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Southern Pines. North Carolina. Friday. February 1. 1946.
TEN CENTS
American Veterans Committee
Appoints James Boyd, Jr. and Spenser
Of S. C. Southern Representatives
Landmark for Many Years
Fifteen Members
Enroll To Start
Local Chapter
The American Veterans’ Com
mittee, World War IFs fast-grow
ing and vigorous veterans’ organ
ization, this week appointed
James Boyd Jr. co representative
in the South. S. R. Spencer, Jr.
of Columbia, S. C. is the other
representative for the Southern
states.
Boyd early recognized the AVC
as the nearest answer to what
returning veterans want: an or
ganization that will take active
.interest in l^he future of this
world, of their nation and their
community, and thereby give
them a continuing voice in that
for which they fought.
The AVC is now headed by
twenty-five-year-old Charles G.
Bolte, author of “The New Vet
eran”, radio speaker and recent
guest on popular “Inforrr on
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FOR
SIT-DOWNERS
Tie-Ups For First
and Second Honors
In Golf Play Here
Five Under Par Leads
In First Amateur-Pro
Tourney at Mid-Pines
Amateur and pro golfers from
clubs throughout the State
thronged the Mid Pines course
here on Monday as Clarence
Owen, Mlartinsville, Va. pro, and
his amateur partner, M. E. Nel
son, of Martinsville—netting five
strokes under par, 32-35-67—tied
with pro Johnny Palmer, Badin,
and partner Jack Snuggs, of Albe
marle, for top honors in the first
amateur-professional tournament
of the season. Carding for the
Palmer-Snuggs combination was
34- 33-67, as the two teams finish
ed low from among a field of 60
golfers.
With tie-ups seemingly the or
der for the day, the Pinehurst
team of Harold Calloway and N.
Kennedy posted a 32-36-68 to
draw for second laurels at four
under par with Johnny Palmer
and D. T. Wolf, of Badin, who
turned in a 34-34-68.
Cash prizes were awarded to
winning pros, while amateurs re
ceived golf merchandise.
Summary of the scoring: Fred
Baroni, Pittsburgh, and Tom
Black, 35-33-70. Charles Farlow,
Greensboro, and David Cox, 35-
35- 70. Bill Suter, Southern Pines,
and Mack Alspaugh, 33-37-70. Roy
Grinnell, Southern Pines, and
Jack Carter, 35-35-70. Johnny Ca-
pello. Pine Needles, and Joe Pipa,
35-36-71. Palmer Maples, Pine
hurst, and Robert Sides, 34-37-71.
Earl Estridge, Badin, and J.
Snuggs, 34-37-71. George Corco
ran, Greensboro, and P. Hum
phrey, 36-36-72. F. H. Welch, Sal
isbury, and J. McCones, 35-38-73.
Myron Barrett, Pinehurst, and R.
A. Hunter, 36-37-73.
Three nice places to sit and
enjoy yourself, with or with
out the exercise of the brain,
(depending on taste, not to
mention said brain) are: The
Thistle Club Saturday after
noon bridge-and-tea parties at
the Country Club: Bridge-
fight starting at 2:15.
The Civic Club afternoon
get-togethers: The next one.
February 11th. on politics,
with Mrs. J. M. Guthrie, can
didate for the lower house
for Moore County, fhe speak
er.
The Library, where you can
read anything from Thomas
Wolfe to the Elsie Books. (OR
even The Pilot) or just sim
ply. sit and enjoy the lovely
room. Designed by Aymar
Embury, it was voted by a
visiting library committee.
' not long ago. one of the most
attractive small libraries in
the country.
Directors Appoint
Committees For
Moore Co. Hospital
W. L. Currie Heads
Executive Board '
For Coming Year
C. T. Patch Dies In
Forty-ninth Year
In Southern Pines
Respected Leader In
Business And Civic
Affairs Passes
The C. T. Patch Department Store building, shown above, closed
its doors on Wednesday in respect for the death of its owner, C. T.
Patch. The leading mercantile business of this section, the establish
ment has always stood lor those high standards of dUigenoe and in
tegrity typified by the life of its founder.
John Boyd Butterfly And Moth
Collection Given To State Museum
The Directors of the Moore
County Hospital have announced
standing committee assignments
for the year 1946.
Wilbur H. Currie, of Carthage,
is chairman of the executive com
mittee; other members are Mrs.
James Boyd, Gordon M. Camer
on, Paul Dana, Col. George P.
Hawes, Jr., John M. Howarth,
George H. Maurice, Mrs. M. G.
Nichols, G. C. Seymour, and Rich
ard S. Tufts. The executive com
mittee meets on the third Wednes
day of each month.
Frank Shamburger, of Aber
deen, is chairman of
the committee on finance, which
also includes Mrs. James H. An
drews, Paul Dana, H. Frederick
Lesh, and Kenneth B. Trousdell.
The committee on construction is
headed by George M. Maurice, of
Last week Mr. and Mrs. Jack-
son Boyd took up to the State
Museum in Raleigh the collection
of butterflies and moths made by
their son, John Boyd, assisted by
his brother Alexander, during his
boyhood here.
The young scientist, who lost
his life serving on a destroyer
in the Battle of Tulagi in Novem
ber 1942, had started the collec
tion when he was only nine years
old, in 1930. Beginning close to
home, he was seldom seen out
doors without his net, and spent
a large part of his time, in good
weather hunting for butterflies
and moths which were then
mounted in trays and kept in his
little work-room on the top story
of the Boyd house. Here he work
ed on rainy days as he grew old
er, studying, classifying, and
mounting the specimens. When he
left to enlist in the Navy, the col
lection was known far and wide
among experts as the most com
plete private collection of North
Carolina and Virginia lepidoptera
existence. '
Actually, it contained, besides
specimens from these two home
states, insects from California,
Utah, Wyoming, Colorado and
many from Florida. Wherever he
went, John took his net and boxes
and went hunting.
One day in 1933 he and his bro
ther were exploring the swamp
below the Bowers farm. They
came on an insignificant-looking
creature, but the scientific eye
spotted it immediately for some
thing unususUL. Correspondance
with other experts developed con
siderable skepticism, until word
suddenly came that many of the
same tribe had appeared in the
Dismal Swamp of Virginia, John’s
being the first ever to be foxmd
in North CajVolina. Scientists,
young and old, among them the
Boyd brothers, converged on the
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Grand Jury Report Shows County
Institutions In Good Shape With
A Few Reforms Definitely In Order
DIME
MARCHES ON!
With the death of Cephas Tay
lor Patch on Tuesday morning,
following several weeks confine
ment in the Moore County Hos
pital, passed one of the few re
maining pioneering business men
of the early days of Southern
Pines. Oldest in point of age, as
well as continuity in business, Mr.
Patch had celebrated the 49th an
niversary of his mercantile ca
reer in the present ptore building
scarcely more than 100 feet dis
tant from his original establish
ment.
In these years, numbering al
most half a century, Mr. Patch
had seen the compact little town
of a few hundred inhabitants
grow in size and population, and
as a member of the town govern- O .1 f ¥
ment he had done his part in this oOUlU 01 jLclIiCVlCW
The March of Dimes is go
ing to go on in this slate till
February 8th. Not the first
Parade that got hit by bad
weather, but one of the big
gest, and one of the worst
-weathers, too . . . grammar
or no grammar.
Because of school^s being
closed in lots of places and
folks holding up like the pro
verbial ground-hog, weall are
behind in our polio fund-rms-
ing drive. So .... let those
Dimes March On!
Seven Injured In
Wednesday Wreck
Real Estate Sales;
S. R. Richardson
With Agency Here
Word comes from the E. C.
Stevens Real Estate and Insur
ance Agency on West Broad
Street that S.B. Richardson, for
merly Mayor of Southern Pines
for several terms, recently con
cluded his work for the U. S. Post:
Office and has joined the Stevens
agency. In the real estate busi
ness in Southern Pines for a num
ber of years in the past, Richard
son is well qualified to handle
transactions of all kinds: farms.
Eagle Springs, who will be as-U^cant lots, and residential and
sisted by vice-chairman Col. business property.
Gray Ladies Needed
The good work accomplished
by the Gray Ladies of the Moore
County Chapter of the Red Cross,
has “bogged down.” With officers
at Fort Bragg hospital calling for
help, the chapter, in recent days,
has been unable to provide the as
sistance requested.
The schedule calls for six Gray
Ladies, two days each week, Mon
day and Friday, to serve at the
Fort Bragg Hospital from 2 p. m.
until 4:30 p. m. Mrs. Arthur Jois-
ted, chairman of the county chap
ter, is eager for Moore to return
to the schedule requested. Recent
ly, only two Gray Ladies from
Moore have been helping at Fort
Bragg.
A new class for Gray Ladies
will start in mid-February. In-
fonnation may be obtained by
caUing County Chapter headquar
ters, Southern Pines 8571 or Sou
thern Pines 6181.
George P. Hawes, Jr., Mrs. Paul
Dana, John M. Howarth, and John
F. Taylor.
Preliminary sketches for an ex
pansion of the hospital plant are
now being prepared by architect
Walter W. Hock, of Charlotte.
When ready, these sketches will
be submitted to the full Board
for further consideration.
Eric Nelson, of Pinehurst, di
rects the committee on mainte
nance. His fellow members are
M. C. McDonald, Jr., and L. V.
O’Callaghan.
The important committee on
professional relations has Rich
ard S. Tufts as chairman. His as
sociates are Jackson H. Boyd,
Struthers Burt, Wilbur H. Currie,
and G. C. Seymour.
Arthur S. Newcomb, of South
ern Pines, is chairman of the
committee on public relations.
Other members are Mks. James
Boyd, Edward J. Burns, Paul
Dana, and John Fiddner.
The full Board of Directors
holds four state meetings a year,
in February, May, October, and
December. Special meetings of
the Directors are called when
necessary.
Carthage Citizens
Trying To Improve
Freight Service
The announcement comes from
Richardson this week of the sale
of 4 plots of land, formerly own
ed by Dr. Charles A. Richardson
of Closter, New Jersey. These
plots are located on the north side
of Midland Road, between Sou
thern Pines , and Pinehurst, and
adjoin the property of W. C.
Fownes on the west, having a to
tal frontage of 800 feet and a
depth of 1,000 feet, about 18
acres. The purchaser has not dis
closed his plans for the txact, but
it is believed the purchase was
made for development.
Stimson House
Burns Tuesday
AUXILIARY MEETING
The February meeting of the
Moore County Hospital Auxiliary
will be held on Wednesday, Feb
ruary 6, in the living room of the
Nurses Home, at 10:30 a. m. The
President of the Hospital, S. Don
ald Sherrerd, has been invited to
speak on the topic, “Suggestions
for Auxiliary Work.”
“Don’t want any sympathy!”
said Fred Stimson, but his many
friends were giving him/plenty
just the same.
The cause of it was the fire
which destroyed his farm-house
about 2 miles northwest of Nia
gara on Tuesday. And if that
isn’t reason enough for sympathy
we would be glad to know what
it. Starting in the bed-room while
the family and guests were at
lunch, the blaze was out of con
trol before it was discovered.
Some furniture was saved, but
the house was a total loss. Be
cause there was no telephone, the
fire company was not called.
The house was insured for a
small amount. Contrary to rum
ors, which flew thick and fast, no
other buildings were involved.
Carthage citizens are still hop
ing to improve the freight deliv
ery situation in their town.
Last week, Thursday, a group
of leading merchants met with
B. Vian Sharpe, owner of the
Moore Central Railroad, to see
if, between them, something
could be worked out to improve
the service. The meeting was held
in a most cooperative spirit and
various plans were discussed.
Sharpe stated that the 40 pound
rails now in use by the road were
too light and had buckled, and
that he was trying to secure 70
pound rails to take their place.
Thus far he had been unsuccess
ful in his attempt to lease the
heavier rails from the Seaboard.
After considerable discussion,
a committee of three was appoint
ed, consisting of Herbert Poole,
Charles Sinclair, Jr., and J. Flin-
chum, to meet with the mayor
and the town board and see what
help could be obtained. One sug
gestion was that the town buy
the rails and the railroad then
lease them from the town, an
other, that the commissioners
lend their influence to Sharpe’s
endeavor to lease the rails di
rectly from the Seaboard.
At the meeting which ensued
only the first two members of
the committee were present and
their efforts met with little suc
cess, the town board with one or
two exceptions appearing to feel
that the matter was not one of
concern to the board.
Disappointment is being gener
ally expressed that no progress
had yet been made in a situation
equally disturbing to all concern
ed, the merchants, the owner of
the railroad, and many in Car
thage who regret the apparent
lethargy of the authorities in the
face of this civic need.
steady upbuilding. He served
three terms as a City Commisison-
er, a number of years as Chair
man of the Sinking Fund, Chair
man of the School Board, Direc
tor of the Citizens Bank and
Trust Company. He was a Ma
son and Knight of Pythias.
Born in Walden, Va., March 19,
1867, he commenced his mercan
tile career at an early age, work
ing for a time at Broken Bow,
Neb. From there he moved to
Boston, where he was the rep
resentative of a large wholesale
house. Marrying Clara Sumner in
Hudson, Mass., in 1896, he came
to Southern Pines in January of
the following year, and purchas
ed the Tarbell merchandising bus
iness and store on West Broad
street. As the business expanded
he built, in 1909, the main part
of the present store, and, in 1927,
the new brick addition on the site
of the old Citizens Bank build
ing.
Funeral services were held in
Emmanuel Episcopal Church at
four o’clock Wednesday after
noon, the Rev. F. Craighill Brown
officiating. The body was taken
to Durham for cremation, final
interment to be beside his wife,
in Mt. Hope Cemetery, on Friday
afternoon. A Masonic service will
be held.
Speeding Sedan
Alleged Cause of
Near-Tragic Crash
Seven persons sustained injuries
in the collision of two Ford se
dans a mile south of Lakeview on
Highway 1, near the Skyline Air
port, at 4:45 p. m. on Wednesday.
Driving north on the return to
their home in Burlington, Mr. and
Mrs. Harvey Mintz—^with Mrs.
Mintz’ parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wal
lace Lynch—suffered multiple
lacerations as their car was struck
and knocked off the road by a sec
ond sedan in which were four ne
groes. Ocupants of the second car,
whose names were still unavail
able Thursday, were travelling
south. They were said to be from
Jonesboro.
Mr. and Mrs. Mintz, taken to the
Moore County Hospital for treat-
Armstrong Endorses
Recommendations
To Commissioners
The Grand Jury of Moore Coun
ty, made up of 18 represen
tative citizens of this section, fin
ished its assignment last week
and handed in to the presiding
judge, the Honorable Frank M.
Armstrong of Troy, its report and
recommendations. A copy of the
report which appears below, has
been issued to eacl^ of the Coun
ty Commissioners, for their in
formation and possible action.
The Jury, which made visits to
the County Home, Samarcand
Manor, the Prison Farm, the
County Jail, and which inspected
the Court House in Carthage,
spent considerable time examin
ing both the physical plant and
the administration of each insti
tution. Recommendations made by
i them appear below in the report
and embody, besides suggestions
for repair work and painting, a
plea for an overhauling of the
system of some of the record
keeping in the County Clerk’s
Office in Carthage.
Judge Armstrong accompanied
the report to the commisisoners
with a letter in which he pointed
out that similar recommenda
tions in the past had in some in
stances, not been carried out, and
asked that a report of action tak
en, in line with this report, be
sent to him. His letter follows the
Grand Jury report.
GRAND JURY REPORT
January 21, 1946, Term.
To Honorable
Frank A. Armstrong:
We the Grand Jury submit the
following reports and recommen
dations:
All Bills presented to the Grand
Jury were acted on as follows:
Three Bills were continued be-
ment, were discharged after a few
hours. The three negroes, one of cause the witnesses had not been
Survivors are: a son, Charles S.
Patch, and a daughter, Mrs. Anna
Patch Blue, a brother, James M.
Patch of Southern Pines, a sister,
Mrs. Anna Ordway of Cabot, Vt.,
half sister, Mrs. Charles E.
Gorse, of Middle Grove, N. Y.;
seven grandchildren, Charles S.
Cephas T. II, Richard, and Hazel
Eleanor, the children of Charles
Patch; and Daniel E., James S.,
and Clara Anne, the children of
Mrs. Blue.
whom was reported to have sus
tained several broken ribs, were
removed to Sanford.
Mr. and Mrs. Lynch, bleeding
from numerous cuts, though their
injuries were less serious, for a
time remained on the scene.
Lynch, driver of one of the cars,
asserted that the negroes’ car had
been travelling at about 80 miles
an hour. It has been alleged, also
that the negroes were drinking.
Both sedans were demolished,
the negroes’ spare tire having
been driven in through the back
of their car, it was stated.
subpoenaed and were, therefore,
not present, one Bill was return
ed as not a true Bill and all oth
ers were returned as true Bills.
Some painting has been done in
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Amateur-Pro Golf
Tourney Set For
Country Club Here
The tournament for amateur
land professional golfers staged at
the Mid Pines Club last Monday,
with play following the metropol
itan plan, is slated for duplica
tion at the Southern Pines Coun
try Club on Monday, February
4, announced club manager Billy
Wilson today.
In bringing the tournament to
Polio Is Topic Of
Kiwanis Speeches
At Weekly Lunch
Clifton Blue, Chairman of the
Infantile Paralysis Drive, ad
dressing the Sandhills Kiwanis
Club, at its weekly luncheon
Wednesday at the Southern Pines
Country Club, gave some interest
ing statistical facts regarding In
fantile Paralysis. Mr. Blue in
formed the club that the first
known case of Infantile Paralysis
was in the year 1894 in the State
of Vermont. The first epidemic of
the dreaded disease came in 1916
and centered in New York State.
He declared that in 1944 there
were nearly 20,000 cases in this
country in which approximately
1,100 people lost their lives. Be
tween 1916 and 1943 there were
GOOD SENSE
^Tf the government’s reports
are right, industry in general can
afford substantial wage increases.
If the reports are wrong, manage
ment should offer some substan
tial proof to support its claim.”
the Southern Pines course, Billy
expects to attract numerous golf- ^ ^
ers of talent, including the ma
jority of those in the field at the
Mid Pines recently. Anticipated
is the return of the amateur-pro
combinations tying for first and
second honors in competition last
Monday. As before, each profes
sional golfer will have three ama-
tuer players.
No green fees will be charged,
but amateur contestants will pay
an entry fee qf $5.00, all of which
goes into prizes. Awards will con
sist of cash prizes for profession
als and golf merchandise for ama
teurs.
During this period of time in 1944
the state had 859 cases of which
six were in Moore County. Con
tinuing (the Editor of the Sand
hill Citizen pointed out that in
1934 the state raised $15,041.64,
in its fight against Infantile Par
alysis. In 1945 the total amount
raised in the state amounted to
$517,211.00, of which Moore
County raised a little over $6,-
000. The couniy drive of this year
is set at $3,680 and since the coun
ty now has its own chapter it can
retain one-half of the proceeds
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Eighteen Chapters
Meet To Organize
Red Cross Drive
The Southern Pines Country
Club served as a meeting place
for eighteen Red Cross Chapters,
last week, Tuesday, when the
Moore County Chapter acted as
host to the neighboring commun
ities, with tl^e subject of the
meeting: the coming War Fund
Drive.
Red Cross officials from nation
al and regional headquarters
spoke to the representatives out
lining the elaborate preparations
being made to raise the 1946 na
tional $100,000,000 quota.
A quota of $20,400 has been as
signed the local Chapter in the
1946 Fund Campaign in March.
A. L. Burney, retired Aberdeen
merchant, now residing in Sou
thern Pines, is county Chairman.
Last year the county’s quota
was $39,200, a sum which the gen
erous people of the community
passed long before the dead-line,
and raised to $50,000.
Red Cross is stressing the im-'
portance of post-war service. Most
eloquent plea at Southern Pines
meeting was made by Miss Lacy
H. Darter, of the U. S. Naval Hos
pital at Pensacola, Florida. Miss
Darter said that service men in
hospitals do not want to be “for
gotten men,” and that the Red
Cross provides their widest as
sociation with the civilian life to
which they are eager to return.
Fund Chairman Burney an
nounced the following quotas and
chairmen for Moore: Carthage,
$1,500, Rev. W. L. Warfford; Pine
hurst, $7,000 W. Leland McKeith-
en; Aberdeen, $1,600, J. B. Ed
wards; Southern Pines, $6,000,
John S. Ruggles; Knoilwood $800,
(chairman to be assigned).