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“GI Democrats” In Secret Caucus
Draw Up “Chalfonte Resolutions”
Plan Veteran-Vote Organization
Pledge Allegiance To
Work Thru Democrat
Party's Present Order
Buncombe County Group
Responsible For Meeting
Last Saturay, Club Chklfonte
on the Pinehurst-Aberdeen road
housed, fed, bedded, and on Sun
day disgourged as vociferous a
group of political humans as it
has been the Club’s lot to play
host to for many a moon- In fact,
ever.
GFs from every congressional
district of the State except the
First; assembled there in secret
caucus, named themselves “North
Carolina GI Democrats”.
There was little at first to dis
tinguish the gathered group from
many others like them who had
often before called noisely from
the same windows and thirstily
quaffed the tongue-loosening
brew in the Karl Andrews Em
porium.
Some fifty-four veterans were
on hand, assembled, ready and
waiting to discover what they
were there for. A few knew at
the outset. But- they were few
indeed, and mostly from Ashe
ville.
Then the talking began- Tem
porary Chairman Frank Parker,
naturally of Asheville, had his
parliamentary hands full. Some
of the speakers were big bellied
and long winded, some were
gaunt an sunken eyed with empty
fervor. But the heart, the brain,
and the backbone also spoke.
These made sense. At too rare
intervals their words cut through
smoke and hollow verb ge.
Around ten o’clock, after two
solid hours of not-too-solid talk,\
the purpose started unfolding. It
was agreed that better govern
ment is needed in the State of
North Carolina ju^t as it is need
ed in the world. It was agreed
that unless the GI’s start doing
something about it now, nobody
wilL It was agreed that the group
• assembled would try to do that
something. What, how, and
when? A committee of twelve
was elected to spend if necessary
the rest of the night deciding, and
was to report back to the main
assembly at ten o’clock Sunay
morning.
Until three in the morning this
committee labored ending with a
fourteen-point program, now
known as the “Chalfonte Resolu
tions”.
The twelve on the committee
were,: Henry Brandis, John Bea
man, Winfield Blackwell, Ru-
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FLASH
On Wednesday, VJ Day
5,000 speclalors werie not
completely disappointed
when the Army Air Forces
did not show up at Resort
Airlines for an air Show-
Highlight and star of the Re
sort improvised show was
John Buttler who bravely
donned a parachute and took
a stunt ride with Herky Rice
in an ex Army training ship.
Herky Rice had scarcely
gotten warned up when he
landed and our John made
lanother flig^jb—out of the
plane chute and alL Our chief
cook said: "me and) dat para
chute came near bein mighty
good friends, is I turned
white yet?" Thanks for the
show, John and Herky, as
well as the rest of the Resort
boys who tried' at least to
keep all from disappoint
ment.
SP Sluggers Split
Two Games Here
Winning V-J Game
Ramseur Wins 4-2,
But Robbins Taken 4'3
Thomas Is Pitching Star
Gets Good Team Backing
Gold Star Mother Speaks Her Mind As
Snappy 82nd Units And Grinning Vets
Hold Gala V-J Day In Southern Pines
It was fifty-fifty for the Sou
thern Pines team this week. They
dropped a’close game to Ramseur
4-2 on Saturday and then came
back strong on V-J day to win
over Robbins 4-3. For weeks now
the local team has been playing
good ball and increasing their
league standing. With just a few
games remaining players and
rooters alike are ready lor the
kill.
The batteries for the Saturday
game were for Ramseur; Wright
pitching and Sillmon catching.
For Southern Pines: Davis and
Vest pitching and McNeill catch
ing. In the first inning Ramseur
got one run on no hits while the
locals made 2 runs on 3 hits. The
Score remained until the fifth
when Ramseur scored the
King Sol Smiles Upon
Crowd With Fine Day
For Regulars & Vets
Far From 15,000 But
Day A Definite Success
ning 3 runs of the game. For Sou-
Robert Hayes Dies them pines Howell and Pate were
In Florida, Son
Of Clande L. Hayes
The news of the sudden pass
ing of Robert Nelson Hayes in
his home at St. Andrews, Fla-,
on Saturday, August 10th, came
as a distinct shock to his former
associates and a host of friends
gained in his many years in Sou
thern Pines.
“Bob” as he was always known
from his earliest school days, was
born in Southern Pines, April 30,
1897, the son of Mr. and Mrs. C.
L. Hayes and was a graduate of
the local High School and an at
tendant at North Carolina State-
He served as a 1st Sergeant in
the Medical Corps during the
first World War, also as a member
of the Army Civil Service in the
present war.
In June 1922, he was united
in marriage with Miss Kathryn
Gorman of Salisbury, N. C-, and
for several years acted as Golf
Professional at Raleigh, Salis-
bury,N. C-, Danville, Va., and
Tucson, Ariz., Country Clubs-
Funeral services were held in
the Episcopal Church at St. An
drews, at 10:30 o’clock Tuesday
morning, August 13th. Interment
was in the church cemetery.
Mr. Hayes is survived by his
widow, two daughters, Mrs. Em
ily Dell Lange and Miss Sarah
Kathryn Hayes, and one grand
child, all of St. Andrews; his fa
ther and mother, Mr. and Mrs. C-
L. Hayes, and a sister, Mrs. Wil
liam Matchett of Milwaukee Wis.
the main hitters of the afternoon.
In a fitting climax to the big
V-J celebration the local team
defeated Robbins 4-3- Scoring
started in the fourth when Rob
bins made one run on 2 hits, and
again in the fifth when they made
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Golden wood Shows
Perfect Form To
Win Quebec Class
Former Mileaway Horse
Takes Canadian Honors
Last Week Of Popular Summer Sports Slate
Includes Five Or More Boxing Bouts Monday
Next Tuesday will see the clos
ing of the popular Summer Rec
reation Program, sponsored by
the Council of Social Agencies,
aided by other civic groups, and
under the excellent guidance of
A. C. Dawson.
A swim and weiner roast will
close th6 official season of sports
for the youngsters and grown-ups
who have participated in the
many events and programs dur
ing the summer months- The
swimming party will leave the
Community Center at 3:30 and all
are asked to bring their own cars
so that transportation for as many
as possible may be provided-
Following the swim, the hot
dogs will start popping over the
fires about six o’clock at the
Aberdeen Lake. Parents as well
as their offspring are cardially
invited.
Boxing. Bouls
Monday night at eight, the
fruits of Ray Backlund’s expert
training of local youngsters in the
art of fisticuffs may be viewed
and enjoyed by one and all who
put in an appearance at the ten
nis courts by the Community Cen
ter. Beneath the lights there,
some four or five, or possibly
more, three round bouts will be
staged. The boys who have shown
outstanding promise in the pug
ilistic try-outs are Fred Arnette,
Johnny Prizer, Dillon Short, Bil
ly Baker, Richard Kaylor, Gary
Mattox, Bobby Achtermann, and
Joe Smith. However, some dark
horse with a mule’s kick may
slip in and deliver a basket of
stars to the whitehaired favor
ites.
Kids Baseball
Champs over all they have so
far played are the youngsters on
the Kids Baseball Team. Last Fri
day they had their closest dia
mond fracas, when youthful Rob-
binsters came down loaded for
bear but went away disappointed.
Our young ’uns treated them to
a natty 9-7 defeat, the third
straight win for the locals. B. Ba
ker led the batting with three hits*
Richard Newton and Billy Ba
ker pitched, D. P- Black and Dil
lon Short were the catchers-
Every boy on the squad played,
some fifteen in all, and A. C-
Dawson says that he is counting
on some of these younger players
to step in and fill the holes left
by last years high school gradu
ates next Spring.
“Golenwood” performed with
prowess at Ste Marguerite’s Que
bec for Mrs- Moss of MileAway
Stables at Southern Pines and
won last Monday the Lightweight
Hunter class at the Alpine Horse
Show, the “blue ribbon show” of
the Laurentian and Quebec prov
ince summer season-
Edith Ferguson got up on the
thoroughbred chestnut mare,
looked over the course which had
been designed by the well known
Virginia horseman, Arthur Mc-
Cashin, and then took Golden-
wood around the course without
as much as a “tic.” It was a source
of great satisfaction for several
reasons. Among them was the
fact that the class is one of the
most keely contested and includ
ed the cream of the best light
weight hunter of the district.
A few minutes later she scor
ed ,a victory on War Hero II in
the middleweight hunter, and
then combined with her sister
Helen and rider Bill Goodwin to
ride Soon Over, Better Still an
Lucky Strike, a trio of tried and
veteran hunters, to win the Uni
corn class over eight other en
tries-
Vernon G- Cardy, for the first
time, was sitting watching the
show, recuperating from the bro
ken collar bone he sustained a
week previously at the Hudson
Hunter Trials- The Cardy Farms
horses have six more shows on
their schedule before the plans
called for their being shipped to
their winter home to be at Vernon
Valley Farm, formerly the Pad-
dock, at Southern Pines.
August fourteenth brought no,
rains to mar the V-J Day Parade
or dampen the festive bunting
waving merrily throughout Sou
thern Pines, and particularly
the Reviewing Stand on East
Broad at Pennsylvania.
Ex-GI’s from all over the Coun
ty gathered on Ashe Street just
before eleven o’clock when the
parade was scheduled to start-
Chief Marshall John Lang of Car
thage strode up and down the
columns of vets, and all his as
sistant marshalls strode likewise.
There had been the boast that
veterans would turn out fifteen
hundred strong, but it was only
a boast. Many veterans who did
-1 turn out had never received noti
fication, others asked why com
mittees had not been formed to
canvass Moore County systemat
ically. The questions were asked,
but no one knew the answers-
There seemed to be none.
The vets were at first to regis
ter at the City Hall, but that soon
got out of hand and the registra
tion was called off- “If you’re a '•^ons.
vet, just get in there and march,
whether you’re in uniform or not.
If any one challenges you, tell
him to take a flying leap” is how
one grinning vet recounted the
instructions he had received.
A few minutes before eleven,
four of the new C-82’s roared ov
erhead. Then the units from Fort
Bragg marched snappily past the
gaping vets- “Must have used up
all the polish at Bragg,” one vet
was heard to remark.
Word was then flashed down
the column of about three hun-
red veterans that the front bunch
had already started, which they
had. That didn’t make for very
clocklike marching. In fact, the
vets didn’t really hit their stride
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Flying Boxcars Buzz Town Hall
Color Guard Struts Its Stuff
Latest Wrinkle In
Paratroop Carriers
Shown in the cut above are the
paratroop carrying C-82’s the
first plane designed primarily for
the purpose of carrying para
troopers, for troop carrier opera-
These are the planes that roar
ed over Southern Pines during
the V-J Day Parade and later
during the Decoration Program
on the Town Hall Porch.
To paratroopers these planes
are known as “Flying Boxcars.”
They were supplied by the 36th
Squadron of the 316 Troop Car
riers Group now stationed at
Pope Field.
Each plane will carry approxi
mately 40 paratroopers and their
equipment. Doors on both sides
permit doubly fast unloading of
troops.
Recently, these planes took part
in an important mass flight • of
the 504th Paratrooper Infantry
at Knoxville.
HALF MEASURES
ROY COLE AND ORCHESTOA
COMING FOR VFW DANCE
On the same day. we voted
ed to use atomic energy for
the cure of disease. . . and
went right on making atomic
bombs to destroy civilization.
On the same day, we voted
overwhelmingly to accept the
compulsory jurisdiction of
the Court of International
Justice. . , and then said that
we would be the judges of
whether the matter under
discussion constituted inter
ference in our domestic af
fairs.
What a farce!
No war ever started that
the countries involved didn't
think the other fellows were
interfering).
Until we and all the others
are ready to give up seme of
our precious soverignty and
admit each other's right to do
mit each other's right to do
some interfering ... to pre
vent the rise of a Hitler, or a
Moseley ... or even a more
deadly Huey Long. . . there
will be trouble.
BRONZE MEMORIAL
TO FATHER EDELEN
Guard Gives Eyeopener
To Visitors And Vets
When the Color Guard of the
82nd Division struts its stuff,
stand back and lend an eye, be
cause it’s worth seeing.
The dust of too many words
had settled and the Retreat Cere
mony had been held in the Town
Hall yard, when the Color Guard,
with Lt- Col. Julian A. Cook com
manding, stepped in and gave the
assembled guests and veterans
an eyefull-
Sp'oUess and polished, white
gloves, white laces, and helmets
gleaming, the Color Guard went
through their paces.
Just what the many and varied
formations were your humble re
porter, having served in the non
marching Navy, has no way of
knowing other than asking the
Army. Which we did. But even
the Army asked didn’t know.
Albeit, we take our hats off
to the Color Guard and to the
82nd Division for a grand show
and grand cooperation with Sou
thern Pines.
Southern Pines Veterans of
Foreign Wars have procured Roy
Cole and his 13-piece orchestra
to play for a VFW-sponsored
dance at Scottie’s Tavern, Sou
thern Pines, on August 29, accord
ing to an announcement made
Wednesday. Dancing will be from
9 p. m. to 1 a. m. and admission
will be $2.50 per couple. Tickets
may be bought from any VFW.
Roy Cole and his tjrchestra
broadcast from WDUK in Dur
ham and have gained wide popu
larity throuhgout the State.
A bronze memorial was unveil
ed August 15th and blessed in the
Church of Saint Anthony of Pa
dua honoring a former assistant.
Father Philip Edelen a Captain
in the United States Army.
Father Edelen lost his life on
the Shores of Normandy June
10th, 1944 while ministering to
the wounded on the battlefields.
Some months later his younger
brother attached to the Air Corps
lost his life in Florida. Mr. and
Mrs. Edelen of Raleigh, the sur
viving parents had six sons in
the service throughout the war.
Camera Club Has
First Exhibition
Col. Madigan First
On display this week in the
Southern Pines Library, and con
tinuing through part of the com
ing week, is the first exhibit of
the Sandhills Camera Club. The
subject is “Landscapes”.
Ten of the prints are by the
Advanced Class, and nine by the
Beginners Class.
The show is excellent and re
presents a great deal of work and
advancement by all belonging to
the Club. Colonel Donald Mad
igan is chairman, and it is primar
ily through his efforts that the
Club first attracetd and then held
the interest of the members.
Appropriately, and justly, first
prize in the Advanced Class went
to the Colonel for his excellent
photograph of contrasting sand
dunes and gnarled pine trees. Al
though it looks like a possible
scene of some desert, it is at the
sandpit between Aberdeen and
Pinehurst.
, Second pl^e went |to Capt'
William Hale for his shot of the
picturesque fields and rail fences
at Mileaway Farms.
Third place was won by Major
Robert Piper by a photograph,
framed by trees and branches, of
|small farm buildings.
Honorable Mentions were
awarded in the Advanced Class to
Lt. John Allicki, and Colonel
Madigan’s second entry.
In the Beginners Class, Walter
Harper won first award with his
picture of a river scene down
around Lumberton, with two row
boats drawn up to the near bank.
Clara Harper took second place
with another picture of a river, or
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Red Cross Ready
To Supply Plasma
For Emergencies
The American Red Cross is now
prepared to provide blood plasma
in time of disaster, according 'o
an announcement made by Col.
George P. Hawes, Jr., Chairman
of the Moore County Chapter at
quarterly meeting held Tues
day night at Southern Pines. The
Red Cross has distributed plasma
to state health departments on a
quota basis. These blood banks
must be given when needed
without charge for the product
itself regardless of the financial
statue of the patient. Although
quotas have been set, any physi
cian or hospital may obtain any
amount of plasma actually need
ed as long as the supply lasts.
The Moore county directors
voted in favor of providing Chap
ter station wagons to the county
Maternity Welfare clinics when
not in use by the Red Cross.
Col. Hawes again pointed out
the need for volunteers for the
various services such as investi
gating army families mWing re
quests, for Nurses Aids, Gray La
dies and Motor Corps.
. Garland McPherson, treasurer
reported a Chapter balance of
$17,262.90 as of July 31st. A check
for $12,367.74 sent national head
quarters, represented one-half the
sum contributed in the 1946 fimd
campaign. The other is retired by
Moore County chapter. Expenses
for the second quarter included
$889.57 for home service, $272.50
for new equipment, and $1,156.58
for Administrative expenses.
Mrs. W. D. Sabiston resigned as
Secrotary and Robert E. Harlow
as Publicity Representative. The
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All Speakers Eclipsed
When Mrs. McCain
Speaks From Heart
Lt. Col. Zias, Asst. Chief
Points to Necessity Of
Strong Peacetime Army
The parade was over. Southern
Pines had won the ball game with
Robbins, and a large group had
collected at the Town Hall yard.
Gold Star Mothers were seated
on the porch with visiting digni
taries and program speakers. The
speaking program was scheduled
to get under way sharply at five.
• The program was a few
minutes behind time, but the air
coverage hit it right on the but
ton. Two waves of C-82’s roared
overhead as speakers were intro
duced. Even diesels added din to
hubub.
Rev. Craighill Brown gave the
invocation with the deep sincerity
and touching simplicity that the
occasion warranted.
Mayor O’Callaghan welcomed
veterans and visitors. Program
Chairman Leland McKeithen
pointed out some distinguished
guests and Mrs. O. S. Slaunwhite
President of the N. C. Dept. Aux
iliary American Legion spoke for
the 25,000 Legionesses of the
State.
Honor was paid to the Gold
Star Mothers of the County by
calling them by name, present
ing them with a certificate and a
bouquet. Democracy ruled. The
Negro mothers were equally hon
ored with the white.
Mrs. Paul P. McCain
spoke for all Gold Star
Mothers. Mrs. McCain did
not mince words. Her voice shook
with emotion for the boys, hers
and others, who will never re
turn. Her hand shook that held
the papers she first tried to read
and then put them aside and
spoke from her ample heart. Mrs.
McCain pointed. out the many
things she knew that “our boys”
would want done in this world
today. And they are not being
done. Never had she heard so
many political speeches as in the
past year that had had so much
to fight for, yet had fought for
so little, had stood for so little
in their platforms.
Congresswoman Jane Pratt had
spoken before Mrs. McCain, ably
and well, in introducing the Gold
Star Mother awards, but her
speech was eclipsed by the feel
ing rather than the delivery of
Mrs. McCain.
M. G. Boyette pinch-hit for
Congressman-elect C. B. Deane
in giving a tribute speech to the
veterans, but his pinchhitting
was more striking out than hit
ting. He tried, but the results
were not up to the efforts.
Leading off for the veterans
was John Stephenson, State Vice
Commander of the American Le
gion. He spoke short and sweet.
To the vets he said; “If there is
anything at all you want, the
American Legion will get it for
you.”
In great contrast was the next
speaker, John Lang, speaking for
the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Ex-Major Lang spoke heatedly
and promised the carrying on of
the fight for a better life in a
better State and a better world.
For the American Veterans
Committee, ex-Lt. Cmdr. Thomas
Johnston lashed out at a few
false beliefs and ended by urging
all-effort be made to convince
ruling powers that their first job
is to prevent another war.
Lt. Cil. Melvin Zias, asst, chief
of staff, spoke for Gen. Gavin on
the "Need for a Strong Peace
Time Army.” General Gavin’s
aide presented a strong picture
in favor of America’s maintaining
an Army strong enough to com
mand respect of all other nations,
and in case of war— strong
enough to put a quick end to a
fight.
Retreat was held and that end
ed the talking.