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Dr. Paul P. McCain, Head of S^te
Sanatoria, Dies Instantly in Auto-
Bus Collision Near Raleigh Monday
Funeral Tuesday at
Sanatorium, With i
Burial in Bethesda
News that Dr. Paul Pressly Mc
Cain, 62, of Sanatorium, superin
tendent of North Carolina’s tu
bercular hospitals and a former
president of the National Tuber
culosis Association, was killed
Monday morning when his au
tomobile struck a Greyhound bus
near Raleigh came as a great
shock to this entire section where
Dr. McCain was intimately
known and greatly beloved.
Radio broadcasts carried the
news and those who failed to
hear it first-hand were soon in
formed by friends. All were stag
gered by the great loss to the
State as a whole and to this sec
tion in particular.
Dr. McCain, chairman of the
State Medical Society’s Commit
tee on Hospital Care Asociations,
was on his way to Raleigh to at
tend a meeting of the executive
committee of the State Medical
Care Association when the acci
dent occurred 12 miles south of
Raleigh on Highway 1. He was
traveling alone.
Officers who investigated the
accident stated that Dr. McCain’s
car apparently ran off a slippery
shoulder of the road, and as it
swerved back onto the highway
ran directly into the path of the
oncoming bus.
Dies Instantly
The bus, driven by Glenn Rob
ert Tilley of Winston-Salem, col
lided with Dr. McCain’s car
squarely on the right front door.
Neither vehicle turned over. Dr.
McCain’s car was knocked down
a slight incline, and first persons
reaching the scene found him
slumped down in the car with
his back against the right front
door. Dr. Hugh F. McManus, Jr.,
of Raleigh, who examined Dr.
McCain, told Wake County Cor
oner Cheek that McCain suffer
ed a fractured skull and broken
neck. He died ins|;antly.
^ The bus was en route from Ra
leigh to Winston-Salem. No
charges were preferred against
Tilley. Officers said that appar
ently Tilley was not to blame for
the accident. None of the bus
passengers was injured. They
were transferred to another bus
and continued to Winston-Salem.
Dr. McCain’s State-owned car
was badly torn up. The bus was
damaged, but not so badly that
it couldn’t run under its own
power.
Native of South Carolina
Dr. McCain was born in Due
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DR. PAUL P. McCAIN
Tributes
to
Dr. P. P. McCain
“Dr. McCain was a fine and
useful citizen of this State and
has contributed in an immeasur
able way to the relief of suffer
ing and the restoration of health
among our people.”—Governor R.
Gregg Cherry.
“In the tragic death of Dr. Me
Cain, preventive and curative
medicine have lost an irreplace
able worker, and humanity a
friend. His contributions to the
fight against tuberculosis in
North Carolina have been unpar
alleied. His vision of the needs of
the people was clear, and his ap
proach to the problem about
which he was most concerned
was always practical. His life
was dedicated to the protection
of. the masses and to that end,
working both in his official ca
pacity and as a soldier in the
field, he gave science and hu
manity the best he had—until
the end.” —Dr. Carl V. Reynolds,
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Elk's Dinner For Team
Scheduled For Dec. 4
Next Wednesday, December 4,
is the date for. the testimonial
dinner for the Southern Pines
football teaip, given by the BPO
Elks Lodge in honor of the local
team’s outstalnding) ^record this
year.
The dinner for team members,
parents. Elks and several invited
guests will be held at 7 p.m. at
the Country Club. An award
will be given to each football
player by the lodge,, and a spec
ial award will be presented to the
six members of the first team by
Dr. G. G. Herr.
DIPHTHERIA VICTIM
Five-year-old Billy Maynor of
Ritter Township is ill with diph-
eria, a second case to develop
within the last month in which
the vaccination requirement had
been disregarded.
Dr. Willcox calls attention to
the law requiring the immuniz
ation against diphtheria of all
children before they reach the
age of one year, and urges that
parents comply with this import
ant regulation.
Pictures and Pep
At School Meeting
Photography as a hobby was
discussed by Col. Donald Mad-
igan, president of the local Cam
era Club, at the high school ass
embly meeting Wednesday at 11
a. m.
Following Colonel Madigan’s
informal address. Principal Phi]
Weaver and Coach A. C. Dawson
spoke at a pep rally. They re
minded Southern Pines students
to root for the local squad at the
(afternoon, when t^a indefatig-
Thanksgiving Day game this
able Southern Pines six meet the
undefeated Lexington orphanage
in the final fight for the state
championship.
Trail of Christmas
Lights Being Planned
Plans for a trail of Christmas
lights on East and West Broad
streets were in progress this week
as part of a town,-wide project in
observance of the yuletide sea
son.
The lighting will be done on
the block, system, with each mer
chant paying his share of the to
tal bill. Col. Donald Madigan has
contacted one block of merchants
who agreed that the idea was
good, and he has now asked the
Carolina Power and Light com
pany to send an engineer to es
timate the cost by watts in order
that local businesses will be able
to compute the total cost of their
individual light display.
The police department has
agreed to work in cooperation
with the merchants, cutting the
lights off at midnight by means
of outside switches.
Boy Scout Rally
To Be Held Here
Tuesday Evening
Campbell, Madigan
Will Show Films
At Scout Meet
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
A Boy Scout rally, designed to
revitalize the local scout troop,
will be held at the community
center here Tuesday, Dec.3,
at 7:30 p. m.
The initial purpose of the
meeting is to encourage 11-14
year old boys to join the Boy
Scouts. Besides speeches by Paul
Butler, ' chairman of the Moore
County Council of Boy Scouts,
and A. L. Burney, organization
and extension chairman, three
reels of film will be shown by
Col. W. D. Campbell and Col.
Donald Madigan.
Colonel Campbell, field repre
sentative for the American Mu
seum of Natural history, will
screen technicolor films he took
in Africa in 1937-38. Scenic views
of Tanganyka and the Serengeti
plain are included along with
shots of lions, taken within a 20-
foot range, giraffes, cheetahs, hy
enas, jackals, wildebestes, and
.gazelles.
A scout training film will be
shown, and Colonel Madigan has
secured the reel of the Robbins-
Southern Pines football game to
run also.
Colonel Campbell ran three
reels of African film Monday
night in the community church
auditorium in Pinehurst. It was
a meeting of the Pinehurst Troop
seven, but parents and friends
were invited.
The meeting was held in con
nection with the nationwide scout
round-up. Colonel Campbell, vice
chairman and district scout com
missioner, speaking briefly be
fore running the film, suggested
that the troop take stock of the
work of the past year and ask
themselves what they should do
to improve during the coming
year.
Besides the reel he will show
at the local center Tuesday night.
Colonel Campbell ran a reel tak
en in the Libyan desert and An-
glo-Egyptian sudan.
Local Basketball Team
Defeated But Promising
An unpracticed but promising
Southern Pines Basketball team,
organized almost overnight last
week, lost their first game to
Cameron on the Cameron court
Monday evening when the local
team made its initial entry into
the Sanclay Basketball league.
The locals, without any pract
ice, mustered together enough
olayers for the first game which
they lost 44-31. With the opening
whistle. Southern Pines took the
lead, holding if until the third
quarter. It was thep that their
lack of practice and conditioning
began to show, and the Cameron
team surged ahead to victory.
The next League game will be
n Ellerbe against Ellerbe All-
State Saturday night, November
30, at 8 p.m. in the high school
.§ym.
Those playing on the Southern
Pines team in the Cameron game
were: Art Pate center; Ed New
ton, Jr., forward; Bob Dunn, for
ward; Jimmy deBerry guard;
Clyde Dunn, Jr., guard; W.esley
Stoltz, guard; and Burney Mc-
Cotter, center.
The Cameron line-up was:
Coopef, ceniter; Comer, guard;
Thomas, guard; Kelly, forward;
Barnes, forward; MePhearn,
guard; and Pierce, guard.
The Pilot lakes this oppor
tunity to wish itself a happy
birthday. Thanksgiving is a
nice time to have a birthday
for everyone automatically
seems to be celebrating with
turkey and rice and every
thing nice.
This is our 27th anniver
sary which puts us kinda in-
between. We're two years too
old for the silver anniver
sary, and three years too
young for the pearl, so we'll
just say happy birthday, and
The Pilot hopes you enjoy
your Thanksgiving gobbler.
Seal Drive in SP
Launehed Monday
Letters containing TB litera
ture and 100 Christmas seals
were sent to local residents Mon
day, launching the Southern
Pines division of the 40th annual
Christmais seal drive.
A. B. Patterson, local chair
man, warned those receiving let
ters to ndt pigeon-hole” them
but to return either the stamps
or money as soon as possible.
“In past years many neglected
doing either one. This neglect
came from oversight in some
cases, but this year a follow-up
campaign will be waged to re
mind the forgetful ones,” Mr.
Patterson said.
This year’s campaign is being
conducted a little differently
from those in previous years.
When the files of local seal drives
in the past showed no reply to
letters sent out, the person was
marked from the 1946 list.
This eliminated many who
might like to purchase stamps
this year. These are advised to
get them from the Red Cross
headquarters on Broad street,
Hayes bookshop or any hotel.
P. T. Kelsey is treasurer of the
current drive and Miss Birdilia
Bair is the third member of the
local committee promoting the
sale of seals here.
Wachovia Banker
Kiwanis Speaker
ONE - ARMED GOLFER
One-armed golfer Jimmy Ni-
cols will appear in an exhibition,
match at the Pinehurst Country
club on Sunday, December 1. Mr.
Nicols wiU give an exhibition of
strokesa nd engaged in a match
with three players to be selected
from among the local golfers.
Noting the progress banking is
making in the modern world, W.
H. Neal, senior vice president of
the Wachovia Bank and Trust
company, Winston-Salem, ad
dressed the Sandhills Kiwanis
club at their weekly luncheon
meeting at the Southern Pines
Country club Wednesday.
President W. D. Sabiston of Car
thage presided over the routine
business session before turning
the meeting over to G. C. Sey
mour, of Aberdeen, who intro
duced Mr. Neal as head of the
Wachovia personnel department.
Mr. Neal explained in lay
terms the banking business its
problems in the present and fu
ture world. The country club,
which has as its current slogan
“Build”, is inviting representa
tives from institutions in the
county and state which render
public service to speak at their
weekly meetings.
County Teachers
Line Up To Work
For Pay Increase
Adopt Resolution
Favoring 40 Per
Cent Salary Raise
Southern Pines Boy,
Robbins Girl, Win
Oratorical Contest
George Hodgkins of Southern
Pines High School and Sarah
Ann Ennis of EUse High School
in Robbins were winners in the
countywide oratorical contest on
on the subject, “North Carolina’s
No. 1 Need - - Good Health”
which was held in Carthage Tues
day night.
A district contest will be held
in, the auditorium of Carthage
High School at 1:30 on December
6, in which these winners will
compete against boys and girls,
respectively, from five counties.
Later eliminations will be held,
leading up to the State contest.
The Moore County, Pinehurst,
and Southern Pines Units of the
North Carolina Education Assoc
iation met in joint session in
Carthage Monday night and of
the 102 members present, 100 vo
ted to adopt a resolution favoring
the salary schedule as proposed
by the South Piedmont District of
the Association. This calls for a
salary increase of aproximately
40 per cent, to go into effect Jan
uary 1, 1947.
The Aberdeen, West End, Pine
hurst, Southern Pines, Robbins
High,Westmore, Vass-Lakeview
and Highfalls schools were 100
per cent in favor of adopting this
proposed salary schedule. Polling
returns from Robbins Elemen
tary, Cameron, Carthage, and
Farm Life schools are incomplete,
but will be obtained for publi
cation upon completion of the
survey. Miss Betty Norman, sec
retary of the Moore County Lo
cal Unit, states.
' It is the hope of the Moore
County, Pinehurst and Southern
Pines Units that the program
adopted can be carried forward
through the NCEA. A Steering
Committee composed of a repre
sentative from each of the three
imits was appointed and thjey
were asked to send letters to the
presidents of the 12 local units’
in the North Central District, in
forming them of the action taken.
The resolution adopted follows:
WHEREAS, The cost of living
has increased steadily since the
end of the war, and
WHEREAS, Great numbers of
highly trained teachers are leav
ing the school rooms to accept
employment at higher salaries,
and
WHEREAS, Salaries paid are
not high enough to attract re
cruits into the field of teaching,
and
WHEREAS, Teachers are entitled
to a salary which would main
tain a standard of living in keep
ing with the dignity and require
ments of the profesion, and
WHEREAS, The Legislative
Program of the NCEA as propos
ed by the Legislative Committee
of the Asociation will not rem-
j edy the grave situation now fac
ing North Carolina Schools,
THEREFORE, Be it resolved
by the Moore County, Pinehurst,
and Southern Pines Units of the
NCEA in joint session that we go
on record as favoring the salary
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Rural Industrialization
Is Predicted for Moore
County at Meeting Here
EDITORIAL
Dr. Paul P. McCain’s untimely
going is an irreparable loss to
this section which profited by
the full measure of his talents,
and to North Carolina as a whole,
which he served with such dis
tinction as to become one of its
most widely known and best lov
ed medical men, meanwhile gaL i-
ing national recognition in the
field of tuberculosis.
But on this Thanksgiving Day
eve, we turn from the contempla
tion of this loss to lift our hearts
in gratitude for this truly great
life which was marked by a burn
ing desire to spend and be spent
in the cause in which Dr. McCain
was engaged when the end came.
. . that of promoting the health of
his people by stamping out the
scourge of tuberculosis. We are
thankful for his great love for
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Local UN Group
Sends Invitation
Before the news in last week’s
paper that a big city location
would be preferred to rural areas
for the United Nations home, the
local UN committee, still in hope
of Moore county being chosen,
had sent an invitation to the con
vention along with a folder they
had compiled pointing out the ad
vantages of the Sandhills as a
site.
The first page was an invitation
from Governor Cherry; the sec
ond, an invitation from Moore
county; and the third, a map of
Eastern North Carolina showing
the contour of the land.
The next dozen or so pages
were devoted to churches, cli
mate, communications, food,
health, hospitals, hotels, location,
population, power, recreation,
schools, water and transportation
to and from this area.
A resolution adopted by the in
corporated towns of Moore coun
ty followed, and then glossy
prints that told better than words
of the Sandhill beauties. The
prints were well chosen, includ
ing pictures of the golf courses,
race track, airport as well as a
hunt in full progress.
The Moore county committee
made a fine endeavor, despite the
fact that it was unsuccessful. The
greater financial and political
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Local Six to Meet Lexington Team
.In Final Battle For State Title
by June Phillips
Coach Dawson ran his Blue and
White squad through a spirited
signal drill Wednesday, and to
day Southern Pines awaits their
game at 2:30 p. m. with the Lex
ington Orphanage for the state
six-man football title.
Defeating the locals last year
for the championship, Lexington
brings again an undefeated team
to Southern Pines that, according
to scouting reports, is on a par
with last year’s champions. Back
again is Newcomb, veteran cen
ter; Thompson, their triple-threat
star, a running, passing; and kick
ing back well remembered in
these parts; and Austin and Sex
ton, ends. Sexton starred in the
defeat that the Orphanage hand
ed out last year, his pass catching
being little short of sensational.
Against this veteran array of
performers, the Blue and White
will not be at top physical
strength. Tommy Grey, ace pass
er, injured a leg in the Zebulon
game, and will see little action if
any. Added to this Red Smith
and Bobby Straka received knee
injuries last week and it is repor
ted improbable that either will
be able to play.
Smith, a flashy broken field
runner and adept on running the
reverse, will be sorely missed.
All this year Straka has been
a powerhouse on defense as well
as a terrific blocker on offense.
Naturally these injuries to key
players is causing some concern
in the Blue and White camp. It
is no secret that reserve strength
has been the deciding factor in
three of the games this year, and
now the knee injury jinx has
whittled the locals reserve mar
gin to a thin line. And, as here
tofore, reserve strength may be
them argin of victory.
On comparative scores Lexing
ton defeated Curry High of
Greensboro 48 to 0 and Southern
Pines defeated Curry 32 to 0. If
indicating anything, it means that
Lexington is a little stronger
than the Blue and White offen
sively. On the other hand in rack
ing up seven straight victories,
against tough opposition the lo-
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An industrialized Moore coun
ty and the part it may play in the
future of North Carolina was
foreseen at the rural industries
meeting Monday at the Highland
Pines Inn.
Eugene Stevens ^f Southern
Pines, local chairman, welcomed
the group of over 100 business
men, officials, and educators
from Moore, Hoke, Scotland,
RichmoncI, Anson, Montgomery
and Robeson counties.
Felix Grisette, managing direc
tor of the State Planning board,
took charge as chairman for the
day, introducing Dean L. D. Ba-
ver of the North Carolina State-
College of Agriculture and For
estry.
Dean Baver, pointing out the
fact that North Carolina is third
in production of raw materials
and 45th in family income, said
that the remedy to such a situa
tion lay in industrializing rural
communities such as Moore coun
ty-
“For years we’ve been export
ing our soil and toil, wasting our
human and natural resources.
There are encouraging signs in
the new industries that have
been recently springing up over
the state,” he admitted, “but we
must grow by plan. So far 46 per
cent of the new industries are
located in 10 of our 100 counties,
affecting only 21 per cent of our
population.”
He said that farming and rural
life are changing. “Every crop
and every animal enterprise in
our farming system demands mar
keting, processing, and distribu
tion equipment and services. Few
are completely and adequately
serviced at this time.”
Explaining the term “rural in
dustries,” Dean Baver said that it
includes all plants, equipment
and services which will create
jobs, improve marketing, increase
returns from raw material, lower
production costs and raise the
standard of living.
He emphasized that town and
country people should work to
gether, pooling their thinking and
planning to- determine what in
dustries would be best for their
section. “Consider your raw ma-
.erials, market outlets, financial
recjuiremei^ts, building and
equipment, labor needs, and es
timate pay rolls, operating costs
ind profits,” the dean suggested.
‘Seek and you will find.”
George Ross, senior marketing
pecialist with the State Depart-
nent of Agriculture, reconi-
iiended new crops for the idle
and of the eastern counties.
‘There are 14,500 acres of idle
and which has been cleared but
s not used now in Moore county
.done.”
Bailey Rich, who is with the
State Department of Agriculture,
presented a concrete plan for
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Sen. Hoey To Address
First Pinehurst Foriun
The first meeting of the Pine
hurst Forum, to be held in the
Pinehurst Country Club at 8:30
».m. Thursday, Dec. 5th, will
feature an address by Senator
Clyde R. Hoey, of North Carolina.
Senator Hoey has not yet made
public the subject of his talk.
The form will be preceded by a
buffet supper in the Club din
ing room at 7 p. m., and reserva
tions for tables should be made by
calling the Club grill, Pinehurst
3441.
The forum, of which Dr. Dewitt
B. Nettleton is president and
Mrs. Aras J. Williams, executive
secretary, will hold meetings
every other Thursday after the
initial meeting next Thursday.
The programs will include music,
singing and lectures on various
subjects and will be featured by
return engagements of some
favorites of past seasons.