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1946 FUND CAMPAIGN
VOL. 26. NO. 15
Wilbur H. Currie
Seeks Nomination
To State Senate
Southern. Pines. North Carolina. Friday. March 8. 1946
TEN CENTS
RUNNING AGAIN
Manufacturer Pledges
"Best Effort"
To County Voters
After consulting with many
friends and leaders of the Demo
cratic Party, Wilbur H. Currie of
Carthage has “definitely decided
to become a candidate for the
State Senate, Twelfth District”
for the next General Assembly,
subject to action of the Demo
cratic Primary this coming May
26.
Currie, former State Senator,
and for many years Chairman of
Moore County’s Board of Com
missioners, has ^n outstanding
record as a successful business
man. He is widely known rs be
ing fair-minded and conservative.
His political record is equally
noteworthy. During the two
terms he served in the House,
where he was a member of the
finance committee, one of the
strongest bodies in the legisla
ture, his reputation for soundness
was outstanding. He will un
doubtedly find many backers
from the ranks of those whp feel
that our government, state as
well as federal, would be greatly
improved with the addition of
more clear-minded businessmen.
“I shall, if nominated,” states
Currie, “give to the ,citizens of
this district my very best effort
and shall at all times work for
and support legislation that shall
be of greatest benefit to the peo
ple whom I represent. I am deep
ly grateful for the support
which I have received in the past
and trust that my election merit
their continued support.”
Community Center
Slated To Reopen
Monday, March 11
More Fires Keep
Whistle Blowing
Beginning with the gusty
winds of March, the usual calls
upon the local firemen and mem
bers of the State Forestry Serv
ice have kept both departments
busy.
At 6:20 o’clock Saturday even
ing, a blazing oil stove in the
home of J. T. Ward, brought the
light truck of the Southern Pines
• Fire Department to the corner of
East Broad street and Maine ave
nue, where they found that Mrs.
Ward had thrown the stove out
in the yard and the house was
filled with sooty smoke but no
flames.
At 1:45 o’clock Monday they
sped to the lower edge of town
where a brisk fire was blazing
in the vacant lot between the
Highway and th, Seaboard
tracks, endanlgering several
houses, including the Bushby
residence. Here they were aided
by men of the Forestry Service.
A few hours later the light
truck driven by Bryan Poe was
rushed to Massachusetts avenue
and Ridge street where a blaze
had started in the deep pine
needles below the school tennis
court.
Starting before noon on Mon
day a forest fire, originating
somewhere near the blaze of last
week, swept up to the Sweet
heart Lake road, and westward
to the Highway from above
Manly to the lake road. At night
fall it was still burning in isolat
ed spots along the courses of
Carroll’s Branch.
The Southern Pines Commun
ity Center, closed since January
16th, will reopen in the Civic
Club building on Monday, it was
revealed here this week by Ru
bin C. DuBose, president of the
Chamber of Commerce. Hours
have been announced as from
1:00 until 5:00 each afternoon.
Following a revamped plan of
operation, the community center
will be open largely for the bene
fit of tourists and older members
of the community. The large up
stairs room of the club building,
formerly devoted to the activities
of the ’teen-aged set, will serve
as a public lounge, with adjoin
ing reading room and with ac
comodations for bridge players.
New director for the center un
der auspices of the Chamber of
Commerce, will be Lennox
“Slim” Forsyth, who will conduct
the bureau of local and travel in
formation for tourists. For the
time being the center will be
open only through the afternoon.
However, memberi^ of other civic
organizations who are willing to
volunteer to serve as hostesses in
the evenings are asked to call
Forsyth at 8932, so that a sche
dule may be arranged.
As in the past, the center will
be available for smaller group
meetings and activities by ar
rangement through the House
Committee of the Chamber of
Commerce,'and upon payment of
what was described as a moder
ate fixed rate.
For the present, DuBo.se stated,
future activities of the ’teen
agers in connection with the cen
ter will rest entirely with the
young people themselves, de
pending upon their interest in
building a recreational room for
themselves in the basement of
the club building. Recently
committee consisting of Philip
Weaver, chairman, Mrs. Elmer
Harrington, A. C. Dawson, and
E. C. Stevens, was appointed to
work with the young people on
this project.
Red Cross Drive
Leaders Continue
Appeal For Cause
Need For Aid Not
Passed, Stated
By Chairman Here
The people of Southern Pines are
asked to give $6,500 to the 1946
Red Cross Fund as their share of
the amount necessary to carry on
Red Cross services at home and
abroad for the next year, Com
munity Chairman John S. Rug-
gles gave as a reminding state
ment to citizens in an interview
here this week:
Seventy-five cents of every
dollar you give will be devoted
exclusively to services for the
armed forces, the chairman stat
ed, and fifteen cents will be used
partly for the armed forces and
partly for civilian services. The
cents will be used exclusively for
civilian and community services.
Fifty cents of every dollar repre- i
sented above will remain in the I
community where it is given, it
was pointed out.
Circumstances which Red Cross
officials throughout the country
wish to bring home to members
of cqmmunities everywhere are
that just a year ago the Nation
offered fervent prayers that the
most terrible war in nistory
would come to an end. And for
many, the war did come to an
end a few months later.
But the wreckage of war, it is
emphasized, is still strewn across
the world, and to millions the
end of misery and suffering has
not come.
The War is not . over fca' the
boys in our hospitals who must
find courage to sustain weary
months of convalescence . . .
The War is not over for near
ly 2,000,000 boys still serving
overseas ...
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CANDIDATE
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H. CLIFTON BLUE
Southern Pines’
First Bride From
M Overseas Arrives
Mrs. Leonard Morrison.
Of Leicester, England.
Feels Very Much at Home
Spring Gymkhana
At Country Club
Ring On Sunday
Class For Red Cross
Staff Workers Here
A class for Staff assistants will
start Monday, March 11th, at the
Red Cross Headquarters in Sou
thern Pines at two o’clock. Pur
pose of the class is to orientate
young girls or women with cleri
cal, typing, shorthand, or office
experience, so that they may help
out in the Southern Pines Red
Cross office. There will be six
classes, a total of twelve hours.
Anyone interested may either
call Mrs. William J. Knnedy at
6181, Southern Pines, or enroll at
the start of the first meeting.
Thompson Joins Staff
Of Wall Street Journal
Good news of the former Pilot
editor comes in a letter which
tells that Carl Thompson, Jr., has
now gone to Washington to work
on the Wall Street Journal.
In his 'own words: “I’ll be in
charge of the Washington copy
desk, clearing, editing, rewriting
■stuff which comes from our
whole staff, and in cases pf nec
essity, making assignments.”
So Carl takes his place in the
great capitol, along with former
former-Pilot editor Nelson Hyde,
as one of the country’s leading
newsmen.
With continued balmy weather
anticipated, an initial gymkhana
of the spring season here has
been scheduled for 2:30 p. m. on
Sunday, March lOth, a card of
six sporting and novel events has
been arranged for the show ring
and outside hunting course at the
Southern Pines Country Club.
Features of never-flagging in
terest in the realm of serious
horsemanship will be the Class
for Working Hunters, held over
the outside course, and the spec
tacular knock down and out class
for jumpers slated for the inside
ring
A Maiden Jumping Class will
be open to jumpers one and all
who have never taken a blue. A
large field is expected for the
Children’s Horsemanship Class,
while ribbon and potato racing
events will lend novelty to the
Sunday showing. Many partici
pants and spectators from among
leading horse enthusiasts of this
section are expected to be on
hand, as well as visitors from
other communities.
James Conway, equestrian en
thusiast of Pinehurst and New
York, has been named as judge.
Ribbons will be presented to the
winners by Mrs. J. T. Wells. The
first spring gymkhana in South
ern Pines will be held as a bene
fit for the 1946 Polio Fund
Drive, it has been announced by
Louis J. Scheipers, chairman of
the Southern Pines Equestrian
Committee.
The first war bride to arrive
in Southern Pines from abroad
is Mrs. Leonard Morrison, the
former Patricia Draycott of Lei
cester, in the north of England,
who was met on Monday by her
husband. Sergeant Leonard Mor
rison, anxiously waiting for sev
eral months. Leonard is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. David Morrison
of Southern Pines.
“It was only a few short days
ago that we sailed from South
'Hampton, and wgtched Land’s
End fade from sight,” remarked
blonde Mrs. Morrison. “Yet it
seems as though I had actually
lived here much longer. So many
things here are just as I had ex
pected them to be.”
With more than a thousand
other English girls and their chil
dren, wives of American service
men all, each and every one
anxious for a glimse of their
home to be, Mrs. Morrison first
sighted the skyline of downtown
New York, and the Statue of
Liberty, from the promenade
deck of the S. S. Washington. It
was on Saturday that the big
ship eased into New York har
bor, docking on Sunday.
Arrangements on the part of
the Red Cross and port authori
ties were most helpful and ef
ficient, she said. There followed
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H. Clifton Blue
Announces For
The Lower House
Editor Heeds Call To
Enter Moore Race As
Candidate In Primary
“Now is the time” when all
good men are beginning to think
they had better come to the aid
of the country.
Some time ago H. Clifton Blue,
of Aberdeen, editor of the Sand
hill Citizen, let it be known that
he was considering running for
the state legislature. He has now
come out definitely as a candi
date for the House from Moore
County in the Democratic Pri
mary. Elsewhere in these columns
will be found the announcement
of Wilbur Currie, former state
senator, again running for the
same office, while the Pilot car
ried last week the announcement
of the candidacy of Talbot John
son for Senator, and a few weeks
previously, the statement that
Mrs. Guthrie of Cameron was en
tering the race for the House.
Blue, editor of the Citizen, and
one of the most popular of the
Young Democrats group, of
which he is now president, is thir
ty-five years of age, married,
with three children. He is a mem
ber of the county Democratic Ex
ecutive Committee and is 8th Dis
trict Congressional Committed-
man from Moore County. His
first venture in journalism took
place in 1932 when he establish
ed THE CAPTAIN in Vass. He
consolidated it with THE CITI
ZEN in 1934 and moved to Aber
deen in 1936. He is a member of
the Aberdeen board of town com
missioners, and is an elder and
Sunday School superintendent at
Bethesda Church.
Speaking of his candidacy Blue
said: “I believe I can be of ser
vice to my county and state in
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Machine Shops Of Southern Pines
Warehonses .4re Destroyed By Fire
Main Switch Thrown
'PULL OVER!'
It will be good news for
citizens, but not so good for
speeders and motorists who
doi not have proper lights,
that W. L. McKenzie, a mem
ber of the State Highway Pa
trol for the past six years, is
now making Southern Pines
his headquarters. Officer Mc
Kenzie's virgilance has al
ready produced results on
the May street section of U.
S. No. 1.
The Pilot wonders if its re
cent hammering on the sub
ject of speeding helped to
produce Officer McKenzie.
The next thing we need
is some "slow down" signs.
Veterans Condemn
House Wrecking of
Housing Program
AVC Chairman Urges
Represenlatives Be
Held Accountable
Duke Glee Club To
Sing Here Mar. 23
■ Southern Pines’ public-spirited
Civic Club is sponsoring, this
month, an entertainment which
should bring joy to many. The
Duke University Glee Club is to
sing at the High School on March
23rd, at 8 p. m., coming here at
the invitation of the Club, which
plans to devote any proceeds
from the evening to their project
ed work for the young people.
Southern Pines is one of the dry hot winds generally has
engagements in a long list for meant the end of hunting for the
this club, which starts its spring Moore County Hounds. Added to
tour on March 8th and closes it this to be-expected handicap, this
with a program over the Colum- spring, is the burned-over land.
Hunter Trials Set
For 16th As Warm
Days End Hunting
The Pilot’s horse-and-hound
reporter, E. O. Hippus, driving
out to the Mileaway Farm to see
what was up, found Jinny and
Martha on the flour pouring over
accounts.
“Nothing’s up,” they replied to
his inquiry, “nothing but fires,
plenty of them, any time of the
day or night. Another on Mon
day. When Harrington was out
trying to burn off the last dan
gerous patch along our pasture,
here came another fire roaring
down the hill at him. Nobody
knows where it started or why.
The fires, and the warm weath
er have just about got us stop
ped. Looks like no more hunting
this year.”
‘Lowing that to be a pity. Hip-
pus recalled that it was only sim
ilar to other years in the past.
The coming of March with its
Two weeks ago the local chap
ter of the American Veterans
Committee wired their represen
tatives from North Carolina in
Congress urging they give full
support to the current Housing
Bill. Much resentment is being
freely expressed today as v/ord
comes of the defeat of what Pres
ident Truman called “the heart”
of his housing program, the sub
sidy provisions which would have
built nearV three million homes
for veterans in two years.
The plan to encourage, through
subsidy payments, greater pro
duction of building materials,
was defeated by a teller vote,
in which no record is taken, but
is was reported that, as the mem
bership filed by the tellers to be
[counted, at least forty southern
democrats were noted in oppo
sition.
James Boyd, Jr., chairman of
the local AVC chapter, speaking
of the vote said: “The MoOre
County chapter was solidly be
hind the bill, feeling that hous
ing for veterans is one of the
most important questions now
before the country. When we
wired our representatives all re
sponded saying that they intend
ed to vote for the bill. If veter
ans find that they went back on
their word and acted to kill this
measure so essential to reconver
sion, they will feel that these
men, in putting special interests
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Blacks Out Town;
Shops Total Loss
A spectacular fire, lasting a
little more than one half hour,
drew throngs of spectators as
consuming flames destroyed the
machine shops of the Southern
Pines Warehouses at an early
hour last Thursday night.
The fire, starting from some as
yet unexplained cause, had made
such great headway before dis
covered that as the alarm sound
ed to call out the Southern Pines
firemen at 8:45 o’clock, the bright
glow of the mounting flames
were illuminating the south end
of Broad street.
Disregarding the peril of the
red hot power and light lines
falling from their supporting
poles, the firemen pushed in to
the heart of the blaze enveloping
the two one-story structures,
some 45 by 60 feet, housing the
planing mill, carpenter shop, cab
inet shop and finishing depart
ment where the seasoned lumber
and machine oils made ready fuel
for the flames.
Doomed even before the alarm
was sounded, the firemen, for^
tunately favored by the light
breeze, and their quick arrival,
were able to confine the fire to
the machine shops and away
from the lumber sheds and stack
ed lumber in the yards.
The shops, erected by the late
Hugh Betterley in 1922, and re
cently purchased by John Von
Schlegell and John T. Ellis, were
insured in the Lumber Mutual
Fire Insurance Company of
Boston. With their contents, in-
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Hayble Branches Out
Gene Hayble of the Sandwich
Shop is increasing his restaurant
business in Southern Pines. He
has recently bought the Snack
Shop and will run the two estab
lishments. He plans extensive
alterations and new equipment.
WELLESLEY BUILDINg/ SOLD
The Wellesley Building in
Pinehurst, which houses several
stores on the ground floor, with
apartments above, was recently
purchased by L. D. Lyerly of
Williamsport, Pa., it was reveal
ed this week. Lyerly has also
purchased, from John J. Fitzger
ald, Arlington Cottage in Pine
hurst, and is planning extensive
improvements on both properties.
bia Broadcasting System on
March 30th. Thirty-some men
will make the trip, chosen from
a group of a hundred and thirty-
five. The program in Southern
Pines will include solo and quar-
tef numbers, as well as piano
solos.
WORLD DAY OF PRAYER
The annual World Day of
Prayer service will be held at
the Emmanuel Episcopal Church
on Friday, March 8th, at 3:00 p.
m. All are welcome to attend the
service.
LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
Miss Bruton Addresses
Hospital Auxiliary
A called meeting of the Sou
thern Pines Library Association
has been announced by Philip
Weaver, president, for 5:00 p. m.
on Tuesday, March 12th, at the
Library.
aftermath of the recent forest
fires, which included much of
the fox-hunting area.
Ozelle Moss, Master of Hounds,
has about, decided that hunting
is over for this season. Though
there may be a few more brisk
mornings, he says, chances are
there wont be many and it is
hard to keep hounds in shape un
less, they are hunting regularly.
Friends and subscribers to the
hunt are now busy making plans
for the hoped-for hunter trials
which are usually a feature of
the spring season. At a meeting
held at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Dwight Winkleman, it was deci
ded to hold the trials on Satur
day, March 16th, at the Scott
farm.
Proceeds from the trials will
be divided, after expenses are
paid, between the Red Cross and
a fund for the upkeep of the
hunting country.
A gift of $1,000 to the endow
ment fund of the Moore County
Hospital, made through the Aux
iliary by an anonymous donor,
was announced at the March
meeting of the women’s organi
zation, held on Wednesday.
Mrs. M. . G. Nichols, Auxiliary
chairman, expressed deep appre
ciation of the donation, declaring
that she felt it was a manifesta
tion of interest in the program
of the Auxiliary, as well as in the
whole Hospital undertaking. The
gift brings the endowment fund
to $17,128.49.
Miss Ellen Bruton, superinten
dent of nurses, spoke to the
meeting on the theme that the
patient is the most important per
son in every hospital, and des
cribed the way in whichj the
Auxiliary, since its founding in
1931, had contributed to the wel
fare of all patients.
Community chairmen to help
enroll Auxiliary members are an
nounced as follows: Carthage,
Mrs. F. H. Underwood, chairman;
Aberdeen, Mrs. S. L. Windham;
Pinebluff, Mrs. Walter McNeille;
Pinehurst, Miss Caroline M. Bat-
tley. Mrs. Virgil Page Clark, gen
eral membership head, expects to
appoint an associate for Southern
Pines in the near future.
Atherton First In
Week’s Match Play
Coming in with a score of one
up on par for a net 70, Arthur
Atherton garnered top honors in
the sixth competitive se-ssion of
play by the Sandpipers Golfing
Association of Southern Pines at
the country club course on Sun
day, March 3rd.
Placing second in the week of
match play against par was Russ
Burch of the club staff, also one
up on par, but relegated to sec
ond by the club law that no
member may be credited with
winning more than one of the
season’s eight tournaments.
Splitting for third place were
Howard Burns and Will Wiggs,
each posting a par card of 71.
There were no other outstanding
scores for the match, Billy Wil
son of the club reported, witl\
the remaining contestants shoot
ing well into the upper brack
ets.
Sandpiper play for the coming
week will consist of medal play
with handicaps, it was announc
ed. With completion of the eight
scheduled matches an annual
Spring playoff will be held from
among the eight winners.
GOOD FRIENDS
The Pilot printed last week
a large picture cf the South-
ern Pines Red Cross drive
chairmen, and underneath
the cut we put; "(Photograph
by Humphrey.)"
The picture was a fine
picture but our cut line was
-about as bad as it could be,
because our good friend
Humphrey was not the pho
tographer. The photograph
was taken, and presented to
The Pilot, by our good friend,
E. C. Eddy.
And, just to get the record
clear, we'd like to. say that
there is a friend what IS a
friend. When we went to
apologize for not ^ving 1dm
credit, Mr. Eddy said: "For
get it: we all make mistakes.
I've forgotten it already."
Well, we haven't: and,
what's more, the memory of
that friendly answer will lin
ger long in The Pilot office.