these rent con
trols have been removed.
Pope’s Restaurant
Building Sold To
O. Leon Seymour
One of the last real estate
transactions of the closing days
of the year, and the first for some
time involving a Broad street
business building, is the purchase
of the Pope restaurant property
located on East Broad street, by
O. Leon Seymour of Aberdeen.
Mr. Seymour informs The Pilot
that he has not yet fully matured
his plans for the building.
Grover Pope, now retiring from
business, acquired the building in
1942, immediately rebuilding the
entire structure for the operation
of a restaurant which soon became
popular with the public.
Long known as “the old bowl
ing alley” the structure in its
thirty-two years of existence has
had a varied history. Erected in
1913, on the site of once popular
croquet courts, by A. Schmidt,
its bowling alleys and casino
soon became a well patronized
place of entertainment for the
croquet, rogue and pool players
of Southern Pines. Following
Schmidt’s retirement the build
ing housed Joe Montesanti’s bar
ber shop, with the bowling alley’s
continuing until 1917, C. S. Bos
ton’s candy shop, 1919-20; Atkin
son’s furniture store, 1921-31; The
Pilot, 1933-41, the Curb Market
for a short period, and then
Pope’s Restaurant.
Service of Lights To Be
At Emmanuel Church
The traditional Epiphany
Service of Lights will be held in
Emmanuel Episcopal Church on
Sunday afternoon at half past
five. The service is a symbolic
representation of the coming of
Christ as the Light of the World,
and the spread of the gospel as
light. Everyone—and especially
all children—are cordially invit
ed to participate in this service.
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