VOLUME 28 NO. 15
Tourney Trophies
Go To West End,
Aberdeen In Finals
16 PAGES THIS WEEK Southern Pines. N. C- Friday. March 7. 1947,
16 PAGES THIS WEEK
Local Teams Are
Runners - Up In
17-Game Series
Hounds Move Off After The Washington’s Birthday Meet At Weymouth
West End boys and Aberdeen
girls were crowned champions in
the finals of the Moore county
high school basketball tournament
Tuesday night, winning over the
Southern Pines boys and girls in
the grand climax nf a 17-game
series.
West End won out over the
local lads 32 to 16, while South
ern Pines girls bowed to Aber
deen 22 to 15. They played before
a record crowd, including many
Southern Pines students and
adult fans, filling the gym to ov
erflowing so that some specta
tors had to watch through the
windows.
At the conclusion of the games
A. C. Dawson, chairman of the
Moore County Educo club, spon
sors of the tourney, presented
trophies to each team, with gold
basketballs for members of the
winning teams, and silver basket
balls for the runners-up.
Sportsmanship banners, award
ed through vote of all team play
ers of the county during the sea
son, went to the West End girls
and the Pinehurst boys.
The girls’ game began at 8 p.
m., the boys’ game at 9.
. Semi-Finals
Semi-finals the night before
also produced exciting games, as
the Aberdeen girls rallied for a
thrilling 28-27 triumph over Pine
hurst, and Southern Pines boys
w6n brilliantly over Robbins, 41
to 23. Southern Pines girls quali
fied for the finals with a score of
27 to 12 over Cameron.
The series began Wednesday,
February 26, and went forward
continuously for two afternoons
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Half of School Children Buying
Hot Lunches Stop As Prices Go Up
BIG SNOW
The start of a successful day with the Moore County Hounds; Ozelle Moss, M. F. H., moves off with the pack to draw the
Weymouth Woods. Among those in the field were: Corbett Alexander, W. A. Phillips, Vernon Cardy, Miss Edith Ferguson, Dwight A.
Winkelman, Mrs. Howard Lynn.
Resort Ferries
Deportees For
Immigration Dept.
Red Cross Aids
Families Suffering
From Fire Losses
The recently organized disas
ter committee of the county Red
Cross chapter has had its hands
full lately, as several homes have
been destroyed by fire, and help
bias been given as speedily as the
need could be ascertained.
Five such cases have recently
been investigated, one of them re
sulting from a fire which occur
red around Christmas time but
was not then reported. This has
brought a reminder from Mrs.
Audrey K. Kennedy, executive
secretary, that the Red Cross
must be notified before it can
act, and that if it delays, it is
because the application has been
delayed.
This was the case of the Roy
Dinkins family, of Lakeview.
When the notice came, through
investigation was promptly mada
and it was determined that there
was still need. Warm bedding,
and clothing for the two children
of the family were given to sup
ply immediate needs.
The J. M. Patterson family of
Niagara, burned out February
17, needed everything—and re
ceived just • about that. Clothing
was provided for the four chil
dren and three adults of the fam
ily, and an assortment of house
hold furnishings. A home was al
so offered, but the family is now
established in a housq near the
site of the one they lost, and a
son is planning to build for them
in the spring.
Bedding and utensils were sup
plied the William Talberts of
Pinehurst, and it was found that
this was all they needed, since
shelter and other essentials had
been taken care of.
Investigation was made also in
the cases of the L. B. McCoys of
Eureka, and the Walter C. Mor-
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The planeloads of passengers
that usually come in to Resort
Tield at Knollwood are apt to be
a cheery crowd, but this was not
the case with those who stopped
off for a couple of hours on Tues
day. They climbed down the
steps quietly and sat almost in
silence in the end of the big of
fice room. The reason: these
twelve people were deportees,
being ferried by Resort Airlines
in charge of an immigration de
partment official, from the west
coast to Ellis Island, with their
native lands their final destina
tion.
They comprised many nation
alities: four Germans, four Itali
ans, A Swiss, a Jamaica Negro
were among the group; two of
the Germans were women; all
had broken the law of our coun
try more than once, most had
served criminal terms. They were
finally being sent back where
they came from, as undesirable
folks whom the United States
had tried out nad found sadly
wanting.
Ingenius Service
Resort Airlines ferries these
people from west to east, and
then picks up an eastern group
who must be taken west for final
shipment across the Pacific.
These are usually Orientals; the
last lot were all Indonesians. The
C47, (DCS) in which they travel
is not the de luxe variety usually
seen at Resort Field. This is the
unconvertedi, war-model, minus
the trimmings which Decorator
Way puts on the new ships. The
long side benches are equipped
with blankets and pillows, but it
is not too comfortable. However,
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Spencer Farm Offered As Forestry
Training Site For Boy Scout Council
REALLYl
The Pilot's Birdman says:
"the birds also need fresh
water twice a day, and in
cold weather it should be
REALLY warm,"
So, ladies and gentlemen,
trot in and out, betweeh your
chores, with hot toddies for
our feathered friends and re
ceive a twittering chorus of
praise for your good deeds.
Hunter Trials To
Be Held March 26
Duke Glee Club
Tickets On Sale
Tickets for the Duke Glee club
concert, scheduled to be held here
the evening of Friday, March 21,
will go on sale this weekend, it
was announced by Mrs. Tucker
G. Humphries, chairman in charge
of ticket sales.
They may be secured from the
Sandhill Drug store or from any
member of the Civic club, which
is sponsoring the performance
here.
, A phone call to Mrs. Humphries
at 8094 will reserve your tickets
for you in any desired number.
At a meeting held at the resi
dence of Dwight W. Winkelman
Monday night, it was decided to
hold the Hunter Trials on Wed
nesday, March 26th. Present and
taking part in the discussion
were, besides Mr. and Mrs. Win
kelman, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Phil-
lf{)s, Vernon Cardy, Mr. and Mrs.
Daniel Cornwell, Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph Trix, W. F. McBride, Mr.
and Mrs. Ozelle Moss.
Wednesday was chosen as the
day of the week in order to take
advantage of the half-holiday on
that day. It was decided that
the afternoon would open
promptly at 2 p. m. with a drag
by the Moore County Hounds
over the course. The four classes
to follow comprise: three divi
sions of working hunters; light
weight, middle and heavyweight,
and hunt teams.
The entry blanks will be mail-
d out shortly to out of town
horsemen, who may be interest
ed while local folks can pick up
their blanks, tickets, and so forth
by applying at the Belvedere,
where the horse-show manage
ment is offering the facilities of
their office to the Hunter Trials
organization. Prices discussed
were; Parking spaces, at $10.00,
admission, $1.
A plan for educational field
work in forestry for Boy Scouts
of the Occoneechee council re
ceived the commendation of all
members of the Moore County
district scout committee at their
monthly meeting Tuesday night,
and will be referred to council
leaders at once.
The plan, presented by Colin
Spencer, is for use of his 6,000
acre timber farm near Carthage
as a site for a two-day field work
session this summer for all Boy
Scouts of the 11-county Occon
eechee council. They will visit the
forest with their leaders and re
ceive training during this time
by nationally known forestry ex
perts.
They would learn not only es
sentials of forestry and refores
tation, but fire prevention, use
of fire fighting equipment, basic
principles of the care and thin
ning of forest land and related
subjects.
The Spencer timber farm, con
sidered one of the finest in the
country, has drawn the attention
of national leaders, and has been
used by them for study and ex
perimental purposes. It presents
a rich field for all types of fores
try education.
The county scout leaders, meet
ing at the offices of the Carolina
Power and Light company, also
went ahead with plans for
Moore county’s first district
camporee, scheduled to be held
on a weekend early in June.
This will also be the climax of
the four-month “Better Scout
ing” competition among Moore
county trops.
Paul C. Butler, district chair
man, conducted the meeting.
Sunday School Of
Manly Church Is
Victim of Fraud
PAY RAISE
In conformity with the south
ern textile industry as a whole,
he Vass Cotton mill, of which
A M. Cameron is manager, and
4ngus Mills in Vass, under the
nanagement of Maxwell Forrest,
have raised their minimum wage
to 80 cents per hour. At the Vass
Cotton mill a straight increase of
10 per cent was given all workers,
upping the minimum from 73 to
80 cents, Mr. Cameron stated this
week.
Because he had played on the
sympathies and Christian .good
will of his firends in the Manly
Presbyterian Sund,ay school,
Clyde McLeod, of Southern Pines,
found himself in recorc^er’s court
Monday facing a charge of ob
taining $28 on false pretense, la
ter changed to larceny of $13.90.
Following the Ruggles fire of
February 22, someone claiming to
be Eugene C. Stevens, of Sou
thern Pines, called J. Bruce Cam
eron, superintendent of the
Manly Sunday school, and told
of the sad state of McLeod, said
to have lost all in the fire. A sug
gestion that a special collection
be taken up in Sunday school was
followed, and both this and the
(Tegular \collecti6n were turned
over to McLeod.
Finding later that things were
not as they seemed, investiga
tion was made, and it turned out
that Stevens had not called at
all.
Arrested by Southern Pines po
lice, and with the charge chang
ed by the Sunday school to cover
only the amount of the regular
collection (with the rest forgiven)
McLeod was given a sentence of
four months on the roads, sus
pended on payment of costs and
refund of the Sunday school’s
money, with the added condition
that he leave Moore county and
stay gone at least five years.
For Superior Court
Jesse Ross, Negro, of Carthage
charged with breaking and en
try in night time in dwelling and
larceny of $58, may find himself
in serious trouble, for it appears
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Spring came dancing in on
frozen feet, bringing the
year's first snowfall Sunday.
If you fretted—pause and
reflect! It was 20 years ago,
to the day, that the eastern
seaboard expe|rienced thp
worst snow in years—the
Great Blizzard of 1927.
Hapless wayfarers met
death in that snow, just a
few miles from Southern
Pines. Doctors had to reach
the sick by horse. Many famr
ilies were snowbound for
days.
S'unday's snowfall, mixed
with rain, barely whitened
ground. All traces were gone
in a few hours.
Referendum Force
Headed By Ex-GI,
Ask “Wets” Join In
Currie and Blue
Both Be Present
At Sunday Meeting
Disclaiming that he is the lead
er of “dry forces,” or that he is
raising “the liquor question
again,” John B. McLeod, who
lives near Carthage, told The Pi
lot this week that wets as well
as drys are invited to join his
organization, attend all meetings
and have their say.
The object of the movement,
said McLeod, who at a meeting
Sunday, February 23, was elect
ed chairman of an informally or
ganized association,, is to see first
of all that Moore county citizens
are not again deprived of their
legal right to a referendum on
the liquor question.
The group tackled Senator Wil
bur H. Currie, a guest at the
Sunday meeting, its first, and
failed to get a definite statement
that the senator would or would
not promote or support legisla
tion against the referendum.
The next meeting will be held
Sunday, March 9, in the court
house at Carthage, at 2 p. m. and
both Senator Currie and Repre
sentative H. Clifton Blue have
accepted his invitation to be pres
ent, said McLeod.
Once the right to have a refer
endum is regained, he declared,
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Schoolfolk Ask
Commission For Aid
As Federal Funds Go
Looking forward to the abrupt
cessation of federal aid any day
now, prices were raised this
week in all Moore county school
lunchrooms, and on Monday, the
first day, only about half the 2,-
500 children who normally buy
hot midday lunches did so, ac
cording to reports made to Su
perintendent H. Lee Thomas by
the principals.
The children brought lunches
from home as the used to, or did
without, and among those who did
without were about half the chil
dren on the “free list”—those who
couldn’t afford to buy hot noon
meals even at 'the prices formerly
charged.
All the “free list” children—for
many of whom the school lunch
was the day’s only truly nutri
tious meal, will have to be drop
ped, Thomas said, if there is no
more aid forthcoming from fed
eral funds, nor any from the
county. ,
Notice was given all the chil
dren last week that the prices
would go up.
Five Cents More
Last week a schoolchild could
buy a lunch for 10 cents—15 with
milk. This week the same lunch
costs him 15 and 20 cents in most
schools, 20 and 25 cents at Pine
hurst., Week in and week out,
this is too steep for many famili-
lies, especially those with several
children in school.
Representatives of county
schools on the federal aid pro
gram met Monday with the coun
ty commissioners, to ask appro
priation of emergency funds to
keep the lunchrooms going on
the old basis for the rest of the
school year. Hoping to cut costs
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Horse Show Judges
Officials Named
Sandhills Veterans
Group Is Formed
Nominations Held
At VFW Meeting
Nominations for officers and
trustees of the local post of 'Vete
rans of Foreign Wars were made
at a meeting held at the club-
room Monday night, and elec
tions will take place at the meet
ing of March 17.
With the Veterans’ Club room
now in full operation over the
Rex Billiard parlor, other pro
jects were considered, for vete
rans and also in general commun
ity service. Organized just a year
ago by John H. Stephenson, pres
ent commander, and Lt. Col
George C. Burns, now quarter
master, the post has 147 members
and is still growing.
Foolball Movies To Be
Shown By Hi-Y Club
Quietly forming their own or
ganization, with no national tie-
up, a group of 13 veterans of
Southern Pines, Pinehurst, ^ber-
Judges, and other officials of
the 1947 annual Sandhills Horse
Show were announced this week
by Col. George P. Hawes, Jr., of
Pinehurst for the two day event
to be presented on the new 50
acre showgrounds near Southern
Pines on the old Pinehurst-Sou-
thern Pines road April 5 and 6.
Judging the hunters and jump
ers will be General and Mrs.
Charles B. Lyman, of Westches
ter, Pa., and the gaited and walk
ing horses will be judged by Rus
sell L. Law, of Baltimore, Md.
It was announced last week
that management of the show had
been placed in the hands of John
L. Bowers, of Black Mountain,
who promoted the highly suc
cessful Asheville, Hendersonville,
Charlotte, Wilmington, and other
deen and Vass have held two
meetings, elected officers and are North Carolina horse shows this
now considering a project in line season.
The Hi-Y Club of Southern
Pines announces that it is spon
soring a movie showing at the
high school on Monday night,
March 10th, at 8 p. m. Three reels
will be shown, two of our local
team in the six-man football
games with Robbins and the
championship game with Lexing
ton. The third film will be of the
game between Wake Forest and
the University of Tennessee.
Admission will be free, but a
collection will be taken to help
pay for the movie camera which
the club hopes to buy ior the
school. Alton Blue is president of
the Hi-Y club, with Bobby Har
rington vice-president and Elmer
Renegar secretary-treasurer.
with their avowed objective
community service in the Sand
hill section.
President of the Sandhills Vet
erans’ association is William
White, and A. Rees is secretary-
treasurer. Bert Premo has been
placed in charge of publicity.
The first project, to be announc
ed within a short time, will prob
ably be that of offering a schol
arship to a Moore county girl
for nurse training, with the pro
viso that she shall offer her ser
vices to Moore County Hospital
or in public health nursing here.
Jere McKeithen has been nam
ed chairman to investigate all
phases of the project.
The Sandhills Veterans’ asso
ciation, which meets every other
Monday in the homes of the mem
bers, has as members William
White, A. Rees, Leo O’Callag
han. Jr., Jere McKeithen, Ray
Backlund, Westcott Clinton, E. J.
Austin, Dick Greer, Maxwell For
rest, Alan McDonald, Burney
McCotter, Leland McKeithen and
Bert Premo.
E. R. (“Jimmy”) Seashole, of
Atlanta, Ga., has been named as
master of ceremonies; Dr. J. L
Neal, and Dr. C. C. McLean will
serve as official veterinarians.
Earl Monroe, of Pinehurst, by
special arrangement with Pine
hurst, Inc., officials, will serve
as farrior.
The'^ active committee serving
for the horse show includes Mr.
and Mrs. D. W. Winkelman, Ver
non Cardy, James Tufts, Harold
A. Collins, Mr. and Mrs. William
Phillips, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph K.
Trix, William J. Brewster, and
Col. George -P., Hawes, Jr., chair
man.
Headquarters, with an office
next to the lobby of the Belve
dere hotel in Southern Pines, has
been opened to take care of en
tries, and inquiries. Box seat sale
has begun. Address the Sandhills
Horse Show, P. O. Box 448, tel
ephone 7191, John L. Bowers,
Manager.
Prize lists with many beautiful
trophies, as well as cash awards,
and ribons; are now in the mails.