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VOL. 27, NO. 47.
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Southern Pines, N. C., Friday, October 18, 1946.
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Chamber of Commerce Starts Drive
Saturday For Members and Funds For
Town Improvements and Welfare Work
New Officers Jump In
Announce Budget
Goal Set For $7500
Opening its drive for members,
this Saturday, the Chamber of
Commerce of Southern Pines re
leases at this time its itemized
account of receipts and expendi
tures for the past year. At the
same time. The Pilot is privileged
to publish the budget for the
coming year, discussed and ap
proved at the meeting held last
week.
The goal set by the Chamber
for the coming drive is $7500.00,
to be used in the following man
ner; Salaries, executive secretary,
$1800, janitor, $364.00; Advertis
ing: $500.00; Sinking fund:
$500.00; Civic improvements:
$1000.00; Welfare Fund and con
tributions $300.00; Community
Center: $1500.00. Working surplus
and contingency funds; $790.00.
The balance of the $7500.00,
which it is hoped will be raised,
will go for operating expenses.
Contpaging; this budget with
the statement of the past year
brings out the fact that the
Chamber contemplates working
actively not only for the physical
improvement of the town, but for
its civic welfare. This, according
to those who have worked with
other Chambers, puts the South
ern Pines group in a different
category. Whereas, it is reported,
most similar bodies concern
themselves principally with the
business aspect of their towns,
with advertising, promotion
schemes, and “boosterism”, the
Southern Pines Chamber plates
more emphasis on a deeper sort
of improvement along lines of
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TAKE WARNING!
Ghosts and Goblins will be
abroad in a few weeks. That
is what the Rotarians tell us.
Seems like they plan to call
them forth on Halloween
Night, October 31, and turn
them loose on the town.
Bats are getting limbered
up for the big event, they
say. and so are the owls and
frogs. Broomsticks are being
polished, and if you hear
screeches some dark night,
that's the witches practising
up.
Looks like a BIG TIME
COMING!
Col. Hawes Heads
Red Cross Slate
For Coming Year
Mid - Pines Club
Open For Season
nO Saturday, October 19th, the
Mid-Pines Club will open for the
season.
This charming hotel, located
about three miles from Southern
Pines on the double road, is un
der the management of Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Cosgrove. With a fine
eighteen hole golf course, of
which Southern Pines’ Roy Grin-
nell is in charge as pro, the Mid-
Pines caters to golfers of coun
try-wide fame and also to the
easy-going folks who like to play
where surroundings appeal to the
eye as well as to the arm. And to
those who like to just sit and
watch others perform. The last
hole coming up toward the club
is in full view of the terrace,
whose comfortable chairs are al
ways occupied.
The Cosgroves make a special
ty of creating a comfortable,
home-like atmosphere; one of the
features of the club is the beauti
ful flower arrangements every
where. No matter what season of
the year, whether created from
blossoms, autumn leaves, or pine
boughs, they catch the eye and
add a touch of charm and home
to the spacious rooms.
THRIFT SHOP
An opening of interest to ev
eryone in these parts is that of
the Thrift Shop. The little store,
run for the benefit of Emmanuel
Episcopal Church Fund, is get
ting a great cleaning out and
shining up this week and will be
ready for the first customers, it
is planned, bright and early Sat
urday morning.
SOUTHERN PINES RED CROSS
A week from Monday is the
date set for the annual meeting
of the Southern Pines Red Cross
chapter. The date is Oct. 28th„
time 3 p. m., Object: reviewing
of past year’s work and election
of officers.
Col. George P. Hawes, Jr., of
Pinehurst, was selected by a nom
inating committee of the Moore
County Chapter of the American
Red Cross to head a slate of of
ficers in the annual election this
coming November. Other nomi
nees selected by the committee
were Paul Butler, Southern Pines,
vice-chairman; Garland McPher
son, Southern Pines, treasurer,
and J. C. Robbins, Aberdeen, sec
retary. Col. Hawes and Mr. Mc
Pherson are at present serving
as officers of the chapter.
In announcing the list of nom
inees at a meeting of the execu
tive committee Tuesday evening,
Mrs. J. Talbot Johnson, chairman
of the nominating committee,
stated that since' the headquar
ters of the chapter was at Sou
thern Pines it was the general
opinion of the committee that a
group of elective officers residing
in towns- adjacent to Southern
Pines would serve better the pur
poses of the organization, and for
this reason nominees from the
lower end of the county were
selected. Other members of the
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Mrs. Nichols Addresses
Laurinburg Auxiliary
“Imitation is the subtlest form'
of flattery”, quoted Mrs. Ham
mond, president of the newly
formed hospital auxiliary in I.au-
rinburg, in introducing to her
group Mts. M. G. Nichols, presi
dent of Moore County’s Hospital
auxiliary, who spoke on the for-
group.
Accompanying Mrs. Nichols
were Mrs. James Boyd, 2nd vice
president of the Moore County
board of directors, and Miss Ellen
Bruton, superintendent of nurses.
Some fifty women heard Mrs.
Nichols describe ■ the auxiliary
and entered into animated dis
cussion of various details, with a
view to getting started at the
earliest opportunity.
Mrs. Nichols said that this is
the fifth hospital to apply for
such help in organizing a
Woman’s Auxiliary.
PARK YOUR CAR
High Spirits Are
Cause Of Trouble
In Town Outskirts
Matter of Out-of-
Town Protection
Is Discussed
Considerable trouble was caus
ed in these parts Wednesday
night October 9th, when four
soldiers who had, by all reports,
more to drink than they could
handle, started a spree in Sou
thern Pines that ended in a free-
for-all fracas at Scottie’s Restau
rant south of town.
When first noticed, they were
in Mrs. Olive’s restaurant, around
supper time, where they asked
for beer. Told that only soft
drinks were served, they became
abusive and loud and finally left,
tearing a gash in the screen of
the door as they went out. Hear
ing noise in the street, Mrs. Olive
followed and saw that they had
started chasing some young girls
on their way to the movies.
Though probably meaning no
harm, they were, according to on
lookers, rough, and the girls wera
considerably bothered. Some of
them screamed and as it looked
as if things might be getting out
of hand, Mrs. Olive stepped over
to the police station, where the
night man was stationed and ask
ed him to come over. Later on,
the officer said he had been un
able to find the soldiers.
Going then to Scottie’s, they
carried their high spirits further,
resulting in such a row that the
management called the police.
Being informed that the town po
lice was forbidden to answer a
call from outside the town limits,
it is reported that a call was put
in for the sheriff in Carthage but
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Country Club Gets
Under Way With
Schappa As Pro
Through the good work of
the Chamber of Commerce,
Soulhent Pines traffic prob
lems are due for an improve
ment. Arrangements have
been made with the owners
to use the vacant lot on
Pennsylvania between The
Pilot and the Edy Building
as a parking lot.
Plans axe to have three
entrances, two by removing
a small portion of the pres
ent hedge on the avenue, and
the other through the nar
row lane at the back. Gener
al opinion is that the lot is
large enough to lake many
cars off the street and ma-
terally relieve the congestion
along Broad Street.
by Howard F. Burns
Wilton W, Sherman of West
Hartford, Conn., who has recent
ly taken over the Southern Pines
Country Club, has announced
that Bobby Schappa, pro at the
Madison Country Club, Madison,
Conn., and assistant to Tommy
Armour at the Rockledge Coun
try Club, West Hartford, will ar
rive the last of this week to take
over the duties as pro and man
ager of the golf shop at Southern
Pines Country Club.
A member of the P. G. A. since
1938 and assistant' at the Rock-
ledge Country Club from 1936 to
1941, he has been pro at the Mad
ison Country Club since receiv
ing his discharge from the Army.
Schappa served 38 months ov-
seas as a member of the 79th In
fantry Division. He was wound
ed in France and spent 20 months
in the hispital. He received the
Purple Heart, the American and
European Theatre Ribbons, and
two Battle Stars. He is a young
fellow and comes to Southern
Pines well recommended.
Tommy Armour is expected to
arrive the 29th and will be at the
Country Club for several weeks
this winter.
Two Badly Hurt In
Wreck On Double Road
Last Sunday night at about 9
p. m. Willis B. Hayes and William
J. Blue, both of Laurinburg,
crashed their car into a tree on
Midland Road. Hayes suffered
severe head injuries and is still in
a serious condition. Blue receiv
ed a broken leg.
The two men, recently out of
Pinehurst to Southern Pines
service, were driving east from
when they crashed head-on into
a large pine tree. Attendants at
the Midland Garage arranged for
Patterson’s ambulance to fake
them to the Moore County Hospi
tal.
PICK A WINNER
The Senior Class of the
Southern Pines High School
will sponsor the selection of
Miss Southern Pines, Junior
Miss Southern Pines, and
Little Miss Southern Pines,
at 7:30 Friday night, October
25. Friends of the school are
invited to select their favor
ite child and sponsor her for
this contest.
It'll cost you a dollar to
sponsor your gal and an ad-
niiission to get in to the big
tihie Friday night.
Mile-Away Stables
Make Clean Sweep
In Southern Shows
Champion & Reserve
Ribbons Won By Local
Hunters Last Week
by E. O. Hippus
As the leaves turn red and the
air turns sharp, horses and'
hounds, hunting and horse-shows
come into their own again. From
out on the Moss Farm near Manly
the hounds are beginning to sing
on moonlit frosty nights; tney
know it will soon be time to go
hunting; while prancing back
from the show-rings further
South, come Dark Victory,
Henry’s Dream, Flagdola and the
others with new laurels hung
about their glossy necks.
They chalked up a fine record
for the Mile-Away Stables.
Trophies and ribbons were won
by four of the five horses enter
ed in the shows by Mr. and Mrs.
Ozelle Moss. ■, -
In Jacksonville, “Flagdola,”
owned by Mrs. William, Kennedy,
won both champion jumper and
reserve champion hunter;
Henry’s Dream,” owned by Mrs.
James Mechling placed first as
champion hunter and reserve
champion jumper (if you can fig
ure that out.) In Valdosta, “Dark
Victory,” owned by Mr. and Mrs.
Moss, won the champion hunter
class, and “Flagdola,” the reserve
champion hunter.
“Dark Victory” again scored in
the Savannah show in the reserve
champion hunter class.
Ozelle and Jinny and Morris
Johnson got back 'Monday night
from their triumphant week, at
tending the shows in -Florida and
Georgia. Grinning like Cheshire
cats, they do say, over all those
trophies.
BACK YOUR C OF C
If we've got a good thing,
let's back it up.
The Chamber of Commerce
in one year has attained a
position of great influence in
our community. That in itself
is an achievement. It is the
organization to which people
turn with confidence: to put
over such a program as that
of the Teen-Age Club, organ
ized and started by the
young people with little help,
but cetrried to an outstand
ingly successful conclusion
through the aid of the Cham
ber. The program of summer
recreation, started by the
Council of Social Agencies,
was given a grand boost
through the Chamber's coop
eration. Lacking a Citizens
Committee or all-inclusive
Civic Club, the Chamber is
taking the place of both in
backing projects for the im
provement of the town. Its
officers are men of vision as
well as of experience. It is a
force for progress.
It IS a good thing. Let's
back it up.
ONE YEAR OLD
A year ago this month Graham
Culbreth, of Hamlet, bought the
Southern Pines Pharmacy. New
wine, they say, shouldn’t go into
an old bottle, but here is a case
of a new busines going into an
old store and making a fine thing
of it.
Home Team Victor
Over Robbins Six
By Score Of 30-7
Penalties Call Back
Touchdowns On Both
Sides In Fast Game
by June Phillips
In a wild and wooly game here
Wednesday afternoon Southern
Pines racked up their fourth
straight victory by downing a
hard fighting Robbins team that
dominated play in the first quar
ter, and was on more than even
terms with the locals in the first
half except in the score. The
spectators had hardly taken their
seats before Robbins made a
lightning thrust through the air
for a touchdown on a long pass
from Tommy Bowen to Ritter
who had gotten in behind the
Blue and White secondary to
sprint 25 yards for 6 points, but
the score was nullified by a Rob
bins offside penalty. From their
30 Robbins roared right back
with Evans at right end for 10
yards. On the Blue and White 20
yard line this same Tommy Bow
en faded far over to his left and
arched a long looping pass into
the end zone;, the ball was de
flected just enough by Blue to
fall in the waiting arms of Bill
Garner for a touchdown. Robbins
passed for the extra point making
the score 7 to 0, and for the first
time this year the Blue and White
was trailing in a game.
Robbins kicked off and Sou
thern Pines marched straight
down the field for a touchdown,
York receiving the kick on the
30 and returning to the 38. Mc
Leod passed to Harrington for 20
yards, and Blue hit Harrington
again for 14 yards. On fourth
down on the Robbins 5 Blue pass
ed to Smith who went over for the
touchdown but the attempted con
version failed and the score was
7 to 6. Just before the quarter
ended Southern Pines was on the
Robbins 6 yard line as the result
of a long pass by Grey to Harr
ington who made a sensational
catch of the ball. With the cheer
ing section begging for a touch
down Grey passed but this time
the ball fell into Bill Garner’s
hands on the six yard line and be
hind blocking that shook him in
to the open Garner raced 74 yards
for a touchdown. But the horn
had blown and the handkerchief
was down on the Robbins 30 yard
line as clipping was detected at
that place, and the ball was bro
ught back and put into play on
the Robbins 15. Robins couldn’t
make the distance and had to
kick. Grey receiving on his 30.
From here Grey getting some ex
cellent blocking went for a touch
down but it was ruled he stepped
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Officials Meet To Plan Road
Link With Vass, Ft Bragg
Opens Route To Carthage
REGISTER TO VOTE
Saturday, October 19th and
Sjaturday October 2G|th are
the last two days to register
if you want to vote in the fall
election. Books are open
those days at the Town Hall
under the care of Registrar
Hiram Westbrook.
If you arei not registered
you cannot vote. Veterans,
newcomers, all those who
have never voted here should
take time out to go and regis
ter this Saturday or the next.
If we want good govern
ment, it is up to us to show
ourselves responsible citizens
and . . .
REGISTER TO VOTE
G. I. Democrats Of
District Meet At
Chalfonte Friday
Sandpipers Elect
Year’s Officials
by Howard F. Burns
The Sandpipers Club, the men’s
golfing organization of the Sou
thern Pines Country Club, held
its annual meeting and election
of officers on Monday evening.
Dick Sugg was re-elected presi
dent for the ensuing year; Arthur
Atherton of Aberdeen is the new
vice-president; Elmer Davis was
re-elected secretary-treasurer.
The Board of Directors are: N.
L. Hodgkins, president of the Cit
izens Bank & Trust Company,
Howard F. Burns, J. C. Barron,
James Schwartz, and Jack Car
ter.
President Sugg appointed Will
Wiggs as chairman of the tour
nament committee; Dante Monte-
santi, chairman entertainm.ent
committee; and John Ruggles
chairman of the membership
committee.
■ The Sandpipers are planning
their usual winter and fall tour
naments, which are expected to
get under way soon after the op
ening of the Country Club, Nov
ember 1st.
The first Eighth District GI
Democrats dinner and rally will
be held at the Club Chalfonte,
Pinehurst, at 6:30 p. m. October
25th. Appropriately this first
rally should take place in the
same room where two months
ago the GI Democrats movement
was started. Since that eventful
day each county in the eighth
district has been organized and
will send delegates to the rally
on October 25th.
The Moore County organization
will act as host club for the even
ing. Jefe McKeithen, Aberdeen,
the program chairman said that
the State GI Democratspresident,
Frank Parker, Asheville, has
been invited to make the princi
pal talk before the delegates at
the dinner meeting. Plans for the
organization and discussion of
the GI’s participation in the com
ing elections will form the main
business of the rally.
A great deal of commenthas
bee n expressed in the State since
the GI Democrats declared in
in their platform, released to the
public a while ago, the G. I. Dem
ocrats declared; “as citizens we
recognize our duty to participate
in the orderly achievement of
progressive aims through demo
cratic government. ' Ready to
back asc andidates for office
those men who are best suited
to participate in the government
regardless of whether or not they
happen to be veterans, the G. I.
Democrats place themselves
squarely behind their slogan:
“What is best for the country is
best for the veteran.”
The rally planned for October
25th will bring together for the
first time delegates from the
whole district. .
Pinehurst Market Moves
Into New Quarters
The City Market of Pinehurst
re-opened in its new location in
the Wellesley Building last Fri
day. The new and larger quarters
allows ample room for the self
service patron to take time while
shopping.
Among the amny items on dis
play are frozen foods, meats, gro
ceries and vegetables. Selecting
fresh vegetables the buyer may
go right into one of the huge re
frigerators and choose what they
want.
Jimmie Black and Clarence Ed-
son are the owners and they stat
ed that the three huge ice boxes
“are the most modern and ef
ficient on the market.” After
looking over the “new” City mar
ket we feel sure the attractive
storew ill draw favorable com
ment from the patrons.
PEACHES TO CLOTH
Among land transfers listed in
the Carthage Court House is that
of four hundred and sixty acres
belonging to Dr. P. F. Chester
on the Aberdeen-Pinehurst road
to the Robbins Cloth Mills.
Highway Commission
Join Moore-Hoke Men
In Plan For Counties
The Community House in Lit
tle River, Hoke County, was the
scene Wednesday of an important
meeting whose outcome, accord-
-ng to comment from those pres
ent, may affect. this whole sec
tion. Object qf the gathering was
to take up the question of a pav
ed road from Vass to Manchester
and the Ft. Bragg post, thus con
necting it up with Moore Coun
ty’s county-seat.
As the road from Carthage to
Vass has already been approved
for construction, this second link
would offer easy access from
Moore County through the popu-
lafed district around Overhills
and on to Fayetteville.
Presiding at the meeting was
N. H- J. Balfour, chairman of the
board of county commissioners
of Hoke County. Among those
present and taking part' in the
discussion were: the Mayor of
Fayetteville, the treasiurer and
several members of the Cumber
land County board of commis
sioners, the secretary of the Fay
etteville Chamber of Commerce,
Earl Crawford. Representing
Moore County were Wilbur Cur
rie, senator from this district,
Gordon Cameron, chairman of
the board of Commissioners, and
Thad Blue, member of the board.
From the post. Col. Bliss present
ed the army’s angle on the ques-'
itioni, wjiile the state highway
commission was represented by
Dr. Jordan, commissioner for this
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Blue Elected Head
Of District YDC
Attending the State YDC con
vention held in Asheville last Fri
day and Saturday, from Moore
County were Hubert McCaskill.
A. F. Dees and Travis Wicker, all
of Pinehurst; John Lang and
Myrtle McCaskill of Carthage; M.
M. Chappell of Vass and H. Clif
ton Blue of Aberdeen.
Clifton Blue was elected Chair
man of the 8th District YDC com- .
mittee at the district caucus held
in Asheville. He succeeds Rufus
Sanford, Jr., of Mocksville, dis
trict chairman for the past five
years. Other district officials
named were: Mrs. Irene H.
Young of Mocksville, vice chair
man; John Pittman of Rocking
ham, secretary-treasurer, M. M.
Chappell of Vass was named cre
dentials committeeman from the
district.
Ralph Monger, Jr., of Sanford
was re-elected Secretary of the
State YDC organization, a posi
tion he has held for the past five
years. Basil Whitner of Gastonia,
district solicitor, was named'
State President. Other officers
elected at the Asheville conven
tion were: Miss Elizabeth Pierce,
New Bern, vice president; and
Bruce Elmore of Bryson City,
treasurer.
County Scout Troops
To Hold Court of Honor
The regular monthly Boy
Scout Court of Honor for Moore
County will be held in the Pine
hurst Community Church on
Monday night, October 21st, at
7:30 p. m. All the Scout Troops
in Moore County wiU participate.
Troop No. 7.of Pinehurst will fur
nish the opening and closing cer
emonies, and Troop 74 of Rob
bins will provide a demonstration
of Scouting Skills.
These Courts of Honor are
widely attended, and are inter
esting alike to Scouts and to the
general public. Parents of Scouts
are especially urged to attend.
They will be filled with pride at
seeing the accomplish'ments of
the young manhood of the coun
ty.