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VOL. 26. NO. 19.
Southern Pines, North Carolina. Friday, April 5, 1946.
TEN CENTS
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Planes, Guns and Tanks
Will Roar Once More
Army Day
At Rra
Public Is Invited
Parades and Bands
In April 6lh Show
With the wartime blanket of
security restrictions now lifted,
plans are underway at Fort
Bragg for a general “Open
House” to which the public is
cordially invited on Army Day,
April 6.
Buildings, barracks, and mess
halls will be thrown open for
general inspection; and the pub
lic will at last be permitted to
examine at first hand the various
types of weapons and equipment
now used by the Army. Demon
strations and detailed explana
tion will accompany showing of
the weapons and special equip
ment.
Of particular interest to civ
ilians will be the showing of the
self-propelled 240 mm (9 1-2
inch) howitzer; the recoiless 57
mm and 77 mm rifles 'which can-
be fired from the shoulder; flame
throwers, and the heavy tank.
With gas rationing no longer
in effect, tanks, tank destroyers,
and Jeeps will be available to
those interested in being taken
for a ride.
, A feature of the demonstration
arranged for public interest will
be the processing given to each
man when he is discharged from
th,g Army. Tliis entire piroce-
dure will be displayed at the
Personnel Centre, and an actual
ceremony will take place at
which time discharge certificates
will be presented to dischargees.
This phase of Saturday’s big
military show will acquaint civ
ilians with the extensive process
of “getting out of the Army”,
and includes checking of records,
counselling, anei' examinations.
For the airminded, various
types of military aircraft will be
displayed at Pope Field, with
crew members on hand to dis
cuss the planes, armament and
bombing equipment with visitors.
Airborne equipment, including
parachutes, radios, and special
airborne weapons will be shown
at the Army Ground Forces
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PROCLAMATION
Governor R. Gregg Cherry,
in a proclmation making
April the cancer control
month in North Carolina, re
cently called upon citizens of
the state to support the hu
manitarian work of the North
Carolina Division of the Field
Army of the American Can
cer Society.
"Cancer," states the proc
lamation. "is the most feared
of all diseases and its control
is a great public health prob
lem . . . Only through co-or
dinated and adequately fin
anced research can there be
ultimate hope of conquering
cancer."
Playmakers Plan
Spring Production
“■Village Playmakers” is the
new title adopted by the “Little
Theater” group of Southern
Pines at a recent meeting held
in the high school reception room
and attended by an enthusiastic
gathering, it was announced here
this week. The change of name
for the organization of local play
ers was one of several suggest
ions received by letter from the
“Little Theater” of Raleigh.
Both the letter and the suggest
ions followed the visit of Mrs. E.
J. Austin, president of the play
ers in Southern Pines, to discuss
future plans with the director of
the Raleigh organization. Mem
bers of the “Little Theater” (“Vil
lage Playmakers”) here have
been invited as guests of the
“Little Theater” in Raleigh for
the play which the latter are pre-!
senting the last week in April.
At the meeting here last week,
plans were gotten underway for
the first local production, to go
forward under the direction of
Mrs. Dwight Hoskins and Mrs.
P. W. Choate.
Among the “Village Playmak
ers” who have extensive exper-
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Hunt Teams And
Pets Top Interest
In Colorful Event
Dinah's Tricks Charm
Judge; Puppies, Goals,
Hen Vie For Prizes
SIGNS
Flora Macdonald College
Medical Head of V. A., Visiting Here,
Describes Plan For Veterans’ Care
The Sandhills was favored
with a distinguished visitor this
week in the person of Dr. Paul
Magnusson who, with his wife,
spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
Ernest Ives at their Paint Hill
Farm. Dr. Magnusson, who is from
Chicago and a leader in the field
of bone surgery, is now heading
the medical end of the Veterans
Adininistration under General
Oniar Bradley.
Dr. Magnusson described the
trip which brought him south as
a. pioneer venture in the field of
medical administration. He is
visiting the leading medical
schools and universities of the
country to tell them about the new
plan inaugurated by the Adminis
tration and to enlist their help.
According to him, one of the
greatest handicaps from which
the Administration has suffered
has been the difficulty of secur
ing the services of the highest
type of physician, because of the
instinctive aversion of the medi
cal profession to anything which
resembles organized, or what
they have come to call “social
ized”, medicine. Dr. Magnusson
has entire sympathy with this
point of view, agreeing thorough
ly with those of his profession
who deny the possibility of good
medical practice under lay ad
ministration, and fear the dan
gers of bureaucratic control. He
believes that the plan which he
has worked out for the Veterans
Administration answers the ob
jections qf the medical profession
and also assures the best possible
care for the veteran.
The plan, of which he is the ori
ginator and which he is now en
gaged in “selling” to the country
medical men, calls for part-time
service of doctors in veterans’ hos
pitals at fixed salaries, the rest of
the doctor’s time to be devoted to
his own practice. This scheme, he
believes, will maintain the com
petitive spirit so essential to the
fostering of the initiative, origi
nality, and keenness which is the
margin of a good doctor, while the
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by Howard F. Burns
■William McCullough riding
General Trouble, owned by
Stoneybrook Stables of Southern
Pines, set the pace to capture
first place in the class for hunt
teams before the large number of
spectators who surrounded the
hunting course at the Southern
Pines Country Club in the an-'
nual pet and horseshow here
Sunday. In the team was Sir
William, a bay gelding ridden by
Miss Kathleen Walsh, and Clif
ton’s Ferry, ridden by Miss Ro
berta Frye.
Second place went to the team
captained by Miss Jean Overton,
up on Star Dust, with Miss Faye
Caddell Riding Silver, and Miss
Hannah Walsh on Zebula. Mrs.
James Mechling, taking the lead
on Henry’s Dream, was awarded
third place, along with Grey Mist
ridden by Dwight W. Winkle-
man, Jr. of Syracuse, N. Y., and
Junebug Tate of Pinehurst, rid
ing Smoky, a six-year-old black
gelding.
Miss Kathleen Walsh riding Sir
William was winner of the blue
ribbon over nine entries in the
class for open jumpers. Zebrula,
a buckskin, owned and ridden by
Miss Hannah Walsh of Southern
Pines, was second and Smoky,
with Junebug Tate up, was third,
Dinahi a trick . Dalmaitian
entered by Mrs. James Mechling,
captured first class over fifty
entries in the annual pet show,
with Bobby Priest’s i^t white
goats as runners-up Awarded
third prize was David Atherton’s
Great Dane.
The mule team polo, captained
by Morris Johnson of Southern
Pines, scored four goals in the
polo match over the team cap
tained by Miss Phyllis Faircloth
of Southern Pines.
The show concluded with an
exhibition of Plantation horses
presented by Mrs. C. W. Clark of
Farmington, Me.
The judge was B. A. Tompkins,
Vice President of the Bankers
Trust Company of New York.
Mrs. Tompkins judged the pets
and Mrs. James Boyd judged the
children’s horsemanship. The rib
bons were presented by W. F.
Angen, wife of Lt. (Jol. Angen
of Elizabeth, N. J.
"Ask and it shall be given
you; seek and ye Shall find."
The Pilot asked for signs,
and lo, signs appeared! Ev
erywhere in and about Sou
thern Pines, on dangerous
corner and speedy highway:
"Speed limit 25 miles per
hour."
Cometh also . . (ahem!) a
new traffic light on The Pi
lot's own corner.
Selah!
Flyer For Resort
Line Here Awarded
British D. F. C.
'Comrades Lend Medals
To Major Walker For
Appearance At Embassy
Draped with borrowed ^medals
last week was Major Talmadge
E. Walker of Resort Airlines, Inc.,
of Knollwod Airfield here, as he
receive the British Distinguished
Flying Cross in ceremonies pre
sided over by Lord Halifax,
British Ambassador to the United
States.
Major Walker, known to his
comrades as “Dixie”, was not so
long ago commander of the 27th
Troup Carrier Squadron of the
Army Air Force. Like many
another hero. Walker was johnny
on the spot in combat, but a trifle
careless about the numerous de
corations he had received. Along
with Admiral Spruance and a
hundred or so other American
officers and enlisted men, the
Major was to show up at the
British Embassy in uniform with
full complement of medals. And
the medals just weren’t forth
coming.
So Major Lewis C. Burwell,
president of the Resort Line,
which plans to operate air tours
around America this summer,
and others of the be-medhlled
flying staff, most of whom had
served with Walker, went into a
huddle to pool their decorations
and make up what was needed.
From one flyer came the D.F.C.,
from another the American Ue-
fense Medal, while someone else
threw in the air medal.
In the end they sent Dixie
winging his way to Washington
fully adorned'. The boys were
proud of their tall, quiet comrade,
and a little enyious too, perhaps.
For bestowal of the British de
coration, ftie empire’s highest
award for flyers short of the Vic
toria Cross, is an honor rare for
any member of a foreign army.
The citation accompanying
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Dr. Arnold Wolfers
Of Yale To Speak
At Forum April 11
Last Meeting Of Year
Brings Outstanding
Speaker To Sandhills
The Clans Gather At Red Springs In
May To Celebrate Semi-Centennial Of
College And Honor The Forty-Five
by Kate Stewart
This year marks the two hun
dredth anniversary of The Forty-
five, the last tragic defeat of
(jharles Stuart on the Battle of
Culloden Moor, bringing in its
wake years of suffering to Scot
land. It is also the fiftieth anni
versary of the founding of Flora
Macdonald College, the small col
lege at Red Springs, noted al
ways for the excellence of its
teaching and the high quality of
its graduates.
Fifty years ago, when - Flora
Macdonald’s beloved leader. Dr.
C. G. Vardell, undertook to start
the college he had four acres of
land and $4,000 of borrowed
money. He has lived to see his
college grow in excellence and
in beauty, to see thousands of
young girls graduate with well-
rounded educations. His know
ledge and love of flowers has
resulted in the college’s having
one of the loveliest gardens in
North Carolina, stretching along
the banks of the nearby creek, in
spring a glory of bulbs and azal-
NEW LOCATION
The Theodota Shop, managed
by Miss Katherine McDonald, is
moving from the rear of the Bar-
num offices to a new location in
the Citizens Bank Building, for
merly occupied by the Carolina
Gardens.
A Pledge
TO;
Honorable Clinton P. Anderson
Secretary, Dept, of Agriculture
Washington, D. C.
The undersigned pledge themselves to comply With the
request of President Truman’s Famine Emergency Commit
tee to conserve food in order to send more to the hungry
abroad. We Shall:
PREVENT waste of bread: use less bread at each meal;
substitute potatoes and oatmeal for bread and use
fruits and other desserts instead of pastries and
cakes.
USE less wheat cereals and other wheat products.
SAVE fats and oils by using meat drippings; serving few
er fried foods and going easy on oils and salad dress
ings.
GROW Victory gardens.
WATCH our garbage pails and not waste food.
NAME :
ADDRESS
THE PILOT respectfully and earnestly suggests that its
readers sign this pledge, send it to the Secretary of Agricul
ture, and then take up an extra hole on that belt,and carry it
out.
April 13 Heralds
Annual Poppy Day
Once again on Poppy Day,
April 13th, the members of the
American Legion Auxiliary will
dedicate their best efforts to dis
tribution of memorial poppies to
to the citizens of Southern Pines,
the chairman of the auxiliary an
nounced. It is one of the way
in which, all may pay tribute to,
and keep faith with, those who
died in the nation’s service.
“The wearing of the poppy has
become a silent pledge, renewed
each year, that the people, of
America have not forgotten the
responsibility they have been
given by their fighting men of
both wars,” said the chairman,
Mrs. Des Pland. “Many of these
men have given their lives or
their health for us, and it is with
deep gratitude to them that we
set aside ■ a date on which to
honor them and assure them that
we remember our promise.”
On Poppy Day the poppies will
be offered for sale on the streets
of Southern Pines and Pinehurst.
It is hoped that by evening ey-
eryonh will be wearing one.
There is no fixed price.
eas where there used to be an
impenetrable swamp. Now, at
eighty-six. Dr. Vardell is con
ducting a campaign to raise the
endowment, necessary for mem
bership in the Southern Associa
tion of Colleges.
The semicentennial celebration
at Flora Macdonald College, will
culminate on Tuesday, May 7,
when the Honorable Angus Mac
donald, Premier of Nova Scotia,
will make the principal address
at four o’clock. Representatives
of universities and colleges in
North and South Carolina will
take part in the academic pro
cession on the front campus. The
International Clan Donald and
Saint Andrews societies from the
United States and Canada will
be represented.
The importance of close inter
national relations will be strong
ly emphasized when the people
of this section join in honoring
the great Scottish heroine. Flora
MacDonald of Skye, who came
to live in North Carolina. In the
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The Pinehurst Forum presents
next week, as the speaker on its
final program, a man who is not
only a leading authority of the
things that occupy most minds
these days, namely: internation
al affairs, but is also a fascina
ting speaker. He is Dr. Arnold
"Wolfers, of Yale, and he will
speak on “Europe’s Struggle For
Survival.”
Though shortages and finan
cial and social disruptions result
ing from the war have to some
extent upset the even tenor of
American life, it is difficult for
anyone not a close student of the
subject to realize the utter ruin
war brought to Europe, to victor
and victim alike. Nor is it easy
to understand how the ramifi
cations of the European destruc
tion inevitability affect Amer
ica and the rest of the world.
For this reason the speaker at
the Country Club on Thursday
next, Apr. 11, deserves a capac
ity audience.
Dr. Wolfers is, or has been, as
sociated with an impressive list
of organizations in his field. He
was special adviser and lecturer
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TEMPORARY LOCATION
The Backers’ Carolina Gardens
have been .moved from the bank
building to a temporary location
in the former B. J. Simonds store,
now the Smith and Gouger
Building, which adjoins the Sun
rise Theater.
Kiwanians Hear
Commissioner Of
Highway Distriet
Dr. Henry Jordan of Cedar
Falls, Highway Commissioner
from the Sixth Division, address
ing the Sandhills Kiwanis Club
and members of the Board of
County Commissioners, Moore
County, at its luncheon at the
Wednesday, stated that although
serious consideration was being
given to the secondary roads of
North Carolina, contracts were
being let for the building and
improving of the primary roads
of the State.
He explained that the primary
system carries 82 percent of the
traffic, as well as receiving 82
percent of the revenue for high
way maintenance. He pointed
out it is very necessary, that due
to the alarming number of accid
ents on our public highways, im
provements first be made in the
primary system of roads.
Continuing, Dr. Jordan infor-
ed his hearers there were less
than two hundred contracting
firms in the state of North Car-
South Carolina and it was im
possible to get to the secondary
roads system as soon as the high
way department would like.
In conclusion he predicted a
tremendous road building program
for 1947, and stated that it would
take several years to complete
the. secondary road system.
The speaker was introduced by
Leon Seymour of Aberdeen.
Dr. T. A. Cheatham inducted
into membership Ralph L. Chand
ler, Jr. and Jack Tesh.
Revival Of Spring
Horse Show At
Pinehurst, Apr. 13
Major equestrian event of the
coming week will be the Spring
Horse Show revived at Pinehurst
under the auspices of the Sand
hill Horse Show Association,
slated now to ge underway at
1:30 p. m. for the full afternoon
of April 14, it was announced
this week by David W. Roberts,
secretary of the organization.
This major entertainment fea
ture is to be staged at the Pine
hurst Race Track, and will com-
prisie a full program of open
stakes for three and five-gaited
fine harness and walking horses,
hunters, and jumpers. ‘
Four horse races have been
scheduled for the afternoon, in
cluding a special half-mile open
flat race, an eighth mile sprint,
a race for horses never before
having competed on the turf, and,
as a strikingly novel feature of
entertainment, a highly unor
thodox mule race with colored
riders. Special classes will be of
fered for amateur riders.
Entries for the show will close
on April 6, and should be sent
to Secretary Roberts, from whom
all details of the events can be
obtained.
Judges for the hunters and
jumpers will be George P. Ma
honey, of Baltimore, Md., race
commissioner of the State of
Maryland, and Harry H. Hess,
Hohokus, N. J., who will udge
the three and five-gaited, fine
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Drive In County
By League For
Crippled Children
April 1 marked the opening of
the twenty-fifth annual sale of
Easter seals for the benefit of the
North Carolina League For Crip
pled Children, with Mrs. ■Walter
B. Cole of Carthage as Chairman
of the drive in Moore ounty. This
campaign, from which fifty per
cent of the proceeds will remain
in the county, will continue until
Easter Sunday, April 21. The goal
for Moore County is $1,000.00.
During the past twtenty-five
years, the North Carolina League
For Crippled Children has devel
oped a wide variety of interests,
all centered around the idea of
benefitting children crippled at
birth, by disease, or by accident.
Chil<fcen handicapped in these
ways are eligilbe for any of the
many services of the League
which may prove beneficial.
These services include hospi
talization and treatment at the
hands of recognized pediatric and
orthopedic specialists; transpor
tation to and from hospitals,
clinics, and schools; special “bed
side” teachers for children con
fined to bed in orthopedic hospi
tals; and the purchase of crutch
es, braces, special shoes, wheel
chairs, and other appliances and
aids.
Moore County raised over
$700.00 in last year’s drive, of
which almost $400.00 remained
in the county to be administered,
locally. This money has been
used to provide home care, trans
portation, artificial limbs, correc
tive shoes and braces for handi
capped children.
A large part of the amount has
been devoted to the boarding
school expenses of a boy who has
been discharged .from an ortho
pedic hospital, but who is still
unable to attend public school.
Bakery To Open
R. W. Howard, recently dis
charged from the Navy with the
rank of ensign, will open a bak
ery in Southern Pines on April
11, in the location formerly oc
cupied by the Sandwich Shop,
it was learned here this week.
Howard volunteered his services
to the Navy exactly three years
and nine months ago as an ap
prentice seaman. In his new bus
iness venture, he will be assisted
by Mrs. Howard, his wife, aRd
his father, M. L. Howard, who
has a background of eight years
experience with the United Bak
ery Company of Lexington.