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SAVE FOOD ■LOT SAVE I Ifood VOL. 27, NO. 40. Southern Pines, N. C.,, Friday, August 30, 1946. TEN CENTS Tar Heel Twister Darkens Wide Area When It Hits West End, Ripping Up Eight High Power Towers, Big Trees Sanclay Ball Season Ends As Ramsuer Trims Locals Eye-Witness tells How Twister Formed And Really Rushed Thru Hailstones Still Found Daybreak Next Morning A “Twister” hit West End Mon day evening between six and six-thirty that left in its trail destruction, hail, and darkness- Nothing in West End proper was severely damaged by the wind storm. The area this side tne site of the CP&L generating plant substation and the Pinetop Restaurant, felt the full brunt of this Tarheel Twister. Said Vivian Tucker, who had a ringside seat in the yard of his farm to the whole affair, “In the afternoon there was a little cloud off in the distance with a yellow J hue and gold underneath.” Out in his yard when the twister be gan, he said: “It took a little while for her to form and come, but whep she did, -she picked up speed and really rushed through.” Relief Operator T. F. Cannon was the only man on duty at the CP&L Substation at the time. He was outside when it began and fearing things might start blow ing down went inside to watch the dials. His car was parked part way under the large corrug ated steel doors of the station. He heard the large doors start rattl ing and in the matter of minutes the doors had been ripped off, glass panes blown out, and his car ended up against a wire fence somie fifty yards away. The main tower on the Sub station site was hurled flat, and seven other big steel towers near by supporting high voltage trans mission lines, were blown down. About thirty trees on the site were also uprooted. The high voltage lines fell ac ross Highway 211, disrupting (Continued on Page 5) "HELLO" Mother Fox had a pair of shoes in need of quick re pair. So she called on the usually willing services of her eight year old son- Reg gie. “Now, Reggie," said Mama Fox, "hasten to the shoe re pair shop and tell them to resole these shoes. And tell them to do the job in a BIG hurry." Young Reggiei, recently from the hustle and bustle of New York, looked pitying ly at his mother and replied: "Mummy, you know they don't do things in a hurry. Everybody is too busy say ing 'Hello.'" Southern Pines lost to Ram- seur in the play-off for the lea gue championship, the winner to play Robbins. It was a two out of three series with * Ramseur. Losing the first game here last week the locals won 9-1 on Sat urday to even the series. Playing the final game here on Monday the Ramseur team came back to win 10 to 2 and will face Robbins in the finals for the Sandclay League. In the deciding game Harper, the first man up for Southern Pines struck out, Howell was safe on error and stole second base. Pate was safe on an error by the shortstop and Howell goes to third. On a pass ball by the catcher Howell scored. McNeill was safe on a fielder’s choice as Pate was “run down”,pitcher to third to shortstop. McNeill stole third and on a single by Buchan scored the second run of the in ning. Dunn flied out for the end of the first inning, Southern Pines stayed out in front until the fourth when Ram seur scored 6 runs on 3 hits. Er rors in this inning were costly for the locals. Vest went in as a relief pitcher for Southern Pines in the same frame. Again in the sixth inning errors allowed the visitors to score 3 more runs. The score was now 9-2 for Ramseur. They scored their last run on a sacrifice in the eight and took with them the play off. Ramseur will now meet Rob bins for the finals in a four out of seven series- Compared To Stat(i SP Is Fortunate In Teacher Set-Up Other Areas Now Face Closing Of Schools Due To—No Teachers SP Schools Will Open Wednesday, September 4 Sandhills Under Serious Consideration As Future Home Of United Nations Craighill Brown Attends Diocese Camp Conference Reverend Craighill Brown at tended the Conference of the Clergy of the Diocese of North Carolina from Monday through Thursday at th Vade Mecum Camp near Winston-Salem. This is the third time that Craighill Brown has been call ed on to give a speech on a theo logical subject at this camp con ference. At this particular meeting, the main discussion cencerned ques- ions that are to be brough up before the general convention of the Church, which meets in Philadelphia the tenth to twen tieth of September, to which Craighill Brown will go as a deputy delegate. The Rt. Rev. Edwin A. Penick, D.D., is the Bishop in charge of the Diocese which this particular Vade Mecum Camp Conference ed into three Diocese, each with encompasses- The State is divid- a Bishop at its head. There are (Continued on Page 5) GI Democrats ,AVC Softballers Plan Organization Forging Ahead Of Moore County In Tournament State Health Doctor Strongly Urges Thorough Physical Check-up for Tots Entering School for the First Time By CARL V. REYNOLDS, M-D. (North Carolina State Health Officer.) Within a few days- now, an es- tertimated 85,000 children, all around six years of age, will en ter school for the first time. For these children, this will mean an entirely new experience. It has been estimated that about one-third of the children who enter school for the first time have correctible physical defects, which, if neglected, may mean their educational undoing. These defects are both hidden and patent. ' Hence, it is highly important that, before sending your child to school, you should be able to answer “yes” to these questions: 1. Has my child had a complete physical examination by a com petent medical doctor? 2. If any physical defects were found, have these been correct ed? 3. Has the child undergone a dental examination, and have the defects, if any were found, been corrected? 4. Has the child been immun ized against all diseases for which preventive or controllable measures have been discovered? 5. Have you had his vision and hearing tested? Glance at last year’s morbidity record, compiled by the State Board of Health. Among North Carolina children under six there were 703 cases of diphtheria, 549 cases of measles, (1945 was not an epidemic year), 54 cases of men ingitis, 73 cases of polio, and 1,- 176 cases of scarlet fever. In ad dition to these, gonorrhea was discovered in 81 children under six, and syphilis in 175. There are, all over North Car olina, thousands of children of school and pre-school age whose hearing and vision are impaired, children suffering from hidden infections, and various other con ditions which either have or may impede their school progress. If the correctible in the child were corrected, he might even become a leader in his school, ra- thr than an apparently retarded student. Physicians and public health officials emphasize the impor tance of seeing that the child is prepared to enter school from a physical standpoint, as its phy sical condition easily may have a direct bearing on its intellectua a direct bearing on its intellec tual, or mental, progress- The opening of school in Moore county is just around the corner, and the time for parents to act is now. If the doctor, after makiilg an examination of the pre-school child, can give it a clean bill of health, parents will have the sat isfaction of knowing that the child is beginning its education al career, starting from scratch, with at least an equal chance to succeed among its fellow pupils. If, on the other hand, correctible defects are discovered, then the necessary corrections can be made, and even if the child’s start in school is temporarily de layed, when it does enter it will be free of impairments that might have been hazardous. Consult either your family phy sician or your local health offi cer at once, if your child is among the 85,000 who will enter school within the next few days or weeks, and you will be given ed- equate advice as to what facili ties for the protection of the child against disease are available, and just how these may be secured. Jere* McKeithen Is Temporary Chairman The Southern Pines High Sch ool was the scene last Friday eve ning of the second meeting of the GI Democrats in Moore County. The first meeting, a Statewide affair, had been several weeks before at Club Chalfonte. Last Friday’s meeting was purely M. C. John Lang of Carthage hhd called last Friday’s meeting in order to present to M- C. veterans the purpose and platform of the GI Democrats, and to decide from its reception the best procedure to follow in enlisting the support of Moore County veterans for the newly formed GI Democrates. Lang, in stating the basic be liefs of the GI Democrats, said: “As citizens we recognize dur duty and responsibility to partici pate in the orderly achievement of progressive aims through dem ocratic government. As members of the armed services we resolved to discharge our duty and responsibiliity and now as veter ans we place these above any group interest.” The fourteen point platform, known as the “Chalfonte Resolu tions” was then read, following which the meeting was turned over to the floor for open discuss ion. During a brief and business like discussion, it was decided that the main immediate point to be accomplished here in Moore County was the establishment of the organization on a county wide basis. To that end the fol lowing men were elected to tem porary office: Jere McKeithen, Aberdeen, County Chairman, and ogranizer for Aberdeen and Pinebluff. Harry Chatfield, organizer for Southern Pines, Vass, and .Camer on. James Monroe, organizer for Pinehurst, West End, and Bensa- lem. E. Comer, organizer for Car thage, Eureka, Ritter Township, (Continued on Page 5) Miss Dorothy Dorn In Auto Accident The SP^ AVC softball team, which wound up in third place of the Sandhill Softball League, with eight wins and ten defeats, challenged the first place team from Aberdeen in the Shaugnes- sy Playoffs, which are being held to determine the Sandhill league champions for 1946. The AVC team played inspired ball to de feat the league leaders in a two out of three game series by win ning two clean-cut decisions to move into the final round with Pinehurst, which was second in the league standings based on the season’s won ahd lost percen tage. The Pinehurst team defeat ed West End in two games, who were in the league cellar. In the first game with Aber deen, the Southern Pines team won by the score of 12 to 4, with Harry Chatfield hurling four-hit ball for the victors. In the second game with Aber deen, played at Southern Pines, the locals won by the score of 9 to 4 behind the three-hit pitch ing of Frank Smith. Thus, in the final round, the AVC team moved over to Pine hurst on Friday, August 23, to play the first of a best out of five game series to determine the league champions. In this first game the AVC team were lead ing Pinehurst by the score of 10 to.8, when the game was call ed because of darkness at the end of the sixth inning. There remains one more inning to be played before the game is of ficially over. In the second game of the ser ies played at Southern Pines on Monday, August 26, the local team was behind 1 to 0 when the game was called because of (Continued on Page 5) The teaching situation in the Southern Pines Schools fortun ately presents a much better pic ture for the coming school year than that of the State as a whole- It is reported that this coming year will be the worst in the his tory of the State as far as teach er personnel is concerned. As of the 15th of August, there were still some 1,000 teachers va cancies throughout the State. “Unless the picture changes dras tically within the next week, many schools will not be able to reopen,” said Philip J. Weaver, Superintendent of Southern Pines Schools. “In addition to that,” contin ued Mr. Weaver, “many of the teachers are sub-standard, their certificates not up to par, which means they have either not had four years in college, or have not had sufficient training in their fields.” Added Weaver: “We feel very fortunate here that we have teachers with Class A certificates in every class and in every sub ject.” There will be three new teachers joining the staff this year, and Miss Witherspoon is returning after a year at the Uni versity of California, where she received her Masters in English. The three new teachers are: Miss Thelma Moss, who has been teaching in the High Point city (Continued from Page 5) APPEAL The support of every mem ber in the community is sore ly needed now, because that new steel fence around the Ball Park is still a long ways from being paid for. Until it is paid for, 'the funds gathered at the gate from now on for the athlet ic, or y^haitevier, {activities will have to keep right on paying for the fence instead of helping the youngsters of the community by supplying them with the finest equip ment in the area. If you want to back our youngsters, start now by backing this ticket sale. You don't have to be on hand to win that bright new four-door Plymouth ... so hop to it and buy several tickets . . . yours might be the lucky number! Colin Spencer Heads Group Preparing Data For UN Presentation Final Selection Will Be Made In November DON'T SHOOT! Don't shoot if you come home and find a man lack ing to your main entrance some bright and shining new numbers. He is only doing his duty. He is making it possible for the future gener ations of Southern Pines mail or telegram carriers to find their way from house to house with a minimum of confusion. Joe Steeds, engineer with CP&L, has laid the job out, and Paul Van Camp is car rying it out. The dividing line between North and South will be Pennsylvania, instead of Connecticut!, and the East- West division will still be Broad Street. Last Thursday evening about eleven-thirty, on her way to Fort Bragg via the Manchester Road, Miss Dorothy Dorn of Sou thern Pines was rather severely injured when the car in which she was a passenger got out of control, turned over and ended with its wheels in the air. Miss Dorn was thrown or crawled clear of the wreck, where she remained unconscious for perhaps two hours before a pass ing car discovered the accident. She was rushed to the Fort Hos pital. She was found to have slight lacerations, four ribs cracked, and one lung punctured. On Friday she was moved to the Highsmith Hospital, and on Saturday to the Moore County Hospital, where she is expected to remain at least another week. Miss Dorn is repored “getting along very well and in no dan ger.” Mortgage Paid Off By Presbyterians Climaxing a period of unparal leled advance, Brownson Mem orial Presbyterian Church has just paid off its 'last mortgage, for $5,200. While this debt was never a real liability against the Church, being held by a denomi national agency, the local con gregation has long desired to re tire it, and is happy in doing so. Plans are now afoot for a pub lic service of thanksgiving, pos sibly the burning of the mortgage or the dedication of the handsome Church structure. At the presept time the manse at 380 South Ashe street is be ing completely redecorated in side and out, and is undergoing extensive repairs and installa tions. In the year just past, this Church of some 265 members has increased its Sunday School at tendance by 2593, and added a new member to the Church on the average of every other Sab bath. Ten infants have been bap tized. The manse has been paid out of debt, the benevolent con tributions greatly increased, and total conributions to all causes were $11,848.00. CLOSE LABOR DAY In keeping with their custom, the Citizens Bank and Trust Company and the following Southern Pines markets will ob serve next Monday, Labor Day, as a holiday, remaining closed all day: A. & P., Baker’s Johnson’s, Knowles’, Modern Market, Pen der’s, and Howard’s Bakery. AVC Elects New Officers For ’47 Last Monday the More Coun ty Chapter of the American Vet erans Committee elected at the Community Center in Southern Pines their new officers for the coming year. William White was elected Chairman, Bert Premo is the new Secretary, and Burney McCot- ter the new Treasurer.. They re place T. K. Atkinson, Buster Patch, and L. V. O’Callaghan, respectively. Jere McKeithen re mains Vice-Chairman. The main business was nat urally the election of the new officers, and next in importance was the discussion of what would be the best method of putting on a drive in the community that would firmly establish AVC in the minds of the people, not as just another “Veterans’ Organi zation,” but as the organization of veterans who firmly believe in their motto: “Community First. . . Veterans Second,” and will put community affairs be fore those purely veteran. It was further decided that he organizaion will not put on a drive for a large number of mem bers, but rather will drive to en list those members who will be “working members” willing to give time and effort to the car rying out of the various commun ity projects. The nex AVC meeting will be Friday at 8 o’clock in the Com munity Center, September 9th. LOTS OF SMOKE At 3:45 o’clock Saturday after noon, the Southern Pines Fire Department sent both trucks to the home of Sam Ingraham near he Baptist Church in West Sou thern Pines, where smouldering clothing in a closet had caused considerable smoke. No damage by Thomas G. Johnston On trial in the courtroom at Carthage Wednesday afternoon, was the question of whether or not Moore County should wel come the United Nations to select a 2,200 acre site in the vicinity of Pinehurst-Southern -Pines as the heart of its 150,000 metro polis. A twenty man committee was both judge and jury, and they returned an unanimous verdict in the affirmative. Moore County will do everything in its power to have the United Nations choose Moore County as its permanent home. Should Moore County be cho sen, it staggers the imagination to foresee the changes that would take place in this community. Some will be against the vast changes it would automatically bring in its tidal wave wake, but at the Carthage meeting it was felt without question that the good for the community and the State would far outweigh all possible disadvantages. A. J. Hazes, Housing Chairman for the United Nations, contact ed Colon Spencer of Carthage and said that the obstacles increas ing daily due to the present nor thern site selection has made it practically impossible for this plan to be carried through; that the uprooting of entire towns, trolley lines, and countless homes is presenting a problem greater in expense and opposition than the selected site warrants. Fur thermore the selection of a loca tion, such as here in Moore Coun ty, where the displacement will be practically non-existent in comparison, speaks very favor ably for radically changing their present site plans. The final decision on the site location will not be made until November. In the meantime, Moore County will prepare and present a comprehensive folder to the United Nations. This folder will contain all pertinent data such as: Location, Population, Climate, Transportation, Power, Churches, Schools, Hotels, Food, Recreation, and Sites. Although there will be many other sites under consideration. Colon Spencer reports that A. J. Hazes has told him the Sandhills “has many possibilities and off ers more than most” of the other areas under consideration. The County Executive Commit tee appointed to approach Sena tor Hoey and Max Garner, Under Secretary of the Treasury, are M. G. Boyette, chairman, W. H. Cur rie, H. Clifton Blue, Colon Spen cer. Lewis Burwell was appointed to contact A. J. Hazes. H. Clifton Blue, President Of Moore County YDC Welcomes 8th District Clubs To Club Chalfonte The Moore County Young Dem ocratic Club was host to the mem bers of the Eighth District YDC at the Club Chalfonte on Tuesday evening. President H. Clifton Blue, of the Moore County Club, extended the welcome to all and iintroduced Ruftis Sanford, of Mocksville, President of the Eighth District YDC, who was in charge of the meeting. C. B. Deane of Rockingham, Democratic nominee for Congress in the Eighth District, urged the group to join with him in a strong figh against what he termed “the newspapers’ contention for a strong two-party rivalry” in North Carolina. A strong. forward-looking youthful movement in, the party would eliminate the need for a two-party rivalr;^, he said. He complimened the group on its meeting whir:h he called a “bridgehead for victory this Fall.” J. Melville Broughton of Ral eigh, former State Governor, said that it would be impossible “to turn America back to old- fashioned things, ideas or living.” He said that the nation’s youth vtckdd liberalize reactionary thinking. Also speaking were Rep. Jane Pratt, present Eighth District Congresswoman, and Lt. Gov. L. Y. Ballentine of Raleigh. The group passed a resolution requesting the State YDC presi dent, Mrs. Henrietta Price Gil lespie of Asheville, to call a Statewide meeting soon. A com mittee was named to help pick the convention site and time. The YDC also passed a resolu tion requesting the party not to remove its members from the Sttate executive committee’s membership. Mrs. M. G. Sugg Passes At Home Mrs. Rosa Minnie Sugg, widow of the late Merritt N. Sugg, a res ident of Southern Pines for the past 46 years, died suddenly in her home on the Southern Pines- Aberdeen road, Thursday even ing. Funeral services conducted by the Rev. J. O. Long of the Page Memorial Church of Aberdeen were held in her late home at 3 o’clock Thursday afternoon. In terment was in the family plot in Mt. Hope Cemetery. The death of Mrs. Sugg, not able among a host of life long friends for her unassuming and kindly character, marks the pass ing of another of the steadilly diminishing group of the builders of Southern Pines. Mrs. Sugg, the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs, Robert Smith, (Continued on Page 5)
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