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VOL. 26 NO. 28.
Southern Pines. N.'C.. Friday. June 7. 1946.
TEN CENTS
Social Agencies
Present Program
Of Summer Play
Dawson Stresses
Need of Equipment
And Cooperation
The Council ot Social Agencies
publishes this week a schedule
of the activities planned for the
summer recreation program. Un
der the supervision pf A. C. Daw
son, it will begin on June 12th
and run through August 20th and
will include games for all ages,
-with, this year, one afternoon of
supervised swimming p week,
transportation provided.
Below is the schedule.
DAILY SCHEDULE
(tentative)
Days: Monday through Friday
Hours: 9 to 12: 2:30 to 6.
Monday, Wednesday, Friday
mornings.
Girls: Softball, volleyball, ten
nis, in High School playground,
and Park.
Boys: Softball, baseball, volley
ball in High School Athletic
Field and Park.
Tuesday, Thursday mornings.
Girls: Basketball, tennis vol
leyball in Church of Wide Fel
lowship and Park.
Boys: Basketball, tennis, vol
leyball in High School Auditori
um and Park.
Individual and Small Groups '
Monday, Tuesday, Friday after
noons.-
Girls: Archery, badminton,
horse-shoes, indoor games,, ping-
pon^, dancing), shuffleboard in
Parkor Civic Club.
Boys; Same as girls plus foot
ball at High School Field.
Wednesday afternoons.
Sanfclay Btasebali. Individual
and small groups activities at
Park or Civic Club.
Thursday afternoons.
Swimming at Aberdeen Lake.
(Leave Civic Club at 2:30).
Rainy Days.
Girls: Basketball or voUeyball
at Church of Wide Fellowship; In
door jactivities at Civic Club.
Boys: Same, at High School
and Civic Club.
Nights.
Dances at Civic Club.
Dates Unknown at present: Soft-
ball games in Moore Co. Softball
League.
A. C. Dawson, director of the
program, has drawn up the fol
lowing ten points. He asks that
all will cooperate fully:
1. Recreation program to in
clude everyone from 8 years of
age up. We want as many as pos
sible to participate.
2. We want and need persons
to help direct activities who will
volunteer one, two, or as many
hours a week as it is convenient
for them to do so.
3. We shall be dependent upon
volunteer, transportation in order
to take the children to Aberdeen
for Iswimrrting every Thursday
afternoon. Please call the Civic
Club and leave word if you are
able to take a car full of kids to
the lake.
4. We shall need life guards
at Aberdeen Lake when our boys
^d girls are swimming there,
and we shall greatly appreciate
volunteer 4,uty on Thursday af
ternoons.
5. We should like very much
for each organization or group in
Southern Pines to volunteer to
sponsor one or more of the activ
ities in the summer program, and
to provide some supervision in
the activity they select.
6. The director, A. C. Daw
son, will be happy to receive sug
gestions for the improvement of
the program at apy time. His
services will be at the disposal
of any group which needs help
along recreational lines.
7. In regard to the activities
in the recreation program, the
boys and girls will be divided
into teams in their own age group
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TCX)T!
The Pilot takes a hearty
breath today and lets out a
resounding blow on his o-wn
horn.
Cause why? Cause we done
good last week.
And that "we" ain't the
editorial "we" this time^
neither. . . it ain't.
It's our ad-man "we" . . .
ad how!
In honor of our young
graduates. . . and. of course,
for NO other reason
at all . . . that there ad-man,
despite his usually slightly
crablike gait, covered ground
last week. He really did. Five
hundred and ten inches was
the amount of space that
there ad-man filled up -with
his BEEutiful ads, all about
this fine, (haha) free, (haha-
ha) wonderful (hahahaha)
world.
We've got a new name for
our adman, by the way. We
don't call him Mr. Mac
any^more, but "Dad Infini
tum".
School Honors Day
Awards Presented
To Class Leaders
Jane McCain, David
Cameron, Elmer Ren-
egar Given Medals
The Honors Day Program
opened at’ the High School here
on Tuesday with the “Star
Spangled Banner” making the
echoes ring as it was lustily trol
led forth by the assembled gath
ering in the school auditorium.
A reading of scripture and
prayer was conducted by Elmer
Renegar and then the presiding
officer, Jane Todd McCain, was
called up to receive the first
award of the day, the American
Legion Citizenship medal, pre
sented to Miss McCain by the
head of the post, L. Van Fossen.
Following in the legionnaire’s
place, Paul Butler took the plat
form to give the Junior Chamber
of Commerce Award, which went
to Tommy Grey for the greatest
improvement made in school.
Jean Schaefer was then called
forward to receive the Legion
Auxiliary’s award, presented by
Mrs. DesPland, for her essay:
“Americanism”. Mrs. Des Pland
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First Post-War Graduating Class
THE CLASS OF 1946. .Seated, (1 to r): Jane Todd McCain, Doris Ferguson, Marjorie Hunsucker,
Margie Lee Palmer, Gladys Cranfill Suther. Standing, (1 to r): Dorothy Joan Frye, Drennen Mann,
David Cameron Jr., Davis Worsham, David Morrison, Chan Page, Jr., Wilbur S. Scheipers, Robert
MacCormac, John Prizer and Barbara Harrington. (Photo by Humphrey)
Robbins Taken 7-2
By Southern Pines'
Southern Pines gave Robbins a
sound drubbing on Wednesday at
the Southern Pines ball park.
The local team came through
with a 7-2 victory. Behind until
their turn at the plate in the last
of the fifth. Southern Pines cut
loose with a slugging, slashing
brand of baseball their backers
have known they had but won
dered how long it was going to
take to come out.
Catcher “Mac” started the
fight. Up first for Southern Pines
in the fifth, McNeill hit to short
left for a single. “Buzz” Thomas
followed, but struck out like a
very rusty gate. Next up was
Red Howell. He hit into what
looked like a dbuble play, but the
Robbins short stop fumbled, and
Red was safe at first, McNeill on
second. Morgan hit what should
also have been a sure out, but a
wild throw -over first scored Mc
Neill arid a widely smiling Mor
gan was safe at first. “Doc” Mc
Rae was purposely walked, af
ter Worsham had also won first
on an error. A wild pitch scored
Morgan and Southern Pines was
ahead 3-2.
Robbins was let out of its hole
when Dunn struck out for the
NOSTEW
Whether you like the way'
it was hcindled or not, the
strike situation looks a little
brighter.
Whether or not you think
it will last, at least the recent
French election is an encour
aging sign.
Iran is not squawking so
loudly, the Arabs are also
less vociferous. Trieste,
China are stewing in their
own juicei, disagreeably
enough, but not actually boil
ing over at the moment.
We may be thankful for
those small blessings.
But the big thing to be Un-^
thankful about still goes on:
the famine in Europe. China,
and India There is precious
little juice to stew in those
lands.
Let's keep up the wheatless
days, the Ccui collections, the
cash donations. Let's back
UNRRA to the limit.
Southern Pines
Golf Team Wins
The Southern Pines Country
Club Golf Team continued its on
ward march today defeating the
third out with men on second and' Lumberton Golf Team 19 to 14 in
third. the closest match played so far
The second half of the sixth [this season. There were eleven
was a repeat performance, except i teams playing in the match,
instead of getting to bases main-1 Johnny Johnson and his partner
ly of Robbins’ errors, this time. Frank Edens of Lumberton post
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General Upsets AVC Dance Plans
But Bigger Better Dance Goes On
Veterans' Disappointment
Assuaged By News Of
Chapel Hill Band Coming
In another column will be ^
found the polite release from a
hard-pressed public relations of
ficer, trying tp smoothe over a
difficult situation caused by
Army G. I. It needs some ex
plaining.
The misunderstanding, to which
the officer refers, did not occur
between Mr. Jerre McKeithen
and the band master. It occurred
between the band master and his
higher-ups. There was no doubt
at all in either the band-leaders’
mind or in AVC Veteran Mc-
Keithen’s as to the agreement.
The 82nd. Airborne band had
played off the post before; it had
accepted in apparent good faith
this engagement to play again,
for the AVC dance tonight. Sud
denly came the General.
Known in army circles as
“Jump Happy” Gavin, it may be
that the general is a trifle on the
impetuous side. But whether he
was jumpy that day, or whether
he had been receiving the at
tentions of professional musi
cians jealous of army encroach
ment on their territory, matters
little. The manner of his actions,
however, mattered a great deal
to the veterans it affected.
The fact is that after plans
had all been settled with the 82nd
Division Orchestra leader to play
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PUBLIC RELATIONS
Due to an unfortunate mis-
undeirstanding between Mr.
Jerre McKeithen and a rep
resentative of the 82nd Air
borne Division Orchestra, it
has been erronously an
nounced in the Moore Coun
ty area that the 82nd Air
borne Division Orchestra
would play for a dance spon
sored by the Moore County
Chapter of the American Vet
erans Committee at the Sou
thern Pines Country Club,
Friday, June 7. The Division
regrets that this misunder
standing should have arisen,
but under an act of Congress
dated 3 June 1916, soldier
bands are not allowed to play
in competition with civilian
bands. Since this dance is
not a non-profit affair for a
strictly soldier audience it is
impossible for the Division
Orchestra to appear.
COLONEL TO SERGEANT
Things must have been mighty
tough for ex-Colonel David Kirk.
At any rate, civilian life was far
from all it was cracked up to be.
He’d had enough of it, finished.
ed a best ball 63, eight strokes
under par for low medal.
Herndon Defeats Harris
In Sandpiper Match
The twenty-eight contestants
in the Sandpiper Tournament
narrowed down to the two final
ists’last Saturday at the Southern
Pines Country Club. This tourna
ment had been going on for the
past two months, and great was
the speculation as to who the final
champion would be.
The champion this year is W.
Meredith Herndon, who defeated
Barrett Harris 4 and 3.
The Sandpiper Tournament has
long been a popular feature
,among the 'permanent resident
golfers of Southern Pines. While
the putt on the eighteenth green
is all important, the re-hash at
the nineteenth hole is a close
runner-up.
"Hut" Plans Discussed
As 12 More Join VFW
The “John Boyd Post” of the
VFW here in Southern Pines has
increased its ranks by 12 new
members, bringing the total mem
bership up to 35.
Plans were discussed by the
members present of the possibil
ity of acquiring a “Hut” for their
future meetings. Three places are
now available, it is announced,
but no decision has as yet been
reached.
The next meeting of the VFW
Returned Veterans In Graduating
Class Honor Commencement Here
Cameron Making
Dewberry News
Under a small shed in Cameron,
less than fifteen miles from Sou
thern Pines, a scene was enacted
today that recalls the “twenties”
in the Sandhills. Back in the
twenties and early thirties Cam
eron was the largest dewberry
center in the world. Today, dew
berries again are king in Camer
on, but Cameron is not still king
of the dewberry world.
However, Cameron is on the
comeback.
Dewberries pour into the shed
in the back seats of sedans, in
the trunk racks of coupes, and in
trucks.
There is a steady stream of
luscious, big, black berries.
And as fast as the berries reach
the shed they are sold ... in
that same fascinating, if unintel
ligible, jargon of the tobacco auc
tions. In fact, the auctioneer is
first a tobacco auctioneer and
second a dewberry auctioneer.
Most of the dewberry crates
started at “six dollars” and ended
up about seven fifty. Some few
crates were not up to the excel
lence of the general run and sold
for around five dollars. When
asked if there were any dewber
ries for sale in the stores of Cam
eron the answer was short and
sweet: “Lord, no! Nobody around
here would give twenty cents a
quart.” So they are sold to out
siders for over thirty cents a
quart and everybody is happy.
Very few of these beautiful
morsels of black sweetness are
destined for tables in the Sand
hills. Because there isn’t enough
market to make it worth the
growers’ time, so they say. They
are shipped out in truckload lots,
whereas the Sandhills stores
would only need part lots. So fhe
outsiders get the berries the Sand-
hillers grow.
Back in the days when Cam
eron was king, there were three
times the number of crates ship
ped out as there are at the
present time. This season it is
expected that there will be about
15,000 crates in the total crop.
The biggest day so far was Sat-
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fed up. So Ex-Col. Kirk shed his
civvies and reenlisted—as a Ser- John Boyd Post will be at the
geant. Said the Col. Sgt.: “At Aberdeen Community House on
least I’ll get an apartment!” Monday, June 24th at 8 p. m.
CATHOLIC SCHOOL
CEREMONY
BULLET
At 10 o’clock on Sunday June
2, 1946, Our Lady of Victory
School held its first graduation
exercises in the parish church.
The pastor. Reverend Walter
Kuhn, conferred the diploma on
Miss Margaret Bell, during a
High Mass sung by the young
ladies of Notre 'Dame Academy.
The sermon was given by the
Reverend Joseph Baxter in which
he announced that Miss Bell had
brought honor to the school by
winning a scholarship to St.
Francis Academy, Baltimore,
Maryland.
After the church ceremony, an
exhibit of the children’s work was
held in the school Library which
included sirts and crafts, penman
ship and needlework and show
ed the record of scholastic attain
ment achieved during the school
year.
The Chamber of Com
merce's energetic executive
secretary. Lennox Forsythe,
reports that he and also-en-
ergetic C of C-er John Rug-
gles expended a powerful
amount of before mentioned
energy putting up a bulletin
board in the Post Office, this
week, presented by G. C.
Seymour of Aberdeen.
The board is for the con
venience of the people of
Southern Pines. No. you can
not advertise that you have
cocoanuts for sale at $20.00
a nut. or even at $200.00. or
even peanuts instead of the
palm-dropping variety.
This board is just if you
lose something, or find some
thing.
Or want to find something
or someone. John Ruggles.
for instance. . . when he isn't
at the office, or at Red Ov
erton's soda bar. or out in
front of Jack's, or in all the
other places he might be and
isn't. I
Looks like this bulletin
board might make a lot of
trouble for some folks. (Is
that the reason it's called
"bullet-in-board"?)
Mrs. Hayes Shop Is
Bought By Owners
Of Tots’ Toggery
The Misses Fisher and
Wiley Prepare To Dress
Mas As Well As Tots
Address by Broughton
Features Program At
High School Tuesday
This week saw an unexpected
change in the ownership of a
long-established firm in Southern
Pines, with • the sale of “Mrs.
Hayes’ Shop” to Miss Erma
Fisher and Miss Katherine
’Wiley.
The fashionable dress shop,
founded in 1902 by Mrs. C. L.
Hayes, was bought by Mrs. J. D.
Welch a short while before her
death, at which time her daugh
ter, Mrs. H. H. Elder, took over
the management of the business.
Finding the task of commuting
back and forth to business from
her home in Siler City too diffi
cult, Mrs. Elder finally decided
to sell to the two owners of Tots’
Toggery.
A partnership, friendly as it has
been successful, the Misses Fisher
and Wiley will take on a double
responsibility, with Miss Wiley
in charge of the new store. The
Tots will continue to be served
by Miss Fisher.
The two young women, who
have proved their ability as busi
ness women during the eleven
years of the Toggery’s existence,
are among the most popular of
Southern Pines’ younger set. All
will wish them success in their
new enterprise as they double
their role, clothing both the mo
thers and the children of Sand
hills families.
Ens. Philip Woolley
Aboard USS Columbia
Ens. Philip Woolley, USNR,
Southern Pines, N. C., is station
ed temporarily aboard the light
cruiser, USS Columbia for a
training cruise in North Atlantic
waters. He has recently complet
ed a short indoctrination course
at the Naval Training Station,
Newport, R. I.
AID FOR VETS
Commencement again and fif
teen young graduates taking their
places on that honorable stage in
the high school from which so
many members of the Southern
Pines community have stepped.
This year the exercises were
dignified with the addition of
many returning veterans, gradu
ates of past years, who joined in
the entering procession, honored
by their school and honoring that
institution by their good pres
ence.
The graduating ceremonies,
this year, followed the usual pat
tern starting with the religious
service held at the Church of
Wide Fellowship on Sunday ev
ening. The ministers of the town
each took a part of the service,
while the Commencement Ser
mon was preached by Dr. Hunter
B. Blakely of Queen’s College,
Charlotte. Taking Psalm 144 as
his text. Dr. Blakely admonish
ed the young people in his audi
ence to follow the words of the
psalmist: to grow straight in the
spiritual things of life, placing
them above all material advan
tage. The speaker did not shy
away from the black picture of
the world today but challenged
his hearers to look steadily at
the perils that beset the way and
be ready for what might come.
Dr. Blakely, whose command
of English testifies to his studies
in the universities of England,
was graduated from Princeton
Seminary, and spent several
years in Cambridge and Oxford
and the Universities of Edinburgh
and Berlin. A scholar of the high
est attainments he is now presi
dent of Queen’s College.
On Tuesday the graduation ex
ercises were held in the High
School Auditorium. The Hon,
Melville Broughton made the
principal address,, introduced to
the audience by Dr. G. G. Herr,
chairman of the School Board.
Mr. Broughton avoided sombre
thoughts, and centered his re
marks about the principal of
healthy growth, physical, mental,
and spiritual, without which no
|life could be well-rounded or
completely effective.
The diplomas were presented
by N. L. Hodgkins and went to
David Daniel Shields Cameron,
Jr., Gladys Grace Cranfill, Doris
Iona Ferguson, Dorothy Joan
Frye, Barbara Elizabeth Hun
sucker, Drennen Geddes MannrN
honor student, Jane Todd Mc
Cain, honor student, Charles
Robert MacCormac, David
Thomas Morrison, Channing Nel
son Page, Jr., Margie Lee Palmer,
John McLaren Prizer, Wilbur S.
Scheipers, James Davis Worsham.
It was noted, as a point lend
ing drama and honor to the oc
casion, that two of the graduates,
David Thomas Morrison and Wil
bur S. Scheipers, were both vet
erans of service in the Navy.
Marshals for the day, chosen
on a basis of scholarship, were;
Jean Olive, Chief, Audrey West
Brown, Jean Schaefer, Carolyn
Chester, Robert McClellan, Wil
liam Warner, Janet Menzel, Nor
ma Sanford, Catherine Sitterson.
Scout Court Of Honor
In Robbins On Monday
A Training Officer from the
Veterans Administration will be
in Louise Clark’s office in the
Carthage Courthouse every Wed
nesday afternoon to discuss with
those veterans any problems they
may want to iron out on their
on-the-job training status. Vet
erans who want to know more
about on-the-job training are
urged to get themselves to Car
thage Wednesday afternoons.
A Court of Honor will be held
for the Boy Scouts of America at
the Robbins Community House
this Monday, June 10th, at 8 p.
m.
It is to be a County-wide af
fair, with all the troops in the
County participating. The open
ing and closing ceremonies will
be put on by Troop 74 of Rob
bins. Troop 98 Of West End will
put on the Demonstration.
I. C. Sledge, of Pinehurst, will
be the Advancement Chairman
and preside at the Court of
Honor.